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This is a salad bar and that's it. But what a salad bar it is. Fresh ingredients. An abundance of options. Items on the bar are marked GF and everything has its own utensil grabber. The employees make your salad, you just walk down the bar and let them know what you want.
— Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu
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Delicious, quick lunch. Portions were great. Line server immediately washed hands and changed gloves when I said I had a gluten allergy and then she took me all the way down the line of choices. Options were clearly marked GF on the front board and manager explained they have a dedicated prep area and utensils for gluten items so there was very little chance of cross contamination. Will definitely be back!
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They are certified Gluten free, let them know when you walk into the door. They make every effort to make sure you are not cross contaminated. New comment...the workers on this day 8/5/20 did not change their gloves and was grabbing the items with their hands instead of using the spoons in the bowls. Talked to the manager on duty, she didn't act to concerned. Not thinking I will be back 😕
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— Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu
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I told each employee that I needed gluten free and they point to the ingredients list. I had one employee use the same thongs to get pita chips for a customer and then toss my salad. The employees do not understand celiac at all.
I ate here, only GF items, and reacted.
The staff immediately washed hands and changed gloves when they heard i was celiacs. She also pulled from untouched bags for lettuce.She asked questions of her manager when she had them. I was treated so well and the salad was yummy ☺ I will go back!!
Not celiac friendly, the servers(?) have extremely varying knowledge of what gluten even is and they take almost all the ingredients with their hands, so they touch something with gluten and could come back up the line and touch the lettuce or whatever.
Staff was so knowledgeable and so kind! They served me out of all new containers underneath the counter and would have any ingredient that wasn't prepped underneath brought out from the back. A sigh of relief going somewhere like this knowing you won't get sick.
I love to eat here, even though it is salad - Celiac standard safe food.
They changed their gloves and one person made my salad all the way down the line, grabbing toppings from the cooler, not the top to avoid cross contamination. Everything is labeled well and the bread/croutons are only at the very end of the line.
The staff was very knowledgeable and accommodating. They knew what Celiac Disease was and were sure to build my salad in a separate area. I recommend ordering online, because they read the notes and take this stuff seriously. This is my new go-to restaurant for traveling.
This is basically a fancy subway like salad bar. They are "certified gluten-free sensitive". I'm not sure what this certification means exactly but they did seem to know what they were doing when it comes to cross contamination. If you tell them you have a gluten allergy they are instructed to get a new server with clean hands and clean gloves. They will walk you down the aisle and open all new salad components for you. All of their salad dressings are gluten-free and made a gluten-free facility in Houston. All of the salad components are chopped on separate cutting boards with clean knives. The bread and pita chips are made in a separate kitchen away from the salad
Their salads are amazing and everything is labeled gf very well! The staff is nice and will accommodate you.
In the basement food court of a corporate building. Salad GF options are good, but it's a food court type of setting.
Awesome! Everything is well-marked, they change their gloves and stay with you as you go through the line and they get fresh ingredients that haven't been on the bar to eliminate cross contamination. Would definitely eat here again!
I'm sorry I just had to balance out their rating! This is Find Me Gluten Free... not find me Vegan. It's important for those w Celiac to have reliable ratings on here. Of course the bread is not gluten free. But there are endless salad/vegetable, fruit, dressing, and protein options that are.
Build your own salad. Most dressings are GF. Many choices.
I told them I was gluten free (celiac) and they washed their hands and got new gloves. They were very cautious and got items under the counter that could not possibly be contaminated.
Great food and knowledgable staff! I have eaten here several times and have never gotten sick!
While the concept of this place is cool and the salad was delicious, I got horribly glutened here. It's sad as they could so easily avoid cross contamination if they had separate spoons/tongs for every ingredient instead of using their hands with the same gloves that touch croutons at the end of the line and go back to the beginning and contaminate everything. While they did change their gloves for me, it made no difference as like I mentioned before, things were cross contaminated. If you don't have celiac, or a severe gluten sensitivity I think you may be ok, but if you're celiac or have a severe intolerance stay FAR away from here.
If you inform of allergy they take each item from the fridge instead of salad bar
Awrsome allergy menu. Everything is labeled right in front of you, so im not sure why these negative reviews exist. Delicious, fresh food!
The staff was awesome about my allergies (gluten and dairy)! They changed their gloves and got fresh ingredients so no cross contamination! Dressings are labeled so you know what's safe.
It's a very nice place and everything is labeled which is convenient.There is a variety of soup and salad options which are gluten free or vegan and staff is knowledgeable. I'll come here again because it's healthy and safe option
Go here to eat safely if you are Celiac! Super salads in regular or large size bowl, delicious salad dressings, choice of 3 tasty soups (broccoli cheese is my fav!), meat, shrimp or salmon choices, you will be full when you leave! Just DO NOT eat the croutons or any of the bread of course. Eat in or out (but it is way too hot in Houston summers during the day!). I have NEVER been glutened here.
Gluten free soup and salad. Gets 4 stars because it is a buffet style and there is a small risk of cross contamination with bread crumbs and such. You guys have to keep an eye on your bowl.
Amazing Place! loved the soup As well!!!
The staff was wonderful, very accommodating and needed no explanation other than, I have a gluten allergy. The food was delicious, I had a small salad which was plenty. There were lots of veggie options, toppings and dressings, all GF. The chicken and salmon were GF. Great place.
Great selection of GF salad items and soups. Staff was very cautious about cc, put on new gloves and used items from under the counter that had not been on the line.
soups are also gf! they make your salad. everything is clearly marked.
awesome selection, knowledgeable staff, didn't get sick.
I arrived here to meet a friend for lunch right after the doctors appointment where she said I probably have celiac (not even knowing what it meant to eat out)...wow I picked the right place! Made me feel welcomed, put new gloves on and got toppings out of separate containers under the counter. Everything I wanted was available. Even the cashier was reminded to not touch my tray.
I eat here all the time and haven't got sick!
My wife was diagnosed with Celiac disease years ago and has multiple food allergies. We went to Salata for the first time, and as I was paying for the food, I saw tears welling up in her eyes.
She said she couldn't remember the last time she'd been treated so kindly at a restaurant. Fresh gloves, separate containers for ingredients, and a knowledgeable server made her feel safe, but it was the feeling of being welcome that made her day.
Her server, Dina, and the manager, Olga, were amazing, and as we left they said, "Next time you come back, just let us know, and we'll take good care of you." They should add compassion as a menu item, because it was there in abundance.
After telling them first my daughter had Celiac, they quickly changed their gloves and what ever she desired on her salad, they had a separate container. It was fantastic!! The food was delish!!!
Great options! You choose what you want to eat. Love this place.. only downside is trying to find a table, and everyone always seems to be in a hurry.
Very friendly for my dietary restrictions (gluten, soy, diary, nuts). Everything is clearly labeled and they have detailed allergen info available. They also offer oil and vinegar for dressing. No gluten free croutons or bread, however.
Great knowledgeable staff!
When I said I was Celiac, the lady immediately changed her gloves and called another person out. She got all fresh items from under the bar that hadn't been touched yet. Followed me all the way down the line. Very safe and I had no ill effects!
Staff does not always change gloves after handling the bread and crouton items. I said something and the server offered to change gloves, but I declined to let my son eat there because I had concerns over how many other times gloves contaminated with gluten had been used previously in all of the salad items.
I have to uodate my review. Place used to be safe, but now there are so many people eating there, and so many bread crumbs where they toss the salads. My poor daughter was glutened a few months ago. Too afraid to go back. Shame. I wouldn't trust the soup. It's right next to the bread, and there are crumbs everywhere.
No problem at all with doing gluten free. The broccoli soup is really good! As far as the salad, I felt like they were super skimpy on toppings. I kept having to tell them more, more, more. . . and in the end my salad was still mostly lettuce! I guess I like going to Jason's Deli better where I can get twice as much for my money.
I have eaten here twice and walked away sick both times! Even though they clearly label gluten free I don't trust this place
They have gluten free items clearly marked and when I told them I needed to be gluten free, they changed their gloves to help prevent contamination.
Extremely sensitive to gluten. I have ate there for almost about a month. I didn't have any reactions till one day it got me. I was sick for about a week. There is so much cross contamination if you really pay attention as how food is prepared. Will not be going there ever again.
The lady serving me washed her hands then served me through the whole line.
Great concept but poorly executed. The staff was very accommodating to change their gloves as the bowl got passed through the line. However, part way through the meal I look over and the workers who were at the beginning of the line (the lettuce) had made their way down to the end of the line (the bread) and went directly back to dishing out the lettuce. All well and good, except that there was no change of gloves. This could easily be fixed by getting scoops for ingredients, changing gloves, or just having each employee stay at one section of the line. Beyond that food was good and decent portions but too much so on the cross contamination!!!
Negative 2 stars is more accurate. This place advertises assistance with selecting a gluten free meal and 2 employees had no idea what I was even saying when I stated the phrase "gluten-free". Thankfully, there were labels on the counter to assist me better than the employees. The salad is good and so far, there hasn't been a reaction to their GF/vegan tomato basil soup. The employees need better training for those with diet preferences. Needless to say, I will not be returning.
I love this place! I have celiac disease, a sunflower allergy and am a vegetarian. Even in Southern California this can make it challenging to eat out as I am very, very sensitive to gluten cross contamination.
There is a sign on the wall that says to let them know if you have a gluten allergy and they will take precautions. So I did. I can not speak highly enough of the service at the City National location. Not only did the server change her gloves with a smile, when I explained that I have a severe allergy, she took all of my food items from the covered containers underneath the counter without rolling her eyes, or saying, or being some other way that made me feel like my allergies were a burden to her.
I have been eating there once or twice a week for the past few months and have never, ever gotten sick from cross contamination. The staff there is just wonderful. I can't speak highly enough about the service I've received there. They always take the allergy precautions with a smile and have never once served me contaminated food. They are so consistently wonderful I can even place an order online and trust that not only will my order be correct (it always is) but that the staff will have taken the allergy precautions. This place is a life saver!
Everything is labeled and noted if it's GF!


