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Answers sought as $3B Texas cancer agency meets
AUSTIN, Texas Texas put $3 billion on the table to prove it was serious about fighting cancer, but it will take more than money to convince scientists that's still the case.
Hundreds of the nation's top cancer researchers want answers and reassurance this week from the embattled Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, which is reeling after mass resignations and serious internal accusations that have put the nation's second-biggest pot of cancer research dollars in jeopardy.
The agency's annual conference begins Wednesday, with nearly 900 scientists and agency stakeholders expected to attend. Among the notables unlikely to show up: nearly three dozen renowned scientists, including a Nobel laureate, who severed ties with CPRIT this month over a controversial award.
Bill Gimson, the executive director of CPRIT since it was founded in 2007, is denying accusations that politics influence funding decisions as the agency hosts what is expected to be its largest annual conference yet. For three days, CPRIT officials will try to repair a once-celebrated image that was hailed as an unprecedented state-level effort to fight cancer.
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"Obviously we will address issues that have surfaced," Gimson said. "I think, more importantly, we will reconfirm our commitment to a gold-standard peer review and picking the very best projects."
Thirty-three of the agency's scientific peer reviewers have recently resigned, many in protest. Nobel laureate Dr. Phillip Sharp, who headed the agency's scientific review council, wrote in a resignation letter this month that the agency is making funding decisions that carry a "suspicion of favoritism" in how the state hands out taxpayer dollars.
Others were more blunt: Dr. William Kaelin of Harvard Medical School, who also served on the council, accused the agency of "hucksterism."
The backlash stems from a $20 million commercialization grant awarded earlier this year for a so-called incubator project at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. It was among the largest grants in the agency's young history and was approved without a scientific review, leading the agency's chief scientific officer to step down.
"If I could do that one grant over again, I would do it differently," said Gimson, adding that the agency has since examined its review process.
Gimson said the agency is still searching for a new chief scientific officer and doesn't believe the criticism coming from within the medical community will hamper efforts to replace those who've resigned.
Agency officials at this week's meeting also are scheduled to discuss -- but take no formal action on -- proposed changes to how the state divvies up grant awards between research, prevention and commercialization efforts to bring new drugs to market. The agency has awarded nearly $700 million in grants since 2009, mostly to fund research.
The keynote speaker Wednesday is Dr. Brian Druker, the celebrated oncologist who developed the groundbreaking cancer drug Gleevec.
The conference runs through Friday.


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I wrote a post a few weeks ago titled "Food First", and it was my intention to express my belief in taking more time to prioritize the importance and responsiblity of feeding and nourishing our bodies in a way that makes us healthier. And that also includes being of a healthy weight.
There has been so much I want to say about my discoveries on the subject of food and this is just the beginning. It is not my intention to expect anyone to eat the foods that I eat, or prepare all of the food in a way that I do, or plan meals the way that I do.....it is my intention, like my training, to live as an example.
In this country (especially), and at this time, many of us, even our children, are not eating in a healthy way. We all blame our busy, fast paced, lives on choosing convenient, cheap, over flavored, chemical laden foods that we think are doing no harm. Well think again, and harder and more honestly.
If you don't have any "issues" with food you are in the minority. As people interested in the physical culture of sport and fitness performance we have to, or should, pay attention to the food we eat. And many of us have clients, friends and family that can benefit from our examples.
Food is one of my passions, and if I can encourage, promote, and share the motivation to make quality, fresh, healthy, nutritious, food choices I will continue to do that.
Life is good.
Food is good.
Good food is life.
The picture above is my broccoli salad, (I call it nature's plunger), raw broccoli, red cabbage. carrot, jalapeno, grapes. The dressing is one of the few "store bought" dressings I use, it's tasty, low cal, and the ingredients are decent. The protein I usually mix with it is 1 can of tuna w/1 tbl mayo.
PS This is my "actual" lunch salad, it measures about 4 cups of veggies, 4oz grapes (60 cal.), 4 tbl dressing (140 cal.), (not shown) 1 can tuna (150 cal + 1 tbl. mayo 100 cal), total calories around 500.

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by Larry Magid
The conviction of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky on 45 counts of sexual abuse of children has, once again, put child sex abuse on the front page.
Like the vast majority of child sex abuse cases, Sandusky's crimes took place in the physical world — they were not Internet related. And, while parents do need to remind children about the potential dangers of talking about sex with strangers online, the fact is that in most cases, the victims and perpetrator have met each other prior to the start of the abuses. Like Sandusky — it's not uncommon for the abuser to be someone in a position of trust and authority. That's one of the reasons why child safety experts educate children not so much about dangerous types of people, but dangerous types of behavior.
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) has numerous online resources for parents including a Child Safety FAQ that advises parents to educate children to "Say no if someone tries to touch you, or treats you in a way that makes you feel sad, scared, or confused" and to "get out of the situation as quickly as possible." Kids are also advised to "tell a parent, guardian, or trusted adult if you feel sad, scared, or confused."
"Stranger Danger" is a myth
NCMEC also reminds parents that "stranger danger" is largely a myth: "In the majority of cases the perpetrator is someone the parents or child knows, and that person may be in a position of trust or responsibility to the child and family." The organization suggests that "It is much more beneficial to children to help them build the confidence and self-esteem they need to stay as safe as possible in any potentially dangerous situation they encounter rather than teaching them to be 'on the look out' for a particular type of person." (I serve as an unpaid member of NCMEC's board of directors).
Warning signs
Stop It Now! has a web page with warning signs of possible sexual abuse in children and adolescents and although one sign doesn't necessarily mean that a child is sexually abused, " the presence of several suggests that you begin asking questions and consider seeking help."
Some of the warning signs, says the organization include unexplained nightmares or other sleep problems, a child who is distracted or distant at odd times and a child with changes in eating habits. The organiation also warns parents and caregivers to watch out for "sudden mood swings: rage, fear, insecurity or withdrawal" or if a child 'develops new or unusual fear of certain people or places."


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Uncle Bill's Helicopter - A speech I gave to ITT Tech - Chicken soup for engineers
Beating the Brand - A pathological exploration of how branding makes it hard to think straight
Inside the Internet Mind - trying to map the weather within the global supercomputer that consists of humans and google
Sex In Politics - If politicians spent more time pounding the flesh rather than pressing it, it would be a better world
Getting resources from space - An alternative to blowing money on mars using NEAs.
On the Columbia - Why I care about space
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Despite the controversies his daughter is tangled in, daddy Billy Ray Cyrus has something to be proud about.
Pop star Miley Cyrus accepted an "inspiration" award from fellow Disney protege Hilary Duff in Los Angeles on Friday for helping feed hungry children and connecting youth to volunteering opportunities with Youth Service America.
"I got to tell you I never thought I'd get an award from Hilary Duff," said the teenage singer on stage of the Annual Global Action Awards Gala. "That's like a dream come true for me. She inspired me, and now I'm here being able to inspire other kids."
