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Academic background
Jamie Wallis graduated from the University of Essex in 2015 with a First class Honours degree in Mathematical sciences including a year abroad at the University of New Mexico, USA. He completed a final year project titled "Analysis of discrete-time biased and correlated random walks" under the supervision of Professor Edward Codling. During his undergraduate, Jamie undertook an 8-week studentship at University College London modelling T cell populations of African children undergoing antiretroviral therapy under the supervision of Professor Robin Callard.
In September 2015, Jamie then joined the University of Oxford on the Synthetic Biology Doctoral Training Programme where he underwent a number of intensive taught courses followed by two short 11-week lab rotation projects. The first of which, was on modelling of the cartilage-bone interface as pressures are applied to see how they interact. The second short project was developing and testing synthetic breast cancer vaccines.
In October 2016, Jamie joined the BUBBL group as a DPhil candidate, under the supervision of Professor Robert Carlisle and Dr Daniel Shenton from Defence Science and Technology Laboratories (DSTL), continuing his research into the development of synthetic vaccines.
Awards and Prizes
The 2015 Winsten Prize from the Mathematical Sciences Department at the University of Essex for achieving the highest degree mark in a degree offered by the department.
I made the 2013/14 and 2014/15 Deans list at the University of Essex.
The 2012 Timothy Jarvis Prize from the Mathematical Sciences Department at the University of Essex for achieving the highest first year mark in a degree scheme offered by the department.
Eliahou Dangoor Scholarship from the University of Essex.
Conferences Attended
Journal of Controlled Release 2017, Boston, USA
Synthetic Biology CDT summer conference 2017, Oxford, UK
Synthetic Biology CDT summer conference 2016, Oxford, UK
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By Jacqueline Hamilton
Eight years ago, my life changed drastically. Honestly, I still haven't completely recovered. I lost my best friend when my grandpa passed on August 10th; and gained a new one when I learned I was 21 weeks pregnant on August 2nd. Within 10 days my life seemed to morph into a sick joke. I was in shock. I had no real time to grieve or process the news of my child's arrival. Yet, when I welcomed a healthy, 7 pound 9 ounce, baby girl in December, I was overjoyed and relieved. My daughter was the singular bright spot in my life.
Still, between working 30 hours a week, taking four classes, and constantly fighting with the father of my child, I was exhausted.
The Weight of a Burden Unevenly Distributed
My partner was struggling to accept that fatherhood required sacrifice. College wasn't a fun filled experience with classes thrown into the mix anymore. There was one argument that marked the beginning of the end for us. I was pleading with him to spend more time at home. I wanted him to endure through parenthood with me, and to stop trying to live like the average 20 year old. He screeched at me, "This feels too much like marriage!" My only response was, "I thought that's what we were working toward." While we dreamed of a future together the present was too restrictive for him to be anything but selfish. I was drowning in loneliness, overwhelmed, and after 8 p.m., often times, I was an angry drunk. I wanted to be heard. I wanted to be relevant to someone other than my daughter. I found that feeling at the bottom of a bottle of $5 dollar wine. I did a lot of things I later came to regret on those drunken nights home alone. I knew something needed to change the morning I spent hours scrubbing my own vomit out of the carpet. I don't blame the father of my child, because we were both grieving the loss of our autonomy. But in those moments I believed I had given up far more than he did. I was headed down a path of self-destruction when a graduation requirement saved me from myself.
Visualized Healing
To fulfill one of my many elective credits I opted for a beginning painting class. I was interested in trying something new. The watercolor coloring books I dabbled in as a little girl and my failed attempts at following along with Bob Ross on PBS were my sole qualifications to be a painter. I believed that mastering a fine art required God-given talent that I just didn't have. This painting class in particular was lead by a great, free-spirited and encouraging instructor. When I completed the gray scale of my first still life portrait, the feeling of satisfaction switched something on inside of me. One A letter grade and six paintings later, I had a small collection I could be proud of. The process of creating proved to be therapeutic.
Through learning the techniques and making mistakes, I began to accept new things about myself: The sprawling maps of stretch marks that covered my belly and thighs, the modified dreams of becoming a world renowned writer, and the stomach churning recognition that my childhood was behind me. It gave me a space to relinquish control, to allow thoughts, emotions, and energy to flow freely.
One evening I was up late with my daughter working to complete my final painting for this class. She sat quietly beside me playing with the baby friendly version of Legos. I had to grab fresh water for my brushes and I returned to find her smeared little fingerprints all over my piece. I wanted to be angry. The painting was of all my daughter's favorite things: Cookie Monster stuffed animal, a Looney Toons blanket, and an assortment of other items that reminded me of her. Her tiny fingerprints actually became the perfect addition in that moment. The painting was made better by an imperfection added by the most perfect person in my life.
Present day? I am still creating in many forms with the intent to show the beauty in imperfections and highlight the reality that our perceived failures are not the sum of our life's work. My art served as an oasis in the midst of my darkness and hope for a new life. You are greater than your darkness and your art is a reflection of your inner light. You can save yourself and someone else through the beauty you're capable of creating. I am grateful and blessed to be here still and to share my story one stroke at a time.
Jacqueline Hamilton is a Seattle-based, self-taught writer and photographer. She writes about the subtlety of life, mental and spiritual wellness. A mother first, Jacqueline is resuming the pursuit of her writing dreams after building a prestigious corporate career. Her go to self care practice is dancing and photographing herself in the mirror. For more from Jacqueline visit her site (originoforiginal.com), and follow her on Twitter (@10LettersDeep) and IG (@Originoforiginal_).


