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Round in shape and rough in apperance, the Celery root begins to grow under the surface of the ground as a tuber with numerous thin stalks sprouting upward out of the root. The stalks have the same appearance as Celery stalks but are much smaller in width height, and thickness. The root, which is also referred to as celeriac, contains a white, semi-firm flesh that is often served as a cooked vegetable.
Cultivated Celery stalks are grown from the Clery plant that produces long, slender green stalks that emerge from the smaller root or tuber than forms as the vegetable known as Celery root. Celery stalks form a thick base at the bottom and grow into solid stalks that are topped with larger green leaves than the Celery root. The stalks can be eaten raw or can be cooked in dishes such as soups, stews, stocks, and entrees. The darker green Celery stalks are referred to as unblanched Celery stalks while the light green variety is known as blanched Celery. Wild Celery is another type of Celery that can be harvested. The stalks of the wild Celery are thin textured and hollow from the bottom to the top of the stalk. A hybrid variety is produced that is a cross between the wild and the cultivated Celery which also is hollow in the center but has a more intense celery flavor and firm texture.
Cutting Celery, which looks very much like parsely with its small flat leaf, is a variety most often used for soups and stews. Although the larger Celery stalks are also commonly added to soups or stews, cutting Celery has a very thin and very narrow stalk that develops and strong Celery flavor that enhances the flavor of foods to which it is added. Similar in appearance and size to wild celery, cutting celery does not grow from a Celery root like a celeriac and therefore does not develop a tuber as its base. Celery is often used to add considerable flavor and texture to many recipes.


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The Shareholders' Meeting is the company's authoritative body, making decisions on major issues such as the company's capital increase, profit distribution, and selection of the members of the Board of Directors/Supervisory Board.
The Board of Directors (BOD) is the highest body responsible for corporate strategy, operations management, and customer satisfaction. The BOD's mission is to lead the company forward. It exercises decision-making authority for corporate strategy and operations management, and ensures the protection of customer and shareholder interests.
The BOD and its Executive Committee will be led by rotating chairmen. During their terms, the rotating chairmen will serve as the foremost leader of the company.
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The Egyptian Government has sought to dispel rumours that a mobile phone text message "from unknown foreign quarters" is spreading around the country and killing those who receive it.
The extraordinary move by Egypt's health and interior ministries follows press reports that an SMS containing a special combination of numbers killed a man in the town of Mallawi south of Cairo.
"He died vomiting blood, followed by stroke, shortly after he received a message from an unknown phone number," the Egyptian Gazette reported.
"The number begins with the symbol (+) and ends with (111)," it said.
An "official security source" was quoted by the official MENA news agency as denying that those who receive the SMS "get splitting headaches followed by brain haemorrhage that leads to death."
A statement from the health ministry quoted health officials in several regions as saying that they had "received no cases with such symptoms"
"These rumours contradict all scientific facts," the statement said.
Egypt's interior ministry has detained three workers at an oil company for allegedly starting the rumours "and they are now being interrogated," MENA said.
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My mother-in-law just reported that these cornmeal cupcakes with orange flavor and Grand Marnier whipped cream are her favorite cupcakes so far this year. She also said that she really liked the crunch. "The crunch?" I asked. Could a crunch possibly be a good thing in a cupcake? She thought so. Personally, I wouldn't describe the cupcakes as having a crunch, but they definitely do have more of a gritty texture than normal due to the coarse blue cornmeal.
My other taster of the week, Susan, enjoyed that the cornmeal cupcakes weren't overly sweet, and she also liked the orange flavor (which she felt could be even more pronounced).
As for me, I was happy to move back to a healthier (not healthy) cupcake after the cookie dough cupcakes. I felt springy and happy after eating a cornmeal cupcake.
Cornmeal Cupcakes with Orange Flavor and Grand Marnier Whipped Cream Recipe
I got the recipe for the cornmeal cupcakes from Garrett of Vanilla Garlic. When I first started this blog, I made several of his cupcakes and they were all hits. I haven't made one in a while, but when I started looking for a blue cornmeal cupcake to go with my blue cornmeal pancakes, he had the perfect recipe (he used yellow cornmeal, but that was an easy substitution)! The best part of the recipe is its simplicity, it requires only one bowl.
Garrett's recipe is below, with my notes.
Cornmeal Cupcakes with Orange Flavor and Grand Marnier Whipped Cream
Cornmeal Cupcake Ingredients
- 1/2 C olive oil
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 1 C sugar
- 1/2 C dry white wine
- 1 1/4 C all-purpose flour
- 1/2 C yellow cornmeal I used blue cornmeal
- 1 t salt
- 2 t baking powder
- Finely grated zest of one orange I used 1/4 t orange extract instead
Grand Marnier Whipped Cream* Ingredients
- 1 C heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 C Grand Marnier syrup. See my Grand Marnier syrup recipe.
- 1/4 C sugar
- 1 t Grand Marnier
Cornmeal Cupcake Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together the oil, eggs, sugar, and wine until smooth.
- Add the other dry ingredients and the zest; whisk together gently.
- Line cupcake tin with cupcake papers and spoon into the papers about 4/5 full.
- Bake at 375 F for 22-25 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.
Grand Marnier Whipped Cream Instructions
- Whip heavy whipping cream until it looks like whipped cream.
- Mix in remaining ingredients.
Grand Marnier Whipped Cream
You could top these cupcakes with any number of frostings. They might be great with an orange buttercream frosting. I opted to make a Grand Marnier whipped cream.


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Hi, I am Vaishali, a mother (and on-the-job-learner), a communication consultant and a super-juggler.
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The Champa Tree (aka TCT) was conceived in the month of May 2014. Around the same time as my son's birth. In the initial years, both the blog and my son required my utmost attention. Now I am just watching them both grow tremendously.
The Champa Tree is about motherhood, parenting, baby and child care. You can tickle your funny bone with some parenting humor or read emotional pieces which most of us (at some point) would relate to. But above everything else, The Champa Tree is a safe place where all mothers and fathers can find answers to the questions they think are too "silly" to ask out loud. In case you don't find the answer to a question that has been bothering you, feel free to reach out as this is a place free of all judgment.
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I have loved music all my life and have always been a lot more critical of quality than anyone else I know, but I have only just started looking into the "audiophile" scene.
So I guess my question is to see if I am on the right track.
From a quality point of view, is the new Deftones album "Koi No Yokan" worthy of stereophile status? I can't put my finger on it, but the sound is just very full and crisp.
I am getting the same feeling from this recording as I get from the Tool album "Aenima".


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2 fresh faces elected to Duval County School Board
Ashley Smith Juarez, Jason Fischer join 2 other new members on board
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Two future school board members are all smiles the day after the election.
In District 3, Ashley Smith Juarez won 54 percent of the vote. In District 7, Jason Fischer had a 58 percent lead.
Eager to get to work, Smith Juarez is eager to hit the ground running.
"I'm just really excited, grateful and humbled to have been a part of this campaign," said Smith Juarez, "I will do the work. This was not just about the campaign for me, the campaign was the method and the mode to be able to do the work that I fully intend to follow through with."
Across the aisle, Fischer is ready to cash in on his campaign promises.
"I'm very excited. I'm glad that the campaign is over, I'm glad that we can move into governing," said Fischer. "I'm sticking to my guns. I think that people wanted us to get our budget in line, people wanted to make sure the superintendent could be an effective CEO and people really wanted quality school choice options."
Both candidates are fresh faces who feel their youth will be beneficial to the board.
"There's a lot of energy to be had from a younger generation that is taking ownership of these institutions and our community and making sure that we make our mark and that we leave this city better than we found it," said Smith Juarez.
