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This is a challenge-based activity set designed to have students explore and research the Magnetospheric MultiScale Mission (MMS). Students will explore the purpose and relevance of the mission as well as the scientific methodologies. Activities... (View More) include application of the scientific method, problem solving strategies, research, collaboration, critical thinking and communication. Links to resources and appropriate web 2.0 tools are provided through a shared livebinder. (View Less)
This is a lesson about the magnetic field of a bar magnet. The lesson begins with an introductory discussion with learners about magnetism to draw out any misconceptions that may be in their minds. Then, learners freely experiment with bar magnets... (View More) and various materials, such as paper clips, rulers, copper or aluminum wire, and pencils, to discover that magnets attract metals containing iron, nickel, and/or cobalt but not most other materials. Next, learners experiment with using a magnetic compass to discover how it is affected by the magnet and then draw the magnetic field lines of the magnet by putting dots at the location of the compass arrow. This is the first lesson in the first session of the Exploring Magnetism teacher guide. (View Less)
This is a lesson to demonstrate magnetic field lines in 2- and 3-dimensions. In the first activity, learners sprinkle iron filings over a magnet underneath a paper and record their observations. The second activity involves building a 3-D magnetic... (View More) field visualizer using a clear plastic bottle, a cow magnet and iron filings. This is the second lesson in the first session of the "Exploring Magnetism" teacher guide. (View Less)
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This is a design challenge about heat transfer and insulation. Learners will apply the scientific method to design and build a container that will keep items cool when placed in boiling water. They will practice collaboration in team-building and in... (View More) teamwork. This is lesson 4 of 4 at the Grade 9-12 range of the module, Staying Cool. (View Less)
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This is a lesson about infrared radiation. Learners will investigate invisible forms of light as they conduct William Herschel's experiment and subsequent discovery of infrared radiation. They will construct a device to measure the presence of... (View More) infrared radiation in sunlight, explain that visible light is only part of the electromagnetic spectrum of radiation emitted by the Sun, follow the path taken by Herschel through scientific discovery, explain why we would want to use infrared radiation to study Mercury and other planets, and explain how excess infrared radiation is a concern for the MESSENGER mission. This is activity 1 of 4 at the Grade 5-8 band of "Staying Cool." (View Less)
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Chatsworth House The Duke and Duchess of Devonshire are at home in the 300-room Chatsworth House on the estate which has been in the Duke's family for 450 years, and are preparing the house to be open to the public. Everyone has a role to play, and the duke and duchess join the annual litter clean up around the estate. Part 1 of 3G
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Pioneers of Television "Miniseries" Stars of "Roots," the genre's biggest hit, talk about the groundbreaking series - Le Var Burton, Louis Gossett Jr., Leslie Uggams, Ben Vereen and Ed Asner. The episode also considers the first miniseries, "Rich Man, Poor Man" with stars Peter Strauss and Susan Blakely offering fresh insights. Stars of the landmark miniseries "The Thorn Birds" provide commentary on it.G
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Silicon Valley: American Experience The film spotlights the creativity of the young men who founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957, in particular the charismatic young physicist Robert Noyce. Their radical innovations would include the integrated circuit that helped make the United States a leader in both space exploration and the personal computer revolution, and transform semirural Santa Clara County into the hub of technological ingenuity known as Silicon Valley.G
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The Mysterious Lost State of Franklin When North Carolina ceded its western land to the U.S. government, some of the citizens of the territory began their own government, calling it the State of Franklin. North Carolina rescinded the cession but the State of Franklin continued to struggle for four chaotic years, ending in violence and a failed bid to become the country's 14th state. Scholarly interviews and re-enactments tell the story that is filmed in eastern Tennessee.G
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WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United States put Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on notice on Monday that it believes he was responsible for using chemical weapons against civilians last week in what Secretary of State John Kerry called a "moral obscenity."
"President (Barack) Obama believes there must be accountability for those who would use the world's most heinous weapons against the world's most vulnerable people," Kerry said in the most forceful U.S. reaction yet to the August 21 attack.
Speaking after U.N. chemical weapons experts came under sniper fire on their way to investigate the scene of the attack, White House spokesman Jay Carney said the use of chemical weapons was undeniable and "there is very little doubt in our mind that the Syrian regime is culpable."
Kerry said Obama was consulting with allies before he decides on how to respond.
"What we saw in Syria last week should shock the conscience of the world," Kerry told reporters.
"The indiscriminate slaughter of civilians, the killing of women and children and innocent bystanders by chemical weapons is a moral obscenity. By any standard, it is inexcusable. And despite the excuses and equivocations that some have manufactured, it is undeniable."
Military chiefs from the United States and its European and Middle Eastern allies met in Jordan for what could be a council of war, should they decide to punish Assad, who has denied using chemical weapons and blamed rebels for staging such attacks.
Many hundreds of people died in Damascus suburbs in what appears to have been the worst chemical weapons attack since Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein fatally gassed thousands of Kurds in 1988.
U.N. investigators crossed the front line from the center of the capital, which remains under Assad's control, to inspect the Mouadamiya suburb, one of at least four neighborhoods hit by the poison gas before dawn last Wednesday.
The United Nations said one vehicle in its convoy was crippled by gunshots fired by "unidentified snipers." The team continued on after turning back for a replacement car.
Syrian state television blamed rebel "terrorists" for the shooting. The opposition blamed pro-Assad militiamen.
"I am with the team now," a doctor who uses the name Abu Karam told Reuters by telephone from Mouadamiya. "We are in the Rawda mosque and they are meeting with the wounded. Our medics and the inspectors are talking to the patients and taking samples from the victims now."
Wassim al-Ahmad, an opposition activist, said members of the Free Syrian Army umbrella rebel organization and the opposition's Mouadamiya Local Council were accompanying the inspectors on their tour of the suburb.
"The inspectors are now examining victims being treated at a makeshift hospital in Mouadamiya and are taking blood samples from them," Ahmad said.
Video filmed at the site showed inspectors in black and blue body armor and blue U.N. helmets walking through a street as curious onlookers came up to watch.
They shook hands with men who appeared to be rebels wearing camouflage vests, and were accompanied by doctors and residents. The group descended into the basement of a building where they were told injured survivors were being treated to protect them from more shelling. Another video showed an inspector interviewing a patient and taking notes.
Activists say at least 80 people were killed in Mouadamiya when the district was hit with poison gas. Hundreds of people also were killed in three other rebel-held districts - Irbin, Ain Tarma and Jobar.
An opposition activist said a large crowd of people gathered to air their grievances to the U.N. inspectors, who planned to take samples from corpses.
The inspectors later returned to their hotel and, within an hour, residents reported the shelling of Mouadamiya had resumed.
The decision to proceed with the mission despite coming under attack thwarted an apparent attempt to halt the inspectors' work before it began.
"The first vehicle of the Chemical Weapons Investigation Team was deliberately shot at multiple times by unidentified snipers in the buffer zone area," the United Nations said in a statement. "It has to be stressed again that all sides need to extend their cooperation so that the team can safely carry out their important work."
The inspectors had been stuck in a downtown hotel since the attack, waiting five days for government permission to visit the scene a few miles away. They had arrived three days before the incident, with a mandate to investigate earlier reports of more limited chemical weapons use.
Kerry said Assad's decision to finally allow access was too late to be credible. "That is not the behavior of a government that has nothing to hide," Kerry said, adding that Assad's forces had also destroyed evidence by shelling the area.
"Our sense of basic humanity is offended not only by this cowardly crime, but also by the cynical attempt to cover it up," Kerry said.
He said the U.N. inspectors could at most confirm that chemical weapons were used, not who used them, but that it was Assad's government that has such weapons and the means of delivering them. He said Washington had additional information on the attack that it would make known soon.
Washington and its allies say they worry that the time that has elapsed, and continuous shelling by Assad's forces of the affected areas, could make it impossible for the inspectors to collect evidence. The United Nations said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was confident the team could get the data it needs.
Speculation has been mounting that Western countries will order some kind of military response to an incident that took place a year after Obama declared the use of chemical weapons a "red line" that would require strong action.
With his international credibility seen increasingly on the line, Obama could opt for limited measures such as cruise missile strikes to punish Assad and seek to deter further chemical attacks, without dragging Washington deeper into the war. The United States has started a naval buildup in the region to be ready for Obama's decision.
In neighboring Israel, citizens have been queuing up for gas masks in case Assad responds to a Western attack by firing on Israel, as Iraq's Saddam did in 1991.
With tensions rising over Syria, British Prime Minister David Cameron cut short a holiday to lead a top-level security meeting. Obama, Cameron and French President Francois Hollande all spoke to each other and other allies in the past few days in a flurry of phone calls. Cameron also called Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
Several NATO countries have issued statements pledging a response, although none has been specific about what is planned.
Top military officers of the United States, Britain, France, other NATO allies and the main anti-Assad countries in the region, including Saudi Arabia and Turkey, met in Jordan on Monday to discuss Syria, diplomats there said.
The conference was planned but took on new significance because of the latest events, the diplomats said.
The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Martin Dempsey, a co-host of the meeting with his Jordanian counterpart, has been one of the voices in Washington urging caution and emphasizing the costs of a full-scale military intervention in a war in the heart of the Middle East.
Obama, who withdrew U.S. troops from Iraq and is winding down the conflict in Afghanistan, is reluctant to involve the United States in another war. A Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Saturday showed about 60 percent of Americans opposed U.S. military intervention, while only 9 percent thought Obama should act.
Assad denies the accusations that his forces used chemical weapons and said the United States would be defeated if it intervened in his country.
"Would any state use chemicals or any other weapons of mass destruction in a place where its own forces are concentrated? That would go against elementary logic," he told the Russian newspaper Izvestia. "Failure awaits the United States as in all previous wars it has unleashed, starting with Vietnam and up to the present day."
Russia, Assad's main arms supplier and diplomatic defender in the U.N. Security Council, says rebels may have been behind the chemical attack. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said any intervention in Syria without a Security Council resolution would be a grave violation of international law.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius noted that Russia and China would probably veto a U.N. Security Council vote to allow strikes against Syria. But British Foreign Secretary William Hague said it would still be possible to respond to a chemical weapons attack without the Security Council's permission.
There are precedents. In 1999 NATO attacked Serbia, a Russian ally, without a Security Council resolution, arguing that action was needed to protect civilians in Kosovo.
Turkey, a NATO ally and major backer of Syria's opposition, said it would join any international coalition even if a decision for action could not be reached at the United Nations.
Additional reporting by Mariam Karouny in Beirut, Khaled Yacoub Oweis in Amman, John Irish in Paris, Katya Golubkova in Moscow, Steve Holland and Paul Eckert in Washington.; Writing by Matt Spetalnick and Claudia Parsons; Editing by Bill Trott and Christopher Wilson


