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Author: Taisia Korotkova
15 April 2011
Art Moscow invites to a reception and non-commercial exhibition in Germany during Art Cologne 2011 with the Kandinsky Prize Winner 2010, Taisia Korotkova, at colourblindGallery.
In her Reproduction series Taisia combines her impressions of her recent stay in the hospital with imagery of recent technology for artificial insemination. Reproduction depicts the process of high tech artificial child production in the contemporary world. In her images she strips bare the intimate subject of child perception without any privacy by depicting the process as purely scientific and machine based. The anti-utopist Korotkova stresses that she recreates the already observed with sharper edges, however, the style reminds of optimistic illustrations of the 1960s with the cold pastel tones in tempera.
Korotkova paints modern icons in the technique of old icon painting with a dip of humanized social realist painting. In December 2010 Taisia received the Kandinsky Prize for two works from the Reproduction series. Taisa Korotkova is invited to participate in the 4th Moscow Biennial of Contemporary Art.
Art Moscow invites to the reception and the exhibition to inform about the Fair and events in September 2011:
Arts Calendar, September 2011:
15th Art Moscow:
Preview: 20.09.2011
Fair: 21. – 25.09.2011
Kandinsky Prize: 16.09 – 18.10.2011
4th Moscow Biennale for Contemporary Art:
Opening: 22.09.2011
Art Moscow is the highest ranking contemporary Art fair taking place in Moscow, 21 – 25 September 2011. In 2011 the fair will be on for the 15th year. Featuring national and international art galleries and attracting more than 20 000 visitors within five days. During 15 years of its existence Art Moscow has provide itself to be the most effective market ground of contemporary art on the Russian's art scene that affords maximum opportunity for implementing cultural and commercial ideas. The success of Art Moscow arises from its professional adequacy to present the momentum of contemporary culture development in Russia.
Sputnik Art Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose activities are directed at the expansion of space and the audience of contemporary art. In its activity the foundation seeks the extensive use of modern technology. The visitor will have the opportunity to take a look at the electronic catalogue of Taisia Korotkova as well as the collection of electronic book on Russian contemporary art produced with support of the Foundation.
During the reception Christina Steinbrecher (Art Director, Art Moscow) and Anne Maier (Expert of the Art Moscow Selection Committee) will be available for questions.


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|I got the Master in Science degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy, in 1996. During my experimental thesis work, I studied the mechanisms of transcriptional regulation of the nerve growth factor-induced vgf gene (Mentor: Dr S. Nasi). In 2000, I got the PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Milan, Italy. During the PhD program, I studied the molecular mechanisms that regulate the interaction and sorting of the synaptic vesicle proteins (Mentor: Prof. F. Valtorta). In between 2001-2004, I carried out a post-doctorate in the Lab of Dr L. Wrabetz at the S. Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan, where I worked on the characterization of the pathogenetic mechanisms of neurodegeneration of a mouse model of Charcot-Marie-Tooth 1B neuropathy. In 2005, I obtained a visiting post-doctorate position at the NINDS, National Institutes of Health, Maryland, USA (2005-2008) (Mentor: Dr K. Fischbeck), followed by a staff scientist position at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA (2008-2009) (Mentor Dr J.P. Taylor), where I studied the molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration in polyglutamine diseases. In 2009 I came back to Italy as Group Leader at the Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, where I headed a research group focused on neurodegenerative diseases. In 2013 I obtained a position of Assistant Professor and Associate Professor at the University of Trento, Italy. Since 2017, I obtained a position of Associate Professor at the University of Padova, Department of Biomedical Sciences. My lab is interested in dissecting the molecular mechanisms of disease pathogenesis in neurodegenerative diseases, including polyglutamine diseases and motor neuron diseases. We investigate how post-translational modifications of disease-related proteins impact neuronal homeostasis, and we use this information for therapy development. Moreover, we aim at elucidating the contribution of peripheral tissues, such skeletal muscle, to the process of neurodegeneration.
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Superfood Made Sweet: Chocolate Avocado Mousse
Avocados are one of my favorite foods. They go with so many dishes, are delicious to eat alone, and offer TONS of health benefits like vitamin K, lots of fiber (always needed for digestion and weight loss/maintenance), all the "good fats," and potassium (even more than bananas!). They even protect you from eye degeneration and boost your immune system (click here for more benefits).
Sadly, they can get a bad rap because of their fat content, but just like other high-fat plant foods (walnuts and flaxseed, for example), the avocado's unique health benefits are precisely because of its unusual fat composition. For the scientific explanation, click here, but basically, plants give us so many incredible antioxidants (phytonutrients) and if we eat the right combination of fatty acids (the ones found in avocados or avocado oil) at the same time, we absorb them a whole lot better, which means a healthier you.
Recently, a friend who hates avocados but has been trying to get them in her diet more sent me a recipe for chocolate mousse with pictures of her kids eating it up! I immediately put it on my list to make because if it was really THAT good and kid-approved (I was definitely skeptical) then it might just be the best thing ever. Chocolate + avocado = YES. PLEASE.
Well guess what? I made it, it was simple, and it was fantastic.
Introducing: The Chocolate Avocado Mousse!
Photo by Cooking a la Mel.
- 2 ripe avocados
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp agave
- 2 tbsp Truvia
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 2 tbsp almond milk
- 2 tbsp of greek yogurt
I then added another tbsp of agave to sweeten it up a bit more for the kids and a tbsp of cocoa powder (to make it browner as I knew they wouldn't eat it with that "ugly" greenish color). When I make this again (I know it's going to be weekly thing), I will just add cinnamon and keep the greenish color because it cuts back on sugar and gives it a great taste. You can also melt some dark chocolate chips and mix them in if you want more chocolatey taste.
You can add cinnamon or cayenne pepper (or both) and a little sprinkle of sea salt on a single serving for finger licking goodness. Eat it alone or with banana slices, strawberries, or grated dark chocolate slivers for a decadent treat that gives you tons more health benefits (and less fat and sugar) than a bowl of ice cream or pudding snack could ever provide.
This recipe can be modified a million different ways (check out my Pinterest board for some of them), so don't get caught up in nailing the recipe exactly, and feel free to play around. And the way you make and blend it will determine whether it's more of a mousse or pudding consistency (but don't we all love pudding, too?) The bottom line is that you're taking the fat and excessive sugar out of typical chocolatey dessert and replacing it with one of nature's superfoods. The entire batch has about 630 calories (give or take, depending on how you make it), so a 1/2 cup serving is around 160. But remember, these are healthy calories and you're doing a body good by eating chocolate.
Have happier words ever been spoken?
Here's to #MakingHealthyHappen!
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OOOOhhhhh… I wonder what this would taste like with a banana blended right in! NOM.


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BOSTON – With winter approaching, Attorney General Maura Healey announced that her office has awarded $1.6 million in grant funding to seven organizations across the state to help Massachusetts consumers pay or lower their monthly heating bills.
