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Stevia is a natural herb native to Asia and South America. It is a small shrub like perennial plant which belongs to sunflower (Asteraceae) family. Stevia has been in wide use in South America, Japan, and many other parts of the world.
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Suggested Use: Mix 1/4 teaspoon with recipes, tea, yogurt or add to your favorite smoothie.
Botanical Name: Stevia rebaudiana
Other Names: Sweet Leaf, Sugar Leaf, Sweet Honey Leaf, Rebiana, Candy Leaf, Yaa waan, Caa-he-ee, Kaa jhee, Erva doce, Sweet herb, Honey Yerba
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Breaking Down the Jets vs the Raiders
One has to wonder if the Oakland Raiders hit their low point two weeks ago after a drubbing in New York at the hands of the Giants and are on the upswing. That may have been the most miserable point a franchise has ever been at in professional sports. Their head coach looked like he could be criminally charged with assault at any day. The team obviously whiffed on their choice at QB. Players within the organization have called the team and the franchise a joke. Just last week an opposing player, Antonio Pierce of the New York Giants, said that facing them felt like playing a scrimmage because they play with no heart or conviction. Somehow the Raiders seems to put that all behind them and defeat the Philadelphia Eagles in what will likely be one of the biggest upsets of the season. Now they get their chance to win two in a row and try to turn their season completely around against the reeling, and hated, Jets.
Jets Defense vs. Raiders Offense
The Oakland offense is just horrendous, averaging 13 points a game at home and under 6 on the road. QB JaMarcus Russell is not just the worst QB in the NFL, but may be the worst player to be given a starting job of more than a game or two in the last 30 years. Russell has been accused of not caring and being content due to a ridiculous 50 million dollar guarantee he received from Oakland in 2007. He is the most inaccurate QB by a wide margin, only completing 46% of his passes for a sad 5.6 YPA. The team has no confidence in Russell and tries to limit how often he passes and where he passes to due to his propensity to throw the ball to the other team, though he is coming off perhaps his best game as a pro. He is maybe good for one 20 yard completion per game. His favorite target is TE Zach Miller who has to feel his skills are wasted in this offense. Miller has good hands and is an excellent athlete who is hard to bring down after the catch. He annihilated the blitzing Eagles last week. Louis Murphy is a taller receiver with good speed that caught the league by surprise in week 1, but has been below average for a starter since then. He has been far better than fellow rookie WR Darius Heyward Bey who has two receptions on the season. The impressive running attack of a year ago no longer exists. Neither Michael Bush nor Justin Fargas can get anywhere. With a poor offensive line in front of them and no threat in the passing game they simply have no room to run and are swarmed at the line of scrimmage. Bush has been getting the majority of carries though Fargas will likely see more of a role after a good game last week. The Raiders line is having a bad season. They are hoping to get something out of Langston Walker, who has not been good in forever, at right tackle and hoping to get a boost at guard with the return of Robert Gallery. Gallery never learned to play tackle but has done well in his transition to being an interior linemen. He could help the run game, though it is unlikely that he plays this week.
This week will be a big physical and mental challenge for the Jets who lost NT Kris Jenkins for the season. Jenkins is clearly the only dominant linemen the team has and the teams defensive woes when he does not play are well documented. The Jets have been incredibly soft up the middle without Jenkins and Rex Ryan will need to get creative this week to replace Jenkins. When Jenkins was on the bench against Miami players such as Howard Green and Sione Pouha, who will now be prime contributors, were just overwhelmed. Last week Ryan even tried LB Vernon Gholston at the nose since he is at least strong enough to push players back, something the other players do not seem to be. Even with Jenkins missing most of the game last week, the Jets had their best showing since week 1 at stopping the run. Their defensive ends both played better and the LBs showed more intensity than usual. It seemed clear that this was something they worked on after the Miami game, but they will need to prove they can do it for 60 minutes without Jenkins. The Jets have to get more out of Calvin Pace and Bart Scott this week. Pace showed a flash or two against Buffalo, but he is struggling to get up to speed. Scott is making too many mistakes on the field and looks to be playing out of anger rather than playing with smarts. This can not happen against a team with a player like Miller at tight end. The Jets secondary would look to get a break this week, but the last time they thought they had a break they got lit up by Chad Henne of the Dolphins. Miscommunication among the players has led to two big passing scores the last two weeks and the Raiders proved they can hit a big pass play last week if there is a breakdown on defense.
The big question is whether or not the Raiders are willing to allow Russell to try to throw the football. Last week they exploited an Eagles blitzing attack by dumping the ball off to their fullback and hitting Miller against a small secondary. For as much flack as Tom Cable gets he is a good line coach and he understands pickup of blitz packages. If they are going to throw the ball the Jets need to generate their pass rush with 4 or 5 players, something they have not been able to do all season. The Raiders dont have the greatest physical talent on the line and you should be able to pressure Russell with a one on one rush. That said the Jets have faced a number of poor linemen these past three games and gotten no rush. By flooding the secondary they have enough hands to pick off the errant pass and enough bodies to take down a receiver once he catches the ball. This is the kind of game where Kerry Rhodes has to be able to fool the QB into a mistake. Rhodes has yet to intercept a ball this season and Russell has been picked off twice by safeties this year. Covering Miller and the runners will be a key for the game. Scott has to play smarter this week. Too often he is breaking off coverage when he sees a shot to take at someone and the ball ends up getting dumped over his head. Oaklands run game is going to target the middle of the line and David Harris will likely be the main guy to stop the run. His linemen are going to have to at least hold their ground and allow him to make a play. If they get pushed back it will be tough for Harris to take his shots. If the Jets stop the run it will be hard for the Raiders to play one dimensional football and score enough points to win.
