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Wednesday, 28 January 2009
Biscuits for breakfast
This morning after Hubs had gone to work, I went back to bed, not to sleep, door wide open, able to hear everything, no need to call social services, I just needed to lie down. Small hit the fruit bowl, he polished off 2 bananas, 2 apples, 3 tangerines and then came to tell me he was still hungry. I said I'd get him some breakfast in a bit. You'd think with all that fruit his stomach could have waited a while... Anyway, Little got up a bit later and then..... the three of us had biscuits for breakfast and I don't feel like a bad parent at all... Why? Because I know that later today I will force myself to prepare some nutritious food that will help heal our poorly bodies and I know we don't eat biscuits for breakfast every day. Infact this could be the first time, but it might not be the last.
This sandwich/tortilla filling was excellent... and healthy, we ate lots of it yesterday.
Grated cheddar cheese, chopped cucumber, chopped red pepper, mayonnaise, sweet chilli sauce - mix it all up - fill your sandwich or tortilla - very nice thank you.
Today I'll mainly be drinking this lemon, honey and ginger drink that I posted about back in 2007.
23 comments:
- Asha said...
Next time ask your hubby to make a quick omelette or something for himself instead of asking you to make it!! Really!!! ;D
Tortilla filling looks tasty. I make Biscuits(southern US biscuits are similar to savory scones) and sausage gravy but only on Sunday mornings. I will post one day! :))
- 28 January 2009 at 12:41
- Pat said...
Hope you all get to feeling better soon Amanda. Big hugs. I always make vegetable soup when I feel ill.
- 28 January 2009 at 20:59
- Snooky doodle said...
this looks so good. yummy and so healthy :)
- 28 January 2009 at 21:35
- MyKitchenInHalfCups said...
Gadfry I do hope you start getting better soon.
Lunch looks like it should help reach healthy.
- 29 January 2009 at 03:59
- Katie Zeller said...
It's ever so much easier to eat healthily if we can be 'bad' once in awhile!
Hope you are feeling better!
- 29 January 2009 at 12:27
- janelle said...
YUM that filling sounds awesome, esp. with the cheddar!!
Hope you feel better; nothing worse than the crud.
- 30 January 2009 at 05:20
- sunita said...
Sorry to hwar about your plight Amanda...take care and get well soon.
Btw, I love the tales you tell about your little foodies...have two of them myself :-)
Lovely filling :-)
- 30 January 2009 at 12:22
- Marie Rayner said...
I hope you feel better soon Amanda! That sandwich filling looks delicious and very healthy!
- 30 January 2009 at 14:27
- Amanda at Little Foodies said...
Hi Asha, ah, he's really good and would always make stuff if asked, even sometimes without asking. ;)
Hi Pat, thank you - veg soup would have been good.
Hi Snooky doodle, I like your name, thank you.
Hi Tanna, we're all better!! yippeee!
Hi Katie, agreed totally you have to be bad once in a while, sometimes more than that.
Hi Janelle, thank you for visiting, it was really tasty.
Hi Sunita, thank you, I'm off to read about yours now. :)
Hi Marie, thanks, we're all good now.
Thank you for all your comments.
Amanda x
- 30 January 2009 at 15:20
- Coffee with Cathy said...
Hope y'all are feeling better. And you know that here in the South, biscuits are nutritious breakfasts!
- 30 January 2009 at 20:53
- Aimée said...
Amanda, sounds like this did the trick and I am glad to hear you are feeling better.
Any news on the parcel? :)
- 30 January 2009 at 22:37
- Abitofafoodie said...
Hope you are soon feeling much better. Nothing wrong with biscuits for breakfast on occasion! And this filling looks delicious - hope it nurses you back to health.
- 31 January 2009 at 16:14
- Kelly-Jane said...
I do hope you are all feeling a whole lot better soon, and biscuits for breakfast is just toast, butter and topping ingredients in a different order! xx
- 1 February 2009 at 19:32
- glamah16 said...
That little one can pack away the fruit! I love how you filled the tortilla. Hope you are better.
- 1 February 2009 at 19:51
- Caffienated Cowgirl said...
Seriously, it's okay to have biscuits for breakfast every once in a while :)
Hope you are feeling better...
- 1 February 2009 at 21:09
- KJ said...
I've been known to eat biscuits for breakfast. I don't even have an excellent excuse like you. At least they're not chocolate biscuits...I tell myself. It could always be worse :}
- 2 February 2009 at 06:50
- Rosie said...
I hope you are feeling much better soon! It sucks to have to get food ready when you feel so ill and all you want to do is rest!
A good bowl of chicken soup I always ask for when i feel ill.
Rosie x
- 2 February 2009 at 16:49
- Pig in the Kitchen said...
oh yum to your tortilla filling! and how spooky, i'm about to go and make that lemon, ginger drink that i read about on your blog, and have been making ever since. You are a marvel. HOpe you're feeling better by now.
biscuits for breakfast...doesn't everyone do that every day?
- 2 February 2009 at 22:29
- The Blonde Duck said...
I love those wrap sandwiches! Stopped over from Marie's to say hi!
- 3 February 2009 at 11:42
- Maggie said...
Hope you all feel better soon.
The filling looks really colourful and full of delicious flavours.
- 4 February 2009 at 09:01
Looks terrific!
A little recommendation, I found these to be so delicious and useful in my kitchen: http://bajoseasonedsalts.com/
- 4 February 2009 at 19:35
- Gemma said...
Hope you all feel better soon. I'm very impressed at you for managing to blog when ill!
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Day two of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 3-Star Quiksilver Pro Puerto Escondido saw local surfer Christian Corzo (Puerto Escondido, MEX) the event's first perfect 10-point-ride en route to surfing a near perfect heat of a 19.60 out of 20 by displaying beautiful forehand barrels and dynamic turns.
Surfers competing on the ASP WQS are out to claim the valuable ratings points on offer towards qualification for the prestigious ASP Dream Tour and several big wave barrel-hunters and local standouts have also been attracted to stake their claim for a victory at the infamous 'Mexican Pipeline.'
