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American Idol alum Fantasia Barrino and her adorable daughter Zion 8, were pictured at Millions of Milkshakes at the Westfield Mall in Century City, CA on Wednesday (November 24).
On Thanksgiving Sean Combs aka P. Diddy took to Twitter yesterday charing pictures of his six beautiful children.
"Happy Thanksgiving!!!! GOD Thank You For MY Kids!!!!! GOD is THE GREATEST!" the 41-year-old producer/rapper/designer tweeted."
Is Mariah Carey Expecting twins??
Halle Berry wants another baby!
Michael Douglas and his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones and their adorable kids Dylan, 10, and Carys, 7, at Epcot Center in Florida on Wednesday (November 24).
Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson- Wentz and her adorable son Bronx 2, took a trip to the grocery store during a trip to Whole Foods in Sherman Oaks, California yesterday (November 24).
Sarah Jessica Parker was seen taking her adorable son James 8, to school in New York City on Wednesday (November 24).
Katie Holmes took her beautiful daughter Suri 4, to La Pain Quotidien in Beverly Hills, CA for some pastries yesterday (November 24).
Dirty Dancing actress Jennifer Grey was seen at the ABC Studios in New York City for an appearance on Good Morning America with her adorable daughter Stella, almost 9 yesterday (November 24). Stella's father is her husband Actor Clark Gregg.
Ex wife of Two and a half men actor Charlie Sheen, Broke Mueller and their 1-year-old son Bob were seen arriving at the home of Paris Hilton in Los Angeles, CA yesterday (November 23). Brooke is also a mom to Bob's twin Max.
Titanic actress the beautiful Kate Winslet was spotted picking up her two adorable children daughter Mia, 10, and son Joe, almost 7 from school in New York City yesterday (November 23). Joe's father is Kate's ex-husband Sam Mendes, and her daughter Mia's father is her ex-husband Jim Threapleton.
John Travolta and Kelly Preston welcome a baby boy Benjamin!
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Fall out Boy front man Pete Wentz and his adorable son Bronx 2, on a trip to Starbucks in Beverly Hills, CA yesterday (November 22).
The Black Crows front man Chris Robinson was seen picking up his son Ryder, 6, from school in Santa Monica, CA yesterday (November 22). Ryder mom is Chris Robinson's ex-wife Actress Kate Hudson.
Bono and daughters Jordan, 21, and Memphis Eve, 19, took a walk on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City yesterday (November 20). Bono is also a parent to sons Elijah 11, and John 9 all the kids mother is Bono's longtime wife Alison Hewson.
Madonnas kids Lourdes 14, David 5, and Mercy 4, arriving at the Kabbalah Center in New York City yesterday (November 20).
Actor Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness were spotted with their kids Oscar, 10, and Ava, 5, on their way to a party in New York City yesterday (November 20).
Sarah Jessica Parker and her adorable 8-year-old son James Wilkie were seen walking to school in New York City yesterday morning (November 19).


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Will Flynn ever start a game for you guys?
Who are they missing from the first team other than Brown and Sinkler?
Will Flynn ever start a game for you guys?
they are probably missing 4 nailed on starters (brown, sinckler, wallace and saili). still looks a pretty good quins side. they look, even without wallace, very strong at the breakdown and plenty of ball carriers.
considering those who picked up knocks last week good to see all but Tom Curry in the squad. i do wonder if we should have rotated beaumont for ostrikov for a bit more bulk in the tight five. back row battle should be good.
tough away game, quins always easier to play in the international periods. if we are targeting 3-4 away wins a season this is on the 'maybe' target list.
Smith has masses of talent, but he isnt the finished article. Quite a bit of objectivity has been lost in the current excitement about him, as it was for Cipriani/Slade/Ford/Farrell/Burns before him.
Would Catrakilis play ahead of Smith. Not convinced
their bench is stretch beforehand, that doesnt help them, even though we neve rlike to see injuries.
Long way back for us though.
HIA for Josh? or tactical?
As poor as we have been, you do feel that we could still be in this.
Watching on a live stream which has frozen just at the end....why was the penalty reversed?
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First of all, I'd like to apologize if this is not in the correct section, this is my first post to the board. If I was wrong to post here, I welcome any criticism so long as you also teach me something
Anyways, I'm currently working on a practice problem from the textbook "Java - How to Program (9th edition)" at the end of chapter 4. (Fig 4.20)
The problem requires that I use 4 seperate while loops (one for each corner) to drawing 15 lines coming from each corner of the panel in a manner that would resemble a hand fan.
This is a typical case of a problem that should take no more than 5 minutes to complete yet for some reason has become quite an ordeal for me.
The issue is that while the top corners display in the manner that the book requires, the bottom ones seem to have a bit of an offset and do not end up meeting the top ones (eg: bottom left fan should extend so that each line's endpoint connects with the endpoints of the top right fan, meeting halfway.)
I've removed the bottom-right fan for the time being, to make it easier to look at.
Here are my two top corners' while loops:
int x; int y; int count; int width = getWidth(); // total width int height = getHeight(); // total height x = 0; y = height; count = 1; while(count <= 15) { g.drawLine(0, 0, x, y); x += width / 15; y -= height / 15; ++count; } // end while x = width; y = height; count = 1; while(count <= 15) { g.drawLine(width, 0, x, y); x -= width / 15; y -= height / 15; ++count; } // end while
Here is the while loop for the bottom left-corner:
x = 0; y = 0; count = 1; while(count <= 15) { g.drawLine(0, height, x, y); x += width / 15; y += height / 15; ++count; } // end while
Here is a picture of what currently displays:
Hopefully I've provided enough information about my problem. Although I'm 99% sure that the problem does not lie elsewhere in my code, 1% is a risk I don't want to take so here are pastebin links to my frame and panel classes (I already had them in pastebin from another board, and am unsure of how clean code snippets appear on this board so I don't want to take chances putting it all up here in case it causes a mess).
Just add these to the end of pastebin(dot)com/
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I'm learning from a book of Packt Publishing(http://www.packtpub.com/ext-gwt-20-beginners-guide/book) and one of the first things it addresses is the creation of a viewport and the attachment of that viewport to the rootpanel.
Viewport viewport = new Viewport();
This is all code. To see the viewport the stylesheet is adapted and .x-viewport is given a color.
All well until the application is launched: The viewport is there but according to the book(and to the screenshot in it) the viewport should take up the whole screen. In my application there is a border of about 10px on the top and left side of the page, as if there is a margin.
Am I forgetting something? I tried to set body{ margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; } in the css but that did not have any result.
I can continue the examples in the book but the border stays there ... staring at me ... annoying me ... waiting until I'm at my weakest ... and one day he will get the best of me .
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Wimm Labs, creator of the innovative Wimm One smart watch, has a dream of pushing the boundaries of mobile computing by giving birth to an entire software platform. And the company sees the $199 Wimm One as a device both powerful and flexible enough to do so. Like the Sony SmartWatch and Motorola MotoActv, the gadget runs its own flavor of Android while connecting to smartphones over Bluetooth and wireless networks through Wi-Fi, and operating independently like a tiny, cute, cuddly electronic brain. But unlike those competitors, the Wimm One doesn't fit firmly into the typical consumer electronics mold. Wimm Labs wants the Wimm One to be not just a mere widget but rather a development tool ushering in a vanguard of even more advanced devices. Appropriately, its unpolished looks and beta aesthetics will turn off average shoppers.
The tiny Wimm One packs a big Android punch (pictures)See all photos
Let's be clear, the Wimm Labs Wimm One won't help you win any fashion kudos. The watch's jet-black rubber wrist strap and blocky accompanying cradle are no-frills to a fault. It has a pure utilitarian look that perhaps only NASA engineers, high-school math teachers, and software engineers could love.
Further heightening its straight-from-the-lab aesthetic is the Wimm One's modular construction. All its processing power, touch screen, sensors, and other components really reside in the Wimm One's austere square chassis. It's essentially a self-contained ultramobile computer powered by a custom version of Android software. Popping in and out of its strap with ease, the gadget is even referred to by Wimm Labs as the Wimm One module.
In fact, the company envisions the device as multifunctional, able to eventually fit into all kinds of accessories and attachments such as bicycle straps, lanyards, and belt loops. For now though these solutions exist as concepts only.
Measuring a relatively small 1.26 inches tall by 1.4 inches wide by 0.49 inch thick, the Wimm One takes up less space than the Motorola MotoActv (1.81 inches by 1.81 inches by 0.37 inch) but is slightly thicker. Apple's iPod Nano, though, is trimmer than both, even including its clip ((1.5 inches by 1.6 inches by 0.35 inch).
The only controls you'll find on the Wimm One are a tiny power button located on the module's right side and its miniscule 1.41 inch touch screen (1x1 inch). Thankfully the screen is bimodal, meaning it both functions as a backlit color LCD for indoor and nighttime use and converts into a traditional monochrome LCD so it can be read in direct sunlight.
Powered by an internal rechargeable battery, the Wimm One comes with a paddle-style charging cradle that connects to standard AC outlets. To top off the battery just fit the Wimm One onto the cradle so its metal contacts are aligned properly. You can do this whether the module is inside its wrist strap or not.
Wimm Labs says the Wimm One is splashproof; it isn't as tough as the Motorola MotoActv, though, which is built to withstand exposure to dust too, plus sports a crack-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass screen.
Features and software
It's no accident that the Wimm One screams prototype from 10 feet away, since that's what this device really is. Wimm Labs views the device as something in between a true consumer product and a hardware tool for developers. Akin to a Google Nexus-class smartphone in this way, the Wimm One is meant for technology enthusiasts to use to develop interesting and truly inspirational apps. Wimm Labs hopes this will supercharge adoption of what it sees as a burgeoning software platform.
Out of the box, the Wimm One is very capable in its own right. Inside the device are Wi-Fi and Bluetooth radios for connecting to wireless networks and smartphones. You'll also find preinstalled micro apps for pedometer, weather, calendar, world clock, timer, and alarm clock functions.