Cyrus' father recently said he's "scared for her" after video of her taking bong hits circled the Internet, blaming Disney's "Hannah Montana" for splitting up his family and keeping him away from his girl. But a glowing Billy Ray was alongside Miley in a promotional video played before the singer was given the Global Action Youth Leadership Award.
Miley exclaims in the video, "just seeing their [the kids'] face light up because they get so excited and to see that smile more than once -- if you see it once in your entire life I'd say you're really lucky, but if you see it more that that it's a miracle."
Among rumors that the 18-year-old pop star goes out drinking and smoking, the Get Ur Good On community service program Miley started is a welcome distraction from her partying habits. Before handing off the glass trophy, Duff said that Cyrus workes with her for Blessings in a Backpack and supports a school in Eastern Kentucky.
"Get Ur Good On links Miley's power to the voices of young people around the world, giving each the chance to show how they can make a difference," the actress said about the program that works with 156 schools across the state.
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Hot off the press – the Catholic Bishops Conference in the Philippines has just announced that they intend to enlist Manny Pacquiao as a 'Bible Ambassador'. Pacquiao – as I'm sure you realise – is considered by some to be the best pound-for-pound boxer of all time. The small Filipino Boxer – is the first and only boxer to win world titles in eight different weight divisions. From a background of acute poverty, which forced him to drop out of education, he has fought his way to the top. Pacquiao has always been upfront about his Catholic Faith – within the ring, he frequently makes the sign of the cross and every time he comes back from a successful fight abroad, he attends a thanksgiving Mass in Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila. (click here to see a previous blog about the intense devotion to the Black Nazarene). They say that there are two things that bring the country to a halt, when Ateneo (the Jesuit University) play De la Salle at basketball, and when the 'Pacman' fights.
Pacquiao – currently a congressman in his spare time – has the reputation for being devout in the sporting world – although some Jesuits have a wry smile when I ask them about this. It seems as though he had a bit of reputation for a certain lifestyle in his early days, but the last few years has cleaned up his act – which many people put down to the influence of his wife 'Jinky'. His role will be part of an impressive campaign by the Bishops who want to make the Bible more available to the poor. Their aim is to produce 5 million Bibles for 5 million poor Filipinos and Catholics within 7 years. The plan is to subsidise them at P50… (about 80 pence each). From a British perspective it is nice to see a celebrity who is serious about his faith – in an unaffected way – able to express this faith with confidence that he will be respected. In the UK – there is more cynicism, sneering and angry atheism about. Its famously not politically correct to 'do God'. In that we are out of step with the vast majority of the worlds population, whether Christian, Muslim or any faith.
It would be fair to point out that Boxing may have more in common with the violence of the Old Testament that the ethos of 'turn the other cheek' in the New Testament. Boxing doesn't sit comfortably with middle-class sensibilities – and spirituality in the 'West' seems to becoming more and more an exclusive 'middle class industry'. Boxing's working class roots have always had difficulty assimilating into a middle class value system – even with the big money, prime time pay-cheques. But the Church has often been one of the few reliable presences in the urban slums – and parish gyms were a way introducing discipline to boys, as well as channelling some of the adolescent anger and rage that can be magnified by poverty. It was often the priest as a mentor/teacher who could straddle those two socioeconomic classes least awkwardly. In my own Christian Brothers school in Liverpool – a legend of a teacher 'Jimmy Heighton' who celebrated his 50th year teaching when I was a student had been on an Olympic Boxing Team. My memory of teaching in London is that one of the most effective ways of keeping the boys out of gangs was by getting them on the football or rugby pitch. So before we become too 'sniffy' about this unholy alliance of pugilism and the Word – in an Olympic year lets remember the virtues that come from sporting discipline too! Would more gyms have made a difference to the London riots?


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Does the title of this post take you back to your days of reading Nancy Drew books? :) I had a sudden flashback of hunting through our school library for those hard-backed yellow covered books, then sitting and reading them cover to cover, thinking that no one was as cool as Nancy or as dreamy as Ned. As a kid, I tried to create mysteries where there were none, just for the opportunity of solving them and being just as cool as she was.
As for the disappearing spinach... well, you'll find out soon enough. Although, I'm sure you already know what I'm talking about, so it's no great mystery. My life just isn't that mysterious!
I'm always surprised when people don't like sweet potatoes, because I think they are one of nature's perfect vegetables. They can be prepared sweet or savory, so I love how versatile they are, and we eat them every week, with at least one mid-week dinner - usually roasted, with olive oil, salt, pepper and cinnamon or nutmeg, sometimes baked or mashed, and once in a while... sweet potato fries. And of course, there's one of my all-time favorite side dishes at Thanksgiving... sweet potato casserole.
My mom never made hers with marshmallows on top, so it always seemed strange to me growing up when people ate marshmallows on their sweet potatoes. Even to this day, it doesn't appeal to me. We made ours with a sweet and crunchy streusel topping of butter, brown sugar, flour and pecans. I think that's the only way it should be done. That's just home to me.
I also really love adding sweet potatoes to soups and stews - while still holding their shape, they melt just a little into the broth making it so rich and flavorful. One of my favorite soups is Kielbasa Sausage with Sweet Potatoes and Spinach. We ate this for dinner Thursday night with some of this apple swirl bread that I made from doughnut dough, toasted, and spread with homemade apple butter.
I came up with this recipe about 5 or 6 years ago, and everyone I've made it for has loved it. Lean turkey kielbasa keeps the recipe light, while still adding a ton of flavor. Whenever I make this, Jamie says that I must have hidden all the spinach, because I start with a huge mound of spinach on top of the soup, cover it with the lid to steam just before serving, and it disappears into the soup like magic! :) So there you go - mystery solved.
When I saw this recipe for Moroccan Beef and Sweet Potato Stew, I had to try it - the flavors looked amazing, and I'm always looking for new ways to cook beef so that it's really tender. I was concerned about the lack of liquid in the recipe, though, since the beef I used was very lean, so I did add beef stock to it to make sure the meat was well hydrated and in no danger of drying out. I also found that mine was very tender and ready to eat in about half the amount of cooking time that was called for, which may simply be from the meat I used having less connective tissue to be broken down.
This was a really delicious stew, quick to put together, with fork-tender beef and amazing flavors, that I would definitely make again. Both of these dishes are perfect for windy fall nights like this one.
