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Formally located in downtown and known as the Miami Art Museum, the Perez Art Museum of Miami (PAMM) is part of the 20 acre Museum Park. Located at 1103 Biscayne Boulevard PAMM has incredible views of Downtown Miami and Biscayne from inside and outside the building.
Designed by Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron, the $220 million building has 200,000 square footage with 120,000 square feet of interior and 80,000 square feet of outdoor space. The museum feature incredible works of art from all over the world and features its increbdile hanging gardens on the exterior of the building.
PAMM was financed by $120 million in private funding and $100 in taxpayer money. Miami developer Jorge Perez donated $40 million in money and art to the museum.
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If a retailer views "Buy Online, Pickup In-Store" as purely e-commerce, they're losing. Each transaction in which customers pickup in-store is a chance to add value to the relationship. Whether that means speed, cross-selling, or a unique bit of customer service that amplifies the visit, BOPIS plays just as important a role as the rest of the brick-and-mortar experience. Some trips may not translate to additional purchases right then and there, but the way a retailer handles pickup can dictate how the customer feels about the brand.
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I hope our democracy is no longer a demonstration of craze like late Fela Kuti sang, I believe it has delivered us some dividends that is worth celebrating. So happy democracy day to all my fellow Nigerians out-there.
Prior to May 29, 1999, Nigeria went through series of dictatorial military rule and the dream of a democratic Nigeria was far fetch. Today we remain grateful that power is no longer taken by force but given by the people through popular and credible elections.
Indeed one could say how credible have been our elections? It seems our leaders have been selected and imposed on us by some political buccaneers due to porous electoral processes. However, worthy of note is the major improvement we have seen in our most recent elections. A stride I believe will deliver to us credible and peaceful elections in the dearest future.
May 29,1999, heralded the re-entry of democracy with the election of Olusegun Obasanjo as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Since the inception of democracy, there have been some remarkable changes, read them below as outlined on thepointernewonline.com:
For the first time in the chequered political history of Nigeria, civilian rule has successfully transited from one regime to the other without military ousting a sitting civilian government, sacking the constitution, and replacement of the statutes with draconian military decrees.
Another significant landmark in the 18 years of unbroken democracy in Nigeria was the power shift at the Presidential level with South-South for the first time producing the President and Commander-in-Chief for the nation which for decades has domiciled in the northern part of the country..
This particular event has the significance of giving a sense of belonging to the South-South who, though produce the bulk of the nation's wealth (petroleum resources), felt marginalized for not being in the Presidential position to manage the resources.
The emergence of law making chambers at the National and State levels since 1999, has unlike the volatile days of the military leadership where decrees were churned out without democratic input, people through their representatives, now make laws for order, peace and good governance of the nation.
Some of the immediate dividends of this can be seen in certain Acts of the National Assembly such as the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) which gives profound expression to free access to information and has been domesticated by many states.
The people's right to franchise has also gone a step forward to deepen democracy in the last years.
Notwithstanding the strides recorded in the years of democracy, it will amount to insincerity of purpose to assume that there are no worrisome traits on the journey so far.
Indeed, the cankerworms wrecking hardship on the journey on the democracy highway in Nigeria revolve around culture of violence, ballot box snatching, falsification of results, intimidation of voters and political opponents, refusal, failure or neglect to imbibe the culture of accountability by some politicians, are still staring us on the face.
Transparency, ability to minimize hunger, poverty and disease, as well as providing shelter and employment constitute the hallmark of democracy .
There is, therefore, the urgent need to work on these key indices with a view to improving performance in the relevant sectors.
The rough ride on the democracy highway in Nigeria will be incomplete if the heroes and architects of the nations democracy and the ideals for which they stood for are not immortalized.
Great statesmen like Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, Malam Aminu Kano, among others, worked assiduously for nation building and ideally should serve as a source of inspiration to the younger generation.
These great leaders brought the hope that Nigeria will surmount the challenges facing her today and emerge stronger and more influential in the comity of nations.
Those spoiling for war should therefore shield their swords and join hands in expanding the frontiers of democracy dividends.
Nigeria is indeed a great nation of good and great people, but there is the need for concerted efforts to redefine those thins that unite citizens while de-emphasizing those that tend to promote mutual mistrust, hatred and disloyalty among the citizenry.
God bless Nigeria.
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Title: Mechanical bio-pump as a functional component of a ventricular assist system: haemodynamic-modelling study and fluid-structure solution
Authors: Gustavo Suárez; Yvon Maday; John Bustamante
Addresses: Cardiovascular Dynamics Research Group, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia ' Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions, Pierre et Marie Curie University, Paris, France ' Cardiovascular Dynamics Research Group, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Circular 1, No. 70-01, Bloq. 22, 050031 Medellín, Colombia
Abstract: Simulated experience was performed through a computational haemodynamic fluid-structure solution, with the implementation of a mechanical bio-pump as a functional element of a ventricular assistance device, in which the mechanical dynamics of latissimus dorsi muscle is represented. The influence of chamber geometry and constituent material parameters is evaluated upon the pumping functionality. By analysis of haemodynamic variables, it is found that geometry and elasticity are parameters influencing the determination of the pump outflow. In conclusion, the computational haemodynamic model helps evaluate the mechanical behaviour of the functional cardiac assist device through haemodynamic variables.
Keywords: ventricular assistance devices; haemodynamic modelling; fluid-structure solution; cardiovascular modelling; numerical simulation; mechanical bio-pumps; muscle dynamics; latissimus dorsi muscle; chamber geometry; material parameters; elasticity; pump outflow; haemodynamics; fluid dynamics; blood flow; bioengineering; biomechanics; heart rate.
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, 2015 Vol.19 No.2, pp.169 - 186
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Weekly RRRP Impact Report – October 5, 2016
In 2012, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America saw a need to create a safety net for transitioning veterans to connect them to the extensive, but often fragmented, network of support systems and resources available to them. The Rapid Response Referral Team has connected over 7,200 veterans to more than 8,350 resources. Unfortunately, the needs of today's veterans remain high.
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Chris Sharp is standing inside an abandoned New York City warehouse while wearing a homemade suit of armor; a costume that was hastily constructed out of tattered cardboard boxes.
He thanks Paul Goldblatt — who is dressed as an 18th century vampire — for inviting him to a Halloween party. Goldblatt, with a sinister gleam in his eyes, promptly lights that invitation on fire, waving it around as Sharp's eyes dart to follow the flame. It's a parlor trick, a cheap distraction: Macon Blair, a frightening rubber wolf mask covering his face, creeps up behind an unsuspecting Sharp, wielding a hefty and deadly axe.
