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Resist the urge to kill Great White Sharks
What comes to mind when you think of sharks?
Blood thirsty predators?
Well for me, sharks have always been the most beautiful of animals; mysterious and graceful and hugely misunderstood. Unfortunately, sharks have been portrayed in a negative light for many years, often creating irrational hysteria, hatred and fear of these amazing marine creatures.
The great white shark is probably the species of shark that has come under the greatest scrutiny and not least in recent days, when it transpired that the Western Australian Government intends to invest AU $2million in a new Department which will track, catch and destroy sharks as part of their 'shark mitigation strategy'.
This is highly disturbing news.
The great white shark is fully protected in both Australian Commonwealth waters and in WA state (coastal) waters, and not only does this new plan directly contradict the Government's 'White Shark Recovery Plan', it also grossly undermines Australia's international responsibility to protect these sharks.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare is calling on the WA government to rethink the shark kill aspects of their mitigation strategy.
At IFAW, we strongly believe that the widespread killing of Great White Sharks would be disastrous not only to our marine environment but also Australia's reputation as a world leader in marine conservation.
WA's decision is simply not the right response. The ocean is the shark's habitat, and needlessly removing them from our oceans would affect the delicate balance of the marine ecosystem, which could be ecologically and economically devastating.
All year round thousands of swimmers, surfers and other water sports enthusiasts around Australia take to beaches in waters that are home to many different species of marine life including sharks, and this number rises every year as population and tourism increases.
And of course, these people want to feel safe when entering the ocean, but there is no evidence to suggest shark attacks are increasing; we simply see yearly variation in the number of attacks.
According to the Australian Shark Attack File (ASAF) there have been 53 human fatalities in the last 50 years in Australian waters from shark attacks – that's 1.06 attacks per year.
Some years there are no fatalities recorded, other years there have been up to three in a year, but the average remains around one every 12 months.
There is no taking away from the truly tragic nature of these deaths and we would never underestimate the grief and heartache felt by those who have lost loved ones, but IFAW firmly believes that a shark cull is not the answer.
Sharks directly and indirectly regulate the complicated, natural balance of the marine ecosystem and pre-emptively killing sharks has not proven to be a successful strategy in other countries, and is certainly not backed up by scientific evidence or rationale.
'Shark control' efforts in Hawai'i between 1959 and 1976 saw the culling of 4,668 sharks; the result of which saw no measureable differences in the rate of shark attacks in Hawai'ian coastal waters.
This very review of shark control methods concluded that an increased understanding of shark biology and behaviour was actually the answer to reducing shark attacks.
And here we are, 35 years on, with these lessons yet to be learned.
A much wiser use of these funds would be increased helicopter patrols, more research and better public education about avoiding shark hazards. Investing such huge sums of money into shark killing contradicts the whole marine planning process.
To date WA Premier Colin Barnett has taken a balanced approach to the shark conservation debate, and we urge him to reconsider this aspect of the plan and instead take a lead in public education to alert people to the best ways to minimise risk.
Shark populations are already under enormous pressures from fishing practices, which has seen numbers decline by a huge 90% in oceans around the world. Over 100 million sharks are killed every year (that's 11,000 every hour) in several ways; recreational fishing, take and bycatch in commercial fisheries and the devastating practice of shark finning.
When 'shark control' methods are added to this list, the chances of shark populations recovering start to appear very slim indeed.
So perhaps it is actually sharks that should fear humans?


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I've been using RSS Bandit as my RSS feed aggregator and reader for a couple of years now, but today was the day i finally got annoyed enough to ditch it and switch to a new feed aggregator. I chose FeedBurner.
What annoyed me the most about Bandit?
- it kept losing blog posts. Whenever the app started, the latest blog posts were from 10th Dec 2008 (i'm not sure what happened on that date or what is special about it). If i right clicked on the feed and selected Update, the missing posts from the last 4 months would appear again, along with any new posts. This only affected some feeds, there was no pattern to which ones (the feeds affected had anywhere from 10 to 1000+ posts in them), but it was the same feeds each time. This smells like a data store issue to me.
- the delete functionality was incredibly slow. If the deletes folder had maybe a couple of hundred posts in it, and i deleted one post from another feed, then the speed was ok. But if i select ten posts and delete them then it takes ages. And it gets worse the more posts you have sitting in the deletes folder. Taking 30sec to delete 10 posts is IMHO suboptimal.
- it wouldn't shut down correctly. If i started it up and then closed it down in the next hour or so, then it terminated properly. But if i left it running overnight and then shut it down the next morning, the main process would continue to run. Sometimes an app will do this when it is doing a bit of shutdown processing, like maybe tidying up its data store and rebuilding indexes, so i gave Bandit the benefit of the doubt at the start and just let that process run. In fact at one stage i let it go several days, and the process just kept on running in the background. This means it is buggy, and the trouble is that in cases like this if you terminate the process forceably, you risk corruption of its data store if it was in the middle of doing something when you terminated. This might actually be what caused problem #1 above.
-it was also an enormous memory hog. When running Bandit under XP or Vista i would get regular out of memory errors (a termination because of this could also cause problem #1). I should mention that i've got 4GB RAM, and i was running a 64bit version of Vista. I'm now running a 64 bit version of Windows7, and the memory consumption is a lot more stable. While some might blame the OS for the memory management problems, i blame Bandit, as it must have been doing something in a way that triggered the memory issue (when i shut down Bandit the memory got freed up again). They were probably loading the entire database into memory, which would not be particularly efficient on most desktop machines.
Now, i am a software engineer, so i could have just grabbed the source and debugged and fixed the problem instead of whining about it, but i really can't be bothered for a number of reasons. First, i am too busy already. And i hate debugging other people's shit, it can be incredibly tedious. Once i found the problem, it might be a quick fix, or it could be a major rewrite depending on how the app is written. And in any case, there is no guarantee that they would accept my fix, as is their right. It is just simpler to find and install a new aggregator.
So i installed FeedDemon, and in my first 5mins with it i had already started to like it more than RSS Bandit. My only complaint is that when i went to import my RSS Bandit feeds/posts, it threw an error saying i needed to reinstall Bandit, and didn't give me any more details than that. Once again it was probably an issue with Bandit, not FeedDemon. But apart from that little glitch i am happy - FeedDemon is massively faster, it deletes fast, uses considerably less memory, and it shuts down when i tell it to shut down :)
To anyone considering installing RSS Bandit: don't, give it another evolution or two before you try it. Bandit is not very scalable, and doesn't handle feeds with large numbers of posts very well (i have around 130 feeds containing approx 23100 posts). The data store (database) is slow and possibly inefficient. Some improvements need to be made; i need to be able to crunch the database and rebuild indexes, and i need to be able to specify where it should cache its feed data without having to alter the config file directly. Filtering functionality would also be super, so i could automatically delete unwanted posts on high volume feeds.
I might revisit Bandit it in a year and see what progress has been made. Until then, c'est la vie.
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Saturday, April 11, 2009
Goodbye RSS Bandit
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Hearing Aids
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Libraries as Friction Points
The focus of David's discussion isn't necessarily on Law Libraries, though it's a lesson that anyone providing information to a targeted community would do well to listen to. In a fairly detailed example of the digital book sign-out process at his local public library, David describes the delicate balance that libraries must maintain between enabling access to information vs. putting up unintended additional barriers.
In the context of providing 'free' access (or communally paid for access) to licensed content, I think David has it right. Libraries focus on creating an ecosystem that's easy to use, but often end up putting up barriers; and I would add, the publishers themselves don't always make it easy for libraries to act as gatekeepers for paid services.
There is also a bit of an optics issue here. While public libraries often give the impression that the information they deliver is "free access", and publishers certainly do see this kind of access as competition, taking away from their paid product, these types of services are hardly free.
David's concept of "friction points" alone identifies the user's time investment as a soft cost to accessibility. Libraries can try to reduce this friction, but it's hard to imagine a situation where the library service is actually easier than purchasing the product. Which leads me to this question: Has it ever been easier? Is signing up for a library card and wait-listing for a popular piece of fiction any easier than going to the bookstore?
Don't get me wrong, Libraries can reduce the friction to digital borrowing services, as David describes. We can. I suspect we can get much closer using digital tools than we ever could with paper media. But I don't think we can directly compete with publishers. To be honest, I don't think publishers are motivated to make it easier for libraries (but that's a discussion for another day).
For me, really, all library services need to do is get close. If libraries can offer a reasonable alternative, especially when the original material or service doesn't have ROI for a user or group, then close is good enough.
(Horse shoes, hand grenades & library services? ;)