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Frank Crone of Glen Haven surveys damage to his property on Monday. Crone counts himself among the lucky as he had electricty and running water when he returned to his home after the flood.
A dumpster and an SUV rest in a gully above Glen Haven formed by last week's flood. Roads, property and lives were lost in the single largest flood event in the state's history.
Brown water rushes past a gap in a bridge on Monday created by the weekend flooding along Fall River Road. A lot of inferstructure was damaged in the flooding.
Piles of refuse clog the south side of Lake Estes on Monday. The pile includes matresses, bottles, coolers, pieces of homes and human waste.
One book shows mud from last week's flood in the Estes Valley Public Library on Saturday. The library suffered only minor damage to carpets and a very few books.
Local TV broadcaster and producer Nick Molle addresses the town's daily flood update on Sunday. The town will continue the 10 a.m. information update meetings through the emergency, and the public library will show the meetings as well as the rebroadcasts at noon and 4 p.m.
Waste Mangement "Porto-lets" sit at the Estes Park High School on Monday. The poratable toilets were delivered as the school sits in the town's "No-Flush" zone.
Estes Park school children sit at the high school on Monday. Students can be dropped of at the district's schools as if a normal school day, but classes are not in session during this week.
Estes Park school district officials stand and answer questions in the back of the daily town hall meeting on Saturday. SChools and school activities are cnacelled for the week, with officials hoping to reassess the situation at week's end.
A local has a hard time looking at the destruction on Elkhorn Avenue on Friday. Most of the businesses in the downtown section of Elkhorn Avenue suffered some damage from the historic flood.


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What the Fiscal Cliff Deal Means for Georgians
To avoid the tax increases and spending cuts that economists feared might send the country back into recession, Congress on Tuesday passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. The bill ensures that the majority of Americans will pay the lower Bush-era tax rates permanently and offers federal lawmakers an additional two months to grapple with spending cuts.
To afford this tax relief, the bill stipulates that individuals who earn $400,000 a year and couples who earn $450,000 a year will pay a higher tax rate on that income. Higher income taxpayers will also note a limit on their itemized deductions and personal exemptions.
Even with this bill, though, the fiscal cliff presents several challenges, says State Fiscal Economist Kenneth Heaghney.
"What has been done has only addressed one of those pieces and only in a partial way," he says.
According to Heaghney, while lawmakers have addressed the tax increases that threatened to destabilize families' budgets, they have yet to tackle the array of spending cuts and the structural imbalance in the federal budget. In the coming months, federal lawmakers will still have to compromise on cuts to defense and social programs and come to an agreement about the debt limit.
Because the fiscal cliff legislation never aimed to prevent the payroll tax cuts from expiring, Heaghney adds, you'll soon see more money coming out of your paycheck. Offered as temporary relief to families during the worst of the recession, those tax cuts have expired. You'll now contribute 2% more with each paycheck to fund Social Security.
If you'd like to learn more, read the full text of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.
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Noralil Ryan Fores writes about business, taxes, elections and the environment for GeorgiaGov. She's a graduate of Florida State University's film school and Syracuse University's journalism program.
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Mayor Don Wesely today announced the "Adopt-a-Sign" program that will allow neighborhoods to donate funds to replace street name signs. The city is replacing street name signs in 25 to 30 percent of the city's residential areas, but funds have not been budgeted for sign replacement in most neighborhoods.
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Mayor Coleen J. Seng today presented awards to the top participants in "Clean Your Files Week." The week of April 17, more than 37,000 pounds of paper were recycled by the 23 offices and schools that participated in the local event, which encourages recycling to support Earth Day.
"There are three things that make this program valuable and worthwhile: the high value of office and copier paper collected, the environmental benefits resulting from recycling the paper and the savings to our landfill," said Mayor Seng. "I recycle at work and at home, and I encourage everyone to recycle year-round."
City Recycling Coordinator Gene Hanlon said the amount of paper recycled locally this year represents an environmental savings of 300 trees and 55 cubic yards of landfill space. Hanlon said over the past seven years, the program has become an established activity at many businesses and schools throughout the community. Lincoln has recycled close to 275,000 pounds of paper since the event began.
For the third year in a row, Ameritas Life Insurance Corporation collected the largest amount of paper of any organization participating in the event. Ameritas collected about 14,476 pounds of paper. Awards also were presented to:
"Clean Your Files Week" is organized by Recycling at Work, a campaign of the National Office Paper Recycling Project, a public-private partnership managed by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, with the help of "Clean Your Files" national sponsors. Local sponsors include the City of Lincoln, Midland Recycling, the Lincoln Public Schools and WasteCap of Nebraska.


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Exactly one week from today, 90% of Americans will celebrate Thanksgiving by gobbling nearly 700 million pounds of turkey. With the overwhelming number of turkey hotlines and tutorials already available, I'm here to share something more important -- Thanksgiving sides and desserts. I've culled my archives and freelance pieces and have chosen my favorite Thanksgiving recipes to share. I hope some of them become favorites in your house as well.
Appetizers, Sauces, Soups, and Salads:
Thanksgiving Popcorn! (above)
Spicy Rosemary Nuts
Spiced Persimmon and Pecan Muffins (published in Cooking Light)
Savory Butternut Squash Muffins with Apples, Caramelized Onions, and Cheddar Cheese
Homemade Cranberry, Raisin, and Walnut Apple Sauce
Cranberry, Pineapple, and Walnut Relish (published on Food52)
Velvety Butternut Squash and Chestnut Soup (above)
Roasted Purple Cauliflower and Arugula Salad
Dandelion, Persimmon, and Medjool Date Salad (below)
Southern-Style Greens: Collards with Ham Hock (published on NPR's Kitchen Window)
Roasted Kabocha Squash with an Orange-Honey Glaze
Roasted Root Vegetables with Pomegranate Molasses and Rosemary (below)
Rosemary Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Shallots (published in Cooking Light)
Minted Apple and Almond Stuffed Carnival Squash
String Beans with Prosciutto, Pine Nuts, and Meyer Lemon (below)
Best Ever Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Fresh Fig, Walnut, and Rosemary Upside-Down Cake
Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Cranberries, Raisins, and Pecans
Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Maple and Pecans
Pumpkin Pie Pudding (published in Cooking Light, courtesy photo below)
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Former Utilities Superintendent and three other Grafton city workers plead not guilty to stealing city property.
Four city workers in Grafton accused of stealing city property have pleaded not guilty.
The charges are filed against former Utilities Superintendent Brent McMillan and three of his employees, Brady Strom, Russell Geddes and Kelly Laskowske.
All four were fired in June. The City Council reinstated Geddes and Laskowske last week, but Walsh County State's Attorney Barbara Whelan tells the Grand Forks Herald (http://bit.ly/NpIhte ) that she still plans to prosecute them.
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This is my first tutorial for survival.
It about potions(kind of obvious I guess).
What is essential: A cauldron (7 iron like upside down pants ) A brewing stand (1 blaze rod in the middle 3 cobble underneath)
Glass Bottles(glass in the same way as buckets) and water(a infinite water source). AND THE MOST IMPORTANT WHICH YOU CANNOT BREW MOST POTIONS WITHOUT IS NETHER WART, which is easily found in nether fortress or bought cheap in the shop.
Step one: place the cauldron preferably near the brewing stand along with a infinite water source with chests.
Then but water inside the cauldron with a bucket, then right click the bottles on the cauldron to get water bottles and you can refill the cauldron and repeat but ftm you just need 3 water bottles(3 per filled cauldron).
Step 2: Find which potion you want!
there is fire resistance ,Water breathing ,strength ,weakness ,regeneration, poison ,instant heal ,instant damage ,speed ,slowness and I think I might have missed some tell me if you find a missing potion here.
Fire Resistance: 100% resistance to fire Water Breathing: hold your breath longer underwater Strength:Gives you more power Weakness: Lowers your power Regeneration: Regenerates your health through time Poison: Lowers your health to half a heart or one hit-point Instant heal: Heals instantly your health Instant Damage: Instantly Damages your opponent Speed:Makes you run faster Slowness: Makes you run slower
Each one has to have a Awkward potion plus another item, except for weakness potions, which are any potion item that's not nether wart glowstone or redstone, which you put a fermented spider eye and yeah.
Anyways Fire resistance =Awkward potion+magma cream water breathing =Awkward potion + puffer fish strength=Awkward Potion +blaze powder weakness=strength +fermented spider eye instant heal=Awkward+glistering melon poison=Awkward potion +spider eye regeneration =Awkward potion+ghast tear(so sad ) instant damage=instant heal+ fermented spider eye speed=Awkward potion +sugar slowness=speed+ fermented spider eye
Step 3: GO CRAZY!!!
Use them or sell them or do what you want with them!!! throw them at lava if you feel like it !
here is other tips:
For potions that make your opponent weaker use splash potions, which is the potion+gunpower. This can be used for any potion but the time reduces so for buffs, even if its faster, it could land on your opponent and str II would not be a good thing
make the 2nd tier with the potion plus glowstone Note that some don't have 2nd tiers or make it longer with redstone Note some dont go longer.
Challenger+ have a /v b for a virtual brewing stand which can also store the potions to not waste space in /v c
Recipes: Magma cream: found by magma cubes in nether fortresses or made by one slimeball and one blaze powder.
Blaze Powder: put a blaze rod into a crafting area to give you two
Fermented Spider Eye: Put one spider eye one brown mushroom and one sugar in a crafting area
Glistering Melon: 8 gold nuggets around a melon in the middle in a crafting table
Hope you enjoy it and if nothing or something isn't clear post down below and I will make it more understandable