Kielbasa Sausage, Sweet Potato and Spinach Soup
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- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 sweet yellow onion, diced
- 1 stalk celery, diced
- 1/2 lean turkey Kielbasa sausage, cut into bite-sized chunks
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 4-5 cups fat free, low-sodium chicken broth (or 1 cup homemade chicken stock, plus 3-4 cups water)
- 1 can (14.5 ounces) diced tomatoes in garlic, basil and oregano
- 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into bite-sized chunks
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon dried basil or Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon dried tarragon
- salt and pepper
- 4-5 cups fresh baby spinach leaves
In a large stock pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion, celery and sausage, and a pinch of salt, and cook for about 10 minutes, until vegetables are softened and sausage is slightly browned. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
Add the chicken broth, and scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Add the tomatoes, sweet potatoes, bay leaf and seasonings. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium low and simmer, uncovered until the potatoes are very tender, about 30 minutes. Adjust the seasoning if needed.
Add the spinach to the pot, cover with a lid, and leave to steam for 5 minutes. Stir the spinach into the soup and serve.
Yields about 6 servings.
Moroccan Beef and Sweet Potato Stew
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- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 1/2 - 2 pounds stewing beef, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into bite-sized chunks
- 1 small yellow onion, diced
- 1/2 cup golden raisins
- 1 can (14.5 ounces) Italian diced tomatoes
- 1 cup beef stock
- salt and pepper
In a large bowl, combine the flour, cumin, cinnamon, salt and cayenne pepper. Add the pieces of meat, and toss until they are evenly coated. Place meat in a crock pot.
Add the potatoes, onion, raisins, diced tomatoes and beef stock. Stir to combine slightly. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours, until potatoes and beef are fork tender. During the cooking process, there is no need to stir the stew, but you can taste and adjust seasoning as needed.
Serve the stew with hot couscous.
Yields 6 servings.
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***Editor's Note: The following comments were received in response to the August 14-15, 2011, edition of "U.S. Farm Report"
#1: I really think Mike Florez should be "BANNED" from "U.S. Farm Report." $9.75-$13 corn???? What is this guy smoking? (or advertising, ha ha). At least Bill Beidermann has some common sense. Sorry to have missed you at RML Trading in Grand Forks, hoping to meet you this winter with BETTER weather. Marty Hattervig - Buxton, N.D.
#2: Just dropping a line to let you know I enjoyed your commentary (John's World) on the Aug. 14 "U.S. Farm Report" show. America definitely needs to find a middle ground and quit living extreme lifestyles in order to be successful. Many have come to know a life of instant gratfication and self-importance and it has led to a very greedy and disappointing path many have taken. I hope for our kids we can get back to a more simple way of life again. I enjoy your show very much, very informative and insightful. I just wish it aired at a more convenient time, airs at 4 a.m. in Kansas City on KMBC-TV ABC. Maybe I will start recording it more. Thanks again and keep up the good work. Aaron Luke
#3: Your report on rodeo on Aug 13th...in my opinion, kids should not be allowed to do anything related to rodeo because it is too dangerous, as we all know; if they want to do it, then they will have to wait till they are 18. Now, you wonder why I say this -- it is probably most likely that I am a "city girl mother" who lives in the country. Maybe there is someone out there who can convince me otherwise. Wendi Bryan
#4: Hello John,I always enjoy the show. There is a saying that has been around for many years: "The road to riches is paved with inheritance." And this saying is probably more true than not when it comes to farming. It is not just having enough money to start farming, there is a tremendous learning curve when it comes to switching occupations. I was a crop duster (ag pilot) for 35 years (I started at 25 years old). Had a very good safety record for those 35 years. Sold our spraying business and retired into a small farming operation.
I started farming at 60 years old, just farming 160 acres of dryland wheat and 135 acres of double-crop irrigated wheat and soybeans. It really surprised me what I didn't know about farming, even though I had been spraying crops for 35 years. When a person changes from one occupation to another, he had better hit the books all over again. If a person is not willing to learn and take advice from more experienced farmers, he is just looking for trouble.
The learning curve in farming is just about as hard as a 55-year-old, 1,000-hour private pilot becoming an ag pilot -- it can become expensive -- both physically and financially. It is not impossible, but it is not really recommended. Carlin Lawrence
#5: Here in our area it's dry. July we only had 1.35 inches of rain -- most of July was triple-digit temperatures too...location southeast of Kansas City, Mo. First of July, cornstalks had three ear shoots per stalk. New technology corn first week in July would have made over 200 bushels...now the first week in August I doubt if it will make 100 bushels. Last Friday we had a mean thunderstorm -- high winds, power off for five hours. Some corn fields are flat -- others are spotty. Our farm renter ordered a reel to pick up downed corn. He said the lady asked what was going on -- "You're the 70th ordered." Soybeans still could make a crop...got 0.86 of rain yesterday. Herb Fender


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Suspicious briefcase reported at South Hills Village
Mall was evacuated during bomb squad response in Bethel Park
South Hills Village and the Carmike 10 movie theater next to the mall were evacuated Sunday evening because a man with a briefcase mentioned bomb-making materials and Boston while inside a Barnes and Noble store, Bethel Park police said.
"There was a reference to Boston, and there was a reference to bomb or bomb materials, but there was no specific threat against the mall," said Bethel Park Police Chief John Mackey.
Two customers in the store heard the man make the comments and called police, but the suspect left and walked into the nearby Red Robin restaurant. Customers there noticed the man acting strangely as soon as he entered with the briefcase.
"I could see him fiddling with it, and trying to get it underneath the table, and I just thought it was really odd," said Melissa Roman. "So I just kept watching him cause I knew something was going to happen."
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A witness shared a video on u local that showed police officers taking 70-year-old Frank Zahler into custody at Red Robin.
"I didn't have anything. Geez, I was making a joke with the kid," Zahler told Channel 4 Action News while being taken away in handcuffs. "These hoity-toity kids are wacky, man. What can you do with them?"
Mall manager Linda Accettulla issued this statement:
"At approximately 6:15 p.m., an unidentified individual entered Barnes and Noble and stated that he had bomb making material in his briefcase. He was quickly taken into custody. This is currently a Bethel Park police issue. We want to assure our customers and employees that every precaution is being taken to fully address this critical situation."
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First UN Global Road Safety Week (23 - 29 April 2007)
Below are just a few snaps from the events in Geneva. You will find more photos on these two sites: UNECE Photos and WHO Photos
You are free to use WHO's or UNECE's photos for non-commercial activities, but please use the correct credits. If you require the images in higher resolution, please contact the WHO or UNECE as appropriate (see the various photo sites for details).


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The Linux 4.12 merge window is open for two weeks. A lot of new source code has already landed in the Linux 4.12 mainline Git tree. I compiled the first alpha with the latest source code from the Linux 4.12 mainline Git tree today.
Let's testing!
- Nemo patch 4.12-1
- BFQ I/O Scheduler Lands Along With New Kyber Scheduler -- phoronix
- Linux 4.12 Should Be Another Exciting, Featureful Cycle -- phoronix
- Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 4.12
- Linux Git log
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text: Stage designs for The Snake Woman From Chapter 3: Peregrinus Tyss Meets Pipifax: Eisenstein, the Grotesque, and the Attraction Sergei Eisenstein, stage designs for Gozzi's The Snake Woman (February 26, 1918). From top to bottom: stage-within-a-stage, ground plan of the forestage, and forestage "attendants" pulling back the curtain. Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, f. 1923, op. 1, ed. khr. 698: 11.