The challenge is the new dynamic. Between the primary and General Election, four of the board's seven members will be new, and the new superintendent of school starts next week.
"I think we're going to mesh real well as a group, I think everybody wants our school system to improve in the fastest way possible," said Fischer. "I think with that, I think we'll be able to empower our superintendent to do great things."
The candidates are set to be sworn in Nov. 14.
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1971 Dodge Demon 340 - Something Wicked This Way Comes
Not All Monsters Are Slow And Scary Looking
Saying that age-old adage "the devil made me do it" is one thing, but to go out and manipulate your own personal demon for fun and profit is another matter. However, in the case of a glass mechanic named Thurman Braxton of Chocowinity, North Carlina, the possession in question is of the '71 Dodge variety, and the power is being used against the Brand X infidels on both street and strip. Indeed, Mr. Braxton's inaugural year A-Body has undergone extensive transformation to dwell in the environment of dual-purpose machinery.
The tales aside, a look at the car shows it is all business. Deciding the 340 engine was indeed more than healthy enough for his plans, Braxton dialed the engine with a .030 overbore and a set of 11.0.1 slugs in the bores. The rest of the bottom-end reciprocating assembly is basically stock, laughing in the face of 7,500 rpm threats. We did not get any info on the bumpstick, other than it is a solid lifter version from Comp Cams (gotta keep some of this stuff secret). Those "bumps" actuate 2.02 intake/1.60 exhaust valves in the "J"-style heads; a Holley 750 double-pumper on a single-plane Torker meters in fuel from the JAZ trunk-mounted cell, while Hooker Competition-style headers take care of the remains of the combustion cycle.
The original 340 machine still sports its factory-installed A-833 four-speed crash-box and Thurman rows the gears using a Hurst shifter. Since the car continues to see street duty, the interior was left intact, lightened by a set of fiberglass front buckets and aided by Autometer gauges. The whole chassis has been stiffened and tied together using a six-point cage and repositioned rear frame rails.
The rail job was needed to allow a big Dana 60 rear sporting Strange internals including a 4.56 ring to fit underneath. Despite the ladder bar/coil-over rear suspension, this combination can easily transform the big M/T 32-17.5-15 ET Street tires into asphalt crayons while Weld Wheels support the Demon on all four corners. The result when the pressure is low enough to give a sticky footprint is 11.90s at 112 mph, which is stout for most street cars, let alone a four-speed.
Once the body had been treated to some replacement quarter-panels and a fiberglass hood with a cowl induction-type scoop, it was ready for a final treatment in PPG Hemi Orange, which was applied by David Braxton of David's Body shop. David, his brother, also serves as Thurman's crew, along with Thurman's wife Cynthia. Hudson's Signs in Chocowinity applied the final artwork, including the cartoon work on the hood. Eleven-second street cars are few and far between, but this is one machine that gives the other guys in the Tarheel State one devil of a time.


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Living in space is bad for you.
Any astronaut returning to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) does their best to smile for the cameras but struggles to stand. So, imagine what it will be like for future missions to Mars. After several months cooped up in zero (or micro) gravity, the first astronauts to step onto the Martian surface will barely be able to manage an ungainly stagger, let alone a giant leap.
"There's a variety of different effects that can happen," says Nasa biologist Sharmila Bhattacharya. "There's a reduction in bone density, there's loss of muscle and vision can be affected." Her recent studies suggest that spaceflight even compromises the immune system.
Add in difficulties with balance, sleep deprivation, a slowing of the cardiovascular system, not to mention excess flatulence; throw in a bit of space sickness, vertigo and lethargy, and you begin to understand the scale of the problem. Bhattacharya's experiments, along with countless others carried out over more than fifty years, attribute most of these symptoms to the effects of living without gravity.
It seems humans have not evolved for life in space.
As a result, there are several ongoing initiatives to try to understand - and minimise - the impact of weightlessness. The European Space Agency, for instance, recently ran a series of bed rest studies, examining the effects on volunteers of 21 days of inactivity. And a forthcoming year-long joint Nasa/Russian mission to the International Space Station (ISS), is designed to put the latest theories on combating weightlessness, such as improved exercise and nutritional regimes, to the test.
However, if mankind is to travel to Mars, the moons of Jupiter, Saturn or beyond, we may need more extreme solutions. And one of those includes resurrecting plans all but abandoned by Nasa in the 1970s: spacecraft with their own artificial gravity.
'Completely archaic'
Early designs for space stations all assumed that artificial gravity – generated by enormous spinning wheels - would be the norm in the future. Take an example from the 1949 issue of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society written by H E Ross, which envisages a "refuelling station" on the way to the Moon. The design consists of three sections, rather quaintly labelled, "a bowl, bun and arm."
The bowl is effectively a giant mirror, designed to concentrate sunlight that heats water to produce steam for power generation. That's right, a steam powered space station. The bun – which looks more like a bagel – is located behind the mirror. The arm pokes out on the side of the bun and is linked to a docking port.
With any rotating wheel in space, the artificial gravity, or as Ross more accurately puts it "the pseudo gravitational effect", works like this: thrusters rotate the bun/bagel around its axis, generating a centripetal force. Anyone inside this hollow wheel experiences a similar effect to gravity, as if they were being pulled towards the outer curved hull (although actually it is the floor of the hull pushing up against them). The amount of artificial gravity generated depends on the size of the wheel and the speed of rotation. The bigger the wheel and the faster it turns, the greater the effect. The result is brilliantly illustrated in the film 2001, where the astronaut jogs around the inside of the spaceship.
Towards the end of the Apollo Moon programme, in the late 1960s, Nasa commissioned studies from industry on future space stations. All the designs specified that artificial gravity would be essential.
"These old space station studies now look completely archaic," says David Baker, editor of Spaceflight magazine and a former Nasa engineer who worked on the concepts. "The Skylab missions [of the mid 1970s] proved that the whole point of having a space station was to do microgravity research, so we abandoned the artificial gravity idea."
"Now, though," he says, "they might be worth revisiting."
Inflatable space
I find Baker's 1971 reports on the project tucked away on a top shelf of the British Interplanetary Society Library in London. One, the McDonnell-Douglas "space base", is formed of a series of cylindrical modules. The base includes a separate artificial gravity section, providing crew with around half the gravity they would experience on Earth.
A competing design, from North American Rockwell, is more ambitious and features a central core with four cylinders projecting from it on spokes. Each of these modules contains the living and working areas and, just like Ross' 1949 concept, would spin around the central axis to generate artificial gravity.
Although both these designs are enormous – housing between 12 and 50 "men" with individual cabins, tables, comfy chairs and even a sickbay – the basic ideas are sound. In fact, they are not dissimilar to a 2011 proposal known as the Nautilus-X, or Multi Mission Space Exploration Vehicle, put forward by a consortium from Nasa, academia and industry.
This $3.7bn spacecraft is designed for six people and looks similar to a flying space station – with large solar arrays and a series of interconnecting tubes. However, the major difference is that surrounding the centre of the ship is a larger hollow wheel. This wheel would be a bit like a bicycle inner tube, made of a series of rigid rings connected by soft-walled inflatable sections. It is similar in structure to a module that Nasa has just ordered from Bigelow aerospace, with the intention of fixing it to the ISS in 2015.
There is a good reason why the ship looks similar to the ISS, according to Mark Holderman, one of the team behind the design. "Nautilus-X was to be assembled in orbit… [using] the skill and lessons learned from assembling the International Space Station."