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After action report 3-25-2007
Jay's Star Wars Game #3
Corrections and refinements requested
Characters -
Howard - Sti Unke, Tech, Owner and Captain
Lafe - Al'tair, a Cerean Healer.
Broc - Josh Carson, a former Soldier
Sandi - Elizabeth Hoban, also a former Soldier
Carol - Rutger Vosk, a Charismatic gad about, now working as the ship's business manager
NPC - R2-J9786, the ship's trusty Astromech.
The Ship - The Ponderous is a stock YT-1300 with the exception that STi Unke has added a set of quad laser cannon
During this session Howard says he may not be present at next weeks game due to a Mega fragging LAN. Sti-Unke delegates Josh to be his XO, in charge should he be unavailable
A long time ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
The Crew of the Ponderous have found themselves in an Alternate Universe where things are different from the universe they call home. Seeking work to earn money for ship's repair - they have been hired by Jon Hampton to find his missing sister Muriel..
As the session opens Josh and Elizabeth claw at each other, having banter.
Elizabeth takes calling cards from Jon Hampton to gain access to the friends of Mirram and ask them for information. Elizabeth and Rutger leave to go visit the first on their list, Aicha Smythe
They find that the wealthy on Coruscant live in enormous apartment buildings with aggressive security and access control.
Aicha Smythe is not terribly helpful, not having much memory for details. Although she reinforces the notion that Muriel was in conflicut with her domineering mother.
Tovi Mitchell - was met in a library which sported the heads of dozens of scary monsters from all over the galaxy - and a collection of expensive delicate and enormously deadly hunting blasters. She tells that the girls known as Murriel's friends were of the same social circle and occasionally overlapped in terms of interests. Elizabeth concludes that Tovi's escape is by being mean to living creatures
Sti Unke - Sti Unke goes to a Spacer bar, The Battered Coffee Pot, and asks around, utterly failing to find anything of interest to the investigation or much of anything else. (Howard Dice were arguing with him)
Josh and Al'tair go to a "hive of Scum and Villany" called "The Hammer" - Al'tair goes behind the bar and uses his skill at pharmaceutical improvisation to create hang-over cure potion, which he starts selling. The Bartender irate, forces Al'Tair to begin mioxuing Drinks and actually tending bar if he's going to invade the work space. Al'tair spends the rest of the night learning to bar tend on the fly and splitting the proceeds of his hang over cure potion with the Bar. Josh does nothing but drink and lightly socialize - and enjoys not having anything excitingly stupid happen.
Natasha Simington - Elizabeth and Rutger make the same sort of entrance and are introduced to Natasha in her study. Natasha is studying architecture, and has detailed models and plans. She explains that for people of her social class appearance is very important so young ladies are compressed into socially acceptable roles, against which many struggle. Natasha explains that the Band which is the source of Murriel's circle of friends was formed in high school, but forcibly disbanded when their parents discovered that the girls intended to go play for an audience.
Jorunn Hanamaker - Elizabeth and Rutger find Jorunn a tiny little pixie of a girl who is grimly practicing martial arts. Each of the girls is seeking her own escape from being a socially acceptable decoration.
Jorunn points out - Spacer Bar A; Spacer Bar B; Spacer Bar C; MD-Alpha and MD-Beta
As places where Murriel liked to hang out as part of her rebellion.
Sti-Unke researches the net, finding social pages and occasional tame gossip pieces, until he finds "The Smoking Blaster" - this website shows information carefully gleaned from police reports, leaks and other sources. TSB is ryun by a conspiracy nut who seems to fel that Coruscant is in the grip of an Iron Fisted Elite who use influence, bribes and even darker crimes to evade the law, and rule Coruscant Deeply unfairly.
The Metaphor I used was Lyndon LaRouche's view of the Rothschild dynsasty - which is paranoid and loopy.
BUT - Sti Unke discovers that Mark Darklighter is a thug with a mysterious luck in court. He runs Two hidden elite gambling/drinking/illegal activity clubs called Mark Darklighter Alpha and Mark Darklighter - Beta. (Accuse MD of being unorigiinal and you may wind up sleeping with the fishes)
Unke reads that there have been a continuous stream of crimes near MD Alpha and MD Beta, but nothing unusual ever seems to happen INSIDE the clubs.
Unke reads that Muriel Hampton has been sen entering and leaving MD Alpha and MD Beta with other rich people, celebrities and occasional shady characters.
Unke reads that Muriel and Natasha were involved in a vague shooting incident in the lower levels of the City - and iincident that seems to relate back to MD beta. This incident happened a yar ago.
Unke also reads that Jon Hampton has been seen entering and leaving MD-Alpha and MD-Beta in the company of rich girls and celebrities.
Helenn Goldsun - Elizabeth and Rutger visit Helenn and learn more of the tension between the girls and the parents of the rich on Coruscant. Helenn cuts the interview off short.
Zumurrud - Elizabeth and Rutger find Zumurrud also a hunter, but not as seemingly blood thirsty, a similar collection of weapons, not in as obvious a display and pictures instead of mounted trophies. Zumurrud outlines that Muriel was seeking company of scuzzy spacers, and that she probably has left with one of them, seeking to escape the domination of her very strong willed mother.
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(CNN) -- David Stottlemyre was inside an oil field repair shop in El Reno, Oklahoma, when he saw a tornado "looking at us dead in the eye."
The lifelong Oklahoman said he and two co-workers stayed inside as the building took a direct hit; the roof collapsed and the structure blew apart. Though the three survived unscathed, "We're all pretty shook up," the oil field mechanic told CNN. "Surreal, really no other way to explain it."
Friday evening's twisters killed at least nine people, two of them children, and injured scores more in Oklahoma, the office of the city's medical examiner said. Five victims had not been identified.
Canadian County Undersheriff Chris West said the seven fatalities in his county were inside vehicles.
Oklahoma City-area hospitals treated 104 people for injuries related to the storm, the state health department said. Eleven were still being treated as of 5:15 p.m. (6:15 p.m. ET), hospital officials said.
A National Weather Service survey team found damage indicating an EF3 tornado had struck near El Reno, 25 miles west of Oklahoma City. EF3s pack gusts of 136 to 165 mph. The strongest tornado is an EF5.
It measured peak rainfall of 7.9 inches 45 miles east of Oklahoma City, outside Meeker.
The storms came less than two weeks after a monstrous EF5 tornado turned parts of Moore, a suburb of Oklahoma City, into rubble.
"There's just no rest," city spokeswoman Kristy Yager said.
In all, 17 tornadoes were reported in the Midwest. The number was expected to change when officials conduct storm surveys, said Kurt Van Speybroeck, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
At one point, some 200,000 customers were without power in the Midwest, most of them in Missouri and Oklahoma, though that number fell significantly as Saturday wore on. Three Oklahoma City-area medical facilities were running on generators Saturday, the health department said.
Tornado damage 'sobering'
While twisters damaged houses in Missouri and Illinois, Oklahoma City and its surrounding areas, including El Reno and Union City, were hit hardest.
The storm system swatted down power lines and uprooted trees, flicked big rigs on their sides and yanked off part of the terminal roof at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport, where some 1,500 area residents had taken shelter in a tunnel.
"We're just grateful we were able to get everybody down there," airport spokeswoman Karen Carney told CNN.
A power outage and debris on the runway -- caused by 80 mph winds, not a tornado -- at one point forced the airport to cancel all flights.
Service resumed Saturday, when the lights flickered back on to reveal water damage to the walls, counters and floors, Carney said.
One twister tore open Kris Meritt's parents' brick house like a carton, sucking out its contents and tossing most of them onto the lawn.
It spared the walls and part of the roof, then moved on to raze the house next door.
The parents returned to survey the damage, but rushed off when another tornado was headed their way.
"It's a sobering thing to think about life, and to see all your memories just tossed about," Merritt said. "Everything from your childhood on up."
Though Friday's tornadoes were not as strong as the EF5 twister that killed 24 people on May 20, fear drove some people into their cars to flee, ignoring warnings not to drive.
Officials described parts of Interstates 35 and 40 near Oklahoma City as "a parking lot."
"People were actually driving southbound in the northbound lanes to try and get out of the way," said storm chaser Dave Holder.
J. Marshall Shepherd, president of the American Meteorological Society and director of the Atmospheric Sciences Program at the University of Georgia, said Saturday that should not have occurred.
"We knew well in advance these storms were going to be quite dangerous," he told CNN. "The weather service was crystal clear, to stay off the roads after 4 p.m. yesterday."
In Moore, the storms affected residents still picking up the pieces from the previous disaster.
"There's damage everywhere," Mayor Glenn Lewis told CNN's Anderson Cooper.
'Overwhelmed' by rains, flooding
Most of Lewis' already devastated town blacked out Friday night, with flooded streets adding to the headaches.
"I can't even get home to see if my house is OK," the Moore mayor said Friday night.
Eight to 11 inches of rain hosed Oklahoma City, drenching the area, Yager said.
An inch of water pooled on the first floor of City Hall, and apartments in low-lying areas of town were hit harder.
"We've seen widespread flooding throughout the entire 621 square miles," she said.
Flooding stranded some motorists.
"We saw flooding in areas that we don't see flooding," said police Lt. Jay Barnett. "We were overwhelmed."
3 die by drowning in Missouri
The impact of the severe weather spread beyond Oklahoma.
A powerful storm caused major damage to a gymnasium of Gillespie High School in southwestern Illinois, with bricks piled up from what had been the gym's front now piled up on the school's lawn, Gillespie Mayor John Hicks said. Seven to 10 homes were destroyed, and more than 30 others suffered damage, in the storm.
Thankfully, though, no one died or was significantly injured in the town of about 3,400 people. Gillespie's mayor said things might have been much different had the storm struck next week, when hundreds were set to gather not far from the high school for a celebration called Black Diamond Days.
In Missouri, Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency, as the storm front moved into his state stripping sidings and roofs off homes and causing deadly flooding.
A tornado in St. Charles and St. Louis counties left a path "over 10 miles of significant damage ... that caused dozens and dozens of houses to be literally blown up," the governor told CNN affiliate KSDK on Saturday.
Aerial video from CNN affiliate KMOV showed the second floors of several homes ripped apart, with houses to the front and behind still standing. In one home, a man walked across the exposed second floor, walls and roof gone, at one point picking up what appeared to be a picture as he negotiated debris on all sides. Nearby, shirts still hung on one side of what used to be a closet.
Also damaged was the 10,000-seat Family Arena in St. Charles, county spokesman Colene McEntee told CNN. The damage led three high schools in the Francis Howell school district to cancel graduation ceremonies that had been scheduled for Saturday, KSDK reported.
No one was killed in that tornado, but three people drowned in the state, according to Nixon. Problems with high waters aren't necessarily going away, especially in the southern part of the state.
"Waters are rising, floods are still occurring, and we're asking people to be very safe," the governor said Saturday afternoon.
Moore re-traumatized
In Moore, the howls of civil defense sirens sent storm-weary residents scrambling again.
Candace Looper retreated to her windowless laundry room with her cat and stacked couch pillows on top of her.
"I've been praying, and I've been singing 'The Lord's Prayer' and singing 'Amazing Grace,' so I'm OK," she told CNN.
LaDonna Cobb and her husband, Steve, were with their children at their school on May 20 when a tornado demolished the building.
A photograph of Steve Cobb carrying one of their daughters with his wife looking to him with blood on her face emerged as a symbol of Moore's suffering and resilience.
Friday's tornadoes drove them into a shelter and put fear into their hearts again.
"We're terrified," Cobb told CNN's Piers Morgan.
The second tornado was particular unsettling for their children.
"They were not handling it very well. They were pretty upset," Cobb said.
Once it passed, Lewis, the city mayor, rode around town in his pickup.
"This is unbelievable that it could possibly even hit again," he said. "We just started picking up (debris) two days ago."