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Ramesh Balsekar, a teacher of pure Advaita, or non-duality, is an unearthly blend of the utterly human and utterly divine manifesting as a brilliant spiritual Master. His crystal-clear and profound teachings are backed by his complete understanding that "Nobody does anything" coupled with his life experience as a top executive of a major Indian bank, as a huband, father and grandfather – all lived knowing that it is all happening as God's Will.
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Wyndmoor resident Terri O'Donnell faces the everyday pressures of being a wife and the mother of a teenager.
"We tend to have really busy lives," she said, "because we run households and shuffle kids around."
In October, she discovered the art of Zentangle, which involves drawing patterns on a tile. It was developed by two artists, Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts, as a therapeutic way to cope with stress, anger, or even addiction, among many other applications.
"I took a class and I was really intrigued," said O'Donnell, 50.
She has little background in art besides drawing in the margins of notebooks and coloring in coloring books as a child, but discovered several benefits of Zentangle.
"It helps you get more energy, more focused, more relaxed."
She soon began practicing the art every night. Her husband, a self-employed business consultant, also took up Zentangle on more of a casual basis. Her experience with the art made her want to help others realize how they can use it to cope with pressures they face.
She received her certification from Thomas and Roberts to teach Zentangle, and O'Donnell will begin a class at the
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The class is tentatively scheduled for the first Wednesday of each month, and O'Donnell said she hopes to help her students use Zentangle to achieve the meditative affects it has had on her.
"When people see it they go, 'Wow, this is really cool,'" she said. Many works of Zentangle look intricately drawn, but its emphasis on making one-micron pen stroke at a time makes it learnable for anyone.
The extent of O'Donnell's background in art came when she worked as a self-employed adviser, helping people put together scrapbooks with photographs of their memories. She still doesn't consider herself an artist, but she was able to cultivate her Zentangle skills and wants to help her students realize it is a skill that they too can acquire.
"Some people see it and are like, 'I can't do this,'" she said. But it is an art, she noted, that is actually "not intimidating."
O'Donnell said everyday things, such as patterns on ceiling tiles, become recognizable as Zentangle patterns to someone who has been practicing the art long enough.
Some of her works have been on display in Starbucks on Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill since Tuesday.
With her busy schedule, O'Donnell said she has found another of Zentangle's many benefits: fighting insomnia.
"It's a great sleep builder," she said. "You get lost in just doing the same theme."
O'Donnell is not sure what to expect in terms of attendance for the first class, but said she hopes for about 20 people.
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David Broder: A Legend and a Gentleman
Remembering a reporter who made Washington -- and journalism -- better.
The first time I nervously boarded the press bus during the 1984 presidential campaign, I was greeted by many cold stares and, thankfully, one smiling face.
"I'm Dave Broder from The Washington Post," the man with the smile said. "Who are you?" In truth, I was a nobody, working for a midsize daily newspaper in Harrisburg, Pa. But one of his best buddies from campaigns past was my editor, which somehow made me OK in his eyes.
He took me row by row, up and down the aisle of that crowded bus, introducing me to the men and women who owned the famous bylines I had come to know as I dreamed of someday following in their footsteps. Then he sat with me as we rode to a Pittsburgh market to watch Walter Mondale pose awkwardly with a dead fish.
That was my first experience with the best political reporter from a generation that had a lot of great ones. It wasn't my last, but there will be no more. He died today, at 81.
Broder was old school. Facts mattered. Opinions didn't belong in news stories. Polls were part of a story but not the whole story. And focus groups? He didn't need them to figure out what people were thinking. He knocked on doors and asked them. And then he wrote better stories than the rest of us because he had done better reporting.
He made mistakes, like every reporter does. His judgment was sometimes flawed. But unlike other journalists, Broder devoted one column a year to what he called his "annual accounting of errors and misjudgments." That is accountability writ large.
By the time I met David Broder on that long-ago April day, he already owned a Pulitzer Prize and was entrenched at the Post after stints at the Washington Star and The New York Times. He was, in fact, already a legend. But he never bought it. He saw himself as Dave, and Dave was a gentleman.
About now, if he were here, Broder would say, "Kid, this reads like a puff piece." So let me tell you the worst thing I know about this guy: He had, hands down, the messiest office in Washington. My guess is that someone at the Post put flowers on Broder's desk today. But they're probably pretty hard to find.
Later tonight, the printing presses will rumble to life and another edition of The Washington Post will be created. There will be a picture of Broder and a story, just like thousands of other times. But this time, the story will be about David Broder, not by him.
A night or two after we met, as I rushed to make deadline after a debate between Mondale, Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson, Broder appeared at my side and asked if I had everything I needed. I told him I was set.
If he asked me that today, this is what I'd say: "This one's tough, Dave. I could use some advice."
And in that gentle, thoughtful way of his, he'd say, "Write what you know."
I know this: Journalism is better because of David Broder. And it won't be the same without him.


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P&G Embraces Facebook as Big Part of Its Marketing Plan
Opens Silicon Valley Office Aimed at Increasing Social-Media Presence
BATAVIA, Ohio (AdAge.com) -- Procter & Gamble Co. loves Facebook after all, and besides encouraging brands to develop a presence there, the world's biggest marketer has opened an office in Silicon Valley to help develop social-networking systems and digital-marketing capabilities with the website.
"P&G's explicit goal for 2010 is to assure that each of its brands has a meaningful presence on Facebook, and they are willing to pay dearly for that," Mr. Hornik wrote. "And while P&G's thought leaders expressed some skepticism about the efficacy of Facebook's 'engagement ads,' they certainly view Facebook as a must-have for digital advertising and brand building. They didn't quantify what they are paying for that exposure, but it is quite clear that the numbers are very big."
Mr. Hornik contrasted the enthusiastic outlook on Facebook to a less-enthusiastic one by P&G executives toward Twitter. "They described Twitter as 'much more like television than one might think.' To P&G, Twitter is a great broadcast medium -- it is best for one-to-many communications that are short bursts of timely information," he wrote. "P&G folks do not view it as particularly relevant to what they are doing on the brand-building and advertising side. ... They do not believe that Twitter will ever approach the value they can get out of a Google or Facebook."
Mr. Hornik, after being contacted by P&G over the weekend, did backtrack on one big number -- a projection he had attributed to P&G that Facebook would reach 5 billion members globally. That 5 billion is actually the number of consumers P&G hopes to reach globally, up from the current 4 billion.
By whatever count, however, P&G's outlook on Facebook and social media as marketing tools appears rosier than Ted McConnell, general manager-interactive marketing and innovation, portrayed in a talk to a digital-marketing forum in Cincinnati in late 2008.
