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As I sat and watched the Bears' comeback bid against the Titans slip through Josh Bellamy's hands, I couldn't help but think that Tennessee was in the same exact situation as the Bears were almost two years ago to the day.
They were a 2-9 football team that had cycled through three quarterbacks to that point in the season, careening down the stretch and finishing with a 2-14 record.
The Titans' consolation prize for their miserable 2014 season was the second pick in the 2015 draft. They selected a thin, ultra-athletic quarterback out of the University of Oregon named Marcus Mariota. I recalled meeting Mariota along with the media throng at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, when he was asked specifically what was going to be the biggest adjustment for him as he prepared to enter the NFL. His response was, "It's going to be huddling."
Yes, huddling. One of the most basic and elementary aspects of football that people take for granted gave anxiety to a Heisman award-winner who accumulated 13,098 combined yards and 138 touchdowns.
It stunned me at first, but then I empathized. He learned under Chip Kelly, who overwhelmed the college game with angles, athletes and a dizzying pace that eschewed the huddle and gave a quarterback prescribed reads and autonomy to navigate the offense from either under center or the shotgun.
Learning wordy play calls and commanding a huddle with 10 other grown men may have been daunting for Mariota at first, but he looked completely at ease against the Bears, deftly maneuvering in the pocket and having his way against their defense. He finished 15-for-23 with 226 yards, two touchdowns, a 126.4 passer efficiency rating, and four carries for 46 yards. It was his seventh triple-digit passer efficiency rating of the season and the fourth time in seven weeks he's been 126-plus. He wasn't officially hit by a Bears defender.
The Titans (6-6) aren't a finished product yet, but they are tied atop the win column in the AFC South with Houston (6-5). They got there by getting it right at the most important position. They also wisely sandwiched Mariota between two offensive tackles taken in the first round of the 2014 (left tackle Taylor Lewan) and 2016 (right tackle Jack Conklin) drafts and the offense has taken shape. Head coach Mike Mularkey has devised a scheme that takes advantage of Mariota's unique skills, a physical offensive line and two beastly running backs, veteran DeMarco Murray and rookie battering ram Derrick Henry.
The Bears must follow the Titans' lead this offseason and find their franchise quarterback and replicate their dedication to protecting their investment with cornerstone pieces at offensive tackle. There's always a place for physical football in the NFL, as the Titans — and others like the Cowboys — demonstrate each week.
As it has virtually every week, the Bears defense kept the team in the game, particularly in the second half. After giving up 21 first-half points, they kept the Titans out of the end zone in the second half, limiting them to six points. They forced three three-and-outs in the fourth quarter, of which the Bears turned into 14 points. That should've been 21 points and a win for the Bears, but they let it slip through their hands literally and figuratively.
Led by their fourth-string quarterback Matt Barkley (28-for-54, 316 yards, three touchdowns, two interceptions and a 72.8 passer-efficiency rating) making his first career NFL start, the Bears mounted a furious fourth-quarterback comeback. Granted, Barkley put the Bears in that position by throwing two terrible red zone interceptions that cost the team at least six points, but he battled back.
Barkley settled down over the course of the game. Early on he appeared rattled by Titans defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau's pressure package. He didn't settle his feet and was forcing passes. Through three quarters he had a measly 39.1 passer-efficiency rating. He came alive in the fourth quarter as LeBeau resorted to deeper coverage shells, but continued with a barrage of second- and third-level blitzes.
"I think because we were forced to kind of hurry up to score, that tempo with the no-huddle and just getting the ball out, I think the receivers were definitely feeling it as well," Barkley said. "Getting their routes – they were all crisp routes and I was seeing everything easier. But I think most importantly in a lot of those looks the defense – they just kind of play off and you can see what they're doing – there's not a lot of crazy looks or disguises."
But herein lies the issue, Barkley captured the imagination of fans for a quarter. But in reality, he's just showing the Bears and other teams around the league he could be a reliable backup who might be able to ride a game out in a pinch. Nothing more.
It's encouraging to see his ability to fight, persevere, read coverage and rally the team late, but the Bears need to use their consolation prize the same way the Titans did two years ago to completely reshape the fortunes of their organization.
By the numbers
- The Bears' patchwork offensive line held up well against the Titans and didn't give up a sack. Per ProFootballFocus (PFF), Barkley was only under pressure on 10 of his 54 dropbacks.
- On the other side of the line of scrimmage, the Bears defense also struggled to get pressure on the quarterback. Per PFF, Mariota was under pressure on only seven of his 25 dropbacks, despite Chicago sending 10 blitzes. He did not complete a pass on any of those seven plays under pressure.
Final thoughts
- I think it's going to be difficult to evaluate Barkley over the final stretch of the season given that he's throwing the ball to wide receivers who are mainly undrafted free agents. Only Eddie Royal — who was curiously absent late, perhaps related to his toe injury — and Marquess Wilson were drafted.
- I think the Bears need to keep looking for solutions at the safety position. Prior to the season, I ranked it the worst position group on defense and it sure looked that way Sunday against the Titans. Both Adrian Amos and Deon Bush repeatedly let Titans receivers get behind them, which simply cannot happen when they have deep-half responsibility.


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While life should not be taken too seriously, this doesn't mean we should live with absolute frivolity. Yes, so-called religions attempt to mandate all sorts of opinions and behaviors about morality and social conformity. This does not mean that actual religion — the sincere attempt to understand the unknowable — is inherently stupid or necessarily bullshit.
Quantum mechanics tells us that all possibilities exist simultaneously until foreclosed by inconsistent observations. So, with regard to what we truly cannot know or observe, it's possible that all beliefs are equally "true" and very much real. It's an incredibly powerful thought: that we can design our own eternity simply by imagining it.
Personally, I'd want much more from my eternity than to party on a pirate ship with a bunch of beer and strippers. The ability to have that experience at any time and for any duration? Sure, that would be great. But plain old life has plenty to offer that's much more sublime and extraordinary than simple hedonism. And it's not even a very ambitious vision of hedonism.
World history is replete with terrible evils committed in the name of "religion." Certainly, it's an important message that moral and social "values" should not be elevated to the level of religious beliefs. But our ability as humans to recognize the fundamental unknowable questions — where are we from, why are we here, and where are we going — creates a fundamental human need to discuss and confront these questions.
Pastafarianism does indeed celebrate the power of the individual to choose his or her own answers to these questions. Some might like the idea of choosing answers that are deliberately silly or absurd. But to do so simply to make a point about the beliefs of others is to degrade and dishonor one's own spirit.
We shouldn't live with absolute frivolity
1,591 Responses to "We shouldn't live with absolute frivolity"
So if I get this right. This church accepts anyone with any ideas at all, all is cool. Well I'm a practicing pedo, are those views ok in this all encapsulating, accepting all, religion or do you have limits and lines that can not be crossed like other churches. :)
I would recommend watching this video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHe4OQ4bY4o
You will quickly see that raping children is a violation of the Non-Aggression Principle.
Have a nice day :)
Nope, no issues with your proclivities, just post up your name and proof of address I'll personally have the Fucilli Brethren of Invitations process your application and extend to you the warmest of welcomes.
