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Hilary Joyce Vernon, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Languages: English, Spanish
Expertise: Pediatrics
Research Interests: Molecular and metabolic pathogenesis of organic acidemias; Molecular and metabolic pathogenesis of Barth Syndrome; Clinical laboratory biochemical diagnosis ...read more
Dr. Hilary Vernon is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is also an attending physician at Kennedy Krieger Institute.
Dr. Vernon received her undergraduate degree in biochemistry from University of Pennsylvania. She earned her M.D. from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/UMDNJ and her Ph.D. from Rutgers University. She completed a combined residency in pediatrics and clinical genetics and a fellowship in clinical laboratory biochemical genetics at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Vernon joined the faculty at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and at Johns Hopkins University in 2011.
Her research focuses on inborn errors of metabolism, which cause disturbances of mitochondrial function, including several different organic acidemias and Barth Syndrome.
Dr. Vernon was recognized with the 2010 Francis F. Schwentker Award for Excellence in Research at Johns Hopkins University and the 2011 James B. Sidbury Jr. Fellowship in Biochemical Genetics at Johns Hopkins University. She is board certified in pediatrics, clinical genetics and clinical biochemical laboratory genetics.
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Departments / Divisions
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- MD, Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (2004)
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Pediatrics (2011)
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2011)
Board Certifications
- American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics / Clinical Biochemical Genetics (2011)
- American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics / Clinical Genetics / MD (2011)
- American Board of Pediatrics / Pediatrics (2009)
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Research Summary
Dr. Vernon's current area of study is in inborn errors of metabolism, which cause disturbances of mitochondrial function, including several different organic acidemias and Barth Syndrome. These are rare disorders, each with an approximate incidence of 1/50,000 - 1/250,000. They have an onset in childhood and a devastating effect on health and quality of life.
Dr. Vernon's lab uses a mass spectrometry-based metabolomics approach to create metabolic profiles of these disorders and select promising analytes from these profiles as potential treatment targets for further study. She is also using cell culture and animal-based models in identifying molecular and metabolic markers.
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Vernon H, Clark K, Bressler J. "In vitro models to study the blood brain barrier." Methods Mol Bio. 2011;758: 153-168.
Vernon HJ, Koerner CB, Johnson MR, Bergner A, Hamosh A. "Introduction of sapropterin dihydrochloride as standard of care in patients with phenylketonuria." Mol Genet Metab. 2010 Jul;100(3):229-33.
Vernon H, Osborne C, Tzortzaki E, Yang M, Chen J, Rittling S, Denhardt D, Buyske S, Bledsoe S, Evan A, Fairbanks L, Simmonds H, Tischfield J, Sahota A. "Aprt/Opn double knockout mice: Osteopontin is a modifier of kidney stone disease severity." Kidney International. 2005 Sep;68(3): 938-947.
Tinkel-Vernon H. Finkernagel S, Desposito F, Pittore C, Reynolds K, Sciorra L. "Patient With a Deletion of Chromosome 21q and Minimal Phenotype." American Journal of Medical Genetics. 2003 Jul 1;120: 142-143.
Krantz I, Smith R, Colliton R, Tinkel H., Zackai E, Piccoli D, Goldmuntz E, Spinner N. "Jagged1 Mutations in Patients Ascertained with Isolated Congenital Heart Defects." American Journal of Medical Genetics. 1999 May 7;84 (1): 56-60.
Vernon, H. "Dysmorphology." Oski's Pediatric Certification and Recertification Board Review. Eds. Coombs and Kirk. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2010.
Vernon, H. "Metabolism." Oski's Pediatric Certification and Recertification Board Review. Eds. Coombs and Kirk. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2010.
Tinkel-Vernon, H. "Allergy and Immunology." The Harriet Lane Handbook, 18th ed. Eds. Rau and Custer. Philadelphia, PA. 2009.
Tinkel-Vernon, H. "Human Genetics and Development." First Aid for the Pediatric Boards, 2nd ed. Eds: Le, Shroeder, Lam, Vera, Rabizadeh. New York, NY 2009.
Activities & Honors
- James B. Sidbury, Jr. Fellowship in Biochemical Genetics, Johns Hopkins University, 2011
- Francis F. Schwentker Award for Excellence in Research, Johns Hopkins University, 2010
- Chief resident of medical genetics, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 2010 - 2011
- Margaret Nielsen Fellowship in Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins Institute of Genetic Medicine, 2007
- Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics, 2009
- Member, The American Society for Human Genetics, 1996
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How To Clean Silver With Aluminum Foil & Baking Soda
This recipe might just be the holy grail of all natural silver polish. Like a magic cleaning wand for the laziest of chore keepers, this concoction makes tarnish disappear quickly, right before your very eyes.
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What You Need
• Aluminum foil
• Glass dish or aluminum baking dish
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon sea salt
• 1/2 cup white vinegar
• Rag for polishing
• Tongs to remove silverware from boiling water
1. Bring water to a boil. When combined with the other ingredients the water will activate the baking soda and start the process of transferring the tarnish to the foil.
2. Add the dry ingredients into the pan and slowly pour in the vinegar. You will cause a slight reaction, so pour carefully! It is possible to clean your silver without adding vinegar, but the vinegar will dramatically speed up the process.
3. Pour in the boiling water and then place the silver into your pan, making sure each piece is touching the foil. Try not to let any of the pieces overlap. This should only take about 30 seconds but if you have heavily tarnished pieces you may need to let them soak a few minutes longer.
4. Use tongs to remove the silverware and work off any remaining spots by buffing with a rag. Then, look deep into your shiny silver and admire the smartypants that brought it back to its original glory!
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Book Report: Finally, my chance to critique a bestseller
After a quarter century of book reviewing, I guess it's time for me to admit that until recently, I never read a novel by bestselling author John Grisham.
That's partly because most of the reviewers who worked for me put dibs on his novels before they came out and so what was I to do?
I no longer have that excuse, so I recently dove into Grisham's latest, "The Racketeer" (Doubleday, $28.95) which at this writing sits atop the New York Times Bestseller list.
It didn't take long to figure out Grisham's popularity with the public.
He's a fast-paced storyteller, he seems to always be on the right side of justice and -- forgive me for this -- he gets a huge charge out of making fun of authority, especially the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
In his new book, the narrator, Malcolm Bannister, finds himself in federal prison on a charge trumped up by the country's criminal justice system (including the FBI).
His life has been ruined, his wife has left him and he'll probably never practice law again if he ever gets out of the slammer.
But he has an ace up his sleeve.
A fellow inmate has revealed the murderer of a prominent judge, who had his hands in the till of a drug dealer at the time of his murder. The authorities want to clean up this case immediately because of the bad publicity if it continues to drag out.
So Bannister cuts a deal with the suits at the FBI to reveal the identity of the murderer in return for a pardon, $150,000 and membership in the witness protection program.
At first the authorities are suspicious of this black man who was only a small-town lawyer in Winchester, Va.
But he finesses them and they agree to make the deal.
There follows a period when our hero gets a facelift and manufactures a new life for himself on the outside. But he also must convince the judicial system of the guilt of the murderer.
How Bannister manages this makes for a fascinating story about the wicked ways in which justice sometimes gets served in what's essentially a very complicated system.
A bonus, of course, is that Grisham is a lawyer himself and is able to share with readers the ins and outs of penal servitude, what the law can and can't do.
Will it be made into a movie like most of Grisham's more popular novels?
I hope so because they're several colorful characters and, of course, the black-suited feds, who stumble over each other.
But there's a directorial problem -- that troublesome facelift.
Let's see: Maybe he could begin the novel played by Denzel Washington and conclude it with Will Smith taking over the role.
Like author Grisham, stars make news and the more of them the better.
"Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers," by Sarah Warren (Marshall Cavendish publishers, $17.95 cloth) is a beautifully conceived book for children written by a Minneapolis Head Start teacher and award winner for her activism. It's illustrated by Robert Casilla in watercolor pastels in an eerily haunting realistic style.
It tells the story of a labor leader who wouldn't take no for an answer.
Born in 1930, Dolores migrates to California with her mother, attends school and college, gets married and divorced.
More than 50 years ago she met fellow migrant Cesar Chavez and together they work on behalf of the underpaid, underfed, underclothed and underrepresented Hispanic migrant workers.
They ask for improvements.
The farmer-owners refused.
Finally, it's time to strike and Dolores heads for New York to organize the buyers' boycott, which succeeds.
Huerta is lauded, named Woman of the Year by Ms. Magazine and President Clinton bestows on her the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award.
It's tempting to call this oversize book a coffee table tome.
But that would be a disservice to the author, illustrator, and subject.
It's more than that, given the bibliography, the time line and the angry (but effective) polemics it contains.


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Just wondering what you thought about the "debate".
Depending on the news source - some say Romney did very well
while some say Romney lied throughout the "debate".
Any thoughts?
Romney gains ground on Obama after strong debate
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Both told lies and verbally clever half-truths. Romney's "win" came from issues of presentation and manner (e.g., Obama looking down and smirking when Romney was talking) and from Obama's failure to attack him, as Al Franken or Bernie Sanders might have, for doubting the omniscience of government and proposing to take away some of its wonderful benefits.
