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By Deborah Manog, UH Student Journalist
Grass is glowing green in Istanbul. "Cimen" means "Grass" in Turkish, and it is the name of Turkey's first transgenic lamb. The glow-in-the-dark lamb was produced by scientists from Istanbul University in collaboration with the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa (UHM) medical school.
The project, led by Dr. Sema Birler, involved injecting three mother sheep with a fluorescent protein in a transgenesis technique that was developed by researchers at Hawai`i's John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) .
The odds were low, with the birth of only five lambs in November 2013. However, one lucky lamb carried the "glowing gene," and this week, it was introduced to the world.
JABSOM scientist Dr. Stefan Moisyadi said that transgenic sheep are more difficult to produce than other transgenic animals because sheep carry only one embryo or, he said, "twins at best."
"As with pigs and rabbits, the aim is to use these animals as bioreactors to make valuable proteins in their milk," said Dr. Moisyadi. In normal lighting, the animals look just like any other of their species. But when exposed to black light, transgenic animals shine a vivid shade of green.
Click HERE to see another video from a Turkish news service.
Last year, Turkish scientists collaborated with Moisyadi and the Institute for Biogenesis Research (IBR) at JABSOM to create vivid green bunnies. Then, using the same technique developed at UHM, scientists in Southern China bred 10 luminescent piglets.
The goal of the transgenetic research is to explore biological ways to create medicines for complex human diseases including diabetes, Alzheimer's and cancer. The future of medicine looks bright with the continued success in gene-based animal research.
Click to read more about the fluorescent pigs.
Click to revisit the glowing green rabbits.


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Arkansas Secretary of State Wins 2017 NASS IDEAS Award
Posted on: 08/09/2017 3:31 pm
(LITTLE ROCK, Ark.)—During a special awards ceremony held on July 9, the Office of the Arkansas Secretary of State was selected to receive the 2017 National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) IDEAS Award, which recognizes innovation and excellence in state programming. Arkansas was recognized for its Gov2Go platform, which allows citizens to receive personalized, timely, and relevant notifications designed to help streamline their interactions with government.
"It is an honor to be recognized by the NASS community, and to see all the great things Secretaries of State are doing to engage and inform voters," Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin said. "We hope to continue expanding Gov2Go as a convenient, personalized way to help Arkansans do business with government and engage with the elections process."
Gov2Go is the nation's first digital government assistant that delivers citizen-centric government interactions. More than 375,000 Arkansans have subscribed to Gov2Go to receive useful notifications to enhance their interactions with state and local government. Gov2Go learns about its users, keeps tracks of their deadlines—such as voter registration, property tax payments, car tag renewals and property assessment—and sends important reminders to their computers, mobile devices, and Apple watches.
Arkansas Secretary of State partnered with the Information Network of Arkansas (INA), the state's official digital government services provider, to integrate its franchise tax payment system and Voter View database into Gov2Go, enabling Arkansans to access business services, voting information personalized to their district, and other government interactions through a single platform.
Established in 2011, the NASS IDEAS (Innovation, Dedication, Excellence & Achievement in Service) Award recognizes significant state contributions to the mission of NASS, as well as honors the outstanding programs and achievements of NASS member offices. Nominations are encouraged in all areas of state government programming that are overseen or administered by Secretary of State or Lieutenant Governor offices throughout the U.S.
The NASS Awards Committee reviewed and evaluated submissions and chose four finalists to give presentations at the NASS summer conference. NASS membership voted and chose the Arkansas Secretary of State's Office as the 2017 winner.
The NASS IDEAS Award marks the tenth award for Gov2Go, including two recent regional and international awards from the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) in the Excellence in Government Partnership category for the Department of Finance and Administration. Other accolades include 2017 Digital Edge 50 Award winner, finalist in the Government Computer News 2016 DIG IT Award competition, the NASCIO 2016 State IT Recognition Award for Emerging and Innovative Technologies, StateScoop 50 State Innovation of the Year in 2016, top eight Finalist in the American Council of Technology's Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) 2016 Igniting Innovation Award challenge, Center for Digital Government's Best of the Web Winner in 2015, and Finalist in Amazon Web Services' City on a Cloud competition in 2015.
About Information Network of Arkansas
The Information Network of Arkansas (INA) is a public-private partnership between the state of Arkansas and the Arkansas Information Consortium (AIC) that helps state government entities Web-enable their information and services. Little Rock-based AIC is celebrating its 20th year as the state's official digital government services partner, and is part of digital government firm NIC's (EGOV) family of companies. A local tech company, AIC was recently named to the 2017 "Best Places to Work in Arkansas" list sponsored by Arkansas Business. INA operates Arkansas.gov, the official website of the state of Arkansas, which offers more than 850 state and local online services.
About NIC
Founded in 1992, NIC Inc. (NASDAQ: EGOV) is celebrating 25 years as the nation's premier provider of innovative digital government solutions and secure payment processing, which help make government interactions more accessible for everyone through technology. The family of NIC companies has developed a library of more than 13,000 digital government services for more than 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies. Among these solutions is the ground-breaking digital government personal assistant, Gov2Go, delivering citizens personalized reminders and a single access point for government interactions. More information is available at www.egov.com.
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If you follow me on Instagram (you do, right?!?) then you already know that I am a certified lipstick junkie. Think of your biggest addiction, your greatest indulgence. Now multiply that times a hundred. That's how I feel about lipstick; bright or dark, in-your-face, cant-possibly-miss-it lip color. I sit in my little home recording studio and I swatch lipsticks and match lip pencils just for fun. I vividly remember watching my grand-mother in awe as she did her makeup in the morning. Her red lipsticks would hypnotize me, that and I remember thinking she made funny faces while applying them.
So, for the fall, I'm all about that base, bout' that base, no treble…Ok seriously, I'm all about the lipstick right now. This is new because I usually focus on the eyes: the new eyeshadow palette from so-and-so, the new blending technique, the new eye primer/mascara/liner. But the eyes have taken a backseat this season and I'm letting my lips take the driver's seat (and put the top down with this beautiful weather) and take center stage.
Now, lets not get this twisted. Eyes still need some attention. I'm using my fave mascara of the moment: Telescopic Shocking Extensions Mascara by Loreal and I use eyeliner in the water line to make the eyes pop. Depending on my lip color choice du jour, I'll line on top of my lashes and under the lower lash line with a light, shimmery eye shadow to attract light and give the eyes some depth. This allows me to rock even the vampiest of lip colors during the day without looking too cray (a little crazy is good, too much crazy, not so much). The "it" makeup look for this fall, seen on all the fashion runways and glossies, is the "natural" skin look (meaning, sheer foundation, blush and some highlighting, no contouring), bold brows, clean eyes and dark, dark lips. This look is best paired with simple accessories and hair away from your face (unless you're channeling your inner Elvira/Morticia Adams). I chose a Katniss Everdeen-ish braid for this look (tutorial?).
Check out these pics from one of my looks this past week! I got a TON of compliments on this lip color. This is "Homegirl" from Kat Von D, found at Sephora. I am nuts about this lipstick. If you haven't done so, you NEED to check out this line of cosmetics!


