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Ultimately, you are responsible to know the requirements of the academic curriculum to complete your program. Your advisor can be a tremendous resource in the process.
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- Marywood University Catalog, preferably from your freshman year
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Top 10 Social Media Conferences For Marketers
by Jason Keath on Mar 25, 2013:Whenever someone asks me what social media conference they should attend, I turn to my personal list of my can't miss events.
Clearly I recommend our events first, but sometimes the timing or the type of event someone needs is different. And there are a ton of great conferences out there for marketers throughout the year.
After attending more than 40 social media conferences over the past few years, I have learned that one size does not fit all.
There are big events and small events. Multiple tracks and single tracks. Great networking events and great content events.
So let's jump in.
1. Social Fresh ConferenceApril 18-19 | Tampa, Florida
September 12-13 | San Diego, California
Pricing: $400 to $700
Social Fresh is two days packed full of top industry content. The conference is a single track of 15 awesome speakers (disclosure: I am biased). The event hosts top industry speakers, has a "no panels" rule, and focuses on actionable content and networking opportunities.
Social Fresh conferences are attended by marketers of all shapes and sizes, from small business and startups to agencies and big brands. And everything in between. The focus is to bring the best speakers available to an audience that craves cutting edge best practices and examples.
If you've not yet attended a #socialfresh event, you're missing some of the best "feet to the ground" social media talk going on.
— Chris Brogan (@chrisbrogan) September 7, 2011
2. SXSW InteractiveMarch TBA 2014 | Austin, Texas
Pricing: $700 to $1,200
As the biggest digital and social media conference there is, SXSWi is an event every marketer should attend at least once. While there are some quality sessions, the work to find them and the crowd that you have to work through may or may not be worth it. However, the networking is often the best you will find. If you are starting a business or looking to grow a business that can benefit from new connections within the SXSWi audience, then this is a hugely valuable event.
"The SXSW 2013 trade show was the best one I've attended in many years – and I went back more than once. There were hundreds of exciting companies to discover."
via Violet Blue
3. SMX Social MediaNovember 20-21 | Las Vegas, Nevada
Pricing: $900 to $3,300
SMX Social Media Marketing is a two-day conference that covers social marketing from a search marketing and performance marketing perspective.
"As a first time SMX attendee, I found SMX Social Media Marketing 2011 to be a well organized event, packed full of relevant, high-quality information from a variety of dynamic, interesting speakers. I'm already looking forward to the next one!"
via Melissa Smith, Equity Marketing Solutions
4. NMX by Blog WorldJanuary TBA 2014, Las Vegas, Nevada
Pricing: $700 to $1,300
Great conference for bloggers and social media pros alike. Blogworld is now two separate events, but you can still attend both. The NMX event, or new media expo, is focused on the business side of the industry. Blogworld and NMX provides several track options from those blog monetization to podcasting to a slate of social media marketer focused sessions. This is a great event for bloggers and brands that want to network with each other.
"The show has been really informative and I have learned a lot. I was just at a booth and I had never heard about this particular service before, so the vendors are very interesting to talk to. I have a blog and I do a podcasting, so my goal for attending is to learn how to drive traffic to my sites and to do what I do more efficiently. I've learned a lot just in the hour and a half that I have been here on exactly that."
via Rod Adams, Raw Business Solutions
5. Content Marketing WorldSeptember 9-11 | Cleveland, Ohio
Pricing: $1,000 to $2,500
As the only content marketing focused conference on the list, Content Marketing World is focused on brands telling better stories. They host speakers that present hugely actionable content marketing advice.
"I came away from Content Marketing World both inspired and informed – and with a lot of new connections to help grow our business."
via Brenda Spiering – Editor, Sun Life Canada Web
6. Social SlamApril 5 | Knoxville, Tennessee
Pricing: $100
Social Slam is an annual one-day conference held each April in Knoxville, TN. Social Slam is one of the best opportunities to stay on top of social media trends and network with some of the top influencers in the space.
"A one-day conference that delivered engaging, interactive and myth-busting information about social media, customer engagement and social intelligence that left everyone inspired."
via Marisa Peacock
7. Social Brand ForumOctober TBA 2013 | Coralville, Iowa
Pricing: $275
The annual Social Brand Forum brings national-level social media content to Iowa's Creative Corridor for a day and half of keynotes and interactive sessions. Featuring speakers, authors, and thought leaders from the national stage, the event is designed to help marketers at organizations small and large build stronger brands through social media content, conversations, and community.
"SocialBrand, pound for pound, was one of the most useful, informative and convivial events I've attended in quite a while, and without a doubt the most fun I've ever had in Iowa."
via David B. Thomas, Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8. Inbound Marketing SummitApril 3-4 | New York, New York
July 30-31 | Los Angeles, California
October TBA | Boston, Massachusetts
Pricing: $300 to $400
HubSpot produces the Inbound Marketing Summit as a multi-track conference focused on a broad range of digital marketing topics, from social media to email marketing and much more. If you are a HubSpot customer, this event is especially useful.
"I just got back from the Inbound Marketing Summit in San Francisco and I was blown away by the amount of information, the open sharing attitude of every single attendee and the overall atmosphere."
via Janet Fouts
9. Social Media WeekSeptember 23-27 | New York City, Washington D.C. & Miami
Pricing: Mostly free events
Social Media Week is not necessarily a conference, but a series of loosely organized community driven events. The week long series includes a large range of event types and topics in the cities where it takes place. Over 90% of events hosted during SMW are free, but when an event session has a fee associated with it, it will be clearly stated. Many of these events will host high quality speakers and include great networking opportunities. Sort through the large number of options and find the best pieces for you.
"Social Media Week does not disappoint. It is a real-world manifestation of some of the best that new technology has to offer – ideas, strategies and insights shared by the people who are shaping the future."
via Ellen McGirt, Senior Writer, Fast Company
10. MIMA SummitOctober 15, 2013 | Minneapolis, MN
Pricing: $450 for members
The biggest annual marketing and technology conference in the Midwest, presented by the oldest interactive marketing association in America. This year MIMA marks the 12th Anniversary of the MIMA Summit.
MIMA Summit covers a broad spectrum of digital marketing topics through multiple tracks.


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By Susan Fine
Read my interview.
I've been e-mailing Susan Fine, and was going to send her some of my comments when she asked once she knew I'd finished the book. Since I am a crap-tastic correspondent, those comments are sitting in the drafts folder of my inbox. Fortunately they made a great template for this review. I read this one on a bus, where it very much kept me distracted from my cramped legs. And I am in love with Flux's design team, because every book of theirs I own has a beautiful, sleek cover that feels good in my hands. It's easier to relax with a book that feels good. (For those wondering: yes, I have had passionate debates with people over the best trim size and paper type. This would be part of the reason I burst out laughing when I heard of the Kindle. It sounded way too passionless for me.)
I think Fine tried something very interesting with Mauricio as the narrator, and it's a choice that won't work for some. For me, it was perfect. Most books, of course, but their protagonist firmly in the action. But Mauricio is an outsider to St. Stephen's. Not only that, he's naive. Drugs, sex, and manipulation weave around him, but he doesn't have the knowledge to decode the implications of what he sees and hears. In high school, I too was blissfully naive. (Probably still am. Just less, in some ways.) Finding out who had sex or did drugs always shocked me. So I liked reading about a boy with the same issue - especially since I do know enough now to pick up on the insinuations Fine left for the reader to pick up on, even if Mauricio didn't.
I expected INITIATION to be more sinister, from the cover to the foreshadowing in the frame story: "Yet I had managed to survive ninth grade, and all the rest of it, when five of my classmates hadn't. There were a bunch of casualties from that whole mess freshman year." But things fell out in an unexpected way. The major action revolves around Mauricio's fellow nerdy friend Henry, cooler Alex, despised Zimmer, the wrestling team, and Henry's sister Biz. These kids live in affluence, and need to keep up appearances.
It's very sweet how Mauricio falls for the extremely hot Biz, his hormones blinding him to the fact she's a bit easy. Though I found it odd that despite his desire to protect her, he didn't understand Henry's actions to keep Biz out of trouble. But anger does make people ignore logic. And I liked Mauricio's foil, Alex, who was clever and scheming and managed to distance himself from the whole thing. I suspect he was more deeply involved in the events of the novel than he let on to Mauricio, knowing no one else would enlighten him. Of course, we're limited to Mauricio's point of view so we'll never know.