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With expression
35395, Children's Songbook, The Gospel, The Things I Do, 170-71
1. I'm much too young to go abroad
To teach and preach the word of God,
But I can show I know it's true,
Quite simply, by the things I do.
2. The people in my neighborhood
Will judge the gospel bad or good
By how I act at work and play,
And not just on the Sabbath day.
3. I'll take my friends to church with me,
Where I will act with dignity.
My rev'rence and my happy face
Will tell them it's a sacred place.
4. In ev'rything I do they'll see
I am what I profess to be.
Then when the elders find their door,
they'll say, "Come in and tell us more."
Words: L. Clair Likes, 1908-1998. © 1975 IRI
Music: Vanja Y. Watkins, b. 1938. © 1975 IRI
1 Timothy 4:12
Proverbs 20:11


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Warrior Mom Jenny McCarthy On Jim Carrey
Let me start by saying I despise Jenny McCarthy. This will not be unbiased, nor will it be kind.
Jenny went on the Howard Stern Show this week to promote the new reality show she's hosting and her upcoming Playboy spread (July/August issue). Talk turned to Jim Carrey not visiting her son, Evan, since the split. (Source)
She says she's asked Jim to see Evan numerous times and that Evan misses Jim, asks about him "almost weekly" and is in counseling to deal with his feelings about it.
The implication is that Jim's a cold-hearted dick. So, what is Jim's responsibility here, if any? They dated – 5 years is a significant amount of time – and when you date someone with children, you have to be IN it. I think Jim was in it. Jenny has a new boyfriend and it doesn't sound like she's on friendly terms with Jim. Call me callous, but it's grey and complicated and ultimately…Evan is not Jim's responsibility. Would it be nice if Jenny's new boyfriend and Evan's dad and Jim could crack a few beers and hang out in the backyard? Sure, but we don't live in puppy dogs and rainbow land. Adults have messy, irrational feelings that manifest in petty ways. Jenny controls how much her son is exposed to her relationships, and when she makes that choice, she has to decide if the long-term consequences are worth it for Evan.
Jenny goes on to say, "I haven't [reached out directly] . . . I think that sometimes people need to take a real break from each other. But I still love him. I think you can love people from a distance and respect him. But as a mother, you just hope when you have a relationship with someone, it has nothing to do with the child when you break up."
She hasn't reached out to him; she just went on Stern to call him out.
And this is my issue with Jenny McCarthy. How does going on Stern help her son's relationship with Jim Carrey? She knows the story will get picked up. If anything, it will make the relationship she claims to want them to have even more unlikely.
But she's Jenny McCarthy! She's warrior mom! Which leads me to why I fervently dislike her. Oprah, CNN, Larry King Live, The Doctors, The Hour (sorry, George) have all given McCarthy a platform to spout her theories on the causes of autism. And they are tenuous and controversial theories. Here's an article she penned for CNN (with Jim) detailing how she healed her son from autism through diet and therapy. And this has always been my problem with her: her head is up her a--, and anyone who disagrees with her wants to HARM CHILDREN. She is aggressive and confrontational and noisy. And the voice she uses is far-reaching because moms give her a lot of respect and attention. When she talks about Evan's treatment, she's saying, "I loved my kid enough, I was smart enough and I have enough money and access to do something about his diagnosis." And if you are a parent with an autistic child, and other kids, and a job, and bills, and a mortgage, and are relying on your doctor's advice, well then you aren't a mommy warrior.
Here's just one of the many inane quotes I pulled (there are dozens): "I believe that parents' anecdotal information is science-based information." I'm no doctor but that's not at all science-based information, Jenny. It's the exact opposite. At 4:15:
Dr. Andrew Wakefield, who pioneered the vaccines/autism link, has been widely discredited as a fraud and has no medical license in the UK or the US (incidentally, Jenny wrote the forward to his autobiography, Callous Disregard). He's a charlatan and a conman. There are hundreds of thousands of parents, siblings, teachers, autism support workers and doctors who work daily to treat and understand autism – but they don't get book deals and a seat on The View.
Of course she's going to seek out the best treatment for her son. But this is the thing with McCarthy advocacy: it leaves no room for discussion, just one very rigid point of view. Telling the story of your son's treatment is one thing, but advising parents on how/when to vaccinate their kids is something completely different. Vaccines are a choice parents make with their doctor, not the 1994 Playmate of the Year. She wrote 3 books in 3 years; medical research doesn't work that fast. But celebrity does.
In short, I can't stand her bullsh-t and I hope Melissa McCarthy uses her Golden Globe as a centerpiece for every family dinner.
Jim Carrey released a statement saying he misses and wants to do what's best for Evan. He's not brushing it off, but it doesn't look like he'll be changing his position, either. (Source).
Let me leave you with Colin Farrell on Ellen talking about his son James and Angelman syndrome. He's humble and eloquent and sincere – and he acknowledges how money has helped him with diagnosis and treatment. He brings attention to his cause without beating his chest and the message still gets through. Beautifully, I might add.
Attached - Jenny on Live with Kelly earlier this week.


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The (first) Death Star has been destroyed. The Empire remains in dogged pursuit of the Rebel Alliance. And the only cause Han Solo still seems to care about is Han Solo.
Such is the landscape of Dark Horse Comics' latest Star Wars series, written by Brian Wood, drawn by Carlos D'Anda, and set in the heady days between the first film (a.k.a. Star Wars, a.k.a. Star Wars: A New Hope, a.k.a. Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope) and the second film (a.k.a. The Empire Strikes Back, a.k.a….oh, you get the idea).
In this exclusive four-page preview of the second issue (out Feb. 13), we see that Solo and his trusty wookiee Chewbacca are still very much free agents — and a famed nemesis was in pursuit of them well before the events of Empire. Check it out on the following pages, and use your cursor as a magnifier for a closer look!