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Facebook, currently bedevilled by reports that its growth has stalled in the US and that older users are switching off, is forming an ad council (or client council depending on your preference) to help it generate the vast amounts of ad revenue it needs to justify its likely stock market price tag when it floats sometime over the next year.
The first two members of the 12-strong council to be named are senior Coca-Cola marketer Wendy Clark and Nick Brien, CEO of Interpublic's McCann Worldgroup.
Interpublic bought a $5m stake in Facebook in 2006 as part of a deal in which it pledged $10m of client money to the embryonic social network. That stake is now worth between $200m and $500m depending on Facebook's ultimate valuation (current estimates are between $50bn and $100bn).
Facebook is set to take about $3.5bn in ad revenue this year, up from $1.8bn in 2010. But to increase this to the levels required it has some tricky hurdles to overcome.
One is the issue of privacy as it seeks to leverage the vast amount of personal information it holds on its near 700m users. Even more troublesome is the fear that a more commercial Facebook is driving away users in ad-savvy markets like the US and UK.
One of the big attractions of Facebook to its millions of early users was that it wasn't commercial, to these users it was their social network site which Facebook kindly hosted for them.
So a more commercial Facebook may drive away more users. And there is also the dreaded possibility that some users are just getting tired of it, the MySpace effect.
All of this would have been on the mind of Facebook ad boss Carolyn Everson (who quit Microsoft for Facebook last year, much to the ire of former boss Steve Ballmer) when she addressed the great and good of the ad world in Cannes yesterday.
"We have created a platform to reach an unprecedented number of people but each of you have the opportunity to design the creative idea that truly gets people excited. I think that it's fair to say that we all must think about the way we approach creativity, the way we market products and how we create meaningful experiences in a new way," she said.
As well as the obvious schmoozing, this rather suggests that Everson and her colleagues at Facebook are unsure about how to build the site's advertising capability without turning off its users.
Her mooted ad council will meet four times a year and will include, she hopes, representatives of all the big marcoms companies plus, presumably, some more major advertisers.
Well it's two down (Clark and Brien) and ten to go. But if she includes WPP, Omnicom, Publicis Groupe, Dentsu and Aegis that only leaves five spots for advertisers with no room for indies or digital networks like AKQA.
And what level would the people be? WPP's Sir Martin Sorrell would presumably think McCann's Brien a junior officer compared to him so it would be a job for digital boss Mark Read presumably (and Sorrell won't be pleased that Interpublic got in first). And what if a big advertiser wants to send a bright young thing just out of college who actually uses Facebook? No, you can't do that Mr Weed.
So we'll see if the Facebook ad council is actually a goer or just a bit of good PR at Cannes.


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Ever had a soggy cheesesteak sandwich? Not on this outfit! The key to a crispy roll is to broil your bun, melt the cheese, then loan up with veggies and steak. You will be surprised how easy and fast this recipe is!
- 3T Ranch steak – sirloin and flat iron steak are good choices – thinly sliced
- Salt and pepper to taste or your favorite steak seasoning (3T steak is plenty of flavorful on its own). I have only used salt and pepper.
- 1/2 thinly sliced onion
- 1 thingy sliced green pepper
- Pepper Jack cheese
- Hoagie rolls
- Arugula
- Onion rings or fries
- Canola oil
- I found that the best way to cook thinly sliced 3T meat for this dish is in my wok pan, but you can certainly use a cast iron skillet as well.
- Get all of your prep-work done ahead of time. Slice your veggies, cheese and meat. While the pan is heating up. Keep your thinly sliced beef on a paper towel. I like the meat to get air dried a little bit. You don't want to steam your meat. The meat should be dry before hitting the pan.
- Coat your pan with canola oil and sauté your veggies. Once they are done, keep them warm on a cookie sheet in the oven. I keep the oven about 250 degrees.
- Wipe the pan dry, coat your pan once more with the canola oil and let it heat up again.
- I did my meat in batches, again you don't want to steam up your meat by overcrowding the pan. Single layer for the meat. It literary took 30 seconds on each side for the beef to cook. Put meat in the oven to keep warm and continue with your meat batches until done.
- Now, it is time to broil your buns, then put two cheese slices on each of the buns and melt it in the oven. Sequencing is a key with this dish. You don't want to serve a cold cheesesteak sandwich. I even heated up my plates in the oven. It sure helps to keep the meal warm.
- Take the meat out of the oven and chop it up into small pieces. You can see it in the picture. I find it easier to eat it. Not as messy!
- Time to assemble. Veggies and meat go on top of the bun with the melted cheese. This really prevents the sogginess.
- Little bit of arugula on the top. The pepper taste of the greens pairs nicely with the beef.
- Serve with onion rings or fries!
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For the exhibtion Show Me The Money at Museet for Samtidskunst in Roskilde, Denmark, SUPERFLEX has produced three new Euphoria Now paintings in the colours of scandinavian currency. The museum will also be screening The Mærsk Opera.
The exhibition focuses on consumerism and global economies and is one of two exhibitions that will take place at the museum as a part of the annual theme 'Global Economies'.
SUPERFLEX, Nanna Abel, Astrid Myntekær, Ellie Harrison, Len Lye, Renzo Martens, Cooking Sections, Philip Wiegard, Christian Zander, Stefano Tsivopoulos, Christodoulos Panayiotou, Caroline Achaintre, Rune Brink, Meriç Algün Ringborg.


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SaucaRead Now
Sauca is the first of the yamas, or codes of self-regulation or restraint, within the eight limbs of yoga. Sauca translates as cleanliness or purity; both of these words tend to be shame triggers for me.
Even Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati's translation of sutra 2.40 gets my back up a little.
"Through cleanliness and purity of body and mind (shaucha), one develops an attitude of distancing, or disinterest towards one's own body, and becomes disinclined towards contacting the bodies of others."
I was forced to rebel against our clean-obsessed culture during my two-year struggle with an autoimmune condition. My immune system reacted to nearly every personal hygiene product out there. For a while I was limited to Dr. Bronner's unscented baby hemp-oil soap. I couldn't wear any deodorant. Three times a week I received IV therapy, which encouraged substances to leave my body via my sweat glands and there was nothing I could do about it. By the time I finished my treatment, my sweat smelled good and I didn't mind not using deodorant. I was a hippie rebel.
In an effort to engage with this yama in a meaningful way, without judgment, I've decided to unpack these words and their antonyms.
What does it mean to be clean and pure? Dirty is the opposite of clean. What is dirt? Soil is made from minerals, gases, microorganisms, and water. One to five percent of the composition of soil is dead and decomposing cells from plants and animals. This is probably the part that grosses most people out and, ironically, it's an indicator of the fertility of soil. Minerals, gases, and water, that all sounds clean. In fact, we need to ingest those substances for our own survival. What about microorganisms? Well, we've learned that as humans, our microbiome or the microorganisms living on and within us out number our human cells. Our human bodies are giant transport ships for microorganisms. And in return, in a symbiotic relationship, they provide so much for us.
So if dirt is not inherently bad, then the virtue of cleanliness must also be more nuanced than my feelings of shame and reactive rebelliousness would have me believe. Perhaps it's as simple as non-cleanlines, impurity, or asauca, being that which does not serve me. Sauca would then be the practice of aligning myself with that which does serve me and my community of micro-passengers.
Perhaps I can reframe Sauca away from the shame triggers of cleanliness and purity and toward the practice of self-care. – Sauca as self-care.
This reframing is having a snowball, rollercoaster effect. Chores are now "Self-Care Opportunities". Dusting is a way of reducing stress on my lungs. I remove dust from my breathing environment, preparing for pranayama. Picking up dog poop from the back yard is a series of forward folds, in addition to limiting opportunities for non-beneficial bacteria to grow and spread.
I have several opportunities for self-care throughout each day. I focus on those that I choose rather than the ones that were left undone. In fact, for 2018, I'm considering making myself a sticker chart, to provide a visual of my self-care abundance.
Dana Marie
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After burning out from a long career as a middle school/high school reading/math/science teacher, I returned to school to study massage, hypnotherapy, mindfulness, aromatherapy, and yoga.