The ship's design emerged in2011 from the Space Shuttle program's Technology Applications & Assessment Team (TAAT), a group formed to look at relatively near-term human space missions that could build upon or extend the use of existing technologies. The team envisaged building a prototype that attached to the ISS to prove the concept, before building a full-sized ship.
"It…would have been the first true spacecraft to provide a crew with artificial gravity," says Holderman. "The Nautilus-X was also designed to provide the evolutionary basis for the spacecraft that would eventually take a crew of 9 to 12 to Mars."
Ultimately, the project was cancelled due to changing priorities and a lack of funds at the space agency.
Sick idea
So with budgets only ever getting smaller, space agencies may want to follow a simpler – and cheaper – route. If that is the case, they could copy a method tried out on Nasa's Gemini missions of the mid 1960s where astronauts stretched a tether between their capsule and an unmanned docking module and allowed the two bodies to spin around each other. The theory is the same as twirling a bucket around on the end of a string where a centripetal force is generated in the bucket.
Or for space agencies on a very tight budget, there may be an even cheaper option. Researchers at MIT, for example, have conducted a series of experiments using a small centrifuge – effectively a spinning table or chair. The idea is to fly something similar on the ISS, with astronauts strapping themselves to the device and spinning themselves round and round to simulate gravity. Although the setup has a habit of giving people motion sickness (particularly when they move their head), the experiments suggest that regular sessions on the wheel can offset some of the deleterious effects of weightlessness.
But a spinning table is hardly a giant wheel in space. Fortunately, for anyone harbouring dreams of that elegant ship in 2001: A Space Odyssey, all is not lost. Baker believes there may be another way to build the first artificial gravity spacecraft. "A hotel in space would definitely need artificial gravity," he says. "Given that 50% of people get space sickness, if we have hotels in Earth orbit then artificial gravity would be essential."
With the explosion in commercial space travel, this idea may not be as farfetched as it seemed even a decade ago. Indeed, the firm that is supplying Nasa with its first inflatable space station module is owned by hotel magnate Robert Bigelow, who has talked about his desire to extend his real estate empire into orbit.
So, perhaps one day, we could end up with giant inflatable, wheel-shaped space stations – albeit for millionaire space tourists rather than Martian explorers.
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Hey, guys,it's almost 2:00 a.m.
We know !
Well, it's way pasttime for bed.
Sharon, Stan's PinewoodDerby Race is tomorrow.
Do you have any idea howimportant this is to him ?!
Stan is not gonna lose
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Well, it's just a block ofwood and some wheels.
I don't think there's thatmuch more you can do with it.
That's 'causeyou're a chick !
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The Hollises are notbeating us this year.
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Associate Professor Jules Boykoff receiving international attention for his research on the Olympic Games
Politics & Government faculty member and 2012 recipient of a Graves Award in the Humanities undertakes research on activism and the Olympics. His commentary has recently appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian (UK) and The Nation.
As she has done many times over the course of the last few years, Kelsey Owens '09 headed out to
The Spirit Mountain Community Fund in Oregon has awarded Pacific University's EyeClinic Cornelius a capital grant of $30,000 to help build out a new clinic within the Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center's new Wellness Center in Cornelius.
Pacific University welcomes Dr. Howard Smith as the founding dean of the future College of Business.
Pacific University has established a new Center for Peace and Spirituality.
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I find that an easy way to connect with my students is by starting a lesson with a personal story. This gives me a chance to informally check out their schema, and at the same time, build enthusiasm for the topic. The Next Generation Science Standards is all about building on science experiences. I try to weave this concept into the fabric of my lessons as a way of connecting science in their lives while getting them to think about science at different levels. In this first classifying lesson my students observed, labeled and classified seashells.
Today I brought a seashell collection that I share with the students.The students are always excited to learn about my life and here is something that we can all relate to. I have always collected things. When I was a kid I started by collecting pencils then moved on to collect Barbie clothes and stickers. However, my favorite things to collect were things that were free! Who doesn't like that?
Now, I'm sure I have everyone's undivided attention! Soon everyone is offering their suggestions and this gives me the opportunity to do some academic language "weaving"! I introduce using a web graphic organizer, to help organize how we " classify" things, and what we can "observe". I'm big fan of graphic organizers. It helps my students organize their thoughts, and for that reason I use them in almost every lesson. It's amazing but after much modeling, the students just do it on their own in most subjects making their work more focused.
Academic vocabulary is a tough sell to a nine year old, but making it fun helps them "own it". I've tried many different methods and frankly, the best way I've found is with using a modified version of the Frayer Model Vocabulary. I use a variation of the Frayer model in their notebooks for all academic vocabulary, which I have reduced to 80% when copying to fit neatly in their interactive notebooks.
Science is all about inquiry, and most often this is accomplished in a collaborative setting. My students usually work in groups or in pairs. For this lesson, they are in groups and I have them do a turn and talk with their team members to discuss the "why" of the lesson as we go through each section. Ever since the implementation of the Common Core Standards I emphasize that students need to know the "why" of everything we do. It's amazing, because by November, you will hear them asking each other "Yeah, but what's the why?"
I use a Powerpoint to help keep my students stay focused as well as to help with time management. I also use graphic organizer in this case the T Chart for the initial sorting, I've included a picture of the students initial sorting.
Having students understand that each team member has a role, is essential to classroom management. One way I find that helps me,help them,while in groups, is by using nonverbal cues. I've included a picture of the "Team Answer sticks". The recorder of the group raises the yellow side if they need help and the green side if the whole group has completed the task.
Using the powerpoint throughout the whole lesson really helps the investigations go smoothly. It helps define the roles of the students on the team and gets them accustomed to collaborating.
The students also have to learn how to express themselves using academic language. In order to help them learn to speak like scientists, I provide Sentence Frames to help guide the discussion. I will keep doing this until they are able to respond using the language. It is a way to differentiate within the groups without any stigma, since they all start off using them and then I scaffold the use as needed in future lessons.
The use of the sentence frames leads us to one of the cross cutting concepts of the NGSS, "A discussion of similarities and differences in patterns can be used to sort and classify natural phenomena."
Kids love to share, and in my class, I use this as an opportunity to let the students be the "experts" after a lesson. The recorder for this activity stays at the table with the shells while his/her team visit the next group. The recorders then explain the "why".
Now remember, they completed the sentence frames as a group. There is no pressure because they have it written down if they need to refer to notes for help. Then the roles are reversed and the recorders visit the next team to see their results. The best part, they are using academic vocabulary in their explanations.
As a whole group discussion, or share, I ask where we could get more information about seashells.
As an extension, during the read aloud I read "What Lives in a Shell?" by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld. I love to use picture books in the content areas. I use them to show the content, as a springboard or a review. I will either use the book at the beginning of the lesson as the warm up or at the end to help wrap up the lesson.


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Authorities say a 24-year-old San Jose woman is dead after a fall from the 11th floor of condominium in downtown San Jose.
Officials say Tamara Toth fell from a balcony of the City Heights high-rise condominium complex around 2:50 a.m. Friday. She died at the scene.
A San Jose police spokesman says no foul was involved in the fall, and an official at the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner's office says her death has been ruled an accident.


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Oh you know, just your standard fast-break, flip-the-ball-behind-your-head-from-below-your-hip-while-getting-fouled layup that hits every part of the rim before gently falling through the net. Nuggets forward Danilo Gallinari somehow managed to pull off this shot in the final minute of last night's game against the Milwaukee Bucks, pushing the Nuggets' lead to six and effectively wrapping up a 112-104 victory.
