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By LuAnne Fantasia
Special to American Forces Press Service
Oct. 26, 2008 - Engineers with the Gulf Region Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, are teaching and mentoring their Iraqi counterparts on every aspect of reconstruction project development, preparing them to continue building and managing Iraq's infrastructure after the coalition leaves. Army Lt. Col. Jack Hourguettes is an Army engineer assigned to the Kirkuk Provincial Reconstruction Team -- a joint effort to integrate infrastructure projects in the province, training, coaching, advising, increasing engineering expertise and improving decision-making while balancing political and engineering requirements.
"We've been in Iraq five years and have had PRTs for three years," Hourguettes said. "We (the U.S.) are still cleaning up from Katrina after three years. Our efforts in Iraq will not be an overnight success. It will take the Iraqi people maintaining and pursuing from this generation to their grandchildren's generation, but the rewards will be so much better than if we had just walked away."
PRT engineers are teachers and diplomats, simultaneously ensuring their Provincial Reconstruction Development Council is capable of performing engineering assessments, designing scopes of work and conducting quality assurance and quality control, accomplishing construction processes and managing projects.
Hourguettes splits his time equally between the Kirkuk Government Building downtown and in remote villages. He works with the deputy governor of the Kirkuk province, as well as the deputy generals for water, sewer, roads and bridges, and electricity. Other Kirkuk PRT members work with the deputy generals for rule of law, education and others, he explained.
"The deputy generals are appreciative, well-educated people who are experts in their field of work," he said. "They have a great ability to visualize and conceptualize projects and I have the greatest confidence in the world in them."
Today, the city of Kirkuk looks and plans ahead 20 years. Funds from the Iraq central government have been secured for the first phase of the 32-kilometer Kirkuk Southern Bypass Road that will allow the city to expand for residents and businesses. A sewer master plan will replace existing septic tanks with a modern sewer and rain water system.
The final or working design is funded by the central government, which Hourguettes said, "is a major milestone for them to take ownership."
Both of these infrastructure upgrades are included in a four-volume, 20-year master plan for the city of Kirkuk, commissioned to a private American contractor and funded with Economic Support Funds.
"The 20-year master plan reflects where the city of Kirkuk started and where it is today with a breakdown of its infrastructure," Hourguettes explained. "The plan identifies how property can be used more efficiently and outlines where the city can grow geographically and the best areas for industry and business. It's not a directive, but a map to how Kirkuk can attract business and grow accordingly."
When coalition forces first arrived in Iraq, they brought with them the funds and the ability to hire experts to design key reconstruction projects. "Now we're finishing the design work and turning it over to the provincial governments," said Hourguettes. "It's incumbent on them to secure funding to actually build these projects. It's the same as a state in the United States securing federal funding for an infrastructure improvement."
Hourguettes' biggest enjoyment here is getting out in the remote villages and talking to the village elders. "We try to assess realistic needs of the village and put together realistic project proposals, submit them to the PRDC and follow through to funding by the Iraq central government in Baghdad," he said. "We're here such a short time (10 – 12 months) that we may get to see only a few projects to the end."
"I guess the tagline to us being here in Iraq," Hourguettes said, "is that we're trying to bring a better infrastructure, stability and unified peace to Iraq's children and grandchildren."
(LuAnne Fantasia is assigned to the Corps of Engineers' Gulf Region North district.)
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"All art is autobiographical," said Fellini. "The pearl is the oyster's autobiography." Yet some pearls are more autobiographical than others. Tonight at the Housing Works Bookstore Café, comics historian Christopher Irving (Leaping Tall Buildings) moderates a conversation about exactly what it takes to put one's life onto the pearl of a comics page, with four autobiographical cartoonists: Dean Haspiel (Billy Dogma), Bob Fingerman (Minimum Wage), Laura Lee Gulledge (Page by Paige), and Ethan Young (Tails). Expect a frank discussion of the hazards of honesty, the nuts and bolts of autobio cartooning, and the rewards of knowing when, and how, to draw the line.
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Every Friday we attend a class, Muscles and Messes, that is put on through a private Occupational Therapist paid for through the county as an Early Intervention service. The ten week class is for kids who have sensory integration challenges and is run by an OT who specializes in SI and a speech therapist. Each session focuses on a different sensory input. The parents are provided information on the specific input along with ways to help the kids overcome different challenges. During the hour session, the kids run and play and swirl and twirl and crash and swing and slide and push weighted down shopping carts and smear paint or shaving cream all over the windows and ride the zip line and play in the ball pit and crash some more. It's an hour of nonstop fun,
and by the time we walk out of there, Aiden has had his sensory fill and will actually SIT in a shopping cart. The class is PHENOMENAL!
At the end of each class, we sing the "clean up" song then head to circle time to sing our good-bye song, to which each kid is prompted to say their own name.
Milestone #1 - After the clean up song, Aiden actually went and SAT DOWN on his own, and was the first one there and prompted the other kids to "sit own". He typically needs to be guided each step and repetitively told but through his own listening, he knew the song was over and the next step he needed to take! Even more shocking, he actually sat through the whole good-bye song. I'm usually the only mom sitting in the circle without a kid since he's the one who is still up and running trying to get in every ounce of play he can.
Milestone #2 - During the good-bye song, AIDEN prompted everyone else to say their name. I had to look to make sure I had the right child, because in any type of therapy/class setting, Aiden does.not.talk. At each child's turn, he would point to them and say, "name?" and then try and get them to say, "Aiden." He wanted everyone to be Aiden. Of course, when it was his turn to say his name, he said nothing, but by golly, everyone else was "Aiden".
These are huge for us. H-U-G-E, HUGE! I hate that we only have four classes left and that this OT has a waiting list a mile long, because as comfortable as Aiden is there and as awesome as this OT is with sensory related challenges, he could make some huge strides.


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'Homophobic' stalker who harassed Labour MP Stella Creasy by sending threatening emails and letters has dodged jail
Corinna Loughlin given a suspended jail term and a restraining order after admitting stalking politician during campaign
A STALKER who bombarded MP Stella Creasy with threatening emails and letters for 19 months has dodged jail.
Corinna Loughlin, 45, first contacted Ms Creasy, 39, during her campaign to get author Jane Austen featured on £10 notes.
She sent daily messages with demands for money, "violent language" and "homophobic references", Hendon JPs heard.
They made the Labour MP afraid for her own and her family's safety.
Loughlin, from Barnet, North London, was given a suspended jail term and a restraining order after admitting stalking.
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Prosecutor Balbir Suri said: "MP Stella Creasy began receiving emails from a lady who called herself Corinna Loughlin.
"The messages sent came from a number of different email addresses sent directly to Mrs Creasy's email account.
"The contact caused Mrs Creasy concern and they would often contain violent language and delirious thoughts about harming other people.
"She would receive emails every day and on some days would receive five or six.
"In some messages she said: "I really need some f**king money" and "I want Rick Ruben and Mark Ronson dead.
"The MP never sent a response to Corinna as she did not want to invite her to continue sending more messages.
"But she continued to send messages as if they were having a two way conversation.
"Stella Creasy was in fear for her safety in relation to the messages that were being sent.
"They put her in fear and were quite alarming."
The court heard Loughlin was homeless during the 19 month period she harassed the MP who was so concerned by the correspondence she insisted staff kept logs of all the emails and letters received.
At a previous hearing in October Louglin pleaded guilty to a charge of stalking.
Judge Brennan said: "Over a 19 month period from January 2015 until mid September 2016 you plagued Stella Creasy MP with daily emails and letters.
"Those emails and letters contained violent language and it is unsurprising that Stella Creasy was caused distress and alarm and in fear for her and the safety of her family.
"It is noble of her that she says you are someone who is need of help."
He added "Your behaviour continued over a 19 month period and this offence falls into the most serious category and it is aggravated by homophobic references.
"You will go to prison for a period of 24 weeks and that is suspended for two years.
"The restraining order is until a future order and if you breach it you will end up with 24 weeks in prison.
Loughlin was also ordered to pay a £115 surcharge and costs of £85.