If it were a real deba
That's the thing. These aren't actually debates.
I've had trouble with AN cutting off my posts before because the server is so slow. I wrote; If it were a real debate using Oxford rules each participant would be given time to respond to each others comments. There is a comment, a counter, reply, and counter reply as I recall in Oxford debates. They aren't debates and it's an insult to our intelligence to call them that. If they were debates us voters would be able to learn something about their views and the lies would be exposed. My guess is the candidates don't want that and the sponsors, meaning the commercials not the broadcaster want it even less. In 2011 the U.S. ranked #19th out of 25 with full democracies according to The Economist. I read that an independent press is a reason American democracy is rated low.
Thank you Chris for the chart and I would have to agree with you.
They are not real debates and the lies are just told to us for us to believe.
Good thing I see through the lies!
So true - they are not real debates and both of them lie. All politicians for that manner - all liars.
If it were a debate, there would be a central issue TO debate, e.g., "Resolved: That the US Constitution is (not) valid and binding on the federal government." Or: "Resolved: That the US can no longer afford (or must continue to) to police the world."
YES! One central issue per debate, not sound bites from standard stump speeches. We've heard all that before. That's why these "shows" are so boring.
I like your second topic VERY much! IMO policing the world alone was never our job...that was what the United Nations was supposed to be for.
Another topic might be "Rebuilding our infrastructure and creating jobs."
If we hadn't blown trillions in Iraq for no reason at all, we would have the money to repair roads, bridges, add high-speed rail transit, a whole lot of things that need doing. And we wouldn't be in debt to China, of all places!
Iraq wasn't just a waste of money, it was illegal, immoral, totally unnecessary, a waste of lives...both ours and theirs...and shameful. Cheney, Rumsfeld, What's-Her-Name (Oh, Rice), and Bush should be tried as criminals. They controlled the electorate by whipping up fear based on lies. They KNEW Saddam Hussein had no WMDs, had no connections to Al Qaeda, and was no threat to us or any of our allies.
Cheney and Bush needed something to get us worked up enough to keep them in office for another 4 years...that's ALL it was about.
(And Little Shrub wanted to look more macho than his daddy was.)
And in the process they created many more poeple who are now our sworn enemies than there were after 9-11.
I know I'm ranting, but I was against that war from the beginning, and when I see someone like disabled vet Tammy Duckworth (Illinois House Candidate) being ridiculed by her Rove/Koch-backed Tea Party opponent (who never served in our military), I want to hit somebody...or throw things. Or scream. Or all three.
Somebody should pay for this mess...and NOT the middle class taxpayers.
I forgot to add "despicable" to the list of adjectives at the beginning of the above post.
The money spent in Iraq and Afghanistan would have gone a long way toward oil and energy independence. Imagine how far we could have come if that money was spent on alternative energy and mass transit. By gaining energy independence the U.S. wouldn't have to interfere with Muslim countries in the future in attempt to control their oil resources.
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You dare not agree with Mario and Luigi? *blam* *zoom out to show hole in Mushroom Kingdom*
You frequently see Mario and Luigi in cameo crossovers with other franchises' characters (or vice versa), like Samus, Mega Man, or Link. But we worry a little about what might befall our happy little plumbers if they ended up in Ren and Stimpy's world. We suspect it'd be something like having to have their optic nerves replaced after too many extreme eye bulges. Or the princess being in another castle that happens to be a woodchipper. Eeeediots.
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Well, if anyone did not know, the Georgia Election is being held right now. Saxby Chambliss will undoubtedly win (considering in the last election he lead by 6 percent), but here is hoping that his win is very close. Maybe he will reign in some of his crazier ideas and stances so as to more adequately work with the new Congress.
In other news:
Gates discussing Obama today was very good. Rice discussing Clinton was enlightening (Rush Limbaugh also like Clinton for some weird slightly disgusting reason). Obama meeting the Governors was productive. Obama refusing to acknowledge Fox's existence is hilarious (MSNBC is the new Fox). And Krugmann is still screaming about the "End of Times". Oh yeah, and Bush is trying to pass a "Fuck You Bill" to all Women everywhere, I am starting to think this man simply hates women what with his constant desire to destroy their (reproductive) rights.
So, just another week in the American Political theatre.
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Reading the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Chambliss will kick ass cause aside from Core Atlanta area, Athens (which has UGA) and cities of Savanah and Albany. Martin (and to a great extent dems in general) have no traction.
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Some interesting analysis from a world viewpoint on the US (and how the old paradigm faction tries to belittle it, often with coded racism or basic stupidity).
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I rarely read rather partisan publications like the Huff Post, but that's good reading Vexx.
I have read about latent anti-muslim sentiment in the country for years now. It's not surprising. It is not as if everyone is at foaming mouth KKK levels of predjiduce, no. But people are scared of these new non-american foreigners who seem REALLY angry and who we haven't really concerned ourselves about. American Muslims and muslim moderates around the world really need to continue to work up a PR system to show that only a tiny fraction of muslims are crazed beligerrents.
As for the sometimes lopsided aims of American foriegn policy, as long as nationalism rules that's not gonna change. Admittedly it is possible to be TOO pessimistic about your country. But as an Afro-American, I know that AMERICA doesn't equal ultimate freedom opportunity equality and blah de blah. As a proud citizen I also know that the country has a lot to offer and many people are diverse friendly and open. THE LACK OF NUANCE in the way we see the muslim world is what really needs to change. Hopefully, the new administration will be more mindful of that.
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|2008-12-03, 19:20
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And these are writers, authors, famous people whose voices are heard and whose pens can, if they wish, record with eloquence their views on the issues facing their world. Countless others don't have that luxury -- their voices are not the voices we hear, so what do we know on what's really going on?
The Islamic world, like everywhere else, is a complex, complex place. Western paint brushes of uniform evil do nothing to help. I could try and figure out a few key influences to the rise of fundamentalism in Islam, but then I would always be simplifying things. Was it the failure of pan-Arabism? The oppression of secular autocratic governments claiming always to be trying to modernize and Westernize? The subtle negative influence of Western, especially American, careless interventions? A legacy of colonialism? A struggle for supremacy between progressive and reactionary elements in Islam? A culmination of the trend that stretches as far back as the resurgence of reactionary Islamism in the once famously progressive Ottoman Empire, or the long-term influence of the Safavid movement in Persia? Economic and political marginalization, perhaps even social, that results in the reactive rise of fundamentalism as a way to cope with an increasingly unfamiliar world? The list goes on and on.
P.S. And 3) I don't feel the need to apologize for the Western World's many faults as if they're my own. Do you?
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So, since Richardson is going to step down, I guess we should prepare for Val Kilmer to run for Governor of New Mexico in 2010 .
edit: I almost wish that Val Kilmer would run for Governor of Arizona, then there could be a few Batman and Mr. Freeze jokes concerning Val Kilmer and Arnold Schwarzenegger (these jokes can still occur, but they would be funnier if Kilmer became a Governor of a State connected to California .
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It has nothing to do with who's really at fault or US or UK or whatever. One outpouring of public sympathy and/or regret and outrage after a big event, perhaps, but more? Yeah right.
What the West could do, is try and learn what the hell is really going on, and go from there. Islam's internal conflict is just as engaged as its external conflict with modernism, perhaps much more, after all.
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Perhaps you need to stop making assumptions about where someone is from just because of their dialog. For example, I'm starting to get the idea that you're from a homogeneous, monocultured landscape and don't really have any experience with multi-cultural multi-racial environments --- that might be a very bad assumption so I log it mentally as "not verified".
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Some tasty reading from the Denver Post higlighting the various nuances and evolution of the democratic party
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Proposal to effectively replace the electoral college.
Truly getting rid of the electoral college would be too difficult because small states and current swing states would oppose the Constitutional change. The National Popular Vote aims to get around that problem by using the electoral college as a tool is to make sure whomever wins the popular vote becomes president. Under the National Popular Vote, states would agree to have their legislatures pick only electors who would vote for the winner of popular vote, regardless of how the state went. Not all states have to enter this contract for it to work, just enough so that together they have more than 270 votes amongst them.
Maryland, New Jersey, Illinois and Hawaii have already joined the National Popular Vote compact.
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The Laundry Pod—a hand-powered washing tub that uses less than 5 gallons of water—had me torn: on the one hand, it's a viable laundry option for small spaces or outdoor lifestyles (camping, boating), it's made from recycled plastic, and easily enables you to reuse greywater; but on the other hand, is it really practical, and does it warrant needing a special contraption for a manual operation that could probably be done in a bathtub?
How hard is it going to be to turn that handle once you have water-soaked clothes in there? I'd like to try it out in person to see how it handles itself.
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CAIRO — Egypt unveiled a proposed draft of a new constitution Wednesday amid criticism from liberals and human rights groups that the document is tilted toward Islamic law and endangers the democratic ideals of the uprising that last year overthrew Hosni Mubarak.
The partial draft, which was opened for public review, immediately revealed the battle lines between Islamists and secularists over the nation's character. Dominated by ultraconservative and moderate Islamists, the 100-member assembly that wrote the charter made it clear that civil and religious rights would be shaped through the prism of Islam.
