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First pharmacy class to graduate at spring commencement
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Date: Monday, May 2, 2011
Contact: Alyson Kakugawa-Leong, (808) 974-7642
For Immediate Release
The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo marks a historical milestone when the College of Pharmacy awards its first Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degrees at spring commencement on Saturday, May 14, beginning at 9 a.m. at Edith Kanaka`ole Stadium.
Dean John Pezzuto, who has spent 30 years in academic pharmacy, describes the class of 2011 as "dynamic and self-driven pioneers." He said their graduation will clearly be marked as one of the most joyous days in the institution's history.
"Every student pharmacist in our College is extraordinary, otherwise they would not be members of our program. And this first graduating class has set the bar amazingly high for future classes to match their scholarship, leadership and citizenship," Pezzuto said. "They embraced their role as eldest among our student `ohana with zeal and passion. As their dean I am proud and humbled."
The 84 pharmacy students are among 607 candidates for various degrees and/or certificates, which also include the Colleges of Arts and Sciences (402), Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management (27), Business and Economics (47), and Ka Haka 'Ula O Ke'elikõlani College of Hawaiian Language (23). Twenty-four others are candidates for various post-graduate honors.
Dr. Hank C.K. Wuh, a Honolulu entrepreneur and leader in Hawaiʻi's biotechnology field, delivers the keynote address. An orthopedic surgeon and inventor, Wuh has led the development of over 20 biomedical and consumer healthcare products from concept to global commercialization.
Wuh grew up in Honolulu and graduated from Iolani School in 1977. He earned his B.A. in human biology from the Johns Hopkins University, masters in public health from Harvard University, and medical doctorate from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
He is founder and CEO of Skai Ventures, a hybrid of venture capital and technology accelerator focused on creating and investing in successful companies by transforming novel, ingenious ideas from scientists at leading universities into innovations. He is also founder and CEO of Cellular Bioengineering, Inc., developing the world's most advanced bioengineered cornea for transplantation to restore vision for those with corneal blindness. He also recently founded World Children's Vision, a charity with a mission to bring blind children from around the world to Hawaiʻi for the gift of sight.
In 2008, Wuh was named Invention Entrepreneur of the Year by the Hawaiʻi Venture Capital Association and was nominated in 2010 for the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
Valerie Dionne, who receives Bachelor of Arts degrees in political science and administration of justice, serves as student speaker. A native of Arkansas, she has maintained a 3.91 GPA since leaving her job at the Hawaiʻi Government Employees Association to enroll at UH Hilo in 2008.
A member of the National Political Science Honor Society Pi Sigma Alpha, Dionne was named the UH Hilo Chapter's Most Outstanding Student for the 2010-2011 school year. She has made the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's List each semester and is the recipient of numerous scholarships.
Dionne is active in campus and community activities and will attend the William S. Richardson School of Law in Fall 2011.
For more information on Commencement, contact Judith Fox-Goldstein at (808) 974-7555 or email email@example.com. For special accommodations, contact Susan Shirachi at (808) 933-0816 (V) or (808) 933-3334 (TTY). Requests should be made at least 10 business days prior to the event.
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A Hundred Tiny Hands creates Inventor Kits for kids; the company is led by Michelle Khine, Ph.D., professor at the University of California, Irvine and co-founder of several biotech start-up companies. Kits available for pre-order. "As a nanotechnology lab at the University of California, Irvine, we believe in the power of the small. We ask you to imagine the collective power of the little hands of our next generation of scientists, engineers, and inventors. We need to inspire, nurture, and guide these little hands to do great things." Kits include: Super Hydrotension Inventors Kit: Guide water droplets across forbidden territory and use them to clean dirty surfaces! Get your hands wet learning about water properties, surface tension, and relationships between nanotechnology and real life. You will also learn to make their own water-repelling tiles (they never get wet!). This kit includes a superhydrophobic tile (that never get wet!), patterned superhydrophobic mazes, a glass and plastic tile, a water dispenser, and manufacturing materials to make more superhydrophobic pieces. Play with the included tiles and create your own patterns using a marker. Polytropolis Inventors Kit: Did you know you can make electrical circuits with conductive dough? Build your own Polytropolis city or whatever else you'd like and power it with electricity! Learning the fundamentalals of circuits and electricity has never been so easy! Game pieces are interchangeable and re-usable, allowing epic expansion of city layouts. SuperVision Inventors Kit: Make your own optical lenses and add them to your cell phone for enhanced Super Vision! Learn about optics while finding the optimal magnification and field of view to hunt for the smallest features you can find, like the hair on a bug's legs...or smaller! You are the engineer, making your own set of lenses and pairing them to your cell phone. You will receive 3 different sized molds, lens quality plastic, and manufacturing materials. Simply cut out the molds, add the optically clear plastic, secure the manufacturing materials, and place everything in your kitchen oven. In just 10 minutes, you will have 3 different sized lenses. Use the lens as a magnifying glass or turn your phone into a microscope. (For guaranteed success, the kit also comes with one pre-made lens!)
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To improve fitness and fight obesity Maryland residents will be strapping on pedometers this spring. The University of Maryland Medical Center and School of Medicine and Merritt Athletic Clubs are launching the 12-week program, "Get Fit Maryland," that includes prize incentives, seminars on weight loss and fitness, health screenings, and free 30-memberships to Merritt Health Clubs. The program officially kicks off April 29, and participants will start counting their steps May 1.
With the average American only taking 900 to 3,000 steps a day, the program is trying to increase that number to 10,000 by giving participants ideas on fitting more activity into their everyday lives. For those who'd rather bike or swim, the program shows participants how to convert their exercise into their daily step count.
"Our goal is to show people that by making relatively small changes from an inactive lifestyle to one that includes moderate but regular physical activity, even the most sedentary individual can prevent cardiovascular disease and improve the quality of their life," Terry Dezzutti, chief operating officer of Merritt Athletic Clubs, said in a release. "Overall, we hope to have 5,000 Marylanders counting their steps."
For an $8 registration fee participants receive a pedometer, steps log book, "Get Fit Maryland" shoelaces, magnet, pen, health screening assessment, 30-day free membership to Merritt Athletic Clubs and seminar schedule. There is also an employer program where participating companies can have their employees register for $5. For more information, visit www.getfitmaryland.com.
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Photographs of elephants deep in the Ugandan jungle, leopards in the Ecuadorian rain forests or jacquacus in a national park in Peru have never been seen like this before. Caught without the presence of a human photographer, animals were captured alone in their homes as part of an initiative by TEAM, the Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network. Since 2007, TEAM has installed cameras in the middle of remote areas all over the world to collect data on local animals and climate with hopes of monitoring local trends in tropical biodiversity to provide early warnings about climate change.
The result is a series of candid black-and-white images that give a truly up-close look at animals in their natural habitats. The process begins with camera installation, itself a laborious task: fieldworkers go into the jungle or forest without trails, often walking for days to get to the desired location. After installing the camera in a predetermined location, the workers test its functionality and return 30 days later to retrieve the technology. Cameras take between 3,000 and 20,000 images at each installation site and record the time, date and moon phase, as well as the f-stop and exposure of the film, while workers later identify the species and group series.
TEAM hasn't discovered any new species to date, but they have found animals previously unknown to a particular area. For example, in Costa Rica, the Central American Tapir was thought to be locally extinct from that site, but TEAM captured photos of the tapir with babies. Likewise, TEAM was able to confirm the presence of elephants in areas of Uganda thought to be without the mammal for years.
In the future, TEAM hopes to expand the number of sites from 17 to 40 locations. At a macro level, the organization disseminates information to global leaders and plays an active role in the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and the International Union for Conservation of Nature. On a local level, TEAM works with partners to develop products that help them manage their forests and parks, including changes in the abundance of species and overall animal communities. And only five years into the project, there's no telling what information—and images—are yet to be discovered.
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Win - welcome, make sure to take some pics and make a project page when you are done.
coolguy - I'm the wrong guy to ask about buying advise, i have size 14 feet so have only been able to try on one or two types of skates.
DOM - So it just occured to me that I might be able to get free wood as you did around LA for a halfpipe I want to build at my place at USC. I will be sending you an email trying to get some more info.
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Hello I'm New! Need Your Advice.
Hey everyone,
I'm David, I'm new to the forums and hoping to get your advice.
I'm a cofounder of an online cooking school called Feast that's looking to remove all the barriers preventing people from learning how to cook. We're working on our vegetarian session right now.
If you could imagine the perfect vegetarian cooking class for beginners, what skills or concepts would you want to see taught in there?
(You can get the gist of what we're building here: http://letsfea.st)
Appreciate any advice you can offer (=
Hi David, this is coming a bit late, but in case you're still checking back here:
- Following on what silly_bunns said, I would emphasize that a lot of the best vegetarian cooking does not attempt to replace meat with something that looks/tastes/feels like meat, but rather celebrates the deliciousness of vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts etc. in their own right.
- discuss a really broad range of herbs and spices and explain what they can do for a dish for endless variations
- this is by no means limited to vegetarian cooking, but general tips on preparation and timing would be good for any beginning cook: how to make sure you don't end up with overcooked vegetables, undercooked rice and a bunch of increasingly hungry and intoxicated dinner guests :-)
I'll be back if I think of more. From your intro video, I really like the concept!
I would say vegan cooking isn't about alfalfa sprouts as some people think it is.
Vegan Food is absolutely delicious and has protein.
I am a vegan and one thing I kind of struggle with is versatility....maybe a few ingredients that can go several ways would be great!


