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As a member of the Pro program, when you've earned 2500 points in a calendar year, you automatically earn Pro Plus status through the end of the following year. Pro Plus members get these additional benefits:
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Acanthosis Nigricans
Pronounced: AAY-can-THO-sis NIG-ruh-cans
by Diana Kohnle
Acanthosis nigricans is a skin condition in which brown or black velvet-like markings appear under the arms, in the groin, or on the back of the neck. Any skin fold can be affected, including the lower lip and chin.
Causes of acanthosis nigricans may include:
Risk Factors
Acanthosis nigricans is more common in people of African-American decent. Other factors that may increase your chance of acanthosis nigricans include:
Symptoms include velvety-looking, dark areas anywhere on the skin.
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Tests may include:
Your bodily structures may need to be viewed. This can be done with:
Treatment often involves treating the underlying cause. For example, if acanthosis nigricans is due to obesity, weight loss can improve the skin condition.
Topical and oral retinoids and other medications have been reported to improve appearance in some cases. They help remove excess layers of skin.
To reduce your chances of acanthosis nigricans:
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NORD—National Organization for Rare Diseases
Canadian Dermatology Association
Health Canada
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Clark N, Stulberg DL, Tovey D. Common hyperpigmentation disorders in adults: part II. Melanoma, seborrheic keratoses, acanthosis nigricans, melasma, diabetic dermopathy, tinea versicolor, and postinflammatory hyperpigmentation. Am Fam Physician. 2003;68(10):1963-1968.
Katz AS, Goff DC, Feldman SR. Acanthosis nigricans in obese patients: presentations and implications for prevention of atherosclerotis vascular disease. Dermatol Online J. 2000;6(1):1.
Kong AS, Williams RL, Rhyne R, et al. Acanthosis Nigricans: high prevalence and association with diabetes in a practice-based research network consortium—a PRImary care Multi-Ethnic network (PRIME Net) study. J Am Board Fam Med. 2010;23(4):476-485.
Luba MC, Bangs SA, Mohler AM, Stulberg DL. Common benign skin tumors. Am Fam Physician. 2003;67(4):729-738.
10/15/2010 DynaMed Plus Systematic Literature Surveillance http://www.dynamed... : Kong AS, Williams RL, Smith M, et al. Acanthosis nigricans and diabetes risk factors: prevalence in young persons seen in southwestern US primary care practices. Ann Fam Med. 2007;5(3):202-208.
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CHART Subsystems
The CHART program is comprised of a number of sub-systems, including traffic monitoring, traveler information, incident management, and traffic management. To support the monitoring and control activities of the SOC and the TOCs, a large number of field components and devices are being deployed, including a communications infrastructure, closed-circuit television (CCTV) system for traffic monitoring and complex interfaces to existing and new detection systems.
To support the motorist information needs, SHA is currently expanding its already extensive arsenal of Variable Message Signs (VMSs), Traveler Advisory Radio (TAR) transmitters, and Highway Advisory Telephone system.
A media interface will also be added to the SOC system which will allow the media to access higher quality real-time traffic video to supplement this page's information. Our incident management capability will also be enhanced through the integration of all radio communications, local government communications, and our traffic signal systems activities.
SOC - Statewide Operations Center
The SOC, an information clearinghouse located in Hanover near the BWI airport, is the hub of the CHART system. It is supported by existing satellite TOCs located near College Park, Baltimore, Rockville, and Annapolis. This hub and satellite architecture provides statewide coverage, which allows information to be distributed based on geographical needs and/or expertise, and allows operations to be managed from several different locations. The 17,000 square foot, two story facility has six large screen rear projection systems on a two story high, 40 feet long projection wall. It contains five 6'x8' rear projection systems, one 9'x12' rear projection video wall and twelve 20-inch color NTSC monitors.
I-95 Corridor Coalition
Maryland is a member of the I-95 Corridor Coalition, which is comprised of 26 agencies/organizations responsible for transportation along the northeast section of the corridor from Virginia to Maine. The Coalition was established in 1993 and its mission is to "work cooperatively to improve mobility, safety, environmental quality and efficiency of inter-regional travel in the northeast through real-time communication and operational management of the transportation system. In doing so, the Coalition will seek to establish an economically beneficial multi-modal framework for early implementation of appropriate ITS technology."
To carry out this mission, the Coalition has established the goal of implementing a set of integrated traffic management and traveler information systems along the I-95 corridor by the year 2000. Many projects have already been undertaken by the various Corridor agencies, which when coordinated, will help to achieve this goal. CHART is an example of such a project.
CHART will provide the key I-95 Coalition link in Maryland. In doing so, CHART will coordinate the statewide and regional needs of travelers and Coalition agencies. The coordination of incident management activities, dissemination of regional-oriented VMS and TAR messages, as well as the exchange of information with other Corridor agencies to address regional incidents along the corridor, is an integral part of CHART. An I-95 Corridor Coalition workstation is already installed at the SOC and additional connectivity to other regional traffic information providers such as SmartRoutes in Washington D.C. is underway.


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Guisti Dense Balsamic Vinegar
Giusti is the oldest and most prestigious producer of balsamic vinegar, dating back to 1605. This version of the condiment features aromas and flavors of plum jam and red fruits intertwined with a hint of honey and vanilla. Drizzle some on roasted meats, or on ripe strawberries for an elegant dessert.
- 8.45 oz.
- Made in Italy.
- Wine vinegar, cooked grape must. Acidity 6%. Contains sulphites.
Shipping Information
UPS can deliver most in-stock items within 3–5 business days. UPS is unable to deliver to P.O. boxes.
Shipping Rates
The shipping rate varies depending on your order total and shipping destination. View Shipping Options and Charges.
Next Day Delivery
For an additional charge of $26 per address, we can expedite delivery to most destinations. This service is not available for some oversize items, items shipped directly from the supplier (including perishable and custom-manufactured items), out-of-stock items and items to be shipped outside the contiguous 48 states.
Orders received by 9:00 p.m. ET Monday through Thursday will arrive the next business day; orders placed Friday through Sunday will arrive on the following Tuesday.
Return Policy
At Williams Sonoma, we take great pride in the quality and craftsmanship of our products. Attention to design, materials, safety and construction are our priority. Upon receipt, please inspect your purchase and notify us of any damage; we will arrange for a prompt replacement.
If within 30 days, you are dissatisfied for any reason, you may return your purchase for a refund of the merchandise value. An original receipt or gift receipt is required for all returns and exchanges. Returns with a gift receipt will be refunded in the form of a Merchandise Credit for the amount indicated on the gift receipt. Returns with original receipt will be refunded in the original form of payment, cash and check refunds over $100 will be issued as a company check (may take 14 business days from time of request).
For all cutlery returns (knife sets, single knives, cutting boards, knife sharpeners and knife storage), please contact us at 888.922.4108 to initiate the return.