"What in heaven's name," he asked, "made you think you could monetize the real estate in which somebody is breaking up with their girlfriend?"
"Who said this is media?" he said. "Media is something you can buy and sell. Media contains inventory. Media contains blank spaces. Consumers weren't trying to generate media. They were trying to talk to somebody. So it just seems a bit arrogant. ... We hijack their own conversations, their own thoughts and feelings, and try to monetize it."
He went on to say, noting it was personal preference rather than company policy, "I really don't want to buy any more banner ads on Facebook."
He also expressed discomfort about the level of personalized targeting available through Facebook, though he said that Facebook applications are potentially valuable vehicles for advertisers.
In an e-mail, a P&G spokeswoman wrote that Mr. McConnell was speaking for himself, not the company, at the time. "P&G sees the value of digital and social media in consumers' lives and we want to connect with consumers in the environments where they are spending their time," she said. "For example, Facebook fan pages for brands [are] an easy way to engage with consumers in a forum where they've chosen to engage with us. (i.e. Pringles' fan page has over 2.8 million global fans). We don't have social media figured out, but we are encouraging our brands to include digital and social media into their holistic brand-building strategies."
She said the intended perspective on Twitter is that it's "a communication platform that is good for 'one-to-many' communication, similar to TV. Additionally, some of our brands are using Twitter to engage with consumers one-on-one when they have questions. We also view Twitter as a valuable listening tool."
She also clarified that what was referred to as an Innovation Center on VentureBlog is a "Connect & Develop" office near Palo Alto "to increase our presence in innovation hotspots," but is not the size of the sprawling complexes that P&G typically terms "innovation centers." Connect & Develop is a longstanding P&G program which seeks to solicit innovation from outside companies and consumers while also licensing its own technology to outside companies.Sphere: Related Content


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Ryan Johnson scored on a thunderous left-footer as Jamaica edged Costa Rica 1-0 Sunday night in a friendly in Kingston in a match flush with MLS representatives.
The San Jose Earthquakes striker got on the end of a long ball in the 66th minute at National Stadium, shucked a defender and throttled a rocket past 'keeper Patrick Pemberton to give the Reggae Boyz their fourth win in 20 attempts over their CONCACAF rivals.
New York Red Bulls winger Dane Richards was also a big part of the victory, constantly menacing los Ticos with his speed. Richards nearly opened the scoring on his own the 20th minute after getting free on goal, but was dragged down from behind by Ricardo Blanco, who escaped with a yellow.
Richards' RBNY teammate Roy Miller gave Costa Rica their best chance just before halftime, heading just over Dwayne Miller's goal from six yards out.
Johnson's goal was his second for Jamaica after scoring a header at Argentina in February. Houston Dynamo midfielder Lovel Palmer was an 81st-minute substitution for Richard Edwards.
Real Salt Lake star Alvaro Saborio was an unused sub for interim coach Ronald González after providing a dramatic equalizer for Costa Rica in their 2-2 draw at Panama last Friday night.
Jamaica now head to Florida where they will take on Peru at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday.
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On one hand, Fire Dragons are very good at what they do. When I drop off a unit of Fire Dragons within six inches of a vehicle, I expect it to die, and the worst thing that ever happens is losing a few of my squad to the resulting explosion... at least, that's the worst thing that happens until my opponent gets to retaliate. They almost never see a second shooting phase. My normal setup for Fire Dragons is:
Elite: Fire Dragons (6#, 180 pts)
5 Fire Dragons, 180 pts ((pp.32 & 62 Eldar); Fleet; Fusion Gun; Melta Bombs)
1 Wave Serpent ((pp.45 & 63 Eldar); Unit Type: Vehicle (Skimmer, Tank, Fast); Energy Field; TL Shuriken Catapults; TL Shuriken Cannons)Storm Guardians, on the other hand, are less likely to blow up whatever they're shooting (two BS3 Str8 melta shots and a BS4 S9 shot)... but they have all the benefits that come along with being troops, they're more versatile, and people tend to see guardians as much less of a threat so they're more likely to survive more than one round. I normally run my storm guardians as follows:
Troops: Storm Guardians (12#, 225 pts)
10 Storm Guardians, 225 pts ((p.39 & p.64 Eldar); Fleet; Close Combat Weapon; Shuriken Pistol; Fusion Gun x2)
1 Warlock ((p.27-28 & p.60 Eldar); Psyker; Embolden; Fleet; Rune Armour; Shuriken Pistol; Singing Spear)
1 Wave Serpent ((pp.45 & 63 Eldar); Unit Type: Vehicle (Skimmer, Tank, Fast); Energy Field; TL Shuriken Catapults; TL Shuriken Cannons)I guess the big question is: Will two fusion guns and singing spear be enough for the tank busting needed in a small game, or do I really need the Fire Dragons? My gut tells me that the dragons are overkill, and that with so few units, I'll need the ones I have to be as versatile as possible. I did face AV14 at the last tournament, though, and that was the game in which I got my tail handed to me.
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The National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Bill
Please be sure to contact your U.S. Representative at (202) 225-3121, and urge him or her to cosponsor and support H.R. 197!
H.R. 197, introduced in the U.S. House by Representatives Cliff Stearns' (R-Fla.) and Rick Boucher (D-Va.), would allow any person with a valid concealed firearm carrying permit or license, issued by a state, to carry a concealed firearm in any state, as follows: In states that issue concealed firearm permits, a state's laws governing where concealed firearms may be carried would apply within its borders. In states that do not issue carry permits, a federal "bright-line" standard would permit carrying in places other than police stations; courthouses; public polling places; meetings of state, county, or municipal governing bodies; schools; passenger areas of airports; and certain other locations. The bill applies to D.C., Puerto Rico and U.S. territories. It would not create a federal licensing system; it would require the states to recognize each others' carry permits, just as they recognize drivers' licenses and carry permits held by armored car guards. Rep. Stearns has introduced such legislation since 1995.
• Today, 48 states have laws permitting concealed carry, in some circumstances. Forty states, accounting for two-thirds of the U.S. population, have RTC laws. Thirty-six have "shall issue" permit laws (including Alaska, which also allows carrying without a permit), three have fairly administered "discretionary issue" permit laws, and Vermont (and Alaska) allow carrying without a permit. (Eight states have restrictive discretionary issue laws.) Most RTC states have adopted their laws in the last decade.
• Citizens with carry permits are more law-abiding than the general public. Only 0.01% of nearly 1.2 million permits issued by Florida have been revoked because of firearm crimes by permit holders. Similarly low percentages of permits have been revoked in Texas, Virginia, and other RTC states that keep such statistics. RTC is widely supported by law enforcement officials and groups.