Gallinari's shot was a fitting exclamation point to what was a bizarre game. This was a game in which the Nuggets trailed by 15 at halftime and surrendered 35 points to Samuel Dalembert, who went 17-21 from the field while playing only 27 minutes. Yes, Samuel Dalembert, the 31-year-old backup center who averages 6.7 points per game, looked like Wilt Chamberlain for most of the night. Meanwhile, the Bucks high-scoring backcourt tandem of Brandon Jennings and Monte Ellis scraped together a combined 24 points on 11-36 shooting.
The Nuggets played atrocious defense all night (see: Dalembert, Samuel) and trailed for almost the entire game, and yet they still managed to squeeze out a win thanks to a few well-timed steals down the stretch, one of which led to Gallinari's trick shot. Oh, and JaVale McGee didn't do anything spectacular or spectacularly embarrassing. It really was a weird game.


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I WAS INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE in recent days to connect with Gail Billingsley, the former Director of Marketing for PGA Golf Exhibitions. Among other golf-related activities, Gail developed and launched the Golf Demo Day and worked on the development and launch of Play Golf America Days with PGA Magazine. Gail now serves as the Executive Director of the YMCA at Virginia Tech University.
I asked Gail for her advice as I made preparations to attend my first PGA Merchandise Show.
"Neil, you are truly in for a treat!" Gail wrote. "There is nothing in the world like the PGA Merchandise Show."
Below, with Gail's permission, I share her top 10 list for the show:
1. Wear comfortable shoes. No matter how ugly, wear the single most comfortable shoes that you can. There are over 12 miles of aisles at the PGA Merchandise Show and you will cover them more than once.
2. Go to Demo Day. If you can go to the Demo Day at Orange National prior to the show, do it! The atmosphere is very different than the show and people are very chatty out at the range. It can be cold in the morning, but there are fewer folks there then. You'll get a rare chance to hit clubs from newer manufacturers that you'll usually never get to touch − and many of them are sweeter than those of the major manufacturers, but they have less marketing power.
3. Take the shuttle. Parking is awful.
4. Meet Sherry Major. Make sure to introduce yourself to Sherry Major in the PR/Media Room. Give her a hug for me. Sherry is an incredible source of golf info throughout the year. But, at the show, she really knows what is hot and what is new.
5. Read the show magazine. The show magazine is well done and Rick is good about featuring smaller, up-and-coming companies. I would pick up a copy each day.
6. Have a plan. Biggest piece of advice − go with a plan. Seriously, or you will waste so much time, you won't know where the day goes. Two ways you can do that. Go online and check out the layout of the show. Divvy it up into different periods of the day. Carry a notebook or the show directory and make active notes. While I know you are media, not a buyer, one of the most consistent pieces of advice from the top buyers was disciplining themselves to have a "map" each morning of what they expected to cover, and spending at least an hour each night reviewing what they had seen and then revisiting key companies on the last day.
7. Visit range and accessory people. The range and golf course accessory folks at the show don't always get much attention, but when it comes down to it, their products can make or ruin a good game of golf. I played at a course once with no yardage markers, no ball washers, no benches, nothing that just made the game a bit more enjoyable. It was eye-opening.
8. Drink lots of water. The air in the Convention Center is very dry and dehydration is a real problem that most folks don't realize until they leave.
9. Eat at local dives. Ask locals about their favorite hangouts and go there ... unless you like the crush of people that comes with the "tourist" restaurants. We really used to have fun going to local dives. Some wonderful food.
10. Enjoy!
I leave tomorrow. I better get to work on that plan.
−The Armchair Golfer
Tuesday, January 27
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3 comments:
- The Reverend said...
I don't know if it's just me, but I've been to so many merchandise shows over the years they seem to have lost something for me. I can't figure out what it is, they just don't seem the same to me.
- Cash said...
Sounds like you will have a great time - nothing like BIG TOYS for BIG BOYS (and GIRLS) !!!! Wish I was going with you....
- The Armchair Golfer said...
It will all be new to me, Rev.
Cash, I'm not exactly a golf equipment or golf gadget geek, but it will be interesting to check things out. Plus, a handful of players will be there, including Lorena, Annika, Paula, Morgan, Ian Poulter and others. I'm just going to take it all in.
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That would be great. I work on the south side and live in the West Loop. My best availability days would typically be Tues. and Thurs. Sunday late afternoon/early afternoon might be an option as well. Do you know of a good in between court that would have some availability? Get back to me when you get a shot.
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Thanks for contacting me. At times my schedule is quite flexible and I can play during the week, but at other times the weekend works just fine too. I've never played at the Lakeshore courts, but look forward to it.
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(Excerpt) Interview with Reform Studio : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Reform Studio : At the same time as we were coming up with the concept, Egypt was going through major revolutionary changes. We were very inspired by these changes, we never felt this way before, and we wanted to be part of it. We wanted to change Egypt to the better, and so we started with one of the biggest problem in Egypt, trash. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Reform Studio : The main focus of the concept stems from a problem solving approach. We wanted to solve the devastating problems of trash in Egypt. We looked into how people in Egypt viewed trash and how they dealt with it and we wanted to change that. We wanted to show people that trash could be more than discarded items, that trash was useful, that there was no 'away'. There are so many health and environmental implications that arise from improperly discarding plastic bags. We wanted to design responsible products that were environment friendly, products that delivered an important message. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Reform Studio : We plan to research more uses and applications for the material 'plastex', to expand and start more production workshops to produce the material and offer work opportunities to craftsmen and revive the craft industry. We plan to enter the local and international market with our product and deliver our message to the public through our designs, change how people view trash and make them see that an opportunity is present in every problem .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Reform Studio : This was one of our semester projects, so the design process lasted 3-4 months. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Reform Studio : This design started out as a semester project when we were studying product design in the German university in Cairo. We wanted to solve a major problem in Egypt, trash. And after researching about the process of trash gathering and the recycling system used in Egypt, we came to a conclusion that plastic bags were the most used plastic item that consumes a lot of energy resources in its making, but is hugely discarded and not heavily recycled in Egypt. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Reform Studio : The feeling of responsibility towards our environment, country and generations to come. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Reform Studio : Our respectful mentor and supervisor on our project, Sven Anwar. And Hadwa Shrief, one of the design students who worked with us on the same design project. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Reform Studio : Recycling plastic bags consumes a lot of energy, and it's always better to reuse any resource before recycling it. There are few methods of reusing plastic bags that we've found during our research, other knotting and knitting methods consume a huge amount of time and uses more plastic material to produce the 'textile', weaving on the other hand is faster and uses less material to create the same size and characteristics of the material, it actually produces a sturdier material and the cotton threads makes it more durable. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Reform Studio : The feasibility of the concept; how it's an innovative new material that can be easily produced in a developing country like Egypt and at the same time solve a major problem like trash, and help in sustaining our environment. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Reform Studio : Design and crafts each compliment each other, we have to find a way to juxtapose these two together and collaborate with craftsmen to empower both the design and crafts industries. We design our own furniture pieces, but we heavily work with craftsmen from the weaving industry, working on a traditional handloom used in Egypt to weave the plastic bags and produce the 'plastex' material. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Reform Studio : The design uses what was once a technology breakthrough, weaving on a handloom, and the concept of using a traditional handloom to weave an unfamiliar material like plastic bags is what makes the idea powerful, nothing is easy, but we are not introducing a high te.[ End of Excerpt: Read complete interview with Reform Studio on Plastex Eco-Friendly Material at design-interviews.com ]
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I Want That is the second single from Psapp's new album, The Camel's Back, and will be available via digital download on 30th March 2009.
This ode to instant gratification is about wanting something so badly it feels like your heart might burst and you have to have it regardless of the consequences… Combining their trademark wonky keyboards with squawking sax solos, Galia Durant's surreal imagery and Carim Clasmann's syncopated guitar wizardry makes it a perfect album opener, paving the way for a very exciting record indeed.