I also liked how the online aspects were presented. I was a little afraid that it would be an adult's paranoid imagining of what social networking is like. But most of it was pretty realistic and the warnings useful. Don't give away your password. Don't let people take photos of you doing something stupid. Definitely don't let anyone post those photos on the net. Pretty much, control how you're presented in a public and ineraseable form. (Me? I'm hard to Google. I like it. Pretty much, all you can find out is about my most prestigious academic accomplishments when you do find me. Not exactly incriminating.) There were some l33t h4xor skills employed, but nothing too implausible for an intelligent computer geek.
INITIATION was a strong debut, so I'm happy Fine is already working on her next YA novel. I've certainly never been to an all-male prep school, but she did evoke my high school days. (She has an unfair advantage, being an English teacher.) I think many outsiders will enjoy this tale of bullies and more clever bullies told by an outsider.
May 26, 2009
Review: Initiation
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Did you read/like PREP? This sounds like a male YA version, kind of. Glad to hear you were a naive high schooler like myself. :)ReplyDelete
I haven't read PREP, although I've seen it around.ReplyDelete
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The Candle Nut has been a source of food for Aborigines, people of the Pacific and South-East Asians. Before eating, the seeds should be roasted, as raw nuts have a purging effect. In cooked condition they make a pleasant nut, taken in moderation. The purging effect allows the nut to be utilized as a laxative. Used with caution, a dose of about 30ml of the oil has been recommended.
Caution: The very similar-looking Aleurites (A. rockinghamensis) has seeds that are quite toxic.
On the Bloomfield River in far north Queensland, Aborigines used the oil to fix the ochre for spear painting. It is also reported that Aborigines ringbarked the trees to allow the growth in the decaying trunk of large white grubs, which were a popular item of diet.
The timber is silvery white, very plain and, although light and soft, is fairly tough. When draining boards were of wooden construction and kitchen shelves were often left unpainted, Candle Nut was popular for the purpose, because it retained its whitish colour for a long time. Today, the timber is mainly utilized for packing cases.
The oil is extracted by cold or hot pressing, the former giving it a higher quality product. It is similar to linseed or tung oil and can be used in making paints, varnishes, soap, and as a wood preservative for boats. The nut can be split without shattering by heating on a fire or in an oven, or even in the hot sun for four or five days, then cooled rapidly, usually with cold water.
Candle Nut oil cake is high in nitrogenous content and makes a useful fertilizer for agricultural purposes. The leaves were collected and spread on coffee fields and ploughed in "as maintaining the soil in such a state fit for the nitrifying bacteria to function in a period of drought".
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Chihayafuru – 13
Flashbacks. They happen.
|Anaaga is here for Chihayafuru! Karakuri asked me to tag with her, and since I'm such a nice girl I accepted her offer. After one week of break, we finally have our normal Chihayafuru schedule back. I'm so excited for Omi Jingu!
|I-it's not like I invited anaaga here because I was lonely without Kyo! Don't get the wrong idea! It's nothing like that, really!! …Anyways, after a break from Chihaya, we're back to the red building (joy) and the nationals.
After staring at the great red building that it Omi Jingu, Chihaya and friends go to pray at a shrine. Walking away from it, Chihaya passes another girl on the steps. Normally, this would be insignificant, but the animation suddenly went slow motion, so you know that the other female is important.
At the finals, Kana has the team all dress up in hakama again and even her mother (who looks a ton like Tsukimi from Kuragehime) is there. Chihaya looks gorgeous of course and Nishida notes that they're in a good bracket because none of the major karuta schools are in there. Meanwhile, all of the other schools can't believe that Sudo lost/Mizusawa's team has only been around for 3 months (…has it seriously been that little time?). The team talks strategy (thanks to Retro-kun's notes) and Desktomu even volunteers to be a sacrificial pawn and play the strongest team member so the others have a chance to win the round for the team.
While the two teams have prep time, Chihaya freezes in place and something is obviously wrong. (Meanwhile, Kana's mother takes note on all of the cute boys in the room xD.) The team doesn't have a very good start, but Taichi uses his power of awesome leadership to pull the team together. Everyone but Chihaya that is. She's too busy feeling ill.
In other shoujo shows, this would be the point where Chihaya completely forgets Japanese.
During all of this, Arata is heading towards Omi Jingu, but he's lost. He has flashbacks of when he was a shota and his grandfather was still alive. Despite having the right side of his body disabled, Arata's grandfather still kept at karuta. Arata was still close to his grandfather when he wasn't a shota. However, after his grandfather suffered a relapse, he couldn't remember who Arata was. Even worse, he didn't remember anything about karuta. After beating up a school mate due to an extremely insensitive comment, Arata received a letter from Chihaya about her making C Class. Arata didn't want to fall behind, but he also didn't want to leave his grandfather uncared for, so he planned on skipping the tournament that would make him A Class. However, on the day of the tournament, Arata's grandfather was suddenly back to normal and told him not to miss it. Arata went to the tournament, but it would also be the day that his grandfather passed away.
Back to the present, Arata finally makes it to the tournament in time to see Chihaya pass out. Taichi tells the judges that she forfeits and passes her off to Arata telling him to take care of her. Chihaya wakes up with Arata right in front of her, but suddenly karuta and the match is more important and she starts crying because they all worked so hard for this. She falls asleep on Arata's lap while he contemplates about all the thinking he's done about karuta and his grandfather.
After Chihaya is sent off to the hospital (because in Japan, slight fever=hospital trip), some guy from the karuta federation comes and talks to Arata. The guy is convinced that Arata is playing in the tournament and before Arata can tell him otherwise, he's told that his karuta playing is just like his grandfathers. Arata realises that he loves Karuta while crying manly tears.
When Chihaya wakes up, she finds Sudo outside her door and he yells at her for forfeiting. …Not that she had a choice. Chihaya apologises to the group, but Desktomu announces that he had his first win that day. In fact, he won twice in a row. The team lost overall though. However, Chihaya still has the individual tournament to compete in and she even received some package from Arata saying that the next time they meet will be in a match. Chihaya cries. Again.
So according to Chihaya's hierarchy: Taichi<Arata<karuta. Nice.
It totally runs in the family
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Oh how I love you Chihaya. You never fail to awe me with your beauty and to amuse me with your personality. You don't have that much screen time in this episode, but you were able to expression your frustration well. The beauty of friendship is always shown brilliantly in this show. But this is not what this episode is all about, right? It's all about Arata and how he was able to overcome his trauma.
I never saw my relatives who were on the verge of dying because of the distance, but I know how it feels when the image of the person you admire is shattered. We should applaud at how Arata handled his grandfather's disease when he was just a little kid. I've never like kids, but based on my own childhood experience, it's usually hard for children to cope with sudden change. And yet Arata was able to accept the change his grandfather had in less than a minute (although he struggled a lot mentally in that one minute). I didn't know why Arata was so hung up over his grandfather's death while blaming karuta at the same time, but now I know. Unfortunately, I have to disagree with Arata's way of not playing karuta because of what happened at his grandfather's last day. I somehow don't see the need of him doing that because it won't change anything. Call me heartless, but Arata made that choice and he shouldn't have regretted it. Well, he can regret his choice (since he's just a human), but he should've known what might happen if he went to the tournament or not. This episode is trying to make the audience feel sympathetic for Arata, and I honestly tried to feel that way. It was impossible though. With the hardships Arata suffered while he was growing up, I see him more and more as a grown up child that's supposed to know which choice he would take. Yeah, I'm a mean bitch.
So imagine how happy I was when Arata decided to get over his problem. It was a big relieve for me because it's ABOUT TIME for him to move on. I'm pretty excited to see Arata back in the spotlight because that's where he's supposed to be. What's better it seems that Desktomu and the hakama girl (I keep forgetting her name!) are getting better at karuta. And that black hair girl with mole under her eye, I have a feeling that she's a karuta expert. It's halfway of the series and finally the all the players are there. I'm excited to see their development! But what I'm excited about the most is the time when Chihaya meets Arata in the tournament.
