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Violence against babies and young children in England and Wales more than doubled last year, a survey of accident and emergency unit data suggests.
The Cardiff University study indicates the number of under-10s who were hurt rose to 8,067 from 3,805 in 2006.
But it found violence against people of all ages fell by 12% overall, following a trend of the past eight years.
Researchers said the rise in injuries could be down to domestic incidents or violence between children.
BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said the data showing an increase might turn out to be a one-off for last year.
But he added that children's' charity the NSPCC had described the survey's findings as "deeply worrying", and said hospitals and other agencies must work better to identify children at risk.
The NSPCC's head of child protection awareness, Chris Cloke, said it was working closely with doctors and nurses to advise them on spotting deliberate injuries.
Cardiff University's Violence and Research Group have been monitoring admissions for violence-related injuries in a representative sample of casualty units since the 1990s.
Its research into 29 hospital A&E units are extrapolated to national levels.
For the past eight years, the overall number of people needing treatment has been falling.
In 2007, victims aged over 18 saw the greatest fall in violence, and among over 50s there was a 17% decline. Those aged 18 to 30 remained at greatest risk, making up nearly half of violence-related patients.
It is the figures for children aged from birth to under 10 that have caused the greatest concern.
The report said: "It is not clear whether violence at the hands of parents or carers is responsible for this increase.
"Recent evidence suggests that violence between children at school and in public places is also a problem.
"In any event, the roles of child safeguarding agencies including the NHS, police and local authorities remain essential and should be enhanced."
Maxillofacial surgeon Professor Jon Shepherd, who chairs the Cardiff group, said: "We would have expected levels among 11 to 17-year-old children to show a rise, because of the increases in youth violence that people have in the back of their minds.
"But that was not what we found."
The figures were released on the same day the government's latest quarterly crime figures for England and Wales are due to be published.
A Home Office spokesman said: "Any violent crime is intolerable particularly when it is directed against children.
"That is why the government's recently published Tackling Violence Action Plan includes new resources for healthcare providers, local authorities and the police to share information to ensure that people at risk are protected and offenders are brought swiftly to justice."
He noted the report found violence had fallen last year and the British Crime Survey showed incidents had decreased by 31% over the past 10 years.
Shadow home secretary David Davis said: "This is yet more evidence showing that violence is becoming an everyday part of life for younger and younger people under this government."
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2019-04-23T12:13:15Z
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7364072.stm
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wmich
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"Health and well-being of preschoolers" by Divya Sood, Delawnia Comer-Hagans et al.
Background: This study explores the concept of health and well-being as perceived by teachers and parents of preschool-aged children in the specific context of a child day care facility. The study also identifies the barriers parents and teachers encounter and the supports they require in promoting the health and well-being of preschool-aged children.
Method: A qualitative phenomenological research design combined with a projective technique of Photovoice was used for data collection. A total of eight participants, four teachers and four parents of preschool-aged children from a child day care facility, participated in the study.
Results: Several themes were identified related to barriers that parents and teachers face and the supports they require in promoting the health and well-being of preschool-aged children.
Conclusions: This study discusses a potential role for occupational therapy practitioners in collaborating with administrators and teachers and parents of preschool-aged children to develop a program to promote the health and well-being of preschool-aged children.
Sood, Divya; Comer-Hagans, Delawnia; Anderson, Dirk; Basmajian, Diana; Bohlen, Ashley; Grome, Michelle; Imanova, Irada; and Martin, Kimberly (2018) "Discovering Perspectives on Health and Well-Being from Parents and Teachers of Preschool- Aged Children," The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy: Vol. 6: Iss. 1, Article 6.
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2019-04-23T23:03:17Z
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https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/ojot/vol6/iss1/6/
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metromix
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In this workshop learn about holistic alternatives to balance hormones and restore physical health. Presented by The Foundation for Wellness Professionials with Wellness Speaker: Dr. Richard Gelband. Call for reservations.
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2019-04-20T14:57:10Z
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https://chicago.metromix.com/events/mmxchi-free-wellness-workshop-balancing-hormones-naturally-library-event
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Health
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clarkart
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When talking about Homer, it never takes very long for someone to mention Prout’s Neck. The two are linked in the popular imagination, probably for all time. It might be said that it was here, among the rocky coastline and pine trees, that Homer did his most fully realized work—paintings like Eastern Point and West Point, Prout’s Neck capture the Maine coast in a way that few other artists have been able to. They are beautiful paintings, but they’re also savage, visceral representations of the power of the sea.
Though Homer spent the final decades of his life in Maine, he wasn’t the only member of his family to reside there. His brother Arthur built a house in Prout’s Neck in 1881, and Charles Homer, Sr. bought a home there in 1883. By then, the Homer family owned most of the peninsula. Today, a large part of the peninsula is devoted to a bird sanctuary, preserving the area’s untamed beauty.
Homer’s studio was purchased by the Portland Museum of Art in 2006 and renovated to return it to its appearance circa 1910. To do that, bedrooms had to be removed from the upper floor, which had an open layout when Homer lived there, and the enlarged kitchen was reduced to its original size. The studio opened to the public for the first time in 2012, allowing visitors to not only experience the atmosphere of Homer’s studio, but also to see tangible evidence of the artist’s occupation—Homer’s notes to himself are scrawled on the walls and preserved for visitors.
If you’re interested in exploring the relationship between Homer and Prout’s Neck a little further, Tom Denenberg, director of the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont, will deliver a free lecture at the Clark entitled Winslow Homer and the Poetics of Place on Sunday, August 4 at 3 pm. Denenberg, who has published two monographs on Homer, oversaw the restoration of Homer’s studio during his time as chief curator and deputy director at the Portland Museum of Art.
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2019-04-24T08:47:03Z
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https://blog.clarkart.edu/2013/08/01/location-location-location-prouts-neck-maine/
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nme
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Clutch on to something long enough and the world will eventually come to pry it from you. Wooden Shjips have always been clingy fuckers and ‘Dos’ is no different, barrelling along forever in a psych-kraut groove the quartet seem to prize more than their own tender parts. There are no tender parts; its hypnotic centrepiece ‘Down By The Sea’, is hardy enough to survive for 11 minutes on one riff, while ‘Fallin’’ manages slightly longer on two chords. A cosmos currently gawping at The Horrors’ crashing of motorik rhythm into garage rock should lap this up – the difference being that ‘Primary Colours’ was written by English public schoolboys and ‘Dos’ by bearded, middle-aged men from San Francisco. So, less shoegazing and ’80s pop, more Doors and ZZ Top. Still magnificent, though.
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2019-04-19T20:46:19Z
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https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-wooden-shjips-10384
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allhiphop
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Exclusive Video: Havoc Speaks Out About Prodigy Rumors And Says Mobb Deep Is On "Hiatus....Indefinitely"
"The tweets is crazy," said Havoc. "So it was you?" asked Creekmur. "Yeah," said Havoc. "And I was speaking of a stand point of being mad, but still being truthful of how I felt - but it was just the wrong thing to do at that time."
As for the state of Mobb Deep, Havoc says they are taking a break.
"Right now Mobb Deep is on hiatus, indefinitely...until things get hashed out," Havoc told AllHipHop.com. "Eventually, the real story will come out; there's two sides to every story. Only one has been spoken for."
View video below of Havoc revealing the truth about why he tweeted and spoke out about the Prodigy gay rumors.
Part 2 of AllHipHop.com's exclusive interview with Havoc has him speaking about his alleged new Prodigy diss record, his upcoming solo album, "Thirteen," and more. Check back in the coming days.
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2019-04-24T12:24:46Z
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https://allhiphop.com/news/exclusive-video-havoc-speaks-out-about-prodigy-rumors-and-says-mobb-deep-is-on-hiatus-indefinitely-IpPvF9tptE6TK11bodEV5g/
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A vehicle driven by a Good Samaritan who had pulled over to help at the scene of a two-car accident was hit from behind by a fourth car near Janesville Road and College Avenue in Muskego Monday, Jan. 21.
Muskego Police Capt. David Constantineau said the crashes were both reported at the same time — about 7:45 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, he said.
After the first two-car accident, a 17-year-old Muskego girl was taken to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and the 44-year-old woman was taken to Waukesha Memorial Hospital, he said. The woman was the driver of one of the cars.
The driver of the other car was a 17-year-old Wind Lake boy, who refused medical transport.
It was unknown as of Tuesday, whether the 17-year-old girl who was taken to the hospital was riding with the other teen or with the Big Bend woman, Constantineau said.
A third car driven by a 47-year-old Muskego woman pulled over at the accident scene to help, he said. The third car was hit by the fourth car, even though it had its flashers on, he said. A 13-year-old Muskego boy believed to have been riding in the third car, was taken to Children's Hospital, also with what is believed to be non-life threatening injuries, Constantineau said.
The fourth car was driven by a New Berlin woman, 55, who is believed to have had no passengers, he said.
Originally, witnesses reported smoke coming from one of the original two cars. However, Constantineau said that was probably from the air bags.
Assisting at the accident were the New Berlin and Big Bend fire departments.
No additional information about the accidents is available from authorities.
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2019-04-25T22:18:17Z
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https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/waukesha/news/muskego/2019/01/22/good-samaritans-car-hit-2-car-accident-muskego/2649221002/
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Dutch natives were found to be ten times more likely to join an association without any ethnic minority members than one with more than just a few minority members, even when they had regular contact with people from other ethnic backgrounds in their own neighbourhood. Similarly, Turks and Moroccans were more likely to join associations with a high proportion of people from ethnic minority backgrounds, even though such organisations are much scarcer than organisations made up of mainly Dutch natives. The paper suggests that such segregation is not simply driven by hostility, or preferences for 'our kind of people', and cannot be explained by the ethnic composition of family and friendship networks either. It concludes that civic society is divided along the same ethnic lines found in the neighbourhoods. In other words, people living in the same streets are more likely to join the same clubs and associations. In this way, clubs and voluntary groups emphasise ethnic boundaries that exist in communities instead of breaking them down.
If ethnic groups are segregated into particular streets or sections of the city, efforts to promote more civic engagement may even backfire ... on a more positive note, once someone has taken the step to join a multicultural association, their involvement can contribute to stronger social cohesion and better relations between ethnic groups.
Study author Dr Dingeman Wiertz, from the Department of Sociology and Nuffield College at the University of Oxford, comments: 'This evidence suggests that people often join clubs that contain their immediate neighbours as neighbours are an important route into how we socialise and civic activities. If ethnic groups are segregated into particular streets or sections of the city, efforts to promote more civic engagement may even backfire, driving ethnic groups further apart.
'Given that we find large ethnic divisions in civic life in a relatively open and multicultural society like the Netherlands, we have to assume that similar if not more pronounced trends exist in other countries too.
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2019-04-23T18:10:20Z
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https://www.research.ox.ac.uk/Article/2016-07-06-different-ethnic-groups-039-not-likely-to-join-the-same-local-clubs-039
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photolife
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Sony Electronics, Inc. has released details regarding their new “Alpha Female” program, the company’s thoughtful response to the imaging industry’s well-known challenges with diversity.
A critical component of their newly launched “Be Alpha” campaign, the “Alpha Female” initiative will focus on providing opportunities for creators in the imaging industry to advance their careers, while also generating extensive chances for women professional photographers and videographers of all experience levels to meet, connect and collaborate.
“Alpha Female” will feature a Creator-in-Residence program that will award five women photographers and filmmakers a six-month grant to fund projects and activities to help take their careers to the next level. The grant will include $25,000 in funds, $5,000 in product allowance, an additional $5,000 in product loans and a mentorship pairing with one of Sony’s high-profile Artisans of Imagery. These five grantees will also have their work presented at headline exhibits in both the New York and Los Angeles markets.
In addition to the grant program, Sony will support several female-backed and focused events that aim to push progress for diversity in photography and filmmaking. The company will also fund several projects by female members of their Artisans of Imagery and Alpha Imaging Collective organizations, showcasing the amazing talent and creativity of their brand.
The Alpha Female Creator-in-Residence program will open applications today, and the program’s first-ever class will be announced in early October. For more information visit www.alphauniverse.com/alphafemale.
A variety of additional content related to Sony’s “Be Alpha” campaign, including articles, videos and events, can be found at www.alphauniverse.com/BeAlpha.
The submission deadline is 11:59:59 PM PT on October 7, 2018.
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2019-04-21T18:05:34Z
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https://www.photolife.com/2018/09/sonys-new-alpha-female-initiative/
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radioworld
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BIRMINGHAM, England � Over 100 radio industry people attended the Doing the DAB: Birmingham event on the evening of May 3 to hear about the developments of digital radio in the city, according to radiotoday.co.uk.
Among the speakers were Caroline Martin, lunchtime host of BBC West Midlands and Ed James, host of Heart West Midlands� Heart Breakfast with Ed & Gemma; Rupert Upshon, BBC West Midlands; Graham Bryce, Bauer City Network; Mike Newman, Free Radio; Brett Spencer, BBC Asian Network; Matt Deegan, MuxCo; David Timpson, RT�; Dean Kavanagh, the Birmingham DAB mini-mux; radio historian David Lloyd; Phil Stuchfield, Jaguar Land Rover; Amy Southall, Midlands Officer, Student Radio Association; and Ford Ennals, Digital Radio UK.
Attendees learned that capacity for further new DAB stations in Birmingham is now fully utilized, and MuxCo�s Matt Deegan called on Ofcom to create a second local DAB multiplex for Birmingham. �Birmingham is a thriving media market and its current multiplex is full. It is unfair that whilst London has three local multiplexes offering a fantastic array of stations, Birmingham has just one city-wide multiplex. A second multiplex would open up competition for local businesses and provide listeners with a fresh variety of new services,� said Deegan.
David Timpson confirmed RT� Radio�s interest in launching services in the UK, including Birmingham, to serve the Irish Diaspora. �The small-scale DAB initiative in the UK has been one of the most refreshing developments in the last number of years, and RT� is working with Ofcom to meet regulatory requirements which would allow us launch a radio service in the UK via the small-scale muxes, including Birimingham. In addition RT� Radio is currently exploring the possibility of trialling the technology and model in Ireland,� Timpson said.
Total radio listening is growing in Birmingham, due to the growth in digital listening, which has doubled since 2010 and has offset a 20% decline in analog listening during the same period. Digital listening is 45.6% in Birmingham and DAB ownership is 65% � above the national averages, according to the same article. There are over 40 nationally-available stations, and 11 stations on the local Birmingham DAB multiplex, including BBC Radio West Midlands, Heart West Midlands, Free Radio Birmingham, Free Radio 80s, Smooth West Midlands, Absolute Classic Rock, Absolute Radio 90s, Magic Soul, Capital, Gold and Kiss Fresh.
The city�s small-scale trial mini-mux, which is operated by Switch Digital, offers a further 16 commercial and community stations, including Radio Central, serving the local Pakistani community; Angel Vintage, a station for the over 60s; and Unity FM, broadcasting to Birmingham�s Muslim community. �We�re proud to have made our multiplex anything but �small� in terms of its aspirations. Our services cover a wide variety of styles that mirror the great diversity of our local community and a service from RT� serving Birmingham�s Irish community would be a fantastic and popular addition,� Dean Kavanagh, Director, Switch Radio.
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2019-04-19T15:17:16Z
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https://www.radioworld.com/trends-1/radio-professionals-discuss-success-of-dab-in-birmingham
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Violist Kim Kashkashian. Photo by Billie Wheeler.
No disrespect of Ms. Kashkashian intended, but was she Big Ears material? Unaccompanied Bach? And, forgive me, is it even possible for a violist to be hip? Well, in a word, yes. She’s beyond hip, and she brought a wondrous perspective that creatively paired classic composers with their ultra-modern counterparts.
Ms. Kashkashian’s stellar reputation in the world of classical music certainly preceded her, as evidenced by the premier time slots she was given at the festival, as well as the more prestigious, larger venues. This proved a good decision by Ashley Capps, founder of Big Ears, as both her performances had long queues of people eagerly awaiting admittance. I fully believe Ms. Kashkashian added many members to her fan base who were graced with her artistry for the first time.
When I walked into Knoxville’s stunning St. John’s Cathedral, I thought (there was no printed program) I was in for an entire evening of unaccompanied Bach. And I could not have been happier… nor more wrong. When Ms. Kashkashian stopped after the first movement of the Cello Suite in G Major and said she was going to play a piece by Hungarian composer György Kurtág (b. 1926), my head was filled with that horrible sound of brakes screeching. What? Who invited Kurtág to my all-Bach party?
For me, this was the kind of programming I would have thought I’d absolutely and unequivocally hate. And yet the pairing of Bach and Kurtág mysteriously brought out the best in both. It made Bach’s dissonances seem presciently ahead of his time, and Kurtág’s classical orientation appropriately reverent of his musical predecessors. Kurtág movements, titled Silent Lines, Flapping/Slapping, Chromatic Argument, and In Nomine, were paired with Bach movements, titled Minuetto, Allamande, Prelude, and Courante. Bottom line: Both composers benefited from the juxtaposition to the other… something I would never have imagined I’d say.
Ms. Kashkashian moved effortlessly between the two composers’ music. Her sound was sonorous and rich throughout — the type of sound you want to curl up in and take a nice long nap. It was at once beseeching and assertive. Think of the greatest contralto you’ve ever heard and that’s the dark, deep quality you hear. She was the perfect storm of preparedness and spontaneity — giving a sense she was organically creating the music in front of our eyes, while clearly maintaining the pieces’ overall structure.
As for her physical presence, I’d bet the house Ms. Kashkashian was trained as a ballerina at some point.
She moved her bow arm in an almost circular manner when approaching the string, reminiscent of the way a ballerina gracefully and elegantly raises her arms. There were times when she literally extended a leg and delicately pointed her toe. And her starting posture was often ballet’s “first position” (heels together, toes pointed out). In her flowing black tunic and pants, she was an absolute pleasure to watch.
Ms. Kashkashian always seemed genuinely surprised and grateful for the resounding applause. During her bows, she had a charming way of holding her viola by the neck directly in front of her body, as if she were giving her viola the recognition, not herself. I found it incredibly endearing.
Her second concert, with virtuoso pianist Robert Levin, included Songs from South America by Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000), Triste by Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), Sonata for Violin and Piano by John Harbison (b. 1938), and Sonata in E-flat Major, Opus 120. no. 2 by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897).
Violist Kim Kashkashian and pianist Robert Levin.
Held in the spectacularly ornate Tennessee Theatre, Ms. Kashkashian took the stage as if she were just coming back from getting a drink of water in the next room. And I mean that in the best possible way. In the overall spirit of the festival, she made you feel like you were simply sharing chamber music in her living room. She created a feeling of intimacy even in the large venue.
The chemistry and connection between Kashkashian and Levin was electric. It reminded me of the first question my husband always gets when he performs operas in the schools for children. “Are the soprano and tenor in love in real life?” (They never are.) All my sophomoric mind could think of when watching Kashkashian and Levin perform was that if they’re not in love, they ought to be. (I know, I know. Inappropriate.) But the communication between these two artists was reminiscent of the great movie romances of all times. They euphemistically finished each other’s musical sentences. A few times I actually felt that if I were being polite, I’d have looked away.
Again, there were no printed programs, so Ms. Kashkashian and Mr. Levin provided a running commentary of what we were about to hear. The “audible program notes” worked beautifully, adding a depth to our understanding of the music. Given that many of the pieces she performed had poetry behind them, it was wonderful to hear the lyrics before hearing the music (“Do not be sad; I wait for you on the other side”) and to hear the descriptive names of the movements of Harbison’s hauntingly beautiful sonata, which foretold the stages of death (Risoluto, Passage, Night Piece, Certainties, Uncertainties, Questions, Answers).
In a touching moment, Mr. Levin noted that Brahms’ Sonata in E-flat Major was originally written for, and dedicated to, clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld. Levin made the point that solo musicians often inspire composers. He said if it weren’t for Richard Mühlfeld, we might not have this beautiful sonata by Brahms. Much to the audience’s delight, he affirmed the commitment he and Ms. Kashkashian share to make themselves available to work with living composers.
I suspect the Big Ears experience (no printed programs, overlapping performance schedules that allow audience members to quietly come and go from one event to the next, an incredibly relaxed atmosphere) was possibly counter to Ms. Kashkashian’s usual style of performing. If that’s the case, it was certainly not evident. She seemed quite at home in the laid back Big Ears environment.
Her composure brought to mind an interview I read in which she stated that motherhood had made her a better performer. She said, and I paraphrase, that if you could withstand the vicissitudes of parenting, there wasn’t much that could happen in a live performance you couldn’t handle. Ms. Kashkashian clearly handled everything around her with elegance, beauty, and grace. And I’m quite certain I am not the only viola convert she created.
P.S. If you feel you’re too old to accomplish anything of significance, take note. György Kurtág completed his first opera, Endgame (based on Samuel Beckett’s play), last year and it was premiered at La Scala. He was age 92 at the time.
March 27, 2019 at 12:12 PM · Once again, Diana Skinner enthralls her readers with a brilliantly written account of memorable performances by superb musicians. Thank you!
March 27, 2019 at 04:01 PM · Thanks Diana! Great article. I love your writing style!
56: Great story! You found a marvelous violist, despite the mix-up!
12: Glad to meet another convert! Thanks for your kind comment.
17: Thank you! Yes, Ms. Kashkashian is truly superb.
37: Thank you so very much!!!
March 28, 2019 at 01:17 AM · Wonderful article Diana. Thank you! I'm so sorry I missed this concert. It must have been glorious.
Also, to quote lyrics from the musical Gypsy: “Small world, isn’t it?” Robert Levin, Kim Kashkashian’s “virtuoso pianist” went to high school with me! I knew him in those days back in 19** but had lost track of him. I had seen his name a few times since then and was thrilled to see it here again. As a matter of fact I reached out to him and hopefully he will respond and we’ll be able to reconnect!
Thank you for introducing Kurtág to me. I listened to some of his music online. And thank you for reconnecting me with Robert!
March 28, 2019 at 01:28 AM · Joe, What an absolutely wonderful comment! That's amazing that you went to high school with Robert Levin!! You need to look up his YouTubes in which he gives master classes. The man can pull music from his memory like no one I've ever seen. As for Kurtág, I was introduced to him for the first time during Ms. Kashkashian's concert. I now own a CD of her playing his music!! Thanks again for your thoughtful comment!
March 28, 2019 at 11:26 AM · Don't miss the superb Kashkashian/Levin recording of Hindemith's Sonatas for Viola/Piano & Viola alone.
March 28, 2019 at 12:37 PM · While reading your blog, I felt very connected to the musicians, the music, the commentary during the concert, and the site itself. You’re a wonderful writer, and the fact that you can find humor in little details makes it even better. I look forward to sharing more of your musical experiences.
March 28, 2019 at 03:20 PM · Super writing and review, however, it points to the inherent problem with viola....It's the dearth of literature forcing violist to play transcriptions after the 15-20 decent pieces or so have been performed. There doesn't appear to be a quick or easy solution. Clef transpositions and stratospheric position work are tough on a 15 1/2 - 16" viola. Perhaps the simplistic answer is to enjoy what we have.
March 28, 2019 at 06:01 PM · Diana, you are such a captivating writer! Thank you for the perfect mix of humor, description, and personal epiphany in this article. Your take on the E string vs. C string and throwing your violin into the river had me laughing out loud! My first grader is learning viola right now, and he will appreciate your conversion.
Kim’s statement about motherhood speaks to my heart, as well as your postscript about having plenty of time to do things of significance. So much inspiration here. Thank you!
March 29, 2019 at 12:41 AM · To 170: I will definitely check that out! I love Hindemith, but was not familiar with this recording. Thank you!
To 150: What a lovely comment! I look forward to sharing my musical experiences with you!
To 253: Thank you for your kind note. You raise a really great point about the dearth of literature written for viola. I did really love the Harbison piece and I believe it was written specifically for viola. But, you're right, there remains much to be done.
To 54: I'm so appreciative of your thoughtful comment. Kim's motherhood remark also spoke to me. Most of us in that boat would agree that, at times, performing is a piece of cake when contrasted to the curveballs our kids throw us!
March 30, 2019 at 04:13 PM · Great article as usual, Diana. After reading your article, I'm sorry I missed Kim Kashkashian's performance.
March 31, 2019 at 05:21 PM · What a great story! I wish I could have heard the concert. Kim Kashkashian is truly a treasure and the paragon of what violists seek to emulate. Today the viola is trending upward in popularity and several other great violists are also hitting the circuit, Yuri Bashmet, Pinchas Zukerman, Antoine Tamestit, Paul Neubauer, to name a few. I have to agree with Diana that the beautiful, rich C string is the reason we play the viola. But the awful E string is the reason we don't play violin! Once you switch it's hard to go back.
March 31, 2019 at 08:17 PM · To 75: Thank you! And there's always next time!!!
To 92: It's wonderful to think the viola "is trending upward in popularity." And I agree that KK is a "treasure and the paragon of what violists seek to emulate." Glad you're another C string fan! Thanks for your comment!
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2019-04-24T17:48:31Z
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https://www.violinist.com/blog/castadiva/20193/27706/
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indiatimes
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Rocking Star Yash’s latest offering, ‘KGF’ hit theatres across India today and it has been getting a good response from the audience. Soon after catching a screening of the film, fans and film lovers took to their social media handles to sing praise of the screenplay, the performances by the actors and the stunning visuals. taking to Twitter, fans also praised the film's director for his engaging climax scene.
Releasing the film in five languages has only seemed to boost its popularity. Its intriguing trailer and story also added to the hype and anticipation among fans.
'KGF' is releasing in two parts, with its sequel reportedly in the works.
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2019-04-25T13:50:26Z
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/rocking-star-yashs-kgf-gets-a-positive-response-from-fans-and-audiences/articleshow/67191968.cms
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Thanks. Prison Mike is my favorite too. BY FAR.
Thanks again for your kind words and also for following my blog. Means a lot!!!
Ohhh thanks so much for your comments on my blog. I’m blushing right now!!
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2019-04-21T17:09:57Z
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https://dontchawannadream.wordpress.com/gallery/tv-shows/
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Games
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the eyes had it, until the talons did. tiny bits of lizard left on toes?
Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk, checking out snack options.
Jangly, shimmery summer 90’s music has been on the playlist (thank you dj husband) and doors are open in the studio. Yard fires, bird song, and that awesome musky blooming plant smell keep luring us outside. The tufty back pasture behind our place is a fabulous hunting ground for birds. Poo- and viscera-splattered fence posts are testimony to its attraction, in particular to Red-shouldered Hawks. Snakes, anoles, and little hairy unidentifiable things seem to be the primary prey.
happy confluence and source of post title, listening to Silver Jews / David Berman, and walking out to see this. Black Racer, and Dichondra carolinensis.
and the other side. hope this little one makes it.
