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A priest wanted to convince a prostitute to turn respectable. So he met with her one day and began slowly warming up to her.
"Oh, my child," he said, "your dress is most lovely."
"Thank you, Father," she replied.
The radio was playing and they danced a little as they talked.
"Oh, my child," said the priest, "your conversation is most lovely."
"Thank you, Father," said the prostitute.
Finally, the priest sat her down and said, "Oh, my child, there is one thing I have against you."
And the prostitute said, "Yes, I know, Father. I felt it while we were dancing."


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Here are some quick and easy ways to get some equanimity during your day.
Mindfulness does not have to be an arduous task, in fact, we want it to be the exact opposite. It's as simple as finding a moment when you can come back to yourself, reconnect, centre and continue on with your day.
A lot of people think of mindfulness as a 30 minute deep meditation practice, bum on cushion, legs crossed, harem pants on, hair cascading around your shoulders. However, that's not what mindfulness is all about. I'm personally a big fan of "informal" mindfulness - using opportunities throughout your day to seize the moment to establish some balance.
Mindfulness is about harnessing your attention, to bring you into the present moment. The list of benefits of Mindfulness are seemingly endless, but perhaps most importantly for work, mindfulness allows us to manage our emotions more effectively, by decreasing activity in our amygdala (the emotion centre of your brain).
Here are 10 easy ways to be more mindful throughout your day and at your desk. So turn that monitor off and put your phone on aeroplane mode, set a 2, 5 or 10 minute alarm on your phone, and get some zen!
Mindfulness of your Senses: Tune in to what you can hear around you, what you can feel or touch, what you can see. It can be helpful to count 5 things that you can see, 5 things that you can hear, and 5 things that you can touch. This can help to interrupt patterns of rumination or worry, and help us to connect with the here and now.
Mindfulness of your Breath: Become aware of the air entering and exiting your body. Follow your breath as it goes in through your nostrils, following it down into your lungs, feeling it exit through the same path. Focus your attention on one part of the process, such as the tip of your nose, the top of your lip, or your belly moving up and down. Close your eyes and ride the waves of your breath for 5 minutes…just breathe.
Mindfulness of Food: Keep a small item of food, such as a sultana, a mint, a piece of chocolate (whatever your heart desires), and practice mindfulness of food. Pick up the item and observe it before holding it up to your nose, smelling it, noticing your salivary glands become active, holding it to your lip, noticing that experience. Slowly place it in your mouth, allowing it to rest on your tongue. Notice the urge to chew it or swallow it, surf that urge. Gently move the food around your mouth, noticing the different sensations. Alternatively, make yourself a warm cup of tea, noticing its warmth and observing what it feels like as you drink it. Take your time, don't rush the experience. Who knew a sultana could taste so good!
Mindfulness of an Object: Keep an object at your desk, like a stone, or something that is textural. Place it in your hand and take a moment to observe it, noticing everything that you can. Imagine you are going to place this object back in a jar with a lot of the same types of objects, how will you identify it again? Move it around in your fingers noticing the texture, is it smooth, soft, hard, rough? Is it warm, cold, room temperature? Take a moment to close your eyes and continue to move it around in your hand. Take a deep breath and place the object back on your desk.
Mindfulness of Body Sensations: Close your eyes and take a deep breath in, following your breath as you continue to breath in and out. Scan your body from the top of your head, to the tips of your toes, noticing any sensations that you experience along the way. Is there a lump in your throat, tension in your shoulders, tightness in your chest, an itch on your leg? Where are the points of pressure? Focus on the place where the sensation is the most intense, and just breath into it. Let you breath flow into this area, and make room for this sensation. Don't try to fight it or push it away, just allow it to be there and keep breathing into it. Be curious about what is happening in this moment.
Mindfulness of Thoughts: Your mind is like a newsfeed, constantly updating you with sometimes helpful stories, and sometimes inane ones. Just notice your thoughts as they come to your mind. See if you can count your thoughts. Your mind will constantly bring you thoughts, but that's all they are. Just thoughts. Don't go with them, but instead just observe them. Be curious but keep your distance. Just watch as they come and go, like trains passing through a station. If you find yourself on the train, just notice that and get off at the next platform.
Mindfulness of the Mind: Imagine your mind is a river, flowing gently. And your thoughts are leaves on that river, floating along. Imagine your thoughts as balloons, floating through the sky. Imagine your thoughts as items on a conveyor belt, moving along at their own pace. This exercise allows you to see your thoughts as just thoughts, moving along, not getting stuck.
Mindfulness of Music: Put your headphones in and take a moment to really go with the music. Notice all the different things that you can hear, notice the lyrics, the instruments. Alternatively, follow your breath while listening to a piece of music, and allow yourself to take long deep breaths in and out.
Mindfulness of an Emotion: When a strong emotion, or a not so strong emotion comes up for you, just notice it. Allow yourself to be curious about it. What does it feel like inside your body? Describe the physical sensations and urges that arise with that emotions. Describe your feelings to yourself, or label it for yourself by saying "I am experiencing the feeling of anger". Stick to the facts and try not to make any judgments, just noticing your experience. You can do this with your thoughts as well.
Mindfulness of your Safe Place: Take a moment to close your eyes, take a deep breath in and visualise somewhere that evokes feelings of safety or comfort. This may be your bedroom, a place from your childhood, or a warm sunny beach. Bring to mind what you can see, all the colours and shapes. Notice what can you hear and smell… and how your body feels at it returns to this familiar place. Let yourself rest here for a few moments and when your ready return to your day.
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As I sat down on the exam table for my twelve-week ultrasound and pulled up my dress I asked the technician, "Any chance you'll be able to tell us the sex?" She patiently explained that it was unlikely, but possible-- though even if she could make an educated guess I shouldn't go shopping for any sex-specific baby clothes. I nodded eagerly as she lubed up my rapidly growing belly. "So you want to know the sex?"
Well, let's be honest: If you can tell that early, you've got a boy.
Later that day I sent the above captioned picture to some friends. I was officially growing a penis.
The news rocked my world. How could I be having a boy? Me- the girl raised by a single mother (a former Miss America who made her living in the beauty business), who attended an all-girls' school for eight years, who writes about femininity, who is a girly-girl who always has her nails done and hates to leave the house without a "face on"- a mother to a son? I immediately panicked because I hate dirt and have no interest in things with big engines. Of course, I know this is totally stereotypical, and not always an accurate assessment of boys' preferences (I confess to hoping that playing Broadway music while pregnant would shape those preferences)... Yet I couldn't help but mourn the loss of a manicure buddy.
Of course, like every new mom, I wouldn't change a thing about Little Man.
I've joked from the beginning that we've saved a lot of money on clothes and jewelry by having a boy (and when I read articles like this recent piece in the NYT on kindergarten style I *know* this is true-- though I do admit to having a particular weakness when it comes to the boys' clothes at Janie and Jack). But lately I've started thinking about this in a much deeper way and I'm grateful to have a boy, and even a bit jealous of his future life. I often think about how much time, and money, he will save. This morning I put on a facial masque before taking a shower, where I then took the time to shave. After showering I moisturized (face, body, hair), though today I skipped drying my hair (rainy day in Boston), a process that usually adds 15-30 minutes to my getting ready routine (though less now that I am losing hair in clumps at four months postpartum). Add to that the application of mascara, a hint of blush, gloss, and tinted moisturized-- de rigeur for leaving the house. I'm hoping to sneak in a manicure and an eyebrow wax later in the day. Clearly, being a woman is expensive, and it can hurt.
