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A key benefit of limited liability companies is that the owners (or "members") receive limited liability; that is, they can usually not be held personally liable for the debts of the LLC. In addition, if the LLC is sued, the owners' personal assets are not subject to collection.
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Cesc Fabregas left Barcelona for Chelsea 'through the back door' this summer and did not depart on the club on the terms he deserved according to former Nou Camp teammate Cristian Tello.
Spanish international Fabregas - who spent several years at Barcelona as a youngster before joining Arsenal - was initially delighted to return home to La Liga in 2011 but eventually became frustrated due to a lack of regular starts under previous manager Gerardo Martino.
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Fabregas deserved better
Given his declining influence at the club and with a radical shake-up of personnel promised following the arrival of Luis Enrique, Barcelona appeared perfectly content to accept Chelsea's £30 million offer for Fabregas in June following Arsenal's slightly surprising choice to pass on the option of bringing the 27-year-old back to the Emirates Stadium.
And while the player obviously does not harbour any particular ill-feeling towards his former employers, Tello - who is technically still a Blaugrana player but will spend the next two seasons on loan in neighbouring Portugal with FC Porto - obviously believes he was worthy of a far better send-off.
"He (Fabregas) didn't leave the club as he deserved," he said in an interview that was brought to our attention by the Daily Mail.
"He left through the back door. He was a spectacular player, you only have to see the goals and assists from his time at Barça. I suppose he will be hurting because his dream was to triumph at Barcelona."
Excellent Chelsea start
While he may have been disappointed to leave Barcelona for the second and surely final time, Fabregas has shown no signs of a potential hangover during the early stages of his career at Chelsea.
Along with fellow summer signing Diego Costa and irrepressible playmaker Eden Hazard, he has been a pivotal figure behind the Blues' rise to the summit of the Premier League and, if anything, looks a more complete player now than when he was earning regular plaudits as captain in North London.
Any doubts that Chelsea fans may have harboured regarding Fabregas' traditionally uneasy relationship with Mourinho have also been firmly extinguished, with the latter dubbing his new recruit 'fantastic' following the recent 2-0 victory over the Gunners at Stamford Bridge.
With Fabregas marshalling the midfield in typically impressive fashion, Mourinho's side have won six of their first seven games of the new Premier League season and can already boast a five-point buffer over reigning champions Manchester City.

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Along with updates for iPhoto and Cards, Apple also released a minor update for iMovie for iOS on Tuesday. iMovie 1.3.1 added the ability to access in-app help on the iPad when editing projects.
The 1.3.1 update also fixed a problem where an incorrect frame rate was shown after splitting clips, fixed several other bugs, and improved overall stability.
iMovie for the iPhone and iPad is priced at US$4.99 and is available at Apple's iTunes-based App Store. The update is free for current users.


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Warhammer40k: Battlefleet Nexus is total conversion modification for Nexus:TJI based on Gamesworkshop's Warhammer 40 000 IP. Project is non-profitable and all content found there is based on Gamesworkshop's IP.
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Very nice! You really get the feeling from this one how ridiculously large even the small frigates of W40K are.
But can you get this many weapons to work in nexus? Ive never seen more than 6 or 8 dual guns and this ship has like 20 guns on every side, even without the lances?
Well, as far as the poly count goes, we'll see, however the model has a 14k poly limit, which was the up most limit we could afford. This one has about 11k, so it should be fine. As far as the guns go, I made it true to the schematics I could find. But as you said, with the impossible scale of these things, would you really expect them to have any fewer ridiculously large guns?
Is this ship going to function like the Battlestars in the BSG mod? Nexus has a hardcoded limit of 10 weapons (including flaks) so, I take it a lot of the gun barrels here will just be particle emitters (like many of those in the BSG mod) rather than actual weapons that do real damage--are you going to treat the broadside batteries (with the exception of the lances) as a single weapon in and of themselves?
How are you going to handle the fixed axis guns? Last I checked, Nexus couldn't handle those weapons very well. And are you going to give this ship a full complement of visibly-firing maneuvering thrusters? The model doesn't appear to possess them (especially bow-firing thrusters), unless you plan to turn some of the gun barrels on the sides and top into maneuvering thrusters rather than weapons.
Limit is actually 10 controllable weapons + 4 flaks, thanks to some modding magic. Fixed axis weapons might be handled as "siege weapons".
We will see about maneuvering thrusters.
Yeah, but I've seen the Siege Laser firing off-axis before in vanilla Nexus 1. Hopefully fixed-axis weaponry will be "fixed" in Nexus 2.
In the BSG mod, only the Colonial Vipers had maneuvering thrusters (admittedly this was also the case for all small craft in Nexus 1). This is because it takes a certain amount of skill to design combat starships so they look attractive while having a full complement of maneuvering thrusters, and since the original BSG Colonial capital warships didn't have those thrusters, neither did the newer ones (Where would you stick the bow-firing thrusters? Underneath the main prow maybe, but that's where the bow-mounted guns on Battlestars are).
Sadly it seems the original designers of the miniatures these 3d models are based on don't have the same skills that the Nexus 1 team did, or else their business mandates say that "space fighters should look like real-life aircraft rather than craft that can function in both vacuum and atmospheric conditions" or suchlike.
At least this model can still have a full complement of maneuvering thrusters with a few changes. The large aperture on the starboard side near the "ventral fin" could be come a side-firing maneuvering thruster at the stern, the "toilet plunger" turrets near the prow could also be side-firing thrusters, and you could put holes in the prow to act as the braking thrusters (which is funny because Battlefleet Gothic on the tabletop actually has a rule called "Burn Retros" to allow a ship to maneuver more tightly).
The amount of forethought necessary to give the Angelwing or Gorg Battleship, or Gorg Cruiser, etc. in Nexus 1 full sets of maneuvering thrusters while still looking aesthetically pleasing and "aggressive" really makes me appreciate those designs all the more.
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I'm ready for the love-in, gentle people of the Bay
I have never been to California or any part of the western USA, so I'm really looking forward to seeing whether the rumours of hippydom, peace and love, and flowers in your hair are true. We'll spend a few days in the city then hit the coast.
I haven't been on a real vacation since my honeymoon 4 years ago, so I'm really really REALLY disproportionately EXTREMELY very thrilled to be going away. I only wish we could stay longer than we are. Who knows what pleasures await us? (I do: wine, sun, and surf.)
As an aside, I was doing some research on San Fran (okay, looking up shoe stores) and came across was all this talk of the famous cable cars. Suddenly it occurred to me..."How do cable cars actually work?" Turns out they aren't like streetcars at all. They're run by a sort of pulley-based closed-loop system where they basically hitch a ride with a moving cable under the street. Very cool.
Moose and I are also planning to see what happens when real life collides with the virtual world by meeting up for drinks, which I'm very much looking forward to. (Her new masthead and site layout looks beautiful, btw.)
I will probably not have much time to post before I get back, but I'll be sure to take lots of photos to share when I return. Until then, peace and love to all.
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Through the lens of a sensational 1856 Springfield, Ill., murder case, a historian focuses on Abraham Lincoln the lawyer and politician, four years before his election to the presidency.
