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In This Issue
Oxidative Stress Detection—CellROX® Fluorescent Reagents Fluorescent Western Blotting—New Alexa Fluor® 790 Secondary Antibodies Smaller Pack Sizes for Cost-Effective Experiments—Qdot® Streptavidin Conjugates Drama in the ER—Transitional Endoplasmic Reticulum ATPase (VCP) and Anti–Protein Disulfide Isomerase (PDI) Tools for Analyzing Apolipoproteins—New ABfinity™ Recombinant Antibodies
On the Web
Discover the Tali® Image-Based Cytometer
Imaging Corner
Click Chemistry Labeling of Tetrahymena
From the Bench
Caught Green-Handed—Fingerprinting Using Fluorescent Dyes
Molecular Probes® Webinar Series
Flow Cytometry in Microbiological Research
|BioProbes® Journal of Cell Biology Applications
|The Molecular Probes® Handbook
XXVII Congress of the International Society for Advancement of Cytometry (CYTO 2012)
June 23–27, 2012
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what they are
CellROX® reagents are fluorogenic probes designed to reliably measure reactive oxygen species (ROS) in live cells. These cell-permeant reagents are nonfluorescent or very weakly fluorescent when in a reduced state but exhibit strong fluorescence upon oxidation. Now you can detect oxidative stress not only in the red channel but also in the orange and green channels with two new CellROX® reagents.
what they offer
- Optimized probes for detection of oxidative stress in live cells
- Simple 30-minute protocol and ability to multiplex with other compatible live-cell dyes
- Compatibility with various platforms such as live-cell fluorescence imaging, high-content screening (HCS), flow cytometry, high-throughput screening (HTS), and the Tali®, FLoid™, and Attune® systems
how they work
Oxidative stress results from an imbalance between the production of ROS and the ability of cells to scavenge them. ROS oxidize DNA, proteins, and membrane lipids, damaging them in the process, and play an important role in the progression of many diseases. CellROX® reagents offer a simple live-cell workflow that can be adapted to various platforms and benchtop instruments, including the Tali® Image-Based Cytometer, FLoid™ Cell Imaging Station, and Attune® Acoustic Focusing Cytometer.
- Learn more about Reactive Oxygen Species
Angiotensin II–induced oxidative stress in human aortic smooth muscle cells (HASMCs), measured with CellROX® Orange Reagent. HASMCs were plated on glass-bottom 35 mm MaTtek dishes. Cells were left untreated (top) or treated with 500 nM angiotensin II for 4 hr at 37°C (bottom). Cells were then stained with 5 µM of CellROX™ Orange Reagent and NucBlue™ Live Cell Stain by adding the probes to the complete medium and incubating at 37°C for 30 min. Cells were washed with PBS and imaged on a Zeiss Axiovert inverted microscope using a 40x objective.
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|FC, HCS, HTS, I, Attune® system
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|* FC = flow cytometry; HCS = high-content screening; HTS = high-throughput screening; I = imaging.
what they are
New Alexa Fluor® 790 secondary antibodies for fluorescent western blotting provide excellent signal-to-noise ratios on standard near-IR fluorescence scanners such as the LI-COR® Odyssey® Imaging System and the Kodak® image station.
what they offer
- Bright, photostable fluorescence
- Excellent signal-to-noise ratios
- Sensitive detection
how they work
With Alexa Fluor® 680 and Alexa Fluor® 790 secondary antibodies, you can generate multicolor western blots that enable you to simultaneously evaluate multiple proteins on the same blot, even if the proteins comigrate. Multiplexing provides simple normalization and requires no blot stripping, no single-blot comparisons, and only two antibody-incubation steps, saving you time and sample. Alexa Fluor® 680 and Alexa Fluor® 790 secondary antibodies and streptavidin conjugates are ideal for fast and accurate multicolor western detection.
|Induction of AKT (protein kinase B) phosphorylation in response to insulin treatment. Lysates of insulin-treated and untreated adipocytes were electrophoresed and transferred to nitrocellulose. Blots were incubated simultaneously with rabbit anti-AKT and mouse anti–phospho-AKT primary antibodies, then simultaneously with Alexa Fluor® 680 goat anti–mouse IgG and Alexa Fluor® 790 goat anti–rabbit IgG secondary antibodies. Total AKT protein bands are shown in red, and phospho-AKT bands are shown in green. Single-color images were overlaid; yellow bands indicate insulin-treated samples where phosphorylation of AKT occurs.
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|Goat anti–mouse IgG
|Goat anti–mouse IgG (H+L), highly cross-adsorbed
|Goat anti–rabbit IgG (H+L)
|Goat anti–rabbit IgG (H+L), highly cross-adsorbed
|Goat anti–rat IgG (H+L)
|Donkey anti–mouse IgG (H+L)
|Donkey anti–rabbit IgG (H+L)
|Donkey anti–goat IgG (H+L)
|Rabbit anti–mouse IgG (H+L)
|Rabbit anti–goat IgG (H+L)
what they are
Qdot® streptavidin conjugates are now available in cost-effective trial sizes. Pack sizes of 50 µL allow you to optimize your experiments and test these labels in novel applications.
what they offer
- Sensitivity, brightness, and photostability
- Efficiently excited with single-line excitation sources
- Ideal for western blots, flow cytometry, fluorescence microscopy, and more
how they work
Qdot® streptavidin conjugates combine the robust sensitivity of biotin–streptavidin detection with the unparalleled brightness and photostability of Qdot® nanocrystals. Because streptavidin has a high binding affinity for biotin, Qdot® streptavidin conjugates can be used with biotin conjugates for sensitive, specific protein detection (e.g., to detect a biotinylated primary antibody bound to a protein target). These conjugates are compatible with diverse fluorescent applications, including flow cytometry, western blotting, and live- or fixed-cell imaging.
- Learn more about Qdot® nanocrystals
- Read the BioProbes® article on lipid raft labeling in live cells using Qdot® streptavidin
Drama in the ER—Transitional Endoplasmic Reticulum ATPase (VCP) and Anti–Protein Disulfide Isomerase (PDI)
what they are
Anti-VCP mouse monoclonal IgG1,κ antibody binds to the 97 kDa ATPase necessary for mitotic fragmentation and reassembly of the Golgi apparatus and formation of transitional endoplasmic reticulum (tER) through vesicle budding. Anti–protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) antibodies, available as mouse IgG2b (SelectFX® kit) and recombinant rabbit monoclonal antibodies, bind to the ER-associated PDI.
what they offer
- With an appropriate secondary antibody, anti-VCP antibody can be used for immunohistochemistry/immunocytochemistry, flow cytometry, imaging, immunoprecipitation, ELISAs, and in-cell ELISAs
- The SelectFX® Alexa Fluor® 488 Endoplasmic Reticulum Labeling Kit is a complete imaging kit that provides the anti-PDI primary antibody, Alexa Fluor® 488 goat anti-mouse secondary antibody, fixative and permeabilizing solution, blocking solution, and PBS
- Anti-PDI (ER marker) recombinant antibodies are validated for western blotting
how they work
Localized mostly in the cytoplasm and nucleus, VCP forms a ternary complex with other proteins that either promotes or inhibits Golgi membrane fusion and endoplasmic reticulum biogenesis. Defects in VCP are involved in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Parkinson's disease.
PDI is a multifunctional enzyme that catalyzes disulfide bond formation, reduction, or isomerization of proteins in the lumen of the ER and mediates the correct folding of newly synthesized proteins.
- Learn more about Transitional ER ATPase (VCP) Monoclonal Antibody
- Learn more about PDI (ER Marker) ABfinity™ Rabbit Recombinant Monoclonal Antibody
- Learn more about PDI (ER Marker) ABfinity™ Rabbit Recombinant Oligoclonal Antibody
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Apolipoprotein A1 (Apo A1) is the major constituent of human high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and plays an important role in metabolism and transport of lipoproteins in serum. The protein acts as an activator for lecithin cholesterol acyl transferase, which converts cholesterol to cholesteryl esters. Apolipoprotein A2 (Apo A2), another important component of human HDL, is involved in the hepatic lipase reaction. Like Apo A1, Apo A2 has the ability to take up cholesterol and phospholipids from cell membranes. However, Apo A2 does not undergo the changes observed with Apo A1 in the presence of lecithin cholesterol acyl transferase. Apolipoprotein E (Apo E) plays an important role in the formation of very low density lipoprotein and chylomicrons. Apo E is involved in distributing cholesterol, which is available in excess in certain cells. Several new ABfinity™ recombinant antibodies for Apo A1, Apo A2, and Apo E are available.
what they offer
- Consistent lot-to-lot antibody performance
- Minimizes the need to revalidate working antibody dilutions for your experiments each time you order
how they work
ABfinity™ antibodies are manufactured by transfecting mammalian cells with high-level expression vectors containing immunogen-specific heavy- and light-chain antibody cDNA. This production process provides consistent antibodies from lot to lot. ABfinity™ oligoclonal antibodies are a mixture of recombinant monoclonal antibodies, combining the improved signal strength of a polyclonal with the highly reproducible results you get from ABfinity™ monoclonal antibodies.