Parent album The Camel's Back so far has received an enthusiastic reception from the Psapp faithful. It also led to live sessions with Mark Radcliffe and Radio 4's Loose Ends (where they got to see Clive Anderson dance, but just a bit).
Psapp are currently rehearsing for shows in typically obtuse locations, including Bucharest and Singapore. They will be also be playing at Cargo on the 11th of March with support from Sam and The Plants. Pop along and say hello. You can buy tickets for their Cargo show here:
I Want That will be available via digital download (RUG317D) and will feature an accompanying animation directed by the band and long time collaborator, Hauke Hilberg combining Psapp's distinctive illustrations with a host of loutish marionettes.


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Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers. Q: I am reviewing resumes from the recent crop of college graduates and am stunned at the number who send a perfectly written cover letter and an interesting resume but then ruin their chances with a profile photo attached to their email that shows them hoisting a beer mug, smoking a hookah or posing in a tight T-shirt. I wish you would do a column for these young people. There are thousands of them applying for jobs right now, and some of them are so well educated and so clueless. Thank you. A: Hear that, young'uns? Time to ditch the duckface, banish the beer bong and think about how you're presenting yourself to the people who can grant or deny you access to Paycheckville. But I'm thinking this cluelessness might be technological more than generational. Some of you may not be aware that if you have a profile picture on your email account -- Gmail, let's say -- other users outside your contacts list may be able to see it in the emails you send. Just as you might ask friends to look over a cover letter or resume for you, you should also send them test emails. If they can see that cheeky selfie you uploaded back in college, you should replace it with something more professional. Better yet, with all the free email services out there, there's no reason you can't set up a new account just for job searches. Photos aren't the only way your email correspondence could make a bad first impression. That George Carlin quote or religious passage in your signature might not seem as funny or inspirational to a hiring manager as it does to you -- so stick with basic contact information. And make sure your email address is business-appropriate and easy to connect to your resume. Save your "ScoobySnax420" handle for messages to friends. While we're on the subject, all you not-so-recent grads should check out your virtual reflections, too. Does your LinkedIn profile show someone poised, polished and professional? If the picture you're sharing with potential employers features kids, pets or your wedding, consider replacing it with a simple headshot -- unless, of course, you're seeking a gig working with kids or animals, or as a life-size cake topper. Overly personal photos are not only unprofessional, but also may reveal information about you that hiring managers have no legal right to know. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to do something about this Facebook profile photo of me wearing a cat on my head. Miller has written for and edited tax publications for 16 years, most recently for the accounting firm KPMG's Washington National Tax office. You can find her on Twitter, @KarlaAtWork.
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From a farm at 5,400 feet in the mountains in northern Nicaragua, Bing Kirk grows and harvests the coffee beans he roasts, one batch at a time, mostly as customers order them, at his Jesus Mountain Coffee Co. in downtown Stockton.
From a farm at 5,400 feet in the mountains in northern Nicaragua, Bing Kirk grows and harvests the coffee beans he roasts, one batch at a time, mostly as customers order them, at his Jesus Mountain Coffee Co. in downtown Stockton.
"We say from the seed to the cup," Kirk said of the process of planting his coffee trees more than a decade ago to roasting and selling the resulting coffee, whole bean and ground, from a small leased space that he occupied just last month.
Kirk is a former partner of AKF Development, builders of thousands of homes and the Spreckels Business Park project in Manteca, and owns the farm outside of Jalapa, Nicaragua, with Mike Atherton, another AKF partner. Most of their coffee is sold to roasting companies in Europe, but they also began roasting and selling Jesus Mountain coffee in Manteca as a sideline.
After winding down their development business and more recently selling the building in Spreckels park that housed their coffee roaster, Kirk had to choose whether to give up on his "hobby roasting business."
"I decided to dedicate myself full time to the coffee roasting and farm," he said.
Atherton shares ownership of the farm on the namesake Jesus Mountain but has his own roasting business in Hawaii, where he lives.
Kirk leases about 1,300 square feet in the back of the building at 235 N. San Joaquin St., where he has a small office and a high-ceilinged roasting room, mostly filled with about 22,000 pounds of green coffee beans stuffed into burlap bags and stacked on pallets. Most is from the Nicaragua farm, but there's a small selection from other countries for blends and decaffeinated coffee.
He tends the bright red roaster by hand, pouring in the green beans (surprisingly small before being heated), carefully monitoring temperature, air flow and other attributes, and dumping the hot, roasted beans into a cooling pan, where they are stirred as air is drawn through the mass of brown nuggets.
It doesn't feel like work, said Kirk, who is launching himself on a second career at the age of 64 and investing in downtown Stockton, the city he's called home all his life.
"It's an evolving process," he said of coffee roasting.
That's also true of Stockton, said Kirk, who looks to build and expand his coffee service, providing fresh-roasted coffee to area companies, restaurants, hotels and independent grocery stores.
"I think there's a little renaissance going on downtown, and I want to be part of what's happening," he said.
It also doesn't hurt that his new location is across an intersection from the headquarters of Bank of Stockton, his largest client, and just up the street from Juice It Up, another customer.
Surveying the downtown scene and prospects beyond, Kirk said he's excited and looking forward to a formal grand opening, ribbon-cutting and more, on March 28.
"I've got a lot of potential clients out there; they just don't know it yet."
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Hey guys! Welcome to my day on the hop, hosted by the lovely Beth from Plum and June. Tessa, from The Sewing Chick, is also featured today, so click over there too!
I want to thank Beth for putting this hop together - I think most of my followers are fellow hoppers! So many of you may already know me, but for those of you who don't...
My name is Bethany, I'm 30, and I live in Michigan with my fiance and our two cats. I work full time as an industrial designer. If I'm not quilting, I'm probably reading, gardening or hanging out with my fiance. I am a total introvert, so sewing is a good hobby for me... :)
I've been sewing for a couple years, and quilting for about a year. I'm still learning with every quilt I make, but I think I'm slowly getting better. Lately I haven't had
as much any time to sew, because I'm gettting married very soon - September 15th! I/we put all of the planning off until June, if that gives you a little insight to my personality. ;) Needless to say, we are scrambling to nail down all the details, and sewing has taken a back seat!
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Quilting tips: Pfsshh! I have none. Fail. :) I will tell you something that has made my life easier though. I keep a funnel and a large container of water in my craft room so I can fill my iron up on the fly and not have to walk all the way to the bathroom! Laziness or masterful planning skills.. take your pick. ;)
Blogging tips: I haven't been blogging long enough to give out tips, but something that I've noticed is that you will get as much out of your blog as you put into it. Taking the extra time to email someone or comment on their blog builds relationships (and gains followers!).
Favorite fabric: My favorite fabrics in my stash have come from thrift and antique stores. I love having something unique!Favorite children's book: Hmm, I remember reading a lot of Boxcar Children, Babysitter's Club, Road Dahl, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, Sideways Stories from Wayside High, off the top of my head!
Favorite craft book: When I first learned how to sew, I had a lot of fun with the book, One Yard Wonders. When I first learned to quilt, The Practical Guide to Patchwork was my go-to reference! (Big surprise there, huh?!)
Favorite book: No way can I pick one! I LOVE reading. My favorite genres are science fiction and young adult. Some favorites (of all genres) include.. The Knife of Never Letting Go (Patrick Ness, 3 book series), The Book Thief (MarKus Zusak), Gone With the Wind, 1984, and of course, Harry Potter.