Just as the blade is about to plunge through that ragged suit of cardboard, the axe head gets caught on a metal chain dangling from the ceiling. Blair struggles to pry it loose, but not before igniting a light bulb overhead. Everyone is frozen in a moment of bleak comedy, as Sharp swiftly realizes that he's the guest of honor in this bizarre party — the honor being that the other partygoers are going to murder him.
As the scene plays out, there's a sense of horrific menace mixed with an undeniable absurdity — and that's just the formula that The Lab of Madness hoped to create in its new film, "Murder Party."
Sharp, Goldblatt and Blair are three of the seven performers in "The Lab," a Brooklyn-based production team, who grew up together in Alexandria.
"No one else that I ever met was as close to their high-school friends. I think we invented and imagined a lot of it, but we had this strange mystique about Alexandria, Virginia," said Sharp, 32.
"Not to be gushingly nostalgic, but it was a time of innocence," said Jeremy Saulnier, who wrote and directed "Murder Party."
It all depends on how one defines "innocence." Saulnier, 31, started making films at about 8 years old while growing up on Old Dominion Blvd. in the Beverley Hills section of Alexandria. To him, "innocence" meant spending Halloween nights rushing from house to house without adult supervision, and creating D.I.Y. horror films that today would likely lead to a lengthy session with the school psychologist.
"We went around town playing guns, bloodying the streets with Karo syrup," said Saulnier. "My fondest memories are from Halloween in Alexandria. It's hard to imagine now, but in the '80s there were always fears of random razor blades in apples. But other than that, from 7:30 to 10:30, it was a bunch of unsupervised kids flooding the streets. It was the true spirit of Halloween."
Saulnier and The Lab of Madness — which includes other childhood friends Sandy Barnett, William Lacey and Skei Saulnier, the director's wife — created "Murder Party" as an ode to that chaotic, rebellious spirit. "The way we like to see it is as 'The Breakfast Club,' with chainsaws and hard drugs," he said.
Yet it might never had been filmed had it not been for something rather conformist: instant coffee.
SAULNIER, LIKE MANY of the other Alexandrians in The Lab, attended George Mason Elementary, then George Washington Middle School and finally T.C. Williams. He left town in 1994 to study film at NYU. Ten years later and still living in New York, Saulnier's film "Crabwalk" won "Best Narrative Short" at the 2004 Slamdance Film Festival. His film career moving along, he found some on-set work, opened a special effects shop with Goldblatt and started working in commercials. He eventually landed a "spec" ad presentation for a major corporation; Saulnier did a "cheesy Maxwell House commercial with some singing firemen in upstate New York," bastardizing the song "Our House" by the band Madness.
If that commercial sounds familiar, that's because it's been in heavy rotation on television for the last year — the coffee giant ditched its big-budget campaign, ordered Saulnier's spot instead and then six more from him. For the next 18 months, Saulnier traveled everywhere from Dublin to Dubai to film ads, earning and saving what would become the primary funding for "Murder Party" — although Jeremy and Skei Saulnier and Sharp emptied their savings accounts for the film as well.
"Murder Party" was a total team effort from the longtime friends, from the finances to the production. Saulnier built into the screenplay the opportunity for improvisation, so the actors used everything from their own experiences to stories they heard in high school to fill in the blanks. The Saulniers and Sharp are producers on the film; Goldblatt did the blood-splattering special effects makeup.
The camaraderie harkens back to those early days in Alexandria, when the group would make what Sharp called "god-awful movies" around town. Just like with "Murder Party," those movies featured some ingenious — and sometimes risky — filmmaking techniques. Like, for example, when Saulnier would use firecrackers as "squibs" to explode packets of fake blood on an actor's chest.
"It brought our art to a whole new level," Sharp recalled.
"MURDER PARTY" was released this year by Magnet, a division of Magnolia Pictures, and has played in several festivals around the country before being released on DVD this month. It's about a man in his late 30s (Sharp) who randomly finds an invitation to a Halloween party on the street, arriving in a creepy New York warehouse district to find a collection of deranged men and women in costume planning to murder him.
The film plays as a pitch-black comedy, skewering everything from the dilution of Halloween culture to the faux-temerity of art-scene hipsters.
"I don't hate hipsters whatsoever. I reached an age where coolness loses its currency, and you just want to be around pleasant people," said Saulnier, his voice inflected with Kevin Smith's slacker tone and an occasional drawl.
There was an experience that inspired this send-up of the tragically hip; one that gave birth to the film's antagonist: Alexander, a self-appointed art guru whose credentials are later called into question, played by another one of Saulnier's childhood friends, Sandy Barnett.
Barnett came to live with the director in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn in 1998. An experienced cook, Barnett went up and down Bedford Ave. seeking employment at any of its restaurants. He was repeatedly asked if he was an artist; when he'd say he wasn't, they'd refuse to hire him. "It was insane," said Saulnier. "We couldn't fathom how somebody who was qualified for a fry-cook job couldn't get one because he wasn't an artist."
The film lampoons that pretension at every turn; but, at its core, "Murder Party" is a gore-filled horror thriller and a far cry from Saulnier's debut "Crabwalk," which he said played like a 1970s-style comedy.
"That was supposed to be my calling card," he said. "'Murder Party' was more of a safety net because it's not high-art, it's not my end-all-be-all film that establishes my cinematic style. It's a good time, with lots of blood and guts and mayhem. We can be free to have fun, and not worry about if I'm going to get called to do the next action franchise.
"It's good to go a little 'gonzo,' because if you fail, it's just a gonzo horror movie."
WHEN THINKING about "gonzo horror movies," one of the last films that come to mind is the sweet indie comedy "Napoleon Dynamite." Yet that film is prominently mentioned as comparable to "Murder Party" in its press materials publicity materials. The connection between a droll celebration of an iconic nerd and a film that features characters doing lines of cocaine before attempting premeditated murder baffled The Lab.
"When we saw that 'Napoleon Dynamite' connection, we thought, 'Well, this is a totally different film," said Sharp.
Part of that loose connection between the films comes from the eyeglasses Sharp wears as the hero; ones that bear a resemblance to Kip Dynamite's and ones that the "Murder Party" crew affectionately referred to as "pedophile glasses." (In reality, Sharp wore them in the seventh grade in order to better see the blackboard in math class.)
Adjusting to the way the film was being sold was part of the post-production education for the group, according to Saulnier. That included a redesigned poster that featured Sharp holding a pair of chainsaws — one more than appears in the film, leaving The Lab wondering if the poster promised something their movie wasn't going to deliver.
Saulnier recalled a dose of reality that was given to them by the studio: "[They told us], 'OK, kids, here's a little lesson. We're going to the Cannes film market, where no one cares about your movie and there are two things that sell your movie — the trailer and the poster.' And we're like, 'Really boss?' and he's like, 'Really, kids.'"