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The Apollo 1 patch was embroidered and worn on the right
breast. All subsequent patches through ASTP were silk-screened
onto beta cloth and worn on the left breast.
Apollo 1
The Apollo 1 crew died in a fire -- in the AS 204 spacecraft that they were
to fly on their mission -- during a ground test at Pad 34 on 27
January 1967.
Apollo 7
The eleven-day mission to test the Apollo CSM in earth orbit was
successful, despite the crankiness of the crew, all of whom developed
head colds during the flight -- prompting later flight crews to be
quarantined prior to their missions. The spacecraft was launched on
a Saturn IB launch vehicle.
Apollo 8
Apollo 8 marked the first crewed launch of the Saturn V; but more
significantly it was the first time humans voyaged to the
vicinity of another celestial body. The mission proved the ability to
navigate to the moon and back. The crew spent 20 hours in lunar
Apollo 9
Apollo 9 was the first manned test of the Apollo LM, and reintroduced
the practice of naming spacecraft, which was now needed to
differentiate the two craft in flight. The CSM was named Gumdrop,
and the LM was named Spider in homage to their forms.
The mission successfully tested the LM, joint CSM/LM operations,
and the Apollo space suit.
Apollo 10
A dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing mission, the Apollo 10 LM
Snoopy was flown to within 14 km of the lunar surface. Every
major component of a lunar mission, aside from landing, being tested,
Apollo 10 paved the way for a landing attempt on the next flight.
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 landed in Mare Tranquillitatis on 20 July 1969, becoming humankind's
first landing on and contact with another celestial body. A two and a half
hour moonwalk accomplished the setup of a set of basic science equipment,
and the collection of 21 kg of lunar samples.
Apollo 12
This second lunar landing proved the ability to land at a precise target.
Commander Conrad landed the LM Intrepid within 180 meters of
the Surveyor III spacecraft, which had landed several years earlier in
Oceanus Procellarum. Two four-hour moonwalks saw the erection of the
first ALSEP nuclear-powered scientific station, and an excursion to the
Surveyor lander.
Apollo 13
The Apollo 13 mission, which had been targeted for the Fra Mauro region
of the Moon, was aborted after an oxygen tank explosion crippled the CSM
Odyssey, forcing the crew to use the LM Aquarius as a
"lifeboat" in order to return safely to earth.
Apollo 14
Alan Shepard commanded this mission, thereby becoming the only one of the
Mercury astronauts fly to the Moon. The Fra Mauro landing site was considered
interesting enough to warrant targeting Apollo 14 there after the aborted
Apollo 13 mission, but the expedition to the rim of Cone crater failed to
reach its goal.
Apollo 15
The first of the "extended stay" missions, and the first to carry a "lunar
rover", Apollo 15 landed at the visually stunning Hadley Appenine site.
In addition to an extended program of lunar surface activities, the CSM
Endeavour carried a suite of science equipment to study the Moon
from orbit.
Apollo 16
The LM Orion landed at the Descartes region in the lunar central
highlands. The largest single lunar sample -- 11 kg -- was collected by
the Apollo 16 astronauts in the course of their 3-day stay.
Apollo 17
The last of the lunar landing missions for the century, Apollo 17 broke
all records for lunar surface operations, at the Taurus-Littrow landing
site. The flight was also distinguished as the first to include a scientist-astronaut,
LMP Harrison Schmitt.


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With Spring bringing in the beautiful weather of Southern California, it also marks the beginning of the car show season in the region. It also marks preparations for one of the largest modern Mopar events on the west coast, Spring Fest. For the past several years, no car club has brought more cars and more […]
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West Coast Challengers and Desert Challengers, our sister club out of Phoenix, AZ, both attended the Fall Fling XXVIII, an exclusive Mopar car show and swap meet hosted by Chrysler Performance West. Our two car clubs met up just before dawn and chatted with each other for a bit while waiting for everyone to arrive […]
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When the club learned that the sixth installment of "Fast and Furious" franchise was in final production and that it would be featuring so many Dodge vehicles, West Coast Challengers knew it had to do something fun to mark the release of the movie on Memorial Day weekend. Being fortunate enough to still have a few drive-in movie theaters in the area, we chose an evening and the club members quickly started to sign up for this special event. Read more …


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Chiang Mai can only be described as one of the most authentic, magical and diverse cities in Southeast Asia. With an endless range of possibilities, any visitor is sure to find a suitable activity here. The following are top 10 activities you should try while visiting this city.
>>Top 5 best day trips from Bangkok
Dine with locals
There's no better way of getting to know a city than by eating with those who know it best. Spend an evening enjoying the company of experts whilst they cook up an array of local dishes in their own home. Not only are the finished products delicious, but the experience allows you to learn the recipe as you dine with locals, meaning you'll have more than just the memories to take home after your visit. En route from the city to the host's house (about a 30 min ride) make sure to take in the beautiful hot springs, another must see in Chiang Mai.
Bua Tong Sticky Waterfall
Thailand boasts a wide range of stunning waterfalls, but Bua Tong has yet to find its equal. True to its name, Bua Tong sticky waterfall lacks the dangers of slippery stones, allowing you to climb its steep slopes in a spiderman-like fashion. Nestled into the tropical jungle, its five levels are just waiting to be explored by the many local and foreign visitors. It is located just over an hour outside of Chiang Mai and represents the perfect destination for a scooter trip. There is no charge, however make note of the donation box and fees for littering in an attempt to keep it spotless.