Favorite craft book: When I first learned how to sew, I had a lot of fun with the book, One Yard Wonders. When I first learned to quilt, The Practical Guide to Patchwork was my go-to reference! (Big surprise there, huh?!)
Favorite book: No way can I pick one! I LOVE reading. My favorite genres are science fiction and young adult. Some favorites (of all genres) include.. The Knife of Never Letting Go (Patrick Ness, 3 book series), The Book Thief (MarKus Zusak), Gone With the Wind, 1984, and of course, Harry Potter.
Favorite quilting tool: Recently I discovered this little bar that attaches to my walking foot to help me sew parallel lines - I never knew what it was for! But if I really had to pick a favorite quilting tool, it would be my free motion foot, because I love fmq. :)
Favorite music to listen to while quilting: My favorite type of music is electronic, and I think you could consider it a "hobby" or at least a passion. My first CD was FatboySlim's Better Living Through Chemistry (1996) and ever since then I've been addicted to the crazy sounds of techno. I love going to concerts and festivals (like the Detroit Electronic Music Festival) and listening to my very talented friend create live mixes. I always feel embarrassed admitting it because it's kind of weird, but what can I say. :P
If I'm not listening to music I have Harry Potter audiobooks on, or podcasts. I listen to a wide variety of podcasts, including many on quilting!
Favorite TV show while hand stitching: So many! Favorites of all time include Felicity (oh Ben, swoon!), Road To Avonlea (probably a lot of my Canadian readers know of this one!), Downton Abbey, and if I'm feeling lazy I'll throw on HGTV. :) I just finished watching the "Battlestar Galactica" series and I really liked it. I've got to choose a new show to watch now, maybe Dr. Who!Binding - by hand or by machine?: Always by machine, unless it's a gift.
If I'd only known - what you wish you knew about blogging before you started your blog: Before I was blogging, I was reading a lot of blogs, so I can't really say anything surprised me, aside from how friendly everyone is.
Tute time! (heh)
I have a confession to make. :/ I really rushed this project, and it shows. If I had time I would make a second one, with all the improvements, but until September 15th free time is sparse. (And if anyone is wondering, my sister isn't getting her birthday quilt in time! LOL)
I wanted to make a travel makeup case, similar to an expensive one I saw in a gift shop this summer, by a designer well known for her colorful prints and quilted texture.
Here are my disclaimers before I get to the
- I used 9" zippers, but that is the only measurement I knew of while I was making this.
- There is no way to close it. #embarrassing I just didn't get that far. My plan is to eventually sew a tie to the bottom of the bag so that when it's closed I slip the tie through the loop and knot it.
- I used pre-packaged binding from JoAnns. I said it, and it's true. :-O
(Other options to keep the case shut would be buttons, velcro, snaps, another zipper, etc...)
When you have the zippered pockets sewn in, and the brush holder area pinned in, you just have to bind the edges all around, which fix everything in place. Hopefully if you are actually using this tutorial it wasn't completely useless! :D
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Occi – GCWGPH – GEOCACHE OF THE WEEK – December 20, 2012
There are exactly three trails leading to the Geocache of the Week. One is from a camp site, the second is from a nearby chapel and the third is from a hotel. Whichever path you take, you will end up at a beautiful place called Occi (GCWGPH). Occi is not only a difficulty 1.5, terrain 2.5 traditional geocache, it is also an abandoned village with lots of history and beauty.
Occi, France is known for its beautiful ruins that overlook the deep, blue sea. In June 2006, it also became a fascinating an unique location for a highly "Favorited" geocache. Tourists from all parts of the world visit this place to learn its history and embrace its beauty, but kardamom has given geocachers yet another reason to add this place to their "must see" list.
The village remains in ruins to this day. The nearby chapel was only recently restored for a number of local events and weddings. While no one owns the land, a local company is safeguarding the charming village but has no immediate plans to restore any of the buildings. Locals believe that reconstructing it may take away its charm and uniqueness, and prefers that the village remains untouched.
Geocachers who made the trip to Occi have been enamored by the location and the existence of a geocache at this historically captivating place. Nearly 500 geocachers have claimed their smiley and awarded this great, secluded hide 67 Favorite Points. The 128 images that geocachers shared on the log say a thousand words, but the elaborate logs capture the overwhelming feelings they experienced when they visited the village and found the treasure.
A geocacher who recently embarked on an adventure to Occi writes, "We took the path least traveled (from the hotel) and all we can say is 'magnifique!' Not only the way to the village, but the breathtaking beauty when we arrived in the abandoned village. The ruins are old and beautiful… To think that there's a cache here adds a whole new level of excitement for us. We honestly wouldn't have known about this place if it weren't for the cache… TFTC for an unforgettable visit!"
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APIs are the glue that keeps modern internet technologies together – be it Mobile Apps, Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Social Media, Quantified Self or Open Data. The theme for this half-day Nordic APIs conference is "from Private to Public " and we will talk about how to maximize the value from private internal APIs as well as open public APIs. With great speakers and an full schedule we deliver a lot of valuable information in a short time.
The aim of Nordic APIs is to build a open community that spans the entire region. For this reason, we are offering a handful of free tickets for women. We also also offering subsidize travel to Stockholm because we know that not everyone in this community lives in the capital.
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Can't get to Disneyland? Experience the magic from your home. Just like the park itself, which opened in 1955 and where tickets sold for one dollar (!), Disneyland can be there for you to enjoy all the time.
The new Kinect for XBox 360 invites you to take a journey to the place where stories begin. It 's a place where your dreams come true and it's right in your own living room. Whether it's your first time at the park or your hundredth time, new memories will be made as your explore the various attractions.
The new Kinect: Disneyland Adventures, created by head producer, Shane White and lead designer, Rob Davis, takes you everywhere in the park that you can possibly want to visit.
As the VIP tour guide in the royal Stewart tartan, guides you around, you can talk with Captain Hook using full bodies and voices or battle with him, join Peter Pan flying through the London skies, give a kiss to Snow White. It's a place you can get lost in.
Harnessing the controller free magic of Kinect, Disney fans of all ages can meet the characters and share magical moments, hug a princess, high five Mickey, collect autographs or accept quests.
Choosing the avatar you want to be, so that your movements mimic the movements on the screen, you can start in Main Street, visit the train and see the lights in the window of the City Hall where Walt Disney used to actually work on his creations. Go through the castle, with its working drawbridge, to the kid's Fantasy World or travel to Critter Country or Adventureland.
In Alice In Wonderland, you can go down the rabbit hole or play croquet with the Queen; in the New Orleans district, you can ride the Pirates of the Caribbean and fight for your life. Take a ride on the Mark Twain. Chase ghosts through the Haunted Mansion.
Each of the rides has its own separate interactive game and the games grow increasingly harder depending on the attraction. The game allows playing at your own pace. As you make your way through the park's various adventures, you collect Disney themed items, rewards and XBox 360 Achievements while discovering new experiences. These gifts might include themed parades or firework displays.
The game can be played alone, with a friend, or family member. Adults will have as much fun as the kids because when you're at Disney, you're always a kid. (Which is why all the avatars are kids.) Partners can also jump in and lend a hand at a difficult challenge and help the first player earn more rewards.
Produced by Microsoft Studios and developed by Frontier Development Ltd, the format is DVD compatible with the Kinect for the XBox 360 video game and entertainment system. While the price has not yet been determined, it will be available November 15, 2011, in time for the 2011 holiday season.
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A Michigan teen collapsed Tuesday while playing basketball at a Life Time Fitness center and later died at a nearby hospital.
Bryson Salem, 18, collapsed at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Life Time in the Detroit suburb of Commerce Township, MI, according to the Oakland County (MI) Medical Examiner's Office as reported by the Detroit Free Press. Salem was taken to Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m., the newspaper reported.