"Each winter, thousands of families across Massachusetts struggle to come up with the money to heat their homes," AG Healey said. "This new grant program allows us to reach residents who aren't already receiving assistance and provide them with financial support to stay warm during these cold months."
Today's grantee announcement comes in the wake of the Sept. 13 gas explosions in the Merrimack Valley that left thousands of residents and businesses without gas service for heating, hot water and cooking. The Greater Lawrence Community Action Council is one of the seven organization receiving funding from the new grant program and will use the funds to assist residents in recovery.
"We are grateful on behalf of our clients to receive these resources, especially during these difficult times for the Greater Lawrence area," said Evelyn Friedman, Executive Director of the Greater Lawrence Community Action Council, Inc. "The amount of the resources and their flexibility will allow us to help residents to weatherize their homes, replace old inefficient boilers and hot water heaters and help with fuel. All things sorely needed at this moment."
AG Healey's new Natural Gas Fuel Assistance Grant Program has provided the funding to seven Massachusetts organizations that currently assist households in paying for their natural gas service. The program is utilizing funds the AG's Office secured through a $3 million settlement earlier this year with National Grid. The remaining settlement money will be allocated through the grant program in the 2019-2020 winter season.
As the ratepayer advocate for Massachusetts, AG Healey works to ensure that consumers do not pay more than they should for their natural gas. In July 2017, AG Healey joined a coalition of 35 attorneys general and state consumer advocate agencies in urging Congress to preserve and expand funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), federally funded low-income energy assistance programs.
The AG's Office has awarded funds from the Natural Gas Fuel Assistance Grant Program to the following organizations:
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Thursday, August 30, 2007
Moong Dal Khichidi
I followed the one day international between India and England all day today and once again in true Indian fashion the 'Men in Blue' snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. If I had a dime for every time the Indian team let me down this way, I wouldn't be here writing this blog. Back home, news like is taken seriously and involves hours of pointless analysis over tea, rum or some comfort food. This analysis is usually done by people whose latest cricketing experience has been stumps drawn on a wall by means of a broken brick. A bat with a bare handle because the rubber went missing within the first week. And an MRI faux tennis ball that used to be some some what white when it was bought. And yes—the grand rule of 'one tuppa out'. Ah, I miss being a drawing room cricketeer. The absence of someone who even knows what cricket is, leave alone understands it, is really hard on a depressed fan such as myself. So today, I decided to make some comfort food for myself that I thought I'd sink my sorrows into something nice and hot. And perhaps try explaining to my American girlfriend that even if a 5 day match has no outcome, it is still important in the grand scheme of things. Namely statistics! So I made some moong khichidi. Some of you may say that's not really comfort food. It is after the huge dollop of ghee I put on it.
1 cup Moong
1 cup Rice
1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
2 tsp Goda Masala
1/2 tsp cumin powder
1/2 tsp Dhania
1 tsp Turmeric
1 tsp Chili powder
1 tsp Sugar
3 tsp Oil
1/4 cup Coriander
Salt to taste
Heat oil in a pan
Add mustard seeds and stir till they pop
Add masala, cumin, coriander seed powder, turmeric, and chili till it froths
Add moong dal, rice and salt and stir for a while so that the dal and rice is coated with the mixture of spices
Add water and cook as you would cook rice.
Make sure you add enough water so that the rice and dal become soft
Serve with papad and add some ghee for some extra taste
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How are you doing, folks? I hope that you are feeling awesome. Today I want to share an exciting news. The DVD for the Japanese theatrical play adaptation of Haikyuu!! is now available for pre-order. Oh my gosh. YES!!! Wohoo!!! The official release date is on April 19. What are you waiting for? Get your copy now!
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Celebs Bring the Specs Appeal for the AMAs
Sunday marked the biggest night of the year for the music industry's finest! 'Twas the 41st Annual American Music Awards, of course! The evening was bursting with wild performances by crazy gals like Miley Cyrus and Lady Gaga, not to mention big wins by Rihanna for the first-ever Icon award and Taylor Swift for the… Read more »


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Yelp Manipulation
I love Yelp, but I also love credibility and honesty. Apparently, Yelp's been accused of massaging scores if businesses hand over some advertising dough. There was always that minor suspicion but this article details it fully: http://www.eastbayexpress.com/eastbay/yelp-extortion-allegations-stack-up/Content?oid=1176984
The story, which was picked up by national news outlets including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, detailed the accounts of local business owners who said that sales reps at the popular user-generated review site offered to move negative reviews of their businesses if they advertised.
Anyway, today, my friend told me about how one of his (very legitimate) reviews got removed:
oh hey apparently yelp is like, fuckin 1984 shit
maybe that's not the right analogy
they went all china censor on me
back in august 07 i went to this bed and breakfast in monterey bay, and it was dirty and filthy and had clogged plumbing and no toilet paper and BEBBUGS IN ALL THE BEDS
woke up in the middle of the night like omfg wtf and just left
so i wrote this harsh ass review of it on yelp, and posted pics of bedbugs
Ron Hsu
they deleted the review?
and a few weeks ago
i got an email
from "Frank @ yelp hq" saying they were removing my pics from that business because they "fall outside our local business photo guidelines"
a couple of days ago, i got a personal message on yelp from the owner of the business offering a free night's stay at his business (which, since I went there, has apparently undergone new ownership and a total renovation) so that i might have a better experience and change my rating
i wrote him back saying thanks, if i ever go to monterey again maybe i'll take you up on your offer
and for now i'll add a line to the beginning of my old review saying "note: i haven't been back, but apparently there is new ownership and the place has been renovated"
and today, i got a message from "Casper @ Yelp HQ" telling me that one of my reviews was deleted "because it lacks a first-hand experience of the business"
and i was like what the fuuuuuck how was my review not a first hand experience of hte business
it was ANYTHING but secondhand
smells like BS to me
i suspect you can pay off yelp or bitch to them or do something shady to delete bad reviews
which, of course, defeats the purpose of yelp in the first place
check it
only 5 reviews
used to be 6
mine got killed
they have to be a yelp sponsor of some sort to be able to list that "grand opening! rates start at 79!" ad rectangle right?
the only review from the last two years is from someone with 2 reviews, who just started yelping in january 2010
fiiiiishy fiiiiishy
yeah yelp sold out or something, cus that is bullshiiiiiit
i sent a message to that hazel q chick, yelp oc community organizer or whatever, no response
dunno if she has any power or say in the first place
but yeah, bullllshiiiit
"your review was deleted because it lacks a first-hand experience of the business," LOL
Ron Hsu
actually i had just read an article about something like your experience a few days ago
The only legitimate rationale I can think of is the new ownership angle, and thus, perhaps, my friend's review no longer counts since he hasn't been to the "new and improved" version.