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Well, thanks for stopping by! I hope you'll come back to read more comics... I am working on pulling together some sort of schedule for posting. I've gone back to work now too so I will have to do a bit of time management gymnastics. I can't tell you how happy I am to be here!
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All-32: NFL Power Rankings Heading Into Week 10
Heading into Week 10, we're just past the midway point of the season. Due to teams having byes, just over 51 percent of regular season games have been played up to this point. Yet we're still here with not much of a clue with what to make of this football season.
This week marks the sixth different team to come in at the top of these rankings, though four of last week's top-five remain, just not in the same order. Eventually we might find out which teams are really good this season, but for now, maybe we can just appreciate back-to-back watchable primetime games this past week.
Savor that while you can because we get the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night.
A weekly reminder: our power rankings aren't subjective. They're based off our nERD scores put together by people much smarter than me. For those unfamiliar, nERD is our calculation of how good a team really is, based on expected point differential against a league average team. If the team's nERD rating is 10, they would be expected to win by 10 points against a league-average opponent. All individually noted rankings are based off our Net Expected Points (NEP) metric, which measures the value of each play on the field based on how an average team would be expected to perform, according to historical data.
Each week, we'll list all 32 teams from worst to best with a more detailed breakdown of four different teams. The highlighted teams will rotate each week, which will lead to each team being featured two to three times during the course of the season.
32. San Francisco 49ers (nERD: -10.04, Record: 1-7, Last Week: 30)
A change at quarterback was needed for the San Francisco 49ers, and that change was made -- but not much has changed. It's rather simple to watch Colin Kaepernick and see how much of an improvement he is over Blaine Gabbert, but the problem is that Gabbert was so bad at the beginning of the season that almost anything would have been better.
Below is a chart comparing Gabbert and Kaepernick in Passing NEP, Passing NEP per drop back, and Success Rate, along with their ranks among the 33 quarterbacks with at least 100 drop backs on the season.
|Drop Backs
|Passing NEP
|Passing NEP/DB
|Success Rate
|Colin Kaepernick
|-4.64 (29)
|-0.04 (31)
|41.82% (32)
|Blaine Gabbert
|-19.21 (33)
|-0.12 (33)
|37.5% (33)
While Kaepernick has been much better, it hasn't been enough to lift the offense of the 49ers. San Francisco is 30th in Adjusted NEP per play on offense, but there's a fairly wide gap between the passing offense and the running game. The 49ers rank 31st in Adjusted Passing NEP per play but 11th in Adjusted Rushing NEP per play.
Much of that, though, comes from the quarterbacks. Between Gabbert's 37 rushing attempts and Kaepernick's 22, no team has seen more running from the quarterback position. The two have combined for nearly 25 percent of the team's rushing attempts this season.
For the running backs, the production has not been as great individually. Carlos Hyde has missed the past two games, but he's still one of 20 running backs with at least 100 carries on the season. Among them, he's 11th in Rushing NEP per attempt, but his overall contribution is still negative by NEP and he's 16th among them in Success Rate.
Defending the run has been San Francisco's biggest problem this season. The 49ers are 23rd in Adjusted Defensive NEP per play but last in the league in Adjusted Defensive Rushing NEP per play. While some blame this on a possible Chip Kelly fatigue factor due to a fast-paced offense, the numbers don't bear that out. San Francisco is allowing an opposing Rushing NEP per play of 0.21 and a Success Rate of 52.76 percent in the first half and a Rushing NEP per play of -0.01 and a Success Rate of 40.37 percent in the second half.
31. Cleveland Browns (nERD: -9.68, Record: 0-9, Last Week: 32)
30. Jacksonville Jaguars (nERD: -6.28, Record: 2-6, Last Week: 31)
29. Los Angeles Rams (nERD: -6.27, Record: 3-5, Last Week: 28)
28. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (nERD: -6.00, Record: 3-5, Last Week: 27)
27. Indianapolis Colts (nERD: -5.46, Record: 4-5, Last Week: 29)
26. New York Jets (nERD: -4.43, Record: 3-6, Last Week: 26)
25. Chicago Bears (nERD: -4.31, Record: 2-6, Last Week: 25)
24. Detroit Lions (nERD: -3.55, Record: 5-4, Last Week: 24)
23. Baltimore Ravens (nERD: -3.11, Record: 4-4, Last Week: 23)
If you need any quick look at how weird this NFL season has gotten, look no further than the Baltimore Ravens, the current AFC North division leader. Baltimore is doing their best Baltimore impression by delivering some uninspiring and mostly boring football week after week.
What's separating this Ravens team from ones of the past few seasons is a much improved defense. Baltimore currently ranks fourth in Adjusted Defensive NEP per play with the best run defense in the league by Adjusted Defensive Rushing NEP per play. The Ravens have given up 100 yards on the ground in a game just twice this season and last week held the Pittsburgh Steelers, the seventh-best running team by our metrics, to 50 rushing yards. Le'Veon Bell was the leading rusher in the game with 32 yards.
Baltimore's defense is also allowing the least time of possession, plays, and yards per drive to opposing offenses. They're just third in points allowed per drive but last in opposing possessions that end in a score.
Some of this comes from the short fields the Ravens have to defend, thanks to the 32nd-ranked offense by Adjusted NEP per play. Baltimore's offense has struggled to move the ball for much of the year, as they're 31st in both yards and points per drive. Joe Flacco is 29th among quarterbacks in Passing NEP per drop back and is having quite the impressive season for mostly the wrong reasons.
Flacco has thrown more interceptions than touchdowns but has also avoided interceptions at an above league average rate. Flacco's interception rate (2.1 percent) is currently 3 percent better than the league average, but his touchdown rate (1.8 percent) is 29 percent worse.
So far this season, Baltimore's best offense has been letting Mike Wallace run past defenders on either deep routes or 95-yard catch and runs.
While the Ravens currently sit atop the AFC North at 4-4, we have them with just a 29.8 percent chance of making the playoffs, which is third in the division. Pittsburgh is above them at 36.8 percent, and the Cincinnati Bengals are currently our favorites -- barely -- at 37.8 percent.
22. Pittsburgh Steelers (nERD: -2.95, Record: 4-4, Last Week: 22)
21. Tennessee Titans (nERD: -2.59, Record: 4-5, Last Week: 18)
20. Miami Dolphins (nERD: -1.66, Record: 4-4, Last Week: 16)
19. Houston Texans (nERD: -1.60, Record: 5-3, Last Week: 21)
18. Carolina Panthers (nERD: -0.61, Record: 3-5, Last Week: 14)
17. Cincinnati Bengals (nERD: -0.46, Record: 3-4-1, Last Week: 15)
16. New York Giants (nERD: -0.30, Record: 5-3, Last Week: 17)
Sometimes the best thing a team can do is let others around them start to crumble. That's partly how we've gotten the New York Giants from a roughly 30 percent chance of making the playoffs last week to the 5 seed in the NFC. The Minnesota Vikings have struggled, the Green Bay Packers have struggled, and the Philadelphia Eagles have dropped two straight NFC East games, including this past Sunday against the Giants. We now give the Giants a 54.3 percent chance of making the playoffs, the fifth-highest odds in the conference.
Of course, other teams aren't the only reason the Giants have gotten to this position. This year has been the opposite of the past two for them with a defense exceeding expectations and carrying a sputtering offense.
There were a lot of resources spent in the offseason to build up this defensive unit, and so far, those additions have come through. Damon Harrison has been one of the best run defenders in the league, Janoris Jenkins has been one of the league's best cornerbacks, and despite the total sack numbers being down, Olivier Vernon and Jason Pierre-Paul have helped with the 11th-best pressure rate in the league, according to Sports Info Solutions charting from Football Outsiders.
The Giants are 11th in Adjusted Defensive NEP per play -- 12th against the pass and 9th against the run -- while the offense is closer to league average at 16 by Adjusted NEP per play.
Early in the season, the Giants' passing game was taking off despite little contribution from Odell Beckham. Now at the halfway point of the season, the opposite has been the case. Beckham has been productive while the other receivers have not provided much value.
Sterling Shepard was one of the league's most productive receivers through three weeks but did not have more than 32 receiving yards in a game from Week 4 through Week 7. He's now 27th in Reception NEP per target among 48 wide receivers with at least 50 targets on the season. But even Beckham's recent value hasn't been enough to lift his season totals, as he's just 33rd among those wide receivers in Reception NEP per target.
There may be some hope in the passing game thanks to the four-touchdown performance from Eli Manning against the Eagles, though Manning still ranks 21st among quarterbacks in Passing NEP per drop back.
Remaining on this track towards the playoffs would require the passing offense to look more like it did over the first few weeks of the season, and there might have been some adjustments over the bye week to fix that.
15. Kansas City Chiefs (nERD: 0.63, Record: 6-2, Last Week: 12)
14. Oakland Raiders (nERD: 1.26, Record: 7-2, Last Week: 20)
13. New Orleans Saints (nERD: 1.85, Record: 4-4, Last Week: 19)
12. Washington Redskins (nERD: 1.85, Record: 4-3-1, Last Week: 13)
11. Buffalo Bills (nERD: 2.70, Record: 4-5, Last Week: 11)
10. Green Bay Packers (nERD: 3.57, Record: 4-4, Last Week: 7)
9. Seattle Seahawks (nERD: 4.18, Record: 5-2-1, Last Week: 9)
8. Arizona Cardinals (nERD: 4.52, Record: 3-4-1, Last Week: 8)
7. Philadelphia Eagles (nERD: 4.60, Record: 4-4, Last Week: 5)
6. Minnesota Vikings (nERD: 4.63, Record: 5-3, Last Week: 6)
5. Atlanta Falcons (nERD: 5.39, Record: 6-3, Last Week: 4)
Only two teams have better playoff odds in the NFL than the Atlanta Falcons. No offense has played better this season, but only four defenses have played worse. In any other season, that might make the Falcons a fringe playoff team, but this year, it makes them a legitimate Super Bowl contender.
Atlanta ranks first in Adjusted NEP per play on offense, thanks to the play of Matt Ryan. Ryan is second in Passing NEP per drop back among quarterbacks, behind Tom Brady, but he's first in Success Rate. While Ryan has the luxury of throwing to Julio Jones, that's not the only part of the Atlanta passing offense that's succeeding this season.
Ryan has been able to spread the ball around to other receivers, tight ends, and running backs, and 10 different players on the Falcons have at least 10 targets this season. Atlanta also runs one of the most well coordinated offenses in the league under Kyle Shanahan.
This shouldn't discount what Jones has been able to do as a receiver. He's been the intended target on 26 percent of Ryan's passes, and he leads the league in Reception NEP per target among receivers. He's just one of two wide receivers, along with Willie Snead, to be worth more than a point per target while being thrown at 50 or more times.
If there is something that could potentially take down the Falcons this season, it would be their inability to stop anyone on defense. Atlanta is 28th in Adjusted Defensive NEP per play, and they have allowed the 6th-most yards per drive and 2nd-most points per drive of any defense in the league.
Luckily, though, that might not be a problem until the playoffs. Of Atlanta's seven remaining opponents, only one ranks among the top half of teams in Adjusted NEP per play on offense, and that's the third-ranked New Orleans Saints in a game that won't be played until Week 17. Of the other five teams, the 20th-ranked Arizona Cardinals will have the best offense.
4. Denver Broncos (nERD: 5.81, Record: 6-3, Last Week: 1)
3. San Diego Chargers (nERD: 5.86, Record: 4-5, Last Week: 10)
The AFC West is really good this season. So good that the team with the worst record comes out not only as the best in the division, but as the third best team in the league. The San Diego Chargers are good, but that might not be enough to matter.
San Diego has been one of the more fun teams to watch in the league this season, but the results from the first half of the season certainly don't reflect how well the team has played. But at 4-5, the Chargers still have a shot at making the playoffs. It's not a likely one, but it's a shot. San Diego has a 31.2 percent chance of making the playoffs, and while those are the seventh-best odds in the conference, they're the fourth-best in their own division.
It certainly wouldn't be a surprise to see both Wild Card teams come from the AFC West. At this point. it might be an upset if that's not the case. But in order for the Chargers to get a chance, either the Denver Broncos or Kansas City Chiefs would have to fall away -- with seven wins, the Oakland Raiders can likely still underperform in the second half and still grab a Wild Card with an 82.4 percent chance of making the playoffs.
While the Chargers as a whole might be underrated this season, the defense has undoubtedly been the best kept secret in the league. San Diego has the eighth-best defense in the league by Adjusted Defensive NEP per play. That's been aided by the ability to create turnovers, mostly from interceptions.
The Chargers have the third-best defensive turnover rate in the league and are second in interceptions, even without Jason Verrett. Casey Hayward, who has seen an increased role in Verrett's absence, has accounted for 5 of San Diego's 11 picks.
The offense has also been able to stay as an above average unit despite the injuries to key skill positions. However, one place that has stayed healthy is the offensive line, which was not the case over the past few seasons. The healthy line is definitely a big reason for the emergence of Melvin Gordon this season. Gordon is just 13th among 20 running backs with 100 or more carries in Rushing NEP per attempt, but that's a substantial improvement from last season when Gordon was the second-least efficient among 44 backs with 100-plus carries.
Of course there's also Philip Rivers, who continues to outperform his surrounding talent. Rivers is just 16th in Passing NEP per drop back, but that's an impressive feat given his targets for much of the season. Of those pass-catchers, Tyrell Williams has emerged as the best of the bunch, and he's currently sixth among receivers in Reception NEP per target.
The season might not end like it should given the performance level, but there's been a lot of good happening in San Diego this year.
2. New England Patriots (nERD: 6.81, Record: 7-1, Last Week: 2)
1. Dallas Cowboys (nERD: 9.66, Record: 7-1, Last Week: 3)