We cannot accept returns on monogrammed, personalized, special-order items, custom upholstery, food, items shipped direct from the vendor or on items damaged through normal wear and tear. Final sale items ending in .97 or .99 cannot be returned.
Made to Order and Final Sale Furniture items are non-returnable and cannot be cancelled once the order is placed.
For returns of items purchased from your Williams Sonoma Gift Registry, we will gladly provide a refund or exchange for the merchandise within 90 days of your event or within 90 days of purchase, whichever date is later. View Full Returns Policy.
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— For UConn, on many levels, this was more like it.
"That's the way it's supposed to play out," said Ryan Boatright, after scoring 22 points in the Huskies' 100-62 victory over UMass Lowell on Sunday in their second and final exhibition game. "We're supposed to come out on fire in the first half, come out on fire in the second half. We didn't do that last year. We emphasized that."
The Huskies, who were sluggish and tentative at times in their first exhibition game against American International, looked more like the team new coach Kevin Ollie envisions. They ran more, and more effectively, as the triple-digit output suggests, and they grappled for the edge on the boards and got it, outrebounding the River Hawks 52-34 before 5,538 at the XL Center.
"Our physicality is going to come from our effort," Ollie said.
Sophomore DeAndre Daniels, who is looking to regain his confidence after a rough first season, continued to be more assertive, getting 15 points and 14 rebounds, including 10 rebounds in the first half as the Huskies built a 49-33 lead.
"We need DeAndre to rebound," Ollie said. "He dedicated himself this summer, and after he came back later in the summer, he dedicated himself. He had nine rebounds last time, and he had 10 in the first half in this game, and we need him to keep getting better."
Daniels, a slender 6 feet 8, is transitioning from small to power forward, playing a little of both.
"Last year, when things would go bad, I wanted to go home," he said. "I understand my role better. I'm boxing out better, and I'm going to get the ball better. I have to do that because I'm not as big and strong as some of the [frontcourt] guys we're going to face."
Freshman Omar Calhoun, who scored 24 off the bench against AIC, was put into the starting lineup and ended up with 20 points, hitting five of six free throws.
"He wants to shoot," Ollie said, "it doesn't matter if he makes or misses, he wants the next shot."
In their first game, the Huskies fell 10 points behind early and trailed 29-28 at the half before rallying to beat an AIC team projected to finish near the bottom of the Northeast Conference. UMass Lowell is picked to finish near the top of the league. "A lot of our fans thought we had a chance to come in here and play with these guys," UMass Lowell coach Greg Herenda said.
The River Hawks did hang with UConn for a while, tying the score at 27-27 with 7 minutes, 9 seconds to go in the half. But Niels Giffey made a steal and pushed the ball up to Boatright for a jam, then R.J. Evans made a midcourt steal and did the same thing for four quick points, and UConn never trailed again. UConn moved the ball much better, exemplified by a Boatright-to-Evans basket on a pretty backdoor cut.
"One of my assistants scouted their game live," Herenda said, "and I just knew they were going to be sharper in this game. They were sharp, quick, athletic, long … confident."
UConn played with enthusiasm and exuberance throughout, something, as Boatright noted, was often missing last season and also missing in spurts Thursday night. When Evans started a fastbreak that ended with Shabazz Napier's three, he let loose a loud yell. In the second half, when 7-foot-1 junior Enosch Wolf got into the game and scored on a strong put-back, hanging on the rim a second, Boatright clearly loved it.
"In the games we've got coming up, we've got to be ready to [play with emotion]," Boatright said.
Ollie was pleased about Boatright's 6-to-2 ratio of assists to turnovers, and the way the Huskies handled UMass Lowell's zone pressure. UConn made only 29 of 45 from the line, but Ollie was happy to see his team get to the line that much. "We attacked the basket," he said, "and put the refs in a position where they had to call a foul."
UConn kept running away in the second half, and Ollie was able to use 11 players, nine for 10 minutes or more, and use many different combinations, bigger and smaller lineups. Giffey scored 12 points, Tyler Olander 10.
"We played better," Ollie said, "We were more relaxed out there. Guys played with more intensity and effort, and it wasn't like the AIC game where we went in 12-minute stints. I thought we sustained our effort a lot more."
UConn practices on Monday and Tuesday in Storrs, then heads to Germany on Tuesday night for various activities leading up to the Armed Forces Classic against Michigan State.


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L-Lysine HCI
Veterinarian Reviewed on February 5, 2014 by Paulina Nelega, RH
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L-Lysine HCI
Origin of L-Lysine
Lysine is an essential amino acid that cannot be produced by the body and must therefore be consumed with diet. It is scarce in vegetables and grains. People who are vegetarians must exercise caution with their dietary habits. It is necessary for humans to have an adequate intake of Lysine to sustain repair and growth of muscle tissue. It is also vital in the production of antibodies, hormones and enzymes. It can only enter the body through dietary protein such as meat and fish. Cheese, cod and sardines are especially high in lysine. Brewer's yeast, legumes and some other dairy products also contain substantial amounts of lysine.
L-Lysine is primarily used in the treatment and prevention of cold sores that are caused by herpes simplex. It can be taken internally or applied to the skin. It is also taken to improve the performance of athletes.
In Japan lysine is used as a vital part of the diets in livestock. In most other countries it is used as a supplement. The increase in the consumption of meat is causing strains on the feed production. It is felt that portions of the problem would be using lysine and methionine. Meat protein contains more than vegetable protein.
Modern Uses
Lysine has been shown to be beneficial in the treatment of facial and oral herpes as well as genital herpes. Lysine has not been evaluated by the Federal Drug Administration for safety, purity or for dosage. Purchasing this supplement from a reliable source will decrease any risk.
There have been some studies that have shown that lysine in combination with vitamin C may reduce plaque in arteries. There have also been individuals who claim that it has lowered their blood pressure. There have been no conclusive scientific studies to prove or disprove these claims.
There are also claims that it assists the body with calcium absorption and decreases the quantity that is eliminated by the kidneys. There are researchers that have felt that it may help with bone loss. When used with l-arginine it activates the bone-building cells.
Forms available for L-Lysine
L-lysine is available in liquids, capsules, creams, and tablets.
Dosage of l-lysine
The recommended dose with herpes infections is 3000-9000mg/day in divided doses. For recurrence, it is recommended that 1000mg/day be taken in divided doses.
There is always the potential for side effects with prescribed medications. Before taking l-lysine, you should consult with a health care provider that is familiar with food supplements.
In the diet, it is safe. High doses have caused stones in the gall bladder.
You should not take l-lysine if you have liver or kidney disease without first consulting with your physician. The same precaution applies to women who are breastfeeding or pregnant.
Discussion with your health care provider is vitally important before beginning any supplements. While traditional physicians may not approve of any "natural" resources, reading and learning will help. Holistic practitioners are well versed in the administration of any of the supplements available.
