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Today, I am Sending My Monkey Mind to the Zoo.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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I got access to a private tour of the zoo.
I got to go in a cage with a koala, which I highly recommend.
- Todd Barry
If you're hanging around with nothing to do and the zoo is closed,
come over to the Senate.
You'll get the same kind of feeling and you won't have to pay.
- Robert J. Dole
Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo.
- Paul Simon
Life is a zoo in a jungle.
- Peter De Vries
Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings,
to convert the population into specimens in a zoo -
obedient to our keepers,
but dangerous to each other.
- Angela Davis
Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle,
it is a human zoo.
- Desmond Morris
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He was very concerned about his children potentially
being kidnapped or attached,
and that's why they were covered up.
When he went to Berlin zoo, there were 200 photographers.
- Martin Bashir
I didn't want to do a zoo show.
I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness.
I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
- Daniel Craig
Marlon was more of a formal zoo director type.
- Jim Fowler
As you may know, some of the stereotyped behaviors
exhibited by autistic children are also found in zoo
animals who are raised in a barren environment.
- Temple Grandin
People go to the zoo and they like the lion because it's scary.
And the bear because it's intense, but the monkey makes people laugh.
- Lorne Michaels
Zoo animals are ambassadors for their cousins in the wild.
- Jack Hanna
I love acting, but it's much more fun taking the kids to the zoo.
- Nicole Kidman
Zoo: An excellent place to study the habits of human beings.
- Evan Esar
The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.
- Desmond Morris
It does get old to have to always be a monkey in a zoo.
I don't know what it's like any more to be anonymous.
- Kevin Bacon
My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.
- Billy Connolly
A plague on eminence!
I hardly dare cross the street anymore without a convoy,
and I am stared at wherever I go like an idiot member
of a royal family or an animal in a zoo;
and zoo animals have been known to die from stares.
- Igor Stravinsky
So, not only am I panicking over the weekend if I need to know my lines,
but also if can I get the kids to the zoo.
Can I even go to church? I was asking for certain things
that would allow me to plan my life a little better.
- Hunter Tylo
I like to do chill things on dates.
I think it would be fun to go to the zoo.
I know it's really weird and random,
but I love animals.
It'd be like a day of doing silly things,
while enjoying nature.
- Ashlee Simpson
I had been a student in Vienna, and one of the neat
little things I had found out was about that zoo.
It was a good debut novel for me to have published.
I was 26 or 27 when it was published.
I already had a kid and would soon have a second.
- John Irving
What I would say to the young men and women who are
beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should
go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty,
not like going to the zoo but to take action,
to open their hearts and their consciences.
- Abbe Pierre
I hate zoos.
- Laurie Anderson
Zoos should concentrate more on the preservation side of things.
- Gerald Durrell
We're feeding all these zoos.
And that's getting bigger and bigger.
- Dick Van Patten
Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures -
of how animals once were in their natural habitat.
If the right policies toward nature were pursued,
we would need no zoos at all.
- Michael J. Fox
Hate destroys, Love builds.
Hate tears down, Love renews and creates.
Hatred holds no hope for the future.
Love creates Today as its own better future.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
We have no enemies,
we have only friendships that we haven't yet developed
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Darkness cannot drive out darkness;
only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate;
only love can do that.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it.
Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it.
Hatred darkens life; love illumines it.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time.
Hatred ceases through love.
This is an unalterable law.
- The Buddha
Am I not destroying my enemies
when I make friends of them?
- Abraham Lincoln
Hatred freezes hearts, while love warms them.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Doing an injury puts you below your enemy;
revenging one make you but even with him;
forgiving it sets you above him.
- Benjamin Franklin [attributed]
Hatred does not cease by hatred,
but only by love;
this is the eternal rule.
- The Buddha
Hatred is blind, as well as love.
- Oscar Wilde
I hate the giving of the hand
unless the whole man accompanies it.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
You have heard that it was said,
"Love your neighbor and hate your enemy."
But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
- Matthew 5:43-44
There is some good in the worst of us
and some evil in the best of us.
When we discover this,
we are less prone to hate our enemies.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
You cannot hate other people without hating yourself.
- Oprah Winfrey
Return love for hate.
- Anonymous
Love reflects love.