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EDITORIAL: School mixes up priorities by forcing student to dye hair black:The Asahi Shimbun
"It is absurd to even remind ourselves that the color and type of hair vary from person to person. But at Japanese schools, it is not rare for authorities to tell their students, "Everyone must have black, straight hair, and no deviation is acceptable."
A survey conducted in spring by The Asahi Shimbun found that about 60 percent of Tokyo metropolitan senior high schools required newly enrolled students with brown or wavy hair to provide "proof" that they were born with such hair. "
How India can stem the rising scourge of racism against Africans | HuffPost
7 Most Racist Countries in Africa - Insider Monkey


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- Fractional Quantities
Allow customers to order fractions of yards for the different fabrics available.
- Minimum and Maximum
Ability to set Minimum and Maximum order quantities or each fabric.
- Bulk Order Feature
Allow customers to place large orders for different types of fabrics from the same page.
Of course, if you're passionate about handmade scarfs, caps, candles, furniture or whatever else you plan to sell, it won't seem like work. Your software will do much of the administrative work for you, leaving you to brainstorm on creative ways to market your store.
Ready to start learning how to build a handcrafts ecommerce website? Here are a few tips to help you get started.
shopping cart software suite for the job. You understand that high quality is an important feature to have in handcrafts. It's also important to have in your shopping cart software, the backbone of your online business.
For that reason, you spend time finding a software platform that makes it easy for you to market your products; simplifies the accounting process; and keeps track of the relationships you create with your customers so you can continue selling to them. A good software partner relies on a long history of success in the online retail industry. (Did you know, for example, that 3dcart has more than 16,000 customers in 12 countries?)
want to build. As you learn how to build a handcrafts ecommerce website, you'll want to learn more about branding. Your customers will come to your store both for your products and because they are drawn to your brand. Therefore, you want to create a brand that attracts your audience through its design and feel.
Choosing the right design is important here. Through your software platform, you should have access to templates that you can customize easily to create a unique identity for your online store. After all, a unique presence is crucial to learning how to build a handcrafts ecommerce website.
Comfort is an important part of the online shopping process, so it's important to make your customers as comfortable as possible. Offering multiple ways to pay, including processors from recognized brands like Amazon, is a great way to establish credibility with your customers and give them a recognizable payment option.
Remember that trust is one of the most important parts of learning how to build a handcrafts ecommerce website the right way. Without it, you'll never get your store off of the ground.


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Elena Miró brand & eCommerce experience
"Stories of Friendship" celebrates diversity: Wanting to breathe life into each of their digital channels, we worked with Elena Miró to tell a consistent brand story through each platform. "Stories of Friendship" is the concept that collates the three collections; each one represented by a different woman and lifestyle, alive in the campaign images as well as in the internal contents. Implementing a fully-responsive multichannel solution allows customers to shop on every device whilst enhancing the brand experience.


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Terroir Al Limit " Torroja" 2014
92+ WA - It fermented with full clusters for ten days and matured in oak foudres for 16 months. However, there is no oak whatsoever in the nose here (a constant across all wines, really) as this is floral and fresh, very fruit-driven, open and expressive. The texture is velvety, with some very fine, slightly grainy tannins. This is the most important wine for Dominik because of the challenge to produce a fresh and elegant wine from a coster, where you have drainage and heat, more than in lower, flatter vineyards, where you have the natural conditions to produce fine and elegant wines, which is more the style he wants. He thinks this Torroja expresses the house style like no other, while at the same time keeps the Mediterranean character.


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Last week it was reported that scribe Robert Siegel's indie drama "The Wrestler" is in development at Darren Aronofsky's Protozoa Pictures, and now it appears that Aronofsky will direct as well reports Coming Soon.
The story centers on Randy "The Ram" Robinson, a 1980s-era star pro wrestler who has become a burnt-out shell of his former self. After he has a heart attack during a small-time match, a doctor tells him he could die if he fights again.
In an effort to build a new life, Robinson takes a job at a deli, moves in with an aging stripper and tries to build a relationship with her son. But the prospect of a rematch with his old nemesis the Ayatollah proves too tempting to resist, even if it means risking his life.
A January 7th start of shooting has been targeted. This means that "The Fighter" with Mark Wahlberg and Brad Pitt is likely to be delayed until after the strike.


