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The Library of Congress's Kluge Center invites qualified scholars to apply for a post-doctoral fellowship for advanced research based on the Alan Lomax Collection. The Lomax Collection is a major collection of ethnographic field audio recordings, motion pictures, photographs, manuscripts, correspondence and other materials that represent Lomax's lifetime of work to document and analyze traditional music, dance, storytelling and other expressive genres that arise from cultural groups in many parts of the world, particularly the United States, England, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the Caribbean. Lomax (1915-2002) was one of the greatest documenters of traditional culture during the twentieth century.
The Alan Lomax Fellows Program, established for a period of five years, supports scholarly research that contributes significantly to a greater understanding of the work of Lomax and the cultural traditions he documented over the course of a vigorous and highly productive seventy-year career. It provides an opportunity, for a period of up to 8 months, for concentrated use of materials from the Lomax Collection and other collections of the Library of Congress, through full-time residency at the Library. The program supports research projects in the disciplines of anthropology, ethnomusicology, ethnography, ethno-history, dance, folklore and folklife, history, literature, linguistics, and movement analysis, with particular emphasis on the traditional music, dance, and narrative of the United States, England, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the Caribbean, as well as methodologies for their documentation and analysis. We encourage interdisciplinary projects that combine disciplines in novel and productive ways.
Applicants may be of any nationality and must possess a Ph.D. degree, or equivalent terminal degree, awarded by the application deadline date of April 4th of the year they apply.
The Alan Lomax Fellowship in Folklife Studies is for a period of up to 8 months, at a stipend of $4,200 per month, for residential research at the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress will pay stipends monthly by means of electronic transfer to a U.S. bank account. Transportation arrangements, housing, and health care insurance and costs are the responsibility of the Fellow. The Library will provide Fellows with information on housing and can provide Fellows with contacts for commercial providers of health care insurance. The Library is required to ensure that nonresident alien visitors maintain minimum levels of medical insurance, and will provide information about insurers that offer qualifying policies to nonresident aliens.
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Friday June 5th, marks the start of the 15th Annual Brass Band Festival of Amboise. Each year this international contest attracts lots of music lovers. Accidental tourists are surprised and enchanted when they find the town alive with music.
This year's programme:
- Friday, June 5th at 9 p.m.: Opening gala "Celtic Concept Show".
- Saturday, June 6th: contest, open-air concerts, street animation in the town centre. Closing gala at 9 p.m.
- Sunday, June 7th: street animation in the town centre
Twice our annual arrival in Amboise coincided with the last day of the festival. The first time, we hadn't a clue of what was going on. We were having a drink on the sidewalk terrace of the bar 'Le Château' at the foot of Amboise castle, when we heard the music. It got louder and louder, till finally we saw a Brass Band from the French 'Landes' region walking towards the stage in front of the spot where we were sitting. The band members were all dressed in white. A black beret and a bright green scarf completed their outfit. They made a cheerful and colourful sight walking up the street in a disorderly way. They stopped in front of the stage, where they played several lively tunes that made the gathering crowd feel like dancing.
In the meantime another brass band was mounting on the stage. In their black outfits the musicians of this group looked a lot more serious. And so was their music. It definitely was of a higher musical standard than the tunes played by the previous band, but it didn't incite the audience to jump up and dance.
Both performances had attracted a lot people. As the crowd got bigger, we started to feel a little claustrophobic and so we left the terrace to go and look for a restaurant to have lunch.
Last year, we came prepared! We knew that the town would be full of musicians. Another colourful band, this time with red scarves an berets was performing amongst the stalls of the weekly market on the quays of the Loire River. We followed the group along the sidewalk cafés. Every now and then they stopped to play for the patrons sitting there in the sun sipping their drinks .
They even ventured into the courtyard of the local hospital where they entertained the patients that had come out on the balcony of their rooms to watch the spectacle. Musicians as well as patients were obviously having a good time. A trumpet and a trombone player went up to one of the balconies to deliver a duet. Judging by the smiles on these ladies faces, music can definitely have a healing effect.

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We spent part of the weekend remedying DOB's ignorance of The Princess Bride, which he had never watched. (Inconceivable, I know.) So now he knows the virtues of the MLT, the key distinction between "mostly dead" and "all dead," and why you should never go up against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
We are hoping, before the DVD returns to the library, to watch enough of it in Spanish to get down the Spanish words for, "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."


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So, as you can see I figured out how to post from my fancy new phone! Max figured since I no longer had a working computer he would get me internet on my phone...yeah! Although I keep messing up words when I post on facebook its fun! So, I will be able to post pictures again - although probably less words since on my phone you can barely see the words when you type - you either see the words or the keyboard, but not at the same time! So, I'm back - kinda...
As for my tabs... They are updated now
I only lost 4 pounds each of the last two months which is good - but I was a little dissappointed in my attitude towards the whole thing. However, due to the fac that I will be home soon and then this will be harder (as far as discipline in eating because I like to snack when at home); I am really kicking it into high gear this month. So, thanks for your prayers and support!
Last month I did correspondence mostly with those that I usually dont see or talk to. I am hoping to do more over time, but was pleased with last month. This month I changed to just surviving because there is so much going on right now.
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Nothing. Yep, I haven't done any of it, although plans are in the works for some of them during the summer!
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Hi Everyone, Thanks for ll the great responses, I understand there's a lot of Questions. I can help clarify any you may have :)
For the first comment from PaulAZ, if the state did not want people sharing grows they would have said so in the law, instead they left "36-2801.6. Definitions Enclosed, locked facility, means a closet, room, greenhouse or other enclosed area equipped with locks or other security devices that permit access only by a cardholder." Notice that it states cardholder, "36-2801.2. Cardholder, means a qualifying patient, a designated caregiver or a nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary agent who has been issued and possesses a valid registry identification card." If you noticed it does not state that the plants can only be accessible to the cardholder.
