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New science and technology center at UH Manoa will explore the fantastic world of marine microbes
Center established with five-year, $19-million award from the National Science FoundationUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
Edward DeLong, (617) 253-5271
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
HONOLULU — The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is about to embark on a decade-long mission that will focus attention on the microbial inhabitants of the sea. The School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology's (SOEST) Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE) opened its doors for the creation and dissemination of new knowledge today by hosting a virtual science symposium on the challenges and opportunities of this relatively new and important area of scientific research.
C-MORE, which will receive approximately $19 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) over the first five years, will serve as a physical and intellectual space to facilitate collaborations and partnerships among the previously separate disciplines of oceanography, microbiology, ecology and genomics.
These new alliances will enable a deeper understanding of the seas, including its potential response to global environmental variability and climate change.
"We are on the verge of a revolution in our understanding of the sea around us, especially the role of microbes in global ecosystem processes," said David Karl, UH Mānoa professor of oceanography and C-MORE director. "The primary mission of the Center will be to increase understanding of the biology, ecology and biogeochemistry of marine microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea, single-celled plants and viruses."
The Center will also integrate its research objectives with a varied and diverse portfolio of education and outreach activities for students of all ages. It will push interdisciplinary collaboration between faculty, students and postdoctoral scientists in an accelerated fashion to train a new breed of microbial oceanographer, and will help to train teachers and develop curricula at the undergraduate and secondary education levels.
Implementation of these activities is also designed to increase the number of students and teachers engaged in quantitative sciences and engineering, focusing on underrepresented groups in science, especially Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.
To accomplish all this, the new Center will bring together knowledgeable teams of individuals who otherwise have little opportunity to interact. UH Mānoa will serve as the lead institution and the physical location of the Center. The interdisciplinary team assembled for C-MORE also includes scientists, engineers and educators from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Oregon State University, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, and the University of California at Santa Cruz, as well as the UH Mānoa College of Education and the Hawaiʻi Department of Education.
"Teamwork, strategic planning and implementation, and synergy are key factors in the success of the new NSF Science and Technology Centers," said Nathaniel G. Pitts, director of the NSF Office of Integrative Activities. "Each has multiple partners from different science and engineering sectors, including national and international academia, industry, and federal, state and local government. The partners will enable the centers to take advantage of complex agendas that require special modes of operation. The full diversity of the nation's intellectual talent will be engaged, and the expectation is that new knowledge will be one of the primary products, as will be the development of new instrumentation, new technologies, and future scientists and engineers."
"Projects like C-MORE don't just happen—they require the coordinated efforts of many people. We are very fortunate to have such a great team assembled for the important scientific challenges ahead," said Karl.
The team's work will also have broader societal benefits, primarily an increased understanding of Earth's climate and ecosystem variability, including anthropogenic impacts, and the education of the next generation and the public at large.
"A central objective of C-MORE will be to increase understanding about how biological diversity detected at the genome level expresses itself at the ecosystem function level, and then to transfer this knowledge to policymakers to assist them in their decision-making process," said Edward DeLong of MIT and C-MORE associate director for research. "Marine microorganisms are invisible to the naked eye but their presence enables all multi-cellular life to exist, including human populations. Novel methods in molecular biology combined with satellite- and sea-based remote sensing technologies provide an unprecedented opportunity to study microorganisms across broad spatial scales ranging from genes to entire ocean basins."
In addition to the five-year, $19-million grant from the NSF's Science and Technology Centers program, the establishment of the Center is made possible by a UH commitment for shared support and generous funding from The Agouron Institute and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation through their initiatives in marine microbiology.
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The School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) was established by the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaiʻi in 1988. SOEST brings together in a single focused ocean, earth sciences and technology group, some of the nation's highest quality academic departments, research institutes, federal cooperative programs, and support facilities to meet challenges in the ocean and earth sciences. Scientists at SOEST are supported by both state and federal funds as they endeavor to understand the subtle and complex interrelations of the seas, the atmosphere, and the earth. For more information, visit www.soest.hawaii.edu .
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Are you lonesome tonight?
No, this is not a proposition. We will not keep you company, nor will we send you an entertainer to make you smile and forget you're feeling blue. Or, perhaps, we will. We could send you a King, and you would probably enjoy it. Not the sort of royalty who demands respect, formal bows and obedience, but the sort of king who likes to party, and who knows how to party. Not all monarchs are boring, you know, and the one we have in mind the least of all. Our king is a very special one; it is the king of Rock and Roll. The one and only Elvis Presley can be on his way to your home in only a couple of minutes. Not in flesh and bones, unfortunately, but as a jigsaw puzzle. An entertaining Elvis jigsaw puzzle, featuring an image from the popular illustrator Chris Consani, with the King doing what he knows best: making people enjoy themselves. With 550 pieces and a finished size of 20" x 27", the King doesn't have to go anywhere, once he's settled in, and with him aboard, your loneliness will never be the same again. It's now or never. Look for it at Puzzle Warehouse, order it, assemble it, and never ever return it to sender. We advise you to listen to some old Elvis records while working on the Elvis jigsaw puzzle, and we guarantee you'll have a great time. You can even make this a social event and invite some of the members of your family, and even your friends. With such music and such a jigsaw puzzle, your house will definitely be the soul of the party.


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This just in: St. Louis is where the Dodgers go to die. A one-run lead with two out in the ninth inning devolved into a 15-inning whiff-fest ending in, yes, another Cardinals win.
