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And with every starter from last season returning, coach Kristin Peck also expects to have more depth and versatility than ever before.
"We've always been a team which has girls that can legitimately play more than one position, and that's always helped us out," said Peck, "But for the first time since I've been here, we are going to have a lot of depth and a lot of incoming freshmen pushing starters for playing time."
Top new contributors are expected to be pitcher Katy Ayers, a red-shirt freshman from Nashville who transferred from Florida International University and sophomore transfer Emily Casey, a utility player who played one year at Syracuse University.
"I'm expecting Katy to definitely impact our pitching staff early on," said Peck. "We have six pitchers this year, they are all different and they all complement each other."
Peck is returning for her fifth year as head coach. She is also looking at her first recruiting class finally as seniors. And with no seniors on the team last season, the class of 2010 already has a year of leadership under its belt.
"Our seniors are fun players who were great leaders last year," said Peck. "And I think this season, seniors who haven't always been looked at as leaders will get to step up as well."
With weight training, conditioning, captain practices, and a fall game schedule, the players will be expected to take on this leadership role right away.
The Lady Bisons already have eight games scheduled for the fall, including a round-robin set up at Tennessee Tech on Sept. 26, a double-header at the University of Tennessee on Oct.1, and a fall tournament hosted by Lipscomb in early October.
Finishing second in the season last year and third at the conference tournament, the Lady Bisons are anxious for the upcoming season. With Freshman of the Year Whitney Kiihnl, First Team All-Conference member Kellie Sirus, and six other Lady Bisons who received end of the year honors all returning to the team, the squad is looking to be tough competition for the spring.
Last season the Lady Bisons were ranked 15th nationally in NCAA Division I in earned run average (1.75), 17th in won-lost percentage (.736), 25th in fielding percentage (.971) and 26th in batting average (.300).
Individually, Sirus was ranked 17th in doubles per game (.32), 25th in batting average (.418) and 36th in runs batted in per game (.91). Courtney Billington was ranked 13th in sacrifice hits per game (.435). Kiihnl was 28th in earned run average (1.45) and 39th in strikeouts per seven innings (8.1).
Out of 30 possible conferences, the Atlantic Sun was determined to be the 10th best for softball, proving Lipscomb's program to be strong, along with the tough competition they expect to see this season. And with three more teams now eligible for the conference tournament, the fight to get in will be even harder.
"It won't be automatic to get into the tournament anymore," said Peck. "It will be more of a challenge this year. We are definitely going to have to earn our spot."
This story was written by Katie Haab, a student member of the athletics communications staff.


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Tinea capitis is a fungal infection of the scalp. It is also called
Related skin infections may be found:
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Other places on the skin
Alternative Names
Fungal infection - scalp; Infection - fungal - scalp; Tinea of the scalp; Ringworm - scalp
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Fungi are germs that can live on the dead tissue of the hair, nails, and outer skin layers. Tinea capitis is caused by mold-like fungi called dermatophytes.
The fungi grow well in warm, moist areas. A tinea infection is more likely if you:
- Have minor skin or scalp injuries
- Do not bathe or wash your hair often
- Have wet skin for a long time (such as from sweating)
Tinea capitis or ringworm can spread easily. It most often affects children and goes away at puberty. However, it can occur at any age.
You can catch tinea capitis if you come into direct contact with an area of ringworm on someone elses body. You can also get it ifyou touch items such as combs, hats, or clothing that have been used by someone with ringworm. The infection can also be spread by pets, particularly cats.
Tinea capitis may involve only parts of the scalp, or all of it. Areas that are infected appear bald with small black dots, due to hair that has broken off.
You may have round, scaly areas of skin thatarered or swollen (inflamed). You may also have pus-filled sores called kerions.
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Tinea capitis may cause hair loss and lasting scars.
Signs and tests
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The health care provider will prescribe medicine you take by mouth to treat ringworm in the scalp.
- Griseofulvin, terbinafine, and itraconazole are the types of medicine used to treat this condition.
- You will need totake the medicine for 4 - 8 weeks.
Steps you can do at home include:
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Other family members and pets should be examined and treated, if necessary.
- Other children in the home may want to use the shampoo 2 - 3 times a week for around 6 weeks.
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Once the shampoo has been started:
- Wash towels in warm, soapy water and dry each time they are used by someone who is infected
- Soak combs and brushes for 1 hour a day in a mixture of one-half bleach and one-half water. Do this for 3 days.
No one in the home should share combs, hairbrushes, hats, towels, pillowcases, or helmets with other people.
Expectations (prognosis)
It may be hard to get rid of tinea capitis. Also, the problem may come back after it is treated. In many cases it gets better on its own after puberty.
Calling your health care provider
Callyour health care provider if you have symptoms of tinea capitis. Home care is not enough to get rid oftinea capitis.
Elewski BE, Hughey LC, Sobera JO, et al. Fungal Diseases. In: Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL, Schaffer JV, et al, eds.Dermatology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2012:chap 77.
Hay RJ. Dermatophytosis and other superficial mycoses. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennetts Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier;2009:chap 267.
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Kevin Berman, MD, PhD, Atlanta Center for Dermatologic Disease, Atlanta, GA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc., Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, David R. Eltz, Stephanie Slon, and Nissi Wang.

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...ok, so... especially for Sue... Holy Moly and thrice... and... cor blimey indeedily! This last week has fair whipped itself past again and here we are, back at Wednesday and time for the desk hoppers of the Bloggy World to unite in the marathon hop that is What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday... hosted by the inimitable Julia, click HERE for all the deets on how to join in.
So. My desk. Well, my actual real desk is devoid of any kind of craftyness... it is clean, tidy, mess free and looking very very boring... but... I have got yesterday's desk to show you instead. Day three at the Stitches trade show and this is my desk just after 9am... neat and tidy and full of inky and stampy goodies. And my samples, across the front... and my Grid Blocks *ones I actually bought for me*... of which, someone decided to relieve me of. Well, one Spool sample and 4 Grid Blocks to be precise. I am NOT happy and, in a way, I am hoping that whomever decided that their need was greater than mine is reading this post and feels totally and utterly ashamed of themselves. We are crafters. We all love stash. And, up til yesterday morning, I thought that we all respected each others stash... it seems, however, that there is, in any walk of life, someone who has no scruples.
Moving on... on a much happier note... check out this display!!! All the gorgeous brand new Studio 490 stamps, Art Parts and Blossom Bucket embellishments... and... real, proper, genuine (and GORGEOUS) artwork by Wendy Vecchi... seriously, that art... lushness... sooo many little details and elements, I could have gazed at it for days (well, I did, when no one was looking lol)
Last week I didn't get chance to get around to very many peeps' blogs... so ... here's a little candy giveaway to one person who leaves me a comment on this post... my way of a thank you (and a sorry) During the show I have been making little bits and bobs using the gorgeous Studio 490 range and Ranger products... demo-ing on Art Parts, Grunge, Distress, Idea-ology... all kinds of loverliness. And... eventually I managed to finish the piece and put this Spool together. This is what I will be giving away - just leave a comment on this post and I will randomly pick a winner next Wednesday, February 29th.
I have a cunning plan for today... catch up on yonder t'internet, blogs, Sunday Stamper entries, emails etc... they have been neglected this past few days... and then... unpacking my tote trolley jobby and putting stuff away (I am not going to break this resolution of keeping the Room of Stash tidy.. ohhh no, I am going to be a good girl lol) and then... I shall adopt a supine position on the sofa and catch up on the tellybox... a couple of Corrie omnibuses (now, are they omnibuses or omnibi? lol) should keep me occupied :O)) Thanks for looking... TTFN!
Hels x
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
WOYWW... Candy Time...
...ok, so... especially for Sue... Holy Moly and thrice... and... cor blimey indeedily! This last week has fair whipped itself past again and here we are, back at Wednesday and time for the desk hoppers of the Bloggy World to unite in the marathon hop that is What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday... hosted by the inimitable Julia, click HERE for all the deets on how to join in.
Posted by Hels Sheridan at 00:01
Labels: Giveaway, Studio 490, WOYWW
97 comments:
- Deb Neerman said...
Someone actually stole your stuff?!? OMG, that's a crime against man, nature, the state, and the Int'l Code of Crafting!!! Shame on them!
Love the bits and bobs ... it's stunning!
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:12:00 am
- ellen vargo said...
HOW RUDE!!! I don't understand it... how could a fellow crafter STEAL from one of their own? It's just wrong! However, I love your spool creation - FABulous-ness! Miss you... Els xxx
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:28:00 am
How awful that someone grabbed your grid blocks and snaffled your spool - what is the world coming to?!