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2018-19 EMCC Baseball News
Former EMCC standout Chase Reeves returns to Scooba as Lions assistant baseball coachJuly 25, 2019Former EMCC baseball standout Chase Reeves has been named assistant baseball coach at East Mississippi Community College, as announced Thursday by Lions head coach Brett Kimbrel.
Four EMCC Lions collect 2019 MACJC All-State baseball honorsJune 10, 2019East Mississippi Community College sophomore pitchers Jaxen Forrester and Wesley Grantham along with freshmen Tyler Miller and Austin Beech have earned 2019 MACJC All-State baseball honors, as chosen by the head baseball coaches of the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges. Miller and Forrester were selected to the 24-player first team, while Grantham and Beech made the second team.
EMCC's rescheduled baseball tryouts set for Thursday, May 30 on Scooba campusMay 28, 2019East Mississippi Community College's rescheduled baseball tryouts will take place Thursday, May 30, at Gerald Poole Field on the Scooba campus.
EMCC to conduct open baseball tryouts May 19 on Scooba campusMay 08, 2019East Mississippi Community College will hold open baseball tryouts on Sunday, May 19, at Gerald Poole Field on the Scooba campus.
EMCC's Jaxen Forrester earns third career MACJC Pitcher of the Week honorMay 07, 2019For the third time in his career and second time this baseball season, East Mississippi Community College's Jaxen Forrester has earned MACJC Pitcher of the Week honors.
EMCC Lions conclude baseball season with 12-2 run-rule win at No. 7 JonesMay 05, 2019East Mississippi Community College's baseball season ended on a high note by claiming a 12-2 run-rule nightcap victory over seventh-ranked Jones College during Friday's MACJC conference action played at Community Bank Park. The Bobcats posted a 5-2 win over the visiting Lions during the opening game of the doubleheader.
Homers and complete-game pitching effort earn EMCC baseball DH split at NortheastMay 01, 2019Fifth-inning home runs by Austin Beech and Stuart Coggins along with a complete-game pitching performance by Wesley Grantham lifted visiting East Mississippi Community College to a 5-3 nightcap victory and an MACJC baseball doubleheader split at Northeast Mississippi Community College. The home-standing Tigers earned an 11-3 run-rule win over the Lions in the first game of NEMCC's farewell twin bill played during Tuesday's Sophomore Day festivities at Harold T. White Field.
Home runs and stellar pitching key EMCC in DH split with Meridian during home baseball finaleApril 25, 2019The Lions of East Mississippi Community College closed out their home baseball slate on a positive note by earning a doubleheader split with Meridian Community College during Wednesday's MACJC conference action played at Gerald Poole Field. EMCC's 7-4 nightcap victory over the Eagles followed Meridian's 23-3 opening-game win over the Lions.
Late-game miscues prove costly as EMCC Lions fall twice at Mississippi Gulf CoastApril 20, 2019Late-game miscues broke open a pair of close contests, as the visiting Lions of East Mississippi Community College fell twice, 7-0 and 10-2, to Mississippi Gulf Coast during Friday's MACJC conference baseball action played at Ken "Curly" Farris Field.
EMCC and Coahoma play to baseball twin-bill split with pair of 10-3 decisions in ScoobaApril 17, 2019East Mississippi Community College's baseball team flipped the score to earn a home conference doubleheader split with Coahoma Community College during Tuesday's MACJC action played at Gerald Poole Field. The Lions' 10-3 nightcap victory gained the twin-bill split after they dropped the opening game to the visiting Tigers by the same score.
EMCC's Tyler Miller earns MACJC Baseball Player of the Week honorsApril 16, 2019East Mississippi Community College freshman shortstop Tyler Miller has been named MACJC Baseball Player of the Week for his outstanding week at the plate for the Lions.
Wesley Grantham's five-hit shutout at Delta sparks EMCC to second straight baseball DH road splitApril 03, 2019The Lions of East Mississippi Community College earned their second straight MACJC baseball doubleheader split on the road with another standout pitching performance. Wesley Grantham tossed a five-hit, complete-game shutout in EMCC's 8-0 nightcap road win over Mississippi Delta during Tuesday's conference action played at the Jimmy Bellipanni Baseball Complex. The Trojans claimed a 13-5 run-rule victory over the Lions in the opening game.
EMCC's Jaxen Forrester earns MACJC Pitcher of the Week honorsApril 02, 2019For his no-hitter during last Friday's road win over East Central, East Mississippi Community College's Jaxen Forrester has been named MACJC Baseball Pitcher of the Week.
EMCC's Jaxen Forrester throws no-hitter in Lions' 10-1 nightcap win at East CentralMarch 30, 2019Sophomore right-hander Jaxen Forrester threw a no-hitter in East Mississippi Community College's 10-1 nightcap road victory over East Central during Friday's MACJC baseball doubleheader split played at the Clark-Gay Baseball Complex. The home-standing Warriors held on for the 7-5 win over the Lions in the opening contest.
Late-inning woes cost EMCC Lions in home DH baseball loss to No. 19 NorthwestMarch 28, 2019Late-inning woes resulted in East Mississippi Community College dropping a home baseball doubleheader to 19th-ranked Northwest Mississippi, 8-2 and 11-3, during Wednesday's MACJC action played at Gerald Poole Field.
EMCC Lions outhit No. 13 Itawamba but drop baseball doubleheader in FultonMarch 20, 2019The Lions of East Mississippi Community College outhit Itawamba during both games of Tuesday's MACJC baseball road doubleheader, but the visitors came up short both times in falling, 6-1 and 11-8, to the 13th-ranked Indians at ICC's Roy Cresap Field.
Home-standing EMCC Lions drop MACJC baseball opener to Copiah-LincolnMarch 18, 2019Despite a pair of excellent outings by their starting pitchers, the Lions of East Mississippi Community College dropped their conference-opening home baseball doubleheader against Copiah-Lincoln during Saturday's MACJC action at Gerald Poole Field. After a ninth-inning comeback attempt in the opening game ultimately resulted in an 11-5 setback in 15 innings, EMCC couldn't hold a late lead in the nightcap en route to dropping a 3-2 decision to the visiting Wolves.
EMCC set to open MACJC baseball slate by hosting Co-Lin during Saturday's reunion activitiesMarch 13, 2019Reunion activities will be a part of East Mississippi Community College's MACJC conference baseball opener Saturday against Copiah-Lincoln. Following a lunchtime reception for all returning EMCC baseball alumni and boosters, the Lions will take on the Co-Lin Wolves in a doubleheader set to begin at 2 p.m. at Gerald Poole Field on the Scooba campus.
Dramatic ninth-inning comeback earns EMCC 18-17 win in Friday home baseball split with ECCCMarch 09, 2019In their first game action in nearly two weeks due to rain and wet field conditions throughout the region, the Lions of East Mississippi Community College split an eventful home baseball doubleheader with East Central Community College Friday afternoon at Gerald Poole Field. After a series of comebacks resulted in a dramatic 18-17 walk-off victory for EMCC in the opener, the Warriors earned the split with a 15-3 run-rule win in the nightcap.
EMCC's baseball home opener moved up to Friday; Lions' baseball reunion rescheduled for March 16March 05, 2019With predicted rain and possible thunderstorms in the forecast for Saturday, East Mississippi Community College's scheduled home-opening baseball doubleheader against East Central Community College has been moved up a day to Friday (March 8) on the Scooba campus. First pitch for Friday's home season opener is set for 1 p.m. at EMCC's Gerald Poole Field.
EMCC Lions post 1-3 mark during season-opening baseball competition in FloridaFebruary 17, 2019East Mississippi Community College opened the 2019 baseball season with a 1-3 showing against NJCAA Division I opposition this past weekend at Chipola Field in Florida. Along with splitting a pair of games with Gordon State, the Lions dropped close decisions to preseason top-ranked Chipola and Columbia State.
Brett Kimbrel era of EMCC baseball begins this weekend in FloridaFebruary 14, 2019The Brett Kimbrel era of East Mississippi Community College baseball is scheduled to get underway Friday and Saturday (Feb. 15-16) in Marianna, Florida when the Lions play a pair of games each day on the Chipola College campus.


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Kanye West is currently one of the biggest fashion designers in the world. However, most people refuse to view Kanye in that light, but Kanye is trying his best to get the world interested in his fashion ideas. Nonetheless, Kanye West was recently featured as a speaker at a Los Angeles Technical College. The students were extremely excited to hear Kanye West talk, but some people feel that Kanye West was a bit too arrogant and conceded during his speech.
At several points in the speech, Kanye West called himself the the greatest rapper and fashion designer alive. However, the students of the LA Trade School cheered for Kanye. Normally, Kanye West is booed in front of grown men and women, but the young college students have boosted his ego even more. People simply do not like Kanye West, and it's because he has changed so much over the years.
Kanye wasn't always terribly conceited, but he has become an extreme narcissist. Many fans like Alexei Beltyukov believes that Kanye West's marriage to Kim Kardashian has been the catalyst for his extreme arrogance, but some people feel that's not the case. Before Kim and Kanye got married, Kanye was already referring to himself as a god, and his fans feel that he sold his soul to the devil in order to gain his riches. TMZ recently published an article on Kanye West, and his entire speech at the LA college is included.