Jets Offense vs. Raiders Defense
There is talent on the Oakland defense. They have one of the two best cornerbacks in the NFL in Nnamdi Asomugha, who rarely gets tested by the opposing QB. He was poked in the eye last week but should play with no issues against the Jets. Former Patriot Richard Seymour, who has had little good to say about Oakland since arriving, lines up at DE and Jets fans know what a terror he can be. Greg Ellis who has on numerous time expressed his displeasure with the team is a decent veteran force, though he is battling knee injuries. Trevor Scott has the ability to rush the passer on 3rd downs as an end. LB Kirk Morrison is extremely productive providing excellent run support and Thomas Howard is solid in coverage. Nobody hears about these guys because they play on a bad team, but they are two of the more talented linebackers in the NFL today. Both have good speed and strength and if Oakland chooses to allow them to blitz they can disrupt the flow of the game. Oaklands weak spot is straight up the gut of their line where Tommy Kelly and Gerard Warren are below average. The Raiders completely changed up their defensive attack last week and it produced great results which left the Eagles players scratching their heads and realizing they were unprepared for the scheme. Oakland brought a blitz package that allowed their defensive ends a lot more freedom to pressure the QB and did an excellent job by keeping plays in front of the tacklers. The one huge problem Oakland has had this year is giving up the big play. Despite the presence of Asomugha in the secondary they have allowed 7 plays of 40 or more yards almost all in the last 3 games.
Mark Sanchez had perhaps the worst start in the history of the NFL last week. He could not handle the weather or the pressure of the game and melted down as the game went on. Sanchez is at a very dangerous point right now with two awful games in his last three. The Coach admitted to considering the benching of Sanchez against the Bills and Leon Washington, when asked if this continued to be a problem should he be benched, somewhat backed off his support and said that would be a coaches decision. The catcalls already began in the Meadowlands and the extremely premature use of the word bust was being thrown around. He needs a steady game in what is something of a trip home for him. Braylon Edwards again showed those flashes of how he can be a dominant WR for this team, but the Jets really need Jerricho Cotchery to be healthy this week. Not only is he significantly better than David Clowney and Wallace Wright, but he is the only WR on the team that has developed chemistry with Sanchez. Its no surprise that the one game without Cotch as Sanchez safety blanket was the worst game he has played. After showing a glimmer of life in Miami, Thomas Jones and Leon Washington had one of the great running games a team will ever have albeit in a losing effort. Washington looked very elusive when he had the ball in his hands and Jones seemed to be running much stronger than usual. They will have to have a huge game this week against a weaker run defense. The key to the game may be the play of the Jets offensive line. The line has been very inconsistent in all phases of the game and they can not allow their young QB to get flustered the way he has these last few weeks. Alan Faneca has missed a few key blocks and as a whole they are doing a bad job in blitz recognition. If they do not play well this week it could be a long Sunday.
Ryan has more or less come out and admitted they have thrown too much on Sanchez too soon. Last week they continued to ask him to make throws he could not make rather than playing it a bit safer and it likely cost them the football game. Like any rookie, if you give them too many options in one play they often think they can do it all with their arm and end up making big mistakes. People sometimes forget that in college these players did not have to run efficient pass plays, instead having great talent that got wide open down the field for big gains. Sometimes you just have to call safe plays for the young QB until they completely figure out the pro game. Having Cotchery back would be huge as he gives them a target in the passing game. With Dustin Keller completely invisible and seemingly using a different playbook than the QB, they need Cotchery more than ever. In a game like this where you cant expect the QB to throw on Asomugha at all, you need a secondary target to allow the passing game to work and keep the defense somewhat honest. If Cotchery can play expect the Jets to consistently switch where he and Edwards line up as Asomugha more often than not plays a side rather than a man. Under no circumstance can they let Sanchez feel like its his responsibility to throw his way back into the fans good graces. Thats another 5 interception game waiting to happen. The main weapons this week have to be Washington and Jones. Both have the potential to break off big runs against this defense and both should be a focus of the passing game. If you catch Oakland in the right package and dump it to Leon in space hell pick up huge yardage for his QB. The one positive that the Jets did seem to find last week, and in some ways it was taking a page out of the Dolphins book, was using the 1 WR set for run plays. When they brought in Robert Turner as an extra Tight End the run seemed almost unstoppable. It gave the Jets a big advantage when the Bills put 8 in the box and it also allowed the other blockers to get to the next level a bit better. Id expect to see more of that look this week, especially if Cotchery is nowhere near 100%.
Special Teams
Special Teams were a disaster last week. Bad punting. A missed field goal. A botched hold. Countless penalties. Awful tackling. No returns. This may have been the worst game the Jets have played on specials in recent memory with breakdowns in every phase of the game. The Jets offense has been effected this year by the lack of return yardage from Washington. While the Jets return the ball well enough they no longer get the big returns out near midfield. With Leons increased role in the offense they may want to begin to look elsewhere to see if they can find a big return guy. The Jets are also going to need better play from the punter and coverage units. With the offense in such a funk field position becomes increasingly important. Last year the Jets were hurt by poor punting in the loss against these very Raiders.
Oakland should be a good team for the Jets specials to look better against. They have no threats at all in the return games, ranking dead last in both kick and punt returns. They have terrible kick coverage and do let the return guys get free room to run. Shane Lechler is arguably the best punter in the NFL and will likely force the Jets to work on a long field. K Sebastian Janikowski is perfect this season on field goals and can hit them consistently from far out.
Tom Cables problems are well documented, but he was able to capture the attention of a team spiraling out of control last week and get them to focus on winning a football game, something the Jets need to do this week. Cable did not do a horrible job in 2008 when he took over for Lane Kiffin, getting some big upset wins, including one against the Jets. Cable knows Oakland owner Al Davis feelings about the Jets and that beating New York goes a long way towards earning job security. Oakland has had a hard time putting together back to back winning efforts and Cables primary job will be to keep the players focused on the game at hand rather than celebrating last weeks victory.
Rex Ryan has definitely hit the first stumbling blocks of his career and has said he needs the team to focus simply on one opponent at a time. He challenged the team last week saying the game was a must win, but for the first time this year they did not respond to him and dropped the game. They played totally undisciplined in all three phases of the game and Ryan again made some questionable in game decisions dealing with play selection and clock management. He has put a target on himself with his mouth and seems to have backed off this week in an effort to change the preparation for his team. He has a tough job of reeling in the offense to help his rookie QB and finding a way to cover for the loss of his most impactful defensive player. A loss here could end the hopes Ryan has for the division.