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SOUTH PASADENA — Caltrans has come up with yet another variation of its proposed extension of the Long Beach Freeway that would run through the middle of town, but save about half the historic structures threatened by other plans. This plan, appropriately enough, is dubbed the Meridian Variation.
What the name lacks in originality, the proposed route makes up in practicality, according to state Department of Transportation officials.
The so-called Meridian Variation would avoid 55 of the 106 historic buildings in the path of the original Meridian Route and wipe out 100 fewer dwelling units. The original Meridian Route stretches from the end of the Long Beach Freeway in Alhambra through El Sereno and South Pasadena to an unfinished stub from the Foothill Freeway in Pasadena.
The variation would follow the original Meridian Route until it reaches Monterey Road, then loop two blocks west toward Orange Grove Boulevard before swinging back to the Meridian Route about 1.4 miles to the north at Arlington Street in Pasadena. Most of the change would be in South Pasadena.
9-Month Delay
The route change, which would delay the freeway project at least another nine months while additional environmental studies are conducted, is being proposed to address concerns voiced by federal preservationists that routes previously considered by Caltrans--including the original Meridian Route the agency selected in 1984--would affect too many historic buildings.


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Smart People
- Tom Dawson
- 8 May 2008
(15) 94min
Another week and another dysfunctional American family comedy. Scripted by novelist Mark Poirier and directed by newcomer Noam Murro, Smart People examines the improbable rejuvenation of widowed, middle-aged English professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid), who teaches Victorian literature at a Pittsburgh campus. Contemptuous towards his students and colleagues alike, the irascible and narcissistic Lawrence is also emotionally detached from his children, undergraduate son James (Ashton Holmes) and his sardonic, overachieving Young Republican daughter Vanessa (Ellen Page).
Naturally, Lawrence must be rescued from his curmudgeonly isolation and move forward from his wife's death. Enter both his feckless adopted brother Chuck (Thomas Haden Church), who turns up with a house-guest cum chauffeur, and a romantic interest in the shape of Sarah Jessica Parker's ER doctor, Janet Hartigan, who once nursed a student crush on Lawrence.
Shot in autumnal tones, and accompanied by an irksome soft-rock soundtrack, Smart People is scuppered by the lack of chemistry between its two romantic leads. Why should the female medic be tolerant of her lover's self-absorption and unpleasantness? And why does Parker deliver such a subdued performance? Unlike Noah Baumbach's comparable The Squid and the Whale, the filmmakers here are committed to softening the protagonist's misanthropy, resulting in disappointingly predictable fare.
Selected release from Fri 16 May.


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B2376 1 Here Is How You Can Enjoy Uninterrupted Hot Water Supply
You are in the shower and suddenly the water turns ice cold! You remember that you let some water run down when you were brushing your teeth and shaving and so now the water in the storage tank is not going to be enough for your shower. That is the time you mentally make a note to self that you will never waste a drop of warm water on anything except being in the shower.
But there is an alternative!
If you had been in touch with the latest, you may have realized that the water heater with a storage tank is the obsolete technology and so passé. Today, there are tankless water heaters that are not only energy saving and time saving but they deliver excellent value for the money.
So, what is special about these water heaters that do not have a tank?
To start with there are no storage tanks that are attached to the water heater and precisely for this reason they are also called as instant water heater of on-demand water heaters. Since they do not have a storage tank they directly warm the water that is supplied through them. They use a fuel burner or an element in the pipe which automatically and continuously heats the water that passes through it.
What this means is that firstly you will be able tocomplete your shower with heated water and you do not have to wait initially for water to heat up as well!
Now, if you are wondering how can tankless water heater save me money?Here is the answer:
The American department of Energy had categorically estimated that a person who uses tankless water heater can reduce their electricity usage by atleast $120 annually. That sounds big enough. Additionally, these water heaters have longer life and that means that it offsets the price at which it is bought.


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Ballet Chicago is dedicated to enriching the quality of life of its students, its audience members, and the many underserved groups in the Chicago area. These goals are accomplished through excellence in dance instruction, presentation, and education. From its beginnings as a performing company to its current role as a classical training institution with a pre-professional performing company, Ballet Chicago remains steadfast in its commitment to the cultural vitality of the city of Chicago.
Ballet Chicago is composed of four major components that interconnect to offer valuable services to its students, its audience and the community.
The School of Ballet Chicago
The development of new artists is essential to the future of the performing arts. Ballet Chicago fulfills this purpose by providing a comprehensive training program that provides the artistic and technical skills necessary to pursue a successful career in dance. The School of Ballet Chicago's curriculum is based on the ballet technique established by George Balanchine who revolutionized the art form by expanding and streamlining the fundamentals of classical ballet.
The Ballet Chicago Studio Company
Because Ballet Chicago believes that performing experience is a critical component in the student's artistic and technical development, the Ballet Chicago Studio Company was established in 1997. Composed of the advanced-level students from the School of Ballet Chicago, the Studio Company is a pre-professional dance program that replicates a professional dance company experience. The students perform a professional repertoire in theatrical venues throughout metropolitan Chicago. The performances include the holiday classic The Nutcracker and The Spring Repertory, which showcases the works of George Balanchine, Artistic Director Daniel Duell and other choreographers.
The Balanchine Repertory Project
Acquired by license from the George Balanchine Trust, The Balanchine Repertory Project allows our students the opportunity to perform the repertoire of George Balanchine, the 20th century's most influential classical choreographer. Mr. Balanchine founded the School of American Ballet and the New York City Ballet, and is regarded as one of the most significant artistic influences in the world of ballet. A prolific artist, Mr. Balanchine created more than 400 ballets during his lifetime, some 150 of which are performed regularly by ballet companies all over the world.
The Community Outreach & Educational Program
The Community Outreach & Educational Program services a broad range of diverse groups within metropolitan Chicago. Audiences range in age from pre-school children to senior citizens and hail from the inner-city neighborhoods of Chicago to the outlying suburbs of Lake Forest, Geneva and Gary, Indiana. Each year, approximately 13,000 people in metropolitan Chicago experience our programs and performance offerings which include in-school residences, lecture demonstrations, on-site senior nursing home visits, full-scale public performances, and specially designed children's programs
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A federal grand jury in Albuquerque, N.M., has indicted Gordon Chavez, 35, a probation officer with the New Mexico Corrections Department on charges related to the sexual assault of a probationer whom he supervised. The New Mexico Corrections Department placed Chavez on administrative leave following his arrest on Dec. 4, 2012.
Chavez was charged with violating the civil rights of the victim by engaging in unwanted sexual contact. The indictment also charges Chavez with making material false statements to the FBI. Specifically, the latter count charges Chavez with lying to the FBI when he denied touching the breasts of any female under his supervision and when he denied asking females under his supervision for naked photographs. The indictment alleges that Chavez knew these statements were false at the time that he made them because he had, in fact, engaged in these behaviors.
This investigation is ongoing. Anyone with additional information is encouraged to call the Albuquerque Division of the FBI at (505) 889-1300.
Chavez faces a maximum of six years in prison on both counts. An indictment is merely an accusation and Chavez is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
This case is being investigated by the Albuquerque Division of the FBI and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Baker for the District of New Mexico and Fara Gold of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.


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Suburban Life Stories: Sunflowerson August 16, 2011
Maybe they're not sunflowers, but they certainly are yellow, and that's as far as I study botany.
And what would be so wrong with a backyard full of yellow flowers? That's certainly prettier than flat green grass that doesn't look any different from all the other backyards in Google Maps. I'm trying to make an artistic statement with my backyard here!