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Professional musicians who have
performed my music
(videos and video playlists)
My works and arrangements have been performed by many professional musicians - here are some examples ….
These links go to video playlists or to individual videos on Youtube
Flute Pie (flute with piano and 2 flutes with piano)
The Johannebergs Vokalensemble (Göteborg, Sweden)
Budapest Scoring (choral and instrumental groups) - on Youtube
Matthew Curtis (multitrack singer)
Duo Musaikon (clarinet and guitar)
Duo Scherzando (clarinet and guitar)
The Ken Morrell Saxophone Quartet
Lisa Hedley's flute, oboe and piano trio
Robert Billington (flute) and also with Rene Gonzales (guitar)
Mark Crayton and James Janssen - alto and piano
Stephen Taylor and Jonathan Leonard - alto and piano
David Carlston Williams - Organ
Alessandro Balsimini - classical guitar with me singing
Serenade Duo - flute and classical guitar
Melanie Chirignan & Tim Maynard - flute & classical guitar
Nancy Tyler and Elyce Ostermann - flute solos duos and multitrack flute
Folk contra Punkt - flutes, cello and classical guitar
Musicians in Chile - guitar, flute, cello, mezzo-soprano and saxophone
Musicians in Costa Rica (The Fruitful Pond) - String quartet and Brass ensemble
Daniel Mihai - virtuoso violinist
Tubalate Euphonium and Tuba Quartet
Bruce Paine and Rex Button - guitar solos and duos
Elaine Alexander - oboe with guitar
Tim Hillier - violin with guitar
Chris Benson - cello and recorder with me on guitar
Owen Wynn Chorale - adult choir, children's choir and instruments
Helge Øye - recorders with ensemble
Tasse (Nigel Tasane) - recorders with guitar and voice
David Lowe - recorder with guitar and voice
Brigitte Jones and Ute Schwarting - piano duo
Eleanor Collier Deborah Catterall and Jacqueline Malone - soprano, flute and piano
Jewish Melodies flute and guitar - Tomoyuki Ikeda and me
Flutissimo (The Witches' Recipe)
Thomas Meany and Michael Simmons - (flute and guitar)
|Vocal Works
|Scores, mp3s and videos
|Video Playlists
|Ragtime Crossover
|Settings of poems by my parents
|Japanese style
|dwsmp3 - performers of my music
|Kalvos and Damian's Interviews with dwsolo
|Recent Videos
|Humorous, Comic and Curious
|Joseph Dillon Ford
|Delian Society Suites
|New publications
|Solo Voice
|Small Vocal Groups
|Choral Works
|La Folia Variations
|Originals for Solo Voice and Guitar
|Arrangements for Solo voice and Guitar
|Solo Voice with piano
|Solo Voice and ensemble
|Featured Solo Vocal Compositions
|1984 Recital at St Michael's Cornhill
|Solo voice with other accompanying instrument
|Songs of Solomons - alto and guitar
|Be Not Afear'd
|Songs on poems by Melissanthi
|The Fallow Deer
|Als e gitarr
|Nocturne and Imagined Conversation
|The Gavin Ewart Page
|The Rose Page
|National Anthem of Rheinbergen
|Vocal Duos
|Small Vocal Groups - Spiritual Original
|Small vocal groups - Secular and Humorous Original
|Small Groups Arrangements Spiritual
|Small Vocal Groups - arrangements Secular
|Modern Madrigals
|Mixed choir (SATB etc)-Spiritual
|Mixed Choir (SATB etc) - Secular
|Choral Works - Men's voices - Spiritual
|Choral Works - Men's Voices Secular
|Choral works for Women's and Children's choir
|Featured Choral Compositions
|Past 2 o'clock
|Manchester Magnificat
|Modal Mass
|Mass for men's voices and organ
|The Hubbard Saga
|Upon my bed by night
|While Shepherds what?!?!
|Ophelia's Mad Scene
|Pierre Pathelin
|Keyboard instruments
|Large Groups
|Featured Instrumental Compositions
|Guitar Solos
|Guitar Duets
|Guitar Trios
|Guitar Quartets
|Guitar and Several Voices
|Guitar and Clarinet
|Guitar and Flute
|Flute Clarinet and Guitar
|Flute, double bass and guitar
|Guitar and Oboe
|Viola and Guitar
|Duos for cor anglais and guitar
|Guitar and Recorder
|Guitar and Violin
|Guitar and Cello
|Guitar and Orchestra
|Bassoon and Guitar
|Saxophone and Guitar
|Flute, Cello and Guitar
|Guitar in other combinations
|Piano Solos
|Organ Solos
|Choir with organ
|Keyboard Instruments Full List
|String Duos
|String Trios
|String quartets
|String quintet (Sweet Suite)
|String Sextets and Octets
|String Orchestra
|Strings and Wind
|Double Bass - String Bass - Contrabass
|Violin and Clarinet
|Native American Flute
|Ocarina Solos Duos and Septets
|Wind Trios Quartets Quintets Sextets and Nonets
|Arrangements for recorder solo
|Recorder Solos
|Recorder Duos
|Recorder Trios
|Recorder Quartets
|Recorder quintets
|Recorder Sextets
|Recorder Orchestra
|Recorder with other instruments
|Unaccompanied Flute
|Flute Duos
|Flute Duos with accompaniment
|Flute trios
|Flute trios with accompaniment
|Flute Quartets
|Flute Quintets
|Flute sextets
|Flute Choirs
|Flute and Piano
|alto and bass flutes
|Works featuring piccolo
|Flute and other instruments
|Clarinet Solos
|Clarinet Duos
|Clarinet Trios
|Clarinet quartets
|Clarinet Quintets
|Clarinet sextets
|Clarinet Choir
|Clarinet and Piano
|Clarinet(s) with other instruments
|Alto clarinet and piano
|saxophone solos
|Saxophone Duets
|Saxophone Trios
|Saxophone quartets - Oirignals
|Arrangements for Saxophone quartets
|Saxophone Quintets
|Saxophone Sextets
|Saxophone(s) with piano
|Flute and alto saxophone
|Other combinations involving saxophone
|Wind Trios
|Wind quartets
|Wind Quintets
|Wind Sextets
|Other wind ensembles
|Double-reed trios
|Tuba Quartets
|Brass ensembles
|French Horn
|The Pipes are calling
|Prelude and Fantasy - Sextet
|Suite for recorder Orchestra
|Something for Luck
|Folksong Snapshots
|Jam Fancy
|Folksong Wedding
|Details and Serenade
|String quartet No 1
|Cat's Cradle
|Petticoat Lane
|Stüecke üssm Elsass
|Virgo and Taurus
|Bergamasca Variations
|Ein Strauss aus der Fruehlingszeit
|Oxford Days 1975
|Après Paul
|Nocturne for Clarinet and Piano
|A Little ABC of the Renaissance
|Railway Song
|Im Maerzen
|ABC of the Renaissance with alto recorder
|ABC of the Renaissance with alto flute
|ABC of the Renaissance with clarinet
|ABC of the Renaissance with alto saxophone
|ABC of the Renaissance with cor anglais
|ABC of the Renaissance with bassoon
|ABC of the Renaissance with violin
|ABC of the Renaissance with viola
|ABC of the Renaissance with cello
|Arangements for guitar solo
|Arrangements for Woodwind and guitar
|Arrangements for voice(s) and guitar
|Arrangements for voices and piano
|A Cappella arrangements
|Arrangements for recorder, violin and guitar
|Davy Davy Knick Knack and Davy oy vey Davy
|Easy Trios
|Schubert Arrangements
|Karaoke aka Music Minus One
|Variations on Kelvingrove
|Arrangements of works by Ludwig Senfl
|Arrangements for strings
|Arrangements for woodwind ensembles
|Arrangements for Brass ensembles
|Arrangements for ensembles with piano
|Arrangements for ensembles with guitar
|Songs of Glory
|Songs of Glory for recorder quartet
|Songs of Glory for wind quartet
|Songs of Glory for string quartet
|Songs of Glory for saxophone.quartet
|Songs of Glory for clarinet quartet
|Songs of Glory for flute quartet
|6 Songs of farewell by C H H Parry
|Oh Oh Antonio
|Other Arrangements
|Yiddish Folksongs
|German folksongs
|Nursery Rhymes
|Arrangements for flutes
|Arrangements for recorders
|Arrangements for saxophones
|Arrangements for clarinets
|Arrangement for woodwind ensembles
|Many Modes
|The Quiet Way
|Dorian Mode
|Octatonic mode
|Superlocrian mode
|Various oriental modes
|Japanese Song - various instrumental versions
|Mixes of Modes
|Whole tones
|Yiddish and Jewish modes
|The Dawn in the Room page
|Settings of original poems by S N Solomons
|Settings of SNS translations from Verlaine
|Moonlight on Ssea
|Translation from Theophile Gautier
|Translation of poem by Leconte de Lisle
|Translation from La Fontaine
|Translations from Jacques Prevert by S N Solomons
|Translation from Belleau
|Translation from Victor Hugo
|Translation from Olivier Basselin
|Translations from Ronsard
|Translations from Queneau
|SNS translations from Eluard
|Translation from Baudelaire
|Translations from Mallarme
|Translation from Rodenbach
|Translation from Verhaeren
|Original Christmas works for voices
|Original Christmas works for instruments
|Arrangements of Christmas works for voices
|Arrangements of Christmas works for instrumentss
|My performances of Christmas works by other composers
|Curious Christmas works
|I'm singing backwards for Christmas
|Arrangements of Christmas works for instruments with guitar accompaniment
|Arrangements of Christmas works for wind instruments
|Arrangements of Christmas works for string instruments
|Arrangements of Christmas works for brass instruments
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|Recent Videos 6
|Flute Pie
|Plain Daft and Curious
|Humour of Gavin Ewart
|Wildlife in the Nursery