But first, the good stuff. In the longest outing of his career, Clayton Kershaw was outstanding beyond words, needing only 112 pitches to hold the Cardinals scoreless over eight innings. He gave up only four hits and had seven strikeouts. Remember, he's 21 years old. As Phil Gurnee at True Blue LA says, not for sale at any price. Well put.
There was defense from unexpected sources as well. With the Cardinals threatening to score with two men on, Manny Ramirez made a spectacular catch to end the seventh:
And Andre Ethier made this spectacular catch to end the 11th:
Unfortunately, Jonathan Broxton ran into more two-out trouble, allowing the tying run in the ninth (his third blown save of the season). The two teams traded punchless punches from that point on, except for a scoring Matt Kemp sacrifice fly in the 11th, which Ramon Troncoso gave back in the bottom of the inning. But Hong-Chih Kuo and Guillermo Mota did their jobs, and Jeff Weaver pitched 2 2/3 heroic scoreless innings until Albert "God" Pujols touched him up for the winning run in the 15th.
Time of game: four hours, 53 minutes. Dodger hits: 13; Cardinal hits: 11. Losing streak: 4. Danger of first series sweep: alive.
Kershaw photo by Jeff Roberson/AP


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"We are proposing 40-50 GE or Vestas turbines arranged in a diamond shaped cluster," says FPL's Steve Stengel. The site chosen by FPL is within the area preferred by LIPA, about eight miles south-east of Jones Beach. "The nearest turbine to landfall will be at least three miles," says Stengel. He points out that the project must still undergo "extensive environmental and regulatory review." It could still become the first to be built in US waters.
Not everyone is happy about the selection of FPL. Also in the running was Peter Mandlestam's Bluewater Wind, a local company which had done several years of community outreach to build support for the project. As a result, some renewable energy advocates have expressed disappointment at the selection of late-comer FPL.
Mandlestam is not officially commenting on the decision, but dismisses talk of legal action. "We are not contemplating a lawsuit against anyone," he says. "We are not aware of any lawsuits being contemplated by others." He adds that Bluewater is "in the wind business, not the lawsuit business."
Some political figures in New York state are unhappy that FPL Energy hired lobbyist Alfonse D'Amato to plead its bid for the offshore contract with government officials. D'Amato is a former Republican Senator, sanctioned for ethics violations during his time in the US Senate and has been the subject of repeated ethics investigations since being ousted by voters from office in 1998. His ties to the administration of New York governor George Pataki are currently under investigation in the New York State Assembly. Referring to the offshore wind plan, assemblyman Richard Brodsky, who has initiated some of the investigations, says: "This project will never go anywhere."
FPL's Stengel confirms the company hired D'Amato, but declines to discuss the reasons for that decision.


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Slighly smaller than the regular "Gripper", These are also 5/8 inch adjustable stoppers designed for speed skating. Adjustable means you can wind the stopper up closer to the boot or down farther from the boot, making the stopper lower to the ground or higher up from the ground. Stopper measure 1-1/2" (38mm) at its widest point, 1-9/16"(42mm) FRONT TO BACK,3/4"(20mm) at the thickest point on front and 3/8" (10mm) at the thinnest point on back. Shaft is 5/8" diameter and 1" (26mm) in length
- Sold in pairs
- adjustable-lengthen or shorten the distance from the stopper to the ground
- Fits most plates that require adjustable stops (i.e. century, atlas, probe, invader).
- Shaft is 5/8" diameter and 1" (26mm) in length


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Missoni - Milan Spring-Summer 2012 - Backstage
AFTER the theatre of Dolce & Gabbana, Missoni provided quite the serene treat this afternoon with a collection held alfresco – but, entitled Sunrise Birds, that didn't mean the Missoni girl was any less up for a party than Dolce's. She is.
The Missoni muse next summer is, we were told, a free spirit, charming and spontaneous – and Margherita Missoni wafting around in a draped ochre dress to greet her guests was the perfect example.
"I like the idea of the free spirit woman. It's not the gypsy thing, she's a modern bohemian, she's still sexy and contemporary," said Vogue's Fran Burns. Indeed, where Peter Dundas at Emilio Pucci went all gypsy-inspired on us, Missoni went more flamenco with frills adorning every edge and hip and neckline – they came on swimwear, on blazers and to create swathes around sheerly knitted dresses.
It was blue in every sense – from ink and aqua to royal and cerulean. Knits hung loosely off shoulders to echo the bias cuts and asymmetric designs beneath – some knitted in such bright yellows they looked like pineapples (and given the foody themes emerging in Milan this week, may well have been).
But aside from frills, there were tassels and handkerchief hems of vivid scarf prints – a strong trend to have emerged thus far – and not just worn one at a time, layered up around the neck and trailing behind. Sheer and summer appropriate, this was a collection made in mind for staying out all night in. The colors, too, reflected this party girl spontaneous spirit – bright magenta, lime, orange, yellow and green.
Not to be outdone by the boldness of the clothes above were the shoes – adorned in plastic flowers and with heels of plexiglass. "The shoes and bags were really beautiful, as were the accessories," added Fran.
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I didn't really know what to expect with the Malibu Marathon, I had been sick for a while and hadn't run much since the Long Beach Marathon. I'm not making excuses but this race was the strangest thing ever, it was like the twilight zone. I seriously wish I could find the words to describe everything that happened, and I will do my best, but seriously, the best way to describe it is using the word bizarre. I also decided that I would write a post to review the race in general because it was the first time this race was run and there were some definite positives about it and some negatives as well, so keep your eyes peeled for that one.