Black Racers prefer the brushy perimeters. This one was cruising the edge of the yard with its head held up like a periscope. Usually these snakes scoot away when approached, but this individual had a cloudy eye and some scarring along its sides, so perhaps flight mode is compromised. Maybe a run-in with a weed-wacker or lawn mower? Black racers have excellent vision and hunt by sight. It watched the camera with its good and gorgeous eye, and rattled its tail when the lens got too close.
A star is born. A Starfish Stinkhorn, Aseroe rubra – removed from its egg-like structure under the leaves.
What a dumb play on words. But really, we had fun, we saw galls, and some were caused by fungus. It’s true! Last week, an EF1 tornado blew through the neighborhood. It was a scary novelty exaggerated just a teeny bit by excitable local news media and booze-addled neighbors. Hail and huge raindrops pelted the ground before and after, so the ground was saturated – perfect conditions for some weird stuff to appear.
fleshy underbelly of stinky starfish.
and a closer view on concrete. Be thankful for no scratch and sniff option.
Starfish Stinkhorns, Aseroe rubra, have worldwide distribution, but are apparently not common in North Carolina, and may have been introduced. We’ve never seen them, so it was treated like an alien landing – we pointed, poked, prodded, and smelled. (Indeed, they are stinky.) Thank you Mushroom Expert for identification!
Exobasidium vaccinii, perhaps? This flower gall is at least twice the size of typical flowers, shadow visible upper right.
Broad-headed Skink, about 7.5 inches long.
During our wanderings, some scaly life forms also made an appearance in the damp maritime forest floor. A Broad-headed Skink scuttled up a tree to avoid getting squashed, making a racket worthy of a much larger scarier creature. And this little Yellow Rat Snake eyeballed us from the path edge, braving some close-up observation without flinching or bolting.
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2019-04-18T22:52:18Z
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https://bandoteam.wordpress.com/2016/05/
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Dr. Alan Trounson, president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the state stem cell agency, said that Stem Cell Awareness Day will help draw attention to science that will one day bring dramatic advances in human health. ”The events on Stem Cell Awareness Day are designed to inform a broad audience of patients, clinicians, students and the general public about some of the many advances in the field that California is helping to accelerate through CIRM funding,” he said.
”Today, California is marking Stem Cell Awareness Day. For the millions who suffer from incurable diseases and injury, today is a day to celebrate the scientific advances made to-date and be hopeful of what is yet to come.
The research being accelerated by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) could one day offer stem cell derived therapies and cures for more than 70 currently incurable diseases and injuries.But no single state can provide the level of funding or the political will that is needed to ensure the long-term success of this vital medical research. Leadership and funding at the Federal level is desperately needed to ensure that we realize the benefits from what is one of the most promising fields of science in this century.
That is why we implore both Republican Sen. John McCain, and Democrat Sen. Barack Obama to commit their administration to sustained levels of funding for all biomedical research and in particular, to all types of stem cell research. We believe that if they answer this call to action, we will soon realize significant medical benefits for patients around the world and increase our ability to control health care costs here at home.
By fully capitalizing on this area of scientific research, we have a chance to develop therapies and cures for a long list of serious diseases, injuries and genetic conditions, from cancer to spinal cord injury to Alzheimer’s, and an opportunity to restore quality of life for these patients and their families. We also have an opportunity to save billions of dollars we now spend on lost productivity and medical care for these patients. Stem cell research also holds promise for developing powerful environmental toxicity tests, drug screening, and patient diagnostic tests that can help save lives and eliminate serious potential roadblocks on the road to faster, more effective clinical trials for all kinds of intractable conditions.
September 25th will begin with a presentation on Juvenile Diabetes that will be Web cast at 8:00 a.m.
more robust website is scheduled to go live next month.
Institute's Novato campus. Please call 415-493-3638 to RSVP. There is a $10 registration fee.
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) was established in 2005 with the passage of Proposition 71, the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act. The statewide ballot measure, which provided $3 billion in funding for stem cell research at California universities and research institutions, was overwhelmingly approved by voters, and called for the establishment of an entity to make grants and provide loans for stem cell research, research facilities, and other vital research opportunities. To date, the CIRM governing board has approved 253 research and facility grants totaling more than $635 million, making CIRM the largest source of funding for human stem cell research in the world. For more information, please visit www.cirm.ca.gov.
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2019-04-22T22:13:51Z
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https://www.cirm.ca.gov/about-cirm/newsroom/press-releases/09252008/cirm-sends-open-letter-presidential-candidates-regarding
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Obersteiner M (1999). Computing geographic equilibria using multiple criteria distance functions and simulated auctions. In: Proceedings of the 11th European Colloquium on Quantitative and Theoretical Geography, 3-7 September 1999.
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2019-04-22T10:08:27Z
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http://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/5862/
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To compile characteristics of real-world clinical outcomes for Boston Scientific commercially approved neurostimulation systems for pain in routine clinical practices, when used according to the applicable Directions for Use.
The study is a prospective, multi-center, global registry of BSC neurostimulation systems for pain. The study will enroll up to 4800 subjects who are scheduled to undergo trial therapy with a commercially made available BSC neurostimulation device at up to 150 global centers. It is expected that 4800 enrolled subjects will yield at least 3000 permanently implanted subjects. Negative trials, subjects who do not have a successful neurostimulation trial outcome, will complete participation after completion of the End of Neurostimulation Trial Period visit. Subjects who have not proceeded to IPG implantation with a BSC IPG by the 12 Months Post Neurostimulation Trial visit will complete participation after completion of the 12 Months Post Neurostimulation Trial visit, and all other subjects will be followed for 36 months.
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2019-04-25T12:52:56Z
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https://studies.medicine.arizona.edu/trials/relief-global-registry-evaluate-long-term-effectiveness-neurostimulation-therapy-pain
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Become one with the opponent, like an image reflected in the mirror.
When your Q&A session moves from Yield the Floor to Retake the Floor, the shift in dynamics presents another opportunity for you to exercise control. The energy in the room shifts away from the questioner and back to you.
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2019-04-22T22:19:52Z
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https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/in-the-line/9780133157925/ch06.html
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Women, military veterans, individuals with disabilities, and members of other traditionally underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
*Most Students will have completed their junior year, although talented students with less experience will be considered for acceptance in the program.
Complete the application form, which can either be completed online, or you can download, print, and mail in a hard copy.
The application includes a personal statement (one page) describing your career goals in scientific research and why you wish to participate in this program. For the online version, you may find it easier to compose the personal statement by using a word processor, and then copy/paste it into the form.
Online: Print a copy of the online form for your records, check the box indicating that you agree to the stated conditions, and submit the form.
Only official university transcript will be accepted. Please mail transcript to REU Program Director, Jay Henderson, C/O Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, 318 Bowne Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244-1200.
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2019-04-20T00:46:25Z
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http://biomaterials.syr.edu/2019-reu-program-announcement/
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I have an issue in Word I am trying to resolve.
of one document; one with images, one without images).
markers, the images display (What I want) but so do the index markers.
where to shut it off.
Any suggestions on how to resolve this issue easily and quickly?
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2019-04-20T05:05:44Z
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http://www.techwr-l.com/archives/1108/techwhirl-1108-00354.html
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This position requires a background investigation.
This position may require completing a one-year probationary period.
Knowledge of the principles and practices of the library, archives and/or information science fields and knowledge of issues and trends involving libraries, archives and other educational institutions.
Have Master's or equivalent (LL.B or J.D.) graduate degree in a related field, or, two (2) full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree.
Have a combination of post baccalaureate education and experience that meets 100% of the qualification requirements of this position.
MANDATORY SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR: Carefully read the following descriptions of experience. This position requires that you have knowledge of the principles and practices of the library, archives and/or information science fields and knowledge of issues and trends involving libraries, archives and other educational institutions to include knowledge of grant-making in government or non-government organizations. Such experience could have been demonstrating the ability to stay current on trends and best practices in the library, archives, and/or information science communities; as well as experience obtained as a grant applicant, reviewer, or grantee.
The referral list developed from this announcement may be used for up to 90 days from the closing date of the vacancy announcement to fill similar jobs.
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2019-04-25T00:07:31Z
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https://jobs.washingtonpost.com/job/39315329/program-specialist/
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I read that book a while ago. It was pretty good.
I loved Tom Sawyer!!! It was really adventurous.
Meh, i thought the adventures of Huck finn was better.
I think that book is really interesting.
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2019-04-19T06:50:04Z
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https://wingsoffire.scholastic.com/forums/topics/324537
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Don’t get me wrong, making croissants the traditional way is one of the top baking pleasures for me, but there are certainly times when effective shortcuts are called for. And this shortcut is certainly effective in that it gives excellent results and is easier to achieve than traditional croissants.
This quicker approach, using grated frozen butter, takes about 20 minutes to make up the laminated (layered) dough. The dough then rests in the fridge before it can be use: this allows the gluten in the flour to relax making the rolling out for the shaping easier.
This method simply has the frozen butter grated into the flour at the start, for a more “all-in-one” dough. It then gets rolled out and folded a few times in quick succession. The frozen butter gets trapped between the flour, forming the layers.
I started making this quicker version as a boy as I could not make traditional croissants properly at that stage. I took the idea from Saint Delia of Smith, who used this grated butter method in her recipe for sausage rolls in her wonderful Complete Cookery Course all those decades ago: I simply added yeast and put in a few turns.
At the bottom of this post I have given photograph steps for incorporating the pastry in small chunks rather than grated: as in the rough-puff pastry method. This is still quicker and easier than the full-on traditional croissant dough, but has a slightly more open interior than with this grated method.
Although this quicker dough can be made and laminated in about 20 minutes, the only caveat I would add is that the dough must remain cold while it is being made. So if you are making them in a warm kitchen, or if the dough starts to become at all sticky, be prepared to pop the dough in the freezer for about 15 minutes. On a cold day, though, I normally get all this done in one go.
The dough really does need to chill for a few hours after the 3 turns to allow it to relax, thereby making it easier to roll out for cutting and shaping.
With this grated butter method, you get slightly random layers and an interior that is not quite as open, but you still get very good, light flaky results. And this approach is certainly both easier and quicker than making a full-on croissant dough.
The traditional recipe for making croissants, which has full instructions and photographs for shaping (regardless of the dough you have made) is here.
To get the layers you do several turns (rolling and folding the pastry over itself): this lamination is a crucial stage in any of the flaky pastries.
I go for three turns with the quicker croissants, starting with a book turn and then two envelope turns (see the recipe below for these turns). While I don’t often do a book turn with traditional croissants, putting in a book turn for quicker croissants gives extra layers in the dough which I think is needed as compensation for this very quick method.
These turns are done in minutes without any resting in between. However, once the final turn has been made the dough should chill for a few hours (or even overnight for the very best flavour).
The interior is not as honeycombed as making croissants the traditional way, but they are still light, airy and taste much better than pre-packed supermarket croissants.
A good quality butter with the highest fat content you can find is essential: cheap butters often have a higher water content which in turn can cause the butter to shatter while you roll the dough. The cheaper butters are also prone to leaking during the baking.
These are not by any means instant croissants, as the dough needs to rest in the fridge once made, as well as time for the shaped dough to prove, but the hands-on time for getting the dough made up and laminated is about 20 minutes.
For resting the dough: go for at least 2 hours for the dough to rest in the fridge, wrapped in clingfilm. I like to leave the dough overnight in the fridge for even better results.
I sometimes freeze the dough once the final turn has been done, and before the resting. This then gets defrosted overnight in the fridge the night before I want to use it.
For the proving (rising): you need an hour or two at room temperature once the dough has been shaped.
(1) Mix the flour, sugar, yeast and salt together and grate the frozen butter into this mixture. Use your fingers to gently coat the butter strands in flour.
(2) Add most of the water and mix gently with a knife to form a soft but not sticky dough, trying not to crush the butter too much. Add more water if needed.
(3) Lightly dust the dough and the work surface with flour. Roll out the dough thinly to a rectangle with sides about 16cm by 65cm: these measurements are just guidelines – you want a long, thin strip of dough that is about 4 times as long as it is wide. It will look quite rough initially but bear with it.
(5) Rotate the dough 90 degrees and roll out to a rectangle about 20cm by 60cm then go for two envelope turns* in succession, brushing off any excess flour at each stage and rotating 90 degrees after each turn.
* for each envelope turn, fold the bottom third of dough up and the top third over this (as in the photo below).
This is now the laminated dough which just needs to rest in the fridge for at least a few hours before using.
NB: if the dough starts to feel slightly warm or sticky at any point, pop it in the fridge for about 30 minutes to chill.
(6) Cover the dough loosely with clingfilm and chill for at least a couple of hours to relax it, which makes it much easier to roll out for the shaping. Alternatively, freeze the dough at this stage for using later.
(7) Roll out the dough to a long thin rectangle about 20cm wide, 75-80cm long and about 3-4mm thick. Trim the edges and cut into triangles with base about 12cm and height about 24cm. Stretch them a little, gently, so the point is elongated and roll up fairly loosely: as you roll, also gently elongate the point with your thumb and forefinger to give more of the outer layers.
(8) Place on baking trays lined with a double layer of greaseproof paper and pop inside a large bin liner. I usually stand a tall cup or a bottle in there to prevent the plastic touching the dough.
*see my main croissants post for photos demonstrating the shaping of croissants and pains au chocolat.
(9) Leave to rise for a couple of hours until they look puffy and have a gentle wobble to them. Brush with the beaten egg yolk. In a cooler enviroment, this might take longer.
(10) Place in an oven pre-heated to 220C (fan) and then immediately turn the temperature down to 180C(fan). Bake for about 20 minutes until well risen and golden. Turn down the temperature to about 160C after 15 minutes if they are looking too dark.
The recipes below are some of my favourite uses of quick croissant dough. And if you have a batch of dough made and frozen from earlier, even better!
Sticky orange and dark chocolate fillings in light, buttery pastry…what is not to love?
The recipe for these wonderful pastries, along with photos of the shaping, is here.
Croissaladière: pissaladière made using croissant dough!
This is my take on the classic pissaladière (anchovies, olives and slowly cooked onions….), using croissant dough as the base rather than bread dough.
While sausage rolls made with a crisp, flaky pastry are a real comfort bake for me, using croissant dough instead of traditional pastry gives a heartier bite.
The simplest Danish pastries, also using a shortcut filling.
The rough-puff pastry method is the method I use more than any other method when it comes to shortcut puff pastry. It is not as quick as the grated butter method above for croissants, but it gives a better structure and is still easier than making traditional croissants.
The proportions of the key ingredients (flour, butter, sugar, salt and water) are the same as above. You just add the butter in small chunks with the flour rather than grating it in and proceed in a similar way: rolling out the dough thinly and giving it 3 envelope folds with a 20- minute chilling in the freezer between each turn.
Thank you. I love shortcuts when they work!
I can’t wait to try this! Thanks for explaining the difference between the traditional method and this faster version.
A pleasure. I hope you enjoy them: they are quite addictive!
Love the small chunkes tip! I usually cut the butter into tiny little pieces for pie crust but never thought to do that with puff pastry and I’m not keen on grating the butter but I have…thanks!
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2019-04-19T09:37:00Z
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https://bakingfanatic.wordpress.com/2014/09/20/quicker-croissants/
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Small bands in Milwaukee, Wisconsin are custom designed bands to fit your specific needs. They can range in size from a soloist up to 8 instrumentalists and 2 vocalists.
Need atmosphere music during dinner or cocktails? Having an indoor house party? I have soloists, duos, trios and quartets for that very purpose.
These small custom bands focus on the classy music like Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald while performing the classic standards from swing, jazz, big band and Broadway show tunes. You’ll hear songs from America’s greatest composers like Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Rogers & Hart, and Glenn Miller.
Our custom small bands do not perform any contemporary or varieties of music not listed above. The largest versions of my custom bands can perform a wider variety of musical genres.
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2019-04-25T00:29:50Z
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https://billsargentbands.com/small-bands-milwaukee-wisconsin/?s=
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The MOSAIC study - comparison of the Maudsley Model of Treatment for Adults with Anorexia Nervosa (MANTRA) with Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM) in outpatients with anorexia nervosa or eating disorder not otherwise specified, anorexia nervosa type: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a biologically based serious mental disorder with high levels of mortality and disability, physical and psychological morbidity and impaired quality of life. AN is one of the leading causes of disease burden in terms of years of life lost through death or disability in young women. Psychotherapeutic interventions are the treatment of choice for AN, but the results of psychotherapy depend critically on the stage of the illness. The treatment response in adults with a chronic form of the illness is poor and drop-out from treatment is high. Despite the seriousness of the disorder the evidence-base for psychological treatment of adults with AN is extremely limited and there is no leading treatment. There is therefore an urgent need to develop more effective treatments for adults with AN. The aim of the Maudsley Outpatient Study of Treatments for Anorexia Nervosa and Related Conditions (MOSAIC) is to evaluate the efficacy and cost effectiveness of two outpatient treatments for adults with AN, Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM) and the Maudsley Model of Treatment for Adults with Anorexia Nervosa (MANTRA).
© 2013 Schmidt et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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2019-04-22T04:46:06Z
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Ted's Butcherblock Announces 3rd Annual Big Green Egg Giveaway Fundraiser for "Feed the Need"
Once again, Ted's Butcherblock is teaming up with Mt Pleasant's Firehouse Casual Living to raffle off a Big Green Egg to benefit local non-profit organization "Feed the Need". Charleston Grill has generously offered up a second prize, Dinner for Four at the Charleston Grill, to help raise more money for this great cause. Tickets will be available for purchase at Ted's Butcherblock for $5 each (or 5 for $20) through June 22, when a winner will be drawn at Ted's annual Backyard BBQ Bash.
The Big Egg is used exclusively for the popular ribs, barbecue pork and smoked salmon on the menu at Ted's Butcherblock, as well as for weekly events such as the shop's Friday Night Cookouts and Ultimate Burger & Beer Saturdays. A top-selling smoker and grill, "The Egg" is exceptionally durable and provides precise temperature control due to its patented design.
During the early morning hours of Tuesday, April 2nd, a devastating fire struck the building and businesses of 213 East Bay Street. The fire destroyed Charleston favorites The Brick, Squeeze, Speakeasy, & Club Light. As a result, the employees of these establishments now find themselves out of work. So, like any good Charlestonian would do, we're going to raise some money for them to help them get through these difficult time.
On Wednesday, April 17th from 5pm to midnight, The Alley is opening up its doors for the 213 East Bay Fire Fundraiser and a night of live music fun.
3 Bands playing live tunes: Caxton Beaty, Return of the Mac & The Louie D Project.
Guest bartenders from The Brick, Squeeze, Speakeasy, and Light will bartend the party, working hard for your tips (100% donated to East Bay Fire Fund).
A portion of all food and beverage sales will be donated to the Fire Fund.
4 free lanes of free bowling for employees/owners/close friends of the 213 businesses.
4 regular lanes open, with half of proceeds being donated to the fund (please e-mail Boomer@thebecketagency.com if your company would like to sponsor a lane with a cash donation).
If you cannot make the event but would like to support the effort with a monetary donation, please visit: https://www.youcaring.com/other/helping-employees-out-of-work/51143.
Lowcountry Bistro (LB's) is located at 49 South Market Street in downtown Charleston. For reservations, call 843.302.0290.
10 Lords-a-leaping, 9 Ladies Dancing, 8 Palmetto Trees-a-lighting. That's the Market Street Hospitality Association's (MSHA) Lowcountry twist on a a holiday tree lighting ceremony. As traditional pine trees are being decorated throughout the country, the members of the recently founded MSHA decided that the group of eight Palmetto Trees already gracing the French Quarter Plaza would serve as the perfect Charleston version of the holiday standard.
John Keener, Owner of Charleston Crab House and member of the MSHA says, "We're the Palmetto State so why not decorate our beautiful state tree for the holidays. It's a Lowcountry spin on the tradition." On Saturday, December 8 at 5:45pm, members of the association will gather in the French Quarter Plaza on South Market Street to light the eight trees adorned with thousands of Christmas lights. Also on hand will be carolers and snacks provided by members of the association.
The Market Street Hospitality Association is a newly formed business association comprised of restaurants and hotels in the Market Street area. The goal of the group is to promote business on and around Historic Market Street. The association will be releasing more details about the formation of the group and its goals during the tree lighting ceremony.
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2019-04-25T08:35:43Z
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https://susanlucas.typepad.com/citymarketdistrict/current-affairs/
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Recreation
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The slap shot is an important part of any hockey game. When performing a slap shot, the hockey stick is aggressively slapped (nearly as hard as you can) and bent on the ice. Tension builds up in the stick as it flexes, and this tension is then released against the puck in the direction of the intended target. Even though this technique can generate a puck speed of over 100 mph (160 km/h), it's not as accurate or as convenient as the wrist or snap shots.
Decide when to take a slap shot. Slap shots are used primarily by defensive players when in position near the point (the spot where the blue line intersects the boards on the defensive side of the rink). Although slap shots are flashy and can impress a crowd, they're not used very often during a hockey game. The vast majority of the time, something simpler will work better.
That said, any time you can use a slap shot to your advantage in a hockey game, take the shot!
Point your feet towards the puck. At this point, the puck should be about 3 feet (0.9 m) in front of your skates. Do not point your skates at your target (i.e. the net); this is a common mistake made by beginners. Stand perpendicular to the net, so that your shoulders are pointing towards it.
Once you're feeling more comfortable performing slap shots, you can take a shot with your feet a little crooked. This stance can be useful if you're short on time during a play, or cannot position yourself correctly for the shot.
Locate your hands shoulder-width apart on the stick. If you're right-handed, place your left hand at the top of your stick. Place your right hand lower than where you would normally carry it when stick-handling or skating: so, about shoulder-width apart. As the stick reaches its highest point during the slap shot, your hands will separate a little more and move down the shaft. Then, as you finish the shot, your hands should end up back at shoulder-length apart.
A majority of left handed hockey players shoot on the left making these instructions completely backwards. Your right hand would be on the top of the stick because you would use your dominant hand for best control.
Take an athletic stance. When preparing to take a slap shot, stand with your feet about shoulder-width apart. Also bend your knees slightly; this will give you greater control over the distribution of your weight as you lean forward during the slap shot.
It's impossible to take a slap shot while you're skating. You need to be static on the ice, even if only for a few seconds.
Raise your stick behind you to wind up. Pull the stick back to the level of your waist. As you wind up, let the weight of your body shift backwards, until most of your weight is resting on your back leg. Winding up this way will allow you to build up momentum as you swing the stick forward toward the puck.
Don't wind up to an extreme degree; winding up way above your head doesn't add power and sacrifices time and accuracy. Especially as a beginner, while trying to learn the overall movement, during the windup don't bring the blade of your stick any higher than your waist.
Once you become more proficient at slap shots, you can start to increase your windup. Many pro players wind up as high as their shoulders.
Take a look at the goal and aim as you wind up. If you're aiming for the opposing team's net, you should aim for a particular spot on the net, not just the net itself. Aiming for a very specific spot on the net will allow your greater accuracy, and you'll be more likely to make the shot.
If you're taking a slap shot from across the hockey rink, it's unlikely that you'll put the puck in the goal.
In hockey games, many players rely on their teammates to "tip" the puck into the opponent's goal. Keep your eyes on the ice and on your teammate's stick side.
Shift your momentum to your forward leg. As you start to swing your stick down towards the puck, transfer the weight of your body forward, onto your front leg. This will give your slap shot plenty of momentum, and you'll be able to drive the puck farther and with more speed.
Shifting your weight forwards will add to the energy and power of your shot.
Make contact with the ice inches before you hit the puck. Many mistakenly hit only the puck, thinking the ice will slow their shot. If performed correctly, however, hitting the ice with your stick just before contact with the puck will cause your stick to "flex" and build up energy. Once your stick hits the puck, it will straighten out and transfer the energy from the "flex" into the puck itself.
Aim to his the ice between 3 and 5 inches (8-13 cm) before the puck. This takes practice, but it's arguably the single most important part of a slap shot.
Turn your wrists upward as you swing. Just at the point when your stick contacts the puck, roll your wrists so that the thumb on your dominant hand (right hand if right-handed, left hand if left-handed) turns down towards the ice. This is where most of your accuracy comes from and will give you the ability to aim the direction in which the puck flies.
Even if you point your stick, the aim of your shot will be inaccurate if you don't roll your wrists during your contact with the puck.
Follow through with your shot. After initial contact, follow through with your stick, arms, and torso, in the direction you want the puck to go. This makes for a more accurate shot, and it also helps keep your puck stable in the air. Your shoulders should finish facing the net, your hips should twist towards the direction of the shot, and your front foot should turn towards the direction of the shot.
After following through, your stick and body should be pointing (gliding) towards the direction of your shot.
Roughly speaking, the direction that the blade of your stick points in during follow-through shows where your shot will end up. If your blade is high off the ground, your shot will end up high; if your blade is low, the shot will be low too.
How do I tape my ears to my helmet?
Head to your local hockey store and buy some high quality stick tape. (The more expensive the better.) Make a little roll out of the tape, so that the sticky side is facing outwards, and firmly press it to your ear. Proceed to put on your helmet as usual.
I can't take a slap shot to save my life with the stick I have, but when I use my friend's, I can rip clappers all day. Why?
There could be a few factors. Could be the loading zone, could be the amount of flex, could be length.
How do I get a slap shot high off the ice?
Follow through higher. Note: This is usually a bad thing. Keep your shots down low.
How do I put my helmet back together? I got hit with a slap shot in the head and my helmet cracked.
It's best that you get a new helmet if this happened. A cracked helmet will no longer provide you as much protection as before.
Is it the same for roller hockey?
Yes, you'd perform a slap shot in roller hockey just as you would in ice hockey.
Why do players hit the ice with the stick before taking a slapshot?
Because that "loads" tension on the flexible stick. The stick can then whip back into shape, thus adding a lot of power to the shot.
What if my stick has very little flex and I weigh 75 pounds?
Your stick flex should be half your weight to have a good slap shot. The ideal for you would a 35-40 flex.
Try to hit the puck with the exact center part of your blade.
Focus on accuracy first, then power; this is a great tip for young players. Don't worry about power at first. Instead, practice aiming your shots.
Once you become more adept at the slap shot, you can begin speeding up the motion of your swing, and the speed of the shot will follow.
The distance between where you hit the ice (to flex the stick) and the puck varies from person to person. If you’re having a hard time getting the puck in the air, hit the ice further back.
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Written by: Preservation Assistant Madison Whitesell.