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Does FTV's new Mumbai outpost live up to its fashionable name? Vogue.in finds out
F Lounge.Diner.Bar is now open in midtown Mumbai's business district. But what's a nightclub doing on the third floor of an impressive glass corporate tower called the One India Bulls Centre?
For starters, unlike other F Bars this one isn't a club.
In fact "we're not going to pretend to be a nightclub," says general manager Emiliano Collazo. Lights go on at 1:30am in line with the rest of Mumbai lounge bars and the law.
"Fashion is about new trends," Collazo says. "About being ahead of the mainstream with our location, food and music."
Michelin-starred chef Vineet Bhatia sends down his runway what he calls "fashionably small portions of light global Indian cuisine." Drawing on design terminology such as "colour" and "clean lines" for inspiration. And all his models are virtually fat-free. It's interesting that the management believes dal and roti can be made fashionable. Delhi designer Rohit Bal's Indian restaurant Veda did it. But then at Veda there isn't a dance floor underneath your dining table.
Once a month F Lounge.Diner.Bar will focus on various professionals from the fashion industry. In Focus nights will celebrate a designer a month, featuring that person's favourite drinks and best friends.
Admittedly the setting is perfect.
A sleek, all-black upper level dining area overlooking the lower lounge where DJ Kris Correya (of Zenzi Bandra fame) is in charge of music programming. Add to that two private rooms for up to 12 guests and a soon-to-be-launched Dom Perignon lounge, and you couldn't blame owners Rajan Madhu and Puneet Nath for hoping FTV's latest franchise becomes the fashion week after-party spot in the land of Bollywood.
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Low vision | IOA Madrid
We can assert that the visual process is part of a set of systems and procedures that collect, group, analyse, accumulate and memorise the information; therefore, vision is essential to acquire education and culture and totally essential to carry out most daily tasks (reading, sewing, etc). As a result, one of the causes that provokes the highest level of impairment for human beings to develop and evolve is related to visual problems.
Eye pathologies that cause low vision can provoke a decrease of the sensibility to contrast or vision quality, it may interfere in recognising faces, decrease the perception of obstacles in mobility (such as stairs without colour contrast or low contrast), etc. By using special glasses, light filters, composed optical systems, lenses or telescopes, among others, a solution is sought to solve these problems for the patient to continue to read, going to the cinema or solving puzzles; in all, to lead a normal life. It is therefore important to clarify that low vision does not treat the pathologies that cause the deficient vision, but seeks to improve the vision that has decreased and increase the patient's remaining vision by means of optical or non-optical aids that enable performing many daily life tasks and provide greater autonomy.
In addition to the optical aids, as already mentioned above, low vision also uses no-optical aids, such as speaker systems that can read the information that appears on the screen of our mobile phone or telescopes that help us follow the lines of text that we read or write, among many others.
The patients who can benefit from the services of the Low Vision Department are:
- Patients with low vision, either in far-away vision on close-up vision.
- Patients who with good vision complain about reflections, glares or constant discomfort.
- Patient who want a greater visual acuity to carry out specific tasks (see electronic circuits, hobbies such as philately.
- Patients with reduced field of vision.
Do you need more info?
Eye pathologies that cause low vision can cause decrease of the sensibility to contrast and quality of the vision, interfere in face recognition or decrease the perception of obstacles in mobility.


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Bats inspire smart cane for the Blind
Today, people who are blind or visually impaired rely on walking canes and seeing-eye pets to help them navigate the world. But two new technologies have paved a way for them to claim back their independence: smart canes borrowing the bat's echolocation technique.
'Ultra Cane' from Britain and 'Smartcane' from India use echolocation to help the blind walk normally and avoid more obstacles. Both were inspired by the bat's natural skill to navigate pitch black environments using ultrasound waves. The makers of Ultra Cane applied the technology a notch higher by creating Ultra Bikes.
Echolocation in bats and in modern technology
Ultra Cane and Smartcane work by sending and receiving ultrasound waves. Waves that hit any object in front of the canes bounce back, alerting the user through vibrations on the handle. The closer the user is to the obstacle, the faster the vibrations.
What makes these two canes different from ordinary walking canes is that the ultrasound waves can detect objects that are above the knee — objects that ordinary walking canes may not detect very accurately and on time.
Ultra Cane has been in the market since 2011 and costs around €735. However, Smartcane only costs around €36, making it more accessible to India's most disadvantaged people. According to Indian Institute of Technology professor and lead engineer Meenakshi Balakrishnan, Smartcane was specifically made for low-cost economies.