Visit Elephant Nature Park
Located about an hour from the city center, Elephant Nature Park is a scenic camp offering an animal-friendly approach to viewing Thailand's elephants. Rather than put dollars towards abusive trekking camps and riding, Elephant Nature Park is a sanctuary for rescued elephants from the country's logging and tourism industry. The elephants are treated respectfully and tourists are welcome to feed, bathe and observe the pachyderms.
Sunday Market
Chiang Mai offers an endless variety of markets, yet none is quite as colorful and diverse as the Sunday Market, starting at Tha Phae Gate and extending throughout Ratchadamnoen Road. While offering some of the more touristy trinkets, the Sunday Market excels through its presentation of beautifully handcrafted products. Many of the stalls are family-run, local businesses with affordable prices. Musicians and artists take care of the atmosphere, while the range of food stalls around Tha Pae Gate and the close-by temple offer some of the best street grub in the city. Sunday Market offers something for every taste in a relaxed, magical atmosphere.
Wat Phra That
Wat Phra That, one of the most beautiful temples in Chiang Mai, is located on the top of Doi Suthep and can only be described as one of the most magical sceneries in the country. The Buddhist monastery was founded in 1383 and exists to this day. It is run by donations, so make sure to leave a contribution. The walk up to the temple leads through the beautifully crafted 300-step Naga Serpent stairs. On arrival visitors are greeted by the golden spire of the temple. A lift is available for those unable or unwilling to make the climb on a hot day. The surrounding area is filled with a variety of food stalls and trinket vendors with some genuinely original products.
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Monday, March 26, 2012
A productive exercise day
Change of subject...
Some of you might know that for a while now I've worked with Paul and his music. Well not "work" in the formal sense of the word, more just I've been interested and wanted to learn more so started recording some of Paul's songs for YouTube. Which is great because this way Paul gets to share his music with others.
One of the songs Paul recently shared on his blog is this one:
I just love the words in this one!
One of Paul's blog followers then shared his own version of Paul's song on his blog (click here)
Wow, 2 versions of the same song and it sounds so different. Makes me wish I could sing and play like they do! I like both versions. But to be honest my favourite version is one Paul did on the piano. Some of Paul's songs are amazing on the piano and it just suits it so well, like this one:
Today I was really productive on the exercise front. Which is good because there is a particular goal that Rose, Denise and I are starting to work on and let's just say we've got our work cut out for us. And I believe the word "crazy" has been used too.
This morning I went for a swim. Apart from actually enjoying it, it is important that I practise what Val teaches us every Friday and certainly for next year's Kapiti Women's Triathlon I want to be significantly more confident swimming in the sea and waste less energy swimming the 400m. So this morning I decided to swim for an hour and just see how many lengths I am able to do. I wasn't focused on speed, but simply to try and keep going for about the time I thought I would be there and by the end of it (a little bit over an hour) I did about 80 lengths. There were brief stops between each length, but they were mostly only brief to either wait for the other person in the lane who was about to get going or to get ready to swim back up or back down the lane. And by the end of it I wasn't feeling all that tired and probably (no definitely) could have gone on a bit longer. So I felt a bit surprised. There is still technique I'm not doing as well as I should, but I guess practise makes perfect. Well I hope so!
Later on I did a bit of a bike ride. Not a long ride, but since it was such a lovely day decided to make the most of it. The flat bits are nice. The downhills amazing. The uphills...not so much. No I lie...I hate uphills especially when you look at the road and it doesn't look like much of an uphill - but boy does that catch me off guard each time... and I'm a long way off from enjoying having any kind of hills as part of my exercise. They weren't even particularly challenging hills. Sigh!
How was your day today? Did you have a good start to your week?
5 comments:
- Sue W @ Living the Good Life said...
Well I was the Anti-Lea! :D I did bugger all...buuuuut tomorrow I am meeting a friend so we can walk around Hamilton Lake, it takes about 45-50 mins depending on how fast you walk. ON Saturday whilst we were waiting fpr Michael's rugby game to start(the ref didn't show...again!) I walked around the edge of the park, it tokk about 25 to 30 mins. So I's starting slow, and I'm watching what I eat, cut out the crap and so far feeling good. I don't know what I weigh, I don't care, I don't have scales in the house, I just want to up my fitness and hopefully lose some weight, but I've set no goals, that way I can't get despondent if nothing happens :D
As for the SPAM, I wasn;t inundated it was just a pain that some appeared because of the changes, Changed back and none since. Perhaps the spammers should get out and get more fresh air haha
- March 26, 2012 at 8:05 PM
- Paul said...
Thanks Lea for putting my songs on your post! Well done with the biking and swimming. Looking forward to improving my own swimming next term. Like you I need to work on technique. Trust me the hills will get easier but the truth is that they will always require more effort!
- March 26, 2012 at 8:58 PM
- Ellie said...
It's amazing how the same song can sound so different with different singers isn't it?
Well done with the swimming - 80 lengths is a lot. I am a terrible swimmer and I think it is all in the technique.
I have been for a nice long walk this morning and feel invigorated by it - so that is good.
In your comment on my newest post - I did eat some of those nuts - but not all. And I love walnut cake sounds yummy :))
- March 26, 2012 at 10:42 PM
- Buttons said...
Hi Lea I am tired just reading your workout routine. I think having a special blog for your poems is a great idea. I love your poems. Paul makes nice music to your poems too.