If you are a practicing "pedo" wouldn't you already be clergy in the Catholic Church?
Actually, if I catch you raping a child, I'll probably just snap your neck on the spot. I'm not that great of a pastafarian, but I'm pretty good at jujutsu. At least I promise not to make the more emotionally sensitive, legally minded and tolerant members of the movement watch it happen.
Moral of the story: Don't count on church dogmas to save you from natural repercussions. Oh, and don't press your luck based on what you think you read somewhere on the internet.
There is a job opening in the Fucilli Brethren of Invitations (FBI). Your hired. I'll send you his address as soon as he posts it.
"neck on the spot"
Wrong area targeted.
What is better than spending an eternity in a pirate ship with stripper and beer?!
Lol someone watched what the bleep do we know. It's a load. At least we don't present our crap as solid fact
I think this answer is very silly. I asked my dolls. My dolls know a lot of stuff about lots of stuff. My doll 'Mary Sue' said that these ideas all sounded very nice, but they were generally lies propagated by Marilyn Monroe, who is not dead. I have a doll of her too.
Haunted dolls, eh? There is some stuff about that on the internet. Not very convincing I'm sorry to say.
Sorry but the dust bunnies under my bed say your dolls of full of it.
To all my fellow Pastafarians, especially those in the UK. I have today received a flyer put through my letter-box by a concerned neighbour, sadly anonymous, that directed me to a very revealing and startling web site. The concern of the person delivering the flyer related to the millions of pounds that the Jehovah's Witnesses here in the UK receive from public funds via 'gift aid', which is essentially charitable donation – in addition to enjoying tax exempt status, all funded by the UK tax payer. It has been estimated that the donations amount to many millions of pounds annually. The web site: 'www.jwsurvey.org' (Cedar's Blog – Where is the public benefit?) contains some very alarming and revealing things about JWs that I for one never knew (protecting paedophiles for one). This most revealing information is written by a practicing JW who very definitely feels that the organisation does not deserve the tax free charitable status it currently enjoys; that it is in fact not a charitable organisation at all, but self-serving, immoral and destructive. The website is well worth a visit wherever you live believe me, have a look I urge you.
The site links to an online petition 'http://epetitions.direct.gov/petitions/29949' that is petitioning the government to debate the matter in Parliament. 100,000 signatures are needed to set the wheels in motion.
I urge everyone to visit the website and maybe learn a little more about what is arguably the most bizarre sect ever to walk this planet; and if you are resident in the UK and feel as I do that our taxes, those that are earmarked for charity should go to genuine charities and not to further the self serving interests of a cult, then you too can sign the petition. The flyer I received is available for download from the 'www.jwsurvey.org' website if you wish to canvass locally as I shall be doing.
When the UK has many thousands of homeless elderly people living on the bread-line, the thought that these people are siphoning of millions to finance their 'charity work', aka knocking on our doors on Sunday mornings,(yes, that's what they claim is their charity work, giving us spiritual advice and comfort!!) makes my blood boil. If you agree takes just a few seconds to sign the petition and maybe twenty minutes to post a few flyers and we just might go some-way getting something done about this ridiculous state of affairs.
Down off my high-horse now.
May the Sauce be with you all (and our taxes where they belong)
The Reverend
Should have read 'homeless AND elderly'
Sorry folks, the link to the petition is: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/29949
As you can see, my blood was still boiling when I posted.
The Reverend
Reverend: with all due respect I am very suspicious of online petitions. Call me paranoid if you wish but are you certain this is a genuine petition and not just a way of information gathering?
Hello Keith, I'm as confident as anyone can be but of course I can't know for sure. In any case, if the government want to know how I feel about the appalling state of affairs regarding the theft of my taxes, I'm happy to tell them. Even if it is an information gathering exercise, enough dissent from respondents may well initiate an investigation or similar. Dismissing it for whatever reason will just convey apathy and disinterest and everyone knows that we might not always get what we want but always get what we deserve. I say, vote anyway.
May the Sauce be with you
The Reverend
I think FSM has been round since the big sneeze caused the meatball to start rolling across the universe.
This is a nice letter but if this were correct I would be able to perform magic. I still can not perform magic. [I'm not being glib. If I can invent my own eternity, why can't I manipulate things during this version of existence?] I haven't met Thor yet either. I did used to wonder about this, if you died whatever you thought would happen, happened. It was the subject of a few science fiction books as well, and the theory behind workable magic. See first sentence.
This does not mean that actual religion — the sincere attempt to understand the unknowable — is inherently stupid or necessarily bullshit.
Making something up and claiming it's the truth without proof is bullshit.
Actually, the parallel universe theory is that there are an infinite amount of universes which vary in any way imaginable. This means that regardless of whether we think something or not, the universe will exist. However, religion was designed to explain THIS universe, not another.
i think that everyone should believe in what ever they want
I believe in free speech
Belief is great, however, it is how those beliefs are applied which dictate how a belief should be regarded.
Indeed, if the religious do something to affect others then it should not be justified. For example, the Crusades.

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A friend once introduced me to a very specific term used for a certain breed of artsy French girls - les coquettes sales. His definition was - ''well, you know, like the girls who would change their stockings but not their underwear''. Such a French thing to do!
As much as this may apply to les filles de Beaux Arts, I think that just having a term which literally means dirty chic chicks says a lot about French culture.
I'm not trying to make this into a bad thing - I actually enjoy the generally accepted sloppiness. I still am shocked by the mix of Vuitton bags and runs in stockings, dirty fingernails and a little bit of too much BO coming from the guys, but it feels a little bit more real than the plastic perfect American/English norm.
I have to admit I feel somewhat less out of place here than in Romania, who seems to conform to the Anglo-Saxon canon of beauty and style; I mean, you can't go out to take the trash without wearing make up, are you crazy or something?!
Even when I go back to visit now, most of the time I do feel like the poorest/worst dressed person in most hip places. I don't think that has anything to do with my style or clothes choice as much as with the often excessive make up/hair styling embraced by the majority of the female population (that's another reason why discovering Daria's blog was such a refreshing change).
Besides their eternal cigarette in hand (thank God they banned smoking in bars here! when is it going to happen for public places too? Finland style anyone? hint hint ), the French girl's statement accessory are her red lips.
I barely wear any make up for year now, although I have to admit that I started wearing dramatic red lips since I moved here. When it comes down to it, a touch of red lipstick can elevate any outfit and excuse any bad hair or wrinkly dress. Sure, I need to check my pocket mirror every 5 minutes and look at my teeth and if I have to eat something I just wipe it off and rarely apply it again, but for the time it stays on it feels great.
But their ultimate accessory is probably the attitude - the smutty pout, the superiority, the whole je n'en fou. As terribly annoying as it may be, it's a large part of what makes the French so attractive and stylish and, ultimately, lets them get away with pretty much any sartorial faux pas.
And that, my friends can't be learned or bought.
PS - don't forget about our GIVEAWAY and the new look book on Wednesday!
PS - don't forget about our GIVEAWAY and the new look book on Wednesday!