The proposal has echoes of Egypt's 1971 constitution, but the new document is a testament to a changing political era in which a nation once run by Western-leaning military men is now, after an uprising and months of tumultuous politics, increasingly in the hands of Islamists. That prospect is recasting alliances and weakening the influence of the United States and other Western powers.
The draft states that Egypt is "a democratic regime" guided by the principles of sharia, or Islamic law. But the wording in some articles, such as those dealing with equality for men and women, are either explicitly tied to strict Islamic precepts or open to interpretation. Human rights groups fear such ambiguity will allow Islamists, especially ultraconservative Salafis, to exploit the language to advance a more religion-centric state.


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The North and South Fork of the Guadalupe are almost back to normal. Water is showing a hint of greenish-blue.
Over the few days leading up to the recent "flood" on Thursday night April 15, we measured over six inches of rain at our home in Cypress Springs Estates between Ingram and Hunt. I usually coffee at the Hunt Store shortly after 7:00 AM each morning but decided not to on Friday the 16. Curiosity got the best of me about 8:00 AM so Ned (our puppy) and I decided to drive toward Hunt fully expecting we would have to turn around at some point. Wasn't to be and we made it all the way to the taco stand at the "Y" in Hunt. We turned around and took pictures on the way back.
While parked at the taco stand I walked down toward the Hunt crossing. I was immediately taken by the high watermark on the road and shoulders. That's where the debris collects and is deposited when the water starts receding. I estimated that water came across the Hunt crossing between 10 and 12 feet over the roadbed. Another friend thought it might have been maybe 14 feet. THAT'S A BUNCH OF WATER to say the least!
Apparently the water crested sometime after midnight on Thursday and sometime before dawn Friday the low water crossings were open on TX 38 to Hunt. However, both the South Fork and North Fork roads were closed 'till later Friday afternoon.
One of the local residents of hunt, a Mr. John Spikes lost his life being swept off of the Waldemar Crossing on the North Fork. John had been to a Hunt ISD Board meeting (he was a board member) and around 10:30 Thursday night started to his home on the North Fork. He had successfully made the crossings up to the Waldemar crossing. Apparently while driving across, a "wall" of water hit his pick up and downstream he went. John made a cell call to his wife that he was going into the water and to send the neighbor for help. The neighbor made it to the crossing just in time to see John being dislodged from his grasp of a small tree by a larger floating log. John's body was found the next Monday about a mile down stream at the Lone Star crossing.
On another matter the Kerrville Fly Fishing Club along with the F'burg Fly Fishing Club stocks four locations with trout each year. One location is at Camp La Junta in a river pond across from the Hunt Store. Since the flood there have been NO trout caught at the La Junta location. Several club members, tongue in cheek, say those 300 or so trout are now in Canyon Lake.
There will probably be instances where trout are caught downstream just as there have been in the past. We have friends who live on the north bank of the confluence of the North and South Fork. My friend reports that trout have been caught in his "back yard" into the summer of previous years. He believes there are cold water spring discharges in the river that keep the water cool enough to support the trout through late summer or maybe all year.
I fished the La Junta pond yesterday and threw everything I had (except bait) and only caught one LM bass, on a bead head nymph, about a pound and a half. It's tail area was sure beat up and bruised. But, there are still fish to be caught. The locals have wanted a "flood" to flush out the river and they got it.
Looking forward to warm water fishing in the weeks to come.
Ken Couger
Ingram, TX
Recent High Water on the Upper Guad--April 15
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This continent produces some of the most exotic coffees in the world. Prized for winey acidity and unique berry flavors, these coffees will bring you to far away places as you experience the vibrant birthplace of coffee.
These island coffees are mellow and low in acidity, complemented by unique herbal tones. They are famous for their syrupy body and rich earthy flavors, not found in any other region of the world.
From the tip of the Andes to the volcanic soils of Mexico, this region produces a wide array of high grown Arabicas that are as diverse as the peoples who cultivate them. Both complex and balanced, these coffees stand alone as the finest varietals in the world.
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How To Make a Toy Grill for $20
After being blown away by so many stunning DIY play kitchens, we've decided to take the cooking outdoors for summertime. This toy grill can be knocked out in a day for a grand total of under $20 (even less if you already have a plastic mixing bowl on hand). It's easy! You only need to know how to cut a dowel with a handsaw and drill a hole. And if you've never tried before, now is the perfect time!
• large plastic mixing bowl, at least 12" diameter
• one 1" x 48" dowel
• three 1/4" x 48" dowels
• one 3/4" x 3/4" x 36" wood strip
• three #6 1" wood screws
• three washers 1" diameter with 1/8" hole
• wood glue
• sandpaper
• paint
• aluminum pie tin, jar lid, or other circle for "ash catcher"
• drill
• 1/16" drill bit
• 1/4" drill bit
• screwdriver
• power miter saw or handsaw with miter box
• craft knife
Note: All measurements are based on a plastic bowl that is 12" in diameter. If you are using a different sized bowl, you will have to adjust the lengths of the wood you cut for the grill top.
1. Cut the 1" dowel into 3 leg pieces that are each 14" in length. One end of each piece should be cut at a 22.5 degree miter.
2. Using the 1/16" drill bit, drill a pilot hole one inch deep into the mitered end of each leg.
3. Mark 3 points on the bottom of the plastic bowl. Make sure they aren't closer than a half an inch from the edge. You can find a picture of an equilateral triangle on the internet to use for a guide if you'd like. Drill a hole through each point using the 1/16" drill bit.
4. Screw the legs to the bowl with the washer inside the bowl as shown in the photo.
5. Cut the 1/4" dowels into eleven pieces of the lengths shown in the photo. To cut them, score with a craft knife as deeply as you can, then snap them. Mark the middle of each piece with a pencil and then mark 1.5" away from center as shown. Sand off any rough edges.
6. Cut the 3/4" x 3/4" wood into two 11" strips and sand the rough edges. Mark the center, and then make marks 1 inch apart for the whole length of the strips. You should have 11 marks on each.
7. Lay the strips out parallel with a 3 inch space between them. Glue the dowels down every inch with a generous amount of wood glue as shown. The marks you made on the dowels should correspond to the inner edges of the square strips. Let it dry completely.
8. Mark with a pencil 8 inches up the inside of each leg. From that point, mark 2 points a half an inch apart horizontally. Drill holes at those points on each leg with the 1/4" drill bit. Each hole should be about 1/4" deep.
9. Cut 3 pieces of 1/4" dowel that are each 5.25" long. Glue into the holes on the legs.
10. Paint the wood if you like or you can leave it unfinished if you prefer. Lay the grill top onto the bowl and add a small circular object for an ash catcher. The circle in the photo is a lid from a small cardboard box painted silver.
That's it! You're done! Now you can kick up your feet and let the little grill master in your life make you a plastic steak.
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GRAHAM � It cost state and county taxpayers about $30 million to run Alamance Community College in 2012, according to an audit.
This is listed as an operating loss, the difference between the college�s operating revenues and expenses. The auditors at S. Preston Douglas & Associates of Whiteville consider state funding nonoperating revenue, which is standard practice. Tuition is operating revenue because the student is getting an education for the money; the state and county are not.
The school�s operating revenues came to $5.7 million. Most of that, $4.7 million, was student tuition and fees.
Operating expenses came close to $36 million. Most of that, nearly $22 million, was for salaries and benefits.
�Which is not atypical of a service-providing organization,� said Mark Newsome, vice president for administration and financial services.
The nonoperating revenues came to $30 million. Of that, $15 million came from the state, $2.9 million came from Alamance County, and $12 million from student financial aid, mostly Federal Pell grants.
A reduction in Federal student aid took about $2 million from ACC�s revenues from 2011 to 2012.
Net assets increased by $1.9 million from 2011 to 2012, rising to $36 million.
Part of that came from a close-to-$1 million injection from the state for campus improvements to be done in the 2013 budget year, and completing some other projects reduced the liabilities on the college�s books.
Not all ACC�s assets, money and things worth money can be spent. Most of the college�s total assets are buildings and land worth about $32 million at the time of the audit.
The regular audit gave good reviews to ACC's books and financial condition. The college has to have an audit every two years. This is the first time a private company, rather than a state auditor, has done the job, Newsome said. The audit cost ACC $17,000, which comes to $63 per hour.
In future, Newsome said, the auditor should work more closely with members of the trustees' finance committee with an eye to getting more recommendations for better practices from an outside body looking over the books and talking to the trustees, who oversee the college�s management.


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Let's Kaossilate! The Korg Kaossilator In Stock NOW!
The KAOSSILATOR is a pocket sized instrument that packs Korg's world renowned synth sound along with innovative performance features into an ultra-compact unit. Anyone can instantly play musical phrases by simply tapping or sliding their finger across the KAOSSILATOR's touch pad – no previous skills required!
The KAOSSILATOR is a portable, travel friendly device that runs on batteries, so you can have fun creating music anywhere your life takes you, with seemingly endless possibilities - it's great for DJ sets, guitars, keyboards, vocals...your imagination is the only limit!