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3 reasons to pick Appriss' no-cost Collision Reporting Solutions for collection of accident information
Collision Reporting Solutions application software presents a cleanly-designed, easy-to-learn interface to all who use it
By Greg Bogosian
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The following is paid content from Appriss
One of the most common challenges facing law enforcement agencies, especially in the modern era of reduced budgets and the "less with more" mentality, is how to handle traffic collision reporting and analysis while remaining compliant with Federal and State data collection and submission requirements. Most often, this results in at least one staff member assigned full-time to a traffic division simply to handle all of the requests which come in from citizens involved in the collisions, insurance carriers looking for reports, and the like. Other staff are likely assigned to handle the compilation and submission of these reports to state agencies in order to identify and maintain statistical information on the incidence and types of collisions within a given jurisdiction, while still others may be assigned to the actual maintenance of those records internally as they come in.
Fortunately, however, there is now a no-cost, no-overhead solution available to agencies which will allow them to not only handle all of these functions with ease through a user-friendly, common interface, but make readily available to them data which until now was difficult and very time-consuming to obtain when it comes to proactive identification of common hazard areas which are seeing frequent collisions. Collision Reporting Solutions, by Appriss®, is a state-level software solution which is provided free of charge to state and local law enforcement, and state reporting agencies, which provides a common data structure from the moment a collision is entered in by the reporting officer or agent, through the approval by a supervisor, and then, within 24 hours of that approval, direct reporting to the state overseeing agency via a centralized collision database.
For those of us who have worked in the field, the advantages of such a system are pretty clear. Oftentimes, incompatible or non-automated data-entry and –collection systems on collisions mean a fairly heavy time commitment on the part of anyone involved with the process. Collision Reporting Solutions provided application software presents a cleanly-designed, easy-to-learn interface to all who use it, with included, intuitive diagrammatic functionality and well-defined templates of data fields (including location, narrative, and other common elements) that are customized on a statewide level to the information required by state regulations. Once the individual officer or agent has submitted their initial report for approval by a supervisor, the supervisor can review and approve the report (or release it back to the individual for amendment or correction) with ease – once approved, the report is automatically submitted directly to the state database, with no other intervening steps required.
The benefits of this are many-fold. First, it allows law enforcement agencies to reassign those individuals who had to spend so much time on processing and distributing reports to other areas of operation in which the agency has personnel needs, better allocating their resources without incurring additional costs. Since the cost of the Appriss software solution is paid for by convenience fees who requisition collision reports directly through Appriss themselves, the overhead cost of not only distributing reports to those involved parties, insurance carriers and others, but also related expenses is eliminated (note: agencies may also collect a fee for this type of transaction through Appriss, providing a no-overhead revenue source).
Secondly, by having normalized, clean, and compatible data on a statewide level, Collision Reporting Solutions allows for ready identification of "problem" areas in need of further intervention to protect the safety of the motoring public. In Hendricks County, Indiana, for example, Col. Steve Wagner of the Hendricks County Sheriff's Office says that one particular trouble intersection was quickly identified by the Appriss system as having an inordinately high number of collisions. As a result, county government decided to install two additional stop signs at the intersection, which led, in Col. Wagner's words, to a result that "the crashes have practically come to a halt."
Lastly, and perhaps most significantly in terms of operational efficiency, the Collision Reporting Solutions system allows law enforcement officers to enter in collision information directly at the scene, saving time throughout the entire process of reporting, and minimizing unavailability-of-resource time during a given shift – ever more important in an era of decreased staffing and increasing population bases.
With 5 states and over 3,000 individual agencies now utilizing the Collision Reporting Solutions system, Appriss has shown themselves to be a reliable partner with a vetted, field-proven solution to centralizing a very time- and resource-intensive problem. The CJIS-compliant company itself provides a rock-solid infrastructure, as they serve as the backup for the NLETS system and host of the TDEX system in Texas, and bears all risk when it comes to hosting and management of the system. What that means for agencies is something which is the ideal in modern government administration: better services combined with cost reduction and elimination, while at the same time enablement of access to data which better protects those under their jurisdiction.
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John and I wrote the essay The Truth About Income Inequality for Minneapolis's Center of the American Experiment in 1995. If we had a collection of our greatest hits, this essay would have to be included. National Review published part of the essay, as did AEI's late American Enterprise magazine.
According to the paper's Amazon listing, the paper has gone out of print. It has become a collector's item. Watch for it on eBay.
Given the currency of the issue, our friends at the Center have now uploaded a beautiful online version of the essay including our charts and graphs. The statistics are obviously out of date, but we believe the points we made have only bcome truer over time. Thanks to our friends at the Center for making our old paper easily available to interested readers. Please check it out.


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Cumin-scented chicken curry
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- kcal810
- fat59g
- saturates16g
- carbs11g
- sugars0g
- fibre2g
- protein60g
- salt0.76g
- 12 large chicken thighs, bone in
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil or sunflower oil
- 2 tsp cumin seed
- 2 medium onions, sliced
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- 3cm piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and shredded
- 3 fat garlic cloves, shredded
- 3 plump green chillies, halved lengthways (leave in some or all of the seeds if you like a hot curry)
Part of the capsicum family, chillies come in scores of varieties and colours (from green…
- ½ tsp turmeric
Turmeric is a fragrant, bright golden-yellow root that is most commonly seen and used dried and…
- ½ tsp garam masala
Garam masalagar-am mah-sarl-ah
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- 2 tsp paprika
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- 2 large peppers, one red and one yellow or orange, seeded and cut into rough chunks
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- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 250ml tub natural yogurt
- 3 tbsp chopped coriander, to serve
Pull the skin off the chicken using kitchen paper to get a good grip. Set the chicken aside. Heat the oil in a large pan over a medium heat – a wok is great for this. Fry the cumin seeds for just a few secs until they give off a lovely nutty aroma, then tip in the onions and turn the heat down low. Cook with the lid on until the onions are soft and squidgy, but not yet starting to colour – 10 mins.
Scatter in the ginger, garlic and chillies and fry for a minute or so, then sprinkle in the turmeric, garam masala and paprika. Stir in the chicken and peppers and continue frying for about 10 mins until the spice mixture clings to the chicken and the onions turn russet brown. Add a splash of water if they start to catch on the bottom of the pan.
Stir the tomato purée into the yogurt, turn down the heat a fraction and swirl the yogurt into the pan followed by 125ml/4fl oz cold water. Bring to a simmer and cook gently without a lid for about 30-35 mins until the chicken is tender, stirring in a little more water if the sauce becomes dry – it should thicken and take on a warm reddish tinge. Add salt if you want to. (Will keep in the fridge for up to 2 days.) Reheat in a covered casserole in the oven at 200C/fan 180C/gas 6 for 20-30 mins or until bubbling (you may need to stir in a splash of water if the sauce is too thick). Scatter over coriander before serving.