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BROOMFIELD, Colo. - Despite heavy rains over parts of Colorado in recent months, persistent drought conditions have parched the soil over much of the state, stressing even irrigated lawns and urban landscape trees. During these periods of drought, homeowners should consider supplemental watering to keep their trees healthy.
"Adequately watering your trees is the best way to ensure optimum growth and vigor during the summer months," said Keith Wood, community forestry program manager for the Colorado State Forest Service. "Dry trees become susceptible to root and branch die-back and subsequent insect and disease problems."
The most recent U.S. Drought Monitor map indicates that approximately 50 percent of Colorado is currently experiencing some form of drought - with some southern portions of the state under "severe" or worse drought classifications.
The CSFS offers the following tips to keep trees healthy during summer drought:
. Water a wide area. Tree root systems, unlike carrots, may spread two to three times wider than the height of the tree, with most absorbing roots in the top foot of soil. Apply water to soak the entire area underneath the full span of a tree's branches.
. Water slowly. To ensure deep penetration, use a deep root fork (inserted 8 inches or less), soaker hose on low setting or soft spray wand to apply water slowly to the full area.
. Keep the yard green. Trees located in irrigated lawns generally do not require additional water, as long as the area surrounding the tree receives adequate moisture. Conversely, a dry, yellow yard means the roots of any trees present are also dry.
. Focus on non-irrigated trees. Trees that do not receive water from sprinkler systems or irrigation require additional water. Every week, apply 10 gallons of water for each inch of tree trunk diameter. Water newly planted trees even more frequently; larger trees, which have extensive root systems, can be watered less frequently.
. Mulch. Mulch is an inexpensive solution to retain soil moisture and save water. Apply 4 inches of organic mulch onto bare soil within 2 to 3 feet from the base of the trunk (removing any grass first, if necessary). Do not allow the mulch to directly contact the trunk.
Visit www.csfs.colostate.edu for more tips on tree watering, planting and general care.


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"White Summers has represented the Band of Angels on investments, and works with many of our portfolio companies. They are cost efficient and among the best boutique law firms in the Valley. I have relied on White Summers' advice on my own investments. The firm is first rate." – Ian Sobieski, Coordinator of the Band and founder of the Band of Angels Fund, LP
"Almost 20 years ago, Mark White first helped us form and build the EDA Consortium to be the global trade organization representing the business interests of the electronic design automation industry. Throughout that period, White Summers has helped us navigate critical issues in our industry, and Mark White has and continues to serve as our Secretary providing direct guidance and advice to our Board." – Robert Gardner, Executive Director of the EDA Consortium
" White Summers has been a trusted business and legal advisor to IPextreme, Inc. for over 5 years. They have deep domain experience in EDA software, IP re-license issues and in the semi-conductor industry. The firm is responsive, very knowledgeable and a critical extension of our team." – Warren Savage, Founder and CEO
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Half a medium butternut squash, chopped into chunks
2 cups of organic vegetable stock
Half a cup of full fat coconut milk
1 tsp grated root ginger (or powder if fresh is not available)
1 grated turmeric root (or powder if fresh is not available)
1In a large pan, place the butternut squash, carrots and stock. Cover and bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer partially covered for approximately 20 minutes or until squash and carrots are soft.
2Cool and blend the cooked squash, carrots, turmeric, ginger with a little of the cooking liquid in a jug blender or use a hand blender.
3Pour the mixture back into the pan with rest of the liquid left from cooking.
4Add the coconut milk and stir.
5Heat to desired temperature and serve immediately topped with black pepper.
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Online Classes: Fabric Design with Spoonflower
Learn more about how to design fabrics with Spoonflower, PicMonkey, Photoshop and more. I offer basic classes for beginners that will walk you through designing and uploading your very first design and building skills in PicMonkey. In the near future, I plan to offer intermediate and master classes for students who want to dig in to learning seamless repeats, Photoshop, Illustrator and more. Keep an eye on this page.
- Classes are offered using the CourseCraft platform. To access the classes, you just have to set up a free account with them and you can do that when you enroll.
- You can sign in to your account and have access to all of the class materials any time so you can do the class at your own pace and come back to it any time.
- The lessons work great on computers, laptops or iPad/tablet. (Depending on the class topic, you may need to use a computer to follow along with some of the hands on projects. A tablet won't work for everything.)
- You don't need any special software to watch the video or participate in class. It all works in your regular web browser.
Class format and what to expect
I did a lot of research and surveys and decided to not go with a "craft tv show" kind of class format. I don't like to just sit and passively watch a video how-to and it turns out that a lot of you don't really love that either.
So, these classes are not going to be like a 45 minute video for you to sit and watch. They are going to be more like an interactive book. There will be articles, checklists and step-by-step instructions to read. There will be short video clips where I demonstrate hands-on parts of the lesson. I will be showing lots of screen capture, so you can see videos of my screen as I am working and you can follow along. There are even hands-on samples you can get so that you can see the same fabrics I am talking about and follow along with the lesson. Many classes will have downloadable files: handouts, cheat sheets, or files that are set up so you can do the projects with me.
New! Get a gift certificate.
Want to give a class as a gift? I have gift certificates available for the Designing without Repeats class ($15 value). Just purchase it here and I will email you a fancy gift certificate that you can print or email with the redeem code for your recipient. Certificate will be emailed to the address associated with the paypal account used for payment.
Have a question about online classes or a topic you'd love to see me do? Send me a message!


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Spring fire continues to burn
The cost of fighting the Spring fire has hit $94,000 as of 5 a.m. today. The 1,000-acre blaze is still smoldering in the Pine Nuts far above Carson Valley.
There is no report of containment or control on any of the fires that were started by lightning on Sunday night.
According to the National Interagency Coordination Center incident management situation report, the Spring fire crowned, burning in pinon pine and juniper.
The Divide Fire grew to 30 acres as of 10:25 p.m. with three hand crews working to contain it.
Fire units patrolled lightning areas through the night for new starts.
The Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch reports nearly two dozen fires or false alarms starting at 2 p.m. Sunday and continuing into this morning.
Lightning strikes continue in the Pine Nuts south of Highway 395, and brief heavy showers are drifting around the Valley.


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We've stocked a limited number of our friend Kanchan's book here at La Boîte.
"Get smart about spices with Kanchan Koya, a Harvard-trained Molecular Biologist, wellness-obsessed mama, and creator of the food blog, Spice Spice Baby. Through this first-of-its-kind cookbook, you will learn about science-backed health benefits of spices and find inspiration to use them in 100 simple, unexpected, and delicious ways for your entire family. Recipes include baby purées, smoothies, breakfast, lunchbox ideas, mains, desserts, snacks, sides, spiced remedies, spice blends, and condiments. Here ancient spices are your best medicine and there's no better place to enjoy them than around the family table."


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To broaden its impact among two-year colleges, the National Science Foundation (NSF) asked community college educators to explain the challenges they face when applying for grants and suggest emerging issues the NSF should consider funding.
"Frankly, I don't think we've heard enough from you in the past and we want to have more dialogue," Barbara Olds told about 300 community college educators attending a meeting the NSF convened this month in partnership with theAmerican Association of Community Colleges (AACC).
"We welcome your input" about the grants application process, said Olds, acting deputy assistant director and senior advisor for the NSF Directorate for Education and Human Resources.
"We know just how important the community college experience is for what happens in all areas, and particularly science, technology, engineering, and math," said NSF Deputy Director Cora Marrett. She also asked community college educators to share their insights on the revision of two merit review criteria by sending comments to her online by July 14.


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QuickStart Tennis
QuickStart Tennis is a fantastic way to introduce kids to tennis and build their interest and enthusiasm for the sport. It follows the same logic as other youth sports, which use kid-sized courts and kid-sized equipment.
For the 9 and 10-year age group, the court size is 60' long by 27' wide using standard height 42" net posts and net (36" high in the center). QuickStart Tennis for ages 8 and underutilizes a 36' long by 18' wide court with 36" net posts and nets (33" high in the center). In QuickStart Tennis, balls bounce lower, don't move as fast through the air and are easier to hit, making the game more appropriate for kids 10 and under. Racquets are sized for small hands and courts are smaller and easier to cover.
By using this format, the benefits are immediate and within a short time the kids are rallying, playing, and excited to keep playing. That means kids will have more fun and less frustration. They're playing real tennis and having real fun — and that's what is most important.
If you have any questions about QuickStart Tennis or any of the products we carry, feel free to contact us at Tennis Court Supply.