As disappointing as the loss to the Bills was last week, it may have been a good thing for this team. Jenkins admitted that his teammates have a very hard time handling success and the teams track record as a favorite these last 3 years backs his opinion up. Whether they do not take opponents seriously, read too much into their press clippings, or just can not handle pressure the result is that they lose. Those expectations have been lifted, likely for the season. Even though they go into this game as a big road favorite nobody will be surprised if the Jets lay an egg and lose the game.
The Jets are not as bad as they looked last Sunday. The Jets were dwelling on the Monday loss to Miami. Rex Ryan in his postgame interviews days later was annoyed about it and still talking about the Miami game and how they will get back at them when they get them at home. Calvin Pace and Bart Scott were talking about Miami as if they were the next opponent. The Bills were like an afterthought. The game really hurt the Jets mentally and they got caught looking past the Bills and focusing solely on the Miami Dolphins. Listening to interviews this week from the players and coach it is an entirely different mood. They are not happy with a loss to Buffalo but they are not dwelling on it the way they did the prior week. The are not making excuses and putting the blame on anyone but themselves. They seem to realize the key is to make sure they do not take anyone on the schedule for granted and go week by week, something they did not do after the Saints game.
These players realize the trap that is Oakland. They lost there last season when they decided to coast for 55 minutes before remembering there was a game to play and they just watched the Raiders beat up the highly regarded Philadelphia Eagles. They have to realize how hard a stadium this will be for Sanchez and that they have to play much better to help their young QB survive the experience.
This really is a must win for the Jets. They have to get some of their swagger back and need to rid their minds of the Same Old Jets talk. The west coast trips were a nightmare for the Jets last season with big losses every time they traveled. If they drop this game its likely their confidence will be shot. The Jets know they are a better team than the Raiders. On paper, Oakland is no better than the Bills and the Jets had to hand that game to Buffalo to lose by three points. For as bad as the Jets played they had enough talent to overcome tons of turnovers and bad decisions and be there at the end of the game where one less penalty would see the Jets sitting here with a 4-2 record.
The game should not be a cakewalk by any means. The Raiders defense is too good for that to happen especially with the Jets having problems scoring points. If the Jets protect the football and dont let the Raiders get the big play for a score they should have enough to get the momentum of the season back on their side. If they let Sanchez feel the pressure of carrying the team and ask him to throw the ball 35 times, even the most optimistic Jet fans will likely give up on the season. All they need to do is score 17 points and they should win the game. The Raiders simply can not win games where the opponent scores even a small amount of points. In the last season and a half the Raiders have allowed less than 17 in six of their seven wins. Four of those wins saw their opponents score 10 or less. Their record is 1-15 in games where the opponent scores 17 points or more. The Jets have to go into the game with the safe mindset of scoring 17 and not the mindset of having to prove their manhood by blowing the team out. If they go in with that second mindset it is a recipe for disaster because smarts go out the window when you press like that. Maybe the blowout comes anyway, but most important is coming back from Oakland 4-3 and right back in the divisional hunt. The Jets will surprise some folks who have completely abandoned ship this week.
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Dr Wonnop Visessanguan, director of food biotechnology research unit, Prince of Songkla University and Chulalongkorn University, received Research Award 2012 from National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) for his research project
Singapore: A research project titled, 'Development of Biological Process for Histamine Degradation in Fish Sauce by Histamine Dehydrogenase from Natrinema gari BCC 24369', was one-of-the-28 projects that were awarded Research Award 2012 by the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT).
This project is a collaboration between Dr Wonnop Visessanguan, director of food biotechnology research Uuit, Prince of Songkla University and Chulalongkorn University.
Histamine is a biogenic amine naturally present in some fermented fishery products. Because of its toxicity at the high level, histamine is regulated in the fishery products. The regulation level of histamine in fish sauce is set at the range of 200-400 ppm. In this project, the research team developed a biological method for removing histamine in fish sauce. Of 156 extremely halophilic archaea isolated from various salt-fermented fishery products, HDS3-1 (Natrinema gari BCC 24369) exhibited the highest histamine degradation activity in the presence of high concentrations of NaCl.
The immobilized whole cell of HDS3-1 could be reused for the degradation of histamine up to seven cycles without any significant loss in activity. The treated fish sauce with immobilized whole cell showed no significant changes in sensory properties and consumer acceptability on the overall characteristics of the final fish sauce. This biological process provides an alternative for histamine degradation and has already been applied for patent in Thailand.
Apart from the above project, the work on "Development of Shrimp Viral Disease Detection using Monoclonal Antibodies" was also honored with NRCT Research Award, with Mr Sombat Rukpratanporn, research assistant of BIOTEC Monoclonal Antibody Production, serving as a collaborator.
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By Sulome Anderson/Guest BloggerSocial media and cyber dissidents have exerted a increasing influence on global politics over the last few years—Twitter, for instance, was widely utilized by protesters and journalists during Iran's 2009 post-election Green Movement, and China has been locked in conflict with Google over allegations of censorship and hacking. "Ideas in Action" with Jim Glassman, a half-hour weekly show on PBS, is airing an episode this weekend called "Cyber Dissidents: How the Internet is Changing Dissent." Already online, the show details how authoritarian regimes are working hard to quash this rising form of opposition.
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http://espn.go.com/blog/afceastMIAMI -- The Chad Henne era ended last March when the Dolphins let their former starting quarterback leave in free agency. Miami drafted rookie Ryan Tannehill the following month, but it wasn't until Sunday when Miami came full circle with that decision.Tannehill added further confirmation that Miami made the right decision. He was clearly the better quarterback on the field in Miami's 24-3 victory over Henne and the Jacksonville Jaguars (2-12). It was Henne�s first return to Sun Life Stadium in a new uniform, and the Dolphins (6-8) embarrassed their former offensive leader by holding Jacksonville to one field goal in four quarters.