Our Expert
Paulina Nelega, RH, has been in private practice as a Clinical Herbalist for over 15 years. She has developed and taught courses in herbal medicine, and her articles on health have appeared in numerous publications. She is very passionate about the healing power of nature. Ask Dr. Jan


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Barnard's 2012 Commencement ceremony and President Obama's speech were covered by news organizations around the world, including a featured photo on the front page of The New York Times. Below is a sampling of coverage.
"His choice to speak at Barnard, while obviously political, illustrates that people are finally recognizing that women can no longer be ignored and that our voice matters, even in the world of politics. And that perhaps, just as Obama's election proved, we are inching ever so slowly closer to a world where underdogs actually stand a chance," writes Alexandra Fields '12 for The Huffington Post.
Graduates appeared on NY1 talking about the experience of hearing from President Obama at their commencement, and coverage also appeared on MSNBC's "The Daily Rundown." Read more in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, BloombergBusinessweek, WNYC, The New York Daily News, DNAinfo.com, New York Magazine, The Atlantic, CNN.com, Essence, WNBC, WABC, WCBS, among many others. President Obama's speech was also referenced on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and The Forward ran a story about a gift from Barnard's Class of 2012 to Sasha and Malia Obama.
Prior to Commencement, President Spar appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," talking about the significance of President Obama speaking at a women's college.


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Spacious Family Home in Alabama
An Alabama couple open their hearts and home, embarking on a spiritual (and worldwide) journey of generosity
Remember the nursery rhyme about the old woman who lived in a shoe? She had so many children she didn't know what to do. Joy and Cole Portis can relate. The Montgomery, Alabama, couple has nine children—six of whom are adopted. That's 11 people, including five teenagers and a child with Down syndrome, plus two dogs and two cats, all sandwiched into their previous four-bedroom home. But, unlike the old woman, they knew exactly what to do.
In the stair hall, concrete stair treads and pavers by Peacock Pavers simulate an old stone floor.
Photography: Tria Giovan
Produced by Jennifer Kopf
Interior designer: Phillip Sides, Phillip Sides Interior Design, 407 Cloverdale Rd., Montgomery, AL 36106; 334/240-3333.
Builder: Hufham Farris Consruction, 13924 Wares Ferry Rd., Montgomery, AL 36117; 334/215-4495, hufhamfarris.com.
Custom cabinetry: Deal's Cabinetry, dealscabinetry.com.
Draperies, custom bedding, pillows: by Susan Daves, through Phillip Sides Interior Design, 334/240-3333.
Drapery hardware; custom ironwork: Phillips Metal Works, phillipsmetalworks.com.
Custom upholstery: A-1 Custom Upholstery, 334/834-4339.
Framing, custom lighting, mirrors and leafing: Stonehenge, stonehengeinc.com.
Stair hall—
Wall paint ("Muskoka Trail" #974): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Rug: custom design by Phillip Sides Interior Design for Tamarian, tamarian.com.
Drapery ("Kendra"/Moth #2298-42): Dogwood Fabrics, dogwoodfabrics.com.
Drapery trim ("Chalfort"/Stone #T229): Pindler & Pindler, pindler.com.
Bell jar lantern: Charles Jacobsen, charlesjacobsen.com.
Banquette ("Esther"): Marcali, marcalidesigns.com.
Banquette fabric ("Heritage"/Metal #1360, discontinued): Pindler & Pindler, pindler.com.
Chair (walnut, 17th-century): Robuck, robuck.co.
Art (Venice-Rio S. Barnada, by Roger Baker, c. 1960): Gardner and Barr Gallery, gardnerandbarr.com.
Marble-and-iron table (18th century): Fleur, fleur-newyork.com.
Pair of wood urns: Zentique, zentique.com.
Mirror (French pier mirror, 19th century): Nicole Maleine Antiques, nicolefrenchantiques.com.
Antiqued mirrored wall: Olde Good Things, ogtstore.com.
Concrete stair treads and pavers: Peacock Pavers, peacockpavers.com.
New Home
"We needed a larger house—for our kids now and in the future. Can you just imagine how many grandchildren we'll have someday?" Joy asks with a chuckle. "In our old house we had four very small bedrooms. We had wall-to-wall beds in one bedroom. The laundry room was tiny, and the kitchen wasn't functional for a family this size," she adds.
Family Home
And just how did Joy and Cole come to have a family of this size? A spiritual journey is how they describe their mission to help neglected and disabled children from around the world. In addition to adopting six children, Cole, who is an attorney, and Joy frequently welcome foster children in need of immediate assistance.
With a bigger house on their agenda, the couple struggled for a couple of years with various architectural plans. Finally, Montgomery interior designer Phillip Sides helped them pull everything together. "The Portises stressed that the house, while beautiful and sophisticated, should be a place where the children would be comfortable," Sides recalls, and that meant providing not just more bedrooms but a flowing floor plan and shared spaces where the entire family could eat and hang out together.
Four of the children and their dogs, Dr. Pepper, the French bulldog, and Ellie, the golden retriever, gather in front of the house.
Serene Retreat
"Cole wanted a grand home befitting the setting (they share a 30-acre lot and private lake with one other home), but he didn't want anything ostentatious or sprawling," Sides says. Although the house is quite large—about 15,000 square feet of finished space—Sides incorporated gables and dormers to break up the expansive roof and diminish the house's mass. The dormers are functional as well, providing interior space on the third level.
The designer clad the exterior with a rough-face stone, creating a look that is reminiscent of an English manor home. "We spent a lot of time choosing the stone colors, mostly browns and grays—no red tones," Sides says. Large paned windows and doors are trimmed with cut limestone lintels and sills that give the house stature and a sense of age. "It's not a pure or period house but a more playful take on an English style," the designer says.
Family Room
Interior spaces reinforce that aesthetic, with waxed wood ceiling beams, intricate wall paneling, and thickened door casings that replicate old-fashioned plaster. Paneling in the stair hall and some of the wood doors were made by milling antique oak beams. "We didn't want a stodgy dark-brown oak look, so we used a Belgian technique of applying soap onto the wood," Sides says. "It's very easy to touch up and gives the wood a beautiful sheen."
The TV is concealed behind glass doors above the fireplace. The door to the right of the fireplace leads to a game room with a pool table, and the door to the left goes to a screened porch. The family room and breakfast room open to the kitchen so Joy can monitor the kids' activities.
Wall and trim paint ("Muskoka Trail" #974); ceiling paint ("Silver Sage" #506): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Area rug: Tamarian, tamarian.com.
Chandelier ("19th-century Painted Iron"): Robuck, robuck.co.
Over-mantel/TV cabinet: Deal's Cabinetry, 334/215-3600.
Antique mirror on cabinet doors: Olde Good Things, ogtstore.com.
Floor lamps ("Petal Floor Lamp with Bronze Mirror Base" #BBL1025, by Barbara Barry for Visual Comfort): Circa Lighting, circalighting.com.