I love your pretty spool and would really like to give it a new home if I'm lucky enough to win it. Thank you for your generousity - you are a star!
Lynn Wild.
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:30:00 am
- Pam said...
Oh, my poor dear! You are actually lucky that it hasn't happened before... Yes, dishonesty exists everywhere, sadly. My bead friends have had jewelry, patterns, even pictures stolen, some of the pictures reposted on the 'net on other comercial sites. It is a travesty, and there is a special place in H##l reserved for them.
Your spool is drop-dead gorgeous!!
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:37:00 am
- Lorraine said...
OMG THE CHEEK it makes me so so mad its not right.
Although on a nicer note your project today is so very beautiful i absolutely love it thanks so much for the giveaway huni xx
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:13:00 am
OMGosh, someone actually stole from you, how rude is that!?! I hope they are in a tiny hole somewhere feeling thoroughly ashamed of themselves.
On the brighter side I love your spool, its so cute. I have never been into altered art but after watching you demo I have just started to have a dabble, its so much fun getting messy..lol.
love and hugs
Dawn x
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:18:00 am
- Dee in N.H. said...
OMG! I can't believe someone would make off with your stuff! They must be about all eaten up in shame right now!
Love the spool!!! Gorgeous!!!
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:30:00 am
- Glennis said...
That is unbelievable, that someone would steal from you. Shame on them!!
I could quite easily give your gorgeous project a loving home - thanks for the chance
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:33:00 am
- Dan said...
Love your display of samples Hels, fantastic! :) Sorry to hear about the grid blocks though :(
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:39:00 am
- Yvonne said...
People never cease to amaze me, poor you!
Love your bits and bobs, Hels!
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 2:00:00 am
- Val said...
Another dash of Hels fabulousness is this - absolutely adore it. It would wonderful in my home.
And as for your stolen stuff - totally despicable! I think I'd cast a spell on the culprits - one that prevented them from ever crafting again.
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 2:12:00 am
- Vipera said...
Looks like you spend time very good ) that desk looks lovely, gorgeous, inspiring )))
thank you very much for share the photos!
Have a wondarful day and Happy WOYWW!
Olga x
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 2:30:00 am
- Larisa said...
OMG!! Very bright job! you couldnt get any more adorable then this! So cute!
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 4:30:00 am
- Tuire said...
Unbelievable, what some people can do! How can they use stolen stuff...?
Have a much better day!
Tuire #37
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 6:35:00 am
- glamgran said...
Oh Hels, what a pleasure to view your work, & a giveaway? Crafty Heaven!
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 6:43:00 am
- Terry said...
Hey there Hels, your spool looks totally amazing wowzerss fabulous colors, the lushes stuff from The Wendy and the rose my goodness, totally love it. And how rude of that person to steal your creations totally wrong they should be locked up. This is not right.....hope you still have a fabby day Hugs and really great that your giving us the opportunity to make a chance on your candy wowwzersss Good lcuk everyone. Hugs Terry xxx
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 6:55:00 am
- Buttons said...
Beautiful spool, inspirational as usual. Shameful behaviour by whoever it was that relieved you of your blocks. What goes around tends to come around so let's hope they get theirs. Enjoy the telly!
Buttons x
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:01:00 am
- Red Kitty said...
Thats just awful, how could another crafter do that to a fellow crafter, no respect.
Your latest piece of art is beautiful, so fingers crossed its me.
Thanks for doing the giveaway.
Sandra. X
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:07:00 am
- Kaz said...
How very dare they! It's so sad that there are peeps out there that have no morals!
Your make is just faberoonie, as always.......enjoy the tv Hun u so deserve it x
Kaz x
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:29:00 am
- Annie said...
The nerve of some folk!
Fab project on show today.
A x
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 8:08:00 am
- Helen said...
Coo, the cheek of some people - and at a trade show????
I would look after your spool very carefully should I win it... under lock and key! Hope you have a lovely lazy day (after tidily putting away all your stash...!)
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 8:22:00 am
- Barb Cady said...
I'm so sorry that your grids were stolen. I Hope whoever did it is Feeling really horrible. I can't believe there are such dishonest People about at a craft show, or sadly perhaps I can. Hope something really Good Happens to you now, you deserve Great Pay back. Sorry bout the Capital Leiters my Computer has gönne all German on me! Xxx
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 8:50:00 am
- Jona Panesa said...
so sorry about the stolen stash!
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 8:57:00 am
- Rita said...
I never thought crafters would have stolen from anyone,moreso a fellow crafter. Much nicer to think it might have been a non-crafter. What a fantastic prize Hels, who would not treasure one of your creations. Hugs Rita xxxx
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:12:00 am
- Disco Queen said...
Hi Hels, Sorry to hear about your Crafty Stash. It is horrible when our trust in others is abused. The 3D sculpture you have created is stunning. I can't quite believe you are willing to give this masterpiece away. I would be overjoyed to give it a new home so fingers crossed for the draw. With love & admiration.
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:21:00 am
- Caz said...
I will be polite and not use any swear words!!! As it was a trade show, surely the people attending could get things at wholesale price not "shop price" which makes the STEALING of your grid blocks an even bigger shabby act than a non-trade person doing it - it's an appalling thing to do whoever they are. I can't imagine how one person could STEAL those blocks and a spool, they would need a second person to block them from view, wouldn't they??? In which case there are at least 2 mean and despicable people who are hopefully reading this and package up what they STOLE and send the package back to you!!!
The spool is stunning BTW!!!
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:29:00 am
- Artyjen said...
Thanks for sharing your lovely sample desk.....but what a bummer about the blocks!!
xoxo Sioux
Thanks for the chance to win your fabby spool. ;)
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:33:00 am
- Joanne said...
Well I too hope that nasty thief is reading your post today because here is a punch in the nose for them - splat!
See you next Tuesday chuck.
Hugs Joanne xx
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:35:00 am
- Julia Watts said...
Really disgusting that your stuff was stolen - glad I didn't have my grid blocks with me. Stunning finished sample - I didn't finish anything. Still a fun and tiring few days methinks. See you soon. Love, Julia xxxx
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:43:00 am
- Craft2gether said...
Well, how organised are you blogging so soon. I've still got my feet soaking in a bowl of warm bubbly water!!! It was great to get to know you over the past few days and I'm sure we'll be catching up real soon.
And I hope whoever stole your stuff has got the message!
Take care. Lynne xxx
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:09:00 am
- ElizabethR said...
Wow I can't beleve someone nicked your stuff, hope their fingers drop off! Love the spool it's gorgeous. Elizabeth in a great mood today lol xxx
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:14:00 am
- Marion said...
I was really sorry to read about the theft Hels. That you should have anything stolen is a disgrace but for someone else in the "profession" to do so seems even worse to me.
The display of goodies was indeed wondrous but I would have spent all my time studying your fantastic samples.
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:33:00 am
- Fuchsia said...
Thieving swines !!!!
that is so rude when you have gone through all that hard work .
great believer in Karma me .
well your desk looks fab with all the lovely goodies you have made and glad you had a great time
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:37:00 am
- Lizzy said...
Take it as a compliment, they are obviously totally untalented... and are completely envious of your very beautiful work! You have inspired me to get the distress inks out again, and after the Sir Tim shows yesterday on QVC I am revitalised! I shall also lay on my sofa and contimplate what I shall create next ! lol xxx
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:50:00 am
- Redanne said...
I just love Lizzy's comment and I think she is probably right but at a trade show - you would never expect that in a million years. I do know one prominent craft person who had her handbag stolen at one of these events. I guess there will always be opportunists out there.... Your spool creation is stunning, I would give it a good home too. You deserve a rest!
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 11:38:00 am
- Anesha said...
Very sorry someone stole your samples, there are some not so very nice people out there.
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 11:54:00 am
- Karen said...
I love your show display although I was really sorry to hear that someone took some of your stuff, that is just so sad that somebody could do that. I love your spool though, its so beautiful, its gorgeous :)
Have a great WOYWW and a fab week, Luv Karen xx
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 11:55:00 am
- jude said...
It saddens me that someone should actualy pinch your work!Or even crafty stash...just unreal well whoever it we shall all watch out incase they put it on there blog as there work.Ther are some people who do this ,it happened to me few years a go they stole piccy off my blog of a paperbag album wedding one said it was there doing and even entered challenges with it .I know Brenda has recently put a thread on her blog about someone pinching other peoples work that was recently.So will keep an eye just can't believe another crafter would do such a thing!
Your Spool creation is stunning i would love to have a chance to win thanks hunni and chin up!
hugs judex34
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:01:00 pm
- betjunroe said...
This is a beautiful piece Hels! The colors look so rich and warm and I would love for this to come live at my house. Bette
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:16:00 pm
- Sarah said...