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Jordan might be struggling to quell opposition in its own Kingdom but that hasn't stopped those in power from meddling in Kuwait's affairs, according to recent leaks from Saudi Arabia's infamous whistle-blowing tweep.
@Mujtahidd has taken a break from spilling Saudi secrets to expose explosive details of Jordan's 'special relationship' with Kuwait.
According to the mysterious dissident, 'democratic' Jordan is sending a secret militia to Kuwait to stem opposition against its undemocratic regime. In true 'I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine' fashion, Kuwait is allegedly returning the favor in the shape of $6 billion.
According to the revelations, the shadowy deal was set out at the beginning of October when former director of Jordanian Intelligence, Samih Battikhi, took a trip to Kuwait to weigh-up the threat of rebels. After allegedly claiming Jordanian support was indispensable, Battikhi reportedly encouraged a meeting between intelligence officials from both countries.
Mujtahidd says this meeting gave birth to the agreement, which will see Jordan sending 16,000 men to Kuwait in a fierce crackdown on protests.
Whilst officially retired from government business, Battikhi's own interest in the 'special relationship' has a few personal benefits. Having previously been convicted of dodgy dealings, Battikhi has allegedly enjoyed a close relationship with King Abdullah. He is now said to be offering his tit for tat: the Jordanian officers on standby will reportedly cover-up official support by claiming that they are under the private employment of one of Battikhi's businesses.
And the support allegedly goes further than brute force: in another shocking revelation, Mujtahidd claims that Jordan is also helping Kuwait to suppress opposition the 'constitutional way' by sending over 100 judges to re-draft the law in favor of the regime.
Whilst the 'special relationship' seems mutually beneficial, it hasn't sat well with everyone. Former Prime Minister of Kuwait, Sheikh Nasser Al-Sabah, allegedly tried to stop the deal going ahead, arguing that it would destroy the authority of Kuwait's ruling Al-Sabah family.
News of the reported intervention is also unlikely to be well-received by Jordanians. With a growing atmosphere of discontent sweeping across the Kingdom, many may be left wondering why Jordan isn't focusing on its own opposition rather than getting involved in problems elsewhere in the region.
Whilst Jordan's rulers have been quick to deny the leaks, all eyes will be on Kuwait this evening. With 'opposition hawk' Musallam al-Barrak back on the streets after a brief stint behind bars for 'undermining the status of the emir', and opposition rallies planned across the country, it remains to be seen if the Jordanian anti-democracy intervention will come to light.
Do you think there's truth behind the Twitter leaks? Share your comments with us below!
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Lil Boosie Gets 8 Years In Prison After Pleading Guilty To Drug Charges!
" Baton Rouge rapper Lil Boosie arrived at district court Tuesday morning for a pre-trial motion and ended up pleading guilty to drug charges. Lil Boosie, whose real name is Torrence Hatch, pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiring to bring drugs into a penal institution. Judge Mike Erwin sentenced him to eight years in prison. Investigators said he tried to smuggle drugs into Dixon Correctional Center once and into Angola State Penitentiary twice. After the judge announced the sentencing, Lil Boosie requested drug rehab. Erwin said he would recommend it but could not order it. Supporters for the rapper were seen hanging their heads low once the judge made that statement." - WAFB
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Notices and Policies
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Hospital Policies
Jersey Shore University Medical Center has several hospital policies meant to protect and serve you. We encourage you to take the time to explore the various rights and policies you are provided as a patient.
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Phone: 732-775-5500
Patient Rights
A summary of patient rights include the right:
- To courteous treatment with respect for each patient's dignity and individuality
- To make an informed choice and to give informed consent for treatment
- To an explanation of diagnosis and treatment options
- To refuse medication and treatment to extent permitted by law and to be informed of medical consequences of such refusal
- To receive appropriate assessment and treatment for pain
- To effective communication, included a translator as necessary
- To be included in clinical research only when you have given informed consent to participate
Additional patient rights include:
- Freedom from restraints (unless authorized by a physician for limited periods of time)
- A copy of hospital charges and fees for services provided
- To be informed about any need for follow-up care and to receive assistance in obtaining such care
- To receive a summary of your rights as a patient, including hospital grievance and complaint procedures, as well as contact information for hospital staff and the New Jersey Department of Health unit that handles questions and complaints.
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- To treatment and medical services without discrimination based on sex/gender, race, age, religion, ethnicity, disability, creed, color, national origin, marital status, nationality, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, diagnosis, in sum or substance 'any other category protected by state or federal law', ability to pay, or source of payment.
- To exercise all your constitutional, civil, and legal rights.
Nondiscrimination Policy
As a recipient of funding through Federal Health Care programs, Meridian Health does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against any person on the ground of race, color, or national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, on the basis of disability or age, in sum or substance, 'any other category protected by state or federal law', in admission to, participation in, or receipt of services and benefits under any of its programs and activities. This statement is in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 18116). (For further information about this policy, contact Guest Relations at 732-776-4447).
Advance Directives (Living Wills)
Advance directive laws ensure your right to determine the course of your treatment should you become incapacitated. To learn more about advance directives, also known as "living wills," please see the "Important Decisions" brochure in your admission packet or call Guest Relations at 732-776-4447.
Organ and Tissue Donation
Today, thousands of people are leading full and productive lives because of organ and tissue donation. However, due to a drastic shortage of organ donors, many of those waiting for a transplant will not have this opportunity. In fact, nearly 90,000 Americans are waiting for life-saving organ transplants, and 4,000 of them reside in New Jersey.
Jersey Shore University Medical Center is committed to raising awareness about the life-saving gift of organ and tissue donation. The Hospital works closely with NJ Sharing Network, a New Jersey-based, federally certified, state-approved organ recovery organization. In addition, Jersey Shore is one of nine hospitals in New Jersey that has joined the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services' Organ Donation Breakthrough Collaborative, an initiative focused on saving thousands of lives annually by fostering best practices on organ donation, increasing the number of organ donors, and sharing expertise at large hospitals throughout the country.
To become an organ donor, simply fill out an organ donor card. In addition, when renewing your driver's license, ask a representative how to indicate donor status on your new license. It is also important to discuss your wishes about organ and tissue donation with your family. For more information about giving the gift of life, please call NJ Sharing Network at 1-800-SHARE-NJ or visit their website, sharenj.org.
Ethics Consultation
Ethics consultation is an advisory service designed to assist professionals, patients, family members, and staff in making ethical decisions related to health issues. For further information or to request assistance, please page the Bioethics Consult Committee anytime at 732-502-3799.
Providing the Best Care Possible
In order to provide the best care possible for our patients, Jersey Shore University Medical Center holds regular "Schwartz Center Rounds" to provide a forum for our hospital caregivers to discuss the emotional aspects of caregiving. A comprehensive study of Schwartz Center Rounds has shown that they help caregivers connect better with patients emotionally; enhance their understanding of the effects of illness on patients and their families; improve communication among caregivers and decrease feelings of caregiver isolation and stress. Schwartz Center Rounds are funded by the Kenneth B. Schwartz Center, a Boston-based nonprofit dedicated to advancing compassionate health care. For more information about Schwartz Center Rounds, visit theschwartzcenter.org.


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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- Michelin, Lockheed Martin's Savi Technology, Texas Instruments, and others are forming the DASH7 Alliance, a cross-industry initiative to expand the use of a wireless data technology commonly used in the global defense industry but increasingly used by commercial customers. The U.S. Department of Energy and three of its laboratories, Argonne National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, as well as the University of Pittsburgh plan to serve as technical advisors.
The technology, based on the ISO 18000-7 standard, provides commercial and government users with the ability to track the whereabouts and status of a wide range of everyday objects, including vehicles, shipping containers, pharmaceutical products, hazardous materials, perishable goods and manufacturing and operational equipment.
The DASH7 Alliance will work to ensure cross-vendor interoperability as well as to promote greater use of the ISO 18000-7 wireless data standard, which is more cost effective, more reliable, and operates at lower power levels than ZigBee and similar wireless data technologies. The DASH7 Alliance will also foster new wireless data innovations based on the standard, including advanced sensor networking, electronic seals, mobile phone integration, and other advances enabled through upcoming DASH7 developer resources available at the DASH7 Web site.
"The DASH7 Alliance is an important next step for the wireless industry as DASH7-ready products become more ubiquitous," said David Stephens, CEO of Savi Technology. "By assembling this coalition of both end users and technology companies, we can promote greater interoperability and reliability, but also inspire greater innovation around a common standard."
"As United States companies grow RFID technologies from their infancy into an industry, it is incredibly important to set a common standard for how all of these new applications are going to be designed and built," said Dr. James Shuler, Manager of the United States Department of Energy's Packaging Certification Program.
Commenting on the U.S. Department of Defense's move to an RFID III multi-vendor contract earlier this year, Lt. Col. Pat Burden, the DoD's Product Manager Joint-Automatic Identification Technology, stated, "This is a significant milestone for DoD in that this migration will not only give DoD and other Federal agencies' customers best-value solutions at competitive prices, but it moves us to ISO 18000-7:2008 compliant products, thus broadening interoperability with DoD and our coalition partners."
"In ABI's opinion, the DASH7 Alliance is both timely and mission critical to growing the active UHF segment of the RFID market," Michael Liard, Practice Director, RFID, of ABI Research, said in a just-released report entitled, "Introducing the DASH7 Alliance: Bringing Balance and Vision to Active RFID Markets".
"The DASH7 Alliance will bring stakeholders together to share and discuss ISO 18000-7 technical issues such as advancing the standard on a global scale, identify and eliminate potential gray areas, and share information about wins and pitfalls," the ABI report stated. "The Alliance will also work to build applications on top of the core standard, including electronic seals, RTLS, sensing and monitoring, long distance communication, and more."
Semiconductor manufacturers STMicroelectronics and Analog Devices plan to provide hardware developer toolkits that enable product innovations and enhance interoperability, and Texas Instruments also plans to be a DASH7 participant. The United States Department of Energy and three of its national laboratories, as well as the University of Pittsburgh, will provide technical advisory services for appropriate consultation and input, within their areas of expertise.
The University of Pittsburgh also plans to serve as the initial test and certification lab for DASH7-enabled products. After successfully completing DASH7 test and certification, alliance members will be able to deploy the "DASH7 Certified" logo on their products to demonstrate reliability and interoperability to prospective end users.
About the DASH7 Alliance
The DASH7 Alliance is a coalition of organizations from multiple industries that are committed to collaborating on the promotion of wireless data technologies based on the ISO18000-7 standard. Organizations initially planning to participate include Analog Devices, Dow, Evigia Systems, Hi-G-Tek, IDENTEC SOLUTIONS, KPC, Inc., Lockheed Martin, Michelin, Northrop Grumman, RFind, Savi Technology, ST Microelectronics, Texas Instruments, and Unisys Corporation. The U.S. Department of Energy and three of its laboratories, the Argonne National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, as well as the University of Pittsburgh, plan to serve as technical advisors. Membership is open to end users, technology providers and research organizations.