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BISC219/F12: RNAi Lab 9
Lab 9: Series 3 - Induction of the Feeding Strain to Produce dsRNA and RNAi
To do on the day before the next lab:
You and your partner will return to the lab to make an overnight broth culture of your selected colony as described below. This process will create a sub-culture of many identical copies of the bacteria containing the plasmid carrying the construct to RNAi the gene that you want to study.
- Find your plate in the glass front refrigerator in a rack labeled with your lab day. Select a large, well isolated colony to start your overnight culture. Do not pick a small "satelite" colony as it may not be transformed with our plasmid.
- Begin by obtaining two tubes of LB broth (each will have 5 ml of broth) from the refrigerator in the back left hand corner of the room.
- Add 5 microliters of the 50mg/ml ampicillin stock (also found in the refrigerator with the broth) to each tube. Calculate the effective concentration of ampicillin that you have in your LB tube (remember V1 x C1= V2 x C2) and record that information in your lab notebook.
- Add 5 microliters of the 12.5mg/ml tetracycline stock (also found in the refrigerator with the broth). Calculate the effective concentration of tetracycline that you havein your LB broth tube. Record that info in your lab notebook.
- Gently swirl your LB +amp+tet broth to mix the contents.
- Label the two sterile glass culture tubes with tape in your team color. Label one with "pPD129.36 lsy-2" and your initials. Label the other with your initials only.
- Inoculate the broth with your bacteria by using a sterile disposable loop to scrape your candidate colony off the plate. Be sure not to touch the plate with the loop except on the desired colony and don't pick up any satellite colonies! Gently swirl the loop in the LB+amp+tet broth - you should be able to see the colony come off the loop. (The second tube of broth labeled with just your initials is a control and should not be inoculated with bacteria as it is your control for contamination.) If you prefer to use a sterile toothpick rather than a loop, you may pick up the colony with the sterile toothpick and drop the toothpick into the broth culture. Note that the tip with the colony is in the broth and the contaminated part you touched with your fingers does not touch the sterile medium.
- Balance the 2 tubes across from each other on the rotating wheel in the 37C incubator at the front of the room when you come in the door. DO NOT USE THE ROOM TEMP WHEEL!
- Incubate these broth cultures at 37°C overnight. Do not forget to make sure the wheel is rotating when you leave!
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Through reverse genetics we will deduce the function of a gene starting with its sequence and working back to its phenotype. There are many genes in the genome whose phenotype when mutated is lethal; therefore, it is very difficult to near impossible to tie function to a particular gene in the traditional forward genetics manner of creating random mutations, looking for phenotype changes, and then finding the defective gene responsible for that function.
In our reverse genetics study of an interesting C. elegans gene, two different strains of worms, wild-type and rrf-3 (RNAi enhanced), are fed bacteria expressing dsRNA specific to a particular worm gene. Ingesting dsRNA initiates cascade of events that leads to the destruction of the mRNA of the target gene. An altered phenotype in the progeny of RNAi-treated worms indicates what happens when the normal function of this gene is lost or significantly downregulated.
Double stranded RNA (dsRNA) can be introduced to the C. elegans cells in many different ways including: feeding, injection and soaking. Each of these methods has positives and negatives. We are using the feeding method - where we use genetically modified bacteria as dsRNA factories.
To begin to investigate the power of reverse genetics, you will need to grow your own induced bacteria to seed your plates for RNAi feeding.
Done on the night before this lab: You and your partner made an overnight broth culture of your selected colony. This process created a sub-culture of many identical copies of the plasmid carrying the construct that will induce RNAi to silence or downregulate the gene that you want to study.
On the morning of lab:
Your instructor or the lab staff will come in early in the morning and sub-culture your bacterial overnight. The cells will be in stationary phase in the morning and successful induction requires log phase growth.
To create the subculture of bacteria your cultures will be diluted 1:5 (1 mL of culture into 4 ml of LB + amp). To make enough induced bacteria for your experiment, each group will have two induced cultures. These cultures will be allowed to grow for three hours and then induced to make lots of dsRNA by adding IPTG to the culture and letting it continue to incubate for a few hours so the cell is full of dsRNA. The IPTG will compete with the repressors on the lac o promoter and remove them and allow the gene for T7 RNA polymerase to be transcribed and then translated into the RNA polymerase protein. The T7 RNA polymerase then binds to the T7 promoters on the pPD129.36 plasmid and transcribes our C. elegans lsy-2DNA into RNA!
A simplified map of the C. elegans RNAi plasmid :
More specifically: The bacteria cells of strain HTll5(DE3) contain the T7 RNA polymerase gene (contained within a stable insertion of a modified lambda prophage λ DE3) under the control of lac operon regulatory elements. This allows expression of T7 polymerase to be controlled by isopropyl-β-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG), a lactose analogue that induces expression of genes under the control of the lac operon o gene. When IPTG is added, the cells will begin to synthesize lots of T7 RNA polymerase. This T7 RNA polymerase can then bind to the T7 promoter sites on the plasmid and begin to synthesize RNA from both T7 RNA polymerase sites. Because the two single strands of RNA are complementary to each other they will form double stranded RNA within the bacterial cell. The IPTG induction allows us to "turn on" and express the plasmid gene of interest only when we want to and it allow us to make much higher levels of RNA for RNA interference than would be made without this induction.
Another useful thing about E. coli strain HT 115(DE3)is that this particular strain is deficient for the RNAaseIII enzyme that degrades double stranded RNA (dsRNA) in the bacterial cell. This allows for the accumulation of dsRNA in the cell and, thus, our ability to induce and RNAi effect! This E. coli strain carries a tetracyclin resistance gene so these cells can be selected on media containing tetracyclin, while the plasmid contains an ampicillin resistance gene that allows only transformed cells to grow on media containing ampicillin.
Our goal is to upregulate production of dsRNA of our worm gene of interest in pPD129.36 plasmids containing that gene in HT115(DE3) bacteria.
To induce your cultures, the lab specialist or your instructor:
- Added 5 μL of 0.5 M IPTG to 5ml of a log-phase sub-culture of your cells. What is the effective concentration of IPTG?
- Put your culture back in the 37°C incubator in the spinning wheel for approximately 3-4 hours.
- The bacteria worked hard expressing T7 RNA polymerase and transcribing complementary mRNA of C. elegans' lsy-2".
To do after induction is complete:
- Pipette 1.5 ml (use your P1000 to pipet 750μL twice) of your induced culture into 4 identical microfuge tubes.
- Spin your culture in a table top centrifuge for 5 minutes at 3000 rpm.
- Remove all of the supernatant.
- Resuspend the bacterial pellets of each tube in 100μL of LB - you are concentrating your bacteria.
- In the laminar flow hood in L304 or L301 (labs next door) pipet all your induced bacteria onto the center of 4 feeding plates that you have pre-labeled with an F. Be careful not to tilt or jostle your plates so that the bacteria stay in a circle in the center of each plate. These plates contain the same NGM Lite medium used in our mapping series, except that they have been supplemented with 0.4 mM IPTG, 50 μg/mL ampicillin.
- Allow the bacteria to be absorbed into the medium a bit before you try to move them. Being very careful not to "slosh" the medium around the plate, put your plates in the 37C incubator for ~3 hours.
- Obtain 2 control plates and label each of them with a C - these plates contain the same NGM lite medium described above and the bacterial strain on them are identical to your RNAi feeder strain, except that the pPD129.36 plasmid is only expressing RNA from the original multiple cloning site region (MCS) of vector - it lacks DNA specific to any worm genes.
- At the end of lab today, using a sterilized scalpel, cut 3 small (0.5 cm x 0.5 cm) squares from a starved wild type worm culture.
- Using the same scapel, scoop a square and place one square onto a pPD129.36 +lsy-2 feeding plate. Repeat to make a replicate.
- Place the third square onto a control plate.
- Flame your scalpel blade, cool it for a few seconds and cut 3 similar squares from a starved rrf-3 worm culture.
- Place one square onto each of two pPD129.36+lsy-2feeding plates and another square onto a control plate.
- Incubate all the worms for 7 days at 16°C
Preparation of the Chemotaxis Test Plates
Obtain from your instructor 8 unseeded salt plates. These will be your chemotaxis assay plates. With the lid on, draw the large unfilled and small filled circles on the bottom of the plate exactly as shown. Use the template your instructor will provide and make sure the distances are as the drawing below suggests:
Image from Andersen et al. (2008)
Once your plates are labeled wrap them with an elastic and a piece of your team tape and put them in the box provided by your instructor. The final steps to prepare these plates including the gradient will be described in the next lab.