This was an episode of tears. Chihaya cried (multiple times), Arata cried (multiple times), hell, even I cried. Though they never directly say it, having Arata's grandfather die like that was just horrible. RIGHT after he acted normally again. I UNDERSTAND NOW, ARATA. I kind of feel bad for complaining about his lack of doing things now. Taichi is still up there for me, but Arata looks like he'll play a more active role now since he's over the worst of his trauma. That being said, I'm a bit disappointed that he left right away and only left Chihaya a package. SHE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL, shouldn't he have stuck around? Taichi would have stuck around. Well, whatever. Chihaya didn't even acknowledge him after seeing him in a long time since it appears that karuta comes first with her. Who knows, maybe both guys will end up being cockblocked by a card game.
That being said, I'm surprised that they completely skipped over the team tournament like that. It seems like all of the teamwork and stuff from the past two episodes all went to nothing. Was that the point? To make Chihaya feel worse? Sure, there's the individual part coming up (which I had no idea was even being held until the end of this episode), but I was most excited about the team one. Honestly, Chihaya even prayed for this not to happen. Irony is a bitch. On the plus side, go Desktomu! At least he's progressed since 3 episodes ago. Also, lol to Kana's mother. I can totally see myself acting exactly like her when I'm that age xD.
Hmm, what else is there really to talk about? Of course, there's that other girl Chihaya passed at the beginning of the episode. I bet she's either the current Queen or the final boss Chihaya has to face in this tournament. Either way, she's definitely important. It still seems a bit early for all of this to be happening, but I doubt Chihaya will make it to Queen just yet. Give it another 10 episodes maybe. Plus with Arata somewhat officially back in the game, there's a chance that we get to see the current king as well. Or at least a bit more romantic undertones. …Or if not, then at least we will always have karuta.
Preview: I bet you anything that Karuta is involved.
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17 Responses to "Chihayafuru – 13"
Lol Karakuri whats with the tsun opening. This episode was filled with mix emotion for Chihaya and also quite a few tear-breaking for Arata. Remind me again, why did Arata decided to go to Omi Jingu?
Am I the only one that was pissed off that the team got beaten "off-screen"? I feel cheated.
I have to agree that's it was time for Arata to move on. Especially since they showed that flashback of his grandpa telling him to go.
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It is similar to [[wikipedia: Sonic the Fighters|Sonic the Fighters]] created by [[User:PockyMalon|PockyMalon]]. ==Story== Dr. Robontik (aka Eggman) has once again stolen the [[Chaos Emeralds]]. Why, you ask? To power his latest creation, Rocket Metal 3.0! Sonic and co. hear of Robotnik's new scheme and they all start their adventure toward the Death Egg (where the Chaos Emeralds were kept). Tails stops them and tells that we must have a championship to see who worthy to get back the emeralds. Everbody agrees to Tails' plan and they start their fighting championship. ===Rounds=== *First Round: Amy Rose (''You skip this round if you picked Amy Rose'') *Second Round: Tails (''You skip this round if you picked Tails'') *Third Round: Cream (''You skip this round if you picked Cream'') *Fourth Round: Mighty (''You skip this round if you picked Mighty'') *Fifth Round: Knuckles (''You skip this round if you picked Knuckles'') *Sixth Round: Bark (''You skip this round if you picked Bark'') *Seventh Round: Bean (''You skip this round if you picked Bean'') *Eighth Round: Fang (''You skip this round if you picked Fang'') *Ninth Round: Espio (''You skip this round if you picked Espio'') *Tenth Round: Rouge (''You skip this round if you picked Rouge'') *Eleveth Round: Sonic (''You skip this round if you picked Sonic'') *Twelveth Round: Tiara B. (''You skip this round if you picked Tiara after she is unlocked'') *Thirteenth Round: Honey (''You skip this round if you picked Honey after she is unlocked'') *Fourteenth Round: Dr. Robotnik *Fifteenth Round: Rocket Metal 3.0 ==Gameplay== The gameplay is similar to Sonic the Fighters. ==Characters== ===Playable=== ====Default==== *[[ Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] *[[Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]] *[[Amy Rose]] *[[Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]] *[[Mighty the Armadillo|Mighty]] *[[Espio the Chameleon|Espio]] *[[Bark the Polar Bear|Bark]] *[[Bean the Dynamite|Bean]] *[[Rouge the Bat|Rouge]] *[[Fang the S|Fang]] *[[Cream the Rabbit|Cream]] ====Unlockable==== *[[Ray the Flying Squirrel|Ray]] (locked) *[[Vector the Crocodile|Vector]] (locked) *[[Charmy Bee|Charmy]] (locked) *[[Tiara B.]] (locked) *[[Honey]] (locked) *[[Shadow the Hedgehog|Shadow]] (locked) *[[Blaze the Cat 2|Blaze]] (locked) *[[Silver the Hedgehog|Silver]](locked) *[[Super Amy]] (locked) *[[Super Sonic]] (locked) ===Non-playable=== *[[Dr. Eggman|Dr. Robotnik]] *Rocket Metal 3.0 ==Stages== ===Default=== *Flying Carpet (Amy Rose) *Cocoa Island (Tails) *Music Plant (Cream) *Emerald Hill Zone (Mighty) *Angel Island (Knuckles) *Aurora Icefield (Bark) *Dynamite Plant (Bean) *Casino Night Zone (Fang) *Isolated Island (Espio) *G.U.N HQ (Rouge) *Green Hill Zone (Sonic) *South Island (Tiara B.) *Sunset Hill (Honey) *Death Egg (Dr. Robotnik and Rocket Metal 3.0) ===Unlockable=== *Desert Dodge (Ray) *Aquatic Ruin (Vector) *Botanic Base (Charmy) *Radtical Highway (Shadow) *Volcanic Vault (Blaze) *Techno Tower (Silver) *Stardust Speedway (Super Amy) *Star Light Zone (Super Sonic) ==Modes== ===Default=== :Story Mode: You go through the story, which you can go play over and over again and you play as different characters you've unlocked. (''1-player only'') ===Unlockable=== :Arcade Mode: 1-Player: Play through 10 rounds of fighting, you can play as different characters you've unlocked. 2-Player: Play aganist your friend if you picked the VS. option or you can play with your friend if you pick the tag battle option. You can play as different characters and stages that you've unlocked. ==How to unlock characters, stages and Arcade Mode== ===How to Unlock Characters=== *Ray: Play as Mighty or Sonic in Story Mode at least one time. *Vector: Play as Espio five times in storymode or play on the Isolated Island stage 10 times in 2-player Arcade Mode. *Charmy: Play as Vector and Espio in Story Mode twice. *Shadow: Beat Rouge in Story Mode 10 times or play on the G.U.N HQ stage 20 times in 2-player Arcade Mode. *Blaze: Unlock Silver or beat Honey 15 times in 1-player Arcade Mode. *Silver: Play as Sonic and Shadow 50 times each in 1-player Arcade Mode or win 200 times in 2-player Arcade Mode. *Honey: Play on the Sunset Hill stage 100 times in 2-player Arcade mode or win 100 battles in 1-player Arcade Mode . *Tiara B.: Beat Amy fifty times in Story Mode or win 1000 battles in 1-player Arcade Mode. *Super Amy: Play as Amy seven times in Story Mode. *Super Sonic: Unlock all characters and play as all characters once in any mode you want. ===How to Unlock Stages=== Each time you unlock a character you unlock their own stage too (except for Honey and Tiara B.'s stages)! ===How to Unlock Arcade Mode=== You unlock Arcade Mode after you beat Story Mode for the first time. ==Voice Cast== {| class="wikitable" background="#C0C0C0" style="border:1px solid #C0C0C0; font-size: 90%;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding=4 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border: 1px #171717 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;" |- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! 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To protect a victim of domestic violence against further harm, a court may issue an order of protection such as a temporary restraining order (TRO). Violation of such a court order can spell serious consequences for the accused, including arrest and penalties for contempt. However, because a TRO can be easily issued by the court for certain grounds, chances are it can be misused.
In her article for Huffington Post, contributor Liz Mandarano discusses how orders of protection can be abused, thereby putting the rights of a person accused of domestic violence in jeopardy. Besides the fact that the issuance of a TRO is ex parte, or effective without notice, it can lead to a lot more restrictions that can be considered undeserved. Mandarano explains orders of protection as follows:
Orders of protection can be "stay away" or "refrain from" in topic. "Refrain from" orders direct a person to behave in a certain way. For example, a refrain from order may direct a person not to threaten another person.
"Stay away" orders are weightier. They force the accused to leave the marital residence and stay away from his partner, home, workplace, and family lest they face prosecution. Notably, stay away orders can remove a person from his home even if his name is on the lease or deed.