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Considering that I lost my sense of taste for six months, stopped eating, and almost wasted away, I still managed to pack a lot of good food in this year. Here are some good food moments saved through the miracle of digital photography:
Thanksgiving antipasto:
Simple but good:
scallop, Brussel sprouts and fresh languini
Leonie putting together a snack of Maple Honey Carmel Spread, parmaggiano reggiano cheese and perssimons:
More antipasto, Albert's specialty. He likes to say that he didn't go to five years of art school for nothing:
Jerusalem Artichoke Soup: The beginnings of a really good gnocchi
Saturday, December 26, 2009
The Year in Food: 2009
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US Top 10 Albums, Week Of December 31st, 2011
2. 21 – Adele
3. Under The Mistletoe – Justin Bieber
4. El Camino – Black Keys
5. Own The Night – Lady Antebellum
6. Here And Now – Nickelback
7. Take Care – Drake
8. Clear As Day – Scott McCreery
9. Concerto – Andrea Bocelli
10. Lioness Hidden Trasures – Amy Winehouse
Comment: Hmmm, maybe Christmas means giving in country land and that's why Lady Antebellum and the American Idol kid are back up there. Two of the top three will be gone soon. And congrats to Black Keys, who aare now a legitimate big time rock band.


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Edwin Arlington Robinson
Edwin Arlington Robinson (22 December 1869 – 6 April 1935 / Maine / United States)
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Butternut Squash Soup with Roasted Red Pepper Purée
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We spend 90% of our time indoors and breathe 15,000 to 40,000 litres of air per day. The implications of indoor air quality (IAQ) on people's health are significant. High-quality indoor air is essential for health, with both immediate and long-term effect. Clean indoor air improves work performance and efficiency and has several direct and indirect indications on wellbeing in general. Studies have shown that the quality of indoor air is important even for cognitive function and learning.
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Indoors, air quality can be compromised by several factors: microbes growing in the construction as a result of excess moisture, gaseous substances that evaporate from construction materials, fiber-like impurities and fine particles from polluted outdoor air. Unfortunately, the hazards of indoor air contaminants are often overlooked for they are invisible and insidious. Also, current air quality standards and requirements are not up-to-date with latest research on what really makes us sick in indoor air.
Airborne particles and other air contaminants are known to be a major health risk, causing serious illnesses including respiratory infections and heart disease, and even reducing lifetime. Common symptoms include allergy, eye irritation, congestion, headache and skin symptoms.
All over the world, building-related issues with indoor air quality are a serious problem. Especially in the Nordics, general discussion on the so-called Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) goes on heated. Moisture damage and poor material choices, for example, release harmful chemicals, microbes and fine particles in indoor air. These substances cause health problems and discomfort to the people in the building.
However, the most dangerous component in indoor air is fine particles – from both outdoor and indoor sources. Air pollution is now the world's largest single environmental risk, and causes 7 million premature deaths every year. Airborne particulates are classified as a group 1 carcinogen, according to WHO and International Agency for Research on Cancer.
Air pollution is a significant risk factor for a number of health conditions, including respiratory infections, heart disease, stroke and lung cancer. A 2013 study showed that there is no safe level of particulates. Instead, for every increase of 10 µm/m3 in PM10 (inhalable particles) in the air, lung cancer rate rises 22 %. Smaller PM2.5 (fine particles) are particularly deadly, with 36 % increase in lung cancer rate per 10 µm/m3.
Ultrafine particles are the most dangerous species of airborne impurities. They are characterized by ultrasmall size and large surface area to weight ratio. By definition, the hydrodynamic radius of ultrafine particles is less than 100 nanometers (=0.1 micrometers). Common sources of nanosized particles are industry, motor vehicles and other combustion devices.
Health risks of ultrafine particles arise from their ability to absorb directly into the bloodstream and migrate into organs, including the brain and the heart.
Nanosized airborne impurities include viruses, mold toxins and particles from polluted outdoor air. These can only be decontaminated with advanced air purification technology such as the Genano technology.
Airborne chemicals such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have a significant negative impact on health and well-being. These substances are emitted by new furniture, construction materials and microbes. VOCs are, for example, plasticizers used in various polymer materials that cause "new plastic smell". They are hormone-disrupting molecules that are harmful to health. On the other hand, perfumes used by people and fragrances of laundry detergents can cause serious respiratory symptoms to sensitive individuals.
Moisture-damaged materials are a source of different types of airborne contaminants that have adverse health effects. Prolonged exposure to moisture gives rise to microbial growth, which can get aggressive even long after the damage. Exposure to microbial contaminants is clinically associated with respiratory symptoms, allergies, asthma and immunological reactions.
According to recent studies, indoor air symptoms are mainly due to toxin compounds excreted by microbes. Toxins are small and stable chemical compounds, which can enter indoor air on mold spores and fine particles but they are also carried by water vapor. Microbes themselves produce liquid droplets with toxin concentration a hundred times higher compared to particulates and the colony itself.
Microbial toxins cause eye irritation and skin and respiratory irritation. Symptoms typically result from exposure to a mixture of different toxins produced by different microbes, which makes it difficult to find the original cause for the problems. In addition to toxins, microbes also produce VOCs which have similar negative effects.
Good air quality is essential to cognitive performance of both of adults and children. Studies have shown significant correlation between IAQ and people's ability to concentrate and learn, with bad IQA resulting in almost 10 % loss in productivity at work and 11 % decrease in school performance for students in schools with impure air.
Poor air quality at the work place causes trivial symptoms that become easily yet falsely explained by something other than the air – you feel tired and get flu-like symptoms, your ability to explain things becomes slower, as will your typing. Poor air quality can decrease productivity even up to 10 %.
In workplaces and learning environments where people's wellbeing, comfort and productivity are a priority, the need for clean air is obvious. Investing in high-quality indoor air can be compared, for example, to ergonomic office furniture. In the long run, it promotes the user's health and productivity and prevents illness and resulting costs. As an investment, the most cost-effective solution is to ensure high-quality indoor air at all stages of the building lifecycle.
In case of students, poor IAQ leads into poorer school performance and tests results, with some studies showing even 11% poorer results for students in schools with polluted indoor air. And while everyone suffers, asthmatic children are most at risk primarily due to being more sensitive to indoor pollution leading to worse symptoms and more absences. Some studies even show that there may be long-term impact on the development of a child's brain when subjected to air pollution.
Endurance and ability to fully perform in tight spots suffers when you're not breathing clean air. During sports, the lungs and body need more air. If the air is not clean, your performance suffers (see our recent blog post on IAQ and athletic performance). Some studies show even 16% drops in athletic performance once air pollution particles reach 50µg/m3.
Genano air purifiers are an efficient way to reduce the health risks of indoor air contaminants, especially ultrafine particles (PM0,1), microbes and chemicals.
Genano's core advantage is the ability to remove airborne impurities of all sizes – down to nanometer size.
Based on a patented electric air purification method, Genano technology outperformes traditional fiber-filter systems that fail to remove nanosized particles and gases from indoor air. Compared to standard HEPA filters, Genano's purification performance is a 100 times better in terms of particle size. In addition, Genano kills microbes instead of just collecting them.
With Genano air purifiers you can make sure that indoor air is safe to breath.
Genano purifies air constantly from contaminants of both indoor and outdoor origin, including mold spores and toxins, small particles and harmful gaseous substances. In addition, Genano air purifiers not only remove but permanently kill airborne viruses and bacteria.
Genano air purifiers are designed to continuously recycle and purify indoor air, to improve air quality with a normal air ventilation system. The standalone units are easy to move around when needed.
Unlike devices based on filter technologies, Genano technology cleans the air in free air flow, so the air volume and the purification level are constant at all times. Genano air purifiers do not get clogged up by large amounts of particles, and no exchange of expensive filters is required. Genano is a durable, economical solution with low need for maintenance.
The unique patented Genano Technology® is based on co-operation between the process of ionization and electrostatic attraction of particles. It cleans the air from particulate matter of all sizes.
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Hubs and I escaped to NYC for the weekend for his birthday last month, and I shared a little Instagram sneak peek of pics HERE.
After finally uploading my camera, I thought I'd share a few more from the Big Apple adventure.
We had the best time - taking in some lovely sights....
:) gotta love the naked cowboy.
We had a delicious, and oh-so-fattening lunch HERE...
Shopped, walked, and explored Times Square....
Checked into our LOVELY hotel....
And spent the most beautiful and perfect day at the Bronx Zoo!
on the Wild Asia monorail :)
the now-famous Tiger!
red panda :)
the butterfly garden
seal smooches ;)
Such a wonderful weekend! If you ever make it to the NYC area, be sure to visit the Bronx Zoo, and plan on spending an entire day there - it is truly amazing!


