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In this area you will be able to:
- Propose, vote on, and discuss research ideas
- View current studies
- View published research
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Here, you can submit a research idea to the community, cast your votes, and discuss research ideas proposed by other members. Please make your research question as specific as possible. Other members will vote on your research idea, and we will prioritize research ideas with the most votes.
You are allowed to vote for your own proposed research idea if you want. However, you can only vote for a total of five research ideas. If you have already cast your five votes and an idea you like even more is proposed, you can change your votes at any time to reflect your current preferences.
The research team will review all submitted ideas and provide a response to you and to the community. If your idea leads to an IBD Partners Study, you will have the opportunity to serve as a patient collaborator on the research team for that study.
We encourage you to prioritize the ideas that are most important to you, even if the research team determines that your idea is not a good fit for IBD Partners. We will share ideas labeled "Not a Good Fit" with researchers outside of our network when appropriate. We want to make sure all of your votes count!
Thanks for your participation in this important platform to help the IBD research community understand what research questions are important to patients. We are passionate about finding answers to your questions!
Published Studies
Obesity Is Associated with Worse Disease Activity in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: an Internet Based Cohort Study
More than 1/3 of adults in the US are obese and the rates of obesity are increasing. However, relatively little is known about the prevalence of obesity in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or the impact of obesity on IBD disease activity. In this study, we reviewed patients in the CCFA Partners database to better understand these issues. We found that approximately 30% of IBD patients were overweight and an additional 20% were obese. Patients who were overweight or obese were less likely to have their IBD in remission at baseline. We also found that patients who were obese (but not overweight patients) were more likely to have a relapse of their IBD within 6-12 months compared to normal weight patients. In summary, obesity appears to be relatively common amongst patients with IBD and may be a risk factor for worsened disease.
Full Scientific Abstract
comorbidity; obese; obesity; overweight; nutrition; patient reported outcomes
|Study Updates, Lifestyle
Prevalence and impact of inflammatory bowel disease-irritable bowel syndrome (IBD-IBS) on patient reported outcomes in CCFA Partners
People with inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, commonly experience diarrhea and abdominal pain. These symptoms are often related to inflammation associated with IBD. Sometimes these symptoms are related to both IBD and irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS. IBS is sensitivity of the intestine without inflammation. Patients with IBD who are diagnosed with IBS may experience changes in their care and well-being. We looked at the rate of IBD-IBS diagnosis in the CCFA Partners network. We also looked at how a diagnosis of IBD-IBS impacts outcomes, such as ability to perform normal daily activities, and use of specific medications. A total of 6309 patients were included, of these, 20% reported being diagnosed with IBS after their IBD diagnosis. Patients with both an IBD and IBS diagnosis had higher rates of narcotic use compared to patients with an IBD diagnosis alone. An IBS diagnosis was associated with anxiety, depression, fatigue, poor sleep quality, pain interference, and decreased social satisfaction. Appropriate diagnosis, treatment, and counseling may help improve outcomes experienced by IBD-IBS patients and reduce narcotic use in this group.
Full Scientific Manuscript
community; population; comorbidity; IBD-IBS; inflammatory bowel disease-irritable bowel syndrome; irritable bowel disease; IBS
|Medications, Lifestyle, Mental Health
Evaluation of Gastrointestinal Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (GI-PROMIS) Symptom Scales in Subjects with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Patient reported outcomes (PROs) are important measures of how well treatments work in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). PROs are symptoms reported directly by patients, rather than tests like colonoscopies or blood work. The PRO Measurement Information System (PROMIS) is a scale for measuring PROs for physical, mental, and social health. A gastrointestinal (GI) PROMIS scale was recently developed based on responses from people across the United States. The GI PROMIS scale includes questions about eight common GI symptoms: gas, reflux, diarrhea, soilage, constipation, belly pain, nausea and vomiting, and difficulty swallowing. We studied these questions in 2,378 people with Crohn's disease (CD) and 1,455 people with ulcerative colitis (UC) in CCFA Partners. About half of the participants reported being in remission. Compared to participants in remission, those with active CD reported worse symptoms on the GI-PROMIS scale for all symptoms. The same was true for participants with active UC with the exception of difficulty swallowing. Participants with worse quality of life reported worse symptoms on the GI-PROMIS scale for all symptoms. Participants with more diarrhea, belly pain, and gas reported poorer mental and social PROs. In summary, participants who reported worse GI-PROMIS symptoms also reported worse qualify of life, disease activity, and mental and social outcomes. These results suggest that the GI-PROMIS scales could be an important way to measure symptoms in the future.
Full Scientific Abstract
patient reported outcomes; IBD; quality of life; GI-PROMIS; psychosocial symptoms
|Research Methods
Evaluation of Gastrointestinal Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (GI-PROMIS) Symptom Scales in Patients with Crohn's Disease in CCFA Partners
Patient reported outcomes (PROs) are important measures of how well treatment works in Crohn's disease (CD). PROs are symptoms reported directly by patients, rather than tests like colonoscopies or blood work. The PRO Measurement Information System (PROMIS) is a new scale for measuring PROs for physical, mental and social health. The results can be compared to those from people that don't have IBD. A gastrointestinal (GI) PROMIS scale was recently developed. The GI scales were not studied in large numbers of Crohn's patients, but were studied in people all across the United States. We studied these questions in 1839 people with Crohn's disease in CCFA Partners. Most (75%) were women. People with Crohn's disease reported more fatigue, anxiety and pain compared to people without Crohn's disease. People with Crohn's disease reported less reflux, problems swallowing and constipation than people without Crohn's disease. Other GI symptoms for people with Crohn's disease were similar to those reported by people without Crohn's disease. Compared to people in remission, people with active CD reported worse symptoms on the GI-PROMIS scales for all symptoms except problems swallowing and constipation. Those with a worse quality of life, as measured by the Short IBD Questionnaire (SIBDQ), reported worse symptoms on the GI-PROMIS scales all symptoms. People who reported more nausea, diarrhea, gas/bloat and abdominal pain reported more psychosocial symptoms on the PROMIS scales. In summary, those with worse symptoms on the GI-PROMIS scales scored worse disease activity scales, quality of life scales and more symptoms of depression and anxiety. These scales could be important ways to measure symptoms in the future.
Full Scientific Abstract
Patient reported outcomes; PROs; PROMIS; survey instruments; Crohn's disease; CD
|Research Methods, Health Maintenance
Evaluation of the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System in a Large Cohort of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Patient-reported outcomes, or PROs, can give useful information to doctors and researchers about patient health. In a study of over 7000 patients with inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, PROs showed that IBD patients had more anxiety, depression, fatigue and sleep disturbance, and less social satisfaction than the general population. Using corticosteroids made all of the outcomes worse. These results showed that IBD patients, like patients with other chronic illnesses, were lower functioning than the general population.
Full Published Manuscript
social health; comorbidity
|Lifestyle, Mental Health
Development of CCFA Partners Kids & Teens: an Internet-Based Cohort of Pediatric IBD
After the successful launch of CCFA Partners for adult patients with inflammatory bowel disease, the kids and teens component (CCFA Partners Kids & Teens) started in 2013. In partnership with the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA), children <18 years of age were asked to join the internet-based study through email invitations and promotion on social media sites. After informed consent, the children and their parents completed surveys asking questions about their disease, their medications and other patient reported outcomes (such as quality of life, fatigue, sleep, peer relations, mood, etc). In the first month, 419 children joined. The average age was 13, with about 1/2 being female and about 3/4 having Crohn's disease (CD). Common medications used by patients with CD were biologics, thiopurines (6mp or azathioprine) or mesalamine-based medications (Pentasa, Lialda, Apriso, etc). The most common medication for patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) was mesalamine-based medications. Most of the CD patients were in remission and most UC patients had mild disease. Children who had active disease had more depression and anxiety. Following this group of children over time will help us to learn a great deal about living with IBD as a child, and will allow us to follow these children into adulthood to learn even more about the disease itself, the impact of medications, and how symptoms change over time.
Full Scientific Abstract
kids & teens; K&T; pediatric; age; kids; teens; community; population; resource
|Research Methods, Study Updates