Perhaps the most harrowing effect of a TRO on a person accused of domestic violence is being evicted from his own home in case he shares it with the plaintiff. Although this may be temporary, it could mean that the accused may not be able to get his personal belongings until the order is lifted. Sometimes, he would have to wait for months to get a full court hearing where the order can be reversed.
Fortunately, hiring a seasoned Fort Lauderdale criminal attorney gives the accused a chance at a fair outcome in the event of a TRO. Those implicated in domestic violence cases certainly need legal advice on the dos and don'ts right after the issuance of a TRO, which a qualified lawyer would be in the best position to dispense.
Besides helping prevent possible violations of a TRO, a skilled Fort Lauderdale criminal defense attorney such as Richard Della Fera will create a strategy that can prove the client's innocence or at least mitigate the consequences. Such a lawyer can also provide sound instructions that lead to a successful case, from choosing one's companions in the courtroom to the statements one makes.
(Source: The Worst Thing A Woman Can Do In Divorce Proceedings – The Abuse Of Orders of Protection, HuffingtonPost.com)


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Ever been late because of a fight with your wardrobe? Or end up turning your room into a war site just trying to pick out an outfit? (we've all been there haha!). And even though you have piles and piles of clothes & seem to be shopping all of the time, you just find it hard to put an actual outfit together. I totally understand, there are just some days where it's an impossible task and nothing seems to work. But don't worry, I'm here to help! I've searched online and picked out 5 different examples of Autumn Outfits for you to re-create. I've found some similar options for every item in each outfit and linked them also to make it easy for you. When ever I feel uninspired to create an outfit I find searching on Pinterest or Instagram helpful. So, I thought this kind of post could help you next time you are stuck in an outfit rut…
This is the look we all love. Is their anything nicer than throwing on a big wooly jumper and coat, I don't think so! Here in New York when it gets cold I live in these kind of outfits (I love a good hat haha!) I know a lot of us tend to steer clear of white jeans during winter but I actually love them! If you would like to try and re-create this look, this jumper & this coat are very similar!
Another one of my favourites that I came across. I love how this look is so effortless yet chic. You can NEVER go wrong with all black! This is the kind of outfit I would wear on a Saturday morning when I go for a stroll to get coffee. It's when you want to be casual and comfy yet still feel stylish. I love Autumn layering and this is the perfect example. If you're looking for a similar pair of shoes, I love the pearl detail on these ones!
I love this one! My new obsession with wide legs trousers is probably the main reason. So cool & chic at the same time which can be hard to do. A black wide leg pair of pants are such a handy thing to have in your wardrobe so if you are on the hunt, I found two similar pairs here & here. I am also loving wide leg trousers in a statement colour at the moment so I linked some options below too.
This the look you go for when you know your leaving your house at 10am and won't be back until midnight. It needs to cover any kind of event you find yourself going to that day. I love how she has kept it practical with the turtle neck and long coat while still making the look dressy with the heeled boots & skirt. If you invest in one thing this season, invest in a good pair of black boots. I love this pair from River Island.
And last but not lease, I couldn't put this post together without including one of Olivia Palermo's many amazing looks. I LOVE her style! If you've been following for a while you will know that this kind of look is always a go-to for me when it comes to events. I love styling culottes and I honestly think it's great to have a selection of pairs in my wardrobe. I'm so tempted by this fab pair from River Island and I've linked more options down below for you guys.
I hope you enjoyed this post. Definitely let me know if you did and I can put some more similar ones together for you! Also, if you are looking to shop more Autumn Style, check out the shop page on my blog HERE.
Have a great weekend,
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Serve a classic Italian-inspired dish for dinner. The easy meatball method will make you skip buying store-bought meatballs for good. Whether you're serving adults or a family-friendly crew, this dish is a pitch-perfect crowd pleaser.
How to Make It
Preheat oven to 375°F. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook spaghetti, stirring often, until al dente, about 10 minutes. Drain well in a colander. In a large, wide saucepan or deep skillet, heat tomato sauce over low heat while you proceed.
While pasta is cooking, combine beef, soaked bread crumbs, cheese, onion, parsley, egg, garlic and salt in a large bowl. Form mixture into balls slightly larger than golf balls. (They will shrink as they cook.) Lay meatballs out on two nonstick or oiled baking sheets and bake in oven until nicely browned, about 10 minutes.
Transfer meatballs from oven with tongs and place into simmering sauce to combine. Serve meatballs and sauce on top of spaghetti.


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Detailed Specification
Please note: all measurements are approximate and the Shire garden buildings are made from metric measurements. We would recommend that the base is at least 50mm bigger in each direction.
|Product Name:
|7 x 7 (1.98m x 2.05m) Shire Chatsworth Summerhouse
|Footprint (Length x Width):
|2.05m x 1.98m (6'9' x 6'6')
|Height to Ridge:
|Height to Eaves:
|35mm x 35mm
|12mm Shiplap Tongue and Groove
|12mm Tongue & Groove
|12mm Tongue & Groove
|Door(s) / (Width x Height):
|0.67m x 1.61m
|2 Opening Extended Windows
|3mm Horticultural Glass
|Base coat treated in Honey Brown
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The Shire Chatsworth is a well specified summerhouse with two oversized opening windows, a glazed matching door and an apex roof. Savour the privacy of your garden with this well defined summerhouse. Great as a garden retreat. All timber is from sustainable sources, so that you can feel good about buying a Shire summerhouse. Shire buildings are made from a high grade ship-lap tongue and groove construction. Manufactured in the UK, Shire's summerhouses are renowned for their quality. This is distinguished from fast grown type timber used on cheaper summerhouses from other manufactures. Tongue and groove construction means the building is better sealed from the elements.
The timber used is a continental slow grown timber. Slower grown timber means tighter grain, extra strength and longer life.
Frame: A robust Planed 35x35mm (1 1/2' x 1 1/2') framework (walls and floor) that gives the building strength.
Floor: manufactured from high quality 12mm planed tongue and groove matching pattern boarding.
Roof: manufactured from high quality 12mm planed tongue and groove matching pattern boarding.
Walls: are constructed using high quality 12mm thick softwood planed tongue and groove shiplap pattern boarding. All timber is from sustainable sources, so that you can feel good about buying a Shire summerhouse.
Windows: are properly morticed and tenoned. They are opening, profiled, and weather resistant. The window has a unique profiled 'lip' that covers the aperture of the opening in the panel making it weather resistant. Casement stays have 2 levels of opening. The glazing is 3mm horicultural glass. All glazing is retained by profiled beading which is pre-mitred (no awkward corners to be cut).
Doors: Joinery Door with 3/4 length glass glazed doors.
Treatment: All Shire garden buildings are supplied pre-treated with a base coat to both sides in a golden brown water based industrial product (colour can vary from the picture shown). Shire the manufacturer recommends that you apply a water based top coat of your choice. This will protect the timber from weathering on your shed making it last longer and will need to be repeated accordingly in relation to the manufacturer's instructions.
About Shire
Established in 1945 Shire are the UK's leading and one of the oldest established manufacturer of garden buildings. Shire benefit from being adjacent to the Port of Wisbech through which Shire discharge timber into their warehouses. Shire is the proud manufacturer of the largest timber garden building range produced in the UK. Their range includes Garden Sheds, Log Cabins, Eco Homes, Home Offices, Sheds, Workshops, Summerhouses, Playhouses, Arbours, Storage units and Pet houses.
Their UK production facilities cover some 23 acres and include huge undercover stock holding facilities, an advanced high speed timber planing mill, modern well equipped joinery production facility and semi-automated production lines. All Shire garden buildings are manufactured in the UK using the finest spruce timber, imported directly and machined through the most up to date machines to ensure the best quality and best value for money garden sheds in the UK.
Key Features
- FREE Delivery to the UK Mainland*.
- 12mm tongue and groove floor included which is unusual for a garden shed in this price range.
- 12mm robust shiplap tongue and groove wall construction provides an impressive finish while also aiding water run-off.
- 2 Opening proper joinery windows.
- Glass is used so you can rely on the clarity of your windows for years to come.
- Supplied dip-treated in a golden brown finish.
- 10 Year Manufacturer's Anti Rot Guarantee for peace of mind.
- High grade slow grown timber means a tight grain giving extra strength, a much longer life and superior build quality that looks attractive in the garden.
- Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certified timber is used throughout to produce an environmentally friendly garden building.
- This summerhouse shed is supplied with felt, fixings & comprehensive instructions.
- Optional Top Coat Treatment so you do not have to treat the building initially.
- Optional building base eliminates the need for a concrete or slab base.
- Optional assembly available.
PLEASE NOTE: We are currently unable to delivery to the following postal codes: AB, BT, DD, FK, GY, HS, IM, IV, JE, KW, KY, LL, ANY POSTCODE ABOVE PA19, ALL PH POSTCODES, PL, ANY SA OVER SA19, ANY SY OVER 15, TR AND ZE
FREE delivery is offered to the majority of mainland UK postcodes but some areas may incur a surcharge and some postcode areas are not covered at all. Please check your postcode in the 'Delivery cost checker' above to confirm availability and any possible surcharges.
Delivery Leadtimes
The estimated delivery lead time for this product is identified on the product page above. Lead times are in working days (Monday - Friday) excludes Bank Holidays. These estimated lead times are provided by the manufacturers and are not guaranteed - due to fluctuation in demand - but are provided in good faith and are representative of delivery at that time. Some remote areas will take a little longer.
Upon Delivery
Delivery is made by the manufacturer. Delivery of this item is typically made by a 7.5 ton flat-bed (similar size to a council refuse lorry). Delivery is typically between 7am and 7pm. The delivery drivers are only insured to deliver to kerb side or driveway. We would not risk damaging your property whilst delivering a product. Unfortunately we will not be able to go through your property. Deliveries may be either hand-balled off by the driver and some may be craned off if the vehicle delivering has a hi-ab. We cannot guarantee which type of vehicle will deliver to you.
Booking Delivery
By entering your postal code in the 'Pick a delivery day.ENTER POSTCODE' Box above you can select a delivery date. The evening before this delivery date you will be sent a text message (where a mobile has been provided) with an estimated delivery window.
Installation option
If you are choosing the installation option after placing your order you'll be contacted within 5 working days by Shire the manufacturer either by a text message or automated telephone message (the latter if a mobile number is not supplied). This message will supply you with the name of the website to go on to where you will be required to accept the terms and conditions for assembly. Any delay in accepting these terms and conditions may affect your timescale. Once you have accepted these terms and conditions you will be contacted during the timescale with a date for the delivery/assembly of your order. The installation option will extend your lead time by up to 15-20 working days. This may take longer during seasonal periods. Please be aware that the installation team will require full access to your garden. Our Installation team will not bring a building through your home as they are not covered by insurance to enter a customer's home.
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7 x 7 (1.98m x 2.05m) Shire Chatsworth Summerhouse
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Description Information
Designed with large amounts of glazing, this summerhouse will allow sunlight to flood in.
- Tongue and Groove Roof and Floor
- Proper Joinery Windows and Door
- Slower grown timber means tighter grain, extra strength and longer life.
- A Great Feature for the Garden


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Purchasing a home is a major decision and having all the information is essential. A pre-purchase inspection affords the buyer the opportunity to make an educated and informed decision on the purchase of their new home. On average, a home inspection takes between two to three hours and your attendance as a client is encouraged. It allows Building Insights the opportunity to identify any major concerns with the home, explain how your potential new home operates, how to take care of it, and what repairs that you can anticipate down the road. A home inspection becomes the first investment you make in the larger investment that is your home.
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3 Day Startup Work-Along: Startup Idea Generation (Recording)
3 Day Startup Cofounder Joel Hestness will walk you through the key steps of startup idea generation. Learn how to foster and filter potential startup ideas. The goal: Successfully vet a handful of startup ideas and select one or two to validate.


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Just FYI...
Just received an e-mail from Circuit Cellar (http://www.circuitcellar.com) that they have a design contest planned for later this year based on the Atmel Zigbee chips.
It's not yet officially announced except to say it's on the way.
For those that don't know, Steve Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar has been around for quite a long time - I knew it from Byte Magazine but now it's a stand-alone magazine (both electronic and print) that has some very excellent articles in it and quite a few feature the AVR.
Their last finished contest was an AVR contest and as I recall, Colin O'Flynn was a finalist.
Anyway, just a heads-up... Zigbee stuff is coming.


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It's a simple commitment to everyone who builds a career at CarolinaEast Health System. In every department—in every location—we ensure that you are on the cutting edge throughout your career.
The pharmacy department works with other patient care units in the health system to provide compassionate, quality care.
Clinical services provided by the Department include renal drug monitoring, drug interaction monitoring, patient care rounding, medication teaching, therapeutic drug monitoring, drug order review, disease state management, drug information support for care providers, and unit-based model for care delivery.
The Pharmacy Department is responsible for dispensing medications daily for an average inpatient population of 200 patients with additional services provided in the outpatient setting. Pharmacists, technicians, and numerous support personnel work together to assure patients receive efficient and high quality care. Among the services performed by pharmacy personnel are medication order verification, IV preparation, medication dispensing, chemotherapy preparation, compounding or oral and topical dosage forms, packaging of bulk medications, and filling of supplies for automated drug cabinets.
Clinical and distributive support is currently provided by:
- Cerner Pharmacy MedManager
- Cerner RX Stations (Automated Dispensing Cabinets)
- Cerner Clinical Pharmacy Workflow
- Lexicomp, Clinical Drug Information
- Pharmopack Packager for unit dose packaging
- Pharmogistics Carousel for inventory management
- BarCode Medication Administration and Dispensing
Imaging Services Department
Working with the latest equipment—including a PET-CT, two state-of-the-art MRI systems (one at CarolinaEast and a second system at CarolinaEast Diagnostic Center), and PACS (picture archival and storage), our imaging department offers an environment that encourages teamwork and true collaboration. We also make sure we're adequately staffed so you can focus entirely on delivering outstanding patient care; and because students do rotations at CarolinaEast, you'll have the chance to share your knowledge with the next generation of imaging professionals. Our radiology department offers the latest in technology regarding diagnostic and interventional services. This includes x-ray, CT, ultrasound, nuclear medicine and angiography. The radiology department uses digital imaging throughout all modalities (film usage is no longer necessary.) Converting the entire department to a PACS environment has enabled us to add the most current technology. Computed radiography and digital radiography were added shortly after PACS was installed. All of these innovations have enabled radiology to manage and distribute images electronically.
Rehabilitation Hospital
This state-of-the-art center is designed to accommodate the needs of patients of all ages who require intensive therapies. Physiatrists, physical therapists, rehabilitation nurses, medical social workers, clinical psychologists, occupational therapists, speech therapists and recreation therapists team together to provide a truly comprehensive rehabilitation plan. Our interdisciplinary team approach employs a case management model to focus on the patient's individual, goal-oriented return to independent living. From the technologies you'll use to the professionals you'll partner with, it's a one-of-a-kind career experience.
The Surgery Center
This 24,000-square foot freestanding facility—designed specifically for outpatient surgery—offers the latest technologies and much more. Our goal is to provide our patients with convenient and compassionate care. We have six surgical suites providing ophthalmology, ENT, pain, orthopedic, urology, general surgery, OB-GYN, oral and plastic surgery services. In addition we offer separate adult and pediatric preop and post-anesthesia care unit, as well as family-focused waiting and clinical support areas. Our clinically advanced atmosphere results in consistently high patient and staff satisfaction levels. We also offer flexible schedules and an environment that puts people first.
The Diagnostic Center
CarolinaEast Diagnostic Center is a freestanding, state-of-the-art outpatient imaging center. Our goal is to provide our patients with convenient and compassionate care. The center provides digital radiography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), CT, nuclear medicine imaging, diagnostic and vascular ultrasound, digital mammography and bone densitometry. Additionally, we are the only imaging center in New Bern to offer stereotactic breast biopsies and needle localization procedures. We utilize the same PACS that is linked with CarolinaEast Health System, which allows all hospital staff to view images immediately. All of our imaging staff members are registered technologists. Our experienced nursing staff provides lab and EKG services in addition to assisting the technologists and radiologists with procedures. CarolinaEast Diagnostic Center has served the needs of the community since 1991, and we pride ourselves in offering our services in a timely and friendly manner: Because students do rotations at CarolinaEast, you'll have the chance to share your knowledge with the next generation of imaging professionals.