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Saturday, August 3, 2013
Friday Night with Friends and Quilt Museum
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I have not been to the quilt museum. I must make a trip soon.ReplyDelete
Oh how wonderful to have a quilt museum you can visit. Love "Skates"....well done.ReplyDelete
Your snowman stitchery is gorgeous and I love the quilts on the side of the building! Wendy xxReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2013 at 2:29 AM
sounds like you had a wonderful day Donna.xxReplyDelete
Lovely snowman stitchery and what a beautiful garden, like the fences. Gorgeous quilts at the outside, thank you for sharing your photo's.ReplyDelete
Ooooh, a quilt museum! How fun is that?ReplyDelete
Lovely Snowman stitchery and looks like a very special day out..ReplyDelete
What a neat weekend! ;)ReplyDelete
A quilt museum and a day spent with hubby sounds great! I'm getting excited for the MN State Fair. There are always so many beautiful quilts on display...not to mention the FOOD!ReplyDelete
Erica :)
Sounds like a great weekend. and Conjouring was down right scary.ReplyDelete
Sounds like you had a wonderful time.. I think you red snowman is cute.. I have been embroidering to and crocheting keeping busy ..Have a great new week with love JaniceReplyDelete
Hi Donna,ReplyDelete
Love your pretty embroidery! Sounds like a wonderful time you had with your sweet hubby! And, I can only imagine how neat it was to see so many pretty quilts!! Have a lovely night! xo Heather
It is always nice to see quilts from different times. I like the way they haven't really changed that much over time. It never ceases to amaze me that older quilts are hand sewn and quilted. The snowman is a cute stitchery.ReplyDelete
Sounds like a perfect weekend. I hadn't heard of that quilt museum-but I'll look it up.Next time we're in that part of Tx-that would a fun thing to do!ReplyDelete
Your embroidery is so pretty! Looks like a like lovely visit with all those quilts! I can image how pretty it is!! :) Have a lovely new week! xo HollyReplyDelete
Cute snowman and you're almost done. Sounds like you had a nice day at the museum.ReplyDelete
How fun to go to the museum. You are almost finished that snowman. He's turning out very cute. My husband wants to go see the Conjuring. Maybe I should go with him if you say it's a must see. (darn I hate scary movies!)ReplyDelete
Sounds like a nice time. I'm finally heading to the museum in November. Can't wait.ReplyDelete


text: It is estimated that there are as many as 26 million men, women and children currently ensnared by human trafficking worldwide. It is the third most profitable organised criminal activity globally, after arms and drug dealing, with annual profits of up to $36 billion. However, it is also the fastest growing and has been identified as the largest human rights violation in the history of mankind.


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Influencer marketing is generating a lot of attention. Unfortunately, there seems to be a lot of activity but the little strategy behind the marketing. Oh, and let me be clear before going much further, that I do not mean hiring celebrities to be the spokesperson for the providers B2C marketing.
Hiring a celebrity to be the spokesperson the hospital or health system can be an expensive and risky proposition. Not everyone in the entertainment segment or sport they represent may have a large enough following in your market.
What is influencer marketing?
Simply put, a person of influence can effect action. Fans, friends, and followers are meaningless; it's not about going after the most famous person. It's about finding the influencer who can best move your audience to take action that brings benefit to you and them. An influencer may be an industry expert. It may be someone internally.
Think of influencer marketing as a relationship that co-creates meaningful content within a strategic marketing plan with defined goals that is measurable. Influencer marketing is not creating isolated pieces of content or campaigns. You want to build respective value beyond compensation.
Influencer marketing missteps to avoid.
There has been a limited effort to date on providers part in using influencer marketing. But from what I have seen, here are five things to avoid.
1. One-off campaigns: Using influencers once then abandoning the effort only to start again does little to change or influence the potential healthcare consumer. You must aim for sustainability.
2. Don't focus on celebrities. Stars granted have a broad audience, but they are hard to reach, expensive to activate and may not be the most relevant.
3. Using Influence marketing for ads only: Sure the endorsement looks great in the ad, and it makes the board and doctors happy. But, is that driving the healthcare consumer to you? Doubtful. You need to co-create content and let the influencer step out and work on your behalf.
4. Pay-to-Play: I am not saying that you should not pay influencers. But what I am saying is that if the only value exchange between you and the influencer is cash, and you are not co-creating great content; then there is no mutual benefit. The benefit is one-sided, theirs.
5. Not measuring the right metrics: You can measure the business value of influencer marketing, not just social media engagements and brand lift. Start with the right goals and metrics to measure these aims.
What you need to in influencer marketing.
1. Have an adequate budget. It's important to understand the opportunity for return on investment. What does it cost to implement the program measured against the cost of losing access to the top influencers in your market when the competition gets there first. Think about it as a program, not unique projects. Long-term relationships create the most value for your spend.
2. Follow the insight. That means doing your market research to understand the hospitals market and identify those influencers who can affect change and move the market. Don't guess, know.
3. Identify the top influencer marketing goals. The influencer marketing program is about ROI, not brand lift and awareness. Make sure your goals and the influencers goals are in alignment.
4. Identify what areas are most impacted by influencer marketing. Social media marketing and content marketing are your best areas. Remember that social media is a baseline. Look to your make your program highly integrated across the organization and commercialization channels. The healthcare consumer is omnichannel which means that your influencer marketing needs to be omnichannel as well.
It is easy to get started in influencer marketing. From those first steps, you can grow your efforts in creating a sustainable long-term program built on relationships and moving markets.
Remember influencer marketing is additive, not exclusive, and long-term not short-term.
Influencer marketing's time has come for providers, but it's not celebrity driven, and one-off campaigns. It's about long-term beneficial relationships that create value for sustained success.
Michael is a healthcare marketing business, marketing, and communications strategist and thought leader. As an internationally followed healthcare marketing strategy blogger, his blog, Healthcare Marketing Matters receives over 20,000 page views a month and read in 52 countries. He is a Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives, Professional Certified Marketer, American Marketing Association and HubSpot Academy- Email Marketing, Inbound Marketing & Inbound Sales Certified. Post opinions are my own.
For more topics and thought leading discussions like this, join his group, Healthcare Marketing Leaders For Change, a LinkedIn Professional Group.


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Distinguished guests from the diplomatic community were treated to a unique fashion show on Philippine culture.
The ladies of the Asia-Pacific Diplomatic Group were wowed with a fashion show about the evolution of Philippine Fashion hosted by Debbie Gatan, the wife of Philippine Ambassador Leslie Gatan.
"This is fashion from a cultural perspective. Like how our Philippine attires have evolved from the pre-Hispanic to the Hispanic period and onto the modern wraps which is very very popular," she said.
The evolution of Philippine fashion was shown from the pre-colonial era to the Spanish period with the baro't saya, the mestiza dresses and ternos with butterfly sleeves of the American period, and the modern Filipiniana styles of today.
Many, like Penny Tucker, the wife of the ambassador of New Zealand, were impressed with the different styles showcased.
"I think that the clothes were absolutely beautiful. I like two things in particular. One is the way that all of the layers work together so you can see how you can do different things with the same garments, and I thought it was beautiful too the way that the light comes off the fabric because it's slightly shiny. So the whole thing is vivid and cheerful," Tucker said.
The cultural exhibit also showcased different fabrics from various parts of the Philippines and dolls in diverse Filipiniana attire.
With the fashion show, Mrs. Gatan hopes to encourage kababayans to wear Filipiniana clothing more often and to encourage foreigners to buy from Filipino artisans.
The outfits that were modeled were from the personal collection of the Philippine embassy staff.
The intimate affair showcased the craftsmanship of Filipino artisans, the different textiles used and showed Filipino culture at its finest.
Disclaimer: if you are reading this article on one of this site, designandfashion.info , you are reading stolen content. To view this article from its original source visit swedes-love-fashion.blogspot.com


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Starkos necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 181 diseños de 45 diseñadores freelance.
Musicality is a web music player for Mac. We take popular music services like Pandora, Last.fm, and Grooveshark—whose browser-based interfaces can be clumsy and cumbersome—and make them easy to use, with keyboard shortcuts, the Apple remote, song notifications. Our goal is to unify all of your music, no matter where it lives, and make it feel like part of your desktop.
We've had an intentionally low-key launch to help us find and fix any kinks. Now we're getting ready to move to the new Mac App Store, and we want Musicality all dressed up and looking good for the big show.
You can learn a little more about Musicality and us at http://industriousone.com/musicality.
We've found a niche with creative professionals who like to listen to music while they work, but don't want to be distracted.
This is for the Mac, and so should follow Apple's guidelines here:
Required sizes are 512x512, 128x128, 32x32, 16x16.
Other than that, the sky is really the limit. I'd like something colorful, fun, and ideally a little unexpected (pretty much the exact opposite of our current icon). To help get things started, here are a few images I found on 99designs and the web that I liked—though I'm wide open to new ideas.