Bernice Penn, and DefenseforKyle, I don't have an account set up for it but can speak with Brick Storts about a fund incase we have to file for appeal.
Also Jed Bonnuduci the officers names are Officer Allen and Officer Droban, I hope your friends didn't lie to you about that. Neither Shawn Spencer or Burton Guster were involved that night nor can I find info stating that they were ever involved.
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Who needs electricity when everything comes in some sort of pre-moistened (or not) towelette? I just did dishes, cleaned most of my kitchen & bathroom, and honestly could have done the floors too if I really wanted to but I've opted to sip a margarita & cram in the 15 remaining minutes on my laptop what bit of genius I could about power outages. I'm loving my iPod touch & the fact that it has a speaker more & more every time I use it. I also love the way my apartment smells with 12 candles burning in it & Wendy said that sounded very romantic & that 9 months from today a lot of babies would be born in this area & my response….it's too hot to f**k dude! I mean come on, it's like 80 with humidity at a nice swift kick in the teeth, so being naked and pressed against someone else naked just sounds like a very uncomfortable sweaty sticky disaster & I'd definitely pass on that! I'm missing my shows & I'm in a relationship with my DVR and I feel like I got to the restaurant & then 20 minutes after my date was supposed to be there he texted & said "not gonna make it", you know? I'm also planning on catching up on some People crossword puzzles here…assuming I can keep my eyes open. Not having entertainment sure is tiring…no wonder people went to bed so early ages ago, there was nothing else to do! I suppose I should open the windows & allow the cool humid air to roll in so that I wake up a greasy sticky mess tomorrow which should be sweet. It would also be nice if the power was on in the morning so I could post this to my blog & have my coffee.
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Distribution bundles are built and placed in file sets on the outgoing data store by the server side of the ipp distribution system.
Each destination site runs the client sideis programmed to query a particular data store product for new filesets.
Product List Format The data store product list is the list of file sets in the given product. The product listing contains information about the contents of the fileset. Example
# filesetID |time registered |type |target_id|stage|stage_id|exp_name | o4741g0234o.fake.2799.11.1 |2009-04-15T01:22:12Z|notset|5 |fake |2799 |o4741g0234o| o4741g0236o.chip.14519.33.1|2009-04-15T03:02:11Z|notset|1 |chip |14519 |o4741g0236o| o4741g0235o.chip.14518.32.1|2009-04-15T03:02:12Z|notset|1 |chip |14518 |o4741g0235o| o4741g0234o.chip.14517.31.1|2009-04-15T03:02:12Z|notset|1 |chip |14517 |o4741g0234o| o4741g0237o.chip.14520.34.1|2009-04-15T03:02:13Z|notset|1 |chip |14520 |o4741g0237o| o4741g0240o.chip.14522.36.1|2009-04-15T03:02:14Z|notset|1 |chip |14522 |o4741g0240o| o4741g0239o.chip.14524.38.1|2009-04-15T03:02:14Z|notset|1 |chip |14524 |o4741g0239o| o4741g0241o.chip.14523.37.1|2009-04-15T03:02:15Z|notset|1 |chip |14523 |o4741g0241o| o4741g0238o.chip.14521.35.1|2009-04-15T04:03:19Z|notset|1 |chip |14521 |o4741g0238o|
Note: the fileset type for IPP distribution bundles has not yet been defined. (notset in this example)
Fileset Names
Runs that are the result of a particular exposure
$exp_name is rawExp.exp_name $stage is raw, chip, camera, fake, warp, or diff $dist_id is distRun.dist_id (This table is internal to the server side of the distribution system) $prod_id is rcDSProduct.prod_id (This table is internal to the server side of the distribution system)
o4741g0239o.raw.36625.27.1 o4741g0239o.chip.11955.2.1
For stackRun distributions the fileset name is
for example
The name of detrend filesets is TBD.
Contents of the fileset
1) An mdc file containing the database information for the run with the name
for example
This file is the output from the -exportrun mode of the stage's ippTool (regtool, chiptool, etc). If the run is exported with the -clean option when the run is in full state the state and data state are changed from 'full' to 'cleaned'
XXX: Should we be doing something with the nebulous paths in this file here? Here I assume this is the client's job.
2) A set of gzipped tar files containing the files for a given component of the run.
For stages raw, chip, camera, and fake the name of the file for each component is
and for stages warp, diff, and stack the filenames are
For example the files for chip XY01 for chipRun 11955 the path_base is
so the name of the tarfile is
The filenames in the tarfile are the basenames of the nebulous paths. For example
% tar tf o4741g0239o.36625.ch.11955.XY05.tgz ./ ./o4741g0239o.36625.ch.11955.XY05.ppImage.mdc ./o4741g0239o.36625.ch.11955.XY05.b2.fits ./o4741g0239o.36625.ch.11955.XY05.stats ./o4741g0239o.36625.ch.11955.XY05.cmf ./o4741g0239o.36625.ch.11955.XY05.trace ./o4741g0239o.36625.ch.11955.XY05.log ./o4741g0239o.36625.ch.11955.XY05.mdl.fits ./o4741g0239o.36625.ch.11955.XY05.b1.fits
Notes on the process of importing the data into the mirror system The client system runs a task that queries the ipp distribution data store product for new filesets
dsproductls --uri $uri --last_fileset $last_fileset_processed
For each fileset to be downloaded
dsget each file in the fileset to local temporary storage
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Mark Freitas is President and CEO of Mark Edward Partners, an insurance brokerage firm with offices in New York City and Palm Beach, Florida. He launched his insurance brokerage firm in October 2010 and has since provided clients with exceptional service and quality insurance products. Prior to opening his own business, he was the President and COO of another insurance brokerage firm, Frank Crystal & Company in New York City.