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Hey Everyone! It's been awhile since I've posted. That's for a couple of reasons…I haven't done too much in the fitness world and I forgot my computer charger at my parents house when I came back to NYC after the holidays. Oops! So for the month of January I have only run twice…and they've been…
Month: January 2013
The 8 Hour Diet
I'm trying this new diet because last year I lost a little bit of weight when I started running, but then life events kind of stopped that progress, and then came the holidays and now I'm back to square one. So with this diet I can eat whatever I want, but only for eight hours….
Changes for 2013
With the new year, I'm making some changes to my blog. First, the name. It started out as a place for me to share my running experiences, but I do more than running. So, I've decided to call it "Muffy's Fitness Blog" instead of "Muffy's Running Blog." Second, I changed the theme of my blog….


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Presented to the IGRS AGM in London in May 2013.
Dick Eastman is intrigued by the possibility of using dowsing to find forgotten graves. Reading his post I am reminded of a colleague telling me they used dowsing to layout a trench in an historic graveyard excavation in Wales. They needed to avoid a buried foundation and used dowsing to detect, mark and avoid the foundations.
A short video showing how to signup and become a member of the Historic Graves website and project.
Under the shadow of the Knockmealdowns Tony & Mark took to the recording of the graveyards of south Tipperary like ducks to water. Mark is a geographer and Tony a retired builder so they both had a strong spatial sense and a tidy approach to dealing with paperwork.


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Circle of Konfusion
Robert Seto
The Return
"in midst of heavenly chaos, thunder flashes and shrieks,
through the haze of sacred wisdom, I seek our past, a
history carved in the constant shifting sand of time,
riding the tides of memories toward sea of transformation,
spring that transfigures winter, season marches on.
from light to the darkest of night, knowledge is at once stagnates and moving.
as we rush to find the end of the earth, only to return to where it all began."
Robert Seto 1996
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Mobile Development is the Future
Obviously we all know that mobile technology is booming and many users are getting away from the traditional PCs and laptops and are wanting more smaller devices such as smartphones, net books and tablets. Even net books are reaching extinction. So what does this mean for developers.
I believe this means that application development will have to be more adaptable to the different technologies. Eventually the tools at our disposal will evolve to a more universal framework that will work across all platforms. HTML5 is a prime example of this. If HTML5 is used properly it will make an application device agnostic so no re-coding will have to be done and the same application can run on iOs, android, windows 8 ARM and every browser with HTML5 support. One of the tools that is very useful today is the mono-project development IDE that allows developers to develop in iPhone, android and regular applications in C# against the .Net framework. If coded properly using a 3 tier design (Data Layer, Application Layer and Logic or Business Layer) the core functionality in your application can be carried across the different devices without any code change.
I also believe that the traditional operating system will eventually go away and Microsoft is proving this prediction with the complete re-transformation of the Windows 8 operating system. Windows has completely re-architected their operating system to be a tile based metro experience similar to the windows phone experience. This allows the operating system to be used not only for PCs and net books but with the potential to be used for tablets. There is also talk about a windows 8 ARM version (a tablet version of windows 8 that can run on the current tablet technology available).
I have also noticed that some of the new features in Visual Studio 11 beta is centered around the new Windows 8 operating system and mobile devices. If you notice from the screenshot below there is a Metro style Bing Maps SDK template available and one of the template categories is for Mobile Devices. Microsoft is usually behind the curve on innovation but the fact that they are taking such a drastic approach to the Windows 8 platform shows that such a platform will most likely be the wave of the future.
Now for developers this may seem like you will have to re-learn everything when it comes to UI (User Interface) design, but I believe this approach will make it easier for developers to change platforms. I see a future where I can develop an application for Windows 8 and easily convert it to an iOS application or a Android OS application. I am not sure how long it will take before this happens but I already see tablets being used as primary devices in corporate america, speakers and preachers pulling out tablets to deliver a message and schools beginning to incorporate tablet technology into their curriculum.
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Does this sound familiar, last month my business lost money because of invoicing processing errors. Let me start at the beginning. As part of a solution set for our customers we buy high-end printers and scanners from a distributor for resale. We add a modest 5% margin to the cost of the unit and when we are able to pay our invoice early our distributor gives us a 2% discount, giving us a little extra profitability on the deal.
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SharePoint Workflow | Content Management Systems: Build vs Buy
I want to tell you a story, and how it relates to SharePoint workflow and why it is important to think about buying a turnkey solution or building a totally customized solution yourself.
One afternoon Bill is standing on his driveway admiring the beautiful day and down the street he noticed that his neighbor Carol had this gorgeous, sleek and shimmering new sports car sitting in her driveway. Bill's eyes lit up and he had to go ask Carol about it!
Simplifying Invoice Processing & Why it matters
We have all heard the phrase "we need to do more with less" less time, less resources, less complications. In today's blog post we are going to look at an area of business operations where we can achieve this organizational goal of doing more with less. We are going to discuss simplifying invoice processing, why it matters and how to do it. Traditional invoice processing has always been a manual paper based process. The invoice would come in by postal mail, or by fax, which then would be printed out for processing and passed to an Accounts Payable processor who begins the first stages of reviewing the invoice for processing and payment
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In order to be considered a source document, a document must be an original or a certified copy. This is designed to prevent situations in which information is falsified for the purpose of manipulating study results, and to avoid problems such as poor copies which are difficult to read and may be confusing for people going over trial data. Many trials use a standardized source document format, such as a single basic form for medical records, to make it easy to review source documents.
Source documents include the results of medical imaging studies such as x-rays and MRIS, lab reports, medical records, printouts from diagnostic evaluations such as spirometry and electrocardiography, copies of informed consent forms, diaries kept by patients to record their responses to the trial, notes from researchers, and so forth. Each patient has a file filled with source documents and these files are stored in a secured area which can only be accessed by authorized personnel. A source document can contain patient information as well as proprietary information about the device or drug being studied, which makes security critical.
As researchers evaluate the outcome of the clinical trial for the purpose of writing up results, they refer to the source documents. These same documents are also used by auditing authorities who confirm the outcome of the trial. If for some reason an original is not available and a certified copy must be used, the auditor may want an explanation for the substitution, as the loss or theft of an original document could compromise a study.
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Is Egypt is Safe for Solo Female Travelers?
Egyptian Tourism plummeted after the 2011 revolution, but is it safe to travel to Egypt now? When I went to Egypt alone, my friends and family kept asking me if Egypt is safe for solo female travelers? Read on to learn the facts you need to know to stay safe in this beautiful country... Read More