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Our prayers are with Janet and Michael, I lost my father last month who got me started in astronomy. This year has started out rough for me with the lost of my father and Janet. I am happy to know that when I look up at the night sky I know that my father and Janet are looking down at me and encouraging me to keep observing variable stars. —Paul Kneipp
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I have just returned from the National Science Festival here in SA and was unable to access my e-mail whilst there.
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It was with deep sorrow that I learned of the death of Dr. Janet Mattei. It is great loss for amateur and professional astronomy. Please accept my sincere condolences. —Jerzy Speil (Poland)
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After not reading it for many, many weeks, this morning I decided to catch up on the latest on the AAVSO discussion list. Instead, I suddenly found myself thrown into another, sad, Universe, as I read about Janet's death. Devastating and surreal...
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I received the news with great pain. I had the privilege of meet she in Montevideo, 1992 in one Convention of LIADA. (Liga Iberoamericana de Astronomia) I would also like to express my condolences to Dr. Mattei's family and friends. —Esmeralda Mallada (Uruguay)
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—Notes by Msgr. Ron Royer, with additional information compiled from the AAVSO Archives
The Ford Observatory and the AAVSO
Amateur involvement in variable star astronomy from 1909 to 1918
Amateur observers of variable stars in the United States from 1875 to 1910.The full text of this article appears in the Journal of the AAVSO, Vol. 27, No. 2, 1999.


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If you have been shopping at your local grocery store in the past six months you have, no doubt, seen an influx of different soy products in various sections of the grocery store. Surely you have heard the health claims of soy foods promising you anything from increased metabolism, to protection against certain cancers and weight loss. Sexy as these claims sound, are they really true? It may be in your best interest to know all the pros and cons before hightailing it to the supermarket for your favorite soy product.
Soy beans are a widespread and cheaply produced crop found in many commercial products. Since 1999 following approval from the United States FDA for labeling, soy has proliferated the store shelves under various names such as : soy isoflavones, hydrolyzed soy protein, textured vegetable protein, soy lecithin and soy oil, to name a few. Most of these names are found primarily on processed foods or junk foods, such as cookies, crackers, chips, ice cream, etc… Soy beans are powerful foods because they contain soy isoflavones, which alter the chemical state of your body to a greater degree than most plant foods because they are estrogen derivatives. Because of the similar structure of soy and estrogen found in the human body soy can disrupt endocrine and thyroid function, causing hormonal disruptions and even weight gain.
Some medical experts recommend women who have had estrogen positive breast cancer to avoid soy products since the isoflavones found on this food may disrupt the anti cancer drug, tamoxifen. Soy has also been linked to disruptions in thyroid functioning.
On the flip side numerous studies have shown that incidents of breast cancer among women in Asian countries who consume more soy products are lower than their Western counterparts. Advocates of soy claim that it has a deleterious effect on testicular cancer, causing PSA (a measure of prostate cancer risk) to lower, which is the desired effect. Women who consume soy in small amounts enjoy reduced endometriosis and PMS related symptoms. Soy has also been implicated in reducing cholesterol in some studies.
Perhaps the controversy is not in consumption of soy but in the quality of soy products. As mentioned, Asian women who enjoy lower incidents of breast cancer consume small amounts fermented soy products, which have undergone minimal processing, such as miso tempeh and natto. These products are made from soy in the most natural state and the fermentation in these products creates natural probiotics which enhance digestion and absorption of nutrients in the body. These women were not eating soy burgers, soy cheese or soy ice cream. They were eating small amounts of tofu in their miso soup or having small amounts of tempeh or natto with their meals.
I was pretty disappointed when I found out that when it comes to soy, you can have too much of a good thing. I am sad to say that soy cheese, soy ice cream, soy crisps and soy milk are junk food. That doesn't mean that you can never have these things but they should be consumed in moderation, much like their dairy counterparts.
Whats a vegetarian, soy lover or lactose intolerant person to do with this new information? Here is a complete list of soy products and their alternatives. Make sure to choose organic, non genetically modified soy (non GMO) to get soy in its most natural form, even if you are eating the soy junk food.
Here is a list of some the different soy products out there. The jury is out as to whether or not soy is a health food. As a nutritionist my stance is that each person is effected differently. If you choose to consume soy and enjoy the benefits then it's best to stick with the least processed soy stuff. The comprehensive list is taken from utne.com "The Dark Side of Soy" and I have added the NUTRITIONGAL favorite substitutes in italics.
Soy milk, curdled and pressed into cubes of varying firmness. Often used as meat substitute. A nonfermented product, tofu contains antinutrients, which can block absorption of essential minerals. – Try seitan, which is an excellent soy free substitute made from wheat gluten which is low in fat and high in protein (not recommended for those with gluten intolerance).
Fermented soybean paste, used in soups and sauces. Rich in probiotics, good bacteria that aid vitamin absorption. Miso is high in sodium but is considered one of the healthiest soy products. – No substitutions here. This is a wonderful soy product.
Soybean Oil
To extract oil, soybeans are superheated, ground, pressed, mixed with chemicals, and washed in a centrifuge. Soybean oil accounts for 80 percent of all liquid oils consumed annually in the United States. – Look for products with vegetable or canola oils.
Soy Milk
A processed beverage made of ground soybeans mixed with water and boiled, which removes some toxins. Sugar is added to improve flavor. An eight-ounce serving contains up to 35 milligrams of isoflavones, which may change estrogen levels and hormonal function. – Substitute with almond or rice milk. I have a wonderful almond milk recipe that you can make at home. E-mail stephanie 'at' nutritiongal.com if you're interested.
Snack Food
Highly processed, a source of trans fat. Check your labels: Potato chips, tortilla crisps, and many other deep-fried things have been cooked in soy oil–straight up or partially hydrogenated. – Look for snack foods without any of the above ingredients or to have the most wholly unprocessed snack ever try rice crackers (brown rice is even better!) or granola/toasted muslei bars made with minimal ingredients.
Whole soybeans pressed into loaves, which are then fermented. Often used as a meat substitute. Tempeh is rich in B vitamins, minerals, and omega-3 fatty acids. – This is an excellent soy product if you are going to consume soy meat substitutes.
Fast Food
A source of hidden soy. Processed soy proteins extend some burgers and chicken (nuggets, patties, even 'grilled breasts'). Buns contain soy oil and to a lesser extent soy flour and lecithin. Soy oil also appears in dressings and dips, in American 'cheese,' and as the No. 2 ingredient in fries. There's even soy in Big Mac's secret sauce: Soybean oil nets top billing. – Look for vegetable burgers made with only vegetables or lentil burgers. For a delicious lentil burger recipe contact stephanie 'at' nutritiongal.com
Whole soybeans, commonly boiled in the pod and eaten as a snack. Most commercial edamame has been preheated to make digestion easier, but it still contains antinutrients. – I enjoy edamame just like the next person. Just consume it once in a while as a treat. They are still rich in proteins and vitamins A, B and C
One of the healthiest soy products made by fermentation of soybeans by natto bacillus, a healthy gut bacteria. Natto is filled with protein and rich with vitamin B2 and K2, helping to prevent osteoprosis. It is commonly used in omelettes or added to miso soup and tempura. Natto can be found in most Japanese grocery stores. – No Nutritiongal substitute for this. Natto is a very healthy soy product.