- Learn more about ABfinity™ Recombinant Antibodies
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Immunocytochemistry analysis of HepG2 cells treated with Apo E ABfinity™ Recombinant Rabbit Oligoclonal Antibody. (A) Alexa Fluor® 488 goat anti-rabbit was used as the secondary antibody (green). (B) Nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue). (C) Actin was stained with Alexa Fluor® 594 phalloidin (red). (D) Composite image of cells showing cytoplasmic localization of Apo E.
A Novel Use for Alexa Fluor® 633 Hydrazide
In a recent publication to analyze how active neurons regulate blood flow in surrounding vessels, Shen et al. demonstrated the utility of Alexa Fluor® 633 hydrazide for selectively labeling the neocortical arteries of rodents and cats in vivo. Whether Alexa Fluor® 633 hydrazide was delivered in vivo (by intravenous injection or locally to the cerebral cortex by patch pipette) or applied to tissue sections, the authors observed that arteries and arterioles exhibited extremely bright fluorescent labeling while veins, venules, and microvessels remained unlabeled. In addition, only Alexa Fluor® 633 hydrazide–labeled vessel walls showed stimulus-evoked dilation consistent with the known dilation dynamics of arterioles. Perhaps most importantly, by using Alexa Fluor® 633 hydrazide to selectively label arterioles, Shen and coworkers discovered that arteriole dilation decreased the fluorescence of neurons located directly beneath those vessels, while the fluorescence of neurons directly below veins was unaffected. Thus, artery wall labeling in vivo with Alexa Fluor® 633 hydrazide can be used to identify dips in neuronal fluorescence caused by arteriole dilation―a potential artifact in neuronal imaging experiments. This extends the potential utility of Alexa Fluor® 633 hydrazide to the study of arteriole dilation dynamics, allowing high-resolution in vivo monitoring of vessel dilation and constriction in brain and other vascularized tissues.
- Find the reference: Shen Z et al. (2012) Nat Methods 9:273
- Learn more about Alexa Fluor® dyes
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|Oregon Green® 488 BAPTA-1, AM, cell permeant, special packaging
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When you combine bright and photostable Qdot® nanocrystals with the high binding affinity of streptavidin for biotin, you experience superior signal intensity coupled with an increase in specificity. Qdot® streptavidin conjugates consist of a biotin-binding protein (streptavidin) covalently attached to a fluorescent label (Qdot® nanocrystal). Most dye conjugates are synthesized by attaching one or more fluorophores to a single biomolecule; however, the large surface area afforded by the nanocrystal allows simultaneous conjugation of many biomolecules to a single Qdot® nanocrystal. The advantages of this approach include increased avidity for targets, the potential for cooperative binding, and the use of efficient signal amplification methodologies. For example, combining biotin-functionalized products with streptavidin labels allows for successive enhancement in signal via "sandwiching" (streptavidin/biotin/streptavidin, etc.) following an initial labeling step. Qdot® bioconjugates can be detected using a standard fluorescence microscope. Although these reagents are optimally excited using the 405 nm violet laser, they can efficiently absorb white light when used with broad-excitation filters.
- Learn more about Qdot® Nanocrystals
|Fixed-cell immunocytochemistry labeling and detection. Human osteosarcoma cells were fixed, permeabilized, and blocked using the Endogenous Biotin-Blocking Kit. Mitochondria were labeled with an Anti–ATP Synthase Subunit β Monoclonal Antibody , biotinylated with Biotin-XX Goat Anti–Mouse IgG, and detected with Qdot® 655 Streptavidin Conjugate. The nucleus was labeled with green-fluorescent SYTOX® Green Nucleic Acid Stain. Cells were mounted in Qmount® Qdot® Mounting Medium and imaged on a standard wide-field epifluorescent microscope.
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|Anti–ATP Synthase Subunit β Monoclonal Antibody
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|Biotin-XX Goat Anti–Mouse IgG
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|SYTOX® Green Nucleic Acid Stain
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|Qmount® Qdot® Mounting Medium
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Discover the Tali® Image-Based Cytometer
The tools to begin your discovery of the Tali® Image-Based Cytometer are just a click away. From the Tali® web page you can review recent application data and dye compatibility results. You'll also find links to videos, FAQs, and software and firmware updates.
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Click Chemistry Labeling of TetrahymenaLive Tetrahymena pyriformis were cultured with 5-ethynyl-2′-deoxyuridine (EdU), tetraacetylated N-azidoacetylgalactosamine (Click-iT® GalNAz Metabolic Glycoprotein Labeling Reagent) and microspheres from the InSpeck™ Blue (350/440) Microscope Image Intensity Calibration Kit (2.5 µm, 10% intensity). Cells were fixed and permeabilized. Using the Cu(I)-mediated click reaction, EdU incorporated into the DNA was labeled with Alexa Fluor® 488 azide, and GalNAz incorporated into the cellular components was labeled with Alexa Fluor® 555 alkyne. After the click reaction, cilia were labeled with mouse anti–β-tubulin antibody and Alexa Fluor® 647 goat anti–mouse IgG and mounted in SlowFade® Gold Antifade Reagent. Image contributed by Kary L. Oakleaf and Olivia Cholewa, Life Technologies.
Caught Green-Handed—Fingerprinting Using Fluorescent Dyes
Hazarika P, Russell DA (2012) Angew Chem Int Ed 51:3524–3531.
Fingerprint analysis has been a critical technique for human identification in forensic investigations since the late 19th century, and methods currently in use typically involve development of an invisible print using chemical or physical treatments. In a recent publication, Hazarika and Russell demonstrated the utility of gold nanoparticles and magnetic particles functionalized using antibodies against cotinine, THC, methadone and its metabolite EDDP, and benzoylecgonine (metabolite of cocaine) in detecting these substances in human fingerprints. Briefly, latent fingerprints were first treated with the functionalized particles, and the pattern of particle binding was detected using Alexa Fluor® dye–labeled antibodies. The authors demonstrated that the technique was able to specifically detect the various illicit substances (no signal on fingerprints deposited by non–drug users) and that multiple drug metabolites can be detected simultaneously in the same fingerprint. Because the technique produces images of high evidential quality, the authors hope that modifications to make this approach more portable will allow it to become commonplace at sites of forensic investigation.
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- Alexa Fluor® 488 dye–labeled goat anti–mouse IgG F(ab')2 fragment and Alexa Fluor® 546 dye–labeled goat anti–mouse IgG F(ab')2 fragment were used in this study to label the bound gold nanoparticles and magnetic particles.
Flow Cytometry in Microbiological Research
The application of flow cytometry to microbiological research has expanded from detection and quantification of organisms to more complex studies, including analysis of host–microbe interactions and detailed spatial and temporal analyses of microbial metabolism in different environments. In this webinar we'll discuss how the multiparametric nature of flow cytometry can be applied to microbiology, and the advantages of using this application over traditional microbiological methods.
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With a historic and just decision from the U.S. Supreme Court, the nation Thursday moved a giant step closer to a health-care system that will work for all Americans.
The following editorial is from today's Kansas City Star:
With a historic and just decision from the U.S. Supreme Court, the nation Thursday moved a giant step closer to a health-care system that will work for all Americans.
By ruling the individual insurance mandate constitutional under the taxing authority of Congress, the court preserved the delicately balanced structure of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
In order to make medical insurance accessible to the sick, Congress needed to ensure that plenty of healthy people were paying into the insurance pool. That was the rationale for requiring all Americans to either purchase an insurance policy or pay a fine.
Reflecting the complexity and emotion that have always characterized President Barack Obama's signature health reform law, the court split 5-4 on the constitutionality of the insurance mandate.