Corzo, who assisted in eliminating ASP World Tour surfer Timmy Reyes (Huntington Beach ,CA), 27, in yesterday's competition, continued to flare today when claimed the Quiksilver Pro Puerto Escondido's first perfect 10 with a clean barrel-ride on a thumping Puerto lefthander in front of his home crowd.
"The waves weren't perfect before my heat, but then when I was out there, I saw that perfect left come in," Corzo said. "It was such a good wave and great to get the perfect score at my home break."
Corzo continued to dominate his heat after the perfect score, capitalizing on another lefthand barrel, combining it with a big forehand blast and reverse on the inside to tack a 9.60 on to his score line. The near-perfect 19.60 heat total is the highest of the event and will surely be hard to top.
"Once I heard the 10, I felt relaxed and then that smaller wave came through," Corzo said. "I got that little barrel and had the turn and went for the reverse and just felt smooth and comfortable. I can't believe that I got those scores."
Blake Howard (Carpenteria, CA), 26, also donated an impressive barrel-riding performance today, capitalizing on a treacherous Playa Zicatela lefthander to claim a nine-point-ride en route to his solid 15.50 out of 20 heat total to advance through to Round 3.
"I was just trying to start off with any little barrel that I could find," Howard said. "Everyone was saying that there were no barrels. That nine was actually a smaller wave and I thought it was going to be a shallow barrel and as it hit the sandbar it kept running."
Clay Marzo (Maui, HI), 19, started the day's opening heat with flare by combining strong forehand barrels and massive above-the-lip maneuvers.
"That heat ended up working out for me," Marzo said. "We got the good early morning conditions and I was able to get a few good waves out there. "
The young goofy-footer spends most of his time free-surfing, but chooses to compete in events on the ASP WQS throughout the year and managed to capitalize on today's conditions which remind him of his home on Maui.
"I'm only doing a few 'QS events and this was one I really wanted to do," Marzo said. "This is my second time to Puerto and I like it here, the waves are similar to home."
Angelo Lozano (Puerto Escondido, MEX), 22, was another local Puerto Escondido surfer to impress the local crowd today. The hard-charging Mexican got off to a slow start in his heat while waiting for a good barrel, but ended up slashing his way to Round three with clean forehand gouges to take the heat win when no barrels were on offer.
"I was waiting for a left barrel, but it didn't come," Lozano said. "After 12 minutes I didn't have anything and the other guys were getting scores just doing some turns, so I changed my game and started doing some turns as well and that worked out. I ended up passing through that heat with turns. That heat was all about turns, there were a few close out barrels, but there weren't that many of them."
Lozano was the winner of an ASP WQS 3-Star event at Puerto Escondido last year, the PXM International Vans Pro, and was happy to get through his first heat today in an attempt to claim another title at his home break.
"I'm happy to get that first heat out of the way," Lozano said. "Those guys surf well and I've known them for a while. Anyone can win or lose a heat. We saw that yesterday when Tim Reyes lost in the first round, so it felt good for sure to get through that round."
Quiksilver Pro Puerto Escondido Round of 64 Results: (1st and 2nd advance)
Heat 3: Clay Marzo (HAW) 15.50, Ricky Whitlock (USA) 9.50, Erick Ramirez (MEX) 8.75, Marcos Goncalves (USA) 3.70
Heat 4: Keetin Devine (USA) 6.55, Carlos Munoz (CRI) 10.50, Guillermo Satt (CHL) 6.05, Strider Wasilewski (HAW) 4.25
Heat 5: Angelo Lozano (MEX) 10.90, Gilbert Lopez (CRI) 10.25, Cristobal De Col (PER) 5.30, Corban Campbell (USA) 4.35
Heat 6: Diego Naranjo (CRI) 10.50, Oscar Moncada (MEX) 7.55, Ronald Brown (CRI) 5.95, Martin Vazquez (MEX) 4.30
Heat 7: Blake Howard (USA) 15.50, Nils Schweizer (USA) 8.50, Raul Noyola (MEX) 7.75, Warren Metcalfe (USA) 6.40
Heat 8: Leandro Usuna (ARG) 10.75, Andrew Bennet (USA) 10.50, Carlos Munoz (PRI) 10.50, Strider Wasilewski (HAW) 4.25
Heat 9: Austin Smith-Ford (USA) 7.00, Matt Mohagen (USA) 5.65, Diego Cadena (MEX) 5.35
Heat 10: Christian Corzo (MEX) 19.60, Heitor Pereira (BRA) 10.50, Jason Torres (CRI) 4.40, Martin Vazquez (MEX) 4.30
Heat 11: Jonior Faria (BRA) 9.50, Cory Arrambide (USA) 6.25, William SueQuan (PRI) 5.65, Brent Reilly (USA) 5.60
Heat 12: Gabe Garcia (USA) 11.75, Felipe Cesarano (BRA) 9.20, Martin Passeri (ARG) 8.65, Juan Arca (ARG) 5.25
Heat 13: Jeronimo Vargas (BRA) 8.85, Adan Hernandez (MEX) 8.50, Mark Healey (HAW) 5.90, Jamie Sterling (HAW) 5.00


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The 12 Years A Slave actor will face off with Dallas Buyers Club star Jared Leto, Rush actor Daniel Bruhl, American Hustle's Bradley Cooper and Captain Phillips' first time actor Barkhad Abdi for the best supporting actor gong at Sunday's show.
Michael hit the red carpet in Los Angeles for BAFTA LA's award's season tea party sporting a full beard, and joked that it would need hours of grooming before he was ready for action.
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"I don't really feel any pressure, I watched the film back in Telluride in August and was amazed by the film so the moment and the pressure was over and it's now just great it's been received the way it has.
"I'm getting ready to do Macbeth so those are the pressure moments for me, not being sure I'm not going to make a mess of it."
His co-star Chiwetel Ejiofor, who plays former slave Solomon Northup, is a hot favourite to take home the best actor award and he said he has enjoyed the ride the film has taken him on.