Of course I understand that it is not a necessity that I do all of these things all of the time, but nothing that I do is unusual for the vast majority of American women. And, sure, being a man is sometimes painful as well (the day he was circumcised has undoubtedly been Little Man's worst day-- and probably mine as well!), but over a lifetime it's more painful, more time-consuming, and more costly to be a woman.
For much of the 1990s parenting experts and the popular press fretted over girls and their costly futures (think Reviving Ophelia), but the new century brought a new concern about boys as the "fairer sex" began surpassing them in the classroom. Books like Raising Cain helped solidify the worry, showing that there are higher rates of violence for young men today and a more uncertain job market in their futures. As a sociologist who has studied gender I always was aware of these issues and concerns, but I never took them personally.
Until I started to grow a penis.
My Amazon cart began to change a bit as I expanded. Instead of orders dominated by titles on girls and athletics and beauty pageants, books like Michael Thompson's It's a Boy! Your Son's Development from Birth to Age 18 began to sneak in.
In many ways I found myself in familiar territory. For instance, his quote from Thompson's book really resonates with some of my research:
So much of life in our competitive culture is required to be strategic and performance- or outcome-based, it is tempting to apply the same approach to parenting. With hopes of producing the best boy ever, we might set out to cultivate the best of traditional male attributes (smart, strong, steady, and uncomplaining), but then perfect him by adding the quality of emotional literacy and subtracting violence and excessive aggression so he can be successful in life. Many parents speak about parenting as if it were a giant school project: if you just start soon enough, read the right research, and do the right things, you can get the particular end product you have in mind. (Page 25)
In other ways, I had a lot to learn. I learned the hard way to put a wipe over aforementioned penis during changes (I've been told that this area is easier to clean for boys, but having no basis for comparison I can't really say). I fretted over autism (the rates are higher among boys) until I consistently got a social smile. I will continue to worry a bit about ADHD, which is more often diagnosed among boys than girls (notice I say "diagnosed" because it's unclear if the actual incidence is higher among boys as well-- or at least that's how I understand the literature).
That's one of the reasons I was excited to receive a copy of the new book Raising Boys with ADHD: Secrets for Parenting Healthy, Happy Sons. One of the lines in the Introduction really spoke to me: "It's your job as a parent to help your son identify his purpose, develop his talents, and learn how to get along with people." (x) Books like this help parents by providing concrete, practical advice on raising children, especially those who may have particular needs. For instance, I loved the idea of writing a letter to your child's teacher each year to tell him/her about your child and how they best learn (examples are even provided on pages 19-21)-- a suggestion that may appeal to many (so long as you limit your letter-writing to the beginning of the year and not make it a weekly occurrence, of course).
Like many mothers out there unfamiliar with the terrain of boyhood I expect I will turn not just to books but also to my husband, who knows a lot more about having a penis than I do, despite the fact that I so successfully managed to grow one (even now when Carston gets a bath I often leave the cleansing "down there" to John, explaining that he knows how hard you can actually scrub before it hurts). While I am doing my beautifying rituals and listening to showtunes Daddy can teach Little Man about dirt and engines, along with probabilities and marginal tax rates.
In the meantime, when I put my books and worries aside, our house is filled with the mingled laughter of baby belly laughs, Mommy screeches, and Daddy giggles. I only have to watch this video (especially around the nine-second mark) to know that my son has a wonderful role model.


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President Barack Obama shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David, Md., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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In Oswego, we don't name things after ideals. There is no Peace Street, no Social Justice Drive, no Equality Way. No, we name things after mediocrities who perform some service for the power structure. Case in point: John Canale Drive.
Now, somebody said recently he misses the gossip. Well I have it from many informed sources that the only lobbyist for naming a stretch of road after John Canale was John Canale himself. Talk about megalomania! I've been criticized recently for not signing my real name … but that's exactly the point. The minute I publish my real name, that's the minute discussion of the content stops and the ad hominem attacks begin. For people like John Canale, it's all about the Person, the cult of personality. It's a feature usually associated with totalitarian societies.
So OswegoCountyToday publishes a typical fawning article complete with Canale's enigmatic quote, "It's not Sullivan's Folly, it's Sullivan's Dolly as far as I'm concerned." At least Sullivan's Folly makes sense, replacing a picturesque green area with the monstrosity we endure today. But Sullivan's Dolly? Sullivan's small doll? Sullivan's portable anvil? Sullivan's hand truck? What the hell is Mr. Canale talking about?
As if this cringeworthy spectacle wasn't bad enough, we're also told the defenders of power and privilege burst into an impromptu recitation of "God Bless America," reenacting the final scene from The Deer Hunter for all those unlucky enough to have been present. [and proving once again how much more patriotic our heroic leaders are than the mere mortals comprising the rest of society!]
And isn't it fitting symbolically that John Canale Drive exists between a bank (representing financial power) and the City Hall (political power)? Would not Corruption Way or Plutocracy Avenue be a more fitting appellation?
As one citizen concerned that 91-year-old Canale is still frequently "teaching" the students here (and apparently filling their heads with "you can be the War Criminal in Chief" too malarkey) let me say in all sincerity, "Hey! Teacher! Leave those kids alone!"


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I can honestly say that there is not another group in the hip hop world like Das Racist. I caught a sample of their album, Sit Down Man last year and I bought it from their Bandcamp page that day. They provided some needed comic relief! Das Racist makes you realize that sometimes hip hop takes itself too seriously, similar to Eminem early in his career. It's spoof rap and while it's not something I listen to every day, it's hilarious!
Das Racist is a group from Brooklyn that consists of Himanshu Suri (aka Heems), Victor Vazquez (aka Kool A.D.) and their hype man Ashok Kondabolu (aka Dap). They joke about racism in the spirit of the Daily Show and The Chappelle Show while show their skills at the same time. I listen to a lot of hip hop and I hope there are more artists out there like Das Racist to bring the creativity, fun, diversity and talent to hip hop. Their production is as solid as the lyrical skill and the versatility of their flow. They have tracks produced by Sabzi, El-P, Diplo, Gordon Voidwell, Alex Kestner, Boi-1da, Kassa Overall, Teengirl Fantasy, Devo Springston, Tom Cruz, Keepaway, Chairlift, Sha-liek, Dame Grease, Like Magic, Dash Speaks, Das Racist, Mike Finito, Scoop Deville, Dapwell and Quincy Jones and Vijay Iyer. lol!
For example, All Tan Everything (produced by Sabzi of Blue Scholars) uses a Jay-Z sample and turns it into a funny track about skin color. There is no way for under represented ethnicities to break into hip hop without making a connection to their culture. It's 10x worse when an artists fit a role as a sign of respect to the predominate hip hop culture (black). Hip hop culture is based on individual style that forces people to embrace their strengths and downfalls to wear them with pride. Doing so earns respect and while actors have a place in the hip hop industry (mainstream and underground), their lifetime will more than likely be a short one and their respect is non-existent.