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Channel news: Customers blanche at cost of green IT; Microsoft reorg shows change for Tools business
Tech customers baulk at cost of going green Customers are not yet ready to pay extra for green products in spite of growing concern for the environment, technology, media and telecoms executives told an industry summit this week. [Reuters]
Microsoft reorgs again Microsoft is tweaking its internal reporting structure, yet again. This time, in what seems like a curious move to this Microsoft watcher, Microsoft is moving its Server and Tools business under its Office business.
HP switches key to CERN's LHC project As part of CERN's network upgrade, some 2,000 tape and disk servers are connected via Hewlett-Packard's ProCurve switches. [eWEEK]
Google, Salesforce in talks to form alliance: WSJ Google Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc. are in talks for an alliance that could help them compete better against Microsoft Corp. , the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Monday. [Reuters]
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Durban reborn as boxing city
KWAZULU-NATAL — The sleeping giant of South African boxing — has awoken, Boxing SA's acting chief, Loyiso Mtya, said on Monday.
He was reacting to the successful world championship at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre in Durban on Saturday.
The International Boxing Organisation (IBO) flyweight championship between new champion Moruti "Baby Face" Mthalane and Jether "General" Oliva of the Philippines was the first of its magnitude in Durban since 1998.
That was when Simon Ramoni won the IBO super bantamweight strap against American Michael Alldis at the Village Green Hall. It was staged by Branco Milenkovic.
The tournament on Saturday night, in front of a big crowd at the imposing 5,000-seater venue, was staged by Thulani Magudulela's Ludonga Boxing Promotions, which has been keeping the fires burning since 2010. He took a giant leap by organising the IBO championship — his first event of that stature, featuring South Africa's top fighter, Mthalane, a former undefeated International Boxing Federation IBF champion, trained by Nick Durandt in Gauteng. Mthalane, from Lindelani, Durban, had not fought at home since 2003. He defeated Oliva, a former amateur star, on a split decision.
Credit for making it happen goes to the provincial government.
The organisation of the event was professional; security was tight from the gates leading to the actual building and no alcohol was allowed inside the venue, where the atmosphere was electrifying.
Mtya was a ringside guest.
"KwaZulu-Natal proved that, given time, it can reclaim the good old days of hosting big boxing events," he said. "It has the venue, promoter, boxers and the infrastructure. The sleeping giant has awoken."
Mtya described the energy-sapping 12 rounder between Mthalane and Oliva as "one hell of a fight".
"Mthalane fought a pure world-class boxer. Oliva lost twice and those defeats were in world championship fights (against Ulises Solis for the IBF junior flyweight title in 2011 and also against Mthalane)," said Mtya.
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Angie on Vanity Fair: Pregnant & Boobed
And total f&cking GORGESSITY!!!
Who could ever, ever compare to this?
Vanity Fair has just posted their new cover and the article and accompanying photo shoot video is coming Monday.
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Ultimate Tea Diet
Losing weight can be a difficult journey that many of us have to take at some point in our lives and the Ultimate Tea Diet, published by Harper Collins, can be a solution to that struggle. This is even better if you happen to already have a love of teas.
The Benefits of Tea
Many cultures around the world have been drinking tea as a means to cleanse the system and boost their metabolism for many centuries. But what does tea actually do for your body?
- A boost to your immune system
- Lowering of your blood sugar levels
- Lowering of cholesterol
- Helps to prevent cavities and tooth decay from forming
- Decreases the aging process
- Decreases your high blood pressure
- Helps to prevent arthritis
- Increased concentration
- Increased mental focus
- Helps to reduce the risk of severe health issues like cancer, heart disease and strokes
Despite having nearly the same amount of caffeine as coffee the antioxidant properties of tea is well documented making it a much better choice than a cup of Joe.
How the Ultimate Tea Diet Works
With all of the antioxidant properties presence in tea it makes no wonder that it can be used to help someone lose weight. It promotes great digestion and circulation. Our parents had it right when we were younger. Stomach aches were met with a warm cup of tea. When we were ill tea was always something that could help soothe us. The same applies to a sore throat. This all helped because of the properties of tea.
The Ultimate Tea Diet uses the natural properties of tea to encourage weight loss. This is done by three very important things:
- The natural caffeine found in tea is used to stimulate the body
- L-theanine is added to the blend to remove the bad effects found in caffeine and works as an appetite suppressant
- The EGCD compound is added to burn fat in a more efficient manner and at a faster rate
These three things are what make the Ultimate Tea Diet work. To put it simply your body is stimulated to process fat in a more efficient way at the same time your appetite is being suppressed. These two things combined creates a perfect recipe to promote weight loss.
It's not Just About the Tea
Any type of diet requires more than just "the fad" part of things. This diet does not escape that rule of thumb. Tea certainly contains properties that some consider miraculous, but that does not make this a miracle drug, a cure all or "just drink this" fad sort of diet.
There is a lot more than just drinking tea that goes along with this diet plan. You need to be dedicated to your plans to lose weight. Exercise needs to be a part of the diet plan as does eating the proper foods.
The Basics of the Diet Plan
The Ultimate Tea Diet works on several things. The first is that tea is at the core of the diet plan. It stimulates the body and makes the metabolism work in high gear so you lose weight. The diet runs for 14-days and you can repeat it as often as you need to, but drinking tea is only a part of the plan. The food part of the diet consists of what you would expect most diets like this would. You have to eat foods that are lower in fat content, higher in fiber and low in carbohydrates. It is pretty much your standard dieting practice. The book includes menu plans for the two weeks but they are just guides. You are free to change them up as you please so that you can continue feeling full while maintaining the high metabolism rate.
Exercise is an important part of any diet plan you participate in. Working out two to three times a week is a great way to keep your energy level up, burn fat, create muscle mass and increase your stamina.
Support is often a key to the puzzle in people successfully losing weight. Dieting can take an emotional toll and without proper support it can make the process all the more difficult. The book includes many inspirational stories and anecdotes that serve as a way to give the dieter hope.


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Topic: Blue (10/08/09)
- TITLE: The Birth of a Legend
By Marilyn Schnepp
"I'm trying to make a rainbow, Momma, and these are Jimmy's old crayons and he's lost the blue one, so I guess I'll never make it to second grade."
Momma picked up a couple crayons off the floor and looked at them; "Don't worry, little one, surely out of all these crayons we can find one that will do just as nicely; like this one,"... and she handed me a crayon marked "C E R U L E A N", which I'd never heard of before, much less pronounce.
"What's that, Momma?" I sighed aloud.
"Cerulean is just perfect, Honey; in fact it's the same color God used to color the sky," and then I listened in awe as Momma told me the Legend of the Three Blues in the rainbow:
"When the devil was being kicked out of Heaven for causing alot of trouble, he stole a handful of God's blue crayons on his way out the front gate - just for spite. It really didn't matter much at the time because God had already finished creating, painting and decorating planet Earth. He'd already made blue skies, blue oceans, various shades of blue flowers, blue birds, and the magnificent blue, azure, and bluish green feathers for the strutting proud peacock.
"And Wow, little one, what a wonderful world He created, too! A beautiful place that was out of this World in perfection of taste, decor, and color blending! God was truly an 'extraordinaire' when it came to interior decorating. Strictly Blue Ribbon stuff...like how do you say? The Cat's Meow?"
Momma and I both giggled.
"However, it wasn't until after Noah built the ark and after the flood, that God discovered His blues were missing. He was preparing to make His rainbow of promise for Man, and had red, orange, yellow, and green, but no blue! But 'all things are possible with God'....so no sweat, right?"
"Right!" and Momma and I did a hi-five.
"God began at the top of His rainbow with red, followed by orange, yellow, green and...(nobody but God knows the secret behind the Three blues) but He improvised and finished His rainbow with THREE different shades of blue.
"You've got to look closely or use binoculars or a telescope to see them, and astronomers are still debating which blues were used. Cerulean, violet and indigo blue are suspected. They just slowly blend into one another until they fade into the original blue of the sky.
"Anyway, little one, when God looks down from Heaven and sees the rainbow, He sees it as a big 'Smiley Face' looking back up at Him from His position up in Heaven, and down here on planet Earth, we see it as an upside down 'smiley face' like a McDonalds of St Louis arc...when we look at it.
"And when God's Rainbow of Promise was finished, God announced: "I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the (Promise) between me and the earth...that Never again will the waters become a flood to destry all life. And when I see it' God said, I will remember."
"And when Earth sees the rainbow in the sky, we too, will remember. It will remind us of how very much God loves us, and of His comforting promise to us, and how one day, Jesus, His only begotten Son, will come again, and take us to our home in Heaven.
"Won't it be great fun, little one, to see God's 'Smiley Face' from up there?"
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My prodigal dinghy was found today, intact and outboard running. I even got a bonus: there was a huge red fuel tank in it that wasn't there before…ha ha ha.
Three policemen in plainclothes came to see me at work; they'd caught the guy who did it (no, not the heroin addict at all…shame on me for being such a sucker for movie stereotypes!), and wanted badly to prosecute, as he is also responsible for thousands of dollars stolen in credit cards, electronics, and a caravan, I think they said. So I signed a statement and came home and towed the rowing dinghy behind the motorised dinghy. The mood at the club was celebratory, and I was getting waves from people on boats and thumbs-up-signs from passing dinghies…I waved back, returned a small smile, but didn't really feel as elated as, I guess, they thought I'd be.
A lesson has been learned, and I cannot consciously, purposely, go back to ignorance, so I will continue to row, now that I know how easy and quick it is from our new spot in the Sadgroves Creek. Also, to put it mildly, I do not love that outboard.
All's well that ends well. At least I have my dinghy and oars back! And I AM sincerely glad that I have recovered what was really Kris' property. It will come in handy on craft fair days, anyway, and has proven invaluable for moving four friends at a time, to and from the big boat on party nights.
Isn't it funny how, when you accept a situation fully—to the point of actually falling in love wiit the new conditions—whatever the problem was in the first place often rights itself?
The best part is that I now enjoy a new FREEDOM: I no longer need nor am dependent upon what I originally thought I had lost.