Anyways, I guess starting off the wonderful weekend was a trip to the expo to get our bibs for the race. I spent the weekend with two of my best friends, Tara and Maritza, which was a BLAST. We should have known something when it took us like an hour to find the expo after traversing across the craziest road EVER. I am surprised my car, The Koo, survived especially with my sweet driving skills or lack of. We were all a little car sick after the crazy twists and turns that we took to get down to the beach. It was, of course, beautiful down at the beach and we were excited for the race at this point. We just wanted to get it done!
Me, Maritza, and Tara at the expo at Zuma Beach. We got really cool bags to put our stuff in the next day for the gear check, big plus, and also met some cool people. I bought my first race shirt EVER. It's really cute, green and soft and I love it and it's not even close to being hideous! Totally worth the twenty bucks and I even wore it to work the day after the marathon, which I've never done before! So I had a little dilemma, I had seen the tutus that Tara and Maritza has made and I had pretty serious tutu envy. So we looked up a Joanne's Craft store and found the stuff so that we could make mine match their poofiness! I was so happy when it was done! After the expo and our few errands we were pretty tired and just wanted to relax at home. We watched some Real Housewives of Orange County, made my tutu and I ate a whole pizza from California Pizza Kitchen the night before.
Finally, I fell asleep and before I knew it my alarm went off. UGHHHHH. Tara and I shared a room with two beds and her and I laid in bed for a little bit and I didn't want to move. Finally I rolled out of bed at 3:20 am. I was FREEZING and couldn't decide if I wanted to wear my shorts or my capris. This was a huge dilemma for me, but I put on my capris and put my shorts in my gear check bag so I could change at the starting line if I wanted to. We then drove to the start, but were greeted in the car with a window that wouldn't roll up. We should have known this was the beginning of a weirdly odd day! We spent the entire 45 minute drive slowly, slowly pushing the window up by pressing the button and me using my arms to push it up. Right before we parked in the parking lot it finally got to the top of the door frame. Thankfully. We got on the bus to be bussed to the start, and went to do a u-turn and the bus driver totally hit the curb with his bumper and it made a huge noise and everyone gasped. Yea, sign numero dos.
Finally we got to the start, went to the porta-potties quick and then I decided that I wanted to wear my shorts which was the best idea ever. I would have died in those capris. Last minute we also all decided to leave our arm warmers, another really good decision! Then before we knew it we were lined up and ready to go. There weren't that many entrants for the marathon and this was by far the smallest marathon I've run thus far, so it was a little weird having lots of room to move around and not to be pushed and jostled forward, which worked out well since I was wearing a huge puff of a tutu. We also put our d-chips on our shoes, not our ankles or wrists and instructed. Yea, that was NOT happening and having it on my shoe wasn't a problem and didn't bother me at all which was good!
Game time!!! YAY! We were so excited to get going and once the gun goes off, the excitement takes over. Sadly, Claude the garmin failed me and couldn't find satellite at the start and I didn't want to mess with him so off we went and I figured that possibly it would work later, which it started working around mile 3ish. I started off with Tara and we stayed together for quite some time.
The race started off great, we stopped to fix Tara's tutu really quick about half a mile in to the race, but other than that, they were fine, just very fluffy and annoying throughout the race. Everyone yelled for us, and told us they loved them though, so that was pretty fun. Before we knew it, we were at mile 2 and then three and then four. It was pretty flat and desolate in a 'farmland' type environment. This was the view when I looked down the entire race.
Yup, fluffy, fluffy, tutu traveled the whole way with me. Around mile 8ish you ran over a highway overpass and then by a military base and then onto the highway for a short period of time. Right around mile 8ish things started to get a little difficult though because I really started to feel the wind. For about one mile it was pretty cool because it was at our backs and was almost so strong that it felt like it was pushing us along. Then it was not so cool because it was blowing into our faces and that sucked. A lot. There was sand blowing up, and cars driving in the dirt which lead to more sand blowing up in our faces. There were parts when I felt like I was in a cartoon movie with my head down and my hair blowing behind me, and my arms pumping, and my body wasn't moving forward. I have NEVER run in wind like that, so I really think that took a lot out of me without realizing it.
Tara and I cruising through the farmlands of Camarillo. Running with someone is so different for me! I hope I did okay, T! :) It was so fun and I really love running with other people, anyone down for a running partner? The tutus were really fun, but I don't know if I can ever run another marathon in costume, it was pretty intense! Luckily I had my jams on and finally found the zone right around mile 9, and just kept chugging away. It reaches a point where once you hit certain miles you just have to keep counting down how many miles are left, each step is one step closer to the finish. You have to just keep telling yourself that and propelling you to go forward.
I thought our shadows were hilarious! Our tutus were so puffy and fun, they were annoying but seriously were attention grabbers and everyone laughed when they saw us.
That little puffball traveled the distance! This was right before we reached mile 10 in the wind. I still can't believe how windy it was and that I ran the whole marathon in a tutu. Here's two videos to show you how windy it was.
This is at Mile 8
This is at Mile 9
Then there was a long time where I didn't take many pictures. We traveled along PCH, and I really struggled in the wind. As soon as the wind died down around mile 15, it got pretty hot. Here's a video at Mile 16, I started to get excited because there was only ten miles to go.