Hate reflects hate.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Envy breeds hate.
- Yiddish Proverb
I have decided to stick with love.
Hate is too great a burden to bear.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Fear of something is at the root of hate for others,
and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.
- George Washington Carver
Hate generalizes; love is particular.
- Erica Jong
Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike;
there is but one step from envy to hate.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Through violence, you may 'solve' one problem,
but you sow the seeds for another.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Hate is never conquered by hate,
Hate is only conquered by love.
- The Buddha
In time we hate that which we often fear.
- William Shakespeare
The worst sin toward our fellow creatures
is not to hate them,
but to be indifferent to them:
that's the essence of inhumanity.
- George Bernard Shaw
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as
your own unguarded thoughts.
- The Buddha
Fear is the path to the dark side.
Fear leads to anger.
Anger leads to hate.
Hate leads to suffering.
- Yoda, character in Star Wars movie
Those whom we can love, we can hate;
to others we are indifferent.
- Henry David Thoreau
When we hate our enemies, we are
giving them power over us:
power over our sleep, our appetites,
our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.
Our enemies would dance with joy if only
they knew how they were worrying us,
lacerating us, and getting even with us!
Our hate is not hurting them at all,
but our hate is turning our own days
and nights into a hellish turmoil.
- Dale Carnegie
Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world
without having an effect on the rest of it.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Life is a reflection of intent.
Love reflects love.
Hate reflects hate.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
No one is to be called an enemy,
all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm.
You have no enemy except yourselves.
- St. Francis of Assisi
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
- Socrates
Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world
that we must love our enemies - or else?
The chain reaction of evil -
hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars -
must be broken, or else we shall be plunged
into the dark abyss of annihilation.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Those who have come here to hate should leave now;
for in their hate, they only betray themselves.
- Terry Goodkind
Hate is only conquered by love.
- The Buddha
I am the wizard. I transmute fear and hate into love.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I am a Master of Alchemy; I Transmute Fear and Hate Into Love.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man,
and I hate people like that!
- Tom Lehrer
Non-violence means avoiding not only external physical violence
but also internal violence of spirit.
You not only refuse to shoot a man,
but you refuse to hate him.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
When love and hate are both absent
everything becomes clear and undisguised.
- Osho
That which you hate to be done to you,
do not do to another.
- Ancient Egyptian Proverb
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
- Elie Wiesel
The ugliest word in the world is revenge.
It spells hate; it spells fear; it spells greed.
For my loss, I must kill; I must steal - must avenge.
It's your fault; you must pay; you must bleed.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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Finally, the house is on the market! We decided to go with a Realtor, given the relative weakness of the housing market. We can use all the help we can get. Just in case you might be looking for a nice place to drop anchor, you can see the house here: http://www.beverly-hanks.com. The MLS # is 520577. You just can't beat the mountains of western North Carolina if you're planning on settling down somewhere.
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We can't wait to catch up with all you RV'ers on the road.
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Maldives is a nation of a group of small islands that are facing a real danger of going underwater if the level of the Indian Ocean keeps rising due to the impact of the climate change. Being a small nation, they don't have the clout on the international forum to expedite the initiatives to slow down the process of climate change. The other option that is in their own hands is to shift slowly to floating developments. And the first such plan has been launched. It is going to be the first floating golf course in Maldives. Dutch Docklands are the developers who have announced the plans. The design is going to be a collaborative effort between golf course developer Troon Golf and Waterstudio.NL.
This eco friendly golf course will have zero footprint and will be sustained fully by solar power, including golf carts. This will be the first floating development and the novelty of the concept is sure to bring in tourists in numbers when the course becomes operational. The floating golf course is located just five minutes away from the Maldives airport. Luxurious accommodations will be built on the 18-hole golf course. Built on floating platforms the golf course complex will have minimum impact on the surrounding ecosystem. It will be the first luxury golf course with zero impact on the environment.
The first of its kind project is a challenge for the developers. The project estimated to cost about $500 million is being conceptualized by Koen Olthuis, head of Waterstudio.NL. Docklands will take care of the engineering aspects of the project and Troon Golf is participating in the project as technical consultant to ensure that the golf course is prepared and maintained to the highest international standards. This project will not only bring in tourists and wealth for the small and beautiful Indian Ocean island nation but also lead to more similar projects which could be the only way of survival for the country and its population if the rising waters of the ocean submerge the islands.