I sometimes write things and wonder if people get it too. You are right no one can see in my head I and I grateful for that LOL.
Take care Lea have a great week. b
- March 27, 2012 at 2:04 AM
- Hayley said...
Oh yes, I am the same way...I have a hundred blog posts in my head, but I know it will come out all wrong when I write it, I am such a bad writer...and someone will be offended. Sometimes I wish I wouldn't worry so much... :-)
- March 27, 2012 at 8:31 AM


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Sworn Virgin was made to be translated. Elvira Dones wrote this book not in her native language of Albanian but in Italian—a necessarily fraught and complicated decision. In an Italian-language interview with Pierre Lepori, Dones speaks about her choice of language: "Sworn Virgin was born in Italian . . . I've lived using Italian for nineteen years, it has slowly and inexorably invaded me, little by little, like the sea." Dones has worked as an interpreter for foreign tourists and as a literary translator of poetry. She has navigated between Italian and Albanian (and sometimes English) for most of her life, and she is deeply aware of the strain and discomfort of moving across languages. Her constant mindfulness of the struggles of inter-lingual shifts underpins every moment of this tight, utterly original story.
Tension between Albania and Italy is fierce. Albanians have been emigrating to Italy for decades, especially since the collapse of the communist regime in 1992, and immigrants have faced massive xenophobia from Italians, even at the highest official levels. In February of 2010, the ever-incendiary Silvio Berlusconi met with the then-Prime Minister of Albania, Sali Berisha, and requested his help in restricting the "scafisti"—human traffickers who use boats to transport illegal immigrants between the two countries. Silvio then continued off-script, commenting that Italy, and he himself, would "only make an exception for (traffickers) bringing over beautiful girls." Because Berlusconi so frequently makes comments denigrating to women, this statement hardly raised any eyebrows. However, Elvira Dones, who is also a journalist and documentary filmmaker, published an open letter to Berlusconi in La Repubblica, which, she caustically points out, he does not read. In her letter, she tells the stories of a handful of these trafficked "belle ragazze albanesi" (beautiful Albanian girls) who have been forced into prostitution. She offers to send Berlusconi her books and documentary films on the subject, and rather reasonably requests that he be a little more thoughtful when endorsing illegal sex slavery. A staunch supporter of gender equality, and a victim of state oppression, Dones unsurprisingly was ignored by il Cavaliere. And though she says this book was "born" in Italian, it can't help seeming like a partly political decision, knowing the extent of racism towards Albanians in Italy.
Dones' work frequently deals with gender (Sole bruciato, Brunilda,) and cultural identity (Roulette, Piccola guerra perfetta, Balkan Beauty). Sworn Virgin plays out as a lengthy and aching choice between the two: the protagonist, Hana/Mark must choose to keep either the gender or the language she was born with. The violent "invasion" by the Italian language experienced by Dones herself finds its way into the novel's text, as Hana/Mark is worn away at by an inexorable "sea" of choice, between remaining a man in Albanian, or becoming a woman in English. Hana's decision seems needlessly tormented at times; parts of the novel are set in in the early 2000s, and such hand-wringing over wearing a skirt or looking at your own naked body seems occasionally unbelievable, or at the very least, frustrating. But as readers, we feel for Hana, imagining her terrific vulnerability as she's asked to abandon one of the two most fundamental pieces of her identity.
The plot is given through flashbacks and memories, but the story begins with single-gendered Hana, a bookish university student living in the (relatively) cosmopolitan city of Tirana. Hana loves English, memorizes foreign poets, and fantasizes about France, where the boy who has been courting her will soon be headed on scholarship. At her uncle's deathbed, when presented with an arranged marriage, Hana volunteers to become a man, as the tradition of Kanun will her permit to do. According to this tradition, she will take an oath to become Mark, to live her entire life as a man and to never relinquish her virginity. To become a "sworn virgin."
Sworn virgins don't undergo sex changes, or identify as homosexual; they dress as men, carry weapons, inherit and own property—privileges denied to women. Dones manages to present a world where this is a reality, where Hana genuinely seems have few other options. Unlike her decision to become a woman again, her decision to take the oath of virginity feels seamless. Dones simply has Hana walk upstairs and change her clothes. She scratches the date, November 6, 1986 into the wall, making it a strangely harrowing scene. All the conflict of the book hinges on this moment, which is rendered beautifully flat and understated in Dones' prose.
Hana's first thought as a newly minted patriarch is not, as we might expect, a wistful farewell to her past and future life as a woman, but rather: "Now what? . . . Now nothing. Now there is nothing. What time is it now in Paris?" She has not only lost her femininity, she has sacrificed the fantasy of an escape overseas, giving up any possibility of becoming elegant, foreign, and English-speaking. It's a grim moment, which we simultaneously fail to imagine and completely believe. Living as we do in a world where gender fluidity is the norm, Hana's despair might feel overblown or abstract to us; instead, this invocation of a Paris that Hana will now never see immediately hurts.
When she moves to the U.S., to a suburb outside of Washington, D.C., Mark, who is now given the chance to become Hana again, immediately begins to obsess over her English. She focuses on learning the language instead of embracing her forgotten femininity, to the mock chagrin of her very feminine cousin. She finds it hard, harder even than her transition from female to male, which she once described as "hell": Hana "thought everything would be easier. When she had become Mark she had had no real experience of femininity. And now she's even scared about her job interview tomorrow. Her English sucks." The struggle to acquire English, to become Americanized, is more forced and challenging than taking on a new gender. Yet no one understands why she is making such a big deal of it. Her cousin is baffled:
"There's no point," she says. "You don't need perfect English to be a parking attendant or a cleaning lady. All you're trying to do is become a woman, not a Ph.D. or whatever it's called."