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Relevant information and sites
Looking for a family physician? Call Health Care Connect at 1-800-445-1822, the Ontario government's hotline designed to match patients with family physicians in their area.
The American Academy of Craniofacial Pain
American Academy of Pain Management
American Academy of Pain Medicine
American Society of Addiction Medicine
Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids in Human Therapeutics
Canadian Pain Physio Directory
Canadian Society for Neurotoxins in Pain
Central Pain Syndrome Information Resource
Chronic Pain Association of Canada
Division of Neurology, University of Toronto
International Association for the Study of Pain
International Pelvic Pain Society
Jesse & Julie Rasch Foundation
Medicolegal issues of fibromyalgia
Med School for You - Chronic Pain Self-Management For Patients
National Vulvodynia Association
Toronto Academic Pain Medicine Institute (TAPMI)
University of Toronto Centre for the Study of Pain
Relevant articles and video
The Puzzle of Pelvic Pain—A Rehabilitation Framework for Balancing Tissue Dysfunction and Central Sensitization
Characteristics of women with vulvar pain disorders: responses to a Web-based survey
Clitoral pain: the great unexplored pain in women
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A Tribute to Maureen O'Hara: The Queen of Technicolor
Maureen O'Hara Said Secret to Her Longevity was Saying a 'Hail Mary' Every Night
Chartres Cathedral: Sooty-Dark or Sparkling White, It's Still Saving Souls - While the debate rages on over the restoration of the French Cathedral, we are reminded of its greater purpose
One of the best reflections and suggestions about what to do After the Synod
Cardinal Pell's Intervention at the "Virtual Synod": Don't Believe the Spin - The teachings of Jesus Christ, the Council of Trent and the magisterium of Pope John Paul II are still in full force
CNN - Why are some Catholics so afraid of change?
What the Synod Did
The Catholic Herald has a round up of links about the Synod - John Allen, Fr Ray Blake, Archbishop Mark Coleridge, Archbishop Blase Cupich, Fr Raymond J de Souza, Grant Gallicho, Rick Garnett, David Gibson, Christopher Lamb, Fr James Martin SJ, Fr Gerald Murray and Robert Royal, Rocco Palmo, Fr Thomas Reese SJ, Rorate Caeli, Russell Shaw, Tim Stanley, John Thavis, Damian Thompson and Michael Sean Winters comment on the family synod.
From the synod (17): Cardinal Nichols on pathway for divorced and remarried: 'It's their decision'
From the synod (16): Final report sets new direction for Church
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo: The Church Must Do More to Prepare Couples before Marriage - An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, Archbishop says
Thoughts on Heresy v The Plot to Change Catholicism
Diversity in the church - photos from the Mass opening the Academic Year at the Pontifical Oriental Institute with a Mass at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major; note the varied vestments of the different Eastern Churches in communion with the Holy See.
Pope urges Gypsies to take responsibility for their present and their future
Abortion, LGBT, Prostitution: Amnesty International Loses Its Way - Founded by Christians, the famous INGO has betrayed its original vocation
Sickness as a Harbinger of Death - "I am reminded that there is no one and nothing in this world I can hold onto indefinitely in this life"
At Age 26, She Left Everything to Enter the Convent - "A folly in the eyes of men, but not to God."
Craving Silence, Silencing My Craving - The world is a noisy place; cultivating interior silence can help


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The Chew. I love it; love the hosts, the topics, the recipes, everything. Since I started staying home I've been able to watch it regularly and I honestly can't get enough of Clinton, Carla, Daphne, Michael and Mario. I love listening to them, I learn from them, they make me laugh, and it's an hour of time I take just for me. I look forward to each and every episode and literally drool over each and every recipe. I find myself bookmarking and adding pretty much every recipe I see them make to our menu and my list of menu options has grown by leaps and bounds, I honestly can't keep up! Since I love The Chew so much and we've inhaled everything I've made from the show, I decided to start doing a series called "Chewin' Tuesday".
Each Tuesday I am going to start sharing a recipe from Chew with all of you. So, without further or due I present to you the first of many installments of Chewin' Tuesday.
For the first recipe of this series I wanted to share a side. But not just any side, a creamy bacon potato salad. Since we're entering summer and grilling season, I thought a potato salad would be ideal. When I saw Curtis Stone making this potato salad and describing the tastes and elements during the process my mouth was literally watering. I have several potato salad recipes, but honestly, I can never have enough side options, and potato salad is one of my all time favorite sides. It's easy, pretty much everyone love is and it can be made in advance, leaving you more time to enjoy the sun, cookouts and your guests. It's a win win.
I love this potato salad for so many reasons; it's packed full of flavor from the crunchy cornichons, salty capers, sweet shallots, creamy mayonnaise, chicken stock and bacon. I mean, I think the bacon puts everything over the top and this is no exception. The bacon not only adds a slight saltiness but the perfect amount of crunchy to this creamy potato salad.
Creamy Bacon Potato Salad
2 Lbs Yukon Gold Potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 1/2 inch cubes
1 Cup chicken stock
1/4 Cup shallots, sliced
3 Tbsp cornichons, finely chopped
2 Tbsp capers, drained
4 Oz bacon, cooked and finely diced
2 Tbsp flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
3 Tbsp mayonnaise
1 Tbsp mustard
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Place potatoes in a large pot of well salted water and bring to a boil. Continue boiling until tender, about 10 minutes, until a sharp knife can pierce a potato and it slide off without falling apart. Once the potatoes are done, strain allowing water to drain off and then transfer to a large bowl.
Meanwhile, pour chicken stock in a small saucepan and place over high heat. Once the stock has come to a boil add shallots, cornichons, and capers and reduce heat to medium-low. Allow mixture to simmer about 2 minutes, until slightly tender.
Add 1/3 of the stock mixture to the hot potatoes and gently fold into the potatoes, for about 2 minutes, until the stock has been absorbed. Continue the process with the remaining liquid, folding until the liquid has been absorbed and the potatoes begin to bread down. Gently fold in cooked bacon, parsley, mayonnaise and mustard and mix until combined. Season with salt and pepper and gently stir to incorporate. Taste, adjust seasonings, if needed. Serve or refrigerate until ready to serve.
Recipe source: Curtis Stone- The Chew
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Chewin' Tuesday: Creamy Bacon Potato Salad
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Labels: 10 Ingredients or less, Bacon, Chewin' Tuesday, Potatoes, Salad, Sides
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I really and truly did not think it was humanly possible for someone to come up with a Halloween costume more cringeworthy than this 22-year-old's Boston marathon victim outfit. Well, there was the Trayvon Martin costume, of course. And the "Anna Rexia" outfit. And -- ugh, what's WRONG with people?
Well, as it turns out two 19-year-old British students managed to create a 2013 Halloween dress theme that's so offensive, I kind of hate to even call attention to it. The thing that makes their story newsworthy isn't the stunning insensitivity they showed by wearing something that crossed every conceivable line of bad taste -- it's the fact that they earned a CASH PRIZE for winning the "best dressed" competition at a Halloween party at Rosies nightclub in Chester, England.
Amber Langford and Annie Collinge, who are both students at the University of Chester, had the bright idea to dress as the burning Twin Towers for Halloween. The girls wore matching outfits labeled with "North Tower" and "South Tower," and both included various costume details representing explosions, planes, and people jumping out of the buildings.
Their headpieces were designed to resembled smoke pouring from the skyscrapers, and each was topped with an American flag.
I don't even know what to say about this, really. I'm just saddened by their ignorant, callous attitude, which included a classic non-apology once the criticism started rolling in:
We never meant to be offensive, but we apologize if any offense was caused. The idea was to depict a serious, modern-day horror that happened in our lifetime and was not intended as a joke.
Give me a damn break. I can't even dignify that idiotic excuse by calling it bullshit.
What's maybe even more disgusting is that the nightclub actually awarded them with a prize worth £150 (approximately $240) for their winning costume. A spokeswoman for the company that runs the nightclub has called it a "serious error of judgment" and is promising to conduct some sort of investigation -- but really, what can they possibly do at this point? It happened, the photos are out there, and those girls are going to have to live with the consequences. I'm sure they'll come to regret their decision in a big way once they start hearing from devastated families and rescue workers.
As a woman whose son was among the 67 British people killed during the 9/11 attack put it,
It's hard to understand where they've come from to do this without a thought for those who died or the families left behind.
Can you even believe this horrible costume idea? What were they thinking? What was the NIGHTCLUB thinking?
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2 parsley roots
1/2 cup parsley
3 parsnips
3 quarts broth (vegetable or beef)
Being all about trying to eat as seasonal as possible, here is another recipe idea to make the switch of seasonal food from winter to spring. It is based on some of my beloved root vegetables which provided sweetness, earthiness and warmth during the winter months and comes in the form of a soup, perfect for a chilly spring evening but inspired by the fresh and light green of a day spent outside in the sun!
This is a very simple recipe - you just peel the parsley roots and and parsnips, boil them in broth until soft, add in the parsley and puree. Season to taste with salt and pepper and top with fresh chives.