Henne was once considered Miami's quarterback of the future during his tenure from 2008-11. But the former second-round pick was a bust during four disappointing seasons. He is one of the main reasons the Dolphins are starting over this year with a new regime, led by rookie head coach Joe Philbin.
The Dolphins are hopeful history does not repeat itself with their new quarterback of the future: Tannehill. The rookie first-round pick showed good command of the offense Sunday and threw for 220 yards and two touchdowns. Tannehill also gained an additional 53 yards on quarterback sneaks that should put closure to the Tannehill-Henne debate.
"It was fun," Tannehill said of beating Jacksonville. "I think we executed the game plan on offense. I wish we would have put up more points in the red zone, I have to do a better job there. But we moved the ball consistently the entire game. I thought across the board we did a good job."
Henne's stats looked similar, but the performances couldn't be more different. Henne was 18-of-34 for 221 yards, but he gained most of his numbers in garbage time when Miami was leading big in the fourth quarter. The book has long been out on Henne. Despite having a big arm, Henne is robotic in the pocket, doesn't take enough shots downfield and relies too much on his checkdowns. He did more of the same Sunday and Miami took advantage.
Tannehill brings more to the table than Henne. Tannehill has better mobility, can make all the throws and appears mentally tougher to handle the ups and downs of the NFL. The last one is key, because Henne often got down on himself in games and lost confidence with the locker room, coaching staff and Dolphins fans. Henne is Jacksonville�s problem now. The Dolphins are happy to move on with Tannehill.


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|240GB OCZ Vertex 450 Solid State Drive
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|Written by Olin Coles
|Monday, 03 June 2013
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OCZ Vertex 450 Solid State Drive Review
Manufacturer: OCZ Technology Group, Inc.
Full Disclosure: The product sample used in this article has been provided by OCZ.
The last time we tested the OCZ Vertex 4, it was powered by a dual-core Marvell controller that combined technology from separate sources. This time, the OCZ Vertex 450 solid state drive is made of in-house components. Featuring an Indilinx BF3-M10 Barefoot 3 controller that supports 20nm Synchronous Multi-Level Cell (MLC) NAND flash components with AES-256 encryption and Trim support, Vertex 450 is good for 540 MB/s read speeds over a SATA 6-Gb/s connection. In this article Benchmark Reviews tests the 240GB OCZ Vertex 450 SSD, model VTX450-25SAT3-256G, against the leading competition.
Several key developments make Vertex 450 different from Vertex 4: 20nm Synchronous Multi-Level Cell (MLC) NAND flash components, OCZ-developed application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) technology and firmware, in-house designed Indilinx Barefoot 3 (BF3-M10) controller, and 7mm form factor. Vertex 450 arrives in 128, 256, and 512GB capacities, offering read speeds up to 540 MB/s and 530 MB/s writes. 4K random read IOPS performance reaches 85,000, while random write operations top out at 90,000 IOPS.
OCZ Vertex 450 utilizes the Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller, which was used on the OCZ Vector Solid State Drive series that debuted at the beginning of 2013. The BF3-M10 edition controller features a power-optimized clock generator that runs at a slightly lower clock speed (compared to Vector). This produces lightly reduced transfer speeds and IOPS performance by comparison, but also improves yield which reduces cost to consumers.
Solid State vs Hard Disk
Despite decades of design improvements, the hard disk drive (HDD) is still the slowest component of any personal computer system. Consider that modern desktop processors have a 1 ns response time (nanosecond = one billionth of one second), while system memory responds between 30-90 ns. Traditional hard drive technology utilizes magnetic spinning media, and even the fastest spinning mechanical storage products still exhibit a 9,000,000 ns / 9 ms initial response time (millisecond = one thousandth of one second). In more relevant terms, the processor receives the command and must then wait for system memory to fetch related data from the storage drive. This is why any computer system is only as fast as the slowest component in the data chain; usually the hard drive.
In a perfect world all of the components operate at the same speed. Until that day comes, the real-world goal for achieving optimal performance is for system memory to operate as quickly as the central processor and then for the storage drive to operate as fast as memory. With present-day technology this is an impossible task, so enthusiasts try to close the speed gaps between components as much as possible. Although system memory is up to 90x (9000%) slower than most processors, consider then that the hard drive is an added 1000x (100,000%) slower than that same memory. Essentially, these three components are as different in speed as walking is to driving and flying.
Solid State Drive technology bridges the largest gap in these response times. The difference a SSD makes to operational response times and program speeds is dramatic, and takes the storage drive from a slow 'walking' speed to a much faster 'driving' speed. Solid State Drive technology improves initial response times by more than 450x (45,000%) for applications and Operating System software, when compared to their mechanical HDD counterparts. The biggest mistake PC hardware enthusiasts make with regard to SSD technology is grading them based on bandwidth speed. File transfer speeds are important, but only so long as the operational I/O performance can sustain that bandwidth under load.
Bandwidth Speed vs Operational Performance
As we've explained in our SSD Benchmark Tests: SATA IDE vs AHCI Mode guide, Solid State Drive performance revolves around two dynamics: bandwidth speed (MB/s) and operational performance I/O per second (IOPS). These two metrics work together, but one is more important than the other. Consider this analogy: bandwidth determines how much cargo a ship can transport in one voyage, and operational IOPS performance is how fast the ship moves. By understanding this and applying it to SSD storage, there is a clear importance set on each variable depending on the task at hand.
For casual users, especially those with laptop or desktop computers that have been upgraded to use an SSD, the naturally quick response time is enough to automatically improve the user experience. Bandwidth speed is important, but only to the extent that operational performance meets the minimum needs of the system. If an SSD has a very high bandwidth speed but a low operational performance, it will take longer to load applications and boot the computer into Windows than if the SSD offered a higher IOPS performance.


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Kaunda, former president of Zambia, will present a lecture titled "HIV/AIDS and Africa: Challenges Ahead" at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
Kaunda currently is the Balfour African President in Residence at Boston University's African Presidential Archives and Research Center. He led Zambia to independence and served as the first president of the country from 1964 to 1991.