• States with RTC laws have lower violent crime rates. On average, 22% lower total violent crime, 30% lower murder, 46% lower robbery, and 12% lower aggravated assault, compared to the rest of the country. The seven states with the lowest violent crime rates are RTC states. (Data: FBI.)
• Crime declines in states with RTC laws. Since adopting RTC in 1987, Florida's total violent crime and murder rates have dropped 32% and 58%, respectively. Texas' violent crime and murder rates have dropped 20% and 31%, respectively, since its 1996 RTC law. (Data: FBI.)
• The right of self-defense is fundamental, and has been recognized in law for centuries. The Declaration of Independence asserts that "life" is among the unalienable rights of all people. The Second Amendment guarantees the right of the people to keep and bear arms for "security."
• The laws of all states and constitutions of most states recognize the right to use force in self-defense. The Supreme Court has stated that a person "may repel force by force" in self-defense, and is "entitled to stand his ground and meet any attack made upon him with a deadly weapon, in such a way and with such force" as needed to prevent "great bodily injury or death." (Beard v. U.S., 1895)
• Congress affirmed the right to guns for "protective purposes" in the Gun Control Act (1968) and Firearm Owners' Protection Act (1986). In 1982, the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution described the right to arms as "a right of the individual citizen to privately possess and carry in a peaceful manner firearms and similar arms."
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Bartlesville, Okla. — Oklahoma Wesleyan University crushed Mid-America Christian 90-73 to captured its fourth successive victories on the early season.
Junior guard Devin Harris was the main man for the Eagles with a double-double of 24 points and 10 assists during the win on Saturday night.
Phil Jahn had 17 points and nine rebounds, while Tyler Woods added 16 points for OKWU to close out the home classic undefeated.
Oklahoma Wesleyan is now 5-2 on the season.
Charlie Shorter, who scored 28 points for Mid-America Christian when these two teams met in a win earlier this season, led the way for the Evangels with 21 points in a losing effort.
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Peter-John de Villiers is a graphic designer from Oslo, Norway who sent us some of his work for this week's Reader Submission Of the Week. His work is rooted in traditional mediums and he founded The Shallowtree are & design studio. His psychedelic deer print is also really way cool.
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Biology Major Takes the Lead on the Track and in the Lab
Biology major, track star and published research author Kathryn Fanning works in the UAlbany laboratories of The RNA Institute.(Photo by Mark Schmidt)
ALBANY, N.Y. (February 25, 2013) — University at Albany junior Kathryn Fanning knows about being on the fast track to success. The biology major holds the women's one-mile and 1,000 meter track & field records at UAlbany, and she can now claim authorship of an article in a major international research journal.
Fanning, who has also excelled in the classroom, maintaining a 3.9 cumulative grade point average, is well on her way toward her goal of attending medical school.
The Manlius, N.Y., native receives authorship on the study "A novel role of cytosolic protein synthesis inhibition in aminoglycoside ototoxicity," published this month in the Journal of Neuroscience, along with senior author Jung-Bum Shin of the University of Virginia, Dr. Paul Agris, director of The RNA Institute at the University at Albany, and Kimberly Harris, a UAlbany Ph.D. candidate in biochemistry.
UAlbany women's record holder in the mile and 1,000 meter run, Fanning won both events at the America East Championship meet this past weekend in Boston, Mass.
Fanning prizes the opportunity she has had to work at The RNA Institute, which brings together top scientists, working with state-of-the-art facilities, to spur research and discovery into medical interventions and diagnostics aimed at treating a range of diseases.
"The RNA institute is an incredible establishment," said Fanning. "Researchers like Dr. Agris provide the opportunity for undergrads to carry out experiments on their own and perform studies with the guidance of graduate and PhD students. Kimberly Harris has been extremely helpful to me by ensuring I understand the underlying science behind the experiments I am performing."
The study published in this month's Journal considers the effects of a specific group of antibiotics known as aminoglycosides on hearing loss, due to their causing degeneration of hair cells located within the ear.
"My work primarily focused on finding evidence that the antibiotics were binding to a specific section of ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) to cause the damage," said Fanning. "I found this research very interesting because it brings together the biochemistry that is involved in medicine and illustrates exactly how the drugs are functioning."
Fanning draws praise from all walks of the University. "Kathryn is a committed young scientist with a delightful nature, whether that be in traditional academics, her research opportunity to fight antibiotic resistance with new ideas, or as a scholar athlete," said Agris. "She has the personality, engagement and the investment to succeed."
"I'll take a dozen like her to work with every year," said Matt Jones, UAlbany's running coach. "She's an aggressive, smart racer, and a wonderful person." Roberto Vives, director of UAlbany's track and field and cross country programs concurred: "Kathryn's tremendous in whatever we ask her to do — on the track, in class, in community service, and in every other way."
Fanning's attention to community service was demonstrated last spring, when she tutored college students in organic chemistry for the federally funded Center for Achievement, Retention and Student Success, and in January, when she participated in the Department of Athletics' community outreach to junior high students in track.
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22 February 2007 – More than 800 scientists from around the world will gather in Montreux, Switzerland, to attend the 2007 Envisat Symposium from 23 to 27 April to present and review results from ESA Earth observation satellites.
The objectives of the largest ESA Earth observation (EO) symposium ever held are to provide a forum for investigators to present results of ongoing research project activities using data from Envisat, ERS and Third Party Missions and to review and assess the development of applications and services.
Previous Envisat and ERS Symposia have been held in Cannes, Hamburg, Florence, Gothenburg and Salzburg. Dr. Remko Scharroo of Altimetrics/National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) told ESA that attending these symposia have always been highlights in his career and provided excellent opportunities to exchange the latest results obtained from the agency's satellites.
"As so many researchers focus on different instruments aboard these satellites and their different uses, it is at these symposia where it all comes together. I have always returned from those symposia with the feeling that I learned a lot and also contributed my small share to the better understanding of the satellites and to their applications in Earth sciences," Scharoo said.
Themes of the 2007 symposium include the atmosphere, climate, oceanography, cryosphere, land and hazards. Within these themes, almost all fields of Earth science will be addressed, such as landslides, ocean colour, sea surface temperature, sea ice, volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, fires, winds and waves and oil spills, among others. Eight hundred presentations selected by peer review will be given by ESA Principal Investigators travelling from more than 40 countries worldwide. Numerous demonstrations are also planned for the week in the ESA and Industry exhibit areas.
The conference will include a special session dedicated to the joint ESA/European Commission Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme, including the GMES space component, Sentinel missions and contributions from national missions.
There will also be a session dedicated to the use of EO in support of International Environmental Conventions in close collaboration with UN agencies, the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP).
As the greatest environmental challenge facing the world today, numerous climate change studies and results will be presented at the symposium, further illustrating the findings of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.