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New MR techniques show that facet joint effusion (the collection of fluid in the spinal joints) and interspinal ligament edema (swelling of the interspinal ligaments) are major sources of lower back pain, according to a study performed at Baskent University Hospital in Ankara, Turkey and Alanya Research Center in Antalya, Turkey.
During the study 372 patients with lower back pain and 249 healthy patients underwent MRI accompanied by STIR (short inversion time inversion recovery) sequences. "The most common imaging findings in patients with lower back pain were soft tissue changes, mainly facet joint effusion, 85.5%, and interspinal ligament swelling, 80.6%," according to Nefise Cagla Tarhan, MD, lead author of the study.
"Soft tissue changes are important in the understanding of lower back pain and prevention and treatment options should focus more on these changes. A lot of patients (mostly younger) come to me with complaints of bad, lower back pain; it is a very common community problem," said Dr. Tarhan. "With this new MR technique, prevention and treatment options for lower back pain can focus more on soft tissue degenerative changes that cause facet joint effusion and interspinal ligament swelling," said Dr. Tarhan.
This study appears in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
A news release from The American
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Bank of England holds interest rates steady despite flatlining growth
As expected, the Bank of England on Thursday chose to hold its benchmark interest rate at 0.75%, even as the UK economy continues to experience flatlining growth.
Two members of the bank's rate-setting monetary policy committee chose to vote again to cut interest rates by 0.25%, citing evidence of weakness in the UK economy.
The seven other members chose to maintain the bank's current policy stance.
At 1.5%, the UK inflation rate in November came in slightly ahead of analyst expectations. But price growth remains at a three-year low, and is still markedly below the bank's 2% target.
Analysts had expected the rate of price growth to slow to 1.4% in November.
READ MORE: Amid housing bubble, Sweden ends negative interest rates
Meanwhile, the economy sputtered in October, with figures showing GDP flatlining ahead of the general election.
At 0%, UK economic output was unchanged in October compared to the previous month, after falling 0.1% in September. Analysts had expected the economy to grow by 0.1%.
Below-target inflation and weak growth would normally prompt the Bank of England to cut interest rates and introduce measures designed to boost the economy.
But the bank has been reticent to make any major monetary policy decisions ahead of the UK's departure from the European Union, instead signalling that it thinks growth will pick up if there is an orderly exit from the bloc.
The bank has noted, however, that it was stimulus measures were open to consideration.
"If global growth fails to stabilise or Brexit uncertainties remain entrenched, monetary policy may need to reinforce the expected UK recovery", it said on Thursday.
The committee reiterated its baseline stance that "some modest tightening of policy, at a gradual pace and to a limited extent" will be needed if growth improves — something that could involve interest rate hikes or a scaling back of its large-scale asset purchases.
READ MORE: November sees retail sales slump ahead of Black Friday
Nevertheless, the two members of the committee who last month unexpectedly voted to lower interest rates chose to do so again.
The members, Michael Saunders and Jonathan Haskel, last month cited risks from Brexit, a slowing in global growth, and signs of a weaker job market in the UK as reasons for their decision.
Summarising their views on Thursday, the Bank of England said they thought the economy had been "a little softer than expected".
"Core inflation was subdued. Employment growth was slowing and seemed likely to weaken further given trends in vacancies and firms' hiring intentions," it said of their stance.
Analysts do not expect any significant change to Bank of England policy in the short term.
"Slow-but-stable wage growth and low inflation have enabled the Bank of England to remain on the side-lines, and that's unlikely to change until well into 2020," said Robert Alster, head of investment services at Close Brothers Asset Management, on Thursday.
The decision comes after Britain's financial watchdog said on Thursday that it was investigating reports that hedge funds had unfair access to audio of Bank of England events, potentially giving them an edge in financial markets.
The Times reported that a backup audio feed used to broadcast Bank of England press conferences was unknowingly sold to hedge funds and traders by a third party supplier.
This week's meeting of the monetary policy was the second last under governor Mark Carney, who will step down at the end of January.
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Binibining Pilipinas 2015 Fashion Show: A Night of Elegance
Get ready as Binibining Pilipinas 2015 The Pageant showcase the latest styles in Fashion as Philippines' 34 beautiful, lovely, and bright aspirants take the center stage tonight!
Here's how you can take part and see these ladies flaunt the latest if not the trendiest fashion tonight
A fashion extravaganza like no other! On February 26, at 7 PM, 34 of the loveliest Filipinas from all over the country will take center stage at the Binibining Pilipinas 2015 Fashion Show at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
The eagerly awaited event is a visual feast, with Binibining Pilipinas candidates gracefully strutting their stuff on the runway, clad in JAG jeans and modern accessories.
Who will set the trend this year with her signature walk? Witness how these ladies pull off both traditional and contemporary ensembles.
Be dazzled at how this year's delegates beautifully carry themselves, donning cultural dresses made by renowned designers in the National Costume Competition.
Hosted by Binibining Pilipinas reigning queens, the event also features special performances by the Filipino rock band "The Dawn".
The fashion show serves as another major event leading up to the Grand Coronation Night on March 15, also at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
To purchase tickets, visit TicketNet Online at www.ticketnet.com.ph or call 911-5555 for inquiries.
BenteUnoArmy! Don't forget to check and follow us on our social channels: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, Youtube, Flickr


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- madwoman
- see madman
Synonyms and antonyms dictionary. 2014.
Look at other dictionaries:
madwoman — n. a woman lunatic. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
madwoman — [mad′woom΄ən] n. pl. madwomen [mad′wim΄in] a demented or insane woman … English World dictionary
madwoman — UK [ˈmædˌwʊmən] / US noun [countable] Word forms madwoman : singular madwoman plural madwomen UK [ˈmædˌwɪmɪn] / US a) an insulting word for a woman who you think is behaving in a crazy way b) old fashioned a woman who is mentally ill … English dictionary
madwoman — madman, madwoman (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See insanity … English dictionary for students
madwoman — [[t]mædwʊmən[/t]] madwomen N COUNT A madwoman is a woman who is insane. [INFORMAL] … English dictionary
madwoman — /ˈmædwʊmən/ (say madwoomuhn) noun 1. a woman who is insane. 2. Colloquial a woman whose behaviour is considered to be outrageous or eccentric. –phrase 3. be all over the place like (or look like) a madwoman s breakfast (or washing){{}} (or… … Australian English dictionary
madwoman — noun Date: 15th century a woman who is or acts as if insane … New Collegiate Dictionary
madwoman — /mad woom euhn/, n., pl. madwomen. a woman who is or behaves as if insane. [1400 50; late ME. See MAD, WOMAN] * * * … Universalium
madwoman — noun a) A woman who is insane. b) one who appears to be or may be insane … Wiktionary
madwoman — mad·wom·an mad .wu̇m ən n a woman who is or acts as if insane … Medical dictionary
madwoman — mad|wom|an [ˈmædwumən] n plural madwomen [ ˌwımın] old fashioned a woman who is mentally ill … Dictionary of contemporary English


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The Geneva Lake West Chamber of Commerce has many opportunities for you to lend your business expertise and valuable skills to help make our communities better places to live, work and play. By working on committees and programs, volunteers help the Chamber shape issues, plan events and accomplish goals important for the economic vitality of GLWCC communities. Dedicated, caring and creative individuals working tirelessly year-round are what make the Chamber such a positive and progressive force in our beautiful area.
Coming together is a beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success.
~Henry Ford
Community Resource Guide
Becke Connelly – RTECK Agency – Chairperson
Cherie Setteducate, Executive Director
Citizen of the Year
Jacob Ries – Exemplar Financial Network – Chairperson
Kate Bishop – Grand Geneva
Cherie Setteducate, Executive Director
Tom Connelly – RTECK Agency
Internship Program
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Cherie Setteducate, Executive Director
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So I'm going to start a new thing and we'll see how it goes. I'm going to give shout OUTs to the different people who read and even those who don't read my blog.
This first shout OUT is going to one of my faithful readers, Musings of a Michigan-Man. You should really check out his blog, it's very educational and presented in an understandable way.
I like his style of presenting different topics and the music he listens to is chill(though I don't think he would describe it that way). I often look forward to his next post.
I have to admit that I actually don't like reading but whenever I receive a notification that Michigan Man wrote a new post I always read it right away. I look forward to reading more of your posts bud.
Michigan-Man, if ever you were an animal you would be this wise owl:
Keep up the good work bud.
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There is brand new music from our Modified Man duo and it was just introduced to the world by Boiler Room last week. To support the premiere of new track "Thorns", Modified Man went to the Boiler Room studio to record a three-hour live and DJ set.
Dave Koor and Adam Scrimshire took a box of records each, their Moog Little Phatty, Prophet 6 and Ableton Push along and set up for an extended journey into jazz, soul, electronica, soundtracks, house, disco, broken beat and their own productions.
Watch the middle hour, including the main part of their newly prepared, live performance of "Thorns", "System Is Fatal" and "Modification 1″ here:
Alternatively you can listen to the full three-hour set here:
Download Thorns
The 33rd "modification" in their journey writing tracks or "modifications" together and now renamed as "Thorns", this piece is an exploration of electrical sounds, from which emerges an explosive, but short-lived climax.
On this occasion the Prophet 6 synthesizer played a massive part, melodically and in the ebbing and flowing wash of arpeggio rhythms controlled by Adam Scrimshire. Punctuated with deep explosions of bass courtesy of Dave Koor on the Moog Little Phatty, these distorted bass notes at first hide the waltz-time-programmed drum patterns that eventually emerge to solidify a structure and melody.
Take a listen to Thorns now via Boiler Room or stream and download via the links below:
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Our 8.0% 10th Anniversary Imperial Breakfast Stout has aromas of Madagascan Vanilla, the finest coffee, dark fruits and tobacco.
Soft carbonation help to accentuate the rich and creamy mouthfeel. On tasting you are met with lashings of vanilla, dark fruits, coffee with hint of liquorice and oak.
Case 12 x 330ml Bottles, Bottle 330 ml, Case 24 x 330 ml Bottles