Three dimensional objects in the Blackley Collection were processed in Preservation for long term storage this Summer. Among these objects are: an early Brownie camera, a hand-colored milk glass plate photograph, a ruby glass souvenir creamer from the 1893 World’s Fair, and a metal documents canister c.1890. Creating custom mounts for the artifacts helps extend their lives and keeps them from damaging each other in storage. Objects must be separated from their neighbors not only to prevent abrasion and breakage but also to minimize the chemical reactions that speed up decay. Materials age at different rates, and any losses such as flaking paint or rust from corrosion are contained within each custom box or folder.
A variety of archival materials were used to create the mounts. The boxes were constructed with blue corrugated E-flute board and lined with Volara, an inert plastic foam, when extra cushioning was required. Unbleached cotton muslin cloth was used to create “hammocks” for supports, and cotton twill tape was used for tabs and tie downs. PH neutral cardstock was used to create four flap folders on some of the sturdier objects.
One of the most complicated mounts holds two small gilt wooden picture frames in poor condition and a glass plate photograph.
All three objects fit into an open-top box padded on all sides with Volara. The two frames rest at the bottom, cushioned by layers of Volara while the glass plate photo rests above them in a fitted Volara seat on a blue board base. The section of the box that holds the glass plate photo is designed to be removable with cotton twill tape tabs. Another twill tape tab gently lifts the plate from its fitted housing.
Building storage mounts is a bit like crafting 3D puzzles. Individual objects need to be secure, but space is at a premium. In this case, the challenge was for all the 3D objects to fit within one large Hollinger artifact box. Dr. C.C. Phillips’ documents tube would only fit diagonally in the tray, dividing the remaining space into two awkward triangles. We conserved space by housing objects together and using one object, a metal lock box, to house many small artifacts, each protectively wrapped and separated by dividers.
The black box and the small objects we housed inside. We fashioned the Volara floor and the cardstock dividers seen inside the box for this purpose.
This box required a special design so that it could sit along side the documents tube. The tobacco pipes inside are supported by muslin cloth hammocks.
This entry was posted in JMU Archives, Manuscript Collections, Shenandoah Valley by merkeljm. Bookmark the permalink.
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https://sites.jmu.edu/specialcollections/preservation-puzzles-creating-custom-housing/
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Parents always say that when the first child arrives, they're nervous wrecks. They baby-proof everything, sand down sharp edges, fret and worry over every cough or whimper or tumble. But when the next one comes along, the law of the jungle takes over and they don't even bother putting away the sharp scissors and the industrial solvents. What happens, they think, is going to happen. Why make ourselves crazy? I have a show premiering this week, and people always ask the same thing: are you excited? Are you nervous? Are you happy?
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2019-04-22T23:02:16Z
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https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/martini-shot/why-make-yourself-crazy
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Test pilot Scott Crossfield in the cockpit of the Douglas D-558-II aircraft after the first Mach 2 flight on Nov. 30, 1953.
The first man to fly twice the speed of sound, ScottCrossfield was found dead today inside the wreckage of a single-engine plane hehad been flying on Wednesday morning from Alabama to Virginia, authorities toldthe Associated Press.
Crossfield's Cessna 210A was found by search crews in themountains northwest of Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday after radio and radarcontact was lost at 11:15 a.m. EDT (1515 GMT) the day before. There werethunderstorms reported in the area, though the cause of the crash was notimmediately released.
"Scott Crossfield was a pioneer and a legend in theworld of test flight and space flight," said Mike Coats, Johnson SpaceCenter Director. "The astronaut corps and all of NASA are deeply saddenedby his death, but his legacy will be with us through the centuries."
Crossfield, 84, made aeronautical history in 1953 when hereached a speed of more than 1,320 mph, or Mach 2, in a Douglas D-558-IISkyrocket research aircraft. Taken aloft by a Boeing P2B Superfortress (theNavy's designation of the B-29), Crossfield climbed to 72,000 feet beforediving to 62,000 feet, becoming the first person to travel at more than twicethe speed of sound, according to his NASA biography.
A research pilot with the National Advisory Committee forAeronautics, the predecessor to NASA, Crossfield flew nearly all of theexperimental craft under test at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., between 1950and 1955. Over the five year period, he flew the X-1, X-4, X-5, XF-92A, and theD-558-I and -II. By the time Crossfield left Edwards to join North AmericanAviation in 1955, he had amassed more experience with rocket planes than anyother pilot in the world.
At North American, Crossfield served as both a test pilotand design consultant for the X-15 rocket-powered plane. On June 8, 1959, hebecame the first to fly the aircraft on an unpowered glide from 37,550 feet.Three months later, Crossfield completed its first powered flight on September17, 1959.
Shortly after launch on Crossfield's third X-15 flight, oneof its engines exploded. Unable to jettison his propellants, Crossfield wasforced to make an emergency landing during which the aircraft broke its backjust behind the cockpit. He was uninjured and the airplane was repaired.
Crossfield subsequently qualified the first two X-15s forflight before North American turned them over to NASA and the U.S. Air Force.He flew the two aircraft a total of 14 times (not counting 16 captive flights),reaching a maximum speed of Mach 2.97 (1,960 miles per hour) and a maximumaltitude of 88,116 feet.
"Scott Crossfield was a true pioneer whose daring X-15flights helped pave the way for the space shuttle," said NASA AdminstratorMichael Griffin." Today, those of us in the aeronautics and spacecommunities extend our condolences and deepest sympathies to Scott'sfamily."
Crossfield continued working for North American until 1967,overseeing testing and quality assurance on the Hound Dog missile, Paraglider,Apollo Command and Service Module, and the Saturn V rocket's second stage.
In 1960, Crossfield published his autobiography (writtenwith Clay Blair, Jr.), "Always Another Dawn: The Story of a Rocket TestPilot," covering his life through the end of the early X-15 flights.
Crossfield later held executive positions with EasternAirlines and Hawker Siddley Aviation. From 1977 until his retirement in 1993,he was a technical consultant to the House of Representatives Committee onScience and Technology, advising its members on matters relating to civilaviation.
More recently, Crossfield served as technical adviser forthe "Countdown to Kitty Hawk" project, which built and flew an exactreproduction of the 1903 Wright Flyer for the national centennial of flight celebrationat Kitty Hawk in December 2003.
Born in Berkeley, Calif., on October 2, 1921, Crossfieldattended the University of Washington in 1940 before joining the U.S. Navy in1942. Commissioned an ensign in 1943, he spent six months overseas without seeingcombat duty. While in the Navy he flew the F6F and F4U fighters, as well as SNJtrainers, in addition to a variety of other aircraft.
Crossfield graduated in 1949 with a degree in aeronauticalengineering from the University of Washington. He earned a masters inaeronautical science the following year from the same university and receivedan honorary doctor of science from the Florida Institute of Technology in 1982.
Among his many honors were the Collier Trophy for 1961 fromthe National Aeronautics Association, presented by President John F. Kennedy atthe White House in 1962, and the International Clifford B.
Harmon Trophy for 1960, also presented by President Kennedyin the White House the year before.
He was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame, theInternational Space Hall of Fame and the Aerospace Walk of Honor.
Upon hisretirement in 1993, Crossfield was awarded the Distinguished Public ServiceMedal for his contributions to aeronautics and aviation over a period spanninghalf a century by NASA.
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2019-04-22T18:12:17Z
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https://www.space.com/2326-test-pilot-scott-crossfield-killed-plane-crash.html
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Engaging, entertaining, and thought-provoking. As always. Big fan and love this new medium for him.
I am a big fan of Michael Lewis ever since reading the Big Short. I really like the concept of this podcast and the information provided makes me think and helps me learn. I couldn’t have asked for more.
What I love about this podcast is that I’m learning about things that I didn’t know I had any interest in and staying engaged. It is both entertaining and informative.
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2019-04-23T14:14:11Z
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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/against-the-rules-with-michael-lewis/id1455379351?ct=chart&ign-mpt=uo%3D2
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Ahhhh!. . HD Wallpaper and background images in the Scooby-Doo club tagged: scooby-doo fred shaggy velma daphne.
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2019-04-19T18:57:28Z
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http://nl.fanpop.com/clubs/scooby-doo/images/32593043/title/ahhhh-photo
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GameStop could soon offer something that its competitors, including Sony's and Microsoft's online storefronts, can't match.
GameStop's (NYSE:GME) long-term future remains uncertain. The video game retailer's biggest partners -- Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Sony (NYSE:SNE) -- have turned into outright competitors, encouraging Xbox and PlayStation owners to purchase games from their respective digital storefronts rather than from GameStop's brick-and-mortar shops.
But GameStop could have a new weapon against digital downloads: a somewhat radical proposal that would see GameStop participate directly in the video game development process.
I've compared GameStop to Blockbuster and Tower Records in the past, and I think the comparison remains accurate. When movies and music shifted from physical discs to digital distribution, those companies were pressured, ultimately going under.
Whether or not the video game industry follows a similar path remains uncertain, but executives at Sony believe that could be the case. During a recent Q&A session at the Develop Conference, Andrew House, the president of Sony Computer Entertainment, compared video games to music and movies, arguing that streaming would emerge as an important distribution channel.
If you look at the stats on music streaming last year right now, last year was the first year that music downloads actually decreased year-on-year. It's only by six percent, but it's on the downturn. Streaming, meanwhile, is something like 30 percent up ... it says to me that convenience of streaming has been embraced first in music, now in video and television, and it's going to play some role in our business as well. Our goal, rather than have the future dictated to us is to try and be a pioneer, shaping the way it goes.
House was referring to PlayStation Now, the upcoming cloud-based gaming service that Sony is currently testing. PlayStation Now delivers full games over the Internet, removing the need for an expensive console or physical disc.
If streaming does catch on, it could be a problem for GameStop, as the majority of the company's revenue and profit is derived from the sale of video game hardware and software.
While Sony is slowly pushing streaming, Microsoft is making it more attractive to download the latest titles. Microsoft's digital push still leaves room for GameStop to sell consoles and hardware, but its new Deals with Gold promotion could pressure GameStop's disc-based game business.
For the last few weeks, Microsoft has been offering Xbox Live Gold subscribers aggressive discounts on some of the newest and most popular games. This week, Titanfall is available for just $40 -- a full $15 (used) or $20 (new) less than what GameStop is currently charging.
If Xbox One owners take Microsoft up on the offer, they won't be buying the game from GameStop. They also won't be able to resell it to GameStop, either, as digital copies are linked to individual Xbox accounts and cannot be resold. That poses a risk to GameStop's lucrative used-games business, as the more gamers who choose digital, the fewer used discs that will be in circulation.
To its credit, GameStop isn't sitting by idly -- in fact, it could be about to roll out a new initiative that would keep its customers loyal. R.W. Baird's Colin Sebastian recently revealed that GameStop's management is considering getting more involved in the video game creation process -- perhaps partnering with developers on exclusive content.
GameStop has long offered exclusive pre-order bonuses, but for the most part, these have entailed cheap physical items or small digital add-ons. A gamer that pre-orders (and then purchases) a new game from GameStop might get an exclusive poster, plush doll, or in-game outfit, for example. Those perks are nice, but relatively minor in the grand scheme of things.
But GameStop's bonuses could get much better. GameStop's CEO Paul Raines told Time that the company would consider funding games for the rights to exclusive content. GameStop wouldn't be involved in the creative process directly, but would put capital at risk. In return, GameStop could offer customers features that other retailers couldn't match.
Successfully implemented, that initiative would give GameStop an enormous competitive advantage -- customers who wanted the best version of a game would have to do their shopping at GameStop.
But I'm not swayed by GameStop's initiative. Indeed, it seems to reek of desperation.
In many ways, it seems eerily reminiscent of Blockbuster's push for the rights to distribute films on an exclusive basis. In 2006, facing pressure from Internet-based competitors, Blockbuster began signing deals that gave it exclusive rental rights to many hit movies. Film companies, including the Weinstein Company and IFC Films, signed distribution deals with Blockbuster, giving it the sole right to rent out their films. Obviously, those exclusivity deals couldn't save Blockbuster, and in 2010, it filed for bankruptcy.
GameStop may not suffer the same fate, but rather than boost its business, a push for exclusive content suggests that GameStop is finally feeling the pressure from digital distribution.
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2019-04-19T16:27:46Z
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https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/07/13/gamestop-could-have-a-new-weapon-against-digital-v.aspx
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Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous.
--Harm"ful*ly, adv. -- Harm"ful*ness, n.
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https://m.everything2.com/title/harmful
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With more than two thirds of Kiwis over 50 having some sort of Vitamin C deficiency, researchers are calling for regular testing to be introduced.
Four-hundred Christchurch people's blood was assessed as part of the University of Otago, Christchurch study.
An alarming 13 per cent showed very low levels of the crucial vitamin.
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2019-04-23T08:32:39Z
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https://www.otago.ac.nz/medical-school/news/archive/otago668292.html
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Apple has blamed a rogue App Store server for a glitch that meant popular iPhone and iPad apps including Instapaper were corrupted and rendered unusable.
The firm said that the server wrongly included a Digital Rights Management (DRM) code when the apps were downloaded, which meant they could not be opened. Apple normally uses DRM to ensure that apps work only for users who have paid for them or are authorised to use them.
"We had a temporary issue that began [on Wednesday] with a server that generated DRM code for some apps being downloaded," a spokesman said.
"“The issue has been rectified and we don’t expect it to occur again."
The problem was originally highlighted by Marco Arment, the devloper of Instapaper, a popular app for aggregating and displaying online articles. He compiled a list of more than 100 other apps affected by the glitch, including Angry Birds Space, Word Lens and Yahoo! Search.
"If this happens to you, all of your most active users, the people who will install updates within hours of them becoming available, will be stopped in their tracks," he complained.
Where the cheapest ebooks are now.
"They’ll think you’re careless, incompetent, and sloppy for issuing a release that doesn’t work."
He led calls on Apple by app developers to acknowledge and fix the problem as soon as possible.
Apple said that anyone experiencing problems with newly-downloaded apps could download them again from the App Store.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/9381830/Apple-blames-corrupt-apps-on-rogue-server.html
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(CNN) — Another American doctor infected with the deadly Ebola virus is coming home for treatment in the United States.
Dr. Rick Sacra was stationed in Liberia when he was exposed to the virus. He will be flown to Nebraska, according to the international Christian mission organization Serving In Mission.
He’s expected to arrive at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha on Friday.
His spouse, Debbie Sacra, said he is “clearly sick” but is in “good spirits” and was able to walk onto the plane. “We are really encouraged by that news and are looking forward to reuniting with him,” she said.
Sacra was admitted to an Ebola case management center over the weekend near the hospital in Monrovia where he has served for 15 years.
Sacra, who is from Holden, Massachusetts, was not treating Ebola patients directly. Instead he was delivering babies at a general hospital in Monrovia, Johnson said.
“I am surrounded by friends and family and the body of Christ, who are a great encouragement and who are praying fervently for Rick’s recovery along with me,” Debbie Sacra said in a statement. “We are trusting in God to be with Rick and us through this difficult circumstance.
Sacra had been to Liberia with SIM before, and volunteered to go again after he heard fellow missionaries Nancy Writebol and Dr. Kent Brantly had contracted the virus, SIM President Bruce Johnson said. Both were also flown to Atlanta for treatment and have been released.
“We learned a bit from (the) Emory experience,” Dr. Philip Smith, with the University of Nebraska Medical Center, said about where Brantly and Writebol were treated.
“They found that after they took care of these patients for a little while that they were comfortable backing down … Even though it’s backing down, it’s still two or three layers of gloves instead of one. It’s no comparison to what you would do in an ordinary hospital floor,” he said, CNN affiliate KETV reported.
Sacra started to show symptoms of haemorrhagic fever on Friday evening. Health care workers did an Ebola test on Monday, which came back positive for the deadly virus.
Sacra was following all protocols and taking all necessary precautions against Ebola, Johnson said. It is unclear how he became infected, but SIM is working with the CDC to determine the point of contact.
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2019-04-18T22:22:10Z
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https://kfor.com/2014/09/04/american-ebola-patient-coming-home/
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Emilia Clarke is trading in dragons for X-Wings.
The Game of Thrones star has landed a coveted role in the upcoming (and still untitled) Star Wars prequel about Han Solo, a character made iconic by Harrison Ford in the original trilogy—Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi—and last year's blockbuster The Force Awakens. Alden Ehrenreich will play the young Solo, with Donald Glover taking on Lando Calrissian, a role originated by Billy Dee Williams.
According to the StarWars.com announcement, "Clarke's role will round out a dynamic cast of characters that Han and Chewie will encounter on their adventures."
The latest installment in the Star Wars saga, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story heads to theaters December 16. Also a prequel, it takes place before the original Star Wars film and tells the story surrounding the capture of the internal plans for the Death Star. The Han Solo prequel is due in theaters in 2018.
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2019-04-21T05:56:00Z
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https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/news/a18922/emilia-clarke-star-wars-han-solo-movie/
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The Reserve Bank said demand for cash from government officials and pensioners is expected after electronic payment of their salary or pension.
Banks are, therefore, advised to take appropriate steps in order to meet this likely demand for cash, RBI said.
MUMBAI: RBI has asked banks to ensure cash supply for pensioners and armed forces in the wake of limited currencies in the market following cancellation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.
It also asked them for arrangements at military outposts for cash requirements of armed forces.
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2019-04-23T16:47:16Z
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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/rbi-asks-banks-to-be-cash-ready-for-pensioners-armed-forces/articleshow/55605814.cms
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Give Us A Shout !
The Sun~Ni Food Star Challenge!
Ready ? Set ? GO !!
2. Create a delicious recipe using any of our cheeses.
On July 8th, we will choose the winner! The winner will receive 1 mixed case of our string cheese and a 50.00 Visa Gift card.
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https://sunnicheese.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/the-sunni-food-star-challenge/
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- </td><td>A <a href="#media-element">media element</a> whose <code title="dom-media-networkState"><a href="#dom-media-networkstate">networkState</a></code> was previously not in the <code title="dom-media-NETWORK_EMPTY"><a href="#dom-media-network_empty">NETWORK_EMPTY</a></code> state has just switched to that state (either because of a fatal error during load that's about to be reported, or because the <code title="dom-media-load"><a href="#dom-media-load">load()</a></code> method was invoked while the <a href="#concept-media-load-algorithm" title="concept-media-load-algorithm">resource selection algorithm</a> was already running, in which case it is fired synchronously during the <code title="dom-media-load"><a href="#dom-media-load">load()</a></code> method call).
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<code title=dom-media-networkState><a href=#dom-media-networkstate>networkState</a></code> equals either <code title=dom-media-NETWORK_EMPTY><a href=#dom-media-network_empty>NETWORK_EMPTY</a></code> or <code title=dom-media-NETWORK_IDLE><a href=#dom-media-network_idle>NETWORK_IDLE</a></code>, depending on when the download was aborted.
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+ </td><td>A <a href=#media-element>media element</a> whose <code title=dom-media-networkState><a href=#dom-media-networkstate>networkState</a></code> was previously not in the <code title=dom-media-NETWORK_EMPTY><a href=#dom-media-network_empty>NETWORK_EMPTY</a></code> state has just switched to that state (either because of a fatal error during load that's about to be reported, or because the <code title=dom-media-load><a href=#dom-media-load>load()</a></code> method was invoked while the <a href=#concept-media-load-algorithm title=concept-media-load-algorithm>resource selection algorithm</a> was already running).
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2019-04-21T15:02:33Z
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http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-commits/2010Feb/0568.html
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Arts
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chicagotribune
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Want to know more about the Du Page County Historical Museum?
Programs for school groups, adults and families keep popping up like housing subdivisions in the county`s farm fields.
For visiting school groups, seven programs are offered: two for preschoolers, three for kindergarten through 4th grade and two for grades 5 and 6. Each focuses on a theme, such as entertainment or preservation, and a particular period of history.
Programs are individually designed for grades 7 through 12 to coincide with curriculum or special interests.
Each presentation has two parts: a guided tour that includes an exhibit sheet to prompt kids` involvement and a hands-on activity that re-creates an aspect of the topic.
Some activities are things students would never do at home, like churning butter, practicing with pen and ink, dipping candles, reading by gaslight, scrubbing on a washboard, grinding with mortar and pestle and trying conservation methods, such as cleaning a document.
Nash said, ''Younger kids get a big kick out of concepts like electricity-or the lack of it. Just imagine no Nintendo, no VCR, no television!
The same eye on detail is reflected in family programs, which are generally held 1 to 4 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month.
Joyce Bogue, daughter Sarah and son Timothy of Westmont, recently came to a Saturday program where they learned to play Victorian games.
Topics include A Home in A Good Community: Suburban Architecture; Books on the Crabgrass Frontier: The Rise of the Suburban Public Library; Du Page Underground: Sewers, Water and Early Government; and Pleasant Words and Agreeable Manners: 1890s Social Life.
Also available are a number of audio-visual programs on history, architecture and other topics, and a traveling exhibit that features photos and text on 38 county towns.
Archives and the research library are open to residents by appointment.
''This county has absorbed so many changes so quickly, we have fascinating stories, with roots and a history that are unique to us,'' Nash said.
For further information on school, family and adult programs, call 708-682-7343.
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2019-04-19T21:59:41Z
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https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-11-17-9104140066-story.html
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Arts
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Kids
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time
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For most of the summer, Fish Creek (winter pop. 450), on the Wisconsin shore of Green Bay, is merely a scrubbed, pine-scented resort for well-heeled vacationers and fishermen. But for two weeks each August, the little town's white frame hotels are crowded with tourists, and the high school volleys forth provocative music expertly played. Last week the fifth Peninsula Music Festival was in full " swing in Fish Creek; as usual, it featured a bumper crop of modern premiereshalf a dozen in two weeks.
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2019-04-23T03:56:04Z
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http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809823,00.html
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Arts
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Arts
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aiga
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AIGA Chicago invites you to participate in open nominations for the 2017 Chapter Awards: the Fellow Award, Corporate Leadership Award, Above and Beyond Award, and the Emerging Designer Award. Nominations must be submitted by Monday, January 30, 2017.
This year we encourage the nomination of designers, companies and organizations whose work strives to: elevate and include all ages, disciplines, races, income, genders, and perspectives in the design community; reduce violence in Chicago; and encourage K-12 design education.
All submissions will be presented to the Nominating Committee, which consists of the current chapter President, an Advisory Board Member, a Past Board Member, the Outreach Director and a Member at Large. The Nominating Committee will meet in late January to determine the award recipients, based on submissions received.
The AIGA Fellow Award is presented to an individual who has contributed to the advancement of the graphic design profession throughout his or her career. It is a nationally recognized AIGA award, given periodically by each of the 67 AIGA chapters. The Fellow award program is a means of recognizing mature designers who have made a significant contribution to raising the standards of excellence in practice and conduct within their local or regional design community as well as in their local AIGA chapter. The areas of education, writing, leadership and reputation, as well as the practice of design, are given equal consideration in measuring significant contribution.
The AIGA Chicago Corporate Design Leadership Award recognizes organizations that have shown dedication and leadership by promoting excellence in design as a meaningful business policy. Recipients demonstrate outstanding and consistent commitment to the highest standards of design as a means to advancing their corporate message and brand experiences.
The Above and Beyond Award recognizes long-standing service and commitment to AIGA Chicago and its membership. The efforts of those recognized ensure the chapter’s continued ability to encourage, promote and serve the graphic design profession.
The AIGA Chicago Emerging Designer Award was created to support those in the Chicago design community who are still in the early stages of their career but are doing great things none-the-less. This award is not restricted by age, but nominees should be 0-5 years in their design career. Submissions are based on excellent design skills, community engagement and leadership, and AIGA involvement.
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2019-04-21T00:41:39Z
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https://chicago.aiga.org/2017-aiga-chicago-award-nominations/
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Business
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religioustolerance
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" If you’ve witnessed the preferential treatment of men in America’s houses of worship, you will not be surprised to learn that there is a surge of women in this country rising up and demanding religious equality. More and more, religious women—Christian, Muslim, and Jewish—are declaring that they expect to be treated as equals in the religious sphere. They want the same meaningful spiritual connections enjoyed by their brothers, fathers, husbands, and sons. They embrace the word of God but are critical of their faith’s male-oriented theology and liturgy. They reject the conventional interpretations of religious traditions that give women a different—and, to their minds, lesser—status. Rather than abandoning their faith, these women are taking it back and making it stronger, transforming religion while maintaining tradition. "
"Leora Tanenbaum relates the experiences of Catholics, evangelical and mainline Protestants, Muslims, and observant Jews. The conflict these religious women face—honoring tradition while expanding it to synchronize with modern values—is ultimately one that all people of faith grapple with today."
"Women's Ordination: 31 Popular Arguments & Biblical Answers, by Eugene Prewitt. Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store. Available in paperback and Kindle format.
The controversial subject of women's ordination has become a polarizing issue within the church, yet there is still a calm, rational, and biblical way to search for a resolution. Is women's ordination a question of fairness or culture? Is there really an absolute truth on the subject? Eugene Prewitt carefully tackles these questions and many more in this concise but practical book to help you better understand God's Word on the matter.
"Beyond the Curse: Women called to ministry," Aida Bescancon Spencer. Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store.
"With issues such as the ordination of women and the call for "inclusive" language affecting the Church today, Dr. A¡da Spencer has provided a helpful and important study of how the Scriptures really speak to these and other issues related to the role of women in the Church.
From the biblical account of creation and "the fall" to other relevant Old Testament passages, Beyond the Curse carefully examines the attitudes toward and teachings about women-especially those of Jesus and Paul."
James Beck, "Two views on Women in Ministry," Zondervan., (2005). Review/order this book A debate between two theologians promoting the egalitarian and complementarian points of view .
M. Chaves, "Ordaining Women: Culture and Conflict in Religious Organizations," Harvard Univ. Press, (1997). Review/order this book The author "discovers that groups having strong sacramentalist or strong fundamentalist beliefs are the most likely to use restrictive views of womens roles in the church as a protest against modernism and liberalism."
Stephen Gola, "Women In Ministry? Absolutely! Women Teaching in Church? Of Course!," at: http://www.divorcehope.com/"
"Women's Ordination: the Hidden Tradition," is a 58 minute British videotape of the history of women's ordination in Christianity. It was made in 1992 and caused quite a stir at the time. It "investigates Church history which suggests that the evidence of history is not as clear-cut as it might appear. For it would seem that in the fifth century, Pope Gelasius I sent a letter to the bishops of Southern Italy instructing them to stop ordaining women." The videotape is available in the U.S. from: Reel Spirit Productions, 3724 F.M.1960W., Suite 315, Houston, TX, 77068. Telephone: 1-800-3EMMAUS.