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Your horoscope this week kicks off with a super intense Scorpio Moon. Keep your secrets, but don't be a creep about it! In other words, you don't have to lie to protect your privacy, and you don't need to justify feeling intense. Between the 16th-18th, the Sun in sensi Pisces will square (which means form an uncomfortable relationship to) heavy-handed Saturn. This will make the glass feel half-empty and can give you a case of the sad-sack blues. Saturn has a fun/not fun way of kicking you in the gut with reality. For best results, step up and humbly own your part, work hard, and stay in the game. Expect problems with your relationship to your obligations, the material world, or the dominant power structure, AKA The Man. Luckily as this transit passes, we have a chill Mercury conjunction to (the still Retrograde, read about it here) Venus, until the 19th. This is a great vibe for connecting with friends, being creative, and popping bonbons in your mouth whilst shopping online for gold chokers you might never wear (ahem).
This leads us into the Spring Equinox on the 20th, when the Sun enters excitable Aries. Astrology is a tool for mapping seasons, and the Vernal Equinox is the season where the light starts to overtake the darkness. It's freaking beautiful, but it's also a time of change. If you've been trying to keep things from changing, it get's harder to do when new growth is everywhere. This is the time to spring forward and create new beginnings, both spiritually and materially. The truth is that whenever you grow, you risk outgrowing something. Wherever there's light, we have shadow. Channel the pioneering energy of this season to be an active part of the changes you want to see in the world and in your life. You have everything to gain, my love.
March 21-April 19
There's a deep shift rumbling inside your psyche, and it's important that you take the time to listen to it. Whether your dreams have been trying to tell you something, or it's right here on the surface plain as day, the truth is catching up with you, Aries. This week, pay close attention to the consequences of actions that you initiated last autumn. You should have a pretty good idea if things are working out for you, like it or not.
April 20-May 20
This week your coping skills are being tested, Taurus. When there's not an answer or a clear place to go it's easy to shut down or panic, but that's the opposite of what you actually need. Take a step back from your relationships to locate your center; do some breathe work, write in your journal, and generally reconnect with yourself. Stop obsessing on what-ifs and projecting into where you think others are at. Just focus on you. Determine where you stand and do what's right.
May 21-June 21
In order to get where you want to go you're going to have to confront your fears. You have some seriously limiting beliefs that you've somehow decided is the truthiest truth you know, even if it's just a matter of opinion. Change your thinking and you lay the foundation for changing your outcomes, Twin Star. The trick is that it has to be heartfelt; your feelings have to match your thoughts in order for it to be more than mind chatter. Do the work today for your long-term success, my friend.
June 22-July 22
How you make your life work can be a delicate balance of your wants, needs, and obligations, and sometimes it feels like there's not enough time for the sweet stuff. This week is all about confronting the compromises you've made out of a sense of necessity. Was it necessary? Have you overlooked other options? Think of the big picture of your needs, and then write a To Do list that breaks things down into small, actionable pieces. Create change step by step, Moonchild.
July 23-Aug. 22
You can't figure it out by combing over details because the answer is not out there, Leo; the answers are within you. This week you're on call for deep introspection and reflection. When you're fixated on finding the answer, you're not able to do a good job of listening. Pay attention to your inner self, even if it's not fun. Honor what's true for you, even if it throws you for a loop. Its time to move on, but first you've got to get present, my love.
Aug. 23-Sept. 22
The only way for things to be different is for you to change, Virgo. You can't control others – not what they think, what they feel, or what they do. What you have power over are your own thoughts and actions and not anyone else's. This week will confront you with something that's hard to look at in yourself or a relationship that you value. Don't get distracted by what anyone else is doing. Take responsibility for your part, and let the rest play out as it will.
Sept. 23-Oct. 22
Your impatience could get the better of you if you're not careful. Real progress takes a while. It's always possible to have meteoric rises in success, but even then you've got to adjust to your new situation over the course of time. Not having what you want right now is not evidence that you'll never get it. If you accept your current situation as it is in this moment, you can take whatever steps necessary to get where you really want to be. Do the grunt work now, Libra.
Oct. 23-Nov. 21
The role that fear plays in your life should be instructive but not directive; that means that it's wise to let your fears inform your common sense. This can help you stay safe and sound. You are veering off course when you allow your angst to limit your thinking and direct your every move. Weigh your options calmly so that you make well-considered choices this week, no matter how tempting it is to go with your knee jerk reactions. Keep it slow and steady, Scorpio.
Nov. 22-Dec. 21
Sometimes the rough stuff points you to what needs the most attention and care in your life, 'Tarius. Instead of avoiding it or rushing to fix it, let life's upsets be interesting to you. Just make sure to investigate the hard stuff with humility; if you're willing to work on yourself, then you won't be looking for evidence that you're the worst or the best. Just be a person doing their utmost to be whole – that's your best course of action, my friend.
Dec. 22-Jan. 19
Rigid thinking will only get you in trouble, Cappy. You don't get to decide what's "right", but this week you're on call to figure out what's right for you. Be weary of the desire to be judge and jury because you're so certain of how things "should" be. You don't have all the answers, and you can't see things from every angle. Have humility for the limitations of your own perspective, and be open to learning from difference this week.
Jan. 20-Feb. 18
There's no way around it – if your actions aren't lined up with your values, you are not going to be happy. This week you're likely to be dealing with the result of being out of pace with yourself. Allow yourself to be vulnerable enough to admit what's not working and strong enough to show yourself compassion for it. You can technically push yourself past this point, but you'll just exhaust yourself in the long run. Deal with your feels before you take another step, Aquarius.
Feb. 19-March 20
This isn't the time to crumble under pressure. This week is your time to step up, even if you'd kinda prefer to pass out. Your boundaries are being tested and that can't feel good, but there is a higher purpose to it. Strive to express ownership of your boundaries and needs without apology or defensiveness, Pisces. You don't need to wait until someone gives you permission or until things get awful; you get to express dissent here and now, just because it's true for you.


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It's summer solstice time and Venice is taking a collective breath. Another year has passed and before everyone is really getting into summer mood, the neighborhood outdoor feasts are back in town. Solstizio means there's a break in Venetians' mind before switching into vacation mood. It will be different in summer, with day trippers descending upon the city like they've been doing ever since I can remember. My first memories go back to the 1980s and Venice was overcrowded in the summer even then, at least in the San Marco area.
While lasting changes in lifestyle took place on the mainland (as Venetians would call Italy and the world beyond the bridge, Ponte della Libertà), as a sort of reaction, or rather, counter trend to globalized and digital life, people have been flocking to the ancient Venice in increasing numbers for the last few decades.
But for now, those ten days roughly separating us from July belong to us. Venetians love their summer feasts, private, semi-private and public ones, meeting up with friends before many are leaving for extended holidays in the Dolomiti mountains.
The first feast, La Festa della Bragora, is taking place in my neighborhood, less than 10 minutes from home.