Oooh to be drowning in that pool of Wendy loveliness... Looks like everyone had such a blast at the show - apart from the pilfering - how low can they be?
Loving the vibrant colours...I even dug out my Color washes this week...!
Thanks for letting us look in, enjoy WOYWW and your week, Sarah at 16.
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:33:00 pm
- Gabrielle said...
So glad you enjoyed Stitches! Looks like it was a blast! Love your spool giveaway - might have just the home for it... Would bribery work?! I'll swop you this for SWEA... No? Cheesy Chester Cheetos? No? Oh you are one tough cookie! Happy Wednesday!
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:43:00 pm
- ...the yorkshire fox... said...
...so many gorgeous items to choose from on the stand i could look at it allday too...the person who decided 'what was yours is theirs' has to live with themselves, what goes around comes around as they say, their happiness will be short lived...Mel :)
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:50:00 pm
- Barbara said...
Beautiful display and beautiful artwork. Its a shame that people steal - its maddening and such a violation of personal space. Anyway dont let it spoil your day. love you work!
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:52:00 pm
- lainey said...
Can't believe another crafter could do that!! When you are so generous to give your beautiful art work away!! I hope it didn't spoil your day too much Hels :) loving this beautiful piece Hels, your work is faultless!!
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:53:00 pm
- Kirsty Wiseman said...
i didnt know you were at stitches (insert angry face here). Id have come to see you xx
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:58:00 pm
- SueH said...
OMG, It's unbelievable that someone would walk off your stuff, you'd think you could trust fellow crafters wouldn't you.
Love all the samples you've made, there's lots of work gone into them.
Happy Crafting!
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:58:00 pm
How rubbish you got stuff stolen. I recall at my local stamp store they had a fab book created by the Magenta team to show all their stamps and someone stole it. It's just so disheartening when that happens. But your piece is lovely and no-one can steal your talent so that's something. Happy WOYWW.
Mary Anne
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 2:33:00 pm
- Elizabeth said...
How could someone steal your stuff ... there's another illusion spoiled! I thought crafters were nice, honest folk :( If whoever did this crime is reading is they should by now feel thoroughly condemned. Love your spool, it's soooo beautiful, making my efforts look like a pale imitation of the real thing :)) At the time of writing I'm imagining you now prone on the sofa soaking up the pleasures of Coronation Street ... I'd say the plural is omnibuses - think buses :) Have a great week. Elizabeth x #80
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 3:03:00 pm
- kath said...
so sorry hels that you lost your grid blocks and beautiful sample to a mean nasty thief and at a trade show too...been there and it's a horrible feeling...so lovely to finally meet you...big hugs kath xxx
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 3:54:00 pm
- Kirsten Alicia said...
Hi Hels, how bliddy rotten that someone stole from you. It's sdomehow worse that it happened at Stitches, where everyone who attends is a retailer. May they never stamp anything straight with their ill-gotten grid blocks.
Apart from that horrible thing, I'm glad you had such a great time. Your samples are gorgeously gorgeous & thank you for giving us the chance to in that little beauty.
I hope you're having a fab - and relaxing - day.
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 4:50:00 pm
- May said...
O my word, someone stole from you it's so sad as most crafters just want to share there is no need to steal, I hope they are ashamed of themselves! Your spool is so pretty and my humble home would welcome it to come and live with me, you are so generous , Hugs May x x x
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 6:06:00 pm
- Shazza said...
oooh now this desk is a true feast for the eyes Hels, had a close up look and the samples are just fabulous. Cannot believe that someone stole from you!!!
No idea what a grid block is but hope you get some to replace the stolen ones. Love your giveaway, thanks for the chance to own one of your Art Part thingies
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 6:18:00 pm
- scrappymo! said...
Your table looks great...lots of stampy paper crafts.
I am sorry that you experienced a THIEF! I believe in karma and think your thief will get his/her come uppance at some point in time.
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 6:52:00 pm
- Karen R said...
Hi Hels, your display looks great, sorry that you ended, which looks like a fab few days, with missing stash, you can't believe it some people have a nerve, grrr. Hope u enjoyed your corrie catch up.
Karen xx
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 6:59:00 pm
- kay said...
how awful for someone to steal from your display,do hope it didnt ruin your time at the show,enjoy your feet up,x
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:11:00 pm
- Maureen said...
You truly would not expect to have something stolen at a trade show, i't's truly disgraceful!! Love this latest spool!!
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:52:00 pm
- M said...
That is one gorgeous piece of candy! thanks for the chance to win it!
and thanks for sharing your wisdom about the curly tags... i see that i am going to have to buy that tag die..!
M x
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 8:07:00 pm
- danemi1 said...
first time on your blog and wow - am gonna be back for more
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 8:41:00 pm
- Katie said...
Oh my goodness, I cannot believe someone stole your stuff! That is horrible! I hope they can't even enjoy using it because they are so disappointed in themselves for stealing!
Happy WOYWW!
Katie #14
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 8:55:00 pm
- nerllybird said...
OMG, I can't believe someone stole your goodies! I don't think I could actually use something if I'd come by it dishonestly. Still, I think it's the exception that proves the rule - that we're all lovely! The spool is fab, pretty sure I saw one of them round here somewhere the other day....now, what do I need to unwind?? :D
Helen S
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:51:00 pm
Beautiful work. Hard to believe that someone would help them selves to your items at a trade show. Shame on them!!! Keep up the good work.
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:53:00 pm
- RosC said...
Well, damn this thieving. Pity one has to keep an eye on stuff in what should be a good environment. Lovely project though.
Take care,
Ros. (103)
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 12:22:00 am
- RosA said...
That's awful! Hope the thief is feeling very guilty by now!
I see some lovely stamps and goodies on your stand! We don't have many papercraft events here, but I do like to get along to just one a year!
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 12:50:00 am
- Mary MacLeod said...
Can't believe someone stole from you!! I was once on a retreat where someone stole the class album.Your display is fab.
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 2:10:00 am
- karen said...
As always everything you make is awe-inspiring! The thief must have really loved your work but it is still no excuse to steal. Sad.
Enjoy your telly watching!
xoxo Karen #93
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 3:56:00 am
How utterly mean of someone to steal your stuff. Mean AND nasty.
Don't let the idiot get you down.
I would love to WIN your work.Everything you do has style. I enjoy your ramblings and faffing about very much, so keep up the good work.
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:23:00 am
- Pat said...
I can't believe someone would actually steal your art.Don't let such unpleasantness spoil things for you after such a good show
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 8:02:00 am
- Crafty mop said...
I can't believe your stuff was stolen that's terrible really bad.........apart from that it looks like you had a ball and all your samples look great .....how mant times did you stroke all the new goodies!! Your spool looks great thanks for sharing your time at stitches x
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:18:00 am
- craftimamma said...
You are a more generous spirit than I Hels! I would hope their fingers drop off!!! I cannot abide dishonesty in any way shape or form. Sorry, rant over!
Love all the pics in this post and the artwork on the front of your desk is wonderful. I love the flower wreath more or less in the middle ....... total delight all of it.
Lesley Xx
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 11:14:00 am
- CraftygasheadZo said...
Can't believe someone walked off with your stuff, horrible person. How very kind of you to offer such a wonderful creation - I think it would look fab in any one's crafty space, but especially mine! Lol Enjoy this week's WOYWW snoop of the crafty & creative desks around the world. Take care Zo xx 81
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 11:40:00 am
- Dawn Louise said...
I just love your work and your articles in craft stamper always gives me something new Ty try, thanks hels x
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 11:53:00 am
- Paula Gale said...
Hi Hels mate - reading this has made the penny drop on the FB comment. Why oh why would somebody go up and pocket something that was there for the enjoyment of others, then decide your stash was going to be theirs. These actions seem so incomprehensible to me - but then, we're in the 'good guy' camp - unlike that robbing B@'t@'d... Sorry you had to be on the end of their trashy actions.
I hope by some miracle, that someone has a conscience, but being as they clearly can't have one who knows how many more people have suffered at the hands of this person? Hrmmmmm and tut tut.
That display is mind boggling and those samples are divine. clearly a labour of love! Wouldn't expect anything less!
I know us crafters jest when we see nice things and say things like 'i'm going to steal that' and I want that for my own etc - but to actually DO it. Nah, still can't get me head round it. Shame on them. Hope they have sleepless nights forever!!!!
Paula x x x
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 11:58:00 am
- snazzyoriginal said...
This finished spool looks fab, your colours are always so lovely. Great chatting with you, hopefully see you at Ally Pally xx
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 12:56:00 pm
- Bernice said...
It was great to chat to you on Tuesday at the show
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 12:59:00 pm
- Peggy said...