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Monthly Archives: June 2015
AFD Athletes going to Euro JuniorsJune 23, 2015 | Mike Neighbour
Congratulations to the following AFD athletes selected to compete for GB in the European Junior Championships in Eskilstuna, Sweden on 16-19 July:
Gus Cockle 5,000m
Jack Rowe 10,000m
Amy Griffiths 1500m
Grace Baker 5,000m
European Team Champs and Under 20/23 National ChampsJune 23, 2015 | Mike Neighbour
Isobel Pooley achieved the qualifying standard for this year's World Championships with a clearance of 1m 94 in the high jump at the European Team Championships. Another athlete from Aldershot, Farnham & District who recorded a season's best in Russia … Read More
Quadkids 17 JuneJune 18, 2015 | Mike Neighbour
AFD Quadkid team competed last night and successfully qualified for the final, placing 3rd overall. We were only 100 points off the top spot team, but our squad was missing our 3 best girls, so we should be(and are) very … Read More
AFD links with Farnham Heathend schoolJune 4, 2015 | Mike Neighbour
AFD are looking to forge links with their local Senior Schools supporting the PE departments with encourage participation in athletics. Farnham Heathend school have recently had a long jump pit installed following a joint funding project with the "Tootsie" nursery … Read More
Andy Isobel and Lilly selected for GBJune 3, 2015 | Mike Neighbour
Congratulations to Andy Vernon Isobel Pooley and Lilly Partridge who are selected to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the European Team Championships in Cheboksary, Russia on the 20-21 June 2015
YDL, Aldershot 30th May 2015June 2, 2015 | Mike Neighbour
Aldershot, Farnham & District won their UK Youth Development League meeting for the lower age-groups at the Aldershot Military Stadium on Saturday. Ollie Nicholson, newly crowned Hampshire champion over 100m, won both U15B sprints and opened for the club's victorious … Read More
T & F County Champs 2015June 2, 2015 | Mike Neighbour
Isobel Pooley of Aldershot, Farnham & District set a meeting record of 1m 90 for the high jump at the Hampshire championships on Saturday. The silver medallist from last year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow had already claimed the championship best … Read More


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INSIDE THE NBAFriday, February 21st, 2014
INSIDE THE NBAFriday, February 21st, 2014
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHUCK!Thursday, February 20th, 2014
To celebrate Barkley's 51st birthday, Bleacher Report has collected some of the most entertaining "Shaqtin' A Fool" moments from the Hall of Famer's playing days with the Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets. CLICK HERE to view the slideshow!
If anyone you know shares Barkley's big day CLICK HERE to send a birthday e-card from The Chuckster.
OUTSIDE THE PAINTTuesday, February 18th, 2014
NBA ALL-STARFriday, February 14th, 2014
TNT's Sports Emmy Award-winning NBA studio analyst Charles Barkley conducted an exclusive interview with President Barack Obama that will be televised as part of the network's pre-game coverage of the 63rd annual NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m. ET.


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The International Federation for Information Technology and Travel & Tourism (IFITT) actively supports the organization of workshops that deal with topics related to Information and Communication Technologies in a travel, tourism, leisure, hospitality and/or events context – eTourism.
Within this topical context the main objectives of the IFITTtalk workshops is to spark conversations, introduce new approaches, stay informed, find strategic partners and network, transfer knowledge between academia and the industry, or position an organization / community / group / person.
There are three different types of workshops:
- Standard workshop type focuses on general-purpose events addressing one specific travel, tourism, leisure, hospitality and/or events context community or a variety of communities.
- Student/University workshop type is an event hosted at a college or university, and is organized by university staff or students. It gives universities the opportunity to share research outcomes, innovations and ideas they are creating.
- Salon workshop type is an event that takes place on a regular basis (at least twice) and one of its main objectives is to keep the community engaged.
Download here the call and application form for IFITTtalk workshops
Dowload here IFITTtalk logo
If you need more information, please, contact Dr. Aurkene Alzua ([email protected])
To see the forthcoming IFITTtalks , please visit IFITT calendar.
Hereafter you can find the past IFITTtalks:
November 25, 2019:[email protected], Adelaide, Australia
November 7-8, 2019:[email protected], Nairobi, Kenya
October 17 – 18, 2019: [email protected], Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
September 23, 2019: [email protected], Adelaide, Australia
April 3, 2019: [email protected], Hong Kong, China
November 28, 2018: [email protected], Bournemouth, United Kingdom
November 22, 2018: [email protected], Adelaide, Australia
November 8, 2018: [email protected], Nairobi, Kenya
Sepmber 14, 2018 – [email protected] – Dalian, China
July 26, 2018: [email protected], Adelaide, Australia
May 15, 2018: [email protected], Helsinki, Finland
November 21, 2017 – IFITTtalk@Adelaide – Adelaide, Australia
November 9, 2017 – [email protected] – Nairobi, Kenya
November 8-10, 2017 – [email protected] – Vienna, Austria
September 29, 2017 – [email protected] – Surrey, United Kingdom. Click here to view the Pictures
September 12-13, 2017 – [email protected] – Santiago, Chile
August 30, 2017 – [email protected] – Adelaide, Australia
November, 2016 – [email protected] – Adelaide, Australia
October 2016 – [email protected] – Belgrade, Serbia
September 2016 – [email protected] – Big data & Customer Engagement in Tourism – Adelaide, Australia
May 2016 – [email protected] – Technology Innovation on Tourism – Florianopolis City, Brazil
April 2016 – [email protected]Östersund – Big Data & Business Intelligence in Travel & Tourism Domain – Östersund, Sweden
January 2016 – [email protected] – Mobile Technology in Travel and Tourism – Helsinki, Finland
November 2015 – [email protected] – Augmented Reality – Manchester, United Kingdom
November 2015 – [email protected] Sad – 2nd International Tourism and Hospitality Student Congress – Novi Sad, Serbia
October 2015 – [email protected] eTourism – Content marketing – Salzburg, Austria
October 2015 – [email protected] – Colombo, Sri Lanka
July 2015 – [email protected] – Smart tourism workshop – Bournemouth, United Kingdom


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Celebration - Independence Day 2018
Chandigarh Administration awarded Certificate of Commendation to 'Society for the Care of the Blind' in public service category. Award was received by Maj Gen Rajendra Nath, PVSM (Retd.) the Sr. Vice President from Shri V. P. Singh Badnore Hon'ble Governor of Punjab & Administrator U.T. Chandigarh after the Independence Day Parade at Sector: 17 Chandigarh. It is a matter of great honour and pride for all of us.
Independence Day was celebrated by hoisting our National Flag. Besides flag hoisting prize distribution was done in which all students securing First Three positions in all classes from 1st to 12th standard were given awards by M/s Cipla Foundation. Cash prizes were also given to students securing 1st three positions in the school in 12th CBSE Examination by Mrs. Kamaljit Kaur social worker. In addition mementoes were also given to our meritorious students by one of our ex-student Mr. Vikram Goel.
In the celebration of Independence Day at Chandigarh, on 15th August 2018 the Band of our Institute participated amongst other marching contingents. Our marching band was adjudged as the Best Marching Contingent for which a trophy was presented by the His Excellency Governor of Punjab.
Participation of the School Band in the Republic Day Parade
It is for the first time that our Band was invited to play and participate in the Republic Day Parade held at Sector 17 Parade Ground on 26th January 2018. The Adviser to the U.T. Administrator took the salute. Our contingent was awarded the prize of second best contingent of the parade. It is indeed a commendable achievement for the visually handicapped children.
Rose Festival Competition Chandigarh – 2018
In the Rose Festival Competition organized by Municipal Corporation Chandigarh from 23rd to 25th February 2018, our Institute was awarded the 1st and 2nd prizes in the best maintained Campus Gardens in the private school category. It was for the first time in this competition that our Girls' Hostel entered as a separate unit. Though our Main Administrative Block has received First Prize in this competition a number of times earlier yet it is for the first time that while our Main Administrative Block got First Prize and Girls' Hostel was awarded the second prize.08/19/2018 to 08/20/2018
All the 12 students from the Institute who appeared in the Annual Board Examination got First Division.
It is a matter of great pride that NINE of our Students scored distinction by getting over 80% Marks in CBSE Board Sr. Secondary Examination.
Total 12 students appeared in the Examination, out of these 11 got High First Division and 1 student got 2nd Division with Seven students getting distinction. Lowest scoring student scored 68% marks.06/08/2019
Annual General Meeting
AGM of the Society was held in the premises of the Institute for the Blind on 27th March 2019 at 4:00 p.m. The meeting was presided by Shri Manoj K Parida IAS Adviser to U.T. Administrator Chandigarh and Ex-Officio President of the Society. In the meeting, salient features of the Annual Report were highlighted and the Balance Sheet for the year 2017-2018 was passed. The Adviser appreciated the high standards achieved by the Society in academic, sports fields and in maintenance of the Campus. Considering the good work done by the present management, it was unanimously agreed the present management would continue for the current financial year.04/19/2018
Governor's Visit
His Excellency Shri V. P. Singh Badnore, Hon'ble Governor of Punjab & Administrator U.T. Chandigarh accompanied by Shir Parimal Rai I.A.S. Adviser to U.T. Administrator, Shri Deepak Kumar Special Secretary U.T. Administration and Secretary Social Welfare paid a visit to the Institute on 14th December 2016. After briefing by the Chairman Maj Gen Rajendra Nath PVSM (Retd.), he was taken around the Braille Press, Classrooms, Computer Labs, Boys & Girls' Hostel, Gymnasiums, Weaving Unit and the Resource Room.
We have recently introduced audio system of imparting training to the visually challenged students in which the lessons are played on the daisy players by the teacher to the entire class and explanation given to students with pauses. Students are equipped with smartphones/daisy players on which their lessons of all the subjects are downloaded. They can play these lessons at their convenience. The Governor was highly impressed by the standards achieve by the Institute in academics, sports and other fields as well as high standard of maintenance of campus.
This is what the Governor wrote in the Visitor's Book of the Institute about his impression of the Institute "I have never seen anything so impressive. Never though a blind school can be so good. Congratulations to General Sahib and faculty and the executive." (V. P. SINGH)12/14/2016 to 12/31/2016