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The actor, who is also nominated for best actor in a TV movie or miniseries for Dancing on the Edge, said he would use a haphazard approach to dressing for the ceremony.
"I will just throw everything on and hope it lands," he said.
For Gravity actress Sandra Bullock, the prospect of a tea party was as exciting as the prospect of a best actress gong. "I love tea time, I've always loved English tea. I was raised in Germany so we always stopped for coffee and cake and that tradition makes me very happy, I love a good scone and clotted cream."
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Film Review - Made for Each Other
January 07, 2010
The trials and tribulations of a sexless marriage are comedically noogied in "Made for Each Other," the latest riff on bro-centered neuroses. Enthusiastically arranged and flecked with moments of amusing comic inspiration, "Made for Each Other" nevertheless plays like a failed sitcom pilot, a foul stench director Daryl Goldberg can't scrub away no matter how hard he tries (that is, if he did actually try). Low-budget and oddly fixated on DOA jokes, the picture certainly deserves a gold star for showing up, but the bellylaughs are few and far between.
Dan (Christopher Kennedy Masterson) is struggling with his new marriage, facing a complete shutdown of sex from wife Marcy (Bijou Phillips). Frustrated, confused, and publically humiliated, Dan ends up cheating on his wife with his particularly aggressive sister-in-law/boss (Lauren German). Wracked with guilt, Dan and his buddies (an unfunny trio of Samm Levine, Danny Masterson, and Kyle Howard) hatch a plan to hire a pompous actor named Mack (Patrick Warburton) and have him sleep with Marcy, thus creating an infidelity equilibrium. However, once the scheme is set in motion, Dan grows paranoid and panics, sprinting off to stop Mack before he seals the deal.
There are moments in "Made for Each Other" where it appears that Goldberg has the correct vision for this crude but lighthearted comedy. And then sequences arrive that make the film feel about as imaginative as one of those awful "American Pie" DTV sequels that seem to arrive with every seasonal change. It's a mixed bag of pleasures that never congeals to satisfaction, fighting an uphill battle against a stream of similar product armed with the same gross-out jokes and strident performances.
The screenplay by Eric Lord is a simpleminded affair of sexual deception, coated with a thick layer of frat house comedy that's often insufferable. Jokes about anal sex (delivered via senior citizens), fart sound effects, pinches of homophobia, and testicular flashes hold no appeal, creating a routine of stupidity that unnecessarily pins the picture down to cliché. It's up to Goldberg to make something shine here, but he's only half-interested in elevating the experience above known quantities. It's a disappointing directorial effort, all too quick to lean on moldy gags to pad the film.
"Made for Each Other" fares much better when attempting welcome diversions of quirk, including a depiction of a chicken wing bar where the munch-happy patrons are stained with drippy buffalo sauce for the rest of the evening. Goldberg pulls off a few adequate sight gags as well. However, it's not all gold, especially when time comes to explore Mack, a cheeseball method actor Dan finds from a production of "Waterworld: The Musical." The Costner-ribbing stage sequences drag on interminably, stopping the movie to lampoon a 15-year-old film with deadpan-coma Warburton clomping around in the lead role.
"Made for Each Other" does allow the normally piercing Phillips an opportunity to silly it up, which is nice for a change, and Masterson is sufficient in the lead role; he's a solid straight-man to the parade of stupidity. The picture isn't offensive, just frustratingly fruitless, consumed with the obvious when the unpredictable makes for more exciting cinema. "Made for Each Other" misfires, but there's promise in there somewhere. With a little refinement and a sense of adventure, Goldberg could become a satisfactory comedic filmmaker.


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from geoffrey miller @the edge (via steve sailer) — in answer to the question "What *should* we be worried about?":
"…The BGI Cognitive Genomics Project is currently doing whole-genome sequencing of 1,000 very-high-IQ people around the world, hunting for sets of sets of IQ-predicting alleles. I know because I recently contributed my DNA to the project, not fully understanding the implications. These IQ gene-sets will be found eventually — but will probably be used mostly in China, for China. Potentially, the results would allow all Chinese couples to maximize the intelligence of their offspring by selecting among their own fertilized eggs for the one or two that include the highest likelihood of the highest intelligence. Given the Mendelian genetic lottery, the kids produced by any one couple typically differ by 5 to 15 IQ points. So this method of 'preimplantation embryo selection' might allow IQ within every Chinese family to increase by 5 to 15 IQ points per generation. After a couple of generations, it would be game over for Western global competitiveness…."
see? chumps.
one interesting point wrt the eugenics program in china: "He [Deng Xiaoping] liberalized markets, but implemented the one-child policy — partly to curtail China's population explosion, but also to reduce dysgenic fertility among rural peasants. Throughout the 1980s, Chinese propaganda urges couples to have children 'later, longer, fewer, better….'"
hmmm. later may not (prolly does not!) mean better — not iq-wise anyway. the chinese might've screwed up there.
another side-note: the chinese marriage law was amended in 1980 to ban cousin marriage — another part of their eugenics package? hard to know how well that's being enforced though (enforcement is difficult in a nation of that size and that is … let's admit it … given to corruption).
read the whole edge article there.
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Conner, Dennis - 2011 Hall of Fame
Dennis Walter Conner
"Competition is life's blood, and I'm a vampire."
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Birthplace: San Diego, California
Dennis Conner won four America's Cups, counting the 1974 match when he was starting helmsman for skipper Ted Hood on Courageous .
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Dennis Conner has won 28 world championships, a bronze medal in the 1976 Olympics, and was named Rolex Yachtsman of the Year three times.
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June 16 update
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said June 15 he hoped to have a vote within a month on the controversial issue of expanding federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. He agrees with Bush's 2001 limitations on the research but also said, "It is time, with advancing science, that we review where we are, review not just the president's policy, but where is science today." He also said he would not promote research that "crosses certain ethical guidelines."
Frist did not specify whether the Senate's starting point would be the House bill (H.B. 810) or less controversial alternatives that do not use embryos (H. B. 2540).