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ACP McElwain Prize
Laboratory and clinical studies of the dual EGFR/HER2 tyrosine kinase inhibitor, lapatinib in breast cancer
Alexandra Leary, The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK
Astrazeneca Student Prize Award
The AstraZeneca Student Prize Award is awarded to one high-quality abstract submitted by a student. AstraZeneca is proud to support excellence in research by young scientists. The recipient receives a bursary covering registration, accommodation and travel to the NCRI Conference. The 2011 Prize was awarded to:
Synthetic lethal targeting of DNA double strand break repair deficient cells by human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonucleaase (APE1) inhibitors
Rebeka Sultana et al., University of Nottingham, UK
BACR AstraZeneca Young Scientist Frank Rose Award
Role of an oncogenic enzyme sphingosine kinase 1 in the development of proinflammatory tumour microenvironment and prostate cancer chemoresistance
Dimitry Psheztskiy, Imperial College London, UK
BACR Translational Research Award
Epigenetic epidemiology: Exploring the epigenome to find biomarkers of cancer risk and prognosis
James Flanagan, Breast Cancer Campaign Fellow, Imperial College London, UK
British Association of Cancer Research (BACR)/Gordon Hamilton-Fairley Young Investigator Award
The BACR/Gordon Hamilton-Fairley Young Investigator Award recognises and encourages the talents of more junior cancer researchers. The winner of the 2011 Award was:
Systematic CpG islands methylation profiling of key signalling pathways identifies prognostic biomarkers for epithelial ovarian cancer
Wei Dai et al., Imperial College London, UK
Cancer Research UK Prize Award
Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research Prize
The Cancer Research UK Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research Prize honours an individual who has demonstrated a lifetime commitment to the fight against cancer, making exceptional advances in the field, and who has had a significant and sustained role in furthering our understanding of cancer or a major impact on the lives of people with cancer.
2011 Winner
Chris Marshall, The Institute of Cancer Research, London
Future Leaders in Cancer Research Prize
The Future Leaders in Cancer Research Prize recognises individuals who have completed their PhD within the last ten years and have demonstrated the potential to achieve world-leading status by producing international quality research.
The successful recipients of this prize will have produced international quality research, and demonstrated ambition and aspirations consistent with the potential exhibited by current world leaders at that stage of their career.
2011 Winners
Thomas Brunner, Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology & Biology, Oxford
Sarah Martin, Queen Mary, University of London, London
Translational Cancer Research Prize
The Translational Cancer Research Prize recognises an outstanding translational research team that has made seminal cancer research discoveries which are at the cutting edge of scientific novelty, and which have had significant impact on the continuing efforts to prevent, diagnose and cure cancer.
The prize-winning team is expected to be multidisciplinary, and comprise both clinical and non-clinical members – the team may also include principal investigators and non-principal investigators. Team members do not necessarily have to come from the same country or belong to the same institution; a significant proportion of the work that is being honoured must have been carried out in the UK.
2011 Winners
The Manchester Biomarkers Team, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Christie Hospital and AstraZeneca, Manchester
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) Mcelwain Award
The CCLG McElwain Award will be given to the best poster in children's cancer research. The winner of the 2011 Award was:
MiR-335 functions as a tumour suppressor in neuroblastoma cells through direct targeting of rock1, mapk1 and lrg1
Jennifer Lynch et al., Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland & National Children's Research Centre, Dublin, Ireland
National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Prize Awards
The NCRI Prize Awards give PhD students who submitted an abstract as first author a prize bursary of up to £250 towards the cost of attending the Conference. Applicants for this award were asked why they chose to attend the NCRI Cancer Conference and how they feel they will benefit by attending. The winners of the awards were selected on the basis of both the quality of their abstract and the strength of their supporting application.
Measurement of cell death in vivo using magnetic resonance with TE-averaged PRESS and DTI
Lawrence Kenning et al., University of Hull, East Yorkshire, UK
mTOR inhibition modulates the synergistic inhibition of the PI3K and MEK pathways in colorectal carcinoma cell lines
Emma Haagensen et al., Newcastle Cancer Centre at the Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Does human papillomavirus have a role to play in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma?
Andrew Schache et al., University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK & University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK
Regulation of growth factor receptor signalling and trafficking by Ack1
Sylwia Krawczyk et al., University of Birmingham, UK
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Jana Witt et al., Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
Polymorphism predisposes to high 17ß-estradiol levels depending on women's metabolic profile. The EBBA-I study
Anita Iversen et al., University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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1st prize for best poster presentation & recipient of bursary for best abstract
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Notch signalling mediates myofibroblast differentiation of carcinoma-associated fibroblasts
Ahmet Acar et al., Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Manchester, UK & Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Unit, Manchester, UK
Runner up for poster presentation & recipient of bursary for best abstract
Small molecule inhibitors of metabolic flux as potential antitumour agents
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The different genetic alterations between Western and Chinese prostate cancers indicate the aetiology
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Analysing paired array-comparative genomic hybridisation and gene expression microarray data: A novel method to infer gene relationships
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SNW1 as a novel regulator of BMP signalling during early embryonic development
Sabine Reichert et al., CR-UK London Research Institute, London, UK
Elevated stromal Foxp3+ regulatory T cells combined with low density CD8+ cytotoxic T cells are associated with colorectal metastatic tumour progression
Helen Angell et al., University of Nottingham, UK
HDAC6 inhibition down regulates c-FLIP and induces caspase 8-dependent apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells
Emma Kerr et al., Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Belfast, UK
Wnt/ ß-catenin regulation of embryonic NANOG (NANOG1) defines colorectal cancer stem cells and modulated by c-Jun/TCF4 transcriptional activity
Elsayed Ibrahim et al., University of Nottingham, UK
Identification and characterisation of GSK3b-phosphorylation dependent interactions of tumour suppressor gene Fbxw7
Ranjithmeon Muraleedharan et al., University of Nottingham, UK
Mechanisms of monoubiquitination in the Fanconi anaemia tumour suppressor pathway
Jennifer Miles et al., CR-UK London Research Institute, London, UK
TLR2 and TLR4 expression in inflammatory gastric lesion before and after Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy
Aline Cristina Targa Cadamuro et al., UNESP – São Paulo State University, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
K-ras 146, N-ras 12/13, and N-ras 61 mutations in Quasar1 stage II/III colorectal cancers occur in 6% of cases. A small but important group?
Katie Southward et al., Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, UK
Imaging the development of functional tumour vasculature in vivo in preclinical models
Gemma Marston et al., University of Leeds, UK


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The concept of a "uniform" is foundational to the Maison Kitsuné ethos. Since their first collection, the preppy button downs and tailored suiting pieces have made putting an outfit together swift, chic and methodical --as easy as putting on a uniform but with way more style. With the addition of Kitsuné Tee, for the fall/winter 2012 season, the French brand added in a taste of athletic wear (awesome gym uniform?). Now, with Kitsuné spring/summer 2013, the cutest uniform moments happen when both are brought together and formal pieces get paired with sportswear, just like in high school. Varsity jackets balance out wrap skirts, collars peak out from under baseball shirts, and cute caps literally top off any combination. For s/s '13, Kitsuné is also introducing some new floral patterns. The straight-A student is letting her hair down a bit.
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Lemonade -LA Lemonade is awesome. This lemonade is simply perfect. The lemon flavor is perfectly balanced and taste exactly the way it should. Lemon Sicily is totally optional, but highly recommended to not omit it. I use it to make the juice a bit more tart and give it that extra snap.
Pink - The pink part of pink lemonade is raspberry. Strawberry Ripe helps to reinforce the pink part of pink lemonade as well. This isn't an overwhelming flavor and plays really well with other fruits at low concentrations.


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Owners of the Motorola Atrix have been waiting for months now to get a port of CyanogenMod running on their fancy little Tegra 2's, and that day is almost here. A talented team of devs has successfully ported the beloved ROM onto America's first dual-core smartphone, and while it's still not ready for beta even, there is a "pre-beta" build available for the braver among you to flash and test out. The bacon is almost ready, and those of us who snuck a strip early can tell you, its going to be worth the wait.
It's been several months since the Atrix was released, and we already have rumors that a sequel is on the way. After fighting for the better part of those months for an unlocked bootloader that was finally achieved last month, devs weren't about to give up. The Atrix Dev Team (see their github!) has been working on the port for a few weeks now, but just released their first public build yesterday under a "pre-beta" title. The build has its bugs for sure, but it shows a lot of promise and looks pretty close to being ready for nightlies.
The stock Android look suits the Atrix beautifully, even with the few oddities left over as a relic of the Atrix's qHD resolution. There was also a significant performance bump, jumping up from Quadrant scores in the low 2000s with the stock AT&T/Motorola ROM, to around 3500 with the pre-beta build. I've seen no real lag in my initial impressions, and I expect things to only improve as the team makes more progress.
Given its current state there are plenty of bugs to be worked out though. GPS and the camera are the most obvious issues, but testers are helping report new bugs to the developers as they're found. The build is probably not quite ready for everyday use, but it shouldn't be too much longer until it is. Make sure you only flash this if you know what you're doing, and as always backup first, and realize you're taking full responsibility for your actions and any effects they have on your phone. With these warnings in mind, and a backup of your old ROM to revert to (use romracer's CWM, with working nandroid), give it a look. Freedom is sweet.
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Washington - Andy Murray on Monday fell in the first round of the ATP Winston-Salem Open, where the three-time Grand Slam champion was giving his surgically repaired hip just its second test in singles.
Britain's Murray, who feared in January that his hip trouble would end his career, accepted a wildcard into this week's tournament in North Carolina after falling in his singles comeback in Cincinnati last week.
He again showed glimpses of his once-dominant self, but was inconsistent in a 7-6 (10/8), 7-5 loss to 73rd-ranked American Tennys Sandgren in a match lasting 2 hours and 10 minutes.
"Some things were a bit better today I think," Murray said. "I was hitting the ball a bit cleaner than I did maybe in Cincinnati... I feel like I moved fairly well to some drop shots, which maybe last week I wasn't running to.
"So there's some good things in there but also some stuff I would like to do better."
Murray did not even reach the court until after 10 pm, thanks to a lengthy rain delay that pushed back his start time by more than three hours.
Sandgren gutted out a tough service hold in an opening game that went to deuce nine times, saving one break point as they went to the first-set decider without a break of serve.
The American needed four set points - and saved one - in taking the tiebreaker.
A deflated Murray was quickly down 3-0 with two breaks of serve in the second.
He clawed one back, and broke again when Sandgren coughed up two double faults while serving for the match at 5-4.
But Sandgren broke Murray again in the next game and then took full advantage of his second chance, capping the match with a forehand winner on his first match point.
"Physically, (I'm) OK considering - no pain, no discomfort. Just a little bit more tired than usual," Murray said.
Having said in Cincinnati he would discontinue doubles to focus on returning to peak singles form, Murray said he might consider playing an ATP Challenger Tour event before heading to Asia, where he is entered in September's Zhuhai Championships and the China Open.
"Maybe I need to play a level down to get some matches and build my game up a little bit before I start playing on the tour again," he said.
In other action on a day when rain wreaked havoc on the schedule, South Korean Lee Duck-hee became the first deaf player to win an ATP Tour match, beating Switzerland's Henri Laaksonen 7-6 (7/4), 6-1.
"My message for people who are hearing impaired is to not be discouraged. If you try hard, you can do anything," said Lee, who will next face third-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland.
Lee was two points from victory when thunderstorms swept through.
When he and Laaksonen returned some five hours later, Lee quickly polished off a win he admitted he hadn't been expecting.
"I thought that I was just going to do my best and try to stay focused," Lee said. "But I came out a winner."
Results on Monday in the ATP tournament in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (x-denotes seeding):
First round
Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) bt Amir Weintraub (ISR) 6-0, 6-0
Marco Cecchinato (ITA) bt Alexander Bublik (KAZ) 7-6 (7/3), 1-0 retired
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) bt Raymond Sarmiento (USA) 6-1, 7-6 (7/5)
Pablo Andujar (ESP) bt Nicolas Jarry (CHI) 6-4, 6-2
Lee Duck-hee (KOR) bt Henri Laaksonen (SUI) 7-6 (7/4), 6-1
Roberto Carballés (ESP) bt Marcos Giron (USA) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) bt Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (9/7)
Tennys Sandgren (USA) bt Andy Murray (GBR) 7-6 (10/8), 7-5