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Movies in the Park founders Heather Allmendinger, Ben Beaumont and Blake Rutherford, will be honored for their hard work and vision in creating the ever popular Little Rock Movies in the Park, celebrating its 10th season this year.
The celebration will be on Wednesday, June 11 at 8:30 p.m. at the First Security Amphitheater, just prior to the kickoff of the 2014 season.
Movies in the Park began as an idea by Blake Rutherford. While walking through the River Market one day, he wondered why the city didn't use the amphitheater for outdoor movies. He did a little research, and found a model for Movies in the Park from the popular Summer Movie Series at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC.
Blake then called friends, Heather and Ben, and reached out to community leaders to get the idea off the ground. The movie series at the Museum of Art in Raleigh was more than 10 years old at the time, and they were very helpful in getting Movies in the Park started in Little Rock.
Comcast was the first anchor sponsor on board with the event, followed by much support from KURB B 98.5 FM, Arkansas Times, Stone Ward, City of Little Rock and more.
"One of our goals from the beginning was to ensure that the movies would be completely free for all in the community to enjoy," said Blake Rutherford. "We received tremendous support from several organizations to get the event going and we are very happy to see it continue as one of the most popular community events in Little Rock."
The popular outdoor free movie night, held at the First Security Amphitheater, has been going strong for ten years now. The first movie to be shown was "A River Runs Through It," which was selected as a nod to Little Rock and the Amphitheater's location. It drew less than 400 people. Four films were shown the first year in 2004.
Movies in the Park has now grown to a season of eight films per year, on average, reaching audiences of up to 3,000 people. It's a staple event in Central Arkansas. Communities from across the state, and the country, have reached out for guidance as they have tried to implement similar programs in the own communities.
Since 2008, the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau has been managing Movies in the Park.
To check out more information about the movies being played this year, please visit


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A former prostitute turned her life around and became involved in church. She claimed to have visions of Jesus. Once during a woman's retreat while Father Jim was speaking, she called out, "Father Jim, I see Jesus. He's standing right next to you." Calmly the priest replied, "Now we all know that Jesus is with us. Some of us can see him, and some of us can't." Then he went on with his talk.
The Jewish people did not make images, which to them could easily become idols, so we do not know what Jesus looked like. There is the mysterious Shroud of Turin, which may or may not give us clues. But we really can only speculate about the God-Man's appearance. Because Jesus was a first-century Jewish man, we can surmise that he was about 5'4", tan, and had black or brown hair and brown eyes. (Scripture tells us, though, that his ancestor King David had auburn hair!) Jesus must have looked like his countrymen, or he wouldn't have been able to melt into a crowd. And in the garden, Judas would not have had to kiss Jesus to identify him.
Some people think that because Jesus was the Son of God, he was strikingly handsome. Others refute that, quoting Isaiah 53:2 which states, "He had no form or majesty that we should look at him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him." As a construction worker, Jesus must have been strong and muscular. As an itinerant preacher who lived outdoors and walked for miles, he must have been tough. He also must have been gifted with a powerful voice. No doubt, Jesus greatly resembled his mother, Mary, who was the source of all of his DNA.
No matter what his physical appearance, Jesus had a charisma that drew people to him. The apostles, martyrs, and Christians throughout the last 2,000 years have devoted their lives to him.
We might wish that we could see Jesus as the apostles and others who walked with him did. Most saints in later centuries were not gifted with visions of Jesus. Like them, we will have to wait until we die to see Jesus face-to-face and enjoy the Beatific Vision. In the meantime, we count on his words, "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe" (John 20:29).
Imagine that Jesus, the risen Lord, stands before you, gazing on you with love. What would you say to him?


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"Why should we be in so much haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises. If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away," said Henry David Thoreau and seven years on from their humble beginnings in a Balsall Heath bedroom, Rockers Hir (nee Original Rockers) continue to defy categorisation with their warm and bass-heavy mix of dub, beats and house. In an era when every new style is so quickly submerged in the melting pot of modern music, it's good to hear something with it's own unique sound, a rne blend of classic influences holding its head above the swirling waters of style clashes and mismatches. A great group at the peak of their creativity.
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Had to get up at some ungodly hour (like 6am ?!) to head to the air show. We still ended up queueing for a couple of hours but we were much closer to the air base and got there in plenty of time to see some action. One plane emitting a *lot* of smoke. Otherwise, it was planes going up, down, up, around, loop the loop, loud, quiet, or just standing still so we could all admire them. Sometime it all got a bit too much for us and we just napped.
It was also funny listening to the commentaries from either the Italian pilots (very enthusiastic), American pilots (all military and boastful… like boasting that they hadn't lost a single plane in combat against Iraq, but not mentioning that there was a lot of friendly fire) – whereas the British pilots seemed relatively stand-offish and quiet.
British Airways had a stand with a virtual Boeing 737 simulator – so I thought, great, plonked down my £10. I'd have had a better experience with MS Flight Simulator and a paddle or something – total waste of money. As was being charged £1.50 for some chips.
The Stealth Fighter flew by, and that was quite cool to look at – although I missed the stealth bomber. Probably the Italian team were the best. We were going to stay for the Red Arrows but the exit routes from the base were already getting clogged, so we decided to leave early. My sister drove back to her place, while I caught the bus back to Swindon, for an uneventful trip back to Cardiff reading John Simpson's book, and his eyewitness accounts of his night at Tiananmen Square, amongst other things.
Got back to Cardiff – flatmate S seemed in a foul mood, and she was on this computer for just forever. Sorted out a couple of emails, packed my suitcase ready for my Greek holiday. The more I read about Crete and Greece, the more I realise that it may well not be my ideal place – but on the other hand, maybe all I need is a relaxing holiday on a beach where I can meet new people, and I can forget about the architecture, the history, and trying to blend in with the local populace. It was quite nice just lying in the sun today with my new specs 😀


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SINTEF (Norway) is the project coordinator and serves as a technology provider in the project. Like in most other countries, procurement is a large part of the total value creation in Norway. Contributing to more transparency and fairness in procurement is fully aligned with our vision: Technology for a better Society.
SINTEF leads WP2 (Data enrichment and publication). Our technical focus is on intelligent data enrichment techniques, transferring results from projects such as euBusinessGraph, EW-Shopp, proDataMarket, DaPaaS, and SmartOpenData projects. We will also contribute to the knowledge graph created in WP1, and help with exploitation towards the public sector in Norway in WP7.
The University of Southampton (UK) leads the development and analysis of new data visualisation and interaction technologies, using its interdisciplinary expertise to devise concepts and technologies that make the procurement knowledge graph and its properties easier to understand and use.
We lead on the dissemination of the project, leveraging its profile and networks in the data innovation field, and leverages our expertise in linked and open data to add value across the project – to establish a link between data interfaces and data analytics results.
We join this project to make public procurement more transparent across Europe and to combine insights from the public and private sectors. We run Work Package 1, which focuses on data gathering and ingestion. We are also playing key supporting roles in data categorisation in Work Package 2 and are responsible for two corporate business cases in Work Package 6.
Ministrstvo za Javno Upravo (MJU) (Slovenia) is responsible for public procurement system in Slovenia. We aim to create an environment for higher transparently publishing data on public procurement as infographic or a similar mechanism.
Our role on this project is provide data regarding the implementation of public procurement procedures that we obtain from the public procurement portal at which contracting authorities publish procedures in accordance with the public procurement law.
Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza (Spain) provide data, develop business cases, and produce visualisation services that facilitate the understanding of data.
Through the publication of economic information in open formats, based on web standards, promoting interoperability and reuse, we work to ensure transparency in the management of the council. Our aim is develop a tool that allows citizens to audit municipal management, and help our institution work more effectively and efficiently.
Chrinon Ltd (OpenCorporates) (UK) provides company information and functionality to match references to companies to the legal entities, building on our reconciliation functionality.
Government procurement is not directly important to OpenCorporates, but it is critically important to society. It is essential that we understand who governments do business with, the activities of those government suppliers (lobbying, political donations, licensing, enforcement etc), and the relationships between those companies. This is a requirement for well-functioning democracies, as well as efficient government.
We aim to leverage our world leading understanding of company data to inform and enrich the functionality of TBFY. We hope the project will be a significant step forward in providing transparency and understanding of the government procurement across Europe.
Jozef Stefan Institute (Slovenia) develop tools for data analysis and visualisation. By promoting transparency we aim to help to improve public procurement processes in Europe and make them open to the public.
OESÍA's vision is to act as a major global driver of innovation and development of new technologies in order to become a competitive advantage for its customers, to help them to foresee and lead their markets and to support these technological advances for a better, fairer and safer use. Our motto is: Thinking and Making the Future.
In this respect, we are working on engaging both data providers and consumers across Europe to make use of these standards. We also provide help to the consortium on the integration of the different software pieces being generated by all consortium members. Finally, we contribute to the detection of named entities in public tenders, as well as in cross-lingual document similarity across public tenders, using probabilistic topic modelling techniques.