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While performing knee or hip replacement surgery, physicians have used the Bair Hugger forced hot air warming device to prevent or treat hypothermia in millions of people. One of the biggest risks associated with a surgical procedure is a drop in a patient's body temperature. Warming blankets are designed to regulate body temperature during surgery. Unfortunately, however, 3M's Bair Hugger warming device has been linked to deep joint infections when used during knee or hip replacement surgeries. Some patients may be at higher risk for developing these infections based on their current medical condition.
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It's very hard these days to find a flaw in a newly released car so significant it would prevent one of our editors from recommending the car to buyers. While a suspension may be too stiff for some of us, it won't turn off everyone. The ergonomics may be convoluted and confusing, but that won't stop a lot of shoppers, either.
The horrendous engine that bellows from behind the dashboard of the all-new Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, on the other hand, is bad enough to strike this crossover off of any recommendation list.
If not for the drivetrain's poor performance, the Outlander Sport would be a terrific vehicle with good handling, a surprising amount of interior room and sharp looks. I just wouldn't want to drive it anywhere.
The Outlander Sport — a smaller, completely different crossover than the automaker's Outlander — finds its biggest problems in its 148-horsepower, 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine and optional continuously variable automatic transmission. The Outlander Sport boasts impressive gas mileage figures of up to 25/31 mpg city/highway, but the pursuit of high mileage results in an engine that's a mighty loud miser.
Accelerate hard from a stop, and the Outlander Sport lurches briefly before the engine burbles up to speed. With a CVT, there aren't any natural shift points, so that burbling just gets louder. At certain points in this buildup, the tone sets off a rattle in the dashboard. It wasn't a pleasant symphony of automotive sounds, to be sure.
I don't mind that the engine — even when coaxed with the CVT's shift paddles — moved the crossover slowly. You can be slow in this segment, you just can't sound like a World War II Jeep crossing Normandy.
The braking response, ride quality and handling of the little crossover are all pretty terrific. While the ride is a little firm, it bests the Hyundai Tucson and Kia Sportage in terms of comfort, and it handles nimbly.
I hit parking lot after parking lot during holiday shopping trips while testing the Outlander Sport, and if there's a better vehicle for such a task I don't know what it is. The crossover's nimble feeling and commanding ride height are the things a lot of shoppers in this segment really want.
Road and wind noise are fairly muted — at least as far as I could tell when the engine wasn't roaring at me. I was not able to test the manual transmission which is only available on the base model.
The Outlander Sport is the second Mitsubishi designed with the automaker's new corporate grille in mind. The rest of the lineup, including the larger Outlander, got a version of the grille slapped on after the Lancer compact car's redesign made a splash with customers.
On the Outlander Sport, the grille looks natural and properly sized, and it complements the crossover's masculine design — and masculinity isn't typically seen in a segment often referred to as "cute-utes."
Our SE tester had stylish 18-inch alloy wheels, and even the rocker panels had a curve to them.
It's clear Mitsubishi spent a lot of time on this little crossover's design, and it's striking enough to bring folks into the dealership.
Mitsubishi has also made strides inside. Both the Lancer and Outlander had some low-grade finishes here and there, but I couldn't find any in the Outlander Sport that weren't commensurate with its $18,495 base price.
The cloth seats weren't overly firm, and I appreciated the simple air-conditioning and radio controls — save the iPod integration, which I'll get into later.
The gauges are sporty, like Mitsubishi aims for in other cars, and the nice, crisp digital readout between the two analog gauges for speed and RPM is a nice touch. I couldn't figure out why I wasn't able to track my average gas mileage for more than one trip, though.
Backseat space was surprising, too. In a vehicle this short — it's 169.1 inches long, compared with 179.3 for the Honda CR-V and 174.8 for the 2011 Kia Sportage — I still had plenty of legroom behind the driver's seat, and my son's convertible child-safety seat fit remarkably well behind the front passenger seat. I could sit in front of him with a little legroom to spare without his feet being able to kick the back of my seat. This is an accomplishment in a vehicle of any size, let alone in a relatively small one.
Cargo space, at 21.7 cubic feet, isn't plentiful for this class; the CR-V has 35.7 cubic feet and the Sportage offers 26.1 cubic feet. Still, I was able to easily fit golf clubs, a stroller and lots of holiday shopping bags in the back, although not all at one time. Though I have a feeling they could have fit all at once with some wrangling.
If it weren't for its engine, the Outlander Sport would be a practical pick for a family looking to downsize their vehicle.
Features & Pricing
The Outlander Sport is offered in two trims: the base ES and the higher SE. The ES starts at $18,495 with a manual transmission, making it one of the most affordable compact SUVs on the market. The 2011 Kia Sportage starts at $18,295 and comes similarly equipped at that price.
The Outlander Sport comes with standard Bluetooth and USB inputs, 16-inch steel wheels, a tilt/telescoping steering wheel and a trip computer.
Adding a CVT to the ES raises the price to $19,995.
The SE comes standard with a CVT and starts at $21,695. It adds 18-inch alloy wheels, xenon headlights and push-button start.
All-wheel-drive SE models cost $22,995.
The iPod integration was awful in my test car. Every time you tried to browse through artists or songs there would be a delay on the display screen, which didn't show many characters, either.
Option packages include Navigation ($2,150) for all trim levels and a Premium Package for the all-wheel-drive SE. That $1,800 option includes a panoramic sunroof, black roof rails, and a Rockford Fosgate stereo with a subwoofer. Perhaps the upgraded stereo has a better display for the iPod.
All Outlander Sports come with standard antilock brakes, stability control and seven airbags, including a driver's knee airbag. As of publication, the Outlander Sport had not been crash-tested by the federal government or the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Outlander Sport in the Market
In its current form, the Outlander Sport is tragically flawed, and that's a shame. In a crowded segment with worthy choices from Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Nissan, Toyota, Ford and Chevy, it will be impossible to recommend the Outlander Sport until Mitsubishi addresses its powertrain.


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Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) is jumping into an already crowded Republican primary to take on Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) in 2012. In a statement released today, Akin's office announced:
MISSOURI – Today Congressman Todd Akin, a known and tested conservative congressman from Missouri's Second Congressional District, announced that he will run for the United States Senate to replace Claire McCaskill in 2012. Congressman Akin made his announcement in St. Louis today, and will be traveling across Missouri this week to take questions regarding his candidacy.
At Politico, David Catanese noted:
Not only will Akin have to face former State Treasurer Sarah Steelman — who while flubbed an early fundraising opportunity has also shown a penchant to throw a primary punch — it looks increasingly likely he could face a self-funder from his own backyard [– wealthy businessman Jon Brunner –] who lacks the baggage of a voting record.
Akin's announcement comes less than a week after successfully offering an anti-LGBT amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. The amendment, which effectively bans same-sex marriages from being performed at military bases or by military employees, was a response to a Navy memorandum released earlier in the week, which detailed legal guidance that such weddings — where legal under state law — could be performed on military property.