Gray wing chairs ("Gundersen Chair" #H428C): Mr. & Mrs. Howard for Sherrill Furniture, sherrillfurniture.com.
Pair of side tables ("Silhouette Spot Tables" #BST 1263, discontinued): Baker, bakerfurniture.com.
Upholstered ottoman: custom.
Lounge chairs ("Relaxor" #7924-01R): Lee Industries, leeindustries.com.
Coffee table: Sarreid Ltd., sarreid.com.
Living Room
Furniture pieces sport clean lines, and much of the upholstered seating in the family's living areas is covered in indoor-outdoor fabrics that resist staining and are easy to clean. But even though it's designed to stand up to the antics of nine kids, the house has an elegant and refined sensibility. A mix of fine antiques and original art complements the classic architecture.
Wool and wool-and-silk custom Tamarian rugs soften and define main-level rooms. A lavender-blue rug with a Moroccan-inspired ivory border sets a serene tone in the living room, where chairs and a sofa—all upholstered—face a cast-stone fireplace.
A large abstract painting from Charles Harold Company complements the more historic details such as the beamed 11-foot-high ceilings and an antique chandelier.
Wall paint ("Muskoka Trail" #974); trim paint ("Pale Moon" #289): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Rug (custom): Tamarian, tamarian.com.
Drapery ("Brockham"/Old Blue #F3803-03, by Colefax and Fowler): Cowtan & Tout, cowtan.com.
Tassel tiebacks (custom): Stonehenge, stonehengeinc.com.
Chandelier ("Late 19th-century Italian Chandelier"): Robuck, robuck.co.
Center table (English Empire, mahogany): Phillip Sides Interior Design, 334/240-3333.
Stool by table ("Walnut and Caned Directoire Stool"): Nicole Maleine Antiques, nicolefrenchantiques.com.
Art (The Duality of the Bright Star, by Marks): Charles Harold Co., charlesharoldcompany.com.
Pair of lounge chairs (custom design by Phillip Sides Interior Design); French settee (custom design by Phillip Sides Interior Design): Joshua Jones Furniture, 334/202-2277.
Chair fabric ("Silk Denim"/Alabaster #2515-01, by Larsen, discontinued); settee fabric ("Memory"/Opal #8686-10, by Larsen, discontinued): Cowtan & Tout, cowtan.com.
White pillows with Greek key trim ("Stockholm"/Porcelain #2118/08, by Villa Nova): Romo, romo.com.
Yellow silk pill ows ("Bellini Silk," colorway discontinued): Schumacher, fschumacher.com.
Coffee table ("Marbella" #9018CT): Gray Morrell Designs, graymorrell.com.
Console ("Period LXVI Lucchese Fruitwood Console with Marble Top"): Robuck, robuck.co.
Desk and chair ("Regence Writing Desk" and "Jacobean Chair"): Nicole Maleine Antiques, nicolefrenchantiques.com.
Pair of lamps (18th-century Italian urn cutouts) Phillip Sides Interior Design, 334/240-3333.
Artwork on desk (by Clark Walker): Stonehenge Gallery, stonehengeinc.com.
Dining Room
Plaster tracery on the dining room ceiling and deep bay windows further accentuate the home's historic feel. The staircase with concrete treads and a custom metal railing is kid-proof and looks like stone stairways found in old English manor houses.
Phillip Sides designed the dining chairs and table. The console is made from a salvaged iron gate.
Wall and trim paint ("Muskoka Trail" #974); ceiling paint ("Wickham Gray" #HC-171): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Rug: Tamarian, tamarian.com.
Drapery ("Bellagio" #400C): Libas Ltd., libassilk.com.
Drapery trim: discontinued.
Chandelier ("Late 19th-century Italian Chandelier"); sconces ("Pair 18th-century Italian Iron Sconces"): Robuck, robuck.co.
Dining table (custom design by Phillip Sides Interior Design); dining chairs (custom design by Phillip Sides Interior Design): Joshua Jones Furniture, 334/202-2277.
Chair leather: Rose Tarlow-Melrose House, rosetarlow.com.
Crystal spheres (#8.1202, 8.1203, 8.1204): Global Views, globalviews.com.
Console (custom, from 18th-century iron gate, with limestone top): Phillip Sides Interior Design, 334/240-3333.
Lamp on console (bronze lions heads with rings): Randall Tysinger Antiques, randalltysinger.com.
Art behind console (Back Story-Amalfi Coast): by Doug Foltz, dougfoltz.com.
Dining Room Bay Window
"I tried to refrain from too much heaviness as far as trim and detail," Sides says. "My whole approach was to treat this like it was an old house we were bringing up to the 21st century. That drove the way I furnished the house as well."
An antique French bench and a pair of eggplant-hue chairs from Julian Chichester are framed by lush silk draperies tied back with heavy braid and silver-leafed wooden tassels. The marble pedestal is an antique that Sides found in London.
Drapery ("Bellagio" #400C): Libas Ltd., libassilk.com.
Drapery trim: discontinued.
Tieback tassels (custom): Stonehenge, stonehengeinc.com.
Painted settee (antique): Balzac Antiques, balzacantiques.com.
Settee fabric ("Stockholm"/Porcelain #2118/08 by Villa Nova): Romo, romo.com.
Yellow silk pillow ("Bellini Silk"/Forsythia, colorway discontinued): Schumacher, fschumacher.com.
Damask pillow ("Brockham"/Old Blue #F3803-03, by Colefax and Fowler): Cowtan & Tout, cowtan.com.
Antique tea table with mirror top: Travis & Co., travisandcompany.com.
Pair of chairs ("Virginia"); fabric (purple velvet): Julian Chichester, julianchichester.com.
Marble pedestal (from London): Phillip Sides Interior Design, 334/240-3333.
Glass vase (discontinued): Arteriors, arteriorshome.com.
Side table (19th-century, French): Nicole Maleine Antiques, nicolefrenchantiques.com.
Spacious Kitchen
Daily life revolves around the kitchen, which opens to the family room and a breakfast room.
Pecky cypress cabinets are finished with a lime wash. The island is actually a freestanding table with cabinets beneath. The iron-leg base is topped with Zodiaq quartz edged with wood.
Wall and trim paint ("Muskoka Trail" #974): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Drapery ("Formosa"/Silver and White #8138, by Harlequin): Zoffany, zoffany.com.
Cabinetry: Deal's Cabinetry, 334/215-3600.
Countertops ("Zodiaq"): Dupont Zodiaq Quartz Surfaces, dupont.com/zodiaq.
Faucets: Waterworks, waterworks.com.
Range: Wolf, subzero-wolf.com.
Backsplash tile ("Studio Moderne Ecru Gloss"): Walker Zanger, walkerzanger.com.
Chandelier (18th-century French): Nicole Maleine Antiques, nicolefrenchantiques.com.
Table for island: Phillips Metal Works, phillipsmetalworks.com.