"Without language you can't do anything," Hana answers.
Reclaiming her gender is, for Hana, linked to claiming English and distancing herself from Albanian. Though she has dressed and identified as a woman for a year and a half, her final test of assimilation will, predictably, be to dispose of her virginity. She selects an Irish-American, the man she met while traveling across the ocean to be her partner in this culminating trial. As part of their (cringingly awkward) courtship, she presents him with a copy of her diary, which she has translated from Albanian into English. She can only have sex with him after he approves of her translation. As they're having sex, he whispers to her "you're not drowning." Hana can survive Dones' "inexorable sea" of translated language, she can cross the body of water that separates Albanian from English, as Dones did in crossing from Albanian to Italian—and as Clarissa Botsford's translation does from Italian to English. Hana is not brought across the water by scafisti who will sell her body, as many Albanian women are, and she refuses to be sold into marriage by her uncle. She owns her own body, but only through sacrificing her native tongue, and embracing her translated self.
In translating a text that is already so explicitly fixated on the movement between languages, the translator must do tricky work. Botsford renders Dones' text into clean, almost stark prose. Because large parts of the book are set in the United States, and because nearly every single character rhapsodizes over English, the translation seems impossibly at home in this language. Playfully Americanized sentences read flawlessly, and in a sense, it feels like Sworn Virgin was always intended to end up in English, that Hana is finally at home in the language she has always wanted to master. At one point, she says: "you know how much I loved that language, and how I never got to study it properly." There is a sense of relief in reading Botsford's translation, in the feeling that Hana has been rendered into the world of English that she has been painfully moving toward all along.
Through Dones' unembellished writing, we grow closer to the distant reality of Kanun and rural Albanian life. The author's background as a journalist, and her choice to write in a foreign language, serve her well; she flattens out Hana's bizarre situation with terse, descriptive sentences that merely hint at turmoil. The strangeness of a poetry writing, transgender, raki-drinking farmer in post-Communist Albania is always maintained. The reader feels that Hana's particular blankness echoes the bleak future offered to her, and to other Albanians. Dones' strangely unemotional rendition of a story of suffering works not only because we feel for her protagonist; it works because we feel the stories of other sworn virgins, of other oppressed women, of other "belle ragazze" whose lives have been derailed, whose language has been invaded. It works because Dones wrote this book in Italian, in the language of a nation that has systematically abused her own, and because Hana has emerged not intact (exactly not intact) but ready to live.
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ELYIRA, OHIO -- The Lake Erie College men's golf team finished 11th at the 2012 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Championships hosted by Ashland University at Elyria Country Club.
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Senior Mike Guarino (Mentor, Ohio/Mentor) was the team's top finisher, tying for 34th place after shooting a two-over 74 in the final round to give him a three-round total of 231 (79-78-74). Guarino was the only Storm golfer in the top 50.
Junior Jay Shiffbauer (Fairport Harbor, Ohio/Fairport Harbor) tied for 53rd at 236 (80-77-79) and freshman Jimmy Wild (Sagamore Hills, Ohio/Trinity) was 57th at 238 (80-79-79). Junior Tyler Walters (Middlefield, Ohio/Cardinal) couldn't capitalize on his opening-round 74 and fifnished tied for 58th at 239 (74-85-80). Freshman Bart Wyss (Salem, Ohio/Salem) rounded out the Storm contingent in 67th place at 251 (85-82-84).
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Mildly fun curiosity this time. Let's talk about Sir Francis Galton.
Galton was a lot of things, a polymath. He made some significant contributions to statistics and mathematics, which we'll get to in a second, but he's possibly best known as the father of eugenics. Galton was a cousin of Darwin's who took his findings on animal husbandry and breeding down a predictably shitty, racist, classist path.
The man advocated for the Chinese to take over Africa because they were, in his view, better. He didn't think the lower socioeconomic classes should have the rights of the successful, including the right to breed. He was, in the parlance of a friend, a shitbag made of dicks.
One of Galton's more curious discoveries transcended those prejudices, though, when he conducted an experiment at a county fair. Several hundred locals were trying to guess the weight of an ox to win a prize, and none of them came close. But when Galton gathered their submitted guesses and studied them, he found the median was less than ten pounds off, and the mean was essentially perfect, off by just a pound.
This is a weird result, when you think about it. A bunch of people making really bad guesses, many of them with no expertise in raising animals, collectively made a perfect estimation of the weight of an ox.
It's a credit to this bigoted shitheel that he didn't just dismiss the result as a statistical fluke, but actually published it and cited it as an unexpected phenomenon worthy of study: crowds can be smarter collectively than the individuals of which they are composed.
That finding was one of the major milestones on the path to what would become the field of study known as emergence, the idea that complexity arises from groups of simple individuals that are themselves incapable of that complexity. Many people think that intelligence and consciousness are themselves emergent phenomena: just get enough neurons firing, and consciousness will happen...somehow.
A really good overview of emergence (including Galton's story) is in this episode of Radiolab. It's one of my favorite hours of radio ever produced, and it covers emergent behaviors in populations of fireflies that blink in unison, business districts in New York City, Google's search ranking algorithm, and beyond.
But that's not why I wanted to write about Galton. I wanted to write about Galton because motherfucker figured out the best way to slice a cake.