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Otis College of Art and Design
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Otis prepares diverse students of art and design to enrich our world through their creativity, their skill, and their vision. Otis began in 1918,when Los Angeles Times founder Harrison Gray Otis bequeathed his MacArthur Park property for Los Angeles' first public art college. Today, Otis has expanded to three campuses. Its five-acre Elaine and Bram Goldsmith campus is centrally situated on Los Angeles' Westside, one mile from the Pacific Ocean. map & directionsThe campus is not only close to galleries, museums, and artists' studios, but also surrounded by a variety of film, digital imaging, and toy companies. The Bronya and Andy Galef Center for Fine Arts, a dynamic presence on the campus, houses the fine arts department as well as the Maltz and Bolsky Galleries. Kathleen Ahmanson Hall was designed by architect Eliot Noyes in 1963 to house an IBM research center. It now serves the interactive product design, toy design, digital media, communication arts, architecture/landscape/interiors, foundation, and liberal arts and sciences departments. Its "punch card" design embodies the perfect bond between design and technology and the future. The Fashion Design Department occupies an entire floor of the California Market Center in the heart of downtown L.A.'s garment district. The third campus, in the adjacent beach community of El Segundo, houses individual studios for graduate fine arts majors.
The four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (BFA) program begins with Foundation year. Students advance into their major when they become sophomores or second-year students. Studio work is complemented by the liberal arts and sciences curriculum throughout the four years.
Otis has a "rolling" admission policy: you may submit your application at any time throughout the year. Otis accepts BFA students in fall and spring semesters. The target date for the fall semester is February 15, and for the spring semester, December 1. Students applying for scholarships and/or financial aid are encouraged to complete the application and financial aid processes prior to Feb 15.
To apply, you must submit the following six items:
- Application for Admission: you may apply online, download and print the application form, or use the application form in the view book.
- Application fee: $50 (to pay by VISA or Mastercard, call 310 665 6820 between 8:30 -5 PST; or send check or money order payable to "Otis College of Art and Design").
- Transcripts: Official high school and college transcripts from the school you are currently attending (minimum GPA 2.5 on 4.0 scale) should be sent to the Admissions Office.
- Test scores: If you are currently in high school, submit either SAT or ACT scores.
- Essay: Submit a one-page essay outlining a significant person or experience that has influenced your decision to become an artist or designer. Be sure to include your name, date of birth and address at the top of the essay.
- Portfolio: One of the most important elements of the admissions process is the portfolio. It demonstrates your artistic experience, education and talent to help us identify creative, talented students who will work hard at Otis and be successful.
10-20 examples of your best and most recent work in any medium, including drawings, illustration, painting, photography, two-dimensional design, sculpture, drafting, three-dimensional design, and time-based work. Your portfolio should show your technical skills and creativity.
Slides or CD/DVDs are preferred. VHS tapes are accepted for motion work. All materials should be clearly labeled with your name and another ID such as social security number, date of birth or address. 35mm slides, labeled with name and phone number, should be submitted in an 8 1/2" x 11" transparent slide sheet.
For digital files, please include file type (jpeg, tiff, gif, mov, mpg, etc.), what software was used to create the work, and any special instructions on how to open them. Label both the jewel case and the disc with your name and another ID.
Whether you submit slides, CDs, DVDs, or VHS tapes, please include an index with the name of the piece, medium, approximate dimensions, date, and any other information that would be helpful to the review committee.
The Admissions Office accepts original work in person only during regular office hours. It does not need to be framed or matted. Mark the case with your name and another ID. If you do not retrieve your artwork within 60 days of notification of decision, we may dispose of it.
Please do not send a self-addressed stamped envelope with your portfolio. Otis will return your portfolio once a decision has been made.
Most applicants have examples of original artwork that they have done over the years. If you do not, or if you need to improve your skills, options include:
- A portfolio preparation class at Otis or elsewhere.
- A basic drawing class at a community college or if you are still in high school,
- studio art classes
- private art instruction
- summer programs, such as Otis' Summer of Art.
- When you are preparing your portfolio, it may be useful to show it to an art teacher, a friend, or an artist or designer you know.
Otis Admissions Counselors are also happy to review your work with you in person or at a National Portfolio Day event. To schedule an appointment, please contact us at (310) 665 6820 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Applicants are usually notified of the Admissions Committee decision within three weeks of receipt of all required materials.
To apply online, select either:
- Undergraduate BFA or Special One-Year Program
- Graduate MFA
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There are two little gremlins that sit on my shoulder each day and night. I swat at them like pesky flies, but they continue to stick. It's as if they had glue on their feet, sharp little claws, and such extreme staying power that I would admire them under different circumstances. Their names are fear and guilt. These persistent little buggers came to me many years ago — or maybe I was born with them, as most of us are who are full of the normal human foibles.
Fear of heights, fear of failure, fear of the next unknown event flying at you — list goes on and on. When you suffer disease and chronic pain, there is much to be afraid of. You can't dispel fear. You have to confront it and look it squarely in the eyes. Fear is normal under many circumstances. Many actors always have stage fright, but they give a good performance in spite of it. Athletes experience fear on a different level as they seek to do their best. The list goes on and on, as soldiers, astronauts, pilots, and everyday people face fear and stare it down.
Don't we have enough to do living with pain constantly? Why does our mind have to be constantly cluttered with self-doubt, fear of the unknown and guilt?
Those pesky, ugly gremlins talk a lot. In soft, convincing tones, they whisper, What did you do to make this happen? It must have been something you did. Did you eat the wrong food? Did you lift too much? Were you born under the wrong sign? Why you and not some truly evil person, after all they deserve to be punished.
Well, that's it you know, now you're "kaput."
Some of the internal conflicts go on forever. We can't expect to overcome them but we can stare them down and win the staring contest. We can look fear in the face and say, "Kaput my ass and my great grandmother's nightgown!" The true definition of courage is not the absence of fear but to perform the dreaded task in spite of it.
To win over fear you must dissect it. To think through a situation, to inform yourself of a procedure, to do a "practice run" in your mind is to take the air out of fear. President Theodore Roosevelt once said, "I have often been afraid, but I wouldn't give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid, and gradually my fear disappeared." He demonstrated action as well as faith in himself and faith in life. Faith can banish fear every time.
When I was young my Dad used to say, "Honey, 90 percent of what you worry about will never happen." In so many ways he was a fearless individual and accomplished much in his lifetime. He did these things in spite of many handicaps. You see, my father was illiterate. Born with a speech handicap he was teased at school and dreaded going; therefore as the youngest son they kept him on the farm to work. Later in life, we discovered he was dyslexic but in the interim he taught himself upholstery and custom furniture building. He made a good living and was always proud of his work and supported his family well. He always had faith that life would work out for him and for all of us. He applied action and faith.
Now, let's chat about that other nasty gremlin, guilt. I don't think any well intentioned human being can go through life without some modicum of guilt. When life is shaken by disease, handicaps or chronic pain and we have to change jobs due to those factors, we blame ourselves. We feel guilty and to blame for being ill. We feel guilt when our lack of employment gives us and our families less income. We take on guilt and there it perches, whispering, clinging and constantly present.
I find it interesting that so many folks in this world, who have reason to feel genuine guilt, do not. My husband works at a jail. Most of the stories that come out of there are stories blaming someone else for their predicament. They weren't loved. They got on drugs…somehow. They had to steal because they were poor or needed something. If they killed someone, they were provoked and the excuses go on and on.
The kind of guilt most of us with chronic pain suffer from is not guilt at all. It is regret. Regret is allowed and can be lived with because it is not nearly as malignant as guilt. Dr. Laura Schlessinger says, "The nest time you feel guilt, ask yourself, 'Am I really the cause of this problem?'"
We have to be realistic and honest with ourselves. It's okay to feel regret and sorrow at all we have lost but it becomes malignant when we let it destroy what we have left. Most of us who were successful in our careers have other talents and abilities. We can channel those talents into new areas. My eldest sister was a lovely woman who was a buyer for a large department store. She had style, she had grace and she had psoriatic arthritis. When she could no longer work at her profession which she loved, she made beautiful jewelry, painted wonderful pictures. She preferred painting scenic pictures of barns. She did needlework of many kinds and was rarely idle. She served on various state committees in California for many charitable organizations which were centered on those with disabilities.
We have had a dramatic changes in our lives. That is a fact. We are different and different can be good. We are each composed of many layers and we cannot find and unveil all those layers if we are hung up on fear and guilt. No, you are not the exception and if you keep telling yourself you are then you are wasting time, life and talent.
Face down fear, don't hide behind it. Stop obsessing about your condition. Put guilt aside and trade it for a modicum of regret and get on with it. You still have a life to live.
Important: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and not Everyday Health.