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TORONTO -- A smell test may be able to help predict cognitive decline and dementia, but it's still a long way from clinical use, researchers reported here.
In two studies presented here at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT) predicted development of cognitive decline -- but questions about the test's specificity for distinguishing between different types of cognitive dysfunction and dementia preclude its widespread uptake, researchers said.
"Olfactory deficits have been investigated as a biomarker tool for Parkinson's, dementia with Lewy bodies, and other types of dementia, so it could be an interesting marker of an early stage of a neurodegenerative process, but I don't think it's going to be very specific to Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's, or other neurodegenerative disorders," Eliezer Masliah, MD, head of neuroscience at the National Institute on Aging, who wasn't involved in the study, told MedPage Today.
In one study, William Kreisl, MD, of Columbia University Medical Center, and colleagues assessed 84 older adults -- some with symptoms of cognitive impairment, some without -- mean age 71 who were selected from a larger research study. They all had UPSIT testing as well as memory testing at baseline.
Patients were also assessed for amyloid burden, via either cerebrospinal fluid or amyloid PET imaging.
Over 6 months of follow-up, 67% of patients had memory decline.
In initial analyses, Kreisl and colleagues found that after correcting for age, sex, and education, amyloid positivity predicted cognitive decline, but UPSIT score did not.
However, in further analyses, they found that patients with an UPSIT score less than 35 were more likely to have memory decline than those with a score of 35 and up (OR 4.03, 95% CI 1.026 to 15.84, P=0.05).
Kreisl noted that there was "somewhat of a relationship between amyloid and UPSIT score," with those who had high scores on the sniff test having lower scores on amyloid PET -- but he warned that there "wasn't perfect agreement between amyloid status and UPSIT score."
"The two tests are not interchangeable," he said during a press briefing. "This probably has to do with beta amyloid not being the only thing driving the relationship between odor identification and memory decline. Other things, like the development of tau positive neurofibrillary tangles and breakdown and damage to areas of the brain responsible for olfactory processing may be responsible for the relationship between odor identification and memory decline."
In a second study, Seonjoo Lee, PhD, also at Columbia, and colleagues assessed 397 patients from northern Manhattan who were enrolled in the WHICAPII study, mean age 80, and followed them for 4 years.
Patients had both the sniff test and an MRI to measure entorhinal cortical thickness at baseline and again at follow up. Over that time, 50 patients developed dementia, 49 of whom developed Alzheimer's.
They found that impaired odor identification, and to a lesser degree, entorhinal cortex thickness, were predictive of the transition to dementia, and that there was a significant interaction between the two.
The UPSIT was also significant for predicting cognitive decline, but there was only a trend for entorhinal cortical thickness, Lee reported.
The findings "support the view that odor identification deficits are related to neurodegenerative changes in the entorhinal cortex during the progression of Alzheimer's," Lee said during a press briefing.
Kreisl warned that using a smell test to detect Alzheimer's disease is far from clinical use, noting that are still many steps needed in order to validate its utility. He added that there are many factors that need to be taken into account in interpreting a patient's UPSIT score, including age and gender.
Also, there are not yet well defined cutoffs for predicting cognitive decline or dementia, he said.
"These vary somewhat from study to study, because of the size of the samples, the qualities of the people in each study, how each study is administered, and how we're defining cognitive decline and dementia," he said.
Even once larger studies are done and cutoffs more established, and if the tests makes it way into clinical use, "it's still going to need to be used with caution, as an additional tool in a clinician's toolbox," Kreisl said. "It should not be used in and of itself to diagnose dementia or dementia risk. It would need to be used in the context of the patient, patient history, other ancillary test, clinical exam findings, and so on."
The studies were supported by grants from the National Institute on Aging.
The authors disclosed no financial relationships with industry.
- Reviewed by Henry A. Solomon, MD, FACP, FACC Clinical Associate Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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Alzheimer's Association International ConferenceSource Reference: Kreisl W, et al "Both odor identification and amyloid status predict memory decline in older adults" AAIC 2016; Abstract O3-12-01.
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Alzheimer's Association International ConferenceSource Reference: Lee S, et al "Predictive utility of entorhinal cortex thinning and odor identification test for transition to dementia and cognitive decline in an urban community population" AAIC 2016; Abstract O3-12-02.