Horror movies are big business these days, thanks to an offshoot of the genre that's been labeled as "torture porn." Film like the "Saw" series and "Hostel" have made millions both in theaters and on DVD.
"We're still a little broke from the movie, so we'd like them to sell as many DVDs as possible," said Saulnier, whose film recently received a major boost of attention when it was featured in Rolling Stone magazine.
As far as "torture porn" goes, Saulnier will support anything that's entertaining. Where he sees danger to that trend, or any other genre fad, is when studios latch onto it and begin cranking out inferior products — like the current wave of "re-imagined" horror classics like "Halloween" and "The Hills Have Eyes."
"I think it's blasphemous," he said.
CONSIDERING WHAT started Saulnier down the road to "Murder Party," that stance is understandable. He and his friends were schooled on classic horror films from the 1980s.
"I had some cousins in Reston, and they broke me in the hard way. They'd take me to the basement of my Uncle Dan's house and make me watch 'Dawn of the Dead' and 'Friday the 13th' in slow-mo on their VCR," he said.
Picture an impressionable young man being forced to view a gruesome scene like the one in George Romero's "Dawn of the Dead," in which one character blows another's head off with a shotgun. "It was burned into my brain, with them looping it over and over and over, laughing as I cringed. I had to embrace it or be traumatized for life," said Saulnier.
He and his friends embrace it fully in "Murder Party," just like they did as children running around their old neighborhoods with packets of syrupy fake blood.
"For a film that was like a continuation of our little movies from Alexandria, we're really stoked," said Saulnier.
Sharp said that if "Murder Party" is a success, The Lab hopes to make a follow-up: an action-comedy that could potentially bring them back home for filming.
"All the movies we ever wanted to do, we first picture them set in Alexandria," said Sharp.


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"I can't explain but I'll find a song that can."
The internet is becoming increasingly popular in terms of music. Digital sales are increasingly dramatically. Downloads and paid streaming have replaced the good old vinyl our parents listened to.
When it comes to learning how to play guitar, you need to also learn how to tune a guitar so that it's neither sharp nor flat and it sounds nice. Even the best guitar player will sound terrible if it's not tuned.
In this article, we've got some online tuners you can use for free.
Online tuners are useful when you first start playing the guitar. You can use them for a number of different reasons:
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Online tuners are free, quick, and easy. However, if you play in a band, you should get an electronic tuner or tuner pedal. They're more precise and allow all musicians in the group to be in tune.
In any case, you can't skip tuning up or else you'll be constantly playing out of key – and that really won't sound good when you record your guitar music on your MAC…
Before you learn to play the guitar, you'll need to know how to tune up as you won't always have a teacher, tutor, or guitar tech there to help you!
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The first thing you need to know before you start tuning your guitar is which notes you have to tune to. We always start from the lowest and thinnest string (in terms of pitch).
While standard guitar tuning is EADGBe, in some cases, you may come across the European names for notes. That said, most tuners will give you the notes in terms of their letter. However, if they don't, or you're reading tablature, this is what they correspond to:
If you're struggling to convert between the two, there's an easy way to remember. Like in the song, you start with Do. Then you have Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Si, Do.
The fundamental note is the A 440, used in music all over the world. This means you actually tune La, Si, Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, etc. However, you just need to remember the following:
There are several types of guitar tuners and various ways to tune the guitar. This means you won't always tune your guitar to EADGBe.
Chromatic tuners listen to the sound of your guitar and instantly tell you whether you're sharp or flat.
If you don't tune your guitar, it'll probably sound awful. (Source: Free-Photos)
When you play a string, such as the E string, the tuner will tell you how in tune you are. If you're in tune, it'll tell you the name of the note.
Some tuners show the closest note and how far off you are. They often light up green in the middle when you're perfectly in tune. If you're not, the needle will point either to the left or the right depending on whether you're flat or sharp respectively.
You just need to turn the tuning peg on your guitar to tighten the string (if you're flat) or loosen the string (if you're sharp). If the string is nowhere near the right note, you're going to have to turn the tuning peg a lot before you get to the note.
I recommend letting the note ring out and turning the tuning peg while it's ringing out. If you're a beginner, you should use a chromatic tuner.
Diatonic tuners are harder to use than chromatic tuners as they require the user to have a good ear. Diatonic tuners don't listen to the sound from your guitar which means it's entirely up to you to match the sound from your guitar with the sound from the tuner.
Learning to play the guitar is already a difficult task. It's even more difficult when you have to tune your guitar with a diatonic tuner. However, a diatonic tuner can help you to tune a guitar in different ways and not just in standard tuning.
It'll help you quickly develop your ear and you'll soon recognise each of the notes. Once you've advanced to that stage of playing, you might want to play these French songs!
When you start playing the acoustic guitar, folk guitar, or electric guitar, you won't necessarily want to spend a lot of money on guitar accessories like metronomes, capos, pedals, or electronic tuners. Get a decent guitar amp for a good sound and get a decent guitar that will stay with you for a while. You don't want to have to replace your guitar regularly!
That is why you need Superprof's everything guide to beginning the guitar…
This mechanism is what keeps your guitar in tune. (Source: PublicDomainPictures)
There are a number of online tuners you can use to save money. In most cases, these tuners will need access to your computer's microphone in order to work. It's also recommended that you download Flash Player in order to use these tuners.
The website TicTone has a metronome, tuning fork, and tuner you can use.
It's got a simple and intuitive interface. On the other hand, you need to know how to tune your guitar.
You'll have the notes E2, A2, D3, G3, B3, E4. E2 is the low E. Thus, if the screen isn't showing E2, you're going to have to adjust the string until it does.
When you're tuned, you'll see green. If this isn't the case, you'll see yellow.
This tuner is especially good for beginners. It's easy-to-use and works really well. You can also get it on Android and iOS for smartphones, allowing you to tune your guitar wherever you are.
You will certainly want to tune your guitar before recording your music on your PC!
If you prefer tuning your guitar by ear or want to use different tunings, you can use a diatonic tuner.
The diatonic tuner won't listen to your guitar. You'll have to reproduce the sound you can hear from your computer on your guitar. This is a great way to improve your ear, too.
This tuner is extremely simple. You just have to click on the button or string you want to tune and listen to the sound. However, you can't tune a bass or a guitar to Drop D tuning, for example.
However, for standard tuning, it does the trick.
Guitarists should be familiar with this site where you can also find a diatonic tuner. You can save your favourite tunings to this tuner as well as modify the type of sound you want to hear: electric guitar, nylon strings, distorted guitar, etc.
You can also modify the type of tuning you want.
This is one of the only online tuners to show the guitar head and the tuning pegs.