The amendment, approved on a 38-23 vote in the House Armed Services Committee, if approved by both chambers of Congress and signed into law, would expand upon the current restrictions of the Defense of Marriage Act. Akin's amendment prohibits weddings from taking place on military installations — such as bases — or other Department of Defense property if they don't comply with DOMA. It also prohibits chaplains or other DOD employees from performing non-DOMA-compliant marriages while "acting in an official capacity.
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Boston-based soprano duo Les Sirènes takes audiences on an exploration of the soprano voice and the Baroque repertory, offering appealing programs that engage our listeners with both fiery virtuosity and anguishing beauty.
Les Sirènes were one of 6 finalist groups in Early Music America's 2012 Baroque Performance
Competition. Formed in 2009, the ensemble is composed of acclaimed sopranos Kathryn Mueller
and Kristen Watson. As soloists, they have performed with such groups as the American Bach Soloists, Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Baroque, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Mark Morris Dance Group, Washington Bach Consort, Bach Collegium San Diego, and the Carmel Bach Festival. As Les Sirènes, they bring a collective experience to interpreting this rare and remarkable repertoire, charming audiences with diverse programming and inspired performances.
Ms. Mueller and Ms. Watson are joined by continuo players Michael Sponseller on harpsichord and Cora Swenson on baroque cello, and have also collaborated with emerging baroque violinists Beth Wenstrom and Adriane Post as well as chamber groups such as Cambridge-based Sarasa. Praised for their "exquisitely matched style and phrasing" (The Boston Musical Intelligencer), recent performances include concerts in Tucson, AZ, Brattleboro, VT, Cambridge and Concord, MA, and Trinity Wall Street in New York City. Upcoming engagements include the San Francisco Early Music Society, Arizona Early Music Society, Syracuse University, and Museum Concerts in Providence, RI.
Described as a singer "who thoroughly captures the imagination," soprano Kathryn Mueller has been a soloist with ensembles across the United States, including the Portland Baroque Orchestra, American Bach Soloists, Washington Bach Consort, Arizona Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Winston-Salem Symphony, Choral Society of Durham, and the North Carolina Master Chorale, and has toured internationally across Indonesia and central Mexico. In 2011 Kathryn was one of four fellows in the prestigious Adams Vocal Master Class at the Carmel Bach Festival. In 2012 and 2013 she was a finalist in the Oratorio Society of New York's Solo Competition, winning the Frances MacEachron Award in 2013. She has recorded two GRAMMY-nominated albums with Seraphic Fire, and is featured as a soloist on recordings by Seraphic Fire, New Trinity Baroque, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale and Tucson Chamber Artists. Kathryn holds degrees in music from Brown University and The University of Arizona, is on the voice faculty at East Carolina University, and happily lives in Raleigh. Kathryn and her husband Nathan Leaf lead Voices of a New Renaissance, the Triangle's dynamic professional chamber choir. For more information, visit her website, www.kathrynmueller.com.
Soprano Kristen Watson, hailed by critics for her "blithe and silvery" tone and "winning stage presence", has made solo debuts with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Mark Morris Dance Group, Boston Baroque, Handel & Haydn Society, and Emmanuel Music at such venues as the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and Boston's Symphony Hall. Opera audiences have heard Kristen in productions with Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Boston, the Boston University Opera Institute, Opera Providence, Intermezzo Opera, and the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh in such roles as Tytania in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Anne Trulove in The Rake's Progress. A versatile crossover artist, she has also made several appearances as a soprano soloist with the Boston Pops under Keith Lockhart. Other solo performances include the Boston Early Music Festival, Carmel Bach Festival, Topeka Symphony, Gulf Coast Symphony, and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Learn more about Kristen on her website, www.kristenwatsonsoprano.com.
Harpsichordist Michael Sponseller has appeared
throughout Europe and North America with critical acclaim as a
soloist, conductor,
and chamber musician. Winner of the American Bach Soloists
Competition (1998) and the Jurow International Harpsichord
Competition (2002),
he holds the distinction of being a two-time prizewinner at
the Festival of Flanders International Harpsichord Competition
as well
as taking prizes in Montréal and Kalamazoo. In addition to
holding degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the Royal
Conservatory of Music in The Hague, Michael was a teacher of harpsichord
at the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music. Mr. Sponseller can
also be heard on several recordings from Electra, Vanguard Classics,
Naxos, Delos and Centaur. In 2006, Michael was named Lorraine Hunt
Lieberson Fellow by Boston's Emmanuel Music, in recognition
of his achievements as emerging young artist. The following year,
he founded Ensemble Florilege, (www.ensembleflorilege.org) a chamber
ensemble dedicated to the performance of lesser-performed repertory
of the 17th & 18th centuries.
Beginning her studies at age 3 1/2, cellist Cora Swenson Lee has studied with many teachers, including Alan Harris, Richard Hirschl, and Marc Johnson. She has a Bachelors Degree in Cello Performance from the Eastman School of Music and a Masters Degree in Cello Performance at the Boston University College of Fine Arts. Cora is a member of Boston Baroque and the Boston Public Quartet, as well as a substitute cellist with the Handel and Haydn Society and the New World Symphony. She has attended music festivals such as the Aspen Music Festival and the Pacific Music Festival. She has participated in masterclasses by prominent musicians such as Steven Isserlis, Paul Katz, Phoebe Carrai, Malcolm Bilson, Scott St. John, and Pamela Frank, and has performed under the baton of esteemed conductors including David Zinman, Fabio Luisi, Leonard Slatkin, David Robertson, George Manahan and Nicholas McGegan. She has also worked with distinguished musicians such as James Dunham and Rachel Barton Pine. Cora's primary teachers have been Alan Harris and Marc Johnson.