Though a majority of justices rejected the argument that Congress could use its power to regulate commerce between the states to require all Americans to purchase insurance, Chief Justice John Roberts joined with the court's four liberals in deciding that the mandate is constitutional as a kind of tax. The law requires Americans who don't purchase insurance to pay a penalty.
The bottom line is that the Affordable Care Act has survived a court challenge that would have been unthinkable in a more politically sane era. It's worth noting again that the individual insurance mandate came to life as a conservative Republican idea, and that many members of the U.S. Congress were for it before they were against it.
It was written into the Affordable Care Act as a compromise plank, after Democrats failed to muster support for a public insurance option to care for people who might otherwise be turned down for coverage by private insurers.
The court's decision means that the provisions of the Affordable Care Act that already have begun to transform the health care landscape will remain and move forward.
Americans can count on insurance coverage without caps on expenses.
Insurers will not be able to revoke policies after people become sick.
Young people can remain on their parents' plans until age 26.
Insurance companies will not be able to deny coverage to children with pre-existing conditions, and that protection will soon be extended to adults.
Republican members of Congress and Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, are still vowing to repeal the Affordable Care Act. But the court's decision strips them of their best rationale.
The act is constitutional. What basis can Republicans cite for dismantling a law that greatly benefits Americans and returning to a broken, costly system in which only people fortunate enough to be healthy and employed, or else in government programs, are guaranteed access to medical care?
Romney and Republicans in Congress would do the nation a favor by ceasing with attempts to demonize health care reform. Instead, they should initiate bipartisan efforts to build on the provisions of the law that are designed to make health care delivery more effective and less expensive.
The court decision will take some time to parse and interpret. One wrinkle concerns the ruling that Congress cannot penalize a state that refuses to expand Medicaid eligibility, as required in the new law, by taking away existing Medicaid funding. That could provide incentives for renegade governors and legislators to attempt to wreak havoc with the law's provisions.
Wiser states will get serious about moving ahead with insurance exchanges and other provisions called for in the Affordable Care Act. It is legal and likely here to stay. Americans in the years to come will recognize it as a gateway to medical and financial security.
Congratulations are in order for Obama and the congressional Democrats who succeeded in moving closer to a goal that has eluded presidents since Harry Truman — affordable, accessible health care for all Americans.


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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Women on Ash Wednesday
So here's a mini-review of Karen J. Weyant's new chapbook, Wearing Heels in the Rust Belt, sometimes a dusty place, just posted at Escape Into Life, with art (there and here) by Casey Weldon.
Here are two poems and a brief meditation on Ash Wednesday by Kristin Berkey-Abbott.
Here are a couple of reviews (by women, one of them me) of chapbooks by women, To the Husband I Have Not Met Yet, by Mary Kathryn Jablonski, reviewed by Mary Ellen Geer, and Saint Monica, by Mary Biddinger (short review in right-hand column), over at Fiddler Crab Review. Wait! Isn't that three Marys?!
A Downton Abbey-esque meditation on maids and ladies, lovely things and sturdy things, at synch-ro-ni-zing.
And a silent message, on listening...from Molly Spencer, on her "wordless Wednesday."
I'll be thinking about all this, and reading Marilynne Robinson's Absence of Mind, over at my mom's house, drying the laundry, as, of course, our dryer broke to celebrate the Hump of the Week.
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- Kim said...
Is that new Marilyn Robinson? Or another book of hers from the past that I missed?
- February 22, 2012 at 11:55 AM
- Kathleen said...
It's a book of essays, subtitled The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self, and is from a set of lectures she gave in a series called The Dwight Harrington Terry Foundation Lectures on Religion in the Light of Science and Philosophy. Riveting writing and thought, deeply rooted in real knowledge of her subject matter. She actually reads stuff!
- February 22, 2012 at 2:43 PM
- Hannah Stephenson said...
That art is stunning...thanks so much for sharing it with us!
- February 22, 2012 at 3:43 PM
- Maureen said...
Thank you for the link to Kristin's. Wonderful Ash Wednesday poems. Ruth's post, as always, is beautiful. And I'm looking forward to reading "Wearing Heels in the Rust Belt", which came a few days ago.
- February 22, 2012 at 4:39 PM
- Kathleen said...
Thanks, Hannah and Maureen.
- February 22, 2012 at 5:22 PM
- Kristin said...
Thank you so much for all the links. I'm honored to be amongst such good company.
- February 23, 2012 at 4:40 AM
- Kathleen said...
Kristin, thank YOU for those poems and thought.
And Kim, I forgot to say the book is from 2010.
I'm still riveted. She's having a little problem with some of E. O. Wilson's ideas, but I think if they got together and talked it over, they'd work it out! Marilynne Robinson will be at the AWP conference I'm attending next week!
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Kilgore College President Dr. Bill Holda is proud to announce that KC students Kenneth and Brittany Knowles have been named Coca-Cola Gold Scholars.
The Knowles, who are married, were selected based on scores earned in the All-USA Community College Academic Team competition, of which more than 1,800 applications were received.
Kenneth, originally from Greeley, Colo., is a mechanical engineering major and his wife, Brittany, is an advertising/graphic design major from Longview.
"Kilgore College is exceptionally proud of them," Holda said. "This award is given to only 50 students out of 1,800 applicants. For our students to receive two of these awards is a great tribute to both Kenneth and Brittany and to the Phi Theta Kappa sponsors at KC. We congratulate our scholars and our PTK chapter and wish them the best."
Kenneth and Brittany were honored March 26 at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin at the All-State Academic Team Recognition ceremony. They were accompanied by Dr. Gerald Stanglin, vice president of instruction, who represented KC's administration.
Kenneth and Brittany will each receive a $1,500 scholarship and will also be honored April 4-6 in San Jose, Calif.
Events in San Jose include the two students being recognized at the Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team Scholars' annual convention, at a special reception for Phi Theta Kappa Scholars and at the Fourth General Session of the Phi Theta Kappa Annual Convention.
Throughout the spring, 37 states host All-State Academic Team Recognition ceremonies where Coca-Cola Gold Scholars are recognized.
Funding for the scholarship is provided by the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation and the program is sponsored by Coca-Cola and Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.
After KC, they both plan to attend Southern Methodist University to pursue bachelor's degrees.
PTK is sponsored at KC by Paul Buchanan, geology instructor, and Michele Daniels, speech instructor.


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Mark Twain once commented that even unusual experiences become mundane in retrospect, without some day-to-day context to give them perspective.
In "Life on the Mississippi," he wrote about the six-week siege of Vicksburg, Miss., in 1863 by Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his Union Army of the Tennessee.
Twain talked to two Vicksburg civilians after the siege: "Left to tell their story in their own way, those people told it without fire, almost without interest," he wrote.
"A week of their wonderful life there would have made their tongues eloquent forever perhaps; but they had six weeks of it, and that wore the novelty all out; they got used to being bomb-shelled out of home and into the ground; the matter became commonplace. After that, the possibility of their ever being startlingly interesting in their talks about it was gone," Twain wrote.
After the fact, even eating mule meat when other food sources expired didn't seem noxious to starving people, he observed.
I pondered this Twain passage recently over a hot dog near the entrance to the Bluffton High School gym. It wasn't about the potential relationship between mule meat and hot dog — I have no experience with the former and no prejudice against the latter.
But a bulletin board display got me thinking about the juxtaposition of time in how we perceive momentous events. In the lobby of the BHS Athletic Department, someone unknown had assembled every article I wrote about the Bobcats during what turned out to be a 15-week football season.
It was a nice layout — laminated clippings arranged in chronological order — like a collection of artifacts in a shadow box. It was a body of work — by the Bluffton Bobcats on the field and by me writing from the press box.
I won't claim to have done everything right or well this season. Other observers may have had a longer history with the team or better insight or more time to ponder strategy or personnel or statistics. Nevertheless, I'm proud of that body of work put together by the Bobcats — and of reflecting some of that light in Bluffton Today.
Head Coach Ken Cribb, at the football awards banquet, spilled off some of his team's accomplishments: state Class 3A runner up, Lower State championship, undefeated regular season, back-to-back Region 7 championships, 26 wins in two years, back-to-back Bridge Bowl championships, state season scoring record, three all-star players (five in the last two years), and on and on....
But the bulletin board reminded me that the season was more than a sum of its parts. It was moment-by-moment, week-to-week happenings that culminated Dec. 3 in Clemson.