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Kathryn Phillips Versus the Sierra Club
When it comes to fighting CO2 emissions, doing something meaningful to stop climate change, and reduce air pollution caused by burning fossil fuels, it's hard to find a better ally than the Sierra Club. Right now some of their most high profile work is involved in stopping fossil fuel supply. They're leaders in the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline, hoping to keep Alberta tar sands oil in the ground. They're leaders in the fight against building new coal export terminals in the Pacific Northwest in order to keep coal in the ground in Montana and Wyoming.
The Sierra Club also understands that it is equally important to reduce fossil fuel demand. For several years now the Sierra Club has been conducting a "Beyond Oil" campaign which is aimed at helping reduce demand for oil through steps that include new passenger rail lines. This includes high speed rail, which has been part of the Sierra Club's national transportation policy for twenty years.
At the national, state, and local levels the Sierra Club has worked to implement that agenda. High speed rail is part of the Club's Beyond Oil volunteer network plan. The Sierra Club was a leader in the effort to save Wisconsin's high speed rail project in 2010 and 2011 when Scott Walker tried, and succeeded, in killing it.
Sierra Club California has also stood for high speed rail. In 2008 they endorsed Prop 1A to build the high speed rail project in part because of its role in reducing CO2 emissions:
Sierra Club supports Proposition 1A, which would provide $9.95 billion dollars to catalyze the development of the 800 mile High-Speed Rail (HSR) system, and to make improvements to existing rail networks. Building HSR in California will reinforce our cities as the hubs of our economies, promote sustainable land use, significantly reduce global warming pollution, and get commuters off congested roads and out of crowded airports. While it is an extremely expensive project, adding the same capacity by expanding highways and airports would cost at least twice as much.
Given the above background, it seems that Kathryn Phillips, Director of Sierra Club California, is out of step with her organization's policies and goals. Her position, that HSR should not receive cap-and-trade funds because long-term CO2 emission reduction should not be a priority, flies in the face of the national Sierra Club's positions and goals. It flies in the face of Sierra Club California's previous support for the project. And it flies in the face of political reality.
If she succeeds in blocking the use of cap-and-trade funds for California HSR, she will hand the Tea Party a major victory and deal a huge blow to efforts to get beyond oil and reduce carbon emissions. It will become much more difficult to fund high speed rail in Congress and in California, shackling the state and the nation to more CO2 emissions and more fossil fuel burning to move cars and planes across the hundreds of miles that separate major metropolitan areas.
Phillips, locked in an austerity mindset that holds we only have so much money to go around, will not find that without HSR all those billions magically go to one of her other priorities. That money goes away, especially the federal stimulus money. Prop 1A bonds go away too. There's no repurposing those for any other needs. That's at least $13 billion that is flushed down the drain, billions that could have gone instead to CO2 reduction and moving California beyond oil.
Sierra Club members understand these things. And some of them aren't happy about Phillips' comments. After her public comments questioning Governor Jerry Brown's use of cap-and-trade funds for HSR, I heard from several Sierra Club members, from across the state of California, expressing concern and in one case anger at what Phillips said. None of them wished to be quoted, and I understand that, though I hope they are sharing their concerns with their fellow Club members and not just with me. In fact, it was pointed out to me that Phillips was speaking only for herself, and that Sierra Club California had not taken any formal position on the governor's proposal. The formal position of Sierra Club California on high speed rail remains one of support, for the reasons they gave in 2008 when endorsing Prop 1A.
It is my hope that the national Sierra Club, as well as others active in the organization and in California, take the opportunity to bring Phillips back into the fold of fighting oil consumption and fighting climate change, rather than watching as she uses the club's good name to make common cause with the Tea Party.


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Four planes, two hours of confusion
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On September 11 George Bush's team struggled to command, reports Marian Wilkinson in Washington.
In Sarasota, Florida, on the morning of September 11, 2001, President George Bush was preparing for a visit to the Emma E. Booker Elementary School where he was to read to a class of children.
At 8.19am, above Boston, flight attendant Betty Ong placed an emergency call from American Airlines flight 11 to her company's reservation office in North Carolina. "The cockpit is not answering," she reported, "somebody's been stabbed in business class - and I think there's Mace... I think we're being hijacked."