Bar stools ("Rustic Wooden Barstool" #9055, by Go Home Ltd.): Arcadian-Home, arcadianhome.com.
Spacious Kitchen
Adjacent to the kitchen is a large walk-in pantry with 200 linear feet of floor-to-ceiling shelving. "It's like a grocery store," Sides says with a laugh. The kitchen features two islands for ample work space and counter-height seating, two dishwashers, two trash cans, two refrigerators, and one large freezer. "I love the two dishwashers. While one is running, we can load the second one," Joy says.
Breakfast Room
An antique chandelier from Robuck hangs above the custom table. Chairs are from Baker.
Wall and trim paint ("Muskoka Trail" #974); ceiling paint ("Silver Sage" #506): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Striped paint treatment: Thomas Eubanks, 334/462-0461.
Area rug: Tamarian, tamarian.com.
Chandelier (French Baroque Style, iron, 19th century): Robuck, robuck.co.
Dining table (custom design by Phillip Sides Interior Design): Joshua Jones Furniture, 334/202-2277.
Dining side chairs ("Breton" #MR4040, Milling Road Archives); armchairs ("Breton" #MR4041, Milling Road Archives): Baker, bakerfurniture.com.
Bench at window ("Elwynn Bench"): Currey & Co., curreycodealers.com.
Art (antique etching); floor lamps (antique): Phillip Sides Interior Design, 334/240-3333.
Console tables ("Triangle Console"): Julian Chichester, julianchichester.com.
Pair of white tall jar lamps (#L4977L): Zentique, zentique.com.
Smart Mudroom
Sides plotted a floor plan with a back entry hall that directs traffic from the garage to a "drop zone" with cubbies for each of the kids and then onward to the family living area. Joy can work in the kitchen while overseeing her children's many activities in the adjoining rooms. "I really needed to be able to have the kids within earshot when I'm fixing meals or packing lunch boxes," Joy says.
Laundry Room
A super-size laundry room—one of Joy's favorite rooms—is equipped with two washers and two dryers to handle the endless stream of dirty clothes. In the middle of the room is a large laundry-folding table that doubles as a place for kids' school projects.
Blue Master Bedroom
A soft blue palette makes this Joy and Cole's favorite room. Sides designed an upholstered leather headboard unit that encompasses the two side tables. A special design allows the TV to drop into a chest at the foot of the bed and below floor level so the chest remains relatively low, the designer says.
Wall and ceiling paint ("Wickham Gray" #HC-171); trim paint ("Linen White" #912): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Drapery (custom screened silk): Nomi Fabrics, nomiinc.com.
Chandelier (18th-century Italian): Robuck, robuck.co.
Area rug (antique Oushak): Vintage Persian Rugs, vintagepersianrugs.com.
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Bed (custom, Pompeian); headboard unit (custom): Phillip Sides Interior Design, 334/240-3333.
Bed leather: Spinneybeck, spinneybeck.com.
Headboard unit fabric: Christopher Hyland, christopherhyland.com.
Marriage chest (18th-century Walnut Neoclassical Cassone): Antique & Art Exchange, antiqueandartexchange.com.
Lamps (discontinued): Circa Lighting, circalighting.com.
Bedding: Christine's Feathered Nest, christinesfeatherednest.com.
Olive Green & Blue Girls' Bedroom
Sides designed not just for but with the children, talking over furniture choices and palettes for their rooms. "Phillip did a good job of capturing their personalities," Joy says. "Zoe and Sarah Kathryn's room is so dainty and beautiful. It's so them!"
Walls are upholstered with acrylic-backed "Rosegate Embroidered Print" fabric from Schumacher, which accentuates the room's slanted walls and alcoves. Two queen beds that face each other snuggle against fabric draperies.
Ceiling and trim paint ("Linen White" #912): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Carpet: Contract Flooring, 334/567-6392.
Wall fabric ("Rosegate Embroidered Print"/Chartreuse #174563): Schumacher, fschumacher.com.
Chandelier; desk: Nicole Maleine Antiques, nicolefrenchantiques.com.
Desk chair ("Kensington Arm Chair"/Natural #KEN-555-98): Bungalow 5, bungalow5.com.
Blue glass lamp ("Ely Aqua Glass Lamp," discontinued; for similar, "Rory" #17336-453): Arteriors, arteriorshome.com.
Garden stool ("Round Garden Seat" #0978TQ): Emissary Home & Garden, emissaryusa.com.
Headboard (custom): Phillip Sides Interior Design, 334/240-3333.
Bed drapery, outer fabric ("Kendra"/Moss #2298-12); tassel tiebacks: Dogwood Fabrics, dogwoodfabrics.com.
Bed drapery, inner fabric ("Bubble Stripe"/Aqua Green #J660F-02, by Jane Churchill): Cowtan & Tout, cowtan.com.
Bedding: Christine's Feathered Nest, christinesfeatherednest.com.
Mirror ("Gold Leaf Lilypad Miror" #10928 by Go Home Ltd.): The Well Appointed House, wellappointedhouse.com.
Side table ("Venice Side Table" #7784-10, by Mariette Himes Gomez): Hickory Chair, hickorychair.com.
Floor lamp ("Ziyi Pivoting Floor Lamp" #TOB 1012, Thomas O'Brien for Visual Comfort): Circa Lighting, circalighting.com.
Bright Green & Teal Girls' Bedroom
Elizabeth and Emme wanted bold—nothing girly-girl—and in their room Sides paired a graphic geometric pattern in kiwi green with turquoise coverlets.
A sheer screen-like fabric flanked by draperies separates the beds from a desk area. The girls chose graphic green Schumacher fabrics for the upholstered headboards and bed draperies.
Wall paint ("Blue Stream" #1668); ceiling paint ("Linen White" #912): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Carpet: Contract Flooring, 334/567-6392.
Chandelier: Nicole Maleine Antiques, nicolefrenchantiques.com.
Bed drapery ("Vientiane Ikat Print"/Palm #175023): Schumacher, fschumacher.com.
Sheers behind bed and on window shades ("Demanda"/White #1515): Pindler & Pindler, pindler.com.
Headboards (custom): Phillip Sides Interior Design, 334/240-3333.
Headboard fabric ("Zenyatta Mondatta"/Peacock #54790): Schumacher, fschumacher.com.
Bed-skirt fabric ("Classic Chintz"/Colonial #1973078): Fabricut, fabricut.com.
Bedding: Christine's Feathered Nest, christinesfeatherednest.com.
Bedside table: discontinued.
Lamps ("Roost Constellation Pendant Lamp"/Large #L233): Modish, modishstore.com.
Art (Euphoria 5, by Erin Fitzhugh Gregory): Stonehenge Gallery, stonehengeinc.com.
Flower table with glass top (vintage): Pieces of the Past, pieces-of-the-past.com.
Orange stools ("Hourglass Stool/Side Table" #HOU-500-03): Bungalow 5, bungalow5.com.