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Sanofi Aventis is in trouble – Australian government joins hands with generic drug maker Apotex to sue Sanofi
Singapore: The Australian government has joined hands with generics manufacturer Apotex in suing Sanofi Aventis seeking millions in compensation for delaying the entry of cheaper generic versions of its blockbuster drug Clopidogrel, which is sold under the brand name, Plavix. The drug is an anti-coagulant used by heart patients and sufferers of stroke in various forms and strengths.
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There are a few things that immediately grab your attention about this show. First, the start of the series is extremely fast. They put you in the place of the main character and you know everything he does... which amount to nothing. You sit there for a moment after the first episode wondering what the hell just happened. Second, you find out an extremely interesting looking world. Third, if you can keep up, you find a brilliant concept that continues to get more in depth and interesting as the series progresses. Story: 9/10 As I said, this series starts with an extremely interesting premise and... See full review
Well, this is the first of many great series this season to finish, and it definitely did not disappoint. Anyways, on to the review! Story: 9.5/10 An extremely well constructed and well told story is the centerpiece of this series. Without spoiling, there isn't much to say except that it does a great job telling a well defined story. Sprinkled throughout are great moments of humor and tearjerking scenes. Animation: 9/10 The series doesn't have the normal mode of animation, but is certainly good. It lacks any real action scenes to push it to the limit, but it is quite pretty. The OP and the ED are both... See full review
I had been putting Fruits Basket off for a while (not completely sure why), and I finally got around to it. I can definitely say that I enjoyed the off-beat humor, romantic tension and unique story driving the series. There was an extremely wide array of personalities portrayed throughout the series as well. Anywho, I shall get along with the actual review. Story: 9/10 While much of the series, especially near the middle of the season, is mostly episodic, the individual episodes are well crafted, as is the story of the series as a whole. Almost all of the characters get a rather touching and apropriate... See full review
This series is a mixture of comedy, drama, romance, and a few more conspicuous topics such as illness, death, human experimentation, and personal identity. Every few episodes, especially in the latter half of the series, they liked to throw something controversial or deep at you to stave off the repetitiveness of the romance and comedy. Finally, they ended the series with something very unusual for the harem genre: A choice. That's right, the main character actually chooses a single girl, instantly making this series better than the vast majority of the muck that calls itself a harem. That being said, I... See full review
Personally, I find baseball, by and large, to be incredebly boring. This leads me to steer clear of baseball anime, but, in this case, I heard taht this is more of a "management" series than a baseball one, persay. Also, the idea that they were releasing an episode a day (although being during finals time, thus making it impossible for me to keep up) was very intriguing. Anyways, on to the review proper~ Story: 9/10 Although the ending wasn't exactly something that was unexpected or particularly, to quote them, "innovative," it was extremely well done. In just 10 episodes, they managed... See full review
Coming into this series, you just see another lame Magical Girl series... but what caught my eyes was the studio that was making this series- Shaft. Seeing this, I decided to give this series a try... and I am very glad that I did. It took all of my preconceived notions about what a magical girl series is, and destroyed them. That being said, if you are to only watch one Magical Girl series ever, this is the one you should try. Story: 10/10 This series is, in a word, dark. The ending, in a word, is bitter-sweet. This series manages to conceal the ending while making it painfully obvious. It manages to... See full review
Only from time to time does one receive the chance to meander across one of the game changers in anime or manga- quite literally in this case. The manga upon which this is based was made by Tezuka, the author of Astroboy and the father of manga and anime. That being said, the artwork may seem "old school" and the story may seem "clichéd," but that is because it is an old series upon which many newer series have drawn from. Anyways, onto the series. Story: 8/10 The story takes place in a somewhat dystopian future with several political factors moving at once. Although some what... See full review
This series started out with quite of bit of promise. The world in which this takes place in seems to be pretty interesting- "lost preciouses" floating around the world which have untold powers, a "society" of people, breakers, that have the ability to use these lost preciouses or would like to research them. Anways, on to the review... Story: 4/10 This is a very disappointing story. The premise was very strong, and the first arc was somewhat decent, but all they do is build a few new characters in the following arc and the final arc is... horrible. They manage to survive through a... See full review
As I watched the first episode of the series, I thought to myself "this could be a really great anime. It has everything there." Unfortunately, it didn't quite live up to these expectations; it was, by no means, a terrible anime however. The concept of dreams and how they are displayed in this series is rather interesting, and many things that are slowly revealed throughout the series are extremely interesting. Anyways, on to the story. Story: 7/10 This story is well done, but it had potential to be a lot better. A few things that they mention throughout the series which are mentioned, they just... See full review
This series has a very unusual mix of shonen, slice of life, comedy, and romance. Centered around two young, inspiring mangakas (people that want to make mangas for a living) and their love intrests, this series shows a fairly inspirational plot line filled with many a ddetermined young (and sometimes not so young) man. Story: 9/10 Well, I suppose the story isn't anything amazing, but it is well done. The two main characters go through many trials and tribulations in order to try and get a manga published in Shonen Jack, each of them for their own reason. Frustration from lack of sucess, anger between... See full review
Oh Infinite Stratos- the acclaimed "most cliched series. Ever." And I believe it does a fairly good job living up to your name. This is where many will ask "wait, are cliches all that bad? If they are done so often, doesn't that mean they have some merit?" Well, that depends. In this case- no. With a few exceptions, mainly stemming from the money pumped into this series, there is little to say was done well in this show, with one bright, shining exception, which will be latter addressed. Anyways, on to the review proper. Note, slight spoilers in the story section explaining why it is so... See full review
Star Driver, Star Driver... where do I start? From the moment I heard the phrase "ginga bishounen," or galatic pretty boy, I knew this series was either going to be something epic, or some piece of trash that I will forever regret finishing. This show was... a ride. Brilliant and stupid at the same time, constantly keeping you off-balance with over the top humor, action, and plot. While this is far from a master-piece, it is still a very entertaining series that will keep you waiting for another episode. Be it the dichotomy of school and mechas interplaying throughout the series, the rough... See full review
Ah, the long awaited sequel to Toaru Majutsu no Index finally came, and it was well received. For fans of the first season- you are in for a great ride... ending with the promise of a sequel (well, if they don't have one, I may have to commit seppuku, because they set it up for one soooooo well). Some of the main complaints about the first season- "Oh, they just go from one girl to the next, never really progressing the story line," "they just ignore so many awesome characters," etc. - are fairly well adressed. Anyways, on to the actual review.... Story : 9/10 Near the beginning of the... See full review
This is easily the least consistant series this season, and probably the least consistant series from the last few seasons as a whole. It's very common in this series to go from a hilarious episode to a very serious episode with a decent story to an episode... that was just terrible. Overall, this series is a mixture of comedy, several generally distinct genres raised to an absurb level (vampire ninjas? really?!), a bit of plot, and a lot of ecchi scenes and shots. The comedy mainly comes from the parody in the form of over the top, genre benders. Story: The story of this series seems to be largly thrown... See full review