Ms Ong's call was the first signal that al-Qaeda had begun its long-predicted attack on the American homeland.
After months of intelligence warnings that went as high as the President, 19 men, armed with knives, box-cutters, Mace and pepper spray, had penetrated the defences of the world's most powerful nation.
This week, as he brought down the long-awaited report on the September 11 attacks, the co-chairman of the 9/11 commission of inquiry, Tom Kean, said al-Qaeda "inflicted unbearable trauma on our people, and at the same time turned the international order upside down".
The 9/11 commission report is a catalogue of government failure. As Mr Kean put it bluntly, "this was a failure of policy, management, capability and above all, a failure of imagination". But perhaps the most startling reading in the report is the failure that morning of the chain of command.
From President Bush, to his Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld, to the US Air Force commanders, right down to the air force pilots who thought they were under fire from Russia, the chain of command became dysfunctional in the first hours of the al-Qaeda attacks. Even Mr Bush could not reach some of his most important advisers. "The chain of command did not function well," the report found.
- A bipartisan panel of 10 commissioners and more than 80 staff compiled the report.
- Foreign policy expert Philip Zelikow, a former National Security Council staffer in the first Bush Administration, was in charge of the panel.
- Staff spent 19 months interviewing nearly 1300 people from the Clinton and Bush administrations and combing through 2.5 million pages of documents.
Six minutes after Ms Ong made her call, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at the Boston Air Traffic Control Centre heard the hijackers in the cockpit tell the passengers, "If you try to make any moves, you'll endanger yourself and the aeroplane."
A few minutes later, American Airlines flight 11 began flying erratically and turned south. By 8.34am, the Boston FAA centre grasped they had a hijacking on their hands and contacted the US Air Force command at the Northeast Air Defence Sector, or NEADS.
The FAA operator managed to get through a few minutes later. It was the first notification to the US military a civilian aircraft was being hijacked.
Commission chairman Thomas Kean, left, and vice-chairman Lee Hamilton, presented the report to an audience in Washington that included relatives of victims of the terrorist strikes.
FAA: We have a problem here. We have a hijacked aircraft headed toward New York and we need you guys to, we need someone to scramble some F-16s or something up there, help us out.
NEADS: Is this real-world or exercise?
FAA: No, this is not an exercise, not a test.
The report of the hijacking went immediately to Colonel Robert Marr, who ordered two F-15 aircraft from Massachusetts to battle stations. But the F-15s had no idea where to go: the hijackers had turned off transponders and the FAA could not track the plane.
At 8.44am, a second flight attendant on board American Airlines flight 11, Amy Sweeney, called the airline's office in Boston. The manager asked her to look out the window to tell him her location. "Oh my God we are way too low," she said. Then the phone went dead. At 8.46 the plane crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre, New York.
At 8.50 air force commanders were trying to find the plane when told it had hit the tower. Three minutes later, the F-15 jets were airborne but uncertain what to do. Commanders were told to avoid New York airspace and "hold as needed".
No one, either in the FAA or the air force, contacted the President's staff to tell them of the hijacking. Nearly every top US Government official learned of flight 11 hitting the tower from CNN, the report found.
At the White House, an assistant told Vice-President Dick Cheney to turn on the television because a plane had crashed into the trade centre. At 9am, normal meetings began at the White House, the report said. "In the absence of information that the crash was anything other than an accident, White House staff monitored the news as they went ahead with their regular schedules."
At the Pentagon, inside the National Military Command Centre, senior staff contacted the FAA at 9am but there was no discussion about the order from air command that sent the F-15s to battle stations. The FAA's top administrator, Jane Garvey, saw the crash on CNN.
At 8.55, Mr Bush was still unaware of the hijackings. As he entered the Florida classroom, his adviser Karl Rove told him "a small twin-engine plane had crashed into the World Trade Centre". Mr Bush spoke to National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, who was at the White House. She clarified it was a commercial aircraft, adding, "that's all we know right now, Mr President". Mr Bush began the reading lesson.
Three minutes earlier, at 8.52, Peter Hanson, a passenger on United Airlines flight 175 over Boston called his father in Connecticut. "I think they've taken over the cockpit," he said. "An attendant has been stabbed, and someone else up front may have been killed."