Was blacksmith George Anderson slowly poisoned by his adulterous wife before her lover, Anderson's own impatient nephew, finally finished him off with a bloody hammer? The local citizenry certainly thought so. After declining an offer to aid the beleaguered state's attorney, Lincoln joined the defense and devised the crucial strategy that kept questions about possible adultery out of the trial, destroying the prosecution's theory about motive and ultimately freeing the defendants. This lurid case was one of many in the prairie lawyer's crowded practice, and Fenster (Race of the Century: The Heroic True Story of the 1908 New York to Paris Automobile Race, 2005, etc.) follows Lincoln and other colorful members of the Illinois Bar as they trail after the traveling Circuit Court. Simultaneously, the author charts a second, more fateful, track: the speech-making tour that resuscitated Lincoln's political career. Following the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act—which nullified the Missouri Compromise and destroyed the Whig Party—and beginning with his stirring "Lost Speech" at the state's Anti-Nebraska Bloomington Convention, Lincoln traveled throughout Illinois on behalf of John C. Fremont, candidate of the nascent Republican Party, attempting to thread the needle among outright abolitionists, pro-slavery Buchanan Democrats and the anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant Know-Nothing Party headed by former President Millard Fillmore. He couldn't persuade the critical swing state to go for his candidate, but this tour turned him into the Party's premier Western spokesman, put him first in line to challenge popular Senator Stephen A. Douglas and ultimately led to his nomination for president. Already a successful, mature attorney whose talent and insight tipped the balance in People v. Anderson and Anderson, Lincoln began in 1856 his transformation into a master politician whose deep understanding of our founding documents and whose genius at translating their meaning for his fellow countrymen would make an even greater difference for the nation.
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Jamie Cherry put more of an emphasis on defense this season.
VANCEBORO � Jamie Cherry put more of an emphasis on defense this season.
A steal or rebound on one end often led to an easy transition basket on the other end.
West Craven�s senior nearly scored at will, putting an exclamation point on her phenomenal prep basketball career.
Cherry averaged 33.2 points, 6.7 rebounds, 4.2 steals and 3.2 assists per game. She shattered nearly every school record and finished just 15 points shy of the NCHSAA girls� basketball all-time scoring mark.
�It was basically because I was smart with my shots and stepping it up on defense, allowing me to get more points on fast breaks,� said Cherry, the 2013-14 Sun Journal Girls� Basketball Player of the Year. �I had to bring defense and rebounds and get steals. That allowed me to get more easy baskets.�
Cherry definitely left her mark on the West Craven program. With her running the offense, the Eagles advanced to three-straight regional appearances in Fayetteville.
She is one of six high school players to score more than 3,000 career points. She ended with 3,210.
�I will forever remember this legacy and coming to this school. I wouldn�t want to do it at any other school,� Cherry said.
�I�m going to look back and remember that we changed the program around. Just being able to come back and know I was a part of this legacy, it�s amazing.�
The Eagles (27-2) beat Northern Nash in the regional semifinals before falling to undefeated and eventually state champion Chapel Hill, 46-44.
West Craven had an 11-point lead and lost after Cherry�s 3-pointer bounced off the rim.
But during her playoff run, Cherry scored 52 points and had a state record 12 3-pointers in the second-round win over Triton.
�We did our best and played our hearts out. There�s nothing more you can ask for,� Cherry said. �My main mentality was to be smart, be on the attack-mode and do the little things to help us win.�
Cherry got support from her senior teammates Kaylee Koerperich, Jasmine Raynor and Attalia Dixon � a group of girls she�s played with for four varsity seasons.
�They knew they had to do what it takes to get better,� Cherry said. �They took that challenge on. They�ve done a phenomenal job at getting better.�
Cherry�s next step is playing college basketball at North Carolina, a school she committed to four years ago as a freshman.
�They are going to get a girl who is going to come in and work hard and lead the team on and off the court,� she said. �I plan on going there prepared and to be ready to produce when I get there.�
Cherry is excited about her next journey, but wished she had one more shot at helping West Craven win a state championship.
�I still wish I had another year of high school, another chance to go at it. My time is up, so now it�s time to move on to the next chapter,� Cherry said.
Cherry said she learned a valuable lesson this season.
�I learned you can�t take anything for granted because you don�t know when your last game could be. I left everything I had on the floor� she said. �We came up short but I am so glad I am able to continue on at the University of North Carolina.�


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In the story, the triangle gets tired of all his jobs and wants to be different. So, he goes to the shape shifter and every time, he gets one more angle and one more side. He ends up having so many sides and angles that he rolls down a hill and so he decides he wants to go back to being a triangle. This book showed us all of the different polygons--quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, heptagons, octagons, nonagons and decagons--and in a really fun way! Each polygon also talked about where it can be found in the real world.
Then it was time for us to try making some polygons. We worked with a buddy and a big piece of string to make the polygons our teacher asked for.
Above: These boys have made a triangle.
Above: These boys have made a quadrilateral.
Above: These girls have made a special kind of quadrilateral called a rectangle.
We really had to work together when it came time to make hexagons and octagons! It was really tricky when we were asked to make them with sides of equal length.
Next, we used geoboards to create polygons. Can you tell what the names of these are?
And finally, we had to create all of the different polygons on our geoboards and then draw them on dot paper. Each type of polygon was drawn with a different color on our sheet.
We were wondering...
What activities have you done to learn about polygons?
Where do you see the different polygons in the real world?
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Hey Lancia, welcome to 2006! It's good to see you finally decided to approach and embrace Second Life, the virtual world game thing. The Italian Fiat subsidiary will be launching the Delta sedan in Second Life one day prior to its official unveiled at the Geneva Auto Show.
It will all go down during a press conference at "Lancia Village Island" in Second Life. The village is opening up for business today and will include a showroom, party room and more. I for one will not be at the Second Life Lancia press conference, mainly because the biggest draw to any press event is free booze and I'm not about to try to fake getting drunk online. Now that's lame. [Tech Digest]


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On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Ben Morris wrote: >This may be slightly off topic, but I was wondering if anyone can tell me >advantages/disadvantages by using styles within the <head> tags of each page >as opposed to using the <link> tag and a .css file. Obviously, using the >latter would make each .htm file shorter, and reduce some download time for >that file. Links let you gather the stylesheet rules of your site to a single, easily maintainable stylsheet. Reuse is the key, here. But your browser can only start downloading the sheet when it has already fetched at least the head portion of your document, which means that you get two separate HTTP queries and possibly a lot of latency in between them. This is even more of a problem when the stylesheet @imports others. >The alternative would be to use a server-side include to insert the code in >each page, which would offer the same sort of easy maintenance. Indeed. It's a tradeoff. Plus, your SSI stuff will let saved pages work offline, unlike the linking one. But if you have a sizable stylesheet, the duplication adds to latency as well. Especially since once a linked stylesheet has been fetched for the first time, it should remain accessible in the browser's cache. This is the second benefit of reuse. Sampo Syreeni <email@example.com>, aka decoy, student/math/Helsinki universityReceived on Saturday, 16 December 2000 10:06:15 UTC
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- 0.1 The Clamor Over Towel Diapers: Is the Eco-Payoff Actually Worth the Initiative?
- 0.2 I Will Never ever Live Without Paper Towels (but Do not Tell Any person).
- 0.3 There's no question that non reusable baby diapers create a LOT of waste.
- 0.4 Well, but just what about those toxic substances in disposable baby diapers, the ones some individuals say can seep from land fills to infect ground water?
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The Clamor Over Towel Diapers: Is the Eco-Payoff Actually Worth the Initiative?
I have two youngsters. I did not fabric diaper them, nor did I attempt that removal communication point where you try to interpret your baby's numerous facial expressions in order to properly anticipate when you need to hold their nude bottom over a mixing dish that you will most likely never ever again utilize for cooking functions. If I estimate we underwent an average of 6 baby diapers a day for each and every child, that's a total amount of 8,760 disposable baby diapers I sent out to land fills during the very first 2 years of their lives.
The grand total amount is even more than that, obviously, given that I don't bear in mind either one of my kids supplanting their second birthday by all of a sudden choosing to be potty trained.
We are well past the baby diaper stage currently and also I have exactly zero plans to review it ever once more, excepting drastic unanticipated conditions like needing to drive cross-country to confront a romantic rival or holding an 11-hour filibuster, but my efforts to lead an extra eco-friendly way of living have led me to question: if I had to do it throughout once again, would I use cloth this time around?
I'll be sincere, I never even considered it when my kids were bit, because it seemed like a lot of added work. I had not been even interested in informing myself on the subject, disposables simply appeared like the means to go.
