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Global Proteomics Market was valued at $17,988 million in 2015, and is expected to reach $44,452 million by 2022, supported by a CAGR of 13.7%. Proteomics is the study of the structure and functions of proteins that can be used in the drug discovery, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases. A proteome is never constant as it differs from one cell to other with time.
Proteomics is used to evaluate the rate of protein production, interaction of proteins with one another, involvement of proteins in metabolic pathways, and modification of proteins. In addition, it finds extensive applications in drug discovery, development of personalized medicines, and identification of markers for disease diagnosis, which has led to the stellar growth of the proteomics market in the past few years. With the increase in awareness regarding the benefits of personalized medicines, companies and government organizations have increased their R&D expenditure on the development of proteomics. As per the proteomics market research report, it is estimated that reagents segment will continue to lead the overall market during the forecast period.
Global Proteomics Market Segmentation
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Increasing popularity of personalized medicine is driving the demand for proteomic technologies
Personalized medicine is a new and better approach to healthcare based on each person's unique genetic makeup. In personalized medicine, diagnostic testing is often employed to select appropriate and optimal therapies based on the context of a patient's genetic content or other molecular & cellular analysis. Personalized medicine finds extensive applications in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Proteomics is an emerging field that can make unique contributions to the field of personalized medicines. It has the advantage over genomics-based assays as it offers direct examination of the molecular machinery of cell physiology, including protein expression, sequence variations & isoforms, posttranslational modification, and protein‐protein complexes. Advances in proteomic technologies have made important contribution to the development of personalized medicine by facilitating detection of protein biomarkers, proteomics-based molecular diagnostics, as well as protein biochips & pharmacoproteomics. For instance, NantHealth, Inc. launched Genomic Proteomic Spectrometry Cancer, or GPS Cancer, which is a comprehensive molecular test that measures the proteins present in the patient's tumor tissue, combined with whole genomic and transcriptomic sequencing of tumor and normal samples. As proteomics have important contribution in the field of personalized medicine, the impact of the driver is expected to increase during the study period with the increase in popularity of the use of personalized medicines in the treatment of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.
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Increasing R&D expenditure to drive the proteomics market size
Large number of organizations invest in the R&D of proteomics to understand the metabolic pathway involved in the progression of disease and the development of novel molecules for its treatment and diagnosis. In addition, organizations such as National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF) raise funds for various proteomics projects. For instance, in September 2016, NIH announced to fund research on "Proteomics, Immunoassay for TB Activation in HIV Patients". In 2015, National Cancer Institute offered grants for Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) program. The governments of European countries also take various initiatives to promote proteomics research. The European Union's Seventh Framework Programme supports proteomics research by funding a group of proteomics researchers from European institutes for the next four years. In Australia, with assistance from government funding, the R&D expenditure on proteomics is expected to increase by 58% in 2016.
Technological advancements to drive the proteomics market
The recent technological advancements in the field of proteomics is expected to spur the proteomics market. These advancements attract the interest of pharmaceutical & biotechnology companies to venture in the field of proteomics as the convenience of use of the instrument and the outcome of the procedure have improved. For instance, technological advancements such as increased resolution of mass spectrometry helps to extract more information from minimal amount of sample. Similarly, dual mass analyzers such as LC/MS, GC/MS, FT-MS, and MALDI-TOF/TOF help to provide more detailed information about protein structure. Moreover, the development of improved liquid chromatography and gel electrophoresis have significantly helped in the protein identification and separation methods. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, which is based on isoelectric focusing (IEF) and denaturing polyacrylamide gel matrix for protein separation, have also been developed by scientist recently. These technological advancements are expected to propel the proteomics market.
Proteomics help to bridge the gap between the understanding of genome expression and cellular behavior
Proteomics enables the study of proteomes (the entire complement of proteins that is or can be expressed by a cell, tissue, or organism) as well as their interactions. Moreover, it characterizes protein expression profiles and identifies protein structures, localizations, activities, modifications, and interactions in physiological or pathological states. As proteins perform most biological functions, proteomics bridges the gap between the information coded in the genome sequence and cellular behavior. For instance, hepatocellular carcinoma is the third leading cause of death globalwide. Chemotherapeutic treatment is ineffective against hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); hence, surgical removal or liver transplantation is the only treatment possible. Proteomics studies of HCC may decode the mechanisms of HCC initiation and progression, and it also has the potential to discover novel diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets.
High cost of instruments
High costs of the instruments utilized in proteomics restrain the growth of the market. The cost of mass spectrometers used in the study of proteomics is approximately $20,000. The price for ion exchange chromatography with fractions collection is around $250 per sample as per the proteomics and mass spectrometry services from Cornell University. Peptide quantitation by extracted ion chromatogram costs around $160 per sample. The high price of the instruments and reagents makes it difficult for developing countries to venture in the field of proteomics. In addition, the outcome of the study and trials are not always as per expectation and the results obtained may not be satisfactory. Hence, high costs restrict the growth of the proteomics industry.
Dearth of skilled researchers
The field of proteomics requires skilled researchers as scientists need to perform the critical, time-consuming task to interpret their proteomics data and extract meaningful biological information from the multiple, complex data sets. There is a shortage of skilled scientists as the field of proteomics is relatively new and there is lack of knowledge as to what proteomics can achieve, which restrain the growth of proteomics. However, many organizations arrange training workshops to educate researchers regarding proteomics. For instance, EMBO Workshop was organized in Varna, Italy from 31 July to 06 August 2016 to educate postdoctoral scientists from academics and industry with insights into proteomic technologies and applications in the life sciences.
Key players in proteomics industry include Thermo Fisher Scientific Corporation, Agilent Technologies, Luminex Corporation, Danaher Corporation, Inc., Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., GE Healthcare, Waters Corporation, Caprion Proteomics Inc., and PerkinElmer, Inc. Other players in the value chain include Quanterix Corporation, Courtagen Life Sciences, Inc., Sera Prognostics, Inc., Applied Proteomics, Inc., MRM Proteomics, Inc., Sonata Biosciences, Inc., Applied Biomics, Inc., Antigen Discovery, Inc., Bionexus, Inc., Correlia Biosystems, Inc., Digilab, Inc., GenScript Corporation, Creative Biogene and Proteome Sciences.
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How to Write a Personal Statement for Graduate School
Prospective graduate school candidates, whatever their intended areas of scholastic focus, will all have to wrestle with that most fundamental of tasks… writing the personal statement. This is an importand piece of writing you must do in order to be admitted into graduate school. It's also good writing experience for winning a scholarship.
Since one of the things graduate school candidates must do is put together a personal statement in order to wow admissions committees, it goes without saying that a few pointers on how best to go about it might be in order. A personal statement, also known as an admissions essay, basically consists of a one- to two-page document in which prospective graduate school candidates explain why they want to pursue the degree in question and why they should be selected over their rivals by the admissions committee.
Depending on the Master's degree or Ph.D. program being considered, there will be varying levels of competition to grab some of the coveted positions. Since many applicants may have stellar academic records, the admissions committee often uses the candidates' personal statements as a tie-breaker of sorts to decide which applicants to accept and which applicants to reject. So doing a good job on the personal statement is paramount.
People who are planning to go to graduate school or who are mulling over the possibility of choosing this route down the road can read further to find out how to write a personal statement that will boost their odds of being accepted into the graduate program of their choice.
Since a personal statement can be a deciding factor for or against applicants, it's important for applicants to consider how they can best highlight their academic achievements, skills sets and future objectives in a way that wins over the admissions committee. It can be helpful to do a bit of brainstorming before actually starting the formal writing process, since doing so will help applicants to identify key areas to focus on. When brainstorming, applicants can consider things like the following to get their creative juices flowing:
a) Career objectives
b) Skill sets
c) Suitability for the graduate program
d) Academic background
e) Research experience that might be relevant to the graduate program being applied to
f) Relevant internship positions
After doing some careful reflection about what needs to be covered in the personal statement, applicants need to come up with some sort of structure to present their points in a way that is logical, coherent and compelling. As with any essay assignment, a personal statement for graduate school should have an introduction, a body that covers points mentioned in the introduction and a conclusion that wraps everything up.