"Through the years it has been a plight to ever increase the accuracy of the ERS and Envisat altimeter data. That effort started with the ERS-1 absolute altimeter range calibration in 1991, and continued by providing precise orbits for both ERS-1 and ERS-2 to the user community. The symposium in Montreux will be the time to discuss the latest results, and I am sure I will return with new ideas to work on and new algorithms to implement," Scharroo added.
Radar altimeters, such as the one aboard Envisat, offer valuable information on the state of the ocean by providing measurements of the height of the ocean surface. Radar altimeters are fundamental instruments for globally monitoring continental ice-mass imbalance, floating sea-ice thickness and continental surface water levels in rivers and lakes – all indicators of climate change.
The impact human activities have on air quality will also be addressed. Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a mainly man-made gas, can cause lung damage and respiratory problems and leads to the production of ozone in the troposphere. Envisat is able to measure NO2 because of its onboard Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography (SCIAMACHY) instrument, which records the spectrum of sunlight shining through the atmosphere.
Using data from Envisat, scientists developed in 2003 a high-resolution global atmospheric map of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution, which made clear just how human activities affect air quality. Scientists developed another global atmospheric map using Envisat data in 2006, allowing changes to be monitored.
"At the Envisat Symposium I will present our findings regarding the trends and sources of NO2 emissions, and I hope to learn more of the latest results from international colleagues working on Envisat data," Dr. Ronald van der A of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) said.
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Potato, spring onion, dill & cheese frittata
Nutrition and extra info
- Vegetarian
- kcal244
- fat15g
- saturates4g
- carbs18g
- sugars1g
- fibre1g
- protein11g
- salt0.4g
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 400g leftover cooked new potato, sliced
New potatoesn-ew po-tate-oes
New potatoes have thin, wispy skins and a crisp, waxy texture. They are young potatoes and…
- 4 eggs, beaten
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 4 spring onions, finely sliced
Spring onionsp-ring un-yun
Also known as scallions or green onions, spring onions are in fact very young onions, harvested…
- 1 bunch dill, roughly chopped
- 25g cheddar, grated
Once cheddar was 'Cheddar', a large, hard-pressed barrel of cheese made by a particular…
In a small non-stick frying pan, heat oil over a medium heat. Add potatoes, then fry until beginning to crisp, about 8 mins. In a bowl, whisk together eggs, spring onions, dill and some seasoning. Heat the grill.
Tip the eggs into frying pan, mix quickly, lower the heat, then sprinkle over cheese. After about 8 mins, once the top side has almost set, pop under the grill for 2-3 mins or until firm and golden. Slide out of the pan. Eat straight away with mayo or ketchup or cool quickly and chill.


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No New Xbox "Anytime Soon," Says Microsoft
Microsoft's Xbox 360 is selling so well there's no need for the company to release its successor this year.
The company confirmed today that it won't be unveiling a new Xbox console at the E3 video game conference in June, and said consumers probably shouldn't expect new hardware for quite a while.
"While we appreciate all the interest in our long-range plans for the future, we can confirm that there will be no talk of new Xbox hardware at E3 or anytime soon," Microsoft's Corporate Communications boss Frank Shaw told AllThingsD. "For us, 2012 is all about Xbox 360."
And for good reason. Shaw notes that the past year has been the best ever for Xbox 360 — a year in which it outsold not just all other gaming consoles, but DVD players and digital media receivers as well.
With demand for the Xbox 360 that robust, Microsoft can take its time bringing a successor to market, milking another year of strong sales out of the 360, which is still riding an upswell of momentum thanks to its Kinect motion-sensor peripheral and a strong lineup of games.


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Berlin: The Lost Opportunity
City of Architecture, Architecture of the City: Berlin 1900–2000
Rebuilding the Reichstag
The Reichstag: The Parliament Building by Norman Foster
Architektur in Berlin: Jahrbuch 2000
How to rebuild a world city in the wake of man-made catastrophe is a notion that is just beginning to dawn on New Yorkers. But the infinitely resilient burghers of Berlin have been doing so for more than half a century, starting in the aftermath of World War II and then starting over again following the collapse of the Wall and the regimes that built and backed it. Rarely in modern times have there been reconstruction projects as far-reaching or lavishly funded as those of post-apocalyptic Berlin, and never have they been so fraught with symbolism or, in recent years, so wrought with soul-searching.
The immediate postwar aims of the West Germans and their American patrons were essentially the same as those of the East Germans and their Soviet patrons. Both superpowers wanted their respective sectors of Berlin to advertise the benefits of their political systems, and no expense was spared in translating those ideologies into built form. But since those parallel programs were being conducted in large part for the greater glory of their sponsors on the world stage, little worry was devoted to whether those schemes addressed the local past, which in large part was simply ignored.
We are reminded of that purposeful amnesia in the several chapters on postwar rebuilding in City of Architecture, Architecture of the City: Berlin 1900–2000, the richly illustrated catalog of an unfortunately underreported exhibition held at that city's Neues Museum last year. It is further regrettable that the organizers of Berlin's most recent building boom did not have the benefit of such an instructive guide to the city's successive twentieth-century incarnations. Such knowledge might have better informed their design decisions and perhaps could have prevented some of the dreadful mistakes that have been made there during the last decade.
Architects and planners in 1950s Berlin felt free to do as they pleased in part because Hitler's capital had been bombed into a veritable tabula rasa. Such wholesale departures from regional practice as the socialist neoclassical apartment towers of Stalinallee in the East (which appropriated motifs from Karl Friedrich Schinkel's Feilner house of 1827–1829 in Berlin) and the Corbusian towers-in-a-park of the Hansaviertel neighborhood in the West (including Le Corbusier's Unité d'habitation of 1956–1959) only emphasized that the city had never fully meshed into a cohesive urban fabric. Spread out over almost 350 square miles, the twenty-three component boroughs of Berlin did not metamorphose into an organic metropolis in the way the villages of London or the faubourgs of Paris did. Indeed, Berlin's lackadaisical sprawl, low-to-medium-rise profile, medium-density settlement patterns, and wildly disparate atmosphere from one part of the city to another make it more akin to Los Angeles than to any other European capital.
Schinkel, Germany's greatest nineteenth-century architect, served as Prussia's general building director and constructed much in and around Berlin, but the depleted finances of the state during and after the Napoleonic Wars and a parsimonious king circumscribed the scope of his efforts. The city's rapid development after Germany's…
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Recently I was working with Lightroom and wanted to create a tetraptych (which is 4 images together) to show a series of images of a church that i visited in Norway. I wanted to find the best way to arrange them before i started the Photoshop work and blend them together. The Lightroom survey mode is a great tool and used for comparing images together by all photographers, and i feel is the best approach for this task, however, I want to play around with the order without having to come in and out of the view. This is possible inside Lightroom's survey mode, and it allows you to drag images around whilst in this view.