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Parents Describe Mobile Home Fire That Burned Son
Boy Suffered Burns To More Than Half His Body
The family of a 4-year-old boy who was critically burned in a mobile home fire is speaking out about the incident.
Landon Cooper's father was able to save the boy, but not before he suffered severe burns in the Friday afternoon fire.
Cooper is in critical condition at Shriner's Hospital.
Aaron Cooper said Landon was asleep on the couch when the fire started. He had to rush through the flames to save his son.
"I don't wish it on anybody because it's the worst pain the world," Aaron Cooper said.
The family said Landon will have to remain at the hospital for at least the next 50 days as he recovers.
Over the next few weeks, Landon will receive several skin graft surgeries for his hands and face.
Investigators said they believe that the family's Christmas tree may have caused the fire.
Aaron Cooper was burned on his arm, feet and hair in his attempt to save his son.
"I kicked the door in, (the) flames burnt me so I had to duck get on my hands and knees. So I just felt for his body," Aaron Cooper said.
Medics said the CPR that was administered to the boy likely saved his life, but he suffered burns to more than 50 percent of his body.
"He's really funny he likes to make people laugh, his favorite cartoon is 'The Land Before Time,' he loves dinosaurs (and) he just loves making everyone laugh," Angela Cooper said.
Despite losing everything, the Coopers said they're going to try to pull it together for Landon. The family doesn't have any insurance.


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NELIOTA is an activity launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) at the National Observatory of Athens in February, 2015. It aims to determine the distribution and frequency of small near-earth objects (NEOs) by monitoring lunar impact flashes. The NELIOTA project has established an operational system that started monitoring the Moon for faint NEO impacts in early 2017, using the 1.2m Kryoneri telescope, located in the Northern Peloponnese, in Greece. The NELIOTA campaign will run until January 2021.
The Kryoneri telescope was upgraded for the project in 2016. Specialised fast-frame cameras were installed and specialised software was developed to control the telescope and cameras, as well as process the resulting images to detect the impacts automatically. NELIOTA furthermore provides a web-based user interface, where the impact events are reported and made available to the scientific community and the general public.
The 1.2m Kryoneri telescope is capable of detecting flashes much fainter than current, small-aperture, lunar monitoring telescopes. NELIOTA is therefore expected to characterize the frequency and distribution of NEOs weighing as little as a few grams.


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Again, due to "fast way of living" I would not like shifter be anywhere away from my hands.
So either Tesla/Mercedes style stalk near steering wheel or right next to handrest.
I also do not use P if I'm going to switch it off anyway. Absolutely pointless
It's true that it wastes some space. But I would rather go with BMW approach and add some
VALUABLE functionality. Twisting shifter clockwise/counterclockwise should change regen.
ECO button should be next to the stalk not on the steering wheel. Seat heaters should be
near the stalk not cupholders. Same with steering wheel heater button.
And I would put the START button very close to my hand as well.
Those buttons are ALWAYS USED - regen, ECO, START, D/R/P-selector, heating (if equipped),
parking sensors/camera (if equipped)- no reason to hide them in different corners.


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So Spin magazine is going out of print. You're sad, I know, but hey, your subscription isn't up yet, maybe you'll get a nice refund to make up for the loss of music news.
Nope! You're getting Car and Driver instead. Shitting will never be the same.
Sure, Spin covers music and Car and Driver covers cars and, to a lesser extent, drivers, but they have a TON of similarities.
- Spin has covered Lady Gaga. Car and Driver has covered the Lady Gaga of the car world, Bob Lutz.
- Spin has album reviews. Car and Driver has car reviews.
- Spin has witty commentary. Car and Driver has a small cartoon in the back of each issue.
- Spin has ads for the hip young set. Car and Driver has ads for male enhancement and American Spirit Cigarettes.
So have no fear Spin subscribers and bring that new issue of Car and Driver with you to the can. If anything, Spin readers won't be in as much of an emergency situation when they run out of toilet paper anymore.
Maybe a magazine like Esquire would have made more sense. But if Car and Driver goes out of print, then what will subscribers get? Our bet is on Seventeen.