The KAOSSILATOR is a new instrument that liberates synthesizer sounds from the keyboard. It gives keyboardists, guitarists, and DJs a convenient way to add fresh new elements to a band performance or to a DJ set, while allowing untrained musical enthusiasts to enjoy an entirely new level of musical involvement and expression.
Thanks to its ultra-compact size, battery operation and hooks for attaching a strap, the KAOSSILATOR makes it easy for you to start creating music whenever and wherever inspiration strikes you.
Packed with powerful synth sounds, sound effects, and drum sounds
KAOSSILATOR comes packed with one hundred powerful sound programs that combine Korg's legendary modeling synthesizer engine with the effects from the KAOSS PAD series, perfect for any musical genre. The horizontal axis is assigned to note/pitch, while the vertical axis is assigned to parameters such as: cutoff, feedback, or modulation depth*, giving you a wide range of performance possibilities. In addition to classic synthesizer sounds like leads, basses and sound effects, there are sounds that faithfully simulate piano, guitar, and trumpet as well as looped and one-shot drum sounds, making the KAOSSILATOR a never-ending source of inspiration to stimulate your creativity.
Scale/key setting lets you produce perfect phrases
The KAOSSILATOR has a scale function that makes it simple to produce accurate pitches that match any musical context. You can choose from 31 different scales, including chromatic, diminished, as well as major and minor blues and pentatonic scales. The scale function can be used in conjunction with the key setting function, allowing you to perform in any key. Unusual scales such as Spanish, Ryukyu, and Raga are also provided, letting you create distinctive phrases with an exotic flavor.
Gate Arpeggiator expands your performance possibilities
The Gate Arpeggiator lets you produce specific patterns of notes in sync with the user specified tempo, greatly expanding your performance options. Simply choose one of the fifty patterns to specify the timing of the notes, and you'll be creating phrases that you've never dreamed of in a flash.
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Dubai, U.A.E -- Produced Water (PW) is a byproduct of oil and gas extraction and needs special handling like any industrial waste. PW treatment is a major area for R&D in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, providing huge market opportunities for PW management equipment and service providers. The market will witness continued growth as the PW Society, Global Water Summit, International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation, Qatar National Research Fund, a few water treatment companies, educational institutions, and government agencies in the region work to improve existing PW treatment standards.
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.environmental.frost.com), Produced Water Market Analysis in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries, finds that the market earned revenues of USD 316.8 Million in 2013 and estimates this to reach USD 482.6 Million in 2017.
'Considering the large total proven oil reserves in the GCC, the amount of PW generated is quite high,' said Kshitij Nilkanth, Program Manager, Environmental Technologies, Frost & Sullivan. 'To address the mammoth task of safely handling PW and extracting maximum oil before disposal, various governments are investing in R&D through joint efforts and grants – such as the USD 0.7 Million provided by Qatar National Research Fund to ConocoPhilips – for the development of newer technologies.'
Other countries like the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, however, have a lower water cut (PW proportion of total production) and therefore, do not invest in PW management. Suppliers in these countries are not given a clear idea about current or future management strategies, hindering them from knowing and addressing requirements. In fact, many oil and gas companies do not even monitor water produced from the fields and are unaware of the various options to manage PW.
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technologies too can be disruptive to the PW management market as EOR restrains the volume of PW generated from a well. On the other hand, growing volumes of oil and gas extraction will continue to produce a large amount of PW that offsets the PW volume drop enabled by EOR methods.
While the PW management equipment market is competitive, the services segment is relatively new in GCC and will be a high-growth sector in the long run.
'One of the most effective ways to enter the GCC PW management market is through joint research collaboration to utilise the technology developed within the region,' reasoned Nilkanth. 'This will help capture the domestic market, increase technology knowhow, and develop relationships with customers to ensure more projects.'
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Produced Water Market Analysis in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries is part of the Environmental Growth Partnership Service program. Frost & Sullivan's related studies include: Water and Wastewater Treatment Equipment Market in Saudi Arabia, Global Waste to Energy Plant Market, and Global Smart Water Metering Market. All studies included in subscriptions provide detailed market opportunities and industry trends evaluated following extensive interviews with market participants.


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If you're sick and tired of Angry Birds and apps that make your photos look like you took them in the 1970s, then how about trying something a little more cultured? London's National Portrait Gallery recently introuduced its first app, courtesy of ATS Heritage.
National Portrait Gallery (iPhone)
- Format
- iOS 4.2 or later
- Price
- £1.19
- Where
- iTunes
The app is designed to accompany you on your visit to the gallery, and provides videos and audio commentaries from the curators so that you can find out all about the faces in the paintings. Just make sure that you use your headphones rather than blaring the commentaries out on your built-in speaker, otherwise you're likely to get your self thrown out or at the very least, earn yourself a stern ticking off from the nearest security guard.
You can also zero in on the highlights of the gallery's collection by selecting one of several themes including Kings and Queens, Science and Discovery, Fame and Celebrity, and Writers. You can view any of the portraits as images on your iPhone screen and even zoom in for a closer look.
You'll also find gallery maps there will tell you where the portraits are located and how to find them. The gallery's collection is said to comprise 10,000 portraits - whether there'll all included here is unlikely, but there's certainly enough to keep you going for a while. You'll also find plenty of information about visiting the gallery, such as opening times and more details on the shops and restaurants.
Even if you're not planning a trip to the NPG any time soon, the the app is still a great way to browse through some of the most famous likenesses ever captured. If you like art or history or you just like looking at pretty pictures then this app is money well spent.
You'll need to make sure that you're running iOS 4.2 on your iDevice or else the app won't work and be warned that this info-packed app takes a while to download (it took us half an hour).


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One in nine of us works in sales, according to the U.S. government. The other eight in nine of us work in... sales, according to Daniel Pink. We just don't sell it as such. "They're not stalking customers in a furniture showroom, but they — make that we — are engaged in what I call ' non-sales selling,'" writes Pink in his newly released book, "To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others." "We're persuading, convincing and influencing others to give up something they've got in exchange for what we've got."
Forty percent of our time at work is spent engaging in non-sales selling, Pink discovered through a survey he commissioned, titled "What Do You Do at Work?" that tapped nearly 10,000 respondents. We're pitching manuscripts, projects, strategies, theories — none of which involve anyone making a purchase, but all of which involve the art of selling.
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"Across a range of professions, we are devoting roughly 24 minutes of every hour to moving others," Pink writes.
Pink's previous titles, "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us" and "A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future," spent week upon week on the New York Times best-seller list. His business and technology articles appear in Wired, Fast Company and The Harvard Business Review. His work has been translated into more than two dozen languages.
In other words, people want what he's selling.
In "To Sell is Human," he offers a roadmap to help the rest of us guide our own pitches to a desirable conclusion.
"Selling in all its dimensions — whether pushing Buicks on a car lot or pitching ideas in a meeting — has changed more in the last 10 years than it did over the previous hundred," he contends. "Most of what we understand about selling is constructed atop a foundation of assumptions that has crumbled."
In its place, Pink offers a new foundation drawn from social science, workplace data and consumer-habit research. Here are five things we gleaned.
• ABC no longer stands for Always Be Closing.
A young Alec Baldwin canonized the original sales truism in his famous scene from 1992's "Glengarry Glen Ross." Pink calls Always Be Closing "a cornerstone of the sales cathedral" and explains it thusly: "Every utterance and each maneuver must serve a single goal: pushing the transaction to a conclusion — your conclusion — and getting the person across the table to sign on the line which is dotted."
He also calls it "as dated as the electric typewriters and Rolodex cards that dot Mitch and Murray's office." (Mitch and Murray being the fictional real estate office in "Glengarry Glen Ross.")
The new ABCs, Pink contends, are skills required to move a 21st century audience: Attunement, Buoyancy and Clarity.
"Attunement is the ability to bring one's actions and outlook into harmony with other people and with the context you're in," he writes. "Think of it as operating the dial on a radio. It's the capacity to move up and down the band as circumstances demand, locking in on what's being transmitted, even if those signals aren't immediately clear or obvious."
"Anyone who sells — whether they're trying to convince customers to make a purchase or colleagues to make a change — must contend with wave after wave of rebuffs, refusals and repudiations," Pink writes. "How to stay afloat amid that ocean of rejection is the second essential quality in moving others. I call this quality buoyancy."
"Clarity (is) the capacity to help others see their situations in fresh and more revealing ways and to identify problems they didn't realize they had."
• Jeff Bezos really is a genius.
"He's reshaped the retail business," Pink writes of the Amazon.com founder. "He's become one of the 30 wealthiest people on the planet. And with far less fanfare, he's devised one of the best attunement practices I've encountered."
At every important meeting, Bezos places an empty chair among the gathered executives, marketing mavens and software gurus.
"It's there to remind those assembled who's really the most important person in the room: the customer," Pink writes. "Seeing it encourages meeting attendees to take the perspective of that invisible but essential person. What's going through her mind? What are her desires and concerns? What would she think of the ideas we're putting forward?"
Pink urges us to give the empty-chair thing a try.