"Pure and shining" soprano Clara Rottsolk has been lauded by The New York Times for her "clear, appealing voice and expressive conviction." In a repertoire extending from the Renaissance to the contemporary, her solo appearances with orchestras and chamber ensembles have taken her across the globe with ensembles such as American Bach Soloists, Tempesta di Mare, Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Les Délices, Magnificat Baroque, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Bach Sinfonia, Piffaro—The Renaissance Wind Band, Trinity Wall Street Choir and Seraphic Fire under the direction of conductors including Joshua Rifkin, Bruno Weil, Paul Goodwin, Jeffrey Thomas, John Scott, David Effron, and Andrew Megill. Among her stage roles are Micaëla (Carmen), Dido (Dido and Aeneas), Arminda (La finta giardiniera) and Laetitia (The Old Maid and the Thief). Her solo recordings include French cantatas with Les Délices, and a "supple and stylish… and unflaggingly attractive" (Gramophone Magazine) recording of Scarlatti Cantatas with Tempesta di Mare. A native of Seattle, Ms. Rottsolk earned her music degrees at Rice University and Westminster Choir College. Currently she is based in Philadelphia and teaches voice at Swarthmore, Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges. www.clararottsolk.com
Keyboardist Dylan Sauerwald is quickly becoming known as a distinctive continuo player, soloist and music director across the US and Canada. As a member of Ensemble la Félicité, he won the first place title in chamber music at the Concours de Musique du Canada 2009 and was a finalist at the Montreal Baroque CBC⁄Galaxie chamber music competition 2007. Dylan has a special interest in baroque opera; he is founding co-director of Helios Early Opera, a project devoted to reviving seldom-performed baroque operas with innovative modern stagings. Dylan has been music director and harpsichordist for Helios' critically acclaimed productions of Cavalli's Artemisia, Charpentier's David et Jonathas and Telemann's Pimpinone. He has also directed Boismortier's Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse with Ensemble la Félicité and serves as repetiteur for Tafelmusik's summer opera institute with Opera Atelier. He can be heard regularly playing with the Cambridge Concentus, Emmanuel Music, Sonnambula and Canzonare. He holds a BMus in early keyboard performance from McGill University and an MMus from Boston University. www.dylansauerwald.com
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Lead levels in water unknown at many Pennsylvania schools
BY AARON AUPPERLEE | Thursday, April 7, 2016, 11:00 p.m.
Schools in Western Pennsylvania likely don't know whether the water coming out of hallway drinking fountains or used to prepare lunches has high levels of lead because they likely aren't testing for it.
Several districts said they don't worry about contamination because their schools don't have lead pipes or solder, from which lead can leach.
Most districts don't test voluntarily; state and federal laws don't require most schools to.
"We want schools to get that testing to ensure that the water is safe for children," said Michelle Naccarati-Chapkis, the executive director of Women for a Healthy Environment, an East Liberty nonprofit that runs the Healthy Schools PA initiative. "But frankly, you don't know unless you test what type of problems you might have."
Naccarati-Chapkis' organization has offered to help districts test their water for free. She said some districts in Western Pennsylvania have shown interest.
A look nationwide at levels of lead in school water grew out of the water crisis in Flint, Mich., where lead leached from pipes, contaminated people's water and put thousands of children at risk. Children are more vulnerable to the health effects of lead.
Newark Public Schools, New Jersey's largest school district, passed out bottled water and told students not to drink from the tap last month because lead tests showed some buildings with levels above federal thresholds.
Other districts, from New York City to Oregon, have tested their water for lead. The New York City Department of Education launched a website last month allowing parents to search for the latest lead tests for any building.
Districts in Western Pennsylvania don't appear to be testing. Several contacted by the Tribune-Review reported no voluntary testing. No labs that analyze water samples for lead reported schools as clients despite seeing an uptick in tests overall.
Pittsburgh Public Schools — whose oldest building, Pittsburgh Fulton, was built in 1893 — doesn't test but is developing a plan to voluntarily test the district's water for lead, said Ebony Pugh, a district spokeswoman.
"The local water companies serving the city schools have maintained that they are in compliance with the federal EPA lead and copper rule," Pugh said in a statement.
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority, which serves Pittsburgh Public Schools, reported an average lead level of 14.7 parts per billion, according to its latest test in 2013. The Environmental Protection Agency's action level is 15 parts per billion, a threshold at which water suppliers must test more frequently, notify consumers and take additional steps to reduce lead content.
PWSA will test for lead again this year.
Allegheny County banned the use of lead pipes in plumbing in 1969 and banned lead solder in 1988 to keep up with federal regulations.
A parent of a student in North Hills School District expressed concern about lead in 2011 after West View Water Authority, which supplies water to the district, switched some of the chemicals it uses to prevent lead from leaching into the water years earlier. The district investigated and found no lead pipes or solder in their schools, said Amanda Hartle, a spokeswoman for the district.
Brad Waters, the director of finance for Avonworth School District, said although the district hires an environmental firm to test for bacteria and other contaminants in their pipes, the firm doesn't test for lead.
"There's no lead in the lines," Waters said.
Lead is often not present in water when it leaves a water treatment plant, but it can leach from lead pipes or solder joints and be present at the tap. In Flint, the city did not use chemicals to control how corrosive the water is when it switched water supplies from Lake Huron to the Flint River. The more corrosive Flint River water pulled lead from the city's aging infrastructure, contaminating the water with lead levels nearly twice the federal action level, higher in some places.
Most water providers in Western Pennsylvania had lead levels far below the federal action level. The Wilkinsburg-Penn Water Authority, which serves schools in Wilkinsburg, reported a lead level of 11.5 parts per billion. Wilkinsburg schools have no lead pipes, said John Frombach, the acting superintendent.
The only schools that are required to test their water for lead are schools that draw water from their own wells or otherwise supply their own water. A report by USA Today found 350 schools and day care facilities in the country failed federal lead tests 470 times between 2012 and 2015. Pennsylvania schools and day cares with their own water supplies accounted for 37 of those failed tests, the most in any state.
North Star East Middle School in Somerset County was one of them.
The school failed a lead test in 2013 when EPA inspectors tested the water coming out of a tap in a seldom-used mop closet near the library and found a level of 48.2 parts per billion.
The school of about 400 students about 25 miles south of Johnstown draws its water from a well, the only building in the North Star School District to do so, said Superintendent Lou Letley. He figured the sink hadn't been used in months, allowing lead to build up in the water in the pipes. The school had no other issues with high readings and has passed every test since, Letley said.
"It was probably an eye opener for all of us," Letley said. "It was probably a good thing. It made us much more aware of the situation and made us much more aggressively pursue to make sure our students are safe."
Since, the school has started to train staff to take lead test readings and make sure janitors and custodians regularly flush all the taps in the building.
"Any of the areas that probably aren't flushing their lines on a regular basis could probably run into the areas that we faced," Letley said.
Aaron Aupperlee is a Tribune-Review staff writer. Reach him at 412-320-7986 or email@example.com.
A push for testing
Pennsylvania Sen. Art Haywood wants all schools in the state to test for lead and wants those results shared with parents.
"I believe that throughout the commonwealth that we are going find lead in some of these buildings that are old," Haywood, a Philadelphia Democrat, said. "But until we can do the testing, we don't know."
Haywood visited Flint, Mich., about a month ago.
He met with the mayor, Michigan lawmakers and with people terrified to drink the water. He said it hit him there that the contaminated water wasn't just in children's homes but also in their schools.
Haywood returned to Harrisburg and proposed legislation to require schools to test for lead in water, soil and paint every year and send the results to parents with children in the district. Schools testing higher than federal limits would have to submit a plan to fix it to the state Department of Environmental Protection.
Haywood's bill is one of five proposed last month by state senators to address concerns about lead. One bill creates a task force to study lead and make recommendations. Another bill would require lead testing at day care centers. Sen. Wayne Fontana, D-Brookline, proposed requiring an option for lead water tests for all property sales. Another bill would create a fund to help schools, day cares and other groups pay for lead remediation.