In the introduction, candidates need to clearly spell out to the admissions committee why they want to be admitted into the graduate program and why they would make ideal students. Make the first sentence count so as to grab the attention of whoever ends up reading the personal statement. Candidates should use the supporting paragraphs – highlighting one major point per paragraph – to drive home the point that they are worth adding to the graduate program. This means including information about relevant job experiences, internships and volunteer positions. Prefer the concrete over the intangible. So being specific about research projects embarked upon with a university's department head, for example, would be better than just casually making reference to research experience. While working on the body, candidates that want to really set themselves apart will demonstrate that they've actually taken the time to research the schools they're hoping to join. For instance, candidates can in their personal statement highlight any relevant accomplishments of a faculty member who will be part of the program they are applying to. It's important, however, that any such mentions fit logically into the personal statement. If these mentions look as if they've been included just for the sake of doing so, they will do the candidates more harm than good because admissions committees don't want to feel as though they're being flattered for flattery's sake. In the concluding paragraph, candidates need to provide a brief overview of what was presented up to that point and then drive home the message of how their being chosen to take part in the program would enable them to achieve their career objectives.
Remember that it's important to answer any specific questions that may be required as part of the personal statement requirement. It might be easy to get caught up in trying to impress the admissions committee to the point of failing to adequately answer some of the particular questions that are required. Candidates who take the aforementioned advice to heart will be well on their way to getting admissions committees to given them the nod of approval.
How to Write a Successful Personal Statement for Graduate Schools
Based on a presentation by: Professor Hower, Cornell University, Department of English.
The personal statement is a difficult piece of writing, maybe the most difficult piece of writing you will ever do, and therefore you have to do it very carefully. It is an opportunity for you to give a picture of yourself. It may take a great deal of time and energy but at least you will have written something you are proud of, which says something important about you. So I would suggest first of all: write it for yourself as much as for graduate schools in America; do a job that you like, something that has integrity, which says something important about you. If things don't turn out the way you hope, at least you will have written something difficult but satisfying.
Importance – How important is the personal statement? This depends on your marks to a certain extent. If your marks are very high, then it may not be as important as it is for someone whose marks are not so good. Nevertheless it is important. A person with high marks can spoil his/her chances of admission with a bad essay. At highly competitive schools, where most applicants score at the 97th percentile level on standardized tests, a winning personal statement may be the deciding factor in admission.
What Are Universities Looking For? – First of all don't second guess. Don't try to figure out what you think they want and supply it because you won't be able to do that. Nor can you understand the mind of a 50 year old American who is living 10,000 miles away from you and may have woken up that morning with a headache and then was bitten by a dog on his way to the office. There is no way you can second guess, you cannot read their minds. Having said that, I can tell you some things which all college admissions officers want to see in the application:
• A Picture of Your Overall Personality – How will you give a picture of your personality? I would suggest that you imply rather than state the facts. For instance, don't say 'I am a smart person.' Demonstrate it, imply it. Don't say 'I am energetic.' Give evidence by the fact that you worked after school for six hours every day and still had time to play on the volleyball team.
• Academic Background and Work Experience – It would be a mistake to talk about your high school. Start with your undergraduate career. School records may be worth mentioning if there is something extraordinary about them.
• Continuity – Admissions officers are looking for some continuity in what you have done, what you want to do in the near future and what you hope to do in the distant future. So, connect them.
• Commitment and Motivation – Rather than simply saying 'I am committed', find a way of inferring that you are indeed highly committed and motivated to your proposed field of study.
• Communication Skills – They will be looking at your writing skills – how well you can present yourself clearly and intelligently when writing, hence the importance of spending considerable time on the statement.
These five points are very general but almost every university wants to know about them. They may be too general but if you miss one of them you are probably missing something important.
General Do's and Don'ts
• Do take a lot of time writing your personal statement. – Don't do this at the last minute. Plan to spend a month or so preparing for the essay. Plan to let it rest for a week, so you have time to mull it over and get a perspective on it. Don't be hasty and sloppy.
• Do read the question carefully. – If they ask you why you want to go to law school, answer that. If they ask what your career goals are, answer that question. Don't go off on a tangent or get too verbose.
• Do write the length of personal statement they ask for.
If they ask for 200 words give them that or 190 or 220. You don't give them a 1000 and you don't give them 50.
• Type your final draft unless they tell you not to. – Type it well with no mistakes. Buy some good paper. If you're writing it, see that it is clear and legible.
• Do write a separate personal statement for each university. – There is no reason why you can't take a paragraph from one essay and apply it to another. Your essays don't have to be every word different but each university would like to think that you are especially interested in their program. Each university is different. Make something about your essay distinctive to that university and mention its name. Don't write an all-purpose general essay. Admissions faculties don't like that.
• Do as much research on the university as you can. – If you can get hold of a catalogue, read it. If you can find someone who went to the university, talk to them. Find out as much as you can about the university. You don't want to say 'I have always wanted to go to Harvard because I wanted to find out about the Great American West'. As most of you know, Harvard is not in the Great American West. It is in Massachusetts.
• Accentuate your positive qualities. – If you had the highest mark in class, make sure that they know it. Make sure that they know that you were able to hold a full-time job while going to school. Make sure that they know that you won any awards. Make sure that they know that you were captain of a team.
• Mention your positive achievements as they apply to your graduate admission. – The information you provide in your personal statement about your important achievements must be related to your field. If you are applying for medicine and you have won a poetry prize, don't mention your poetry prize because you may not have space. It is a good thing, but you may need to fill your application with more relevant information. On the other hand, you could mention your work as organizer of blood donation camps or your internships as a psychiatric care worker.
• Do mention your work experience, or volunteer work that you may have done or extra-curricular activities if they relate to your field. – For example, if you are going to apply to business school and you were on the basketball team you may think that it is not relevant. However if you learned leadership qualities, if you learned how to endure defeat, if you learned management skills by being captain of the basketball team, then it is relevant. You have to show the relevance. If you had a job after school, working in the college bookstore or you have done volunteer work at a hospital, this is relevant – you have learned management skills at the shop. You have learned to interact with people while you worked in the hospital.
• Be definite in writing your application. – Don't say – 'I hope to do this'; 'I might like to do that'. Say 'I want to do this', 'I am planning to do this', 'I intend to do that'. Your language is definite. It is not hesitant and indecisive.
• Don't try to second-guess admissions faculty, as I have already said, and don't flatter them. – Don't say 'I've always wanted to study at the University of Montana because I have heard that it is the best university in the world to study medicine.' It may not be and even if it is, it sounds like flattery.
• Don't be phony. – Be honest. Admissions faculty can spot a dishonest essay a mile away. It would not be to your advantage to be dishonest as you might get into a university and then find it was not the right place for you.
• Don't glorify yourself. – Don't say – 'I was the best tennis player in the whole city of Madras'. That is boasting. However being modest and subtle are also not good qualities. There is a medium between being modest and boastful.
• Do not repeat materials that are already on the application. – Don't say 'My major is Physics' because you have already said that somewhere else. Instead say 'While I majored in Physics I also took …' or 'My Physics major enabled me to take special courses in… and…'. Do mention your knowledge and experience in the field at the university level. It is usually a poor idea to mention your high school experience unless something exceptional happened at that time that changed your life or affected your career choice. Follow these guidelines and your personal statement for graduate school will stand out among all personal statement submitted.


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Untethered: The Rest Of Love – Finishing the Book
Note from Marzipan: Good morning! Today you all get an extra special treat – a guest post from my mother, the love artist. I asked her to post here to get a little well deserved attention for the kickstarter campaign that she's created in an effort to finish her memoir. I assure you, she is deeply talented, and I thought that her experience of putting herself out there to pursue her art was something that would resonate for many of us.