I Will Never ever Live Without Paper Towels (but Do not Tell Any person).
Towel diapering appears to have come back in style lately, many thanks to much easier bolts and also super-cute textiles. I've long presumed that the fad of showing off adorable baby butts swaddled in attractive patterns has actually led to a boost in the number of individuals that firmly insist that fabric diapering is much better for the environment.
There's no question that non reusable baby diapers create a LOT of waste.
Around 27.4 billion disposable baby diapers are utilized annually in the USA, resulting in a feasible 3.4 million tons of used diapers included in landfills every year. One study estimates that the $7 billion buck non reusable baby diaper industry uses over 300 pounds of timber, 50 pounds of petroleum feedstocks, and also 20 pounds of chlorine for each infant per year.
Those numbers seem jaw-droppingly awful, up until you consider that cloth diapering likewise has an unfavorable affect on the setting. Towel baby diapers consume large amounts of electricity and water for washing as well as drying, as well as commercial diaper service delivery van eat gas as well as create air contamination.
Well, but just what about those toxic substances in disposable baby diapers, the ones some individuals say can seep from land fills to infect ground water?
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Non reusable baby diapers fall under the category of local strong waste, which means the product is secure to be taken care of in an U.S. local strong waste garbage dump. In the United States, modern-day land fills are well-engineered facilities that are located, created, run, as well as monitored to guarantee conformity with federal guidelines which intend to shield the environment from impurities which could exist in the solid waste stream.
Invest simply a few minutes diving down Google's different informative rabbit-holes, and also you can discover hundreds of debates both for and also versus cloth diapers, along with exhaustive researches that eventually led to a type of elaborate shrug from the experts.
" Disposables consume even more resources as well as produce even more solid waste … however towel diaper production and usage take in even more water as well as energy as well as generate even more … climatic exhausts and drainage effluent," writes Allen Hershkowitz of the Natural Resources Protection Council.
Video: cloth Diapering in Plainview
Then theres this concerning Diapers:.
" Both the disposable and multiple-use diaper alternatives create strong waste and also wastewater that should be dealt with and/or gotten rid of. More solid waste is produced with the disposal choice, while even more wastewater is created with the recyclable option," composes Jeremy O'Brien, director of applied research at the Solid Waste Association of North America.
Damned if you do, damned if you do not. Maybe that mixing bowl isn't really such a negative concept.
Fugitive hunter: A Personal Quest to Ditch Paper Products in the Kitchen area.
Just how's a parent intended to look through all the different opinions in order to make the environmentally-friendly option?
I do not know that there's a one-size-fits-all response to the fantastic baby diaper dispute.
My personal feeling is that towel is the better option for those committed to living green, given that you can do things like line completely dry the fabrics, purchase power reliable devices, wash on cold, and so forth. A three-year research by the London-based Environmental Agency ended that there was "no substantial distinction" in between the ecological influence of towel and non reusable diapers– but they do clarify that steps can be required to reduce the effect of cloth diapering:.
The environmental influences of making use of designed reusable baby diapers could be higher or less than utilizing disposables, relying on just how they are washed. As opposed to making use of disposable baby diapers, it is consumers' actions after acquisition that establishes a lot of the impacts from recyclable baby diapers.
In spite of our ideal passions, disposables simply get thrown in the trash, and also there's no means around that. It's not even recognized how lengthy it takes for a disposable baby diaper to disintegrate.
I really feel like I've come around to thinking that cloth diapering is the a lot more responsible choice– and the less expensive one over the long term– however would I walk the stroll? I have really demanding memories of those early parenting days, as well as I'm not certain that I would certainly have been able to commit to cloth. Tired as well as anxious and, you know, very a lot already drowning under a hill of washing.
Yet maybe I would certainly have, if I would certainly invested some time right into thinking about the selections prior to me instead of blindly choosing exactly what appeared simplest.


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The research focuses on the spectacularly large fin whale as well as on sperm whales, Risso's dolphins, pilot whales, striped and bottlenose dolphins.
Participants will be directly involved in field activities, helping the researchers to collect cetacean data and assist them in preliminary analyses of digital photos and acoustic recordings, while learning basics in sailing. The schedule of a research cruise depends very much on weather conditions. Surveys are conducted whenever the sea state and wind forecasts are favourable for data collection. Participants are full members of the crew, and they will be assigned a number of duties. These include sighting shifts (looking for cetaceans), computer shifts (data entry and hydrophone listening), navigation shifts (checking the boat course and velocity), cooking and boat-keeping shifts (participants as well as staff members will be in charge of preparing meals and cleaning-up, keeping the boat tidy and ready to sail). Placements are available for one to several weeks from May to October.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Vigil Nights pt. 2
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The Mk. 4 Plasma Disruption Pistol is good for cutting through six-inch-thick Hullsteel, atomizing a rogue ZoneDrone at 200 yards or lighting your well-deserved cigar after annihilating a battalion of rampaging Shockraptors. It suddenly doesn't seem so useful when presented with one girl and her giant pet Sentry Slizard.
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The virtual walls of my Alternate Reality are continuously under construction as new places emerge and evolve. All worlds are linked to this world. Every story connects with another both forward and backwards through time. The [self proclaimed] greatest Tabloid Football Journalist knows a good story:
Football Speak - Where I write lengthier more considered pieces that premier here @FootballZilla - just with less swearing. I am a roving Sports Reporter and rely heavily on my 'sources' (Smiffy or Twitter) and participate in the age old sport of sledging - mostly at Chelski's expense. We hate Chelski.
The Bleeding Nose Shelter -
The Mystical Lines of Power. One Man. One Guitar. An Amp (it's an old story but basically I put loads of Metal and Hard Rock related stuff there). The Ultimate Rock Shaman. Boobs.
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Where I make stuff up by using FACT to erm make it not quite FACT. This is normally because it's funny and I like playing with words because that too is funny. I also put stuff that other people do or say that is funny. This often involves politicians who manage to say many words and say very little allowing me to interpret mashup their words for the new world I intend to create in my ginger image. I call it Future History. You could call it making stuff up. Just remember I could be leader one day and I have a warped sense of humour. Cut and Paste Jobs.
Mashup Ginger - A place where the World's #1 Music Fascist showcases the work of others (mainly mashup artists and remixers) rants about those who suck on the Dark Lord's wiggly stuff so they can climb the scaley pole of fame and releases his own (badly made) musical creations and impersonations.


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INTA Annual Meeting 2011
May 14, 2011
International Trademark Association (INTA)
San Francisco, California
Jordan S. Weinstein and Philippe Signore, Ph.D.. Legal Assistant, Andrew Weinstein will be attending the INTA Annual Conference.
Jordan Weinstein was a co-presenter Wednesday, May 18th on the "Annual Review of U.S. Federal Case Law and TTAB Developments".
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Fun was had by students, teachers nad home tutors at the recent week long KickStart Conference held at Charleville SDE.
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Past events
- RSTMH Topics in Infection 2017 | 25/01/2017 | Brunei Gallery, SOAS
Topics in Infection took place on Wednesday 25 January 2017 at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS in Bloomsbury. This one-day meeting, which we organise annually in association with Public Health England and Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, brings together over 300 microbiologists, consultants in infectious disease, infection control nurses and biomedical and clinical scientists to hear updates on recent 'hot topics' in all aspects of infectious disease. We are delighted to have secured such excellent speakers, Dr Chrisse Jones, University of Southampton, presenting on Maternal immunisation, Professor Anthony Scott, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, presenting on Pneumococcal vaccination and Professor Nick Thomson, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, presenting on Chlamydia to name just a few.
The full programme can be downloaded here.
- Vaccine Centre Scientific Meeting | 12/12/2016 | 12.45 – 13.45 | Manson Theatre
This seminar provided an opportunity to learn about two programmes aimed at increasing immunisation uptake in different geographic contexts and discuss the methods that were used to evaluate these interventions.