A little late visiting.. so sorry to hear someone stole your stuff. can't imagine what they'll say on judgement day... shame on them Your work is out of this world I love visiting. The spools are awesome have a great week! thanks for sharing
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 1:12:00 pm
- daisylulu said...
Hi Hels, It was lovely to meet you on Sunday and your samples were to die for. That bu**er who nicked your stuff - I hope their face bursts out in boils!
Keep up the gorgeousness!
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 1:39:00 pm
- Suzee Murphy said...
you know the saying Hels ... what goes around comes around ..... just think KARMA ! ... and so proud of you for not destroying my city while you were in Bham lol
Suzee xx
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 1:43:00 pm
- MaggieC said...
Anyone who steals from you is no crafter, not really. Crafters are thoughtful, generous people, who would never steal your things. That is awful, I really feel for you. Hope you can remember that the majority of us are not like that. xx Maggie #11
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 2:58:00 pm
- LisaK said...
Can't believe the cheek of some people!! Bloomin' outrageous. Shame on them!
On a happier note, your creative spool is wonderful! Hope I am lucky enough to give it a home. Thanks for the giveaway Hels : )
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 4:30:00 pm
Sorry your enjoyment of the trade show was spoilt by this despicable act. Booked myself on one of your workshops for 25 March - so looking forward it.
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 4:51:00 pm
- shirley said...
It's a horrible feeling when some one nicks your craft stuff. I have had my Timmy distressing tool gone missing.
While at a stamp camp, my best stamping buddie had her almost 'new' looking cuttlebug plates swapped for a pair of very well used and scratched plates! They are so bad that when you use them the scratched pattern on the plate embosses onto her cards. The lovely lady running the camp gave my friend money to buy new ones.
Love your creation Hels :)
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:39:00 pm
- Heidi said...
It's sad when people are not honest. But one can't dwell on such sadness, it takes away from a happy day.
On a lighter note, the art is just beautious! It would look. Dry nice he on my old wooden desk. LOL
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:59:00 pm
- Debs said...
Lower than low
They are the ones that have to sleep at night.
- Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:20:00 pm
- Jackie said...
I can't believe someone would dare to steal from a fellow crafter. Thanks for sharing your desk.
- Friday, February 24, 2012 10:36:00 am
- Gayna said...
Hi there, what a stunning piece of art. Sorry that your time at Stitches was marred by a spot of light fingeredness. At least faith in human kindness was restored!
- Friday, February 24, 2012 10:55:00 pm
- Mynnette said...
Have you found your blocks?! That is so rude--I hope the person who took them DOES feel ashamed! What's happened to common courtesy?! Your creations are always amazing--and this one is no exception! Fabulous!!! :)
- Saturday, February 25, 2012 2:55:00 am
- JoZart said...
There is always one who spoils it for everyone else and also destroys our trust in the general public. I too have had stash stolen both goods from the stand and samples I had made. Those people will get pay back one day for sure.
Your spool is so desirable and I wouldn't steal it but would still love it!
joZarty x
- Saturday, February 25, 2012 10:38:00 pm
- Carol said...
There is always one isn't there - every time I teach in one of our local stores something goes missing - or ruined!!
Totally gorgeous spool and all those goodies out on display I'd be salivating!!
- Sunday, February 26, 2012 8:34:00 pm
- Sue said...
I cannot believe that someone stole your stuff, that is beyond belief. Lets hope that guilt is making their day just a little less bright.
But having see your work I can fully understand why someone would want to own a piece of your art as it is fab, amazing and just damm right perfect.
- Monday, February 27, 2012 7:15:00 am
- maxine said...
wow your work is stunning, I love these spools they look stunning. I'm sorry to hear someone has stolen you're craft stash.
- Monday, February 27, 2012 8:21:00 am
Hi Hels
What goes around comes around so that bl@@dy thief will get theirs and some hopefully!!! Hope it didn't spoil the rest of your time at stitches tho...those samples look fantastic...so is your spool!!
- Monday, February 27, 2012 9:17:00 am
- JaN's ArTy JouRneY said...
Can't believe someone walked off with your samples,totally despicable!... and at a trade show too!! :(
Love what you did with your spool Hels...gorgeous work!!... :)
Jan x
- Monday, February 27, 2012 9:35:00 am
- BarbaraW said...
Your work is fabulous. I'd love to own a piece of your art. So sorry to hear about the theft.
- Monday, February 27, 2012 4:33:00 pm
- Morti said...
Oh that's sick. Some people.... tsk
As Pam said, you're fortunate it hasn't happened elsewhere, but it shouldn't have happened at all!
Fab spool hun...
Morti #50
- Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:04:00 pm
- Janeyc49 said...
Hope you are having a lovely time in Preston Hels, sorry to hear about the mean person who stole your stuff grrr! Loving that spool and what a good home I could give it. Thanks for giving us the chance to own it.
Janet x
- Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:05:00 pm
- crafty creations said...
OMG how wicked was that - I hope they got a puncture on the way home !!!
Love love your spool and I have just the place it would sit in my craft room - please pick me xx
- Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3:01:00 pm
- Maggie said...
How awful to have your stash stolen Hels and from a possible crafter.......there are no words hopefully it comes back to bite them in the b**. The glory of Wendy's products oh I wish I had been there...thanks for the chance to win an fabby prize
Maggie H*
- Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3:17:00 pm


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How To Make a Tulip-Shaped Burlap Tree Skirt
Shopped for a reasonably-priced, well-designed tree skirt lately? I have and was completely unsuccessful. I knew I didn't want a long flowing red and green tree skirt—our house has small dimensions and I prefer simply-designed holiday decor. Since I didn't find anything that satisfied my aesthetic preference or price requirements, I tried my hand at making my own tulip-shaped tree skirt.
What You Need
1 to 2 yards of burlap
Jute twine
Fabric scissors
Fabric measuring tape
Hand-sewing needle
1. Measure around the widest portion (the bottom part, most likely) of your tree stand, noting this measurement as your tree shirt's initial length. This may be tricky, but now measure from the floor (where the stand ends) to the tree's trunk, and note this as its initial width.
2. Add 8 to 12 inches to your tree skirt's initial length measurement and approximately 5 inches to its initial width measurement. These will be the final dimensions for your tree skirt.
3. Measure the burlap fabric and cut according to the final dimensions in step 2. Add 24 inches onto your tree skirt's final length and cut two pieces of twine to that measurement.
4. Thread the sewing needle with the twine. The twine might be thick for the needle, but do the best you can.
5. Hand-sew an elongated basting stitch along one of the long sides of the fabric: about every inch dip below the fabric for about 1/2 inch. Leave 12 inches of twine on each end. Repeat on the other side. Reference image above.
6. Once finished hand-sewing each side, secure the twine by double-knotting each loose end. Reference image above.
7. Pucker the fabric by holding the twine and sliding the fabric along the twine. Reference image above.
8. Wrap the tree skirt around the tree stand and fit the skirt around the tree trunk first. Do this by puckering the fabric and tying a bow. While you are doing this, let the fabric fall down the base of the tree stand. Reference image above.
9. Next, fit the fabric around the base, tie and pucker or tuck under. Make puckering and twine tension adjustments as you fit the skirt to your stand. Reference image above.
10. Tuck the ties inside the tree skirt and rotate the ties and seam around to the back of the tree. Sweep-up and smile. You're done! Enjoy! Reference image above.
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Apple's latest pointer, the Magic Mouse, is included with its new iMac desktops, but you can purchase it separately for $69. Just don't confuse it with the Mighty Mouse, because although they're the same price, the differences end there. The Magic Mouse gets an aerodynamic face-lift and also supports application-sensitive touch gestures. New users should expect to spend awhile adjusting to the narrow shape and "buttonless" design. We suspect that many Mac users will hail the Magic Mouse and its multitouch functionality as the first in the next generation of input devices, but we still prefer the Logitech MX 1100 that gives you a more comfortable, sculpted shape, more customizable buttons, a combination scroll wheel, and a more versatile sensor for only $10 more.
In terms of simple aesthetics, Apple has again succeeded in producing a beautifully designed product that still retains the classic Apple stamp and silhouette. The exact dimensions aren't on Apple's Web site, but we measured it at 4.5 inches long by 2.3 inches wide by 0.5 inch tall. Compared with the Mighty Mouse's oval shape, the rectangular Magic Mouse is definitely smaller, overall, except for its weight, which gains a few ounces because of the two AA alkaline batteries that power it. The design initially brought images of Microsoft's Arc Mouse to mind, although Apple's flatter design almost makes the mouse appear to sit flush with the top of your desk.