I will preface this review with a somewhat obvious statement: If you did not like the original, you aren't going to enjoy this one. If you enjoyed the first, you will probably enjoy this one too. I will start out by saying that the first episode or two will be a punch in the stomach for those of you that were thrilled by the end of season one... because they basically go back to square one. Or worse. And it is just as... frustrating as the small set backs in season one, but, if that doesn't make you fall more in love with the series, then you probably couldn't have finished season one and wouldn't be giving... See full review
I find this review somewhat difficult to write. Starting out with this series, I couldn't keep the characters straight and found myself finding it difficult to keep interest in, but, to an extent, this series got better as it went on. The story and characters were interesting, but, being a series focussing on topics that I feel very far removed from, I simply couldn't relate. As the story progresses, it brings about more relatable events and characters, which I supposed made the series slightly more engauging and helped me keep up with it. The story is a good one, but, as I have said, the topic is just too... See full review
I did a review for the first series, and I will say, at the very least, this season is better than the first. They managed to take all the good things the first season had going for them- the art, the setting, the back story, a few of the better characters, and good music and voice actors, and grow on that. They also managed to fix the two parts of the series that made it almost intolerable- Lag's non-stop crying (oh, it's still there, but nowhere near as much) and the fact that they made the series into an episodic, letter of the week series instead of growing upon a very interesting story. Now, seeing... See full review
This series was, at the very least, a fun ride. I more or less marathoned all 51 episodes in about 3 days or so, meaning that you would think it couldn't be that bad- which it wasn't. The show managed to bounce between serious issues (at least serious within their reality) and humor while portraying more or less interesting characters. Many of the characters are well developed, although a few of the more interesting ones (the Thompson sisters and Tsubaki) are left kind of out to dry. Despite this, there are a number of developed characters and static characters going through an interesting, albeit... See full review
As you peruse through a large amount of anime, you come across many different types of series that leave unique impressions; some of these impressions will last, some will fade, some will be good, some not so good and some... well, some will be Series Experiments Lain. Lain is one of those series that, among definitely leaving a very lasting impression, it is very likely to leave you wondering what you just watched. While mixing together a large amount of philisophical questions, psychological explanations, and something of a technological anomaly in order to peace together its stroy and, in... See full review
This series, in my opinion, is one of the few that manage to have a streak of episodes near the end that all seem to be better than the last and have you wanting more for 5 or so episodes. I will admit that the middle of the series starts to drag a little bit after a strong opening, but it is more than worth it. Story: This series, although not completely original in some of their major themes, does a great job mixing together previously seperate themes while driving the plot with interesting devices and characters. While often making you ask for more at the end of an episode, they mix together great... See full review
In a time where philosophically deep yet still comprehensible series are becoming few and far between, Ergo Proxy offers a shot at fufilling a slightly more fufilling roll than most series. This, however, only lasts for about half to two thirds of the series. I believe there is a span of 5 or so episodesin the series in which I, personally, had no idea what was going on for at least the majority of the show. So much of the series went on without explanation, so much time was just skipped, that it went from a rather entertaining show to a failure. Before elaborating more on this, I'll go more into the... See full review
I have a feeling that this show is one of those that could have been great... but just fell on it's face, making me very glad they are remaking it in the near future. Anyways, onto the review!Story: Now here is a story that could be interesting. A town of yokai, lead in tandum by a young yokai mayor, a young human with the power to send yokai to "another dimension," a part yokai part human, and a council of 7 elders that are part of the pillars that make it so the yokai can stay in this town. The yokai and human work together to send back "rampaging" yokai to the other dimension. The... See full review
It has been a little while since I watched this series, but last night, as I listen to music on random trying to fall asleep, the OP for this series came on and I felt a need to write this review. I don't understand why either, but let's just go with it. This series brings together a lot of great elements: an original and interesting story, good artwork, good voice actors and good music, leaving the fact that this series was somewhat of a disappoint to be a stunning fact. Anyways, I'll get to the actual review.Story: This series focuses around Lag Seeing, a young boy living in the world of Amberground... See full review
First off, I will begin by saying that this in not an anime everyone will find enjoyable. It is very similar to a long winded Baccano!, following many different stories, making it very hard to identify with a single character that has a lot of depth. Next, the way the story is presented, it makes the series seem episodic, following a new or at least a relatively unknown set of characters from one arc to the next, almost giving it the feel of a set of sequels from one arc to the next, often ending with a character being put aside and seemingly disregarded in term of the plot. This, however, is not... See full review
While watching this series I just kept feeling that there was something... missing that could easily make it better. After finally finishing it, what could make it better makes an appearance (probably what made the second season so much more popular than the first), but, by then, it was too late for this season to be redeemed. What this series has: It tried its hand at comedy, fan service, action, and mecha battles, but none of this was quite satisfying. There was some character development, but so much of it was of the secondary characters that it seemed like a waste. There was mystery, but the... See full review
This series has two almost completely different shows fused together into one; a high impact action/scifi show, that dominates the first half of the series, and a drama focused around scifi with action spliced in, which is the latter half of the show. Whether or not you enjoy this show will, in my opinion, be determined on how well you believe they did in each of these areas. For me, the first half of the season was extremely up and down. The action in it was fairly entertaining, but the drama they attempted to put in between the action scenes weren't quite there yet. In the latter half of the... See full review
Did you love K-On!? Do you wish there was another season, but set in the 1920's?! Well, this is your show. Basically all the moe in K-On!, centered around baseball, this show, although lacking in many areas, is entertaining enough for a watch. The quality of the animation is, as expected from JC Staff, strong. The voice actors do a rather good job, portraying the rich with a snobish voice and the dull with an appropriate one as well. Although there is little character development, and the story isn't exactly revolutionary, the anime itself isn't overly boring. Finally, I would like to say I rather enjoyed... See full review
Mind Game is a movie that is almost as unique as possible. The story, the animation, and the characters are all constantly shifting, which gives it its uniqueness. The message, that strength of mind can create an infinite number of possibilities, is portrayed in a true mindf*ck fashion, often leaving the viewer wondering what actually just happened. After getting past the shock of the continual changes in animation style and the awes from realizing what just happened, the story actually starts to make sense (mostly, anyways), and it delivers in a meaningful way. The rapid changes in characters seems to... See full review


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SUNNYVALE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/14/12 -- Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR), a global technology leader in high-speed optical communications, confirmed that it will announce its fiscal second quarter 2013 financial results for the period ending October 28, 2012, at the close of market on Wednesday, December 5, 2012. The announcement will be followed by a conference call with analysts at 2:00 p.m. PST/ 5:00 p.m. EST.