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The judges of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals took a plaintiff to task for filing a frivolous appeal and evading regulations of the Securities Act of 1933.
In MAS Capital Inc. v. Biodelivery Sciences International Inc., No. 07-3138, the appellate court affirmed the U.S. District Court grant of summary judgment in favor of Biodelivery on MAS Capital's suit to collect what it claims is due for services rendered to Biodelivery. But the judges have issues with those services MAS Capital provided, which essentially were designed to evade the requirements the Securities Act imposes on companies that go public.
MAS Capital incorporated a shell company, MAS Acquisition XXIII - which it represented as having tradable securities - and arranged for Biodelivery to merge with the shell company. The newly merged company changed its name to Biodelivery Sciences International and now had stock that could be bought or sold.
Because this process is illegal, the SEC has started proceedings against MAS Capital and its president and sole director, Aaron Tsai. The SEC required Tsai to sell any stock and options he issued, which he did. He also signed a release that states neither he nor MAS Capital have any right to compensation from Biodelivery.
MAS Capital filed this suit against Biodelivery to try and collect additional compensation. In order to get around that release, MAS Capital claimed some of its services were in fact performed by MAS Financial. Because MAS Financial and Tsai didn't sign the release in his capacity as an agent for MAS Financial, Tsai asserted that a merger occurred between the two companies and MAS is the surviving firm. Chief Judge Frank Easterbrook wrote that neither the District judge nor the 7th Circuit judges are amused by Tsai's actions.
"Tsai and his corporations take the law, and their promises, entirely too lightly. Tsai himself performed the services; any claim that MAS Financial (and thus MAS Capital) may have is derivative of his endeavors, and he has released any claim," wrote the judge.
The 7th Circuit is going to send copies of this opinion to the SEC and NASDAQ for their ongoing administrative proceedings against Tsai and his companies. The appellate court also directed MAS Capital to show cause within 14 days why the court shouldn't impose sanctions for filing a frivolous appeal.
Also within this case is the issue of how 28 U.S.C. 1332 treats domestic corporations with principal places of business outside of the U.S. Biodelivery removed the suit from state court to federal court. Biodelivery is incorporated in Delaware, but its principal place of business is New Jersey. Biodelivery thought MAS Capital was both incorporated and had a principal place of business in Indiana. However, it turns out MAS Capital was incorporated in Nevada but had its principal place of business in Taiwan. Although the 7th Circuit never addressed this issue of having incorporation in the U.S. but principal business in another country, other circuits have ruled that the foreign place of business does not count, so jurisdiction is proper under Section 1332 (a)(1), and MAS Capital will be treated in the suit as a citizen of Nevada alone.


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In this corner, at age 70... Bill Moyers!
"I should put my detractors on notice," declared the veteran journalist who stepped down in January as the host of PBS's Now with Bill Moyers, who recently turned 70. "They might compel me out of the rocking chair and into the anchor chair."
Moyers closed the National Conference on Media Reform in St. Louis on Sunday with his first public response to the revelation that White House allies on the board of directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting have secretly been holding PBS in general -- and his show in particular -- to a partisan litmus test.
"I simply never imagined that any CPB chairman, Democrat or Republican, would cross the line from resisting White House pressure to carrying it out for the White House. And that's what (CPB chair) Kenneth Tomlinson has been doing."
Recalling former President Richard Nixon's failed attempt to cut the funding for public broadcasting in the early 1970s, Moyers said, "I always knew that Nixon would be back -- again and again. I just didn't know that this time he would ask to be the chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting."
An audio recording [of Moyers' speech] can be downloaded at: www.freepress.net/conference/audio05/moyers.mp3
Or you can watch the video at: www.freepress.net/conference/audio05/freepress-closing40515.mov


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Thursday 16th March (12.45 – 16.00)
City of Birmingham Library
We are delighted to announce that the next West and East Midlands Meeting of ADUK will take place at Birmingham Library on Thursday 16th March from 12.45 (for a 1pm start) to 4pm. Our guest speaker is Gary Topp from Culture Central In Birmingham who is going to talk about their company and its aims and objectives and the response to Birmingham's Cultural Investment Enquiry. This is a great opportunity to hear from this important organisation but to also look in depth at how arts is being developed in Birmingham. We are also hoping to get a guest speaker from Leicester to discuss working space for artists. As well as Gary we will updating you all on the present situation regarding ADUK's bid for NPO status and looking ahead at a new direction for us.
If you have anything you want to add to the agenda please let me know on email@example.com for the West Midlands and Paul Steele on firstname.lastname@example.com for the East Midlands. It would also be really useful for us to know if you plan to come along too. This is an important time for Arts Development UK as an organisation but also for Arts Development in its broadest terms.
Many thanks
Steve Wilson: County Arts Officer for Worcestershire & West Midlands Joint Rep for Arts Development UK


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Friday, September 25, 2009
Confidence is Attractive
18 comments:
- MeganRebekah said...
I go through this too, usually when people find out I'm writing and I have to tell them it's YA. I'm learning to be proud of my chosen genre and my book. Somedays it's easy than others, but that confidence is slowly building. I've also found that the more I talk about it and am open about it, the more conifdent I become.
** Also -- confident guys are the hottest. Hands down. I love confident (NOT cocky, just confident), smart guys. Make me melt!
- September 28, 2009 at 7:21 AM
- Patti said...
I struggle with this when people find out I've written a book and they ask me what it's about. I'm always gauging whether they really want to know or just being polite. I'm trying to formulate a good answer to both scenarios.
I agree that confidence can make anyone more attractive.
- September 28, 2009 at 7:46 AM
- Linda Kage said...
Wow, it feels like you just wrote a blog about me... Weird. I lack confidence everywhere, and I'm not too good about endorsing my book to people that ask me about it on the street. But I have no idea how to gain confidence. I've lacked it for way too long.
- September 28, 2009 at 7:48 AM
- Vonna said...
For years, only my husband and son knew I was writing a book. When I completed it, I finally revealed my secret to my sister and my book club but it took a few more years (and another completed novel) before I let the rest of my family and a few friends know. Even then, I found it difficult to talk about my writing. I still do, even though I'm on my fifth novel.
Being part of two fabulous critique groups has helped my confidence a lot; I don't feel so all alone. Also, taking part in SCBWI conferences and especially volunteering at these conferences has been helpful.
Another thing that has been a big help: I've come up with one-sentence summaries for each of my novels so when someone asks what my book is about I don't have to struggle to explain.
- September 28, 2009 at 7:52 AM
- Jennifer Shirk said...
Yeah, I struggle with confidence when NON writers ask about my writing. I kind of mumble the word... romance.
I haven't taken any steps to make that better. WAH! :(
- September 28, 2009 at 8:31 AM
- MattDel said...
Oh the one-sentence summary of your book ... how I love it.
It's the perfect way to answer the inevitable "what's it about?" after someone finds out you're writing a book. Of course, lots of peoples' eyes glaze over when they find out I write fantasy.