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Arabian foal enjoying time in the field.
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Red Roan Quarter Horse poses for a portrait
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Mountain horse mare and foal in barn at Scherweit's Mountain Horses in Haselhorst, Germany.
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RAM or Real Action Marker is a company that produces high-end paintball markers as well as air guns and air soft guns. We've already discussed how traditional .68 cal paintball markers can be applied to self-defense purposes and covered several products from Scarab Arms, Tiberius Arms, Pepperball, and even RAM. We have also gone over that your selection in the gun you choose is just as important as the payload or ammo choice that you go with. This is where RAM's next item differs from the rest previously discussed in this blog. RAM produces a line of replica hand guns that mimic real function of some real world handguns minus the lethality of them. Amongst the different variants are the RAM X 50 modeled after the Sig Sauer P226, RAM P99 modeled after the Walther PK380, and the RAM COMBAT modeled after the full size Glock 22. All these guns operate on co2 and sport realistic blow-back action( slide kicks back with each shot) and semi-automatic function. Another major note of mention is that these guns shoot a .43 caliber projectile instead of the traditional .68 caliber which is most common for paintball. Since these guns are so realistic in appearance and function and the barrel diameter is so close to a real-life .45 caliber handgun it would be wise to mark the pistol of your choice with a yellow or orange slide so that any law enforcement officer won't think you are holding a lethal weapon. Yellow and orange are universal colors for less lethal weapons, and even though these RAM handguns don't come equipped with these color options you can remove the slide and apply the paint job to the outside by yourself. The reason why these handguns don't come equipped with these color schemes is because they were not intended for self defense. However, with the right choice of .43 ammo these guns can be repurposed for such use. Glass Breaker rounds are projectiles that are fired out of gas operated less lethal devices by law enforcement officer to bust down automobile wind shields in hostage situations. These rounds are very hard to find for people who are regular everyday citizens, however there is one company out there who has made such projectiles available to consumers for self-defense. This company is called Alternate Buy LLC and yes they even manufacture a miniature version of the .68 caliber glass breaker round in a .43 caliber version allowing these RAM Combat Handguns to be used as self-defense tools. These guns have an effective range of roughly 65 feet and can spit out projectiles at speeds between 250 fps to 300 fps. These guns are made out of high quality materials like the real deal and meant to be reliable and work in poor weather conditions, however since they are co2 operated cold weather can affect the power of the shot (co2 works better in hotter environments). Standard pistol holsters will work for carrying and storage and additional 8 shot magazines are available for roughly $40.
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My Quality World
My Tomorrow
Most people don't really understand what "Quality World" really means. Dr. William Glasser coined this term, a psychiatrist who believes that we all have an idea of what we really want in life. According to this author "Quality World" is the overall understanding of everything that is important to us (e.g. possession, principles and beliefs, experiences and relationships) in our lives. The quality world I imagine to be living in ten years from now is one where I have complete my college and achieve my goals i.e. to be Computer Engineer .In my quality world I would have all of the innovation new creations designed. I have always been fascinated by the advancements in the fields of technology and computers. I see myself marring the man who makes me feel like he is there for me and I hope he would be smart ambitious and knows what he wants to do in his life. Our parents raised us bases on the values and goals as their own self-made and want us to follow those same footsteps. If you're happy with the life that your living then you have a successful life not everybody has the same definition because some people want to live different lifestyles some want more and some want less. I look up to people who are not afraid to stand up for what they believe and speak their mind, no matter what others have to say, People who chase their dreams and don't let anything or anyone get in there way, and people who don't give up or change their mind when it gets too hard. I believe if you really set your mind to something you can't stop determination and will. The harder you work the more satisfaction you will get when you achieve your goal. I seek friendship with people who understand were I'm trying to go in life and won't hinder my development. Some people only come in your life to see what they can get from you then leave. A good friend is someone who is there to help you up when you fall, help keep you on the right track, and be somebody you...
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4 Replies to "Say Nothin' Saturday: December Sunset"
Dave … that is one stunning sunset shot ! I am very jealous .. we haven't had anything like the red sky mornings I was shooting a month ago ..
My Dave (Dave the garden gnome) is under a little bit of snow with the rest of the Benchwarmers ..so I imagine he is jealous of you too !! LOL
It is great you are doing this with TC. I am really enjoying his Say Nuthin Saturdays too. I love this sunset. We've had some good ones lately.
That's a gorgeous sky!
Dave, what a wordless photo! Absolutely beautiful. And I'm speechless. ;~)
(Thanks for joinin my "Say Nothin' Saturday" fun.)
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Irish Bowl
Two years ago the idea of a stadium on the West Side of Manhattan was given up for dead. However a group lead by the Big Apple Coalition has resurrected the idea of building a new "all weather stadium" (read that retractable roof) with the new twist of hosting a yearly bowl game with Norte Dame as the permanent participant. The game dubbed the Irish Bowl would pit the Golden Domers against an At Large team from a BSC conference. Notre Dame's interest in this project reflects a growing frustration with their current losing streak in bowl games. As an one source close the project explained, "Notre Dame feels that they deserve a bowl game match they can win. They sell more tickets and generate higher ratings than any other team in college football so they should be able to choose the opponent."
Both NBC and CBS sports are reportedly expressing genuine interest in broadcasting the game in prime time against the New Years Day BCS game. The dollars for this game could be in the range of $20 million for Notre Dame and $10 million for the opponent. With those kinds of dollars this game could be the death nail to the current BCS arrangement.
Local bar owner Kelly McGill said, "Usually we have that big bump for New Years Eve and then business kind out dies. With the Irish here on January 1st I expect a whole lot of drinking and my cash register being full." The area usually sees a spike in hotel rooms for the New Years Eve celebration but a high vacancy the following days until settling back into the norm. As Robert Roy of the West Side Hilton put it, "Thank God they are Irish and not Scots."
In addition to the Irish Bowl the stadium would most likely host the Navy and Rutgers home games of their series with Notre Dame beginning in 2012.
The above is a less than successful attempt at humor and parody about bowl games in general and Notre Dame in particular. This was partly motivated by ND's recent moves to get an even bigger slice of the BCS pie.
Real news about ND and bowl games are discussed at:
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Annandale Mortgage Broker Pleads Guilty To Involvement In Mortgage Fraud Scheme
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Kil Seok ("Michael") Seo, 49, formerly of Fairfax, Va., pleaded guilty today to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft charges in connection with his involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme.
Dana J. Boente, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in charge of the FBI's Washington Field Office, made the announcement after the plea was accepted by United States District Judge James C. Cacheris.
Seo was indicted on December 10, 2009, by a federal grand jury on charges related to a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders. Seo faces a maximum penalty of 32 years' imprisonment, which includes a mandatory two-year term of imprisonment, when he is sentenced on April 3, 2014.
According to the indictment and a statement of facts filed with the plea agreement, Seo, an Annandale, Va., mortgage broker, schemed with others, including Peter Jin, to defraud lenders by transferring title to residential properties into the names of victims without their knowledge or consent and then opening home equity lines of credit in victims' names, again without their knowledge or consent. Seo and Jin then opened bank accounts in the victims' names for the purpose of receiving the fraudulently-obtained loan proceeds. As part of the scheme, Seo obtained from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles an identification card in the name of a victim but with Seo's photo. He used that fraudulent ID to take out a home equity loan in the victim's name. In total, the scheme resulted in losses to the lenders of nearly $900,000. Seo has resided in South Korea since 2009, and he was extradited to the United States in November, 2013 to face the criminal charges contained in the December 2009 indictment.
In 2009, co-defendant Jin pleaded guilty to mail fraud and aggravated identity theft charges in connection with his role in the offense and was sentenced to 48 months' imprisonment.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Timothy D. Belevetz is prosecuting the case on behalf of the United States.A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia at http://www.justice.gov/usao/vae. Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia at http://www.vaed.uscourts.gov or on https://pcl.uscourts.gov.


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Reed Midem confirms Amazia cancellation
Competing conferences led to decisionPARIS -- Exhibition organizer Reed Midem confirmed the cancellation of the Amazia 2008 Asia-based media event Tuesday. The inaugural Amazia conference -- set for Nov. 17-20 in Hong Kong -- was designed to bring together content providers in the Asia Pacific region, but the abundance of similar, simultaneous media events in the region led to the cancellation.
"Many television companies, who are vital to the success of Amazia, have expressed reluctance about attending Amazia and other television events taking place in Asia during the same time of year," Reed Midem chief executive Paul Zilk said.
"In this context, and given our commitment to providing a premium quality experience, we cannot risk disappointing our clients. This is why it has been decided to cancel Amazia."
Reed Midem said it will continue plans for upcoming media events, including MIPCOM, MIPTV and MIDEM.
There had been discussions between the major would-be participants at the event, including MGM and Sony, before the decision.
The intended timing of the event had been an ongoing issue with many targeted participants -- and from the outset there was at best a lukewarm welcome from many for another major media confab around the same time as many other global events.
Apart from Reed Midem's big Cannes-based international TV and media event MIPCOM (Oct. 13-17), there is also the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia event in late October, and Reed's Asia Television Forum market in Singapore in mid-December.


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The new 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 is an awesome muscle car.
With a supercharged V-8 engine and 662 horsepower, this little beast can surpass 200 miles per hour – this fact alone would be enough to make many men consider buying the car, but when you consider the low price of £35,000, it is clear that this car is simply a steal!
What's the catch?
There is no catch! With quality Recaro seats, modernised exterior parts and the fact that for a car of its class, it is incredibly economical and will do 24 miles per gallon on the motorway.
This car is the fastest muscle car of all time, even surpassing the Porsche 959, with the ability to go from 0-60 MPH in a mere 4 seconds.
How do Ford manage to deliver such a beast?
The car's V8, 5.8 litre 662 HP engine is forced ventilated, but it isn't all about the engine – the car has a carbon-fibre driveshaft which removes a significant amount of weight from the vehicle and adds to its aero-dynamic qualities.
The Shelby may be in keeping with the Americans' taste for size and power, but it is also pretty safe, with a great Brembo braking system and stable steering which will be much needed at the speeds this thing can do!
Although slow to recognise the need for low fuel consumption, America is now beginning to wake up to this fact, and surprisingly for a car with such grunt and force, Ford have designed the car to do 24 miles to the gallon which will save on car tax as a result.
This is impressive when considering its nearest competitor, the Chevrolet Camaro ZL only does 19 miles to the gallon, even though its 580 horsepower is significantly lower than that of the Shelby.
If you want this car, you will have to import it as the car is only sold in the US and cannot be found at your local showroom. However, with a £35,000 price tag, this car could well be worth the hassle and extra cost that importing entails.