- Stuart Green & Saumu Lwembe – 'Improving childhood vaccination: The celebrate and protect programme in London'
Childhood vaccination remains a primary mechanism for reducing the burden of infectious diseases and ensuring that vaccination targets are met. The 'Celebrate and Protect' programme was developed to improve the uptake of childhood vaccination across several boroughs within London. A celebration card was used to encourage attendance for vaccination and enhance relationships between general practices and parents/carers of children. The programme was delivered in three waves across 15 boroughs between July 2012 and April 2014. This presentation will discuss challenges encountered in delivering and evaluating the programme; engaging front line primary care staff, working with industry partners, using routinely collected data, and the changing landscape of public health.
- Tracey Chantler, Emilie Karafillakis & Bersabeh Sile – 'The Fifth Child Project: Closing the Immunization Gap in Beningshangul-Gumuz Regional State, Ethiopia'
From Jan-Dec 2016 we conducted a formative evaluation of the International Rescue Committees 'Fifth Child Project'. This project uses a combination of tools and training initiatives to try and close the immunization gap in rural areas of western Ethiopia. At the start of our talk we will show a short video which describes how the 'Enat Mastawesha' (Mother's reminder – colour coded calendar) and a vaccine defaulter tracing system are used to support the delivery of Family Health Services Packages, as part of the Health Extension Programme. We will then outline our evaluation design and present initial findings.
- Vaccine Centre Student Event | 30/11/2016 | 15.00 – 17.00 | John Snow Theatre
This was an open meeting for anyone studying vaccines or vaccine-related sciences. It brought together PhD students from LSHTM's 3 faculties who presented their work on vaccine related topics:
Lisa Stockdale – 'Mycobacterial antibodies and effect of CMV on BCG vaccine-induced humoral responses'
Sherif Abouelhadi – 'Developing of novel glycoengineering tools'
James Munday – 'Vaccination and inequalities in infectious disease – insights from transmission modelling'
Frank Sandmann – 'How should we cost infectious disease outbreaks in healthcare settings?'
Rebecca Harris – 'The potential impact of BCG vaccine shortfalls on childhood TB mortality'
- Varicella and zoster in Hong Kong – what needs to be done despite of universal childhood vaccination? | 3/11/16 | 12.45-1.45 | John Snow Lecture Theatre
In Hong Kong, universal varicella vaccination for children started in 2014. Prior to that it was available in the private market and a substantial proportion of children had been receiving it on their own cost. In this seminar I will present our observation on the changes in epidemiology of varicella and zoster during the period before universal vaccination and our plan to explore the optimum vaccination strategies for varicella and zoster.
- HPRU in Immunisation Annual Scientific Meeting | 19/9/2016 | 14.00-18.00 | John Snow Lecture Theatre
An open meeting for scientists and non-scientists interested in vaccination and the work of the HPRU in Immunisation
Theme 1 Electronic Health Record Research – Sara Thomas
'The impact of rotavirus vaccination – the continuing story'
Theme 2 Modelling, Economics, Evidence-synthesis – Albert Jan van Hoek
'Should England's elderly get the pneumonia vaccine that we give children?'
Theme 3 Vaccine delivery and confidence – Pauline Paterson
'Why do some Jewish parents in London delay or refuse vaccination? Findings from a mixed methods study' – Rehana Ahmed, NHS England
'Causal or not? Lessons from vaccine safety world Hanna Nohynek, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Immunisation is a unique partnership between the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Public Health England creating a dynamic fusion of academic research and public health implementation that rapidly translates scientific advances in immunization into measurable benefits for society.
- Measles & Rubella in Europe: A Process of Elimination | 20/9/2016 |John Snow Lecture Theatre
Where next for measles and rubella in Europe?
All European countries had a long-standing commitment to eliminate measles and rubella from the region by 2015. Although outbreaks continue to occur, progress has been made, with 34 of 53 countries having interrupted transmission of either or both diseases by 2014. What are the next steps in the fight against measles and rubella in Europe?
At this critical juncture, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in conjunction with WHO European Regional Office will host a 1-day public event to:
- make key audiences aware of how far we have come and what remains to be done;
- examine how some countries have overcome barriers to elimination so that others may learn from these strategies;
- review recent advances in our understanding of measles elimination, attitudes towards vaccination and accurate measurement of vaccine safety.
Experts in disease control, health policy, epidemiology, behavioural science and the media will share their experiences and discuss the way forward during a full day of presentations and panel discussions. Based on these discussions, key messages to policy-makers will be developed to encourage prioritization of immunization in countries currently lagging behind.
Jean-Marie Okwo-Bele, WHO – 'Measles & Rubella: A Global and Regional Picture'
Session 1: 'Country Experiences: Lessons Learnt and Best Practices'
Chair: Anthony Scott
Gayane Sahakyan, NIP Manager – 'Communicating and Motivating to Reach the Goal: Insights of an Immunization Programme Manager'
Susan Hahne, RIVM – 'Measles and Rubella Elimination in the Netherlands: Lessons learnt and challenges for the future'
Susan Reef, CDC – 'PAHO's Experience of Eliminating Rubella'
Session 2: 'Recent Advances in Controlling Measles and Rubella'
Chair: John Edmunds
Sebastian Funk – 'Target Immunity Levels for Achieving Measles Elimination'
Nick Andrews, PHE – 'Convulsions, Autism, Meningitis, Gait Disturbance: Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff in Vaccine Safety Assessment'
Pauline Paterson – 'Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy'
Panel discussion: 'Challenges with Elimination and How They Can Be Overcome'
Chair: Robb Butler, WHO
Gunter Pfaff, Regional Verification Committee
Andy Pollard, Oxford, SAGE
Fiona Fox, Science Media Centre
Jean-Marie Okwo-Bele, WHO
- Vaccine Centre Scientific Meeting | 05/09/16 | 13.00 – 14.00 | Bennett Room (LG-80)
Rosalind Eggo & Daniela Manno – 'Conducting vaccine trials during an epidemic: experiences with changing designs as the epidemic progresses'
Deborah Watson-Jones – 'Challenges of conducting clinical trials during an epidemic – the EBOVAC Salone experience'
- Vaccine Centre Pneumococcal Forum | 22/6/16 | 13.00-16.00 | Room LG6
The Vaccine Centre is hosting a pneumococcal forum to present topical work on pneumococcal vaccination currently on-going at LSHTM and collaborators. Through a series of short talks the meeting aims to connect researchers with a shared interest in pneumococcus and to provide a brief overview of topical questions and on-going studies related to pneumococcal vaccinology.
- Special Seminars on the Epidemiological evolution of vaccines: efficacy, safety and policy | 4-13/7/16 | John Snow Lecture Theatre A
Five special seminars accompanied 2016's 'Epidemiological evaluation of vaccines: efficacy, safety and policy' short course and was open to ALL staff and students at LSHTM. The schedule was as follows:
- How to introduce a new vaccine | 4/7/16 | John Snow Lecture Theatre A
David Salisbury, Former Director of Immunisation at the UK Department of Health, other former roles include chair of WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Vaccines
- Global Implementation of Vaccination Programs: past, present and future | 6/7/16 | John Snow Lecture Theatre A
David Heymann, Public Health England, LSHTM, and former Assistant Director-General, Communicable Diseases of the World Health Organization
- Public trust in vaccines | 7/7/16 | John Snow Lecture Theatre A
Heidi Larson, LSHTM, Former head of Global Communication for Immunization at UNICEF and Chair of Advocacy Task Force for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) & David Heymann
- Optimal use of the first licensed dengue vaccine: balancing benefit against potential risks | 11/7/16 | John Snow Lecture Theatre A
Neil Fergueson, Imperial College London, Professor of Mathematical Biology & Head of Department
- Vaccination in emergencies: overcoming obstacles and decreasing delays | 13/7/16 | John Snow Lecture Theatre A
Rebecca Grais, Epicentre, Director of Epidemiology and Population Health
- Vaccine Centre Retreat | 11-12/02/16 | Cumberland Lodge
The Vaccine Centre held its inaugural annual retreat on the 11th and 12th of February, 2016 at Cumberland lodge. Over 70 scientists, from PhD students to Professors, attended from LSHTM and external organisations connected to the Vaccine Centre.