Either that or they say "Oh, you mean like Lord of the Rings?" Which then means I have to resist the urge to launch into a rant about how not all fantasy is like LOTR-thank-you-very-much.
/rant :)
- September 28, 2009 at 8:50 AM
- Holly Rutchik said...
Writing is so hard. I always feel like I am fearful non-writers are going to think I am sitting at home with a diary with a pnoy on it and holding the little keys in my hand along with my pipe dreams. I blow it off as a non thing because I assume people won't take me seriously anyways.
Thanks for this post, it reminded me I am projecting my own issues onto others and need to just hold my head up and tell people, "I'm a writer!"
- September 28, 2009 at 8:55 AM
- Lazy Writer said...
I struggle with confidence all the time. I usually have the same response when someone asks me what my book is about: "Oh, it's just something for teenagers to read." You make a great point here. Confidence is important. Thanks for the reminder.
- September 28, 2009 at 10:40 AM
- Beth said...
I struggle with confidence for sure. When people ask what I've been up to and I say "writing a novel", I cringe waiting for them to say "Oh? About what?". Then I have to do awkward dance between telling them nothing and having verbal diarrhea because I'm so excited about what I'm writing! :)
- September 28, 2009 at 11:17 AM
- Heather Sunseri said...
I'm confident about a lot of things, but not my writing. There still aren't many who know I write, but I too find it difficult to sound confident in explaining what it is about. You are right. We need to practice, b/c if we are not confident in it, who is going to buy it? Our response should be, "It's a great story about ... for young adults." Or something really smart.
- September 28, 2009 at 12:32 PM
- Jill Kemerer said...
I don't think of it as confidence as much as passion when we share what we do with others. I'm passionate about writing and I don't mind talking about it. Hopefully, I'm not obnoxious! Heh-heh! I'm so glad I found your blog!
- September 28, 2009 at 2:03 PM
- Tabitha Bird said...
Good post Natalie. Yeah, I struggle in this area too. Now I look people in the eye and say, "I write- it's a memoir about a really difficult time period for me." If they ask more I tell them. Most people ask more. Most people are really interested because they don't know anyone else who writes. And I love talking about it. Makes me feel like a real writer :)
- September 28, 2009 at 2:57 PM
- Karen Amanda Hooper said...
Isn't it amazing how many writers there are trying to get published or finish a book right now, yet we never seem to meet those people in real life? Everyone I meet says "I've never met anyone that wrote a book."
That statement alone gives me a little confidence boost.
- September 28, 2009 at 5:13 PM
- Jessie Oliveros said...
I agree about the whole confidence-makes-guys-hot phenomenon. I think I knew that short, chubby, hairy guy in college, too.
What were we talking about? Oh yeah, writing. So, I think confidence-makes-writers-hot, too. Although I lack a little in that area.
- September 28, 2009 at 6:13 PM
- Yaya' s Changing World said...
Great post! May I just suggest that I don't think we, as writers, lack confidence. Rather, its my feeling that our childhood training prevents us from 'Tooting our own horn.'
When we're asked about what we do, that horn is thrust right to the front and our first reaction is to 'Blend back into the crowd.'
I just discovered your blog, but I love the way you write. You have every reason to 'Shout from the mountain tops' about what you do.
If you were a teacher or an actress, would you be as likely to back-pedal? Without writers, would either of those professions have as much success as they do? Ours is a vitally important link in the whole chain of events... the first link. Shout out what you do! And love it loudly.
- Yaya
- September 28, 2009 at 6:14 PM
- Tricia J. O'Brien said...
Choose Confidence. Play Your Game.
I've written those notes to myself and put them in front of my keyboard. Positive reinforcement? I hope so. Can't hurt.
- September 28, 2009 at 10:05 PM
- David said...
Trying to polish my novel and get an agent. That will make me confident, won't it? What was that Natalie? Oh.
- September 28, 2009 at 10:49 PM
- Marybeth Poppins said...
I didn't read this yesterday because I wasn't feeling very confident and i didn't like the title. LOL
Confidence makes all the difference! Something I learned a little too late in my dating career and hope to perfect very early on in my writing career!
Great Post!
- September 29, 2009 at 5:22 AM


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Human Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells Differentiate into Keratinocytes under In Vitro Conditions and Culturing Differentiated Cells on Bacterial Cellulose Film
Yavari K1*, Abolhassani S2, Mohammadnejad J2
1 Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, (NSTRI), Tehran, Iran.
2 Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, Department of Life Science Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
*Corresponding Author
Kamal Yavari,
Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, (NSTRI),
Tehran, Iran.
Email: email@example.com
Received: August 02, 2016; Accepted: August 17, 2016; Published: September 02, 2016
Citation: Yavari K, Abolhassani S, Mohammadnejad J (2016) Human Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells Differentiate into Keratinocytes under In Vitro Conditions and Culturing Differentiated Cells on Bacterial Cellulose Film. Int J Stem Cell Res Transplant. 04(7), 216-219.DOI : dx.doi.org/10.19070/2328-3548-1600033
Copyright: Yavari K© 2016. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are capable of self renewing and differentiating into other cell types. Human umbilical cord blood (HUCB) has been investigated as an alternative source to bone marrow. The aim of our examinations was to investigate MSC of HUCB could differentiate into keratinocytes under in vitro conditions. In this study, we examined the differentiation with chemical compounds, then to identify the stem cells are differentiated or not, PCR by using the expression of gene cytokeratin 18 was performed and to examine the proliferation characteristic of differentiated keratinocyte from HUCBMSCs, cultured them on cellulose film. Analysis of PCR confirmed the expression of cytokeratin 18 in keratinocytes; results of our study show that cellulose film isn't a compatible substrate for differentiated keratinocytes. And growth factor, BMP4, with hydrocortisone and ascorbic acid with specific amounts is an appropriate induction factor for inducing of differentiation into keratinocytes.
3.Material and Methods
3.1. Induction of MSC into keratinocyte differentiation
3.2. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
4.1. The morphology of differentiated mesenchymal stem cells
Keratinocyte; Cytokeratin 18; Cellulose Film; Mesenchymal Stem Cell.
Our body surface is covered by epithelial tissue which provides a protective barrier. Damaging to this tissue must be healed by cell operation. One of the possible origins of the cells involved in tissue repair after damaging is stem-like progenitor cells, which are the most important but scarce components of the proliferative compartment of an epithelial tissue [1]. Primary efforts in order to accelerate wound healing and promoting the quality of healing in chronic wounds or burn injuries, included the use of biological or artificial coverings. Although these materials were effective but did not cause any permanent health effects because eventually for access the full recovery, we need transplantation and this due to damaging to the part of the donor's body is undesirable [2]. Developing tissue engineered constructions made major changes in treatment of an ulcer [3-5]. These constructions can be classified into two main groups: with and without cells [2]. MSCs can be useful in many pathological conditions, though the mechanism of their action is still unknown [6]. Some problems by these constructions are slow and insufficient vascularization of large ones [7]. Skin tissue engineering has been in the forefront of tissue engineering for many years and now some of its products are available. Tissue-engineered skin substitutes are divided into two general groups, cell based products, which can stimulate wound healing and cell-free products, which are cover for injury [8]. In most studies which have been done for differentiation into skin cells, the co culture method has been used to induce differentiation [9-15]. In this study, we examined the differentiation with chemical compounds [16, 17].