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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Owl Pillow on Urban Outfitters' website
My owl pillow is finally on the US Urban Oufitters website! It's so exciting to see my illustrations being sold.
7 comments:
- Eloy Trevino said...
I live near Ann Arbor where there is an urban outfitter. I will look for your designs. Good work!
- December 27, 2011 at 5:25 PM
- Jess Stokes said...
Hey Eloy, thanks please do! I'm yet to see any of them in the flesh yet as they're just in the US Urban Outfitters
- February 7, 2012 at 5:10 AM
- jesset00 said...
Jess -- I love this pillow but it's sold out on Urban Outfitters. Do you know of anywhere else I can get one, or if they'll get more?
- February 9, 2012 at 3:04 PM
- Jess Stokes said...
Hello there! I'm not sure if there's another online store, I've asked the guys who I do the illustration for and they'll get back to me. Otherwise I'm very sure Urban Outfitters are reordering my design so they should be back soon!
- February 10, 2012 at 1:25 AM
- jesset00 said...
Ok great -- let me know if you hear anything. Thanks!
- February 10, 2012 at 3:16 PM
- Jess Stokes said...
Hello, I've just realised the pillow is being stocked on this website too if you're still interested in the owl pillow?
Its in a pink shade though, not the black one thats shown on the Urban Outfitters website. If not then I know they'll be getting more black ones in soon. Hope that helps!
- February 24, 2012 at 8:31 AM
- jesset00 said...
Perfect, thanks so much!
- March 3, 2012 at 10:25 AM


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Last Flag Flying is a film about despair in all of its mundanity - a romantic, intentionally drab portrait of a man wrestling with the loss of his son. Additionally, it is a movie, an laugher travel and reuniting in remembrance of times.
It is not surprising that Richard Linklater's new movie, which mashes all these ideas does not really gel. The narrative pitch for Last Flag Flying sounds easy enough - three veterans crossing the nation with each other to transfer the body of a veteran soldier into his hometown. However, the movie feels half-formed hoping to be other times sedate. Like a number of the attempts in Linklater's career, this film sees the manager emerging with no insights, and hoping to handle a issue that is grand from angles.
Ponicsan's publication was an undercover sequel to The Last Detail, his 1970 book about two U.S. Navy sailors assigned to escort a different soldier to army prison and deciding to reveal him a memorable weekend ahead of his imprisonment. That would be forgivable if the film did not make references to the crazy times of the trio together previously, which are not afforded focus.
Carell's performance as Doc is dull to some fault - to be clear, this can be really a functionality that sets it on just as thickly as his job as the preening billionaire sociopath at Foxcatcher or the grossly misogynistic Bobby Riggs at Battle of the Sexes. This moment, Carell is focused inward able to state more than a sentence providing each line as a mumble that is mournful. Carell is a performer, but here he appears to endure a sort of extreme anxiety that is addressed. Is he chased by grief, or something unknowable and larger? It is difficult to tell.
Cranston leaves no space for ambiguity. Sal is loud, brash, and a spark plug to get a movie that is otherwise silent. But he starts to grate as well not able to change from his equipment. Fishburne, playing a person who has attempted to paper over the worst memories in his lifetime, likely acquits himself among those three, but Mueller is also afforded the smallest character function, together with his transformation from one time hellion to stately man of God largely employed as a punchline to get Sal's gags.
It requires a little while for the trio hit the street and to get together. However, as soon as they do, Last Flag Flying does not pick up any rate. There are discussions about the horrors they witnessed, and the heritage of Vietnam. There's some effort although the verdict there's comparable to guess with Iraq. And there is a continuing subplot about a episode in the buddies' past that they will need to reckon with.
There are moments in which it's easy to see what drew on Linklater. A scene where the character of Carell asks to look at his corpse from the environment of a military air hangar, also maintains the entire body of his son, is performed to perfection that was silent. There, Linklater intuits when to face the viewer and when to turn away his camera. However, for the vast majority of all Last Flag Flying's running time, the manager does not know whether to be mad, sad, or funny, rather wandering between tones.
After the film builds to its completion, it has not achieved the sort of momentum required to land a punch that was political. The very best Final Flag Flying can do is provide a subdued salute to a fallen veteran, which is far better than nothing - but there is an enormous sense of higher potential wasted.
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India vs England 3rd ODI Prediction, Preview & Squad
What a cracker jacker of a game did we witness in the 2nd ODI. The match had everything like a Bollywood flick. A precarious beginning, an emotional plot featuring centuries from Dhoni and Yuvraj, action filled middle part and a happy ending in which India edged England to win by a narrow margin of 15 runs. Now it's time for final ODI between India and England which is scheduled to take place at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata and will be played on 22 January 2017 at 1.30 pm. So, till then check out the India vs England 3rd ODI prediction, preview and squad.
So at the end of two nerve-wracking matches, the two teams travel to Kolkata for the final match of the series.The series is well decided with India taking an unassailable lead of 2-0 and looking good for a clean sweep and final match is a fight for the pride for Englishmen who are yet to open their account. For India, it will be a good practice ahead of the Champions Trophy.
So let us see what the Third ODI will hold for us.First for the visitors.They are really having torrid time out here.Their bowlers are getting battered and their batsmen, however, hard they try are coming shortly.Even in the last match they chased valiantly but came short.
The English team would want their luck to change because the results have not shown the real story. They would also like their bowlers to shoulder responsibility.India plundered 200 runs in the final 20 overs in the last ODI to kill the contest. With Alex Hales injured they would want Jason Roy to get a big score. Also, Root has to play longer innings,
Also, Root has to play longer innings, however he has been getting out after getting a 50. Butler too needs to come to the party. The captain, however, e happy by his 100. He needs to play Rashid in Kolkata.Fast bowlers are suspectable to big hitting.
Captain Kohli would be happy having bagged his first one-day series as captain. Especially seeing Yuvraj and Dhoni feed off each other to set up a famous Indian win would be very satisfying for him. Bhuvi bowled really well at the depth and that would have pleased him.
The spin duo of Jadeja and Ashwin also clicked to restrict the English batsmen. He would be waiting for an encore from them. He would also want to score big and express himself in Kolkata. Hoping for another high scoring game in Kolkata.
India vs England 3rd ODI Prediction
As per our prediction is concerned, India is favourite to win this match, looking at the current form of both teams.
India: Lokesh Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), MS Dhoni, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav.
England: Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Liam Dawson, Alex Hales, Eoin Morgan(c), Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes.


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This year I am going to host a new award for YA books. It's the 2011 Swoon Awards! There are 9 categories that you will be able to vote in, with the top five chosen from your votes. Then you will vote again out of the top 5 categories, so when can get our winners.
I am hosting these awards with a fellow Australian blogger. We are still hashing out the finer details and hopefully voting will start next weekend!
Here are the categories:
Major swoon of 2011
Girl crush
The funny guy
The bad boy
The good guy
Best boyfriend material
Best kiss
Favourite couple
Awww moment
So who will be your swoon of the year?


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Twenty six giant sculptures made entirely from canned food have taken over the World Financial Center in downtown New York City. Built for the 19th annual Canstruction charity exhibition. For the event, teams of architects, designers, and engineers are tasked to build a sculpture made solely from full cans of food that will be donated to City Harvest to feed the hungry. The teams, which ranged from Skidmore Owings and Merrill to Eleanor Roosevelt High School, will be judged on how well they used the labels in their design and how creatively they used the cans as building blocks. Hit the jump for an exclusive look at the amazing designs, including giant converse and some angry, angry birds.
Conceived by the Society for Design Administration, the goal of Canstruction is to to showcase the design and building industry while increasing awareness of hunger issues and collecting thousands of pounds of food to feed the needy in New York City. Last year's exhibit raised more than 68,000 pounds of food that helped feed more than 70,000 New Yorkers through City Harvest. Visitors are encouraged to bring canned goods to donate to the cause, and this brought the total amount of food collected in 2010 to a whopping 88,000 pounds — the goal this year is to double that number!
The sculptures range from an actual suspension-bridge model of the Brooklyn Bridge to an upside down, topsy-turvy town. The 26 teams began building last night, and when we stopped by around 9 p.m., the team's were busy building and dealing with minor mishaps, like the small tuna and sardine explosion that Eleanor Roosevelt High School experienced because cans were damaged en route to the WFC. All of the structures had to be completed by this morning, and we were told that in year's past, some haven't even made it through the night, having collapsed just hours after being finished. Teams are allowed to used supportive pieces like cardboard cutouts or tape on the top and bottom of the cans, but the labels need to be kept uncovered.
Our favorite sculpture is definitely the Brooklyn Bridge by Skanska USA. The structural engineers put their skills to good work and created a 13-foot long replica of the bridge that is actually suspended. To create the base of the bridge, they used cans with pull tabs lids so strings could be woven through to act as the suspension cables. We also loved the "CANtainership," complete with the off-loading crane, built by Halcrow, Inc. The idea behind CANtainership is that we can use the contents of container ships to help stop worldwide hunger by using the ships to move nutrition and food supplies to desert isles and urban metropolises.
The 26 Canstruction sculptures will be judged by an all-star panel that includes the 9/11 Memorial designer Michael Arad; architect Mary-Jean Eastman, a founding member of Perkins Eastman; New York Times bestselling author and James Beard award winner Ellie Krieger; and more. On Monday, November 14, 2011, the winners will be announced at the Canstruction gala. The structures will be on display through November 21.
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