This simple and intuitive tuner is great for beginners trying to wrap their heads around how guitars work. You can choose different types of tuning as well as choosing whether or not the note repeats. The best online tuner is the one that works for you in terms of standard tuning, other tunings, the interface, etc.
It's up to you to decide on which one you prefer! Of course, there's nothing wrong with playing using open tuning if the type of music you're playing calls for it.
If you know how to tune your guitar and are ready to start learning, you should check out some of the tutors on Superprof. You can search for what you want to learn and by where you live. Most tutors offer free tutoring for the first hour, so try a few out and see who you like!
If, for some reason, you can't find any suitable guitar tutors in your local area, don't forget that you can always opt for online private tutorials via webcam using a programme like Skype. This is a useful solution for those who live remotely or have awkward schedules as you just need to have a computer with a decent webcam, microphone, and a good internet connection. Additionally, they tend to be cheaper than other private tutorials as your tutor doesn't need to factor travel costs into their rates!


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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Addison...could you be any cuter??
Amanda and Jim Ed, it was so great working with you, Addison is absolutely precious!! I had so much fun, and she is such a happy baby!
(BTW, not sure why 2 pics are showing up on the slideshow, I have tried to fix it, it is not like this on the original one!)
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You are amazing! And thanks for all the help today!
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Fearless Fermentation
Sauerkraut! I think this fermented cabbage is a love-it-or-hate-it food. I like it and Mr. M doesn't think a hotdog is worth eating without it. One day, years ago, I had an abundance of cabbage from my garden, so I decided to try my hand at making sauerkraut. I thought it would be such a challenge! Boy, was I wrong! It is really easy. Considering how much better homemade sauerkraut tastes that the commercial offerings, I want to encourage you to try it for yourself.
The first time I made sauerkraut, I used a recipe from an old book I had on food preservation. The method was so simple that I have stuck with it for all of this time. Now I see on the internet that one needs a lot of overpriced equipment to make it. Special jars and fermentation locks, and so on. What?! No way!
Historically, sauerkraut was made to preserve cabbage, and sometimes other vegetables for long periods of time. Usually, cabbage was "put by" in large stoneware crocks. A plate or a wooden disc, called a follower, was laid on top of the cabbage and a weight, often a scrubbed stone, was added to help keep the the cabbage submerged. How unsanitary! How did they get away with that and live to produce another generation?
Well, the answer is that fermentation produces enzymes and probiotics. The probiotics are from the lactobacillus strain of bacteria (the same ones found in cultured milk products like yogurt). These bacteria are the good guys. Not only are they good for our innards, they are naturally anti-fungal and anti-bad-bacteria. The probiotics actually protect the fermentation of the cabbage. Where does the lactobacillus bacteria come from originally? Well, it seems that it occurs naturally on cabbage leaves.
So now that we have established that the fermentation process won't kill you, what fancy ingredients do we need to make delicious and healthful sauerkraut? Here they are: cabbage and non-iodized salt (I use sea salt). That's it! Simple, simple, simple. What equipment do we need? A container: I use half-gallon canning jars, or if I have a lot of cabbage, a big pickle jar. But I really like those 2 quart canning jars. The other stuff you need are a way to submerge the cabbage in the brine it will produce and a way to keep it out of bright light.
Adding salt to the shredded cabbage will induce it to produce moisture, hopefully a lot of moisture. The liquid and the salt mix to make brine. The brine needs to cover the cabbage to produce an anerobic, that is oxygen-free, environment for the lactobacillus to grow. The bacteria then will affect the cabbage and turn it into sauerkraut.
So, how do I keep my cabbage submerged? Some people use those fancy (and expensive) airlocks, some people use a glass jar the is smaller than the width of the fermentation container. Not me. I use a food safe plastic bag. I partially fill the bag with a weak salt water solution, insert it into the jar of cabbage, mold it to the shape of the inside of the jar, pushing it to submerge the cabbage. I wait a couple of hours to let the brine increase until I can seal the top of the cabbage completely. I cover the jar with a towel to exclude the light, put the jar on a tray, and walk away. I do check it every day because the brine will eventually overflow the top of the jar and I like to keep it cleaned up.
After all that information, here is how I make sauerkraut in pictures:
First I shred the cabbage with my favorite chef's knife
Weigh the cabbage and toss it into my clean dishpan:
Now comes the most important step: Add 1/2 tablespoon on non-iodized salt per pound of cabbage. Mash the cabbage with all of your strength. Really work on it. You want the cabbage to be limp by still crisp. This starts the moisture flowing. Don't overdo the salt or you will need to rinse your sauerkraut before you can eat it.
I put the cabbage into clean jars. As I put it in I tamp it down as much as possible. Any liquid produced goes into the jar also.
You may notice here that I have two jars. one of green cabbage and the other has red cabbage.
I put the partially filled bags of mild salt water into the jars and mold them over the cabbage to fill any available space. If I have it, I use a large cabbage leaf over the shredded cabbage sort of like a tophat, then I add the baggie of water. I use about 1/2 teaspoon of salt to a quart of water. It just in case somehow a little gets into the sauerkraut.
The brine will actually surround the bag and come to the top of the jar. This is what you want. The bag and the brine will keep that air out. Eventually the brine may overflow the top of the jar and the cabbage will make bubbles that will escape through the brine. For that reason do not seal the jar with a lid. Just put a towel or cloth over the top of the jar. Be sure to put the jar on a plate with a rim or a bowl because you will want to catch any overflow.
You can start tasting your sauerkraut after about a week or so. Sometimes it may take 5 or 6 weeks for it to complete fermentation depending on how warm your house is. I live in Florida so mine only takes about three weeks. How can you tell when it is done? Taste it and if you like it, put in the refrigerator. I have kept mine for several months in the refrigerator. To tell the truth, I really don't know exactly how long it will keep, we eat it fast enough that it has never gone bad. It is delicious!
A few more tips:
You can add other vegetables, like onions or carrots. If you add chiles you will make a sort of kimchee, an Asian ferment.
You can add fruit like apples.
Garlic and other spices add a different flavor to sauerkraut.
When you put the jar into the refrigerator, REMOVE the plastic bag and put a clean lid on the jar.
If you have a big jar of sauerkraut, try putting part of it in a smaller jar as you use it to keep your main supply fresh.
While the sauerkraut is fermenting, you may want to put it somewhere that it won't annoy you with its fragrance. Remember those bubbles I spoke of?
I hope you will try making your own sauerkraut. It is really easy and inexpensive. Even if you have to buy the cabbage, it is usually one of the least expensive fresh vegetables available. Cabbage and salt. That's it!


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LEDs Lighting up Landmarks
LED Lighting is Now Used to Light Up the Worlds Favourite Landmarks
The birth of the LED completely revolutionised the world. Our friend the Light Emitting Diode has been the world's most energy efficient light source for 53 years now, and they are definitely here to stay. We've seen consistent exponential grown in their output and efficiency over the years, and current projections for this fascinating piece of technology show that LEDs will be illuminating 61 per cent of the lighting market by 2020.