Oregon Republican Gordon Smith said there has been some discussion among Republicans about a vote by the end of June. Several Democratic aides said they expected a vote soon after the Senate returns from its July 4 recess. [Info comes from Reuters AlertNet]Â Â Â Â Â ÂMarie Godfrey, PhD
No action; bills in progress
Stem cell research, Adult
Title: To provide for the collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research, and to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 5/23/2005) Â Â Â Â Â Cosponsors (78)
Latest Major Action: 5/26/2005 Received in the Senate.
Title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the expansion, intensification, and coordination of the activities of the National Institutes of Health regarding qualifying adult stem cell research, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 5/23/2005) Â Â Â Â Â Cosponsors (4)
Latest Major Action: 5/23/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Network to prepare, store, and distribute human umbilical cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and to support peer-reviewed research using such cells.
Sponsor: Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] (introduced 3/17/2005) Â Â Â Â Â Cosponsors (8)
Related Bills: H.R.596
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Stem cell research, embryonic
Title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.
Sponsor: Rep Castle, Michael N. [DE] (introduced 2/15/2005) Â Â Â Â Â Cosponsors (200)
Related Bills: S.471
Latest Major Action: 6/6/2005 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 119.
Title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.
Sponsor: Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] (introduced 2/28/2005) Â Â Â Â Â Cosponsors (36)
Related Bills: H.R.810
Latest Major Action: 2/28/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Title: A bill to prohibit human cloning and protect stem cell research.
Sponsor: Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] (introduced 4/21/2005) Â Â Â Â Â Cosponsors (11)
Related Bills: H.R.1822
Latest Major Action: 4/21/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 26, June 6 in the U.S. Senate
Since I find it unreasonable to ask questions and not try to find the answers, I spent the morning finding out what's happening in the Senate in relation to stem cells. Here's what I found:
On May 26, the senate met at 9:30 a.m.
- Item 17: Harry Reid (D-NV) spoke of stem cell research and H.B. 810, indicating his hope that the majority leader (Bill Frist, R-TN) would study the matter during the break [Memorial Day recess]. Reid stated that he wanted the bill to remain as freestanding legislation and not be added to some other matter, expected the work to be quick, and hoped to work on the issue during the 4-week work period [between Memorial Day and July 4th].
- Item 47: At 5:27 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:
- H.R. 810. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.
- H.R. 2520. An act to provide for the collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research, and to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program.
- Item 51: H.B. 810 was read for the first time. Frist objected to his own request for a second reading, so that the bill could be read for the second time on the next legislative day.
On June 6, the Senate met at 2:00 p.m.
- Item 12: Frist acknowledged a bill due a second reading, and after its announcement as H.B. 810, objected to further proceeding and the bill was placed on the calendar on the next legislative day. [It received General Order number 119; 118 is defense base closure and realignment.]
Marie Godfrey, PhD
What's happening in U.S. Senate?
On May 26, just after the House vote passing the stem cell bill (H.B. 810), Senate leaders called for "a swift vote in the Senate on legislation to expand federal support of embryonic stem cell research."Â Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid urged an "up-or-down vote" -- one with no amendments allowed.
But, nothing seems to be happening. The Senate bill (S 471) is identical to the one passed in the House on May 25. Following two readings on February 25 and referral to committee, the bill has not appeared on any committee or Senate calendars. Is this intentional or does the Senate have so much other business to attend to it has no time for this controversial issue?
Marie Godfrey, PhD
Stem cells and politics
When I wrote of opinion as based on fact and emotion, I didn't distinguish public from personal opinion. Politicians each have their own personal opinions, but they must also consider the opinions of the public they serve. Senator Orrin Hatch (R, UT), one of the sponsors of the Senate stem-cell bill, is getting some complaints in Utah. In stating his support of the extension of federal funding to stem-cell lines created from "discarded" embryos, he's directly countering President Bush, who has stated he will veto the bill if it is passed. The bill is so similar to the one recently passed in the House, that the Senate is considering not even discussing the bill but calling for a general vote of support.
Many in Utah, who have always seen Hatch clearly aligned with Bush, are questioning both his political loyalty and his opinion on stem cell research. Hatch has stated that he believes an embryo is only a human after it implants in a uterus; his opinion is a very popular one, but quite contrary to the idea that souls are created by God and endowed with a human body through the fertilization process. Many other faiths also believe that the soul — the "real" essence of a human being — is an integral part of the first cell (the zygote) and that removing cells from an embryo — whatever its age — kills a human being.
This is one of the many questions policy makers and those who provide their opinions in the formation of public policy must consider in the stem-cell debate. Although we are unlikely to agree on when life begins, or when an embryo is a human being, decisions about whether to fund stem-cell research will be based, in part, on our opinions. It seems to me that thinking this out for ourselves and then transmitting our opinions to those who make policy are crucial.
Marie Godfrey, PhD
Overturning vetos: Massachusetts did it
Legislators in Massachusetts overturned Gov. Mitt Romney's veto and approved a bill giving state health officials regulatory control over stem cell research.
This is one victory for stem cell research that I particularly relish. Mitt served as head of Utah's Olympic effort in 2002 -- as a resident of Utah, yet claimed to be a resident of Massachusetts when he entered the race for Governor of that state. Is this a precedent for another Republican who has threatened veto of a stem cell bill?
Meanwhile, Connecticut's House of Representatives gave final approval May 31 to a 10-year, $100 million stem cell funding plan; the state Senate had already approved the measure. Gov. M. Jodi Rell has said she would sign it into law.
Connecticut is where I grew up and began learning about the excitement of research in genetics. Another smile.
Marie Godfrey, PhD
What is a cell?
Ever so often, we need to repeat the basic questions before we can go on to the more difficult ones. So, what's a cell?
The cell is the smallest complete unit of a living organism. Bacteria are one-cell organisms; humans have many millions of cells. For multicellular organisms, the cell (zygote) created by the fertilization of a egg by a sperm can multiply, differentiate into many different tissue types (e.g., muscle, nervous, cardiac), form different organ systems (e.g., cardiovascular, skin, digestive tract), and become an entire human being. In humans, as with all mammals, development into an independent living organism is only possible if the zygote implants itself in a female's uterus within a limited number of cell disivions after fertilization.