"It's a problematic issue that is compounded by our state's aging infrastructure," Fontana said in a statement.
Fontana said he was alarmed by the levels of lead found in children in the state.
Pennsylvania has 18 cities with higher levels of lead exposure among children than in Flint, where as many as 6.3 percent of children have elevated lead levels in parts of the city. About 8 percent of children in Pittsburgh had elevated levels of lead in their blood, according to a 2014 study from the state Department of Health. About 7 percent of children in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties had elevated levels.
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Brad Rossington
- Joined VTSL: 2013
- Other improv appearances: Improv Against Humanity at the Rio Theatre, Sideshow at Pacific Theatre and has a lead role in 'Rossington Renovations – The Musical' (release date TBD)
- Favourite VTSL show: Off Leash
- Favourite VTSL role: Jamie in Throne and Games
- Favourite movie: The Shawshank Redemption
- Comic inspiration: Patton Oswalt
- "It's a great feeling watching you enjoy the show!"
How did improv change your life?
"Improv has changed my live in many ways and on several occasions. My enjoyment for improv was born, like many, out of playing warm-up games in high school theatre classes. I would say that was the first significant change in my life; finding a group of people who shared in a style of comedy, laughing together and having the seeds of confidence planted by performing for your classmates.
Once graduated I stumbled upon improv again, this time using it as a tool to bond with youth at the local youth centre in Maple Ridge where I worked. Not only did the youth gain similar benefits, as I had during my introduction to the art, but It allowed us a to recreate with the youth in a different way and once again those seeds of confidence found themselves sewn in new gardens. It's amazing to me the invigoration someone feels when they get a laugh or create an emotional connection with their audience simply by creating on the spot. During my time at the youth centre is when I connected with a group of people I would join for the next 10 years of my improv career. A fellow co-worker (Russ Brummer) offered me a guest spot in one of their shows and several months later I joined Table 23 Comedy.
Table 23 gave me years of friendship and memories made possible by our mutual love of improv and the opportunities it provided. Sharing the stage regularly with the same people creates a unique bond which I still cherish with that group.
In 2012 I joined Rookie League with VTSL and The Fictionals, which turned out to be another significant step in my improv career and corner stone for my direction personally. The community that surrounded Rookie League and The Fictionals was warm and welcoming, and was a haven during a rough time in my personal life. I am thankful for that support network and I feel it shaped who I am today. Perhaps the most significant change that Improv brought into my life was meeting my partner through VTSL, something I doubt would have happened otherwise. The most wonderful sunshine in my life, thanks to an art that I love. I now enjoy performing with very talented people on a regular basis on stages all over the city, and am grateful for that and the continued opportunities improv grants me."


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Tri-district food director focused on improving nutrition for Valley students
FORT KENT, Maine — The food service director for three Valley school districts is bringing changes to the school lunch program and adding a new nutrition program to serve food insecure students.
Melanie Lagasse was hired as the food service director for the Valley Unified Regional districts of MSAD 33, MSAD 27 and the Madawaska School Department in July. She has upgraded the schools' lunch menus to include food options such as yogurt parfaits and sunbutter sandwiches for students who prefer not to eat the prepared entree of the day.
"This is what happened — they have three options for lunch. They have a main entree every day, then they have an alternate lunch — one is sunbutter with jelly or fluff and alternate lunch two is every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, they will have yogurt and graham crackers," Lagasse said.
Sunbutter is not peanut butter but made out of sunflower seeds instead to protect students who may have dangerous peanut allergies, she said.
The school lunch menus this year offer a wide variety of entrees including pate chinois (the Acadian version of shepherd's pie), baked chop suey, a chicken and mashed potato bowl and baked lemon pepper fish with sweet potatoes. Standards such as chicken nuggets also make the menu, but with side dishes such as sweet potato fries and roasted garbanzo beans. A hot hamburg entree is accompanied by cauliflower and cherry tomatoes.
"My menus do not start repeating until the second week of November," Lagasse said. "I look at our inventory and I look to give the kids a variety of things."
Lagasse also has expanded the salad bars at the schools which Fort Kent Community High School seniors Manny Pettengill, Reese Pelletier and Camden Jandreau said they appreciate.
"In my opinion, as far as school lunches go, we have a very good one. We have an amazing salad bar with fresh fruits and vegetables, and either ham or chicken to go with the salad," Pettengill said. "We have yogurt offered most days as well."
Pelletier said the salad bar is his favorite part of school lunch.
"The salad bar used to be lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers. Now we have two bars full of stuff; it's awesome," he said.
"I used to never get salads before; now I literally get a salad every day," Jandreau added.
Lagasse said she is aware that not everyone is going to be happy with the lunch menus she prepares, but she does so following federal guidelines and with the students' nutrition at heart.
"I know that for a lot of the kids, the school lunch program, the school lunch meal is their best meal of the day, so I try to make it as healthy for them as possible," she said. "The only thing I ever ask of the kids is that they be nice to the ladies in the cafeteria. Just be nice to them."
Lagasse also will soon be adding a new yogurt bar option for the tri-district students with grant money she received from 'Fuel Up to Play 60', a healthy eating initiative which the National Dairy Council sponsors .
She said the yogurt bar will be in place sometime around the districts' harvest break which begins on Sept. 24.
Lagasse also will be implementing in all schools a Take Home program she developed in 2014 while working as food service director for the New Sweden Consolidated School. The program, for which Lagasse volunteers her time, involves her filling backpacks with food items — two breakfast items, two lunch items, two fruits and two vegetables which children can bring home for free each week.
"No child should have to worry about where the next meal is coming from; they should be able to be children," Lagasse said of why she developed the backpack program.
Lagasse explained how she came up with the idea for the Take Home program.
"What happened is I had a family that I was feeding every day at the school and those kids, they were hoarding foods in their pockets everyday. I went to a workshop and heard somebody talk about a backpack program, how they fill backpacks with pencils and other school supplies and I thought to myself, 'Oh my God. Why are we not sending food home for food insecure families?'" Lagasse said.
Lagasse began writing to business organizations, such as L.L. Bean who supplied her with the backpacks she needed and wrote grants to provide the food to place in them.
"I'm getting about $2,000 a year for food," she said.
Lagasse continues to work on the program, which now includes schools in New Sweden, Woodland, Westmanland, Stockholm, Perham, Sinclair, Cross Lake, St. Agatha and Frenchville, and plans to expand the program to the Fort Kent and Madawaska schools around harvest break.
Lagasse contacts parents of students who receive free and reduced lunches and if the parents provide permission, she enrolls the students in the Take Home program. She also receives referrals from teachers of other students who may benefit from the program.
"As long as I have parental permission, you're in my program. I don't have any guidelines," Lagasse said.