I remembered that much of the season became extraordinary only in the dazzling numbers, from the 76-0 opening win over Hilton Head on through the unchallenged first half of the season. Some people started saying, "Bluffton hasn't played anybody," and asking, "What's going to happen when Bluffton plays a good team?"
The second half of the season is on the bulletin board, too. And the Bobcats ran through the question marks again. "Lake Marion might be tough" or "Cane Bay could be trouble" or "Berkeley may ruin the season again." Not so much, on any count.
The four-game run through the playoffs more accurately showed what the Bobcats could do to good teams, especially against Myrtle Beach (the game I regret missing).
It would be easy to quit here, to leave off that final game on Frank Howard Field at Memorial Stadium in Clemson — also known as Death Valley. The Bobcats were somewhat demoralized in the first half by two punt-return touchdowns. It would have been easy for them to quit there, but they didn't. They showed what they were made of and brought something to the second half. I was proud of that, too.
To get back to Mark Twain's observation about the nature of memory, it would be too simple to wrap up the season with the glib: "Bluffton had a good year, then lost the final game." There was more to it than that. And we should remember the details. There was an astounding assortment of individual moments, too soon forgotten and too numerous to list here, that collectively form a body of work — a proud story told in weekly installments.


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Summer Road Trip! Next Stop: The American West
We continue our series with a historical and cultural tour of the American West.
The West has long held a captivating, if fraught, place in the imaginations of Americans and people around the world. With ever-shifting boundaries, confluences and clashes of cultures, and myriad natural phenomena to explore, the West is defined by variety and change. To enable richer understandings of these many heritages and histories, NEH supports historical and cultural organizations that preserve and showcase the artifacts of the West, from Native American settlement to the present. Indigenous peoples, explorers, settlers, immigrants, prospectors, railroad workers, tourists, and health seekers are just some of the groups represented at these cultural sites. If you are interested in treacherous river exploration, diverse Native American ways of life, miners and the gold rush, travelers from the East to tuberculosis sanitariums, or the lawless "wild west," join us this summer on a road trip to some of the many cultural heritage institutions dedicated to the history of the West!
John Wesley Powell River History Museum (Green River, UTAH)
Our road trip begins with John Wesley Powell, an Army Major, naturalist, anthropologist, and one of the best-known explorers of the West. Powell is famous particularly for his 1869 journey down the Green and Colorado Rivers—which included the first passage by a non-native through the Grand Canyon. During that and subsequent trips, Powell's group traversed 1,000 miles of uncharted territory, recorded many natural phenomena, photographed countless vistas, encountered Native Americans (for whom Powell had great respect and curiosity, having spent time among the White River Ute), and lost several men. The journey remains a pivotal event in American explorations of and ideas regarding the West. The John Wesley Powell River History Museum, located on the banks of the Green River in Utah, attempts to recreate this journey, and to illuminate both the surrounding area and the life of John Wesley Powell. In addition to exhibitions about Powell, the museum boasts a room where visitors can examine boats that made the journey down these treacherous rivers. Exhibits focused on natural history, geology, and conservation feature photographs and artifacts, and an art gallery dedicated to regional themes features works by local artists. In 2006, the museum received a NEH grant to support training of its staff in preservation practices and the purchase of supplies to improve storage and handling of the museum's archives.
Miramont Castle Museum, Manitou Springs Historical Society (Manitou Springs, COLORADO)
Our journey continues in Colorado. Nestled at the foot of Pike's Peak, the town of Manitou Springs is well known today for its mineral springs and clean air. Apache, Ute, and Anasazi tribes held the area to be sacred and drank from the springs' water; later, European settlers marveled at the natural setting, traveling to Manitou for the health benefits of the springs and dry air. One popular attraction is the Miramont Castle Museum, a 14,000 square-foot castle constructed by a French missionary priest and later used as a sanitarium, primarily for the treatment of tuberculosis. Today, the museum showcases both the elaborate architecture and artifacts of the Victorian Era, and the role of Colorado and the West in health treatments during the 19th century. Visitors to the museum may examine Victorian architecture and furnishings, experience authentic recreations of the culinary tastes of the 1890s in the Queen's Parlour Tea Room, and learn about the medical history of the sanitarium, where they can view a preserved tuberculosis hut built by the Sisters of Mercy in the early 20th century. In 2012, the Manitou Springs Historical Society received a NEH grant to support a storage move and the training of staff in the use of environmental monitoring equipment, to help ensure appropriate conditions for maintaining Miramont Castle's humanities collections, which include ceramic and glass artifacts, furniture, paintings, textiles, photographs, scrapbooks, newspapers, and postcards.
Wyoming Frontier Prison (Rawlins, WYOMING)
Travelers with a taste for the macabre and an interest in the Old West might head north over the Wyoming border to visit the Wyoming Frontier Prison, a "remnant of the grizzly past of the old west." Visitors to the prison will learn about a woman who committed murder with a pie, a "gentleman bandit," conflicts between cattlemen and sheep growers that ended in murder, and a harrowing escape from the prison's infirmary. This is Wyoming's first state penitentiary; built in 1888 and opened in 1901, the prison was part of the government's late 19th- and early 20th-century efforts to combat the perception of Wyoming as a haven for gangs of outlaws. The museum includes thirteen historic structures, including an Administration Building, Cell Block, Infirmary/Death House, Dining Room, Guards' Quarters, Watertower, Pumphouse, and Laundry Room. Exhibits provide a glimpse into the lives of those involved in the prison, telling their stories through first-person accounts of prisoners, wardens' diaries, prisoner art, photographs, and letters to and from famous and not-so-famous inmates. Cinephiles may be interested to learn that the movie "Prison," starring Viggo Mortensen, was filmed at the Wyoming Frontier Prison in 1987. A 2011 NEH grant supported the purchase of archival supplies and staff training at the museum.
Yellowstone County Museum (Billings, MONTANA)
The West was home to numerous native tribes before the arrival of European settlers. One place to learn more about Native American cultures, as well as the ranchers and others who later populated the West, is over the border in Billings, Montana, at the Yellowstone County Museum. Located in a log cabin first used by a cattle rancher in the 1890s, the museum explores the rich history of the Yellowstone River basin, including materials from both Native American cultures and European settlers through the 1950s. Exhibits feature the history of Indian tribes in the Northern Plains, westward expansion of miners, cattle ranchers and sheep herders, the railroads and military industries, and household activities. Don't miss the authentic "roundup wagon" (chuck wagon), used from the 1890s through the 1930s and now preserved for visitors to explore in the museum's basement! A 2006 NEH grant funded consultation and training for the museum staff's to help ensure the preservation of its important holdings of artifacts, photographs, and archival records documenting the history of southern Montana.
Lewis-Clark State College Center for Arts & History (Lewiston, IDAHO)
Heading west into Idaho, visitors may encounter another aspect of Western history at the Lewis-Clark State College Center for Arts & History. Situated at the nexus of two large rivers, Lewiston is Idaho's only seaport city and boasted a robust mining industry and immigrant population. Chinese miners first entered the region following the discovery of gold in 1860. The Chinese miners continued to practice their form of Taoism, building several temples in the Lewiston region. Since the 1950s, the Beuk Aie Temple Society has sought to preserve the history of these religious practices, even as Lewiston's Chinese population has dropped precipitously. Exhibits display many artifacts that have survived from these now vanished temples, including a hand-carved and hand-painted altar, deity plaques, hand-painted signs, lanterns, and ritual objects—prayers, incense holders, and ribbons. In addition, visitors can catch the recent addition of an exhibition on the Hip Sing Tong, a secret fraternal organization founded by Chinese migrants to Lewiston. In 2012, NEH funded the purchase of preservation equipment and supplies, as well as training for the Center's staff on appropriate ways to preserve its collection of ceramics, wood, textiles, household utensils, writing implements, prayer books, and funerary objects associated with the Beuk Aie Temple. An earlier NEH grant enabled a preservation assessment of these collections. Four years after being displaced by a fire, the Beuk Aie Temple exhibit was reopened to the public in May 2013.


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The England captain's best score in the recent series loss to Sri Lanka was 28, extending his run without a Test hundred to almost 14 months.
The Essex man's captaincy has also come under scrutiny with the likes of Shane Warne, Geoffrey Boycott and Kevin Pietersen all criticising the 29-year-old in the wake of a recent run of poor results.
But it is his form with the bat that will draw the most focus in Nottingham, although paceman Broad insists the recent lean run is just part of the game.
"He's obviously worked hard in the nets as Cooky does, he's always first in and last out," Broad told Sky Sports News.