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2019-04-22T19:05:02Z
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/femclrgyinfo.htm
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Reference
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typepad
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This is Hani Shabbir's Typepad Profile.
These headbands are so cute!!
This is such a cute idea.. Thanks for linking up at Friday Fun Party. Have a nice weekend!
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2019-04-23T06:09:24Z
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https://profile.typepad.com/hanishabbir
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Arts
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Arts
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wordpress
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Hello All! I wanted to pop in and share that I have a few projects over on the Scrapbook & Cards Today Blog today to Celebrate Altenew’s 5th Anniversary–check it out HERE!
It was a fun treat to create these cards with Altenew’s great products–the ones I chose are so versatile! Check it out!
Checkout the SCT Blog Today!
Good Afternoon to you all! I wanted to POP in quick and share that I’m over on the Scrapbook and Cards Today Blog today–Check it all out HERE!
Wow! Those are close up! No room to hide flaws there! Haaaaa!!
A Cute Card and SUPER FUN News!
Saving the most exciting part for last! I’m sharing the exciting news that I am joining the Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine’s 2019 Creative Team!!!
I hope you all will follow along over there –especially by checking out the printed issues that can be mailed to you with a subscription or you can find them at Barnes and Noble too! You can follow the SCT Blog HERE and check out the latest issue HERE as well.
It was truly a highlight of 2018 for me to have a handful of my cards in their issues, and now here I am, part of the Creative Team! eeeeeeeeeep!
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2019-04-20T22:23:22Z
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https://fastestturtle.wordpress.com/category/sct-magazine/
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Arts
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News
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usu
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Home Bear River Watershed Historical Digital Collection Man standing on top of drainage pipe, 1974, one of two.
Man standing on top of drainage pipe, 1974, one of two.
Title Man standing on top of drainage pipe, 1974, one of two.
Description Man standing atop canal drainage pipe, looking into pipe, same man and place as 1:04:003, December 1974.
Add tags for Man standing on top of drainage pipe, 1974, one of two.
Post a Comment for Man standing on top of drainage pipe, 1974, one of two.
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2019-04-18T15:21:47Z
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http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Bear/id/687/
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Arts
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Home
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ed
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The Scottish Universities’ International Summer School (SUISS) offers an intense, challenging and diverse programme of study that takes place annually during the months of July and August in Edinburgh, the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature. We offer three courses in Text and Context: British and Irish Literature from 1900 to the Present, one course in Creative Writing, and one course in Contemporary British and Irish Theatre and Performance.
Our literature courses offer extensive examination of Modernism, Contemporary Literature and Scottish Literature, while our Creative Writing course allows students to develop their personal writing portfolios. The Theatre and Performance course, which explores both theoretical and performative approaches to drama, coincides with the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and is delivered in partnership with the Scottish Playwrights’ Studio.
We are located at the University of Edinburgh, and run by a team of hard-working individuals, led by the Administrator and Co-Directors. This core team, along with our advisory committee, oversees the lecture programme and management of the summer school each year.
In the summer, we employ volunteer student hosts, who are SUISS graduates themselves. They are on hand to address the needs and concerns of our visiting students. Our very talented tutors, who are usually in the process of completing a PhD in a literature related field, instruct the seminars.
Around 4 million people visit Edinburgh every year, many of them for the Edinburgh International Book Festival in August – the largest public celebration of the written word in the world – but many to explore the literary city and all it has to offer the book lover.
Edinburgh is an acclaimed centre of learning. The National Library of Scotland (NLS) is a copyright library, and holds a copy of every book published in the United Kingdom. One of the largest and finest collections in the British Isles, the NLS provides outstanding facilities for research in all fields. The resources of the NLS are complimented by The University of Edinburgh Library, the extensive collections of which are designed to meet the needs of both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
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2019-04-19T09:29:28Z
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https://www.suiss.ed.ac.uk/suiss-team/
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Arts
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multcolib
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The item The Enormouse Pearl Heist, Geronimo Stilton ; [illustrations by Giuseppe Ferrario ; translated by Lidia Morson Tramontozzi] represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Multnomah County Library.
"Original title: Il mistero della perla gigante"
Spine.-Geronimo and his friends discover a huge oyster with an enormous pearl inside. After a feature article in the Rodent's Gazette, can they protect it from being stolen?
"Original title: Il mistero della perla gigante" -- T.p. verso.-" -51" -- Spine.-Geronimo and his friends discover a huge oyster with an enormous pearl inside. After a feature article in the Rodent's Gazette, can they protect it from being stolen?
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2019-04-20T14:36:08Z
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http://link.multcolib.org/portal/The-Enormouse-Pearl-Heist-Geronimo-Stilton-/s0wiEcANnWA/?view=borrow
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Arts
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Arts
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deviantart
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So, as the title above states, I am in the market for a digital colourist.
I really want to get back into my own artwork, but I am sorely lacking in the ability to colour my own stuff. My first piece I would like to complete is a T-Shirt design I am working on, featuring Admiral Ackbar of Star Wars fame.
Titled "It's a Frap!", it features the good Admiral in his post Rebel Victory job at the local coffee shop.
I am looking for someone who can colour in bold outlines and fairly flat colours... remember, this is a t-shirt design.
I have a larger format, un-watermarked copy if anyone is interested in taking a crack at colouring this, please send me a note with your prices, and I will give you the full details of what I am looking for.
TheAmbushBug has started a donation pool!
Trading llama`s for points... more to come!
Thank you for the WATCH! dear! more coming soon!
Thanks for the FAVs, Chris!
Thanks for watching me! I hope you dig my new stuff.
I release new sets every Saturday, so be sure to check back for more content!!
Already added! I was at the recent G-Con and saw you there!
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2019-04-18T10:59:29Z
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https://www.deviantart.com/theambushbug
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Arts
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hku
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Between 1975 and 2000, more than 213,000 Vietnamese boat people (VBP) sought asylum in Hong Kong. Of these, 143,000 were resettled in other countries, more than 67,000 were repatriated to their country of origin, and 1,368 were resettled locally. The seemingly never-ending arrivals of VBP – the 'Vietnamese boat people crisis' – exemplified the difficulties of finding resettlement, the financial burden, the riots and disturbances in detention camps, the legal challenges lodged by the VBP regarding the screening procedure, the illegality of detention, and the complex repatriation schemes: forced, voluntary and orderly. Ms. Hoang's research makes extensive use of oral history records of some of the key participants involved, and the diaries and personal scrapbooks of one of the key witnesses of the early days of the crisis, as well as visual material including particular photo records of the Hong Kong Government. It goes beyond traditional historical studies based on archival and documentary records, allowing the voices of the various stakeholders (refugees, government officials, NGO's and local citizens) to be heard.
Carina Hoang escaped from Vietnam at the age of sixteen on a wooden boat with her two siblings and 370 other people. She survived the harrowing journey and the extreme challenges that followed in a primitive refugee camp, and ultimately was accepted for resettlement in the United States. She completed a BA in Chemistry at Rosemont College, Pennsylvania, a BA in Gender and Cultural Studies at Murdoch University, and an MBA at California State University, Pomona. She went on to hold management positions in the semiconductor, biotechnology, and healthcare industries. Her first book, Boat People: Personal Stories from the Vietnamese Exodus 1975-1996 (2011), received the 2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards for Best Regional Non-Fiction (Australia and New Zealand). In 2012 Carina was appointed as Special Representative to the UN Refugee Agency's Australian charity, Australia for UNHCR. In 2013 she released her third book, Permanent Impressions, which received the 2014 Independent Publisher Book Awards for Best Regional Non-Fiction (Australia and New Zealand). Carina’s story can be found at www.carinahoang.com.
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2019-04-20T22:15:21Z
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https://hkuhist2.hku.hk/news_s18_hoang.html
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Arts
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Reference
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videouniversity
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Remember the salad days of broadcast TV and how the commercials were often so much louder than the shows?
If you look at it, the first thing you’ll note is that there’s no indication of its’ length. (That’s a kind of sneaky marketing technique you can easily do via Adobe Flash.) There’s also no way to fast-forward ”“to escape that part of the message you don’t really want to hear. Perhaps even worse”¦ where’s the “PAUSE” button? What if I get a phone call in the middle of this?
Even after those turn-offs, I still wanted to watch the video. It was quite long, by Internet standards ”“around 20 minutes, total. It was also a pretty compelling pitch for their publication ”“and that was fine.
But! -had I known it would be so long, I would’t have watched it. There’s nothing illegal or morally wrong about doing this. I was, after all, free to turn it off at any time -and I didn’t.
This cuts both ways. As a video producer, it’s a technique you should know about. As a viewer, I found it going against the grain of web video.
Simple. YouTube sets the standard for how people expect to control online videos!
I expect to be able to pause a video, view the overall length and the progress I’ve made, back it up to listen to a section again, jump to the middle or end of the video. We’ve come to expect these features in online video. When a company goes out of its way to lock out those features, I feel cheated.
I suppose their marketing guy is considered a genius for delivering this kind of pitch. But I wouldn’t call him that.
Bingo, Hal! You make a huge point here – “YouTube sets the standard for how people expect to control online videos.” We are truly in an age (like it or not) of permission-based marketing. Videos that start and run with no control are a turn-off to most viewers, just as highly-compressed audio tracks of fast-talking pitchmen are on TV. “Apply directly to forehead! Apply directly to forehead!” How awful.
I know of the Fools from a very good book I read of theirs and subsequently their website – so I was already predisposed to listening to the message… after 3 interruptions, noticing the infomercial familiar manipulations and not knowing how long this was going to go on for (I’m busy fer chris’ sake) I exited. It also got too repetitive in style – I can only tolerate so many hooks with no satisfaction… So I guess I miss out on the ‘free’ information you get by taking up the half price offer. Crucially for them, I stopped caring and they lost me. Damn what’s with the comment “worth just over $374,549”? [or what ever the amount was – I couldn’t rewind] Did they mean 27 or 82 cents more?? IMHO this video as marketing material failed bigtime.
100% correct with your assumption about how ‘Net savvy users will react to this video. I stopped watching it after a short while. I just didn’t like the idea of being “force fed” the information without being able to “cut to the chase”. If customers don’t stick around for the entire message, what’s the point?
Horrible, reminds me of that interminable “end of America” video, which is about 45 minutes long. I’m sorry I called it a video. Neither of these are video in the real sense, it’s a transcribed piece of audio. The End of America radio spots are hilarious…”contains explicit content” or some such. Would it really have been that difficult to get some royalty free video, even stock photos. Rule #1: Be entertaining. These are not.
I switched off after 10 minutes, not good advertising…. fail.
I’ve written to several IM marketers expressing these same thoughts. I think it’s a mark of enormous disrespect to viewers to deny them control over the video – and stupid as well. If I have to interrupt a 15- or 20-minute video for some reason, I’m probably not going to come back and suffer through what I’ve already seen.
If I’m really interested in one of these videos, I use DownloadHelper on Firefox and I can usually download the video. Then I view it – at my convenience, and with all of the controls that the Windows Media Player gives me.
I too have been guilty of watching a full 20+ minutes of mindless, “Have I told you how good I am,†video. Watching, waiting, hoping that this was the one, this was the video which would deliver the information that the pre-sell said it would.
Okay, so I now know that the word, “naive,†has been removed from the dictionary.
Now, as soon as I see no controls on the screen, my reaction is instant. Blood pressure goes up, eyes cloud over, ears fail and the mouse hand hits the exit at Olympic Gold speed.
I also make the occasional video and my viewers will always have total control.
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2019-04-25T11:56:14Z
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https://www.videouniversity.com/crossing-the-line-in-video-marketing/
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Arts
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Reference
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umsystem
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Hispanics are today the largest group with the lowest access to health care in the U.S. as measured by several studies that quantify rates of uninsured and percentages who lack a primary care physician (R. Andersen, Lewis, Giachello, Aday, & Chiu, 1981; R. M. Andersen, Giachello, & Aday, 1986; Balcazar, Grineski, & Collins, 2015; Fiscella, Franks, Doescher, & Saver, 2002; Gresenz, Rogowski, & Escarce, 2009; Livingston, 2009). In states like Missouri, where the Hispanic population growth is relatively recent, the issue is new (Haverluk & Trautman, 2008; Stepler & Brown, 2015). Although the percentage of Latinos in Missouri is still low - about 4% - what is noteworthy is the group’s population growth of 311% for the period 1990 to 2016 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2014b, 2014a). A theoretical analysis that applies Gramsci’s (2014) idea of cultural hegemony shows that structural barriers have been imposed over the years to restrict access to health care for Hispanics mainly through the intersection of federal healthcare and immigration legislation. A meta-analysis of 83 published studies further corroborate the structural barriers in place and identifies additional ones that apply to acculturation and social capital. Although acculturation has been measured by various studies that focus on Hispanics’ access to health care, overall, these usually fail to clearly explain and justify how and why they chose certain ways to operationalize such variable. In addition, social capital is practically neglected in this literature. Although there are studies that measure and discuss the importance of having social networks to access medical resources, almost no study uses the term social capital and even fewer measure or discuss it by subtypes. Data from a survey study conducted in the state of Missouri in 2014 is used as the basis of logistic regression analysis. The study further corroborates that there are structural barriers, but also finds that acculturation and social capital impact access for this population. In particular, I find that Hispanics in Missouri possess low levels of acculturation as it applies specifically to the American healthcare system. Two types of social capital are found to be significant but in opposite directions. Bonding social capital, which stems from strong relationships, is found to hinder access. This may be because many such tight networks may not be as connected to the Anglo portion of the American society that is better linked to resources. On the other hand, bridging social capital, which stems from weak relationships, is found to be an enabler of access. These results indicate that we need to go beyond just offering medical insurance to this group. In order for Hispanics to increase access to health care they need to be better acculturated to the American healthcare system, as well as need to be connected to the proper social networks that can enhance access.
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2019-04-20T06:12:48Z
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https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/handle/10355/63674
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Society
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nih
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Schizophr Res. 2009 Mar;108(1-3):33-40. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2008.11.024. Epub 2009 Jan 9.
Increased diffusivity in superior temporal gyrus in patients with schizophrenia: a Diffusion Tensor Imaging study.
Lee K1, Yoshida T, Kubicki M, Bouix S, Westin CF, Kindlmann G, Niznikiewicz M, Cohen A, McCarley RW, Shenton ME.
Superior temporal gyrus (STG) volume reduction is one of the most consistent findings in schizophrenia. The goal of this study was to conduct the first Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) study to investigate altered structural integrity in STG gray and white matter in patients with chronic schizophrenia compared with healthy controls.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and DTI were acquired in 21 male patients with schizophrenia and 22 age-, handedness-, and parental social economic status-matched male comparison subjects. After manual segmentation of gray and white matter, mean diffusivity and fractional anisotropy were measured within STG. Correlational analyses were also conducted to test possible associations between DTI and clinical measures, including positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
Compared with controls, patients demonstrated reduced volume, bilaterally, in STG gray matter but not in white matter. For DTI measures, patients showed increased mean diffusivity, bilaterally, in STG gray matter, and in left STG white matter. In addition, mean diffusivity in left STG white matter showed statistically significant correlations with auditory hallucinations and attentional impairments in patients.
These findings suggest a disruption of tissue integrity in STG gray and white matter in schizophrenia. In addition, increased water diffusivity in left-side STG, which was associated with auditory hallucinations and attentional impairments, suggests the possibility of a disconnection among auditory/language processing regions in schizophrenia.
ROI maps of superior temporal gyrus superimposed on fractional anisotropy maps in one normal comparison subject. The most anterior part of superior temporal gyrus begins at slice 1 and ends at slice 9. Fractional anisotropy in each voxel was calculated and scaled from 0 to 1. Segmented regions of interest are shown in different colors (right gray: green, right white: brown, left gray: purple, left white: pink). Note also the result of whole brain segmentation by expectation-maximization algorithm (gray matter: blue, white matter: light yellow).
Scatter plots for correlations between attention scores on SANS and mean diffusivity of left STG white matter in patients with schizophrenia (n=21): (a) SANS-Attention (rho=0.547, p=0.010); (b) “Social Inattentiveness” score (rho=0.495, p=0.031); (c) “Global Rating of Attention” (rho=0.519, p=0.019).
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2019-04-26T16:45:19Z
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19135872
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Arts
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Science
| 0.924274 |
zdnet
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Recent products from IBM and Sun have brought diversity, and thus choice, back to the hardware market. In particular, developers with hot ideas a year or so away from marketability now face some difficult choices that simply weren't there before.
Imagine a product idea, lets call it "Canary", based on going through every bit of transactions and communications data a customer produces to look for minor trend changes that correlate with discussions on popular web sites.
Canary's goal is to provide management with early warnings on market change - for example, if Canary's customer sells bread it could alert management to the existence and nature of a problem in its Canadian operations if a divergence between actual and predicted retailer orders for "organic whole wheat" buns correlated well with growth in web postings mentioning the new Canada Food Guide.
Canary would naturally have three distinct parts: a piece that sits in the customer's data center sucking in everything that goes by, a piece that sits in the developer's data center abstracting web discussions of interest to its clients, and a piece that does the analytic work needed to pluck information from the confluence of the other two data streams.
Two of these three pieces fit well with directions Sun is taking. Specifically Sun's x4500 is the obvious choice for the customer site data storage job because the combination of Solaris on 4 AMD cores and 16GB with up to 24TB of ZFS storage is faster, cheaper, and easier to work with than anything else on the market.
The hardware, and therefore development software environment, for the web hunter is equally obvious: success will mean running thousands of concurrent threads and dozens of concurrent encrypted connections to client sites - making Sun's CMT/SMP technologies under Solaris the no brainer choice.
The choices for the main analytical processor, however, aren't so obvious. First, that machine will both use sensitive data and be network connected, and so can't be x86 for security reasons - but the machine will typically be CPU bound on single processes with lots of repeated fast fouriers. In other words, the current generation Sun T1 certainly isn't the right answer and the developer therefore has to choose between betting on Sun getting Rock out the door on time and spec or looking outside the Solaris envelope for a solution.
IBM's Power6 looks like a good choice because it will run Linux at high gigahertz and include an Altivec short array processor -Sun, incidently, has comparable SIMD capabilities built into SPARC but they don't tell anybody and so most of the third party libs and tools our developer relies on, won't make use of them.
From a developer perspective, therefore, the decision to put a Power6 machine in this role has some attractions: it reduces uncertainty about performance, adds the IBM name to the marketing package, and offers a downstream route to cell.
On the other hand, everything about IBM costs more, code developed specifically to use the Altivec facility will be almost impossible to port to some other environment without a full rewrite, and the coding skills needed may be difficult to come by.
What this means is that what we have here, for the first time in years, is uncertainty and therefore choice: an actual decision to be made mainly on both cost and technical grounds. And that's utterly amazing - just when we think hardware has finally become a commodity, PPC and SPARC march off in complementary directions and leave us with choices again.
What can I say? Ka ching!? well, maybe; but cool? oh, for sure.
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2019-04-18T19:09:51Z
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https://www.zdnet.com/article/targeting-development-for-future-hardware/
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Arts
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Computers
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apple
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The most popular board-game now on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod!
"Snakes and Ladders in Aquarium" is a digital remake of the famous board game “Snakes and Ladders” from ancient India that has become a worldwide classic over the decades.
Players spin the dice and move their character for the number of steps indicated by the dice. If they land on the lower-numbered end of the block with a "ladder", they can move their way up to the higher-numbered block. If they land on the higher-numbered square of a pair with a "snake", they must move their character down to the lower-numbered square.
The first player who successfully arrives at the last block in an exact number of steps is the winner.
•Brand new star fortune blocks – give the game a totally new twist!
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2019-04-18T22:28:10Z
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/snakes-ladders-in-aquarium/id792312020?l=de&ls=1&mt=8
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Arts
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Games
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renradio
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To the dismay of many business owners, the ancient art of bookkeeping isn’t going anywhere. Luckily, accounting has become much easier. Bookkeeping programs can make the process much easier, yet there are still certain basic guidelines that local business owner have to take into consideration. First of all, company owner must constantly keep a record of every one of the invoices refined by their business along with the expenditures they have incurred, such as raw materials, incomes, and business expenses. While there is no solid guideline for just how to keep an eye on revenues as well as expenditures, what matters most is that you keep an eye on your financial resources in a regular fashion which every little thing is written down. This is probably the most vital part of having a small business.
When collaborating with investors, banks, or other economic lenders, one of the greatest blunders you can make is to overemphasize your business’ earnings. These lending institutions need to understand just how likely you are to pay off the money they have lent you when making their choice concerning whether to provide it in the first place. Lying or overemphasizing regarding your revenues will only harm you as well as the loan provider in the future.
No matter where you are most likely to receive financing, you need to make sure that the regards to your financial agreements are written down on a contract. Sadly, points can become troublesome during the repayment procedure and it is as a result urgent that you as well as your lending institution lay out terms at first that you need to abide by later on. This keeps both sides answerable as well as likewise ensures that both sides know specifically what they are entering prior to the money begins distributing.
A successful small business always preserves an enough quantity of money available to take care of daily operations as well as unexpected costs. Nonetheless, many organisations that have actually achieved success in obtaining funding find that the money they are provided covers already-existing costs however doesn’t quite leave enough money left over to stock. So click reference here for more ideas and do not get behind. This is why small business proprietors recognize with the sensation of being stuck someplace between outstanding billings and expenses that are past-due. One choice for small business owners is to utilize a seller cash loan. These types of business cash advances can provide small businesses with extra cash flow to fulfill these costs or to expand their business, and they are paid back through future credit card receivables. This is a crucial alternative to consider for several small business owners that have actually been denied other kinds of financing.
The short response: Currently! Being cash-only is extremely inconvenient for most clients. While setting up a credit card processing system can be expensive, your customers might find it easier to go to your competitor’s business once they learn that your business doesn’t refine bank card. Moreover, utilizing credit cards at your business functions as an instant line of credit and suggests less inconvenience and documents for your business. This can reduce extensive credit rating approval processes. There are additional kinds of funding available for services that process credit score card purchases as opposed to those that don’t.
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2019-04-20T11:14:46Z
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http://www.renradio.com/five-small-business-finance-tips/
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Arts
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Reference
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harpcenter
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Do you live in one of the "black holes" of the universe where there are no harp teachers?
Do you need help getting started on the harp?
Do you want to take your playing to the next level?
Does music theory confuse you?
Do you need help with technique?
Do you want to learn to make your own harp arrangements?
Do you want to learn from the woman who "wrote the book"?
If you answered "YES" to any of these questions, there is a solution!
You can take harp lessons with Sylvia Woods herself through Skype.
All you need is a computer, a webcam, the Skype software (which you can download for free), and your harp, and you're ready to go!
You can also take your lesson through FaceTime on your iPhone or iPad.
Lessons with Sylvia are $75 an hour, or $40 for 30 minutes.
You can take a lesson once a week, every other week, once a month, or "whenever you need one."
No matter where you are in the world, Sylvia Woods is as close as your computer or your iPhone!
Please email sylvia@harpcenter.com for more information.
Still skeptical? You can read testimonials from some of Sylvia's Skype students if you click here .
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2019-04-22T22:44:25Z
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https://www.harpcenter.com/category/sylvia-woods-skype-lessons
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Arts
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Computers
| 0.719346 |
prweb
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Our team goes all in with our clients and we don’t always have the opportunity to step back and acknowledge the success and growth because of it.
Atlanta was well represented in Inc. Magazine’s 33rd annual Inc. 5000 list with 94 companies representing the city, bested only by New York City and Chicago. The yearly list tracks the fastest growing private companies in America, and Atlanta-based Premier Logic was listed among the prestigious 500 of the fastest growing companies.
But this honor isn’t the only one that Premier Logic has pulled in recently. They also recently won Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 19th annual Pacesetter Award as one of Atlanta’s fastest growing companies and was named a winner of Inc. Magazine’s Hire Power award for its growth and one of the Best Places to Work in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Premier Logic’s unique Fast-Track strategy has no doubt been a main source of success for not only their clients, but their firm’s own practices. Along with these awards and nominations from Inc. Magazine and the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Premier Logic has acquired Summit Technology Associates (an ERP consulting, technology and solutions provider in Atlanta), helped a major cancer research group fast-track its fight, and joined up with C5 Georgia to mentor their students.
If you’re looking to fast-track your next big business idea, contact Premier Logic here: premierlogic.com/contact/.
Premier Logic is the go-to firm for corporate entrepreneurs and other visionaries who are launching new products, new markets, or new business initiatives. Premier Logic specializes in providing digital and software solutions to fast-track corporate innovation… from websites to knowledge management, customer experience to mobile apps, and software products to enterprise business intelligence. We seamlessly integrate business, creative and technology services to speed your time to value. We know what it takes to launch new initiatives, because we’ve done it so many times before.
With offices in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Raleigh, Premier Logic has a national reach and is one of the 20 fastest growing companies in Georgia. Our team includes business leaders, creative minds, and technology experts who combine their talents to create accelerated solutions for the problems businesses face. Premier Logic has consistently produced and launched great products, and we’ve won several awards in software and mobile development and creative brand services.
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2019-04-18T13:42:53Z
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http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/9/prweb12159132.htm
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Arts
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Business
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nba
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LeBron James was the Rookie of the Year in 2004, was second team All-NBA in 2005, and was the 2006 All-Star Game MVP. He’s scored nearly 6,000 points in the NBA just a few months after his 21st birthday; but, until April 22, he had yet to crack a postseason box score. That quickly changed.
After earning his first ticket to the postseason party, James erupted onto the scene with a 32-point, 11-rebound, 11-assist triple-double in his playoff debut, joining Magic Johnson (1980) and Johnny McCarthy (1960) as the only players in history to bank a triple-dip in their first appearance on the NBA's big stage. He followed his Game 1 performance against the Wizards with 26 points and nine boards (albeit in a Cavaliers loss) in Game 2. Will King James continue to dominate the spring? Will he keep on carrying the Cavs on his back in the Eastern Conference playoffs? Only time will tell.
Let’s see how other current superstars (non-centers) fared in their first playoff series.
Dwyane Wade in 2004: In 2004, the Miami Heat returned to the postseason after a two-year absence, led by the rookie guard. Wade, in his first postseason game, hit a running jumper with 1.3 seconds remaining to break a tie with the Hornets and give the Heat their first postseason victory in nearly four years. Wade had 21 points in his postseason debut, including 15 in the second half. Although the Heat would win that series in seven games, Wade shot only 5-for-8 from the floor in the seventh game, and averaged only 15.4 points on 42 percent shooting. In the next round, Wade would average 21 points per game on 49 percent shooting against the Indiana Pacers, but his Heat would lose that series in six games.