During differentiation, most cells follow a one-way path towards one of the many different tissue types needed by the body. Although nearly all cells of a human being contain the same genetic information (genotype), cells of one tissue type (e.g., muscle) are different in appearance and function (phenotype) from all cells of other tissue types (e.g., nerve and skin).
Because the body often needs different numbers of certain cells, the body's remarkably efficient construction system maintains a supply of cells that have not completed their differentiation. In particular, stem cells in bone marrow can produce lymphocytes, leukocytes, and other blood cells. Except for these "undifferentiated" cells, one tissue type cannot produce another tissue type; e.g., muscle cells cannot produce nerve cells.
Two cell types of the human body are "special". The sex cells -- oocytes and spermatocytes -- produce specialized reproductive cells -- eggs (ova) and sperm -- which have only half the genetic material of other body cells. Human females produce all their egg cells before birth; males produce their sperm cells over many years. An egg or sperm must combine with its matching type (forming a zygote) before it can multiply. The other special type of cell is red blood cells (erythrocytes), which have differentiated so far they no longer contain any genetic material and can no longer produce new cells.
Marie Godfrey, PhD
Opinions: combinations of facts and emotion
Last week's discussion of the "stem-cell" bill (H.B. 810) in the House of Representatives was filled with facts -- delivered in 1 and 2-minute pieces. Each speaker was trying to convince listeners that their opinion is the right one and they were using lots of numbers to try to do it. But, facts may change and emotions often stay the same.Â
When I was a college student, Watson & Crick had just announced the structure of DNA and started what we called "the dogma": genetic instructions flow only from DNA to RNA to protein. Fact. Then, a graduate student with enough nerve to challenge the dogma found an enzyme now called reverse transcriptase and we discovered that the fact had to be modified: RNA can give instructions for DNA. Facts change.
Last week, I was lucky enough to catch the last couple of hours of the debate on H.B. 810 and I listened to people's opinions as they called in during the 15-minute vote. I learned that people have strong opinions -- as I expected; and, I was surprised to learn that both those who agreed with my opinion and those who don't spoke from a reasonable and factual basis. They knew what they were talking about and had used both fact and emotion to form their opinions.
As a geneticist, I am excited about the prospect of creating pancreatic cells that will make insulin; but, my experience and emotion make me wonder whether stem cells will be of similar value to someone whose diabetes results not from a lack of insulin, but from insulin resistance. Meanwhile, I gather and weigh the facts presently available so my opinion can be as informed as possible.
Marie Godfrey, PhD
Next blog: What are some of the questions we could ask about stem cells?


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TITLE: Puzzle People: Memoirs of a Transplant Surgeon
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Retired from clinical and surgical service since 1991, Dr. Starzl still devotes his time to research endeavors and remains active as Distinguished Service Professor of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and with the program named in his honor: the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute of the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).
Dr. Starzl was born March 11, 1926 in LeMars, Iowa, the son of a newspaper editor. He attended Westminster College in Fulton, Mo., where he earned his bachelor\\\'s degree in biology. He went on to the Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, where in 1950 he received a master\\\'s degree in anatomy and in 1952 earned both a doctoral degree in neurophysiology and a medical degree with distinction.
Following postgraduate work at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Dr. Starzl pursued his interest in surgery and research with a fellowship and residencies at Johns Hopkins, the University of Miami and the Veterans Administration Research Hospital in Chicago. He was a Markle Scholar in Medical Science, a distinguished honor bestowed annually to a small group of exceptionally promising young physicians in academic medicine. Dr. Starzl served on the faculty of Northwestern University from 1958 to 1961 and joined the University of Colorado School of Medicine as an associate professor in surgery in 1962. He was promoted to professor in 1964 and served as chairman of the department of surgery from 1972 to 1980.
Despite prevailing worldwide pessimism regarding the ability to transplant allogenic (non-identical) human kidneys, Dr. Starzl successfully combined azathioprine (Imuran) and corticosteroids in allogenic kidney transplants performed in 1962 and 1963, leading to the largest series of kidney transplants and invigorating clinical attempts throughout the world. The lessons learned from kidney transplantation and discoveries made by his team on liver physiology led Dr. Starzl to perform the world\\\'s first human liver transplant in 1963 and the first successful liver transplant in 1967 both at the University of Colorado. Dr. Starzl and his transplant team went on to perform approximately 1,000 kidney and 200 liver transplants at Colorado General and Denver Veterans Administration hospitals.
In addition to developing azathioprine and corticosteroid immunosuppression, Dr. Starzl subsequently introduced anti-lymphocyte globulin and cyclosporine. It was this development in 1980 that advanced transplantation from an experimental procedure to an accepted form of treatment for patients with end-stage liver, kidney and heart disease. It also allowed surgeons to explore the feasibility of transplanting other organs, such as the pancreas and lung.
Dr. Starzl joined the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine as professor of surgery in 1981. Until 1991, he served as chief of transplantation services at Presbyterian University Hospital (now UPMC Presbyterian), Children\\\'s Hospital of Pittsburgh and the Veterans Administration Hospital in Pittsburgh, overseeing the largest and busiest transplant program in the world. He then assumed the title of director of the University of Pittsburgh Transplantation Institute, a post that permitted his full attention to research. In 1996, the Institute was renamed in his honor. He now holds the title of director emeritus.
In 1989, Dr. Starzl announced the first-time use of a more effective anti-rejection agent, FK506 (tacrolimus), presaging other significant advancements in transplant medicine, whereby patient and graft survival rates for liver and other organ transplants greatly improved and successful clinical intestine transplantation, previously fraught with unacceptably high rejection rates, was made possible for the first time. Dr. Starzl and his team at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center had been instrumental in the development of the drug since 1986; in 1994, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the drug for clinical use.