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Two teenage boys were rushed to hospital in stable condition following an assault at a North End high school on Monday.
At around 2:30 p.m., Winnipeg police responded to St. John's High School at 401 Church Ave., for a report of an assault. Police said the suspects had fled when officers arrived on scene.
The investigation is continuing and more information is expected to be released Tuesday.
In an unrelated incident, police were also called at around 9:20 a.m., to John Pritchard School at 1490 Henderson Highway for a report of an online threat that had been shared between students.
Police said an investigation by members of the Major Crimes Unit has determined that the threat had circulated online from Edmonton, Alta., where a school with the same initials (JP) was subject of a threat. The threat was then re-shared by students at John Pritchard School.
Police said the threat is not believed to have been directed at John Pritchard School.
The Winnipeg Police Service wishes to remind the public not to share threats if they see them or if they are sent to them – instead, please contact your local police service.


text: dave ziegler Posted January 6, 2008 When I went to Kinsey in 1966 they had a very large Parking lot and about 600 people worked there on 3 shifts with 24 seven security. Even buildings that were not being used had sprinklers working in them old #12 was protected and there was talk of building a new still next to it. Going in the front on your Left in front was the new bottling house which at one time as the largest one floor Barrel warehouse in the world at that time and Publicker found with its big width and being so long it would make a great Bottling house. Right after you parked you would walk through a high steel gate that looked like the gates to a mansion. It was wrought iron and is still standing on the top it states Linfield Industrial Park! Mr Neuman wanted to call it that because between all the warehouses the ground was landscaped and the grass was kept perfect we always planted new trees and kept everything clean. Going through the gate to your right were all the Old 1892 Kinsey Buildings a House where a Company Man named George Dill lived and a Office for the Plant itself. In that front right area stood the Old #12 Still the boiler rooms 3 boilers two coal one oil silo's for grain and a large old Barn that was the Plant mantaince shop. Then the Old 1892 Kinsey Bottle house the Kinsey Rye Building and 2 Large 6 floor brick and Wood barrel warehouses. On a resent walk through I crawed in one and what they were was all wooden racks with wood planks running up for 6 levels the only way up was to climb wooden ladders or take the Elevater which unlike the 1934 warehouses was a big frieght elvater that was made in the 1890's and up graded if you put one to many barrels as a friend did to me one time when I was running the elevater it would fly down and hit bottom a little frightening. You had to be fairly thin to get in the board walks to roll the barrels out, and I remember when I first went in one seeing most of the barrels were marked in the 1950's on the heads. When I got in the one old warehouse to look around on my most resent walk I saw my Dads Nickname on one of the Old up rights it said Ziggy 1952 so Knew it was him as he worked there then. Farther along the front right are two more old Brick and Wood warehouses and if you look down throught the Racks you can see the Heat pipes and the sprinkler pipes they even had them heated a little and as I have said everything was sprinkled. So it was one of the safest Distillery's in its time. I found papers from 1956 where they did fire control tests every month and they always started with the old buildings first. The fire House was right next to one of the old Warehouses and large water tanks. Publicker even had Fire Hydrents in the woods out back, all the grounds had hydrents and piping everywhere. We also had a Very Old Mack Fire truck and I found the title to it one time looking around. I will contiue this tour in the next writting and take you through the main plant on down to the river. It is to bad that someone did not turn the front into a history museum and the grounds into a park as it is one of the most peaceful places you could go. Even when we were running at full tilt it was always very peaceful with cool air from the river and lots of wild life walking around so its name was very true, Linfield Industrial ( PARK. )Dave Z Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Even in the highest of high-tech operations, sometimes it's the simple tool that does the trick.
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station put an ordinary toothbrush to work to solve a problem with a troublesome bolt on the exterior of the satellite, ABC News reported.
Sunita Williams and Akihido Hoshide were struggling to replace the electrical switching unit on the station's eight-panel solar array systems during an "epic, eight-hour spacewalk." The astronauts were unable to tighten a bolt to secure the unit, forcing them to improvise.
Williams and Hoshide suspected the bolt holes may have been filled with metal shavings, preventing them from tightening, so the astronauts strapped the 220-pound unit down using temporary straps and cast around for a solution.
Using the most ordinary of household items, the astronauts attached a toothbrush to a metal pole and went out for a second space walk. Using a combination of the brush and compressed nitrogen, they were able to clear out the obstruction.
Not only did a little bit of ingenuity save the crew extra work, but the the repair time pushed Williams over the previous record-holder to become the woman with the most time spent on a spacewalk.


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PHILADELPHIA (AP) Jerrelle Benimon posted his ninth double-double of the season and Towson defeated Drexel 69-66 Saturday in Colonial Athletic Conference action.
Marcus Damas tallied 13 points and eight rebounds while Jerome Hairston and Mike Burwell added 12 apiece. Benimon, a transfer from Georgetown, finished with 18 points and 16 rebounds. The forward has grabbed over 15 rebounds in six games this season, including 21 at Oregon State.
Towson (7-8, 2-0) led 18-16 before using a 12-2 run over the final 4:18 of the first half to take a 30-18 advantage into intermission. Drexel (5-9, 1-1) rallied to slice the deficit to 61-56 with 1:36 left to play, but Towson converted eight free throws down the stretch to seal it.
Towson shot 43 percent (19 of 44), compared to 33 percent (19 of 56) for Drexel, and made a season-high 27 free throws.
Drexel was led by 17 points from Frantz Massenat.