The other feast, La Festa di San Piero de Casteo, is located at the far end of Castello, in front of the ancient church, once the seat of the Venetian Patriarch. Venetian summer feasts go back to the 16th century, evocating the ancient Lunedì del Lido tradition. Around 500 years ago, when the concept of vacation was non-existent and yet, people were looking for some rest during summer in the Lagoon, Venetians took another day "off" after Sundays, so that on Monday by noon, people were packing up their bags with food and drinks and taking to their boats and island beaches. The party continued in the evening when they returned to Venice and enjoyed dinner on the quays, in particular on the Zattere in Dorsoduro.
The Government of the Republic was obliging and encouraging the foreign settlers in town to join in and show off their food, drinks and music. And soon, Greek, Armenian and Jewish dishes became intrinsic parts of the (culinary) melting pot that Venice was. Yes, our city is a win-win melting pot as her Government was approaching communities in Dalmatia, Greece and other Levantine cities (Alexandria, Constantinople in particular) asking them to move to Venice after several pestilences had killed almost half the Venetian population. This is why certain streets and neighborhoods have ancient names that could tell a million forgotten stories – and recipes – for these new inhabitants of Venice also coined her food culture.
The sestiere which became home to most of the Levantine merchants and settlers arriving in the Lagoon (especially, after the fall of Constantinople in 1453) is Castello. During summer, their residents showed off their recipes which soon became the most important part of Venetian cuisine, unique and famous in Europe.
And in our times in 2018, between 22-24 June, the Festa del Solstizio – Solstice Feast is celebrated on Campo della Bragora. When the sun sets and visitors are spared the odd shower or thunderstorm, they look forward to savoring the simple family food of the past, surrounded by flickering candles throwing large shadows against the Levantine facades and lush green trees on the campo. Especially on mild summer nights, the silk tree and oleander bushes smell irresistibly. Walking past them feels like bathing in scented clouds of vanilla and lemon balm, recalling the gardens sleeping behind the red brick walls.
And what do we eat and drink on such a night ?
In the past, it was wine from the Greek islands or flavored spice and herbal drinks like lemon-lavender water, rose water enhanced with cinnamon and just the tiniest hint of pepper. Venetian rosoli – spice flavored liquors and others made from locally grown herbs. Elder flower syrup enhanced with rose blossoms. Cold coffee flavored with a four-spice mix (secret!) and almond liquor, called amaretto. The drinks were mixed by the spezieri (spice masters) who turned into pharmacists in the 15th century.
After all, Venetians of the past were always looking for healing components in their food and drink.
Public health was regulated by the Republic of Venice, food and drinks and their ingredients in Venice or arriving here, were severely monitored by the Government to ensure Venetians were eating high-quality and healthy food.
In our times, it's still wine from the Greek islands that we get on Solstice Night on Campo della Bragora, and home-made dishes brought here from the surrounding cafes and restaurants. Chances are you will find different dishes every night, and if you are looking for those ancient flavors, you will most certainly find them in the family recipes passed on from one generation to the other.
Regarding cocktails and sun downer drinks, there are three trends in 2018. Venetian spritz is leading the numbers, followed by golden spritz (flavored with a special Greek wine and a few spices – yes, here we go, here are the ancient flavors clad in modern names).
It was Arrigo Cipriani who after WW2, invented the seasonal signature cocktail flavors of Venice (but not the spritz, white wine diluted with water, which was "invented" by Austrian soldiers in Venice during the 19th century).
Mr. Cipriani introduced not only the Bellini but also the Mimosa (white wine flavored with freshly pressed tangerine juice) and the Rossini (white wine flavored with blood oranges). In the summer, you'd rather taste the signature Bellini drink made with white peaches that Mr. Cipriani originally imported from France. Today, the peaches used for the drink grow around Treviso.
Trend #2 is the all-Italian orzata, which is almond-spice syrup diluted with water. A Venetian drink originally, this one is great to taste on a hot afternoon at Café Florian. And trend #3 is simply freshly pressed and mixed fruit juice. For example, I love the freshly pressed apple-basil-orange juice served on the rooftop terrace of hotel Colombina, located near the Rialto bridge, and I usually go up there with guests or simply when I want to get a healthy drink after shopping in the hot summer sun.


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An afternoon of Easter crafting, and now I'm in the mood to decorate eggs! That will happen at some point this week…but for now, here's this darling little diddy. When I came across the vintage rabbit silhouettes in the Silhouette online store, I was in love and had to find a use for them! I mean, common! A top-hat wearing rabbit…Adorable!
This little bunny bunting would be a perfect addition to the kid's table for Easter Brunch, or for all around Easter decor. I used the same strips of fabric on the banner as I did for little bunny foo-foo's tail. I really like the mix of textiles & paper texture - I think I may have sparked a serious love for adding fabric to projects. We shall see.


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The retired government employee, who settled in Shimla in 1955, says till the 1990s, heavy rainfall during the monsoon was a normal feature of the town.
"There used to be heavy rainfall during monsoon and it continued for days together. From June onwards, people used to carry half-sleeved sweaters and long umbrellas with them. Suddenly, the crystal-clear skies used to turn cloudy every evening and showers made the atmosphere much cooler," Thakur told IANS.
"Now, people are wearing half-sleeved shirts and t-shirts even when the monsoon has arrived. The trend of strolling with a jumbo black umbrella in one hand has been replaced with small trendy ones. This shows there is striking climatic change," he added.
Thakur is not the only one. Many old-timers talk about the changing climate dynamics of Shimla -- once tagged as the 'Queen of Hills' by the British when it was their summer capital.
They say that for almost two decades, Shimla has not seen the kind of heavy, incessant rains that sometimes used to paralyse life for days.
Jyoti Kashyap, 35, a government employee who has been brought up in this town, said: "The locals used to buy knee-length waterproof boots before the monsoon. Now, you can hardly see anybody wearing those. People have even stopped purchasing raincoats and waterproof jackets."
According to officials, deforestation, construction of high-rise buildings and rise in pollution have rendered the Shimla hills warm and rain-deficient.
The meteorological department here says that the mean maximum and minimum temperatures throughout the year have been recorded above average.
"Now there is a lot of gap between one spell of rain and the other. There is no downpour for days together as it used to be," said Manmohan Singh, director of the Shimla meteorological office.
According to the Met office, from June 1 to Aug 17, Dharamsala received the highest rainfall at 2,226 mm -- 33 percent above the average -- while Shimla got 666.5 mm against the average of 742.7 mm, a deficit of 10 percent.
S.M. Joshi, another Shimla old-timer, said the town used to get a fresh look with the arrival of monsoon.
"The rainwater automatically cleaned the streets and pathways. Now, most of the natural drains have been encroached upon and not cleaned regularly by the authorities. A mild rainfall now brings the entire household waste on the streets," he said.
Jaiparkash Goel and his wife Sunanda, a Delhi-based couple, regularly drive down to the hill town during monsoon.
But they say that over the years, "the town has lost its charm of moistness and haziness. One can't get the feeling of walking on clouds".
However, not everyone is complaining.
Sheela Chauhan, an octogenarian housewife, said: "Earlier, most of the houses developed leaks due to seepage... the inside walls used to develop black moulds. Even wet rot set in on beddings. Now, these are things of the past."