"Our heartfelt condolences, thoughts and prayers go out to the Salem family in light of this tragedy, which is weighing heavily on our hearts and minds," Jason Thunstrom, vice president of public relations and corporate communications at Life Time Fitness, Chanhassen, MN, said in an updated statement sent today to Club Industry. "We currently are collaborating with local authorities to assist with their investigation. The preliminary results of our internal investigation indicate a very rapid response by the Life Time team, both in contacting 911 and engaging our internal emergency response team. In spite of these efforts, we join with the local community in mourning this tragic loss."
Salem's father told the newspaper his son had recently undergone a check-up and had no pre-existing medical conditions. An autopsy is pending. Visitation was Wednesday, and the funeral was scheduled to take place earlier today.
Salem, a Commerce Township native, graduated from Walled Lake Central High School and was a freshman at the University of Detroit studying pre-dentistry, according to the Free Press.
"Just pray for him, that's all," his father told the newspaper Wednesday.


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At this point, most of you are likely familiar with NFC, what it does, and all the neat things you can do with it. And when you start writing your own commands to NFC tags, the possibilities are nearly endless. You could, for example, have a tag that silences your phone, disables GPS, and sets the screen brightness to 'auto' at night. Or have one for the car that enables Bluetooth and GPS, disables Wi-Fi, and then launches your favorite media player or navigation. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
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The first official 'Simpson's' Lego set is finally here and it looks incredible!
Lego announced in a press release on Wednesday (1/8) that they have partnered with Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products and created a construction set and a line of mini-figures based on the 25-year-old animated TV series.
The constructions set will feature the 'The Simpson's' famed Springfield home, complete with the family car and next-door neighbor Ned Flanders, and will be released on February 1 with a $199.99 price tag. 'The Simpson's' 16-character mini-figures set will go on sale in May for $3.99 per character.
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Just days after pulling out of the London premiere of "The Blind Side," the film for which Sandra Bullock won a Best Actress Oscar, the Berlin premiere of the emotional movie has been canceled, a rep for Warner Bros., the studio behind the film, confirmed to Access Hollywood on Monday.
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Bullock pulled out of last week's "The Blind Side" premiere in London over what she called "personal reasons." The same day Bullock missed the premiere, In Touch ran an expose featuring a woman named Michelle "Bombshell" McGee, who claimed to have had an affair with the actress' husband, reality star Jesse James, over a period of 11 months.
James issued an apology publicly last week following news of the alleged affair, but stopped short of confirming the rumored infidelity.
James called "the vast majority" of claims that have surfaced "untrue and unfounded," in a statement the star issued to Access last Thursday.
"I will not dignify these private matters with any further public comment," his statement continued. "There is only one person to blame for this whole situation, and that is me."
James apologized to Bullock and his three children, children he was photographed taking to school last Thursday, followed by the paparazzi.
"It's because of my poor judgment that I deserve everything bad that is coming my way," he said in the statement. "This has caused my wife and kids pain and embarrassment beyond comprehension and I am extremely saddened to have brought this on them. I am truly very sorry for the grief I have caused them. I hope one day they can find it in their hearts to forgive me."
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NIAID Releases "The Jordan Report 2000: Accelerated Development of Vaccines"
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) today released its latest report on the state of vaccine research and development. Since its origins in 1981, The Jordan Report has regularly updated researchers, policy makers and interested constituents on the latest accomplishments and future directions of vaccine research. The Jordan Report 2000 highlights the triumphs of vaccinology during the 20th century and the ways in which new technologies promise better vaccines against both old and new disease-causing organisms.
This year's report comes at a time when vaccine research is receiving increased interest and support from governments and international health agencies. A global effort to hasten vaccine development for diseases such as AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis is under way, as demonstrated in part by President Clinton's announcement today on the administration's new vaccine research initiatives.
"There is no more important goal of medical research than to prevent diseases from occurring in the first place," says Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of NIAID. "Our commitment to developing new and better vaccines to prevent the world's most serious infectious diseases has never been stronger, and The Jordan Report is a valuable resource for bringing scientists and policy makers up-to-date on this important endeavor."
The 20th century witnessed a revolution in immunology and saw the introduction of vaccines that led to the reduction or elimination of 21 infectious diseases. Smallpox has been eradicated, and polio is on the verge of being eliminated from most regions of the world. Routine immunizations now prevent childhood diseases such as measles, mumps, rubella and haemophilus influenza, and keep in check deadly illnesses like tetanus. Pneumococcal infections, previously common and potentially serious among infants, now can be prevented by a recently approved vaccine.
The past 100 years have also witnessed a change in vaccine technology. While the earliest vaccines contained weakened or killed versions of infectious organisms, or disabled forms of bacterial toxins, in the last two decades recombinant DNA technology has opened new avenues for vaccine design and development. More recently, the push to determine the genetic blueprints for all important disease-causing microbes has begun revealing more secrets of these pathogens, thereby exposing more targets for vaccine design.
The 173-page Jordan Report 2000, prepared by 24 scientists from NIAID with additional contributions from outside researchers, continues a tradition of providing a succinct vaccine progress report. The report offers a comprehensive overview of vaccine development against nearly 60 diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. Of these, AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis have received high priority status among government officials in the United States and abroad.
Each year, 500 million cases of malaria are reported to world health authorities. The disease kills 2.7 million people annually, including one child every 30 seconds across the globe. Malaria, spread by mosquitoes, is caused by the parasites of the genus Plasmodium. These parasites infect the liver and red blood cells, and can cause anemia and disorders of the brain, kidneys or lungs. The appearance of drug-resistant parasites and insecticide-resistant mosquitoes has redoubled the research community's search for a vaccine. Immunization remains difficult, however, because of the parasite's complex life cycle and because different Plasmodium species affect the body in different ways. The Jordan Report 2000 highlights recent advances in malaria vaccine research, including candidate vaccines that target different stages of the parasite's life cycle. Other experimental malaria vaccines include the relatively new technology of DNA vaccination. Additional studies seek to uncover new targets for vaccine development by determining the genetic blueprints for all malaria parasites.
AIDS continues to take a devastating global toll. At the end of 1999, the World Health Organization estimated nearly 34 million people worldwide were living with HIV/AIDS, and more than 16 million had died since the epidemic began. According to The Jordan Report 2000, "Development of a safe and effective vaccine against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is critical to control the epidemic worldwide." This effort has faced many obstacles, including the wide global variation in HIV strains, lack of information on natural immunity to the virus, the absence of an ideal animal model, and multiple modes of HIV transmission. The Jordan Report 2000 reviews recent successes in overcoming some of these barriers and addresses all ongoing vaccine research. As with all the other infectious diseases, the report also highlights the contributions to vaccine efforts made by scientists studying the basic science of HIV infection.
Two billion people worldwide are infected with tuberculosis bacteria (TB), and two to three million die each year as a result. When one includes TB deaths among HIV-positive individuals, the disease kills more people than any other single infectious agent. Multi-drug-resistant TB strains are becoming widespread, making an effective vaccine even more important. A TB vaccine has been available since the early 20th century, but its effectiveness is highly variable and unlikely to curtail the global epidemic. NIAID is working with other agencies to develop a better TB vaccine. "The challenge for the next few years," the report says, "is to rationally prioritize the plethora of vaccine candidates for human clinical testing and to design the necessary trials and infrastructure."