The clicker itself is ostensibly buttonless with a smooth, white top shell that blends naturally into the silver undercarriage. The only visible mark is a near subliminal gray Apple logo that sits at the bottom of the mouse to quietly send wonderful Apples flying through your dreams at night. Underneath, the mouse is almost as bare, except for a latch that spans the length of the undercarriage that covers the batteries. There's also a power switch to shut off the mouse as well as an indicator light, and it even goes into battery conservation mode while not in use for an extended period.
We've only set aside our older Logitech and played around with the Magic Mouse for a day now, but we're already suffering from separation anxiety. As was the case with Apple's previous mice, the Magic Mouse feels as if it's carved out of a lump of aluminum. While that does wonders for its looks, its comfort and usability also suffers.
The Magic Mouse's slim profile is just too close to the table to use efficiently and we found ourselves struggling around the narrow form to find a comfortable position for our fingers. Granted, its uniform shape easily accommodates both left- and right-handed users, but the average mouse jockey will certainly find the lack of ergonomics disappointing and maybe even painful after eight hours of work. The lack of two physical buttons is irritating, as usual with Apple mice, but you can go through the preferences to enable the right button and swap the left and right buttons.
The Magic Mouse connects to computers via Bluetooth, but it only works with Apple computers running Mac OS X version 10.5.8 or later and you must install the Wireless Mouse Software update 1.0 that comes included with OS X version 10.6.2. We tried to pair it with a Windows PC and it didn't recognize the mouse. That said, the process to connect it to a Mac is almost hands-free; our new 27-inch iMac automatically discovered the mouse, displayed a small icon, and we were ready to go.


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Jack the pony — It is the story of a wayward pet that has a happy ending.
Jack the pony was found wandering around Maple Street in Houma on Monday morning. Neighbors who saw the beast plodding around the area and walking through yards alerted the police.
Jack the pony — It is the story of a wayward pet that has a happy ending.
Jack the pony was found wandering around Maple Street in Houma on Monday morning. Neighbors who saw the beast plodding around the area and walking through yards alerted the police.
Officers responded and were able to coax Jack into a trailer and take it to the Houma Police Station, where they set about trying to find its owner.
They could tell that the pony was well-fed and cared for, so they figured someone would be looking for him.
"As soon as I laid eyes on it, I thought, 'This belongs to someone,' " said Houma Police Lt. Dana Coleman.
They were right. They eventually found the owner, who said his grandson was so upset about the pony's disappearance that he was crying and reluctant to go to school.
This is a nice story, one that shows just one of the many good deeds our dedicated police officers accomplish — with less notoriety, perhaps, than their arrests, but with every bit as much impact on the public.
Twins and more twins — Having a child graduating from high school is a happy accomplishment, one that numerous local families are enjoying around this time of year.
Having two children graduating in the same year is a bit more uncommon. But having four at one time — two sets of twins — has to be one of the rarest graduation stories.
But that is exactly what happened when the Crochet family attended South Terrebonne High School's graduation on Tuesday.
Dustin and Justin, both 19, and Nicholas and Nikki, both 18, walked across the stage and proudly accepted their diplomas. The two sets of twins were born 13 months apart, but they always attended school together.
Now, they have finished high school together. And their mother, Nancy Crochet, can take pride not once but four times in her children's accomplishments. Congratulations!
Who would do this? — We hear so much about the grand works of Habitat for Humanity that most local folks are used to that name being related to a good story.
In recent days, though, some unfortunate events marred two of the organization's partially built homes.
Police say the homes on Bon Jovi Boulevard in Gray were burglarized, one on May 12 and one on May 15. In a third incident, one of the homes that had been burglarized was vandalized and hit with graffiti.
If you have information about the break-ins or the vandalism, call Crime Stoppers at 800-743-7433.
It is a shame that such a good effort to help people will suffer from someone's careless and thoughtless actions.
A welcome improvement — While many in Baton Rouge have wrung their hands and complained about state spending, one local legislator has been trying to do something about it.
State Rep. Dee Richard, a Thibodaux independent, has for the third time in three years gotten a measure passed in the state House that would reduce many of Louisiana's professional and consulting contracts by 10 percent.
Unfortunately, the measure has in the past run into trouble in the state Senate. Perhaps this time Richard's bill will get a better result.
Congratulations to Richard for trying and trying to do something about a state budget that is an estimated $1.3 billion in the red.
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IMDb: 3.1
92 min
It seems innocent enough. Struggling young artist Daniel King is invited by his childhood friend Natasha, back to the coastal village where they grew up. ...
Country: UK
Actor: Brian Blessed, Julie T. Wallace, Chris John, Lara Clancy, David Snow, Ralph Collis, Irina Dikareva, Daniel Johnson, Carol Kentish, Lara Montague, Liam Montague, Tacye Nichols, Brian Smith, Kevin Tomlinson, Jacqueline Worth


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CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) -- Big East commissioner Mike Aresco says the conference is looking to add another school, and may sign a TV deal with multiple networks.
Aresco spoke at a local chamber of commerce breakfast in Middletown on Monday, and talked to reporters afterward.
Aresco says the Big East wants to keep its name as it rebrands, and wants to add one more school to give it 12 playing both football and basketball after Navy joins the league in 2015.
He says he believes conference realignment picture may be settling down. He also said he hopes deals can be worked out to keep traditional conference rivalry games intact even after the so-called Catholic seven schools leave the Big East to form their own basketball league.


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The nipple piercing can be very sexy and arousing just by the sight of the shiny metal glimmering against the skin. But what if the nipple piercings were part of a bondage session? This would not only stimulate the person with the piercings but also gets the partner involved thus arousing them as well. To incorporate nipple piercings into bondage one could use either light weight chains or rope, in already completely healed piercings. Putting the chains … read more


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Google reaffirms intent to derail HTML5 H.264 video with WebM browser plugins
Freedom's just another word for nothing else to pay
However Google doesn't sell either Android or Chrome OS; it gives them away. Microsoft sells Windows, while Apple bundles Mac OS X and the iOS as part of its hardware sales. That leaves Google as the only significant platform vendor that won't be selling its platforms, but will still need to be licensing commercial technologies, and in particular H.264 video playback, if the world continues to standardize on H.264 for video distribution.
So in this dispute, Google isn't standing up for open standards, it's standing up for the right to push ads through platforms based on free operating system software, relieving it from having to deal with Microsoft and Apple and other platform vendors. The only way it can afford to do that is if video is delivered without technologies that cost money.
Google has little stake in delivering high quality video; it serves moderate quality web videos through YouTube that could be (and have been) delivered with less than start-of-the-art codec technologies. Apple and Microsoft both deliver HD video products, sell commercial movies, and have plans to deliver the future of HD television. Google's TV strategy primarily revolves around injecting its ads into other broadcasters' content, a concept that so far has been an unmitigated disaster.
Google therefore sees HTML5 video as desperately needing a free video codec to prevent it from having to sell its platform, which could otherwise be free. In order to make that happen, Google purchased On2 and hastily released that company's commercially failing VP8 video codec as an open standard under the new brand WebM. The codec isn't as sophisticated as the open H.264, in part because it was created internally by On2 as a proprietary product.
Why H.264 is better
H.264, on the other hand, is a pool of the intellectual property and engineering talents of every significant organization currently involved in developing video technology, ranging from Sony and Philips to Apple and Microsoft. All those companies participating in the H.264 standard have agreed to pool their patent claims and charge all users a fair, nominal royalty fee to benefit those that collectively created the technologies that make H.264 so efficient and sophisticated. They're also collectively working on future enhancements to H.264 and its eventual replacement, H.265.
H.264 is also much more mature, having been adopted as the preferred codec by Apple's QuickTime 7 back in April of 2005. Since then, Apple has incorporated H.264 support throughout its product line, ranging from desktop systems to mobile devices with hardware-based codec acceleration.
The rest of the industry has also adopted H.264, ranging from mobile devices and cell phones to HD disc formats (such as Blu-ray) to cable and satellite TV transmissions to web video, from Google's own YouTube to Vimeo to Brightcove to Adobe's preferred Flash Player codec. The actual H.264 specification is continually evolving, with new and expanded profiles and amendments.
Microsoft's competing Windows Media codec (aka VC-1) is used by its Xbox 360 and within Silverlight, and was the primary codec in the now discontinued HD-DVD format. It's included in the Blu-ray specification, but most Blu-ray titles are encoded using H.264. Windows Media codecs are based on the MPEG-2 H.263 specification.
Sorenson's proprietary video codecs were once the primary codecs used by Apple's QuickTime, until sophisticated MPEG specifications began to emerge as industry standards. Sorenson 3 was actually based on the MPEG-4 H.264 draft specification. Apple moved to its own internal implementation of H.264 in 2005. The MPEG 4 container format is based on QuickTime, which Apple contributed to MPEG in 1998.