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Im having a spot of bother getting Sunvox to run on the latest KXStudio 64 bit 14.04.5
./sunvox gives the error libmvec.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I believe there's one or two files within the library which are no longer part of Ubuntu based distros..
Any ideas?
Unable to run SunVox: Linux KXStudio
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Update: no worries with this. As it was ealry days in the install and I wasn't feeling KXStudo I've changed to Ubuntu studio - which is a newer Distro. SunVox working A-OK on that.
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I had the exact same problem as you mentioned. I figured out that kxstudio isn't updated with more recent required libraries and the only way to have SunVox to work properly would be to travel back in time and try earlier versions, see how it goes...
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COLOMBO, September 11, 2008 (AFP) – A bomb exploded on a railway track in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Thursday, the second such blast in as many days, but there were no casualties, police said.
The blast caused little damage to the railway line at Sedawatte, a slum area of the city, a police official at the scene said. There were no trains in the area at the time of the bombing.
There was a similar bomb attack on another railway line just outside Colombo on Wednesday.
The explosions came as police remained on alert for possible bomb attacks by Tamil Tiger rebels who are fighting government forces in the north of the island. Tiger rebels have been blamed for a string of bomb attacks on public transport in recent months.


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By SHERLON CHRISTIE
WALL – A simple field alignment change has given the St. John Vianney field hockey team new life this season.
By shifting from a more defensive strategy to a more offensive game plan, the Lancers have been almost unstoppable during their four-game winning streak which included Monday's 2-0 nondivisional victory over host St. Rose.
""We weren't scoring goals. In the first three or four games we had maybe two goals and it wasn't enough," St. John Vianney coach Katie Conlon said. ""So, we changed our lineup to stack the girls up top a little bit and it is working. So, we have to go with what's working. You can't win unless you score a goal."
That's correct.
The Lancers (5-3) have discovered the fountain of youth when it comes to scoring goals during their winning streak. It started with a 2-0 win over Manasquan that stopped a three-game losing slide. Since that game, St. John Vianney has defeated Matawan (by a 2-0 score), Red Bank Catholic (by a 3-1 score) and then St. Rose on Monday.
That's a 10-1 goal advantage during the four-game winning streak.
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""We have Gina Hahn a veteran back there (on defense) so I pushed up (the field) a couple of my other girls to get more scoring opportunities," Conlon said. ""I usually have three backs and a sweeper or two backs and a sweeper. So, now I pulled one back up to the midfield line."
The new St. John Vianney philosophy is catching on. Senior forward Kelsi Ehehalt and senior midfielder Kasey Bulman teamed up for the Lancers first goal. Bulman provided the assist on Ehehalt's goal at 8:13 for the 1-0 lead.
In the second half, Ehehalt returned the favor but to a different teammate as senior forward Nicolette Spallanzani scored at 38:13 to give the Lancers a 2-0 lead. From there, the Lancers protected the lead.
""St. Rose is always a very athletic, fast team. It is always a good game against
them and they were putting on the pressure in the second half. I just told the girls that you have to keep cutting in front and being aggressive," Conlon said. ""When we play on our heels and too defensive-minded, we don't play well. So, I just kept saying cut in front and go to the ball. We were doing that for the most part and got the job done."
St. Rose had a consecutive series of corners with 10:30, 9:11 and 8:08 left in the game but the Purple Roses (3-4) didn't come up with a goal.
""I think the biggest factor was definitely defense. We normally try to do a double team or a triple team and when our double or triple team breaks down then that allows other programs to generate their offense," St. Rose coach Agnes Whitfield said. "" Because our double and triple team broke down, St. John Vianney generated their offense and did a nice job getting the ball inside the circle and creating goals."
Other scores:
SOUTHERN 1, LACEY 1: Amber Gersisi staked the unranked Lions (5-2-1) to a 1-0 lead at 6:25 with her goal. She emerged from a scramble in front of the cage and shot the ball into the lower right corner.
Southern's Emily Bowker responded with a goal at 53:41 to tie the nondivisional game. Similar to the first goal, Bowker also emerged from a scramble in front of the cage but directed a shot into the lower left corner for the equalizing goal.
Southern goalie Meghan Ramos made 16 saves and Lacey goalie Stephanie Fuchilla made 16 saves. Southern outshout Lacey, 21-18.


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Sunday, November 2, 2008
I will start by first off admitting that I am a major copy cat. Emily K had this background first and I thought it was so cute that I followed the link to find a new trendy background of my own (yet another one of my hopeless attempts to be a cool kid), but when I went to the site and looked at the other backgrounds there weren't really any other ones I liked as much for fall. (Although I found a great Christmas one. No meows next month.) But I was trying to not be a copy cat so first I tried this other one that seemed cute but in all practicality it was most certainly more pink than it looked at first sight. So then I gave up and put this background on and changed the colors for all the fonts and everything which takes a lot more time and energy than you might think. But then I felt bad again about being a copy cat and I tried changing it to this dark brown turkey background but it was so ugly and the prospect of having to change all the fonts again was too much for me so, alas, I am the copy cat. I officially bow down to Emily K and her inherent coolness and hope she will forgive me for riding into coolness on her coat tails.
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HAHA. How sweet of you to say that. I guess we are both copy cats because I followed that link from Amanda Conley's blog. Granted, I did not get the same background that she has, but I still felt like a copy cat. So thanks for joining me! :)
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Bit of autobio stuff. I know, euw, boo hiss etc, but it is my way of working through stuff and applying a humourous sheen to it that may not have been apparent at the time. At least the violence that occurred was against inanimate objects, not bodily in nature. Still, traumatic nevertheless.
As I mentioned, I intend on assembling these and publishing them (and, of course, retire from the proceeds). In any case, I enjoy putting these together. So there.


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Female sexuality varies from one woman to another. But there are many basic things that men don't know or understand when they find a woman online. Another thing men must know while dating single women from an online dating service is that female sexuality is related to culture. In some place, women are more open to exploration as compared to other countries. So let's explore the secrets of female sexuality.
10 Tips you must know
- The woman is packaged in a way that she can have multiple and more intense orgasms than men because of the clitoris.
- Having an orgasm alone by intercourse is often difficult and in some cases impossible. Therefore, while online dating, you must try to sext.
- Foreplay is a must for women because this gives the genital organs to get ready for intercourse. Better foreplay will lead to longer sex.
- \Women love it when you talk about how sexy they look or how good they are during the sexual act. This heightens their emotions. There are online forums on the online dating site.
- Women actually come faster and better when sex positions are changed quite often.
- Clitoris stimulation with a vibrator while intercourse is one of the best ways to make her masturbate.
- Women often have one type of sexual position at which they have an orgasm and they usually save it for the last or when they at the height of sexual stimulation.
- Every woman has a few weak spots like the nipple, neck, abdomen, thighs or waist which when caressed raises the stimulation 2-fold.
- They also want to have sex just like you. They might not say it outright but you can see some signs like cooking your favorite food, wearing something different or wearing lingerie within.
- Finally, women are emotional beings. A few words of appreciation and saying some things about how much you love her and how much care for her are good ways to stir things up.