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School's out for the summer and kids everywhere and shelving their textbooks. It's the season for some fun reading instead — the kind that doesn't end with a book report.
Kids don't care that reading for pleasure helps strengthen all aspects of reading proficiency, boosts test scores and even progress in math, science, and social and civic engagement. They probably don't care that reading wards off the "summer slide" — the loss of one to three months of learning that can leave pupils playing catch-up come September rather than learning new material.
Kids just want to get inspired and delighted by tales that are rollicking, tragic, hilarious or astonishing.
And to a young reader, even the old is new. Louise Fitzhugh's Harriet the Spy (Delacorte, $20.99, 298 pages, 10 and up), in a fine 50th anniversary edition, is still the hilarious, moving story of a wonderfully outrageous heroine, new to each child who meets her. So is its sequel, The Long Secret (Yearling, $7.99, 288 pages), a summer story of equal emotional power.
Meanwhile, Leon Garfield's John Diamond (Vintage, $12.99, 238 pages, 10 and up), first published in 1980, is a nerve-wracking Dickensian mystery-and-murder story, dark with Garfield's lush writing of a long-held grudge and a boy who tries to right old wrongs.
And there are lots of possibilities for those who want newer tales. For Gothic unease, try Edward Carey's Iremonger Book I: Heap House (Harper Collins, $19.99, 405 pages, ages 12 and up), a story of mildew and mould that despite its rubbish heap setting, sparkles with ghoulish interest and Gorey-esque drawings. Or Ransom Riggs' hugely popular, spooky-looking Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Quirk, $11.99, 382 pages, ages 12 and up), now followed by Hollow City: The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children (Quirk, $19.99, 396 pages). Thanks to Riggs' unusual use of vintage photographs, these are loaded with quirkiness and appeal.
For those who like their books a little less dark, there's Sarah Ellis's Outside In (Groundwood, $16.95, 206 pages, ages 10 and up) where urban girl Lynn makes friends with Blossom, whose family lives in the city but entirely off the grid. Ellis's realism takes us into a secret life in the city without money, official identity or property — a perfect prompt for kids to devise their own ideas for off-the-grid living, all the while absorbing Ellis's imaginative intelligence and keen, multi-layered language. In The ABC with Honora Lee (Tundra, $19.99, 124 pages, ages 8-10), by Kate De Goldi with drawings by Gregory O'Brien, young Perry is an unconventional learner — and that makes her gifted at preserving her grandmother Honora's memories, despite Honora's dementia. In Brenda Baker's Camp Outlook (Second Story, $11.95, 244 pages, ages 9-13), rebellious Shannon's sent to camp while her parents adjust to life with a new baby with Down syndrome. Baker's energetic prose and loving exploration of Shannon's existential questioning make this quick and emotionally compelling. Like Harriet the Spy, Ellis's, De Goldi's and Baker's stories entertain by showing readers a different side of the "real" world.
And there are books for those seeking sheer wackiness.
Humour and nuttiness rule in Lord and Lady Bunny — Almost Royalty! (Groundwood, $14.95, 293 pages, ages 7 and up), by Mr. and Mrs. Bunny, translated from the Rabbit by Polly Horvath, illustrated by Sophie Blackall. In the sequel, Mr. and Mrs. Bunny — Detectives Extraordinaire! (by Mrs. Bunny; highly recommended), the Bunnies go via cruise ship to Britain, where Mrs. Bunny hopes to become a second queen ("kind of defeats the point of monarchy," Prince Charles says, disappointing her). Everything here is weird and wonderful, from a plot to save a failing candy shop to Mrs. Bunny's encounter with her own translator.
Imaginative wackiness drives page-turning adventure stories, too. Take Kenneth Oppel's far-fetched invention of the "Titanic of trains" in The Boundless (Harper Collins, $19.99, 332 pages, ages 10 and up). Every one of its 987 cars contains its own adventure it seems, and connecting them all is the boy hero's quest for his own future — to join a circus. Narrative momentum makes this a roller-coaster of a cross-Canada tour — and that's all to the good, captivating interest and meeting readers' desire for action (and sasquatches, by the way).
In the realm of other-world fantasy, this season's gem is the late Diana Wynne Jones' The Islands of Chaldea (Harper Collins, $19.99, 278 pages, ages 10 and up), completed by Ursula Jones. Humour, wisdom and inventive genius suffuse the tale of Aileen, whose seeming failure as a seer launches her on an eventful journey, and eventually leads to a magical showdown that rights her world. Jones' writing is vivid and subtle, challenging readers' minds while creating a full world of sympathetic characters.
In fast forward fantasy, Jennifer A. Nielsen's The Shadow Throne (Scholastic, $19.99, 317 pages, ages 9-13), finale to The False Prince and The Runaway King, provides a quick pace, well drawn characters and an intricate plot of deception. Also active and quick is The Oathbreaker's Shadow (Doubleday, $14.95, 409 pages, ages 12 and up), by Amy McCulloch, now in paperback just as its sequel, The Shadow's Curse, hits bookstores. Suspenseful and thought-provoking, it's set in a world of deserts, nomads and weavers of magical carpets, where Raim, an oath-breaker, is haunted by the shadow of one he's betrayed. Or — for charm, wit and eccentricity, try Jaclyn Moriarty's A Corner of White and its new sequel, The Cracks in the Kingdom (Scholastic, $18.99, 499 pages, ages 12 and up), a story of interworld correspondence through a parking meter.
Fantasy doesn't always have to be otherworldly: imagine Ontario plagued by carbon-eating dragons, as it is in E.K. Johnston's The Story of Owen, Dragon-Slayer of Trondheim (Carolrhoda LAB, $19.95, 305 pages, ages 12 and up). High school musician Siobhan becomes the dragon-slayer's bard, as well as his English and algebra tutor — witnessing his heroics, spinning his story and helping him plot a revolutionary approach to dragon-slaying. A creative, intriguing mix of sword-and-dragon with political theory and alternate Ontarian history.
In young adult novels, psychological depth, emotional intelligence and artistry abound. In What We Hide (Tundra, $21.99, 274 pages, ages 13 and up), by Marthe Jocelyn, each of several students at a quirky British boarding school has something to hide and something to learn. Jocelyn moves from one character's voice to the next, each with its own sharp perspective, style, and emergent self- (and often sexual) knowledge. Warm-hearted, clever, funny and moving, this keeps readers thinking all the way to its end. Immensely satisfying for its interwoven stories and fully realized characters.
A mystery lies at the heart of E. Lockhart's exceptional We Were Liars (Delacorte, $19.99, 225 pages, ages 13 and up). Cadence suffers from memory loss, and this summer on the family island, she has questions about who she is, what she's done, and what her cousins have done in the aftermath of an accident she can't remember. Bits of information, memories, fairy tales and summer moments come together in increasingly taut, fraught style as Cadence's disoriented — and disorienting — story emerges. Definitely a can't-put-it-down novel, a good alternative for John Green fans.
And for a final summer book: Mariko and Jillian Tamaki's graphic novel, This One Summer (Groundwood, $18.95, 319 pages, ages 11 and up). Rose's mother is depressed and that makes this year at the cottage different, but so too do\ Rose's adolescent changes. She has a crush on a boy; her friendship with a younger girl changes; she sees the tragic side of a sleazy romance. The Tamakis' nuanced imagery and spare text fairly quiver with depth and intensity, and we're always deeply, acutely in the viewpoint and emotional experience of early adolescence.
There's a feast of enjoyment out there. So how can parents encourage summer reading? Let kids choose what interests them, read aloud as a family, use audio books in the car — and especially, let kids and teens see the adults in the family — all of them — reading for pleasure themselves.
Deirdre Baker teaches children's literature at the University of Toronto.