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A stroll last Friday through the mini tent city of Zuccotti Park in downtown Manhattan revealed none of the classic signifiers of LGBT activism. There, amid the mattresses and recliners, the communal kitchen and library of donated books, no Pride flags or pink triangles could be seen. Nor did anyone utter the letters "LGBT" over the "people's mic," the call-and-response technique occupiers have devised for amplification in lieu of a city permit for a real microphone.
Occupy Wall Street is a protest against economic inequities in which LGBT participants seem to be playing a more fully integrated role. In a series of interviews, activists, most of whom self-identified with the word "queer," reported feeling visible and incorporated into the whole of the occupation, even as they remain mindful of the unique challenges they face because of ongoing discrimination in the broader society.
"I think the coolest thing right now is that queer people are being seen as just part of the fight," said Justin Adkins, a transgender man from Massachusetts who traveled to New York the past two weekends. "The majority of the time when I'm protesting, I'm either queer, or I'm for this. It's not usually that I can be both. I'm a queer person fighting for economic justice. How awesome is that?"
Now in its third week, Occupy Wall Street uses a consensus-driven style of decision-making through its General Assembly. Participants eschew the notion of leaders, although a core group of volunteers paved the way for the events with voluminous email and other planning over the summer. The radical, organic structure initially baffled many observers, although by Wednesday, a growing list of labor unions, elected officials, and celebrities had expressed support for a large march that seemed to legitimize the occupation. It and similar events in other cities could continue indefinitely.
"What the public is used to or what the media has taught us to be used to is you have a protest and you have a message and that's how the thing works," said Marya Triandafellos, a lesbian artist who lives near the park dubbed "Liberty Plaza" and has visited several times. "In a parallel way, there doesn't have to be a message at this point. Everyone may have the things they feel most passionate about, but overall the message is, 'We're not happy. We can do better.'"
Anyone is invited to come and air grievances. According to attendees, queer people have done so in significant numbers since the occupation began September 17.
"There's a lot of visibility and there's a lot of participation," said Patricia Gonzalez, a queer media maker who helps translate the print newspaper The Occupied Wall Street Journal. "The participation might not be directly as organizing around LGBT issues, but in the groups that I am collaborating with or the other groups that I know, there are queer people that are very much organizing those groups and are a part of it. LGBT people are making contributions."
"There's queer people from all political aspects and ranges," she said. "For example, at the General Assembly, there was a man who spoke up and said, 'I am a bisexual man and an anarchist,' and he said other things he was. There is this space for people like him to do that and it's embraced."
Compared to other high-profile protests of recent decades, such as those at the
World Trade Organization ministerial conference in 1999 and the
Republican National Convention in 2004, veteran queer activists reported
sensing an unprecedented level of inclusion at Occupy Wall Street. Some
attributed it to the younger generation of organizers and their
"I've never seen anything like it," said Adkins, who
is in his 30s and works as the assistant director of the
multicultural center at Williams College. "There is a difference around
queer issues between these two generations. People in their early 20s on
the whole have a greater awareness that queer issues are part of class
and race issues and that class and race issues are part of queer
T.J. Helmstetter, a strategist for the Working Families
Party, which participated in the solidarity action with Occupation Wall
Street on Wednesday, said the protest represented an opportunity for
LGBT people to connect with a broader social movement at a critical
point in both their histories.
"We're not just some community
within a silo that is only worried about marriage and serving in the
military," he said. "We're worried about the same struggles that
everybody else is worried about — putting food on the table, getting our
kids to the doctors, saving our homes."
That's not to say that
queer issues want for individualized attention at Occupy Wall Street.
The speak-easy caucus, for example, was founded to provide a safe space
for non-male participants and other marginalized people. Last week the
General Assembly approved a declaration that, among other statements,
denounced corporations for having "perpetuated inequality and
discrimination" based on characteristics including "sex, gender identity,
and sexual orientation."
At times, those very prejudices have
emerged during the protest. On Saturday, for instance, Adkins was one of at least
three transgender people and numerous other queer participants arrested
on the Brooklyn Bridge, and he complained of being mistreated in police
custody because he is transgender. And as in social movements of the past, fewer women than men seem to hold prominent roles, based on investigation
during last week's walk-through.
If some of the demands from
Occupy Wall Street, such as inclusive employment nondiscrimination,
seem more aptly addressed to Washington, D.C., queer participants
acknowledge the reality of how laws are made but only to a point. They respond that their
protest aims to change something much more fundamental — namely, the
corporate influence on politics symbolized by the epicenter of the
global economy.
"You can lobby your
congressman all you want or talk about specific pieces of legislation,"
said Helmstetter. "But what this is really about is how our society is
structured. It's time to stop letting Wall Street and corporate greed
dictate our policies and it's time for politicians to be held
accountable to the other 99%. That includes LGBT folks."


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FRINGE workshop to focus on satellite interferometry
Scientists working in the field of SAR interferometry and its applications meet this week to exchange scientific results at the FRINGE 2007 workshop.
'Advances in SAR interferometry from Envisat and ERS missions' is being held at ESA's Centre for Earth Observation in Frascati, Italy, 26-30 November. The scope is to initiate and encourage close collaboration between research groups, to present new results from the latest studies and to assess state-of-the-art techniques in the field of SAR interferometry (InSAR).
More than 200 researchers from 26 countries are attending the five-day workshop. Dedicated sessions will focus on specialist subjects including new methods for use of InSAR, earthquakes and tectonics, terrain motion, landslides and volcanoes. 90 presentations will be given by principal investigators and ESA specialists presenting the latest advances and applications in InSAR. In addition, 69 poster exhibitions will give the participants the possibility to discuss specific application cases with the involved scientists.
The focus is on the results from ESA's two Earth observation missions ERS and Envisat, but also other missions like Italian COSMO-SkyMed, German TerraSAR-X, Japanese ALOS-PALSAR and Canadian Radarsat-2 are presented.
"The FRINGE series of workshops attracts the best scientists in the field of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) interferometry. It is thematically focussed, hence very efficient and well attended. FRINGE covers both the methodology and the application research aspects, giving them a platform to benefit from each other," concluded Richard Bamler, German Aerospace Center (DLR), following the previous workshop in 2005.
InSAR: Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
InSAR stands for Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar. It is a remote sensing technique where multiple repeat images over the same scene are combined together to identify slight alterations occurring between acquisitions, thus 'spotting the difference'. Tiny changes on the ground or slight shifts in the orbit of the satellite cause changes in the radar image signal phase and lead to rainbow-coloured interference patterns in the combined image, called 'interferograms'. Combine two or more radar images of the same site together and a new dimension of information becomes accessible, including signs of otherwise invisible millimetre-scale ground motion.
The FRINGE Workshop takes its name from these coloured fringes seen in a given InSAR image, somewhat similar to contour lines on a map, except on a vastly reduced scale. One complete set of coloured bands represents ground movement relative to the spacecraft of half a wavelength, which is 2.8 cm in the case of Envisat's Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR).
Slightly different perspectives on the same landscape cause phase shifting – just as overlapping pictures appear stereoscopic using 3-D glasses. To take just a few examples, InSAR is, therefore, often used to create digital elevation models of landscapes, observing glaciers and advancing the knowledge of glacier response to climate change, creating maps of surface changes caused by the earthquake, and to locate faults on the Earth with sections susceptible to deformation.
Since 1998 ESA has provided SAR data for almost 700 projects using SAR Interferometry, mainly research projects into InSAR techniques and the use of InSAR to monitors changes on Earth.
Sentinel-1: the continuation of Envisat ASAR
The Sentinel-1 series of satellites is the first new space component of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) satellite family, designed and developed by ESA. The overall objective of the Sentinel-1 mission is to provide continuity of C-band SAR operational applications and services in Europe, with the first Sentinel-1 spacecraft planned to be launched before the end of Envisat operations.
Sentinel-1 uses the Interferometric Wide-Swath (IWS) mode as its standard mode over landmasses. With one satellite in orbit a 12-day repeat-cycle is provided, that eventually will be reduced to 6 days when both satellites of the constellation are in orbit. Guaranteed interferometrically compatible C-band acquisitions every 6 days will foster operational use of SAR and InSAR in ways that are not possible today with Envisat and ERS-2 and their 35-day repeat-cycle.


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Independent Nation gives you the day's five essential reads for independents and centrists:
1. "What's Really at Stake in Election 2012," at CNN.When you go to the polls on Tuesday, do you want to reward hyperpartisan, factually flawed narratives; total opposition as a congressional tactic; and unprecedented, toxic dark money ad buys?
2. "The Smearing of a President: From Start, Unrelenting, Unfair," in The Philadelphia Inquirer To attempt to disgrace a sitting president of the United States with lies and innuendo does not an American patriot make.
3. "November's Crucial Ballot Initiatives," at The Daily Beast.From same-sex marriage to the legalization of marijuana, John Avon on the straight-to-voters questions that could change state laws dramatically this Election Day.
4. "Some Voters Are Spelling Out Their Indecision On Their Donation Checks," in The New York Times.Too bad for these guys that in presidential politics you can't just buy one of each.
5. "The Road to 270," in The Economist.Wherein the magazine does a decent job of adding up all the swing-state chatter and sorting out who needs to win what.
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An eastern Pennsylvania woman who fatally stabbed her fiance on their wedding day – and then apparently could not comprehend that he had died – was convicted of first-degree murder on Thursday.
Jurors found Na Cola Franklin, 32, guilty after deliberating about three hours in Lehigh County Court. She could get life in prison when she is sentenced July 16. Her attorney said an appeal is likely.
Prosecutors say Franklin and 36-year-old Billy Brewster got into the deadly argument on Aug. 11 around 2 a.m. in their Whitehall Township apartment. They were scheduled to be married at 10 a.m. in neighboring Allentown.
At her arraignment that night, Franklin appeared distraught and confused to learn Brewster was dead, telling the judge, "You got to check again!"
Defense attorney John Waldron told jurors during the trial this week that Brewster had come home drunk that night after an impromptu bachelor party. Brewster attacked Franklin and then tried to leave with the couple's 9-month-old son, Waldron said.
Waldron argued Franklin killed the groom-to-be after grabbing a knife to protect her child. He had pushed for a voluntary manslaughter conviction, which carries a lighter sentence.
But prosecutors, who said the child was not in danger, sought a first-degree murder conviction. First Assistant District Attorney Steven Luksa said Thursday that he hopes the verdict will bring some comfort to Brewster's family, according to the Express-Times of Easton.
On the day of the planned wedding, neighbor Steve Engel said the pastor who was supposed to marry the couple came looking for them at the apartment building. Distraught people in suits and dresses – presumably ceremony guests – then began showing up throughout the day, Engel said.