I am a flamboyant person. I repeatedly make the large gesture. Of course, I don't see myself that way ~ a serious, shy child prone to fantasy, a serious introvert who spends a lot of time alone ~ but I am seen as someone larger than life. I guess I just can't help it. From birth, I felt an urgency to reach out, to tell the truth, to share my story . . . even if it hurt, even if it scared other people, even if it got that far under their skin.
I am currently in the midst of synthesizing at least 3 separate memoirs into a novel. This is pretty much a life work. Definitely the last 10 years. I decided, a little bit before the New Year that I would make my own writer's retreat to finish the book, at least get a honed, workable draft so I could move past a personal hurdle: getting it to an agent, asking to be taken very, very seriously. I have been published a bunch of places: magazines, journals, anthologies ~ mostly waiting to be asked by my generous writing friends, playing it shy ~ because I actually felt that way, believe it or not ~ not being able to ask for that kind of attention. Feeling guilty for taking my place at this table I felt so continuously, and borderline excessively, drawn to.
I got the great idea, from a friend, to throw myself a little Kickstarter campaign to be able to afford the time to do this. For those of you who don't know what Kickstarter is, it's a "crowd-funding" website, where anyone can contribute just about anything (starting at $1) to an artist's project, a way for the many of us to fund each other's dream. I launched my campaign on January 2. It currently has 3 more days. If the entire goal is not reached, the project isn't funded. It's been a roller coaster.
The real roller coaster has been this: I didn't realize when I made my little video & put up my chapter excerpts that I was launching a huge prayer and, NOT ONLY THAT, but that I was opening myself to a little psychological surgery, some of the more excrutiating kind, the kind that cuts to the bone, the kind that hurts. I got myself a little hate mail, just a little bit here & there, the kind that said "How dare you ask for time for a deeper process?" "It sounds a tad self-indulgent don't you think?" "It is unseemly to ask for money on Facebook," among other things.
Whoa . . . I mean nobody likes hate mail and it is not surprising that it stung, but it was surprising how much I took it to heart. I hate admitting that. As an old boyfriend used to say, when I said mean things to or about myself, "Whose voice is that?" I am so grateful (to myself most of all) that I had the resources to shake myself out of that self-deprecating trance, even though it was crazy hard, and pick myself up by the proverbial bootstraps and march myself BACK to the computer and, not send hate mail back, thankfully, but write personal email after personal email to all the people I have loved and supported through the years, to all the people who have believed in me, to all the little tendrils of connection. I spent time on Facebook, just flipping through profiles, looking at pictures of friends who were attempting large and small miracles of their own and sending love. I even pledged a few dollars here and there to other Kickstarter campaigns. I couldn't help myself.
I have spent my whole life LIVING a certain truth ~ that I am an artist. I have sacrificed a lot of security and comfort in this belief. As I said before, I couldn't help myself. I have a hard time ignoring my heart and I knew in my heart that this was my best, most authentic voice. My family, my children have also felt these sacrifices. I was going to say that they 'suffered' these sacrifices but no, that is the old 'how dare you voice' speaking. My girls are all strong, vibrant, educated, beautiful, opinionated vessels of love operating to great effect in the world. Gorgeous.
The other night I was at a dinner for a collective of female poets, many of them well-published, many of them with university jobs. We were there to help each other, to support each other when the process is hard, when we are afraid, when money issues creep up and we can't write. I spoke of my Kickstarter campaign and the doubt I allowed to seep in when I heard the (okay, the very few) complaints. A woman stood up and said to me, in the most authoritative, no bullshit voice , "Above all, you must remain an artist."
I know this work is my best gift to you. Absolute. Word. Take a minute. Do what you must. I am doing what I must and I believe in each and every one of you.
Thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart.
If you are interested, you can read excerpts from the Memoir and check out the kickstarter campaign here – there are a couple of awesome new perks in the updates. I would be extremely grateful if you shared this with your online communities. xo


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Hello My Friends,
Hope everyone is having a good day! Today I am going to share with you a card I made for an Operation Write Home challenge called Scarf Challenge. For this challenge we are to make a card using a scarf that Sandy got as a gift. Here is my card:
For this A2 card I started with pink cardstock as the base of the card, next I cut a piece of embossed yellow paper to 4 inches by 5 1/4 inches and attached that. Next I cut out a piece of the pink paper with an old Quickutz Border die I have and then I ran that through with a swirl embossing folder. Next I cut out the Lawn Fawn thanks die in 2 different shades of pink and added them to the card! So what do you think? Does it look something like the scarf? I sure hope so! Be sure to check out the other cards here.
I hope I have inspired you to be creative today!
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McGinley has sixth knee operation
Paul McGinley is facing up to two months out of the game after undergoing yet another operation on his left knee.
The 42-year old Dubliner had surgery to clean out damaged cartilage in his troublesome left knee - the sixth operation he has undergone on the same knee since he broke his knee cap playing gaelic football when he was 19.
"I don't know what the situation is in the long term but my knee is disintegrating at a rate," said McGinley, who finished 104th in the Race to Dubai for his worst ranking in 18 years on tour.
"For the next three or four years it is not going to be too much of a problem but after that who knows. Then again, I have not got any news today that I have never heard before."
Speaking from his hospital bed, where he was watching the Champions League on TV, he added: "Since I broke my kneecap when I was 19, fragments break off and tear the cartilage. The twisting and turning of playing golf hasn't been good for it.
"I have been in a bit of pain this year when I have had to put weight on my left side playing bunker shots or off sidehill lies.
"The most disappointing thing is that I planned to do a lot of work with Bob Torrance over the winter and then get stuck into next season. But I am going to be on crutches for the next three weeks and I'm not going to able to hit balls until January."
The Dubliner's season ended when he missed the cut in the Barclays Singapore Open more than three weeks ago.
Writing on his blog, McGinley described 2009 as a "frustrating and surprisingly bad year" but insisted that he is far from finished and revealed that he is planning another foray into golf course design in Bulgaria.
I finished 104th on the money list, my first time ever outside the top 100 and I am still trying to figure out why I had such a poor year results wise as I don't feel my golf was of a very poor standard. However, the success or not of the year is very dependant on our big finishes of which I didn't have any, in general as pro golfers on tour 90% of our prize money/world ranking position comes from 10% of our tournaments. My biggest cheque this year was around €30,000 and it is very difficult to climb the Order of Merit without big cheques and big finishes.
My golf career is still of utmost importance to me and although a lot of people may conclude that my best days are behind me I certainly don't feel so and still have a huge appetite to play, practice and travel. What is most disappointing about my injury is the fact I will not be getting to spend as much time with Bob Torrance over the winter period as I had intended, as I feel part of the reason for my poor form this year was not spending enough time with Bob. I will also be working hard physically on my recovery form my knee operation and will be also doing as much as possible to keep my strength work up over the winter period.
I don't intend to sit around over the next month and I have been very fortunate in so far as I have been given the opportunity to re-design St Sofia Golf Club in Bulgaria. I have already made a visit to the course and have built the team around me to carry out the works. Golf design in a huge passion of mine and one that I have very strong views and opinions on. My views are very classical and traditional, Harry Colt being my favourite designer who designed Sunningdale, Royal Portrush, Co Sligo, 3 of my most favourite course I have had the pleasure of playing in the world. A lot of his ideas will be incorporated in my re-design at St Sofia along with my strong views on golf shots being visual, fair and risk rewarding.


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Sunday, February 26, 2012
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So this was one of those resources that I just browsed over and ignored but I watched the video that you had up and it seems super awesome. The thing I like about it best is how you can access it anywhere, making it easy to show to people and share with others. Especially as English majors I think this is a great resource for us.ReplyDelete
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Simplistic sounding I know. All I can say is that, when you have been on the receiving end of that kind of 'enforcement', then listened to the 'official' version of what is SUPPOSED to have happened (all very plausible to the public who always want to give the police the benefit of any doubt), your view of the police and the State can never be quite the same again.