Umbilical cord blood is a source of mesenchymal and hematopoietic stem cells [18-20]. Human MSCs are self-renewal and can be differentiated into mesenchymal and non-mesenchymal cells [21, 22]. Compared to isolation of stem cells from bone marrow, isolation from this source is more simple and easier, safer and painless [10, 23]. And some shows that isolation of stem cells from Wharton's Jelly is even easier and faster [24, 25].
Material and Methods
MSCs were cultured into 6-well plate. We investigated 4 different mediums and 2 periods of times which are shown in Table 1.
The plates were checked daily under invert microscope and the changes in morphology of cells were photographed which some of them are shown in results.
Table 1. Concentration of compounds in culture medium of mesenchymal stem cells for differentiation into keratinocyte and the number of days in this medium.
After culturing in each one of mediums stated (Table 1), to identify the stem cells are differentiated or not, polymerase chain reaction was performed on total RNA extracted from cultured cells. We investigate the expression of gene cytokeratin 18. Total RNA from the cultured cells was extracted using QIAGEN RNeasy plus mini kit. This kit can be used in a wide range of cells and removes the contamination of DNA during extraction [26]. RNA was measured by using optical density method at 260 nm wavelength. Using Beer Lambert law, the amount of light absorbed can be attributed to the concentration of absorbing molecules. At the wavelength of 260 nm, the extinction coefficient for one strand RNA is 0.025 (μg/ml)-1cm-1. Thus, the optical density of 1, equals to 40 μg/ml for one strand RNA [27]. Then cDNA was synthesized by using Revertaid first strand cDNA synthesis kit [28]. Synthesized cDNAs should be proliferated by specific primers. PCR or polymerase chain reaction is a simple, meanwhile a sensitive method for replication of a particular piece of DNA in the laboratory. Primer cytokeratin 18 was as follows: (sense) 5'-CAAGGAGGAGCTGCTGCTCTTCATG-3',(antisense), 5'-CAGCAGATTGAGGAGAGCACCA-3'. The temperatures, times and number of cycles are shown in Table 2.
Table 2. Number of cycles, time and temperature of PCR for identification of gene cytokeratin 18 in differentiated stem cells into keratinocytes.
The PCR was done on a C 1000 thermal cycler (BIO-RAD). The reactions were done in a total volume of 25 μl containing 10 μM of each primer, DNA template 0.2 μg and Master Mix 2x 12.5 μl. And finally to examine the proliferation characteristic of differentiated keratinocyte from HUCBMSCs, cultured them on cellulose film. For this purpose, first the cellulose film was purified and then was dried. Cellulose obtained from fermentor containing impurities such as bacterial cells and compounds of culture medium. For making it purified, first the cellulose in the form of a square were cut then in NaOH solution of 0.1 M, 3 times and each time boiled for 30 min, then placed in incubator at 37°C as long were dried. After cellulose film being dried in the incubator, the cell suspension containing approximately 5 × 104 differentiated cells in 1 ml of culture medium was poured onto cellulose film in wells of a 6 well plate. After 48 h exposure to the incubator, preparation for SEM analysis was performed.
To study cell adhesion to cellulose fibers, we used scanning electron microscopy. To prepare samples, first they were washed in PBS, and then fixed in glutaraldehyde 2.5% for 90 min; dewatering by using ethanol solutions with concentration gradient of 30%, 50%, 70%, 90% and 95%, each one for 15 min was done. In the next step for making conductive, the surface of samples was covered with a thin layer of gold by using sputtering coater method.
To investigate the differentiation to keratinocytes, cells were observed daily under the inverted microscope. Figure 1 shows the cells 9 days after induction of differentiation.
The concentration of purified RNA was 2400 μg/ml by using Bio Photo Meter and explanations provided in the Materials and methods section. By using PCR analyzing, the gene expression of cytokeratin 18, skin cell-specific gene was examined as shown at Figure 2.
Figure 2. Using PCR analyzing, the gene expression of cytokeratin 18, skin cell-specific gene was examined.
To study the proliferation characteristic of differentiated keratinocyte from HUCBMSCs on cellulose film, we used SEM. Figure 3 shows the cells after 48 hours of culturing them on a cellulose film.
Figure 3. The keratinocytes after 48 hours of culturing them on a cellulose film (magnification 6000x).
The changes in the appearance of cells can be observed in Figure 1. One of these changes is that spindle like shape cells, become wider. As shown in Figure 2, differentiated cells expressed the gene cytokeratin 18 well. However, the expression of this gene has not been observed in control cells which are undifferentiated MSCs. Previously in other studies the differentiation of stem cells to cutaneous cells was confirmed [1, 9, 29-34].
As figure shows, in order to study the expression of gene cytokeratin 18; two types of ladder one with a gap distance of 50 bp and one with 100 bp is used. After the primer was purchased from Sina Clon Company, the gene sequence was obtained from Pubmed-NCBI site. Gene length was equal to 221 bp which, as both ladders show, the band is located in the appropriate distance.
The results of SEM are comparable to results that have been reported by HL Almedia et al., about morphology of these cells which expressed they are round or polygonal [35]. The cells didn't show a good adhesion and extension as you can see in Figure 3. If the environment is favorable for the cells, they will spread on the surface but if the environment isn't favorable, the cells will place with distance from each other and are wrinkled and don't make strong connections with their substrate. But about these cells, differentiated keratinocyte from stem cells, we can't definitely say that this substrate isn't appropriate, because these cells are extremely sensitive and the slight change in the culture medium of these cells can be consider as a risk for them. In a study by Neeracha Sanchavanakit et al., bacterial cellulose film has been introduced as an appropriate substrate for keratinocytes [36].
Growth factor, BMP4, is an appropriate induction factor for inducing of differentiation into keratinocytes. We can't definitely say that cellulose film is not a suitable substrate for keratinocytes but results of our study show that it's not a compatible substrate for differentiated keratinocytes.
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Much has been written about triple talaque or other forms of talaque or other forms of divorce and the discourse has been marked by the political dimension. The debates oriented to score the brownie points have the purpose other than constructive. The critics of triple talaque or anything associated with Muslim personal law are more interested in painting the devil of Muslims or show the community in poor light rather than guided by any thought to improve the plight of Muslim women. As far as triple talaque is concerned Muslims largely have denounced and condemned its practice. There is no need to blow the issue of triple talaque or divorce out of proportion when the Muslims themselves would like to disown such unhealthy practice and the efforts are onto create the proper social impact to discourage the same. The real issue is not the triple talaque or the triple divorce but create the basis to erode the pluralistic character of the society.