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Revan wrote:Too late but "to end all wars" is great.
I hope that the game will keep the good features of WW1 Gold (battleplans, active diplomacy, war economy, technological progress, pre-planned major offensives) and ereases the defaults (non-user friendly, weird army managment, numerous bugs, ...).
Don"t take the path of "Commander the Great War" which, i find, lacks depth.
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Is Early-Childhood Education Worth Spending Public Money?
There's no shortage of research touting the benefits of early-childhood education programs. But when it comes to justifying state spending for these programs, should hard proof be required to keep the money flowing?
That's the question that some Connecticut officials are posing as Gov. Dannel P. Malloy proposes spending another $4 million to expand the number of preschool seats in the state's poorest districts. That's on top of the $220 million that the state spends annually on preschool programs.
Apparently, the state has never compared the achievements of students who have attended preschool to those who have not, which Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor says is "astounding," according to a news report this week in The Connecticut Mirror.
Pryor says that while "it appears there is a strong correlation" between preschool and students' school performance, he has no way of assessing whether the state's program is working.
The state's education department did begin tracking student progress four years ago, including that of 9,000 4-year-olds in the state-funded preschools, the Mirror reports. Those children are now in 3rd grade.
But there has been no decision on conducting an analysis of whether attending preschool has made a difference in the academic performance of these kids. That doesn't make sense to some officials.
State Board of Education member Charles A. Jaskiewicz told his fellow members this week, "If we are going to push forward, then my opinion is we really need to look at whether it's working."
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DETROIT -- Justin Abdelkader has yet to put a puck past an opposing goaltender with the use of his stick this season.
But when you have gone so long without a goal you'll take it however it goes in.
After going nearly an entire year without a goal, Abdelkader netted his first of the season on March 7 in an empty net.
On Saturday, Pavel Datsyuk had a shot go off Abdelkader's left skate and then later banked one in off his chest in Detroit's 5-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks.
That was two goals for Abdelkader without the use of his stick, giving him three on the season.
"I'm just a firing range for Pav," Abdelkader said. "I'll take it. I don't mind it. I was just going to the net and he was kind of behind me, I turned towards the net and hit off of me and in. It's one of those things where sometimes you don't get the breaks and bounces. But it's nice when you finally do.
"Sometimes they're not the prettiest, but they don't ask how," Abdelkader continued. "I haven't had the best of breaks all year, so anytime you can get a couple of breaks like that you'll take it. It was nice."
Abdelkader had a career-best eight goals and 14 assists last season.
"He's been a little bit snake-bitten all year," goalie Jimmy Howard said. "It's good to see him get some points because he is one of the hardest workers for us every single night. He's always in the dirty areas, in the corners, along the boards, blocking shots. So it's great to see him get rewarded."
And Abdelkader almost didn't play Saturday.
In Friday's 3-2 overtime over Edmonton, a skate blade sliced through the tongue of left skate. The cut went right to his bone, missing some tendons, and required eight-to-10 stiches.
Team masseur Sergei Tchekmarev cut a hole in his skate and inserted a piece of plastic that relieved pressure.
"He could barely walk, to come in and play like he did, it's nice to see him get rewarded for it," forward Henrik Zetterberg said.
"It was his decision (to play)," Wings coach Mike Babcock said. "I had (Gustav) Nyquist dressed and (Daniel) Cleary was going to play where Abdelkader was and Nyquist was going to play where Cleary was but Chika did some good work on his skate, dug a big hole in it, put a cover on it. He's a tough kid anyway. He's too young anyway. Doesn't matter, just play him."
Because of his struggles offensively, Babcock has been criticized for keeping Abdelkader on a line with Datsyuk, which know has Johan Franzen on it as well.
"He's playing better and better," Babcock said. "Abby is one of the guys who's a big man and the lockout didn't help him and so he's really gotten skating and is playing with two real good players and goes to the net every time. He gets them the puck and he goes to the net. Pretty simple plan for him, but it's working and he's playing well and he's physical for us. He's a huge factor out there."
Successful trip
A successful road trip is determined by the amount of points you bring home with you.
Four out of a possible six points, especially playing three games in a span of four nights, could be viewed as successful for the Wings.
But then you think back at how the trip started and it turns a bit disappointing.
"When you think about it probably our best start and most dominant effort was the game we lost," Babcock said. "Who knows why it works that way. We tried to hang in here the best we can while we've got players away and when they come back we think we're going to be better."
The Wings dominated play for the first 40 minutes against Calgary last Wednesday, but three costly turnovers led to three unanswered goals in the third period and the Flames handed Detroit a 5-2 loss.
"It was a good trip," said Howard, who missed the game in Calgary with the flu. "Other than the third period in Calgary we did a lot of good things on this trip."
Things didn't start out well in the 3-2 overtime win over Edmonton or the 5-2 win over Vancouver. The Oilers got the first goal just a little over three minutes into the game. The Canucks topped that with the first goal six seconds into the game.
"In Calgary we basically gave away the game," Zetterberg said. "The way we came back in Edmonton down 2-0 and win that game and come out (Saturday) and play like we did, it's real fun to see we can do it."
The Wings' penalty kill was perfect on eight combined chances in their two wins, while Howard made 63 saves on 67 shots he faced.
"I liked the goaltending," Babcock said. "We had real good goaltending. Outstanding penalty killing and I thought once the guys got their legs, you always know in a back-to-back situation when a team is fresh you're going to be in a little bit of trouble at the start. We were able to weather the storm and got some breaks at the start because of Howie being so good and then I thought we got playing pretty good."
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Microsoft and Lionhead have launched the official Xbox site for Fable II, and much like the site for the original Fable it contains a charming interactive storybook for fans of the series to play through, only this time there are prizes involved! The cutout story tells the tale of your character's ancestor as he deals with the death of his parents and his search for love and vengeance. Depending on the choices you make as you play through it, you will be awarded one of five special in-game items for your troubles.
Playing through it while sticking to the more virtuous decisions netted me a three-piece chicken costume. Playing through again on evil got me a nasty expression book and a vial of pink dye. Hit the link and let us know what prizes you come up with. Together we'll collect the whole set!
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Consecutive™ Fast-Paced Number Dice Game
The Fast-Paced Number Dice Game!
Students compete in this fast-paced number dice game to arrange their dice roll (2 to 7 dice) into the lowest or highest number based on the dealer's roll of the greater than/less than die. The dice game provides number sense from tens to millions place value depending on number of dice used by each student or team. This game can be played at any grade level as the number of dice each player uses dictates the difficulty. The smart player knows ordering their roll in ascending or descending consecutive order is the key to winning, plus the luck of the roll. Includes 4 sand timers ranging from 15 to 60 seconds. The shorter the time for players to create their number, the wilder the game becomes! This game will boost student proficiency with greater than/less than, place value, consecutive order and number sense skills while having fun! 2-6 players or teams, plus dealer.
The game comes with 36 white dice with dot patterns 1-6, plus 6 blank white dice, 6 green "dealer" dice with dot patterns 1-6, plus 1 blank green dealer die, 1 orange greater than/less than dealer die, 4 sand timers, (1 each 15, 30, 45 seconds & 1 minute), 50-page score pad, re-sealable bag to store dice, game rules sheet with reproducible score sheet on reverse side.
Basic game play: The teacher or designated student uses the green dice and orange greater than/less than die to deal out the number challenge. For example: If the game is using numbers to 5 place values (ten thousands) the dealer rolls 5 green dot pattern dice with plus the orange >/< die. The dealer rolls > and arranges the 5 green dice into the number. The appropriate sand timer (15 seconds to 1 minute) is turned over and the 2-6 players roll 5 white dot pattern dice. They must now quickly arrange their dice into a number they think is greater than the green dice number. The student with highest number that beats the dealer and other players wins the round. Had the orange die been <, then the players or teams would be trying to get the lowest number. The blank die can be added to create 7 place values as a zero. The zero may not be used as the first digit. The player or team that wins the most rounds gets first place. As students master ordering dice to create the highest or lowest number, you can add place values (more dice) or shorten the time per round with the sand timers to increase the pace and fun!
Fraction Games & Activities with Dice
Each section includes detailed teacher notes for teaching fractions for understanding.
120 pages.
The Fast, Fun Dice Game of Mental Math
Math becomes more fun when you think on the fly! Roll the two 12-sided target dice and multiply them to get a target number. Roll the three scoring dice and combine these numbers using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, or even powers to build an equation that is closest, or equal to, the target. This mentally challenging and fun dice game helps players sharpen math skills by solving problems in a fun new way.
- 2 Target Dice
- 3 Scoring Dice
- Practice tables
- Game-Go Bag
PEMDice™ Order of Operations Game
Roll the PEMDice and create equations—just be sure they're correct and follow the mathematical order or operations! Earn points by creating equations that use the most dice.
These unique dice feature numbers, fractions, operations, parentheses and equal
signs. Game includes 30 unique color-coded PEMDice, activity guide with a variety of game options and shaker.
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Peter F. Lake
Charles A. Dana Chair and Director, Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy
B.A., Harvard University
J.D., Harvard Law School
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Insurance, Law and Higher Education Policy, Torts
Peter F. Lake is professor of law, Charles A. Dana chair and director of the Center for Higher Education Law and Policy at Stetson University College of Law. He teaches and writes in the areas of torts, higher education law and policy, insurance, and jurisprudence, and has won several awards for his teaching and scholarship. He co-authored The Rights and Responsibilities of the Modern University (Carolina Academic Press 1999), and has authored numerous law review articles and other publications. He is an internationally-recognized expert on higher education law and policy and has been quoted or referred to in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Chicago Sun Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, various reported legal decisions including the supreme courts of Virginia and Florida, and the most recent Restatement of the Law of Torts. He has appeared on major television networks such as ABC and CNN.
Professor Lake is a highly sought after speaker and futurist, particularly in the field of higher education law and policy, where he has served as a presenter or keynote speaker at several hundred international, national, regional, and local meetings. Professor Lake received a major national award from the Alpha Chi Omega women's fraternity when he received the Vision Award at their convention in 2003. He also was honored as the featured author at the 2008 Pivotal Publications Colloquium at the University of Connecticut. Over the years and in recognition of his work, Professor Lake has served on several boards, including the board of editors of the Journal of College and University Law, the Center for Academic Integrity, the review board for the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center, the academic advisory board of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, and the board of advisors to The Network. Most recently, Professor Lake served on the roundtable for the development of Student Mental Health and the Law: A Resource for Institutions of Higher Education (2008), published by the JED Foundation.


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White House: Obama to meet with LGBT activists in Russia
- Russia has been criticized for passing a law banning promotion of gay relationships to minors.
- Human rights groups report increased violence against lesbian%2C gay%2C bisexual and transgender Russians.
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President Obama will meet with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights activists while he's in Russia this week for the G-20 summit, according to a White House official.
The meeting will happen on Friday and will include representatives from groups supporting human rights, the environment, free media, LGBT rights and others, said the official, who asked not be identified in order to discuss the president's yet-to-be published schedule.
Russia has faced international criticism since it passed a law in June banning the promotion of gay relationships to minors. The Russians have also faced international scorn for another law that bans adoptions by countries allowing same-sex marriages.
Human rights groups have reported there's been an uptick of violence against the country's LGBT community since the laws passed. The legislation has led to calls for a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Last month, Obama said he didn't support boycotting the Sochi games because he didn't want to penalize American athletes. But he has been sharply critical of the Russian laws.
"Nobody is more offended than me by some of the anti-gay and lesbian legislation that you've been seeing in Russia," Obama said last month.
The meeting comes after Obama canceled a scheduled meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow before the G-20 summit. The cancellation followed a string of disputes, including Russia's decision to grant asylum to former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden and its blocking of action by the United Nations Security Council against Syria.
Human Rights First, which had been lobbying the White House to hold a meeting with activists during the G-20, applauded the decision.
"President Obama's decision to meet with civil society sends a clear signal that the United States stands in solidarity with those targeted by Russia's civil society and LGBT crackdown," said Innokenty Grekov, a program associate with Human Rights First who is in St. Petersburg this week. "In addition to this important meeting, President Obama should also speak out against Russia's human rights abuses and reaffirm that the United States stands firmly on the side of LGBT equality and human rights."
In an interview with the Associated Press on Wednesday, Putin addressed the international criticism.
"I assure you that I work with these people, I sometimes award them with state prizes or decorations for their achievements in various fields," Putin said. "We have absolutely normal relations, and I don't see anything out of the ordinary here."


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Heidelberg Project is a non profit organization on Heidelberg Street, in Detroit, supporting the arts as a way to recover the city. Detroit is a tough, demanding, hard working city that leaves little room for feelings, chilled by the very low temperatures.
In this algid atmosphere, however, there is a heart that throbs more than others with warmth, creativity, ingeniousness and love for his own country.
The project
Originating from an idea of Tyree Guyton, it brings together in 2 blocks the work of several artists. They work mainly with materials that they find within the ruins of old buildings or discarded objects, including clothes, cars, small pieces of iron or wood.
More information on www.heidelberg.org.
An open Air Museum
The result is an open air museum, where the kids from the neighborhood play, learn about art and help the artists in the preparation and maintenance of the works.
The result
Parajumpers has decided to support the Heidelberg Project in its attempt to preserve the future of the people involved, improving their life but also allowing them to create freely... The result is a collection of pictures shot on marvelous Heidelberg Street, in the incredibly fascinating city of Detroit.
What Parajumpers and HP's artists have in common is their mission. Guyton, in fact, wishes to give a future to the people involved in the project by using art.
Like Tim Burke, Moses, Kate Moss and many others, recovers the ruins of old buildings, disused objects, thrash in general, cars' parts, iron and wood bits to create works of art which he displays in the street, as if in a huge museum in the open air.
Taking its cue from the motto of 210 Rescue Squadron men, tough, brave Alaskans committed to save other people's lives, Parajumpers says "May other people live!", and, as far as HP is concerned, may they live and create freely.