Circus Room
The children all share bedrooms, learning valuable lessons in cooperation and generosity. Those are the values that their parents live every day. "Things may get loud and crazy," says Joy, "but this is our spiritual journey."
Because Eli is hyperactive, furniture was built into the walls, and the carpet and the green ottoman are made with foam to ensure his safety. Sides designed a cozy corner tent using indoor-outdoor Sunbrella fabrics.
Wall and trim paint ("Super White"); ceiling paint ("Beacon Gray" #2128-60): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Hanging lantern ("Darlana Large Lantern" #CHC2176); sconces ("Yoke Suspended Wall Light" #SL2975): Circa Lighting, circalighting.com.
Beds and cabinetry (custom): Phillip Sides Interior Design, 334/240-3333.
Bolster fabric (#5439, Solid Navy): Sunbrella, sunbrella.com.
Bedding: Restoration Hardware, rh.com.
Fabric on throw pillows and custom ottoman ("Macaw" #5429); white canvas: Sunbrella, sunbrella.com.
Playhouse (custom design by Phillip Sides Interior Design, 334/240-3333.
Playhouse fabrics ("Sunbrella Stripe, Navy and White" #9612; "Solid Navy" #5429; "Macaw Green"): Sunbrella, sunbrella.com.
Art (Circus, by Barrett Bailey): Stonehenge Gallery, stonehengeinc.com.
Family Portrait
Cole and Joy Portis with eight of their nine children. From top: Zoe, 17; Jim, 13; Emme, 9; Eli, 7 (on Joy's lap); Elizabeth, 15; Traye, 5 (on Elizabeth's lap); Jon Cole, 13; and Samuel, 13. Their eldest daughter, Sarah Kathryn, 22, is working at a mission in Zambia.


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"Today, people in Newtown are making the #sandyhookpromise to reduce gun violence. Sign the pledge with me at http://www.sandyhookpromise.org" Justin Bieber Tweeted on Friday afternoon.
More than 100,000 people have made the Sandy Hook Promise, including Kim Kardashian, who took the pledge and posted on her Facebook page on Tuesday.
Newtown residents announced the anti-violence initiative on Monday, exactly one month after Adam Lanza went on a rampage inside Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 20 first graders and six staff members before killing himself.
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At the other end of the scale, the government has announced a new set of pre-college exams to compete with the more academic "A Levels" -- called "Tech Levels'' -- will be available to 16-year-old students beginning in 2014.
That idea has been welcomed by British CIO group the Corporate IT Forum, whose Skills Commission -- formed explicitly to foster wider debate on how to plug the nation's growing IT skills gap -- says the move is "a huge step forward." For Joanna Poplawska, co-founder of that Commission, the idea of involving business in helping design the Tech exams is a definite positive.
Quite how CIOs and other IT professionals will regard the rest of Education minister Michael Gove's plans to reshape the National Curriculum remain to be seen, however. The new ideas center on a fundamental recasting of British education to bring more "rigor" back to teaching, he claimed.
[ Tech firms are looking for new ways to help prepare the future workforce. See Should All High School Students Learn Programming? ]
Some headline writers have focused on aspects of the revamped curriculum such as fractions in first-grade math, algebra in grade 10 (not 11, as today) or reversing an alleged "politically correct emphasis" in the history curriculum away from listing British kings and queens and "the island story." However, in terms of tech, Gove has some equally distinctive proposals.
"Perhaps the most significant change of all is the replacement of ICT with computing. Instead of just learning to use programs created by others, it is vital that children learn to create their own programs," said Gove.
Thus, in what is commonly called ICT (information and communications technology), pupils will be taught Internet safety at a much younger age, including how to keep personal details private, and from age 5 they will be taught how to create digital information and content, how to write and test simple programs, and how to organize and store data.
In their design and technology session, meanwhile, British kids may end up working with high-tech devices such as 3-D printers, laser cutters, robots and microprocessors -- and 7-year-olds will get introduced to computer-aided design techniques.
Gove said, "This curriculum is a foundation for learning the vital advanced skills that universities and businesses desperately need -- skills such as essay writing, problem solving, mathematical modeling and computer programming." Gove believes the new curriculum combines the best elements of the world's most successful education systems, specified as "Hong Kong, Massachusetts, Singapore and Finland."
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Open Grid Europe is a top employer in Germany – again in 2019!Top Employers Germany
For more than 75 years we have been investing in young people's futures. Having started out back in 1939 with two shopfitters and four apprentices in Essen and Dorsten, Open Grid Europe GmbH can look back on a long tradition of training. Over more than 75 years the door to the apprentices' workshop has not once been closed even as times have changed. With one eye on technological progress, Open Grid Europe sets its focus on qualified apprenticeships with professional trainers and modern machines and tools – and that applies not only in the area of Essen, but now throughout Germany! The apprentices' workshop and permanent sites provide the facilities for this, alongside the company's own laboratory: this is where the laboratory chemists train.
However, Open Grid Europe doesn't just stand out for its technical-industrial training. The area of administration is likewise represented: having begun many years ago, the commercially-focused apprenticeship is built on 50 years of tradition. In their deployments in various different areas of the company, the future industrial administrators delve into the company's workings, becoming familiar with materials management, HR, procurement and numerous other areas. This variety enables us to identify an apprentice's talent for accounting or controlling, and thus they can develop a direction for their subsequent professional orientation even during the training period.
Detailed information about the individual apprenticeships can be found via the links below.
Alongside the professional development of the "experts of tomorrow", Open Grid Europe also organises joint activities to ensure the necessary social cohesion among apprentices – regardless of their areas of work. Open Grid Europe offers you the ideal basis for your later professional life, and develops not only your technical, but also your social skills.
During the course of the celebrations for the 75th anniversary of our apprentices' workshop in September 2014, our Managing Director Wolfgang Anthes emphasised that "our company will always have space for a training establishment as that is where we get the new talent we need for our future work."
Open Grid Europe offers its apprentices a broad range of possibilities for further training and personal development:
Every year we look for young, ambitious people with notable team spirit, the ability to work individually in a focused way, reliability and an enjoyment of dealing with other people. Could you be one of them?
First impressions count. That applies not only the first time you meet someone in person, but actually begins as soon as you submit your documents.
Click here to go to our job vacancies.Job market
Whether you want to travel by car or by train, you will find detailed directions here.How to find us
Before submitting an application, you may find you have a number of questions: What should I pay attention to? Whom specifically should I address it to?FAQs on the application process
Who is Open Grid Europe? What is necessary to ensure safe gas transportation? How large is our network and who controls it? What is a compressor and how does it function? Our film "At the Core of Gas Transmission" gives you a clear idea of our business.
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Industrial mechanic, electronics technician or laboratory chemist - all apprenticeships with a future, which have thus far not featured in the top ten professions chosen by girls.