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Bottlenose dolphins stranded in the northern Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, died from rare lesions associated with petroleum exposure, according to a study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa).
The scientists compared tissue samples from 46 dolphins in areas affected by the spill with 106 dolphins that were not exposed.
One-third of the oil-exposed dolphins suffered rare adrenal damage rendering them incapable of producing some critical hormones, consistent with petroleum exposure, the study found. Only 7% of the dolphins found away from the spill had similar adrenal disease.
The adrenal gland produces hormones – such as cortisol and aldosterone – that regulate metabolism, blood pressure and other bodily functions.
The 2010 oil spill caused by an explosion aboard BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig saw millions of barrels of crude oil flow into the Gulf of Mexico waters. A dolphin die-off around coastal Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi was among the casualties borne by marine life in the region.
"This is the latest in a series of peer-reviewed scientific studies, conducted over the five years since the spill, looking at possible reasons for the historically high number of dolphin deaths that have occurred within the footprint of the Deepwater Horizon spill," said Dr Teri Rowles, veterinarian and one of 22 contributing authors on the paper.
These findings support those of a 2011 health assessment of live dolphins in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, which was affected by the spill and showed those resident dolphins had poor health, adrenal disease, and lung disease.
Since early 2010, there has been an ongoing cetacean unusual mortality event involving primarily bottlenose dolphins in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Three out of four groupings of elevated dolphin strandings identified within this event followed the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
This ongoing die-off coincided with the largest marine-based oil spill in the United States.
The dead dolphins from Barataria Bay had a thin adrenal gland cortex, indicative of adrenal insufficiency. One in every three dolphins examined across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama had this lesion.
In addition to the adrenal lesions, it was seen that more than one in five dolphins that died had a severe primary bacterial pneumonia that led to death.
"These dolphins had some of the most severe lung lesions I have seen in the over 13 years that I have been examining dead dolphin tissues from throughout the United States," said Dr. Kathleen Colegrove, the study's lead veterinary pathologist based at the University of Illinois.
In comparison, only 2% of reference dolphins had these lesions.
Meanwhile, Geoff Morrell, BP's senior vice president of US communications and external affairs told IBTimes UK: "The data we have seen thus far, including the new study from NOAA, do not show that oil from the Deepwater Horizon accident caused an increase in dolphin mortality."
"This new paper fails to show that the illnesses observed in some dolphins were caused by exposure to Macondo oil. In fact, numerous studies conducted over the last several decades have shown that respiratory illness – one of the conditions cited – is among the most common causes of death for bottlenose dolphins, including a study where half of the dolphins examined had pneumonia [A 30-year retrospective evaluation of pneumonia in a bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus population, published in Journal of Diseases of Aquatic Organisms]."
"Based on a review of available literature, we are unaware of any toxicological studies linking lung disease in bottlenose dolphins to exposure to oil or other environmental contaminants," Morrell added.
According to NOAA, the Gulf unusual mortality event (UME) began in February 2010, months before the spill. Even though the UME may have overlapped in some areas with the oil spill, correlation is not evidence of causation.
"Importantly, oil was not identified as the cause of death in any of the 130 dolphin necropsies (animal autopsies) conducted by the government's own veterinarians. Also, despite Freedom of Information Act Requests, NOAA has refused to publicly release hundreds of additional dolphin necropsy reports. Just a small sample set of the dolphins (46) were used for this study," claimed BP's senior VP.
Dolphins are particularly susceptible to inhalation effects of petroleum-based polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) due to their large lungs, deep breaths and extended breath hold times.
The findings have been published in the online journal PLOS ONE.


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Since, 2007, tried to understand how I can beat poverty and overcome habits that are keeping me there.Started working from home,went into advertising and volunteering to help small companies.All self-employed.Learned reading books and post,attending webinars, networking.Even threw myself into jobs that challenged me to improve my skills.Nine years later, very few successes and still living the struggle.Not sure what to do to break through even took test to see what my strengths are.
First off, I'm sorry to hear of your struggles. Secondly, I commend your diligence. As for which course of action to take... There is no silver bullet and while it may seem frustrating you may very well be right on the heels of success. You never know when it will take place in your life, but if you work hard, smart and long towards a clear goal you will get there. I would avoid bouncing from one opportunity to the other as it is difficult to hit a tipping point if you're spreading your activities too thin. Best of luck to you.
Have you considered working with a coach? Partnering with a coach is about getting where you want to be in a much shorter period of time. Coaches can guide you through the process of uncovering blind spots by asking powerful questions. We use active listening to help you come to your own conclusions and choices. After all you are the expert of yourself...coaches just facilitate the learning and pathway to your answers.
I would like to offer a call so that you can navigate through what's challenging you and find some clarity to the best next step on your journey.
You're dealing with the wrong target market.
Broke people can't pay you. It's as simple as that.
Start thinking about how you can use the skills you've learned to help already financially stable organizations and people. You can charge them more, because you're solving a bigger problem for them; however, they also can afford to pay you because they aren't struggling themselves.


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A Facebook exec is so sick of drivers texting behind the wheel that he now photographs them and puts the images on billboards to shame them.
"I've been blown away by the number of people texting while in traffic, on the freeway," Brian Singer, manager of communication design at Facebook, told Gizmodo. "For every nose picker, there's 20 texters. Unofficial estimation by me."
The images come from the Texting While in Traffic (TWIT) project, a website Singer set up in February to shame drivers into putting down their phones while barreling along at high speed. Aside from displaying the images on 11 billboards around San Francisco, California, Singer also hopes to recruit others to submit their TWIT pics, and he said that if enough people join in then it may cause freeway texters to think twice.
El Reg would hope that those who participate don't take their photos while driving themselves, and Singer said all his shots were taken as a passenger. We can also see a few privacy problems in such panopticon vigilantism, but Singer said that he wasn't concerned about people's right to anonymity.
"I don't think people driving on 101 have the expectation of privacy," he said. "I could be wrong, but the police need to be able to see them using phones and breaking the law, so all I'm really doing is taking photos in a public place."
Hopefully the billboards won't be too distracting
Texting while driving is certainly illegal. Here in California there's a specific law [PDF] against it, with fines of $20 for the first offense and $50 for each subsequent infraction. That's not much when you consider drivers are taking their eyes off the road while piloting a ton of metal and fuel at 65 mph down the freeway, and it's not rare to see someone doing it on the state's roads.
The cops are cracking down a little, although not to the extent of their East Coast colleagues. In New York, unmarked police SUVs prowl the streets looking to catch drivers in the act – but with mixed results since it is legal to briefly look at the satnav feature on a phone while on the road.
Insurance investigators are also on the case. It's now common practice to request mobile phone logs for crash investigations and if you text "Traffic on Route 880 terrible #FML" seconds before a prang then pointed questions will be asked. ®


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New Midrange SAN Systems, Software, and Services Highlight Company's Enterprise Strengths

AUSTRALIA, Sydney — 8 November 2006—Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP) today extended its data centre portfolio with the addition of its new highest performing midrange platforms, the FAS3070 and V3070 series; broader Fibre Channel (FC) storage area network (SAN) capabilities; significant enhancements and introductions in the NetApp® Manageability Software Family; and new professional services, all aimed at making enterprise data centre management easier for customers who demand high-performance SAN solutions and increased application uptime to meet their business needs. Just a few short months after NetApp unveiled its high-end FAS6000 series and associated software and services, the company is again raising the bar for its competitors by offering the most flexibility, the highest availability, and the best value for its customers. More information on today's news is available at http://www.netapp.com/go/datacenterproven/pr/.

"Today's introductions highlight our comprehensive solutions for our customers' data centres that offer the best performance for midrange SAN, enabling the most flexibility to adapt to business change, the highest availability of application data, and the highest productivity for IT administrators and assets," said Patrick Rogers, vice president, Products and Partners at NetApp. "From the FAS3070 and V3070 to our extensive refresh of the NetApp Manageability Software Family, we have poured tremendous innovation into these products, making sure that they deliver the highest performance and application uptime at an attractive price. Whether a customer is looking for a powerful SAN for massive performance needs, a midrange SAN or NAS, or an archive, compliance, or backup solution, NetApp has that customer covered with a variety of solutions. EMC and HP should be concerned. We just have the better portfolio."

"We are very concerned about the total cost of ownership of our entire IT infrastructure," said George White, chief information officer with the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General. "And when it comes to storage TCO, no one beats NetApp. Their products are easy to deploy and manage, they have a consistent architecture that runs through their entire product line from the biggest system to the smallest, and their software automates lots of tasks that would otherwise eat up precious staff time and resources."

"I continue to be impressed with how well NetApp runs my database and collaborative applications," said Michael S. Israel, senior vice president of Information Services at Six Flags, the world's largest regional theme park company. "We have seen higher application uptime and greater performance from our NetApp systems than from previous systems that we deployed—and for smaller investments in capital, training, and service. NetApp understands my business needs—when they say they are 'enterprise,' they really get the concept."

"NetApp truly understands that I need my IT resources, products and people, to be increasingly productive and flexible," said Roman D'Alessio, Head of Unit IV/8/a , BM.I, Austrian Ministry of Interior. "I have been very impressed with my NetApp deployment and have seen marked improvements in our application availability since switching to the NetApp FAS systems. Plus, with Virtual File Manager™ we were able to build a global namespace to facilitate transparent data migration of hundreds of servers and provide simplified failover of remote servers to NetApp storage systems in the data centre."

"Midrange storage is growing fast in the data centre across Australia and New Zealand because of its value and flexibility," said Graham Penn, Associate VP, Storage, Asia Pacific, IDC. "Now NetApp raises the bar by enhancing the performance of its successful FAS3000 series with more value in the midrange and offering customers a very compelling data centre portfolio."

Storage Systems

Paramount among today's product introductions are the FAS3070 and V3070 storage systems. Both are aimed at the midrange and offer scalability to 252TB, superior application-level availability, and support for unified storage with both 4Gb FC SAN and 10GbE iSCSI, as well as industry-leading NAS functionality. The FAS3070 and V3070 are designed for customers who want high-end SAN performance and data management capabilities at a midrange price.

Competitively, the NetApp FAS3070 is aimed squarely at the EMC CLARiiON CX3-80, while far exceeding the scalability and capability of HP's largest StorageWorks EVA system, the StorageWorks EVA8000. Benchmarks performed by Veritest, an independent testing lab, conclude that the FAS3070 delivers higher FC SAN performance for OLTP workloads than the EMC CX3-80. (Details are available in a separate release at http://www.netapp.com/news/press/news_rel_20061107a.) Unlike either the EVA8000 or the CX3-80, the FAS3070 offers low-overhead double parity RAID 6 (RAID-DP™); high-performance snapshots; thin provisioning; and the ability to support FC or IP SAN and NAS-based applications. The FAS3070 also supports an in-place, modular controller upgrade with no data migration, no retraining, and no process changes for customers who want eventually to move from the FAS3070 to the fully compatible high-end FAS6000 series. Both the EMC and HP systems require complete hardware and software replacement when upgrading to higher performing systems, as well as time- and labour-intensive data migration.