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WEST Midland MPs have been travelling the world on expenses paid trips abroad, they have revealed.
The journeys have been published in the latest Register of Members' Interests, which is published every year.
The register only includes details of journeys which MPs received for free, or which were sponsored in some way.
Birmingham MP Richard Burden (Lab, Northfield) said he visited Israel and the Palestinian territories, with the costs paid for by a charity.
Andrew Mitchell (Con, Sutton Coldfield) said he had visited Rwanda, Bangladesh and Burma, in his role as Shadow International Development Secretary.
Clare Short (Ind, Ladywood), was in demand from organisations as varied as the World Bank, the Government of Qatar and Catholic charities.
She received free flights to New Delhi, India, Doha, Qatar, Amman, Jordan, Barcelona in Spain, the Philippines and Washington, from organisations keen for her to speak at events or offer her expertise on international development.
Ms Short also revealed she received fees for taking part in two events billed as An Audience With Clare Short, at theatres in Whitley Bay, Tyneside, and Morecombe, Lancashire.
For each performance she was paid "up to #5,000".
John Spellar (Lab, Warley), a former Defence Minister, travelled to Washington DC to discuss British and US partnership in defence and trade.
And Meriden Tory MP Caroline Spelman travelled to Australia and New Zealand with the Lords and Commons cricket team, along with her husband and three children.
However, she reports that her family paid all the costs.
Gisela Stuart (Lab, Edgbaston) travelled to Berlin to speak for a private equity firm, and to Bangalore and Mumbai, India, on a visit paid for by Norwich Union.
Sion Simon (Lab Erdington) received a free flight to Spain courtesy of Jaguar, which invited him to the launch of the Jaguar XKR, made in Erdington.


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It goes without saying that a comprehensive content marketing strategy is a must in today's business environment. With potential customers looking to the Internet for all forms of research, B2B companies that blog are generating 67% more leads per month than those who don't. It is not enough to throw up a website, though. You need to create valuable content that makes your company stand out as an expert, and you need to amplify that content via social media and guest posting opportunities. What is the most effective way to tackle content marketing as a small business?
The Uphill Battle
Like many marketers, you have probably already discovered how all consuming the process is. Whether writing content yourself or hiring writers, the process of idea generation, writing, editing, blogger outreach, social sharing (and on and on…) is a massive time-suck. And that's just the beginning. There are infographics that require research and design, Slidehare presentations and much more.
Getting Help
Creating decent content – content that will draw visitors and lead to conversions – is hard work. That's why so many business owners – 62 percent according to Mashable – delegate content marketing duties to other parties.
Of course there are more or less effective ways to do this. You can seek out each individual writer, designer and the other resources you need, or you can hire a specialist firm to handle your content marketing efforts for you. The challenge for most small businesses is that the budget for a marketing agency is scary – a lot of which is wasted in overhead – and sadly, despite the additional cost, results are often average at best. In fact the more your content requires specialized expertise the less likely a content marketing agency is able to deliver the quality to price ratio you need.
Skilled Assistance
Somewhere on the spectrum between doing it all yourself and hiring a marketing agency is a sweet spot of cost and effectiveness that makes perfect sense to the small business. A high quality virtual assistant with a content specialty from a company like Worldwide 101 can help you coordinate all your content activities and take much of the weight off your shoulders.
Your specialist virtual assistant can help generate content ideas, source writers and designers, screen content, do blogger outreach, handle social media, and ensure that there is always someone available to respond to comments and enquiries.
You will still need to provide strategic direction, and be the final signoff on subject matter, but it will save you a significant amount of time, effort and cost.
An 'Assisted' Content Marketing Strategy
- Generating ideas – The first few ideas come easily, but you have probably found it increasingly difficult to churn out fresh ideas that are worth developing. Your assistant can help you develop a content calendar with monthly themes, content organized around the time of year or holidays, content that targets specific events. She can help you do research for new ideas, that target your customer demographic.
- Writing – Every writing job has two elements – what is written (expert subject matter) and the way it's written (writing style). Not only can your assistant help you to identify writers, but she can also help you maintain a comprehensive style guide, and prepare content outlines so that your ideas get translated into meaningful content.
- Blogger Outreach –Responding to comments on your blog, commenting on other blogs, reaching out to other bloggers to establish relationships and find guest posting opportunities are all things that your assistant can do to increase the reach of your content.
- Creating Infographics – Researching data for your infographics, sourcing a designer, and ensuring that you get the widest reach possible, mean that you can add rich content to your marketing mix on a regular basis, without blowing the budget.
Make Every Second Count
You know that every moment of your time is valuable, which is why for many business owners the content marketing dilemma is a difficult one. On the one hand your time has to be used strategically, and on the other hand quality content is a critical success factor. Now, with a virtual marketing assistant you can leverage your time to produce high value content, widen its reach, and increase the number of inbound leads to your business.
Sandra Lewis is the Founder and CEO of Worldwide101 a virtual professional services company, which provides Admin and Customer Service for companies worldwide. Born and raised in France, Sandra has travelled extensively as a Project Manager to Asia, Australia, North America and in various parts of both Eastern and Western Europe. During her career she has worked as Operations Manager for companies such as Regus and BuroServices, with a focus on supporting small businesses to be effective as they scale. Setting an example of the efficiencies gained working virtually, she manages her entire team on 4 continents, on a virtual basis.


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This week, Sally's prompt for the
Focusing On Life: 52 Photos challenge
was to
"Catch The Sun!"
This week, we were to capture the beauty of the sun as it glistened off the skin, sparkled and danced on the water or as it was shining on the beauty of the day.
I'm in the White Mountains of Arizona this week,...during the rainy season.
Not much sun here,....
|Not much sun here,...
But, when we had a little birthday gathering at the local park during our family reunion and it was sunny for a few hours, I captured my oldest nephew as he was playing basketball.
Half in the sun, half in the shade,....the only shot I could get that really captured the sun as it touched some one.
Now, we're just waiting for the sun to come back out.
During the Annual Nutrioso BBQ (which is this weekend) it always rains with out fail, so the chance of sun is about 1%,.....not a very 'bright' forecast if you ask me!
Hop on over to The Studio Sublime and see how every one else has captured the sun this week!
Until Next Time,
Peace, Love and Waiting for the Sun!
**I'm still up in the mountains (as you can tell!) on vacation for my family reunion and so again this week, I do apologize for not hopping around to many blogs or commenting as much as I normally do, but I want to spend quality time with my family and will get back to my normal routine next weekend! I will try to look at everyone's posts though - I just love seeing what everyone has captured each weekend!!***