The Jordan Report 2000 addresses vaccine research aimed at preventing many other diseases, including foodborne bacterial infections, shingles, anthrax and dengue, and ongoing efforts to improve existing vaccines. Diseases are organized according to type and name, and are introduced with a brief overview prior to a detailed description of relevant vaccine research. The report contains appendices providing the status of all vaccines in development, plus trade names and licensing information where appropriate. The current recommended childhood immunization schedule and a list of more than 350 references are also included.
The report is available on the NIAID Web site or by writing to Jordan Report/NIAID OCPL; Bldg. 31, Rm. 7A50; 31 Center Dr., MSC 2520; Bethesda, MD 20892-2520.
NIAID is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIAID conducts and supports research to prevent, diagnose, and treat illness such as HIV disease and other sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, malaria, asthma and allergies. NIH is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Press releases, fact sheets and other NIAID-related materials are available on the NIAID Web site at www.niaid.nih.gov.


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A story published in the Dec. 27, 2013 edition of the Capital Press and on capitalpress.com consisted entirely of several paragraphs, including direct quotes, that were taken from a story printed by another publication last summer.
The story, entitled "More hospitals serve local food as part of Health Care Pledge" and appearing under the byline of a Capital Press staff reporter, contained no independent reporting, and little original wording. Instead, it was copied from a more indepth story written by Kathy Pryor for the "Sound Consumer," a monthly newsletter published by PCC Natural Markets.
Most of the material was copied verbatim, while the remaining sentences were only slightly changed.
The reporter who submitted the story as his own work was terminated by the Capital Press on Jan. 3. The story has been removed from capitalpress.com.
The management of the Capital Press apologized to Pryor and the publishers of the "Sound Consumer" for publishing their copyrighted work.
"We also apologize to our readers," Joe Beach, editor of the Capital Press, said. "In this instance we failed to meet the professional standards which they expect, and we are obligated to deliver."
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Twitter is testing "Like" and starring favorite tweets, it was reported today.
The microblogging site has been working with a small number of users to test out the new features, which may replace the "favorite" it currently uses, according to the Next Web. The website showed a screenshot of a Techmeme editor with the ability to "Like" tweets, and the liked tweets are starred and saved.
We don't know if this means Facebook can send the social media company a cease-and-desist letter for using :"Like," but it doesn't seem to be very original, does it? The starring, however, is new, but hardly different enough to make us not think of Facebook while we're "Like"-ing.


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Pitbull to Be Sent Off to Remote Island in Alaska Due to Internet Prank
Thanks to an internet coup by Something Awful's David Thorpe and Jon Hendren, Pitbull may be spending some time in a remote island in Alaska. Seriously.
According to Gawker, the hip-hop star is participating in a promotional campaign for Sheets-brand Energy Strips in which he will visit the Walmart location that receives the most 'likes' on Facebook by mid-July. "I'm excited to find out which local Walmart store has the most new likes so I can share the experience of using Energy Sheets® with my fans," Pitbull said in a press release.
However, Thorpe and Hendren have derailed the promo stunt by rallying thousands to like the official page of Walmart Kodiak on Facebook. It is the most remote Walmart store in America, and its Facebook page currently boasts over 35,000 likes.
An Alaskan Reddit user, who has shopped at the Kodiak store, says it's unlike other brick-and-mortar locations of the retail chain. "It's not a regular sized Walmart," bastion72 reports. "It's about half the size and sells all sorts of strange stuff. Bear repellant, snow shoes, hunting gear etc."
Voting ends on July 15 at 8PM ET and if all goes as planned, Kodiak may be the most-liked store by then. However, Pitbull may be able to escape this social deportation. According to the press release, the event scheduling is "subject to Artist's availability. Walmart reserves the right to amend, modify or terminate this promotion in its sole discretion."
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April 19, 2012
CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, is picking up sponsors and it looks like the legislation will make it to the House floor for a vote next week. CISPA emerged from the House Intelligence Committee with an overwhelming vote of 17-1.
The bill, authored by Rep. Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican, is supported by Google, the technology company in bed with the CIA and responsible for building the Great Firewall of China. Google is not alone in supporting CISPA. Corporate sponsors include Facebook, Microsoft, Intel, IBM, Verizon, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others, according to the House's Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, long a champion of rights online, has signed on to two coalition letters urging legislators to drop their support for HR 3523. The coalition behind the privacy letter includes dozens of groups, including the ACLU, the American Library Association, the American Policy Center, the Center for Democracy and Technology, the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, and many others, according to the EFF website.
The letter warns:
CISPA creates an exception to all privacy laws to permit companies to share our information with each other and with the government in the name of cybersecurity…. CISPA's 'information sharing' regime allows the transfer of vast amounts of data, including sensitive information like internet use history or the content of emails, to any agency in the government including military and intelligence agencies like the National Security Agency or the Department of Defense Cyber Command. Once in government hands, this information can be used for any non-regulatory purpose so long as one significant purpose is for cybersecurity or to protect national security.
CISPA was pushed through following public outrage over SOPA and PIPA, two sneaky attempts to undermine internet freedom earlier this year under the guise of protecting the copyrights of Hollywood and its transnational "entertainment" corporations.
CISPA is far worse than its forerunners. It would amend the the National Security Act of 1947 – legislation that created the national security state and the CIA – and centralize "information sharing" between government agencies, intelligence agencies, and the Pentagon.
Time Techland admits that, according to the Center for Democracy & Technology, CISPA threatens privacy because it "has a very broad, almost unlimited definition of the information that can be shared with government agencies and it supersedes all other privacy laws," "is likely to lead to expansion of the government's role in the monitoring of private communications" and "is likely to shift control of government cybersecurity efforts from civilian agencies to the military."
In short, it is a dream bill designed specifically for the national security surveillance state. CISPA will put a legal facade on behavior the CIA and NSA have engaged in for decades. It is the culmination of years of cyber psyops and attendant propaganda designed convince the public that they must surrender their privacy.
The transfer of "cybersecurity efforts from civilian agencies to the military" is especially alarming considering the Pentagon's aggressive response to supposed cyber attacks. In early 2011, the Pentagon said that cyber attacks constitute acts of war and will be responded to with military action.
It is imperative that you contact your representatives immediately and tell them that you strongly oppose this dangerous legislation and demand they vote against it. If CISPA is allowed to pass next week, it will be a victory for the global elite and their ongoing effort to turn the internet into the largest and most comprehensive surveillance and control mechanism in human history.
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The Nursing Assistant course is designed to prepare candidates for the Nursing Assistant Certification in Washington. This course is designed to comply with the Nursing Home Reform Act (OBRA 1987). The purpose of the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP) examination is to make sure that you understand and can safely perform the job of an entry-level Nursing Assistant. The NNAAP examination is a measure of Nursing Assistant-related knowledge, skills, and abilities that includes testing by both a written examination and a skills evaluation.
Nursing Assistant students who successfully complete the course work, lab and clinical hours will receive a Certification of Completion from DSHS and be eligible to take the NNAAP examination. The student's transcript will have a comment posted at the bottom stating the certificate earned.
Course Lecture Requirements
In order to complete the NA 100 class lecture hours, students are required to meet three days a week for lecture and lab hours during the first four weeks. Clinical hours are scheduled by the instructor into local sites by the College. Attendance is mandatory for all lecture, lab, and clinical hours.
Course Clinical Requirements
Students are required to complete 50 clinical hours during the quarter. These hours include a minimum of 36 shift hours. These shift hours are held at various facilities in locations throughout the Tri-Cities. Students are required to complete these hours during shifts that may start as early as 6:00 a.m. These hours are arranged by the instructor with the facility. Students need to make arrangements to attend these required shifts; attendance is mandatory.
Washington State Training Sites
The link above will direct you to a county listing of Nursing Assistant training sites in Washington state.
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