The Open Source ideal
In the minds of free software advocates, the notion that anyone should benefit from the licensing of their own technology is ideologically abhorrent. Thus, they've been seeking to develop a video codec technology assembled by volunteers that can be used without anyone paying for it. The problem is that you get what you pay for.
Until Google swept in to buy On2, open source advocates had standardized on Ogg Theora, a nearly decade-old specification based on an earlier proprietary codec that had been abandoned by On2. It was neither efficient nor commercially viable nor capable of being decoded by existing hardware, a feature that is essential to efficient video playback by mobile devices.
These show-stopper problems did not thwart open source advocates, because there were no other credible free alternatives. With Google's purchase of On2 and the open sourcing of On2's more modern VP8 as WebM, it appeared that Ogg Theora could be replaced with a more modern version of a codec that the very wealthy Google would be supporting, one day perhaps even eclipsing the sophistication of H.264.
A key problem is that all of the catchup progress in developing WebM's video codec must pass through a number of areas that are patent minefields. WebM simply can't be improved without running afoul of the vast patent pool of all the companies collectively working to define MPEG standards like today's H.264 and the upcoming H.265 that will one day replace it. Everyone knows this, and many observers, including the MPEG Licensing Authority that manages H.264, also believe that WebM already infringes upon its members' patented technologies.
Why Google isn't afraid of patents
Google must also know this, but it isn't afraid of running into patent issues because it isn't directly earning any money selling anything that might infringe upon those patents. If Google's Android oversteps patents held by Nokia or Apple or Microsoft (and it allegedly has), those companies won't sue Google, they'll sue HTC and Motorola and other Google licensees that are using Android to sell their hardware (as they already have).
Unlike hardware makers such as Apple, Microsoft, Motorola and Nokia, Google hasn't been the target of nearly as many patent lawsuits. Google's first major brush with patent lawsuits, when Overture sued the company for infringing upon its paid search business model, was settled by Yahoo buying Overture, and then Google giving Yahoo billions of its stock to prop it up as a phony competitor.
That cost Google nearly nothing, while all the talent from Overture subsequently flowed to Microsoft and Google as Yahoo crushed the acquired Overture team under its own incompetent leadership, killing more birds for Google: a major competitor, the potential threat of a monopoly investigation, and the need for hire additional talented employees.
Google's act, arguably pulling off the world's most blatant patent infringement and then building a company worth $200 billion on top of it, was simply an overture to its next: ripping off the world's biggest consumer technology product using a clone of the world's largest write-once, run anywhere platform. While Apple didn't sue Google over the iPhone (something that would be hard to seek damages over, given that Google gives away its Android software), Java's new owner Oracle decided it would.
Oracle expects to demand licensing revenues from Google's distribution of Android. That would force Google to either create a new, non-infringing mobile platform from scratch, or begin paying licensing fees to Oracle that might cause the Android project to be worth less to Google than it earns from Android's mobile ad revenue. However, that case hasn't been settled yet, so Google is currently emboldened to replicate its success in stomping on others' patents and simply paying them off afterward, much as Microsoft did in the 90s.
This confidence is also behind Google's rapid open-sourcing of On2's VP8. Unlike Netscape's methodical open sourcing of its browser to create Mozilla (which took years) or the very slow process Sun took in opening up Solaris and portions of Java, or similarly cautious open source projects created by other companies (including Apple's efforts to open up its Darwin OS), Google simply threw the WebM specification on the web almost immediately after acquiring On2.
Like a drunk teen barreling down the freeway in the wrong direction, Google seems confident that nothing bad will happen because the company hasn't yet experienced any significant problems doing that sort of thing in the past. At the same time, if Google were truly confident that its WebM is free of patent hazards, it would indemnify third parties who implement it from patent threats. It hasn't. Google is essentially gambling with the resources of its hardware partners. Even if they lose, Google still wins.
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Review Summary
- Groundbreaking design
- Ultra-modern rooms with sweeping city and Hudson River views
- Swank nightlife at the hotel, and just outside of it
- Knowledgeable, well-connected, 24-hour concierge
- Free 24-hour fitness center with panoramic views
- Free Wi-Fi
- 24-hour room service
- Some rooms are on the small side
- Rooms have limited closet and drawer space
- Some of the peek-a-boo bathrooms lack privacy blinds
Bottom Line
This one-of-a-kind Meatpacking District hotel is architecturally striking, and hovers above the High Line on concrete pillars. The 338 ultra-mod rooms look a bit like ship cabins and feature wall-to-wall windows, which flood them with natural light and present staggering views (and can also result in a bit of a peep show, so consider yourself warned). Several trendy eateries and bars make this one of the hippest hotels in New York City, though cool-seekers might also be drawn to the scene at the Gansevoort.
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Gemcitabine Hydrochloride and Cisplatin With or Without Veliparib or Veliparib Alone in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Know the risks and potential benefits of clinical studies and talk to your health care provider before participating. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01585805
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : April 26, 2012
Last Update Posted : August 2, 2018
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|Condition or disease
|BRCA1 Gene Mutation BRCA2 Gene Mutation Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma PALB2 Gene Mutation Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Recurrent Pancreatic Carcinoma Stage III Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v6 and v7 Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v6 and v7
|Drug: Cisplatin Drug: Gemcitabine Hydrochloride Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Drug: Veliparib
|Phase 2
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|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|107 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Randomized Phase II Study of Gemcitabine, Cisplatin +/- Veliparib in Patients With Pancreas Adenocarcinoma and a Known BRCA/ PALB2 Mutation (Part I) and a Phase II Single Arm Study of Single-Agent Veliparib in Previously Treated Pancreas Adenocarcinoma (Part II)
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|April 18, 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|November 30, 2018
Experimental: Arm A (veliparib, gemcitabine hydrochloride, cisplatin)
Patients receive veliparib PO BID on days 1-12 or 1-21. Patients also receive gemcitabine hydrochloride IV over 30 minutes and cisplatin IV over 30 minutes on days 3 and 10. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Drug: Cisplatin
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Gemcitabine Hydrochloride
Given IV
Other Names:
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
Drug: Veliparib
Given PO
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Active Comparator: Arm B (gemcitabine hydrochloride, cisplatin)
Patients receive gemcitabine hydrochloride IV and cisplatin IV as patients in arm A. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Drug: Cisplatin
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Gemcitabine Hydrochloride
Given IV
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Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
Experimental: Arm C (veliparib)
Patients receive veliparib PO BID on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
Drug: Veliparib
Given PO
Other Names:
- Optimal dose of veliparib with gemcitabine hydrochloride and cisplatin (non-randomized part I) [ Time Frame: 21 days ]
- Response rate to gemcitabine hydrochloride and cisplatin with versus without veliparib as assessed by RECIST (randomized Part I) [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Simon's two-stage minimax design will be employed separately in each arm A and B.
- Response rate of single-agent veliparib using RECIST criteria (Part II) [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Simon's two-stage optimal design will be employed.
- Progression-free survival [ Time Frame: From the date of study enrollment to documentation of clear-cut progression of disease or last follow-up, assessed up to 5 years ]Kaplan-Meier method will be used.
- Incidence of adverse events using the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.0 (version 5.0 will be utilized for adverse event reporting beginning April 1, 2018) [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Toxicity and tolerability of all three study arms will be assessed and summarized using descriptive statistics.
- Disease control rate (complete response + partial response + stable disease) and duration of response [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: From the time of study enrollment to the date of death or last follow-up, assessed up to 5 years ]Kaplan-Meier method will be used.
- Molecular and genetic phenotype of tumors [ Time Frame: Up to day 84 ]Descriptive statistics will be utilized. An exploratory analysis will be undertaken to correlate the molecular profiling with outcome (e.g., response, progression-free survival time, overall survival time). Kaplan-Meier plots and Cox regression will be used for exploratory analysis of the survival endpoints and logistic regression will be used for response endpoints.
- Proportion of genetic reversions of BRCA gene mutations [ Time Frame: Up to day 84 ]The evaluation will be a descriptive and exploratory one. The proportion of genetic reversions of BRCA gene mutations to wild type will be summarized using binomial proportions.
- Change in PAR levels [ Time Frame: Baseline up to day 84 ]Summarized by percent of baseline. In each arm, a paired t-test will be employed to compare baseline to after treatment PAR levels. Standard descriptive methods will be used to summarize baseline levels and the changes from baseline (following treatment). Changes in PAR levels from baseline to after treatment will be associated with response using Wilcoxon rank sum test.
- Transcriptome analyses by ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequencing [ Time Frame: Up to day 84 ]Descriptive statistics will be employed to describe the observed effects.