Freitas attended the University of Connecticut School of Business, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Business and Finance in 1981. While at school, he was a member of the UConn Huskies varsity hockey team and lettered in the sport. After graduating from the University of Connecticut, he completed several specialty programs at the acclaimed Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2008, Freitas was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, for his contributions to both the business world and his community.
Recognized as one of the top insurance executives in the United States, Mark Freitas lends his expertise to various organizations, speaking at industry meetings and contributing articles to professional journals. He has also provided expert testimony on fiduciary liability insurance to the U.S. Department of Labor.
When not leading his insurance brokerage firm, Mark Freitas is actively involved with his alma mater. He is on the Board of Directors of the UConn Foundation and has established two scholarship funds, the Mark E. Freitas Athletic Scholarship Fund and the Mark E. Freitas Endowment Fund at the School of Business. In February 2005, UConn honored his contributions as an athlete and benefactor by naming the new university ice rink, the Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum, after him.
Aside from his work with the University of Connecticut, Freitas is a philanthropist who is passionate about giving back to his community. He founded The Mark and Mary Freitas Foundation to provide for those in need and seeks to better the quality of life for all. The foundation supports initiatives of education, medical research and community. Mark Freitas also serves as the Chair of the Development Committee of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights, an organization dedicated to generating positive change in oppressed communities around the globe. He additionally supports Best Buddies, a nonprofit organization that assists those with intellectual or developmental challenges to establish friendships, gain employment, and develop leadership skills.published, pages are better suited for more timeless content that you want to be easily accessible, like your About or Contact information. Click the Edit link to make changes to this page or add another page.


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Shaun, now eight years old, had stomach problems since he was about three years old. He would complain that his stomach was upset and, at times, he would feel so sick after eating that he would plop down on the couch and lay there for about half an hour. I had taken him to the doctor several times. We tried taking him off milk products but nothing seemed to help much. So I brought Shaun to Sue for an eye-reading and to be tested for herbs. We started him on Ginger right away and his stomach problems cleared right up. Later on, he went through a period of time where he quit taking his herbs. "Mom, they are too hard to swallow," he would say. Soon his stomach problems came back. Needless to say, he is now back on the Ginger and his stomach problems are gone again!
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New York City has put Al Sharpton's daughter, Dominique Sharpton on notice – Do Not Delete your incriminating photo's.
Ms. Sharpton is suing New York City for $5 million because she alledgely fell on a city street, spraining her ankle.
According to Ms. Sharpton, the fall caused her permanent damage, bodily injuries that limit her mobility, and mental anguish.
After her lawsuit was filed, Ms. Sharpton posted photos to her social media account, documenting her laborious mountain hike in Indonesia.
Undoubtedly, after seeing these pictures, people are crying scam, including New York City attorneys.
New York City attorney, Michele Fox plans to use those photos to refute the lawsuit.
Ms. Fox has informed Ms. Sharpton to preserve the photos, on all devices, and all e-mails, and text messages. The folks at Beneful are astonished by the whole scandal.
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I wrote this about six months ago but looking back it's still so true, and was qutie the foreshadowing of the 6 months that were to come for me.
We begin the new year thinking about the path ahead. A fork in the road with new potential choices, perhaps.
There's a dirty secret about the path less traveled.
It sucks.
People try to help you down it, but sometimes their help is imperfect and even counter-productive and in the end, they can't do it for you.
There's no shortcut to the finish, it's straight through the nasty snake-infested swamps of fear, and the searing hot cobblestone of pain on your bare feet.
And there are no bonus points for trying when you crawl back to the fork in the path and go down the easy one again. You have to start over; perhaps older and wiser but learning again the fundamentals of facing fear and pain that you left behind long ago. Still no getting around that. Seasoning may help get you ready but it won't get you through. It won't change the opportunities you've missed. But it can help you seize this day, and this chance to finally complete the ritual and emerge forever changed.
Viewed in this light, a million trite sayings that you've dismissed time and time again as the mindset of simpletons become real.
Just because it's easy to understand doesn't make it invalid.
So muster all the courage you can, but know it doesn't do jack until you actually go and accomplish that challenge, that pain that pushes you to your limits.
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A Moral VIctory?
Yesterday we once again watched the Illini football team lose a close football game. The commentators kept saying this was a "moral victory" for the Illini to come so close to Ohio State. Anyone watching the game would agree that the defense played an outstanding second quarter. If the offense had showed up a little earlier, we could've won that game. At least next year we'll have the record to support the quality of the team.
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A panicking mother has claimed she was told by hospital staff to 'wait your turn' after her baby stopped breathing.
Daveanah Cowrie, from Derby in the UK, said she took her seven-week-old son Tommy-Lee to the Royal Derby Hospital last week after he appeared "poorly".
"I noticed as I got out of my vehicle that he was not breathing," the 21-year-old told Metro.
"I rushed him through the doors in a panic and asked the receptionist to get help immediately. Instead of finding a doctor she decided to take my details and told me to sit down and wait my turn."
Ms Cowrie said her son was transferred to another hospital and he is still on a ventilator a week on fighting bronchitis.
His twin brother Arlow-Jack is also battling the same condition and has been hospitalised.
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Ms Cowrie said her baby could have died after being made to wait and wants an apology from the hospital.
A spokeswoman for Derby Teaching Hospitals said they are investigating.
"We were concerned to find that a receptionist failed to immediately recognise the serious nature of this situation, as this is highly unusual for our dedicated team of reception staff," a statement said.