Jerry Rawls, Finisar Corporation's executive Chairman of the Board; Eitan Gertel, Chief Executive Officer; and Kurt Adzema, Chief Financial Officer, will discuss financial results for the quarter and answer questions from analysts who follow the Company.
Internet access: See investor relations page at www.finisar.com.
Phone access: Domestic 1.888.516.2377 or International 1.719.457.2637. Conference ID 7734918
A replay of the webcast will be available on the investor relations page of the Company's website shortly after the call. An audio replay will be available for two weeks following the call by dialing 1.888.203.1112 (domestic) or +1.719.457.0820 (international) and then, following the prompts, enter conference ID 7734918 and provide your name, affiliation, and contact number.
About Finisar
Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) is a global technology leader for fiber optic subsystems and components that enable high-speed voice, video and data communications for telecommunications, networking, storage, wireless, and cable TV applications. For more than 20 years, Finisar has provided critical optics technologies to system manufacturers to meet the increasing demands for network bandwidth and storage. Finisar is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA with R&D, manufacturing sites, and sales offices worldwide. For additional information, visit http://investor.finisar.com.
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Oh, Edy, you poor thing. Does an ice pack help at all? I'm going to repost your request in red to make sure no one misses it.
From Edy - Prayer appreciated - I had oral surgery, today. The pain med I took, as ordered, before the local anesthetic wore off has made me so sick, I'd have rather endured the pain. I'm also supposed to take ibuprofen for its anti-inflammatory effects, but if I can't keep food down, I don't want to try the ibu on an empty stomach. Uff da!
Verna, thanks for your kind words. You're so sweet. It's just a tough time right now for so many reasons.
Don, it isn't too much warmer here. We have a low of 10 tonight. We got about 4 1/2" of snow here, but it sounds like you guys got more. There was more in WI, too, 12 1/2" north of here.
During the hot summer when the temps became unbearable for many, I patiently listened to people everywhere complain about the heat. But not me. I love the heat and I hate the cold, so I saved my best bellyaching for winter. I don't like snow, ice, cold temps, difficulty driving, people being hurt in accidents, shoveling, tightness/pain in my neck/shoulder (old work injury), sinus pressure when my heat is running (even though I try not to be close to the vents when it's running, and I use the better furnace filters that block allergens), and the cost of snow removal. We have something new in our area - a community time bank. It's basically a way to connect online with people in your community and barter. You post services that you can offer to others. If/when someone takes you up on those offers, you earn "time dollars". Then you can post a request for a service you need, and if someone provides it, you can spend your "time dollars" on that service. Anyway, I physically can't do much shoveling nor lawn mowing, so I've hired those things done. There really isn't money for that now, so I'm hoping I can get help via the time bank. It's new here, so there aren't that many people involved, so I don't know if it will pan out or not, but I'm trying it.
I counted today. 100 days until spring! I don't even like spring that much, but it means winter is behind us and summer is on the way.


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Number Sense and Variable Expressions
Includes information about whole numbers, powers, exponents, order of operations, and problem solving plans
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Statistics and Measurement
Concepts about statistics and measurement, including length, perimeter, area, drawings and maps, frequency tables, line graphs, bar graphs, circle graphs, and statistics measures such as mean, median, and mode
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Addition and Subtraction of Decimals
Presents concepts involving decimals, including an introduction to decimals, measuring metric length, how to order, round, estimate, and add or subtract decimals, as well as stem and leaf plots and how to use estimation
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Multiplication and Division of Decimals
This chapter covers: how to multiply decimals and whole numbers, the distributive property, how to multiply and divide decimals by whole numbers, how to multiply decimal powers of ten, how to divide by decimals, metric units of mass and capacity, and how to convert metric units.
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Number Patterns and Fractions
Includes information about number patterns and fractions, including prime factorization, greatest common factors, equivalent fractions, least common multiples, ordering fractions, mixed numbers, improper fractions, converting decimals to fractions, and converting fractions to decimals
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Addition and Subtraction of Fractions
Includes information on fractions, including fraction estimation, adding and subtracting fractions with like or different denominators, adding and subtracting mixed numbers, subtracting mixed numbers by renaming, understanding elapsed time, box and whisker plots, and a problem solving strategy involving drawing a diagram.