I have been forcefully reminded of all this a number of times over the past 12 months, from the Charles de Menenez and Forest Gate shootings at one end of the scale to the detention and prosecution on 18th June of Steven Jago under the "Serious Organised Crime & Police Act" for - get this; it is taken from an article in today's Independant and 100% accurate:
...carrying a placard in Whitehall bearing the George Orwell quote: "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." In his possession, he had several copies of an article in the American magazine Vanity Fair headlined "Blair's Big Brother Legacy". The police told Mr Jago this was 'politically motivated' material, and suggested it was evidence of his desire to break the law.Please read that article. It is real eye-opener. It provides alarming insight into just how, on the back of whipped up outrage and fear, through the 'Respect agenda', 'fighting crime', increasing 'security' and the 'war on terror' the State is undermining what little there is left of our so called 'free society'


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I've started another year of homeschooling with my kids. I have high hopes that this year will be so much better than last year. (I was amazed at my aptitude towards grumpiness last year). We are part of a public school for homeschooling families. Basically, you get to pick and choose from a wide variety of classes to involve your children in. Last year, it was metal arts, pottery, martial arts, musical theater, etc. THIS YEAR, I've enrolled them in the classes that we spent so much time fighting over last year...math, science, language arts, etc. and I get to be the one to do the fun stuff with them. It seems to be working out. I have pretty awesome kids. If you haven't met them, you really are missing out and you probably should get to know them. If you have met them...you know what I'm talking about. They're incredible people.
Here's the thing, though...my little rant, if-you-will. As great as this school has been for classes and what-not, it's weird. We've been here for almost a year now, and we still have not been able to break into the little cliques of parents and students. We've tried. While Zeke was in musical theater, he made a little friend who he thought was pretty cool. So, he called him to try and invite him over. He didn't call back. So, he called him over spring break to invite him over. He never called back...they were gone on vacation. So, he tried to call him several times over the summer. He never returned one phone call. Here's the thing...how long do I let him keep pursuing a friend who doesn't seem to be responding? And why doesn't that mother teach that boy to at least have the courtesy to return a phone call? (It makes me mad at that mom, too. I think I end up putting some of the blame of my son's loneliness on her parenting...but, yeah. Not so reasonable on my part.) It breaks my heart to know that my most social child is consumed with a painful loneliness. And as a mom, there's nothing I can do to make it happen.
I sat across from him at lunch the other day. (First of all, what 10 year old wants to sit with their mom at lunch?) I watched him as he watched his brother and sister go off and have lunch with their new friends. And then he sighed...really heavy.
"What's wrong, Zeke?"
"Oh, nothing..."
"Why the heavy sigh?"
"I just wish I had some friends to hang around with..."
I had to fight hard not to cry at that moment. It's amazing to me how you can feel so lonely while surrounded by so many people.
So, I find myself asking the question. What is wrong with us? Why is this so hard to break in to? To be honest, I've never really had a problem making friends or even having people want to be my friend and Zeke is the same way! So this is kind of a blow. It makes me wonder if something happened to us in the process of the move to make us undesirable to potential friends. Did we turn into nerds all of a sudden? Aren't nerds cool right now? Is it that I'm NOT a nerd? Do I not look friendly? Do I look too grouchy? Am I acting like I'm too awesome for everyone so no one wants to approach me? AM I too awesome for these people? (-just joking). Are my clothes ugly? Is it my hair? Is it my freckles? Do I stink? Do I smell intimidatingly too good? What's wrong with us? Is there something wrong with me?
A part of me has to wonder though, with how unusually hard its been to break in, if this is just not where God has intended me to be. I wonder if I would never be comfortable in this environment, because He has plans for me somewhere else?
I think that answer will be coming soon as we see God clearing the way for us to move on down (this weekend!) to the neighborhood where we will be planting a church. Stay tuned for that. Until then, pray for my boy. I would love for God to bring him a buddy.


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Monday, February 6, 2012
The State of my Studio
This is a side table where I set things to dry, or to be cleaned, or to be etched, ect......
I am getting there. Etchings are coming along nicely, and its taking all I have to not clean and file and antique each one as they are done. I am learning to wait and work in batches. Its a huge time saver. Finishing up this round of painting tomorrow, baking more polymer and then on to metals. Gotta get the metal clays rolling this week!!!!!
I also got these crackle glazed beads finally done. I really like this effect and have more almost done.
I also have a few blog posts I'd like to share with you............................
This one is by Izzy Winterhart- and she talks a bit about her birthday, and how amazing our gift of life really is. I found it very touching and thought provoking. So take a peek at it.
Under a Copper Sky- The Greatest Day of the Year
Kristi Bowman had her first blog hop with some of her copper connector beads. Everyone did such amazing things with her components. If you want to take a nice little eye candy blog hop, you can check it out here.
And lastly- over at Love my Art Jewelry there is a new month with new prizes for Strut Your Stuff and a great giveaway, so hop on over there and check it out.
Hope you have a great Monday!
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Lee Stuart
Alumna Lee Stuart's journey spans the environment and social justice
|Prescott College Affiliation
|Area of Study
|Environmental Studies
|Graduation Year
|Current Job
|Executive Director, Churches United in Ministry (ChUM)
|Duluth, Minnesota
Lee Stuart '75 has stood on the front lines of climate research, fighting forest fires, feeding the hungry, and housing the homeless. She's chosen the twists and turns of her journey, continually learning from mentors along the way and staying true to an internal compass that has rarely steered her wrong.
The first turn in her journey was the decision to attend Prescott College. Lee had applied for early admission to the University of Rochester to study chemistry. Lee's aunt was the first pediatric cardiologist in Arizona and had been treating the infant child of a biology professor at the College. Her aunt invited her out to Arizona for Thanksgiving and suggested a trip to Prescott College, as "it might be more interesting." It was.
In those days it was the admissions office's practice to have prospective students spend the night in the dorms to get a feel for campus. Unfortunately, all the women in the dorm Lee was assigned to were out on a fieldtrip in the Grand Canyon. "I was totally alone in the suite and feeling very lonely, and it was kind of creepy, actually." She heard a knock at the door.
She opened up to find a student, Jeff Schwartz, whom she had met earlier in the day as her campus tour guide, and a bunch of his friends holding packages. They knew she was alone and had decided to share their holiday care packages from home with her for "an early Thanksgiving." Lee made the decision in that moment to attend Prescott College. "It still chokes me up to this day to tell that story. I couldn't believe that there could be a place where the kindness and welcome and recognition of community were right up front like that."
Early on Lee took chemistry, environmental studies, and a lot of math. It wasn't until she received her first-year chemistry final exam that she realized how different this place really was. Professor Bob Harrill included a diagram of the atomic absorption spectrum of the atmosphere and the graph from Mauna Loa showing increasing atmospheric CO2 and posed the question: "What are the implications for the earth?" At first, she had no idea how to answer that or any of the similar questions on the test. She and a study partner, Marv Barstow, went to work in the library and over the course of the week read about the greenhouse effect, the role of ethylene in fruit ripening, creating the molecular structure of organic compounds from spectral analysis, and other phenomena included in the exam questions, all of which were far beyond elementary chemistry.
When they went to turn in the exam, very happy with their work, they nonetheless asked the professor whey none of the questions had been covered in the course. Bob's response was, "I expect you to know what I taught in class. What I want to know is how far you can take it." That was a game-changer. She began to realize that education wasn't so much, "What do you know?" but "How far can you go?"
During her first summer at school Lee and fellow classmate Chris Griffin became charter members and the first women to join the Prescott Fire Crew (made up entirely of Prescott College students). It was the year of the Battle Fire. She and the crew worked 40 of the first 48 hours on the front lines, making a name for themselves, and had many more adventures besides. In the second summer they were joined by students from St. John's College in Santa Fe and the crew became known as the Prescott Hotshots. Lee wanted a future in the Forest Service, but knew it wouldn't be manual labor on a fire crew, so she sought out other opportunities through her Senior Project.