Those talking of delivering justice to the Muslim women are the hardliners who have never shown any concern for the Muslim women when they are raped or gang raped in the teeth of communal violence or when their men folk are murdered brutally or lynched to death in the name of cow protection. No concern whatsoever is shown when Muslim youth are put behind bars on the fake charges of terrorism. Such unhappy scenario continues till the accused are exonerated by the superior courts. It is too late by the time accused are let off without the guilt proven. Instead the pernicious efforts are made to transfer the blame on the victim to lend justification to the cult of victimization. With the odds very much staked against the youth the entire family is for unimaginable disaster. The silence of the votaries of justice for Muslim women speaks phenomenal.
The whole disastrous exercise has a design. It is not only to create the stumbling block in the development and the progress of the community but to weaken the moral or the strength of the community to resist any sort of injustice. In the context no less significant is to note that the community leadership has always maintained distance from the protest against the increasing the spell of injustice.
It is the blatant injustice based on the policy of discrimination which led to the denial of opportunities or the jobs. There is the pernicious effort to develop the dismal scenario in which no platform is provided for the growth and flourish of talents. With less or minimum occupation in the business or the service some youth with the frustrated psyche have developed the trait to wake up late in the day. Its the instinct of survival without the healthy source of earning Muslim youth are pushed into the world of crime. Without making an aggregate analysis of the factors contributing to the growth of crime and reasons inspiring the same phenomenal attention is given when the youth of community are caught in the specter of questionable activities. The fact also remains that notwithstanding the reasons initiating the growth of crime there is absolutely no justification for crime. The so called votaries of improving the lot of Muslim women have never remained bothered as to how the phenomenal discrimination and deepening prejudice has pushed the community to the wall. Livelihood is the biggest worry which has not aroused the concern of these so-called sympathizers of Muslim women. There is not even lip service to the growing sense of injustice.
Complicating the situation further there remains the certain section of media which instead of examining the issue on merit is much more interested in painting the devil of the community which in a way lends justification to target the community which has been experiencing its worst. Its like giving a bad name to dog and killing it. The basis for growing disenchantment is created to fuel the social exclusion.
It is the relentless hatred which manifests one way or the other. To what extent of feverish intensity hatred has reached can well be illustrated by one incident in Kalyan bound train. It was some time back in a Kalyan bound train after Thane In Maharashtra a youth inadvertently stumbled upon the body of some co traveler. The incident was enough to generate more heat than light. The furor has snowballed into a situation in which there was a cry to throw the boy out of a running train due to his religious identity. There cant be any room for mercy with the deepening prejudice. Anyway the boy was saved with the intervention of some people who said that the youth was a college student and not a thief. What a horror to think of a young lad to be thrown out of a running train.
In the circumstance seething with deepening prejudice it is not astonishing to note that attorney general Mukul Rohatgi to denounce all forms of talaque or divorce. He found defect even in talaque ordained by Quran. In the talaque acceptable to all sects of Muslim in the light of Quran there is the scope for reconciliation even after two pronouncements of divorce or talaque completing nearly two months. There is no space for reconciliation with the third or final pronouncement of talaque or divorce completing nearly three months. This form of talaque or the divorce creates all the initiatives within the space of nearly three months under the same roof which provides the opportunities to reconcile.
Attorney General, appearing for the Centre asserted that the issue of triple talaque or divorce should not be seen as the majority forcing its views on minorities.
However notwithstanding the assertions made by the attorney general the fact remains that the government whose secular credentials are open to question cant wash its hands off from imposing the majoritarian culture and practices.
The real issue is not the divorce or the triple talaque but the real issue is the harshness and bitterness in nature born of economic chaos and instability which leads to the marital discord or derailment. The rich and the affluent despite being insensitive have space for sweetness in nature may be synthetic while the poor folk with expanding miseries in life due to the extremely economic worrying situation remain bitter and harsh. With the deficit of contentment added with harshness the cordiality of relations is not maintained leading to the marital rupture. Poverty is always a big obstacle in maintaining the harmony of relations which accentuates the gravity of the situations leading to divorce or separation.
Against this back drop the issue is not triple talaque or divorce. The issue is abysmal poverty and its attendant lack of education associated with Muslims. Those making big noise over divorce are rather expected to focus on improving the economic plight of the community which would help in developing education to bring Muskan or smile on the face of the community. The Muslims are also expected to show the excellence of character to earn the good will of the social mainstream.


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April 8, 2006
FAIRFIELD, CT (April 8, 2006) - In a game that started in a steady, cold rain and ended with snow falling, Sacred Heat senior Kiel Adams (Rome, NY) scored with 22 seconds on the clock to complete a fourth quarter comeback and lift the Pioneers to a 9-8 win over the #14 ranked Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens in Colonial Athletic Association action Saturday afternoon. The Pioneers upset victory was their first over a ranked team in program history as they improve to 2-2 in the league with the win.
SHU (2-8, 2-2 CAA) headed into the fourth quarter chasing a three-goal Delaware lead and shut the Blue Hen offense down over the final 15 minutes. Meanwhile, the Pioneer rally started at the 8:00 minute mark and continued until Adams buried a feed from fellow senior Matt Robideau (Massena, NY) with 22 ticks left to vault the Pioneers to the win.
The Pioneers struck first as Robideau and Adams each registered unassisted goals for a 2-0 lead in the first. Delaware answered with a three goal run that started with Jarryd Knouse's second goal of the season at 4:21 of the first and then back-to-back scores by Drew Turner and Cam Howard at 9:59 and 9:49 of the second. SHU's got even on an unassisted Bobby Karl (Clifton Park, NY) marker and the two teams went to the half tied at 3-3.
The Blue Hens (9-3, 1-2 CAA) owned the third quarter and after a SHU goal from Tony Tanzi (Mahopac, NY) at 12:59 gave the Pioneers a 4-3 lead, Delaware rattled off another three-straight to jump back in front. Jordan Hall, Dan Deckelbaum and Brett Manney all scored as the Blue Hens took a 6-4 lead with 1:50 to go.
SHU's Casey Kirch had a great individual effort as he scooped up a grounder after a UD turnover and raced the length of the field to score and pull SHU back to within 6-5 with just under a minute. The Blue Hens, however, used a late offensive flurry to tack on two mores scores before the horn sounded. Deckelbaum scored unassisted at 35 seconds and then set up teammate Beau Davis just 14 ticks later to send the Blue Hens into the final quarter leading 8-5.
Just as it looked Delaware would run away with the game, the Pioneers began to rally. SHU junior Peter Greco (Hamburg, NY) scored unassisted, his 10th, at the eight minute mark. UD's Deckelbaum was called for an offside penalty at 5:27 and the Pioneers took full advantage as Robideau fired a laser off a feed from Karl to pull SHU within 8-7. The Pioneers completed the three-goal comeback when sophomore Andrew Bailey (Herndon, VA) took an outlet pass from defenseman Chad Clarke (Camillus, NY) and went coast-to-coast for the game-tying score at 3:17.
The Pioneers late game heroics was set up by Robideau who forced a turnover at midfield, scooped up the ground ball and sent SHU off in transition. The senior hit Kiel on the left who promptly buried it with 22 seconds left. The Blue Hens sent Alex Smith into the face-off circle for the final draw. Smith dominated all game, winning 18-20 to that point but it was SHU's Joe Cavagnaro (Kinnelon, NJ) who got the final draw as he scooped up the grounder and the Pioneers killed of the remaining seconds for the win.