LEDs provide the most efficient and cost effective lighting solutions around, and can cut your energy bill by reducing energy consumption by nearly 50 per cent. This helps you do your part for both the environment and your wallet. On top of this, LEDs are such incredible pieces of technology with such an amazingly long life that an LED in an infant's room probably wouldn't need changing until they move out for college!
The Whitehouse, the Empire State Building, and even the Eiffel Tower are all illuminated by these high quality, long life, energy saving light sources which save the environment, cost less and are much brighter than traditional incandescent bulbs. If you've ever wanted to know why you should choose LEDs, check out our incredible infographic below.
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MSR-Traffic offers sensor technology for innovative parking guidance systems with single space detection for indoor and outdoor use.
The occupancy status for each parking space is delivered in real-time to mobile devices, host or dynamic signs. This eliminates the need to search for a parking space entirely and the CO2 emissions will be significantly reduced. Parking management is thus more efficient, competitive and economic.
MSR-Traffic's cutting-edge magnetic field sensor technology guide car drivers to the next free parking space.
The wireless sensors are weather-proof and offer a very high detection accuracy. They are installed underfloor and cast flush with the road surface, so that they are vandal-proof and protected from snow-ploughs.
If a vehicle enters a parking space, the sensor detects the change in the earth's magnetic field and signals this information to a server via radio waves for processing and evaluation. Seamless integration with navigation systems, parking guidance systems and ticket machines possible.
Ultrasonic sensors register the availability of every single parking space and process the information with a controller/central PC.
The car park occupancy data are visualised and indicated on LED displays installed on every car park level and at the main entrance. With this system customers are guided to the nearest available parking space. A benefit that doesn't only save the car drivers valuable time but also reduces the traffic produced by endless searching. Moreover, the optimised parking utilisation decreases ventilation costs.
MSR-Traffic dynamic LED displays complete the company's product portfolio and offer project developers the possibility to get all the necessary systems from one provider.
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text: Interview with George Koukis Founder and Director of Temenos, Switzerland On the phone from Geneva where it is close to midnight, George Koukis (DipTech Commerce 1979) makes the air in mid-morning Sydney crackle and sparkle with his enthusiasm and zest for life and learning. The founder of pioneer software company Temenos Group AG, Koukis has lived in Switzerland for twenty years but his affection for Australia and UTS is palpable. "I am grateful to UTS," he says. "I think of it with absolute fondness. Six months after I arrived in Australia – with no English – I was working by day and going to school by night; not theoretical abstract stuff only but what made me think." In Koukis's case the theories he applied to work were the ones that steered him into puzzling out what management might be about; how should a board of directors function, how to apply technology to work practices and so on. "This idea that directors tell management how to do it – rubbish," he says forcefully. "Look at Enron – all theoretical skills, not real skills. Allowing that kind of behaviour, plus short term-minded politicians have mortgaged the future of our children and grandchildren." The once penniless Greek immigrant then makes an illuminating analogy about his passion for the value of education and the even greater value of ethics: "Education is like a knife, you can use it to cut bread or to kill someone. How do we apply education for the betterment of society?" George Koukis was born in 1946 in Chalkis, some 75km north of Athens. When he was 25 years old he and his new wife immigrated to Australia and settled in Sydney. It was 1971, Robert Askin was still premier of New South Wales, Australia's very first Macca's opened (at Yagoona) and – of particular significance to the new immigrant and his wife, Qantas took delivery of its first Boeing 747 and Texas Instruments made public its first computer on a microchip, the snappily named TMS1802NC. Koukis had his first experience of management in a large company when he joined Qantas shortly after arriving in Australia. During his nine years with the national airline he pioneered a number of computer systems, in particular an early and successful profit centre system. "That was why my work at night at UTS was so important to me," Koukis says. "It is important that you learn theory and then apply it to daily work. The basic components of the system I implemented at QANTAS was the direct result of discussions at UTS!" In essence it meant that Qantas was able to pre-determine profits across sectors and aircraft type and, therefore, better utilize its fleet and personnel. Koukis also developed statistical modelling that enabled the airline to calculate risk relating to insurance premiums, a method that was then in its infancy and which proved to be a significant tool for the company. In 1980 Koukis moved even further into the world of computer business solutions when he was appointed managing director of Management Science America (MSA). The 1980s was the decade of Wall Street and Gordon Gekko – and Koukis found himself increasingly at odds with the fashionable culture of "greed is good". "Unemployment is what is at the heart of greed in business, actually," says Koukis. "It is evil. It's very easy to throw a thousand people out of work to prop up the stock price. But it's expedient, it is short term. It is a wasteful practice for managing human resources, simply because you lose skilled people that you will need in the near future." "Our society wants double digit quick returns with a month," Koukis says of today's get-rich-quick philosophy. He then puts it another way, "Humans can only take in three litres of liquid a day, but the soft drink industry wants to expand at 20-30 per cent a year. It is unsustainable!" Koukis is not interested in the short term. In 1993 he purchased Globus, a small, little-known company that designed and built banking software; he renamed it Temenos. Temenos – from the Greek – has a number of meanings, all of them appropriate to Koukis's vision and ambitions: an early meaning is that of a sacred olive grove set apart from daily life as a sanctuary and place of worship. Olympia is the temenos of Zeus, for instance. In Jungian theory, on the other hand, the temenos is the space or safe spot; the "squared circle", where the unconscious can be safely brought into consciousness – where mental effort might be made concrete. Today, after two decades steady and sustainable growth, Temenos Group AG is ranked No.4 in the world in core banking systems. It has 57 offices worldwide, employs close to 5000 people and is listed on the Zurich Stock Exchange. In 2011 Koukis retired as Chairman and CEO but remains on the board and ever-vigilant. He goes on to relate how many times over the years he has been advised by experts to move the company to the Silicon Valley or London or somewhere "more convenient". "I would rather die I told them and they said, 'we'll cancel' and I said, 'so cancel'. You don't have to be good for these people, you have to look good and that's not right. You have to be good, you must do good things every day, produce good products, honest services; have as a business goal to decrease unemployment. While I'm alive people can trust this company." Yet Koukis is not thinking of retirement. He serves on the Board at EasyMed Services SA, Rusada Group SA and on the boards of operating companies within Temenos, and is an advisor on others; and if that were not enough, he's also a registered Certified Public Accountant. These days, however he putting more and more time and energy into Future Leaders for the World, a program he began and funds. "It is for teaching ethical leadership skills," he explains. "We need strong leadership, but it must be ethical. A leader – a student – must ask, 'what does it mean to my neighbour what I do?' So we are taking 50 graduate students from all over the world. We teach integrity – how to make decisions that can mean life or death. What is the point of accepting the Nobel Peace Prize while waging war? Or accepting the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in similar circumstances when anyone can perform chemistry by drinking wine and changing it into urine in the morning?" Given his penchant for colourful analogies and anecdotes, Koukis's seminars and lectures must surely be great fun for listeners – but he's not convinced. "I say never talk numbers, always about philosophy – how to treat customers. I am talking and talking and I see in my audience there are tears in their eyes. I think – are they inspired – but no! I have been talking far too long and they just need a toilet break!" Jokes aside, George Koukis is a passionate man who is unafraid to speak his mind. "I get invitations to meet some of these top people and I won't shake hands with them. These people fuel the differences between people, the intolerance. I admired Warren Buffett, but then I found he owns Moody's and he tried to buy into Goldman Sachs. I am critical of all politicians worldwide, most are hypocrites and intellectually corrupt. If a politician talks about democracy, democracy will be raped the next day." "Future Leaders For the World will learn some interesting things. Such as, says Koukis, "It doesn't matter if a decision goes right or wrong, you must get up, dust yourself off and keep going. You're your life without fear. You must be aware of learning the wrong skills, of the corruptibility of power and money. The GFC was basically a lesson in how to steal money. I don't understand why [Alan] Greenspan is still free. Unfortunately there is a sliding door between the White House and Wall Street and universities are very happy to turn out the next generation of Goldman Sachs people. I don't want any part of that." Check out the Future Leaders of the World website to learn more about ethical management.