Which doesn't quiiiiiiiiite balance out being a proto-Nazi, but is something of a start.
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Seeing these amazing paintings, no one can believe that the artist who created them is blind! Don't be astonished, because it's true. Meet John Bramblitt of Denton, Texas, who lost his vision 13 years ago due to complications with epilepsy, is the man behind these beautiful paintings.
John Bramblitt was plummeted into depression when he was suddenly disconnected from the world around him. Ironically, to cope up with his blindness and to express his feelings, John started painting.
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Hello! My name is Tabby and I'm addicted to… Glitter! I'm a London based Makeup Artist & Beauty Writer (My Makeup My Medium, Spindle Magazine) and I don't know how it happened but I have become a self confessed proud Mod Podge Geek! Thankfully a website exists full of others out there just like me : )
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On a piece of paper or in a small bowl mix together all of your craft glitter to get a beautiful multi-colour glitter solution. Alternatively add more or less of certain colours to get different glitter effects.
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Lastly with the newly dried clean brush coat a final layer of plain Mod Podge Gloss Sealer all over both cases.
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The University of Dayton is a comprehensive Catholic university, a diverse community committed, in the Marianist tradition, to educating the whole person and to linking learning and scholarship with leadership and service. The University of Dayton is a comprehensive university committed to offering a broad range of programs in liberal arts, the sciences, and the professions at the undergraduate level, to providing selected programs on the graduate level to meet the needs of the community and region, to sponsoring timely continuing education programs. As comprehensive, the University views learning and scholarship as a shared task of discovering, integrating, applying and communicating knowledge at the intersections of liberal and professional education, across the disciplines, and through combining theory with practice. As Catholic, the University commits itself to a distinctive vision of learning and scholarship that includes: a common search for truth based on the belief that truth can be more fully known and is ultimately one; a respect for the dignity of each human person created in the image and likeness of God; and an appreciation that God is manifested sacramentally through creation and the ordinary things in life. Ultimately, a Catholic vision of the intellectual life is based upon the acceptance of the revelation of God in Jesus Christ as it has been received and handed on by the Church. This challenge calls for integration of the human and the divine, reason and faith, and promotes true understanding through a person's head and heart. The University welcomes persons of all faiths and persuasions to participate in open and reflective dialogue concerning truth and the ultimate meaning of life. Founded in the Marianist tradition, the University is committed to a vision of a distinctive educational community. As Marianist, the University focuses on educating the whole person in and through a community that supports and challenges all who become a part of it. The University forms an educational community thriving on collaboration by people from diverse backgrounds with different skills who come together for common purposes. The University as Marianist challenges all its members to become servant-leaders who connect scholarship and learning with leadership and service. This university community-comprehensive, Catholic and Marianist-exists not for itself, but to render service. The University creates an environment in which its members, working in a scholarly manner, are free to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of their own work and the work of others. In partnership, through the Research Institute, Campus Ministry, as well as numerous student organizations, the University works with others to improve the human community.
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Mary Gwann, a recent Summa Cum Laude graduate from Roger Williams University with a degree in Criminal Justice and Digital Forensics, currently works as an IT Security Specialist in Providence, RI. She is also a Research Assistant for the National Association of Black Law Enforcement Officers and the policy developer for the SPOT ON, a project with the Latino Pastoral Association whose primary goal is to increase community-police relations in urban areas through various recreational activities and educational programs.
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|This is about what I saw. (And, yes, he is exactly that pale.)
Jack didn't complain about his eye again until New Year's Day, which was awesome, because everything is closed on New Year's Day. Once again, neither Alex nor I could see anything in there and Jack said he was fine with waiting until the next day when doctors were open so we could check it out.
Then, the next day (last Thursday), I forgot about it until 1 pm when the nurse at his school called to tell me that he was in her office, complaining about eye pain. After agreeing that it didn't look like pinkeye (no discharge or fever), she sent him back to class after I asked her to tell him that I was making him an eye doctor appointment.
True to my word—and to avoid losing my Decent Parent card—I took him to the eye doctor on Friday. As I filled out paperwork, Jack sat down next to a gentleman who seemed to be waiting for multiple family members to see the doctor and started showing him his Garfield book.
Jack is nothing if not extremely friendly to complete strangers.
It wasn't long before Jack was called back and the doctor checked his vision before getting up close with the magnifying machine that looks a little like a head torture device.
"You have all those beautiful eyelashes," she told Jack.
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"But," she continued, "a couple of them have gone rogue."
|There were actually three rogue eyelashes, aka Jerkfaces Who Made My Baby Cry.
The eyelashes were still attached to his skin, but were growing the wrong way and they were poking into Jack's eyeball.
|Seriously? Fucking eyelashes? REALLY?
|Isn't the whole point of eyelashes to keep things OUT of your eyes?
"I'm going to have to take them out," the eye doctor said, pulling out a pair of tweezers.
|Take that, motherfucker.
I know it is the eyelash screaming in the picture, but Jack was none too pleased either. The first eyelash yanking went easy. The second and third required a bribe of a 99¢ game for our iPad and also for us to not believe Jack when he started saying, "No! It feels better! You don't have to do it again!" Needless to say, the doctor did it again, but she did the second and third at the same time.
The good news? Jack doesn't need glasses! The less good news? One of the eye doctor's employees has a kid who has rogue eyelashes and he, "only has to come in every three months or so to have me pull them."