Both goalies played very well as Delaware's Tommy Scherr turned in 16 saves and SHU's Jim Millhausen (Arnold, MD) finished with 15.
Sacred Heart returns to action next Saturday, April 15th when they travel to Drexel for a 2 pm start.


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For anyone as captivated by new and potentially interesting TV experiences as BrokenTV, every trip overseas usually contains a frisson of excitement when being in a bar that has a television set in it, and some commercials come on. This initial sense of wonder soon disappears just as soon as realise that (a) there is seemingly an upper limit of six different television commercials in circulation in many countries at any different time, (b) around 60% of them are just the same as the ones over here, except the can of Lynx shown at the end of it is a can of Axe, and (c) the remainder are shit adverts for mobile phones or digital cameras. And yet, each time we find ourselves in an alien land and the ads appear, or if we're merely in a pub showing an illicit stream of ESPN Hong Kong, the faint sense of wonder returns. This may be why we feel compelled to drink so much. Hic.
With that in mind, earlier on today we were trawling our EPG, looking for any gems offered by our shiny new subscription to Setanta, and slightly hoping against hope it was them and not Sky Sports who were showing live coverage of the Liverpool versus Portsmouth Asia Trophy final. NASN were showing a mens lacrosse match between New Jersey and Philadelphia, which was moderately interesting for about three minutes, but once you've got over the fact it's simultaneously one of the most effeminate and yet violent sports you're likely to encounter, it's a bit dull. We finally settled on Setanta Ireland, showing a repeat of the Peace Cup final between Bolton and Lyon. If we'd known what a crashingly dull match it had turned out to be, we mightn't have bothered, but there was one saving grace.
You see, and we might be wrong here, we're pretty sure Setanta Ireland is blocked for Setanta subscribers who live outside the emerald isle, but this wasn't blocked at all. Possibly the controller of Setanta Ireland had decided residents of Ireland shouldn't be the only ones to suffer. Either way, it meant we got to see the adverts offered up to viewers in the Republic of Ireland. "So?", you may be wondering at this point, "You don't update for nearly a month, then it's something as meaningless as this? No wonder all those readers who found the site after the DVD piracy poster update didn't stick around". Oh hush, you sweet fool. It's interesting. Yes, it is.
Unless you're reading this and you live in Ireland, in which case you might like to pop next door and see if BrokenFM are up to anything, because you'll pretty much know what's coming up.
There are a few things over the past few years that have made us question our loyalty to Liverpool FC, and consider supporting someone else instead. We would have ditched them before you could say Istvan Kozma if they'd signed Lee Bowyer, but luckily the rat-faced bigot wanted too much money. If cuddly violator of human rights Thaksin Shinawatra had managed to take control of the club, then Rick Parry would have made it onto our enemies list (somewhere between Richard Bacon and the evil clown who our parents). The actions of the hundreds of boneheaded scallies who'd thought a perfect way to compliment their Justice For The 96 wristbands would be to barge their way into the Olympic Stadium and potentially cause another disaster brought us perilously close to the edge of disowning the club.
It says a lot about our total inability to maintain a sense of perspective when we state that another reason we feel slightly ashamed to follow Liverpool is the fact they're sponsored by the company responsible for one of the shittest advertising campaigns on British television. "Carlsberg don't do nightclubs, but if we did, we'd use it as an excuse to cram lots of bland anonymous big-titted FHM photoshoot types into a crowded space because our advertising agency isn't very imaginative".
Happily, the Irish campaign is much better. It features a bloke chatting up a pretty girl at a bar, yes, but it's an Irish bloke in an American bar, which is a vast improvement on the UK adverts which are clearly made to be interchangable with as many other dialects as possible (which is why there's the bare minimum of speech in them and a lack of nation-centric landmarks, you see). Pretty Girls' boyfriend comes along, leading Pretty Girl to offer Irish Bloke two options; run away, or get kicked in. Luckily, Irish Bloke saves the day with a bit of blarney instead. Slogan: It's never just A or B, there's always C - Carlsberg.
Granted, it's hardly Citzen Kane, but it's amiable enough, and a welcome change from the UK's Carlsberg advertising, which still seems to think that every alcohol-quaffing male amongst the population is a thick Nuts reader. Still, tits eh? Tits! Phwoar!
The next advert is more representative of Setanta Ireland's daytime ad-space. A cartoon fox is having a nice sleep. As Shakepeare once wrote, "to sleep perchance to dream about a little cartoon fox donning a little green waistcoat and joining in a riverdance in Ireland's highest pub", although the last part of that was largely implicit. Yes, that's right, somewhat delightedly a large proportion of the adverts on Setanta Ireland are for specific establishments. It's like being in a cinema sometime in the early 1980s and getting to see lots of local adverts, but with improved promotion budgets.
Taking it to the next level, another cartoon advert, this is a barely animated Flash effort about altering suits to measure. "For all your alteration needs". And that's about it. Excellent stuff.
A schoolboy is getting ready for school. In order to fit in with his male-grooming-fixated peer group, he has borrowed and applied some of his mothers moisturiser. But: Oh no! It's tinted moisturiser! Alack! His face is as orange as the bastard offspring of an Oompa Loompa and Gavin Henson. What to do?
Clearly, the only thing that can now happen is for the pantry door to open in a shaft of beaming white light, revealing twice Eurovision winner Johnny Logan, belting out the song which took him to triumph in 1987 , "Hold Me Now". With Ireland's Mr Eurovision in the room, the schoolboy has finally found the father figure he had been seeking for so long, and as his mother collapses in shock, the boy seeks solace by burying his face in the arms of The Loge. A-ha-ha-and thereby rubbing a large orange smear onto Logan's white jacket. Gleefully ignoring the cost of having to dry clean his outfit, Logan merely chuckles and offers the boy a McDonalds hamburger. So you see, what with McDonalds selling a nice hamburger that costs just one Euro, everything will be okay.
Almost taking the form of a Powerpoint presentation more than a proper television advert, this adverts tells the viewing public how adept Streetcare services are at the art of contemporary street furniture. Need a bus shelter? A shopping trolley garage? A Park bench? A bin? A bike shelter? Or even a pitch dugout? You do? Then they're your men and/or women!
Rubbish sarcasm aside (they're running successful businesses, while we're anonymous twats sneering at them on the internet. My, aren't WE big?), adverts like this are worth approximately eighteen million identikit adverts for debt consolidation or personal injury claims that make up the vast majority of afternoon ad breaks on other digital channels, so more power to them. Of the two commercial breaks we've now watched on Irish telly, only one advert contained any stereotypical fiddle-dee-diddly-dee Oirishness, and that had a small cartoon fox in it, so we can probably forgive even that. BrokenTV doesn't have a lot of truck with lazy regional stereotyping, you see. We're Welsh, and we've hardly ever worn a stovepipe hat or molested a ewe.
In summary then: Irish adverts – more of them please.