The FAS3070 is logically positioned between the FAS3050 and FAS6030 systems, providing customers with a range of choice points to meet specific needs for performance and scalability.

FC SAN Capabilities

On the FC SAN front, NetApp has enhanced multipath support and enhanced 4Gb SAN infrastructure support. The company has also certified and extended its SAN portfolio with more switches, including the Brocade SilkWorm 4900, the Brocade SilkWorm 48000 and new blades, the Cisco MDS 9513, and the QLogic 5600 and 5602. Repeated TCO studies performed by third parties demonstrate that NetApp continues to offers the industry's lowest SAN TCO, and customer data has proved superior business application uptime using NetApp SAN solutions versus competitive offerings.

NetApp continues to increase business value for its data centre customers with higher productivity and flexibility, thanks largely to the powerful software features and components in the NetApp Manageability Software Family. As part of the company's business applications campaign kickoff, NetApp announced new versions of SnapManager® for Oracle and SnapManager for Exchange, which provide data protection and cloning for application environments. NetApp also released updated products for file management with a new version of its Virtual File Manager Enterprise Edition and unveiled a completely new Virtual File Manager Migration Edition to support file migration and file share consolidation.

· Information on SnapManager for Exchange is available at http://www.netapp.com/products/software/snapmanager-exchange.html.

· Information on SnapManager for Oracle is available at http://www.netapp.com/products/software/snapmanager-oracle.html.

· Information on Virtual File Manager is available at http://www.netapp.com/products/software/vfm.html.

· An overview of the entire NetApp Manageability Software Family is available at

Patrick Rogers continued, "Today NetApp also kicked off its 'business applications' campaign, helping customers understand just how much value they can get out of their Oracle®, SQL, Microsoft® Exchange, and SAP applications through higher levels of integration with NetApp solutions. Integrating storage management capabilities into business applications at the application level is increasingly important for maximum performance and uptime. Others talk of the 'data centre of tomorrow'—this kind of tight application integration is making tomorrow happen today."

Also in the NetApp Manageability Software Family, NetApp introduced Protection Manager™, an automated backup and replication management tool for NetApp disk-to-disk environments. Protection Manager uses policy-based management to maximise data protection in data centres, remote offices, and disaster recover sites; to eliminate time-consuming manual mapping; and to help reduce the costs associated with manually managing secondary and tertiary storage resources. More information on Protection Manager is available at http://www.netapp.com/products/software/protection-manager.html.

Finally on the software front, NetApp unveiled NetApp CommandCentral™ Storage by Symantec, which integrates storage resource management (SRM), performance, and policy management and provisioning for high-end heterogeneous SAN environments. This reduces the number of tools that IT and storage administrators must rely on, helps those administrators gain complete visibility for tactical and strategic storage decisions, enables rapid provisioning of storage and SAN in mixed environments, and increases data availability with automated monitoring and alerts. Detailed information on CommandCentral Storage is available at http://www.netapp.com/products/software/commandcentral-storage.html.

Professional services that were announced today, delivered by NetApp Global Services and their NetApp Global Services Partner Network, help customers accelerate design, deployment, migrations, and optimisation of their Exchange, SQL, and Oracle solutions. Expanding the existing professional services portfolio, these solutions help customers deploy the right storage solution to make the most of their business applications and to help them leverage years of NetApp "blueprinting" and expertise in those environments. With the new Exchange, Oracle, and SQL implementation services, customers can rapidly and cost effectively upgrade and migrate to new platforms, consolidate their data, and optimise their business continuity capabilities. NetApp Global Services partners are NetApp certified and are trained to design and implement solutions based on best practices. The new design and implementation services include:

· Exchange Implementation Services to help customers accelerate upgrades and migrations

· SQL Implementation Services to help customers optimise their SQL on NetApp solutions to maximise availability, performance, and scalability

· Oracle Implementation Services to help customers speed time to deployment for Oracle on NetApp solutions

Additionally, NetApp debuted the next generation of AutoSupport, the next step in their move toward automated and remote support services. AutoSupport provides proactive alerting to improve supportability and enhanced problem diagnostics, and makes system health and optimisation recommendations based on weekly logs. More information on these services is available at http://www.netapp.com/support/supportedge.html.

Pricing and Availability

All customer pricing for products described in this press release is available from NetApp sales or sales partners.

Technical Information

Technical information is available online for these and other products. To receive ongoing technical updates and to learn more, with exclusive online member content, register for the NetApp Tech OnTap program at www.netapp-web.com/ontap/registration.aspx?ecode=20050917002232613&dcode=10055.

About Network Appliance

Network Appliance is a world leader in unified storage solutions for today's data-intensive enterprise. Since its inception in 1992, Network Appliance has delivered technology, product, and partner firsts. Information about Network Appliance™ solutions and services is available at www.netapp.com.

NetApp, the Network Appliance logo, and SnapManager are registered trademarks and Network Appliance, Protection Manager, RAID-DP, and Virtual File Manager are trademarks of Network Appliance, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such.

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Update: Clyde Haberman has responded that my report is a "falsehood." I have filled out the beginning of his quote from the official taperecording of the event, published in January 2018. It shows that my report was accurate. See original version of his quote at the base of this report for the very minor discrepancies in my own recording.
Clyde Haberman is a long time former New York Times reporter, now 73, who still does a column for the newspaper. Last night he moderated a panel on Jews in politics at the Center for Jewish History in New York and casually smeared three Democratic congressional candidates as possible anti-Semites.
Haberman brought up "growing anti-Semitism" in the U.S. and then said:
From which side, or is it both sides to be simplistic about left and right, should one worry? Trump is now calling himself a nationalist rather firmly the other day at a campaign rally. Experience shows that nationalism is usually bad for the Jews, plain and simple. And you had the Charlottesville march, of course, last year, and "Jews will not replace us" — I didn't even know what the hell that meant but there was the chant. On the other hand, on the left we've seen the rise of particularly Democratic candidates like here in New York City, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress… we've had Ilhan Omar in Minneapolis, also running for Congress, ditto Rashida Tlaib in Detroit – at the least these folks would be considered hostile toward Israel and maybe in some cases toward Jews in general.
No one defended the three congressional candidates from the charge, though there were two liberal Zionists on the panel, Rabbi Jill Jacobs of T'ruah, the human rights organization, and Halie Sofier of the Jewish Democratic Council of America. Sofier said that the three candidates hold "views on Israel my organization has publicly denounced." Jeff Jacoby, a columnist for the Boston Globe and the conservative member of the panel, affirmed that the candidates were "hostile" toward Israel.
There is no evidence in the public record that the three candidates are hostile to Jews, though all have been critical of Israel. Rashida Tlaib, a Muslim and Palestinian-American, has supported a one-state outcome with equal rights for everyone in Israel and Palestine. For that reason, J Street withdrew its endorsement of her.
Ilhan Omar, also a Muslim, has called Israel an "apartheid regime" and in 2012 tweeted, "Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel." Lately she assured a Twin Cities synagogue audience, per a report in TC Jewfolk, that she does not support the boycott campaign against Israel because it "stops the dialogue" and "It is going to be important for us to recognize Israel's place in the Middle East and the Jewish people's rightful place within that region." She also said, "It's true anti-Semitism is alive and well. I look forward to joining with the Jewish community in allyship to fight bigotry that is fostering in the community so we are stronger together. With unity, we have the strength to push back."
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called Israel's killings of 60 unarmed protesters on the Gaza border in May a "massacre," but has hedged her criticisms of Israel since winning the primary election in a shocker last June. She has said she's a firm believer in the two-state solution and said she needs to "learn and evolve" on the issues involving Israel, even seemed to back away from the word occupation: "I may not use the right words."
Also last night, Jeff Jacoby described Jewish Voice for Peace and Students for Justice in Palestine as "anti-semitic" organizations.
Anti-semitism on many college campuses is terrible, and it's worse than it's been certainly in my lifetime. When you have professors who are refusing to write letters of recommendation for their students because the student wants to go to a program in Israel, when you have pro Israel student groups that have their signs torn up and their displays knocked over by Jewish Voices for Peace or Students for Justice in Palestine or any of these other anti-semitic organizations, it's outrageous.
Julian Zelizer, a Princeton history professor, pushed back against Jacoby saying that it was important to have criticism of Israel on campuses, and not all such criticism is anti-Semitic. "My fear is that we freeze healthy debate on campus," Zelizer said, but he did not defend JVP or SJP specifically.
I'm a member of Jewish Voice for Peace and find that claim absurd. I've covered countless SJP events and have seen that its chapters are dedicated to distinguishing anti-Zionism from anti-Semitism and the national body condemns bigotry of all forms (though I can think of one instance in which an SJP chapter published an anti-Semitic image).
P.S. Jacoby dominated the panel to a rude degree, telling journalistic war stories and family history stories ad nauseam (though in fairness the story of his father's escape from the Holocaust was riveting), to the point that toward the end of the panel some audience members began to protest his taking the microphone. They like me wanted to hear more from the women panelists, who were so polite that they didn't get much of a chance to speak. Haberman should have exerted more control.
When I published this post in November, Haberman said on twitter that we had misquoted him and our assertion was false. In January 2018 the Center for Jewish History finally posted video from the event and it shows that I was right, and Haberman was wrong. Though my recording was not perfect; being at the back of the hall the taperecorder slurred a couple of phrases. You can compare my original version of his commments, below, with what appears above, and you will see that my reporting of his "hostile" charge was accurate and if anything, softer than what the CJH recording shows.
From which side, or is it both sides to be simplistic about left and right, should one worry? Trump is now calling himself a nationalist… History shows that nationalism is usually bad for the Jews. And we had the Charlottesville march, of course, last year, and "Jews will not replace us" was the chant. On the other hand, on the left we've seen the rise of Democratic candidates like here in New York City, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress, we've had Ilhan Omar in Minneapolis, also running for Congress, ditto Rashida Tlaib in Detroit – at the least people who've been considered hostile toward Israel and maybe in that case toward Jews in general.