text: Holiday festivities mean twinkly lights, gilded decorations, and lots and lots of bubbly; when it comes to your party makeup, now is not the time for anything understated. Here, makeup artist Michael Anthony shows you how to pull out all the beauty stops in less than 60 seconds\u2014employing everything from strategic splashes of glitter to swoops of metallic liner to swipes of head-turning lip hues (care of Maybelline New York Lip Studio Color Blur ). After all, nobody should venture underneath the mistletoe unprepared. Follow his speedy step-by-step in the video below. Then snag the pro's tips and check out his fancy face charts for a closer look. Classic Red Lips and Crystallized Eyes To help sparkles stick without irritating sensitive skin, reach for Lucas Papaw Ointment . "It gives you a bit more play time if you accidentally overdo it with the glitter," says makeup artist Michael Anthony, who used a combo of Make Up For Ever and Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics glitter on the inner corners of eyes. "You can wipe it away with a Q-tip, whereas there's more of a commitment with a adhesive." Though the ointment isn't quite as durable as glue, it offers enough grip to get you through a cocktail party and the after-hours festivities, Anthony adds. A soft taupe shadow along the lower lash line, demi falsies, and a quick swipe of Maybelline New York Volum' Express The Colossal Chaotic Lash mascara polishes off the lid look. Balance mega-shimmer with a matte red mouth. Anthony used Maybelline New York Lip Studio Color Blur in Partner in Crimson , a blue-based red that makes teeth look whiter. "Since red can travel, concentrate the color on the center of your lips, then blur it out toward the perimeter with the smudger," Anthony says. Done! Two-Tone Lips and High-Shine Cheeks Pair contrasting lip colors with luminous skin. Matte brown shadow and black mascara create depth without drawing too much attention to eyes, Anthony says. A softly contoured complexion completes the backdrop for a statement mouth. To get the look, apply bronzer to the hollows of your face and dust a highlighter along the tops of cheekbones. (Try Maybelline New York Face Studio Master Contour Face Contouring Kit, available in January.) Tangerine adds vibrancy to a vampy lip. Anthony applied Maybelline New York Lip Studio Color Blur in Orange Ya Glad to the center of the mouth first. "A lighter color in the center makes lips look fuller," he says. Rim the perimeter with Color Blur in Plum, Please , but stay true to your natural lip line. "This is not time to take creative liberties and overdraw," he warns. Finish by using the smudger side to blur the two shades together. Hot Pink Lips and Molten Metallic Liner A matte brown eyeshadow creates the perfect base for a platinum cat-eye. To nail the silver streak, dampen a thin, tapered brush with water or even your favorite eye serum. "It's safe for your eyes, but also changes the consistency of shadow and transforms it into a liquid liner," Anthony says of his serum secret. (For an all-in-one option, try Maybelline New York Eye Studio Color Tattoo Metal in Silver Strike .) Starting at the inner corner, drag the brush across your top lashes, flicking it out at the end to create a wing. Finish with mascara. For pink lips that are more dramatic than delicate, fill in the top with a deeper blush tone, like Maybelline New York Lip Studio Color Blur in Fast & Fuchsia . An electric hue, like Color Blur in Pink Insanity , offers an unexpected contrast guaranteed to get you noticed.


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Bio junior wins Goldwater Scholarship
Shovik Bandyopadhyay's collaborative research and publishing opportunities made the honors Biological Sciences junior a clear choice for a Goldwater scholarship, which are awarded to college students pursuing research careers in science, mathematics or engineering.
A St. Louis native, Bandyopadhyay started research just months into his Purdue career. He's been based in Ji-Xin Cheng's lab, located in the Martin Jischke Hall of Biomedical Engineering.
"The lab itself has its various focuses on a tool called Raman spectroscopy," Bandyopadhyay explained. "It lets us image the metabolism of cells. Specifically, what's in interest to us is the cholesterol metabolism. I'm part of a team that uses these spectroscopic techniques to image cholesterol metabolism in cancer."
Bandyopadhyay's lab duties include culturing cancer cells and treating them with different conditions. He prepares the cells for live cholesterol metabolism imaging from the Raman laser spectrometer in Cheng's lab.
Bandyopadhyay's first project took much of the past two years but he produced a poster during his sophomore year and has since submitted a paper to Blood, the nation's top hematology journal. His work was in collaboration with Washington University in St. Louis. It looks at combination therapy for resistant leukemia from the cholesterol metabolism imaging from Cheng's lab. During summers, Bandyopadhyay used Washington's signaling labs to come up with interesting results.
"By combing those two aspects, we were able to propose a combination therapy," Bandyopadhyay said. "That's what I love about this lab: We have chemists; we have engineers; we have biologists. Dr. Cheng really values this interdisciplinary approach to research, which I think is something about Purdue that is really cool."
Bandyopadhyay is appreciative of the "unique" emphasis the College of Science puts on undergraduate research, especially so early in a student's career. Freshmen and sophomores don't have to wait to find experience in labs.
"At Purdue, it's not only available, it's encouraged," he said.
Bandyopadhyay said the Goldwater scholarship will help fund his senior year at Purdue, which should then propel him to more research and medical school.
Bandyopadhyay is also up for the Astronaut Foundation scholarship, which is awarded to students pursuing education and careers in STEM fields. Bandyopadhyay recently penned a chapter in the upcoming Springer textbook "Kinase Signaling Networks in the "Methods in Molecular Biology" series.
"It's really about opportunities," Bandyopadhyay said. "There's nothing that I'm doing that any other Purdue students couldn't do. It's seeking out opportunities and PI's that are trusting and generous enough to give you those opportunities."


text: This upscale Georgetown condominium property contracted ULTRA's Painting and Repairs Division to renovate ten floors of public lobbies and corridors. Teaming with Studio Santalla, ULTRA revitalized and updated the expansive common areas. The project entailed wall covering removal and restoration of walls to level five finish, removal of popcorn texture, and full restoration of the concrete ceilings for new paint. Throughout all areas ULTRA refinished wood baseboard, installed wall covering, with complimentary accents in lobbies, and installed high end lighting fixtures and hospitality-grade carpet.


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One of my clients has had abdominal pain for a while. At the start of the session, as she lay comfortably on the massage table, I put my hand on her feet and tuned in. CranioSacral Therapists call this "Arching;" that is, we read the client's energy, and sense which areas of the body or psyche is calling for attention. In the case of this client, I first noticed that she felt more grounded that she had on her previous session. Her feet and legs didn't feel as if they were floating. She felt less tentative. I verbalized that and she confirmed my reading. Then I considered doing some Zero Balancing to amplify that groundedness; to improve the energy flow through her legs, but I sensed that the constriction might be originating in her pelvis/belly. When I put my hands on her lower abdomen, I did feel a lot of what you might call tension.
We did some dialoguing with her abdomen/belly. She said that if her belly were an animal, it would be a wolf. We talked to the wolf who let us know that he was protecting the client from certain people. The wolf eventually agreed to communicate to the client more directly; he agreed that in the future he would be more protective and less aggressive, that he would not cause the client pain. Soon her belly relaxed. Then I sensed some tension lower in her belly -- her bladder felt "constricted." We talked about that and the issue of anger came up -- that she hesitates to express anger because she doesn't want to blow up like her parents did. The word "pissy" came to mind. She didn't want to piss people off, or be pissy, or piss on people.
Just tuning in to the emotions and sensations in her belly/pelvis helped the energy flow better, and the discomfort to ease up. The dialoguing and "negotiating" with the wolf (which is a part of herself) and with her constricted bladder, increased the relief. I imagine that in the future, she will experience less discomfort, and that any discomfort she does feel will dissipate more easily.
In addition to easing discomfort, Lyrical Healing Mind/Body therapy helps people relax, which helps the body/psyche heal itself. In that way, problems can be prevented before they become big problems. And always, clients can tune in, get insights, and feel valued.
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Congressional Report: ACORN Didn't Break Any Laws Promoting Child Prostitution But Filmmakers May Have
The House Judiciary Committe led by Rep. John Conyers, whose wife was convicted on bribery charges this year, found that ACORN hasn't violated any federal regulations in the past five years.
This is the same group that hired convicts still in prison -CONVICTED OF IDENTITY THEFT- for canvassing voters. ACORN was also secretly videotaped offering to assist two individuals posing as a pimp and a prostitute, encouraging them to lie to the Internal Revenue Service and providing guidance on how to claim underage girls from South America as dependents.
The democratic committee believe that the filmmakers who caught the leftist officials at ACORN promoting the illegal acts may be the real criminals.
The Politico reported, via FOX Nation:
A Congressional Research Service report commissioned by the House Judiciary Committee says ACORN hasn't violated any federal regulations the past five years.
The report, released by Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers's (D-Mich.) staff Tuesday evening, also reports that the undercover filmmakers that allegedly caught employees of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now breaking the law may have violated state law in their filming operation.
Separately on Tuesday, a New York federal judge rejected a motion from the Justice Department to reconsider a decision that ruled a bill that stopped funding for ACORN as an unconstitutional bill of attainder.
The CRS report is part of a slew of government inquests into the group, which was swept up in a number of embarrassing situations in the past several months. The Government Accountability Office recently opened its own report, and Republican Reps. Darrell Issa of California and Steve King of Iowa have led the charge in demanding more investigations and hearings into the group.