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By Kam Zarrabi, Intellectual Discourse
Ever since the establishment of the Islamic revolutionary regime in Iran thirty-two years ago, and especially since the harsh rhetoric spewed by George W. Bush during his State of the Union address in 2002, in which he portrayed the Islamic Republic as a member of the Axis of Evil, "containing" Iran and expending efforts toward a regime change by any means short of a direct military engagement with Iran have been the officially expressed policy of the Unites States.
This is not to say that the threats of a preemptive military attack against Iran's infrastructure, military installations and nuclear operations' facilities by the United States or the Israeli regime have not been flooding the mass media on a regular basis, creating anxieties that a new war front might be opened, this time against a country three times the size of Iraq and much better equipped to defend itself. The policy of "Dual Containment" whose architect, Martin Indyk, a staunch Zionist, became Bill Clinton's Assistant Secretary of State on Middle East affairs, was carried over after Iraq's demise as the main policy toward Iran during the presidency of George W. Bush, and remains basically in effect to this day.
In the meantime, various overt and covert acts of interference, sabotage, assassinations and outright terrorism against Iran, aimed at damaging and crippling the government in the hopes of creating instability and encouraging a public uprising against the regime have been ongoing. Dissident groups within the country, mostly the members of the former upper crust, the intelligentsia, and the urban youth, were targeted for support and encouragement to rise up against the regime, demanding democratic reforms that, if successful, would limit the clerical power and dominance and bring about a more pliable and less confrontational political atmosphere in Iran.
Promoting democratic reforms, freedoms of expression and other grand and noble liberal ideals by a foreign superpower that regarded the Islamic Republic of Iran as a threat to regional and even international peace and stability was rightly viewed by the Iranians with great suspicion. America's open support for the so-called Green Movement, pro-democracy activists and proponents of the "velvet revolution", after the disputed 2009 presidential elections in Iran, was also interpreted as America's ploy to plant a Trojan Horse inside Iran in order to exploit the situation. This seemingly brash and thoughtless support for the anti-regime movements did prove counterproductive by tainting an arguably meaningful opposition movement and discrediting it as a tool of foreign, anti-Iran, propaganda campaign. But was this really a "thoughtless" act, or was it actually intended to damage the image of the reform movement?
In spite of all the propaganda rhetoric, there is realistically no sign that the increasingly harsh unilateral economic sanctions imposed by the United States against the Islamic Republic would inflict the death blow to the Iranian regime, this time either.
In short, none of the measures adopted by the US administration to effect a meaningful movement toward a regime change or a softening of the defiant stance in Iran have been successful. But all those efforts have indeed resulted in a very predictable series of developments, most of which appear clearly to have been counterproductive for the objectives officially expressed by the US administration. Again, does the United States, or Israel for that matter, truly want to change Iran's defiant and supposedly threatening image? Think about it!
Now, here is the question: Is it reasonable to consider the policy makers at the highest levels of the Administration as a bunch of incompetent fools who are incapable of formulating foreign policy decisions that could be fruitful? I am not talking about the sleazy bunch of lobby-selected members of Congress who mole their way into the various strategic committees of the House or Senate. After all, what can one say about a body where nutcases like Rick Santorum could find a seat in the US Senate, or where seditious slaves of the Israeli lobby are found at the House or the Senate committees dealing with issues in any way connected with Israel's strategic interests. These lawmakers sit and pass resolutions that serve the interests of their master, even if in direct conflict with the interests of their constituents who had sheepishly voted them into office.
Fortunately, it is the Executive Branch that is responsible for implementing these resolutions, and the Chief Executive does have a degree of leverage in exercising that authority. It is here, at the executive level, that foreign policy decisions are finally crafted and executed. Here is where, I believe, people in charge do know, or must know, what to do and have a clear view of the consequences of what is to be done. The Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Secretary of State, the President himself, and sometimes even the Vice President, do make mistakes and miscalculate, but they are by no means imbeciles or maniacs. They do understand what the realities are, even though, due to various political constraints, they might not be capable of implementing the policies that they believe to be in the best interests of the nation. Why is it so? Read on:
The American democracy, as imperfect as it is, has given the citizens the right and the ability to choose their leaders, albeit in a confusing fog of propaganda, misinformation and disinformation when it comes to anything outside of the nation's geographical boundaries. As we have seen during the current Republican campaigns, all the competitors, with the exception of Ron Paul, have gone out of their way to kiss up to Israel and show their readiness, even anxiousness, to start bombing Iran if elected President. The intellectually immature zealot, Rick Santorum, honestly believes what he says; he might even believe that Earth is flat and that dinosaurs walked hand-in-hand with man in peace and harmony before they were corrupted by the Moslems and became carnivores! But the likes of the chief charlatan, Newt Gingrich, or the shifty eyed, Mitt Romney, must know better but feel they have to appeal to the mindset of the gullible lot they address during their campaigns to get their votes. I just wonder what Gingrich or Romney say in private, or when not connected to a mike, about the "danger" Iran might pose to United States, or their true feelings about Israel. We have had a glimpse of Bill Clinton and Barak Obama's views about the Israeli leadership! Gingrich, in public and on the microphone addressing his followers at the end of the Iowa caucuses stated that the United States must stand by and support Israel for "moral" reasons. This coming from a man whose moral and ethical pedestal he stands on is shorter than a micron, is indeed a joke!
The Republican lot has been accusing the Administration of not being hard enough on Iran. The Congress passed a new resolution that the President signed into law on December 31st. This National Defense Authorization Act also deals with the imposition of a radical new sanction on Iran's Central Bank, which under internationally recognized norms, is tantamount to a declaration of war!
Main article: U.S. sanctions against Iran
As part of the ongoing dispute over Iranian uranium enrichment, section 1045 of the NDAA imposes unilateral sanctions against the Central Bank of Iran, effectively blocking Iranian oil exports to countries which do business with the United States.[37][38] The new sanctions impose penalties against entities -- including corporations and foreign central banks -- which engage in transactions with the Iranian central bank. Sanctions on transactions unrelated to petroleum take effect 60 days after the bill is signed into law, while sanctions on transactions related to petroleum take effect a minimum of six months after the bill's signing.[38] The bill grants the U.S. President authority to grant waivers in cases in which petroleum purchasers are unable, due to supply or cost, to significantly reduce their purchases of Iranian oil, or in which American national security is threatened by implementation of the sanctions.[38][39]"
It is the section I have underlined and highlighted that is the bone of contention between the Republican presidential hopefuls and President Obama.
In the domain of public opinion, Obama must also walk the tightrope. He must appear as tough and unbending on Iran as his Republican opponents, while making sure that all the deceptive and the agenda-driven prefabricated rhetoric doesn't really get out of hand and lead to a calamity.
The people in the know in the Administration do not want a war with Iran. Neither do the decision makers in the Israeli administration, in spite of what the thug, Netanyahu, says publicly to appease his own people. The Iranian government is certainly not looking forward to a military entanglement with anybody, Israel or the United States, which would doubtless result in its total devstation.
On his part, the Iranian "Supreme Leader", Ayatollah Khamaneh'i, is also playing a moderating role between the extreme right hardliners and the reform minded moderates. He also has to publicly appear uncompromisingly tough against the United States and its threats on one side, and the secularist moderates who look toward a rapprochement with the United States and who might potentially capitulate prematurely, on the other. He also has a "public mindset" to cope with. Both the Obama administration and the Iranian leadership have been playing their roles rather well, considering the circumstances where an unwanted accident could ignite an unstoppable hellfire.
The Iranian administration, in the face of undeniable evidence to the contrary, does not officially blame the United States, Great Britain or the Israelis for the acts of terrorism and sabotage and assassinations in Iran in order to keep the public's understandable rage and demands for reprisals under control. In the United States, scenarios like the Iranian used car dealer from Texas and his FBI mole in a Mexican drug cartel supposedly planning to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington are also kept from gaining undue attention in the public domain for the same reasons.
Now the bottom line; this is what I believe:
A. Regarding Iran:
B. Regarding Israel:
C. Regarding the United States:
We have seen how the deadlines for a preemptive attack on Iran by the United States or Israel have repeatedly been breached and the goal posts moved further ahead almost on a regular basis. We have seen how "crippling" sanctions imposed on the Iranian economy and international trade have proven rather less than crippling. And the game goes on and on.
In the meantime, the threat of a potentially catastrophic and counterproductive war with Iran looms greater and greater on a near horizon. Organizations dedicated to opposing these looming threats have devoted their websites to campaigning against a war with Iran. Some are clearly opposed to Iran's current regime but feel that a war against the Iranian nation is not the right thing to do and, instead, better results could be achieved through more severe targeted sanctions and support for democratic movements and human rights within Iran. Some, on the other hand, do not view the Iranian regime as the evil depicted by the Western media, and blame the US media and the Administration for hyping Iran's so-called nuclear ambitions and threats Iran poses to the world as pretexts for a military attack upon Iran. Still others attempt to defuse the threats of a military attack against the Islamic Republic by publishing a comprehensive array of articles on the subject on a daily basis. And there are anti-war websites that oppose any military adventurism against Iran or elsewhere for pragmatic, as well as ideological, reasons.
What is shared by all these organizations, however, is the belief that there exists, in actual fact, some concerted effort, indigenous, as well as through Israel's influence, to drag the United States into a war against the Islamic Republic, or at least allow the Israeli's to take on that job with America's blessing and support.
Here is why I beg to differ!
1- As we have already witnessed many times in the past decades, whenever it was rightly or wrongly perceived by the United States that attacking another country was necessary, the mission was carried out without hesitation or regard to international laws or global opinions.
2- If the United States truly felt that attacking Iran would be beneficial for America's strategic interests in the Middle East, there have always been enough concocted pretexts to justify such an attack with the blessings of the American public. All polls show that a majority of Americans do regard Iran as an evil enemy and would not object to a preemptive attack if such action were presented in the context of national defense.
3- If the United States truly believed that imposing economic sanctions and even embargos and blockades against the Islamic Republic would bring about any desired results, nothing could have stopped the Administration to go all the way, rather than implement half-ass measures that only have the appearance of seriousness, with enough escape holes for Iran to wade through.
4- If the Israelis truly believed that attacking Iran would safeguard them from the "wrath of the Ayatollahs", they would also have done that, knowing full well that, whether the United States approved of such action or not, they would have the full support of America's military and diplomatic power.
5- Finally, when mere threats of war are accomplishing the objectives, whether desirable or by default, it would be plain stupid to engage in an actual costly war.
To further elaborate on this last point, I invite the readers to visit my website and read the last few articles. I also elaborated on this issue in the "Conclusions" section of my recent book, IRAN, Back in Context.
My conclusion:
Kam Zarrabi is the
author of In Zarathushtra's Shadow and Necessary Illusion. He has conducted lectures and seminars on international affairs,
particularly in relation to Iran, with focus on US/Iran issues. Zarrabi's latest book is Iran, Back in Context.
No, there is NOT going to be a war on Iran and there never was a serious consideration by the Administration to attack Iran preemptively. And here is where I have always disagreed with my anti-war colleagues who have so feverishly warned us about the efforts underway to drag us into such a war.
I have also disagreed with the Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist and whistle blower, Seymour Hersh, every time he warned that, based on his solid information, the attack on Iran was imminent and would take place before such and such a date. He, as many others, seem to have finally tired of making such predictions.
That is not to say that an outbreak of war would be impossible, but it is highly unlikely, and could only occur by accident or ignited by some rogue elements in the region. This is why a hotline connecting the militaries of Iran, Israel and the United States is a vital necessity and, I believe, such a hotline does exist despite the denials by all sides.
Other recent articles by Kam Zarrabi:
Iran Back In Context
Author: Kambiz Zarrabi
Kamran Zarrabi has just completed writing his memoirs of his 2011 trip to Iran. The manuscript called "Iran, Back in Context" also contains the accounts of several interviews with a broad cross section of people, photographs, and details of travels to remote areas of the country.
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How are you? Start any new side projects lately?
I have. For your exploration, a spark of the happenings in my life.
1. Kinertia. 501(c)3 not-for-profit (ideas apparently don't count as currency). Mission: accelerate active ideas. AKA side projects don't lose x% of finances to municipalities during transactions that yield greater good.
2. Automated infographics. Yep. I've drafted a kickstarter project to automate the generation of infographics like the one below so that you can answer some questions and logically (as opposed to magically) your own appears. Customize with your pics. Link to social media so your interests can be mapped and visualized over time. In the future. For now, you could get your own one personal health infographic. Awesome!
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Finally TED is coming up and I am sparked. The idea of spending a week among hundreds of other intellectually stimulated, ideaful people delights me. And motivates me to expend effort creating things I think should exist. Why not? So here is the latest from the TEDx Global Music Project. I recommend subscribing to the RSS.
Better than the latest: the future. It's intense. Keep going.
Delightful new genre called "Ka-Ka" from Serbia because listening to a song adds 3.5 seconds to your life. Music starts at 1:34.
Now focus on breathing while you listen to the hang.
4? I am switching to bullet points. Still listening to that first performance, harp and cello.
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Be vibrant. I do so by working on the most curious things I can explore. Serbian music playing now. If you find cool videos – as in visualizing something you can't technically "see" like timelapse oh!
Wowing example of something I find amazing: timelapse of clouds over a rainforest, which to me looks like the edge of a tide with soft waves sloshing.
You are on a quest to discover and share. Tweet things to me @amyleerobinson. Consider it your mission: find awesomeness and make it social. You will get a life bonus in the form of some surprise that brings you delight, like a retweet. How can I entice you, oh wise and noble internet browser who has just discovered this post, to uncover wonder and report back?