"If you're crafting a presentation, the empty chair can represent the audience and its interests. If you're gathering material for a sales call, it can help generate possible objections and questions the other party might raise. If you're preparing a lesson plan, an empty chair can remind you to see things from your students' perspective."
• Nobody cares that your plane is late.
Well, somebody probably cares. Particularly if somebody is meeting you at the airport. But that doesn't mean you should tweet about it.
Twitter is most definitely a medium for pitches. (The University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business even requires its MBA applicants to answer an essay question in 140 characters or fewer.) Might as well tweet something people actually want to read.
Thankfully, computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon, MIT and Georgia Tech recently took a look at "microblog content value," whereby they invited Twitter users to rate 43,000 tweets as worth reading, not worth reading or neutral.
"The types of tweets with the lowest rating fell into three categories: Complaints ('My plane is late. Again.'): Me Now ('I'm about to order a tuna sandwich'); and Presence Maintenance ('Good morning, everyone!)," Pink writes. "Readers assigned the highest ratings to tweets that asked questions of followers. They prized tweets that provided information and links, especially if the material was fresh and new. And they gave high ratings to self-promoting tweets — provided that the tweet offered useful information as part of the promotion."
• You don't need to be an extrovert.
Extroverts — those sociable, assertive, lively souls — have long been assumed to make the best salespeople. Not so, writes Pink.
"We've overlooked one teensy flaw. There's almost no evidence that it's actually true."
Better, he says, to be an ambivert — not too hot, not too cold.
Research from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School found that sales representatives who fall near the middle of the introversion-extroversion spectrum far outearn their counterparts who live closer to either end.
"Extroverts … can talk too much and listen too little, which dulls their understanding of others' perspectives," Pink writes. "Introverts … can be too shy to initiate and too timid to close."
Ambiverts find a balance.
"They know when to speak up and when to shut up. Their wider repertoires allow them to achieve harmony with a broader range of people and a more varied set of circumstances. Ambiverts are the best movers because they're the most skilled attuners."
• You do need to be agreeable.
Knowing when to speak up is great, but knowing what to say is even greater. And you should start by saying "yes."
Pink borrows a practice widely used in improvisational theater classes, in which actors are urged to follow each other's comments with a "yes and" of their own. He recalls an exercise he observed while studying Cathy Salit, a Manhattan-based actor who teaches improv skills to businesspeople.
"One person begins with a proposition — for example, 'Let's have our high school reunion in Las Vegas,'" Pink writes. "Every subsequent comment from both participants must begin with 'Yes, but.' It usually unfolds something like this:
"Let's have our high school reunion in Las Vegas."
"Yes, but that's going to be too expensive for some people."
"Yes, but that way only the people who really want to be there will attend."
"Yes, but some of our classmates don't gamble."
"Yes, but there's more to do there than play blackjack."
"Yes, but even without gambling, it's still not a great place for people to bring their families."
"Yes, but reunions are better without all those kids."
"Yes, but if people can't find child care at home, they won't attend."
This continues on and on with no ideas embraced and no plans made.
"Then participants take an alternative route," Pink writes. "Where the undermining conjunction 'but' is replaced with its more inclusive sibling, 'and.'"
"Let's have our high school reunion in Las Vegas."
"Yes, and if it's too expensive for some people we can raise money or organize road trips."
"Yes, and if we start early, we could reserve a block of rooms at a hotel that offers volume discounts."
"Yes, and for families with kids and for people who don't gamble, we could organize activities during the day."
"Yes, and if we have enough people, we might be able to pool our resources to pay for babysitters so one night some parents can go out on their own."
"Yes, and those who wanted to could all go to a show together."
"Instead of swirling downward into frustration, 'yes and' spirals upward toward possibility," Pink writes. "When you stop you've got a sense of options, not a sense of futility."
The same can be said for the feeling upon completing Pink's book: We may not be so bad at this sales thing after all.
Heidi Stevens is a Chicago Tribune lifestyles reporter.
"To Sell Is Human"
By Daniel H. Pink, Riverhead Hardcover, 272 pages, $26.95
Sales in literature
Zig Ziglar may have written the book on sales. (Or was it Dale Carnegie? Maybe it was Jim Collins.) Anyway, they didn't write all of them. Here are three books that are about selling … and so much more.
• The Game: Penetrating the Secret World of Pickup Artists by Neil Strauss (2005). Chronicles the author's journey from AFC (average frustrated chump) to PUA (pick-up artist) to PUG (pick-up guru).
• Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet (1983). Winner of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize, the story is set in a cutthroat Chicago real estate office where jobs and more are on the line.
• Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (1949). The tale of tragic hero and failing salesman Willy Loman is considered among the greatest American dramas.


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Benefit for Morrisville-Eaton grad Sandy Soule Sunday; money will help offset travel costs for double-lung transplant
PETERBORO >> Morrisville-Eaton graduate and Camden resident Sandy Soule has dealt with a lot of tragedy surrounding lung health throughout the years and now must undergo a double lung transplant due to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
In 1992, Soule lost her father, Charles Burleigh, to IPF. The disease and other lung-related maladies have plagued her family since then, and Soule has lost brothers Mark and Greg, as well as her sister Anne, due to complications from the disease and surgeries. IPF is a lung disease that causes the tissue of the lungs to become thickened, stiff and scarred without any other cause. As the disease progresses, it causes complications, which make it hard for alveoli to transfer oxygen into the blood stream.
Soule and her surviving family members, mother Gratia Burleigh and sisters Joan Winkler and Barb Burleigh, undergo regular testing and check-ups to stay ahead of the disease. Soule's pulmonologist has determined that her lung function has decreased dramatically since last year and has suggested that Soule pursue a double lung transplant and treatment at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. As of April 3, Soule has been officially put on the wait list and could be asked to come at any time for her surgery.
Because of the nature of the procedure, she has to be able to reach the clinic within four hours in order for the donor lungs to be used. A private jet will be provided to pick Soule up at Griffiss Air Base in Rome when the procedure is possible. Fortunately for Soule, much of her costs are covered by her health insurance. The constant travel and flight, however, are not, and routine trips to Cleveland for tests and co-pays will cost Soule around $15,000 to $20,000.
"This benefit will help in many ways," said Soule's sister Joan Winkler. "We've also had a good number of people volunteer to help out."
Members of Soule's graduating class of 1980 have helped with donations and will volunteer their time. The Camden Fire Department has also reached out, and patrons of Carly's Custard Creations in Blossvale, Soule's ice cream shop, have dedicated themselves to help as well.
The benefit will take place on Sunday at the Smithfield Community Center in Peterboro from noon to 4 p.m. to help raise money for Soule in lieu of the expenses she has and will continue to accrue. There will be a dinner including baked ziti, meatballs, sausage and various side dishes as well as a raffle consisting of 22 different baskets. Tickets for the event are $8 for adults, $4 for children 10-3, and kids under 3 eat for free.
For more information about the fundraiser or to make a donation, contact Joan Winkler at 363-4740 or Gratia Burleigh at 684-3497.
For anyone looking to make a donation who cannot attend the benefit, they can send them to: Sandra Soule, 8285 State Route 13, Blossvale, NY 13308.


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DOVER - The impact of Hurricane Sandy is already being felt here days ahead of its scheduled appearance.
The storm's pending arrival has upstaged the nation's first lady, causing Michelle Obama to cancel her Tuesday visit at the University of New Hampshire so local emergency officials can concentrate on the storm.
And that's just at the top of a growing number of changes and cancellations in anticipation of what has been called a "Frankenstorm."
Here's a short list, sure to grow as the storm approaches, Foster's was aware of Friday night regarding changes to local events.
The University of New Hampshire has curtailed all operations for Monday and Tuesday in anticipation of the storm's impact.
Trick or treating for Durham, Madbury and Lee will now be held Sunday evening between the hours of 5 and 7 p.m.
Hampton Parks and Recreation Department has rescheduled Halloween activities to Sunday between the hours of 5:30 and 8 p.m.
Rollinsford has rescheduled trick-or-treating to an earlier date of Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m.
Greenland will hold trick-or-treating on Saturday, Nov. 3 between the hours of 5 and 7 p.m.
The Community Partners candidates forum originally scheduled for Monday at 5:30 p.m. at the Hellenic Center in Dover has been canceled.
The public forum scheduled for Monday at Durham Town Hall regarding design plans for the new town hall has been reschedueld to Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. at the Council Chambers inside the Town Hall.
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|2008-04-22, 11:37
|Link #85
Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
After seeing episode 3 I'm begining to like sheryl a bit more. While I wouldn't go so far as to say she's Tsundere, she does seem to have a softer side of her, she seems to treat her friends okay. She also doesn't seem to be a complete idol cliche in that:
1. She doesn't seem insecure about herself, if Ranka became more famous than her I don't think she'd care.
2. She's very self absorbed, she seems to care a little bit about Ranka and Alto, she seems to treat her friends well enough.
3. She isn't helpless in real life, Minmay came across in the end as being out of touch with reality, you don't get those vibes off Sheryl. In the shelter she didn't flail around helplessly like say Ranka.