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A great scientific revolution may be upon us. This week we look at Massive: The Hunt or the God Particle by Ian Sample. Out from Virgin Books, Massive can be said to be a book over 13 billion years in the making. At the heart of the search lies a simple particle: the Higgs-boson, a hypothetical particle that imparts mass on the universe.
Confirming the Higgs has been the name of the game in particle physics for the last decade, as ever larger accelerators have been constructed in the quest. At the fore-front of this hunt is CERNs Large Hadron Collider (LHC) a 5 1/2 mile diameter accelerator built under the Swiss French border. As the LHC is run at ever higher energies, the reality that the Higgs many be confirmed (or even denied) could come literally any day now. The repercussions would be enormous; this wouldnt just fuel a new batch of PhDs, but vindicate much of modern particle physics.
The book traces the birth of modern quantum theory from the age of Einstein through the Cold War up to the modern day. Like astronomy, there was an outlook at the end of the 19th century that the realm of discovery in science and physics had reached an end. Little did folks know that the realm of quantum mechanics and atomic physics was on the verge of overturning reality. But far from being abstract, the dawn of the atomic age and the political and cultural significance has thrust theoretical physics to the fore. Scientists have traditionally ridden the wave of political funding, using it to build larger accelerators in search of things such as the Higgs. As a result of the Atomic Age, nations have generally realized that they can scarcely afford to be left behind, lest another surreptitious discovery with awesome applications be made.
But what is the Higgs-Boson? Why is it so elusive, and what could its discovery mean? First postulated by Peter Higgs in 1963, this diminutive particle is wrapped up in the very super-symmetry of quantum space-time itself. A good analogy is the think of the Higgs as the collective drag on traditional baryonic matter, which gives it the properties of mass. The search for the Higgs ties in with the search to unify the four basic forces of nature in what has been termed as the Grand Unification Theory, or GUT. GUT has been the name of the game in particle physics in the past half century; an equation (preferably one that would fit on a t-shirt) that melded electromagnetism, gravity, and the strong and weak nuclear forces.
But the search has not been without its setbacks. Massive tells us of the engineering, financial and even personal and legal woes each project has faced. For example, CERNs LEP (Large Electron-Positron) collider has to take into account interference of everything from the gravitational pull of the Moon to local train departures. The proposed American Superconducting Super Collider (the SSC) would have rivaled the LHC and perhaps we would already have bagged the Higgs if Congress hadnt pulled the plug in 1993. And both the LHC and the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) have faced dubious lawsuits fearing they could bring about the end of the universe. The chance of a world ending disaster has been estimated at 10-23 percent, a truly infinitesimally small number. This hasnt stopped would-be detractors from stating, So youre saying theres a chance? unknowingly echoing the film Dumb and Dumber. Crazier ideas have been advanced, such as the sabotage of the LHC by time travelers, or even nature itself! (Hey, wasnt this a theme in the old Green Lantern comics?) Never mind that the demise of humanity over the next century is much more likely due to environmental short-sightedness than the accidental creation of stranglets or black holes, but thats another blog post
The discovery of the Higgs could place us on the verge of a third great scientific revolution. The first was Copernican heliocentrism. The second was Darwinian evolution and biological subsequent demotion. The third was the discovery of the DNA double helix. And what will the Higgs-boson and super-symmetry wrought? Well, as with any discovery, its tough to say until it occurs. No one saw the applications of a little particle called an electron when it was first discovered now the corralling of electrons make modern society (and blogging) possible. Could control of the Higgs field give us a method to manipulate time & space? Could the first detection conceivably be a message from particle physicists of the future to get off the line?
Super-symmetry would also open up a whole new menagerie of sister particles. A standard photon would have a partner known as a photino. A mirror gluon would be a gluino. Even the Higgs would have a partner known as a higgsino (a great one for a triple word score!) This may be a peek at the bizarre world of future physics. Perhaps the Higgs has already been lurking in the data of previous runs, or is awaiting discovery at the predicted 160 GeV levels to be identified in the next LHC two year run. Read Massive to get a grasp on what could be the next big thing in science will it (and this blog) be dated by the end of this year? And, as quoted in the book, will high-energy physics come to grips with how to deal with blogs?


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Top 10 Things To Do in Flagstaff Arizona
Flagstaff, Arizona has a variety of interesting attractions in town as well as within close driving distance. Before visiting this Arizona top, visitors should know about the top things to do in Flagstaff to make their trip enjoyable.
1. Flagstaff, Arizona is just 81 miles from the Grand Canyon South Rim. Take a short day trip out to this natural phenomenon.
2. Heritage Square is a local gathering spot. This square is a great place to hear live entertainment on a Thursday evening or watch movies with your family during the summer.
3. There are multiple Flagstaff Arizona hotels that will fit any budget or travel requirement. The La Posada Hotal offers a great original Arizona experience. Built in 1929, this hotel is a cultural experience as well as a place to rest in Flagstaff.
4. If you are looking for things to do in Flagstaff that revolve around camping, try one of the seven campsites around the city. There are over 500 acres of camp grounds around the city of Flagstaff.
5. Black Barts Steakhouse, Salon and Musical Review is a Flagstaff restaurant with singing waiters. Serving a variety of food between steaks, seafood and chicken, this restaurant is so popular reservations are always recommended.
6. The Little America Flagstaff hotel is a great place to stay if you are looking for a hotel package in Arizona. One of their most popular vacation packages is the New Years Eve celebration package. They do all the planning, all you have to do is show up!
7. The Jay Lively Ice Arena is a perfect place for adults and kids to enjoy the winter things to do in Flagstaff. A pick up hockey game is even available for visitors who like to pass around a puck.
8. The Monument Valley Navajo tribal park is a short day trip away from Flagstaff. This Navajo version of a national park is home to many rock formations and beautiful Arizona scenery.
9. The Museum of Northern Arizona is great for anyone looking for historical things to do in Flagstaff. The museum is a great mixture of ancient and modern cultural displays. Cultural presentations and performance occur daily and multiple festivals take place during the year, giving visitors insight to the land of Arizona.
10. Begin your day in Flagstaff at the Late for the Train coffee shop. This locally owned pastry shop serves coffee from all over the world. It has been voted as the best of Flagstaff for 7 years.