I think I might start stroking Jack's corner eyelashes lovingly away from his eyeballs every night in an effort to soothe the angry eyelashes.
When we returned to the waiting room, Jack went straight to the same man with whom he had shared his Garfield book and said, with oh so much passion and emotion, "It was TERRIBLE! I barely made it out alive!"
I sure do hope I get to bring him in four times a year for eyelash taming. That would be great for him.
Stupid jerkface lashes.


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Monoclonal Antibody Therapy in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00054574
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RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies such as ABX-EGF can locate tumor cells and either kill them or deliver tumor-killing substances to them without harming normal cells.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of ABX-EGF in treating patients who have prostate cancer that has not responded to hormone therapy.
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- Determine the clinical effect of monoclonal antibody ABX-EGF, determined by the PSA response, in patients with hormone-resistant prostate cancer with rising PSA values without metastasis.
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- Determine the overall survival of patients treated with this drug.
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OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.
Patients receive monoclonal antibody ABX-EGF IV over 1 hour once weekly. Treatment continues every 8 weeks for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
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- Staining must be 2+ or 3+ in at least 10% of evaluated tumor cells
- Must have tissue available for diagnostics
- Must have failed prior front-line luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) analogue (e.g., leuprolide or goserelin) OR failed orchiectomy and have castrate levels of testosterone (less than 50 mg/mL) NOTE: Must continue on a LHRH analogue (unless an orchiectomy was performed) throughout the study
- 18 and over
Performance status
Life expectancy
- Not specified
- Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1,500/mm^3
- Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3
- Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 3 times ULN
- AST and ALT no greater than 3 times ULN
- Creatinine less then 2.2 mg/dL
- Calcium no greater than ULN
- Left ventricular ejection fraction at least 45% by MUGA
- No myocardial infarction within the past year
- HIV negative
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 1 month after study
- No other malignancy within the past 5 years except basal cell carcinoma
- No history of chronic medical or psychiatric condition or laboratory abnormality that would preclude study participation, administration, or interpretation
Biologic therapy
- Not specified
- Not specified
Endocrine therapy
- See Disease Characteristics
- At least 6 weeks since prior steroidal or nonsteroidal antiandrogens (4 weeks for flutamide)
- Concurrent steroid therapy allowed as replacement therapy only
- Not specified
- See Disease Characteristics
- At least 30 days since prior investigational therapy
- At least 30 days since prior anticancer therapy
- No prior systemic therapy for prostate cancer (except hormonal therapy)
- No prior anti-EGFr therapy
- Concurrent antihypercalcemic treatment allowed in the presence of elevated calcium levels but not as cancer therapy for bone disease
- No other concurrent anti-EGFr therapy
- No other concurrent anticancer therapy
- No other concurrent investigational therapy
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00054574
|United States, California
|Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095-1738
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Fox Chase Cancer Center
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19111
|Principal Investigator:
|Arie Belldegrun, MD, FACS
|Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Responsible Party:
|Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00054574 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
P30CA016042 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|February 6, 2003 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|August 6, 2012
|Last Verified:
|August 2012
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Dialyspa, an innovator in hemodialysis, home dialysis, peritoneal dialysis and nocturnal dialysis, invites the community to visit their newest dialysis center for an Open House and Family Day on Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 10 AM to 3 PM. Three medical directors for Dialyspa Vintage Park, Dr. Bhuriwala, Dr. Memon and Dr. Naqvi, will be introduced as the most recent additions to the Dialyspa team. Guests may tour the dialysis center, visit with members of the Dialyspa family and participate in the celebration that will include food, games and door prizes.
Located in northwest Houston, near the Willowbrook area, Dialyspa Vintage Park brings comfort and expert care that renews the quality of life for dialysis patients. "All three of our facilities are beautiful and provide a comfortable environment. Our co-founder was a dialysis patient and he helped design a dialysis center concept built around a patient's needs. In addition to the daily luxuries, the expertise of our staff and our superior staffing ratios truly set us apart," states Kim Coachman, Communications Liaison for Dialyspa. "We are very excited to introduce our three medical directors and professional staff to the community. We want to offer a day to relax, enjoy outdoor fun and activities for the whole family," states Coachman.
Being on dialysis is a major time commitment, not only for the patient, but often for those who care for them. In-center hemodialysis treatment can take up to twelve hours a week. "Our goal at Dialyspa is to make our patients feel comfortable, relaxed and welcomed as we strive to change the dialysis experience," says Elissa Alonzo, Patient Liaison.
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Head and Heart. We need both to live fully and joyfully. That's how I coach.
An easy-to-read guide on how to live with greater joy, overcome obstacles, take good care of yourself, and nurture healthy relationships.
Start at the beginning, choose a chapter, or open in the middle - you'll find plenty of "aha" moments throughout this book.
Our fear of failure
Keeps us from living our dream
Fall down? Get back up!
Words to abolish
"Perfectionism" and "I should"
To be happier.
Be an advocate
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A quick clarification:
I'm considering cheating… on my current drip style coffee maker. It's true, I have lust in my heart for something shiny and new (just like a man, isn't it?), but we'll get to that in a moment.
My wife has been teasing me that half of my tweets are about coffee. I'm sure not even a third are about coffee, nonetheless even Klout says I'm influential in coffee. Thus this post.
Wait… this blog's about coffee?
If you are reading this and thinking to yourself, "I thought this was a Daddy Blog… why is he talking about coffee?", then you probably aren't a parent. Just sayin'…
I've found very few parents for whom some some sort of caffeine consumption is not part of their daily ritual. What is your beverage of choice? Mine happens to be coffee… but not just any coffee.