She was offered a position at the US Forest Service Fire Laboratory in Riverside, Calif. where she worked for eight months on reconstructing the vegetation map for an area that had burned in the Santa Monica Mountains in order to test a mathematical model of how forest fires spread. This type of work combined her love of math and biology, and she got to spend time outdoors. It was the perfect combination that eventually lead to her graduate work.
Lee was a bit scared to attend graduate school. Prescott College had not been a traditional education and she wasn't sure how she would fare with a more formal and structured program. Her plan was to fly under the radar at San Diego State, especially to fly under the radar of Phillip C. Miller who had written the chapters in one of her undergraduate texts about mathematical modeling that inspired her to go to SDSU to begin with. As luck would have it, Phil handpicked Lee to be his graduate student during the admissions process. Apparently, when Phil was a graduate student, one of his assignments had been to help develop environmental studies curriculum for a new college in Arizona. He wanted to see what kind of student Prescott College had ended up turning out.
Lee and Phil hit it off and together with other students, post-docs and professors organized as the Systems Ecology Research Group, they had a really great run spending summers in Alaska and then the academic terms in San Diego or Chile working on mathematical models of the plant physiology and physical environment of tundra and Mediterranean ecosystem. Although primitive, some of their models indicated global warming would most likely create a compounding source for atmospheric carbon as permafrost thawed and decomposed. "Unfortunately we were correct about that," she says.
When Phil died during the last year of her Ph.D. program, Lee's life took another turn.
"My mother had always said when you're feeling sad or sorry for yourself, go do something for somebody else and get over it." She volunteered for a UNICEF fundraiser and with people she met there, also volunteered with the Ecumenical Coalition of Concerned Americans (ECCA) in the Los Angeles area. ECCA operated a food distribution/assistance program where they bought directly from the farmers and growers and then packed it and distributed it through other organizations.
She was inspired, but knew there was a better way to coordinate it. Armed with a renewed passion for fighting poverty (which began in her childhood in Appalachia) and some better logistics in mind, Lee returned to San Diego and helped form Self Help and Resources Exchange (SHARE), which functioned basically like ECCA.
SHARE was just getting off the ground when she went to Virginia Tech to do post graduate work. Although she loved her work, Lee realized root physiology, mathematical modeling and endless hours in a laboratory were only part of life, and looked for other ways to be involved in the community. Early on she met the head of New River Valley Community Action, and worked with that organization as a volunteer to reproduce the SHARE program for Southwest Virginia. One thing led to another, and following a propitious meeting of the minds between one of the other co-founders of SHARE in San Diego, a wealthy investor, and a Trappist abbot, the idea to start SHARE in the South Bronx took form. They asked Lee to head the new venture and she left Virginia for the Bronx, arriving March 11, 1985.
To give an idea of the utterly rundown and neglected state of the South Bronx at the time, Lee recalls her second week on the job when a film crew from Germany came through to shoot footage that could double for the destruction after the bombing of Dresden during World War II. It was a community in need of many things and within a year 250 churches had joined SHARE and 10,000 families participated in the program every month.
In 1986 a man came to see Lee at work. Jim Drake had been Ceasar Chavez's national director of organizing during the grape boycott that brought the United Farm Workers their first contract. He asked Lee, "Aren't you worried about teaching dependence?" She was perplexed. He explained that by doing so much for people without building any structures or opportunities for them to make their own decisions or be involved in the solutions, that she was likely perpetuating the worst form of poverty – learned dependence. This was another game-changing conversation for her.
Jim was in the Bronx as a national organizer for the Industrial Areas Foundation and was working with local pastors to organize South Bronx Churches (SBC), a broad-based, multi-issue organization with sufficient power to bring real change to the neighborhood. "I was in the presence of a truly giant organizer and knew right then that I wanted to work with this guy. He had an effective way of thinking about the forces that created power and injustice and a plan to really turn the tables on those systems. He challenged and inspired me." Jim went on to help Lee understand how to build an organization with local leadership and how to navigate and build grassroots power that could tackle and win against far larger adversaries: local hospitals, and New York City's housing and educational systems. Eventually she followed Jim as the lead organizer of South Bronx Churches, undertaking two big projects during her tenure there.
South Bronx Churches' Nehemiah Project built 966 single- and two-family homes and condos for first-time homeowners living in the South Bronx, most making between $25,000 and $30,000 a year and living either in public housing or low-quality rentals. The project was funded by a $3.5 million revolving loan from Catholic religious orders, the national Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and Trinity and St. James Episcopal Churches. The City of New York provided vacant land and a $15,000 per unit subsidy to bring costs even lower, and over ten years SBC rebuilt a large portion of the Melrose and Mott Haven sections of the Bronx. What had been vacant and abandoned for three decades is now a thriving multicultural community with very low crime, a foreclosure rate less than 1.5%, and equity held by South Bronx families themselves.
Lee also helped create of the Bronx Leadership Academy High School. "The whole school system in the Bronx was set up for failure at the time," she says. "Kids were expected to bring their own toilet paper to school, and one principal at an elementary school even made the children eat lunch off the floor because the janitor's union said it was easier that way." Jim had taught Lee to start small, so with South Bronx Churches leaders whose children attended that school, they approached the New York City Board of Education first about children eating off the floor – a pretty easy win. Over time, and with lots of pressure, South Bronx Churches negotiated with the Board and with the support of the Bronx Superintendent of High Schools, built "a new kind of high school."
Using the rules and regulations of the education system of New York State and New York City, South Bronx Church maximized as many resources at they could including the number of square feet and instructors per child. The experience helped promote policy change at the Board of Education, which has created more and more small schools over the years.
Following a pattern of some sort, her mentor in organizing, Jim Drake, died and she decided to move on to a different chapter in her life. She finished the Nehemiah project and sought purpose at several other organizations, working on adult education, international development and, for a brief time, parks advocacy. When the options in New York felt too limited for her anymore, she put her resume out to many places doing community development, and landed a job with the Duluth, Minn., branch of the Local Initiatives Support Corporatin (LISC), She gave practically everything she had to Mexican families she had worked with at SBC, and hopped in her Subaru to start anew.
"Duluth is great!," she says, explaining its very liberal, but also very white – something she wasn't used to after 24 years in the Bronx. "The disparities between Native and African American and white are extreme here."
She worked for two years re-doing neighborhood plans and the like, but it wasn't quite as active as she wanted to be. When the director position at an organization called Churches United in Ministry (CHUM) opened up in Duluth, she was encouraged to apply by its outgoing leader as well as others in the community. CHUM was about to build a 44-unit apartment building for permanent supportive housing for families with children who had experienced long-term or recurrent homelessness, so they wanted someone who knew their way around a construction project. They were also appreciative of the fact that Lee had worked in an ecumenical, interfaith organization for a long time.
She's been with CHUM for two years and finds herself learning more every day. Mostly she's learning how to run an organization that provides direct service. CHUM's mission is "People of faith, working together to provide basic necessities, foster stable lives and organize for a just and compassionate community." As such, it runs Duluth's largest emergency shelter for homeless individuals and families, and provides the basic social safety net for Duluth's poorest of the poor. "This is my first experience dealing with people that have been thrown away by our society. In the Bronx the place was the apparent throwaway, not the people." She explains that for the most part, the people who populated the Bronx were long-time residents who had survived the destruction of the neighborhood or immigrants who saw themselves as valiant survivors coming from terrible places around the world to make a better life in the United States.
The people Lee sees coming to CHUM Shelter have been failed by the systems and culture around them, with more than half showing clear signs of mental illness. She's beginning to advocate for safe and secure housing for people with severe mental illness so they can get out of the shelter, jail, hospital, street cycle. The new apartments are now open, and by the end of March 2015, 44 families will be in residence. "The best part for me," Lee says, is the pregnant moms who are moving in. "They've been homeless for over a year, or at least three or four times in the last few years – and now, they're baby is going to be born NOT homeless. That's wonderful."