Even the blocking of streets and pathways due to uprooted trees is a rare spectacle now. "Even people whose houses are located in densely forested areas used to move to safer places during monsoon," Chauhan recalled.
Shimla losing its monsoon magic?
The retired government employee, who settled in Shimla in 1955, says till the 1990s, heavy rainfall during the monsoon was a normal feature of the town.


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Jill MansellJill Mansell is a UK bestselling author, with over 4 million copies sold. She has written nearly 20 romances with multi-generational appeal. She worked for many years at the Burden Neurological Hospital, Bristol, and now writes full time. She lives with her partner and their children in Bristol, England.
Chapter 1
"Ooooohh... eeee..." To her horror Nadia realized she was having a Bambi moment. A scary, drawn-out, Bambi-on-ice moment in fact. Except unlike Bambi, she couldn...
Chapter 1
"Ooooohh... eeee..." To her horror Nadia realized she was having a Bambi moment. A scary, drawn-out, Bambi-on-ice moment in fact. Except unlike Bambi, she couldn't make it stop simply by landing with a bump on her bottom.
The car carried on sliding in slow motion across the perilously snow-packed road. Despite knowing—in theory—that what you were meant to do was keep your foot off the brake and steer into the skid, Nadia's hands and feet were frantically doing all the wrong things because steering into a skid was like trying to write while you were looking in a mirror and—oh God, wall—
Phew, still alive, hooray for that.
Opening her eyes, Nadia unpeeled her trembling gloved hands from the steering wheel and mentally congratulated herself on not being dead. The car was tilted at a bit of an odd angle, thanks to the ditch directly in front of the wall, but despite the best efforts of the snow, she hadn't actually been going fast enough to do spectacular amounts of damage to either it or herself.
Then again, what to do now?
Pulling her hat down over her eyebrows and bracing herself against the cold, Nadia clambered out of the grubby black Renault and inspected the crumpled front wing. Just as well she hadn't borrowed her grandmother's pride and joy for the journey—the teeniest scratch on Miriam's Maserati would have meant being beaten with a big stick and sent to stand in the naughty corner for weeks.
Her face screwed up against the stinging onslaught of low-flying—and actually quite ferocious—snowflakes, Nadia hopped back into the car. At least she had her mobile. She could dial 999 and ask the police to come and rescue her... except if she did that, chances were they might want to know where she was.
Maybe phone home then, and at least let the family know she was in a ditch, in a blizzard, somewhere in deepest darkest Gloucestershire. Or, more accurately, deepest whitest Gloucestershire.
Although it would be dark soon enough.
This dilemma was solved neatly enough by the discovery that her phone was dead, which narrowed the options down to two. Should she leave the car and trudge off through the ever-deepening snow in search of civilization?
Or stay here and hope that somebody else—preferably in a Sherman tank or a helicopter—might come along and rescue her?
Since civilization could be miles away and her feet still ached like mad from dancing last night, Nadia reached over to the backseat for her sleeping bag, wriggled into it like a giant worm, and settled down to wait.
Poor old Laurie, he'd missed a brilliant party. Nadia smiled to herself, thinking back to yesterday morning's phone call. She wondered how hot it was right now in Egypt, if Laurie was remembering to drink only bottled water, and if he'd managed to squeeze in a visit to Tutankhamun's tomb before flying on to Milan.
Gosh, she was hungry. Easing a hand from the cocoon of her sleeping bag, she flicked open the glove compartment. A packet of Rolos and a half-empty bag of gumdrops. Should she ration herself, like people trapped on mountains, to one Rolo a day? Or give in to temptation and guzzle the whole lot at once?
But she wasn't trapped on a mountain and she wasn't going to starve. Compromising, Nadia ate three Rolos and half a dozen gumdrops, then switched on the car radio for company, just in time to hear a DJ cheerfully announcing that there was plenty more snow on the way.
That was the thing about Sherman tanks, they were never around when you needed them.
Less than half an hour later—though it seemed like more—Nadia let out a shriek and abruptly stopped singing along with Sting to "Don't Stand So Close To Me." Actually, it was an appropriate song. The person who had tapped on her window was pretty close.
Male or female? Hard to tell with that hat pulled down over their face. Wrapped up in a Barbour jacket, thick sweater, and jeans, it was either a man or a hulking great six-foot-plus woman.
Hoping it wasn't Janet Street-Porter, Nadia opened the window and promptly wished she could have been wearing something more alluring than a green nylon sleeping bag strewn with bits of gold foil Rolo wrapper.
She also hoped she'd been singing more or less in tune.
Not that this was terribly likely.
"Are you OK?"
He had dark hair, light brown eyes, and snowflakes decorating his black, spiky eyelashes.
"I'm fine. Really warm. Skidded off the road," Nadia explained, fairly idiotically given the novel angle at which she was sitting.
He inclined his head. "I noticed."
Nadia peered at the empty road behind him. "Did you crash too?"
"No, I did the sensible thing." He looked amused. "Abandoned the car before that happened. It's at the bottom of the last hill."
"Rolo?" She offered him one through the open window. Not her last Rolo, obviously.
"No thanks. Look, there's a village half a mile ahead. Do you want to walk with me?"
"You live around here?" Nadia brightened, then hesitated. Hang on, a complete stranger offering her shelter in the middle of nowhere, seemingly perfectly normal and friendly right up until the moment he reappeared from the woodshed with madness in his eyes and a sharp ax?
How many times had she seen that film?
He shook his head, scattering snowflakes. "No, I live in Oxford."
"So how do you know there's a village?" She didn't want to struggle through the blizzard on a whim.
The mad ax-murderer seemed entertained by the wary look in her eyes.
"I'm very psychic."
Oh God, he really was a nutter.
"That's great." Nadia took a deep breath. "Look, have you ever been to this part of Gloucestershire before?"
"No." Smiling, he patted the pocket of his waxed Barbour. "But, unlike you, I do have a map."
"I feel like a refugee," Nadia muttered as they trudged along the narrow lane, the snow squeaking underfoot. Since hopping along like a ten-year-old in a sack race wasn't practical, she was carrying her rolled-up sleeping bag under one arm and her overnight case in the other.
"You look like a refugee." Glancing across at her, he broke into a grin and held out an arm. "Here, let me carry those."
She knew his name now. Jay Tiernan. He'd introduced himself while she'd been struggling to extricate herself from the sleeping bag. In return she'd asked, "What does J stand for?"
"Nothing. It's just Jay."
Hmm, a likely story. It was probably short for something embarrassing like Jethro or Jasper. Or Josephine.
Then again, Nadia could sympathize. School sports days had always been a mortifying experience, with dozens of sniggering boys lined up roaring, "Go, Nad... GONAD... GO, GO, GO!"
But Jay Tiernan didn't need to know that. Thankfully, Nadia handed him her overnight bag. Her nose was a fetching shade of pink, her eyes were watering, and her toes numb. Ranulph Fiennes needn't worry about competition—she'd be hopeless at trekking across the Antarctic.
"You lied," Nadia panted forty minutes later. "That wasn't half a mile."
"Never mind, we're here now."
"And this isn't a village."