Cardiopulmonary services
Cardiopulmonary services consist of six departments featuring state-of-the-art technologies: respiratory care, pulmonary function lab, cardiac diagnostic lab, vascular lab, echocardiology lab, and EEG/sleep lab. Students regularly do clinical rotations in these areas, allowing our experienced employees to positively impact and invest in the future.
Health information services
Health information is critical to quality healthcare at CarolinaEast Health System. Providing timely and relevant information while protecting patient confidentiality and complying with regulatory and accrediting standards is the primary goal.
The laboratory employs approximately 60 professionals with over 700 years of combined experience and more than 500 years of combined service to CarolinaEast. Our laboratory professionals include histologists, histology/cytology assistants, medical technologists/medical lab technicians, phlebotomists, cytotechnologists, and histomedical transcriptionists.
Annually, more than 2 million tests are performed by our laboratory in various departments, including blood bank, hematology, chemistry, microbiology, histology and cytology. Our laboratory uses digital imaging for Pap smears and PCR (polymerase chain reaction) for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Clostridium difficile (C. diff), and Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), and a multiplex PCR system for the fast detection of co-infections as well as uncommon pathogens. State-of-the-art automated analyzers are used in chemistry, hematology and blood bank, to meet the workload demands of this fast-paced department. We're also committed to providing quality patient results and we strive to move forward as a laboratory, as well as a healthcare leader.


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Flemish nationalist leader De Wever disowns WWII Nazi collaboration
Right-wing Flanders leader Bart De Wever has disowned Flemish nationalist collaboration with the Nazis in World War II, still a hugely sensitive issue in a sharply divided Belgium.
Allegations of collaboration by Flemish nationalist parties, forerunners of De Wever's own New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), regularly stoke tensions with Belgium's French-speaking community in the south which takes pride in its WWII resistance to the Nazis.
"My own grandfather was a member of the VNV (Flemish National League), the nationalist party which collaborated massively," De Wever told a Holocaust commemoration attended by members of the Jewish community in Antwerp, where he is mayor.
"I want to look at this straight in the eye. This collaboration was a terrible mistake, on all levels," he said late Wednesday on VRT Flemish public TV.
"This is a dark page in history which Flemish nationalism has to look at squarely and never forget.
"Nazism and the Shoah were criminal mistakes. Nobody can deny and there is nothing to soften it," he added.
The N-VA emerged as the single biggest party after Belgian elections last year and joined a coalition government led by French-speaking Liberal Charles Michel.
De Wever however chose to stay out of the federal government, preferring to remain in his Antwerp power base and to continue to push for an eventual independent Flemish state.
Shortly after the elections, Jan Jambon, a close aide of De Wever who was given the interior ministry post in the new government, sparked outrage by suggesting WWII collaborators may have been justified in their action.
De Wever himself angered the French community in 2010 when he accused them of historical amnesia over wartime collaboration within their own ranks.
Many in Flanders believe that the purge that followed the liberation of Belgium mainly targeted Flemish collaborators while prosecutions were rarer in the French south.
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2017 Odyssée Residency Call for Projects
The Royal Abbey of Saint-Riquier offers, within the frame of the 2017 Odyssée Residency Call for Projects and artist-in-residence fellowship, the following thematics:
Literary and artistic writings, notably in the digital age (permanent area of work at the Abbey)
Classical music, jazz, contemporary and world music (participation at the scheduled concerts from July to the end of September)
Visual arts, in relation to the cultural season theme for 2016-2017 (The Linen Road, China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam…)
Digital technologies applied to heritage management and development
Garden and orchard arts in the sustainable growth age (permanent area of work at the Abbey)
With the support of the French Ministry of culture and communication, the ACCR has been coordinating, the Odyssée artist-in-residency program. The program is aiming at artists, researchers and culture professionals from countries other than France wanting to develop projects within French Cultural Centers – Historic Monuments. More than 500 artists from over 73 different countries have taken part in the program, developing projects in different areas such as music, architecture, arts and crafts, visual arts, dramatic writing, novel writing, scriptwriting, animated film-making, photography and journalism.
The 2017 call for projects is open.
It is aiming at artists, researchers and culture professionals coming from countries other than France. Applications from the following countries will be examined in priority:
- Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco
- Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Irak, Iran, Lybia
- Afghanistan, Burma, China, Korea, India, Japan, Taiwan
- Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Haiti, Mexico
- Canada
- Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa
- South Africa
- Albania, Armenia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, Ukraine
• Applications for a residency period in the area of artistic and cultural projects must be in line with the artistic project of the selected French cultural center (see list below). Artists, researchers and culture professionals wanting to apply for a residency period in 2017 within a French Cultural Center, have to send their projects to the selected center, with one copy to the ACCR office, before the 13th of November 2016.
• Applications for a residency period in the area of cultural management and networking are to be sent directly to the ACCR, before the 13th of November 2016.
- by post to : ACCR, Hôtel de Massa, 38 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014 Paris, France
- by e-mail to : email@example.com, including "Odyssée 2017" as the subject.
Applications should include :
- Curriculum vitae / short biography
- Personal project for the residency period in line with the global project of the welcoming center
- Cover letter
- ecommendation letter
- Proof of residence (recent utility bill i.e. telephone, gas, electric)
- Copy of passport or national identity card
The Odyssée artist-in-residency program allows residents whose projects have been selected by a CCR (Centre Culturel de Rencontre), member of the French network, to receive 1200€ per month and the refunding of their travel fees (up to a determined level according to the citizen's country). Residents are staying free of charge, within the Centre that has accepted them. Whenever possible, the Centre puts at their disposal material necessary for their residency project. The period of residency can vary between 1 and 6 months.
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Janvier 2017 : Commission des bourses Odyssée.
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As the battle over GMO labeling plays out in supermarkets and in Congress, the definition of genetically modified organisms is fuzzier than ever. GMO regulation—insofar it exists in the US—relies on old statutes for plant pests, animal drugs, and pesticides repurposed for GM technology. The rules never worked well, and new, precise gene-editing techniques are stretching them to the breaking point.
When the Reagan administration cobbled together the first GM rules in the 80s, the primary technique for creating GM crops involved a soil microbe called Agrobacterium tumefaciens. The bacterium can sicken crops by inserting its own DNA into plant cells, but scientists learned to coax it to insert any piece of DNA—genes for proteins poisonous to insects, for example—to create genetically modified crops. In the beginning, then, the US Department of Agriculture regulated GMOs as potential plant pests or noxious weeds.
But new and more precise genetic engineering techniques don't need Agrobacterium, allowing them to sidestep USDA regulation. Researchers can, for example, freely plant crops with genes knocked out with TALENs, or transcription activator-like effector nucleases. And Monsanto is studying how to spray RNA into fields to block the expression of certain plant genes—without directly modifying the plant. These technological advances are fast making the old regulations obsolete. "We've basically got a gaping hole in the USDA's jurisdiction," says Alison Peck, an agricultural law professor at West Virginia University.
The regulatory loopholes don't end with the USDA. Unlike in Europe, which has a central authority on food biotech, responsibility for GMOs in the US is fractured among three separate agencies. The USDA regulates GMOs it considers potential plant pests or noxious weeds, and the EPA regulates crops engineered to carry a insect-killing toxin under pesticide rules. Lastly, the FDA has a "voluntary consultation" process but generally considers all GM plants safe to eat. "Based on the technology at the time, the rules arguably were sufficient," says Peck. But in 2015? Not so much.
The feds recognize the dilemma. The USDA in February scrapped a proposed GMO regulation rule that had been languishing since 2008. And in July, the White House directed the three agencies to rehaul their GMO rules—or at least begin the process for doing so. "It's starting this year, and then it will go on forever," says Ron Sederoff, a plant geneticist at North Carolina State University who is studying how to bioengineer trees. His frustration at the politicized regulatory process is a common refrain among scientists.
Sophisticated Gene Edits Now Possible
New genetic engineering methods are circumventing regulations, but they're also dredging up a more fundamental question: Should GMOs be regulated based on the process used to create them or the the novelty of the DNA sequence?
This question is now urgent thanks to rapid introduction of gene editing techniques like TALENs and an even newer, more hyped technology called CRISPR. Both techniques allow scientists to make precise tweaks, deleting a few letters to inactivate a gene or rewriting a few to recreate a naturally occurring mutation. But they each have their own risks and benefits: The newer technique, CRISPR, is especially prone to making off-target mutations, and while biotech companies should do DNA sequencing to catch these mutations, not much regulation exists in this area.