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*Transforming Our Society '''Requirement V, No. 4c''': Compare counseling degree programs:
*Transforming Our Society '''Requirement V, No. 4c''': Compare counseling degree programs:
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Ranger, Quest, and TRUST Awards with cross-references for related Venturing Awards.
|TRUST Award
Venturing TRUST Award medal.
The Venturing TRUST Award is the religious expert-level award in Venturing. It builds directly on the Religious and Community Life Bronze Award. Venturers earning the TRUST Award will learn more about themselves, their communities, their religion and culture, as well as those of others.
This award focuses chiefly on the principles of religion, community, and tolerance. Its purpose is to provide a pathway for personal development in the forms of service and devotion to God. Once earned, the Venturer will be recognized as not only one who understands others, but who also looks out for them and their needs.
After completion of the TRUST Award, the medal may be awarded at a crew recognition ceremony (similar to a Boy Scout Court of Honor), organized by the youth Vice President - Administration. This award may be presented more than once; it may be awarded again at a school or other venues to promote awareness within the community.
TRUST is an acronym that stands for Tending your beliefs/faith, Respecting the beliefs of others, Understanding other cultures, Serving your community, and Transforming our society; one of each corresponds to the five sections of requirements.
Venturers may also earn:
- Sports Bronze Award
- Religious and Community Life Bronze Award
- Arts and Hobbies Bronze Award
- Outdoor Bronze Award
- Sea Scout Bronze Award
- Expert-level awards
In addition, four of the five bronze awards fulfill partial requirements for Venturers continuing on and earning expert-level awards:
- The Sports Bronze Award requirements are part of the Quest Award.
- The Religious and Community Life Bronze Award part of the TRUST Award.
- The Outdoor Bronze Award part of the Ranger Award.
- The Sea Scout Bronze Award is a duplicate of the Sea Scout Ordinary rank requirements, and is necessary on the trail to earning the Quartermaster Award.
TRUST Award requirements
Complete the five sections of requirements found in the TRUST Handbook; complete a crew review and TRUST presentation.
I. Tending Your Beliefs
Complete the following:
II. Respecting Beliefs of Others
Complete the following:
III. Understanding Other Cultures
Complete the following:
IV. Serving Your Community
Complete the following:
V. Transforming Our Society
Complete the following:
VI. Crew review
VII. TRUST presentation
View the change list (history) of these requirements. The text of these requirements may be locked. In that case, they can only be edited by an administrator.
Please note any errors found in the above requirements on this article's Talk Page.
- Venturers may only complete the "Tending Your Beliefs" section of the TRUST Award requirements concurrently with Religious and Community Life Bronze Award requirements. All other TRUST Award sections must be completed after earning the Religious and Community Life Bronze Award.
Requirement resources
- Tending Your Beliefs Requirement I, No. 2: Receive the religious emblem appropriate to your age and religious affiliation.
- Transforming Our Society Requirement V, No. 4c: Compare counseling degree programs:
- School Counseling Degree Programs on the American School Counselor Association site. Listing by state of U.S. college and universities offering master's and doctorate degrees in School Counseling, Counseling Education, and Counseling Psychology.
- Accredited Programs in Counseling Psychology on the American Psychological Association site. Alphabetical listing of U.S. college and universities offering doctorate degrees in Counseling Psychology and Counseling Education.
- Rehabilitation Counseling Graduate School Programs - Masters & PhD Degrees on the GradSchools.com site. Listing Rehabilitation Counseling Graduate Programs in the United States.
|Venturing portal
Related awards
Personal Development Awards
|Personal development-related awards
External links
- TRUST: Religious & Community Life Award on the BSA scouting.org site.
- Trust Venturing Religious and Community Life Award Requirements on the U.S. Scouting Service Project site.
Program-level awards: Venturing Award • Discovery Award • Pathfinder Award • Summit Award
Expert-level awards: Quest Award • TRUST Award • Ranger Award
Boy Scouting ranks: Advancement for Venturers • Star rank • Life rank • Eagle Scout rank Award


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Template:Nihongo is the first episode of Pokémon the Series: XY. It was aired on October 17, 2013 in Japan, and in United States on October 19, 2013 as a special preview along with Lumiose City Pursuit!.
After the journey across the Decolore Islands with Alexa, Ash has decided to go to Kalos region. Thrilled to see new Pokémon, Ash and Pikachu walk through Lumiose City. However, they encounter a Pokémon, who seems to have a similar appearance to Blaziken, but looks different...
Episode Plot编辑
It's a beautiful day in Vaniville Town. A little Fletchling comes inside a house. It informs Grace that her daughter,Serena isn't awake yet so she has it wake her up since she tried but failed to do so. The little bird flies to her room and sees her asleep. The Fletchling approaches Serena and and pecks her awake, which rudely awakens her and surprises her Rhyhorn. Grace is happy that her daughter is finally awake but Serena is not pleased. She chases after the Fletchling but she falls over and it lands on her head. Grace tells Serena it's time for morning training and she says right, even though she does not want to do it. She opens her blinds, and the windows, greets her mother's Rhyhorn, stretches and hopes that the day will be interesting. And the Fletchling flies off.
We are now introduced to the Kalos region, a beautiful place where people and Pokémon live in harmony. Some Pokémon are brand new, others we have seen before. When we smile, they smile. When we cry, they cry. And here, Ash is about to arrive seeking new dreams and adventures. Ash and Pikachu can't help but be excited which Alexa notices.
After the plane lands, Ash and Alexa arrive in the Kalos region, at the Lumiose City Airport.Ash asks Alexa about the Gym to battle to which he is informed that Alexa's sister Viola is a gym leader. While Alexa calls her Gym Leader sister Viola to ask her to battle Ash, Team Rocket spies on Ash at the airport. A Pokemon resembling Blaziken jumps off of a control tower. Unbeknownst to Ash and Pikachu, this Pokemon is a Mega-Evolved Blaziken. Ash goes inside to check on Alexa, who tells him that Viola is away from the Gym at the moment, which infuriates Ash. Alexa suggests challenging gym leader at the Lumiose Gym in Prism Tower, and the two part ways. Ash decides to explore Lumiose City for a while before challenging the Gym. He notices several new Pokemon, including Furfrou and Meowstic. He also sees older Pokemon he knows of, such as Ampharos, Pichu, Raichu, Chatot, Drifloon, Furret, and Medicham. After seeing all of these Pokemon, he sets his sights on Prism Tower.
When he tries to enter the gym,a robot comes and gives him warning.Ash is then thrown out of the tower.Seeing him falling down a young man and his sister come to rescue him.They introduce themselves as Clemont and Bonnie.All of them quickly become friends.Ash then challenges Clemont to a Pokémon battle which he accepts happily.The battle starts.Clemont sends his Bunnelby to battle with Ash's Pikachu.Two of them start to attack each other.Bunnelby has advantage of using the move dig,which makes Pikachu to suffer. When the battles is going on,Team Rocket intrupts the battle.This time Wobbuffet is with them.Wobbuffet battles with Ash's Pikachu,countering every attack of it,thus making him tired.From nowhere a Froakie appears and attacks Team Rocket thus saving Pikachu.Froakie continues to battle thus blasting the team rocket but making himself injured in the process.Ash takes Froakie to Pokémon Centre.
- Humans
- Pokémon
- Similar to Iris, Ash's Pikachu shocks Bonnie.
- This episode along with XY002 aired as a special preview on October 19, 2013.
- This is also the second series to have a special preview. The first was Get the Show on the Road! and A Ruin with a View which aired on March 15, 2003.
- Like Following A Maiden's Voyage and In The Shadow of Zekrom!, The female traveling companion, Serena, does not meet Ash in the first episode.
- This is the second instance Ash was kicked out of a gym. The first was way back in Pokémon Scent-sation!.
- Ash apparently overlooks the fact that a gym leader might use more than one Pokemon in a gym battle; he made the same mistake when he challenged Norman in Petalburg City of the Hoenn region.
- This is the first time where Pikachu doesn't get completely injured in the beginning of a new adventure of a series.
- This along with XY002 are the first english episodes to air the closest and on the same week as it's original japanese air date.
- This marks the first time where the region's professor doesn't debut in the first episode.
- This episodes introduced the new VS animation of Trainers.


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Michael Farr on How to Trust Government
The debt-ceiling showdown has been put off again. "Restoring Our American Dream" author Michael Farr joins The News Hub to discuss how Americans can overcome their mistrust in U.S. economic, political and social institutions to rebuild hope in the future of America. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... the ... all the debt ceiling showdown has been well at least temporarily ... the key one that is temporary ... how can we restore trust the government when they get little done on Knight's castle of Michael Feinstein has some answers he wrote the recently published was going to my untrained many reasons to ... congratulations on your book so thank you very much ... how come we're Minogue Feldman has dismissed the hangs in that's what it seems that they do how can I mean it didn't really good at art and give them ... a little over a cheesy if you need a model at there on how not to do it properly these are the right yes so ... how can you give us hope ... that you'll ... talk to this hope about restoring American friend because ... they suddenly aunts ... I think Americans already know these answers is one point that Michael makes We Malbec self reliance we know that part where we need we know that talent and tenacity can come together in America ... to create great ... we also know but that notion of self responsibility and it seems to be something the Congress is forgot to ... give them a lot of studies about the economics of trucks ... entrusting society's you have robust economies ... I think we're in the middle of a crisis of trust with Washington ... Wall Street big banks big business and it is telling you begin ... to rebuild those bonds have ... the money is confined to how we do that ... because I mean ... most people don't trust our elected representatives Brett um what can you know it's it's amazing I think the swine flu was somewhat somewhat more popular than the U S Congress ... and a rating at in a newspaper thing is to chill one step we have to restore ... culpability ... with consequence ... if you do the crime you have to do that I'm ... if you ... drive yet or not and nobody from nobody second Wall Street is not a child of the financial crisis the MF Global ... I mean what about John course and how to cut the customer's funds' actually disappear from accounts question I'm asking a little bit ... what what we saw some of these guys when we know that that was penalty may be the next guy would think twice before he committed cost response to something that's are ... some the the um we need to self reliance and yet I was saying more people demand ... well basically on food stamps at close to fifty million people on without relying on the government to supplement the fruit I'm in common is that the one thing to be doing all ... read what you think them and then all the seat the band also prolonged dry wells that were forty seven million people and also ... we have to believe that the possibility exists detected exists to take care of ourselves we have to know that the letter that our elected officials ... are gone up up all those promises a possibility ... and not just promised to provide ... so here we have to keep ... that sort of capitalistic ... notion and I feel alive so that people can collect any cheats and rain so that you can still have these great rags to riches stories in America is what the trendline from it ... we need ranks with two stores not disclose any VIAB jobs and we talk about it on our American dream dot com we have these rags to riches stories on the American dream to come for some of our inspiring but it's not what it all that thank you Brian