I was starting to get super, super hungry and I realized it was because I hadn't eaten that much and had decided that morning to rely solely on sport beans throughout the race, since I had forgotten bread for my pb and js… wha wha, but I wasn't going to freak out about it, there's nothing to do at the point when your mid race. With all the other things that went on with the wind and the upcoming hills I knew I was going to struggle if I had NOTHING to eat so I got a gu from a friend running at mile 16, and carried it until we reached the next water station. I was literally so scared to take it, but I stopped at the water station at mile 17 and drank three cups of water and took the gu. I just pulled over to the table and took my time and ate it all. I knew I would regret it if I took nothing because at mile 17 I was pretty spent and I still had 9ish more miles to go!
Slow and steady and I kept trekking along. I was so glad I took the gu and I seriously think that mile 18 was the most twilight zone I've ever experienced, it was so strange. It seemed like everyone around me was walking and I was walking right along with them sometimes. My hip flexors were hurting a little bit and I was just tired. Very tired! Finally, up a hill, came the best sign ever. Mile 20!
I was so excited! At this point, as I said in the video, it was only two 5ks to go! There was basically no crowd support along the course, but the volunteers were REALLY great. Also, most of the time I was running almost completely alone besides leap frogging a few people and the cars whizzing by. It was at the point when I just told myself, let's just GET THIS DONE! The sun was bright and shiny the ENTIRE race and we ran into the sun the entire race as well. The beach was, of course, beautiful and the scenery was also one that you can't get in a lot of marathons. Running along the ocean for 16 miles can never be bad!
It was like the twilight zone out there. The miles kept counting down but it just seemed like everything was in very slow motion. It also seemed that SO many, if not most people were walking. This allowed a lot of leap frogging, but it was just weird. This was the section that I can't explain. I was just tired. I kept running for as long as I could then I would take quick walk breaks, but I was just legitimately tired, which I haven't felt before in a marathon. Luckily I never wanted to cry or anything during this one, and thankfully I never stopped at the bathroom but it was just strange out there.
Finally we approached Malibu and I walked a little bit in the last 6 miles on and off whenever I felt like it. I took another gu at mile 21 just because I was so hungry. I was very scared of the bathroom issues, but nothing happened during the marathon that upset my stomach so that was a good thing! Those last 6 miles, I also stopped at water stops along the way and just took my time there and drank a lot of water because it was warm and I knew I would get dehydrated and it would just make things continually harder along the end of the route.
At mile 23-24, I ran a 7:35 mile. Yea, I basically got to the point where I was over running and thought the faster I run right now, the faster I'll get to the finish line, the faster I can eat and sit down and stop running. So I busted that out and then walked for just a little bit and then continued on and made this weird video.
Finally it was mile 25! I knew it was only one more mile from there so I was excited. The last stretch was perfect because I saw Maritza's family right before the finish line and they all cheered for me and they made me my first sign that anyone has made for me!!! I was so happy I saw it and thought, "wait, THAT'S MY NAME!!" I don't really have that many supporters of my family that have ever come to a race besides my cousin, brother and friend so it meant a lot to me to see them. It always means a lot when you realize someone came out to cheer for YOU. It was so nice of them to come out and it it's always great to see some familiar faces along the course especially at the end when emotions are running high.
Right here the tutu was flying! I knew exactly where the finish line was because you could see the tents and people ahead of us and I was so excited just to cross it and drink some water! It's definitely a crazy feeling how adrenaline pushes you to the finish that last mile and you can speed up and finish strong.
WEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!! to the finish I go!
Ha! This picture cracks me up! Everyone was laughing at me and yelling go tutu go! Since it was such a small race, the announcer said pretty much everyone's name when they finished and where they were from, which was pretty cool, AND he said my name RIGHT! Amazing! It was fun to hear that and cross the finish line.
That medal is one of then nicest medals I have from all my races. It's huge and the ribbon has the date on the neck, which I think is really cool. I'm really glad I made it through for that baby. I also found out my finish time later was 4:14, which I'm happy with taken the circumstances. I wasn't going for a PR or anything, I just wanted to make it to the finish line in that outfit!
The news people were there and they filmed us before the run, during the run and they wanted to catch up with us afterwards to ask us how it went. It took a lot for us not to say, "what the HECK was that?!" We said the course was really pretty and we were glad we finished. It was very strange because it seemed like that race killed not only me, but Tara and Maritza as well. We all just had no words to even describe it.
This girl was so sweet and I tried so hard to be nice, but it seemed like after a marathon I just want to leave the area and go home! :)
After the race we went to brunch at a great place called Swingers. I had some delicious macaroni and cheese and mashed potatoes!
Overall, it was a good, yet bizarre race. I'm glad I did it, but I wish I could explain what went on better. It was fun to run in the costume, but it was also very annoying. The big plus was that the few supporters along the course cheered extra loud for me. Little girls also LOVED it. I tried to give them high fives and they were so sweet. I really thought that the race was just so unlike anything I've experienced before, but it was interesting to say the least. I'm okay with my finish time and bottom line is, another marathon is done. I did yet ANOTHER marathon! What have I become?
Next up, in 20 days, I have my last marathon of the year, California International Marathon in Sacramento. Looking back this may have not been the best idea, but I wanted to have the 'marathon maniac' status, so I had to run three marathons in a matter of three months. I haven't run since Malibu and will probably try to run again on Thursday. I don't feel super sore, the least sore out of San Diego and Long Beach, but there are still some moments when I'm like oh man that hurts!
After CIM it's break time and back down to lower mileage and some fun runs! This 26.2 is a LONG WAY! Some people have told me, "Well you've done it before, you can do it again, it's just another marathon." and I'm like really? I am humbled each time I run one by one thing or another, and it's still 26.2 miles. It's still a long, freaking, hard distance.
Oh Malibu, you literally left me speechless.