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Jan 28, 2018
The Twilight Imperium Galactic Gamemat for use with Twilight Imperium Fourth Edition is now available from Fantasy Flight Games.
You can celebrate twenty years of Twilight Imperium with the Twilight Imperium Galactic Gamemat, specially designed for use with the Fourth Edition of the classic board game of galactic domination. This 3′ x 3′ mat features a slip resistant bottom to keep your galaxy firmly grounded, making this the perfect centerpiece for your games of Twilight Imperium.
The Twilight Imperium Galactic Gamemat features a detailed map layout, providing a guide on where to place your galaxy tiles when setting up a game of Twilight Imperium—no matter how many players you have around the table. These guides not only help you craft your galaxy, but provide a centerpiece that will immerse you in the epic space opera to come. With your unique galaxy surrounded by the starry void of space, you can enter the Twilight Imperium saga like never before.


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Our Schools
Seton Catholic Schools
An Education for Life Begins Here
Seton Catholic Schools are committed to high caliber academics and spiritual formation for all students. Our parish schools have deep roots in their community. We serve diverse communities with students from all racial, ethnic, religious and economic backgrounds.
Our comprehensive Educational Model has been especially created for individual student success.
At Seton Catholic Schools, academics are just the beginning. We know that to cultivate success, the learning environment is equally important. Our schools are joyful places where children feel secure, confident and ready to learn. School leaders and teachers work to cultivate a sense of community within the school that serves as a foundation for a safe learning space.
Mind, Body, and Spirit
We take education seriously and we know that the measure of success goes beyond test scores. That's why we take a holistic approach to education. It's called The Seton Way and it ensures that each student is growing in mind, body, and spirit.


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These are burns which only effect the
Epidermis. Sunburn is a typical example.
does burn thickness mean? and what difference does it make?
thickness is important because the different layers of the skin all
have different functions. Your skin protects and insulates you. It
can grow new skin, regulate body temperature, grow hair, guard
against infection and communicate with your brain about what your
environment feels like. The supple flexibility of your skin allows
you to move and breath.
How deep a burn penetrates through the
layers of the skin determines which of these functions may be damaged
and which of these functions may be lost forever. A close inspection
of the texture, moisture, color and general appearance of a burn will
give you important clues regarding what thickness or "degree"
of burn the patient has suffered.
I cannot stress enough, that
after removing the patient from the source of the
burn, COOLING of the burn
is your really important FIRST
aim, even before you've had a chance to evaluate the depth or extent
of the burn. Just COOL IT.
may just stop a lesser burn from escalating into a major burn.
a garden hose is not available, well soaked towels will do, but
change them frequently.
Contact burns, scalds and fire burns can
continue to penetrate tissue for many minutes, gasoline fire burns
can continue to penetrate for up to 17 minutes, so you need to apply
COOLING for at least 20 minutes to stop the damage from penetrating
NEVER use COLD or ICED
WATER, only COOL water, and only for
20 minutes, otherwise blood circulation to the burns site may be
1st degree or
Superficial burns
• These burns involve only the uppermost
layer of the skin, also known as the epidermis. The epidermis is a
thin layer of cells that coat the outer surface of the body. This
thin coating of cells is what we traditionally think of when we
reference the skin.
• The epidermis functions primarily as a
protective layer. It protects us from infection and UV rays.
• Burns of the epidermis are red and painful. They do not
tend to blister.
The most typical variety of superficial burn is sunburn.
Contact burns that redden and hurt but do not blister are also
classified as superficial burns.
Blisters are the first sign of damage to the
dermal layer below the epidermis. If blistering is apparent,
and the area is greater than 1%
After the initial
cooling, and the COOLING is the really
important part, a Burn Cream or Aloe Vera can be applied
to keep the air currents from causing pain.


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With a brand new hustle and some of the meanest rhymes he's ever spit, Big Scoob smashed through speakers with his latest EP, No Filter.
Sparking controversy and a big buzz among fans, No Filter gave listeners new anthems like "Sloppy" and "Soil Muzik". Big Scoob's first EP proved to be one of the hottest releases following an already blazing album in Damn Fool. Of course, it wouldn't be a Big Scoob release without some of the usual suspects. Joining the big fella, Kutt Calhoun, Irv Da Phenom, and BG Bulletwound brought some extra Kansas City flavor to No Filter. The guest spots may have been few, but they were as impressive as ever. We would like to know which guest feature you think was the best on No Filter.
Vote below for the best guest feature on No Filter.


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Devon Webster
About Me
Devon Webster MD
Northwest Cancer Specialists
265 N. Broadway, Portland, OR 97227
Hi, I'm Devon Webster. I'm a medical oncologist and researcher specializing in breast cancer at Oregon Health and Sciences University. Our lab focuses on developing immune-based therapies for breast cancer. I learned about OpenWetWare from Maureen Hoatlin, and I've joined because I would like to network with researchers from a broad range of backgrounds. My goal? Decrease the number of deaths from breast cancer by using novel technologies developed from interdisciplinary collaborations!
I trained at Stanford, where I was surrounded by creative people who believed anything was possible, whether it was creating a solar car or setting up a clinic for women with HIV in Zimbabwe. I want to recapture that excitement and entrepreneurial spirit! What I know a little about is breast cancer and immunology and how the two interact. I don't know about fiberoptics, or computer modelling, or the viscoelastic properties of 3D culture materials, but I would like to. I believe we need a broad think-tank approach to solving the biggest challenges in our society today, and we have become increasingly insular in our specialized knowledge areas.
I'm also new to Wiki construction, so any help is appreciated.
Let's talk.
- 1999, MD, Stanford University
- 1991, BS Immunology, Stanford University
Research interests
- Understanding the role of inflammation in breast cancer development
- Developing treatment vaccines for triple negative breast cancer
- Finding an antigen signature for breast cancer stem cells
- Developing novel, creative tools to look at single cell interactions
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I know that creating is something that makes me SHINE so I'm making sure there's plenty of support for that! But be kind and realistic about what's possible for you. I was going to call this post creative goals, but changed it to dreams cos I usually have to review my expectations mid year and get a bit more realistic! January is dream time for me ♥ Everything seems possible....
+ I am definitely IN with Effy Wild's Book of Days class for the year (link will take you to buying a full-year or first session option) Session One will take place between January 1 & April 1st. We will break in April, and Session Two will take place between May 1 & August 1. We will break in August and resume for Session Three which will run between September 1 & December 1. I find her style of teaching inspiring, and I adore her Facing Forward II class. The breaks will let me catch up and focus on other projects as well.
Effy's also co-host of Journal 52 (free weekly prompts for the year)
+ Documenting Life - I've had daily journals in the past, often in the form of a calendar journal, but in 2016 I just decided to include some memory keeping as part of my art journal. I'm ready to go back to a separate journal for this purpose again and I'm going to follow the prompts of the original Documented Life 2014. More about that journal soon....
30 pieces of art from the lessons on offer, and In 2015 I completed 23 pieces of art. I went through a phase of feeling really disappointed that I wasn't getting to the lessons but now I've decided I'm not going to take on Life Book 2017, but will attempt to complete more of the lessons I've saved from 2015 and 2016 - plenty to keep me going ;-)
+ My Word of the year is SHINE - read about that in my previous post. I'm doing Ali Edwards' One Little Word again to keep my on track
+ I also have Spirit Wings by Kelly Rae Roberts (purchased because I just couldn't resist the bargain from her 10 Year anniversary sale...class now available for $99 lifetime access)
Grateful HeART journal by Alisa Burke because I love her stuff and I got it on sale!
If you need some cheap and FREE online art class ideas check out my list HERE.
FABRIC and STITCH PROJECTS
+ I was gifted Sue Spargo's embroidery class on Craftsy
my banner
to teach again this year - I'll be taking craft club at school again at the very least.


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If a person utters Talaaq and repeats to himself voice is not heard by himself does Talaaq take place?
Mufti sahib I would like to ask a question about Talaaq. If a person utters Talaaq and repeats to himself voice is not heard by himself and say I don't want you and utters get out my life and voice not heard by himself and it is in heart and mind will Talaaq take place?
Jazaakallah please answer kindly.
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu 'alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
To merely think about Talaaq does not constitute Talaaq.[1] In your case if you had thought these words in your mind but did not mention them on your tongue, Talaaq will not take place.
And Allah Ta'āla Knows Best
Mawlana Ali bin Cassim
Student Darul Iftaa
Los Angeles, CA (USA)
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
[1]حاشية الطحطاوي على مراقي الفلاح شرح نور الإيضاح (ص: 219)
لو أجرى الطلاق على قلبه وحرك لسانه من غير تلفظ يسمع لا يقع
فتاوى محمودية 18/100؛ مكتبة محمودية