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The two landmark buildings that make up Northumbria University's City Campus East house the Schools of Design, Law and Business.
Built on a former brownfield site and providing a floor area of 24,000m2, the city centre campus illustrates how sustainability can play an integral role in urban renewal.
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The campus was named North East Landmark of the Year and Public Sector Award Winner at the 2007 Landmark Awards.
It also won the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers Low Carbon New Build Project of the Year Award 2007.
City Campus East was named Project of the Year and won the Design & Innovation Award and the Sustainability Award at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Renaissance Awards 2008.
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We have been advised that according to Peruvian Customs Regulations any ship arriving at a Peruvian port must have onboard the cargo manifests relating to all loaded cargo, including those for cargoes in transit. Without these manifests the cargo will be seized by customs and discharged from the vessel even if the cargo manifests are presented afterwards. There is a presumption according to law that any unmanifested cargo is being smuggled.
At present, there is an aggressive campaign promoted by the Peruvian Government against smuggling which is leading to the customs authorities being far tougher on this issue.
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So, given what we've learned so far, what does that say about how to give good suggestions?
For a suggestion to take, you need:
- The power to activate nodes
- You need their attention ready to focus on what you tell them
- You need to deliver suggestions that are effective at lighting up the nodes.
- Precision to target the *right* nodes so that the cards unfold properly
- Avoid activating incompatible nodes. You can do this by:
- clever avoidance of sticking your neck out
- distractions
- building a state of mind such that the suggestion makes sense.
- avoid activating any unnecessary nodes at all (wide trance)
There are a lot of ways to do these things. Some are honest, some questionable so, and some are clearly The Dark Arts. A lot of tricks help in more than one way, and can often be incompatible with other techniques, or work against you in other ways. So here's where the art part comes in...
You need their attention - the more the better. Pattern interrupt them. Directly suggest/ask/instruct them to give you attention. Frame it as important, or fascinating, or terrifying. Get emotions going. Get eye contact. Shut out distractions - close their eyes, relax them, suggest that outside noises are unimportant or even intensify their focus. Do a good job getting them ready to go top down.
Make your suggestions salient. Do a good job from the bottom up.
What we know from connectionism and priming say that we should hit it from many angles. Classical conditioning says that repetition can help. Say it over and over from many angles.
Prime them beforehand. "You know the feeling where...", "I'm sure you've had an experience where..."
Say it with emphasis. Sub-communicate intent and confidence. Be authoritative.
"You know what it's like when your arm falls asleep, right? Numb? Tingly perhaps? Very heavy and hard to move... Just like that your arm will be so heavy that you will not be able to move it. That arm will be stuck, locked, and glued to the table. It's almost like it just doesn't want to move. Almost like you're subconsciously not even trying. Or perhaps you've simply forgotten how to try"
Make sure they understand what is asked of them.
Individual differences mean that some approaches might work better than others, so repeat yourself in different ways (again). It's not just that each word contributes, but also casting a wider net makes it more likely to catch the bigger fish.
Use direct suggestions when they're more clear than indirect suggestions, and use indirect suggestions when they're (perhaps counter-intuitively) more clear than direct suggestions.
In a lot of cases, direct suggestions are clear and being indirect seems like a waste of time. However, things like "lower your blood pressure", while abstractly understood, do not connect well to experiences. It's compartmentalized by default. This is the important sense in which it isn't clear - it's not clear to the right compartment. You're better off with suggestions like "relax" and "let the stress melt away".
If they can't connect your suggestions to experiences, they won't experience what you suggest. Ask them to nod if they understand.
Be precise. Don't say "You cannot think about a white elephant. You just cant think of it" unless your intention is to blank their mind completely (oops, been there, done that!).
If you need them to be amazed by this for your scheme to work, then specify that. Don't leave room for unplanned responses.
Make sure opposing thoughts do not come up.
Avoid sticking your neck out to take attention off failure. Start with small effect sizes and easy types of suggestions. Tell them to make it happen. Suggest that things "can" or "might" happen. Suggest interpretations under which the desired effect is a floating belief - Isolate the truth value from the territory. Have them "just imagine", or "just imagine that it'll work" and then make it real.
Distract them. Fast talk so they don't have time to think up alternatives. Get eye contact. Give them other attention demanding tasks. Use presuppositions, double binds, and other linguistic tricks. Do it covertly so that they don't notice to think about it. Suggest that it will remain outside their awareness, but happen anyway. Suggest that resisting is outside their locus of control, and that the harder they try to resist, the more it will work.
Set the context so that they are comfortable with the suggestion working. Be permissive. Make them want it to work. Make it say good things about them if it works. Make them expect it will work. Use convincers. Use other specific suggestions to place them in the frame of mind to be open to this suggestion (e.g. "everything in your pockets belongs to me" before "give me what is in your pockets").
Avoid priming them with the wrong thing. This is why negative suggestions should be used carfully or avoided. Don't be sayin' "don't focus on it not working", for example.
Subcommunicate well by having the right mindset. Pay attention to the idea of it succeeding. Hold in mind the idea that they will do what you say. That way you'll say it with proper intent, confidence, and authority. Or maybe you'll say it as if it is just a matter of fact, or that it is just routine now.
Perhaps, condition them to inhibit all other thoughts and catch problematic thoughts in the wide net. Do this by using all the tricks above to deliver suggestions aimed to enhance suggestibility. Make them comfortable going deep. Make them want to go deep. Use fractionation to give them practice dropping deep (and an excuse to push beyond the 'max', since repeating "deeper" forever quickly reaches diminishing returns, and they don't fully "come out" quickly). Directly suggest that they go deep. Directly suggest that direct suggestions work. Directly suggest the specific processes desired (mental focus, clarity, tuning out of other stimuli, silence of mental voice, etc). Have them jump into the imagination that they can do better, and then suggest that they will.