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The Star Wars Ultimate Galactic Hunt 2006 is a celebration in product spanning the nearly 30-year history of Star Wars action figures, including a very special tribute to the architect of the Star Wars universe himself ? George Lucas.
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"Doctor, is there a doctor in the house!".It has been a while since I uploaded any lessons on anyone or thing from the anime 'One Piece'. Here is a tutorial that you may enjoy called "how to draw Chopper", step by step. His full name is 'Tony Tony Chopper', and he is a doctor for the Straw Hat Pirates. If you're wondering, he is a reindeer that wears a strange hat with a sideways medical cross on the front. Chopper is the way he is because at one point, he ate a Devil Fruit known as 'Hito Hito no Mi. Chopper also comes from Drum Island, and is I think he is part of Luffy's team or crew but I'm not sure. I haven't kept up with One Piece in such a long while so my memories of the characters that I know of are a bit fuzzy. I do know that drawing Chopper was pretty cool because he is from One Piece. This toddler sized reindeer will prove interesting to tackle. I shall return because I do have other goodies coming your way. Adios mi amigos and enjoy!
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I have been tempted to wait a few more days to do another post, but blogging is addicting and I thought I would throw some numbers at you...to me they are pretty interesting. I'm not one for math and numbers, I've hated them all my life, but these numbers are pretty exciting. It's almost like a response to my somewhat controversial review of the FHL Hispanic conference last weekend.
If you haven't stopped by for a few days (since the 24th), then please read the post titled: Hispanic Family History Conference Online. Please read through the post and leave comments...also, I've posted a poll on the same topic, please, please (I'm begging all of you) cast your vote!
The numbers
Visits and page views - Since my last two posts (see above) my blog visits and page views have more than doubled. Over the last five days the blog has averaged 43 visits and 2.6 page views per visit. The average visit length on the blog is just over 6 minutes. This shows me that the last two topics have been hot topics, and visitors want to learn more about Hispanic genealogy especially through online conferences. These numbers also tell me that my initial goal for the blog is being accomplished. The purpose of the blog is to educate others on the topic of Hispanic genealogy, and it appears that people are using it as a place to come and learn about different resources available to them. Thank you all for visiting and encouraging me to continue blogging, please let others know about it...and keep coming back!!
Visitor IP Address info - My site meter doesn't give any bank account numbers or other personal information, but is does tell me where visitors live. today's numbers were quite interesting to me, because 60% were from outside the United States (40 visits as of 9:00pm MST). This is pretty high given that I write all my articles in English. If you don't struggle reading English, then you can always use Google to help you out. I admit it's not the best way to have something translated, but it's probably just as good or better than my grammar. To view my blog in Spanish go to http://www.google.es and do a search for "hispanic genealogy+Lynn Turner" then click on the link by my blog's URL that says: "Traduzca esta pagina" and the site and all it's contents will appear in Spanish. Here is the breakdown of the foreign visitors that visited the blog today.
- Spain - 7 visitors
- Puerto Rico - 4 visitors
- Mexico, Chile, Venezuela, and Argentina - 2 visitors each
- El Salvador, Costa Rica, Peru, Uruguay, and Liectenstein - 1 visitor each
Mexico IGI Batch Number Experiment - A little background. I teach part-time at Brigham Young University a class called: Computers in Family History. Part of the class on Wednesday, October 10th was on wikis. Since I asked the class to create or contribute to a genealogical wiki I decided that I would do the same. As part of my lecture that day I had the class watch a little video called: Wikis in Plain English. After the class I watched another video done by the same company (The Common Craft) called Wetpaint Wikis in Plain English. If you have 5-10 minutes you should watch these videos. Wetpaint seemed like an easy wiki to use, so the Mexico IGI batch number experiment was born.
Since October 13th I have had 3 other individuals join the wiki and 2 of them have contributed at least one batch number. Let me tell you what we have done in 2 weeks worth of work. Since October 13th 109 batches have been entered into the wiki. That is 109 batches for 31 towns/cities in Mexico. If you don't know what IGI batch numbers are or how they can help you in your research please read: IGI on FamilySearch and watch my meager attempt at a video version called My IGI Videoette. Hopefully my videos will get better! 109 batch numbers is a great start and I have a feeling that it is only going to get bigger. Please join the wiki and see how easy it is to add batch numbers to the pages. The more people contributing the better. Imagine if only one person was trying to undertake this kind of project...it would take forever, but with the help of the community it will won't take as long. Just for your information the top 4 states with the most batch numbers up until today are:
- Puebla - 25 batch numbers
- Oaxaca - 22 batch numbers
- Nuevo Leon - 20 batch numbers
- Coahuila - 16 batch numbers
Well, the numbers probably aren't as interesting to you as they are to me, however, I think we can all learn from them. Thank you all again for coming to the site and encouraging me via your visits to keep blogging and keep contributing to the Hispanic genealogical community.


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Pittcon 2014 Editors' Silver Award – Waters Corporation
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Congratulations to Waters Corporation, for winning the 2014 Pittcon Editors' Award Silver Medal for the most innovative product for their Acquity QDa mass detector. This represents the 4th time in the last 10 years that Waters has collected one of the Pittcon Editors' Awards.
The ACQUITY QDa Detector is a small, easy-to-use and affordable mass detector that brings high-quality mass spectral information to chromatographic separations. Mass spectral information greatly enhances chemical compound identification, something that is very important to laboratories doing method development, sample profiling, chemical synthesis and purification. The ACQUITY QDa Detector provides mass spectral information at the push of a button.
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Bombs falling on Arab neighborhoods ... Homes demolished ... Civilians killed or wounded ... Soldiers shooting at anything that moves.
That may sound like a description of the past week's violence between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza. But in fact, it comes from the letters and diary of a Baltimore teacher who volunteered to spend a year at a Quaker school in British-ruled Palestine in 1938-1939, only to find herself in the middle of a war between Arab terrorists and the British army.
When Nancy Parker McDowell's "Notes from Ramallah" was published 10 years ago by a small Quaker press in Indiana, it attracted little attention. But her eyewitness account of life in a Mideast war zone deserves a long second look now, especially following British Foreign Secretary William Hague's statement urging Israel to restrain its actions against Hamas. It turns out that when it was the British who had to face Arab terrorists, they were far from restrained.
At age 22, Ms. McDowell agreed to spend a year teaching at the Friends Girls School, a Quaker institution in Ramallah, one of the largest Arab cities in the territory today known as the West Bank. But as the Goucher College alumna discovered soon after her arrival in September 1938, Ramallah was "a rebel town." Palestinian Arab terrorists were waging war against the British authorities and Palestine's Jewish community. Clashes between the British and the Arab forces turned the city into a veritable battlefield.
Soon after her arrival, Ms. McDowell became aware of the tense situation in the country, but it took a little while before it really hit home. "To have rebels charging across your yard is exciting for a while," she wrote, "but the sound of machine guns close by becomes annoying."