- Vaccination Programmes and the Public: Past & Present | 11/11/15| John Snow Lecture Theatre
- Vaccine Centre Scientific Meeting | 02/11/15 | 13.00 – 14.00 | Manson Lecture Theatre
Peter Hobbelen, Public Health England – 'The burden of hospitalisations due to varicella zoster virus in England'
Yoon Choi, Public Health England – 'Pertussis resurgence in England and Wales – modelling studys'
- Vaccine Centre Scientific Meeting | 05/10/15 | 13.00 – 14.00 | Manson Lecture Theatre
Martin Goodier – 'Priming of Natural killer cells by Influenza vaccines and the impact of human Cytomegalovirus infection'
Julia Stowe, Public Health England – 'Risk of narcolepsy after AS03 adjuvanted pandemic A/H1N1 2009 influenza vaccine in adults- some methodological challenges'
- Vaccine Centre Scientific Meeting | 07/09/15 | 12.00 – 13.00 | John Snow Lecture Theatre A
Carolyn Nielsen – 'The impact of cytomegalovirus infection on vaccine responses'
Mark Jit – 'Putting a price on health: estimating country willingness to pay for a DALY based on vaccine purchasing decisions'
- Vaccine Centre PhD Scientific Meeting | 21/07/15 | 16.00 – 17.45 | Jerry Morris A/B
The programme of presentations was as follows:
Oliver Le Polain – 'Social mixing patterns relevant to the spread of S.pneumoniae and other respiratory infections in south west'
Katherine Gallagher – 'Evaluating human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine introduction in Tanzania – filling in some of the gaps'
Andreia Leite – 'Near real-time vaccine safety surveillance using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink – a feasibility study'
Samuel Thorburn – 'Validation of peptide-based strategies for the identification of pre-erythrocytic malaria antibody epitopes'
Rebecca Harris – 'Mathematical modelling of future trends in TB epidemiology in China and the potential impact of age-targeted novel TB vaccines'
Ngozi Erondu – 'A new evaluation approach applied to meningitis surveillance in Chad'
Katherine Theiss-Nyland – 'A simple…'
- Special Seminars on the Epidemiological evaluation of vaccines: efficacy, safety and policy | 17/07/15 |
4 special seminars will accompany this years 'Epidemiological evaluation of vaccines: efficacy, safety and policy' short course. The seminars were open to all and cover a wide variety of subjects.
- Vaccine Centre Scientific Meeting | 01/06/15 | 13.00 – 14.00 | Bennet Room
Christian Bottomley & Anthony Scott – 'Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine against clinical and radiographic pneumonia in children under five in Kilifi'
Rebecca Harris – 'Mathematical modelling of future trends in TB epidemiology in China and the potential impact of age-targeted novel TB vaccines'
- Vaccine Centre Scientific Meeting | 14/04/15 | 13.00 – 14.00 | John Snow Lecture Theatre A
Shamez Ladhani – 'Increase in Meningococcal group W (Men W) disease following rapid expansion of a single hypervirulent ST11 clone: potential vaccination strategies'
Stefan Flasche – 'Key factors for predicting the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on pediatric pneumococcal disease
- HPRU in Immunisation Annual Scientific Meeting | 30/03/15 | 13.30 – 17.30 | John Snow A
The meeting will began with presentations by HPRU scientists from LSHTM and Public Health England, showcasing the scientific progress made by the unit.
- Joint Malaria Centre/Vaccine Centre meeting on RTS,S Vaccine Evaluation | 12/02/15 | 16.00 – 18.00 | Manson Room
- Mini-symposium on Decision Support Models in Vaccine Development, Implementation and Policy | 22/01/15 | 15.30 – 17.00 | Manson Room
- Vaccine Centre PhD Student Presentation Event | 05/12/14 | 15.30 – 17.30| John Snow Lecture Theatre
The Vaccine Centre hosted an event for PhD students engaged in vaccine related projects (at any level of progress) to present their work to their peers, supervisors and members of the Vaccine Centre.
- Vaccine Centre Scientific Meeting | 01/12/14 | 12.00 – 13.00 | Manson Lecture Theatre
Katherine Atkins – 'Quantifying the impact of vaccination on the evolution of virulence: Lessons from a veterinary pathogen'
Ulla Griffiths – 'Incremental costs of introducing pneumococcal, rotavirus and a second dose of measles vaccine into the Zambian routine immunisation schedule: Are expansions sustainable?'
- Vaccine Centre Scientific Meeting | 13/08/14 | 12.00 – 13.00 | Manson Lecture Theatre
Marc Brisson – 'The 9-valent human papillomavirus vaccine: exploring its additional impact and value'
- Vaccine Centre Scientific Meeting | 22/07/14 | 12.00 – 13.00 | Manson Lecture Theatre
Anna Roca – 'Non-specific effects of EPI vaccines on bacterial colonization'


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I had a interesting ride yesterday, a planned brick session, 3hrs on the bike into 90min run. I could write a whole story on it but the short story is, I was doing a long effort, and completely missed my turn off, thought I knew where I was but ended up extremely lost. Then to make matters worse I double punctured and only had one spare tube, so the last 90min was spent riding the rim home. And to finally top the day off, about 45min from home I started bonking badly, had no money to buy any food, so I arrived home just over 5.5hrs from when I left in a pretty wrecked state.
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Well I failed big time in my malifaux challenge. I managed to get 3 figures done by the deadline, but then I couldn't attend the tournament at the end. I am still planning to keep working on all my crews, especially since I got more for Christmas! Plus a few more brushes!
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This is probably the weakest a comic can be without getting a thumbs-down. The joke boils down to 'certain words sound British', which is obvious to anyone that knows anything about history. We speak English, which was developed (mostly) by the English, who also live in Britain....
That said, it is kind of amusing in a vague way to imagine towns named after Pokemon, and "BBC Channel 4" is actually a clever pun that could only have arisen though this specific joke. Plus, I asked Jon (Levi), with whom I do a podcast, for his thoughts about this comic, and he said it pissed him off! That's how you know a comic's good, when it pisses off the British.
I think most people will find at least one funny bit in this comic, even if as a whole it might leave them cold. It's still better than 'time is passing (again)' or 'im very smart with science' or...
This is set up like a parody of people, but no one in the history of ever has had this thought process. Even in a longform way that this comic just sums up. This comic parodies something that doesn't exist, which would give it a nifty dada quality if it was intentional.
And I'm not just being dumb! Explainxkcd has (at time of writing) like five different theories on what this comic could mean.
Also, who uses Facebook anymore? That exact question was asked two years ago on this very blog, the last time XKCD mentioned it.
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Archaeological Inventory of 109 Acres Along the Arroyo De Los Frijoles, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Author(s): Stephen S. Post
Year: 1993
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Archaeological Inventory of 109 Acres Along the Arroyo De Los Frijoles, Santa Fe County, New Mexico. Stephen S. Post. 1993 ( tDAR id: 225769)
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35049 (Fips Code) • New Mexico (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • Santa Fe (County) • United States of America (Country)
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min long: -106.249; min lat: 35.04 ; max long: -105.714; max lat: 36.002 ;
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Sponsor(s): Stephen Etre, et al.
Prepared By(s): Post, Stephen S. Consulting Archaeologist
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Artist's description:
I have painted this Scottish landscape by using my own quirky style with much looser brush strokes using palate knife and brushes. Colourful fields and Skies add a sense of 'cottage chic' to this painting.