I think she might initially seem quite bitchy, but she's more just focussed and professional in that light her comments in episode 1 aren't as bad.
Overall while Ranka might end out getting an overinflated ego when/if she becomes an Idol I think Sheryl should stay pretty level headed throughout. Maybe she'll bring Ranka back to reality if she goes Minmay on us, as she seems to be taking up an older sister type role with her.
Can't really say what kind of effect she'll have on Alto yet.
I'm still in the Ranka camp, but I'm much closer to the center now, we really have to wait and see how things go. I think that one nice thing in this triangle is that all parties seem very friendly with each other. I somehow doubt we'll end out with a typical love triangle of spiraling levels of angst and misunderstandings like you usually get (like in say Macross, though it's sounds negative as I describe it, the triangle was top notch in Macross). I can see all parties staying friendly with each other with Alto committing to neither until the end, with little broken feelings along the way.
Of course Ranka might go bitchy on us and become jealous of Sheryl, then sparks will fly.
|2008-04-22, 20:37
|Link #86
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
I really like what we've seen of Sheryl's character so far. She's a multi-faceted character who defies easy compartmentalization. In her public persona, she's professional to the point of arrogance - she demands a lot from other people, but she's also willing to sacrifice a lot to do what's expected of her as well. In private, we've seen her be extremely obsessive, to the point of not caring about propriety or how she appeared to her manager - perhaps she's comfortable enough in that situation that she wouldn't care regardless, but it's also possible that her attention was absorbed elsewhere.
The way that Sheryl lipsticked her mirror (in French no less!) suggests that she goes off on these incognito jaunts quite frequently - that there's a side of her that likes to live outside of being "the" Sheryl Nome. And of course we see that she's genuinely pleased to meet a fan, and isn't anywhere nearly as stuck up as her initial actions would indicate. That musical salute to the sortieing VF-25s was a very nice touch for both her character and Ranka's. Finally, that tease/flirt/put-down of Alto was just the cherry on top of a very nicely conceived character.
Of the three main leads, I think that Sheryl is one of the best characters to have come out of the Macross franchise; Alto himself is awesome, and Ranka is showing a fair bit of promise (although she fits much more neatly into a standard anime archetype, and will require some work to break out of that).
By the way, the love triangle in Macross Plus was actually Guld-Myung-Isamu; of whom none qualify as a distraction.
|2008-04-22, 22:30
|Link #87
Oldskool Otaku
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: New York City
M7, very early Gamlin was infatuated with Mylene, however Basara did not acknowledge her as anything but a bandmate, he seems more interested in Emiriya anyways.
For this love triangle here, at the early going Ranka and Altoh is starting to warm up already. I know some folks are thinking Sheryl is like Misa who will show her true side and become the right girl. I'm not so sure, Sheryl seems like she will stand on her own for the most part. She doesn't act like she needs a guy and always confident and in charge of things. Where as Misa was unsure of herself because she was incompetant for 1/2 of the series making dumb orders for Hikaru to follow. My money is Sheryl will become a fling, that's my 2 cents.
|2008-04-23, 00:41
|Link #88
Lets be reality
Join Date: May 2007
|2008-04-23, 01:05
|Link #89
Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
I didn't like Minmay, she became out of touch with reality and self absorbed with her own quite trivial in comparison problems. She also messed with hikaru's feelings a lot, particularly at the beginning when they escape from that cargo hold.
On the other hand I'm beginning to understand Sheryl a bit more, her bitchy comments in episode 1 are a bit more justified as she wanted to put on a great show and didn't want it messed up by amateurs (hence her displeasement with the fliers). Though her beings resentful of there being fans backstage is more difficult to justify, though could be that she wanted to run a streamlined operation and didn't want to have to deal with the distraction.
Anyway she doesn't seem to be afraid to yield the spotlight to Ranka, unlike the first established idol singer we saw in SDF Macross.
It will be nice to find out more about her motivations, so far she's the character we actually know least about. Unlike Alto and Ranka she doesn't really wear her heart on her sleeve so to speak, so it's hard to know what the motivation behind it all is, and of course how real her "public persona" is too.
|2008-04-23, 01:09
|Link #90
Lets be reality
Join Date: May 2007
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|2008-04-23, 01:16
|Link #91
Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
I think that's what's going to happen, if anything the jealousy might be the other way round if Ranka let's the fame go to her head, like Minmay did, though Minmay didn't end up jealous of others fame.
I could see the finale taking place against a combined Ranka-Sheryl duet of some kind.
|2008-04-23, 06:29
|Link #92
~Night of Gales~
Join Date: Dec 2005
Actually, Ranka rising to a degree of fame may affect Sheryl quite deeply, especially if it results in her 'presence' as Sheryl Nome decreasing, bad.
Sheryl is far from a bad character. Like 4T said, she's arrogant, but at the same time, puts herself on a professional scale and understands that she has to live up to what is expected and demanded of her. Episode 1 where she insisted to continue singing before learning of the Vajra attack was a good example of it. She's proud that she's Sheryl Nome, and is damn damn proud of it in a good way. Along with her natural nature, she's a strong, independent woman. But at the same time, it does seem that there is more to her than what we're shown.
Getting humbled might put a different perspective on her character development and interaction. Not necessarily on herself, (( she's probably work harder to regain her position, not whine about it. )), but how others perceive her especially her closest peers. As Sheryl is someone who lives on her pride of her own being, it might be interesting to see how her pride is affected when she goes through times where for all her independence and strength, she's... 'alone'.
|2008-04-24, 18:53
|Link #93
Lets be reality
Join Date: May 2007
Anyway next few episodes should show us more about Sheryl.
|2008-04-25, 19:48
|Link #94
Join Date: Apr 2008
None of the Macross female leads ever had to force herself to become dependent of the main male lead. The female and male leads were always two independent, self-conscious entities who chose to be together, not because of some cliche necessity, but by choice alone. I have yet to see an exception.
Take for example Misa, who told Hikaru pretty much point blank that he had to choose between her or Minmei, not both. You don't see this kind of straight talking anime female leads very often.
It is very very possible for Alto to be paired with Sheryl. Unless Shoji Kawamori want to surprise us. Fortunately, he is not as unpredictable as Yoshiyuki Tomino.
- Tak
|2008-04-28, 22:40
|Link #98
Crush me. ~Ringo
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Tropical France
I found Sheryl in the last episode stunning (especially with her glasses).
I know in anime, everyone has to look pretty and appealing, despite being "normal people", but I like the fact that Sheryl, being an idol/singer/star, is imo truly depicted as more beautiful than many characters (I didn't say that Ranka, Nanase etc are ugly of course, don't misunderstand me ).
But I mostly love her professionalism and that she's a hardworking girl who went to the top on her own anyway
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|2008-05-01, 01:26
|Link #99
Lets be reality
Join Date: May 2007
I might as well shift this to this thread instead of the Ranka one.
As for the manga spoiler
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The Tale of the Wyf of Bathe
Here biginneth the Tale of the Wyf of Bathe.
tholde dayes of the king Arthour,
Of which that Britons speken greet honour,
Al was this land fulfild of fayerye.
The elf-queen, with hir Ioly companye,
Daunced ful ofte in many a grene mede;
This was the olde opinion, as I rede.
I speke of manye hundred yeres ago;
But now can no man see none elves mo.
For now the grete charitee and prayeres
Of limitours and othere holy freres,
That serchen every lond and every streem,
As thikke as motes in the sonne-beem,
Blessinge halles, chambres, kichenes, boures,
Citees, burghes, castels, hye toures,
Thropes, bernes, shipnes, dayeryes,
This maketh that ther been no fayeryes.
For ther as wont to walken was an elf,
Ther walketh now the limitour him-self
In undermeles and in morweninges,
And seyth his matins and his holy thinges
As he goth in his limitacioun.
Wommen may go saufly up and doun,
In every bush, or under every tree;
Ther is noon other incubus but he,
And he ne wol doon hem but dishonour.
And so bifel it, that this king Arthour
Hadde in his hous a lusty bacheler,
That on a day cam rydinge fro river;
And happed that, allone as she was born,
He saugh a mayde walkinge him biforn,
Of whiche mayde anon, maugree hir heed,
By verray force he rafte hir maydenheed;
For which oppressioun was swich clamour
And swich pursute un-to the king Arthour,
That dampned was this knight for to be deed
By cours of lawe, and sholde han lost his heed
Paraventure, swich was the statut tho;
But that the quene and othere ladies mo
So longe preyeden the king of grace,
Til he his lyf him graunted in the place,
And yaf him to the quene al at hir wille,
To chese, whether she wolde him save or spille.
The quene thanketh the king with al hir might,
And after this thus spak she to the knight,
Whan that she saugh hir tyme, up-on a day:
Thou standest yet, quod she, in swich array,
That of thy lyf yet hastow no suretee.
I grante thee lyf, if thou canst tellen me
What thing is it that wommen most desyren?
Be war, and keep thy nekke-boon from yren.
And if thou canst nat tellen it anon,
Yet wol I yeve thee leve for to gon
A twelf-month and a day, to seche and lere
An answere suffisant in this matere.