Lee has a profound understanding of the position of privilege she comes from. "I've been able to do the things I've done because of the investment that was made in me by institutions and my family. They were all betting for my success. That's no longer happening to young people, particularly people of color. The bet is against them.
"I have great pride in my work, but I'm also driven by the humility of the position of privilege I came from. The baby that's born into a family that can't take care of it, that's its bad luck. It has nothing to do with the value of that baby or the value of that mom or dad. I want to build a society where luck has less to do with it. Social justice is taking the luck out of the equation. Taking the privilege out of it.
"That's what I want to spend the rest of my life doing. Creating places where people can have a chance, where babies can be safe, where parents can be held in the secure embrace of a community that loves them and honors them; where life is second chances, and third and fourth; where gifts are recognized, where schools nurture the full development of children, where cultures are honored, where we respect the elders, where health is not based on your zip code or your skin color or your income. That kind of thing.
"Years ago when I was a student at Prescott College, Willi Unsoeld gave a graduation speech where he told us to dream big for our lives – not something simple like what he had done, being the first American on Everest. He told us to spend our life on something big. He suggested that we humanize bureaucracy. It was meant to draw a laugh, but pretty much since then, I've been following his advice."


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Heart Disease in Dogs
As humans, it is natural that we think about our health, what we eat and how we exercise to keep our bodies, minds and hearts healthy. Unfortunately, we sometimes forget that those very same things are just as important for our canine companions. Dogs are prone to heart conditions just like humans. As a dog owner, it is important to understand what conditions could affect your dog's heart, and to know what you can do to keep it healthy and prevent serious heart disease.
What is canine heart disease?
The heart is a muscular organ made up of four chambers; two on the left and two on the right, each containing a set of valves. When one part of the heart fails, the remaining parts will attempt to compensate for the weakness or malfunction. Eventually, the process of compensating for the failed parts will overwork the healthy parts of the heart and result in complete failure. Heart disease is the resulting condition due to damage the heart has suffered from an underlying condition which is affecting the structure, function or overall strength of the heart.
Congestive heart disease is the gradual increasing failure of the entire heart muscle to function fully and properly; a relatively common condition which can affect any breed, and that research has shown is usually preventable. Unfortunately, the symptoms are sometimes barely discernible until the condition has become very serious.
What heart conditions affect dogs?
There are two main types of heart conditions which could affect your dog:
1. Acquired Heart Disease – which encompasses any condition that develops over a period of time, causing the heart to malfunction, or work less efficiently. These are the hardest to diagnose because the symptoms are subtle and may even go unnoticed until the condition becomes chronic or critical. Some of these problems are not preventable and simply a matter of your dog aging, while other may be associated with an injury your dog has suffered or an infection he has been fighting. Some examples are:
- Chronic Valvular Disease – valves within the heart degenerate with age and begin to leak
- Myocardial Disease – heart muscle weakens, which causes it to become enlarged
- Pericardial Disease – the sac around the heart which protects it has become filled with fluid and interferes with the normal pumping action
- Arrhythmias – the electrical impulses which tell the heart when to beat are disrupted or failing
2. Congenital Heart Disease – are problems which have developed because of a genetic defect from birth, generally discovered when your dog is a puppy. These defects include irregular heartbeat or rhythm or valve disorders. Many of these conditions can be treated and managed successfully with therapy and medications. More severe defects and malfunctions may require surgery. Your veterinarian will determine the most beneficial course of treatment to provide the best quality of life for your dog.
How will these conditions affect my dog's heart?
Keeping the heart healthy and functioning fully and properly is important for more than just keeping your dog alive. Heart problems can affect other important systems in your dog's body, such as the circulatory system. If blood does not flow properly throughout the body, problems could arise, affecting other vital organs. A weak heart has to work twice as hard to accomplish the same job as a healthy heart; which could greatly reduce your dog's lifespan as well as the quality of his life.
What are the symptoms of heart disease in dogs?
An observant owner will be able to recognize when their dog is not feeling well, or is not acting normally. However, the signs can sometimes be so simple or so subtle, that owners either don't recognize them, or feel the symptoms are minor and do not require any major medical attention. Below are some signs that your dog may be developing a serious condition that requires treatment:
- Fatigue, lack of energy – your dog has no problem with urinating outdoors, or walking to his food bowl, but his general liveliness and enthusiasm to go for walks or play is absent
- Excessive sleeping – especially during daylight hours, beyond a short nap here or there is not normal
- Dry coughing – particularly in the morning when they first awaken or at night when settling down to sleep that does not go away
- Greatly decreased or complete loss of appetite – coupled with weight loss are common warning signs of heart disease. Some dogs may even develop a potbelly
- Blue or grey gums around teeth
If your dog displays any of the above symptoms, you should take him to your veterinarian for a thorough examination. Many owners don't want to be a nuisance and hesitate to call the veterinarian whenever they are concerned about their pet. It may seem extreme, but if there is a problem that needs medical attention, you could be preventing more serious damage. Your veterinarian will never mind you coming to see them too often; but will surely be disappointed by the pet owner who rarely brings their pet in until a condition has become life-threatening or could have easily been treated or even prevented.
Diagnosis and Treatment
Your veterinarian will use several tools to diagnose your dog's condition. A heart condition which involves a heart murmur will be easy to detect by simply using a stethoscope, while more complicated heart diseases may require the use of a electrocardiogram (ECG) used to measure beat irregularities, echocardiograms which measure strength of heartbeats and reveal congenital defects, chest x-rays or an ultrasound which will show the shape of the dog's heart. Once your dog's specific type of heart condition has been diagnosed, this does not mean he is facing a death sentence. Depending on how early the problem was detected, and what treatment options your veterinarian prescribes, he could still live a normal lifespan with proper care and close observation by your veterinarian.
A proper diet is vitally important in maintaining your dog's health. Supermarket dog foods and those high in synthetic fillers and salt and deficient in the necessary vitamins and minerals, which are so important to your dog's heart and complete health, may be inexpensive and good to your budget, but detrimental to your dog's health and well-being. The extra money spent on a high quality, highly nutritious dog food, may not only save you money you would have to spend on treatments and veterinary visits, but may also extend your dog's life.
The excess salt found in poor quality dog foods increases fluid retention which can put extra pressure and added stress on your dog's heart muscle. Lack of essential vitamins and nutrients which are important to your dog's circulatory, immune and muscle systems, will weaken his overall health and reduce his body's ability to overcome disease and resist illness. Dogs who are suffering from heart disease may have certain vitamin deficiencies which are not being met by a poor quality diet. It is always best for both dogs and humans to derive the vitamins their bodies need through food, rather than synthetic supplements. If you are concerned about your dog's daily diet, please consult your veterinarian on the proper nutrition for your dog.
Exercise is vital to overall health, both for humans and animals. Any living creature who is sedentary will suffer because of the lack of movement (which keeps muscles toned and strong – including the heart!), poor circulation from inactivity, and stress and depression due to the resulting poor health. It may sound insignificant, but even daily walks are better than no exercise at all. Exercise also helps to prevent your dog from becoming overweight, which is important in preventing kidney failure from diabetes and over-burdening the heart, which has to work harder to move the excess weight.
Worming your dog helps to ensure that he does not suffer damage due to an infestation of roundworms, hookworms, heart worms or whipworms, all of which can make your dog seriously ill or left untreated can be fatal.
Share this article with everyone you know who has a dog, so they can be aware of the symptoms of heart disease and preventative measures!


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In Photos: Election Day 2018 In ConnecticutConnecticut voters made their way to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in a high-stakes election that features critical races for governor, U.S. senator and the entire state legislature.