At 9am he called his father again, "I think we are going down... If it happens, it'll be very fast. My God, my God". At 9.03, United flight 175 hit the South Tower. The air force commander at NEADS first heard the flight had been hijacked in a call from the FAA New York centre just as it was hitting the tower. A mission commander exploded. "We need to take those fighters, put 'em over Manhattan, get 'em over Manhattan. At least we got some kind of play."
At the White House, Mr Cheney was watching television and wondering, "how the hell could a plane hit the World Trade Centre?" when he saw the second aircraft crash and realised it was a terrorist attack.
At 9.05, Mr Bush was still reading to the children when his chief of staff whispered in his ear, "A second plane hit the second tower. America is under attack". For the next few minutes, Mr Bush sat in his chair reading with the children as the media's phones and pagers rang incessantly. Mr Bush told the commission he "felt he should project strength and calm until he could better understand what was happening". He left just before 9.15.
He saw the television news and spoke to Mr Cheney and Dr Rice in Washington, his FBI director, Robert Mueller and New York Governor George Pataki. Neither he nor anyone on his staff contacted the Pentagon, according to the report.
Instead, Mr Bush and his staff spent the next 15 minutes deciding what he should say to the media, the report found. And despite being in contact with the White House situation room, Mr Bush and his staff in Florida had no idea two other hijacked planes were in the air.
By 9.30, the White House staff and Mr Cheney had sprung into action. The then White House counter-terrorism chief, Richard Clarke, was arranging teleconferences with the FAA, CIA, FBI and Pentagon. But according to the report, "none succeeded in meaningfully co-ordinating the military and the FAA response to the hijackings".
The priority of the talks was "the physical security of the President, the White House and federal agencies".
The FAA had lost track of American Airlines flight 77 after 9.20. By accident at 9.36 air force commanders discovered from the FAA that flight 77 was missing and "an unidentified aircraft (was) closing in on Washington". At the Pentagon, Mr Rumsfeld was unaware that American flight 77 was headed for Washington. He let a briefing run on, "while awaiting more information".
An alert supervisor at Washington airport picked up American flight 77 and informed the White House secret service that, "an aircraft (is) coming at you and not talking to us".
The secret service immediately ordered the evacuation of the White House and hustled Mr Cheney and his top staff into the White House bunker.
By now the air force commander had ordered the fighter jets to Washington but discovered they had been sent east towards Baltimore. "Push them back. I don't care how many windows you break," he said. But two minutes later, at 9.37, flight 77 hit the Pentagon. The fighter jets were over 200 kilometres away.
With one side of the Pentagon in flames, Mr Rumsfeld left his post to go to the parking lot, "to assist with rescue efforts". At 9.30, the Military Command Centre's deputy director told the senior officers: "An air attack against North America may be in progress."
It was just before 10.30 that Mr Rumsfeld finally joined the emergency conference. Confusion reigned between the Pentagon and the White House in these first hours with officials running two different emergency responses. One witness said, "they were competing venues for command and control and decision making".
Mr Bush learned about the attack on the Pentagon not from Mr Rumsfeld but Mr Cheney, who told Mr Bush not to come to Washington, saying it was too dangerous. A frustrated Mr Bush left Florida on Air Force One at 9.54 with no fixed destination.
On top of this, Mr Bush's line to Mr Cheney kept cutting out. Mr Cheney believed more hijacked aircraft were headed for Washington. About 10am, Mr Cheney and Mr Bush told the commission, Mr Bush gave the Vice-President the order to shoot down any hijacked aircraft. That command should have gone to Mr Rumsfeld and on to the military but Mr Bush had not been able to reach him. When Mr Bush finally did reach Mr Rumsfeld, he did not even tell him about the order, according to the report.
At 10.03 the Pentagon learned that a fourth plane, United flight 93, was hijacked and headed towards Washington. At 10.39, Mr Cheney told Mr Rumsfeld he had issued the order to shoot down what he thought were three hijacked aircraft. Mr Rumsfeld sounded startled. Mr Cheney said "it's my understanding they've already taken a couple of aircraft out".