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This past weekend, one of the most dramatic space missions ever gave us the first peek at the most mysterious world in our solar system.
It's a body with an atmosphere, weather and much the same chemistry that gave rise to life here on Earth. Scientists believe it may be Earth's closest relative in the known universe.
The new world is Titan, the largest moon in orbit around Saturn.
This weekend, a flying saucer – no kidding - pierced the clouds and sent back images of what appear to be hills, rivers, ice and a sea on a world that is fearsomely dark and cold.
But Titan's surface was essentially unknown until the pictures came back to Earth. Correspondent Scott Pelley reports.
Scientists believe that the landscape of Titan - nearly a billion miles from Earth - may resemble, in deep freeze, what Earth was like before life took hold.
"This is one of the greatest achievements in the history of space exploration," says Claudio Sollazzo, manager of the Huygens space probe that landed on Titan over the weekend.
He was among the first to be shocked by a 360-degree panoramic of Titan's real estate, because there seemed to be prime shoreline at the bottom.
"Oh my God, this is incredible. This is like, it looks like my hometown," says Sollazzo. "There is a huge beach. There is a dark sea and there are things that look like hills on the back."
Well, it doesn't exactly look like Naples. And the sea isn't water. It may be liquid natural gas, ethane or methane -- same idea as the fuel in a gas grill. It's a liquid at Titan's temperature of 290 degrees below zero.
Some of these images look like inkblots until you see what the scientists can see. We are told that the ground of Titan appears to be spongy, somewhat like wet clay. And in one high altitude image that was taken looking straight down, scientists believe that they can see channels of flowing liquid running perhaps downhill to an area that appears to be a beach and then dark sea beyond.
These are among the first early theories. An image of Titan in color appears overcast by an orange smog sky with what appears to be ice balls on the surface. They're only a few inches across. Man has never landed a spacecraft on a world so far away. And these images are just one of the discoveries in a $3-billion mission to explore the Saturn system.
The mission called Cassini left this world back in 1997. It was a project of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the European Space Agency. This nuclear powered robot, as big as a bus, is in orbit around Saturn, studying how planets and possibly life developed in the solar system. Cassini is named after the 17th century astronomer who discovered a gap in Saturn's rings. It's fitting because to reach its orbit, Cassini had to cannonball right through the rings.
"If you hit something the size of a rock, mission over," says Pelley.
"That's correct," says Jerry Jones, the chief navigator of the mission. "We're going so fast relative to the rings, it would just, you know, go right through the spacecraft, break it up. We'd never hear from it again."
But they did hear from Cassini – and you can hear the actual sound of space dust hitting the antenna as the ship passed through the rings. When Jones got the first signal back from Cassini, after it had gone through the rings, he said it was "deep breath time."
How does he explain his job? "I'm really a bus driver," says Jones. "In fact, when you think of Cassini, it really is the size of a bus. And so we like to think of our scientists with all of their instruments as the kids in the back of the bus."
And you can think of Carolyn Porco as the kid with the camera. She's the imaging team chief, and now, she's shooting some of the best close-ups ever.
"What motivates me are, you know, the just wonderful feelings of excitement we get at looking at something that's alien. You know, it just has to be part of our nature that we always want to know what's around the next corner," says Porco. "And then, when we finally see something that has never been seen before, and you know, this is the first time in human history that this has ever been done. It is a rush. It's that fix we're all looking for."
What's the history of the rings of Saturn?
"The rings are no older than about a few hundred million years. They're young. They are basically geologically young," says Porco. "It means that rings, Saturn's rings, were not in there in the early days when dinosaurs roamed the Earth."
What are they made of?
"Billions and billions of particles. Countless numbers of particles. Varying ice particles. Varying size from the sizes of houses, large houses or small apartment buildings, down to the sizes of stones and pebbles," says Porco. "And although they're screaming around Saturn at speeds of 40,000 miles an hour, they are very gently jostling each other."
They are the delicate wreckage of a moon, or maybe a comet that was ripped apart and captured by Saturn's gravity. Being in charge gives her the privilege of naming the pictures. "Ringworld Waiting" was taken more than 17 million miles away. "Side Swiping Saturn" is a view of the seemingly paper-thin ring level view. And "Nature's Canvas" captures Saturn's tiny moon, Mimas.
Cassini has discovered three new moons. Now Saturn has 34. But Titan, with its active weather, stands apart from just about everything else in the solar system.
There aren't too many people who can say they've been to Saturn twice. But Torrence Johnson was part of the team that shot the Voyager spacecraft past Saturn two decades ago.
It was a brief encounter. Now, he's back to study what Titan has in common with Earth.
"Titan's the only moon in the solar system with what you call a major atmosphere," says Johnson. "It's got an atmosphere made out of mostly nitrogen with several percent methane added to it."
"And being mostly nitrogen, it's very much like Earth," says Pelley.
"We think that a lot of the things that are going on in Titan now are very similar to what happened four-and-a-half billion years ago in the Earth's atmosphere before life arose," says Johnson. "And that's one of the allures of this place, for because it's kind of like a cosmic time machine. … What we may learn is something about our own origins, basically."
The trouble is, Titan's atmosphere is so thick that no one had ever seen the surface clearly -- making it the solar system's largest unexplored world. In October, Cassini flew by Titan, trying to peer at the ground.
In the radar room, world-renowned experts in geology, radar and Saturn were stumped. Ever wonder what all those genius kids in your science classes are doing with their lives?
"We knew we'd be surprised, and we were right," says one geologist, laughing.
The flyby pictures were tantalizing and tormenting. But they wouldn't make their breakthrough discovery until a few days ago.
On Christmas Eve, Cassini launched the Huygens probe, which looks a lot like a 1950s Hollywood flying saucer. It's named for the astronomer who discovered Titan. Huygens hit Titan's atmosphere like a bullet.
Huygens could have plunged into a methane sea, but it parachuted to a soft, 12-miles-an-hour landing on a solid surface. It transmitted about 350 pictures over several hours before it signed off forever when its batteries went dead.
"She was left in a savage, cold, harsh environment," says Sollazzo. "But she was strong enough to arrive there, to land and to survive for so long. I think she'll be happy there."
Jonathan Lunine has been looking at Titan since he was a graduate student 24 years ago. He says studying this alien world may help us find an answer to the biggest question in the cosmos.
"Titan is a place where the raw materials for life are present, and chemistry is still acting on these materials," says Lunine. "And if we find that these raw materials have made it at the surface a certain distance towards the origin of life itself, the building blocks of life have been created from these raw materials, then it tells us that doing those first steps is relatively easy."
"Not a one time accident. But maybe common," says Pelley.
"Not a one-time accident that requires such a special set of conditions that we can't expect it somewhere else," says Lunine.
Cassini has become the farthest outpost man has ever established. For the next four years, it will continue to explore Saturn and its constellation of moons.
"I think the exploration of the solar system is the greatest of human endeavors," says Porco. "It's the signature enterprise of our time. It's what our culture, in the late 20th century, early 21 century, will be remembered for."