"It is," said Jay. "It's just... small."
Nadia peered through the tumbling snowflakes at the deserted single street. There were no lights on in any of the cottages. Nor were there any shops. Just a postbox, a bus shelter, and a phone box.
And a pub.
"The Willow Inn," Jay announced, squinting at the dilapidated sign. "We'll try there."
The front door was locked. After several minutes of hammering on the wood, they heard the sound of keys rattling and bolts being drawn back.
"Blimey," slurred the landlord, enveloping them in a cloud of whisky breath. "Mary and Joseph and the little baby Jesus. Fancy bumping into you in a place like this."
Nadia, clutching her rolled-up sleeping bag in her arms, realized he thought she had a baby in there. Then again, he was so drunk she could probably get away with it.
"Hi," Jay began. "We wondered if—"
"Shut, mate. Closed. Six o'clock we open." The middle-aged man jabbed vaguely at his watch. "You could try coming back then. No kids mind, this isn't a family pub. Kids? Can't stand 'em."
"Look, the roads are blocked, we've had to abandon our cars, we've been walking for hours," Nadia blurted out, "and we need somewhere to stay." Hastily she unraveled the sleeping bag to show him how empty it was. "And we definitely don't have a baby."
As a rule, batting her eyelashes and widening her big brown eyes had the desired effect, but the landlord of the Willow Inn was clearly too far gone for that.
"Don't do board and lodging neither." Wheezing with laughter he flapped his arm and said, "There's a stable down the road, you could try there."
Nadia briefly wondered if bursting into tears would help. Failing that, hitting the landlord over the head before tying him up and locking him in his own cellar.
Jay, his method thankfully more law-abiding, said, "We need somewhere to stay and something to eat. We'd pay you, of course."
The landlord's bloodshot eyes promptly lit up. "Hundred quid."
"Cash, mind. Up front."
Solemnly, Jay nodded. "It's a deal."
The power outage that had left every house in the street in darkness was still going strong at nine o'clock that evening. The pub, illuminated with flickering candles, had gradually filled up with locals driven out of their homes by the lack of TV, as well as half a dozen other stranded drivers in need of a roof over their heads.
By some miracle the landlord, Pete, was still drinking and still conscious. Well, just about. Cindy, the barmaid, confided to Nadia that Pete's latest girlfriend had walked out on him three weeks ago, precipitating this mammoth binge. Now, evidently cheered by the amount of money he was extorting from stranded travelers, he was wavering precariously on a bar stool, leaving Cindy to do all the work.
Dinner, also thanks to the power outage, was thick chunks of bread toasted over an open fire, tinned ravioli, wedges of cheese, pickled onions the size of tangerines, and stale digestive biscuits.
Nadia, who had given the onions a miss, said, "Yum."
"A candlelit meal, what could be more romantic?" Jay indicated their rickety wooden table. "Never let it be said I don't know how to give a woman a good time. Pickled egg?"
Nadia smiled; he had a nice voice. She'd always been a sucker for a nice voice.
"No thanks. We need to sort the room thing out. You can't sleep down here."
Pete's insistence on cash in advance for the only spare bedroom had left Nadia with a dilemma. With only fifteen pounds in her purse, it had been left to Jay to come up with the rest of the money. When Pete had shown them the chilly room, cluttered with junk and taken up almost entirely by a lumpy, unmade double bed (A hundred pounds? Bargain!), Jay had murmured, "It's OK, I'll sleep downstairs."
But that had been before the others had arrived, turning the small bar into a makeshift refugee camp. Two of them had nasty hacking coughs. It wasn't fair to take the room Jay had largely paid for.
"You should have the bed," Nadia told him. "Honestly, I'll be fine down here."
"You might be fine, but you won't get any sleep."
"I'd feel guilty otherwise." She watched him refill their glasses with red wine.
"We could both sleep in the bed," said Jay.
Nadia hesitated. It was the most practical solution, of course. It was just a shame he couldn't have been nice-but-comfortingly-ugly, rather than nice-and-definitely-attractive.
Dangerously attractive, in fact.
Not that she'd be tempted to do anything naughty, but she didn't want Jay thinking she might be tempted. In her experience, attractive men seemed to take this for granted.
"Just sleep." Nadia met his gaze. "No funny business. We'd have all our clothes on. And I'd be in my sleeping bag," she added for good measure.
"Absolutely." Jay's mouth had begun to twitch. Oh Lord, did he still think she fancied him?
"I have a boyfriend," Nadia explained firmly, "and we really love each other."
Jay nodded, to show he understood. "Me too."
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Ahmad al-Sayed, chief executive of Qatar Holding, told the Financial Times that the acquisition of Harrods was part of a strategy to acquire "prestigious top-performing businesses and to buy them at the right point in the cycle".
Qatar Holding is the primary vehicle for Qater's strategic and direct investments. It is an arm of Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), which was founded in 2005 to strengthen its economy by diversifying into new asset classes.
Temasek's investment strategy centres around four themes:
• Transforming Economies
– We invest in industry sectors that correlate with the economic transformation of the country
• Growing Middle Income Populations
– We find opportunities in companies and industries whose growth is fuelled by the increasing purchasing power of middle income populations
• Deepening Comparative Advantages
– We tap the potential of competitively-positioned companies
• Emerging Champions
– We identify companies proving to be best-in-class, be it regionally or globally.
GIC simply says, The group strives to achieve good long-term returns on assets under our management, to preserve and enhance Singapore's reserves.
Note nothing about trying to time investments. Maybe thaz why they messed up big-time on Merrill Lynch, Citi and UBS. Even MM admitted that much saying they went into too early into financials.
Now Qatar's track record is not that great either: but at least it sets out a benchmark on which it can be judged.And it shows it is aware of the importance of timing.
BTW a lot of Buffett's skill is in knowing when to be greedy.
GIC's strategy is


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Next stop on our big family vacation was the Hawaiian Island of Kauai! As a surprise, I worked with a local company, Lei Greeting, to greet us with flower leis ($28.80 per lei), in traditional Hawaiian form upon our arrival at Lihue Airport - Aloha! My niece and nephew especially enjoyed these vibrant, fresh flower necklaces; the boys not so much, but it sure made for a cute family photo!
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About 150 West Papuans received their Papua New Guinea citizenship in Kiunga, Western province yesterday after living as refugees for more than 40 years in PNG.
Acting chief migration officer Solomon Kantha said they could now vote in this year's elections if their names were on the PNG Common Roll.
The West Papuans from Indonesia had crossed the PNG-Indonesian border when fleeing political persecution from the Indonesian government. They had fled after the Dutch colonial government had handed over Irian Jaya to the Indonesian government in the early 1960s to become the West Papua province of Indonesia.
Citizenship Advisory Committee chairman and Telefomin MP Solan Mirisim said they were able to get their citizenship because the Government in November 2014 announced that West Papuan refuges would not have to pay the required K10,000 citizenship application fees.
"These ceremony marks a significant event and the first ceremony that recognise West Papuans who have sought refugees or asylum here in the 1070s and 1980s," MIrisim said.
"It provides you with identification to formally make you a part of this country."