In fact, United flight 93 had been forced down by the passengers who stormed the cockpit. The commission report found the air commanders did not even know it was hijacked until four minutes after it crashed in a Pennsylvania field.
The air force commanders did not get a shoot-down authorisation until 28 minutes after the crash. Had the passengers not acted, said the commissioners, there is a good chance the hijackers would have hit the White House or the Capitol.
In a disturbing conclusion, the report found the civilian and military defences on September 11 were "unprepared for the attacks launched against them" and "failed to improvise an effective homeland defence against an unprecedented challenge".
But the 9/11 commission's 10 members from both sides of politics did not assign blame for the failures of that day.
The purpose of the report, said Mr Kean, was to look backward in order to go forward. "But it is also fair to say on that September day, we were unprepared."


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"Gatorship is truly a diversity conference where individuals from all over UF participate. During this conference, I became aware and grounded in many things about myself through learning from others. The conference has also provided me with an enormous network of open minded, well-connected individuals." – Steven Che
"Gatorship is a stepping stone to a deeper level of understanding of yourself and others. It will leave you with a sense of hope and an immense thirst for knowledge." – Luisa Bolivar
"Gatorship is a mind-blowing experience that will stay with you even after the retreat ends. It fosters leadership development, cultural and social enrichment as well as worldly exploration. Not only do you learn about others around you, you learn more about yourself." – Tiffany Johnson
"The biggest benefit of Gatorship for me, personally, was that it catalyzed a journey of self-realization. Gatorship was an excellent learning and networking experience, but the lessons taken from that weekend hit closer to home than any other leadership/diversity retreat I could have gone to. As a pre-med student, Gatorship helped me gain a heightened sensitivity towards others and their struggles. As a minority on campus, it helped me become more comfortable in my own skin and by extension, allowed me to help others feel the same way. It's an invaluable experience for any college student!" – Amana Abdulwakeel
"Gatorship puts you out of your comfort zone and tosses you into a mix of people you may never have met otherwise, and completely changes your outlook on life in the process. " – Amna Imran
"Now that I am on Gatorship staff, Gatorship is my chance to reach out to those students that are like me. It is my chance to try and educate people on issues that are not always brought up in everyday discussion. I have the opportunity to bring together a room full of people and make them connect on a level that isn't normally possible. The benefits that can be attained as a result of these retreats are exhilarating, and I have made great friendships as a result of this retreat." – Andrew Brennick
"This retreat changed the way I live. Every single person in my Gatorship had a unique perspective to bring to the table and I carry their stories with me." – Aileen Vasquez


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More high school notes from May 28:
Ionescu makes team: Miramonte-Orinda 5-foot-11 freshman wing Sabrina Ionescu made the USA U16 girls basketball team Monday following a rigorous four-day tryout in Colorado Springs, Colo. Ionescu, a third-team All-Metro selection, was one of only two non-invited players to make the elite 12-person team.
"I definitely came in and not a lot of people knew who I was," she said. "I just tried my hardest and I guess it paid off."
One key person who knew Ionescu was USA head coach Sue Phillips, of Mitty. Ionescu had 24 points and 12 rebounds in a 69-55 win over Mitty in January.
NCS lacrosse: Acalanes swept North Coast Section Division II titles on Friday, with the boys edging Marin-Catholic-Kentfield 9-8 on a game-winning goal from freshman Nathan Brickman and the girls defeating University 18-9 behind six goals by Chloe Landry. … In Division I play, Carondelet-Concord defeated Amador Valley 9-7 on a go-ahead overtime goal by Cali Castagnola. Redwood-Larkspur won the boys title with a 13-7 win over Novato behind four goals by Patrick Tracy.
More NCS softball: For the second straight year, national power Amador Valley was stunned in the NCS D1 playoffs, this time by San Ramon Valley-Danville 4-1 in the quarterfinals Friday. Courtney Kezerian fired a four-hitter for the Wolves (15-11) and Riley Salvo went 3-for-3. Amador Valley (22-3), ranked 14th nationally, played without pitching star Johanna Grauer, out with an ankle injury.


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Saint Thomas Anglican Church celebrates over 100 years of service and worship in the community and we do so as we have always done – with faith, hope and love in God and all of God's children.