Tony Parker in 2002: Parker’s rookie campaign was 2002, and during the regular season he averaged 9.2 points in 15 minutes of action. But those numbers would increase in the postseason. In the first round, the Spurs handled the Sonics 3-2, winning the fifth and deciding game by 23 points. Parker averaged 17.2 points per game in his first playoff series.
The numbers don’t do justice to Parker’s performance. Parker was matched against Gary Payton. Payton was selected on the All-Defensive Team for the ninth consecutive year. Parker turned the ball over only five times in five games against the relentless pressure of “The Glove.” The Spurs were eliminated in the second round by the Lakers (en route to their third consecutive NBA championship). Although Tim Duncan scored 26, 27, 28, 30 and 34 points in the five games, the Lakers took the series 4-1. In that series, Parker got his first taste of the big time. Kobe Bryant averaged 26.2 points per game in the series. In Game 3, Parker had 24 points and five assists, but Kobe scored 10 in the final quarter, including a putback with five seconds left to win Game 3 of the series. Parker averaged 13.8 points and 5.4 assists and shot 41 percent in the five games.
Tracy McGrady in 2000: Like James, McGrady went right from high school to the NBA. Like James, it took until year number three in the league to advance to the postseason. But unlike James, McGrady still came off the bench for most of the 2000 season with the Toronto Raptors, starting just 34 games.
McGrady’s Raptors drew the defending East champion Knicks, a team that had won 50 games during the regular season. They had Allan Houston, Latrell Sprewell, Patrick Ewing, Larry Johnson and Marcus Camby. Toronto had one comparable star: Vince Carter. Although the Knicks swept that first-round series in three games, all three games were decided late. Carter made only 30 percent of his attempts (15-of-50) in his first playoff games, and averaged six points below his season average.
McGrady had 25 points in his first playoff game, a 92-88 Knicks victory. The Raptors began that series playing like they were in over their heads, scoring just 12 first-quarter points. McGrady then began playing like a superstar. In Game 2, an 84-83 Knicks win, there were 12 ties and 22 lead changes. McGrady averaged 16.7 points per game in the series, and people started saying that if Toronto had ran their offense through McGrady rather than Carter, the Knicks might have lost.
Allen Iverson in 1999: Iverson didn’t make the postseason until his third year in the NBA. He was 23 years old in the spring of 1999, when his Sixers faced the Orlando Magic in the first round. The Sixers eliminated the Magic 3-1. With the teams even at 1-1, the series moved to Philadelphia. In that pivotal third game, Iverson set an NBA playoff record with 10 steals, a mark that still stands. A.I. scored at least 30 points in three of the four games in the series, and led Philly in scoring in all four games. In fact, he became the first Sixer with three 30-point games in a playoff series since Andrew Toney accomplished the feat against the Boston Celtics in the 1982 Eastern Conference Finals. Although the Sixers would get swept 4-0 in the second round, Iverson’s initial playoff season (8 games, 28.5 points per game) was just a sign of bigger things yet to come.
Kobe Bryant in 1997: Bryant was still 18 years old in the spring of 1997, when he made his first appearance in the NBA postseason. Bryant was the fourth guard on the Lakers, playing behind Eddie Jones, Nick Van Exel and Byron Scott. Kobe’s first playoff series came against Portland. The Lakers won that series 3-1. After that, the Utah Jazz defeated the Lakers 4-1. But Kobe took the biggest shot of the Lakers season. With the Jazz leading 3-1, the Lakers were looking to win the fifth game in Salt Lake City and send the series back to the Forum. Shaquille O'Neal fouled out with 1:47 remaining. When John Stockton made a layup with 39 seconds left, it tied the score at 89-89. Rookie Bryant shot an airball over Bryon Russell from 17-feet away just before the buzzer sounded. The shot would have sent the series back to Los Angeles. Instead, Karl Malone (32 points, 20 rebounds) dominated the overtime and eliminated the Lakers.
Scottie Pippen in 1988: In Scottie’s rookie season of 1988, he played fewer minutes than fellow rookie Horace Grant. Pippen’s first playoff series came in his rookie year against the Cleveland Cavaliers. To this point in Michael Jordan’s career, he had never won a playoff series, losing three straight series (and nine of 10 games). Chicago coach Doug Collins changed his starting lineup before the fifth and deciding game of the first-round series with Cleveland. He decided to start Pippen ahead of veteran Brad Sellars. Pippen came of age that day, scoring a (then) career-high 24 points (10 in the third quarter), to go along with six rebounds, five assists and three steals. He played 39 minutes in the 107-101 victory.
Jordan set playoff records in his first three years, but he never won a playoff series without Scottie Pippen. From the very beginning, Pippen contributed in a big way.
Michael Jordan in 1985: The Chicago Bulls drafted Jordan third overall in the 1984 draft, and he did not disappoint anyone in his rookie year of 1985. The Bulls had not made the playoffs in any of the previous three seasons, winning 28 and 27 games in the two years before Jordan’s arrival. In 1985, the Bulls won 38 games which earned them a spot in the playoffs against the Milwaukee Bucks. The Bucks took the first two games in Milwaukee, and the Bulls went home staring elimination in the face. But Jordan scored 35 points, and the Bulls won their first playoff game in four years, 109-107. It was the Bulls first playoff victory under new management led by Jerry Reinsdorf. It would not be the last. Jordan, who averaged 28.2 points during his rookie season, averaged 29.3 points during that initial playoff series. Bulls head coach Kevin Loughery didn’t spell Jordan much: He averaged nearly 43 minutes a game in the series, with 5.8 rebounds and 8.5 assists.
Larry Bird in 1980: “Larry Legend” joined the Boston Celtics as the highest salaried rookie ever in any sport (five years for a total of $3.25 million dollars) and lifted them from a team that won 29 games to a team that won 61. Bird’s first playoff series was against the Houston Rockets, a team that went 0-6 against the Celtics during the season. Boston swept the Rockets in four games, although Bird didn’t break out offensively due to the fine defense played by Robert Reid. In the second round, the Celtics faced their familiar rival Philadelphia. The first two games were in Boston. After the Celtics lost the opener, Bird scored 36 points and pulled down 14 rebounds to help even the series. The Sixers took the next three games, as Boston needed a year of playoff experience and used the 1980 playoffs as a rite of passage. The Celtics said farewell to their great superstar John Havlicek following the 1979 season, and the 1980 playoffs would be the end for former greats Dave Cowens and Pete Maravich, as well.
Magic Johnson in 1980: “The Magic Man” had one of the greatest careers, and one of the greatest opening acts, in history. His rookie season started in bizarre fashion, as his coach Jack McKinney suffered a life-threatening injury just 13 games into the season when he fell off his bicycle. Magic went on to post terrific numbers in his rookie season (18.0 points, 7.7 rebounds and 7.3 assists). In the playoffs, he was even better. The Lakers defeated the Suns 4-1. They defeated the Sonics 4-1. They advanced to face the 76ers in the NBA Finals. The Lakers captured the NBA title in Game 6 at Philadelphia, as the magic rookie tallied 42 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists while playing every position. He was voted Finals MVP, the only rookie to ever be so honored. Remember, the Lakers won the final game without the injured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. In Magic’s first playoff season, he played 16 games and averaged 18.3 points, 10.5 rebounds and 9.4 assists.
Oscar Robertson in 1962: It took until his second season, 1962, for Robertson to crash the NBA postseason. In that sophomore season, the Big O averaged 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 11.4 assists. He had 45 triple-doubles in that season alone. In the playoffs, his Cincinnati Royals drew the 37-45 Detroit Pistons. Detroit won the first game. The Royals -- behind a home crowd at the Cincinnati Gardens of 1,829 fans -- won the second game. The Pistons took the next two games to advance. Robertson averaged 28.8 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in the four-game series. Oscar scored 115 points on only 81 shots (without benefit of a 3-point shot). The Royals were moved into the East (with the Boston Celtics) following the season, and that spelled further doom. Robertson would play in only 39 playoff games in his first 10 years in the league. He did play 47 postseason games in his last four years, however, with the Milwaukee Bucks (winning a championship in his 11th season). In Robertson’s final NBA game, he missed 11 of his 13 shots in Game 7 of the 1974 NBA Finals.
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2019-04-20T20:43:13Z
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https://www.nba.com/encyclopedia/players/lebron_first_appearance.html
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Arts
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Sports
| 0.787653 |
thetechnodrome
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Character: Comedy relief is often the only way that Michaelangelo is seen, but he is, in fact, much more than that. He's a cook, too! All kidding aside, he's the lighthearted one, and tends to see the glass half full, even if there's nothing in it. Mike is often the one to get the group out of any emotional rut that they might be in, by acting as a mediator. It doesn't always work out, but he tries. He's also a poet, and can come up with a snappy response to just about anything. He doesn't really hide his emotions, if there's no cause for it, and will often treat a stressfull situation in a relaxed and even offhand manner. He doesn't delude himself, however, and can see any given situation with the gravity it has. He's the class clown, with hidden depths.
Images: Artists' names are in parentheses.
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2019-04-25T12:33:44Z
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http://tcplanet.thetechnodrome.com/crewprofile_Michaelangelo.html
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Arts
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Reference
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wordpress
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Good sports often make bad law.
… Other athletic associations and newspaper groups are closely watching the outcome of the Wisconsin case, with a decision one way or the other possibly prompting litigation elsewhere.
It’s not likely that college sports will be greatly affected.
The NCAA, which many state associations try to closely mirror, was ruled a private entity by the U.S. Supreme Court nearly 25 years ago in a case involving then-UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian, who sued the association, claiming it had tried to drive him out of basketball.
2011 SEC East: Tennessee rising, or division sinking?
It really hadn’t dawned on me to view Tennessee as an up-and-comer in the division this season, but CBS’ Adam Jacobi describes the Vols as a potential sleeper (isn’t that redundant?) team for 2011 and cocknfire labels UT along with South Carolina as the early front-runners to win the SEC East. Is Tennessee going to be that much improved, or is the division going to be that big a train wreck?
If it’s the former, I’m not sure what the basis for that is. Last season saw the Vols get waxed by the division big boys – including losses to Georgia and Florida teams which were each school’s weakest in years – and glide through UT’s typically weak November slate. Had this happened under Fulmer, we’d have yawned and moved on. So what’s the difference now?
That’s not to say Tennessee doesn’t have a few nice pieces here and there. Justin Hunter looks to me like he’ll be the next conference superstar wide receiver. But you can point to nice pieces at every school in the division (okay, except for Vandy). So, again, I’m genuinely curious: why the optimism?
There’s not much else he can do about it at this point.
Here’s betting that Tom Lemming thinks it’s a brilliant move.
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2019-04-21T19:11:00Z
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https://blutarsky.wordpress.com/2011/01/15/
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Arts
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Sports
| 0.978512 |
wordpress
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Answers and links to questions about natural resources and other products made from the Amazon region.
Amazon Product Teaser #1 – What was one of the first uses of natural rubber latex?
Question: Natural rubber latex has been produced throughout the Amazon Basin, but what was one of its first uses?
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2019-04-23T08:07:11Z
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https://amazonecology.wordpress.com/category/amazing-amazon-teasers-questions/amazon-products-teasers-answers/
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Arts
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Science
| 0.605246 |
upenn
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In Virginia's recent tight race for governor, the three candidates could not agree on much of anything, yet all found a common cause that brought them together at least momentarily. They all participated in a forum at Virginia Commonwealth University on how to court young voters across the state — a signal that politicians are recognizing young people as a new and important audience in Virginia politics. Ultimately, all three candidates promised to make up the state's $340-million budget shortfall for higher education.
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2019-04-21T19:03:00Z
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https://repository.upenn.edu/asc_papers/10/
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Arts
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Kids
| 0.272088 |
alex-in-wonderland
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A fascinating and enchanting tale of love, courage, and wonder that went on to become the highest grossing film in Japanese history (shortly after Miyazaki's previous film, "Mononoke Hime" (1997) did the same thing). Chihiro is a ten year old girl whose family is moving to a new town. She's naturally upset about having to leave her school and friends behind, and wants nothing to do with the whole thing. But five minutes into the film, her parents start acting VERY strange. After taking a detour, they end up in an increasingly other worldly place, and only Chihiro sees the danger they're in. (her dad is laughably convinced that they're in an abandoned amusement park) Seduced by the magical aura of the place, her parents turn into pigs and Chihiro is trapped in the spirit world. A kind boy named Haku helps her to survive, and Chihiro finally manages to get a job at the bath house of the gods. Many adventures follow as she desperately tries to free herself and save her parents, and many friendships are forged along the way.
As you would expect from Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, the animation is exquisite, and there is some startling computer animation thrown in to good effect. Sinister, but never outright menacing, it might be a tad too intense for younger viewers. Or maybe I'm reading too much into it, which kids wouldn't even pick up on. (quite possible, since little kids absolutely love "My Neighbor Totoro" (1988), which I found downright terrifying at times). Miyazaki's familiar themes of independent, strong-willed girls finding the strength, courage, and love to overcome any obstacle ring clear in this film, although I still found it inferior to his other works like "Kiki's Delivery Service" (1989), "Laputa" (1986), and "Nausicaä" (1984). Disney received a sound thrashing by American audiences for promoting the film so poorly during its domestic release, even after receiving universally ecstatic reviews. And when are they going to get off their butts and release the rest of Miyazaki's library, which they've been sitting on for years?!?
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2019-04-24T18:51:47Z
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http://alex-in-wonderland.com/MovieReviews/Animation-S/SpiritedAway.html
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Arts
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Arts
| 0.788301 |
arts
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Following our session which looked at Gender, I was curious to find out more about how various cultures broach the conversations. I found this documentary which explored how religion, culture and gender start to intersect.
I was particularly interested in the idea of the third gender in the form of the Waria who are culturally accepted in their country of Indonesia but conflicts with religious beliefs – this being a majority Islamic country. I think this could be a good tool in exploring the complexities of society through aspects that may be individually recognisable but difficult to grasp together.
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2019-04-18T22:22:25Z
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https://connectingdots.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2018/03/
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Arts
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Society
| 0.906932 |
google
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2012-09-13 Assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION reassignment INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: ASSUNCAO, MARCOS DIAS DE, NETTO, MARCO AURELIO STELMAR, RENGANARAYANA, LAKSHMINARAYANAN, YOUNG, CHRISTOPHER C.
A system, method and computer program product for allocating shared resources. Upon receiving requests for resources, the cost of bundling software in a virtual machine (VM) image is automatically generated. Software is selected by the cost for each bundle according to the time required to install it where required, offset by the time to uninstall it where not required. A number of VM images having the highest software bundle value (i.e., highest cost bundled) is selected and stored, e.g., in a machine image store. With subsequent requests for resources, VMs may be instantiated from one or more stored VM images and, further, stored images may be updated selectively updated with new images.
The present invention is related to allocating shared resources and more particularly to selecting an optimal set of virtual machine images for satisfying resource requests and instantiating virtual machines with minimal overhead and minimum wasted resources.
Acquiring, managing and maintaining Information Technology (IT) is a major budgetary concern for any modern organization. Moreover, local physical hardware, e.g., mainframe servers, is seldom used at full capacity. To reduce IT infrastructure costs and waste, instead of acquiring physical hardware, organizations are increasingly consolidating workload on shared hardware, using virtual machines (VMs) hosted on provider servers or computers. Ideally, each VM appears as an independent computer (e.g., a virtual processor, memory and disk space) running, for example, an operating system (OS) and a software stack with one or more active software elements (e.g., applications or other software).
As with any stand-alone computer, it takes some measurable time to set up each VM from scratch. For example, provisioning a VM may involve allocating shared hardware for the VM and then, opening the OS and installing the software stack on the VM. So for efficiency, rather than spending time setting each VM up from scratch, providers are capturing the state of the allocated virtual hardware and configured software in a file representation or virtual machine image. The VM images are subsequently reused for an identical or substantially similar VM, merely by loading the image to arrive at the same state.
So, a minimum VM image is a file representation of a configured virtual machine and/or the virtual machine device(s). A VM image may further include all installed software components, i.e., the OS and software stack. Normally, each image is packaged with metadata describing corresponding hardware and software requirements in a virtual resource template (VRT or template). Each template includes at least one, and can include more than one, image. Providers can more efficiently provision virtual machines from a selection of available images. One or more virtualizer server loads the VM image(s) from a respective template to instantiate and run the respective virtual machine(s). Then, the server customizes the loaded image(s) for specific request requirements.
While using images to provision and instantiate VMs may save time over configuring the same VMs from scratch, maintaining these rather large image files consumes storage space, sufficient space, for example, to reproduce the memory, slack, disk and cache contents dedicated to the respective VM. So, rather than create a VM image for every potential configuration, cloud providers try to guess which VM images to keep to satisfy the most requests.
Prior approaches to selecting VM images have focused primarily on reducing software deployment/configuration time. One approach evaluates virtual machine image similarity to select images that reduce the data volume transferred from storage to the hypervisor on which VMs are instantiated, without regard to the time required to instantiate the VMs. Another approach derives VM templates that match the majority of the user requests in a Cloud infrastructure, again without regard to the time required to instantiate the VMs or the volume of data involved in the images.
Thus, there is a need for identifying an optimal number of VM images, and more particularly, there is a need for identifying an optimal set of VM images with the bundled software for subsequent reuse that make the best use of system resources.
Yet another feature of the invention is automatic selection of an optimal set of VM images with the bundled software for reducing overhead in provisioning virtual machines from the set of VM images.
The present invention relates to a system, method and computer program product for allocating shared resources. Upon receiving requests for resources, the cost of bundling software in a virtual machine (VM) image is automatically generated. Software is selected by the cost for each bundle according to the time required to install it where required, offset by the time to uninstall it where not required. A number of VM images having the highest software bundle value (i.e., highest cost bundled) is selected and stored, e.g., in a machine image store. With subsequent requests for resources, VMs may be instantiated from one or more stored VM images and, further, stored images may be updated selectively updated with new images.
A shared resource system comprising: a plurality of client devices selectively requesting resources; a virtual machine (VM) allocation system automatically costing images for received requests, said VM allocation system selecting a number of VM images with bundled software; a machine image store storing VM images, said VM allocation system storing selected said VM images with bundled software in said machine image store; and one or more provider computers selectively instantiating a VM from one or more stored VM images responsive to requests for resource from said plurality of client devices.
In this embodiment the shared resource system may comprise a network coupling said plurality of client devices to said one or more provider computers and said machine image store. The machine image store may further store software being selectively bundled on said VM images with bundled software. The machine image store may further selectively store VM images without software and said stored software comprise one or more operating systems and computer applications.
The VM allocation system may comprise: means for receiving said requests for resources; means for provisioning a VM responsive to each request; means for installing software on a provisioned VM; means for uninstalling software from said provisioned VM; means for costing installation and uninstallation of said software; and means for identifying a set of images with software bundles having a maximum cost responsive to said means for costing. Each request for resources may include a requested virtual hardware configuration and a software stack, and said software bundles include an operating system and one or more software elements identified in said software stack. The means for costing may determine a cost for each software element and each software bundle includes a number of software elements having a maximum cost for said software stack. For each software element (i), said means for costing may assign a software utility (SUi) based on the number of requests that require (ri) and the number of requests that do not require (nri) said each software element, said each software element has installation time (instTime(i)) and removal time (remTime(i)) costs. The means for costing may determine said software utility according to SUi=ri*instTime(i)−nri*remTime(i).
The machine image store may further store previously received requests and VM images without software, with said VM allocation system automatically costing and selecting an initial set of said VM images with bundled software responsive to said previously received requests. Further the provider computers may be cloud computers in a cloud environment.
In another embodiment, the shared resource system comprises: a plurality of client devices selectively requesting resources; a VM allocation system initially automatically costing virtual machine (VM) images with bundled software responsive to said received requests, said VM allocation system selecting a number of VM images with bundled software; and a machine image store storing software and said number of VM images; and one or more provider computers selectively instantiating a VM from one or more stored VM images responsive to requests; a network coupling said plurality of client devices to said one or more provider computers and said machine image store.
The one or more provider computers may be cloud computers in a cloud environment sharing cloud resources; wherein said VM allocation system automatically costs VM images for stored previously received requests and selects an initial set of said VM images including VM images without software and VM images with bundled software; and said machine image store stores said initial set.
The stored software may comprise one or more operating systems and computer applications and said VM allocation system may comprise: means for receiving said requests for resources; means for provisioning a VM responsive to each request; means for installing software on said provisioned VM; means for uninstalling software from said provisioned VM; means for costing installation and uninstallation of said software; and means for identifying a set of images with software bundles having a maximum cost responsive to said means for costing.
Each request may include a requested virtual hardware configuration and a software stack, said software bundles may include an operating system and one or more software elements identified in said software stack, said means for costing may determine a cost for each software element, and each software bundle may include a maximum number of software elements having the highest cost for said software stack, thereby realizing the highest advantage of including those software elements in the bundle.
Each software element (i) said means for costing assigns a software utility (SUi) based on the number of requests that require (ri) and the number of requests that do not require (nri) said each software element, said each software element having installation time (instTime(i)) and removal time (remTime(i)) costs, said means for costing determining said software utility according to SUi=ri*instTime(i)−nri*remTime(i).
In another embodiment, a computer program product for allocating cloud resources, said computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code stored thereon, said computer readable program code comprising: computer readable program code means for receiving requests for resources from client devices; computer readable program code means for provisioning requested resources in a virtual machine (VM) on one or more cloud computers responsive to each received request; computer readable program code means for costing each said VM; computer readable program code means for selecting a number of VMs as image files for reuse; and computer readable program code means for storing selected VM images, VMs being selectively instantiated from one or more stored VM images responsive to subsequent requests for resources.
In yet another embodiment, a computer program product for allocating cloud resources, said computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code stored thereon, said computer readable program code comprising: computer readable program code means for receiving requests for cloud resources from client devices, each request for cloud resources including a requested virtual hardware configuration and a software stack; computer readable program code means for costing virtual machine (VM) images with bundled software responsive to said received requests, said bundled software including an operating system and one or more software elements identified in said software stack; computer readable program code means for selecting a number of VM images; computer readable program code means for storing software and said number of VM images; and computer readable program code means for selectively instantiating a VM from one or more stored said VM images responsive to requests for resources.
FIG. 5 shows an example of pseudo-code for selecting and creating the VM image bundles.
It is understood in advance that although this disclosure includes a detailed description on cloud computing, implementation of the teachings recited herein are not limited to a cloud computing environment. Rather, embodiments of the present invention are capable of being implemented in conjunction with any other type of computing environment now known or later developed and as further indicated hereinbelow.
Measured service: cloud systems automatically control and optimize resource use by leveraging a metering capability at some level of abstraction appropriate to the type of service (e.g., storage, processing, bandwidth, and active user accounts). Resource usage can be monitored, controlled, and reported providing transparency for both the provider and consumer of the utilized service. Moreover, the present invention provides for client self-monitoring for adjusting individual resource allocation and configuration on-the-fly for optimized resource allocation in real time and with operating costs and energy use minimized.
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): the capability provided to the consumer is to provision processing, storage, networks, and other fundamental computing resources, sometimes referred to as a hypervisor, where the consumer is able to deploy and run arbitrary software, which can include operating systems and applications. The consumer does not manage or control the underlying cloud infrastructure but has control over operating systems, storage, deployed applications, and possibly limited control of select networking components (e.g., host firewalls).
As shown in FIG. 1, computer system/server 12 in cloud computing node 10 is shown in the form of a general-purpose computing device. The components of computer system/server 12 may include, but are not limited to, one or more processors or processing units 16, a system memory 28, and a bus 18 that couples various system components including system memory 28 to processor 16.
Hardware and software layer 60 includes hardware and software components. Examples of hardware components include mainframes, in one example IBM® zSeries® systems; RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) architecture based servers, in one example IBM pSeries® systems; IBM xSeries® systems; IBM BladeCenter® systems; storage devices; networks and networking components. Examples of software components include network application server software, in one example IBM WebSphere® application server software; and database software, in one example IBM DB2® database software. (IBM, zSeries, pSeries, xSeries, BladeCenter, WebSphere, and DB2 are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation registered in many jurisdictions worldwide).
Virtualization layer 62 provides an abstraction layer from which the following examples of virtual entities may be provided: virtual servers 68; virtual storage 70; virtual networks 72, including virtual private networks; virtual applications and operating systems 74; and virtual clients 76.
In one example, management layer 64 may provide the functions described below. Resource provisioning 80 provides dynamic procurement of computing resources and other resources that are utilized to perform tasks within the cloud computing environment. Metering and Pricing provide cost tracking as resources are utilized within the cloud computing environment, and billing or invoicing for consumption of these resources. In one example, these resources may comprise application software licenses. Security provides identity verification for cloud consumers and tasks, as well as protection for data and other resources. User portal provides access to the cloud computing environment for consumers and system administrators. Service level management 82 provides cloud computing resource allocation and management such that required service levels are met. Service Level Agreement (SLA) 84 planning and fulfillment provide pre-arrangement for, and procurement of, cloud computing resources for which a future requirement is anticipated in accordance with an SLA.
Workloads layer 66 provides examples of functionality for which the cloud computing environment may be utilized. Examples of workloads and functions which may be provided from this layer include: mapping and navigation; software development and lifecycle management; virtual classroom education delivery; data analytics processing; transaction processing; and Mobile Desktop.
FIG. 4 shows an example of determining 100 optimal software system bundles in canned images for pre-imaging virtual machines (VMs) according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the system of FIGS. 1-3. Determination 100 begins when resource provisioning 80 receives one or more user requests 102 for resources. Resource provisioning 80 passes 104 the received request(s) to a VM allocation system, e.g., service level management 82 in a typical computer 10 in FIG. 1. The VM allocation system selects 106 an image of a virtual machine that may be empty, partially configured or fully configured with bundled software. The VM allocation system provisions 108 the selected virtual machine to satisfy the user request. Then, the VM allocation system bundles 110 software in the loaded image, removing any unnecessary software elements and installing any necessary software not already installed. The VM allocation system, e.g., SLA 82, monitors the time expended 112 in removal/installation, and determines 114 which bundles to store 116 as canned pre-imaged virtual machines for subsequent use in provisioning VMs.
Typical user requests 102 may include a selection of a central processing unit (CPU), memory and disk space and, further, parameters indicating the VM software stack. Some stored VM images, may contain no software bundle, while others may include a particular operating system and a software stack, i.e., those software elements requested to be loaded on the particular VM, necessary to meet end-user demand, at least when selected 106. If a requested VM image does not contain a bundle, after a virtual machine is provisioned 108, the VM allocation system installs 110 software necessary to satisfy the particular request 102. If a provisioned image is already packed with software, some of which is unnecessary for a virtual machine, the VM allocation system removes whatever is not required.