"He likes to hit a lot of balls pre-series and that's no different this week.
"He just needs that change of luck, all cricketers go through it from time to time and it's Cooky's turn.
"We know he's world class, we know he's played over 100 Test matches with the record he's got and there's no doubt that will change for him."
The series defeat to Sri Lanka was the first time England had lost to the tourists on home soil, but Broad insists confidence in the camp is high as they prepare to take on an India team they beat 4-0 in 2011.
"We lost the series against Sri Lanka but we played a lot of good cricket in that series," he said.
"We did some brilliant stuff with some debut hundreds and that sort of thing.
"The confidence is good coming into this series.
"Obviously, the last time India were here it was probably the best series we have played for years, but a lot of that team has changed.
"Some players can take some confidence from that but the majority of players have changed from that series so this is a completely fresh series. We've got to restart and go again."
National selector James Whitaker has suggested that Broad and fellow quicks James Anderson, Ben Stokes, Liam Plunkett, Chris Jordan and Chris Woakes could all see Test action in a packed summer schedule.
The need for a large pack of pace bowlers is emphasised by England's lack of a front-line spinner, but Broad is confident Peter Moores' men will cope.
"We've got 42 days, 25 Test match days, 10 training days, five travel days - (that) only leaves two days without cricket duty," he said.
"A lot depends on how we bowl. If India are getting four or five hundred every innings then the bowlers might have to take a break from time to time.
"But if we're bowling really well and we're only fielding for 80-90 overs an innings, that obviously makes a huge difference on the workload.
"The important thing will be to keep the bowlers as fresh as we can."
He added: "There's a lot of successful Test sides play with a specialist spinner - we've seen that, obviously, with Graeme Swann in the past few years with this England side.
"But South Africa have done it very successfully with a spin bowler that holds an end up.
"It's not a major concern in the near future and it's something the seamers just need to get used to - a bit of extra bowling workload, bowling a bit more when the ball is not doing a huge amount.
"But we're all experienced enough to be able to do that and change our game plans."


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The party was in full swing at the Amex Stadium in Brighton on Thursday (January 28) as the annual Sussex Food and Drink Awards made its grand return.
Almost 400 leaders in the food, drink and farming industry gathered in the Brighton and Hove Albion stadium along with friends, family and special guests to celebrate the best of Sussex food and drink.
The awards, which have been dubbed 'the Sussex foodie event of the year', were celebrating their 10th anniversary and had a few extra twists including two new categories and very special performances from two opera singing chefs.
Guests enjoyed a fantastic seven course banquet prepared by Sodexo Prestige before BBC Sussex's Danny Pike and former gold medal winning British athlete Sally Gunnell presented the awards.
Ryan Tomkinson will be a name to watch out for in the future as he saw off some sturdy competition to win Young Chef of the year.
The 21-year-old is Demi Chef de Partie at The Pass restaurant in the South Lodge Hotel, in Lower Beeding, and will look to follow in the footsteps of former Pass chef Steven Edwards who won the award in 2011 and has since gone on to win Masterchef.
His mother revealed the youngster had been working extremely hard after finishing runner up in the category last year, spending around 90 hours a week in the kitchen.
Ryan said: "It's Crazy. I really went for it this year.
"I came second last year so this is more of a relief than anything.
"I'm not sure what will happen next but I'm thinking of maybe working in London, Oxford way.
"I have done everything good in Sussex now but I will never forget Sussex produce and resources that's the main thing."
It was also a successful night for Horsham Local Produce Market as it picked up its second award in three years.
The twice weekly market, held in the Carfax in Horsham, was crowned Sussex Farmers Market of the year, an honour it previously won back in 2014.
Pj Aldred, of Horsham Local Produce Market said: "We are over the moon. It was quite unexpected.
"We love Horsham and its customers and we will continue to run it in town. We absolutely love it."
Marion Carter, who also helps run the market, added: "We are a bit shocked.
"There are lots of great markets out there in Sussex so its a great achievement to win."
A couple who have become familiar with the awards are Charlie and Sarah Hughes.
The pair, who run Southview Farm in Bury, picked up the Sussex Farmer of the year award for a second time.
Charlie proposed to his now wife Sarah live on stage back when they won the award in 2014.
He said both the businesses and the family had come along way since, with Sarah giving birth to their first child last year.
Sarah said: "Its been challenging with the new addition, juggling work with family life.
"There are lots of things we want to continue and improve but it is lovely to get the recognition."
Charlie said his wife was even ordering produce from her recovery suite after their new baby was born.
He added: "It is a real privilege to have won it for a second time and shows we are not taking our foot off the pedal."
Celebrations were also in order at the The Cat Inn, in West Hoathly, as it picked up the Sussex Eating Experience of the year.
Head chef Alex Jacquemin said: "We are shocked to be honest. We didn't think we would win.
"It has been a good year for us. Every year we are getting better and better the quality of the food is going up and up."
It was also a good night for English sparkling wine as Ridgeview Wine Estate took home the Drink Producer of the year.
The family run business, based in Ditchling, was overjoyed with the award and said it was showing the French that the British can also make quality sparkling wine.
Tamara Roberts, of Ridgeview, said: "It means a huge amount.
"Being voted for by the public is amazing thing and for that to be reflected by the judges I am extremely proud."
It was a good night for Sean Hutchingson after his shop S.K. Hutchings, in Partridge Green, picked up the Butcher of the year award.
He said: "This award means a lot because it was the customers who voted for us - that is what did it for us. We work very hard to give the customers what they want.
"We have done this for 27 years and we had to work hard to get through foot and mouth and BSE."
However, Sean's celebrations were cut a little short as he had to be back at work by 3am the following morning.
Farmers at The Traditional Cheese Dairy, in Stonegate, were left overjoyed as they were crowned Sussex Food Producer of the year.
Rebecca Dyball, of the Traditional Cheese Dairy, said: "If anyone knows cheese making it is really kind of secluded job.
"To win this is massive and I might have to ask for a pay rise."
With the awards also celebrating their 10th anniversary two extra categories were added to this years competition.
The first was newcomer of the year which was picked up by Eggs and Apples in Hurst Green.
Susannah Hewett, of Eggs and Apples, said: "We were really up against the big guns tonight.
"Our staff are fabulous, we get so many complements on their customer service."
The final new category was Sussex Street Food of the year which was won by the Trolls Pantry in Brighton.
The street food provider, which is based in the Hobgoblin pub in Brighton, prides itself on local, seasonal and ethical food and has made a big commitment into making sure no there is no food wastage in the kitchen.
Paul Clark, of the Trolls Pantry, said: "There is a lot of wastage going on and bad standards. I just want to raise the bar.
"It is pretty difficult in fact it is really expensive but its really worth it and the customers think so too."
Sharnfold Farm shop,in Stone Cross, also picked up an award for Sussex Food Shop of the year.
The winners and runners up were as follows:
Sussex Food Producer of the Year, sponsored by The Southern Co-operative
Winner: The Traditional Cheese Dairy, Stonegate, East Sussex
Runners up: Higgidy, Shoreham-by-sea, West Sussex and Springs' Smoked Salmon, Edburton, West Sussex
Sussex Drink Producer of the Year, sponsored by Rix & Kay Solicitors
Winner: Ridgeview Wine Estate, Ditchling Common, East Sussex
Runners up: Dark Star Brewing Co Ltd, Partridge Green, West Sussex and Nutbourne Vineyards, Pulborough, West Sussex
Sussex Young Chef of the Year, sponsored by Sodexo Prestige
Winner: Ryan Tomkinson, The Pass, South Lodge, Lower Beeding, West Sussex
Runners up: Michael Sutherland, The Sussex Ox, Polegate, East Sussex and Stephanie Hayward, Ockenden Manor, Cuckfield, West Sussex
Sussex Farmer of the Year, in association with Farmers Weekly
Winner: Charlie and Sarah Hughes, Southview Farm, Pulborough, West Sussex
Runners up: Julia and Simon Feakes, Sussex Lamb, Horsham, West Sussex and Tim and Rupert Hoare, Adsdean Farm, Funtingdon, West Sussex
Sussex Butcher of the Year, sponsored by Absolute Butchery
Winner: S K Hutchings, Partridge Green, West Sussex
Runners up: A C Coughtrey Butchers, Pulborough, West Sussex and Barfields Butchers, Brighton
Sussex Farmers Market of the Year, sponsored by Harveys of Lewes
Winner: Horsham Local Produce Market, West Sussex
Runners up: Lewes Farmers Market, East Sussex and Shoreham Farmers Market, West Sussex
Sussex Eating Experience of the Year, co-sponsored by Natural PR and Sussex Food & Drink Network
Winner: The Cat Inn, West Hoathly, West Sussex
Runners up: The Curlew Restaurant, Bodiam, East Sussex and The Sussex Ox, Polegate, East Sussex
Sussex Food Shop of the Year, sponsored by Wealden District Council
Winner: Sharnfold Farm Shop, Stone Cross, East Sussex
Runners up: Charlie's Farm Shop, Bury, West Sussex and Rushfields Farm Shop, Poynings, West Sussex
Sussex Newcomer of the Year, sponsored by Spofforths Chartered Accountants
Winner: Eggs to Apples, Hurst Green, East Sussex
Runners up: Coggings & Co, Brighton and Etch Food, Billingshurst, West Sussex
Sussex Street Food Vendor of the Year, co-sponsored by Food Rocks and Hepworth & Co Brewers Ltd
Winner: The Trolls Pantry, Brighton
Runners up: Boca Loco, Arundel, West Sussex and Jah Jyot, Southwater, West Sussex


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European Data Interchange for Waste Notification Systems EUDIN
The EUDIN project elaborates a standardised interface for the exchange of data between European member states for electronic transposition of the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 on shipments of waste (Waste Shipment Regulation - WSR).