- Differentially expressed genes found using the limma package, and standard cut-offs [ Time Frame: Up to day 84 ]Descriptive statistics will be employed to describe the observed effects.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|19 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients with cytologically or histologically confirmed locally advanced or metastatic pancreas adenocarcinoma with a BRCA1 or 2 or PALB2 mutation confirmed by report from Myriad Genetics (United States of America [USA]); reports from other molecular diagnostic companies can be used to confirm mutations as well; BRCA 1 or 2 or PALB2 mutation can be confirmed locally for all international sites
- For Part I, non-randomized, lead-in portion, patients with a known BRCA 1 or 2 or PALB2 mutation are eligible along with patients who potentially may have a likelihood of having a BRCA mutation (e.g., personal or family history of breast, pancreas, ovary, endometrial, prostate or other likely related malignancy); for Part I, randomized portion, a known BRCA 1 or 2 or PALB2 mutation is required
- For Part I (Arms A, B): Patients can have either locally advanced or metastatic pancreas adenocarcinoma for which no prior therapy has been administered for either locally advanced or metastatic disease; prior adjuvant therapy is permissible if gemcitabine or a fluoropyrimidine was administered with or without radiation and if disease recurrence has been documented at least 6 months after completion of adjuvant therapy
- For Part II (Arm C): Patients can have either locally advanced or metastatic pancreas adenocarcinoma; up to two prior treatment regimens are permissible (excluding a prior PARP inhibitor) for either localized or metastatic pancreas adenocarcinoma; prior combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy is permissible provided the patient has measurable disease outside the radiation port; prior therapy must have been completed at least 3 weeks prior to starting study therapy
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status:
- For Part I (Arm A, B): 0-1 (Karnofsky > 70%)
- For Part II (Arm C): 0-2 (Karnofsky >= 60%)
- Life expectancy of greater than 3 months
- Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL
- Hemoglobin >= 9.0 mg/dl
- Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
- Total bilirubin =< 2 x institutional upper limit of normal
- Aspartate aminotransferase(AST)/serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) and alanine aminotransferase(ALT)/serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) =< 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal unless there is evidence of liver metastases in which case the AST (SGOT)/ALT (SGPT) must be =< 5 x institutional upper limit of normal
- Creatinine =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
Measurable disease by RECIST criteria
- For the lead-in, non-randomized portion of Part I, either measurable or evaluable disease is acceptable
- For Part I, randomized portion, measurable disease is required
- If a woman is of child-bearing potential a negative blood or urine pregnancy test is required; women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 3 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 3 weeks earlier
- For Part I, prior adjuvant therapy with gemcitabine or a fluoropyrimidine therapy is permitted if completed > 6 months prior to recurrence; no prior PARP inhibitor therapy is allowed
- For Part II, no prior PARP inhibitor therapy is permitted; up to two prior treatment regimens are permitted as follows: 1 adjuvant and 1 metastatic; 1 locally advanced and 1 metastatic; or 2 metastatic, or a variation thereof
- Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents
- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to veliparib or other agents used in study
- For Part I: patients with known contraindications to platinum agents are excluded
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
- Pregnant women are excluded from this study; breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with veliparib; this may also apply to other agents used in this study
- Patients with a known active infection, e.g., hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus; human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients who are otherwise well and who do not have evidence of significant immune compromise are eligible
- Patients with active seizure or history of seizure are not eligible
- Patients with uncontrolled central nervous system (CNS) metastasis are not eligible; patients with CNS metastases are to be stable for > 3 months after treatment and off steroid treatment prior to study enrollment
- Patients with prior malignancy successfully treated who are currently stable and on no active treatment are eligible
- Patients who are unable to swallow pills/capsules are ineligible
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01585805
|United States, Illinois
|University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637
|Contact: Hedy L. Kindler 773-702-0360 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Hedy L. Kindler
|Ingalls Memorial Hospital
|Harvey, Illinois, United States, 60426
|Contact: Mark F. Kozloff 708-339-4800 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Mark F. Kozloff
|United States, Michigan
|University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
|Contact: Mark M. Zalupski 734-615-3969 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Mark M. Zalupski
|United States, Missouri
|Mercy Hospital Saint Louis
|Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63141
|United States, New Jersey
|Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge
|Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States, 07920
|Contact: Han Xiao 212-639-7202
|Sub-Investigator: Han Xiao
|Sub-Investigator: Sree B. Chalasani
|Sub-Investigator: Afsheen Iqbal
|United States, New York
|Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack
|Commack, New York, United States, 11725
|Contact: Jahan Aghalar 212-639-7202
|Sub-Investigator: Jahan Aghalar
|Sub-Investigator: Avni M. Desai
|Sub-Investigator: Juliana W. Eng
|Sub-Investigator: John J. Fiore
|Sub-Investigator: Stuart M. Lichtman
|Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester
|Harrison, New York, United States, 10604
|Contact: Parisa Momtaz firstname.lastname@example.com
|Sub-Investigator: Parisa Momtaz
|Sub-Investigator: Philip C. Caron
|Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10065
|Contact: Eileen M. O'Reilly 646-888-4182 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Eileen M. O'Reilly
|Memorial Sloan Kettering Rockville Centre
|Rockville Centre, New York, United States, 11570
|Contact: Arlyn J. Apollo 212-639-7202
|Sub-Investigator: Arlyn J. Apollo
|Sub-Investigator: Pamela R. Drullinsky
|Sub-Investigator: Zoe Goldberg
|Sub-Investigator: Kenneth K. Ng
|Sub-Investigator: Tiffany Troso-Sandoval
|Canada, Ontario
|University Health Network-Princess Margaret Hospital
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2M9
|Contact: Neesha Dhani 416-946-4501 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Neesha Dhani
|Shaare Zedek Medical Center
|Jerusalem, Israel, 91031
|Contact: Amiel Segal 972-2-666-6331 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Amiel Segal
|Chaim Sheba Medical Center
|Tel Hashomer, Israel, 52621
|Contact: Talia Golan 972-3-530-3030 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Talia Golan
|Principal Investigator:
|Eileen O'Reilly
|Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01585805 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2012-00864 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
8993 ( Other Identifier: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center )
8993 ( Other Identifier: CTEP )
N01CM00032 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
N01CM00071 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
P30CA008748 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
U01CA069856 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
UM1CA186705 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|April 26, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|August 2, 2018
|Last Verified:
|July 2018
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Digestive System Diseases
Pancreatic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Enzyme Inhibitors
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors


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Panasonic GH2/GF2 news and previews…
The video on top shows the first Panasonic GH2 vs Panasonic GH1 (and vs Panasonic TM750) comparison. Skip the first two minutes of the video to see the comparison only. It's very difficoult to judge the images on youtube and without knowing the image processing work they have done.
Still no news about the GH2 availability. Adorama is accepting preorders, BHphoto says the GH2 will be in Stock in December and Amazon removed the preorder option.
Engadget posted a Panasonic Lumix GF2 preview: "Panasonic has ticked the major boxes of reducing bulk and including HD video (at 60fps, no less) while seemingly sacrificing little of what made the GF1 such a richly appealing camera in the first place. Our biggest complaint, therefore, has to do with the GF2's January release date — it's too far away, dammit!" They also made a GF2-GF1 size comparison.
The GF2 is listed on Amazon but without any price indication.


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The whole way through the article I had this idea that I wanted to share in the comments, and then you chucked it in there at the very end. Very "one more thing"- esque :-)
Regarding the FOUC vs. nothing-then-show dilemma, I think the option that involves the most work will be worth a try. Sticking to displaying the text while we're waiting for the font(s) to download, and styling it so there's no reflow of text etc. And possibly even do a fade transition from one font to the other.
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First Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 09/01/1999, Docket: RP99-452-000, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 24E Original Sheet No. 24E : Effective
(b) Transporter shall calculate a Bid Value and Unit Bid
Value for each Qualified Bid and Prearranged Release (if any), and
shall calculate the Winning Bid Value, as follows:
(1) For each month, the volume and reservation
charge per Dth stated in the Qualified Bid shall be multiplied
together to derive a gross monthly revenue figure. If the Qualified
Bids contain volumetric-based charges permitted by the Capacity
Release Request, then the gross monthly revenue figure shall be equal
to any minimum amount designated by the bidder to be billed as a
reservation charge even if there is no (or insufficient) flow.
(2) Each gross monthly revenue figure shall be
discounted to a net present value figure as of the first day of the
capacity release as sought in the Capacity Release Request, using the
current Federal Energy Regulatory Commission interest rate as defined
in 18 C.F.R. Section 154.501(d)(1).
(3) The net present value figures for the proposed
release shall be summed, and such sum shall be the Bid Value.