PS. I made a few other videos but didn't want to post them all on here… but if you want to see them and more of the course, you can find them on my youtube here.


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Pregnant, brain-dead Canadian woman on life support
- Doctors declared Robyn Benson brain-dead after she was found unconscious in Dec.
- Hospital staff hopes to deliver the Bensons%27 baby in four weeks by C-section
- Dylan Benson writes in his blog that ultrasounds show the baby is faring well
Doctors in Canada are keeping alive a brain-dead woman until they can deliver her unborn child in four weeks.
In a case similar to one that evolved recently in Texas, Robyn Benson of Victoria, British Columbia, was declared brain-dead after her husband found her collapsed on the bathroom floor on Dec. 28.
As it turned out, Robyn Benson, 32, had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and damage was irreparable, according to the CBC. The next day, she was declared brain-dead. She was 22 weeks pregnant at the time.
"At the hospital they discovered that my wife had a fluke random type of blood leak into the centre of her brain and that there was so much blood and damage that it is not reversible," Dylan Benson, also 32, wrote Dec. 29 in his blog, www.MisterBenson.com.
Doctors report that the baby – who husband Dylan Benson plans to name Iver Cohen Benson – is in good condition and Dylan Benson reports in his blog that Iver has a 60% to 80% chance of surviving the C-section doctors plan to perform. On Feb. 4, Dylan Benson wrote in his blog that hospital staff performed another ultrasound and matters were "looking good" for the baby and that Robyn Benson was "still holding on strong."
The case has stirred up some of the same issues that arose in the case of Marlise Munoz, 33, who was 14 weeks pregnant when her husband, Erick Munoz, found her unconscious on the kitchen floor Nov. 26. Marlise also was declared brain-dead though in that case, doctors reported that her fetus was not viable. Her family won a legal battle to remove her from life support, and she died quietly late last month after being removed from machines on Jan. 26.
In the Canada case, Dylan Benson has set up a Baby Iver Fund to help raise funds for the Robyn Benson's unborn baby. The campaign is on the YouCaring.com website and donations have surpassed the goal of $36,000. As of Thursday night, the campaign had raised $136,796.
"Any additional funds will not only go towards living costs and the costs associated with supporting Iver, but also towards us moving to a more suitable living space for the two of us, and of course towards and education fund for Iver," Benson wrote in his blog.
The case is played out in Benson's blog. Ultrasounds on Robyn Benson's body are done weekly, Dylan Benson wrote.
"On one hand I can't wait to meet my son and try to give him the best life possible and try my hardest to be a great dad for him," Dylan Benson wrote. "On the other hand I know the day or the day after he is born will be the day that I have to say goodbye to Robyn … I can't describe the feeling but it's very overwhelming."
"Thanks again for your continued support," he wrote. "We truly appreciate the help and kind words."


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Roberta's Pizza Cart, Worthwhile Pizza Near Madison Square Park
Ever heard of Worth Square? Maybe you have if you're a dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker and/or obsessed with the city's streets and its history. Chances are, though, that you may have known it only as a sort of lily pad landing in your Frogger-like attempts to cross the confluence of Broadway and Fifth Avenue between 24th and 25th streets just west of Madison Square Park.
Until late last month it was a barren triangle of concrete notable as the home of NYC's second-oldest monument, an equestrian statue of William Jenkins Worth, a general in the Mexican-American War of 1846 to 1848. On September 25, however, the Madison Square Park Conservancy launched a limited-time food court in the square featuring the likes of Fatty Crab and Fatty 'Cue, Resto, Wafels & Dinges, and, up Slice's alley, Roberta's.
The celebrated Bushwick pizzeria has been pumping out mini pizzas from a wood-fired mobile pizza oven on the northwest corner of the square and will be there until Saturday, October 23.
Ladies and gents, this is some fine mobile-oven pizza. It would be fine pizza for a bricks-and-mortar joint. The crust is crisp and chewy with a nice rise on the lip. Slightly smokey and flavorful. Neapolitan-style, it's got little dollops of fresh mozzarella swimming in a sea of bright, fresh-tasting sauce. A few basil leaves decorate the surface.
We grabbed a Margherita pie ($8), but there are also some topping combos on offer that are quite sophisticated for street pizza — the Fun Guy ($12), with its taleggio, cremini, speck, and thyme; the Mamma Treat ($11), with tomato, chile, guanciale, red onion, and pecorino; and the White & Green ($8), with mozzarella, sea salt, market greens, and chile.
We stopped in around 3 p.m., and found the service to be friendly and snappy. Slowness is often a problem with cooked-to-order street pizza, but the folks there seemed to handle the orders briskly. Granted, this was well after the lunchtime rush, but the employees seemed organized and there were plenty of them, so we're hoping the wait wouldn't be too excruciating during a noontime crush.
Pizzas are small, about 8 inches in diameter, making for a light lunch for one. If you're still hungry, grab something else from one of the other stands around the square.
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Due to a fire in the Valley Forge Beef and Ale, all shows at Chuckles Comedy Club have been put on hold. We will update you on any news about the venue as soon as more information is available.
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A new method of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could routinely spot specific cancers, multiple sclerosis, heart disease and other maladies early, when they're most treatable, researchers at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center suggest in the journal Nature.
Each body tissue and disease has a unique fingerprint that can be used to quickly diagnose problems, the scientists say.
By using new MRI technologies to scan for different physical properties simultaneously, the team differentiated white matter from gray matter from cerebrospinal fluid in the brain in about 12 seconds, with the promise of doing this much faster in the near future.