I only use professional Artists paints by Liquitex or Old Holland
I varnish using Winsor & Newton products only
30x30 cm on Windsor & Newton professional wrapped canvas. Sides are painted white.
Materials used:
Wrapped canvas, acrylic paints and varnish
Three Trees - Scottish Landscape 30x30 (2017)
Acrylic painting by Caroline Duncan
- Acrylic painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 11.81 x 11.81 x 0.24 in / 11.81 x 11.81 in (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Ready to hang
- Style: Naive
- Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky
This artwork is sold by Caroline Duncan from United Kingdom


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If you live in an apartment in Charleston, SC you have waited all summer for oyster season. Labor Day is the perfect occasion to host the first oyster roast of the season. There's nothing like an oyster roast to kick off the fall season.
Have fun by throwing your own roast for your apartment neighbors and friends.
Before your party gets underway, you'll need a few things. Figure a bushel for every 5 people. For roasting you'll also need a burner and propane tank, or a grill and a burlap sack or beach towel. Also have on hand oyster or paring knives.
One you have the pot or grill hot, put the oysters on to roast. Cover the oysters with a soaking-wet burlap sack or thick beach towel. Cook oysters 8 to 10 minutes. The shells will open about ¼ to ½ inch. Transfer the oysters to a newspaper-lined table. Then repeat the procedure with more oysters.
Pry open oysters using the oyster knifes. Run the knife under the oyster meat to release it. Serve with dipping sauce. Many prefer saltines and Tabasco or other favorite hot sauce. Enjoy! And happy Labor Day from Abberly at West Ashley!


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St. Louis To Host Argentina Friendly
- Posted by Drew Epperley
- On October 3, 2013
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- Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, St. Louis
While many of you continue to ask about the potential St. Louis USL-PRO team (and no I do not know where they'll be playing), fans in the Gateway City will soon be able to see some of the world's best square off.
On Wednesday, it was announced that Messi will lead perennial World Cup favorites Argentina in a friendly against Bosnia-Herzegovina on November 18 at Busch Stadium (8:30 pm ET).
It could prove to be the latest soccer sellout at the St. Louis Cardinals baseball stadium. Earlier this year, a capacity crowd of 48,263 watched English Premier League powers Manchester City beat Chelsea on May 23.
A few months later in August, Real Madrid beat Inter Milan in front of 54,184 at the Edwards Jones Dome. Although 13,000 short of a sell-out at the home of the NFL's St. Louis Rams, the match between the European powers set a soccer attendance record for St. Louis.
The Bosnian contingent could be the ones that fill the stadium too. In St. Louis, there are an estimated 70,000 Bosnians. Not to mention Bosnia-Herzegovina star forward Vedad Ibisevic has family in St. Louis and starred at St. Louis University – there are some who think Busch Stadium could be filled by backers of the European nation alone.
The one hold up however could be Bosnia-Herzegovina. If the Bosnians, who currently sit tops in Group G alongside Greece, are forced to play a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying playoff, they will be replaced by a different team.


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INTERVIEW: Inside Edition's Lisa Guerrero Ventures Into DIY With New BookThursday, October 27, 2016
Today I had the pleasure of conducting a phone interview with Award-Winning Journalist, Lisa Guerrero. Whether you recognize her from her time as a Sportscaster on Monday Night Football, playing George Lopez's sister on the George Lopez show, or chasing bad guys on TV for Inside Edition, Lisa Guerrero has had an amazing career and she is showing no signs of stopping. At age 52, Lisa is branching into a new career as an Author, with her first DIY book, Jewelry For Your Table (JFYT). Her book was fast-tracked by Schiffer Publishing and officially hit bookstores last week! Lisa will be in Houston tomorrow night for one of her book tour stops! Lisa will sign the book and conduct a live demo at The Thinking Girls Boutique (1570 S Dairy Ashford Rd #109, Houston, TX 77077). For those of you who can't wait to meet this superwoman, you can learn more about her and her new book below:
Thank you Lisa for your time in chatting with me today! I know my readers will enjoy learning more about you! We're here to talk about your first book, Jewelry For Your Table, but I wouldn't be a great interviewer if I didn't ask you about your illustrious career! Can you provide my readers with some background of your work history?
Sure! Most people know me as the Chief Investigative Correspondent for Inside Edition. I've been with the show for 10 years. Originally, I was an Entertainment Reporter for the show and I was begging my producers to let me do something that was more important and more interesting. They finally gave me a break and let me do investigative reporting several years ago. My first story won a National Press Club award. From then on, I was the main investigative reporter for the show, and it's been really fun!
Before I was an Investigative Reporter with Inside Edition, I was a Sportscaster. A lot of guys recognize me from Monday Night Football, where I was a Sideline Reporter or from a show called Best Damn Sports Show Period on Fox Sports Net. I covered the Lakers, Dodgers, Chargers and all sports for over 10 years. My life is broken down into decades of time, where the last decade I've been with Inside Edition, and the decade before that I was a Sportscaster, and the decade before that, I was an Actress and a Model. I was on a TV show called Sunset Beach, which was produced by Aaron Spelling. On the show, I played the bad girl, Francesca. I also played George Lopez's sister on The George Lopez show, and I was on a couple episodes of Frasier. I had a role in Batman Returns and a couple years ago, I played myself in Brad Pitt's Money Ball, which was nominated for an Academy Award. I've been really lucky. I've had a really amazing career doing a lot of incredible things but they've all been really different, but mainly I've been a Reporter and an Actor.
That is really awesome! Not many people can say they've had that many careers in their lifetime! What made you transition between all of those careers?
It all goes back to my childhood. My mom died when I was 8 years old, so I was raised by a single dad. As far as sports, I learned the language of sports from my dad, who was an avid sports fan. He took me to football & baseball games in San Diego where I grew up. I became a huge sports fan. As for acting, because my mom had died my dad put me in a theater program to help me deal with grief. I knew I wanted to be an actress from the time I was 8 or 9. And so early on, I knew that I wanted to be a performer. As I got older and taller I was discovered by a modeling agency in high school. That really launched my career. I signed with a big agency in Los Angeles and immediately started doing photo shoots and commercials and TV Parts. By the time I was 18, I was already working full time as an actress and model, going to college part-time, and living this kind of amazing life in LA as a young women taking acting classes and traveling all over the world.
I was also a Rams' cheerleader. I auditioned when I was 18 and I was a cheerleader for 4 years. I was a performer, either in front of the camera on or the field as a dancer, but I wanted something more. Because I was such a huge sports fan I decided that I was going to be a Sportscaster. Back in those days, there were no other female Sportscasters. I would tell the girls on the squad that I wanted to be a Sportscaster and they would laugh and say, "You'll never be a Sportscaster, only guys are Sportscasters." A few years later I got a job with CBS 2 (CBS affiliate in Los Angeles) and I became LA's first full-time female Sportscaster. This was over 20 years ago. I quickly went from local Sportscaster to regional to national Sportscaster really quickly. I went from a local Sportscaster to hosting several different sports shows nationally and then of course I ended up on Monday Night Football in 2003. I had a really awesome career doing sports, but then I got that nagging feeling that I had when I was in my 20s. I wanted to be doing something more important. I want to be doing something different than sports. I felt like I should be using my skills to do something that would help people or feel like I'm giving back in soem way. I got tired of just asking athletes the same questions over and over again.
I explored and thought about it and realized the best fit for me was to get out of sports and get into news. Inside Edition quickly hired me when I left sports. They first envisioned me for entertainment reporting and I did the Academy Awards Red Carpet, BET Awards, Grammy Awards, Golden Globes Awards, etc. I did all the award shows for Inside Edition, and still I knew that this wasn't enough. It wasn't entertainment reporting that I was looking for. That's when I discovered investigative reporting, and through investigative reporting, I also discovered that I needed something to balance my life. My job as an investigative reporter is pretty dangerous. I travel 200 days a year, live in hotel rooms and surveillance vans. I confront really dangerous guys. I've been hit by a car. I receive death threats & rape threats. I'm one of the few woman on national TV that does confrontational journalism, meaning I actually chase down felons, scam artists and crooked politicians in real life and put them on camera and confront them.When I get home, I wanted to do something peaceful.