Here's how. Move Lightroom into the Library Module (if it is not already selected) and pick multiple images in the film strip. Then to re-order the images, grab one of the images and move it around the view. The other images will move around to accommodate this image. This is great, as it allows me to not only experiment with my tetraptych, but also allows me to compare images together in a way that makes sense.
You can see in the following screen shot, that I have selected 5 pictures, but only 4 are needed to be part of my tetraptych, so now i need to select the one's that i like, but also work together as a set. Initially i am going to start with 4 that grab my attention and use the Adobe Behance platform to collaborate with others to get feed back.
When in Lightroom's Library module in grid mode, you can select multiple images to compare (Red). In this case click on the first image, then hold the shift key, click on the last image and selected the range. You can also used the CMD (Mac) or the CTRL (Pc) key to individually select them (the images may not be in a natural sequence). Then move Lightroom into Survey mode to check the images work (Yellow). I would like to use the whole screen estate as well, so i need to remove the panels, pressing SHIFT and ALT keys together will allow me to do this.
Pressing the 'L' will move Lightroom into Lights out mode. This is now what is displayed.
This view in Lightroom really allows me to see which images work well together. It also allows me to try different combinations, by dragging images and placing them in different locations (click on an image and drag it into a different location on your computer).
Once the images have been moved they look very different
Now let us move them into Photoshop for the assembly.
As this series of images will be for the web, just export them to a folder on the desktop (Red), then set the quality to maximum JPG (Yellow), and the long edge to be 1500 at 360 PPI (Blue).
Now open them all in Photoshop CC and assemble to a Black background for editing.
By just opening all of the files inside Photoshop, you can create the final comp using the following techniques
1. Extend the canvas of one on the pictures (this will be an ideal base as it has the same bit depth and height as the rest.
2 Use the crop tool to extend the height of the canvas to support the black edges which will be 3 pixels of black around the edges of the whole comp and the images in the comp. (To make it easier to see where the black edges are, choose the move tool (V) and right click on the canvas and select a lighter colour than black).
3. Set a black background for the comp. Create a new Solid layer (Menu Tool bar / Layer, New Fill Layer / Solid Colour), choose Black or another colour, then move this to the bottom layer of the layer stack (so it is behind the other layers).
4. Turn on the rulers (Menu Tool bar / View / Rulers) and enable guides (Menu Tool bar / View / Show / Guides). I am chosen to use pixel for the rulers (this will help me select 3 pixels), right click on the ruler and choose pixels. Then pull out some guides from the ruler portion of the canvas. I have used 10 vertical and 4 horizontal.
5. Position the vertical guides at the edges of each photograph, starting from the left, choose a 3pixel gap (using the ruler and guides), then move the first picture in place (it will snap), then follow this technique for the rest of the images (as well as the last edge). Continue to do this for the top and bottom edges as well.
Now you should have something like the following. The guides are sticky, so saving the document will these enabled will enable you to add different pictures or re-order pictures, and use this as a template.
6. Save the file as a .PSD, you may also want to save as a template for other work as well.
Now let us get feedback on this image from the Behance community using the Behance Work in Progress feature, effectively i am going to use either Behance to get critique on my work (this could be from your peers or the wider community).
At the bottom of the image screen, there is a share on Behance icon (Red). Click this icon and you will be presented with the "Share on Behance Screen".
The Behance Share panel will automatically prepare the file for editing and convert for a web display. You can see that i have already filled in the title, description and SEO (Search Engine Tags) for this image, as well as a conversation piece.
You can control the audience at the bottom of the panel. Public will be everyone on the Behance network, then Feedback Circle will be a private viewing of peers and colleagues. This is a great way to really make your work shine, by asking other people how it can be improved. This type of workflow is new, but is where I see the future of Photography and Digital Art work.
Press Continue to move to the next step.
Crop the cover of your work and Publish the work when ready (there is also a chance to promote you work on Twitter as well, in the next step, which is not covered here).
You can then see the final Work in Progress image on Behance. You can see below the actual Work in Progress that was issued before this post was written. At the bottom of the page, you can see there is a change to add revisions to this work and show progress of the image, based on critique received.
If the sequence is not quite right, then you can go back and re-select in Lightroom and survey mode, then slot the image exports back into the Photoshop file, ready to create a new revision in WIP, or create a final project piece.
The feedback from talking with people on this particular image, was that the blured image doesn't work very well and having something that links the church to more of a religious significance may make the sequence have more relevance and impact.
You can see my current thoughts on the Behance Work in Progress and if you have any thoughts, please type your comment, it would be great to hear them.


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Candidates Say the Darndest Things
One of the best parts of election years is watching the candidates say things that you know are going to come back and bit them in the ass. The classic example is George Bush Sr's famous "Read my lips: No new taxes" quote. It's kind of like guaranteeing a victory in the NFL playoffs or calling your shot in baseball. If you make good on it, you look like a genius. And if you don't, well, you just look like an ass.
The thing about GB Sr., though, is that his promise was rather benign. No new taxes. Sure, that sounds good even if it isn't really all that realistic. And compared to what the candidates are saying this time around, well, it also sounds rather sane.
Consider Newt Gingrich's recent promise to colonize the moon by 2020. Now aside from the fact that there is really no good reason to establish a permanent base on the moon nor any feasible way of doing so, it also seems like maybe we should focus the immense resources needed for such a mission on infrastructure projects or the like, things with tangible benefits that can not only be shared by all citizens but also put the those same citizens to work. Call me crazy but that's just how I look at things.
When it comes to crazy, though, the moon base is only one of Gingrich's many issues. In fact, the more you look at what the guy says and does, the more you realize that he probably is legitimately mentally ill. Megalomania, irrationality, wild mood swings. It's all there on the public record and in the numerous articles written about the former Speaker.
I don't know, though. Even though it's terrible for the country and would turn the general election into a joke, there's a part of me that wouldn't mind seeing Newt get the nomination. Who knows what other gems might be uncovered as he reaches for the highest office in the land? More than that, at least his crazy is kind of fun. It's much better than the kind of crazy that says rape victims should "Make the best out of a bad situation." That, my friends, is truly insane.


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Spring 2014 Bowman Breakfast to Focus on Local and Global Impact of Kent Businesses
The spring 2014 Bowman Breakfast will take place at Kent State University in the Kent Student Center Ballroom on Tuesday, March 18. Doors open at 7 a.m., breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m., and the program will follow at 8 a.m.
Five speakers will discuss the topic "Kent Businesses … A Local and Global Impact." The featured speakers are Matthew C. French, vice president and general manager of AMETEK; Albert Green, Ph.D., CEO of Kent Displays Inc.; Robin Kilbride, president and CEO of Smithers-Oasis; David Ruller, city manager for the city of Kent; and Nicholas R. Sucic, vice president and controller for the Davey Tree Expert Company.
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The Bowman Breakfast, a tradition since 1963, is sponsored by Kent State and the Kent Area Chamber of Commerce.