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Ahisma - noun, Sanskrit
~a Buddhist and Hindu doctrine expressing belief in the sacredness of all living creatures and urging the avoidance of all types of harm and violence
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The government is in the process of creating the Unemployment Register and according to the Human Resources Minister, the register will be up in 2 weeks time. The register will be established in all job centers in Male', as well as in the islands and in island offices. Giving information about this project minister said the reason is to "…so that government can easily identify those who seek employment in an official manner…"
Several points immediately comes to mind in reference to the minister's talk.
1.Its a very good first step maybe a little bit overdue considering the number of those who are unemployed in the country. At last the government is trying to come to terms with the problem rather than finding easy excuses for inaction.
2.The government is silent about what they would do once they identify those who seek employment and this is not very positive. Maybe the government is trying to be cautious in raising too much of a hope amid a global recession but there are many things that can be done. Sri Lanka is our nearest neighboring country and the friendliest country to ours and we can learn many a lesson from them.
3.The said "job centers" in Male' and elsewhere is very much invisible and one wonders weather they function at all. We have yet to find any resort worker who got a job through these 'job centers. If you know one please comment below.
4.We are still not the 'welfare state' so nobody gets any benefits of being unemployed. Apart from the former president, nobody in this country seems to benefit from unemployment and nobody seems to be asking for such benefits yet. True sign of patriotism, altruism and realism maybe.


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Jill Gartman
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Jill joined us in January 2017 with a renewed sense of urgency to do her part to protect nature and our planet. After working in management in the for profit world for many years, she has turned to non-profit work and specifically NCI to fulfill her desire to be a part of an organization that is not only conserving some of the most spectacular places on the planet but having an impact on the critical issue of Climate Change. Jill has a bachelors degree in Speech Communication from The University of Texas where her course studies emphasized organizational communication and teamwork. She also serves as Secretary for NCI's Board of Directors.
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Director of Development
Christine is a conservation professional with over 15 years of experience focused on securing funds to protect the world's biodiversity. She has served as the Programs Director for ECOLIFE Foundation, where she coordinated conservation projects in Mexico, San Diego and Africa, and supported the fundraising plan to grow this emerging non-profit. Prior to ECOLIFE, Christine worked for the Zoological Society of San Diego's Conservation Education department, working on projects in Latin America and Southern California. She graduated from the University of Santa Cruz in Psychobiology, with honors, and San Diego State University with a Master's in Educational Leadership.
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Now based in the Del Mar, CA office, Silvia served as the staff director for our programs in the Peruvian Amazon for three years, working closely with governments, communities, donors, and the private sector to develop and manage our programs to protect the Amazon rainforest. Born in Iquitos, a major city in the upper Amazon, Silvia is a former international business manager whose personal experience led her to devote her talents to the conservation of ecosystems and ancient cultures. Read her article in the Huffington Post here.
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Siri, the voice-control 'personal assistant' Apple has featured in its iPads and iPhones since the iPhone 4s, has come in for more than its fair share of mockery and criticism, including most recently an amusing vignette on the Simpsons. But is it really as rubbish as all that?
We asked followers of the @MacworldUK Twitter feed if they use Siri, and we were surprised by the amount of positivity: the responses were roughly evenly split. (Although bear in mind that fans of Macworld are by definition unusually intelligent and tech-savvy people, so that may have skewed the results. And you'll notice that quite a few of the following Siri users mention that they use it only rarely.) It's possible that the new Siri features added in iOS 7 have added to its appeal - but maybe some people aren't aware of all the updates.
Here are some of the features and functions that can make Siri truly valuable, together with highlights of the positive comments about Siri from our readers. Hopefully when we come to update this article in a year's time we'll find that even more of us are getting the most out of this much-maligned feature.
For the other side of the coin, however, take a look at 'The 10 worst things about Siri', which we'll be posting later.
Reasons to love Siri: Saves time typing long search terms, emails and messages
"Typing a long search term such as 'what's the seating capacity of Wembley stadium?' takes ages on the iPad keyboard (no swipe input) so Siri is a much quicker and easier way of doing this," writes Chris Martin.
"I also use it occasionally to write a long email or iMessage which, again, would take much longer if I typed it out."
Reasons to love Siri: Great for setting alarms and reminders
Siri is at its best when performing small but potentially fiddly and often-repeated tasks. "It's great for setting reminders and alarms," says Adam Gates, echoing comments by many readers.
"For reminders/cal events/alarms it's good, because it cuts a longer route to set them up manually," writes Camillo Miller.
Our own Ashleigh Allsopp backed this up. "Setting alarms is great. I always use Siri for that. 'Wake me up at 6.30. Sometimes, it treats me by saying 'Alarm is set for 6.30. Don't worry Ashleigh (Pronounced ASH-LAY), I won't forget.'"
Jim Martin, a friend and colleague of Macworld, writes: "I use Siri to add calendar appointments: there's no faster way than by saying 'Set a meeting for next tuesday at 3.30pm about smartphone security'."
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Over the next few years GE will be adding 1,000 jobs in Chicago, pulling from the city's deep pool of industrial and financial services talent. The new positions will join the 1,000 GE employees currently in Chicago, as well as the 4,000 across the state, supporting their customers and delivering value only GE can bring.
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GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt said, "Chicago is one of the nation's great hubs of innovation and one of the world's great cities and GE is proud of our presence and impact there. Since 2011 we have added more than 500 jobs in Chicago, with additional jobs being created in Illinois. We will continue to invest in this key region, bringing our businesses closer to the customers and industries they serve."
According to the Tripp Umbach report, in 2012 GE spent nearly $3 billion with 550 Illinois-based suppliers. More than 25 percent of those dollars were spent with small and small disadvantaged businesses (as defined by the Small Business Association), supporting and growing the local small business sector. GE Capital also supplied more than $5.1 billion in credit lines to 6,030 local businesses and the company has provided intellectual assistance to 77 Chicago businesses, helping them harness a wide range of innovations in order to better achieve their goals.