The technology has the potential to make an MRI scan standard procedure in annual check-ups, the authors believe. A full-body scan lasting just minutes would provide far more information and ease interpretation of the data, making diagnostics cheap compared to today's scans, they contend.
"The overall goal is to specifically identify individual tissues and diseases, to hopefully see things and quantify things before they become a problem," said Mark Griswold, a radiology professor at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and UH Case Medical Center. "But to try to get there, we've had to give up everything we knew about the MRI and start over."
Griswold has been working on this goal with Case Western Reserve's Vikas Gulani, MD, an assistant professor of radiology, and Nicole Seiberlich, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, for a decade. During the last three years, they developed the technology and proved the concept with graduate student Dan Ma; Kecheng Liu, PhD, collaborations manager from Siemens Medical Solutions Inc.; Jeffrey L. Sunshine, MD, professor of radiology and a radiologist at UH Case Medical Center; and Jeffrey L. Duerk, dean of Case School of Engineering and professor of biomedical engineering.
A magnetic resonance imager uses a magnetic field and pulses of radio waves to create images of the body's tissues and structures. Magnetic resonance fingerprinting, MRF for short, can obtain much more information with each measurement than a traditional MRI.
Griswold likens the difference in technologies to a pair of choirs.
"In the traditional MRI, everyone is singing the same song and you can tell who is singing louder, who is off-pitch, who is singing softer," he said. "But that's about it."
The louder, softer and off-pitch singing is represented by dark, light or bright spots in the scan that a radiologist must interpret. For example, an MRI would show swelling as a bright area in an image. But brightness doesn't necessarily equate with severity or cause.
"With an MRF," Griswold said, "we hope that with one step we can tell the severity and exactly what's happening in that area."
The fingerprint of each tissue, each disease and each material inside the body is therefore a different song. In an MRF, each member of the choir sings a different song simultaneously, Griswold said. "What it sounds like in total is a randomized mess."
The researchers generate unique songs by simultaneously varying different parts of the input electromagnetic fields that probe the tissues. These variations make the received signal sensitive to four physical properties that vary from tissue to tissue. These differences—the different notes and lyrics of their songs—become evident when applying pattern recognition programs using the same math in facial recognition software.
The patterns are then charted. Instead of looking at relative measurements from an image, Griswold said quantitative estimates told one tissue from another. As the technology progresses, these results will determine whether tissue is healthy or diseased, how badly and by what.
The scientists believe that they will be able to interrogate a total of eight or nine physical properties which will allow them to elicit the songs from a vast array of tissues, diseases and materials.
For a patient, an MRF would seem like a quick MRI. When the scan is done, all of the patient's songs would be compared with the songbook, which will provide doctors with a suite of diagnostic information.
"If colon cancer is 'Happy Birthday' and we don't hear 'Happy Birthday,' the patient doesn't have colon cancer," Griswold said.
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So this past week was pretty hectic with two HSA's (High School Assessment, a 3 hour test required for graduation) and the fact that teachers put caution tape everywhere, blocking off half of a wing so as not to distract the test takers.
When HSAs roll around, my web design class gets kicked out of the computer lab. I find class enjoyable even when we aren't using the computers because the teacher shows us cool videos about things aren't directly related to our lessons. In the lab we're learning about tools in designing web pages, like Flash or Dreamweaver; but in the random classrooms we're moved to we learn about the future of the internet and what it means for us.
Personally I find the internet astounding. So much knowledge and information that can be utilized almost instantly. It's so helpful too, connecting people around the world. Looking at my stats page, I'm still surprised that 22 people in Iran, 9 people in Ukraine, and 6 people in Indonesia visited my blog in the past month. Donovan Leitch, one of my idols, said that the internet is the new 60's.
"The dream of the '60s, of me and John Lennon and the others, was: How do we speak to everybody on the planet at the same time? The first answer was via satellite, but that didn't connect to everyone. Then John would say, 'How about telepathy?' Then we forgot about it until now we realize that the Internet fulfills that dream of communicating with everyone. I'm not afraid of the Internet because it's that the dream we had. The Internet is the new '60s as far as I'm concerned."
The Internet has produced many an amazing thing, like WikiLeaks, the hacking organization known as Anonymous, and Facebook which helped the protesters in Egypt. And god knows I'd be lost without Google (I wouldn't even have a blog!). And lately Chrome, the web browser owned by Google, has been putting out commercials that highlight the many fine qualities of Chrome and other things Google owns (Gmail, YouTube, Picasa)
I use Chrome and I love it. It's super fast and the address bar doubles as a Google search bar. And Gmail is awesome too. I can chat with my friends and add cool labs, like one where I can undo sending a message up to 5 seconds after sending it.
Without the internet we wouldn't have been as connected as we are now in the world. The HSAs would take forever without the internet. When I talked to the admissions counselor at the community college, he said computer science has many areas and you got to find your niche. I think I've found my niche right here, with the internet.
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Cumberbatch and Kinnaman certainly have the acting chops to pull this off, but no solid conversations appear to have taken place just yet. Condon hasn't officially committed to directing yet either (though he's likely to), but one assumes he'd be happy to helm a character-centered drama like this in the wake of directing the two-part Twilight finale. Hopefully we hear more firm word soon, but a Cumberbatch/Kinnaman team-up sounds like a solid idea.