I wanted something to balance out my life and a few years ago I discovered mosaic art and crafting. That has really become a big part of the balance that I need in my life. I needed to find something that can be an oasis from being on camera. When I do my crafts I can have my hair in a ponytail and no makeup. I can be comfortable, pour a glass of wine and just relax and create my art. That refreshes me for the next day when I have to be camera ready and go chase bad-guys. I'm rested and relaxed and completely in a place of centered-ness where I can go and do a job that is pretty grueling.
How did your peaceful pastime turn into a book deal?
A year and a half ago I was getting ready to throw a big Christmas Party at my house, and I wanted to do something special with the table. I'm really crafty, but I wanted to do something special, so what was I going to do? I had been collecting vintage jewelry for years to use in my art and because I love anything vintage; especially from the '30s, '40s, & '50s. I had this really large collection of vintage pins and brooches. Some of which I received from my grandmothers including a bunch of vintage Christmas pins. I created this technique of breaking the back of the pins and carefully embellishing a metal napkin ring with it. I put a picture on pinterest, Facebook, and twitter and my girlfriends went crazy. They were like, " Oh my god! I want to buy your napkin rings! Can you make them for me?"
I kept creating more and more sets with different themes. I would take cameos or lockets. I'd do a nautical theme, or a theme around a color for a girlfriends' baby shower. I just started creating all these vintage napkin rings and posting them on Facebook. People responded so I thought instead of me trying to make them for everybody, because I can't possibly with my real job, why don't I just see if I can get a publisher and make a book where people can learn how to make them for themselves. I call the pieces jewelry for your table, because they're real pieces of jewelry that make your tables sparkle. The pieces look like girl candy. They're all one of a kind; no two match exactly. I pull the collections together using the same theme, era, or color.
I wrote to Schiffer books and I sent them a bunch of my pictures that I had been taking of my napkin ring sets. Nancy Schiffer wrote me back immediately, and said they wanted to publish the book. That was a year ago. They fast-tracked the book and it just came out last week.
How did you come to stop in Houston for your book tour?
Alicia Elatassi is the owner of Thinking Girls Boutique. It's a really cool store in the Houston area. They have all kinds of hand-crafted, really pretty hand-made items, books and clothes. Alicia contacted me on social media, after seeing my JFYT napkin rings and saw that I was writing a book. She wanted to host a book-signing party and a demo.
I can't wait to get my hands on this book! I just purchased some new napkin rings for Fall decor and now they seem so blah!
You're going to want to do your own sets! Right now I've been doing a lot of local press, guesting on local morning shows, and the women are freaking out! The anchors send me photos of their new napkin rings! It's amazing how it's catching on. It's a really fun thing because it connect you to your heritage, and it also connects you to pieces of jewelry that already exist in thrift stores and at flea markets in your community. I love the idea of upcycling beautiful items that already exist and just making them functional so that you can use them every day and use them in your own life.
How do you collect vintage pieces?
Shop your own jewelry box first and then collect pieces from your grandmother, sisters, mother, and aunts! Then shop at local thrift stores; especially the salvation army. That's my favorite thrift store,. The money that you spend at the salvation army actually goes to helping people in need in your community. If you shop in Houston, that money stays in Houston, unlike other thrift stores where most of the money goes to overhead, management, or other cities. After that ,go to flea markets, consignment stores, and you can even find great pieces online.
Part of the fun of this craft is actually going out and finding these treasures. I call it treasure hunt in the book. The book gives you tips on how to barter and how to find collections. Once you make your jewelry into table napkin rings I teach you about finding napkins that pull the collection together, either by color, texture or patterns, and then how to gift the pieces. I like to use cigar boxes, baskets, and pretty handcrafted vintage jewelry boxes and giving them as a gift in really unique, one of a kind ways. It's all color, hard-backed, and a great coffee-table. I'm so proud of it but it's also really personal because I talk about my own life and how being connected to my heritage lead me to writing the book.
Congratulations on the success of your craft! Do you have any other ideas for vintage jewelry that can't be used for a napkin ring?
The book is focused on the napkin rings, they're the most showy, and kind of easy to do, but at the same time really, beautiful. But I also teach you how to use vintage jewelry on candles, on frames, in votive, and different ways to sparkle up your table using vintage jewelry. There's a lot of different ideas besides just the napkin rings, but I focus on the napkin rings because they're just so darn cute!
Any plans for a future book; autobiography or another craft book?
That is so funny that you asked me that, because I originally started writing my memoir a couple years ago. It's called between a jock and a hard place, and it's about my career in sports casting. I married a baseball player and I have all these adventures. I've been working on my memoirs for a couple of years and I keep changing the ending because more and more stuff is happening. I've been working with a publisher, and I hope to get a book deal on that after I finish my book tour with Jewelry For Your Table. But yes, this next book is definitely going to be a memoir and focused on a women in a man's world. Those are the big jobs that I have had, being a sports caster and a investigative reporter; both careers that are mainly dominated by men. I've been able to be really successful in both of those two very different careers, but I use a lot of the same skill sets and I think women would get a lot out of it. Hopefully, it's very inspirational, but it will also be pretty funny because I've had some crazy experiences in locker rooms and I can name drop a bunch of people. I know almost every famous athletes plus a ton of celebrities and actors from my job, so I think it will be a really fun for everybody. You don't have to just be into sports. I'm hoping to be done with that by the end of the holidays. I would hope to see it out late next year.
But now that JFYT has gotten such a great response, I'm thinking of doing a follow-up craft book. So it will be a really busy time in my life. As a woman that's 52, and that has been on camera my entire life, I just think that it's awesome that I'm coming into my own at 52 and that's another part of the story that i want younger women to know is that you don't have to stop being fashionable, or stop being creative or stop being successful at 30, or 35, or 40. I'm 52 and I just did a sizzle reel for a reality show, my first book just came out, my second book will be coming out next year, and I have all these great things happening. I'm doing more career wise and more important things career wise than I ever did in my 20s, 30s, or 40s. So I want them to know that the best is ahead of you, not behind you. You can still be fashionable, and look good, be cool and hip, and look chic and have a stylish life going well beyond your 20. That's another thing I want people to take away from my story.
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"I've lost so much money retaining ownership the last two years that I'm not going to retain my 2002 calves!" That's how a rancher began his phone call to me last fall.
The problem with his statement is that he was looking backward for his market signals. Looking backward only works in the expansion phase of the cattle cycle. In today's drought-extended, roller coaster, turnaround phase of the cattle cycle, ranchers shouldn't look backward for market signals. Doing so could easily put them 180∞ out of sync with the market.
Pre- And Post-Weaning Profits
Ranchers typically look only at total profit from conception to harvest. In actuality, profits should be broken down into pre-weaning and post-weaning profit. Pre-weaning profits are those generated by the beef cow herd. Post-weaning profits are generated from financial ownership of the calves after weaning.
To calculate pre-weaning profits, a rancher needs to price his calves at weaning — even if he doesn't sell them. In closing out their books for 2002, every rancher needs to know if the money that was made in 2002 was made in pre-weaning or post-weaning. This is important because the marketing signals sent by each are different.
For instance, a review of my Northern Plains numbers for 2000 and 2001 calves suggests a $113 pre-weaning profit from year 2001 calves. Meanwhile, the post-weaning phase, which consists of backgrounding these same calves and then finishing them off-ranch, generated a $100 post-weaning loss. Thus, combining the pre- and post-weaning profits from Northern Plains 2001 calves was about a breakeven.