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Pizza night has always been a staple in our household. It continues to be nearly a weekly dinner, but it is a departure from calling the local Pizza Hut. Instead, we typically make our pizza at home.
A lot of you get the drill. Buy a Boboli crust or something like that - pita brea, flatbread, bagels, you name it. We use the Angelic brand "Flatzza", which can be used at a pizza or flatbread. We like it because it a sprouted bread.
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Tomato sauce, shredded mozzarella as the base.
Asparagus and zucchini toppings.
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Two studies presented today at the International
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carb blockers and so on," said Dr Thomas Ellrott, head of the
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Emily you have been such a massive part of our wedding process and I honestly do not know what I would have done without you. I found you on a blog post you had written about 2 years ago now and the words you wrote screamed out to me, as you were exactly what we were looking for! From the beginning to end you have been impeccably organised - loving an excel spreadsheet which went down very well with the Husband! (Still feels weird calling him that!)
This helped us not feel stressed, and also enabled us to know exactly where we were in planning our wedding. Every email you responded to super fast, and I am going to miss our email chats as you have become a regular in my email inbox. I can't imagine how many emails we have sent each other over 18 months!
Absolutely brilliant wedding planner, and our wedding in Tuscany, Italy was the dream we both wanted. Thanks emily for listening to our needs, wants and requests... and delivering the most PERFECT wedding! It was everything and more that we had hoped for.
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The day ran so smoothly and everyone keeps telling me what a beautiful wedding it was, and everyone fell in love with Lucca as much as we did on our first visit. Thanks for making it all possible.
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Emily was brilliant during the wedding planning stages. She organised all venue meetings and two trips out to Italy to find the perfect venue - Grand Hotel Royal, this included food tasting, hair and makeup trials and she found a great location for pre welcome drinks for guests few days prior to the wedding.
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The wedding was truly wonderful – Emily found us a perfect venue and picked great vendors, from the flower arrangers to the photographers. She even brought the sun! We couldn't have asked for a better wedding and we'll never forget our wonderful wedding day.
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Thank you again for all your help with our little wedding.
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Last night I had the strangest dreams....
Yep, my quiet, forgettable dreaming nights have ended far too soon. Once again, I'm taunted by dreams which remain in my mind long after I've achieved wakefulness as a result of both my musical cat and strong doses of caffeine. Once again, I'm waking with the first thought in my head being "Huh????"
This morning's dreams seemed to focus around bathrooms. (OK, so my bladder was also telling me to get up, in not-so-subtle ways!)
In the first dream, I had to return to Target for something. I had been there earlier and the place was pretty empty, but this time, the parking lot was a mess and people were waiting in long lines for rest rooms which were placed outside on the north wall of the building. I really needed to go and noticed that there were a couple of them which had very short lines, so I joined one. The woman in line before me went in and the next thing I knew, she had picked the whole toilet up and turned it upside down and was shaking it! She said she was unclogging it, but in an utterly novel manner!!! As I waited, I started talking to a young woman I didn't recognize, but somehow knew worked for my old employer. She was telling me about a task order they were getting for $208,000 which they'd been expecting as it used up the money from something-or-other. I told her I already knew about it as I'd run into one of the owners of the company when I was in Target earlier, and he'd told me about it. (weird as they'd have no real reason to bring up company business with me, especially in the middle of a store, but I did say the dreams were weird!) As we talked, people apparently cut in line ahead of us without our realizing it, and there were now a couple of dozen people ahead of us. I finally said, "screw it!", told my bladder to wait and went into the store to get what I needed.
Back at the house, I was having some trouble with my bath tub, and a plumber just happened to be there to shut off the water by crawling under the tub (ok, so I can't figure this one out either, but wait! It gets weirder!)
We fixed the problem and I assume, turned the water back on. Meanwhile, we had a pad of cement in the back yard on which we were installing some kind of mechanism. Later in the day, when I turned on the shower, no water came out. A man who just happened to be there suggested that it was electrical and, in fact, there were wires under my tub, though heaven only knows why! There was an opening under the tub, but it was no longer big enough for anyone to crawl under to turn the water on or off. I also mentioned that it had been working just fine in the morning!
The man told me that we had a limited amount of time to find the problem, though I wasn't clear as to whether it was because he had to leave, would only fix it for free for a certain amount of time, or because it would prove dangerous if left for too long. At any rate, I remembered the pad in the back yard, so we went outside to check on the installation. There was a single lightbulb on a pole and when I turned it on, it caused a spark, then went out. He determined that that was the problem and went off to fix it.
So I'll be left wondering how electrical and plumbing can conspire to cross each other's wires and result in failure while finishing the last of my Christmassing and trying to remember where I put a particular gift which needs to be delivered!
On another note, I failed to find an acceptable Chinese restaurant for tomorrow's festivities, so we are deviating from tradition tonight to have Italian food for dinner! These days, the Chinese aren't the only ones who work on Christmas Eve, thanks to good old, American greed! But I am going to feed into that greed to honor or family tradition of Christmas Eve dinner out. I will not, however, buy into this "shop around the clock" mentality that companies are establishing this year! I feel bad for the people who have to work when the rest of us are snug in our beds, just to satisfy some corporation's idea of grabbing that last buck!
But the choice belongs to the shoppers. If not enough shop in the middle of the night to warrant keeping the lights on all night, I'm sure that those corporations will rethink their strategy for next year!
I can still wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and hope that everyone's holiday is bright and filled with family, friends and, most of all, love!