Under Dr. Starzl's leadership, the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute also has researched the feasibility of cross-species, or xenotransplantation, for addressing the chronic shortage of human organs. In 1992 and 1993, Dr. Starzl\\\'s team made medical history when surgeons performed two baboon-to-human liver transplants. Dr. Starzl himself had performed six baboon-to-human kidney transplants in 1963 and 1964 and the world\\\'s first chimpanzee liver xenotransplants in three children between 1969 and 1974.
A major focus of Dr. Starzl\\\'s current research is transplant tolerance and chimerism―the coexistence of donor and recipient cells―which has already offered significant contributions to the understanding of transplant immunology, particularly with respect to how and why organs are accepted.
Among the more than 200 awards and honors bestowed to Dr. Starzl are: the David M. Hume Memorial Award from the National Kidney Foundation for furthering the understanding of kidney diseases, kidney transplantation and the physiology of the kidney; the Brookdale Award in Medicine presented by the American Medical Association Board of Trustees and the Brookdale Foundation for significant contributions to the field of clinical medicine, teaching and research; the Bigelow Medal from the Boston Surgical Society; the City of Medicine Award; the Medallion for Scientific Achievement presented by the American Surgical Association; the William Beaumont Prize from the American Gastroenterological Association for outstanding contributions to the field and practice of gastroenterology; the Peter Medawar Prize of The Transplant Society; the Jacobson Innovation Award of the American College of Surgeons; the 1998 Lannelongue International Medal, which is awarded every five years by the Academie Nationale De Chirurgie (National Academy of Surgery, France); the 2001 King Faisal International Prize for Medicine; the Rhoads Medal of the American Philosophical Society; the 2002 Prince Mahidol Award; the 2004 Presidential National Medal of Science; and 24 honorary doctorates from universities in the United States and abroad.
Dr. Starzl\\\'s national and international endeavors include membership in more than 60 professional and scientific organizations, including election as president of The Transplantation Society, founding president of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and founding president of the Transplant Recipients International Organization. In 1992, he was inducted as one of only five American members into the prestigious National French Academy of Medicine. A sought-after speaker, Dr. Starzl has given more than 1,300 presentations at major meetings throughout the world. He belongs to the editorial boards of 40 professional publications and has authored or co-authored more than 2,200 scientific articles, four books and 300 book chapters.
Dr. Starzl has earned additional distinctions. According to the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Dr. Starzl once averaged one paper every 7.3 days, making him one of the most prolific scientists in the world. In 1999, ISI identified Dr. Starzl as the most cited scientist in the field of clinical medicine, a measure of his work\\\'s lasting influence and utility. The book, 1,000 Years, 1,000 People: Ranking the Men and Women Who Shaped the Millennium, placed Dr. Starzl 213th on its list of those whose contributions have significantly influenced history\\\'s progress.
Dr. Starzl\\\'s autobiography, The Puzzle People: Memoirs of a Transplant Surgeon, was published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in 1992. Translations have been published in Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish. All author\\\'s royalties are donated to the Transplant Recipients International Organization.


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RIO GRANDE, Ohio – The University of Rio Grande has been selected to participate in a national initiative to expand educational opportunities for adults as a LearningCounts Featured Network Institution.
LearningCounts is a comprehensive one-stop Prior Learning Assessment resource for adult learners through the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL). Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) is the evaluation and assessment of an individual's life learning for college credit, certification or advanced standing toward further education or training.
Rio Grande has offered PLA since 1999 to best serve post-traditional students and veterans. The LearningCounts partnership through CAEL and the Ohio Board of Regents further solidifies Rio Grande's commitment to providing the best educational experience possible through continuous improvement.
"Over the last couple of years the number of students registering for Rio Grande's PLA program has increased more than 400 percent," said Rio Grande Associate Provost David Lawrence, DMA. "As a LearningCounts Featured Network Institution, Rio will be able to increase the program's capacity and more efficiently serve the needs of our students."
LearningCounts is part of CAEL's PLA State Adoption Initiative, which selected three state systems to participate in the program. The University System of Ohio was chosen, along with the Texas A&M system and Montana Higher Education system. The Ohio Board of Regents, through its PLA with a Purpose initiative, selected four Ohio institutions to participate.
Thanks to Lumina Foundation, half of the implementation, annual fees and CAEL membership costs are waived for the first year of the two-year joint initiative.
"The University of Rio Grande has a strong reputation for serving non-traditional students and was a natural choice to participate in this national initiative," Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor John Carey said. "The LearningCounts initiative will improve policies and capacity for Prior Learning Assessment best practices to strengthen educational opportunities for all students."
Prior Learning Assessment allows students to earn credit for learning gained outside a traditional academic environment through knowledge gained while working, participating in employer training programs, serving in the military, studying independently, volunteering or doing community service and studying open source courseware.
Rio Grande students can discuss PLA with their advisor to identify interests and determine the fastest and most affordable path to degree and/or certificate completion. Rio's LA 20103 – Prior Learning Assessment – is a three-credit, semester-long course that offers face-to-face interaction throughout the portfolio development process. Students have one year to complete their portfolio to demonstrate the college-level learning previously acquired. Rio faculty then evaluate the portfolios to determine whether credit has been earned.
Recognition as a LearningCounts Featured Network Institution allows Rio Grande to offer CAEL 10003, a six-week online portfolio course. The CAEL course is more expensive but offers greater flexibility since courses start twice a month and is available in disciplines not currently offered at Rio Grande.
Credits earned through either course appear on official transcripts as residential credits – not transfer credits – and more than 1,500 colleges and universities across the country accept LearningCounts credit recommendations.
"Adults know their knowledge comes from more than just a course, a classroom or a lecture; and we know it too," CAEL President and CEO Pamela Tate said. "They have the desire to resume their college studies and are searching for ways to do so while saving time and money. CAEL is committed to working with higher education institutions in Ohio and beyond to recognize the importance of this kind of learning. We are privileged to have Rio Grande come on board with our efforts."
For more information about the University of Rio Grande and PLA opportunities visit rio.edu or call 800-282-7201.


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Nikolai Wolff is working since 1993 for clients like swb ag (Stadtwerke Bremen), DHL, AOK,
Musikfest Bremen, Sparkasse Bremen, Airport Bremen, Jacobs University Bremen and others.