For each installed/installable software element (i), a number of requests require (ri) that element; and, a number of requests do not require (nri) that element. Also, each element has associated installation time (instTime(i)) costs and removal time (remTime(i)) costs. The VM allocation system assigns an importance value or software utility (SUi=ri*instTime(i)−nri*remTime(i)) indicating the cost savings by, or value of, including the element.
Thus, for any set of images the software utility determines a value for including each particular element by comparing the time to load (or cost of) the element into images that require it against the time that would be required to unload that same element if it were pre-installed in images where it is not required. Thus, most cost savings are realized by including elements with the highest software utility, while the least cost savings (or none) are realized from including elements with a negative software utility, inclusion of which may actually impede instantiation. Accordingly, preferably software with a negative SU, i.e., more time will be spent unloading than loading saves, is excluded from consideration for bundling.
So essentially, the software utility value is a measure of the importance of having the software elements pre-installed into an image. The preferred VM allocation system uses this software utility value to select the requested software elements with the highest software utility value as the set of software elements included in image bundles. Thus, the bundled software speed-ups service, minimizing the time users wait to receive requested virtual machines. Once selected, the VM allocation system bundles 110 software elements, such as operating systems and applications, in the VM image that may be required by one or more requesting end-user.
Optionally, the VM allocation system sorts bundles by total savings or importance as indicated by the software utility value, e.g., in decreasing order of total importance. Then, the VM allocation system selects a number of images with bundled software and stores 116 the selected VM images, e.g., in the cloud provider infrastructure. With subsequent service requests 102, the provider computers load the stored images, instantiating the respective requested virtual machine.
FIG. 5 shows an example of pseudo-code 120 for creating the bundles according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Input parameters 122 include a list of server requests (reqList) including the software required for each request; a list of available software elements (softList) with installation time, removal time, and software utility value for each element; the maximum number of bundles (maxBundles); and, a maximum number of software elements in any bundle (maxSoftSys). The final list of images with bundled software (bundleList) 124 is initialized 126 to creating an empty bundle list. The software elements are sorted 128 according to software utility values, e.g. in order of decreasing value. The best provisioning cost (bestCost) is initialized 130 to the value of provisioning the requests without bundles.
After initializing best provisioning costs 130, each bundled 132 is iteratively selected and the software elements requested are bundled constrained by maximum number of software elements, i.e., no bundle includes more software elements than maxSoftSys. By constraining the number of software elements in the bundled images, it is likely that some images will vary only in lower value elements, and therefore, result in identical bundles. It should be noted that other bundle constraints may be applied, substantially as maxSoftSys is applied. Examples of where other constraints may be applied include maximum disk space, overall or for each image, or maximum number of licenses allowed for each image/VM.
The preferred VM allocation system iteratively sets up a bundle for each request 132, adding software elements one at a time 134 with each iteration. This continues until the included elements (bestSoftware) include all requested software for the request, or the number of added elements reaches maxSoftSys.
So first, bestSoftware is emptied 136 or initialized. Also, a temporary cost variable (tempCost) is initialized 138 to the previously determined bestCost. Then, each listed software element is selected 140 in each, and ignoring 142, 144 the selected element for iteration, the selected element is added 146 to the current bundle. The cost of the current bundle is evaluated 148 and the selected element is removed 150. If the cost of the current bundle is less than tempCost 152; then, the preferred VM allocation system sets 154 tempCost to that lower cost and includes 156 the selected element in bestSoftware. If after evaluating all listed software element, bestSoftware is no longer null 158; then, that software is added 160 to the evaluated bundle of that iteration for storage and bestCost is updated 162 with tempCost. Once all bundles have been setup and evaluated, image construction ends 164.
It should be noted that the listed requests may be new requests or a set of past requests. Also, the list may be a batch of requests for new virtual machines. Further, the list of requests may be historic requests made to a legacy provider computer or platform for migrating from that legacy computing platform to another, e.g., new, higher performance platform.
Advantageously, application of the present invention speeds up deployment of software systems, reducing the time required to meet user requirements. Further, a cloud provider can analyze the trade-offs between the number and content of bundled images, and the time to provision virtual machines with the necessary software stack from scratch of from those images. Moreover, the bundled images created and maintained may be constrained as desired, including, for example, for maximum number of software elements in each bundle or disk space used by each bundle.
While the invention has been described in terms of preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention can be practiced with modification within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. It is intended that all such variations and modifications fall within the scope of the appended claims. Examples and drawings are, accordingly, to be regarded as illustrative rather than restrictive.
selectively instantiating a VM from one or more stored VM images responsive to each subsequent request.
receiving a next request for resources, and returning to provisioning a VM until VMs are provisioned for all requests.
3. A method of sharing system resources as in claim 2, wherein each software element (i) has a software installation time (instTime(i)) cost and a software removal time (remTime(i)) cost, a number of requests that require (ri) said each software element, a number of requests not requiring (nri) said each software element, and costing installation and uninstallation indicates the advantage of installing said each software element, and each software bundle includes no more than a maximum number of software elements (maxSoftSys) having a highest indicated advantage for said software stack.
4. A shared resource system resources as in claim 3, wherein costing determines a software utility (SUi) for said each software element, said software utility comparing the cost of installing said each software element in requesting images against the cost of uninstalling said each software element if it were pre-installed in images where it is not required.
5. A shared resource system resources as in claim 4, wherein said software utility has the form SUi=ri*instTime(i)−nri*remTime(i).
returning to checking sorted said software elements in sort order to identify a next required software element.
7. A method of sharing system resources as in claim 6, wherein bundling software for said software stack ends when the number of said software elements added to said bundle reaches said maximum number of software elements.
bundling software for said software stack ends when the last said sorted software element is checked.
9. A method of sharing system resources as in claim 2, wherein said method shares resources in a cloud environment and said requests are previously received requests, an initial set of said VM images with bundled software being stored responsive to said previously received requests.
selectively instantiating a VM from one or more stored VM images responsive to each of said subsequent requests.
storing said other VM image with said initial set of VM images.
until VMs are provisioned for all requests, returning to provisioning a VM.
13. A method of sharing cloud environment resources as in claim 12, wherein each software element (i) has a software installation time (instTime(i)) cost and a software removal time (remTime(i)) cost, a number of requests that require (ri) said each software element, a number of requests not requiring (nri) said each software element, and costing installation and uninstallation indicates the advantage of installing said each software element, and each software bundle includes no more than a maximum number of software elements (maxSoftSys) having a highest indicated advantage for said software stack.
14. A method of sharing e cloud environment resources as in claim 13, wherein costing determines a software utility (SUi) for said each software element, said software utility comparing the cost of installing said each software element in requesting images against the cost of uninstalling said each software element if it were pre-installed in images where it is not required, and said software utility has the form SUi=ri*instTime(i)−nri*remTime(i).
whenever said maximum number of software elements is not reached continuing bundling software for said software stack until the last said sorted software element is checked.
selectively instantiate a VM from one or more stored VM images responsive to each subsequent requests.
receive a next request for resources, and returning to provisioning a VM until VMs are provisioned for all requests.
19. A computer program product for allocating shared system resources as in claim 18, wherein each software element (i) has a software image installation time (instTime(i)) cost and a software removal time (remTime(i)) cost, a number of requests requiring (ri) said each software element, a number of requests not requiring (nri) said each software element, and costing installation and uninstallation indicates the advantage of installing said each software element, and each software bundle includes less than a maximum number of software elements (maxSoftSys) having a highest indicated advantage for said software stack.
20. A computer program product for allocating shared system resources as in claim 19, wherein costing determines a software utility (SUi) for said each software element, said software utility comparing the cost of installing said each software element in requesting images against the cost of uninstalling said each software element if it were pre-installed in images where it is not required, wherein said software utility has the form SUi=ri*instTime(i)−nri*remTime(i).
return to checking sorted said software elements in sort order to identify a next required software element.
continue bundling software for said software stack until the last said sorted software element is checked.
selectively instantiate a VM from one or more stored VM images responsive to each of said subsequent requests.
store said other VM image with said initial set of VM images.
25. A computer program product for allocating cloud resources as in claim 24, said software utility comparing the cost of installing said each software element in requesting images against the cost of uninstalling said each software element if it were pre-installed in images where it is not required, and said software utility has the form SUi=ri*instTime(i)−nri*remTime(i).
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How would this houserule affect balance?
Workable Base class chart PDF?
[3.P/3.5] Apprentice: Squire Feat Variant for Spellcasters.
(3.5) What level would this spell be?
Pathfinder Homebrew, would anybody like to help?
Is there any point to homebrewing non-magical classes?
A couple of spells I made.
Help with a potential race for my 3.5 game?
Spells that get better as the caster does..
[D&D 3.5] Beastmaster-Survivalist: Criticism Please?
Ironclad Cuisenaire (Martial Discipline)... today's theme ingredient, PEACHES!
Does a shield avoid or prevent damage?
(Balance Q) Lazy Fighter fix?
GitP Fighter Fix #18343.3- Ziegander-Grod Tag Team Action!
T2-T3 Warrior Attempt -- Reality Punching Edition!
Discussion: Toning Down Spellcasters - "Phase I" to a feasible game overhaul.
[3.5] Mechanical 'Artificer' base class?
The Shadow Rager (Barbarian PRC) [D&D 3.5] PEACH!
Looking for shadow themed homebrew.
Fighter Fix Quick and Easy!
[D&D 3.5 Race] Would you help me out determing these race LA?
[3.5] Classless system based on feats, critique/suggestions?
Homebrew races, for the community worldbuilding thread.
Making Area Damage Spells and Reflex Saves worth it?
How to divide classes for the WarCraft universe?
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September 2001 to August 2002, four-bedroom, 3-bathroom house in St. Phillips; 15 minutes from the Avalon Mall, beautiful view of Conception Bay. $750 per month, POU. Contact 737-2478 daytime or 895-2538 evenings.
Visiting assistant professor seeks furnished accommodation near MUN end of August/early September. Sabbatical home ideal. Loves pets, plants. Contact Tana Allen, (780)433.8737 (Edmonton), tana.allen@ualberta.ca.
LOOKING FOR mature individual to share a basement apartment, located near MUN. Non-smoking. Room furnished. Cosy back yard. Washer-Dryer. $200/month, including utilities. Phone: 726-1416.
Three-bedroom house at 285 Empire Avenue. Living room, fireplace, kitchen, bathroom, open basement, driveway and large garden. Viewing by appointment only between 10 am and 5 pm. Phone 579-8570.
FOR SALE by owner, detached 2-storey 4-bedroom house with 1-bedroom apartment. Very close to MUN/Churchill Square. Total 2391 sq. ft. Asking $199,500 o.n.o. Phone 722-2448 for appointment to view.
Cross-cut shredder GBC 85X, $50; white Lady Kenmore 30 easy-clean range, $300; white Kenmore top-mount 15.2 cu. ft. refrigerator, $125; Kenmore portable washer, $35. Phone 579-8570.
Felco 6 pruning shears with case, $45; birch triple dresser, mirror, twin size headboard, night table, table lamp, $700; twin-size Simmons mattress and foundation, $300; table lamp, $35. Phone 579-8570.
Oak desk (60 x 34 x 30.5) and chair, $250; Heintzman piano, $2000; love seat-size sofa bed, $300; buffet (60w x 18d x 29.5h) and hutch (60w x 12d x 20h) $250; off-white chair, $100; brown chair, $100. Phone 579-8570.
Mature professional person is available to housesit beginning last week of June for summer period possibly including part of fall. Call 739-9068.
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When using metal lathes, or lathes designed to cut metal, the speed it is ran at can vary. The speed is based on the type of metal being worked, the metal of the working bit, and the size of the cut. The following guidelines can help you determine the proper speed to use.
Various types of metal require different turning speeds to be cut. Softer metals such as aluminum will require a higher cutting speed than a hard material like steel. Slower speeds allow the cutting bit to work through the metal and is needed when turning hard to cut metals.
The cutting bit used can also determine the speed that the lathe needs to be set to. Most metal cutting bits are made of carbon steel, high speed steel, and carbide. Just like the material being worked the bits require more speed for softer materials.
The depth of the cut can be manipulated using speed as well. With deeper cuts a slower speed is need to manipulate the metal being worked and to provide the most accuracy. This speed adjustment is not as important when selecting a running speed, but must still be taken into consideration.
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If you answered “c” chances are, you already know a lot about today’s topic, but tune in anyway and then Tweet it…if you like it!
So, today I’m going to talk about Twitter, the self-described “Micro-blogging” site that launched in 2006 by web developer Jack Dorsey (who later went on to find mega-hit mobile payment app Square; this guy is on FIRE), where users from around the world can disseminate knowledge, share content and network all within 140 characters known as “tweets”. Twitter is a powerful social networking tool, with over 500 million active users and 340 million tweets daily, and almost every major company worth it’s salt has a Twitter account.
Twitter has become one of the “big three” social networks, along with Facebook and Pinterest, and is necessary for any PR pro to at least know the basics. Clients can gain a large following on Twitter and have contests, earn new customers, connect with journalists and be the first on breaking news. You, personally, can connect with PR execs and the follow the firms you want to work with, possibly make personal relationships with journalists that can further your career. But just like any other social network, Twitter can also hurt your career; if you tweet inappropriate things, profanity, inflammatory or derogatory statements, they will be accessible by the general public and if someone takes a screenshot of the Tweet it will exist, even after you delete it.
Twitter is important and an understanding of it, as well as an active twitter profile that demonstrates your understanding and “tweet” savvy and get you ONE step closer to a dream PR job. I would advise ANYONE who aspires to work in PR, public affairs, marketing, social media or any communications-related job, to get a Twitter account and keep the content relevant, professional, fresh and engaging. I have some links below that I think you might find useful, that’s it for me today, hope you enjoyed it and comment if you like!
How Should PR Pros Use Twitter?
Hey guys! Today I am so honored to have my 2nd guest blogger (this little blog is just rolling, ain’t it?), a good friend of mine, Meilani Kieu, another up and coming PR pro who has taken social networking to the next level, hope you enjoy her post!
I found Jess because she took the initiative to share her content through whatever means necessary. She started an incredibly popular thread on LinkedIn which lead me to her blog, leading me to her Twitter and finally leading me to our relationship today. I saw Jess’ posts and was blown away by her tenacity and helpfulness on her blog. As a beginner in PR, it was refreshing to see another industry newbie taking the leap and documenting the journey for others to learn from and follow along. After a few tweets back and forth, Jess convinced my to start my own blog, and I discovered a new friend and colleague to share my journey with!
Now, it may seem daunting to reach out to a total stranger via social media, but with a little research, a great relationship can come out of it. Remember, when it comes to these kinds of relationships, just like PR, it is all about mutually beneficial relationships. It is not all about one person doing all the talking or one person doing all the asking. It is a constant exchange. These relationships, while still professional, are different than your typical mentor-apprentice relationships because both people are pouring into each other. Whether it is words of support, retweets or referrals, this person is there for you in a way that even some of your closest friends can’t be. Why? They understand exactly what you are going through. Unless you live in some PR sorority house, your closest pals probably aren’t climbing the Public Relations ladder alongside you. This person, although you may never meet face to face, has your back in a unique way. So what are you waiting for? Make that first move.
Scenario: You have just found a young professional that interns at an agency that you would love to one day work at. This professional has a killer blog and has an active Twitter life. You would love to ask some questions about the internship, but don’t know how to initiate the conversation. What to do?
1. Research. Get to know this person. You obviously admire this person. What else can you get to know about him or her? What does the Twitter bio say? Does he or she have a LinkedIn or any other online portfolio? Get to know the person before you reach out.
3. Engage online. Even if you have already connected privately, don’t be shy about your new relationship. If you tweet an article that you think he or she may find interesting, let them know! If they posted a new article, share it with your own followers. This plays in to the mutual part of the relationship. Even if this person is more experienced than you, you can still be beneficial to him.
4. Follow up. The relationship shouldn’t end with a thank you note and a cordial goodbye. Even if you are engaging online publicly, share with your new online buddy what is going on through email where it isn’t displayed for the whole world to see. If you need to vent about a tough day at work or share about an exciting event coming up, let your relationship become more authentic by opening yourself up. Just because your relationship is virtual doesn’t mean that it is not real. I personally would much rather have a friend that works in PR alongside me than a person I connected with once on LinkedIn because I liked her blog.
Well, that’s all for now folks! Thanks again for reading this. It sure was fun to be a part of Jess asPRing! I wish you the best of luck in finding that special online friendleague (my awkward combo for friend and colleague.) Don’t ever be shy to reach out and connect with me. I was fortunate enough that Jess was kind enough to connect with me, and I am pretty darn sure she would love to connect with you as well. She’s pretty amazing and makes for a great friendleague!
The Senior Chronicles, Part IV: Should You Put Social Media on your Resume?
Today, professionals need to take a good look at all of their social media profiles and how they portray their social brands. It’s important to remember that “what happens on Facebook doesn’t stay on Facebook.” Who you are online caries forward into the first interview. Compiling social profiles in a way that expresses individuality, unique personality and enthusiasm is a great way to make one applicant stand out over another in the eyes of a potential employer. I’ve seen students create interactive resumes with their social information, as well as About.me portfolios. These types of interactive resumes give an interviewer a good solid look at job seeker’s personal brand; what he or she stands for as a young professional.
Yes, entry-level PR pros should include their relevant social media profiles. Most employers are going to look for them at some point anyway. Entry-level PR pros should take some time to make sure their profiles show relevant information. Industry related tweets, blog posts, Facebook group memberships can all give an employer some insight into the candidate’s level of engagement in the industry. It also give the candidate an opportunity to showcase some of their knowledge. A good tool to integrate all the of social media profiles and save the valuable space on your resume by not listing every single social media profile is an About.me profile where you can add all of your social media profiles in one page for employers to quickly find you and then only list your about.me address on your resume. It should be included with your name, phone number, email, then social media profiles.
With a background in Public Relations, you already know that everything you send out should be targeted to your reader (or audience). Before sending your resume for a job position, do some research on the company. Are they likely to appreciate your Social Media savvy?
If so, use a heading such as the one I use above – a PDF resume that allows the prospective client or employer click on each of your platforms. One caveat: consider each social media platform and determine whether it reflects the image you want to convey. You can add or subtract platforms based on the job. Using About Me (the personal page all about you) in your footer is a simplified way to share your social media information without oversaturating the look of your resume. An extra step I take is putting a WiseStamp in my email signature, which allows others to see and join my platforms. Here’s a screen shot from my email page.
I think this depends on the position. If you’re applying for an entry-level position where you know social media is going to be a large part of what you are expected to work on, certainly. But is your blog on mountain-climbing really going to be relevant to interning at a lawyer’s office? (Maybe yes, all the lawyers are mountain climbers and that will help you get hired! But you see what I mean). If it is relevant to the job you hope to do, include it. If not, but you’re proud of it, I’d consider including it in an “other interests” or “extra-curricular” section.
The other thing you should consider is whether including all your social media profiles will give the impression that you’re too busy with all that “social media stuff” to really focus on the work at hand. Most of us who live & work in the social space have figured out how to manage our time, but remember that all employers aren’t as used to it as we are. So put yourself in their shoes, and try to think as they would. Again, this ties back to how relevant your activity is to the job you’ll be doing.
I do think that a link to/the URL for your LinkedIn profile should be included, because that is basically your online resume (even if you have your own resume site).
Shonali made an excellent point about whether you run the risk of appearing too busy with all the social media. What do you think?
Well kiddies, that was a lot of information and I know your brain is having a “good advice overload” right now. Never fear, your engines will cool back down and then you’ll probably get to polishing up that Twitter feed and updating your resume.
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engineer for 12 years. Previously, Ms. Epstein worked for the U.S.
Ms. Epstein received a B.A. in English from Amherst College, an S.B.
improved chemical processes, handling, and storage.
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The Admissions Review Committee (ARC) was formed to review applicants who may have academic conditions for admissions into the University. The committee determines an applicant's admissions status by weighing potential future outcomes against submitted application materials, and may request supplemental materials from the applicant. Appeal for reconsideration must be submitted in writing by the applicant. Please see the Appeal Procedures for how to submit an appeal. The ARC consists of faculty and staff from the departments of Student Success, English, General Studies, Math, and Academic Advising who work with representatives from the Office of Admissions. The committee reviews files until June 30th for possible admission in the upcoming Fall Semester. After June 30th, the committee will reconvene in October to review files for possible admission to the following term.
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Wow, I can’t believe it’s May already.
A surprisingly warm April in the UK, a magnificent Royal Wedding and lots of bank holidays. Still, a never-ending flow of work came in as in the translation world, work is never predictable (more or less).
In the meantime, I had not posted anything even though I have plenty of ideas spiralling in my mind. One entails posting on the current IT and media equipment in my office, taking the lead from a post by lovely fellow Tweeter Rose Newell.
I’m off to Birmingham for the ITI Conference tomorrow – where I’m also meeting many of *you* at the TweetUp – so have a nice one and see you soon!
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Continuing the conversation on the question, 'Who am I?'.
Who am I? Where is home?
I am from everywhere. Part of my family comes from Malawi. My mother is from Belgium, my father from India. I have an aunt in Australia and an uncle in Canada. My wife is French and my kids have probably turned American. I was born in Switzerland and now live in Cameroon. So where is home? With such a mix, I feel nowhere really at home, but at the same time I feel myself at home everywhere.
Raju Jan Singh is the Lead Economist for Central Africa, based in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Prior to joining the World Bank, Mr. Singh held positions at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC, at the Swiss Ministry of Finance in Bern, and at Lombard Odier & Cie (private banking) in Geneva.
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Dental Photography courses are well planned for dentists and dental personnel. We not only train the dentists but also allied dental professionals.
The main aim of our dental photography courses and workshops is to make documentation easy and fun.
We HIGHLY recommend that our participants get their own camera if they have one.
DSLR cameras of any make are ideal for the same.
In case if a participant does not have a DSLR camera we shall try to arrange for the same provided we are intimated well in advance.
You may contact us on the below number for the same.
Following is a list of our upcoming dental photography courses and workshops.
To Register call us on +919920420317.
Exercises structured to make you Photo-Pro in documentation and publication. Two live case photography sessions. One beachside photography session.
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A Taupo dad has gotten a cochlear implant tattooed on his head to help his little girl not feel like the odd one out.
Charlotte, 6, who had her first implant put in at the age of 4 in 2013, has just had her second one put in at Gillies Hospital.
In a gesture of support, her father, Alistair Campbell, had his own "implant" tattooed on the left side of his head, three days ago.
Mr Campbell, who had no other tattoos, said he wanted to do it to show her that he could go through a little bit of pain for her too.
"My love for her really," he said. "Hey my hair can grow back."
Mr Campbell had shaved his head completely to get the tattoo done but said he would be letting his hair grow back.
He'd shave it off again and show off the tattoo at "special occasions," or if Charlotte wanted to see it.
When Charlotte saw her dad's version of a cochlear implant she giggled, touched it and told him it was "cool".
Charlotte's mum, Anita Campbell, wasn't so sure her daughter had quite grasped the significance of the tattoo yet.
She hoped her daughter's latest implant in her right ear would further "enhance her life".
Shelley Bridgeman: Is the F-word okay for kids?
Mrs Campbell's mother had a cochlear implant and her second-son, Lewis, 8, wore hearing aids so she wasn't surprised when Charlotte was diagnosed.
She said things were a bit "up and down" for a while as the diagnosis evolved from just a mild hearing impairment, to the news Charlotte was profoundly deaf in her left ear and had a condition which limited the ability to transmit sound to her brain in her right.
Mrs Campbell said Charlotte's first implant in her left ear saw an immense change in her daughter's behaviour.
"She wouldn't talk to anybody to pretty much a social butterfly," she said.
The Hearing House fundraising and communications manager, Mary Jane Boland, said this second implant would give Charlotte "more sound" and help her better distinguish the direction it's coming from.
"But the key thing is Charlotte does all the things hearing kids can do," she said. "She lives a really ordinairy life."
A photo on Twitter showing Mr Campbell, holding his daughter, with the picture of the implant tattooed on his otherwise bald head, has gone viral on social media.
People from as far afield as France and Germany praising Mr Campbell for the tattoo.
Filip Dakic tweeted, "Wow. Respect! Getting through it together with his daughter."
Anatol tweeted, "Quelle beau geste [ what a beautiful gesture] Getting through it together with his daughter."
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Jon Meacham is the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning American Lion and an executive editor at Random House, where he also runs The Conversation Online, a site devoted to current affairs and relevant books. Meacham is also an editor-at-large of WNET Public Media, New York’s PBS station, and the former editor of Newsweek. His most recent book, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, was published in November 2012.
Jefferson tried to solve the problems of the day and set a course for the future.
Perpetual partisan strife is the rule, not the exception, in American politics. So get ready for the fight to go—and on.
Presidential Politics: Is the Ideologue An Endangered Species?
Obama and Romney are clearly more pragmatists than ideologues, but are they both avoiding talking about what really needs to be done?
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Pretty Good Dance Moves are about to release their new full length album, Limo, on February 7, which is divided between 8 different magical Movements. Luckily, they have residency in New York City’s venue, Pianos, so you’ll have plenty of opportunities to check them out.
Are you excited for the touring circuit?
PGDM: We are excited to get on the road and out of NYC for a minute. You know the best part about leaving is coming back. I’ve been locked in the studio all winter working a few different projects so it will be fun getting out with some PGDM tracks again.
What’s your favorite thing about being on tour?
PGDM: Meeting new people and playing every night. Good combo.
Can you talk about the 8 individual Movements in the album?
PGDM: The record was originally supposed to be 1 track with no breaks but we decided we should give the option to skip around.
Did you ever have the urge to title the songs differently?
PGDM: TNo, not at all actually. If we break the record up into “tracks” we can’t title them because then it would be defeat the purpose of what we are going for. We didn’t want to release singles but a full record to be listened to from cover to cover.
What are the main differences between Limo and PGDM EP?
PGDM: The EP was just a handful of tracks we picked from about a dozen that we recorded one winter. The tracks all had there own thing and it was more synth popped. Limo has it’s own vibe. Originally, it was going to be an instrumental record (till Sabina blew us away). We didn’t go in trying to make songs, but just surrounded ourselves with Moogs, a prophet, Wurlitzer, bass guitar, drum set, sequencer, Juno etc… And whatever we had after weeks of tracking is what we would go with. Just experimented.