And suretee wol I han, er that thou pace,
Thy body for to yelden in this place.
Wo was this knight and sorwefully he syketh;
But what! he may nat do al as him lyketh.
And at the laste, he chees him for to wende,
And come agayn, right at the yeres ende,
With swich answere as god wolde him purveye;
And taketh his leve, and wendeth forth his weye.
He seketh every hous and every place,
Wher-as he hopeth for to finde grace,
To lerne, what thing wommen loven most;
But he ne coude arryven in no cost,
Wher-as he mighte finde in this matere
Two creatures accordinge in-fere.
Somme seyde, wommen loven best richesse,
Somme seyde, honour, somme seyde, Iolynesse;
Somme, riche array, somme seyden, lust abedde,
And ofte tyme to be widwe and wedde.
Somme seyde, that our hertes been most esed,
Whan that we been y-flatered and y-plesed.
He gooth ful ny the sothe, I wol nat lye;
A man shal winne us best with flaterye;
And with attendance, and with bisinesse,
Been we y-lymed, bothe more and lesse.
And somme seyn, how that we loven best
For to be free, and do right as us lest,
And that no man repreve us of our vyce,
But seye that we be wyse, and no-thing nyce.
For trewely, ther is noon of us alle,
If any wight wol clawe us on the galle,
That we nil kike, for he seith us sooth;
Assay, and he shal finde it that so dooth.
For be we never so vicious with-inne,
We wol been holden wyse, and clene of sinne.
And somme seyn, that greet delyt han we
For to ben holden stable and eek secree,
And in o purpos stedefastly to dwelle,
And nat biwreye thing that men us telle.
But that tale is nat worth a rake-stele;
Pardee, we wommen conne no-thing hele;
Witnesse on Myda; wol ye here the tale?
Ovyde, amonges othere thinges smale,
Seyde, Myda hadde, under his longe heres,
Growinge up-on his heed two asses eres,
The which vyce he hidde, as he best mighte,
Ful subtilly from every mannes sighte,
That, save his wyf, ther wiste of it na-mo.
He loved hir most, and trusted hir also;
He preyede hir, that to no creature
She sholde tellen of his disfigure.
She swoor him nay, for al this world to winne,
She nolde do that vileinye or sinne,
To make hir housbond han so foul a name;
She nolde nat telle it for hir owene shame.
But nathelees, hir thoughte that she dyde,
That she so longe sholde a conseil hyde;
Hir thoughte it swal so sore aboute hir herte,
That nedely som word hir moste asterte;
And sith she dorste telle it to no man,
Doun to a mareys faste by she ran;
Til she came there, hir herte was a-fyre,
And, as a bitore bombleth in the myre,
She leyde hir mouth un-to the water doun:
Biwreye me nat, thou water, with thy soun,
Quod she, to thee I telle it, and namo;
Myn housbond hath longe asses eres two!
Now is myn herte all hool, now is it oute;
I mighte no lenger kepe it, out of doute.
Heer may ye se, thogh we a tyme abyde,
Yet out it moot, we can no conseil hyde;
The remenant of the tale if ye wol here,
Redeth Ovyde, and ther ye may it lere.
This knight, of which my tale is specially,
Whan that he saugh he mighte nat come therby,
This is to seye, what wommen loven moost,
With-inne his brest ful sorweful was the goost;
But hoom he gooth, he mighte nat soiourne.
The day was come, that hoomward moste he tourne,
And in his wey it happed him to ryde,
In al this care, under a forest-syde,
Wher-as he saugh up-on a daunce go
Of ladies foure and twenty, and yet mo;
Toward the whiche daunce he drow ful yerne,
In hope that som wisdom sholde he lerne.
But certeinly, er he came fully there,
Vanisshed was this daunce, he niste where.
No creature saugh he that bar lyf,
Save on the grene he saugh sittinge a wyf;
A fouler wight ther may no man devyse.
Agayn the knight this olde wyf gan ryse,
And seyde, sir knight, heer-forth ne lyth no wey.
Tel me, what that ye seken, by your fey?
Paraventure it may the bettre be;
Thise olde folk can muchel thing, quod she.
My leve mooder, quod this knight certeyn,
I nam but deed, but-if that I can seyn
What thing it is that wommen most desyre;
Coude ye me wisse, I wolde wel quyte your hyre.
Plighte me thy trouthe, heer in myn hand, quod she,
The nexte thing that I requere thee,
Thou shalt it do, if it lye in thy might;
And I wol telle it yow er it be night.
Have heer my trouthe, quod the knight, I grante.
Thanne, quod she, I dar me wel avante,
Thy lyf is sauf, for I wol stonde therby,
Up-on my lyf, the queen wol seye as I.
Lat see which is the proudeste of hem alle,
That wereth on a coverchief or a calle,
That dar seye nay, of that I shal thee teche;
Lat us go forth with-outen lenger speche.
Tho rouned she a pistel in his ere,
And bad him to be glad, and have no fere.
Whan they be comen to the court, this knight
Seyde, he had holde his day, as he hadde hight,
And redy was his answere, as he sayde.
Ful many a noble wyf, and many a mayde,
And many a widwe, for that they ben wyse,
The quene hir-self sittinge as a Iustyse,
Assembled been, his answere for to here;
And afterward this knight was bode appere.
To every wight comanded was silence,
And that the knight sholde telle in audience,
What thing that worldly wommen loven best.
This knight ne stood nat stille as doth a best,
But to his questioun anon answerde
With manly voys, that al the court it herde:
My lige lady, generally, quod he,
Wommen desyren to have sovereyntee
As wel over hir housbond as hir love,
And for to been in maistrie him above;
This is your moste desyr, thogh ye me kille,
Doth as yow list, I am heer at your wille.
In al the court ne was ther wyf ne mayde,
Ne widwe, that contraried that he sayde,
But seyden, he was worthy han his lyf.
And with that word up stirte the olde wyf,
Which that the knight saugh sittinge in the grene:
Mercy, quod she, my sovereyn lady quene!
Er that your court departe, do me right.
I taughte this answere un-to the knight;
For which he plighte me his trouthe there,
The firste thing I wolde of him requere,
He wolde it do, if it lay in his might.
Bifore the court than preye I thee, sir knight,
Quod she, that thou me take un-to thy wyf;
For wel thou wost that I have kept thy lyf.
If I sey fals, sey nay, up-on thy fey!
This knight answerde, allas! and weylawey!
I woot right wel that swich was my biheste.
For goddes love, as chees a newe requeste;
Tak al my good, and lat my body go.
Nay than, quod she, I shrewe us bothe two!
For thogh that I be foul, and old, and pore,
I nolde for al the metal, ne for ore,
That under erthe is grave, or lyth above,
But-if thy wyf I were, and eek thy love.
My love? quod he; nay, my dampnacioun!
Allas! that any of my nacioun
Sholde ever so foule disparaged be!
But al for noght, the ende is this, that he
Constreyned was, he nedes moste hir wedde;
And taketh his olde wyf, and gooth to bedde.
Now wolden som men seye, paraventure,
That, for my necligence, I do no cure
To tellen yow the Ioye and al tharray
That at the feste was that ilke day.
To whiche thing shortly answere I shal;
I seye, ther nas no Ioye ne feste at al,
Ther nas but hevinesse and muche sorwe;
For prively he wedded hir on a morwe,
And al day after hidde him as an oule;
So wo was him, his wyf looked so foule.
Greet was the wo the knight hadde in his thoght,
Whan he was with his wyf a-bedde y-broght;
He walweth, and he turneth to and fro.
His olde wyf lay smylinge evermo,
And seyde, o dere housbond,
Fareth every knight thus with his wyf as ye?
Is this the lawe of king Arthures hous?
Is every knight of his so dangerous?
I am your owene love and eek your wyf;
I am she, which that saved hath your lyf;
And certes, yet dide I yow never unright;
Why fare ye thus with me this firste night?
Ye faren lyk a man had lost his wit;
What is my gilt? for goddes love, tel me it,
And it shal been amended, if I may.
Amended? quod this knight, allas! nay, nay!
It wol nat been amended never mo!
Thou art so loothly, and so old also,
And ther-to comen of so lowe a kinde,
That litel wonder is, thogh I walwe and winde.
So wolde god myn herte wolde breste!
Is this, quod she, the cause of your unreste?
Ye, certainly, quod he, no wonder is.
Now, sire, quod she, I coude amende al this,
If that me liste, er it were dayes three,
So wel ye mighte bere yow un-to me.
But for ye speken of swich gentillesse
As is descended out of old richesse,
That therfore sholden ye be gentil men,
Swich arrogance is nat worth an hen.
Loke who that is most vertuous alway,
Privee and apert, and most entendeth ay
To do the gentil dedes that he can,
And tak him for the grettest gentil man.
Crist wol, we clayme of him our gentillesse,
Nat of our eldres for hir old richesse.
For thogh they yeve us al hir heritage,
For which we clayme to been of heigh parage,
Yet may they nat biquethe, for no-thing,
To noon of us hir vertuous living,
That made hem gentil men y-called be;
And bad us folwen hem in swich degree.