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Video: Highlights: UFC on FUEL TV 7
Michael McDonald looked good on Saturday, but Renan Barao was just a little bit better.
In Saturday's main event at UFC on FUEL TV 7, Renan Barao (30-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) defended the interim bantamweight title with a fourth-round submission of Michael McDonald (15-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC), extending his unbeaten streak to 31 fights.
In the co-feature, Cub Swanson (19-5 MMA, 4-1 UFC) won a hard-fought unanimous decision against Dustin Poirier (13-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) to up his win streak in the featherweight division to four fights. Jimi Manuwa (13-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) beat Cyrille Diabate (19-9-1 MMA, 4-3 UFC) with a first-round stoppage after a Diabate calf injury. Ryan Jimmo (17-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) had a seven-second knockout in his UFC debut, but things weren't as easy against James Te Huna (16-5 MMA, 5-1 UFC), who survived to win a unanimous decision.
In addition to those fights, Barao picked up $50,000 in bonus money for "Submission of the Night," but Tom "Kong" Watson (16-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC) double-dipped and won $100,000 for both "Fight of the Night" and "Knockout of the Night" for his second-round stoppage of Stanislav Nedkov (12-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) on the preliminary card.
Full highlights now are available for the six-fight main card.
UFC on FUEL TV 7 took place at Wembley Arena in London. The main card aired on FUEL TV following prelims on Facebook.
Check out the highlights above.
For complete coverage of UFC on FUEL TV 7, stay tuned to the UFC Events section of the site.


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March 1, 1926 ~ August 28, 2013
Dorothy Ann McElroy was born in Shively, Ca to Sidney and Olga Nystrom. Dorothy Ann was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, JC McElroy. She is survived by their three children, Shianne McElroy, Sharlot Riddle and Paul & Cindy McElroy; grandchildren Susie (Jimmy) Cross, Josiah (Candace) McElroy; Lacy Monserrat, Joshua (Amanda) Riddle, Amber Riddle, and five great-grandchildren, Kennedy & Ireland Cross, Thomas Monserrat, Corbin & Berkley Riddle & Stella Ann McElroy; sister Ethel Hage of Shasta Lake City and Sydney "Bud" Nystrom of Dunsmuir and many beloved nieces and nephews who loved Auntie Dot.
She lived in and about McCloud, Castella and Dunsmuir her entire life. Her crowning achievement was the beautiful home she and JC built side by side in the early 60's all the while caring for her family. She loved her home, family, her beloved critters and the beauty surrounding her. She awoke each day to the beauty of Castle Crags, a wonder she never ceased to admire.
She worked tirelessly for her family, caring for her home and especially her garden, enhancing nature in her own unique way. She listened with patience and a caring love, always just a phone call away. Loved by all, missed by all.
A private celebration of life with her immediate family is planned for a future date.