Final Gubernatorial DebateIndependent Oz Griebel, Democrat Ned Lamont and Republican Bob Stefanowski faced off for the last gubernatorial debate before Election Day in the Premier Ballroom of the Fox Tower Hotel complex at Foxwoods Resort and Casino Tuesday night.
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- Hartford Yard Goats Goat YogaThe Hartford Yard Goats hosted goat yoga at Dunkin Donuts Stadium on Saturday, Feb. 16.
- Craft Sippin' in New BritainThe New Britain Museum of American Art hosted its 6th annual Craft Sippin' in New Britain beer tasting Friday night, Feb. 15.
- Science Straight Up: For the Love of FoodThe Connecticut Science Center hosted an overwhelming turn out for its Friday-night Science Straight Up: For The Love of Food event on Feb. 8. The pre-Valentine's Day event opened the science center to adults with a focus on the science of food as an aphrodisiac.
- A Onesie bar crawl in downtown HartfordBar Crawl Live hosted its annual Onesie Bar Crawl on Saturday, Feb. 9. Jammie-clad participants traveled to Hartford bars such as The Press, One-Eyed Pig and The Russian Lady.
- Journey Home Annual GalaJourney Home hosted its annual Home is Where the Heart is gala at The Atrium at CityPlace in Hartford Friday evening, Feb. 8, to raise awareness for chronic homelessness.
- Febtoberfest 2019The Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury held its sixth annual Febtoberfest Thursday evening, Feb. 7, inviting guests to enjoy samples of local beer, liquor and wine, as well as, appetizers from local restaurants. (Alex Syphers/Special to The Courant)
- Hartford Athletic Super Bowl Meet & Greet at Bar LouieMembers of the Hartford Athletic Soccer Team gathered at Bar Louie in West Hartford for a meet and greet while viewing this year's Super Bowl. (Photos by Sean Fowler / Special to The Courant)


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'Psych' stars talk the movie's ending — and a possible return
Spoiler alert! Psych: The Movie ended on a promising cliffhanger. Before Shawn (James Roday) could head out for his honeymoon with Juliet (Maggie Lawson) — with Gus (Dulé Hill) and his new love, Selene (Hill's real-life fiancée, Jazmyn Simon) in tow, naturally — the boys got a visit from Ewan O'Hara (John Cena), Juliet's brother, who's now on the run. Does that mean we're getting a second Psych movie?
"It was always our intention to set up the next movie at the end of the first movie," Roday tells Yahoo Entertainment. "Whether there is a next movie or not, it's important to us to always give the fans a glimpse of what Shawn and Gus' next adventure is, so that, even if we don't get to make any more movies, you know that they are out there caught up in another madcap adventure. Whether it is the Cena story that we take forward, if we get to do it again, or we shift gears and do something else, you at the very least know that now Shawn and Gus got caught up in a crazy adventure with Ewan O'Hara that probably took them to Oslo."
"And, what better way to end the Psych movie than with John Cena," Hill adds. "Like a cherry on top for the Psych movie, we have Ewan O'Hara come in at the end."
Below, Roday and Hill answer a few more of our questions about Psych: The Movie. (Read what they had to say about that epic "suck it" sequence and Zachary Levi's David Bowie tribute here.)
Yahoo Entertainment: Was that sequence with Shawn and Gus applauding the "black gentleman ninja" who wanted to kill them — while also having a heart-to-heart about the women in their lives before admitting it was time to do what they do best, scream and run — the quintessential Psych moment?
James Roday: The running and screaming thing is something that has become synonymous with Shawn and Gus's version of heroism. But, you know, we were so tickled because we could visualize that sequence from pretty early on in the prep stages of this, the two of them having this serious conversation while this acrobatic ninja showed off in the background. And then he literally had to get their attention back and say, "Excuse me, I'm going to kill you."
Dulé Hill: A funny thing is, I was still recovering from my torn achilles during that time. So, you know, I did not get a chance to run as fast as I normally would.
Roday: It was a delicate run.
Hill: Delicate hightail.
There is that moment in the movie when Gus, like, power walks. Was that walk scripted, or something you came up with in the moment, Dulé?
Hill: That one came up in the moment. That was the type of thing where you're trying to get out of there but you don't want to make it too obvious that you're trying to get out of there. You're just walking fast. It was like, let's try to be as cool as we can, try to act natural.
How did you all decide on the perfect woman for Gus?
Roday: The idea was really simple. It was like, what happens if Gus meets Gus? How would he react to the same sort of blanket of shenanigans that he lays on others when he's attempting to hook up? What if they all happened to him?
Hill: When they first pitched me the idea of Gus getting Gus-ed, I thought it was hilarious. Especially the fact that Gus doesn't like it, but when he does it to other people, he thinks it's the smoothest thing in the world. It's like, now you realize why women walked away from you so much. … [Casting is] where I had a little bit more insight and input. Because why would I go and try to fabricate some attraction when there's a wonderful actress that I live with every day. We crack each other up all the time, and I just knew that she would come in and really knock that role out. Over the years we always had issues finding the right match for Gus, someone who could come in and really meet Gus where he is, in terms of all his nuttiness and wackiness that he does, who would be able to be a nice counterpart to him. And I had no doubt that Jazmyn would be good at coming in and doing Gus to Gus.
Shawn and Juliet were finally wed, three years after they got engaged. James, how important was it to give that moment to fans?
Roday: You know, we did the will-they-or-won't-they thing for a really, really long time. And I think that there are a lot of fans that were probably expecting a wedding at the end of the series. And [series creator Steve Franks] and I just weren't ready — it just felt a little obvious and it felt a little derivative of things that have happened on finales of other shows. And it also didn't feel true to that relationship to have them get married just because it was the last episode. So we did what felt right, which was have him propose and then who knows what happened. Because we have the opportunity to come back and do this again, and because this is, more than anything, a love letter and a thank you letter to our fans, it felt cruel to make them wait any longer.
Hill: They waited long enough.
We have to talk about the joke that the manifesto "The Crimes of Juliet O'Hara" sounds like a killer title for a Hallmark movie. "Gus, don't be ridiculous. Jules would never do a Hallmark movie." [Roday and Hill both laugh.] As someone who enjoys Hallmark movies, I know Maggie Lawson recently starred in one [2017's My Favorite Wedding].
Roday: We've kind of made a point to make fun of all of ourselves over the course of that show. We've poked fun at other stuff that we've done in our careers. None of us have too much pride about that kind of stuff. Maggie laughed out loud when she read that. The other joke we have in there that, you know, six people will appreciate, is Kurt Fuller's lifelong career nemesis is Stephen Tobolowsky. They've been up for the same parts for 30 years. So, when the Thin White Duke says, "Get in the boat, Tobolowsky," and [Woody Strode]'s response is frozen — "You just called me Tobolowsky, that is a deep cut and now I am very rattled" — that's art imitating life.
How did you decide to bring back Allison Crowley (Mena Suvari) as the puppetmaster for the Thin White Duke?
Roday: We had a decent chunk of the story in place, but the thread that we knew we needed in order to get the band back together was something from the past. What's the cleanest, direct line to something that would have affected all of us? The only mini franchise that we did that involved a super villain in Psych was Yin-Yang, and Yin and Yang are both dead. So it was pretty simple, once we did the math, who it would have to be. And I reached out to Mena and was like, "Would you be up for this?" And she was like, "Are you kidding? That's the most fun I've ever had." And once we knew that she was on board, we all sighed collectively in relief and knew that we had all the pieces.
And you knew you needed a musical number, I'm sure, which we got with the return of Jimmi Simpson as Mary Lightly.