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2x = 14.7 psi
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2x and 3x just mean you inject the same amount of propane 2 or 3 times, correct? I'm pretty sure about this stuff, but I just need to be confirmed on all of it. Don't worry everyone, I'm not going to be stupid, if I make a hybrid it's going to be a small, all metal (maybe coaxial) one.
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Title: Fireman attacking effigies of German soldiers, Calgary, Alberta.
Date: [ca. 1914-1918]Across the desk of JD Hazen,minister for Marine, Fisheries and Naval Affairs, came one particularly inventive account of the alleged conspiracies of German-Americans. As Ramsay Cook and Robert Craig Brown noted in A Nation Transformed (1972, p.224), anti-German rhetoric could become quite fanciful:
"The Germans all over the United States are holding meetings, their intentions are to invade Canada on the lines of the Fenian Raid...Their headquarters is Milwaukee. They are getting all the automobiles they can possibly get without causing suspicion; they intend to muster 150,000 men along the border and invade in three or four places, destroy the canals, the railroads and grain elevators; their plans are for inland invasion; they have plenty of money behind this."
British Propaganda Poster. Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1983-28-38


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Significant improvements have been made in other performance parameters as well, including initial accuracy, warm-up drift, line regulation, and long-term stability, making the VRE107 series the most accurate and stable 5 V references available. VRE107 series devices are available in two operating temperature ranges, -25°C to +85°C and -55°C to +125°C, and two performance grades. All devices are packaged in 14-pin hermetic ceramic packages for maximum long-term stablity. "M" versions are screened for high reliability and quality. Superior stability, accuracy, and quality make these references ideal for precision applications such as A/D and D/A converters, high accuracy test and measurement instrumentation, and tranducer excitation. Figure 1. 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Noise (0.1 - 10Hz) 3 * µVpp OUTPUT CURRENT Range ±10 * mA REGULATION Line 6 10 * * ppm/V Load 3 * ppm/mA Range 10 * mV Temperature Coefficient 4 * µV/ºC/mV OUTPUT ADJUSTMENT POWER SUPPLY CURRENT (Note 2) VRE107 +PS 7 9 * * mA VRE107 -PS 4 6 * * mA NOTES: * Same as M Models. 1. Using the box method, the specified value is the maximum deviation from the output voltage at 25°C over the specified operating temperature range. 2. The specified values are unloaded. VRE107DS VRE107 P r o d u c t I n n o v a t i o nF r o m TYPICAL PERFORMANCE GRAPHS VOUT vs. TEMPERATURE VOUT vs. TEMPERATURE Temperature oC VRE107M Temperature oC VRE107MA POSITIVE OUTPUT QUIESCENT CURRENT VS. TEMP JUNCTION TEMP. RISE VS. OUTPUT CURRENT Temperature oC Output Current (mA) PSRR VS. FREQUENCY Frequency (Hz) NEGATIVE OUTPUT QUIESCENT CURRENT VS. TEMP JUNCTION TEMP. RISE VS. OUTPUT CURRENT Temperature oC Output Current (mA) PSRR VS. FREQUENCY Frequency (Hz) 2. THEORY OF OPERATION The following discussion refers to the block diagram in Figure 1. A FET current source is used to bias a 6.3 V zener diode. The zener voltage is divided by the resistor network R1 and R2. This voltage is then applied to the noninverting input of the operational amplifier which amplifies the voltage to produce a 5 V output. The gain is determined by the resistor networks R3 and R4: G=1 + R4/R3. The 6.3 V zener diode is used because it is the most stable diode over time and temperature. The current source provides a closely regulated zener current, which determines the slope of the reference's voltage vs. temperature function. By trimming the zener current, a lower drift over temperature can be achieved. But since the voltage vs. temperature function is nonlinear, this method leaves a residual error over wide temperature ranges. 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Diana's Delights was created by Diana Roney and eventually handed over to daughter Kimberly.
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|Luke and Liam went on a field trip at school to a one room school house and they were asked to dress appropriately too! They really loved learning how people dressed and worked in school on slates many years ago.
|Have I mentioned Finn is a HANDFUL?
|Aiden's first t-ball game! He is playing for the Corcoran Hornets
|Aiden picked #1 as his jersey number
|Aiden's team
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Aiden had his first t-ball game and he was very excited to play. He has been talking about it for several days now as he finally gets his turn and his brothers get to watch (well, sort of). Luke and Liam watched half of his game before John had to leave with them for their baseball game. Over the next couple of months, we have baseball for all three boys on the same nights at very close to the same time in two different places. I guess its better than doing baseball four nights a week! Finn definitely wouldn't enjoy that too much.
Aiden had a great time. I think his favorite part was his jersey with a #1 and hitting a home run. It felt like a pretty long game although it was only an hour. Baseball is pretty laid back with several 4-5 year olds who kind of follow the ball like soccer when it is hit-they all run to the ball! These games are quite an experience. They are a mix of kids playing the dirt, picking grass, going to the bathroom, and running after the ball tackling their own team mates to get it. I am just thankful the weather was so nice because we have had a few baseball seasons start with freezing cold temps!


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Michael Cannon, executive creative director at Harris Drury Cohen, has been named a partner at the Fort Lauderdale-based agency.
John Pretruney and Nick Kaldenbaugh have been promoted to executive VP-group creative directors at Arnold Worldwide, Boston. Both were formerly senior VPs.
Steve Payonzek, formerly of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners; Dave Sakamoto, formerly of Odiorne Wilde Narraway & Partners in San Francisco; and freelancer Jane Jacobsen have joined Seattle agency Sedgwick Rd. (formerly McCann-Erickson/Seattle) as senior copywriter, senior art director, and director of production, respectively.
Hutson Kovanda, formerly of Wyse Advertising, Cleveland, and Dana Boulden, formerly of Bozell Kamtra, Pittsburgh, have joined Marc USA/Pittsburgh as associate creative director and junior art director, respectively.
Director Mikael Salomon, whose feature credits include A Far Off Place and Hard Rain, has signed with bicoastal Coppos Films.
Directors Marshall Vernet, formerly of Bedford Falls, and Jeff Kaumeyer, former of Cylo, have joined Santa Monica-based production company Detour.
Former Satellite Films director Josh Taft has signed with HSI.
Director Marcel Langenegger, formerly of Propaganda Films, has joined Biscuit Filmworks.
Former Satellite Films director Melodie McDaniel has joined The Directors Bureau.
Director Lance Kelleher, formerly of Ritts Hayden, has signed with Los Angeles-based Copper Media.
Director Larry Frey, formerly of Radical Media, has signed with production company Villains.
Director Richard D'Alessio, formerly represented in the U.S. by the now-defunct Shooting Gallery, has signed with Radical Media.
Director Tom Jones, formerly of Treat, has signed with San Francisco's Kaboom Productions.
Iain Greenway, formerly creative director at design house TZ, has joined New York's Click 3x as creative director.
Composer Alex Burgland has joined Minneapolis music and sound design house Echo Boys.
Sally Kapsalis has been promoted from head of sales and marketing to managing director at New York digital studio Spontaneous Combustion.
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