(4) The Unit Bid Value is defined to equal the Bid
Value divided by the product of: (i) the highest volume of capacity
(in Dth) sought in the Qualified Bid for any day; multiplied by (ii)
the release term (in months) in the Capacity Release Request; and
multiplied further by (iii) thirty and four-tenths (30.4).
(c) The combination of Qualified Bid(s) with the highest
possible total Bid Value (Winning Bid Value) for the capacity in the
Capacity Release Request shall be the winning Qualified Bid(s). A
Qualified Bid may be allocated less than its Maximum Bid Volume, but
in no event shall the Qualified Bid be allocated less than its
Minimum Bid Volume. It is recognized that this procedure is intended
to result in the highest possible total Bid Value for the Releasing
Shipper consistent with the Qualified Bids, and it is possible that a
Qualified Bid with the highest individual Unit Bid Value may be
rejected partially or in its entirety.
(d) If there is more than one combination of Qualified
Bids with a total Bid Value equal to the Winning Bid Value this
Section 13.10(d) provides the procedure for selecting just one such
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A boy's name of Latin origin. Aurey has never been a common name in the United States. Meaning: Latin: golden. History: Marcus Aurelius was a second-century AD philosopher and emperor of Rome.
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Red Pack Tops Regional Pollby Doug Baker '15 • September 26, 2013 Share:
The Wabash cross country team vaulted five spots in the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) national rankings while also moving into the top spot in the Great Lakes Regional rankings.
After a strong weekend, the Wabash cross country team came in at number one in the Great Lakes Regional and 12th in the nation. The team was previously ranked second in the region behind Calvin College. Calvin has won the Great Lakes Regional each of the last 17 years, and came in at number two this week. Manchester, Case Western Reserve, and Mount Union rounded out the top-five spots.
Wabash moved up seven spots from 24th in the preseason poll to 17th in the first regular season poll issued last week. The Little Giants' move to 12th this week also places them one spot ahead of Calvin. The Knights fell seven spots from sixth place last week. North Coast Athletic Conference foe Allegheny has been ranked 24th for the past two weeks. On top once again is North Central, which is now the unanimous number one for the second time this season.
Wabash won the Indiana Little State title this past weekend for the first time since 2010, defeating teams including the University of Indianapolis (Division II) and Manchester. The team will split up for their next race with a portion of the squad racing October 4 at the Notre Dame Invitational. Other members will compete October 5 at Hanover College for Pre-Nationals. The NCAA Great Lakes Regional is schedule for November 16 in Grand Rapids, Michigan with Calvin to serve as the host school.
USTFCCCA Regional Rankings - Sept. 24 (pdf)
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Where: US Airways Center
Network: MSG, NBA TV
Starting Lineups (Subject To Change)
Suns (11-17)
PG: Goran Dragic
SG: Shannon Brown
PF: Luis Scola
C: Marcin Gortat
Knicks (20-8)
PG: Jason Kidd
SG: Ronnie Brewer
SF: James White
PF: Kurt Thomas
C: Tyson Chandler
The Knicks continue their three game Western Conference swing tonight, as they take on the Phoenix Suns in the second game of a back to back. This is the second and final time the Knicks will play the Suns this season. The Knicks defeated the Suns 106-99 on December 2nd at Madison Square Garden.
Raymond Felton, Carmelo Anthony and, Rasheed Wallace are all out tonight with injuries. Felton has a sprained right pinky, Melo's has a hyperextended knee and Wallace is out again with the stress reaction in his foot. Steve Novak will play tonight.
Five Questions About Tonight's Game
- Where will the Knicks go for offense with Melo and Felton out?
- Can Ronnie Brewer step up and break out of his prolonged slump?
- How will the Suns try to take advantage of a short handed Knicks team?
- Other than J.R. Smith, who on the bench will score for the Knicks?
- Who will score more? James White or Chris Copeland?


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SILC Press for 2014
Go to our Press Room's main page
♦ Miller, Greg (October 6, 2014). Beyond the Nobel: What Scientists Are Learning About How Your Brain Navigates. Wired. Retrieved October 9, 2014. SILC Faculty Member Russell Epstein and SILC Research on "the way people navigate through space and orient to their surroundings" are highlighted in this article.
♦ Spatial Cognition 2014, Bremen, Germany, chose SILC Graduate Student, Linsey Smith (Northwestern University), to receive the best student paper award. The award, provided by the Cognitive Science Society, is for the following paper:
Smith, L. A., Ping, R. M., Matlen, B. J., Goldwater, M. B., Gentner, D. (SILC Co-PI), Levine, S. (SILC Co-PI) (2014). Mechanisms of spatial learning: Teaching children geometric categories. C. Freksa, B. Nebel, M. Hegarty, & T. Barkowsky (Eds.), Spatial Cognition IX: International Conference, Spatial Cognition 2014, Bremen, Germany, September 15-19, 2014. Proceedings, LNCS 8684, 325-337. [DOI]
Congratulations, Linsey and to all the co-authors!
Retrieved September 23, 2014.
See the August 2014 SILC Showcase highlighting this research:http://bit.ly/UC6nuM.
♦ Boss, Suzie (July 28, 2014). Students Map Real-World Issues with (Free) Geospatial Tools. edutopia (on-line). Retrieved July 30, 2014. Bob Kolvoord one of our SILC Faculty Member and his work are mentioned in this article. Spatial Network Member, Joseph Kerski, is also mentioned in this article.
♦ Auer, Kaylen (June 4, 2014). RIC professor's research advances STEM education. PBN.com-Providence Business News. This article features SILC's initiative on Sketching and STEM research. Benjamin Jee (SILC Alumni Member) is featured in the article; Kenneth D. Forbus (SILC Faculty) is the point of contact for our Initiative: Tools: Sketching. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
Further Press:
- (June 5, 2014) STEMDaily (online email). The PBN.com article/link is listed. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
♦ The George A. Miller Award for Division 1 (The Society for General Psychology) of the American Psychological Association has been conferred on the article: The Malleability of Spatial Skills: A Meta-Analysis of Training Studies. Several SILC Members and one Spatial Network Member were authors on this article, including: David H. Uttal (SILC Faculty), Nathaniel G. Meadow (SILC Alumni), Elizabeth Tipton (Spatial Network), Linda L. Hand (SILC Alumni), and Nora S. Newcombe (SILC PI). The citation of the article is on our Publications page and in our Bibliography Database:
Uttal, D. H., Meadow, N. G., Tipton, E., Hand, L. L., Alden, A., Warren, C., & Newcombe, N. S. (2013). The malleability of spatial skills: A meta-analysis of training studies. Psychological Bulletin, 139(2), 352-402. [DOI]
♦ Press coverage on: Verdine, B. N., Golinkoff, R. M., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Newcombe, N. S. (In Press, 2014). Finding the missing piece: Blocks, puzzles, and shapes fuel school readiness. Trends in Neuroscience and Education.
- Bond, A. (March 20, 2014). Blocks, puzzles help kids prep for school and life. Reuters (on-line). (Retrieved March 26, 2014).
♦ SILC-funded research was the lead in the APS' This Week in Psychological Science (TWiPS) [February 25, 2014): Novack, M. A., Congdon, E. L., Hemani-Lopez, N., Goldin-Meadow, S. (2014-epublication ahead of print). From Action to Abstraction: Using the Hands to Learn Math. Psychological Science. The information can only be viewed by APS members at this time, but at the NCBI site the abstract and other details may be viewed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24503873
More Press:
- (March 11, 2014). Press Release: Gesturing With Hands Is a Powerful Tool for Children's Math Learning. (APS News).
♦ Kathy Hirsh-Pasek (SILC Member) and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff (Spatial Network Member) wrote an article for the Huffington Post about some of our SILC research: Golinkoff, R. M. and Hirsh-Pasek, K. (January 23, 2014). A Chip Off the Old Block? Block Play May Help Children's Spatial and Mathematical Thinking. Huffington Post (on-line).


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A small library with a big heart, Kings Beach features creek-side picnic tables with WiFi access and an extensive collection of items that spotlight the history and terrain of the Lake Tahoe area. The Kings Beach Friends of the Library offer a wide variety of items for sale inside the branch.
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The Kings Beach Library was started by Mrs. Dorothy O'Brien in the early 1940s. She arranged for books to be sent to her from the Auburn Library every few months. The library was originally located out of Mrs. O'Brien's Kings Beach restaurant. During the 1950s and the 1960s, the library was housed in the office of a resort in Tahoe Vista which was operated by Mr. and Mrs. Burroughs until 1953. In 1953 the resort was purchased by the Potts family who assumed responsibility for the library. In September 1964, the library opened in the Carpenter's Hall, and moved to its current location in 1988.
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