I love the playful theme of your video “Dancing Demons.” Do you have any ideas for upcoming videos?
PGDM: A 32 minute long music video directed by Antoine Wagner that’s shot here (in NYC) and in Paris. It’s the first video we didn’t do completely ourselves. It’s in the editing phase now, and it looks good.
What are the perks of being an electronic based band?
PGDM: Hmmm, probably the best stuff we have ever recorded we have never released because it’s too “out.” We are saving it for a different project I guess. This band is great because it’s a collaborative project and we get to work with different people. My favorite artist/record is probably Edan’s “Primitive Plus.” We would love to step in that world next. That would be sick. Growing and getting better.
I have to ask, what would you say is your favorite dance move?
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BOSTON (AP) The Boston Celtics squandered several opportunities to put away the pesky Brooklyn Nets before Kyrie Irving ended the comebacks.
Marcus Smart made 1 of 2 free throws with 15.2 seconds left, and then Irving – who went 4-for-4 from the foul line – added two more to seal it.
”They’ve had everybody’s number in the East for a couple of years now and we’re among that list,” Boston coach Brad Stevens said.
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Sepsis, toxic response to infection, contributes to up to half of all hospital deaths in the U.S., according to a study presented at the American Thoracic Society's 2014 annual conference in San Diego. Although many studies have examined the incidence and mortality of patients diagnosed with sepsis in the U.S. over time, the study authors say that so far, the impact of sepsis on overall hospital mortality has been poorly understood.
A release from the society quotes lead author Dr. Vincent Liu, M.D., M.S of the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research as saying, "Our study was designed to quantify the national impact of sepsis on hospitalized patients and to highlight the importance of sepsis care on mortality at a population level."
For their study, the researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of 6.5 million hospital discharge records derived from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) in 2010. The NIS is the largest publicly-available, all-payer inpatient database in the U.S., containing data from 100% of hospital discharges from a stratified sample of community hospitals.
Using diagnosis and procedure codes, the researchers identified hospital admissions and deaths of patients with sepsis and estimated the percentage of total hospital charges associated with sepsis hospitalizations.
At the end of their analysis, they found that sepsis patients had a hospital mortality rate of 10.4% compared to a rate of 1.1% in patients who did not have sepsis. They also found that of all hospital deaths nationally, as many as 52.0% were among patients diagnosed with sepsis. Sepsis hospitalizations also contributed to 21.2% of all hospital charges.
Sepsis is a serious medical issue in the U.S., affecting as many as 750,000 hospitalized patients in the U.S. annually, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Between 2000 and 2010, deaths due to septicemia increased 17% despite an overall decline in overall hospitalization rates, and hospital deaths due to septicemia increased from 45,000 to 135,000 during the same period.
According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), sepsis is the most expensive cause of hospitalization in the United States, accounting for more than $24 billion annually.
"We were surprised to find that as many as 1 in 2 patients dying in US hospitals had sepsis. Teasing apart these findings in a similar regional study of sepsis mortality at Kaiser Permanente Northern California, we found that most patients already had sepsis at the time of hospital admission. There was also a large number of patients with less severe sepsis, a group for whom treatment guidelines are less well-defined," Dr. Liu said. "The results of our study suggest that improved care for sepsis patients of all severity levels and in all hospital settings could result in many future lives saved."
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The whistleblower who leaked Top Secret documents to the <em>Guardian</em> about NSA domestic spying practices has revealed himself to be 29-year-old Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee.
In an absolutely stunning Guardian profile, Edward Snowden describes how he leaked the documents to the Guardian's Glenn Greenwald from a Hong Kong hotel room, padding the door and keeping a hood over his head, and covering his computer's webcam, to protect himself while he made the first leak of a "Top Secret" classified document since the Pentagon Papers in 1971, in what represents one of the most serious leaks in US history and what may come to be one of the defining moments of Obama's Presidency.
"I'm willing to sacrifice all of that because I can't in good conscience allow the US government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they're secretly building," he told the Guardian.
Snowden says that he chose Hong Kong, a semi-autonomously governed region of China, because “they have a spirited commitment to free speech and the right of political dissent”, but also, the Guardian reports, because he believed it both could and would resist the dictates of the US government.
This story comes just hours after the former director of the NSA under George W. Bush told the Guardian that surveillance has “expanded” under Obama's administration.
Obama, is en route – ironically – back to Washington from meeting the new Chinese President Xi Jinping in California, where he was scheduled to complain about Chinese cyber-hacking of American secrets. It is not known whether they mentioned the NSA surveillance scandal in their conversation – nor even whether the White House or the US security forces had any idea where the Guardian's leaks were coming from.
At time of press, the President has not yet responded to the identification of Snowden, though he did say yesterday that he “welcomes a debate” on national security – a statement it can only be imagined was given through gritted teeth, especially as Rand Paul, the libertarian Senator, said yesterday that he was considering leading a class action law suit against the government. This, it is fair to say, is not going to be a debate that the President relishes.
Before Snowden revealed his identity, the Department of Justice had said that it will seek to prosecute the perpetrators of leaks of American secrets, though Attorney General Eric Holder also said that no journalist would be prosecuted “for doing his or her job”.
Update: this piece was corrected at 9:39 PM to read "it is not known whether they mentioned the NSA surveillance" instead of the earlier, incorrect spelling of "NRA".
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Now that we have had fun (hopefully) talking about the various controversies that abound in Buddhism (although we barely scratched the surface), I thought it would be a good idea to begin a discussion on the things that unite us all as Buddhists.
For those of you new to Buddhism, the Four Noble Truths express the essence of the Buddha's teaching in the form of an Ancient Indian medical diagnosis - problem, cause, cure, and prescription. They serve as the framework by which the entire range of Buddhist teachings can be structured.
This first post will focus on the first of the Four Noble Truths - the Truth of Dukkha.
Dukkha is a Pali and Sanskrit word that has no direct English equivalent. Etymologically it has been broken down into Duh + akasa, meaning difficulty shining forth, or bad illumination. A popular analysis has it as an analogous antonym of Sukha, which means pleasant or blissfull. Translators have struggled with finding the right word for as long as Buddhist texts have been translated. Popular choices are suffering, stressful, painful, woeful, dis-ease and unpleasant.
Translation issues aside, the word Dukkha signifies the affliction that besets all unawakened sentient beings. It is an honest acknowledgment of the events and elements of our lives that keep us from being at peace.
The Buddha enumerates specifically what he considers Dukkha in the passage above. Birth, aging, and death remind us of the three inevitable fates that will come to pass for each of us. Sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief & despair reflect the emotional struggles that everyone will encounter in life. Association with the unbeloved and separation from the loved signify the power of our feelings and preferences over our mental state.
In the last line of the passage, the Buddha summarizes his previous statements with "In short, the five clinging aggregates are dukkha." This requires a little more explanation.
The Buddha liked to use the five aggregates as a model for talking about beings. Not only does it allow him to avoid talking about selves and souls, it also allows him to drill down to a more fundamental level of psycho-physical processes when talking about the mechanics of his path. The five aggregates are form, feeling, perception, mental fabrications, and consciousness. It is important to remember that the Buddha is explaining these things from a first-person perspective, since the teaching was aimed at meditators, who have embarked on a radical exploration of that first-person perspective. This was not meant to be scientific.
The first aggregate, form, encompasses all of the possible objects of the five external senses. Sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and tactile sensations. The second aggregate, feeling, encompasses the pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral qualities that accompany every experience. Perception is a category that encompasses recognition and identification of our sensory experiences. Mental fabrication is a catch-all category for all higher level cognitive processes not covered by the previous aggregates. It includes thinking, reasoning, language, etc. Consciousness is divided into six classes - one for each sense plus a mind-consciousness that experiences the objects of the mind.
Why are the Five Clinging Aggregates dukkha?
The key to answering this question lies in the word 'clinging'. The Buddha uses the model of the Five Aggregates not only as a tool for meditators to investigate their experience, but also because these five categories tend to be what unawakened beings use to construct their false notion of a self. In any given day, we think about ourselves innumerable times. Yet each one of those times a different aspect of our self is being referred to. "I think" "I feel" "I remember" "I see" "I hear". Same "I", different "I". What the Five Aggregates gives us is a way of deconstructing that "I" so that it can no longer deceive us as a monolithic, indivisible thing. And when we do that, we begin to see that each of the five aggregates serve as the structure upon which we build our house of craving. And craving... is the subject of the Second Noble Truth, and the next post.
What are your thoughts on the First Noble Truth? Do you agree or disagree with the Buddha's assessment of what constitutes Dukkha? How does your tradition interpret this Truth in light of their other teachings?
We have a great community here. All questions, comments and criticisms are welcome!
Dukkha, in my practice, is simply the unpleasant aspect of the aggregate of feeling. That is what a human being strives to get rid of, usually by getting rid of the physical things associated with those unpleasant feelings. That's the Dukkha I work with in my practice. Any more advanced ideas of Dukkha tend to get too intellectual for me. I'm not rejecting those ideas necessarily, but I like to work with my own experience, if that makes sense. Like the CSI guys, not straying too far from the evidence and into speculation.
What about sorrow, grief and despair? What about being associated with what you dislike and separated from what you like? Are these things too intellectual? Are they absent from your experience?
In all those conditions, it's the unpleasant feeling that is the suffering. If you were separated from what you liked, but had no unpleasant feeling, there would be no problem. I'm not denying the things you mentioned, because they are not different from unpleasant feeling.
That the aggregates themselves are Dukkha is what I don't bother with, because I don't believe we are fundamentally flawed as it's often made out in Buddhism. I don't believe that suffering arises from these aggregates because they are the nature of suffering. I don't believe this is a living hell, or a big mistake. Just as there is bad, there is a lot of good in the world, and I don't want to leave this world for a "better one" as some Buddhists do.
That the aggregates themselves are Dukkha is what I don't bother with, because I don't believe we are fundamentally flawed as it's often made out in Buddhism.
I don't think we're fundamentally flawed either. For me, the five aggregates are just categories of analysis. All sentient beings, including Buddhas, can be analyzed in these terms. The distinction between Buddhas and us is that for us, the skandhas serve as a basis of clinging and craving. We cling and crave because we are ignorant about the nature of things. Awakened beings, who have by definition overcome ignorance, no longer cling to the skandhas as the raw material for ego building.
In all those conditions, it's the unpleasant feeling that is the suffering.
"There are, O monks, these three feelings: pleasant, painful and neither-painful-nor-pleasant. Pleasant feelings should be known as painful, painful feelings should be known as a thorn, and neither-painful-nor-pleasant feelings should be known as impermanent. If a monk has known the feelings in such a way, it is said of him that he has the right outlook."
Why should we look at pleasant feelings as painful? Because they are transient. Because they cause us to cling to them and crave more of them. Pleasant feelings, by their very nature, cause us to be sad when those feelings inevitably fall away. Yes, this leads to an unpleasant feeling, but that unpleasantness has two things as conditions: the pleasant feeling itself, and ignorance about feelings in general. I think the Buddha grasped something very important about human psychology with this insight. Namely that freedom from dukkha is not just about removing unpleasant feelings, it's also about removing ignorance about the nature of feelings (of everything, really).
This is why I think that anicca, or impermanence, is probably the most profound insight of Buddhism. Even more profound than dependent arising, since it would not be possible without impermanence. I might even go so far as to say that all of Buddhism is an acknowledgment of, and method of understanding and coping with, this fundamental fact of life.
Yeah, I agree with everything you're saying, especially about the ignorance stuff. I don't really understand Buddha though, for saying pleasant feelings are Dukkha. You can't really blame the good feelings. The good feeling ending isn't the problem, it's the ignorance that gives rise to the unpleasant feeling coming next. I don't understand why Buddha says pleasant feelings are painful. You know what I mean?
I dunno. When I read the Suttas I look at the Buddha as more of a coach than a philosopher. Here you have these students, embarking on a radically phenomenological journey of discovery, and the Buddha is just saying, "when this arises, look at it this way, because it will help you". In the case of pleasant feelings, we're so conditioned to cherish them that we don't have the proper 'distance' from them to see them for what they are. So the Buddha says, "hey look at it as just another form of suffering, that way you can step back from it and it won't increase your craving mind."
a) all the teachings of Buddha were just skilful means to free sentient beings from ignorance, craving and the suffering that arises from ignorance and craving.
b) nothing Buddha teached is to be understood as a definitive affirmation of an ontological reality?
c) Buddha would have teached anything that would liberate sentient beings from suffering?
I think he does this in a lot of cases. Take the meditation on impurity and death, for example. I don't think the Buddha is making some grand philosophical statement about how disgusting people are. He's saying, "hey, your body and the bodies of others are powerful objects of craving. Look at them this way so as to take a step back and not let it control you."
Yeah, it's made clear in those impurity meditations that the view is just a tool, but in regards to pleasure being suffering, it always seemed like a philosophical position to me.
One argument I heard, was that pleasure is just a reduction in previous suffering. So it is still suffering, but just less of it, so we take that for pleasure. But that reasoning's a bit abstract for me. What do you think of it?
When the Buddha first experienced the pleasure of jhana, he reflected on it and called it a better, more refined kind of pleasure because it wasn't based on the objects of the senses. The implication being that pleasure derived from the senses is flawed primarily because they are unstable and dependent on conditions outside of our control. The jhanas are also impermanent, of course, but they are more stable because the conditions for their attainment are all rooted in the mind of the practitioner.
That the Buddha condoned the appreciation of jhanic bliss says to me that 1. pleasure is not inherently a bad thing, 2. that pleasure derived from jhana is a good tool to weaken our grasp on the pleasures of the senses, and 3. that ultimately it is ignorance, not pleasure, that creates suffering.
Saying that all unawakened sentient beings experience Dukkha seems to imply that once you're awakened, you exist without Dukkha. Shades of meaning aside, is a Buddha without Dukkha?
Looking at it like a medical diagnosis, prognosis, and prescription, isn't Dukkha at least something that will continue to arise, a disease that you catch and need to treat again and again as you catch it again and again? Thinking one can be cured forever and never experience any Dukkha ever again seems like a promise of an end to our practices, and I'm not sure that's possible.
It has a cause ergo it can be eliminated.
Why does the Buddha teach the Buddhadharma?
Isn't that the point of the four noble truths, that suffering has a cause and it can end?
is a Buddha without Dukkha?
Let's assume conditionality/causality is true. We can look at it as a house of cards. Dukkha is at the top, with craving in all its forms being the supporting structures, and ignorance being the base. An awakened being has, by definition, removed ignorance. Without ignorance, there is no foundation for craving/clinging to be built upon, and thus no foundation for dukkha to stand on.
Looking at it like a medical diagnosis, prognosis, and prescription, isn't Dukkha at least something that will continue to arise, a disease that you catch and need to treat again and again as you catch it again and again?
Extending the metaphor, removing craving due to ignorance can be likened to vaccinating against the disease, removing the vectors that transmit the disease, and/or improving sanitation and healthy habits that contribute to catching the disease.
Hi there. I'm happy that this community is starting and ideas are flying. I have a request. Could posts of this length be put behind an LJ cut? Thanks!
Beautiful and insightful post, dharma ben.
Another note on the etymology: "su" means good and "du" means bad; originally, "kha" meant axle hole. So duhkha is, literally, "bad axle hole."
I think the Four Noble Truths are the basis one has to agree with if one is to consider himself a Buddhist.
From my point of view, the Four Noble Truths simply mean that we are imperfect people living in an imperfect world.
As long as I understand it, Ch'an/Zen recognizes this imperfection as source of all suffering.
But at the same time, Ch'an/Zen affirms that this imperfection is a false perception of a non-awakened mind and offers the possibility to experience first-hand the true Reality in which there is no place left for Dukkha.
Dukkha is a Pali and Sanskrit word that has no direct English equivalent. Etymologically it has been broken down into Duh + akasa, meaning difficulty shining forth, or bad illumination.
I think suffering is an appropriate translation for dukham.
I also have reservations about the proposed etymology for the word.
The Chinese translated it as ku ( 苦 ) which literally means pain or suffering.
(H1B) duḥkhá 1 [L=93408] n. - √kṛ , to cause or feel pain Ya1jn5. ii , 218 MBh. xii , 5298.
(H2) duḥkha 2 [p= 483,3] [L=93487] Nom. P. °khati , to pain SaddhP.
The first entry there has an alternative explanation of the formation of the word.
Yes there are many explanations. The one I gave is Buddhaghosa's.
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2019-04-20T18:56:36Z
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https://buddhistgroup.livejournal.com/22743.html
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Every historic site has a story. Every story can grow in to legend. Join Rebecca and Cara as they dive into these legends to learn the true history of the historic sites and learn all of the ghostly history that brings these places to life! Highlighting historic sites around the world, we love haunted history! A paranormal Potpourri of amazing topics! Join us Monday nights at 9pm on Para-X and we'll see you ... in the Shadows!
Rebecca is the host of The Shadows Radio on the Para-X Radio Network. She is also an avid Paranormal investigator and history buff.
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2019-04-22T14:24:02Z
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https://theshadowsradio.podomatic.com/?p=2
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All handwoven pieces can be specified to fit any style or space.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The Orioles have discovered that minor league pitcher Denny Bautista, their prized acquisition in the August trade that sent Jeff Conine to the Florida Marlins, is two years older than his listed age.
Bautista, who immediately joined a select group of top pitching prospects in the organization after the deal, was born on Aug. 23, 1980. His birth date was listed as Oct. 23, 1982.
The Orioles learned of the discrepancy after Bautista, who lives in the Dominican Republic, applied for his work visa in the United States.
"It's not a big deal," said Jim Beattie, the Orioles' executive vice president of baseball operations. "It changes the perspective a little bit, but at the same time, it's a young arm that throws well. This goes on all the time."
The Orioles also discovered that shortstop Jose Morban, who most likely will join Bautista at Double-A Bowie, is two months older than listed when they acquired him last March and kept him on the roster all season as a Rule 5 selection. Morban was born in 1979.
Bautista, Morban and pitcher Eddy Rodriguez, who ended last season at Triple-A Ottawa, aren't expected to arrive in Fort Lauderdale before March 1 because of delays in securing their visas. It doesn't appear that Rodriguez's listed age of 22 has changed.
"We're trying to figure out why this happens," Beattie said. "Some of these visas, we applied for in November."
Foreign-born players have come under greater scrutiny when leaving their native countries since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Ed Rogers, once a highly regarded shortstop prospect in the Orioles' organization, was found to be 2 years older during the 2002 spring training.
The Marlins were reluctant to part with Bautista in last year's trade, which also included minor league pitcher Don Levinski in exchange for Conine. He went 8-4 with a 3.21 ERA at Single-A Jupiter and 4-5 with a 3.71 ERA at Double-A Carolina last season, and also threw a scoreless inning in the Futures Game in Chicago.
The Orioles rate Bautista's overhand curveball and upper-90s fastball as above-average major league pitches.
Bautista is 28-20 with a 3.54 ERA in four professional seasons.
The age change "doesn't take away from the fact that the guy throws in the high 90s and has two outstanding pitches," Beattie said. "It changes what you think he's going to look like when he's a little more mature. He's a tall, skinny kid - 6-5, about 175 pounds. He may be like Ramon Martinez, which is OK. We can live with that."
After reporting to his new spring training home yesterday, ahead of the majority of pitchers and catchers on the Orioles' roster, Javy Lopez slipped on a pair of white uniform pants that were too loose around the waistband.
He barely had gotten through the clubhouse doors, and Lopez already felt strange in another team's uniform.
That probably would have been true even if his attire had been perfectly tailored.
A man doesn't spend 12 seasons with the same club, as Lopez did in Atlanta, and not go through an adjustment period after changing organizations and leagues.
"It's weird to come here and not know everybody," he said. "It's very different."
Lopez disappointed his new bosses by missing FanFest earlier this month at the Baltimore Convention Center. He spent the weekend with his children in Atlanta, the last chance for them to be together until the All-Star break, and his absence became a bigger annoyance to the Orioles when they couldn't reach him.
Because his cell phone was accidentally left at his California home, Lopez didn't receive any messages from the team until his fiancee mailed it to him.
"It was a big confusion," he said. "People didn't know where I was. It's not going to happen again. I don't think I've ever missed a FanFest."
If Rodrigo Lopez was going to view his successes in 2002 as part of the learning process, he'd have to do the same with his failures in 2003.
The Orioles' starter on Opening Day, Lopez lost 10 of his 17 decisions, spent six weeks on the disabled list with a strained oblique muscle and got off to a rough start in the Mexican Winter League.
"I have to put everything behind me. Last year wasn't my year," said Lopez, who went 15-9 two years ago to establish himself as the staff ace.
"I had bad numbers, but it still was a really good experience for me, with a lot of things that I can learn for years to come. My first year, everything worked good for me. I didn't have a chance to see myself in the difficult times."
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2019-04-26T02:13:28Z
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https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2004-02-21-0402210090-story.html
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Member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) chief Biney has said emphatically that none of the founding fathers of the country’s history can out shine Kwame Nkrumah despite attempts by the new patriotic Party to take the shine off him.
He explained that even though other members of the big six played significant roles in gaining our independence, it was never going to happen that the others would outshine the first president of the country.
According to him, the country has over the years celebrated members of the big six by naming monuments after them so he could not fathom why the NPP will organise a lecture just to paint a different picture of the existing history.
“Images of the big six are on our monies, buses and interchanges have even been named after them. So what else can we do as a country to show our appreciation”, He said.
The staunch member of the NDC communication team added the government could go ahead to declare 4th August as a national holiday if they think the others are not being recognised in our National history.
He made this comment to Bonohene Baffour Awuah on the Yensempa show which airs on Agoo TV.
His comments comes on the back of a lecture delivered by the speaker of parliament RT. Hon. Mike Oquaye who’s statement suggested that Ghana has over the years told half the story of our political history highlighting the achievement of just Kwame Nkrumah leaving out other members who played an integral role in gaining independence.
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2019-04-19T11:14:14Z
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https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/No-one-can-outshine-Nkrumah-in-Ghana-s-history-despite-ploy-by-NPP-Chief-Biney-567711
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You might not know what to call those puffy mesh things you use to scrub yourself in the shower, but you probably thought they were good for your skin, right?
The netting exfoliators — let’s call them puffs — are actually breeding grounds for nasty bacteria that grow and multiply in just one night.
In fact, it’s estimated that 98 percent of dermatologists would recommend you never use a shower puff.
Expert J. Matthew Knight, from the Knight Dermatology Institute, says they can do more harm than good.
That’s because the dead skin cells you scrub off get caught in the folds of netting.
If you use them on newly shaved skin, the news is even worse.
The bacteria can then get into any tiny nicks and result in infections and bad skin.
A study published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology found these bathtime buffers host a wide range of bacterial species and bacteria overgrowth literally happens overnight.
If you are really attached to the puff polish, scientists say you should rinse the puff thoroughly after each wash and let it dry away from the moist environment of the shower.
You should also replace it every three to four weeks, but chuck it sooner if it smells musty or if you spot any mold.
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2019-04-25T01:07:12Z
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https://nypost.com/2016/09/20/shower-puffs-are-useless-balls-of-germs/
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The 12th Asian Film Awards are the 2018 edition of the Asian Film Awards. The ceremony was held on March 17, 2018 at the Venetian Hotel in Macau.
^ "Asian Film Awards: Louis Koo Wins First Award, Feng Xiaogang's 'Youth' Takes Best Film". The Hollywood Reporter.
^ "'Legend Of The Demon Cat' leads Asian Film Awards nominations". Screen Daily.
^ "Louis Koo receives best actor nomination at the Asian Film Awards". South China Morning Post. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
^ Frater, Patrick (11 January 2018). "'Demon Cat' Leads Chinese-Dominated Asian Film Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
^ ""Youth" wins best film at 12th Asian Film Awards - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com.
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MILWAUKEE, WI – March 26, 2019 – A Community Leaders Internship Program participant continues to serve under-privileged families in the inner-city of Milwaukee. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) student, Amaya Varela, has been serving with Friedens Community Ministries: Coggs Food Pantry since her sophomore year. Friedens is a non-profit food pantry that’s part of a network of 5 total pantries. Friedens is located in the 53205-zip code and according to U.S. Census Bureau data from years 2013-2017, the zip code is home to a large African American population (8,150) as well as 44.6% of individuals living below the poverty level. Serving at Friedens gives Amaya the opportunity to assist people who are in need that live below the poverty line.
Amaya’s responsibilities mainly include intake, where she briefly interviews pantry users. When needed, she also serves as a pantry attendant and walks community members through the pantry.
“My job is important because it is the first impression community members have of the pantry. It is expected that volunteers and employees be sincere, compassionate, and helpful.” – Amaya Varela, UW-Milwaukee Junior.
The pantry receives regulars’ patrons but also sees many new faces. Friedens is very diverse and inclusive and serves a wide range of cultures, ethnicities, ages, abilities, etc. The environment at Friedens is warm, welcoming, and accepting of these differences on behalf of the volunteers, employees, and pantry-users. Amaya believes some aspects of her community work that are exciting are meeting new people, helping them and making their day! Amaya wants to share with others the importance of being involved with the community.
“When I first began working at Friedens, I had low confidence in myself, I was very shy, and I was nervous it would not be a good fit for me. Eventually, I gained confidence in my ability to do intake and connect with others. Now, I cannot imagine myself anywhere else. I love my job and I feel a sense of pride working at Friedens.” – Varela.
Before coming to UW-Milwaukee, Amaya had never interacted with or served a predominately black community because of where she grew up. Working at Friedens was a key turning point in Amaya’s college experience because she began to build relationships with the surrounding communities that she may serve one day as a Social Worker. As a result, Amaya is invested in bettering the community and supporting those who are most vulnerable to issues like poverty, homelessness and food insecurity in Milwaukee.
“My work at Friedens has positively shaped me as a student, professional, and person. With this, I hope more people are inspired to volunteer in their community and make a difference for themselves and others!” – Amaya Varela, UW-Milwaukee Junior.
Amaya Varela is a junior at UW-Milwaukee. She majors in Social Work and pursuing a minor in Spanish. Amaya participates in the Community Leaders Internship Program hosted through the Center for Community-Based Learning, Leadership, and Research (CCBLLR) at UWM. The Community Leaders Internship Program (CLIP) engages work-study eligible students by placing them in community-based work-study jobs at local non-profit agencies and public schools in the Milwaukee metro area. CLIP students work between 6-10 hours per week at their work-study site and earn between $10.00 and $14.00 an hour. Participants in the program will also enroll in 1 credit course during the program. Students in CLIP will reflect on their experiences as a group during class time. The course, complementing work experience, is aimed at the development of critical thinking and effective communication skills as well as a sense of intercultural competence and individual, social, and environmental responsibility. The goal of the program is not only to provide students with an opportunity to earn their work study award at a non-profit or school, it also seeks to provide a learning experience that develops civic responsibility and prepares students for their future careers.