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Pos Software Reviews
While every software tool explained in this article explains the purpose and importance of each it is wise that any company interested in deploying such a tool should select the proper fit for them. TigerPOS also has a retail-based POS system specifically for wine stores. ShopKeep is a solid choice, but the QuickBooks integration fee makes it a less viable middle-of-the-road option if you use QuickBooks For most small business owners needing a full-featured POS with advanced inventory, employee, and sales features that can grow with the business, Lightspeed is the way to go.
In 2015, the IHL Group found that mobile POS software installs are up 41% in North America year to year. For low-volume sales, under about K or so per month, Square's 2.75% credit card processing fee is very competitive. Rather than having to perform manual inventory counts, it can be done for you by the POS software. Interested businesses can get a quote from the Revel sales team for a customized POS solution.
For the business looking to integrate third-party hardware and software, eZee makes it easy to incorporate a variety of additional programs. If you are looking to upgrade your organization's point-of-sale systems, NeweggBusiness has a list of recommended equipment below. As a proven leader in restaurant and retail POS systems, PAR knows better than almost anyone how to help customers put the most advanced technologies to work to create optimal customer experiences, increase efficiency and ensure the safe handling of food.
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At the beginning of 2014, I wrote a short piece on New Year's Resolutions. I picked 6 goals that I thought were measurable, valuable and attainable and attempted to keep them. Here's a quick recap of the first half of the year.
- Journal for 31 consecutive days
I did this in for the entire month of January. As I wrote in my original post, the Art Of Manliness posited this challenge to its readers and actually had a day-by-day writing roadmap. Each day had a new prompt to jog the writing muscle, and it worked great. I wrote my 6-word memoir, picked out a DIY project I wanted to tackle*, picked out my Cabinet of Invisible Counselors, did some free association, figured out what I'd do with loads of money, and determined my current place in the Hero's Journey. And that was just a week's worth of journal prompts. It was awesome, and I've kept up journaling at least three times a week each week.
- Listen to a new album for 2 weeks straight, write about it
This is the resolution I've probably kept the best. I made a list of 26 albums from before 2013, none of which I'd ever listened to before. It was a mix of R&B, funk, rock, pop, jazz, country, folk, and ranging from the '50s to the '00s. I tried my best to keep the variety relatively even, with no one decade or genre being favored. It's been an absolute pleasure. Sure, there have been a few albums I haven't fallen in love with, but there have been far more gems I've stumbled across. It's also been a new way to uncover just a few of the infinite connections within pop music.
For example, a few weeks ago I listened to Funkadelic's Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On. After getting to know the album and really digesting it for two weeks, I randomly started making a playlist of my favorite tunes from the Native Tongues Collective, which caused me to go back through De La Soul's De La Soul Is Dead. As "Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa" began, I realized I had heard the intro phrase directly from a Funkadelic record. This was quickly followed up by the riff from "I'll Stay," a tune from the Funkadelic record I had just finished writing about. I had listened to this De La Soul record many times, but had never made this connection before.
If that wasn't a cool enough connection, that exact same week on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the Red Hot Chili Peppers played a song with The Roots. They played "Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On." Had they done this two weeks prior, I wouldn't have had a clue what this song was. And it was so awesome.
- Read a book every 2 weeks, write about it
I've been less consistent with this one. While I started off the year strong, the last month has been so insanely hectic that I haven't kept up well. I'll explain why in a minute, but continue as best as I can for the back half of the year.
- Drink less alcohol
Definitely succeeded in this. Haven't completely stopped drinking, but having a pregnant wife helps.
- Complete Insanity again (twice, or once and run a marathon)
It's a shame that the one physical goal on my list was completely abandoned, but I feel like I have a legit excuse. I actually started Insanity in the beginning of January, and on like the 4th day, I went down to the basement to do the day's workout, and found about an inch and a half of water on the basement floor. Turns out our neighbor's irrigation system hadn't been turned off, and the brutally cold days we had in January caused some pipes to burst between our houses, and the result was water. No joke, it seriously was two full months before we had the entire place cleaned up and back to normal.
So I haven't completely given up on this goal, although my expectations are a little different.
- New blog post once a week (average)
Definitely kept up with this one too. Some weeks have been a challenge to come up with something and other weeks I've had more than one post with no problem.
So hopefully I can keep these goals up as the year keeps going. The biggest change in our life is that I'm writing this post with a 6-day old baby sleeping on my chest. The last two months has been wall-to-wall getting prepared for our family becoming three. Trips to Babies 'R' Us, rearranging nursery furniture, playing go-for for my increasingly pregnant wife, going to prenatal classes at the hospital, etc. My usual lunch breaks where I've been able to get an hour of reading in has been replaced with baby-related errands.
So I'm not being overly hard on myself for not completing Insanity twice, or keeping up with the reading. I've got high hopes for the back half of the year, like getting back into running (a marathon is a pretty lofty goal, I might scale it back to shorter race) or getting some other books read. If nothing else, I'm absolutely going to keep writing. Aside from that and caring for a newborn, everything else is gravy.
*Homemade ladder ball set, completed two weeks ago with tools and moral support provided by my pal Eli. We've since used it and it is an awesome and gorgeous addition to my yard.


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Intelligentsia Announcement:
It is my pleasure to formally announce an eco partnership developing between Intelligentsia and members of the Garden Clubs of Illinois' Nancy Block and her husband Mike. Some of Nancy's credentials include being Master Gardner of the year and Citizen of the Year (by Cook County Sherriff Tom Dart); Nancy and Mike's home garden has taken first place two years in a row city wide competition not to mention they have been featured in several news papers and magazines. Together we have been developing avenues for diverting a large majority of the eco waste generated at our Chicago Roasting Works and the coffee grounds from our Broadway Coffee Bar. To keep a long story short, Nancy and Mike show up every Friday at the CHRW and collect a minivan full of burlap sacks, plastic trash liners, coffee chaff & coffee grounds and distribute them to local farmers, garden clubs, Master Gardeners and not-for-profit groups like Habitat for Humanity. Uses for the coffee grounds and chaff are obvious because their rich nutrient content but become muddied when looking at the plastic and burlap sacks; a farmer who loved the print on the bags is making a rug for himself, one garden club is designing animals from the bags for a handicap children's garden, another is making purses out of them and turning a profit, at the Flower & Garden show by Master Gardeners children are going to pretend they are worms and roll around, the potential is limitless as you can see. Nancy and Mike help us recycle one bag at a time and currently have a waiting growing list. Please note many of us at Intelligentsia are adding our efforts to make this movement a success. Broadway Coffee Bar Manager Talya Strader and Delivery Driver Nick Tate are ironing out the logistics of getting wet coffee grounds from our cafés to the roasting works where Sean McMahon is taking steps to ensure proper storage of all the eco materials while they are in wait. Please take this opportunity to keep our efforts going, if you have any ideas or would like to participate in this process please let us know. Our goal is to develop a self sustainable program that will continue to grow with Intelligentsia's and Nancy & Mike's success.
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text: If I could make or design my own room I would have the wall paper be purple with kittens in baskets and the floor would be kitten faces. I would have a giant window with curtains with dolphins and their babies on it.There would be a loft bed that had a little school area under it. I would have a big closet so all my things could be organized. I would have a dresser with three drawers and a built in book shelf . Finally, I would have a gigantic doll house that would have the same wall paper as my walls had. That is what I would do if I could make my own room!


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The Model 3 electric sedan remains on schedule and will reach production of about 5,000 units per week by the end of the year, Tesla said on Wednesday. Reassurances from Musk on the car's timing are relieving the fret over whether the company can overcome its long history of product delays.Management ranks, on the other hand, remain unstable -Chief Financial Jason Wheeler, who joined the company about 15 months ago, will leave in April.
Priced at close to $35,000 before incentives, the Model 3 looms as the linchpin in Tesla's plans to manufacture at high volumes and achieve the profitability that's eluded the company in all but two quarters since going public. After a loss for the final three months of last year, Musk said Tesla will be cutting it close bringing the vehicle to market without seeking more funds for the company coffers.


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Dr. Snehavalli
Dr. Snehavalli is the consultant dermatologists at Indigo Womens Center . She received her M.B.B.S degree from Government Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai and her MD DVL from Government Madras Medical College,Chennai She Completed her training Observership in aesthetic dermatology at Venkat Charmalaya , Bangalore .
She has several achievements in her career . She received First prize in CUTICON 2015, Tamilnadu IADVL state conference. She was a Finalis in National ASTICON 2015 conference IASSTD quiz. She has published articles in International Journal of Science and Research.She is also active member of IADVL and IASTD.
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Chemical peeling, microdermabration, microneedling, cryotherapy,
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Scar revision, sebaceous cyst lipoma excision, laser treatment
Skin rejuvenation and anti-aging treatment.
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After 11 years living in Basel, last year (2015) it was the first time that I visited VOLTA, a parallel fair to Art Basel, and I was pleasantly surprised. Which means that this year I'm definitely attending again.
I did some interviews with artists producing stuff that blew my mind.
Here is the first one (click the play button) : with israeli artist Batia Shani whose works presented by Tamar Dresdner Art Projects, were mainly embroideries, but the one that made me go into full Stendhal Syndrome was an installation made out of a massive laundry hanger with girl's dresses made out of army uniforms.
This piece has a deeply personal story behind it. One that made me appreciate it in a much more deeper level. Click play to hear all about it.
As a bonus, a picture of the presenter, Tamar Dresdner, Batia and her embroideries as background and yours truly
This year Tamar Dresdner Art Projects brings artist Gil Desiano Bitton. I'm curious to see his paintings in person.