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Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Gluten-Free Kasha Varnishkes: Mission Accomplished
Tonight's dinner was a successful revision of kasha varnishkes, served up gluten-free. I grew up eating this Ashkenazi Jewish dish, a combination of nutty kasha, sweet browned onions, and toothsome noodles. It is great as a side dish with meat, but I enjoyed it this evening as an entree, with just a green salad on the side. This dish is traditionally made with bowtie noodles. Sadly, in my extensive internet research I discovered that there doesn't appear to be a gluten-free bowtie noodle on the market. I was glad to discover that Glutano Gluten-Free Pasta Tagliatelle* which is made of maize, is a great substitute. It has the right texture and taste for this dish. If you can't find tagliatelle, try any other flat, gluten-free noodle. Egg noodles are preferable - Break them to the length of bowtie noodles if they're longer. Mmm... nothing like some carb-on-carb action!
Kasha, for anyone who's confused, is another name for buckwheat groats. Buckwheat is a misnomer, as it is not related to wheat in any way and is safe for people with celiac disease.
Ess gezunterhait! (Eat in good health!)
Kasha Varnishkes
1 cup buckwheat groats
1 egg
1 cup uncooked Glutano tagliatelle* or gluten-free egg noodles
2 cups boiling chicken stock
1 teaspoon of salt (less if you're using a very salty broth)
1 quart water
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
3 tablespoons canola, corn oil or chicken fat (schmaltz)
1.5 large onions, chopped coarsely
Beat the egg in a small bowl. Add kasha and stir until every grain is well coated with egg. Place in a medium saucepan over medium heat and stir constantly with a wooden spoon until the egg begins to dry and the groats separate. Some of the groats may stick together and/or brown slightly.
Pour boiling chicken stock over the kasha. Mix in salt and pepper and stir thoroughly. Cover and cook over low heat for 10 to 15 minutes or until the kasha has absorbed all liquid. Remove from heat.
In a separate pot, bring water to a boil and cook the pasta until done. Drain and set aside.
In a skillet, heat the oil (or schmaltz) on a medium flame. Saute the chopped onions until thoroughly browned. Add the onions and noodles to the pot of kasha, and adjust salt and pepper to taste.
*Edited 3/09 to add: Glutano Tagliatelle doesn't have kosher certification. I now use Manischewitz Passover Egg Noodles which I stock up on at Passover when they're in the stores, or I cut Tinkyada Lasagna Noodles into strips.
Posted by ByTheBay at 11:08 PM
Labels: gluten free, jewish recipes and foods, recipes, side dishes
4 comments:
yay--jewish GF treats! mazel tov! from Allergic Girl
- Annie said...
Now if only you could make it kosher for passover...
- ByTheBay said...
Ha! I heard recently that Manischewitz makes gluten-free kosher for passover egg noodles (made of potato, I think)... And apparently many Sephardic Jews do allow buckwheat for Passover. Google tells me it's traditional in some Ashkenazi families, too, but obviously is not commonly accepted as kosher l'pesach. Bummer.
- jocelyn said...
Kasha often just refers to buckwheat groats in English (not always, but usually), but in Russian, it's actually a more generic term for a dish made from grains. Adjectives in front of kasha indicate whether the dish is made from buckwheat, semolina, millet, etc.
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Most dangerous waves ever ridden: Nazare, Portugal [vid]
We've seen videos of Nazare's mega-waves before, including Garrett McNamara b-lining a record-setting 90-foot monster. Old news, right?
Not really. Same date, same place, but these filmmakers cut together an edit that is both beautiful and slaps you in the face with the reality of big-wave surfing.
I love the pre-dawn prep shots. Faces held in concentration as they wait. Then the waves start to build. How big are truly record-breaking waves? I didn't know until I saw the buildings and people in the foreground and the waves arching up behind. Damn! That's a big-mountain avalanche of water.
Suddenly, watching those little specks skittering down the face got a lot scarier. The veneer of adventure-film-radness is tempered by the real danger these guys are putting themselves in. The surf rumbles. Jetskis pulling guys out race against a wall of water collapsing on top of them. A surfer loses his balance and begins a slow-motion fall off his board.
Whatever your reaction to the film, there's one emotion that seems inescapable: respect — for the filmmakers, for the athletes, for Mother Nature.


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The RTLS abort mode is
designed to allow the return of the orbiter, crew, and payload
to the launch site, Kennedy Space Center, approximately 25 minutes
after lift-off. The RTLS profile is designed to accommodate the
loss of thrust from one space shuttle main engine between liftoff
and approximately four minutes 20 seconds, at which time not enough
main propulsion system propellant remains to return to the launch
An RTLS can be considered
to consist of three stages -- a powered stage, during which the
main engines are still thrusting; an ET separation phase; and
the glide phase, during which the orbiter glides to a landing
at the KSC. The powered RTLS phase begins with the crew selection
of the RTLS abort, which is done after SRB separation. The crew
selects the abort mode by positioning the abort rotary switch
to RTLS and depressing the abort push button. The time at which
the RTLS is selected depends on the reason for the abort. For
example, a three-engine RTLS is selected at the last moment, approximately
3 minutes, 34 seconds into the mission; whereas an RTLS chosen
due to an engine out at liftoff is selected at the earliest time,
approximately two minutes 20 seconds into the mission (after SOR
After RTLS is selected,
the vehicle continues downrange to dissipate excess main propulsion
system propellant. The goal is to leave only enough main propulsion
system propellant to be able to turn the vehicle around, fly back
towards KSC and achieve the proper main engine cutoff conditions
so the vehicle can glide to the KSC after external tank separation.
During the downrange phase, a pitch-around maneuver is initiated
(the time depends in part on the time of a main engine failure)
to orient the orbiter/ external tank configuration to a heads
up attitude, pointing toward the launch site. At this time, the
vehicle is still moving away from the launch site, but the main
engines are now thrusting to null the downrange velocity. In addition,
excess orbital maneuvering system and reaction control system
propellants are dumped by continuous orbital maneuvering system
and reaction control system engine thrustings to improve the orbiter
weight and center of gravity for the glide phase and landing.
The vehicle will reach
the desired main engine cutoff point with less than 2 percent
excess propellant remaining in the external tank. At main engine
cutoff minus 20 seconds, a pitch-down maneuver (called powered
pitch-down) takes the mated vehicle to the required external tank
separation attitude and pitch rate. After main engine cutoff has
been commanded, the external tank separation sequence begins,
including a reaction control system translation that ensures that
the orbiter does not recontact the external tank and that the
orbiter has achieved the necessary pitch attitude to begin the
glide phase of the RTLS.
After the reaction control
system translation maneuver has been completed, the glide phase
of the RTLS begins. From then on, the RTLS is handled similarly
to a normal entry.
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Boyne Island, Queensland
Boyne Smelters Limited (BSL) is the largest aluminium smelter in Australia. Located approximately 20km south of Gladstone at Boyne Island on the Central Queensland coast, BSL produces more than 570,000 tonnes of aluminium per annum.
BSL produces high quality ingot and billet. The majority of aluminium produced at the smelter is exported to South East Asia and North America and is used in engineered products for the aerospace, mass transportation, building construction, electricity transmission, wind-power generation, recreation and leisure industries.
When it first opened in 1982, BSL produced 210,000 tonnes of aluminium per year. In 1995, $900 million was invested to increase the smelter's capacity to over 540,000 tonnes per year. This capacity came on line when Reduction Line 3 was commissioned in 1997.
In June 2012, the company completed a $720 million upgrade that included re-building one of three existing carbon bake furnaces and replace its two other carbon bake furnaces with a new furnace. The new furnace is more energy efficient and has greatly reduced onsite greenhouse gas emissions. Other upgrades included the replacement of all Reduction Line 1 and 2 cranes, crane runway upgrades and rale replacements, as well as the installation of an Automated Alumina Distribution System. These upgrades were essential to increase efficiency, improve environmental performance and extend the lifespan of the smelter.
BSL is focused on operating sustainably by ensuring the health and safety of employees, minimising environmental impacts and contributing to the local community.
During its development in the late 1970s, BSL worked with a number of government bodies to build housing, bridges, government services, a regional shopping complex and other infrastructure.The smelter expansion in 1995 also provided for new social infrastructure, including roads, waste water connection to provide water for sporting fields, additional sporting fields, and extensions to bicycle and walking tracks.
Operation data:
Number of employees
Approximately 1,100 employees and contractors
Ingot and billet
Primary markets
South East Asia and North America