My gratitudes today are:
1. I am grateful for the love and humor with which I am surrounded.
2. I am grateful to be able to provide a safe temporary home for my friends beautiful, fluffy boy.
3. I am grateful for all of the blessings I have received this year.
4. I am grateful for the new life I have undertaken, and all of the opportunities it is giving me already.
5. I am grateful for continued opportunities to help make the world a better place, and the examples my daughter sets for me.
Love and light
Welcome to my Journey
Hello, and welcome to my Journey. Over the last few years I have been learning more about my personal journey, my Path and my Soul Purpose. The further I travel, the easier I find it to share my journey with others, and to learn from their journeys as well. The most recent evolution has caused me to expand my Universe and allow more people access to my travels, as well as allowing me access to more people, their travels and what they have learned as they walk their own paths. Feel free to share your journey here as we all have much to learn in our lives as Divine Beings having a Human experience.
Love and Light.
Love and Light.
Monday, December 23, 2013
December 23, 2013 And the odd dreams begin again
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Hi Sheri,ReplyDelete
Nice to be here,
A Good Read for the closing of an year.
Yes, wonderful things are happening around.
Let me wish the the same to you and yours.
hope that everyone's holiday is bright and filled
with family, friends and, most of all, love!
Let us be thankful to the Lord Almighty
for His Wonderful doing.Let our gratitude be given
to Him Alone.
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GeForce GTX 590 Detalis Leaked via Slide
A supposed leaked slide has reared its face online, possibly one of many taken from a Nvidia partner presentation detailing Nvidia's upcoming dual-GPU graphics card, the GeForce GTX 590. The leak arrives just after AMD launched its Radeon HD 6990 graphics card sporting dual Cayman GPUs, a dual-BIOS toggle switch, and a hefty $699 pricetag.
According to the slide, the GeForce GTX 590 will feature a 12 layer, 2-oz copper printed circuit board (PCB) designed with a 10-phase power layout. There's also dual vapor chambers, 3 GB of GDDR5 memory (1.5 GB per GPU) and a PCIe dual x16 custom bridge chip. Oh and let's not forget the two GF110 GPUs with a total 1024 (2 x 512) CUDA cores.
To round out Nvidia's big 11-inch package, a removable cover will allow for easy cleaning. It also seems to reveal three DVI ports, possibly for 3D Vision Surround, and a dual-slot center-fan design that blows the air to the GPUs seated on the left and right.
The card will also require additional power through two 8-pin PCIe power connectors. If it's anything like AMD's monster Radeon HD 6990, the parent rig will need a 750W power supply at the least, 1200W for optimal performance. What's surprising is that the card comes packed with 1 GB less memory than AMD's offering, leading us to wonder if the slide may be mistaken.
Currently the Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 is rumored to be shipping on March 22, mere weeks away. We're still waiting on something official to trickle through the Nvidia lines, so stay tuned.
tpi2007"What's surprising is that the card comes packed with 1 GB less memory than AMD's offering, leading us to wonder if the slide may be mistaken."
Kevin, would you care to explain what is surprising ? Nvidia's GTX580 card, which is the base for this card, was designed like that; adding memory would result in either a 6GB card (3Gb per GPU), or a memory system redesign.
Is this - the card should come with 6GB - what you mean ?
dragonsqrrl"What's surprising is that the card comes packed with 1 GB less memory than AMD's offering, leading us to wonder if the slide may be mistaken."
It's been rumored for some time that the GTX590 would feature 3GB GDDR5, and this makes perfect sense as the GTX580 has 1.5GB on a 384-bit mem interface. So I'm not sure why this alone would lead anyone to question the legitimacy of the slides. The only way 4GB would be possible is if the bus width on the GTX590 were downgraded to 2x 256-bit, or bumped up to 2x 512-bit, neither of which seem remotely likely.
silverblueI don't see why it would be mistaken; the 580 has 1.5GB of memory. Two of them have 3GB. AMD simply chose to put 2GB on its higher end single GPU models, a decision which doesn't make a massive amount of sense until you game at really high resolutions and/or use Eyefinity.
I can't see how it can "only" do with two 8-pin connectors, not unless it's being significantly downclocked. I checked Anandtech's power readings for their 6990 review and the 6990 uses 130W less power than two 580s playing Crysis, and considering AMD throttle their cards for FurMark, the stock 6990 uses 300W less power in comparison (using the OC BIOS still results in 166W lower drain). The removable cover is a nice touch. All in all, this card isn't going to be cheap and I reiterate that I can't see it being fully clocked - hell, even the 6990 isn't all that.
22nd March is just next Tuesday so we don't have long to wait for answers.
By putting both gpus on one board you eliminate ALOT of redundant circuitry which helps them maintain the lower than you would expect power envelope without having to downclock too severely. I think it will be a safe bet that this will both out perform and out cost the 6990
Jury is out on noise and heat until some review get up


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Hi there,
I would like to buy Construct 2 (C2), but I'm a bit skeptical. Currently I work with the Game Maker Studio. Due some performance issues on iOS I'm looking for a new SDK.
1. Can I use all features of C2 on iOS Devices? Including WebGL, Shaders, etc.
2. To GameMaker-Developer: Do you miss a few functions which the program does not have?
Examples (C2 can also do?):
> "Views" I use Views in Game Maker to Scale (zoom, shrink) something. But another View still 1:1.
> Can I read website content? I have a php website and use HTTP functions to get data like Levels, etc.
> Can I read and write customs text files?
> Can I use arrays or lists?
> Can I also write scripts? The Game Events by clicking are greate. But for a complex game I want to script.


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In order to overcome barriers known to hinder DNA delivery efficiency, there is a need to develop new delivery methods capable of localized delivery of DNA and other biomolecules such as proteins and therapeutic compounds. Substrate-mediated gene delivery (SMD) describes the delivery of plasmid DNA or DNA complexed with nonviral vectors to cells from a surface, with the DNA immobilized to a biomaterial or substrate through specific or nonspecific interactions.