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The Rev. Michael S. Bell, director of Pastoral Care for Good Samaritan Hospital, former Chaplain with Episcopal Communities & Services here in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, and former Missioner in the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas. A fifth-generation Texan by birth, who has enjoyed work, study, and travel in various regions of the U.S. and abroad, including prior professional work in healthcare and consulting before pursuing the vocational call to full-time ordained ministry as a priest, Chaplain Michael enjoys the challenges and opportunities of embracing religious pluralism in a practical sense through service with and for others.
Sister Yolanda Vega is a NACC board certified chaplain and Sister in the Roman Catholic religious community Sisters of Social Service who has been active in a variety of ministries previously before more recently serving as a chaplain for over 11 years, first at through St. Camillus Pastoral Center at USC Medical Center and currently at Good Samaritan Hospital. A graduate of California State University at Northridge, Sister Yoly also earned a Masters in Religious Studies from Incarnate Word University in San Antonio, Texas and has a bilingual teaching credential. Having grown up among orange and lemon groves in the small town of Fillmore in Ventura County with a father from Mexico and a U.S.-born mother from Mexican parents, she brings bilingual skill and bicultural perspective to her pastoral ministry.
The Rev. Yein Esther Kim, Episcopal priest serving as Parish Associate at St. Athanasius Episcopal Church at Cathedral Center of St. Paul, Echo Park. As well as leading several Korean Ministry projects in partnership with St. James in-the-City Episcopal Church and with the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, she is part of the Korean Convocation throughout the U.S. and participates in various Asian Ministry projects while serving on the Board of Li Tim-Oi Center as a secretary. Born in Seoul, Korea in an Anglican family, with a long history of Anglican priests in the lineage, she studied Political Science and International Politics in college and graduate school. She completed seminary studies in Boston, completed her Clinical Pastoral Education at Good Samaritan Hospital, and was ordained to as a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.
John Ishvaradas Abdallah, founder & executive director of World Without Borders Interfaith Sufi Ashram as well as member of many inter-faith boards, including the Board of Directors of the Christian-Muslim Consultative Group, Board of Advisors of The Guibord Center in Los Angeles , and Board of Advisors of the Southern California Committee for a Parliament of World's Religions. Born in Hyderabad, India, in a Muslim family, he grew up with Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian and Zoroastrian neighbors and friends of the family. John is a Naturalized Bicentennial US citizen and has lived in the United States of America since 1964. Thankful and very pleased father of a son and a daughter, he has lived in Southern California since 1975 with his loving Japanese (and Japan-born) wife who has a rare gift of understanding.
Rabbi Rami M. Sadeghi, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist in Los Angeles who volunteers as an on-call Jewish Chaplain for Good Samaritan Hospital. Chaplain Rami is a founding board member of a program run by the FBI, focusing on security revolving around houses of worship in the greater LA area. Chaplain Rami sought his vocation by doing his first rotation under the tutelage of his mentor Rabbi Levi Meier, Ph.D., the head Chaplain at Cedar Sinai Medical Center. With a Ph.D. in Psychology from USC and now in private practice in Beverly Hills, Chaplain Rami also regularly leads Jewish High Holiday services for beginners, and facilitates workshops and lectures at Jewish and Christian houses of worship, numerous private schools, as well as graduate schools. In all his endeavors, Chaplain Rami strives to facilitate self-healing and spiritual growth. He is a loving husband and father to his wife and four children.
Rev. Ryuzen Hayashi is a priest of Koyasan Beikoku Betsuin of Los Angeles (the Koyasan Buddhist Temple) and serves as head priest at Harbor City Koyasan Church. The Koyasan Buddhist Temple is the North American regional headquarters of the Koyasan Shingon Buddhist Mission established in Japan by Kodo Daishi in 816 A.D.. Rev. Hayashi is from Kyusyu, Japan. He graduated from Shu-Chi-in University in Kyoto and completed seminary at Koyasan Senshu Gakuin. He began his work at Koyasan Buddhist Temple in 2012 when the temple was celebrating its 100th Anniversary of Koyasan Beikoku Betsuin.
Imam Abu Ishaq Abdul Hafiz is a retired Chaplain from the Federal Bureau of Prisons serving as Supervisory Chaplain for 15 years. He was selected Chaplain of the year by the Federal Bureau of prisons for his interfaith and team ministry approach and he was selected Chaplain of the year by Jewish Chabad Aleph Institute in 2009 for his service to all faith communities in the prison setting. Born in Gary, Indiana and raised as a Baptist, he converted to the Islamic faith during his undergraduate years. Brother Abdul is a graduate of Tuskegee University with B.S. in U.S. History and received his Islamic certifications studying in Mecca and Riyadh Saudi Arabia. Currently, Brother Abdul is Director of Prison outreach for Shura Council of Southern California which visits Muslim inmates from Los Angeles County up to San Diego County and he's actively involved in interfaith work in Los Angeles, and Long Beach.