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Giga Bell Ride
Sizes: 18"
Weight: medium heavy
Volume: medium soft to loud
Stick Sound: glassy, pingy
Intensity: controlled
Sustain: longo
Bell Character: separated, cutting
Sound Character: Very bright, glassy, slightly dry, cutting, metallic. Fairly narrow range, clean mix. Somewhat heavy, but controllable feel. Clear, glassy ping over bell-like wash. Extremely cutting, loud bell with dark undertone. Extraordinary ride, suited particularly for defined playing on the bell in various musical styles. Developed in co-operation with Brazilians Top Heavy Metal drummer Aquiles Priester.
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Jen Hudak competes in the freeski big air women's final at
the Winter Games NZ at Cardrona Alpine Resort on Aug. 20, 2011,
in Wanaka, New Zealand.
Alright - time to switch gears here!
Last month, I interviewed Meryl Davis and Charlie White. Ice dancers have three to five minute programs - these long, graceful, elegant things. I was the opposite, I was five seconds. Bobsled was unleash the animal for five seconds and then shut it down. Well, our driver had a little bit more work to do…
But I digress - how long do your runs take?
Our runs take about 30 seconds. I have between about five to seven tricks usually.
What kind of mental prep are you doing ahead of that?
I visualize my run every time before a drop-in. Even now, when I'm coming back from an injury and really keeping things mellow until my body feels like it's 100 percent, I'm visualizing my straight airs. I visualize every aspect. Even if you're doing a basic run and not throwing your hardest tricks, you can still do that to the best of your ability. I feel like visualizing everything as you would want it to be really takes you from good to great.
And as an old woman these days at 26, I'm competing against 19 year olds that can go and hammer themselves into the ground everyday and repeat, physically, the actions they want to be doing. I can't do that anymore. Not only because I'm 26 but because I'm coming back from a huge knee injury so visualization becomes even more key for me.
What does an hour walk into an event look like for you?
In the morning, before we go ski, I always do a warm-up. Again, some of the younger kids don't and can head straight up to the hill. I usually spin on the bike for 10-15 minutes and do a bit of a neural warm-up, some mobility warm-up.
I notice a huge difference now if I don't warm up before I go skiing. It's not good - the knee doesn't like it. So I always warm up before I go skiing.
But for the time before competition it really, honestly, depends on the day and the schedule of the event. For the Sochi event, I even wrote a little thing on Facebook about what my day looked like. (Click here to see Jen's Facebook post.)
But when it's the first time I'm in a pipe for training - usually the first day I'll do straight airs the whole day. Tricks aren't the issue, knowing the pipe is the issue.
Really? Throwing tricks isn't the issue at a new venue?
|Photo Jen took at the Olympic venue in Rosa Khutor, Russia
Oh yeah! A lot of people look at halfpipe and think that it's the same thing everywhere we go. It's half of a pipe.
But the way the transitions comes together, the (vertical) at the end of the pipe, the pitch of the pipe - all of those subtleties change the way the halfpipe rides. It can be better or worse for people depending on their riding style. So for me, I have no shame in spending an entire day doing straight airs. I like to be comfortable first.
Very cool, I had no idea.
Another thing that interests me within the mind of high-performing athletes is the concept of focus. Towards the end of my career, I sometimes had a hard time focusing on the World Cup races as I would sometimes just see them as training for the Olympics.
As the grisly ole' veteran, do you have any mental tricks that help you focus?
For me, focusing on the hill is rarely an issue. When I'm out there, I definitely have a task that I want to achieve.
A few years ago though, I wasn't having as much as fun. I was frustrated with the whole process. I was frustrated with being judged and other people doing better than me that I didn't agree with it.
There's so many dynamics to our sport because of the judging aspect that can really wear you out. And now I just love my sport. After doing it for a long time, I've set a big goal for myself and I'm close to achieving it.
Every day is part of the process; every day is just the next step for me. And I think that's really what keeps me focused.
I used to look at other people and would get stressed out watching them. Now, I watch other people and think, 'That's cool, they're just doing what they're doing.' Then I'm straight back into what I need to do.
I think that's the biggest thing - never look externally. The only things that are in our control are what's within us. And even then, there's still the things that can go wrong. Accidents happen but for me it's all part of the process everyday.
That's such a great way to look at it, Jen.
So now you're going to get the two questions that I'll be asking all of our Olympic hopefuls for the rest of the year. You ready?
Let's go!
One - What does success look like for you?
That's actually a tough question. I will say that has probably evolved over the last few years with me. If you would have asked me in 2010, 'What does success look like for my career,' in terms of achievements, I would have said that becoming an Olympic gold medalist would mean that I was successful. My story would be written and we could close the book.
That was back when I lived in this illusion that standing on top of a podium and achieving all of these things was the most important aspect of what we do. I also thought that it was entirely in my control.
In recent years, I've realized that all of our success is fleeting and all of our failures are fleeting. So, getting too wrapped up in a title - it's not really gonna work out.
Would I still love to be an Olympic gold medalist? Yeah. Is that still the ultimate goal that I'm working on? Absolutely.
But it's no longer going to be what defines me as a success. What will define me as a success will be being brave enough to put everything into it; to try my hardest and to help others along the way; to help others try to follow their dreams and have the courage to do it as well.
The second question is, for you, what are the three most important factors for an athlete to reach the success that you just talked about?
Commitment, perseverance ...and...gosh, is there a third one?
Commitment and perseverance. You have to be able to commit to your goal in order to start, then you have to be able to persevere to accomplish it.
Nothing comes easy. I think it's so easy for people to look at others achieving things and think, 'Oh, how easy their journey has been.' I find myself even doing it sometimes – looking at other athletes and thinking they've had such an easier path than me.
Nobody has an easy go at it. Nobody has it easy. Maybe they do right now but they're not going to forever. If you want to achieve greatness, we're all going to go through lots of ups and downs. Being able to know just because you're going through a rough patch doesn't mean you need to back away.
It's not someone telling you that you need to quit. It's someone telling you that you have to find another way. It's someone telling you that you have to grow from this experience and persevere.
I believe it's commitment and perseverance...and luck! That's the third one, luck!


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Dr. Peggy Yehl Burke, associate provost and dean of St. Bonaventure University's School of Graduate Studies, recently participated in the evaluation of research applications submitted to the Neurofibromatosis Research Program sponsored by the Department of Defense.
Burke was nominated for participation in the program by the Children's Tumor Foundation in Atlanta. As a consumer reviewer, she was a full-voting member, along with prominent scientists, at meetings to help determine how the $15 million appropriated by Congress for fiscal year 2013 will be spent on future neurofibromatosis research.
Consumer reviewers are asked to represent the collective view of neurofibromatosis survivors and patients, family members, and persons at risk for the disease when they prepare comments on the impact of the research on disease prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment and quality of life after treatment.
Neurofibromatosis results from a genetic change (spontaneous or inherited) that causes a variety of symptoms, the most serious of which is the growth of tumors along the nerves.
"I find it rewarding to provide this service and hope the research funded through this process can provide some more satisfactory treatment options than are now available," said Burke, whose granddaughter was born with neurofibromatosis through a spontaneous mutation.
Until her granddaughter, who lives in Atlanta, was born with it, Burke wasn't even aware of neurofibromatosis, "and I was shocked that it is more common than MS or most other types of conditions with which we are all more familiar. It actually happens in one out of every 2,500 births."
Treatment options are limited, and no cure exists, said Burke, who credits her background in biology as a student at St. Bonaventure in "helping work through the research proposals."
Since 1996, consumer advocates and scientists have worked together in this unique partnership to evaluate the scientific merit of neurofibromatosis research application.
Col. Jeffrey C. Leggit, M.D., director of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, expressed his appreciation for the perspectives of the consumer advocates in the scientific review sessions.
"The consumer reviewers on each panel are instrumental in helping the scientists understand the patient's perspective and provided valuable insight into the potential impact of the proposed project. They bring with them a sense of urgency and remind all of the human element involved in medical research," he said.
The scientists applying propose to conduct innovative neurofibromatosis research aimed at the elimination of neurofibromatosis. The NFRP fills important gaps not addressed by other funding agencies by supporting groundbreaking, high-risk, high-gain research.
More information about the Department of Defense Neurofibromatosis Research Program is available at the website: http://cdmrp.army.mil.
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