So buy a new Mr Coffee already!
Blasphemy! I'm sorry if you love your Mr. Coffee machine, but I grew up in Europe. My high-school cafeteria in Vienna had an espresso machine. Really. And so I'm just a bit picky… snobby says my wife.
I'm not saying no one in Europe uses a drip style coffee maker, nor am I saying they make better coffee than we do in our homes here in North America. Wait… actually I am kinda saying that.
What's an alternative to drip?
A lot of people swear by their French Press coffee makers, e.g. Bodum. Are they called "Freedom Presses" now? Hmmm… but I digress. And some people swear by grandma's percolator:
One problem with drip, press and perk is the amount of time the water stays on the ground coffee. More time means it picks up more acidity… and on the plus side more caffeine.
So what does Daddy prefer?
My goodness, you're still reading this. I'm flattered. You must have had your coffee already today. I'm American, but as I mentioned I spent many formative years in Europe.
They say your taste-buds develop preferences as a child, and mine grew to prefer espresso based drinks. Did I mention "lust" earlier? Here is the subject of my unnatural affection:
This gleaming beauty is a La Pavoni manual lever, piston driven bit of Italian engineering. You don't need to spring for this gold plated brass model, but isn't it sexy… er, I mean well designed?
I know you have been fretting about what to get for my birthday in October… or the mere 150 days left until Christmas, so I thought I'd help you out with your gift list. Thoughtful aren't I?
What's YOUR beverage & how do you make it?
*Note: If you click on the image and buy this for me from from Amazon, I might get just enough commission on the sale to purchase one bag of Starbucks espresso roast to put in it. 😉


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Let's assume that you've made a decision to use a computer for on-board navigation instead of a GPS chart plotter. Which charting software should you buy? Since there is no one product that is right for everyone, the answer is it depends on your needs.
A professional mariner, for example, needs a more advanced program than a sailor. As a way to help narrow down the decision process, here is a list of questions to ask yourself regarding the computer navigation and charting program best suited to your needs.
1. What is your experience level? Do you need celestial, log-keeping or advanced route planning. Do you know how to use the electronic charts currently available? If not, than a basic charting program without the advanced navigation capabilities may be all you need. On the other hand, if you want to learn these techniques and use them as your experience level increases, you may want to start with the most advanced program available, or begin with basic program and then upgrade to the professional model at a later date.
2. Where do you sail? Great Lakes sailors will not need the tides and currents options. Sailors staying in their local coastal waters will need less navigation capability than someone planning an offshore cruise to Bermuda, the Caribbean, a transoceanic voyage or a circumnavigation. If you need a lot of charts for long-distance cruising and voyaging, you may want a program that can use charts that are less expensive. Some programs can use all the available electronic charts, while others are restricted to one type of chart or to a specific region of the world.
3. What do you want to do? What would you like your charting and navigation software to do for you? Do you want to be able to monitor your position in a direct and visual way, or would you like to integrate all the boat's navigation functions together in a single automated process? How much do you want to be able to interact with the software. Which user interfaces suit you best? Are you a diehard Mac user? Your expectations will directly affect the choice of software that best meets your goals.
4. What is your budget? Price always plays a role in buying decisions. For example, a commercial fisherman needs a more advanced system than the average recreational boater. The same holds true for the professional mariner and long-distance cruiser. Are you the type of person who always wants the best and latest toys? Do you need all the bells and whistles, or do you want just the bare minimum to get the job done?
Okay, you've answered the questions and you have a better idea of what you need, but you still have some doubts and need more help before you spend your hard-earned bucks. The first step is to get information and a demo disk from each company. Visit their Web site, and download the demo program. While you're there, get a feel for the type of support you could get online when a technical support person might not available to assist you. Take note of how each company rates their product against the competition.
Install the demo programs on your computer and give them a test drive. Although the demo is a very simplified version of the actual program, it will give you a realistic feel and allow you to judge the ease of operation. Compare the different features and see which ones you like best. Next, go to a store that handles navigation software, or attend a boat show and try out the actual programs. If you go to a store like Blue Water Books, Landfall Navigation, West Marine or Waypoints, they will give you a very complete presentation of all the programs and recommend the one they feel is best for your needs.
At a boat show the person doing the demo knows the program cold, and will be showing you the best features so fast it may seem like magic. After they're finished with the demonstration, take over the controls and try it out for yourself. Ask questions and look at the user's manual. Can you understand the explanations and easily find answers to your questions? Try out the help feature and see if you can find answers to your questions.
One last area to think about is: How easy will it be for you to use this program at sea? Remember, it's one thing to use it ashore at the comfort of your desk and another thing on your boat in the middle of a storm. A pitching boat makes the pointing device that much more difficult to use when you need to open and close the various screens and windows.Finally, read all the product reviews on the various programs in the boating media. This information, coupled with the previous steps, should enable you to make an informed buying decision. When the software arrives, install it on your computer and thoroughly test it on your boat before you actually need to use it. Don't wait until the day of your big trip only to discover, for example, that you received a bad disk, or you can't figure out how to hook up the GPS and there is no one available for tech support on a Sunday morning.
Remember, all these companies have a money-back guarantee if you're not satisfied. However, before the frustration level gets too high, you should first call for tech support. If you're still not happy, simply ask for a return of material authorization number and return the product within the trial period. Don't forget to delete the software from your hard drive using their uninstall program.
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