Perhaps more importantly, though, those techniques have made it easier to create new, distinct categories of GMOs. Animals or plants can be modified to lack a gene, modified to contain a gene from the same species but different breed, or modified to contain genes from a different species entirely.
Traditionally, most GMOs have belonged to the last category, called "transgenic" because it mixes genes from different species. But last week's 10th international Transgenic Animal Research Conference in Davis, California featured plenty of presentations about non-transgenic genetic engineering. Earlier this year, Korean biologists used TALENs to create a super muscular pig lacking a single gene inhibiting muscle growth. The pig is genetically engineered, yes, but it doesn't contain any foreign genes.
Non-transgenic GMOs—especially those that involve deleting genes instead of adding them—may seem like they need less regulation, but that's not necessarily the case, says Peck. Even a single gene deleted can have multiple effects. It could, say, make pigs bigger, but how might it affect pigs under heat or disease stress?
Some biotech companies, though, are betting on the fact that regulations will take it easier on products without foreign DNA. This could be especially important for GM animals, which trigger different regulations than plants. The FDA regulates GM livestock as animal drugs—basically medicine for animals, yet another example of GMO regulation relying on outdated statues. A GM salmon, engineered with a trout DNA for faster growth, has spent nearly two decades in the FDA review process. (The USDA has not taken much initiative in overseeing GM animals, so its role is less clear.)
Recombinetics, a biotech modifying livestock to promote animal welfare, is hoping to avoid that kind of regulatory purgatory, because its GMOs only share intra-species DNA. "Of course it's a business concern," says Mark Walton, Recombinetics' chief marketing officer.
One of the company's projects takes the hornless mutation in Angus cattle and puts it in other breeds, like Holsteins. (Dairy farmers routinely dehorn cows for safety, but it's painful for the animal.) Its genetic tweak—using TALENs or CRISPR technology—creates cows that are 100-percent cow DNA, recombined from different breeds.
Regulations tailored to GMOs have been thirty years in coming, and the current rehaul will undoubtedly take a long time. Hopefully, not so long that the new regulations are obsolete again by the time they're ready.


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In honor of Halloween, let's celebrate those plants costumed with hauntingly black (or nearly black) foliage. Just as black cats add mystery on Halloween night, black-foliaged plants add a sense of mystery to beds, borders and containers.
There are many plants that we grow as annuals in Zone 5 gardens with foliage as dark as the night.
The foliage of Alternanthera 'Purple Knight' is so dark reddish-purple, it is almost black. It stays short, but its trailing stems spread wide. Let it trail over the edges of containers, expand as a ground cover in the garden, or pinch it to keep it compact. The richest color occurs in a hot, sunny location.
Coleus 'Black Prince' is one of the darkest-leaved coleus. Nearly solid black, it grows up to 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide in full sun to part shade. Some of the leaves of 'Under the Sea Fish Net' are almost entirely black with chartreuse toothed margins; other leaves may be chartreuse with dramatic purplish-black veining.
Several varieties of ornamental peppers sport black foliage, but my favorite is 'Black Pearl'. Leaves unfurl green but quickly turn shiny black. Small purple flowers in summer are followed by fruit that resemble black pearls until they turn red with age. Plants grow 18 inches tall and 12 inches wide.
'Midnight Fire' is a new variety coming from PanAmerican Seed that I can't wait to include in my containers next year.
Known by most as Purple Baron Millet, Pennisetum glaucum 'Purple Baron' is an upright, wide-bladed grass that resembles corn stalks. Leaves emerge green but become very dark purple soon after. Plants grow 2 to 3 feet tall and up to 2 feet wide. Birds love their seeds.
Sweet potato vines also offer a collection of dark-leaved varieties. Ipomoea batatas 'Blackie' grows vigorously with beautiful heart-shaped, deeply-notched leaves that darken from deep green to near black. 'Ace of Spades' also grows exuberantly, showing off its large, very dark purple, deeply cut leaves. The near black foliage of 'SolarPower Black' grows up to 3 feet long.
As ornamental as it is yummy, Basil 'Opal' is so dark purple, it appears almost black. The color of its foliage makes it ideal for use in herbal vinegar, as a garnish or in container gardens. Plants grow up to 18 inches tall.
Tropical plants offer varieties with black leaves, too.
Prized for both its large, brilliant red flowers and its nearly black, wide leaves, Canna 'Black Knight' grows 4 to 5 feet tall. Canna 'Australia' grows 5 feet tall with satiny burgundy-black foliage also topped with bright red flowers. Both are hummingbird magnets.
The Colocasia family gives gardeners several choices with dark foliage. 'Black Magic' displays dramatic, dusty black leaves. 'Illustris' boasts near black foliage with chartreuse veining and edges. 'Black Coral' shows off shiny, heavily corrugated, black-as-ink leaves.
If you've ever purchased one of those t-shirts with the saying, Friends Don't Let Friends Buy Annuals, here are some perennials with foliage as black as the sky on Hallow's Eve.
Grow a weed-choking, purplish-black carpet with Ajuga reptans 'Black Scallop'. The strongest color of their shiny, rounded, heavily-textured leaves is achieved in full sun.
Cimicifuga 'Hillside Black Beauty' is a striking focal point in the shade garden. Its very dark plum-colored, astilbe-like foliage grows just 2 to 3 feet tall, but its spikes of fragrant, near white, bottle brush flowers rise on stems up to 7 feet high in September. Make sure this stunner is planted in moist, but well-drained soil rich with organic matter.
There are many coral bells with dark purple foliage, but I think Heuchera 'Obsidian' may be the darkest and I'm quite sure it is one of my favorites. Its deep purplish-black foliage holds its color well into winter. Growing barely a foot tall and wide, it prefers a spot in the garden with morning sun and afternoon shade.
Sedum 'Purple Emperor' is perfect for hot, sunny gardens where it grows up to 18 inches tall and wide, flaunting rosy-red flowers over succulent black-tinted green foliage in August and September.
True black plants are rare, but there are lots of plants with purple, plum and burgundy foliage so dark that they appear black. Here are some design tips when using black-foliaged plants in the garden.
1) For high contrast, partner black foliage with chartreuse or silver foliage.
2) Hot colors – bright yellow, orange, red, bright pink – sizzle when combined with black foliage.
3) Pastel colors – soft pink, light yellow, lavender – are elegant when paired with black foliage.
4) White flowers and variegated leaves show off beautifully neighbored by black foliage.
5) Plants with black foliage are beautiful backdrops for other flowering annuals and perennials.
6) Black-foliaged plants stand out in full sun but tend to vanish in shade gardens.
Skillful use of plants with black, or near black, foliage lends sophisticated drama to the landscape. Treat yourself to some black magic. Garden with me!
Note: Many of these photos were taken over the past several years at the Gardens at Ball – amazing trial and evaluation gardens for new plant introductions. If you missed this earlier post, check out my visit during Ball Seed Field Day this past summer.


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"If a pickpocket intrude into the society of gentlemen, they exert what moral force they have, and he finds himself uncomfortable, and glad to get away. But if an adventurer go through all the forms, procure himself to be elected to a post of trust, as of senator, or president,--though by the same arts as we detest in the house-thief,--the same gentlemen who agree to discountenance the private rogue, will be forward to show civilities and marks of respect to the public one: and no amount of evidence of his crimes will prevent them giving him ovations, complimentary dinners, opening their own houses to him, and priding themselves on his acquaintance. We were not deceived by the professions of the private adventurer,--the louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons; but we appeal to the sanctified preamble of the messages and proclamations of the public sinner, as the proof of sincerity."
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Conduct of Life VI. Worship


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Doha climate change conference: The question is no longer whether climate change is real. The question is how to mitigate it …
17 December 2012
Climate change is real. It is scientifically and politically accepted that greenhouse gas emissions by humans, primarily caused by the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation, contribute to warming the planet. The rising temperatures have far-reaching negative consequences, including rising sea levels, the increase of destructive weather events, such as most recently hurricane Sandy (Bloomberg Businessweek titled: 'It's global warming, stupid!'). At the same time, scale and speed of climate change remain controversial. There is no consensus on the urgency of the problem.
By Christina Eckes
…but that is by no means easier to answer.