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Mechanism of action
In pharmacology, the term mechanism of action (MOA) refers to the specific biochemical interaction through which a drug substance produces its pharmacological effect.[1] A mechanism of action usually includes mention of the specific molecular targets to which the drug binds, such as an enzyme or receptor.[2] Receptor sites have specific affinities for drugs based on the chemical structure of the drug, as well as the specific action that occurs there. Drugs that do not bind to receptors produce their corresponding therapeutic effect by simply interacting with chemical or physical properties in the body. Common examples of drugs that work in this way are antacids and laxatives.[1]
In comparison, a mode of action (MoA) describes functional or anatomical changes, at the cellular level, resulting from the exposure of a living organism to a substance.
Drugs with known mechanisms of action
There are many drugs in which the mechanism of action is known. By knowing the interaction between a certain site of a drug and a receptor, other drugs can be formulated in a way that replicates this interaction, thus producing the same therapeutic effects. Indeed, this method is used to create new drugs.
The mechanism of action of aspirin involves irreversible inhibition of the enzyme cyclooxygenase;[3] therefore suppressing the production of prostaglandins and thromboxanes, thus reducing pain and inflammation. This mechanism of action is specific to aspirin, and is not constant for all nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Rather, aspirin is the only NSAID that irreversibly inhibits COX-1.[4]
Drugs with unknown mechanisms of action
Some drug mechanisms of action are still unknown. However, even though the mechanism of action of a certain drug is unknown, the drug still functions; it is just unknown or unclear how the drug interacts with receptors and produces its therapeutic effect.
Versus mode of action
In some literature articles, the term mechanism of action and mode of action (MoA) are used interchangeably; typically referring to the way in which the drug interacts and produces a medical effect. However, in actuality, a mode of action describes functional or anatomical changes, at the cellular level, resulting from the exposure of a living organism to a substance.[5] This differs from a mechanism of action, as it is a more specific term that focuses on the interaction between the drug itself and an enzyme or receptor and its particular form of interaction, whether through inhibition, activation, agonism, or antagonism. Furthermore, the term mechanism of action is the main term that is primarily used in pharmacology, whereas mode of action will more often appear in the field of microbiology or certain aspects of biology.
Methods of determination
Microscopy-based methods
Bioactive compounds induce phenotypic changes in target cells, changes that are observable by microscopy, and which can give insight into the mechanism of action of the compound.[6] With antibacterial agents, for example, the conversion of target cells to spheroplasts can be an indication that peptidoglycan synthesis is being targeted, and filamentation of target cells can be an indication that FtsZ or DNA is being targeted.[7] In the case of anticancer agents, bleb formation can be an indication that the compound is disrupting the plasma membrane.[8] A current limitation of this approach is the time required to manually generate and interpret data, but advances in automated microscopy and image analysis software may help resolve this.[6][7]
Direct biochemical methods
Direct biochemical methods include methods in which a protein or a small molecule, such as a drug candidate, is labeled and is traced throughout the body.[9] This proves to be the most direct approach to find target protein that will bind to small targets of interest, such as a basic representation of a drug outline, in order to identify the pharmacophore of the drug. Due to the physical interactions between the labeled molecule and a protein, biochemical methods can be used to determine the toxicity, efficacy, and the mechanism of action of the drug.
Computation inference methods
Typically, computation inference methods are primarily used to predict protein targets for small molecule drugs based on computer based pattern recognition.[9] However, this method could also be used for finding new targets for existing or newly developed drugs. By identifying the pharmacophore of the drug molecule, the profiling method of pattern recognition can be carried out where a new target is identified.[9] This provides an insight at a possible mechanism of action, as it is known what certain functional components of the drug are responsible for interacting with a certain area on a protein, thus, leading to a therapeutic effect.
See also
- 1 2 Spratto, George R.; Adrienne L. Woods (2010). Delmar Nurse's Drug Handbook. Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-1-4390-5616-5.
- ↑ Grant RL, Combs AB, Acosta D (2010) "Experimental Models for the Investigation of Toxicological Mechanisms". In McQueen CA. Comprehensive Toxicology (2nd ed.). Oxford: Elsevier. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-08-046884-6.
- ↑ L. Tóth, L. Muszbek, I. Komaromi "Mechanism of the irreversible inhibition of human cyclooxygenase-1 by aspirin as predicted by QM/MM calculations", J Mol Graph Model. 2013 Mar;40: pp.99-109
- ↑ Sharma, S.; Sharma, S. C. (1997-10-01). "An update on eicosanoids and inhibitors of cyclooxygenase enzyme systems". Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. 35 (10): 1025–1031. ISSN 0019-5189. PMID 9475035.
- ↑ "Mechanisms and mode of dioxin action" (PDF). US EPA. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
- 1 2 Fetz, V.; Prochnow, H.; Brönstrup, M.; Sasse, F. (2016). "Target identification by image analysis". Natural Product Reports. 33 (5): 655–667. doi:10.1039/c5np00113g. PMID 26777141.
- 1 2 Cushnie, T.P.; O'Driscoll, N.H.; Lamb, A.J. (2016). "Morphological and ultrastructural changes in bacterial cells as an indicator of antibacterial mechanism of action". Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. doi:10.1007/s00018-016-2302-2. PMID 27392605.
- ↑ Dubovskii, P.V.; Vassilevski, A.A.; Kozlov, S.A.; Feofanov, A.V.; Grishin, E.V.; Efremov, R.G. (2015). "Latarcins: versatile spider venom peptides". Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 72 (23): 4501–4522. doi:10.1007/s00018-015-2016-x. PMID 26286896.
- 1 2 3 Schenone, Monica; Dančík, Vlado; Wagner, Bridget K.; Clemons, Paul A. (2013-04-01). "Target identification and mechanism of action in chemical biology and drug discovery". Nature Chemical Biology. 9 (4): 232–240. doi:10.1038/nchembio.1199. ISSN 1552-4450.


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Wine & Beer
The Grosvenor Market carries an extensive selection of wines from around the world. We love California wines but have great representation from other world-renowned growing regions, including: France, Spain, Italy, New Zealand, Australia, Argentina and Chile.
In addition to popular favorites like Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, and Sauvignon Blanc, we also carry an assortment of more exotic grapes like Malbec, Tempranillo, Pinot Gris and Carmenere. You will always find an interesting wine to serve or to bring.
Our impressive wine selection is chosen to complement the many delicious food items we carry in the store. We want you to be able to find everything you need at The Grosvenor Market.
Our beer case is full of beers to satisfy every palate. From the usual suspects to an ever-growing assortment of local microbrews, as well as the sought-after imports, we carry over 50 different styles of beer!
Look for Flying Dog from Frederick, Heavy Seas from Baltimore, and Dogfish Head from Delaware!
Another great company to give a try is our Shiner line of beers: their Bock and Hefeweizen styles are their backbone, but give their seasonals a try!
Click here for our Grosvenor Market beer guide--information about some of the beers we carry!
Ask Tes about our exciting weekly specials and new items. We are constantly looking to diversify our selection and bring you fun, new varieties of wine to try.
So, whether you are planning a gourmet dinner party or eating wings and pizza in front of the game, you can round out your meal with an everyday value-priced wine, a special occasion wine selection or your favorite six-pack of beer.
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Hi all,
I recently worked with the lovely people at Hodder and Stoughton on the cover art and title lettering for Jasper Fforde's new book 'The Last Dragonslayer'
'In the good old days, magic was powerful, unregulated by government, and even the largest spell could be woven without filling in magic release form B1-7g.
Then the magic started fading away.
Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs Kazam, an employment agency for soothsayers and sorcerers. But work is drying up. Drain cleaner is cheaper than a spell, and even magic carpets are reduced to pizza delivery.
So it's a surprise when the visions start. Not only do they predict the death of the Last Dragon at the hands of a dragonslayer, they also point to Jennifer, and say something is coming.
Big Magic . . . '
There is an enhanced e-book edition -
I also produced some illustrations for the apple ipad and iphone app which expand upon the weird and wonderful world of Jennifer Strange.