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Multiplication and Division of Fractions
This chapter covers: how to multiply fractions and whole numbers, how to multiply fractions, how to multiply mixed numbers, how to divide fractions, how to divide mixed numbers, customary units for weight and capacity, and how to convert customary units.
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Ratios, Proportions, and Percents
Includes information about ratios, proportions, and percents, including rates, solving proportions, scale drawings, finding the percent of a number, and using a proportion in a problem solving strategy
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Geometry and Measurement
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This post is from Brad Krautwurst, who is interning with the Richmond Public Library in Virginia.
Last month, the Library of Congress released its Books that Shaped America, a list of the 88 most influential books written by and for Americans. It includes everything from The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care by Benjamin Spock (1946) to The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (1963) to Beloved by Toni Morrison (1987). It coincides with an exhibition showing off the originals of these books at the Library of Congress -- which I saw over the weekend, but unfortunately have no pictures, due to the Library's rules prohibiting photography of the exhibit.
The last few weeks, during my time staffing the computer lab, I have been working on a display, in cooperation with a coworker of mine named Ellen, showing off these books, as well as pointing patrons toward a survey duplicating the survey the Library of Congress published. We hope, at the end of the D.C. exhibition's run, to have RPL's results to compare them with the Library of Congress'. I have been slowly but surely categorizing the books into something more compelling than "fiction" and "nonfiction" for the purposes of the display, formatting the Library of Congress' book descriptions, and preparing a version of the list that notes the few instances where our library system just doesn't carry the book. I'm proud to say that we have most of the list, excepting things like A Survey of the Roads of the United States of America by Christopher Colles (1789) and A Curious Hieroglyphick Bible (1788).
I've divided the books into seven different categories: American mythos; American poetry and plays; movers and shakers; prominent American literature; science and science fiction; children's and young adult books; and the rest.
American mythos contains famous figures in American history, such as Frederick Douglass and Thomas Paine, who have almost become mythological in their importance to American history. American poetry and plays explains itself and contains selections from Tennessee Williams, Emily Dickinson, and Langston Hughes, among others. Movers and shakers is a particularly interesting category for me, as it includes books that have been so influential on America so as to change the very course of public opinion: books such as Randy Shilts' And the Band Played On (1987) or How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis (1890). American literature contains a vast array of works, such as Margaret Mitchell's 1936 epic Gone with the Wind and Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Science and science fiction houses both Carl Sagan's Cosmos and James B. Watson's The Double Helix. Children's and young adult contains Margaret Wise Brown's classic 1947 picture book Goodnight Moon and Jack London's The Call of the Wild. Finally, "the rest" includes books that simply didn't fit anywhere else, such as The Education of Henry Adams and Joy of Cooking.
If I have time over the last few weeks of my internship, I plan to put together a list of further reading, books that comprehensively look at ideas explored in these books. For now, though, the display looks great, I'm proud of it, and I hope patrons participate in the survey! If you'd like, you can take the survey the Library of Congress offered here.


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The image will reappear after the 26th. Evidently there is a bandwidth limit attached to Photo Bucket. And unfortunately I hit that limit. So once the 26th roles around the images should start popping back up.
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Management consultant offers tips, techniques at Binghamton University seminar
Binghamton University will bring management consultant Glenn Shepard to Syracuse for two one-day seminars to be held at the Holiday Inn Syracuse/Airport Area, 441 Electronics Parkway, Liverpool, NY.
The first seminar, "Managing Problem Employees and Difficult Supervisory Situations," will be held on Monday, August 26, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The seminar provides a cost-effective way of learning how to handle people, problems, and priorities more efficiently while discovering the inside secrets of successful managers.
Participants will learn how to:
• Legally hire and fire
• Motivate employees
• Slash turnover
• Encourage employees to show up for work on time
• Reduce absenteeism by 50 percent
• End insubordination
• Mediate disputes between employees
• Hone in on tell tale signs on job applications that will save from hiring the wrong people.
Tuition costs are $159.
"How To Get People To Pay" will be the topic of the second one-day seminar and will be held on Tuesday, August 27, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The seminar offers bookkeepers, office managers, business owners, accountants or anyone who collects their own accounts receivables, an opportunity to:
• Learn how to make collection letters work the first time around
• Discover new strategies for getting honest answers
• Determine methods of speeding up chronic slow payers
• Search for anyone, anywhere and locate their assets
• Develop methods of collecting debt from individuals and businesses
Tuition costs are $149. This seminar earns Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits for Certified Public Accountants (CPA).
Shepard, a management consultant based in Nashville, Tennessee, will instruct both seminars. He created the material for both seminars and has facilitated the programs at a variety of venues across the United States.
For more information or to register for the seminars, contact Cindy Edwards at 1-800-538-4595.


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Free Family Fun
Art Tales & Mini Masters
11 AM, November 16
Use your imagination to wander into a forest depicted in a painting by
Thomas Gainsborough as professional storyteller Harlynne Geisler
shares the Italian fairytale, "The Adventures of Bona and Nello."
Afterward, families gather outside the museum and get creative as kids
create their very own artwork using the drawing techniques of master
Ages 5+ are welcome.
Admission and art materials are free.
No reservations required.
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In his role as Director of Social and Branded Content, Bailey S. Barnard oversees all of Robb Report's social media and its online sponsored and branded content, in addition to spearheading digital content development. He previously served as editor of RobbReport.com, and an associate editor for the print magazine, covering the home-electronics, personal-technology, private-aviation, yachting, and craft-brew industries and occasionally writing stories in the automotive, travel, spirits, and dining categories. Formerly, he served as gear editor and a contributing writer for TONEAudio, a web publication focusing on music and high-fidelity audio equipment, and as the editor in chief and creative director of a student-run art and literary magazine at the University of Iowa, where he studied literature, creative writing, journalism, and art history. He has also edited and designed the North American newsletter of an international nonprofit organization. He is an amateur musician and aspiring novelist. He publishes his creative writing on his website, www.plightofthepoet.com, and he is currently seeking publication of his first novel. Barnard is also an avid cook and proud home brewer.