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UPDATE! Midnight, 9/5: 59 SIGNATURES!!! ALMOST THERE! HOW POETIC IS THIS YOU GUISE? It is literally 9/5 and we are SO CLOSE away from achieving our goal! In recognition of your hard work, here is Dolly singing '9 to 5' (there is a possibility we could incorporate this into the '50 Shades of Grey Movie,' fyi.) BUT YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR EFFORTS! Tweet 'Put Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton In the #50shadesofgrey movie! #50shadesofburtanddolly " to everyone you know! WE ARE ALMOST THERE!
Friends! Like me, you were totally outraged by the terrible and obviously totally wrong casting of the '50 Shades of Grey' movie. And while I have heard rumors about some efforts being undertaken to rectify this, I cannot stand on the sidelines in silence. There is clearly only one way to go that would make this movie completely good so it will not suck.
Who didn't read '50 Shades of Grey' and picture Burt as the charming young seducer? Who didn't see read all the narration from Anastasia in Dolly's beautiful, pitch perfect Tennessee-twang?
The only way we can make this happen is if we make Hollywood hear our collective voices. Sign my petition today and get the best possible casting choices for this awesome book.
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No matter the weather or season, any time is a great time for tomato soup. There's something comforting and restorative about a warm bowl of tomato soup — homemade tomato soup, that is. For me, it's one of life's simple pleasures. This version in particular is so easy to prepare that you'll be on your way to culinary bliss in no time.
When I first found this recipe and saw some of the main ingredients — tomato juice and chicken base — I worried that it would turn out tasting like something grandma would made or simply like I'd opened a can of Campbell's (which is decent, but like I said, homemade simply tastes better). Turns out the ingredients totally work — the juice gives it added tomatoey oomph and the chicken base is a shortcut to using broth, which one would have to simmer for ages to achieve the same flavor.
The result is a pinkish-hued bowl of comfort to be served warm or piping hot (depending on your mood and the weather outside). I like to stir in chopped herbs like parsley and basil just before serving for a pop of color and flavor. As for the sherry, Ree used cooking sherry, whereas I prefer to use real sherry wine.
Sherry is a fortified wine that originates in Jerez ("Sherish"), Spain, and is typically served as an an aperitif used to "finish" and add flavor to dishes. I go by the old adage on cooking with booze: "If you wouldn't drink it, don't cook with it." Cooking sherry is a version of sherry which has been treated with salts and other additives so that it can be stored in the cupboard at room temperature. While this is all well and good, I'm not a fan of its flavor and prefer using standard dry (not sweet) sherry wine in its place. Don't have sherry on hand? Not a problem. Try substituting a cup of dry red or white wine for the sherry — just add it before you throw in the tomatoes to let the flavors meld while they're simmering together — or leave it out altogether.
Feel free to get a little creative with this recipe and personalize it as well. For added flavor, try throwing in a teaspoon or two of fresh, chopped rosemary or thyme when sweating the onions. Don't want to use the cream and/or sherry? Not a problem. Try substituting a cup of dry red or white wine for the sherry; just add it before you throw in the tomatoes to let their flavors meld while they're simmering together.
Not only is this tomato soup approachable for any cooking skill level, it's perfect for a weeknight meal, as it only takes minutes to throw together and you can get it on the table in a flash. Serve it alongside a gooey grilled cheese sandwich and call it dinner.
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University of Montana Athletic Director On Trevor Poole Deferred Sentence [AUDIO]
University of Montana suspended football player Trevor Poole received an 18 month deferred sentence Tuesday on a drug charge.
The 20 year-old offensive tackle appeared in district court where he apologized to his family friends, the university and fellow members of the football team. Poole was arrested at a disco rave party after he purchased ecstasy, and was suspended from the team indefinitely.
University of Montana Athletic Director Kent Haslam says once the legal issues are resolved completely, Poole can appeal his suspension in front the the athletic conduct team, which would make the decision on reinstatement.
UM Athletic Director Kent Haslam


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Duncan Shotton's Real Boy Push Pins/Thumb Tacks
Duncan Shotton Presents The Real Boy Push Pins/Thumb Tacks
Duncan Shotton, the architect of the displayed work Push Pins / Thumb Tacks:Real Boy by Duncan Shotton demonstrates, Pinocchio-inspired push pins designed and manufactured by young British designer Duncan Shotton. Injection-moulded in white in the UK, the pins are then hand painted to exquisite detail by Shotton himself in his recently established Tokyo Studio. Each of the beautifully packaged, x 1000 limited-edition packs of two has it's own serial number, is sold exclusively online and comes with a signed thank you note. -An example of how the application of design and fine craftsmanship can transform such a standard, accepted stationary product into an object of desire..
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Have you been over to visit Leslie at Play Ideas--Early Childhood Activities? If not, you are missing out! I've pinned many of her tried and true play ideas on my pinboards on Pinterest, and I've fallen in love with her new blog. Leslie was kind enough to guest post on Play-Based Classroom while I take a blogging break. When you're done reading, why don't you hop on over to Play Ideas, and have a peek at her quick, easy to implement ideas for play?
Why we love finger painting
Finger painting feels great and it is a delightful, creative, sensory experience. It is an unstructured and completely child-centered activity. It also helps children learn and develop: moving skills, feeling skills and thinking skills.
They have a sense of purpose and curiosity as they discover what marks they can make.
They watch and experiment as the marks change and change again before their eyes.
They work independently in active, hands-on learning.They take pride in their creations - "Look what I made by myself."
Providing opportunities for them to explore a variety of materials is what parents and teachers can do and then watch them have fun.
Suggestions to extend finger play:
Add sand to the paint.
Add glitter to the paint.
Use coloured glue instead of paint and add beads to the glue.