She said the program provides some relief for food insecure students who often struggle to find food during weekends, holidays and other times when school is not in session and school lunch is therefore unavailable.
Lagasse recently wrote a grant and received 80 cases of french fries from McCain foods. She also purchases other frozen foods, and refrigerated items such as deli meats, which she provides to children in the Take Home program. Since she cannot place these perishable foods in the backpacks, Lagasse allows parents of children in the program to pick them up.
Lagasse welcomes food donations from businesses as well as monetary donations or gift cards to local grocery stores to help buy food. She also welcomes gently used backpacks to help with the Take Home program in the Valley.
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Something wicked is lurking on Mt. Tibidabo, something that only comes out on Wednesdays . . .
Every Wednesday, strange things happen in Max's village. The townsfolk shutter their windows, lock their doors and hunker down to outwait this plague of peculiarities referred to simply as "the Wednesdays." But Max is too curious for that, and when he accidentally lets the Wednesdays inside, his furious parents cast him out for the rest of the day.
Soon he meets the Wednesdays themselves; strange silver-eyed boy-creatures bent on spreading mischief and mayhem. Initially he thinks they're quite fun, but they can also be cruel and dangerous. With the assistance of an unlikely cast of characters including a popular girl with questionable motives, a slightly crazed parapsychologist, and the world's ugliest dog, Max must put an end to the curse of the Wednesdays . . . or become one himself.
"Max shrugged and decided to follow. He was quite certain that this was all going to turn out to be either a very good idea or a very bad idea. He just wished that he could tell which one."
Initial Final Page Thoughts.
Nearly….? :-D
High Points.
Max. A case of the Wednesdays. Clock towers. Little bastards. Thursday. Blue dye. Baby Elvis. Bird poo. Parapsychologists. Piano Tuners. Drink fountains. Gemma Swift. Noah. Tree houses. The setting.
Low Points.
I wanted more of everything because I'm greedy. More Max. More Noah. More Thursday. More story. But most of all more Wednesdays! In my head I had some kind of crazy hybrid of Gremlins, Yoda and Minions. YES.
Also, I just checked the prices for flights from Manchester to Mt. Tibidabo and it's so expensive.
Even Ryan Air aren't willing to cut me a deal.
Oh Maxwell Valentino Bernard, which is possibly the best name ever. But it's funny because if someone in a YA book was named Maxwell Valentino I would be so angry.
But middle grade books can get away with it… because they are brilliant.
Anyway, back to Max.
Oh poor Max. He makes me look lucky and I'm the girl who once broke her toe when a packet of frozen mince fell out of the freezer onto it (I wish I was kidding).
What I love most about mg books is that sense of adventure that our heroes have. When everyone in his town is cowering in their house on Wednesday, Max is all like "Whatever" and runs around, laughing, making friends and turning blue.
Yes, that's right. HE TURNS BLUE.
Max is hilarious, and never whinges. Did I mention he turns blue? And has to wash his hair with oil? You see that's the difference between Max and I… I would be sulking like no one's business if that happened but for Max, it's all part of the adventure!
And I want to be best friends with him.
I'll just have to work hard on not making him cross.
Because I know what he's capable of and I want my clothes to stay dry.
It's getting cold out.
Well, I wish this was a regular topic on this blog.
There are three things I feel MG/YA books need more of: Mummies, dinosaurs and parapsychologists.
(Can you imagine the book with all three of them in? Oh man, I'm going to write that book.)
Anyway, Dr Conkle-Smoak (Telepathy, hypnotism, apparitions, and haunts… also piano tuning, but that's just a hobby) is brought in to help out when Max gets a case of the Wednesdays.
"Get to the point!" Max roared irritably.
"Fine," sniffed Dr. Conkle-Smoak, who looked hurt by Max's interruption. "To put it in the crass terminology that seems to be preferred by your appallingly inattentive generation: you need to shock the little bastards."
Theme Tune.
Scaredy Cat Level.
I think you'll be OK with this one.
But it does get a bit hairy towards the end.
Recommended For.
People who don't like
Mondays Wednesdays. People who will always be polite to people, whether they are monsters or not. People who like to get up to mischief. People who wonder why babies stare at them in an odd manner. People who have ever wondered how powerful their mind actually is. People who always wonder why the Town Hall clock is ever so slightly slow.
I received an advanced copy of this book from the publishers.


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Stimulant Medications for ADHDAdderall is probably the best known stimulant medication for ADHD. However, there are many other choices in stimulant medications that may be considered Adderall alternatives. Stimulants are very effective, but they are also controlled substances and have the potential to be abused. As a result, there are strict rules concerning how stimulants are prescribed (see Adderall: A Controlled Substance for more information).
Many of the stimulant medications for ADHD contain similar ingredients, but differ in how long the medication lasts or how the medication is released (immediate release versus extended release). In addition to Adderall, other stimulant medication choices include:
- Desoxyn® (methamphetamine)
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The Office of Communications serves the law school by leading the schoolwide communications program and by providing direct service to individual units.
Our Primary Areas of Activity Are:
Media Relations
Conduct outreach to general and legal news media outlets to disseminate the school's most compelling stories; provide expert commentary on issues of the day; and represent the school to regional, national, and international audiences.
Create publications to help recruit students, communicate with alumni, promote philanthropy, attract and inform research partners, and engage people with diverse interests in the life of the school.
Web Management
Develop the school's website into an increasingly effective tool for informing and involving all constituencies, providing news content, overseeing design, and promoting an intuitive, interactive user experience.
Identity Program
Manage the School of Law's branding standards, products, and services by defining appropriate uses of the school's name, articulating its distinctive character, and providing logo files and letterhead templates for the school and its affiliates.
The Communications Team
Alex Shapiro
Executive Director of Communications
Contact for help with:
- Strategic communications planning
- Overall electronic and print communications strategy
- Media inquiries/spokesperson
Andrew Cohen
Senior Communications Writer
Contact for help with:
- Content being developed for the website home page (news stories, Spotlight, Sidebar, news briefs) and monthly eNews bulletin
- Content matters for Transcript, the Annual Report of Philanthropy, the Admissions Viewbook, or other editorial projects in progress
Susanna Spiro
Director, Web & Digital Media
Contact for help with:
- Berkeley Law website inquiries
- Berkeley Law blogs and faculty profiles
- Web design projects
- Images and video
- Events calendar
Rachel Deletto
Writer and Social Media Manager
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- Social media
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54.5cm D x 47cm W x 41cm H
The Como 3 drawer bedside is an elegant storage solution in a beautiful walnut foil finish which is stunningly realistic. The mitred inset frame on the front surface of the cabinet is accented with chrome handles for a modern yet traditional twist.
Drawers run smoothly on metal runners, and internal finishing is in the same walnut foil.
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*full disclosure: a DVD screener of this film was provided by Vertical Entertainment.
Director: David Hackl.