The lack of agreement on urgency might be the main conclusion from the climate change negotiations in Doha, Qatar, between 26 November and 6 December 2012. Parties disagree how quickly they are willing to act and how much they are willing to invest. It would be easy to blame the negotiating parties in Doha but this lack of agreement only reflects the underlying public disagreement. Are we willing to accept short term economic disadvantages in return for the uncertain prospect of a head-start on environmental friendly technologies and an unclear impact on global warming? Many are not, particularly in times of economic crises.
The negotiations in Doha demonstrate that agreeing on the basic problem and the causality does not make it easier to agree on the way and means to tackle the problem. Doha was the stage of last minute attempts to avoid a gap between a first and second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol – days from the definitive deadline at the end of 2012.
Climate Change and the European Union
Between the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development and the 1997 Kyoto Protocol Amendment to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Union positioned itself as a leading player in the global debate on curbing greenhouse gas emissions. It participates as a Regional Economic Integration Organisation (REIO) under the UNFCCC – a category created specifically for the EU, which however does not give it voting rights. EU Member States continue to hold these rights individually, but the Union can cast their 27 votes for them. The Kyoto Protocol was at the time of adoption welcomed as a great leap forward for international climate change mitigation. It remains the only international agreement with binding emission reduction targets.
However, the high hopes surrounding the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol have not materialized. In 2009, the Copenhagen Accord failed to include any binding targets, which led immediately to questions on the Union's ability to take international leadership. The Union certainly did not achieve the international commitments, for which it was aiming. The negotiations only muddle forward – but at least in the right direction. The Cancun Agreements in 2010 adopted a 2 degree Celsius target as a benchmark but equally failed to include legally binding commitments. Many are convinced that the 2 degree target has become illusionary. In 2011, the Durban Platform implemented the Cancun commitments and initiated a process to negotiate a post-2020 climate regime. In Doha last week, 37 developed countries, led by the EU (27 of the 37) and Australia, signed up for a second commitment period until 31 December 2020. They account for about 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Whether you consider this a success depends largely on your expectations. The talks continue: new negotiations are scheduled in Warsaw, Poland at the end of 2013. Three more negotiation rounds are left before the parties are due to conclude a new agreement with binding emission reduction obligations for all.
Differentiation in Doha
The most controversial point in the negotiations surrounding the greenhouse gas reduction regime remains the question of differentiation. The Kyoto Protocol crucially applies the principle of Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities (CDRRC) set out in Article 3 UNFCCC, which aims at a differential treatment in favour of developing countries amongst others by imposing emission reduction commitments only on industrialized countries and countries with economies in transition. At the same time, it does not address the historical contributions of industrialized countries, by relating industrialized countries' emission reduction commitments to their 1990 emission levels. This way the Protocol effectively 'grandfathered' historic emissions. A central question remains: What is a just and workable differentiation of mitigation commitments? Are these two aims reconcilable?
The on-going international debate has focused for almost two decades on the issue of differentiation. By contrast with the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol, the Durban Platform (concerning mainly the post-2020 period) does not specifically mention the CDRRC principle. This leaves room for debate. One can argue on the one hand that it contains a reference to the UNFCCC as a whole (which sets out the CDRRC) and to the right of developing countries to emit in their path to development. On the other hand, it envisages an 'agreed outcome with legal force' 'applicable to all countries', which is widely understood to mean that developing countries should in future take on obligations of emission reduction. The Doha outcome, focusing on the period until 2020, makes explicit reference to the CDRRC principle.
The considerable difference in aggregated effect of current mitigation pledges between countries persists. Climate change mitigation, by definition, lacks direct reciprocity. The reduction of emission of one state benefits all. This requires states to make commitments to the public good without being able to avoid free-riding. All states are part of a broader game that is characterised by strong inter-dependency, in which developed countries depend on developing countries to choose a low carbon development path, while (at least some) developing countries will shoulder particularly high costs of climate changes directly related to disproportionately high emissions of developed countries. The aid for climate-related disasters agreed in Doha was carefully phrased to avoid all appearance of responsibility.
A (perceived) lack of reciprocity was also the core reason why the US withdrew from the Kyoto Protocol because China – since 2008 the greatest absolute emitter in absolute terms – did not enter into the mutual exchange of obligations. However, the fact that climate change has an ethical dimension is increasingly accepted. In the Durban negotiations, the US insisted on 'symmetry' of obligations between developed and developing countries. In Doha, while opposing equity and any debate on historic emissions it was willing to discuss the 'fair' division of mitigation obligations – whatever that will mean in practice.
The Road to Disaster…Path Dependencies and a Modest Reality
International negotiations are often cumbersome – in organisations with near universal membership (the UNFCCC has 195 parties) they appear close to impossible. The Doha Climate Gateway's main achievement might be that it streamlines the different negotiation limbs and strengthens the framework for future action. Yet, national ratification obstacles linger in the background: it seems more than unlikely that a 2/3 majority in the US Senate could be secured for a binding multilateral environmental treaty. In despair, many people have suggested that only a major disaster could bring about an international agreement on climate change. In the end, public opinion rather than political bargaining will determine how much we are willing to do – and when.
Dr. Christina Eckes is associate professor in EU law at the University of Amsterdam. Currently, Dr. Eckes is Emile Noël Fellow at New York University for the academic year 2012/2013. Her personal page can be accessed here.acelg
Such a question is closely aligned with "how do we stop the earth spinning".
Those 'rent-a-scientists' and others who ask such questions are the paid or brainwashed lackies of industries and governments who profit from perverted science, misinformation and disinformation. It ranks as the greatest crime inflicted on humanity.
The whole GDP of the world for millenia to come will achieve nothing or almost undetectable changes to what is a naturally occurring, cyclical event.
Not one more penny should be spent on this puerile nonsense and those who continue it should be charged with criminal fraud and stripped of all the income they have derived from their campaign of disinformation.
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Northumbria Police has employed eight wildlife crime officers to prevent and detect crime against animals and birds.
They have completed a special course where they studied topics including bats and badgers and the law, and bird and habitat protection.
Their work will be alongside their regular police duties.
The team will work alongside the current wildlife officer Pc Paul Henery.
It is the first time Northumbria has recruited and trained officers to specifically increase the force's effectiveness in tackling wildlife crime.
Experts from the RSPB, RSPCA and the National Wildlife Crime Intelligence Unit helped in the training, which also covered amphibians and reptiles, the international trade in endangered species and animal persecution.
Mr Henery said: "This can only be good news for the wildlife of our region.
"These are newly-trained, highly-motivated officers and I'm looking forward to working with them to combat wildlife crime."


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Just a week after pics surfaced showing "Hot Mug Shot Guy" Jeremy Meeks making out with Topshop heiress Chloe Green, Meeks' wife Melissa says she is filing for divorce.
In a DailyMail.com report published Saturday, Melissa Meeks, 38, said she had "no idea" her husband, 33, was hanging out with Green on his working trip to Turkey.
In remarks to The Mail on Sunday, Melissa confirmed her husband had come home from his trip, only to be rebuffed at the door of the home they share with their three children. She huffed, "I know it takes two to tango but she knew he was married. To me, that's unforgivable. My whole world has been torn apart by this. What do I tell our children? My heart is broken."
Melissa admitted to being angry with both parties, but said her concern lies with her young kids. "Did either of them think about the children and how this will affect them? They're the innocent victims in this. And so am I."
She also revealed her husband allegedly "begged for forgiveness," saying he "didn't mean for this to happen."
The nurse learned of the presumed affair when someone on Instagram forwarded her a photo of Meeks with Green along with the message, "Look at this." Her reaction? "I went into shock. I felt nauseated. It was like a bomb had gone off and my whole world had been blown apart."
Unable to reach her husband until his return (he said his phone didn't work in Europe, yet was able to post pics to social media), Melissa says she amicably allowed Meeks to spend the Fourth of July with his kids upon his return to the States, not wanting to let their marital strife affect the kids' love of their father.
She says Meeks apologized — not for having an affair, but for the way in which she found out. "He kept saying, 'I'm sorry, you didn't deserve this.' We talked about divorce. I told him I didn't think the marriage could be saved. He agreed. The marriage is over."
Melissa also stated in the interview that their marriage underwent a "seismic shift" following his viral fame, which came with the release of his latest mug shot in 2014. In spite of his violent past and arrests for gang-related offenses, the Internet seized on his good looks, dubbing him "Hot Mug Shot Guy"... and the rest, like the Meeks' marriage may soon be, is history.


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