Immobilized DNA is targeted to cells adhered to the substrate and its local concentration is increased in the cell microenvironment, which has been shown to enhance transfection and allow for patterned delivery. However, for SMD on traditional two-dimensional surfaces, the amount of DNA that can be loaded is limited by surface area constraints and direct contact between immobilized complexes and cells could induce vector toxicity. Therefore, we propose to design new substrates for SMD, which immobilize DNA within the voids of nanostructured columnar thin film surfaces to provide greater surface area for increased DNA loading and to shield cells from direct contact with DNA vectors by loading the DNA in the columnar void spaces beneath adhered cells.


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Meagan is adjusting quickly to being at home. She is able to navigate safely from family room to bathroom and bedroom. There are still funny lapses. Daisy was hungry last night pretty late - needing her pre-bedtime snack. Meagan decided to feed her and I decided to let her. We keep the dog food in bins in a closet in the bathroom off the family room. Daisy's dish is elevated, hanging on a flower pot holder just outside the bathroom. Meagan walked past the dish (normally one would grab it on their way in to fill it) and into the darkened bathroom. I could hear the closet door open, heard some rustling of the bins, heard the cup we use to measure out the quantity of food hit the deck, and then heard silence for a while. Then, "honey, where's the light?". I helped her remember where the lights were and how they went on and off, showed her Daisy's dish, and we successfully teamed up to get her fed. I was proud of her initiative and she is clearly feeling more able and confident to try things. So I am really glad that today is the first day of rehab - to help continue to boost that confidence while augmenting with skill building.
We were fortunate to have found a service called Rehab Without Walls. So Meagan will have skilled therapists come into our home to work with her, instead of having to drive to outpatient therapy or be in a live-in facility for a period of time. The rehabilitation can be context specific, and since she is only able to do up to about 3 hours each day before being taxed, it makes sense to spend as much time at home to enjoy her family, dogs, friends and surroundings. Today we have the overall coordinator come to discuss goals and process, then the occupational and physical therapists. Tomorrow will be speech therapist and physical therapist and Thursday will be speech therapist and occupational therapist. I will be here to make sure she is comfortable with the new people and guide the whole process.
To get to this point though I had to spend several hours yesterday talking with our health insurance case manager, the rehab firm, faxing forms back and forth, getting signatures (Meagan was able to sign for herself and she was quite happy about it, even though it wasn't in her usual elegant hand) and being on hold and going through computerized phone answering trees. It was a good thing Meagan's sister Teri was here to visit, and then Bobbie came over to visit and plan how we'll get people into see Meagan using the Meagan's Faeries web tool. So Meagan had a lovely afternoon, even though she was aware I was stressed and busy.
We did see her oncologist yesterday, Dr. Kaplan and she was very happy to see him and get double hugs. He was reassuring and said in the short term we just had to let the brain calm down (inflammation) and he would help monitor medications and sodium levels and see us every 3rd day. So we see him again Thursday and then a couple times next week. She has her sodium level checked every three days. Yesterday her sodium was at 134, our goal number is 135, so she is within range, but we still have to keep up the high sodium diet for her. She happily munched on Ritz crackers with water and milk at the midnight and 6am sodium tablet popping, respectively.
She remains remarkably calm, anxiety free and positive. I do think it's a result of the stroke, not a contemplative change as a result of a significant incident. It is similar to what was described in the book, A Stroke of Insight, and through discussions I have had with others who have gone through this whom I met through the Melanoma Research Foundation Community chat board. I think the house could be burning down and she would be marveling at the colors! She is aware of the stress and work on me and expresses concern and doesn't want to be a burden. I keep reassuring her that it's ok, that even if it is work and stressful, it has to be done and she isn't in a position to do it for herself. Hopefully the rehab will build her to more independence quickly. So in the meantime, don't blame me for how she dresses! I'm helping her the best I can!


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LAT Home
Mike Piazza says Vin Scully turned Dodgers fans against him
February 13, 2013
By Bill Shaikin
Mike Piazza has not set foot in Dodger Stadium since his retirement. When the Dodgers offered to honor him with a bobblehead night last season, Piazza declined. "He doesn't want to come back because he thinks the fans will boo," former Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda, the godfather to Piazza's brother, told The Times last month. Piazza did himself no favors on that score in his new book, "Long Shot. " In the book, he blames iconic Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully for turning fans against him during the contract stalemate that preceded his trade to the Florida Marlins in 1998.
Hotel loyalty programs not a priority for travelers, study says
January 28, 2013
By Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times
If you are a member of a hotel loyalty program, you are probably not very loyal to your hotel. That is one finding of a survey of about 4,000 travelers by Deloitte & Touche about how they book hotels and what guides their decisions. Only 1 in 4 travelers spent more than 75% of their nights at their preferred brand, and 65% of frequent travelers reported staying in two or more hotel brands in the last six months, according to the survey, released last week. Only 19% of those who responded to the survey said that a loyalty program was very important when choosing a hotel.
Travel loyalty programs are on a downhill slide, new survey finds
January 25, 2013
By Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times Daily Travel & Deal blogger
There's a notable scene in the 2009 film "Up in the Air" when George Clooney's character Ryan Bingham becomes obsessed with amassing 10 million frequent-flier miles. When Bingham makes his milestone flight, he receives a Champagne party and congratulations from the airline's chief pilot. Real-life passengers have racked up more than 10 million miles on United and American Airlines, but all that might be changing. A new study finds consumer loyalty to particular airlines and hotels is plunging and that companies need to up their game if they want to keep members interested.