He is booked by newspapers and magazines as Frankfurter Rundschau, Süddeutsche Zeitung,
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, taz, Jüdische Allgemeine, Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, stern, neon, Eltern and others.
He also takes unconventional photos for the design and ad–agencies oblik,
kleiner und bold, one/one, BANK™, Moskito, Bernstein and others.
born in Berlin in 1966
working in photo-labs in Offenbach and Frankfurt 1991-92
studying at hfk Bremen Art School 1993-2000
guest semester at Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Fotoklasse 1999
photographer for taz Bremen 1993-2001
photography-internship at Clarin and Pagina 12, Buenos Aires 1995
founding menber of www.fotoetage.de, a pool of freelance photographers 1999.
Nikolai is working as an academic at Hochschule Bremen,
giving photography-courses for students of architecture.
He is married and has two kids.


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Most of the organizations listed below are headed or staffed by individuals featured in the African-American Resource Center. These HIV resources represent a small selection of what is available to African Americans. Most large HIV/AIDS organizations nationwide offer services tailored specifically to African Americans, and many black communities have smaller groups that serve the needs of local people with HIV. A comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS resources in the United States is available here.
Services and Care | Education and Prevention | Advocacy and Policy
The Minority AIDS Project (MAP)
5149 W. Jefferson Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90016
Phone: (323) 936-4949
Fax: (323) 936-4973
MAP provides a wide range of prevention, testing and treatment services to the African-American and Latino communities in Los Angeles, including needle exchange programs, treatment adherence support, transgender outreach, drug and alcohol detox, and food, housing and clothing assistance.
Women Alive
1566 Burnside Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
Hotline: (800) 554-4876
Phone: (323) 965-1564
Fax: (323) 965-9886
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Women Alive offers an array of innovative services addressing the specific needs of women with HIV, including treatment adherence and education, pregnancy planning, childcare, a newsletter and a national toll-free hotline.
Us Helping Us
3636 Georgia Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20010
Phone: (202) 446-1100
Fax: (202) 204-0806
Us Helping Us provides prevention, testing and treatment education and services primarily to the district's African American same-gender-loving men and transgender people. Its Down Low hotline and community forums, prisoner-discharge planning, and alternative therapy and homophobia workshops are nationally recognized as pioneering HIV/AIDS efforts.
The Luck Care Center
1701 West Monterey Ave.
Suite 1, Room 202
Chicago, IL 60643
Phone: (773) 233-5850
Fax: (773) 233-5853
The Luck Care Center is a private African-American-owned-and-operated HIV/AIDS clinic primarily serving the black population of Chicago's South Side. The clinic provides primary care, case management, treatment adherence, mental health, substance abuse, prevention and other support services. It also conducts clinical trials, studying how HIV and HIV treatment may differ in African Americans with HIV.
Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN)
5537 N. Broadway St.
Chicago, IL 60640-1405
Phone: (773) 989-9400
Fax: (773) 989-9494
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
TPAN offers a wide range of treatment, testing and prevention information and services to people with HIV or at risk. It also publishes the bimonthly magazine Positively Aware in English and Spanish and sponsors an annual Ride for AIDS fundraiser.
Housing Works, Inc.
320 W. 13th St.
New York, NY 10014
Phone: (212) 645-8111
Fax: (212) 645-8750
E-mail: email@example.com
Housing Works serves New York's homeless HIV population with housing, food, social services, harm reduction and other drug treatment services, medical and mental health care, and employment opportunities. It raises funds through self-run thrift shops and a book café. The group also has an advocacy and lobbying arm in Albany, N.Y. and Washington, D.C., holds an annual 24-hour vigil on World AIDS Day and sponsors the Campaign to End AIDS (C2EA), a national mobilization to turn PWAs into activists.
Urban Resource Institute (URI)
22 Chapel Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: (718) 260-2900
Fax: (718) 875-2817
URI is a community-based organization that provides a wide range of services to African Americans in New York City, including substance abuse treatment, needle exchange programs, HIV/AIDS treatment and care and mental health counseling.
BEBASHI (Blacks Educating Blacks About Sexual Health)
1217 Spring Garden St., 1st floor
Philadelphia, PA 19123
Phone: (215) 769-3561
Fax: (215) 769-3860
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
The nation's first African-American HIV/AIDS organization, BEBASHI offers services in prevention, testing and treatment as well as a range of innovative programs including a women's initiative, prison-discharge planning and a diabetes intervention.
Youth Outreach Adolescent Community Awareness Program (YO ACAP)
1207 Chestnut St., 3rd floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107-4102
Phone: (215) 851-1846
Fax: (215) 851-1878
YO ACAP offers African-American adolescents and young adults in the Philadelphia area an array of HIV prevention and testing services, including condom distribution, street outreach, college prep, and workshops in subjects ranging from safer sex to date rape to self-esteem.
Integrated Minority AIDS Network Inc. (IMANI)
Bank of America Tower
400 S. Zang Boulevard, Suite 1305
Dallas, TX 75208
Phone: (214) 942-5400
Fax: (214) 948-3038
Contact: M. Keith Rawlings, M.D.
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
IMANI is a coalition of African-American HIV specialists that educates clinicians and other providers in minority communities about HIV/AIDS medical issues. The group has a nationwide list of black HIV doctors for patient referrals.
MySistahs is a Web site created by and for young women of color to provide information and offer support on sexual and reproductive health issues through education and advocacy.
SisterLove, Inc.
SisterLove, Inc., is a community-based nonprofit focusing on the needs of women, particularly African-American women at risk for contracting HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
The Black AIDS Institute
1833 W. 8th St, Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90057
Phone: (213) 353-3610
Fax: (213) 989-0181
The Black AIDS Institute is an advocacy and policy center aimed at mobilizing African-American institutions and individuals to confront the HIV/AIDS crisis. Bookmark the Web site, which features daily news stories, provocative op-ed pieces, comprehensive reports, and a listing of the institute's events and conferences. Check out its Reading List for info on the Black AIDS Institute's two HIV/AIDS publications, Kujisource and Ledge.
Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)
2236 Rayburn Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 226-9776
Fax: (202) 225-1512
The CBC is a coalition of African-American members of Congress working together to develop and promote legislation that closes America's many racial gaps in access and opportunity. Speaking with a single voice, the CBC has wielded political influence and visibility beyond its numbers.
Office of Minority Health (OMH)
OMHRC En Español
Phone: (800) 444-6472
Fax: (301) 251-2160
E-mail: email@example.com
Run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, OMH develops health policies and programs that will eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities. It sponsors an annual National Leadership Summit and operates a Web site with news, surveys and other information about minority health concerns.
The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC)
1931 13th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202) 483-6622
Fax: (202) 483-1135
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
NMAC is the national lobbying group for people of color with HIV/AIDS. It promotes increased funding for the Ryan White CARE Act and the Minority HIV/AIDS Initiative, the two leading pieces of legislation for minority communities affected by the epidemic. Check out the 2010 HIV/AIDS Calendar for NMAC's community-building annual conference.
National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center (NMAETC)
Howard University
2112 Georgia Ave., NW, 1st floor
Washington, DC 20059
Phone: (202) 865-3300
Fax: (212) 865-3495
Contact: John McNeil, M.D.
E-mail: email@example.com
NMAETC assists health clinics and providers in minority communities build their capacity to serve the treatment, testing and prevention needs of people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.
Young Women of Color Leadership Council
Program Manager, Young Women of Color Initiatives
2000 M Street NW, Suite 750
Washington, DC 20036 USA
Phone: (202) 419-3420
Fax: (202) 419-1448
Web: www.advocatesforyouth.org
A project of the organization Advocates for Youth
Morehouse School of Medicine
Office of International Health Program
720 Westview Drive, SW
Atlanta, GA 30310
Phone: (404) 752-1706
Fax: (404) 752-1060
The Morehouse School of Medicine is an historically black medical school that trains physicians, scientists, and public health professionals committed to the primary health care needs of America's poor and minority communities.
Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative
651 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: (617) 432-4400
Fax: (617) 432-4545
E-mail: email@example.com
A research and policy center at the university's School of Public Health, the Harvard AIDS Institute conducts vaccine research and partners with organizations in Africa and Asia to develop clinical trials of experimental vaccines and mother-to-child prevention. Its Arthur Ashe Program in AIDS Care has mobilized black and Latino medical students to work in HIV/AIDS care.
The Balm in Gilead, Inc.
130 W. 42nd St., Suite 450
New York, NY 10036
Phone: (888) 225-6243
Fax: (212) 730-2551
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
The Balm in Gilead is an advocacy organization that builds the capacity of the black faith community worldwide to provide AIDS education and support for people with HIV. Check the 2010 HIV/AIDS Calendar for its annual Black Church Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS.
Community Healthcare Network (CHN)
79 Madison Ave., 6th floor
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 366-4500 ext. 261
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
CHN provides comprehensive community-based primary medical care together with a wide range of culturally specific mental and physical support services in New York's minority communities.
New York State Black Gay Network (NYSBGN)
103 East 125th Street, Suite 503
New York, New York 10035
Phone: (212) 828-9393
Fax: (212) 828-1661
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
This is a coalition of organizations serving black gay men in New York state. Through training, technical assistance, peer exchanges and resource sharing, the network increases its capacity to help its clients.
Minority Healthcare Communications Inc.
7720 Main St.
Fogelsville, PA 18051-1630
Phone: (610) 417-5844
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
MHCC is a nonprofit health education organization that runs conferences, seminars, and workshops on HIV/AIDS and cancer in minority communities. Check the 2010 HIV/AIDS Calendar for its National Conference on African Americans and AIDS.


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The Dunmore East Rambling Festival offers a variety of guided walks in the area around the village of Dunmore East in County Waterford. The event is held twice each year.
Please note that this page does not contain the latest information for the walking event named above. We are currently in the process of designing and building a new and improved version of The Ireland Walking Guide website behind the scenes. In the meantime, the outgoing version of the website will remain live but will not be updated or developed any further. The launch of the new version of The Ireland Walking Guide website will be announced on social media, at which point the www.theirelandwalkingguide.com domain will be reassigned to it.
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If you are the organiser of the above event, you may be able to advertise it for free on our High Point Ireland website now. Find out more at www.highpointireland.com/advertise-your-walking-event.
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philipsim necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 31 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
Design for an eight-page brochure for an event called Influence 2007. We're looking for designs based on one of two themes - Influence 2.0 or Beyond Spin and are happy for you to submit just a front page and an inside page unless your design is selected. We are in a hurry and may close the contest early as soon as we find a satisfactory design
Influence 2007
Influence 2.0/Beyond Spin
Desired Color Scheme:
Perhaps fitting with our standard colours but not tied to it
Desired Style:
Must look contemporary
We're looking for a complete design for an eight-page brochure for our upcoming conference. The event is Called Influence 2007. Please see http://www.influenceforum.com for information about the event and also to find our logo. This is a new logo, so definitely should be incorporated into the design. Please see http://www.mediaconnect.com.au/file…ochure.pdf for our brochure last year. Content will be much the same.
This year, we're looking at two themes. Either we're going to play on the whole Web 2.0 thing and use the theme Influence 2.0 or we're going to use the tagline Beyond Spin. If you're a creative genius and you've got a better concept - feel free to throw it out there - we might even pay a bonus. You can use one or the other or possibly even both. In the past we've tended to evolve the concept in collaboration with the designer, so we're hoping to do the same here.
I don't expect you to design the whole eight pages unless we choose your design. Cover page and an inside page or two will suffice for judging. However, upon selection I will require all eight pages ASAP.
We're in a hurry on this so we may close the contest early as soon as we find a design we like - so please don't leave it till late to enter.
If you'd like the photoshop version of our logo or would like any more guidance feel free to email me at philip at mediaconnect dot com dot au. I would prefer to use email rather than the private messages here