And much worse than annoying. In an early diary entry, Ms. McDowell described the shock of walking to her classroom one morning and encountering a group of Arabs, with guns, crouching inside the school gate and taking aim at British soldiers on a hill nearby. She and her friend Gertrude McCoy, a fellow teacher from Ohio, lay on a floor in fear until the shooting subsided. But then the bombing began — British planes strafed the city, killing terrorists as well as "some innocent people who were only running home from their vineyards ... About 80 Arabs were killed."
Sometimes there would be a lull in the local fighting for days or even weeks, but soon the calm would be shattered again. "Last Tuesday we teachers were reading aloud, as we often do in the evenings, and feeling so peaceful, when Bang-Bang-Bang! Rebel guns right outside the building," she reported. "The British machine guns started up soon. They were shooting across the school grounds, British on one side of the school, rebels on the other." Ms. McDowell and Ms. McCoy hurried the girls into a teacher's room and had them sit on the floor so they would be less exposed to gunfire. "I sang the 'Arkansas Traveler' with my teeth chattering, while the kids had to strain their ears to hear me above the guns." (One version of that 19th-century folk song, with its lyrics about "bringing home a baby bumble bee," is a popular children's song to this day.)
A common refrain in Ms. McDowell's diary and letters is the strong determination of the British to root out the terrorists, despite possible civilian casualties or international criticism. "The British usually bomb towns where a British is killed," she noted, referring to the policy of bombing an entire area if a government official or soldier was attacked in the vicinity.
Mass detentions and forced labor were also used. "The British frequently detain Arab citizens, keeping them in a concentration camp for several days, hoping they may find the leader ... In the daytime we could see a long line of them working for the British, tearing down the stone walls their ancestors had built between fields."
Collective punishment was not uncommon. "In the village of Nablus there was a bank robbery last week," Ms. McDowell recalled in one letter. "So the British herded all the inhabitants out to a field, where they had to stand in the hot sun all day while soldiers searched their houses. They rip up furniture, dumped out the food supplies and take all the money and valuable things they can find. One of our students from Nablus was unable to come back to school, because her father's jewelry shop was wiped out."
The British also imposed a strict nighttime curfew throughout the city. "Anyone breaking the evening curfew is shot without question ... They are doing too much damage, making holes in people's houses, shooting cats and donkeys or anything they see moving at night." Ms. McDowell loved to stargaze, but she knew — as she wrote to her parents — "that if I walked out on the balcony far enough to cast a shadow in the moonlight, all Ramallah might soon be torn awake by the sound of the hidden machine guns shooting at a curfew breaker."
Eventually, the year of bombs, battles and "sandbags in our windows to keep out stray bullets" came to an end, and Ms. McDowell returned to the calm of life in small town America. She married and raised a family in Indiana, where she remained for the rest of her life, passing away earlier this year at the age of 95.
Although she never returned to Israel, Ms. McDowell left behind a document that today's Israelis may find instructive. They are receiving a lot of unsolicited advice these days from those, like William Hague, who are pressing Israel not to go all-out against Hamas. But as the diary of Nancy Parker McDowell suggests, those who find themselves face to face with terrorists often have a clearer understanding of how best to combat them.
Rafael Medoff is director of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, and coauthor, with Professor Sonja Schoepf Wentling, of the new book "Herbert Hoover and the Jews: The Origins of the 'Jewish Vote' and Bipartisan Support for Israel."


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Handling iPhone App Ideas
There's one question that I get asked a lot:
I've got this great idea for an app…… what do you think?
I run the mobile development team at my employer, a role that I really enjoy and feel privileged to be doing. I get to work with cutting edge technology, forward-thinking clients and brilliant developers and user experience experts. There's always a flip side, and for this role it is filtering out the bad ideas from the good ones.
The process
I have a simple process for capturing and evaluating ideas: listen, write it down and do a quick estimate of effort and benefits. If the benefits do not heavily outweigh the effort, say thank you and move on.
That's it in a nutshell, but it's a bit more complicated than that. Lets step through the process.
An idea will come from one of two sources:
- The media, or
- A personal need
Ideas based in the media
The request goes a bit like this:
Hi Steve, have you seen this article about this cool iPhone/android app? Well, I think we could do something similar (for the other platform)! It'd be great for [publicity/marketing/a demo/this client I have/making lots of money]. What do you think?
If I get a request like this alarm bells start ringing in my head. Clearly, someone else has already done this, and therefore has 3-6 months development time ahead if we were to start developing a rival app. Requests based on the media tend to be for porting android apps to iOS, and unless it's an android-only developer, there's likely to be a good reason why there's no iOS version. Take the BBC 3G strength meter app. It's only on android and I was asked if we could do an iPhone version. The answer was simply "no". The long answer was, "do you really think the BBC wouldn't have tried to make an iOS version? Of course they would have. It's not possible. iOS doesn't allow you that level of access to the phone's hardware."
The only time that an idea from the media would meet the benefits/effort threshold is if there was a direct client opportunity and the idea came from demand, rather than porting an app. Augmented Reality was a big buzz topic a few years ago, but finding a useful application for it for a client was a challenge, hence I didn't make an AR app.
So, unless there's a direct need for an app, it'll go into my big black book of ideas for a rainy day.
Ideas from personal need
The best ideas for apps come from genuine need. You can quote me on that. When someone comes up to me and says,
I've got this problem, I need to …… I thought it could work as an app?
I listen and I'm always much more hopeful. If someone has a need, then you can bet that other people have that need too. It may be something like large manuals or reference information for a specific sport e.g. SCUBA diving, or an app that collects a lot of information together and displays it usefully. These are the kinds of apps that I like people to talk to me about, and that straight away get to the top of the to-do list.
Which app to do first?
This is a tricky question, but it should be one that you can answer. Follow this formula:
Potential audience * USP / effort
- Your potential audience, on a scale of 1-10 where 1 is "just you" and 10 is "every phone owner"
- USP (Unique Selling Point) on a scale of 1-10 where 1 is "It's a twitter app" and 10 is "best idea ever, never been done before, it'll revolutionise the way we live"
- Effort is a 1-10 scale of how long it'll take you to make the USP work (1 is short time, 10 is long time). It is not how long until you can get a first release out, it is how much effort will it take to create the hook for users.
So, for a basic twitter app, you will end up with a formula of 8*1/4 = 2. For an app for flight controllers, you'd get 3*7/7 = 3, so you'd be better-off spending your time on the flight controllers app. Either way, they're both not very high scores, so you may want to keep looking for better ideas.
Yes, I know it's a contrived example, and that it won't apply in every case, but give it a go if you are given a few ideas and don't know which one to do.
What next?
Once you've got your good idea, don't ignore any other ideas that come your way. Keep writing them down, keep doing the analysis, and you'll always have an idea in your pocket to fall back upon. You may have so many good ideas that you'll have to hire some more developers to work on more apps, and that is a very good problem to have.


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ORNL Review Archive
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