EUDIN constitutes an innovative IT-based system intended to simplify the, until now, fully paper-based administrative procedure to notify authorities of waste shipments within, into and out of the EU.
- The basis for the functioning of the EUDIN system is the uniform definition of data and data transfer system
- Respecting Worldwide Standard Messages of UN/CEFACT (United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business)
- Mutual confidence between legal authorities: Member states which are individually responsible for the authorization process of notifying companies in conformance with art. 26 (4) WSR
- Exchange of structured messages via a central Message Broker
- Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between back-office systems of competent authorities and between competent authorities
- notifiers / facility exchange information only with its national authority
- Open system (every competent authority all over Europe can take part in the EUDIN project)
- Stakeholder views have been and will be integrated to improve usability aspects
EUDIN Benefits
- EUDIN accelerates the notification procedure and helps save resources (paper, etc.)
- EUDIN is easily transferable to all EU and Non-EU Member States all of which are bound by the European Waste Shipment Comission Regulation
- EUDIN reduces the admanistrative burdens of waste shipment within European countries
- Real-time information about waste transports provides high level traceability and monitoring
- Through the use of one-data entries a high data quality (no data input errors or mistyping because of unreadable paper sheets) is guaranteed
- As the notification procedure is simplified as a whole, the initiative is beneficial for small and medium-sized companies
- EUDIN provides a reliable database for legal reports, evaluations and statistics


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Timeless. Stylish. Thick and Warm. This knee-length hand knit hooded coat is surprisingly very warm, and fun to wear. All the comforts of wool: softness, comfort, classic style, but is very easy to care for with acrylic/wool blend yarn.
Make no mistake, this not a sweater, but an option for a winter coat. I've worn my own in 10-20 degree NYC weather with high winds and have been warmer in it than I have while wearing store bought wool coats. And, with my hand made mittens or its matching hand muff along with any hand made scarf, I'm extremely warm and comfortable. :o)
The thick and soft belt can also be worn as a scarf.
The sleeves are cuffed or can be worn straight for extra coverage. The hood is non-constricting, yet stays in place for extra comfort from cold temperatures. Faux-fur lining can also be added to hood and cuffs. With Fisherman (Ivory) color, faux-fur lining creates a very sleek and stylish look.
This hand knit hooded coat is made with LionBrand's Wool Ease Thick & Quick wool/acrylic yarn which comes in a variety of rich colors.
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And unlike most coats, it's machine washable and dryable. And again, comfortable. Feels like wearing a warm, comfortable blanket outside.
So far, every time I've worn my own, I've received direct compliments from people everywhere I go. Nicest compliment was someone getting up from their subway seat from the other side of train to come over and tell me how much she loved it. :o)
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The Meaning of the Webelos Badge
The Webelos badge has a Webelos emblem on it, which contains a blue W, the diamond-shaped badge also has the word Webelos and a small Scout badge at the bottom. Whichever option you choose, your Webelos badge shows that you are on the Webelos trail that leads from Cub Scouting to Scouts BSA.
Your Uniform
Webelos Scouts may wear either the blue uniform they wore as Cub Scouts or the tan shirt and olive green trousers they will wear as Scouts. You and your family decide which one you will wear.
With either basic uniform, Webelos Scouts wear the Webelos cap, Webelos neckerchief, Webelos neckerchief slide, and the navy blue Cub Scout belt; a Webelos belt buckle is available.
When to Wear the Uniform
Wear your uniform
- To all den meetings and pack meetings
- On campouts and other den activities
- At den service projects
- During Scouting's Anniversary Week in February
The Webelos uniform may not be worn
- When you are involved in any distinctly political activity
- When you are appearing on the stage professionally
- When you are participating in demonstrations not authorized by the Boy Scouts of America


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Saturday, July 3, 2010
TOD > Temporal Orientation Discrimination
Seriously > I Believe That I Am A Victim Of "Temporal Orientation Discrimination" >>>
MindTime > Past / Present / Future
I Live In The 21st Century and (Many Of) My Local (And Non-Local) Colleagues Don't [:-(] >>>
I Am Greatly Interested In Any/All Cites/Sites/Cases Relevant To "Temporal Orientation Discrimination" > As Well As Your Reactions / Thoughts / WorldView(s) / Etc. >>>
Please Post As A Comment So That We Who Live In The 21st Century Can Benefit >>>
Thanks !!!
BTW: Some Of My Best Friends Are Luddites [:->]
>>> "The Future Happens To Those Who Live In The Present" >>>
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The fear many heel draggers have toward tech evangelists is due to our getting off on the wrong foot to begin with. Some of us "assumed" the tech craze would be exciting to - and adopted by - our education oriented colleagues.ReplyDelete
Others believed blindly that clear evidence would surface proving the improved effectiveness of technology integration for learning. Au contraire, the data did not back up the assumptions as fast as the costs caught up with the budget-meisters.
This was mainly due to our lack of sound pedagogical instructional design which is only now ramping up to warp speed (especially with the help of Cloud-based Web 2.0 tools).
The best approach to Luddites is top notch research data. Not the snake-oil sales hype of the past but quality data that demonstrates real value.
Mindsets are changed at the crossroads of three ingredients:
1) Modeling the desired behavior
2) Equipping targeted learners with an image-rich vocabulary
3) Providing opportunities for covert and overt rehearsal
And, as Clay Shirkey says, never underestimate the value of an aging faculty headed for retirement. :)
"The Future Happens To Those Who SURVIVE In The Present"
And what to do about the very good chance that we will also lose touch with 'modern technology' as we age?ReplyDelete
As soaked in technology as I make myself, I must acknowledge that my 20-year-old students have a completely different orientation to and use of technologies that we all use. Although I 'know' much more than they do about a lot of technical things, and can 'do' things they can't, the visa versa is also true.
I'm sure they consider me out of touch in many ways. And I would argue that this is all but inevitable given the speed of technological and social change.


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Genogram or family tree with PGF/TikZ
I want to draw a genogram with LaTeX.
I tried to do this with tikz, but since you need to model at least 3 different relations between people (Children, Siblings, Couples), a standard tree model doesn't seem to fit.
Is there an easy way (maybe a template) to draw a genogram? If not, what would be the approach to build an own sub-package or something?
The main problem being the dynamic positioning of elements (depending on the amount of branching) and the previously mentioned three relations.
I edited the problem, so it will be more clear of what I'm asking exactly:
Given is the following tree in tikz / usetikzlibrary{trees}:
which is created with:
\tikzstyle{female} = [rectangle, draw, fill=red!20, rounded corners, minimum height=3em]
\tikzstyle{male} = [rectangle, draw, fill=blue!20, minimum height=3em]
\tikzstyle{neutral} = [rectangle, draw, fill=green!20, minimum height=3em]
\begin{tikzpicture}[level distance=4cm]
\node[neutral] {\per{Child}}
[edge from parent fork right,grow=right]
child {
node[female] {\per{Mother}}
child {
node[female] {\per{Mother's mother}}
child {
node[male] {\per{Mother's father}}
child {
node[male] {\per{Father}}
Now I have two problems:
- I want to add a Sibling to the Child and the Mother for example.