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Our current logo does not convey the proper image we want to promote. We currently bottle water for several Fortune 500 companies. One of our partners' products is the Ethos brand water found in Starbucks. That design is exceptional and is along the lines of what we are seeking. The logo will be placed on our own water products (on a pressure sensitive transparent label), business cards, stationary, etc... The logo's primary purpose will be to draw consumers to our bottled water products.
- Tagline "the highest quality water, pure and simple" desired but not required.
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Some say that discrimination lawsuits are out of control. I happen not to think so, yet the story I have been hearing and reading in the news definitely takes it a bit too far to me as well. A lawyer and his client are suing a night club over ladies night. He claims that the practice is gender discrimination and benefits women to men's expense. Yet you can also look at this from another perspective and even see how stupid this case is by applying it to other types of benefits.
If you look at it from the point of men might be luckier because of ladies night then the men might not be so offended by this practice. Ladies are less likely to frequent bars as much as men and since the men in these particular bars are there for the women and not male company by offering the women an incentive to come out this benefits the men who now have a plethora of ladies to approach. Also, since the ladies drinks etc are half price and in some cases free, the men that want to buy drinks will do so at with less of an expense than other days. Sure these may be small benefits yet if that particular man gets lucky due to ladies nights will be less likely to hate the discrepancy.
Now is ladies night a discriminatory practice? I guess you can look at it that way. Yet, isn't men holding a woman's chair out, holding open a door or putting on her jacket acts of discrimination as well since they are done for women and not men? I don't think so. Some differences are to be expected in the treatment of men vs. women. I know that the feminists are about to explode right now, yet I do feel that these differences do not amount to anything detrimental or hurtful with respects to men. I personally feel that women should be treated as women and love the gestures associated with being a woman. I like for a man to hold the door or bring me flowers etc.
In order for me to agree with the discrimination charge they would have to show me exactly how the men are being injured by the practice of ladies night. Wasn't the man going to have to pay for entry and drinks etc anyway so whether the women get in free or at a reduced rate isn't going to change this. It isn't going to stop men from getting into the clubs or bar, now if the men are being turned away in order for the women to get into the bar for free then I would agree that the men have been harmed or maligned by the practice.
Now what if like the defense attorney said we start to apply this to other types of situations where one group benefits. I don't mean such as races, I mean things such as Motel 6 allows kids to stay free, should the elderly sue. Restaurants let kids eat free under a certain age and have special priced menus for those of retirement age. I don't think that anyone is actually being hurt by these practices. No one is being denied income, housing or medical care with these practices. Also, no one is saying that they won't serve certain people; they are actually making it easier for some to frequent those businesses. If a family is on a budget they are more likely to go to a place in which their children eat free. Or elderly on a budget probably will frequent places where they get a better deal.
If they want to put an end to ladies night, I could care less since I don't frequent bars or night clubs. But, I feel that the men who are suing are cutting off their noses to spite their face because if the women no longer frequent the bars and club these same men will be upset that there aren't a larger number of women to make the night enjoyable. I guess next they will be suing for the right to have women open doors and pull out their chairs as well.


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Architectural trends are influenced by current and upcoming external factors. Design firms are eager to stay ahead of the curve on the challenges of climate change, urban resilience and the demands of buyers for future-proof, greener homes.
These aren't the only change drivers in the industry, however. Here's our guide to the most prominent architectural trends as the end of 2016 rushes forward.
Inside or out?
The concept of the indoors and outdoors as clearly demarcated zones has been all but eliminated. With the rise of rooftop gardens, floor-to-ceiling windows and internal courtyards, the lines between the natural and the manmade are increasingly blurring.
This draws on the Scriptism movement's suggestion that a constructed environment should mimic the natural world. While this ideal is being implemented by cutting-edge home design firms such as MAD Architects, in several complex forms, forging a cohesive link between the exterior and interior of house design is a relatively simple trend to embrace.
Larger windows and circular holes in walls are creeping into the building design of popular architects such as Alejandro Restrepo Montoya. These elements draw the eye while letting additional light in. Screens covering skylights allow a flow of sun, reducing the need for artificial lighting. They also cause an ever-changing movement of shadows throughout the day while shading interior rooms from excess sunlight.
Open or closed?
During the 21st-century growth, open-plan home design has increased in popularity, both in commercial and residential settings. This concept allows smaller spaces, such as compact apartments in cities, to appear larger.
Nowadays, this architectural trend has moved towards flexi-rooms, partly triggered by the neo-Brutalist traits of popular architects such as Norman Foster. The core of this idea is that a space's purpose can change on a whim, for example from home office to guest bedroom without the need for an entire overhaul of the building or house design.
A contradictory trend is simultaneously seeping in, however, with privacy taking the limelight in and out of the home. While large windows, expansive glass and open-plan architecture are appealing in certain circles, in crowded cities a buffer between the outside world and the homeowner is often incorporated into interiors. Buildings are designed to block out noise, protect the privacy of residents and usher in a sense of calm.
Healthy planet or healthy humans?
Both are possible. In light of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in late 2015, and other discussions surrounding the subject of preserving the natural world, consumers and popular architects are keeping energy efficiency in mind. Various methods are being employed to create green house plans, with eco materials such as cork flooring and even reclaimed sea plastic being likely to make their way into home design.
Human health and mental health will be considered in all kinds of architectural design. This includes the wider availability of non-VOC paints, but also, at a conceptual level, human well-being being as an aspect of construction, setting a precedent for natural light and bringing the outside in.
Several of the luxury properties in our portfolio at Engel & Völkers use modern architectural trends and display exquisite house designs. Reach out to one of our experts to discuss our collection, or visit us online.


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The prominent US statesman Colin Powell is clear about his views on success: "A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work". Powell was born to immigrant parents in a low-income neighbourhood of New York. He went on to serve as the 65th US Secretary of State, so he knows a thing or two about what it takes to thrive.
There's no doubt that perseverance is a key component for getting ahead in the world of real estate. Here are some other practices that will take you to the top.
1. Set tangible goals
We all need goals to succeed, whether we're just starting out or are experts in our field. Vague outlines of where you need to improve aren't always enough. Instead, it helps to set tangible targets and a timeframe for attaining them.
2. Keep learning
What attracts so many people to real estate is the industry's dynamism. Markets are always on the move, and neighbourhoods are continuously transforming. The most successful real-estate agents are those who consistently strive to understand the changes in their profession. Keeping your finger on the pulse is essential to getting ahead.
3. Invest in a team
No matter how talented you are as a real-estate agent, it helps to have a strong team around you. This isn't just a question of quality recruitment; it also involves investing time and money in retention and keeping your employees and colleagues motivated.
4. Build trust with clients
Real-estate agents aren't in existence for formality's sake. Buyers and sellers alike value your opinion and are eager to take advice on board when making one of the most significant decisions of their life. As a consequence, it's vital to build their trust. Be honest, open and forthcoming from the very beginning. Your clients are sure to value it.
5. Embrace the internet
It doesn't matter where you are in the world, or what your industry is, digital marketing is an incredibly powerful tool. Even if it doesn't particularly interest you, you can be sure it interests potential clients. There isn't even the remotest chance of succeeding in real estate without getting a handle on your digital marketing.
6. Choose a niche
Clients value expertise. Experience is important in this respect, but so is specificity. Opting for a niche is essential to any real-estate agent eager to thrive in their market.
7. Track your investments
As with any industry, real estate requires you to spend money before you can make money. But that doesn't mean all your ventures will be lucrative. Even in prosperous times it pays to keep an eye on your ongoing investments, to continue evaluate whether they're worth your while.
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The work of a master – Sebastiao Salgado1 min read
A nice little video showcasing some of the stunning work by one of my longtime favorite photographers, Sebastio Salgado. Salgado creates the sort of iconic images that change peoples ideas on the world. I love looking at his work and hope you will enjoy it too. Cheers Japancamerahunter


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|Fresh spinach, greens and green onions from the cold frame.
Last night I looked in the cold frame for some ideas for supper. What I really wanted was turkey and dressing. That's about my favorite meal of the year, a turkey big enough to have lots and lots of leftovers. Turkey pot pie. Turkey sandwiches. Turkey hash. And finally, turkey soup from the bones.
But... it's not Thanksgiving yet and I wasn't going to cook a turkey just for supper for the 3 of us. So, back to the cold frame search. I chose a colander full of spinach, I had some ham in the refrigerator, I'd make a quiche. Barbara and Josh both like quiche.
One of my medicines (Cyclosporine), which is one of the anti-rejection drugs I have to take in order to keep my kidney, has pushed me to the border of type 2 diabetes. What that means, if you don't know about such things, is to get extra exercise and eat little or no white foods. Why white, you may wonder? White foods include bread, pasta, potatoes, rice, sugar, pastries, and yes, pie crust. I can eat a small amount, but the less I eat, the better for my health and quitting the anti-rejection drugs isn't an option. So I decided to make a no-crust quiche. I've done it before but I never write the recipe down. Maybe if I put it here, I'll remember for next time.
I started with 6 cups of fresh spinach leaves and put them in a glass bowl in the microwave. I pushed the "vegetables" button and let the microwave wilt the greens. While the microwave was doing its work I chopped a heaping tablespoon of onions and about half that amount of chives. Green onions work just as well. When the spinach was wilted, I drained the liquid and set it aside.
In a bowl I beat 4 eggs and added 1 large can of evaporated milk. I added a tablespoon of cooking sherry and about 1/4 teaspoon of hot sauce. Next I grated 1/2 cup cheddar cheese and mixed it in.
I preheated the oven to 350 degrees F. I have a favorite clay, deep dish pie pan from Hess Pottery (you may remember my earlier postings about them at the Reeds Spring Farmers Market; they've had national publicity for their perfect-baking pie pans) and sprayed it heavily with olive oi. I put a layer of already cooked and coarsely chopped bacon - 3 slices in all. On top of that I spread the wilted spinach leaves. I poured in the egg/milk and cheddar mixture and added 1 cup of diced ham and stirred in around slightly.
|Tom Hess' pie plates bake perfectly on the bottom of the plate better than any others I've found.
The quiche baked for about 40 minutes then I checked to see if it was done by inserting a knife blade in the center. It needed to cook another 5 minutes, then I let it set for about 10 minutes while I got a salad ready - also from the cold frame.
And there it is, no crust quiche, easy and out of the garden. Here's the list of ingredients in case you missed them in the text:
|See, it really doesn't need a crust.
No-Crust Ham and Spinach Quiche
6 cups fresh spinach, wilted and drained (or you can substitute 1 1/2 cups frozen, thawed and drained)
4 eggs
1 can evaporated milk
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
3 slices cooked and cut up bacon
1 cup diced ham
1 tablespoon cooking sherry or brandy
1/4 teaspoon any brand hot sauce
1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons green onions
Salt and pepper to taste
|A pretty healthy dish. Spinach, onions and eggs, all came from right here on the farm.