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Edward Snowden's prize
Yet to pass on the NSA story would risk giving the appearance of timidity, siding with the government over the journalists who are trying to hold it accountable and ignoring the most significant disclosure of state secrets in recent memory. It would also look like a willful decision to deny the obvious: No other event has had as dramatic an impact on national and international debates over state surveillance and individual privacy.
The board tried to distance itself from politics: The Pulitzer Prize was awarded to the journalists for their journalism, it said — it was by no means an endorsement of the leaker or the leaks. The same was true in 1972, when, after what The Associated Press then described as "unprecedented debate," the Pulitzer committee gave The New York Times the Public Service award for Neil Sheehan's reporting on the Pentagon Papers, which he had received from former military analyst Daniel Ellsberg. At the time the award was given, Ellsberg was awaiting trial on charges of theft, which were later dropped.
But as in 1972, the political ramifications could not be ignored. To date, every public comment or legal ruling has been interpreted either as an endorsement or a rebuke of Snowden's efforts. In March, President Barack Obama proposed that Congress overhaul the NSA's electronic surveillance program — a move that Snowden called "a turning point" in the government's mass surveillance of its citizens. Last December, in a move that Snowden described as vindication, a federal district judge ruled that the NSA surveillance Snowden exposed most likely violates the Constitution.
On the other hand, Obama has previously said that Snowden's leaks "could impact our operations in ways that we may not fully understand for years to come." Former Vice President Dick Cheney has called him "a traitor." Snowden, who is living in Russia, is facing three felony charges in a criminal complaint filed by the Justice Department. And another judge found that the NSA surveillance was lawful and did not violate the constitution.
Jesselyn Radack, one of Snowden's attorneys, told POLITICO that the Pulitzer decision "is something to be celebrated" because it proves that his disclosures had as much value as the reporting.
"I think it validates that Snowden's revelations were whistleblowing in the public interest," said Radack, national security and human rights director at the Government Accountability Project, which represents whistleblowers. "It's material that people have the right to know about."
Radack noted that the Pulitzer judges never actually mentioned Snowden, saying only that the Washington Post and Guardian awards were for the "revelation of widespread secret surveillance by the National Security Agency" — without saying who was responsible for the revelations.
Still, everyone knows what the judges were talking about, Radack said: "That's clearly a big elephant that's missing, but I think everyone knows what that citation refers to."
Prior to Monday's announcement, Michael Gartner, the former NBC News president and Iowa newspaperman who spent 10 years on the Pulitzer Board, said he saw no substantive difference between the journalism that resulted from Ellsberg and Snowden's stolen documents.
"I'm sure that there will be great debates over Snowden's stuff, but really wasn't that precedent set with the Pentagon Papers? The nature of the theft might be different, but isn't the journalism the same — great stories produced from documents that were leaked by an employee of a private contractor?" Gartner wrote in an email. "I can make a distinction between Ellsberg and Snowden, if I have to, based on the nature of what they stole, but how can the board make a distinction between what was published then and what was published now? Reporting is reporting. If I were arguing for the Snowden stuff — and I would — that is the argument I would make."
In 2006, the Pulitzer committee honored James Risen and Eric Lichtblau of The New York Times for their reporting on the George W. Bush administration's secret wiretapping program. That decision, too, was a subject of intense internal debate. President Bush had personally asked the Times not to publish the article, and the committee's decision to honor Risen and Lichtblau's report was seen as a public rebuke of Bush administration policies.
To date, no substantial evidence has emerged publicly that any of Greenwald or Gellman's reporting has compromised America's national security or military personnel, although intelligence officials have said they've detected changes in how groups like Al Qaeda communicate as a result of the broad controversy.
Last month, in a move that set the stage for April's Pulitzer debate, Long Island University gave both the Greenwald and Gellman teams the George Polk Award for National Security Reporting.
John Darnton, the curator of the Polk Awards, said the 10-member Polk panel hardly thought twice about the decision to bestow awards on Greenwald and Gellman.
"In the case of the NSA coverage, we began with a predisposition to seriously consider it because the repercussions were immense," he explained. "There was a bit of discussion, but not much. The story itself is just so significant — there was no great dissent."
David Nather and Hadas Gold contributed to this report.


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BendingCorners is a top notch site. They are specialized in Jazz, any type and any form of Jazz, as themselves state on their page:
BendingCorners explores the grooves of: acid jazz, afro-jazz, cool jazz, cosmic jazz, dub, downtempo, electric jazz, electro-jazz, fusion, future jazz, groove jazz, jazzatronic, jazz dance, jazz-funk, jazz-rock, kozmigroov, modal, phusion, progressive, modern, nu-jazz, soul-jazz, spiritual jazz, and world jazz.
This time I want to refer you to some "classics". Classic selections are always good, no matter if you already know the tracks, it's always a pleasure listen to Davis, Mingus, Monk, Brubek, Ellington, don't you think so? Plus, there is a track in this podcast that reminds me to my childhood: Take Five. I know it's probably one of the most famous jazz tracks in history, but when I was a kid, my father used to listen to "We're All Together Again (For the First Time)" very often and I was really impressed by this joint (16 minutes long version, with a terrific drum solo, killer tune). The good old days…after that I fucked up my, and my father brain, pumping Rap all around the house for years!