text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - painting based on a kid's drawing Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Gallery/Finished Work View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "painting based on a kid's drawing" balisticmemberMember #Joined: 01 Jun 2000Posts: 2599Location: Reno, NV, USA Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 4:30 pm We did an activity at work recently where we asked kids for drawings of original characters, then we turned them into finished professional artwork. I picked a drawing of a fairy by a 10-year-old girl: I hope she likes it! (Sketchbook Pro 6 / Thinkpad Yoga)_________________brian.prince|light.comp.paint Back to top [Shizo]memberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 3938 Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 3:58 am I like it, I like it! Cool idea for a "collaboration" too. Back to top TzanmemberMember #Joined: 18 Apr 2003Posts: 755Location: Boston MA Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 12:14 pm Hey, that came out great! Back to top balisticmemberMember #Joined: 01 Jun 2000Posts: 2599Location: Reno, NV, USA Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 1:14 pm Thanks guys! It was a fun idea. Ask a kid you know to design a character for you sometime!_________________brian.prince|light.comp.paint Back to top SumalethAdministratorMember #Joined: 30 Oct 1999Posts: 2898Location: Australia Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 8:36 pm That's great. I wonder how a 10 year old perceives the differences between those two pictures._________________Art Links Archive -- Artists and Tutorials Back to top nanshumemberMember #Joined: 01 Mar 2008Posts: 71 Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 1:26 am so cute and great , good idea for this. _________________P.S. I'm not good in English , If I made any mistakes, please forgive me. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Gallery/Finished Work All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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Whether we know it or not, we all live by faith. At times it's easy. Other times it is difficult. We have no trouble having faith in that which we understand. It's in the moments of life that just don't make sense that it can be difficult. Our default is often fear. God desires faith. A God sized faith!
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Lamar Odom -- Response to Khloe Kardashian's Ultimatum ... Radio Silence
Lamar Odom Responds to Khloe's Ultimatum with Radio Silence
Khloe Kardashian's ultimatum to Lamar Odom -- get into rehab or get out of our home -- hasn't exactly forced him to take action ... in fact, Lamar's gone completely off the grid with his wife ... TMZ has learned.
We broke the story ... Khloe dropped the tough love on Lamar over the weekend. In the wake of his DUI arrest on Friday, sources tell us she made it clear to Lamar ... he needed to get help, or else the marriage is over.
But we're told since they spoke for 4 hours on Saturday ... Khloe's heard absolutely nothing from Lamar.
As one source put it ... right now Khloe is "totally in the dark" about Lamar's comings and goings -- and the prospects of saving their marriage are getting dimmer everyday.
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Sales & Customer Management
Digitalization and new customer demands are changing Sales & Customer Management. Customer management takes place along an insurer's entire value chain. Generating leads, supporting and creating touch points for customer interaction, and measuring and optimizing competencies across channels and domains are all essential success factors in that process.
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«In Sales and Customer Management, all insurers have catch-up potential: on the one hand to compete with start-ups and companies from outside the industry, on the other hand to elevate the value of their manifold customer interactions and -data. We can prove our successful contributions in all areas ranging from retail- to specialized B2B insurers.»
Integrated Channel Management
Your customers are influenced by new media and their experiences with other providers, be it Amazon, Facebook or their own bank. This leads them to have expectations that present new challenges for your insurance in terms of possible points of contact. A crucial question in this process is how to find the right balance between customer expectations, channel costs, and potential benefits.
As far as your customers are concerned, the priority in dealing with their insurance provider is a) the outcome and b) fast and straightforward access. These expectations apply to all channels. The challenge facing insurers is to make customer interaction a cohesive customer journey, irrespective of the channel. Holistic customer management is highly demanding for strategy, processes, structural organization, and the information technologies employed – in other words, for the entire undertaking.
Integrated channel management is a complex topic that extends to role models, organizational units and incentive systems. That makes it all the more important to choose a structured and pragmatic approach. Synpulse has developed a model that combines many years of practical experience with our latest research findings so that you immediately have a clear overview of where your action areas lie, what needs to be done, and when.
Your Benefits with Synpulse:
- A clear roadmap to the optimal customer experience with concrete actions
- A target image with channels cooperating with – not competing against – each other
- Increased cost efficiency by accounting for the channel costs
- A customer experience that becomes a differentiating factor
B2B2C Interaction
«Pull not push» is an efficient and innovative way of expanding existing sales channels. Business insurance offers some very good starting points for turning a classical B2B transaction into an upselling opportunity in B2B2C.
Business insurance exhibits few individual risk characteristics. Rates are often based on externally calculable key variables such as type of operation, number of employees, payroll and revenue (except Technical Insurance). In personal insurance, for instance, little is known about the effective, subjective risk of insured persons.
By moving operational and internal processes (e.g. absence management or occupational health management) to portals and apps or by using telematics, an insurer can generate valuable information on effective risk and increase customer interaction.
If it is possible to register sickness absences and inform managers simply and easily using an app, the sickness can be reported to the personal insurance automatically as soon as the waiting time expires without a lot of form-filling. Using telematics in occupational healthcare (workplace and position, employee stress levels, etc.) is also a way of taking a closer look inside an organization. This has the welcome side effect of creating a platform for interaction with the organization, and also with the insured individuals. Knowledge of the collective insurance coverage of the organization makes it possible to identify gaps in individuals' cover and offer them separate insurance to make up the difference (e.g. 20% supplemental accident insurance to the 80% compulsory under Swiss Accident Insurance law [UVG]).
In this way, an insurance company is able to offer added value on all sides:
- Simplified processes for insurance companies and insured persons
- Additional customer data for the insurance company (e.g. absences during the waiting time)
- Upselling in B2C for the insurance company
Synpulse has identified a variety of possible applications, processes and portal solutions that can be realized on this basis to the benefit of everyone involved.
If you wish to offer your customers and insured persons added value and simultaneously increase your sales opportunities and customer interaction points, we will be more than happy to help you in realizing your project.
Sales Performance Management
A sales executive often feels like a football team coach: Just about everybody thinks they have the answers. Yet as soon as they are confronted with a concrete challenge, opinions on causes and actions start to diverge. When that happens, wouldn't it be good to have a model to help you get to the bottom of things, quickly and objectively? That is precisely where our FastTrack Framework comes in. It is often not apparent which factors have led to a certain outcome, or what exactly needs to be tweaked to improve performance. What makes finding these things out even more difficult is that the sales side of every insurance company has its very own structures, channels, and processes.
Targets Do Not Solve Problems
What works for one is by no means successful for another. Perhaps that is one of the reasons why, in our experience, only a few insurers have a systematic method for quickly and reliably identifying the most important levers for improving sales performance. Instead they often focus on individual key performance indicators (KPIs), which are passed onto the channels through targets in sales management. But targets do not solve problems.
Clarity Through FastTrack Framework
Sales operate differently in every insurance company, yet they all have to measure up to the same figures. The Synpulse FastTrack Framework takes your individual circumstances into account while also following a standardized procedure that allow us to deliver results quickly and reliably.
Our Framework has been practice-tested and can be applied to many issues relating to sales. It supports you wherever you sense there is a problem, but the solution is not immediately identifiable, e.g. inconsistent performance in the same channel or across all channels, poor customer satisfaction, excessively long lead times, or a lack of process quality.
Practice-Tested Process in Three Easy Steps
The Framework contains six dimensions for analysis of internal factors (organization, processes, finances, products and services) and external factors (market, competition), between which a connection is established. In three easy steps it takes you from a brief analysis to tracing causes to a concrete action plan. The modular structure additionally permits you to proceed in stages.
What This Means for You
- An objective basis for decision-making, which outsiders can also understand
- Quick and reliable identification of the major levers for optimization
- Reducing complexity and only conducting targeted analyses
- Deriving suitable packages of measures
- A welcome increase in sales performance
Sales Partners and Account Management
For many insurers, brokerage was chiefly relevant to B2B sales in the past. With new digital players entering the market, B2C may now also be transformed into profitable target segments for brokers. Constant change at the customer interface, in B2C as well as B2B, and increasing numbers of players are forcing insurers to look at management measures for their sales partners.
Segmentation of Sales Partners
Insurers have long been familiar with customer segmentation. External sales partners such as aggregators and brokers must likewise be seen as customers and segmented accordingly. Not every sales partner matches every insurance company or its strategy. Different factors, such as the number of employees, serviced customer segments, sales channels, etc. are relevant to finding the right, valuable end customers.
Broker Management
Like customers, brokers also have to be assessed and tactically reviewed in a broker appraisal at least once a year. Every broker portfolio must be inherently profitable in each sector. If this is not the case, or the broker is not productive in the target customer portfolio, he or she must be shown which risk-reducing, premium-increasing or market-related steps can be taken to meet targets.
Strategic Account Management
Strategic account management is not only used for broker segmentation but also helps to improve efficiency and success in the sales process in B2B (including brokers). It is implemented in four steps:
- Marketing information (what is the current status/strategy of an account?)
- Target (what do we want to achieve with this account?)
- Tactics (what approach do we want to take to reach the set targets?)
- Action (what specific measures do we want to implement to reach the targets?)
Additional CRM systems assist broker segmentation and account management and can above all support data preparation and documenting measures and interactions.
If you too are looking for more active and more efficient sales partner management and success in the sales process, we have concepts which can quickly help you to achieve sales excellence.
A shift from passive to active broker and sales partner management is the way forward for the future.
Successful customer focus and the introduction of CRM along the value chain depend on good, tested specialized concepts for pre-sales and after-sales activities. Good account planning (B2B) or customer and lead management can only reach a high level of effectiveness if integrated policy administration and claims processes are available for the customers.
Along an insurer's value chain, CRM processes can be divided into the following two main sections:
- The phase prior to completion of a sale, where the aim is to address and handle focus customers as efficiently as possible during acquisition and arrive at conclusion of a contract with customer value added.
- The phase following closing of a contract, in which customers are given various points of access and opportunities for interactions so that the customer relationship, information and loyalty can be optimized on an ongoing basis.
Strategic account planning (for B2B insurers), or similarly new customer and lead management (for B2C insurers), is a key success factor for market development. It addresses the following topics:
- Objectives that should be pursued with the customer
- The customer's situation and needs
- How can we obtain more information about the customer?
- What solution can create maximum added value for the customer?
- Which conditions have to be created for successful closing? How do I reach the customer?
Your sales chances can increase substantially through integrated processing and collection of this information with the entire sales force.
Once the customer relationship has been established, the second stage of the CRM process begins. Today's insurance customers are very demanding when it comes to access to the insurer. After signing a contract, they want to receive the same information in the claims or policy administration process (making a claim, up-selling or cross-selling, information, service), no matter what the medium (mobile, internet, face-to-face). An interdisciplinary view of customers is important here, and a front-end application across multiple products and multiple domains, with connectivity for various technologies, is absolutely essential.
If you too wish to gear your data, information, processes and systems toward your customers and market development, our specialized concepts, implementation expertise and project experience can help you to achieve your goals. With our showcase and process templates, we can significantly accelerate your implementation.
- Patrick Bühler
- Dennis Block
Software SOLUTIONS
Business life continues to pick up speed and become more complex. That is why, more than ever, good advice today cannot end in strategies and concepts, but must take into account implementation as whole. At Synpulse Management Solutions AG, we combine all of the expertise necessary to translate your requirements into bespoke software solutions and integrate these into your business organization as optimally as possible.
In the following overview, we would like to present some of our offers in detail:
Information about one's own clients must be compiled, analyzed, and the resulting information prepared in such a way that it offers added value; digitalization and increasing costs — not to mention time pressures — make this process increasingly difficult. Sales organizations need solutions that can be integrated clearly, quickly, and flexibly into the operational and organizational structure.
BusinessRadar is a selection and analysis tool that has been developed continuously in many projects since 2001. The Software Suite already incorporates more than 15 years of expertise from various companies, industries, and countries.
BusinessRadar also affords large sales organizations an end-to-end view of client data, from employee to the Board of Directors, from strategic KPIs to individual data records. By flexibly combining the widest range of modules, BusinessRadar complements existing system landscapes to suit your needs exactly.
What can BusinessRadar do for your business?
- Quick access to information for thousands of users from specialist departments and management
- Instant application of analytical findings by means of operative actions
- Prompt and accurate handling of sales processes
- Pinpoint allocation of the marketing and sales budget
Broker Relationship Management
In addition to their own (hired) sales organization, many financial services companies are increasingly intent on collaborating with independent brokers. This is in response to the trend that end clients are increasingly asking for advice that is independent of brand and product, with the result that market shares are permanently moving. In addition to an organizational and procedural focus, the professional management of a variety of relationships with existing -- yet also potential -- marketing agents requires proper support from customized software which, not least, also fulfills regulatory requirements.
The Broker Relationship Management solution was developed specifically for the targeted management of relationships between a financial services company and its brokers. It allows internal and external data sources to be flexibly integrated. Individual modules enable specific analysis by the relationship manager alongside recording and evaluating master data, quotes, plans, contact reports, etc. Concrete measures derived from the analysis results can be initiated right from the tool.
What can Broker Relationship Management do for your company?
- Maintain an intelligent broker register (master data, document management, etc.)
- Integration of production, stock, and commission data
- 360° view of your brokers and sales units (segment-specific)
- Opportunity for ad-hoc performance, potential, and quote analysis
- Integration of deadline, activity, contact and follow-up management by means of direct access to MS Outlook
Sales Compass
In light of increasing competitive pressures in the financial services industry, the competitive ability of many sales divisions must be increased: this can only be achieved using strategic sales management. Integral elements of such management include dedicated sales planning, a clear commission system, and integrated sales controlling, which provides information in a timely and effective manner. Client and brand-related KPIs must be included in addition to the production-related KPIs, which were used almost exclusively in the past.
The Sales Compass is a sales management and planning system across all sales channels for use by management. Using the solution, all relevant business information, such as production, stock, remuneration, agency, performance, client and cost information, can be made available in real-time in various role concepts. Innovative KPIs and control parameters can be defined directly by the department and immediately updated (online) in the reports.
What can the Sales Compass do for your company?
- End-to-end control system involving all sales channels and management areas
- Integration of existing planning and control tools (avoidance of isolated solutions)
- Corporate guidelines and value orientation displayed in planning and control tools
- Significant increase in transparency and validity using cockpits and KPI design
- Efficiency gains as a result of a reduction in process run times, error prevention
- Compliance with audit integrity and Solvency II requirements
Dr. Dirk Arndt
Executive Director Synpulse Software Solutions
Training Solutions
Banks and insurance companies are subject to constant organizational and technological change. Precisely where major restructuring or launch projects are concerned, professional training is key to success. In «Training Solutions», Synpulse has developed a methodology for mastering these challenges with modern and effective training solutions.
If you are facing the challenge of implementing a major change project in your organization, Synpulse is the ideal partner for your internal communication and training. «Training Solutions» is the methodology we have developed to prepare your organization well in advance for change.
Our first step is to explore with you your communication and training needs. Then we jointly decide on the most suitable training resources. Whenever possible, we use modern tools such as e-learning, webinars and e-classrooms. This gives you maximum effectiveness at minimal cost.
Precisely where international projects are concerned, it is essential that training can take place independent of time and place and that assessment is automated. Traditional training methods often break the agreed budget with the cost of travel alone, which frequentlyoften makes this option unviable.
We employ «Training Solutions» continually and successfully in projects and optimize it on an ongoing basis. Its pragmatic approach and the mix of training resources in particular mean that our clients can tailor the training process to their needs. It also means that we can make adjustments as and when they are required. Our customers additionally benefit from experienced Synpulse project team members, whose expert knowledge and skills from an insurance and banking background make them highly effective in putting together training packages.
«Training Solutions» is an ideal way of meeting a large-scale need for training. Our clients benefit from our many years of expertise. We help you to achieve maximum effectiveness from your training at minimal cost and working with modern tools and resources.