Wel can the wyse poete of Florence,
That highte Dant, speken in this sentence;
Lo in swich maner rym is Dantes tale:
Ful selde up ryseth by his branches smale
Prowesse of man, for god, of his goodnesse,
Wol that of him we clayme our gentillesse;
For of our eldres may we no-thing clayme
But temporel thing, that man may hurte and mayme.
Eek every wight wot this as wel as I,
If gentillesse were planted naturelly
Un-to a certeyn linage, doun the lyne,
Privee ne apert, than wolde they never fyne
To doon of gentillesse the faire offyce;
They mighte do no vileinye or vyce.
Tak fyr, and ber it in the derkeste hous
Bitwix this and the mount of Caucasus,
And lat men shette the dores and go thenne;
Yet wol the fyr as faire lye and brenne,
As twenty thousand men mighte it biholde;
His office naturel ay wol it holde,
Up peril of my lyf, til that it dye.
Heer may ye see wel, how that genterye
Is nat annexed to possessioun,
Sith folk ne doon hir operacioun
Alwey, as dooth the fyr, lo! in his kinde.
For, god it woot, men may wel often finde
A lordes sone do shame and vileinye;
And he that wol han prys of his gentrye
For he was boren of a gentil hous,
And hadde hise eldres noble and vertuous,
And nil him-selven do no gentil dedis,
Ne folwe his gentil auncestre that deed is,
He nis nat gentil, be he duk or erl;
For vileyns sinful dedes make a cherl.
For gentillesse nis but renomee
Of thyne auncestres, for hir heigh bountee,
Which is a strange thing to thy persone.
Thy gentillesse cometh fro god allone;
Than comth our verray gentillesse of grace,
It was no-thing biquethe us with our place.
Thenketh how noble, as seith Valerius,
Was thilke Tullius Hostilius,
That out of povert roos to heigh noblesse.
Redeth Senek, and redeth eek Boëce,
Ther shul ye seen expres that it no drede is,
That he is gentil that doth gentil dedis;
And therfore, leve housbond, I thus conclude,
Al were it that myne auncestres were rude,
Yet may the hye god, and so hope I,
Grante me grace to liven vertuously.
Thanne am I gentil, whan that I biginne
To liven vertuously and weyve sinne.
And ther-as ye of povert me repreve,
The hye god, on whom that we bileve,
In wilful povert chees to live his lyf.
And certes every man, mayden, or wyf,
May understonde that Iesus, hevene king,
Ne wolde nat chese a vicious living.
Glad povert is an honest thing, certeyn;
This wol Senek and othere clerkes seyn.
Who-so that halt him payd of his poverte,
I holde him riche, al hadde he nat sherte.
He that coveyteth is a povre wight,
For he wolde han that is nat in his might.
But he that noght hath, ne coveyteth have,
Is riche, al-though ye holde him but a knave.
Verray povert, it singeth proprely;
Iuvenal seith of povert merily:
The povre man, whan he goth by the weye,
Bifore the theves he may singe and pleye.
Povert is hateful good, and, as I gesse,
A ful greet bringer out of bisinesse;
A greet amender eek of sapience
To him that taketh it in pacience.
Povert is this, al-though it seme elenge:
Possessioun, that no wight wol chalenge.
Povert ful ofte, whan a man is lowe,
Maketh his god and eek him-self to knowe.
Povert a spectacle is, as thinketh me,
Thurgh which he may his verray frendes see.
And therfore, sire, sin that I noght yow greve,
Of my povert na-more ye me repreve.
Now, sire, of elde ye repreve me;
And certes, sire, thogh noon auctoritee
Were in no book, ye gentils of honour
Seyn that men sholde an old wight doon favour,
And clepe him fader, for your gentillesse;
And auctours shal I finden, as I gesse.
Now ther ye seye, that I am foul and old,
Than drede you noght to been a cokewold;
For filthe and elde, al-so moot I thee,
Been grete wardeyns up-on chastitee.
But nathelees, sin I knowe your delyt,
I shal fulfille your worldly appetyt.
Chees now, quod she, oon of thise thinges tweye,
To han me foul and old til that I deye,
And be to yow a trewe humble wyf,
And never yow displese in al my lyf,
Or elles ye wol han me yong and fair,
And take your aventure of the repair
That shal be to your hous, by-cause of me,
Or in som other place, may wel be.
Now chees your-selven, whether that yow lyketh.
This knight avyseth him and sore syketh,
But atte laste he seyde in this manere,
My lady and my love, and wyf so dere,
I put me in your wyse governance;
Cheseth your-self, which may be most plesance,
And most honour to yow and me also.
I do no fors the whether of the two;
For as yow lyketh, it suffiseth me.
Thanne have I gete of yow maistrye, quod she,
Sin I may chese, and governe as me lest?
Ye, certes, wyf, quod he, I holde it best.
Kis me, quod she, we be no lenger wrothe;
For, by my trouthe, I wol be to yow bothe,
This is to seyn, ye, bothe fair and good.
I prey to god that I mot sterven wood,
But I to yow be al-so good and trewe
As ever was wyf, sin that the world was newe.
And, but I be to-morn as fair to sene
As any lady, emperyce, or quene,
That is bitwixe the est and eke the west,
Doth with my lyf and deeth right as yow lest.
Cast up the curtin, loke how that it is.
And whan the knight saugh verraily al this,
That she so fair was, and so yong ther-to,
For Ioye he hente hir in his armes two,
His herte bathed in a bath of blisse;
A thousand tyme a-rewe he gan hir kisse.
And she obeyed him in every thing
That mighte doon him plesance or lyking.
And thus they live, un-to hir lyves ende,
In parfit Ioye; and Iesu Crist us sende
Housbondes meke, yonge, and fresshe a-bedde,
And grace toverbyde hem that we wedde.
And eek I preye Iesu shorte hir lyves
That wol nat be governed by hir wyves;
And olde and angry nigardes of dispence,
God sende hem sone verray pestilence.
Here endeth the Wyves Tale of Bathe.
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About SEP
The Science & Health Education Partnership (SEP) is a collaboration between the University of California, San Francisco and the San Francisco Unified School District. Scientists and educators from both organizations work in partnership to support quality science education for K-12 students.
SEP, founded in 1987 and currently housed in the Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, is nationally recognized as a model partnership between a university and a local public school system. Since 1989, SEP has been awarded nearly $9-million in competitive federal, private, and state awards. SEP is currently funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, by a NIH-Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), the Bechtel Foundation, the UCSF Chancellor's Office, the UCSF School of Medicine, and the California Science Project.
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SEP's mission is to promote partnership between scientists and educators in support of high quality science education for K-12 students. To this end, SEP develops and implements programs with the following goals: 1) to support teaching and learning among teachers, students, and scientists; 2) to promote an understanding of science as a creative discipline, a process, and a body of integrated concepts; 3) to contribute to a deeper understanding of partnership; and 4) to provide models and strategies for other institutions interested in fostering partnerships between scientific and education communities.
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FCD tries to end Gillette Stadium woes against Revs
Foxborough, MA – FC Dallas will try to end a run of futility at Gillette Stadium on Saturday when the club visits the New England Revolution.
FCD's last victory at Gillette came in 2003, while the Revs have posted a 7-0-1 mark against the Texas outfit on home soil since that time.
But now might be a good opportunity for Schellas Hyndman's side to seize three points with Dallas on a good run to start the season having won three of its first four games.
Dallas rode its luck a bit in the last match against Real Salt Lake, which ended in a 2-0 win, as defender Matt Hedges made a heroic goal line save to deny the equalizer from Devon Sandoval, allowing FCD to score an insurance tally a few minutes later.
"We're a team that we're still a little fragile when things don't go well for us," Hyndman said. "That mental strength and confidence and experience that we seem to continue to grow in [showed itself], and it's one of those things where we were able to dodge that bullet."
It hasn't always been pretty for Dallas this season, but the club has found ways to win so far this year, and did so again last weekend with backup goalkeeper Chris Seitz recording his second career clean sheet in place of regular netminder Raul Fernandez, who was away on international duty with Peru.
New England battled to a 0-0 draw against Sporting Kansas City last weekend in tough weather conditions, and although the Revs failed to register a shot on goal, head coach Jay Heaps still managed to find positives from the contest.
"I hope (fans) saw something a little bit different from us in terms of how we go out there and fight," Heaps said. "I think last year maybe this game slips away from us and maybe we lose it."
The Revs were held without a goal for the second consecutive game and have now gone 208 minutes without scoring.
Saer Sene's injury absence hasn't helped the cause, but the club will get back Jerry Bengtson after he missed the Sporting contest while away on international duty.


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James Marsden is a father for the third time.
Brazilian model Rose Costa delivered a son, William Luca Costa-Marsden, on Friday, Dec. 14 in Los Angeles, PEOPLE has learned.
The 30 Rock star, who briefly dated Costa after his split from wife Lisa Linde in 2011, picked the name and is being very supportive, a source tells PEOPLE.
Marsden, 39, is already dad to daughter Mary James, 7, and son Jack Holden, 11, with Linde.
A rep for the actor could not be reached for comment.
— Sarah Michaud with reporting by Lesley Messer