Anyway, enjoy this tribute mix to the great Teo Macero!
[...] Beat to UK Funky trough Dubstep, Reggae and of course their own productions…the playlist is nearly flawless (except for a couple of grimey rap tunes i would pull out if i could), yet packed with Warp label [...]


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You can now find me and my pieces at the Lynchburg Heritage Crafter's Market, downtown Lynchburg! I am there about 2 days a week, though my pieces are always there, Tuesday through Saturday. You can find a selection of beaded items, such as wine stoppers, canape knives, key chains, pens, and now even a few touch screen styli (styluses? Help English aficionados!).
I have a selection of jewelry and my unique, individually lined and capped Pandora style beads. You will occasionally also find some copper and beaded sculptures too.
I am also now ready to accept students for the 2014 year! My studio rebuild is complete, and I'm all set with Alpha torches, tools, oodles of glass, and the tons of knowledge I've amassed over the years. I am very much looking forward to teaching in my newly refurbished studio, as I've set it up to be much more conducive to teaching/learning. I absolutely want to get some folks addicted to glass! I'll keep everyone posted on my students (with their permission) and the happens of my creations.


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During Black History Month, the Alzheimer's Association spoke with Dr. Monica Parker, an African-American family physician, caregiver and assistant professor of medicine about her passion for providing communities with local resources. The theme throughout all of her research and work in the field is simple: Education.
Board certified since 1990, Dr. Parker has practiced primary care and geriatric medicine in rural Georgia and urban Atlanta. Since 1995, she has been practicing with Emory Healthcare, often speaking on the importance of Alzheimer's education. Dr. Parker has witnessed firsthand what needs to be done to get black communities involved in research through clinical trials.
"We need to educate and better equip our primary care providers," states Dr. Parker. "If more providers are provided the tools to properly screen geriatric patients for dementia and given knowledge of community resources for their families, we will have better outcomes for the public. We need to better understand healthy aging overall."
Dr. Parker stresses that education is key. She noticed that most of her upper-middle class white patients were being screened every year as part of a clinical research study at Emory's Wesley Woods Center, and learning about better lifestyle habits. She knew that these same habits needed to be created and maintained in black communities.
"We needed – and need – to implore more people of color to become involved in clinical trials. We need them to complete memory assessments. Thankfully more and more people in the community have access to these opportunities. It is great to observe the excitement they have in becoming involved."
Many people in the community were not involved in studies simply because they were not asked. "African-Americans are not unwilling. People were not aware of the need for study volunteers. In fact, African-Americans are very concerned with making things better for the next generation. They don't want their children to face the same hurdles."
African-Americans have a higher rate of vascular disease and are two times more likely to develop Alzheimer's than whites, so the time to get involved is now. "The biggest issue is poorly-controlled vascular disease," Dr. Parker says. "We know that there is a gene that creates a predisposition to Alzheimer's. MRI's can show brain infarcts, which are caused by poor brain blood flow. Hypertension, diabetes and hypercholesterolemia are risk factors for decreasing brain circulation commonly manifested as strokes, or TIA's. Education keeps people aware of these risk factors and lets them know where to turn and what questions to ask."
The call to action must be verbalized and disseminated throughout communities. "Churches are the first place people in the community go to seek help and comfort. Church may not be prepared to take on questions about Alzheimer's and to provide the necessary support. Many smaller congregations have no formal adult daycare program. Pastors want to help identify people in the community that need assistance. They are now able to develop relationships with health providers and offices of Aging. Congregations have hosted forums to let people know what dementia is – and what it is not. In these programs, the average person learns where to obtain information to help cope."
Since 2010, Dr. Parker and her team have developed community forums, funded in part and supported by the Alzheimer's Association, to inform about the Emory Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and ongoing clinical studies. These studies have included an African-American Caregiver study, a study about normal women's aging, and a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarker study comparing CSF of Caucasians and African Americans with family histories of Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Parker and the Emory Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) have established these educational forums as one strategy that serves as an excellent mechanism for recruitment of volunteers for clinical studies.
According to Dr. Parker, many of the participants in the COOL-AD African-American Caregiver Education study in the Emory School of Nursing study viewed their participation as an opportunity for getting assistance and as a "service" provided by Emory – not simply as research.
One of the biggest and most immediate concerns still surrounding African-American research is the establishment of a national brain registry. The Emory Alzheimer's Disease Research Center has had four African American families donate the brains of loved ones for the study of Alzheimer's Disease in the last two years. These persons were active research participants before their deaths. This provided an opportunity to learn about their disease trajectory. The brain autopsy is important because the dementia observed may have a different pathologic origin in this population. Dr. Parker has a passion for this work, but she also knows that the decision to donate the brain of a parent or loved one is a difficult decision. Whether a person chooses to donate their brain for research or not, the more information provided to communities about the long-term value of these studies will result in more trials, further research and a possible cure that will secure the health of future generations.
Monica W. Parker, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology at Emory University. Dr. Parker participates in a biyearly lecture series funded by the Georgia chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. Dr. Parker received a National Institute of Health (NIH) Minority Supplement award to study dementia in ethnic persons in the Emory Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC). She also takes her lectures on the road through the Registry for Remembrance, an academic community partnership that helps educate and recruit African-Americans for long term research participation at the ADRC. She is currently a Co-PI on a 3.5 million dollar grant awarded to Emory School of Nursing by the NIH – National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR).
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I know Dr. Parker, and am familiar with some of her work related to Alzheimer's. She is to be commended for the work that she is doing, and for her passion for educating African Americans about Alzheier's disease. We need more people to get involved with this work. Contact your local Alzheimer's Association to see how you can sign up as an Advocate.
I would most likely donate my brain for your studies for ADRC after i die, because im 59 years old & some times.i wonder if im at the stage of this disease, because i sometimes forget where igoing are, wherei live & is beginning to scare me to the point that i stay home more because of the memory lapse.
Thanking You In Advance Ms Sallie Mae White
There are many segments of Alzheimers that have a direct affect on African American Communities. One area that is of great concerns is that of Rural African American Veterans with Alzheimers. Usually these persons do not get the attention in that they have no transportation and often drop out of the VA System of Care and end up with local Health Systems at home with less than the care they actually need.
I am so glad to see the Alzheimer Association addressing clinical trials and specifically posting the article written by Dr. Monica Parker. Dr. Parker was my Aunt's primary care physician prior to her entering Hospice Care and encouraged family members to attend educational seminars. I am an African-American, with a family history of this disease. My spouse and I are participants in one of Emory University Hospital's Alzheimer clinical trials. We are in our second year and the experience has been an eye opener. It is also comforting to know that through this process we have a better chance at identifying proactive steps to minimize our risks as well as early detection.