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Hello! Today I have a fun project using all gorgeous Prima products and Chameleon Pens. I decided it would be fun to make a custom notebook for jotting ideas and things down in. Here is my notebook! Be sure to check out the full hop HERE.
- Stamp Julie Nutting doll in Memento Tuxedo black ink and color using Chameleon Color Tones pens in these colors: Bisque (NU1), Bark (BR5), Aqua Marine (BG4), Bubble Gum (PK3) and Cool Gray (CG8). Fussy cut out.
- Create a notebook using printer paper and for the cover use a piece of the Prima Royal Menagerie paper. Sew together to bind.
- Embellish the cover using the stamped and colored Julie Netting doll and a Julie Netting tag from the Tag Pad.
- Embellish the rest of the notebook using these products from the Prima Royal Menagerie collection:
- Tab and Tags
- Prima's Flowers
- Alphabet Stickers


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Can you hardly believe december is really here? I've been such a little busy bee these past few weeks with a trip to placerville for thanksgiving, starting fashion design school in San Francisco, and getting Red Moon Arrow geared up for the holiday season. I was contemplating going back to school for pattern making and design, and after many weeks of marinating on the idea, I decided to go for it. I have officially finished my first week of the pattern making and drafting course. Going to the city is quite the journey for me from our mountain cabin in the woods. But I'm ready to dedicate some hours of my life to it because I know it will be well worth it in the end. The school is broken up into many classes and you can work at your own pace going thru the program. My class is once a week which is really nice for me. That way I can still dedicate time to the shop and still spend time with my sweetie.
Some other great news to report... I finally finished my bracelet that I have been working on for the past few months. Since I only put in a few hours here and there, it took a while to get it finished, but well worth the wait. My teacher Bill is amazing and I am so grateful to him for guiding the way and believing in me. I'm excited to get started on my next creation and to see where spirit directs me.
The next day we went to Jackie and Ryan's farm they just acquired, South Fork to see what they've been up to. Oh my gosh was it inspiring! Their hard work and dedication really showed. They have been fixing up a cute little 1930's house and making it their own and planting seeds on a 10 acre lot. So happy for them and the new adventure they have begun. We all ate thanksgiving leftovers out on a picnic bench in the afternoon sunshine. I spent some time taking a few photos of the cute little tree swing and all the scrumptious leaves that fell to the ground.
The next day I got to do my favorite thing, Antiquing! I love it more than anything. I scored some awesome furniture for our new cabin and even got an awesome Wolf Mannequin for my store/sewing school. Danny met up with us at the movie theatre in the afternoon and we saw the new James Bond movie, Skyfall which was pretty good. We contemplated sticking around another night in pville, but we had to get back to our doggies and chickens.


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Television is a great way to escape the real world. There is no greater television though than daytime soap operas. Soap operas are dramatic, over-the-top, and captivate the viewer in ways no other type of shows can. Their insane stories and shocking moments have helped win daytime soaps a huge legion of fans that keep coming back for more.
From zombie heiresses, medical marvels, and magical mishaps it's no wonder that people get addicted to this kind of television. Soaps are known for their out-of-this-world plots and crazy characters, but some stories are so bizarre they topple everything else. These best moments left viewers in complete awe and shock, just like the writers and creators wanted. People were talking about these moments for months after they aired.
Here are the best soap opera moments of all time that left fans in complete shock.


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x3 - 2xy + y3>0
The way to do this is to define a function that has a constant value, if the inequality holds true, and has an indefinite value, if this is not the case. The value of 1/0 is quietly ignored in gnuplot, thus we can define our function as follows
f(x,y)=(x*x*x - 2*x*y + y*y*y>0)?1:1/0
where we used the ternary operator, which always has the form
i.e., returns 'B', if 'A' is true, and 'C' otherwise. (Incidentally, the value 'B' can be a ternary operator in itself, and in this way, multiple conditions can be imposed.) In the function above, f(x,y) = 1, if x3 - 2xy + y3>0, and f(x,y) = 1/0 (undefined), if x3 - 2xy + y3<0. Once we defined our function, we can plot it in the usual way. The complete script and the figure is given below.
reset f(x,y)=(x*x*x - 2*x*y + y*y*y>0)?1:1/0 unset colorbox set isosample 300, 300 set xlabel 'x' set ylabel 'y' set sample 300 set pm3d map splot [-2:2] [-2:2] f(x,y) t 'x^3 - 2xy + y^3>0'


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The following was sent to Wrestleview.com.
For Immediate Release
April 25, 2012
EyeBlack to Produce Custom Product Featuring Michaels' Trademarks, Phrases, and More
Rockville, Md. – EyeBlack, the company that started a sports revolution by combining logos, phrases and bible verses with EyeBlack, today announced a partnership with Shawn Michaels, former WWE Superstar and current star of the Outdoor Channel's show Shawn Michaels' MacMillan River Adventures. Michaels will serve as an ambassador for the company and will collaborate with EyeBlack to produce a customized product line.
The licensing agreement signed between Michaels and EyeBlack gives EyeBlack the rights to create and sell product featuring Michael's trademark phrases and nicknames including: Showstopper, Mr. HOF, and Mr. Hall of Fame. EyeBlack will also produce custom designs printed on camouflage EyeBlack for Michael's hit show MacMillan River Adventures.
To begin the relationship, EyeBlack will be offering 20 pairs or more of Shawn Michael's product for 50% off. To order Michaels product you must use the code "Showstopper" when ordering on www.EyeBlack.com before May 4, 2012.
"I'm very excited about this new relationship," said Michaels. "Beyond being a cool product in itself, it's functional and I'm looking forward to using EyeBlack product in my hunting adventures and in some WWE related activities."
Shawn Michaels wrestled for the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) for over 20 years. During that time, Michaels was a four-time World Champion, three-time WWE Champion and World Heavyweight Champion, among many other awards and honors, including his 2011 HOF induction.
After his retirement from wrestling in 2010, Michaels continued his relationship with the WWE by signing on as an official ambassador for the company. In addition to these duties, Michaels stays busy by hosting Shawn Michaels' MacMillian River Adventures, with his good friend Keith Mark, on the Outdoor Channel. The 30-minute program gives viewers an exclusive look into the unique lifestyle of hunting and the duo's large game hunts across the world.
"Shawn is a fantastic athlete and we are proud to have him on the EyeBlack team," said Peter Beveridge, president and founder of EyeBlack. "Shawn had a prolific pro wrestling career and is the perfect representative for the EyeBlack brand as we branch out into the professional wrestling and hunting arenas."
Michaels joins an impressive roster of professional athlete ambassadors whom EyeBlack has signed in the last year. The company boasts endorsements and customized lines from NFL stars Stevie Johnson, Marshawn Lynch and LaMarr Woodley, as well as tennis pro Bethanie Mattek-Sands and softball legend Jennie Finch and Monica Abbott. Recently, the company inked a deal with Chicago Bears' Pro Bowl linebacker Brian Urlacher to be the face of the Original product line.
About EyeBlack
Based in Rockville, Md., EyeBlack produces patented, innovative, hardworking sports products that are used worldwide by athletes to boost their on‐field performance, while enabling fans to express their support for a team or specific athlete. EyeBlack manufactures products solely in the United States made from medical grade tape that is safe, tested and can breathe on the skin. EyeBlack is an official licensee of Major League Baseball (MLB), Minor League Baseball (MiLB), Major League Lacrosse (MLL), and has partnerships with many other professional athletes ranging from motorsports to the National Football League (NFL) players. Additionally, hundreds of collegiate programs are officially licensed and wear EyeBlack products. Away from the athletic fields, EyeBlack collaborates with a number of sponsors and non‐profit organizations to create customized products to help promote their respective brands. EyeBlack is available at an increasing number of retailers and at www.EyeBlack.com.
Follow EyeBlack's latest news at Twitter.com/eyeblack_com and www.facebook.com/EyeBlackRevolution.
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New website launched!
Finally, a long awaited revamp of our corporate branding and image. Look out for more information about us on the internet soon! We will be having more information here.
Amazing colours now available!
With our imported printing machine, technology and expertise from Germany, you can now enjoy quality printouts at affordable rates from our company.


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Chapped lips and red, windburned cheeks are commonplace in the winter, especially for people who spend time outside participating in sports like skiing. When the body is exposed to cold air, it attempts to conserve heat by constricting blood vessels, which drains your skin of moisture, allowing the surface to dry out quickly. The subsequent dry skin can be painful if itching or chafing occurs along with it.
Humidity below 30 percent also contributes to dry skin, especially lips and hands, and especially for people over 50. (As you age, your body's natural to produce sebum, a natural oil, decreases.) [Source: Perry] Because dry skin is less supple and elastic, it's more vulnerable to irritation and infection, as well. Chronic conditions like dermatitis, eczema and rosacea are also more likely to flare up during cold, dry months.
Dry air can also change the appearance of skin. "It tends to make skin look more dull and flaky, and can make fine lines much more prominent," says Benabio. "Applying a high-quality moisturizer to your face when it's cold and dry outside can literally make you look younger and help erase some of those lines."