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NWSB Insider and Oregon Ducks basketball blogger Rick Stella tells us 5 reasons to watch the Civil War this weekend between the Ducks and the Beavers. We'll be seeing this 337th meeting this coming Sunday, with tip-off scheduled for 4:30pm (PST), and there are five reasons why every Ducks fan should tune in to the game this weekend (unless of course you happen to be lucky enough to be attending).
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SPIE Professional July 2008
As with any emerging technology, nanotechnology has had its image problems. The study and use of nanoparticles, or tiny pieces of matter measuring between 1-100 nanometers, has been alternately trumpeted as the key to our future and condemned as a scourge to our health and the environment.
But amidst the enthusiasm and fear that dominated news stories in the early part of this decade, researchers in the field remained realistic in their assessments, seeing both nanotechnology's potential-to make stronger materials, diagnose and treat disease, and produce energy-and its drawbacks, which include the unknown effects of nanoparticles' interactions with living organisms.
There are signs that as nanotechnology research and development have matured, its potential applications are becoming more widely adopted by society. In fact, while it can be hard to distinguish fact from manufacturers' claims, nanomaterials may be used already in hundreds of consumer products, including sunscreens, fabrics, and computer hardware. And firms seeking to commercialize nanomaterial applications have attracted numerous investors looking to get in on the ground floor of the next big thing.
Still, there are real issues to be discussed relating to the risks and benefits of nanoparticles. By virtue of their size, shape, surface chemistry or other physicochemical characteristics, many nanoparticles exhibit properties that aren't observed in the larger, non-nanoscale form of the same material. For example, gold, a relatively inert lustrous yellow metal, can become highly reactive and appears red when suspended in a solvent on the nanoscale. Some of these properties are desirable for the intended application. Others may cause undesirableand unanticipatedinteractions with living systems or the environment.
Rice University researchers recently demonstrated that altering the surface of a cadmium selenide quantum dot, a type of luminescent nanoparticle, affects the particle's ability to penetrate a cell membrane, which in turn affects its toxicity to the cell. It is important to understand these properties and their impact on the biological world so that unwanted effects can be safely managed even as benefits are realized.
In order to overcome barriers to reaping the benefits of nanotechnology, industry must have standards and practices to follow for the safe development of products that incorporate nanoparticles. Standards in the areas of terminology, measurement and characterization, toxicity testing, and safe handling in occupational settings, among others, will all promote better risk management. But standards development depends on the existence of a sufficient base of information and when it comes to health and safety issues, in particular, this knowledge base is not robust enough.
A big part of the problem is that there are too many different types of nanomaterials and too many ways of purposely changing their properties to realistically test all the variants. Instead, it will be necessary to develop predictive models that relate physical and chemical properties of nanomaterials to their biological interactions. Conducting the research that would serve as a foundation for such models will take both time and money.
The good news is that the work to make this happen has already begun. Last year more than 70 experts from academia, industry, government organizations, and nongovernmental organizations representing the United States, Europe, and Asia participated in two workshops, one in Bethesda, MD, and another in Zurich, Switzerland, with just such predictive models in mind.
The two workshops were organized and sponsored by the International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON), a multi-stakeholder organization dedicated to the safe, responsible, and beneficial development of nanotechnology.
The first workshop, held in January 2007, focused on identifying classes of nanomaterials with common properties and potential issues in their full lifecycle assessment. Using that information, the second workshop, held six months later, focused on developing a prioritized research agenda for understanding the effects and mechanisms of nano-biological interactions.
Among the many topics covered were the potential for nanomaterials to induce oxidative stress within an organism. Which particles have this effect and which do not? Is there a correlation between the effect and a particular physical or chemical property? What might we do to a nanoparticle to control this effect to our advantage? Procedures for researching theseand many other interactionsare at the center of this work.
The objective of both workshops was to outline the research steps needed to provide predictive models within the next 10 years. Such a plan may be useful to policymakers, researchers, and technology developers who seek to direct limited resources to addressing the most pressing questions in nano safety.
The ultimate goal is to enable the design of biocompatible nanomaterials and head off any unwanted consequences of nanomaterial use.
We have gone beyond the era of wild speculation-both positive and negative-and have entered a new generation of nanotechnology research. This newest research, operating parallel to traditional research into properties, uses, and applications, seeks to make nanotechnology beneficial to humankind.
By understanding which features of nanoparticles are responsible for biological outcomes, we strive to engineer their safe use.
Attendees at SPIE Optics+Photonics in San Diego can hear the following nanocience experts give plenary talks on Monday, 11 August.
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Clintonville resident Doug Allinger, 68, has been going to the Ohio Pen Show since its inception.
Clintonville resident Doug Allinger, 68, has been going to the Ohio Pen Show since its inception.
Allinger, who went from collecting old pens to collecting really, really old pens, said he goes to the show to perhaps add to his own collection, to learn from people there "who have frankly forgotten more than I'll ever know," and to see if the pens he owns are holding the value.
"Or if I'm a true collector and simply throwing my money away," he said.
Allinger will be among the pen collectors, history buffs and writing enthusiasts expected to attend the 18th annual Ohio Pen Show, set Nov. 9-11 at the Crowne Plaza Dublin Hotel.
Thousands of pens ranging from classic, collectible fountain pens to the latest ballpoints will be on display at the show, which organizers said is the third-largest pen show in the world.
The three-day event will offer attendees opportunities to buy or simply peruse the wealth of pens on display; workshops about calligraphy, pen repair and buying and selling pens will be featured.
"It's hard to believe this is the 18th year," said Terry Mawhorter, a Zanesville resident who created the Ohio Pen Show.
"We started out with 48 tables that first year and we're at 160 now," he said.
Admission is $5 per day.
The first 100 people through the doors each day will receive a bottle of ink, and all attendees will be eligible for daily prizes of pens valued at $500 to $650, including a 2012 Owners Club Edition Royal Green Piston Fill 18K Nib, provided by the Bexley Pen Co.
Mawhorter said the show draws both attendees and exhibitors from throughout the United States and countries such as Australia, Canada, Germany and Israel.
Among them are Deb Basel, who travels from Baltimore, Md., to offer calligraphy workshops throughout the three-day show, and Ron Zorn, who will instruct visitors about pen repair.
Another exhibit will allow collectors to find out the value of their pens.
"If somebody has an old pen, pencil or ballpoint, we're going to have a gentleman here who can offer, with paid admission, free appraisals," Mawhorter said.
Allinger said he's been writing with a fountain pen for as long as he can remember.
"I think it was a young man's affectation," he said. "I don't actually remember where the first one came from. You own one and you start thinking maybe a different one would write better or you get tired of the same color.
"I'm one of those people that, once he starts collecting, it becomes an addiction."
Initially, Allinger collected fountain pens from the 1950s on, but then sold the vast majority of those and began purchasing dip pens, the precursors to fountain pens, which date, in a few instances, to the 1700s. He has models made of ivory, jade, silver and gold. Probably most unusual is one with the handle woven out of horse hair, the collector said.
Another regular visitor to the Ohio Pen Show is Mike Weddle, who lives in Columbus between Hilliard and Upper Arlington.
He's been "seriously" collecting pens for 15 years, and said his collection numbers close to 200.
"I'm kind of all over the board," Weddle said. "I collect a lot of vintage pens from say, the 1940s, but I also have a lot more modern pens.
"I use fountain pens and I've got a pen in my pocket all the time. That'll be the case with almost anybody you'll see at the pen show."
Weddle, 68, said he began collecting pens because he liked the historic nature of fountain pens, but he also prefers using them to ballpoints.
Although he considers himself "old school," he said modern technologies such as the Internet have significantly boosted pen collecting as a hobby. He is a regular visitor to web-based "pen boards" that link pen aficionados, collectors and sellers.
Weddle said he's been going to the Ohio Pen Show for years and looks forward to seeing the different pens on display and meeting other pen enthusiasts.
"The show has a really good reputation for vintage pens," Weddle said. "People come from all over the country -- dealers in particular. In fact, they come from all over the world.
"I might take a pen the show to ask somebody a question about it, or to share something I've got," he said.
For more information about the Ohio Pen Show, visit the website ohiopenshow.com. Included there is a list of exhibitors, slated activities and prizes available to attendees.