Syria forces reportedly bomb Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp
December 16, 2012
By Patrick J. McDonnell and Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times
BEIRUT - Battles raged Sunday in a sprawling Palestinian refugee camp outside Damascus as Syrian government troops pressed an offensive against rebels on the outskirts of the capital. Opposition activists reported at least eight killed when rockets from Syrian fighter jets struck near the Abdul Qader Husseini mosque in the Yarmouk camp, on the southern fringes of Damascus. Video said to be from the scene shows blood-streaked pavement and wounded people lying amid the rubble. The reported airstrike on Yarmouk would mark the first time that the government had used warplanes to target the camp, a densely populated urban zone that is home to tens of thousands, both Palestinians and non-Palestinians.
Middle East shifts may weaken Iran's influence with Palestinians
November 22, 2012
By Jeffrey Fleishman and Ramin Mostaghim, Los Angeles Times
CAIRO - Iran for years has supplied Hamas with weapons as part of its own struggle against Israel, but the conflict in the Gaza Strip reveals a shift in regional dynamics that may diminish Tehran's influence with Palestinian militant groups and strengthen the hand of Egypt. The longer-range missiles fired by Hamas over the last week - believed to be modifications of Iran's Fajr 5 missiles - startled Israel by landing near Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. A front-page story in Iran's conservative daily, Kayhan, boasted: "The missiles of resistance worked.
AMC leaves moviegoers in the dark on rewards program change
November 1, 2012
David Lazarus
AMC Entertainment wants to thank you for patronizing its movie theaters. But not too much. The company, which recently was purchased by a Chinese conglomerate, has quietly rejiggered its rewards program to be a good deal less generous in doling out credits for free tickets or food. AMC's revamped loyalty plan is reflective of an ongoing trend in the business world to clamp down on runaway rewards, experts say. Airlines, banks, retailers and service providers are all offering less when it comes to acknowledging customers' steady business.
Can a Dodgers fan root for Frisco? A Giant dilemma
October 28, 2012
Gale Holland, Los Angeles Times
So I was sitting in the office when I happened to remark that I liked the Giants for the World Series. Like the Greek Furies, three colleagues swooped in and lined up at the cubicle divider. No real Dodgers fan would back San Francisco, they said. And it wasn't just my team loyalty they challenged. The most implacable Fury, call him Fury No. 1, cast doubt on my identity. I was not a real Angeleno, he said. Only their glowering faces were visible as I sat cowering in my chair.
Hotel loyalty program comes with faster airport screening
September 24, 2012
By Hugo Martin
For a limited time, members of a hotel loyalty program can get free access to faster security lines at airports around the country. Loews Hotels & Resorts, based in New York, announced Monday that it will pay the $100 application fee for members of its YouFirst Platinum loyalty program who want to sign up for a government program to let pre-screened frequent travelers go through expedited airport checkpoints. But the offer only extends to its current 2,400 members of the program and will expire in 60 days.
Biden forged bond with Obama through his loyalty
September 6, 2012
By Michael A. Memoli, Los Angeles Times
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - For officials who fretted about whether Joe Biden's avuncular style could be tamed by the trappings of the vice presidency, it was an inauspicious beginning. Barely 48 hours into the Obama-Biden administration, the new president ceded the microphone to his partner for a brief task: swear in members of the senior staff. After a bit of confusion, Biden made a crack at the expense of Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who had transposed words of the presidential oath two days earlier.
Square adds loyalty features to its mobile-payment apps
June 19, 2012
By Salvador Rodriguez
Square has add new features to both of its mobile payment apps, allowing merchants to offer customers loyalty benefits through its service. The San Francisco start-up announced the update to its Square Register and Pay with Square apps Tuesday. Among the new features are tools letting merchants offer first-visit specials as well as punch cards that can be customized. On the other side of the transaction, customers can now also collect loyalty cards from merchants they frequent and track rewards.
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We feel bad about the LEA technology support because as a strong secondary school we can manage, but in a small authority like ours we know it may disappear without us, letting local primary schools down. Now we face cutting out services such as advisory support.
Thank you for raising one of the biggest questions many schools face through FebruaryMarch this year. Opting out of shared positive support for the education process is for me one of the hardest economies to swallow, as such support from good LEAs has been the best value for money. How much better to go in for failure avoidance than, too late, failure exposure.
But the experience is common now. What are its implications for a governing body? First, we must become more efficient at identifying the levers on the school's invisible "control panel" which raise standards by strategic means.
Second, we have to target our support needs much more precisely, using what money we can spare for ad hoc consultancy help either from within the LEA or outside, but only for those curriculum areas which really need it at any time.
After all, the Government has indicated that expenditure on improvement must be concentrated on schools that are causing concern rather than those performing well. The same principle applies within a school. Incidentally, make sure your LEA has also taken this fully on board and is not proposing in its development plan to spend on indiscriminate support as the percentage of funds it retains gets even smaller.
Third, remember that one of the things LEAs also did well was to identify good practice and spread it around. I hope they will still do this, but we as governors can also ensure that we maximise, both among staff in our own school and among similar schools in our area, opportunities to observe and learn from others. Not only in the classroom but also in how we use the staff at our disposal, how we spend our money, what sort of strategic information we collect, how we use middle management, and how we tackle the growing mismatches most schools now experience - because of critical recruitment problems in some subjects - between curriculum needs and available staff expertise. Look especially at whether teacher time is being used to maximum benefit and not on tasks more suited to others.
Teachers naturally oppose any increased spending at their expense on administrative staff at all levels, and at higher levels on site and information management and, perhaps, routine budget management.
If you have teachers who are brilliant at these jobs and don't complain, fine. If you're not sure, it's worth a look.
You may save money by spending more on administration to free teachers to teach.