Writers: Jack Reher and Guy Moshe.
Cast: James Marsden, Thomas Jane, Piper Perabo, Scott Glenn and Billy Bob Thornton.
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"When a grizzly gets angry, they don't give a shit whether you're a logger or a treehugger. All of you taste the same."
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Avaya Partner 34D Black phone 700340227 700420052 107305054 - - Series 2 $95.00 -- Series 1 $25.00
For people that require maximum line appearances, the 34 button display telephone is a flexible display telephone with several additional capabilities including centralized system programming and the extra buttons needed for larger capacity applications.
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|V, Inc. Adds Hi-Def Rear Projection TV to Product Lineup
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Inc. has added the Rear Projection TV (RPTV) category to its home
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Agfa Introduces Complete Digital Contract Proofing Solution For Newspapers
Wednesday, October 17, 2001
Press release from the issuing companyIFRA, Geneva, Switzerland – 15 October 2001 – Agfa introduced a complete digital contract proofing solution for newspaper printing with the Agfa Sherpa six-colour digital inkjet proofing system. A series of tools designed to improve the accuracy of newspaper proofing assures reliable contract proofs with the Agfa Sherpa system. In the latest version of its colour-management software, ColorTune Pro 4.01, Agfa has improved the method of creating profiles for a more accurate portrayal of process colour on newsprint stock. Agfa's latest QMS software uses gamut-mapping calculations and ink bleeding characteristics of users' specific newspaper stocks to provide total quality management of the Agfa Sherpa system. "We have a dedicated 20-person R&D staff for our proofing software who are always examining new ways to improve colour accuracy," said Willy Van Dromme, director of marketing for Agfa proofing systems. "We see contract proofing as a critical capability for newspapers as they strive to increase advertising revenues." The Agfa Sherpa six-colour inkjet proofer offers high-resolution contract proofing. ColorTune Pro 4.01 colour-management software and QMS 1.1 quality-management software address specific newspaper issues such as ink limitations on newsprint, calibration, gamut mapping, and remote quality control to deliver a complete contract proofing system designed specifically for newspaper proofing. ColorTune Pro 4.01. Based on the industry-standard IT8.7/3 colour characterisation target, Agfa has designed a new target that improves its printability, thus improving the accuracy of the resulting press profile. Improper readings occur most often with the yellow ink. Because the colours are "scrambled" on the new print target there is better distribution of the yellow ink on the press. Another benefit of the improvements to ColorTune Pro 4.01 is more accurate reproduction of difficult colours such as blues in both newsprint and proofing profiles. By improving both the proofer and press profiles, softproofing is also significantly more accurate. Because ColorTune Pro 4.01 is integrated with Agfa's IntelliTune image-processing software, IntelliTune users will be able to take advantage of this new upgrade to achieve even greater colour-matching accuracy. Quality Mangement Software (QMS) version 1.1. Agfa's Quality Management Software was designed to assure identical tonal behaviour on multiple Agfa Sherpa 6-colour inkjet proofing systems and to verify ongoing accuracy of output from any Sherpa at any time and at any location. In the latest version of the software, Agfa has included support for newspaper proofing on customers' newspaper stock. In addition to calibrating Agfa's newsprint proofing media, ANPP, users can create a custom calibration set-up for specific newsprint stocks. By printing and measuring a special colour target, the software calculates the bleeding or absorption characteristics of the paper. QMS then creates an on-screen visualisation of the level of bleeding on that specific paper using a special Agfa bleeding target containing fonts in various sizes. This visualisation not only shows the amount of bleeding but also provides a reference for selecting the best typeface relative to gamut capabilities. New paper calibration set-up can be created and saved whenever a new stock is introduced for a print run. The user can then select the specific newspaper media when calibrating the Sherpa for contract proofing. For remote proofing applications, set-up files can be exported so that remote sites can use the same reference set-up (media selection) for newspaper proofing.
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When Sandy called to tell me that she had been fired over the essay she had written for class, I felt like Joseph K. in Kafka's The Trial?arrested without charge, guilty of something, but uncertain of what. I had been teaching writing since 1971, and to my knowledge a student had never before been fired for writing an essay for class. After the phone call, I tried to convince myself that I had done nothing wrong, merely given an open-ended writing assignment. I wanted to believe that my sense of having been arrested was caused more by moral outrage over an abuse of political and economic power than by anything for which I personally could be held responsible. Now, nearly a year after Sandy's phone call, I still feel a sense of outrage; but I also recognize that I was culpable, that in my teaching I had perhaps not committed a crime of commission, but that certainly I deserved to be charged with a crime of omission: in my naivety, I had failed to tell students the whole truth about writing. —Michael Kleine, in an article co-authored by Sandy Moore
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Communication Matters
In truth, English composition was not my strong suit in high school. I had no troubles with mathematics and music, but the study of languages, in general, just didn't excite me very much. Strangely, however, I seem to be increasingly called upon by clients and associates to vet their writing. I've become a stickler for proper business communication in my own businesses, and I've become somewhat dismissive of businesses that can't be bothered to communicate clearly.
The examples I see of poor business communication are seemingly limitless. For instance, I'm particularly puzzled as to why job applicants for positions requiring strong communication skills would submit résumés containing errors in spelling and grammar. Why would a potential employer hire an applicant to represent their company when the applicant cannot effectively represent himself or herself?
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September 22, 2014
Dendright is very pleased to announce that last week it received two awards for outstanding research and commercialisation endeavours pertaining to its liposome-based therapy for rheumatoid arthritis, from industry body Knowledge Commercialisation Australia (KCA) as well as from The University of Queensland (UQ).
At KCA's inaugural Research Commercialisation Awards, Dendright/UniQuest won the Best Commercial Deal category for its 2013 Research and Option to License Agreement with Janssen Biotech Inc. for its immunotherapy technology related to the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
UniQuest Pty Ltd is the main commercialisation company for The University of Queensland and Dendright Pty Ltd is a wholly owned start-up company of UniQuest.
Dendright CEO, Helen Roberts commented "it is very rewarding for the Dendright/UniQuest and Janssen teams to be recognised in this way.
The innovative nature of the deal structure and the opportunity it brings Dendright to partner with one of the world's most successful pharmaceutical companies underpins a positive and strongly collaborative approach to translation of the Curcusome-RA research.
Both parties are seeking better patient outcomes for this challenging disease and research commercialization success will deliver meaningful benefit to patients, their careers and the broader Australian community".
Professor Ranjeny Thomas from The University of Queensland, whose research underpins the liposome-based therapy for rheumatoid arthritis was separately recognized at UQ's Partners in Research Excellence Awards with Janssen represented by Ms. Kathy Connell, Director New Ventures - ANZ, Asia Pacific Innovation Centre.
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In addition to the RA therapy in preclinical development, the Dendright platform technology is being used to develop new therapies for type 1 diabetes.


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