With respect to brain autopsy, because my Aunt is an organ donor making the decision to support brain autopsy donation was not difficult for me but bothered other family members. However, Dr. Parker's endorsement of this process makes my role as caregiver and guardian easier as I navigate through all of the challenges associated with such a horrific illness.
A very timely post!!
Thanks Wanda for your enlightening post. I have attended two of the educational seminars and feel better informed about this disease. I also participated in the COORS class. My husband is participating in a clinical trial. Bless you for this article and know that you are not alone in your journey.
I can only thank God for a great daughter of Africa, Dr. Parker – she is an invaluable asset to humanity. I consider her an ambassador of Mama Africa to the civilized world.
Some parts of the world my connive at Africa's rich history of civilization, but it stands as a bright star that can not be ignored.
I am 63 black male living in the Baltimore area. I have tried to sign up for trials but don't seem to have enough symptoms yet. What for these trials look for?
My mom has been diagnosed with Alzheimer. I look forward to a cure for this dreadful disease.
Volunteer Member St. Charles Missouri Alzheimer's Walk for the Cure
Committee 2011-2014. My best friend got me involved with the organization after she helped establish the St Charles committee. Her mother had been diagnosied with Alheimers. My best friend has now been stricken with this life destroying disease. I'm even more committed to doing what ever I can to find a cure.
So pleased with this wonderful work to help with the process of understanding and helping to end Alzheimer's Dementia through research family and Community involvement
Great article. I met Dr. Parker last year and am glad she is leading discussions and educating our community about this dreadful disease.
I admire Dr Parker because she becomes the god for many Alzheimer's patient. Once I read like he is her last stage of research about this deadly disease and you are a great inspiration for many people. Really need to thank each and every organisations like Prestige care Inc in Vancouver who is giving their maximum support to their patients.
All of us should put effort and energy into raising awareness regarding the importance of education. Good education opens doors and should therefore be encouraged. Let's all follow Dr. Parker's example and so what we can about it.
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The Federal Circuit recently adopted a new antitrust liability standard for reverse payment patent settlement agreements In Re Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride Antitrust Litigation that virtually insulates such settlements from antitrust scrutiny. In a reverse payment patent settlement, an alleged infringer agrees not to infringe the patent in exchange for a money payment from the patent holder. The Federal Circuit held that a reverse payment settlement does not give rise to an antitrust violation so long as the settlement: (1) does not extend the patent beyond the exclusionary zone of the patent; (2) is not a settlement of sham litigation; or (3) there was no fraud before the PTO. This may not be the final word on these settlements, but it is the present standard.
In Re Cipro arises out of settlement of patent litigation between Bayer, the owner of a patent covering the active ingredient in the drug Cipro, and Barr, a manufacturer of an allegedly infringing generic drug. Bayer sued Barr for patent infringement; Barr counterclaimed for a declaration that the patent at issue was invalid and unenforceable, and that its generic drug did not infringe the patent. Just before trial, the case was settled by plaintiff Bayer agreeing to make payments to defendant Barr which totaled $398.1 million, in exchange for Barr's agreement not to challenge the validity or enforceability of the patent, and to not market its generic drug until expiration of Bayer's patent.
A group of direct and indirect purchasers of Cipro filed lawsuits claiming that the settlement agreement violated Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act. The antitrust claim was that the settlement allowed Bayer to exclude a horizontal competitor who agreed not to compete in the marketplace in exchange for payments of approximately $400 million. Plaintiffs argued this constituted a horizontal market allocation, which is a per se violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act.
The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment for defendants, holding that settlement of patent claims is "not precluded by the Sherman Act even through it may have some adverse effects on competition." The key element of the opinion is the Federal Circuit's conclusion that a court should not consider the validity of the patent, nor the payment amount, in the antitrust analysis of a settlement agreement involving a reverse payment.
The Federal Circuit's ruling presents two competing concerns. On the one hand, accomplishing a market allocation through payment from one competitor to another outside of the patent settlement context clearly would violate antitrust laws. On the other hand, any antitrust analysis that includes evaluating the merits of the underlying patent dispute raises the possibility that the court hearing the antitrust case will also have to litigate the patent case already settled. The uncertainty of whether a case the parties wished to settle might be tried in a different context could provide a disincentive to settlements.
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I read an interview a few months ago that Rolling Stone did with Louis C.K. and what he said about failure popped out at me.
Do you think you needed all those years and failures to become great?
"Yeah, all the tools I have come from those years. There's nothing elusive or ethereal about it; it's very practical and directly related. I learned how to avoid a huge amount of pitfalls by walking into them and surviving. Then two things happen as you go along. The first thing that happened if your best gets better, but what matters is when your worst gets better. You can't always be crackling with energy. Sometimes you have to go up there, and the thing didn't happen, but you've got to put together an amazing show anyway, so your worst show has to be above everybody's best – that's what you really want. So your worst, that comes with time, that comes with experience."–Louis C.K.
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I personally love what Louie says about failure in this interview and if you aren't watching his show Louie on FX you need finish reading this, ask your grandmother if you can have her log in for her Netflix and give it a try. Some parts of the story really can get to you because for me it's the things that I wish I could say but I don't end up doing it.
Louie gets failure and not in the way I wanted to start this article about how we all need to do a self-evaluation on our own failures to see where we can grow and learn from them.
Instead for me it's looking at those failures and sitting with them most of my problems let's say work related to a miscommunication that in the end turns the project into a Failure. My initial reaction usually is how can I fix this or after a long list of failures that keep coming up that they suck and I should get out of what I'm doing very quickly and quietly. I like to pretend that I take on failure well and see it as a silver lining when it happens but when you have been working on a project for months or you happen to make a special tweak to that one bit of video that you think really brings out something and it ends up not even being needed and the client isn't happy and BOOM YOU FAILED!
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Owners who wish to treat their dogs' warts with home remedies can use vitamin E or castor oil, recommends Organic Pet Digest. However, dog warts generally clear up on their own without any treatment, explains PetMD.
Warts are small tumors caused by the papilloma virus, reports Organic Pet Digest. In most cases, they are harmless and cause no pain. Although veterinarians can perform surgery to remove unsightly growths, in most cases, canine oral warts require no treatment, notes PetMD.
There are several holistic at-home remedies available to treat warts in dogs, including rubbing the wart with either vitamin E cream or castor oil, explains Organic Pet Digest. Organic Pet Digest also suggests feeding an affected dog thuya essential oil capsules. However, such a treatment is dangerous. Thuya, also known as thuja or arborvitae, is toxic to dogs, according to the Midtown Animal Clinic website. The Plants for a Future website agrees that all parts of the plant are toxic.
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