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Moving forward: If more gun control laws are not the answer, what is?
by Jim Irvine
The sorrow over the killing of 27 people, including 20 elementary school children, in Newtown, Connecticut has started to change to anger. Typically, pro-gun and anti-gun forces are digging in their heels for the fight ahead. But we owe it to those children and their families to learn from the failures that allowed so many innocent people to be slaughtered.
President Obama stated that "we're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics." It is time to start down that road. While we are still learning the details, let us look at what we already know.
In every event, there are things that were helpful, and others that were harmful. Let us embrace and strengthen that which was good, and reject and discard that which was not.
Connecticut has heavy restrictions on semi-auto firearms. Importation and possession of most military-style guns are prohibited. The state ranks fifth in the Brady Campaign state rankings, scoring 58 out of 100 points (average is 16). In the Traveler's Guide to the Firearms Laws of the 50 States, Scott Kappas writes "Connecticut's gun laws have become more severe over the last twenty years." He scores the state about 27 out of 100 indicating it is much closer to total prohibition than total freedom regarding firearm rights.
Connecticut issues concealed carry licenses, but on a discretionary basis. For many years they allowed those with concealed carry licenses to carry in schools. They didn't have problems with license holders, but in 1998 they changed their law to prohibit firearms in schools. The change was sold as something that would "make the children safe." We can now see that change in law bore the same result as the change in law (August of 2001) prohibiting airline pilots from carrying guns on their planes.
Sandy Hook elementary school, like Columbine High school, Virginia Tech University, Luby's, Fort Hood, the Aurora movie theater, Northern Illinois University, Red Lake High school and other places have something in common. These are all places where multiple people have been killed with guns in what Sarah Brady, Michael Bloomberg and others call "gun free" zones. They claim they prohibit guns "for the safety" of those killed.
Are you happy with the results? I'm not. I'm mad as hell that we have ignored the overwhelming evidence of the failure of "gun control" and "gun free zones" and that 20 innocent children were left helpless in a classroom while one person was able to kill them. Never again should we put our children in such a helpless situation.
I don't for a second think that those who enacted these policies did so because they wanted to enable the mass killing of people. But there is no mistaking the unintended consequences of their policies. We must recognize the failure of any policy that endangers our children and replace it with one that will produce the desired results.
If more gun control laws are not the answer, what is?
First, this is not about guns. It's about safety. It is about doing everything we can to prevent and stop an incident like Sandy Hook from happening again. There is no one simple easy solution. We must look at all aspects of the event and ensure we have layers of defenses so that our plan works, even if multiple layers fail.
Preventive measures. Experts continue to say there is no way of predicting who will go on a killing spree. But we need to look for commonalities in the killers and see if we can learn some warning signs that would allow us to get these people help or otherwise intervene before a person commits such acts of brutality. Intercepting a potential attack before it gets to school property is the most desired situation.
Harden the physical building. We must make our schools safe from external threats. Control the entry and exit points and know everyone who is permitted in the building. We have made great improvements in this area in the last 10 years. It's time to review what we have learned. Copy the successes and improve on the weaknesses.
Mindset. We need to train teachers and administrators how to react. Not just closing the door and hiding in a closet, but limiting the carnage and stopping the attack. They should be trained to build a barricade and ambush their attacker. We have preached zero tolerance to fighting for so long that students in Norris Hall (Virginia Tech) sat in their seats as a killer came down the row executing them. There is a time to fight, and an active killer situation not only permits it, but demands it.
Arming the teachers. Similar to pilots who carry guns to protect their passengers (something that has worked very well in spite of all the anti-gun predictions of disasters), teachers need the tools to protect their children - not just from fires or abuse, but from a killer in the room. Like pilots, we don't need to arm every teacher, just those who volunteer, pass background checks and receive appropriate training. It has worked in Utah, Alabama, and Texas for years.
Trauma Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) After the shooting stops, there are going to be injuries. Paramedics can't get in and help until law enforcement secures the scene. Without treatment, gunshot and stabbing victims will bleed to death before outside help arrives. Our teachers already know Basic Life Support (BLS, formally CPR). School personal must have the training and tools to treat trauma injuries immediately. Basic skills to apply compression bandages, tourniquets or clotting gauze to victims will save lives.
This is by no means an exhaustive list. It is a place to start. As we progress, we will find problems with existing ideas and refine or replace them. We will discover new solutions and better ideas. School is a place for learning, and we must never stop learning and finding better ways to protect our young.
For decades prior to the Columbine killings in 1999, police were trained to secure the building and wait for SWAT to show up and solve the problem. Police stood by and watched through windows as killers hunted down and murdered fellow students. There was outrage at a policy that allowed additional students to die. With a new understanding, we discarded bad policy and replaced it with a much better one. Reducing the time of response saves lives.
We failed to adequately revise our non-law enforcement procedures for these events. Most of the time, the event is over before police can respond and stop it. The death toll depends far more on the rules and actions of the teachers in the school than on police response. Teachers and administrators are the real "first responders" to an active killer situation. They must have the tools and training to carry out that mission successfully.
Jim Irvine is the Buckeye Firearms Association Chairman, the Buckeye Firearms Foundation President, and recipient of the NRA-ILA's 2011 "Jay M. Littlefield Volunteer of the Year Award" and the CCRKBA's 2012 "Gun Rights Defender of the Year Award."
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Clinton, Trump clash on economic solutions for country
[COLUMBUS, Ohio] Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump clashed over the US economy as they opened their first presidential debate, both calling for steps to create jobs and raise wages but differing significantly on the solutions.
The former secretary of state presented Mr Trump as being part of the cause of the housing crisis that was at the heart of the recession. "Donald was one of the people who rooted for the housing crisis," she said.
"That's called business, by the way," Mr Trump interjected, as Mrs Clinton was made her case against him.
Mr Trump lashed out at trade with China and Mexico as he has throughout the campaign. He said the US was being put at a disadvantage. China, he said, is "using our country as a piggy bank.''
Mrs Clinton responded that Mr Trump's economic plan is the "most extreme version'' of standard Republican rhetoric. "I call it Trumped up trickle-down.'' The event at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, marked the first time that voters got to see the major-party nominees on the same stage for a widely anticipated debate that promised to be a pivotal moment in a close and bitterly fought contest.
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Among those in the audience were the spouses of the candidates, former president Bill Clinton and Melania Trump, who shook hands before they were seated. Moderator Lester Holt, of NBC News admonished the audience to refrain from cheering or clapping during the 90-minute session.
Heading into the debate, staged 43 days from the Nov 8 election, Mr Trump and Mrs Clinton are tied at 46 per cent in a head-to-head contest among likely voters, according to the latest Bloomberg Politics national poll.
Mr Trump, the Republican nominee, gets 43 per cent to Democrat Clinton's 41 per cent when third-party candidates are included.
The uncertainty about the election outcome and soft support for both candidates raise the stakes for the debate, the first of three scheduled, said Frank Fahrenkopf Jr, co-chairman of the Commission on Presidential Debates.
Viewers will be watching for revealing moments about Mr Trump's temperament and depth of knowledge on issues and whether Mrs Clinton can convey trustworthiness that surveys suggest many voters doubt, he said.
"I think it's going to have a bigger effect probably than any debate we've had in a long, long time," Mr Fahrenkopf said.
A third of registered voters said the debates will be important to their decision in the presidential race, according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll conducted Sept 16-19.
With the partisan lines hardening as the election draws closer, Mrs Clinton and Mr Trump are looking to appeal to a segment of voters, between 3 and 10 per cent depending on the poll, who say they are undecided between the two candidates. In a race as tight as this one, a movement of a few percentage points in that group to one candidate or the other could mean a margin of victory.
Mrs Clinton has an additional target audience: those who so far aren't motivated and aren't likely to vote on Nov 8. For the first time, the Bloomberg survey asked unlikely voters who they would back if they did vote.
What it showed is greater support for Mrs Clinton than Mr Trump among that group and that they have a profile skewed to typical demographic strongholds for Democrats.
Also raising the pressure on the candidates are polls consistently showing that more than half of voters view both of them negatively, said Ben Ginsberg, a former Republican National Committee counsel who has helped negotiate terms for past presidential debates and prepare candidates. Debates give them a chance to recast the impressions voters have formed of them in the past months of campaigning.
"These stand to be pivotal moments in the campaign, just because these are the two least popular candidates in history," Mr Ginsberg said. "So each one gets a second chance to make a first impression, really." Both campaigns sought before the debate started to manage expectations, with Mr Trump complaining in advance that the media coverage will favour Mrs Clinton and Mrs Clinton suggesting that Mr Trump will be held to a lower standard in judging who wins.
Mrs Clinton faces a higher bar to clear, according to the Bloomberg poll, which was released Monday. Forty-nine per cent say they anticipate the former secretary of state will perform better, while 39 per cent say that for Mr Trump.
Absent from Monday night's debate were Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson and the Green Party's Jill Stein.
Neither reached the threshold of 15 per cent average support in recognised polls to qualify under the debate commission's rules.
Counting people who will watch on television and on computers and mobile devices, viewership could exceed 100 million, Mr Fahrenkopf said.
The record for televised debates is 80.6 million for the 1980 debate between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter, according to Nielsen.
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X-Ray - Artifacts and Film Processing
A training program for technicians to understand the nuances of processing a radiograph.
What separates a highly skilled X-ray technician from an average one is the knowledge to eliminate the blemishes in the radiograph that may hinder a true diagnosis.
This course will train you to review the various forms of artifacts caused by the defects in X-ray tube and receptor, defects that are patient related or related to post-processing, and to analyze each artifact and its possible causes.
This course will also take you through the nuances of film processing, such as the interpretation of X-ray; the layout, structure and design of a darkroom; the functions of illumination and equipment used in a darkroom; the maintenance and cleaning procedures of a darkroom; the storage conditions of a film in a darkroom; the structure and types of film, as well as latent image formation; the conventional processing techniques in detail and the image defects associated therein; the structure, types and importance of intensifying screens; the structure of a film cassette, its significance and its types; and finally the various photographic characteristics involved in determining radiographic image quality.
By the end of this course, you will be able to
- Describe radiographic artifacts.
- Explain the conventional radiographic film processing and digital radiographic film processing
- Understand use of magnets and RF coils
This course is intended for entry level X-Ray technicians.
- Radiographic Artifacts
- Magnets and RF Coils
- Conventional Radiographic Film processing
- Digital Radiographic Film Processing
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Like the tobacco industry before it, the meat, egg, and dairy industries have twisted science to justify certain indefensible practices. Case in point: Proposition 2 in California, the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, which won by a landslide victory in 2008 to phase out some of the cruelest instruments of extreme confinement: veal crates for baby calves, gestation crates for breeding pigs, and battery cages for egg-laying hens. Agribusiness argued that giving farm animals room to turn around and extend their limbs would somehow threaten food safety (despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary), complete with scaremongering TV ads featuring bed-ridden children.
In a moment of rare candor, the editor-in-chief of the industry trade journal, Egg Industry magazine, admitted that California Prop 2's opponents were not being honest. He wrote: "We should recognize that the strategy based on food safety...was invalid and unrealistic from the outset. [The food safety argument was] unconvincing, unsupportable and [was] easily refuted."
Now the industry is at it again, trying to stop a similar proposed ballot measure in Ohio. Another white paper was released today detailing how the mistreatment of farm animals can have serious public health implications. In the upcoming battle in Ohio you can be assured that both opposing campaigns will have scientists on their side, but only one will have science on its side.