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ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) Malcolm Hawkins and Rob Johnson combined for 41 points Monday night as Norfolk State beat South Carolina State 78-72 in a matchup between Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference teams.
Hawkins had 21 points and five rebounds while Johnson posted 20 points and seven boards for Norfolk State (5-5, 2-0), which has won three-straight after losing its previous four games.
Rashid Gaston came off the bench to pull down nine rebounds for the Spartans, who held a 43-41 rebounding edge.
Norfolk State led 40-28 at halftime behind a 14-of-34 shooting performance - including five 3-pointers. The Spartans held South Carolina State to just 26.5 percent (9 of 34) during the frame.
South Carolina State (4-3, 0-1) improved to 45.5 percent (15 of 33) shooting after intermission but Norfolk State hit 15 of 24 free throws in the second half to pull away.
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Dixie Chicks' 'Home' Album Turns 10
The Dixie Chicks were already flying high following the massive commercial success of their first two major label albums, when the Texas-based trio released their highly-anticipated third record. 'Home,' which hit store shelves on August 27, 2002, fell under the Chicks' label imprint, Wide Open/Columbia Records.
'Home' was a first in many ways for the trio — the project was the first album released under the newly-formed label and was the band's first album co-produced with Lloyd Maines, lead singer Natalie Maines' father. The album's contemporary acoustic bluegrass sound was a sharp sonic change of direction for the girls, who relied heavily on a mainstream country-pop influence to achieve their superstar status in the late '90s.
The album was introduced to country music fans with 'Long Time Gone,' the project's first radio offering. Despite a strong debut, the track was unable to top the country charts, fizzling out at No. 2. The follow-up single, 'Landslide' — a cover of the 1975 Fleetwood Mac classic — matched its predecessor's peak, topping out just shy of the top spot. The third single, 'Travelin' Soldier,' returned the Chicks to the top of the charts, giving the band their sixth No. 1 single.
Albums sales and radio airplay remained strong until the infamous comments Maines made, directed at then-President George W. Bush. Her words ignited a fury of patriotic warfare between the trio and conservative country music fans. "Just so you know, we're on the good side with y'all. We do not want this war, this violence, and we're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas," said the outspoken singer on March 10, 2003 during the London stop on their Top of the World Tour.
Ironically, the anti-Bush comments were made the same week 'Travelin' Soldier' reached the No. 1 spot. The project suffered a sharp decline in sales, and the album's fourth single failed to crack the Top 40 on the country charts.
Despite the backlash, 'Home' was easily the best-selling country album of the year, eventually scanning almost 6 million albums since its release. It even earned four Grammy Awards in 2003 — including Best Country Album.


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A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
1802 - 1876
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The 19th Century
Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) was unusual for being a professional full-time writer at a time when few women were able to pursue such a career. She was a translator, novelist, speech writer, and journalist who wrote a popular defence of the free market, pioneering travel writing about a trip to America, and on the woman question.


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This article is part of the Mtbr's Enduro Compare-O. See all the stories in this special section here–https://reviews.mtbr.com/category/enduro-compare-o-2014
You may be asking yourself, what the hell is a 5010 C? Well, it's not a tax form, a Major League Baseball rule, or even a road in rural Alabama. It's the second name given to a steed you likely remember as the Santa Cruz Solo Carbon.
Turns out that sometime after the bike's launch in early 2013, another bike maker, who shall remain nameless, got its panties in a bunch over use of said name. So Santa Cruz, not wanting to embroil itself in unnecessary copyright controversy, relented and changed the bike's name to 5010.
Why 5010? Well beside the fact that the number bears a distinct resemblance to the word Solo, according to the Santa Cruz website, one of the bike maker's product managers is a big fan of "NGC 5010, a lenticular galaxy located about 140 millions light years away." And "why go solo when you can go intergalactic."
That line of text is followed by a video embed of the classic Beastie Boys song, "Intergalactic," whose lyrics include the line, "From the Hudson River out to the Nile; I run the marathon 'til the very last mile." And this nod to great distances serves as an appropriate introduction for a bike that's designed with the all-day adventurer in mind.
Spec Highlights
With its 5-pound VPP frame, 68-degree head angle, and top-shelf parts spec that includes a SRAM XX1 drivetrain, and lightweight ENVE AM carbon wheels, the 5010 C looks to be a seriously capable climber. Our size Large tester tipped the scales at 25.68 pounds.
Of course, with 125mm rear and 130mm front suspension, a comparatively lower bottom bracket, and shortened chainstays, this 27.5-inch bike is built to slay the downhills, too. At least that's the line of thinking heading into our test session. Whether it delivers remains to be seen.
The 5010 is built around Santa Cruz's well-regarded Virtual Pivot Point suspension design, which uses chain tension to minimize rear-end bobbing. Suspension is provided via a Fox Float CTD 125mm shock and Fox 32 Float CTD 130mm fork, which helps keep weight down but may get overwhelmed on rowdier trails.
Without even having thrown a leg over our test rig, thumbs up to SRAM's utilitarian XX1 drivetrain, which has proven itself to be lightweight, reliable and just plain smart. Plus we love how it cleans up what are becoming increasingly cluttered cockpits. However, we're not big fans of the 34t chainring choice on this bike. That will be too much gear for a lot of people. Give us a 30t or even a 28t, so we can spin up steep climbs and not be blown when it comes time for the fun part.
Wheel choice is the top-of-food-chain ENVE carbon AM model, which goes a long way to explaining this bike's weight — and the wallet-stinging $9575 price tag. Maxxis High Roller II 2.3″ tubeless ready tires aren't the fastest flat-terrain rollers, but those big lugs should offer plenty of grip when downhill testing begins.
No comprises when it comes to braking. Our test rig is spec'd with Shimano's superb XTR stoppers and 180mm front/160mm rear Ice Tech rotors.
A RockShox Reverb Stealth dropper post assures that we'll be able to get the WTB Volt SLT Ti saddle out of the way when the time comes.
2014 Santa Cruz 5010 Carbon Key Specs
- Weight: 25.68 lbs.(size large)
- Wheel size: 27.5 inches
- Frame Material: Carbon
- Travel/Suspension: Rear: Fox Float CTD 125mm; Front: Fox 32 Float CTD 130mm
- Drivetrain: SRAM XX1 1×11; 34t chainring, 10-42 cassette
- Brakes: Shimano XTR with 180mm front 160mm rear Ice Tech rotors
- Seatpost: RockShox Reverb Stealth
- Wheelset/Tires: ENVE AM carbon; Maxxis High Roller II 2.3″ Tubeless-Ready EXO
- Bars/Stem: Easton Carbon Havoc 750mm; Thomson 70mm
- Bottom bracket type: 73mm threaded
- Head tube angle: 68
- Seat tube angle: 73 degrees
- Chainstay length: 17.1 inches
- Bottom bracket height: 13.2 inches
- Bike MRSP: $9575
- Frame MSRP: $2899 with Fox CTD Factory shock
For more information visit www.santacruzbicycles.com.
Read our Bottom Line Evaluation of the Santa Cruz 5010 Carbon here.
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