Roday: We knew we wanted to get Jimmi back. Just because the challenge of continuously appearing even though he's no longer alive is something that we always want to embrace. For the most part, I feel like this movie is sort of a throwback to early Psych and the things that put us on the map, and the Shawn-Gus relationship. So, you know, we didn't want to go too far outside of our sweet spot. But I did say it from the very beginning to Steve, "I just need one dream sequence. Just give me one scene where I can be weird, and that's also how we'll get Mary Lightly back." And he was like, "Absolutely, you got it." And then, you know, the song ties in to who the bad guy ultimately is, so we wanted something with Allison in the title, and we thought, Costello was a little too on the nose and probably way more expensive. So, enter Gin Blossoms [and "Allison Road"]. And, Jimmi had about three days to learn it on the ukulele.
Hill: And for me, I mean, the fact that early on in the series I got to dress up as Michael Jackson, it only seems right that as we are doing this special, I get to dress up as Prince. I mean, c'mon, you've got to have Michael and Prince.
You make us think we're finally going to meet the Chief's husband, but then we don't. What's the story there? Did you have any casting in mind?
Roday: There are a lot of Easter eggs in this movie, and as with any movie, once you get into it and numbers start getting crunched, you always end of having to turn down things and make sacrifices so that you can get the budget down to where it needs to live. And meeting Mr. Vick was a baby that we had to let go of. But hopefully we will be able to revisit it if we get to do another one.
Fans will have been very happy to see that call Juliet makes to Lassiter (Timothy Omundson, who suffered a stroke last spring). How important was it for you guys to have that moment in the movie?
Roday: It was the most important thing, honestly. It's something that we shot later. It wasn't part of the body of the original movie because we wanted to give Tim as much time as possible in his rehab and to be as comfortable as he possibly could. But, I think I can speak for everybody when I say, if we hadn't been able to get that, the movie would not have felt complete.
Hill: Right.
Roday: It just wouldn't have felt right. So thank God, thank whoever you pray to, that it was able to come together and we were able to include him. And that is probably my favorite scene in the movie.
Hill: You can't have a Psych movie without Lassie.
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Reservoir Types
Once the data acquisition studies are concluded, the analysis of the oil and gas accumulated in the reservoir begins. In this phase, the different types of oil and gas are identified and the quantities are estimated with a greater degree of precision.
An oil and gas reservoir type is inferred from the data analysis that correlates, among other things, the pressure, temperature, and chemical composition conditions of the reservoir fluids. Schematically, the behavior of a mixture of hydrocarbons is represented through a phase diagram, in the figure below.
Each mixture will have its own phase diagram, calculated through equations of state, when there is knowledge of the substances that constitute it and their respective quantities – fluid composition. This is determined in a lab through the chromatography of samples extracted from the reservoir through production testing (bottom sampling), wireline testing, surface collecting (separator), etc.
According to the observed characteristics, oil and gas reservoirs are classified into five groups (two oil groups and three gas groups).
Oil Reservoirs
Oil reservoirs contain mixtures of hydrocarbons in which the initial pressure and temperature condition is a point to the left of the critical point (CP), above in the phase diagram.
Black Oil Reservoir
Black oil reservoirs contain large proportions of heavy hydrocarbons in their composition. They are also known as low-shrinkage oil reservoirs. They present high recovery on the surface of the reservoir's produced liquid, due to the reduced quantity of dissolved gas. This is the type of reservoir found in the Atlanta and Oliva fields, in the main fields of the Campos basin, and in international fields like the Bentley field, in the North Sea. "Black Oil" is a definition that covers an enormous amount of oil reservoirs, and generally includes reservoirs containing heavy and medium oil. Typical density values are between 10 and 40°API, with a GOR bellow 200 m³std/m³std.
Volatile Oil Reservoir
This fluid contains greater proportions of light and intermediate hydrocarbons in comparison to black oil. Volatile oil releases a relatively larger volume of gas during its production, leaving a smaller quantity of recovered liquid on the surface. Therefore, they are known as high-shrinkage oil. They are generally found in reservoirs containing light oil, including the Brazilian pre-salt fields and the Brent field. They typically present a density of up to 50°API and a GOR between 200 and 1000 m³std/m³std.
Gas Reservoir
Gas reservoirs contain mixtures of hydrocarbons in which the initial pressure and temperature condition is a point to the right of the critical point (CP), above the phase diagram.
Retrograde Gas Condensate Reservoir
The mixture of hydrocarbons is originally found in the reservoir in the gas phase. Due to fluid production and original pressure reduction of the accumulation, a liquid phase is formed in the reservoir itself, through gas condensation. Oil and gas are produced on the surface. These types of reservoirs present a GOR below 10.000 m³std/m³std and the liquids produced on the surface (condensate) are similar to water, or have a light coloration. Economically, they are more attractive than dry gas reservoirs, because, in addition to gas, they produce condensate, a liquid with high commercial value.
Wet Gas Reservoir
A wet gas reservoir does not present liquid formation. This means that the liquid produced on the surface is condensed in the distance covered during production, in a later point to the passage of the gas from the reservoir to the well. This is the type of reservoir that characterizes the Manati field. Generally, they present a GOR over 10.000 m³std/m³std, the API of the liquid produced on the surface (condensate) is greater than 50° and its appearance is similar to water. As in the retrograde gas condensate reservoirs they produce condensate on the surface, although in smaller quantities, therefore their commercial value is greater than that of dry gas reservoirs.
Dry Gas Reservoir
The mixture of hydrocarbons in dry gas reservoirs is presented solely in the gas phase, both in the reservoir and on the surface. The fluid composition and original and operational conditions of the field impede any condensation of the gas. They are generally lean gases, composed essentially of methane. The only liquid associated to a dry gas reservoir is water.


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There I was, checking into the hospital to deliver a precious new baby. I had waited nine months to meet our prince or princess and the time was now! I had planned and prepared for this day since I saw the double lines on the home pregnancy test, but nothing had me prepared for the flood of emotions I felt when I was walking to the labor and delivery floor. The thought of becoming a new mom had me feeling anxious, excited, and scared.
While checking into the hospital, I remember thinking to myself, "This is it! You are going to leave this hospital with a baby!" At that moment I became anxious and so many questions ran through my head —Would I be a good mom? Would my husband be a good father? Can I REALLY do this? Once I delivered my baby and my husband said "It's a GIRL!", all those questions went away. They placed my daughter in my arms and I instantly fell in love with her. As I held her, I couldn't imagine life without her and she was only in my life for a few minutes. Any anxieties I felt about becoming a new mom were washed away with excitement of my new adventure.
Most little girls dream of being a mommy and now I was one! I was so excited to have a new baby and couldn't wait to get her home to love on her even more. While we were at the hospital I let them keep her in the nursery at night so my husband and I could get some rest, but I did miss her so much when she was gone. I was so happy when they wheeled that bassinet into my room. She was the best baby; she only cried when she needed to be changed, fed or burped and slept most of the time. I was eager for them to discharge us so I could take my baby home and start taking care of her on my own. Finally, they discharged us and we headed home…daddy, mommy and baby! On our first night home, my excitement was now mixed with scared feelings.
Being at home with my new baby was the most scared I had been in a long time. The first night I was scared that I had done something wrong because she would just cry all the time. She didn't sleep that first night except for an hour and that was while I was holding her in the rocking chair. I was reassured by friends and family that it would get better and they were right. We just had to work with her and get her on a schedule. By night number six she would sleep for four hours and wake up for feeding, then go back to sleep. By two weeks, she would stay awake and look at us for a few hours before going back to sleep. When she was six weeks old we had her sleeping in her room for five to six hours at night and waking twice in the night to feed. We followed her schedule and she remained happy, as were we.
A new baby can be one of the happiest times you experience. When I think back to the day of delivery, I remember feeling anxious, excited and scared. I'm sure those feelings are normal for a new mother. I read all the books and asked experienced moms, but nothing really prepared me. I just had to learn my baby's cries and go with my gut on what needed to be done.
Every new mom's experience is different and for most of us, adjusting to this new life as a mom is a wonderful challenge. What was your new mom experience?
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My name is Stephanie. My husband and I will be married 3 years in October. We have a soon to be two year old daughter, McKenna, and a little boy due in January.