- I want to add a Father's mother and Father's father resp.
How would I do that?


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My birthday is right around the corner, on the 17th! Yay! Can't believe it's been another year already! 🙂 Anyway, you know how it goes; here's the first links for November:
- Pears, spices dress up easy custard
- Hoping Chefs Will Melt for Tcho Chocolate
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I would love for "thigh gap" to meet a swift and uneventful demise, killed off by actual topics worthy of actual attention.
But that's not happening. A short film called "The Magic Gap," launched last week as part of nowness.com's #DefineBeauty series, is the latest entry in a long line of commentary, social media memes and "thinspiration" posts coveting, celebrating, debating the space between a female's thighs when she stands with her feet together.
"So many young girls are reblogging images of models — models like the ones in the video — with captions like, 'I'm so disgusting, my thighs are so fat they just keep rubbing together and touching,'" Fashionista.com's Tyler McCall told The Daily Mail in response to "The Magic Gap" video.
My daughter is 8. She has not yet turned a scornful eye toward her own thighs, but I don't doubt that day will soon arrive. She already meticulously measures her body against the other girls in her weekly gymnastics class, where leotards are the great equalizer.
I'm considering a pre-emptive strike. I hate to introduce a new body obsession, but I hate more the idea of someone else introducing (and legitimizing) it in her impressionable young mind before I get out ahead of it.
So I wrote her a note. It's far from the final word, but it will, hopefully, get us talking.
Hi, sweetie.
Hillary Clinton is on the cover of People magazine this week talking about a whole bunch of things: her new memoir, her experience as secretary of state, her possible 2016 presidential run, her marriage, her favorite TV shows.
You know what she's not talking about? Her thighs.
Not because she's never given them any thought. She no doubt has (especially when her detractors sold campaign buttons criticizing them).
She's human and she's female and it's next to impossible to be those things in this culture without some nagging body image issues. If you don't pin them on yourself, someone will pin them on for you.
If grown-ups tell you they're above it, they're lying. Rihanna just wore a transparent gown to an awards show and the Internet lost its collective mind. Some people called her a tramp (and worse). Some people called her a feminist icon.
We're obsessed with female bodies.
Here's the thing: You don't have to be obsessed with yours. You can give it what it needs (healthy food, lots of fun exercise, respect) and you can live in quiet awe of what it allows you to do (cartwheels!) and then you can put it at the very bottom of your list of things to spend your thoughts on.
Sometimes that's hard. Some people will try to convince you that a space between your thighs will make you happy or worthy or desirable or complete. It won't.
A thigh gap won't make you laugh or make you think or teach you Spanish or get you into college. It won't introduce you to your life-long friends or keep you from getting sick or console you on a lousy day or send a delicious chill up your spine.
It won't matter. It will never, ever, matter.
People will tell you otherwise. Tune them out. They are small and sad and also, in the grand scheme of your life, won't matter.
I hope you see a female president one of these days. I hope you hear people talk more about her anti-poverty initiatives and her equal rights progress and her ability to combat climate change than about her thighs.
And I hope when you do hear the inevitable stuff about her body — or your body — you take it for what it is: an invitation to move on to something — and someone — that matters.
Love, Mom
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Over this past weekend, I got together with two of my best friends to watch David Lynch's 1984 science fiction epic Dune.
When Dune was first released, my whole family went to see it on the strength of my mother's respect for the titans of literary science fiction - Frank Herbert's 1965 source novel of the same name is often described as the genre's defining work.
I've always appreciated my mum's desire to expose my young mind to Herbet's consciousness-expanding ideas, but I was only seven-years-old, and the movie freaked the bejeezus out of me.
By the time the pustule-ridden Baron Harkonnen (Kenneth McMillan) was removing heart plugs from slave boys, I was cowering behind the chair in front of me and demanding to be taken into the lobby.
This initial reaction put me off revisiting the work, and the film's reputation as an over-the-top fiasco disowned by Lynch allowed it to sink into the further recesses of my memory.
But in the last few years, I've been finding myself complaining a lot about the serious dearth of anything resembling a personal vision in the modern blockbuster, particularly sci-fi movies. This discussion perked up again in the wake of the release of Prometheus, and Dune was cited. A viewing was in order.
With my expectations lessened over time due to the overpowering homogeny of modern big budget sci-fi, I was completely blown away by Dune upon watching it for the first time as an adult.
I lapped up the exquisitely baroque visuals, splendidly ornate design and crazy-ass creatures, like this guy.
There are set-pieces unlike any other, such as this notable scene in which some dudes harness a giant space worm then ride it into battle. Make sure you keep watching until the electric guitar kicks in. How can you not pump your fist?
The film has plenty of flaws and is borderline incomprehensible to anyone who hasn't read the book (I had an expert on hand to explain everything), but it stands as one of the most impressive sci-fi productions of the post-2001: A Space Odyssey era.
There are plenty of exceptions of course (Aliens, District 9, Prometheus), but the lack of personality in most of the big budget sci-fi movies that followed Dune (like say, Independence Day and the Star Wars prequels) has retroactively rendered Lynch's film a landmark film.
It's interesting to consider how different things might be if Dune wasn't the giant failure it was perceived to be. Its oddness makes me perceive it as the third part of an informal trilogy of European-leaning sci-fi movies, with Ridley Scott's films Alien (1979) and Blade Runner (1982) forming the first two parts.
We all know what happened with the Alien franchise, but if Blade Runner and Dune had made an impact at the box-office, we might currently be living in a world where weirdness, esotericism and mood have a greater role to play in mainstream sci-fi movies than brand-awareness and Happy Meal-compatibility. Is 1997's The Fifth Element the exception that proves the rule?
Certain elements of the film hint at a more populist story - the central figure Paul Atriedes (played by a youthful Kyle MacLachlan) is very Luke Skywalker-esque, and the book was an influence George Lucas' original Star Wars film. But it's also really icky and off-putting at times, in the best way possible. Looking at it from today's perspective, it's remarkable it was made at all.
In addition to MacLachlan (for whom Lynch would later provide his two best roles - Jeffrey in Blue Velvet and Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks), the amazing Dune cast features Lynch regulars Dean Stockwell, Jack Nance and Everett McGill.
Brad Dourif; Francesca Annis; Patrick Stewart; Richard Jordan and Jurgen Prochnow do stellar work here too. Plus, Sting is in it.
The SyFy Channel mounted a reasonably well-received mini-series adaptation in 2000 starring William Hurt and Alec Newman. It was successful enough to garner a sequel.
Paramount Pictures had been developing a new film adaptation of the book - Battleship director Peter Berg was originally slated to direct, before he left the project and was replaced by Taken's Pierre Morel. But that has fallen over too.
I am happy for Lynch's film to stand as the definitive apaptation for now. If you've let the film's tarnished reputation put you off seeing it, remedy this soon. I'm still having weird dreams.
* Have you seen Dune? Do you think modern sci-fi would be different if it had been a hit? Am I being too harsh on modern sci-fi in general? Comment below!
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We are planning to leave two people to work the booth at Old Settlers Thursday at 6 p.m. and everyone else head over to the library to set up tables and exhibits for the Friday Genealogy Workshop featuring George Morgan. If you are not signed up for the booth work at 6 p.m., you can just meet us at the library. Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
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As coal mines in West Virginia opened for thousands of immigrant laborers in the late 1800s, a stream of peddlers brought the pots, pans and cottons of the outside world to the mining hollows. The more enterprising door-to-door men opened small stores of their own. Many were practically just off the boat. They learned English buying and selling.
Hard work, long hours and customers who were grateful to be "carried" through bad times -- it was a foothold in the golden land.
"They were drawn to Appalachia by economic opportunity," historian Deborah R. Weiner said in Wheeling the other day. "If one man was responsible for this trade, I think it would be Jacob Epstein of Baltimore."
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Silberman, 26, a Memphis native, said she created the book, which was released this week, "not only as a reference tool but as a love letter to the community."
Silberman is the education and program coordinator at the Jewish Museum of Maryland in Baltimore. "The Jewish Community of Baltimore" includes 200 black-and-white photographs, most of which are historic. Silberman said the majority of the photos came from the Jewish Museum collection.