West Papua is a province of Indonesia. Indonesia claimed the territory of the former Dutch East Indies so it invaded Irian Jaya in 1961.
It was agreed in 1969 the UN should oversee a plebiscite of the people in which they would be given two choices: to remain part of Indonesia or to become an independent nation.
This vote was referred to as the 'Act of Free Choice'. But, the vote was conducted by consensus decision-making, or consensus of elders, numbering 1000 of these men had been selected by the Indonesian military.
This body was coerced into unanimously voting to remain part of Indonesia
The result of the compromised vote was rejected by Papuan nationalists, who established the Free Papua Movement .The National
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Is it true what they say about size? That bigger is better and that size really does matter? Ten years ago, I would have taken a much more politically correct stance on this topic, and told you that size isn't important; that it's what you do with it that counts... But, as I get older, I've come to realize that size is super important. And no, you dirty dirty people, I'm not talking about penis size, I'm talking about the size of your wedding!! Don't get me wrong, I love a small and intimate wedding, surrounded only by those you really love, but usually, planning these small and intimate affairs is a bigger pain in the ass than the bigger more elaborate weddings. Why? Because there's more at stake and less buffer. That said, I do have some advice on how to not be a pain in the ass during planning. Look down.
1. First of all... Remember that while your party may be small, your attitude doesn't need to be big. And as I've written a hundred, million times before, your shit attitude will hinder your success and will only get in your way. So, while you may be falling apart on the inside (for reasons listed below), putting on a face and being nice to those around you will only make for a better planning experience. Trust me, I know it's hard, but as several wise women (and probably some men too) have said in the past, "fake it 'till you make it".
2. Managing family dynamics can be more difficult with fewer people acting as a "distraction" to the big picture. And fewer people still means big opinions. And, if I had to guess, I'm sure you're fielding plenty of big opinions about a having small, intimate wedding. Opinions from your mom and dad or your soon-to-be in laws about all of the friends and family they can't invite. And that can be absolutely rattling. I get it. I really do, but, bridey, it's really simple. Stay strong, and remember why you made the choice to have a small celebration. Perhaps you wanted an intimate day and money in your pocket for your plans after the wedding. Or perhaps you don't love your giant extended family. Whatever your reasoning may be, remember it when things get tough. Own it when things get tough. Stand by it when things get tough. And stay strong when things get tough. Which leads me to my next point... The fucking guest list.
3. Determining the guest list can be painful. You and your sig other are choosing to have a small wedding and unfortunately that choice comes with consequences. Don't get me wrong, I really love the idea of a small wedding; I get it... I did it (well, I eloped, but still dealt with a lot of the same issues as you!). And, I pissed off a lot of people in the process. But, deciding to essentially eliminate friends and family can be hurtful. So, be blunt. Don't dance around guest list. Be open with the people you're not inviting and tell them that although they're not invited to your wedding doesn't mean that you don't care about them. No need to get into budget conversations or reasons here bridey; you don't owe them an explanation or an apology, just the truth. And leave it there. The less you say the better. I've said it before and I'll say it again... You might be doing them a favor because maybe they don't want to go your wedding anyway.
4. Hire a wedding planner. I know that you think you don't need one simply because your wedding is small, but your wedding planner can act as the perfect liaison for shit you don't want to deal with, and I'm not just talking about logistics. I'm talking about your mom whining about how you didn't invite Aunt Shirley or how sometimes glitches are more noticeable with less people. THAT'S why you here a planner. It's not because I don't believe in your planning abilities, it's fielding the bullshit that can get tricky.
5. Break tradition. Get rid of the formalities that aren't important to you. You're already breaking the rules by having a small wedding, so skip stupid shit. Skipping a DJ or band? Then get an amazing guitarist as entertainment so that you can have a first dance (if you want). No cake cutting? Fine. You should still have an amazing cake! That's one of the things I regret about eloping. We never cut the cake because we didn't have one! And I fucking love cake!!!! Anyway, all I'm saying, is that you've come this far... So, don't succumb to the pressure of "the norm" now!
Bridey, you see a theme here? I'm telling you to stay strong and stand behind your decision. You're not doing anything wrong by choosing to have a beautifully small and intimate wedding. Just own your decision and kill any haters with kindness. You'll be surprised at how staying strong will empower your decision and your attitude! Got it?!
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text: Crithidia luciliae (Strickland) Wallace and Clark (ATCC® 30258™) Strain Designations: [ATCC 14765] / Depositor: FG Wallace, T Clark / Biosafety Level: 1 General Information Characteristics Culture Method Specifications History Documentation Print Email Share Share this product Facebook Twitter Google+ Permits and Restrictions View Permits Strain Designations [ATCC 14765] Application Detection of lupus erythematosus Assay of unconjugated pteridines; listed here as ATCC 14765 Biosafety Level 1 Biosafety classification is based on U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines, it is the responsibility of the customer to ensure that their facilities comply with biosafety regulations for their own country. Isolation Green bottle fly, Phaenicia sericata, Minneapolis, MN, 1958 Product Format frozen Storage Conditions Frozen Cultures:-70°C for 1 week; liquid N2 vapor for long term storageFreeze-dried Cultures:2-8°CLive Cultures:See Protocols section for handling information Type Strain yes Comments Flagellate parasites from a flyEffects of purine starvationRiboprinting and taxonomyThermal regulation of oxygen-scavenging enzymesMultiple distinct site-specific elements in miniexon arraysCyclopropane fatty acid Medium ATCC® Medium 1011: Diphasic blood agar medium ATCC® Medium 355: Crithidia medium ATCC® Medium 1034: Modified PYNFH medium (Available from ATCC as ATCC cat. no. 327-X) Growth Conditions Temperature: 25°C Culture System: Axenic Cryopreservation Harvest and Preservation Prepare a 10% (v/v) sterile DMSO solution in fresh ATCC Medium 355. Transfer a culture at peak density to centrifuge tubes and centrifuge at 525 x g for 5 minutes. Remove the supernatant and resuspend the cells in ATCC medium 355 to a concentration of 2 x 106 to 2 x 107 cells/mL. Mix the cell preparation and the DMSO in equal portions. Thus, the final concentration will be between 106 and 107 cells/mL and 5% (v/v) DMSO. Distribute the cell suspension in 0.5 mL aliquots into 1.0 mL to 2.0 mL sterile plastic screw-capped cryules (special plastic vials for cryopreservation). The time from the mixing of the cell preparation and DMSO stock solution before the freezing process is begun should be no less than 15 min and no longer than 30 min. Place the vials in a controlled rate freezing unit. From room temperature cool at -1°C/min to -40°C. If the freezing unit can compensate for the heat of fusion, maintain rate at -1°C/min through the heat of fusion. At -40°C plunge into liquid nitrogen. Alternatively, place the vials in a Nalgene 1°C freezing apparatus. Place the apparatus at -80°C for 1.5 to 2 hours and then plunge ampules into liquid nitrogen. (The cooling rate in this apparatus is approximately -1°C/min.) The frozen preparations are stored in either the vapor or liquid phase of a nitrogen freezer. To establish a culture from the frozen state place an ampule in a water bath set at 35°C (2 to 3 min). Immerse the vial just sufficient to cover the frozen material. Do not agitate the vial. Immediately after thawing, aseptically remove the contents of the ampule and inoculate into 5 mL of fresh ATCC medium 355 in a 16 x 125 mm screw-capped test tube. Incubate upright at 25°C with caps screwed on tightly. Mycoplasma Unknown Name of Depositor FG Wallace, T Clark Special Collection NSF - Protistology Year of Origin 1958 References Aarden LA, et al. Immunology of DNA. III. Crithidia luciliae, a simple substrate for the determination of anti-dsDNA with the immunofluorescence technique. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 254: 505-515, 1975. PubMed: 52321 Alleman MM, et al. Crithidia luciliae: Effect of purine starvation on S-adenosyl-L-methionine uptake and protein methylation. Exp. Parasitol. 81: 519-528, 1995. PubMed: 8542993 Analytical microbiology. vol. 2New York: Academic Press; 1972. Branquinha MH, et al. Ubiquity of cysteine-and metalloproteinase activites in a wide range of trypanosomatids. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 43: 131-135, 1996. PubMed: 8720943 Cho J, Eichinger D. Crithidia fasciculata induces encystation of Entamoeba invadens in a galactose-dependent manner. J. Parasitol. 84: 705-710, 1998. PubMed: 9714198 Clark CG. Riboprinting: A tool for the study of genetic diversity in microorganisms. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 44: 277-283, 1997. PubMed: 9225441 Daggett PM, Decker JE. Some physiological alterations accompanying infectivity to mammals by four genera of Trypanosomatidae. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 59: 363-366, 1978. Emtage MA, Bremner TA. Thermal regualtion of active oxygen-scavenging enzymes in Crithidia Luciliae thermophila. J. Parasitol. 79: 809-814, 1993. Faria e Silva PM, et al. Herpetomonas roitmani (Fiorini et al., 1989) n. comb.: a trypanosomatid with a bacterium-like endosymbiont in the cytoplasm. J. Protozool. 38: 489-494, 1991. PubMed: 1920148 Fish WR, et al. The cyclopropane fatty acid of trypanosomatids. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 3: 103-115, 1981. PubMed: 7254247 Freymuller E, Camargo EP. Ultrastructural differences between species of trypanosomatids with and without endosymbionts. J. Protozool. 28: 175-182, 1981. PubMed: 7024533 Gannon JT, Linke HA. Growth studies on xenic cultures of Entamoeba gingivalis using established media. Int. J. Parasitol. 19: 835-838, 1989. PubMed: 2635159 Goncanlves De Lima VM, et al. Comparison of six isoenzymes from 10 species of Crithidia. J. Protozool. 29: 397-401, 1982. Wallace FG, Clark TB. Flagellate parasites of the fly, Phaenicia sericata (Meigen). J. Protozool. 6: 50-61, 1959. Simione FP Jr., et al. The use of plastic ampoules for freeze preservation of microorganisms. Cryobiology 14: 500-502, 1977. PubMed: 891238 Sontheimer RD, Gilliam JN. An immunofluorescence assay for double-stranded DNA antibodies using the Crithidia luciliae kinetoplast as a double-stranded DNA substrate. J. Lab. Clin. Med. 91: 550-558, 1978. PubMed: 347011 Teng SC, et al. A new non-LTR retrotransposon provides evidence for multiple distinct site-specific elements in Crithidia fasciculata miniexon arrays. Nucleic Acids Res. 23: 2929-2936, 1995. PubMed: 7659515 Permits These permits may be required for shipping this product: Customers located in the state of Hawaii will need to contact the Hawaii Department of Agriculture to determine if an Import Permit is required. A copy of the permit or documentation that a permit is not required must be sent to ATCC in advance of shipment. Basic Documentation Product Sheet Certificate of Analysis SDS


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Life is busy – you know that feeling all too well, don't you? Wouldn't a little help right at the moment that you need it be nice? It's the forgotten email to your boss that you happen to remember while driving, or remembering that it's your day to pick up your son and his friend at school and you have a meeting that you need to reschedule in order to make everything fit into the day. The list goes on and on. I know I could sure use extra help managing my work and home responsibilities seamlessly. Ideally, this helpful helper would be able to communicate with me via voice – at home, at work, even in the car. So I started to wonder: What would my 'Help Wanted' ad look like both today and in the future?
Duties include but not limited to: Assisting in reading and responding to work and personal emails and meeting requests – maybe even booking conference rooms or notifying attendees that my meeting will start ten minutes later than scheduled, or that I'm running five minutes late. Keep track of and schedule my child's calendar of activities – reminding me when it's my turn to bring snacks for the preschool room and that it's my turn to drive him to swimming lessons. How about letting me know what items are needed in my refrigerator and where the nearest store is to pick them up on my way home? I love a good deal, so notify me of the best price option as well! Must have the ability to post to Facebook, Twitter, and my other social media outlets for my mom's birthday (that I just remembered is coming up!). Let me take that one step further – helping me find my favorite music preferences and letting me buy movie tickets (to take my mom out for the birthday celebration that I nearly forgot!). Also, letting me set my home security system to let my dog walker in the door, because I forgot that today is Tuesday and Tucker needs his exercise.
Does any of this sound familiar to you? The good news is that much of this help is here, right now for you to utilize with the Nuance Dragon Drive platform. The great news is that Nuance has a lot of this in mind and more for the future of the connected car.
Combining voice recognition with infotainment services helps make for a safer, smarter connected car experience to help us remain focused on the road while we stay connected to the things we like and need – like Yelp, Slacker Radio, AccuWeather, Twitter, Facebook, Reuters and more. You can easily go from your smartphone to in-vehicle system. If I'm in my kitchen and search for an address on my cell phone, I simply enter my car and Dragon Drive knows where I want to go! I no longer need to sit in my driveway and punch in the address or glance at my cell phone while driving.
With intelligent voice recognition and content at your fingertips, life can become far less complicated. It's as easy as speaking to your car, via technology optimized for the driving experience. You really can be productive while commuting in traffic or driving your son to soccer practice. So go ahead, draft that forgotten email, change your meeting time or location, update your social channels such as Facebook or Twitter, and find locations for that carton of milk that you need to pick up on your way home.
Whether you are already using Dragon Drive, wondering if your car supports Dragon Drive, or if you are contemplating buying a new car and want to know what great options are available, you can learn more about Dragon Drive here. Dragon Drive is integrated in many leading automotive brands such as Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Mercedes, and others. More than 90 million cars and 50 million portable navigation systems are powered by Nuance.


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Aikido demonstration for beginners and families has become a part of the annual autumn enrollment. Some visitors used the opportunity and participated in the second part of the demonstration training.Next photogallery: Sushi party 2013
Many people seek for a way how to stand upright
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Simply, to be more human.
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Join us as we speak with independent filmmaker Martin Holt. Over forty-six years of collecting life's experience on film, he has filmed ceramic artists at work, rock bands (like the Doors and The Byrds), Andy Warhol, and anything else that caught his eye. We also have a visit from, okay I'm not telling, there's news, a sound quiz and I visit the new café in town. That's a lineup no sane person can resist, so come on, your sane, right? I thought so!
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