CCBLLR partners with the community to inspire students, faculty, and staff to engage in activities that foster enduring personal and social change. CCBLLR moves UWM to the next level by improving the student civic and leadership experience through a holistic and seamless approach to community engagement. Overall, the CCBLLR will ensure greater impact and success in UWM fulfilling its civic mission and providing well-developed leaders for our communities.
UW-Milwaukee Student helps 6th graders develop positive study habits!
MILWAUKEE, WI – March 15, 2019 – College Bigs and Youth Mentor volunteers at St. Marcus Lutheran School to help with homework and to develop positive study habits. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) student, Gabriel Dove assists with St. Marcus’ efforts to improve study habits of their students in order to prepare them for high school. Since October 2018, Volunteers from UW-Milwaukee have worked with a small group of 6th, 7th and 8th graders on self-empowerment and positive habits that will help with their academic success in the future. While developing great rapport with his students, Gabriel assists with work on math, reading, writing, and the Lutheran school’s word of God assignments. Each week, Gabriel assists 1-2 students with their homework. The Little Chute, WI native helps the students as needed with things they don’t yet understand and keeps them on task. Through his volunteer opportunity, Gabriel has had the chance to meet a few kids from the school’s neighboring community. He has worked very hard to build a positive relationship with his mentees. While Gabriel has done some things for the St. Marcus students, he feels that the students have done much more for him.
“The students have taught me a lot about how to be a better person, how to work hard, and how to have fun while doing it, all of which have impacted me as a UWM student. I am so thankful for the opportunity and I look forward to volunteering there throughout the rest of the semester.” – Gabriel Dove, UW-Milwaukee student.
Gabriel Dove is a first-year student at UW-Milwaukee with a 3.67 grade point average. His major is currently undecided, but he is looking to focus on either education or social work. Gabriel signed up to volunteer at St. Marcus Lutheran School through the College Bigs and Youth Mentor program hosted through the Center for Community-Based Learning, Leadership, and Research (CCBLLR) at UWM.
To read more of the story, visit the link below.
Students from Criminal Justice 520 utilized GIS mapping skills to accomplish their different goals ranging from locating, within Milwaukee County, a suitable spot for a new “Early Education + Care Center” based on known socio-economic variables within the region, to investigating if lead laterals overlap with certain demographics (e.g., high proportions of the population that are children), and if so, where this overlap takes place, and more.
MILWAUKEE, WI – November 02, 2018 – Andrew Gray is a 19-year-old University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student who spends his time living in an older adult facility where he organizes and provides storytelling and theater workshops for its residents. Andrew Gray is an active volunteer for the Student Artists in Residence Program (SAIR) program. While in high school, Andrew spent countless hours volunteering at his former Middle School to help the students create theatre. He assisted with school productions as well as taught drama classes to students. Andrew now uses his time to volunteer with older adults in the SAIR program to teach drama and help create theater.
Andrew also serves as a Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP) Fellow and has worked hard to put together a celebration for voters after the November 6th elections.
“We are all given two options in life: we can choose to act, or we can choose to accept the actions of those around us. Voting is how any citizen can play their part in the future of America.” – Andrew Gray, SAIR student and CEEP Fellow.
Andrew continues to be an asset to UWM, CCBLLR, SAIRS and CEEP. Andrey Gray is the November highlight for the Center for Community-Based Learning, Leadership, and Research (CCBLLR) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM).
Andrew Gray is from Washington, IL where he attended Washington Community High School. He is currently a sophomore at UWM and majors in Theatre Practices in the Peck School of the Arts.
The Student Artist in Residence (SAIR) program is designed to give students time and space to learn a community and help it (and themselves) grow and change through art-making. SAIRs are paired with a retirement community that they live and work in for an entire year.
The Center for Community-Based Learning, Leadership, and Research (CCBLLR) partners with the community to inspire students, faculty, and staff to engage in activities that foster enduring personal and social change. CCBLLR moves UWM to the next level by improving the student civic and leadership experience through a holistic and seamless approach to community engagement. Overall, the CCBLLR will ensure greater impact and success in UWM fulfilling its civic mission and providing well-developed leaders for our communities.
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2019-04-19T02:17:14Z
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https://uwm.edu/community/ccbllr-recognizes-gallery-of-good-gallery-of-good/gallery-of-good/
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The program package WIEN2k allows to perform electronic structure calculations of solids using density functional theory (DFT). It is based on the full-potential (linearized) augmented plane-wave ((L)APW) + local orbitals (lo) method, one among the most accurate schemes for band structure calculations. WIEN2k is an all-electron scheme including relativistic effects and has many features. It has been licensed by more than 3000 user groups and has about 12000 citations on Google scholar (Blaha WIEN2k).
and was released on 17. July 2018. Version 18.2 is a minor update, while WIEN2k_18.1 was an important update, with new features (3ddens, afmsim, pes, speed-up for non-local van der Waals) and fixing some bugs. Upgrading from WIEN2k_17 (or earlier) is highly recommended.
In the last years it became a tradition to have at least one "WIEN-workshop" every year, where new and experienced users can learn more about the code, get intensive hands-on training, interchange ideas and share experiences.
as Satellite meeting to the 32nd European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM32).
For more details and registration follow this link.
We would also like to take the opportunity to thank all WIEN2k users for their continuous interest and the lively discussions on the WIEN2k-mailinglist. In particular we want to acknowledge all who have contributed to this package. This international cooperation is largely responsible for the success of WIEN2k.
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2019-04-25T19:50:41Z
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http://susi.theochem.tuwien.ac.at/
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I am a physician-scientist in the Division of Gastroenterology at Stanford University. My clinical and research interest has been in neurogastroenterology. Specifically, my research has been exploring the interplay between immune cells and the enteric nervous system, and evaluating how perturbations of this interaction as a result of aging disrupts gastrointestinal neuromuscular function. Ultimately, my hope is that insights from this research provide novel therapies for treating patients with motility disorders like constipation and irritable bowel syndrome.
The enteric nervous system (ENS) is a large, complex division of the peripheral nervous system that regulates many digestive, immune, hormonal, and metabolic functions. Recent advances have elucidated the dynamic nature of the mature ENS, as well as the complex, bidirectional interactions among enteric neurons, glia, and the many other cell types that are important for mediating gut behaviors. Here, we provide an overview of ENS development and maintenance, and focus on the latest insights gained from the use of novel model systems and live-imaging techniques. We discuss major advances in the understanding of enteric glia, and the functional interactions among enteric neurons, glia, and enteroendocrine cells, a large class of sensory epithelial cells. We conclude by highlighting recent work on muscularis macrophages, a group of immune cells that closely interact with the ENS in the gut wall, and the importance of neurological-immune system communication in digestive health and disease.
DNA methylation is a key epigenetic modification that can regulate gene expression. Genomic DNA hypomethylation is commonly found in many gastrointestinal (GI) diseases. Dysregulated gene expression in GI smooth muscle cells (GI-SMCs) can lead to motility disorders. However, the consequences of genomic DNA hypomethylation within GI-SMCs are still elusive. Utilizing a Cre-lox murine model, we have generated SMC-restricted DNA methyltransferase 1 (Dnmt1) knockout (KO) mice and analyzed the effects of Dnmt1 deficiency. Dnmt1-KO pups are born smaller than their wild-type littermates, have shortened GI tracts, and lose peristaltic movement due to loss of the tunica muscularis in their intestine, causing massive intestinal dilation, and death around postnatal day 21. Within smooth muscle tissue, significant CpG hypomethylation occurs across the genome at promoters, introns, and exons. Additionally, there is a marked loss of differentiated SMC markers (Srf, Myh11, miR-133, miR-143/145), an increase in pro-apoptotic markers (Nr4a1, Gadd45g), loss of cellular connectivity, and an accumulation of coated vesicles within SMC. Interestingly, we observed consistent abnormal expression patterns of enzymes involved in DNA methylation between both Dnmt1-KO mice and diseased human GI tissue. These data demonstrate that DNA hypomethylation in embryonic SMC, via congenital Dnmt1 deficiency, contributes to massive dysregulation of gene expression and is lethal to GI-SMC. These results suggest that Dnmt1 has a necessary role in the embryonic, primary development process of SMC with consistent patterns being found in human GI diseased tissue.
According to current dogma, there is little or no ongoing neurogenesis in the fully developed adult enteric nervous system. This lack of neurogenesis leaves unanswered the question of how enteric neuronal populations are maintained in adult guts, given previous reports of ongoing neuronal death. Here, we confirm that despite ongoing neuronal cell loss because of apoptosis in the myenteric ganglia of the adult small intestine, total myenteric neuronal numbers remain constant. This observed neuronal homeostasis is maintained by new neurons formed in vivo from dividing precursor cells that are located within myenteric ganglia and express both Nestin and p75NTR, but not the pan-glial marker Sox10. Mutation of the phosphatase and tensin homolog gene in this pool of adult precursors leads to an increase in enteric neuronal number, resulting in ganglioneuromatosis, modeling the corresponding disorder in humans. Taken together, our results show significant turnover and neurogenesis of adult enteric neurons and provide a paradigm for understanding the enteric nervous system in health and disease.
The enteric nervous system (ENS) undergoes neuronal loss and degenerative changes with age. The cause of this neurodegeneration is poorly understood. Muscularis macrophages residing in close proximity to enteric ganglia maintain neuromuscular function via direct crosstalk with enteric neurons and have been implicated in the pathogenesis of GI motility disorders like gastroparesis and postoperative ileus. The aim of this study was to assess whether ageing causes alterations in macrophage phenotype that contributes to age-related degeneration of the ENS.Longitudinal muscle and myenteric plexus from small intestine of young, mid-aged and old mice were dissected and prepared for whole mount immunostaining, flow cytometry, Luminex immunoassays, western blot analysis, enteric neural stem cell (ENSC) isolation or conditioned media. Bone marrow derived macrophages were prepared and polarised to classic (M1) or alternative (M2) activation states. Markers for macrophage phenotype were measured using quantitative RT-PCR.Ageing causes a shift in macrophage polarisation from anti-inflammatory 'M2' to proinflammatory 'M1' that is associated with a rise in cytokines and immune cells in the ENS. This phenotypic shift is associated with a neural response to inflammatory signals, increase in apoptosis and loss of enteric neurons and ENSCs, and delayed intestinal transit. An age-dependent decrease in expression of the transcription factor FoxO3, a known longevity gene, contributes to the loss of anti-inflammatory behaviour in macrophages of old mice, and FoxO3-deficient mice demonstrate signs of premature ageing of the ENS.A shift by macrophages towards a proinflammatory phenotype with ageing causes inflammation-mediated degeneration of the ENS.
Intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a rare gastrointestinal complication in patients with SSc without large studies examining its prevalence or outcomes. We aimed to compare outcomes in SSc patients with intestinal pseudo-obstruction to patients with intestinal pseudo-obstruction secondary to other causes, and SSc patients without intestinal pseudo-obstruction.This is a case-control study using the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample for the period 2002-2011. We included patients with the previously validated International Classification of Diseases-Clinical Modification-9 code 710.1 for SSc in combination with codes for intestinal pseudo-obstruction, and determined length of hospitalization and the risks for surgical procedures, use of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and in-hospital mortality.A total of 193 610 SSc hospitalizations occurred in the USA between 2002 and 2011, of which 5.4% (n = 10 386) were associated with a concurrent intestinal pseudo-obstruction diagnosis (cases). In-hospital mortality was 7.3%. In multivariate analyses, cases were more likely to die during the inpatient stay and to receive TPN than patients with idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (control group 1), patients with intestinal pseudo-obstruction and diabetes (control group 2), and SSc patients without intestinal pseudo-obstruction (control group 3). Cases had longer in-hospital stay than control groups 2 and 3, and were less likely to undergo surgical procedures than control groups 1 and 2.Intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a rare cause of hospitalization in patients with SSc, but is associated with high in-hospital mortality in comparison with other SSc patients and those with intestinal pseudo-obstruction secondary to other causes.
Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) characteristically express serum response factor (SRF), which regulates their development. The role of SRF in SMC plasticity in the pathophysiological conditions of gastrointestinal (GI) tract is less characterized.We generated SMC-specific Srf knockout mice and characterized the prenatally lethal phenotype using ultrasound biomicroscopy and histological analysis. We used small bowel partial obstruction surgeries and primary cell culture using cell-specific enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) mouse lines to study phenotypic and molecular changes of SMCs by immunofluorescence, Western blotting, and quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Finally we examined SRF change in human rectal prolapse tissue by immunofluorescence.Congenital SMC-specific Srf knockout mice died before birth and displayed severe GI and cardiac defects. Partial obstruction resulted in an overall increase in SRF protein expression. However, individual SMCs appeared to gradually lose SRF in the hypertrophic muscle. Cells expressing low levels of SRF also expressed low levels of platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRα(low)) and Ki67. SMCs grown in culture recaptured the phenotypic switch from differentiated SMCs to proliferative PDGFRα(low) cells. The immediate and dramatic reduction of Srf and Myh11 mRNA expression confirmed the phenotypic change. Human rectal prolapse tissue also demonstrated significant loss of SRF expression.SRF expression in SMCs is essential for prenatal development of the GI tract and heart. Following partial obstruction, SMCs down-regulate SRF to transition into proliferative PDGFRα(low) cells that may represent a phenotype responsible for their plasticity. These findings demonstrate that SRF also plays a critical role in the remodeling process following GI injury.
A population of multipotent stem cells capable of differentiating into neurons and glia has been isolated from adult intestine in humans and rodents. While these cells may provide a pool of stem cells for neurogenesis in the enteric nervous system (ENS), such a function has been difficult to demonstrate in vivo. An extensive study by Joseph et al. involving 108 rats and 51 mice submitted to various insults demonstrated neuronal uptake of thymidine analog BrdU in only 1 rat. Here we introduce a novel approach to study neurogenesis in the ENS using an ex vivo organotypic tissue culturing system. Culturing longitudinal muscle and myenteric plexus tissue, we show that the enteric nervous system has tremendous replicative capacity with the majority of neural crest cells demonstrating EdU uptake by 48 hours. EdU(+) cells express both neuronal and glial markers. Proliferation appears dependent on the PTEN/PI3K/Akt pathway with decreased PTEN mRNA expression and increased PTEN phosphorylation (inactivation) corresponding to increased Akt activity and proliferation. Inhibition of PTEN with bpV(phen) augments proliferation while LY294002, a PI3K inhibitor, blocks it. These data suggest that the ENS is capable of neurogenesis in a PTEN dependent manner.
Enteric neural stem cells (ENSCs) are a population of neural crest-derived multipotent stem cells present in postnatal gut that may play an important role in regeneration of the enteric nervous system. In most studies, these cells have been isolated from the layer of the gut containing the myenteric plexus. However, a recent report demonstrated that neurosphere-like bodies (NLBs) containing ENSCs could be isolated from mucosal biopsy specimens from children, suggesting that ENSCs are present in multiple layers of the gut. The aim of our study was to assess whether NLBs isolated from layers of gut containing either myenteric or submucosal plexus are equivalent. We divided the mouse small intestine into two layers, one containing myenteric plexus and the other submucosal plexus, and assessed for NLB formation. Differences in NLB density, proliferation, apoptosis, neural crest origin, and phenotype were investigated. NLBs isolated from the myenteric plexus layer were present at a higher density and demonstrated greater proliferation, lower apoptosis, and higher expression of nestin, p75, Sox10, and Ret than those from submucosal plexus. Additionally, they contained a higher percentage of neural crest-derived cells (99.4 ± 1.5 vs. 0.7 ± 1.19% of Wnt1-cre:tdTomato cells; P < 0.0001) and produced more neurons and glial cells than those from submucosal plexus. NLBs from the submucosal plexus layer expressed higher CD34 and produced more smooth muscle-like cells. NLBs from the myenteric plexus layer contain more neural crest-derived ENSCs while those from submucosal plexus appear more heterogeneous, likely containing a population of mesenchymal stem cells.
Current advances in our understanding of stem and precursor cell biology and in the protocols of stem cell isolation and transplantation have opened up the possibility of transplanting neural stem cells for the treatment of gastrointestinal motility disorders. This review summarises the current status of research in this field, identifies the major gaps in our knowledge and discusses the potential opportunities and hurdles for clinical application.
Recent studies have explored the potential of central nervous system-derived neural stem cells (CNS-NSC) to repopulate the enteric nervous system. However, the exact phenotypic fate of gut-transplanted CNS-NSC has not been characterized. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the gut microenvironment on phenotypic fate of CNS-NSC in vitro. With the use of Transwell culture, differentiation of mouse embryonic CNS-NSC was studied when cocultured without direct contact with mouse intestinal longitudinal muscle-myenteric plexus preparations (LM-MP) compared with control noncocultured cells, in a differentiating medium. Differentiated cells were analyzed by immunocytochemistry and quantitative RT-PCR to assess the expression of specific markers and by whole cell patch-clamp studies for functional characterization of their phenotype. We found that LM-MP cocultured cells had a significant increase in the numbers of cells that were immune reactive against the panneuronal marker β-tubulin, neurotransmitters neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), and neuropeptide vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and showed an increase in expression of these genes, compared with control cells. Whole cell patch-clamp analysis showed that coculture with LM-MP decreases cell excitability and reduces voltage-gated Na(+) currents but significantly enhances A-current and late afterhyperpolarization (AHP) and increases the expression of the four AHP-generating Ca(2+)-dependent K(+) channel genes (KCNN), compared with control cells. In a separate experiment, differentiation of LM-MP cocultured CNS-NSC produced a significant increase in the numbers of cells that were immune reactive against the neurotransmitters nNOS, ChAT, and the neuropeptide VIP compared with CNS-NSC differentiated similarly in the presence of neonatal brain tissue. Our results show that the gut microenvironment induces CNS-NSC to produce neurons that share some of the characteristics of classical enteric neurons, further supporting the therapeutic use of these cells for gastrointestinal disorders.
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2019-04-21T12:23:50Z
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https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/laren-becker
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That hashtag is... golden. Kelly Osbourne shared the story on Twitter and included the photo of the Starbucks to show the situation happened at the Starbucks on the corner of Sixth Avenue and West 27th Street in New York City. Afterward, Osbourne received a response from at least one Starbucks representative, who apologized for Osbourne's experience.
We are working to follow up with Ms. Osbourne to clarify any confusion. There simply is no restroom in this store, and inquiring customers are typically directed to a store a few blocks away. We sincerely apologize for any misunderstanding and hope to welcome Ms. Osbourne back for a beverage on us very soon!
Unfortunately for Kelly Osbourne, the response from Twitter users appeared mixed to negative. Followers showered her with a stream of comments, and while some people supported her and said Starbucks ought to buy her new shoes in addition to offering a free drink, most people appeared to side with the Seattle-based store. Many of Osbourne's critics pointed to the fact the particular location truly had no restroom to offer Osbourne, while others said the baristas were most likely following policy and protocol and Osbourne should show more respect to minimum wage workers.
Some followers called Kelly Osbourne bratty and dramatic for calling out Starbucks. Others said the customer is not always correct. Some people said using the restroom should be a basic right, but then other people reminded those individuals that the Starbucks did not have a public restroom, so rights did not factor into the problem.
It will be interesting to see if Kelly Osbourne addresses the incident again. So far she has not made another pee-p about it.
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2019-04-18T12:26:00Z
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https://www.cinemablend.com/pop/1674780/kelly-osbourne-blames-starbucks-after-she-peed-her-pants
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It was a large room, full of people, all kinds.
machinery rolls by, not seeing you at all.
Monsieur, (a+bn)/n=x, donc Dieu existe: repondez!
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2019-04-23T05:15:53Z
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https://m.everything2.com/title/aphexious
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This is a hearty and wholesome meal that you can make in one pot in about an hour. We like it with Reesor’s sweet corn, of course!
Melt butter or oil; add chicken. Turn the chicken over to avoid sticking and cook until chicken is lightly browned.
Reduce heat to medium, add the minced garlic, and salt & pepper. Stir to avoid burning the garlic.
Add cobs of corn, tarragon or thyme and water. Cover and cook until chicken is fork tender (20-25 minutes).
Place zucchini on top of chicken and corn, cover and steam for 3-6 minutes.
Remove from heat. Add tomatoes. Cover and let stand for 5 minutes. Serve.
Adapted from the cookbook, Land o’ Lakes “Treasury of Country Recipes”.
You can follow this recipe or use your own favourite meatloaf recipe and divide the meat into muffin cups instead of a loaf-pan. It’s a great way to pre-portion food for a family dinner, a pot-luck or for stashing in the freezer.
Makes 12 “muffins” or 6 larger portions. The photo is of the 12 portion size.
Preheat oven to 375° F. Lightly oil or spray a muffin tin.
Lightly whisk the egg in a large bowl. Whisk in the tomato paste and seasoning.
Add the ground beef, oats and onions.
Evenly spoon the seasoned ground beef into the muffin cups.
Whisk together the topping ingredients and spoon or brush evenly over the meat.
Bake until cooked through and glazed; about 20-30 minutes.
Adapted from Chef Michael Smith’s Fast Flavours Cookbook.
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2019-04-24T03:13:08Z
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https://reesorslocalgoodness.wordpress.com/category/recipes/page/2/
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When you can find right implies of conversation while using the relevant info that may be passed on from just one particular person to another individual or a number of men and women concurrently, determined by the context, there would be beneficial results from the procedure alone. Hence, it's critical for all those who're looking forward for Get the facts to ensure that they unfold throughout the marketplaces, each of the suitable inputs about their attributes, its proportions, dimensions and shape and range of flooring and rooms if there is a constructed household about the land too given that the undivided share of land that would be owned by the long run prospective buyers in order that they'd have the ability to efficiently entice the eye in their prospective buyers. This will permit the sellers to become contacted by those who are fascinated also as possess the essential money to become invested into considered one of the very best ca homes for sale mar vista that they would have planned to reside with their family members, which might later on be passed on towards the next generations and construct their households in there comfortably. It really is essential for the purchasers to also have a checklist that includes of a number of aspects and ensure that they endure the assorted listings in the categorized columns that enlist info with regard to the numerous aspects about the house plus the property to empower the audiences to decide on whether or not they would like to commence even further with the profits approach or should they look ahead to determining any other residence within the identical community that could suit for their specifications inside a superior fashion. After the information and facts is mulled more than by their prospective consumers, these purchasers would then check out the homes available by ca real estate mar vista in person and make sure that their option is most effective to move forward with title modify.
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2019-04-22T16:06:00Z
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http://beboharmelrayat.weebly.com/listing-your-home-mar-vista.html
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Please note that the venue for the Summer School has changed. It will now be held in the Trottier Building, 3630 University St. (see map). The morning sessions will be held in room 2120, the afternoon sessions in room 3120.
The first CREATE-MIA Summer School is being held June 5-7 at McGill.
CREATE-MIA participants will be presenting their research, Prof. Maxime Descoteaux (SCIL, Université de Sherbrooke) will give a mini-course on dMRI, and there will be a session led by Professor Ken Lester (McGill Faculty of Business, Lester Asset Management) dedicated to exploring the relationships between science, innovation, and business.
Your attendance on all three days would be appreciated.
What's More Important -- A Better Mouse Trap or Marketing?
Professor Lester is an adjunct professor in the McGill School of Management where he teaches Applied Investments at the B.Com. and MBA levels. In addition, he is the Chief Investment Officer at Desautels Capital Inc., an investment company formed within the McGill School of Management where his Honors in Investment Management students manage equity and fixed income funds on behalf of external investors. Professor Lester is also President and CEO of Lester Asset Management Inc. and serves on the Board of Directors of both Cancor Mines Inc. and the Alan Edwards Foundation.
Dante De Nigris Moreno, McGill, "Registration of Pre-operative MR to Intra-operative US for Image Guided Neurosurgery"
Dr. Eleftherios Garyfallidis, Université de Sherbrooke, "Clustering streamlines generated from dMRI datasets"
Halleh Ghaderi, McGill, "MRI Acquisition and Analysis Methods for Image-guided Deep Brain Neurosurgery: Target Localization and Decision Making Platform for Pre-operative Planning"
Houssem-Eddine Gueziri, ÉTS, "Surface reconstruction in 3D freehand ultrasound with modeling and visualization of uncertainty"
Shahab Kadkhodaeian Bakhtiari, McGill, "Predictive coding and orientation selectivity in visual cortex"
Sepide Movaghati, McGill, "Imaging the spatiotemporal cortical response to motion in the visual field"
Ze Shan Yao, McGill, "Spatial specificity of cortical blood-oxygenation and blood-volume signals: implications for high-resolution fMRI and fMRI-based decoding"
Michael Paquette, Université de Sherbrooke, "Diffusion Spectrum Imaging Optimization"
Dr. Hervé Lombaert, McGill, "Diffeomorphic Spectral Matching of Cortical Surfaces"
Sponsors: CIM and the Regroupement stratégique REPARTI.
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2019-04-23T16:22:45Z
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http://albert.cim.mcgill.ca:8080/create-mia/training/2013/create-mia-summer-school-2013
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What's in a hoard? Help bring the second Southwarwickshire hoard "home" to Warwickshire Museum!!
A second Southwarwickshire hoard of Roman coins has been found and Warwickshire Museum is currently fundraising to 'bring the hoard home'! Read Stanley Ireland's piece on the hoard here and consider donating or attending the fundraising gala event on 5th April!
Back to the Future: How Studying History Helps Medical Science!
A School of Life Sciences event with contributions from the department of Classics: Dr. Caroline Petit, Matt Smith (MAR student), Tunrayo Olaoshun (4th year UG student).
The School of Life Sciences are pleased to invite you to their next Public Science Evening ‘Back to the Future: How Studying History Helps Medical Science’. This event will explore the exciting topic of how we can use historical medical knowledge in today’s practices. A variety of time periods will be explored, from Galenic medicine in the 2nd century, to early 20th century phage therapy advancements. Also included will be talks from not only members of the School of Life Sciences team, but the Classics and History departments as well. If you are a fan of the History of Medicine and its applications today then this is surely an event not to be missed.
This public science evening will take place on Tuesday 12 March 2019 from 18:00 – 20:00 in the School of Life Sciences atrium. Please visit warwick.ac.uk/publicscience for more information and to register for this event.
Michael Scott's Inaugural Lecture Now Online!
Did you miss Michael's inaugural lecture? You can watch it here!
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2019-04-20T01:05:01Z
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https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/news/
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