Northern Plains ranchers fared much better with their 2000 calves, however. I calculated a $124 pre-weaning profit and a post-weaning breakeven (+$4/head) by backgrounding and then going off-ranch to a finishing lot. That totaled up to a $128 profit, all of which was made pre-weaning.
Hindsight tells us that profits were optimized in the Northern Plains by selling both 2000 and 2001 calves at weaning, which basically confirms my rancher's opening statement. But these results don't mean that selling 2002 calves at weaning is the way to go.
Forward Marketing Signals
To look forward for marketing signals means that some form of a price projection system is needed. A relatively simple price projection system can be constructed using current sale barn prices and Futures prices.
Use the local sale barn prices to calculate statistical price slides. These, in turn, can be used to generate a market price line for all weights of feeder cattle.
These statistical price lines can be shifted upward or downward for specific months depending on feeder cattle Futures prices for that specific month. By adding in a local basis adjustment, these short-run and intermediate-run planning prices can be easily tailored to any geographical region in the United States and Canada.
Futures corn prices can be generated from the corn Futures market, again adjusted by the local basis. Table 1 on page 6 presents my late-December 2002 current short-run and intermediate-run planning prices. Long-run planning prices were published in my August 2002 column (see p. 11, August 2002, BEEF).
I entered these short-, intermediate- and long-term planning prices into my Marketing Alternatives Simulator to generate profit projections for six alternative marketing programs for 2002 calves described below.
Six Production/Marketing Systems
Let's take a look at the potential offered for 2002 calves by each of six production systems. Graph 1 on page 6 summarizes my profit projections for each.
Traditional, spring-born calves. Winter-feed costs, which have increased due to drought, pulled my calculated pre-weaning profits for weaned 2002 calves down to $55/cow. That's down significantly from 2001's profit of $113/cow).
Meanwhile, post-weaning profits with 2002 calves could be high — in the $119/calf range, which would generate $163 total profit/cow. That's if a rancher can push his calves to harvest in the more profitable March/April markets. Very few ranchers, however, can push spring-born calves to hit the March/April market.
Ranchers who slow down their genetically fast-track calves by backgrounding them so that their spring-born calves are harvested as fed cattle in June are projected to earn considerably less post-weaning profit. My backgrounding and finishing simulations indicate an additional $51 post-weaning profit for 2002 calves, which totals to $102/cow for this marketing alternative. This is an 85% increase in projected profits over selling at weaning.
Split marketing spring-born 2002 calves. Split marketing is a strategy where the top third of the calves go into a grow-and-retain profit center, while the middle third is used as a backgrounding profit center with calves being sold after the first of the year. The bottom third is wintered and grazed in a yearlings-on-grass profit center with the calves sold at summer's end.
Projections are for a +$141 return from the top third, a +$78/head from the backgrounded middle third, and a breakeven situation for the winter and graze bottom third. This split marketing alternative is projected to generate a $127 profit/cow for a 130% increase over selling at weaning.
Winter (January/February) calving and early weaning into a retained ownership marketing program with a mid-April target harvest date. The calculated +$14 pre-weaning profits were reduced from traditional spring calving profits due to higher feed requirements and amplified by the drought's impact on feed costs. Based on an aggressive marketing program, post-weaning profits are projected to be quite favorable. Retained ownership targeting an April harvest date is projected to earn $155/calf and also $155/cow. (Calf death loss just happens to make both numbers $155.)
Backgrounding and finishing in mid-May, another marketing alternative with winter calving, is projected to generate $86/calf for a total of $92/cow. The main advantage of winter calving in 2002 comes with the ability to early wean and then hit the mid-April harvest-time prices.
Summer calving (May/June) with traditional fall weaning in October. My projections are for a pre-weaning loss of $28/cow. Post-weaning consists of wintering and then going to grass, selling yearlings off grass at summer's end. Post-weaning profits are projected at $28/calf for a projected breakeven situation when both pre- and post-weaning profits are added together.
Summer calving (May/June) with a January weaning date. This production/marketing strategy has been developed and studied by University of Nebraska researchers. Post-weaning consists of wintering the calves on grass and selling long yearlings off grass at summer's end.
My projections are for a $129 profit/cow if calves are sold at weaning. If the calves are wintered and grazed the following summer, the projected post-weaning outcome is a loss of $11/calf, which means a $118 total combined profit/cow.
My conclusion: This is the year to retain ownership of your 2002 calves.
Harlan Hughes is a North Dakota State University professor emeritus. He lives in Laramie, WY. Reach him at 701/238-9607 or email@example.com.


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Eli had an abdominal ultrasound last week. He was so cute- his little body laying on this huge hospital bed. He didn't seem to mind having the goop put on him and the tech laughed out loud when she moved the scanner on his tummy and he smiled wide at her. Watch out ladies! LOL
We have half of the results back from the scan and they are so good! His clotting and hemorrhaging is resolved and his veins are patent (which means good flow). The Renal clinic was sad and happy to see us go. We no longer will be under their care, but we have made some special friends there for sure.
Next stop: Adrenal glands! We are praying for miraculous healing and we will meet soon with Endocrinology to go over the results. His labs this week were gorgeous and the most stable they have ever been.
Eli is chunking up, big time! His weight at 3 months is 13 pounds 7 ounces. Yikes! We think the steroids may be the major contributor, but he is half the weight of Ava our 3 year old. ha ha
We are all excited for Christmas!


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In this podcast interview I go deep with Wes Chapman on what it means to live your life with purpose, to squeeze the juice out of your potential and how you can inspire others to live the same way.
Wes is a powerhouse in the online and offline communities. He has been an Entrepreneur since the age of 8 years old and was self-sufficient by the age of 16. Wes started consulting CEO's of Fortune 500 companies at the age of 19. He has been featured on FOX, A&E, CNN, TechCrunch, Universal Films and others.
He is the founder of A HUMAN PROJECT, a for-purpose 501c3 with a mission to create a community of empowered youth. He is also the founder of SUPER HUMAN LIFE, a program designed to ensure ultimate understanding of ones true potential.
He recently had Angelina Jolie on his podcast and he also runs THE CIRCLE which is an awesome network of game changers, movers and shakers who are literally changing the world right now.
Checkout the interview with Wes and his message below:
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Wes Chapman's Message for YOU!
Passion… what the H#@! is that? Live your PASSION! Find your PASSION! Your PASSION will set you free.
Stop it, just stop it.
Your passion can never be found until you are. You are focused so much on how to make a living you rarely ever think about just living. Now before you go all "hippie" on me let me explain this a little more.
I understand you have utility payments, doctors payments, debt payments and a house payment, but in all of this you have forgotten the most important payment of all; the YOU payment.
Who are you? Not who do you want to become or what do you want to do with YOUR life. WHO ARE YOU!?
Forget for a moment that you have payments. Forget you have any responsibilities in this world at all. Sit back for a moment… do you feel that? It is freedom. Freedom to be you. Freedom to experience joy.
Now I want you to think about that credit card or that new car you want. The new shoes your son wants. That new office you want. The newest iPhone you want to have or that new gadget from Brookstone that is calling your name. That new dress that you KNOW will change everything in your life.
Now do you feel that? That feeling is called STUPID! That is feeling called pressure. That is the feeling of being OUT OF CONTROL!
NONE of this means you can't have nice things, but all of this means you don't deserve nice things until you can be nice to the thing that matters most and that is you.
I GIVE YOU PERMISSION to be you! To care only about YOU.
I give you the power to learn who the H#@L YOU are!
I give you the honor to live in this world doing something that YOU love doing.
Whether you are an accountant or a house-wife you can work, play and LIVE in passion. You don't find passion, passion is already there. It always has been. Passion is in the living of "YOU".
Learn how to live in "YOU". Learn how to live in clarity, control and power. Learn how to live a SUPERHUMAN LIFE.