"My father was a Holocaust survivor," Isenberg, a genealogy enthusiast, told The Jewish Standard last week. She formed a passion for genealogy when she was 17. "I have been studying the history of my family for over 35 years, so when I discovered this opportunity I had to seize it," she said.
There is new evidence Dr. Aribert Heim, the most wanted Nazi in the world, is living in Chile or Argentina, the chief Nazi-hunter of the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center said Thursday.
The search for Heim, 94, a former Austrian physician also known as "Dr. Death" who tops the Wiesenthal Center's list of "most wanted Nazis," has spanned nearly half a century since his disappearance in Germany in 1962 ahead of planned prosecution for war crimes.
"We have received information from two sources that has strong potential to locate Heim," Efraim Zuroff, the Wiesenthal Center's chief Nazi-hunter and Israel director said in a telephone interview with The Jerusalem Post from Chile.
During their South American trip to locate the top Nazi, Zuroff and the center's Latin America Director Sergio Widder were separately accosted by middle aged men in Chile who told them to leave the country and to stop killing Palestinians, which they dubbed "the real genocide." The incidents ended without violence.
Attempts to broker a meeting between the Zuroff and Heim's daughter Waltraud, who lives in the southern Chilean city of Puerto Montt, and who is thought to have information about her father have not been successful, Zuroff said.
His daughter has previously said that her father died in 1993 in Argentina, but never provided a certificate of death or accepted her inheritance from his property.
A €1 million bank account in his name is active in Berlin, which Heim's children could have received if they proved he is dead.
A reward of €316,000 is being offered jointly by the center and the German and Austrian governments for information leading to Heim's arrest.
In the interview, Zuroff said he did not expect to nab Heim on his current two-week visit, which include meetings with government officials and ad campaigns in Chilean and Argentinian newspapers, but that he hopes the effort bears fruit in the near future.
"We are putting into place the tools to have him handed over in the coming weeks or months," Zuroff said.
Heim was indicted in Germany for murdering hundreds of inmates by lethal injection at the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, where he was camp doctor during the Holocaust.
After World War II, he was held for two and half years by the US military but was released without being tried.
Heim disappeared in 1962 after being tipped off that an indictment was imminent. (Source: JPOST)
Survivors dancing at Four Seasons Lodge.
When he learned that the colony was slated to be sold – Chassidim are the only buyers, and they offered $2 million to buy a different bungalow colony, according to Jacobs' article – he decided to return to observe the group's final summer. "A book, I thought, could never capture these remarkable characters and their intensely communal lives," he said; "a longer newspaper article would not do justice to their astonishing embrace for life, and the darkness that shadowed them even when they were laughing." So the man who had never before made a film decided he had found fodder for his first documentary.
Survivors' minyan at Four Seasons Lodge.
But ghost towns apparently are very welcoming to people haunted by ghosts. In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, firemen, or more accurately arsonists, are employed by the State to destroy books, and it takes exceptional individuals to thwart this anti-intellectual campaign. They succeed, in part, by memorizing books, and each comes to identify with the work he or she preserves. The differences between Bradbury's fictive human books and the very real stories of the summer visitors to Four Seasons Lodge surely extend far beyond the fact that the characters commit other people's stories to memory, while the survivors remember their own experiences. But like Bradbury's resistance fighters, these Holocaust survivors had to not only survive, but also to rebuild their lives after the war. "No psychiatrist in the world can heal you from that," one man says in the documentary. "It always comes back to you. You live with this."
Survivors engage in a game of cards at Four Seasons Lodge.
Jacobs' journalistic skills show through as well, and a lesser writer and director might not have been able to tease out such interesting – though also sad, terrifying, and depressing – conversations. One man tells of reading Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (in Polish translation) in the mid-1930s and crying for the injustice as he wondered how anyone could enslave other people. Little did he know what was in store for him and his family.
Old friends meeting again for the summer at Four Seasons Lodge.
As is to be expected, the survivors do not agree on everything. A theological debate breaks out while several of the men and women are cleaning fish. "I believe in food. I believe in eating," the conversation starts, though it quickly turns to "I didn't see the miracles." "I look, I look for G-d ... and I can't get ahold of Him. Maybe he is asleep," says one man, who questions where G-d was during the Holocaust. "I do believe there is a G-d," a woman insists. "You can't believe in nothing," she says of the non-believer, "You know what he is? A yeshiva bochur. He used to have payos!"
But even though some struggle with their beliefs, the camera captures the women lighting Shabbat candles, and the men reciting havdallah. This community began of necessity (several of the survivors address the difficulties of finding a community after the War), but the viewer gets the feeling that it continued to sustain itself for so long, through resilience that is about both having fun during the summer and deeper religious motivations. "This is our revenge on Hitler. To live this long, this well, is a victory," says Fran Lask, 82, a survivor of Bergen-Belsen.
One of the most important lines in the film might be one woman's observation, "Life can be beautiful even when it's not so easy." Coming from a community of survivors who happily drink "l'chaim" on soda, orange juice, and their medicine, this is not to be taken lightly. It takes a special group of people to create their own afterlife and an even more special group of people that can still fight to protect that "paradise in the mountains" well into its 80s and 90s. (Source: JewishPress.com)
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The first new Yiddish-Belarusian language dictionary in the last 76 years was published in Belarus.
The dictionary, researched and written by Yiddish expert Alexander Astrauh, was published using private donations.
The book contains 50,000 words. Quotes from literature of both cultures, songs, illustrations and jokes are also included. Only 1,000 volumes have been published.
Work on the dictionary took 10 years. While working on the project, Astrauh studied dictionaries that were published in different countries in the 20th and 21st centuries, according to the Belapan News Agency.
It is the second Yiddish-Belarusian dictionary in the country's history. The first, which included 8,000 words, was published in 1932.
A collection containing 100,000 Yiddish words created by the Jewish sector of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences between 1920 and 1930 was destroyed during World War II. (JTA)
The chief Nazi hunter of the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center headed to South America on Sunday in a final public campaign to locate the most wanted Nazi in the world and bring him to justice.
The search for Dr. Aribert Heim, 94, the former Austrian doctor also known as "Dr. Death" who tops the Wiesenthal Center's list of "most wanted Nazis," has spanned nearly half a century since his 1962 disappearance in Germany ahead of a planned prosecution for his war crimes.
Heim was indicted in Germany on charges that he murdered hundreds of inmates by lethal injection at the notorious Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, where he was the camp's doctor during the Holocaust.
"Our working assumption is that Heim is hiding somewhere in Chile or Argentina," said Dr. Efraim Zuroff, the Wiesenthal Center's chief Nazi-hunter and Israel director in a telephone interview with The Jerusalem Post ahead of his departure.
Zuroff conceded that this would likely be the "final push" to uncover the nonagenarian, despite his status as the world's number one Nazi suspect.
"We feel we are approaching the end of the line," he said.
The Nazi hunter noted that Heim's daughter lives in the southern Chilean city of Puerto Montt, and that she is the most likely to be in contact with her father, or at least have information about his whereabouts.
His daughter had previously said that her father died in 1993 in Argentina, but she never provided a certificate of death or accepted his inheritance.
A one million Euro bank account in his name is active in Berlin, which Heim's children could have received if they had proved he was dead.
During his trip, Zuroff will be holding a press conference in Puerto Montt in a "final attempt" to reach anyone who has information about his current whereabouts.
"We are going into her backyard," he said.
The German and Austrian governments and the Wiesenthal Center are jointly offering 316,000 Euros, or about half a million US Dollars, for information that will lead to Heim's arrest and prosecution by the German Government.
In the interview, Zuroff said that he did not expect to nab Heim on his current visit, which will include meetings with government officials and ad campaigns in Chilean and Argentinean newspapers, but hopes that the effort will bear fruit in the near future.
"We are putting into place the tools to have him handed over in the coming weeks or months," Zuroff said.
Last week, he blasted a German judge for repeatedly refusing to allow investigative measures requested by the special police task force to find Heim which are routinely approved in murder cases in Germany, and said that the judge's "obstructionist" moves have contributed to the failure to capture the wanted Nazi.
"Documents which we have obtained clearly indicate that the efforts of the German police to find Dr. Heim are being consistently hampered by Judge Hans-Richard Neerforth's refusal to approve routine investigations which are allowed as a matter of course by all judges in murder cases in Germany," Zuroff said.
"We urge the German judicial authorities to find a way to circumvent these obstructive decisions to help facilitate the capture of Dr. Heim so that he can finally be brought to justice for his heinous crimes," he said. (JPOST)


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