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The Deccan College of Medical Sciences under the aegis of Dar-us-Salam Educational Trust, under the Chairmanship of ALHAJ SULTAN SALAHUDDIN OWAISI, EX. M.P., was started in the year 1984 with an intake of 100 seats in M.B;B.S. course. Keeping in view of the infrastructure facilities, state of the art equipment and highly qualified teaching staff, the intake capacity has been increased to 150 seats from Sept., 1995 with the permission of the Medical Council of India, New Delhi.
This is the College in the state of Andhra Pradesh for Muslim Minorities, recognized by the Medical Council of India, New Delhi and affiliated to the NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada. It has been in existence since 24 years and 18 batches of students have passed out from the Institution. The 19th Batch of M.B.B.S. students are now doing their internship.


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New from Typekit: Improved search
As our library gets bigger and better, finding just the right font becomes more challenging. When we updated our font browsing last fall, we focused on helping you quickly narrow down the list of fonts to just the ones that would work. Now, we're rolling out the next stage in an ongoing effort to make it easier to find what you need: new and improved search.
Our first search system focused on finding fonts, and only finding fonts. But as Typekit has evolved, we've also added more content: from blog posts, to help documentation, to the recently released browse by lists, and more to come. So it was time for our search tool to branch out: the new search now turns up results for everything, not just fonts.
That means you're just as able to discover a blog post about Urbana as you are to find Urbana itself. We still return font results first, and you can filter to see only fonts if you like. And we still include font names in the search auto-complete, so if you know exactly which font you want, you can get to it fast. But if you want to see all of the results for a term, now you can.
As we add more kinds of content, the search results will evolve, so that they become more and more useful over time. Additionally, we'll be analyzing our search logs, and tweaking the results based on actual usage over time. So, the more you use it, the better it will get. Start now!
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CRESTVIEW � Creating a program through which area businesses can sponsor city sports teams may help players avoid a recreation fee increase.
CRESTVIEW � Creating a program through which area businesses can sponsor city sports teams may help players avoid a recreation fee increase.
Public Works Director Wayne Steele, whose department includes the Parks and Recreation division, has asked the City Council to raise the fees to adequately cover the program cost.
Steele has said the fees haven't been adjusted in 10 years. Last year 2,147 players participated in city baseball, men's softball, cheerleading, football, soccer and basketball teams.
Because Crestview's fees are lower than those in most neighboring communities, many players from outside the city prefer to play here.
However, the current fee structure � $60 for city residents and $65 for county residents � does not completely cover the cost of offering the sports, so taxpayers end up subsidizing the program.
Fee increase or sponsorships
Steele proposes raising the fees to $75 for residents and $95 for county players. "We have to find ways to sustain this program," he said during the Oct. 14 council meeting. "If not ... this will be one of the first things that will go away" in a lean budget year.
Council President Robyn Helt suggested soliciting business sponsorships, but Steele said it would be unfair if some teams had sponsors while others didn't. Noting Crestview still has one of the county's highest millage rates, Helt said, "now we're raising rates on kids. We've got to stop it at some point."
Councilman Shannon Hayes, who had earlier moved to accept Steele's request, sympathized, but said, "Crestview is a good place for sports, but it's not free."
After further discussion, Steele said if Hayes would withdraw his motion, he would work with recreation staff to draft a sponsorship program to present in February before baseball registration begins.
Hayes agreed, but said, �Until those things happen, to sustain a program for our youth, somebody has to foot the bill."
Contact News Bulletin Staff Writer Brian Hughes at 850-682-6524 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @cnbBrian.


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Who is Wicko?
David Wickstead runs Wicko Design based in Kidmore End, near Reading and Henley on Thames in the South East of England.
With over 20 years of experience in the graphic design, working with many clients across a range of industries to develop an impressive portfolio that showcase our brand identity; mobile friendly web design and development; graphic design and print; retail packaging design and packaging construction expertise.


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Representative Jim Jordan is the no-nonsense personification of the 'git-r-done' spirit that runs through the scruffy and beloved heart of MAGA. An authentic guiding spirit that cannot be faked, scripted or duplicated. Ya' either have it…. or ya' don't; it's that simple.
In another example for the keen political instincts of President Trump; he can tell from the automatic vibe that jumped in the air when he said the name "Jim Jordan"; the President calls Jordan to the stage…. and another authentic MAGA moment happens spontaneously.
Remember, Jim Jordan said in an interview just a few weeks ago that he had never met President Trump, and had never personally talked to him. However, when POTUS Trump senses the crowd's response to the words "Jim Jordan" he immediately identifies the importance and value. WATCH the instinctual evolution:
This is why POTUS travel and MAGA events are so valuable. Prior to today…. prior to this exact moment…. by custom and political tradition -as well as input from the circle around the office- President Trump was likely to support Kevin McCarthy as a natural SoH predecessor.
Not any more.
McCarthy doesn't inspire that response.
POTUS Trump was just introduced to the MAGA inspirational and aspirational value of Speaker Jordan. Remember this moment; it matters.
See that look right there in that last picture? Watch it again if needed. Look at that moment closely.
What that is… is POTUS Trump seeing a Diamond in a coal mine.
There's a spirit, a sense, a guiding force, that put that moment in Ohio together…. And it will have long, bigly, ramifications within MAGA and our nation… watch, you'll see.
Republican state senator Troy Balderson winning Ohio's 12th district is important; but Speaker of The House Jim Jordan is far more valuable to the historic needs of President Trump.
Guess what?….
He just noticed.
And he doesn't miss this stuff…
It's right there:
We have angels on our shoulders.