St Thomas' is an Anglican church in East Vancouver. We are located at 2444 East 41st Avenue, Vancouver, BC (see map). Services are led by The Rev. Michael Batten.
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Woodrow Wilson Library, The Frontier Museum and MorePosted by Carmen Ledford on Friday Oct 11, 2013 Under Claire, Cobey, Homeschool, Kid's Corner, Travel
The Hanna family and I had a two day field trip to Staunton, Va. We started with the Woodrow Wilson house. This is the home were he was born and the tour focus on what early life would have looked like in the home. We then went through the museum. They had a great scavenger hunt with four different levels. They were well put together and age appropriate. I highly recommend if you have kids. We then went to the Trinity Episcopal Church. This is a must see if you are in the area. It has beautiful breathe-taking stained glass windows including twelve from Tiffany Studios. I took a few photos but they do not do the place justice. The kids asked to go back to the church the next day. After the church, we went rode the free trolley. It is the public transportation for the town so it had colorful passengers. It is not guided so you don't get the history of this beautiful town but you did get a nice overview and interesting ride.
The next morning we went to The Frontier Museum. The kids were excited because we rented golf carts. I am glad we ended up getting the carts because of time restraints. This is a very unique museum and I can't wait to go back. It shows the home life of immigrants before they moved to the area and after. They have an African village, English cottage, Irish home, German home. They then have a Native American village and American homes. They do an excellent job of showing how the different cultures blended together in the pioneer home. They have guides in each home and tons of hands on activities for the house. We spent three hours and we fell in love with this place. I can't wait to go back.
We had lunch on the grounds and then went to the Shakespeare Center for a tour. They have a reproduction of the Blackfriars Playhouse. It was informative and interesting and we are looking forward to going back for a show. The only disappointing part was we did not get to spend much time in the theatre and did not get to take photos. After the tour, we walked thru downtown. We stopped and went inside a beautiful bank. While we were looking at the architecture, one of the tellers called us over and showed the kids the new 100 dollar bill. Cobey knew all about it and she let him hold the bill for a photo. We then walked back to the church for a second visit.


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INDEPENDENCE, OHIO | The burden has been lifted off Kyrie Irving, in more ways than one. The nagging questions and incessant rumors about his future are gone, dissipating the instant he agreed to a $90 million max extension with the Cavs.
Gone, also, is the burden of lifting the Cavaliers out of oblivion. Irving has been the face of this franchise since he arrived, and some of the scrutiny he faced was directly tied to the departure of LeBron James.
A 19-year-old Irving, after all, first had to answer questions about replacing LeBron while at the draft lottery three years ago when the Cavs won the first overall pick and the right to select him. The two stars have been in some ways connected, for better or worse, ever since.
"I'm happy he's back," Irving said Saturday during his basketball camp at Independence High School. "It's going to be a pleasure to learn from him and grow with him these next few years."
Irving is under the Cavs' control for the next six years. James can be a free agent again next summer, but after his letter was published by Sports Illustrated, the Cavs are operating under the belief James will end his career here.
Irving sent James his congratulations after the announcement, but has otherwise left him alone.
"It's an exciting time for downtown Cleveland. I'm excited," Irving said. "Everything is happening so fast."
But not as fast as Irving agreed to his extension. Cavs owner Dan Gilbert, General Manager David Griffin, coach David Blatt and others traveled to New Jersey to have dinner with Irving.
While other teams spent the first few hours of free agency chasing other teams' stars, the Cavs prioritized getting Irving's extension done first. It didn't take long. Gilbert tweeted out an agreement on an extension had been reached less than two hours after teams and players were allowed to meet.
"It was a huge monkey off my back, just from all the speculation, all the B.S. that was written," Irving said. "I'm glad I got it out of the way. Now I can finally focus on getting better with this future team we have."
The Cavs have the ingredients to be one of the top teams in the East. Irving failed to reach the playoffs in each of his first three years here, but this team won't resemble anything close to the Cavs teams of the past four years.
James and Irving create a dynamic pairing and there could still be more on the way. Rumors involving Kevin Love and the Cavaliers refuse to go away, although Irving wasn't going to get drawn into that debate Saturday.
"This whole free agency period has been a whirlwind," Irving said. "Until I get the call from our GM, I haven't really considered anything."


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Florida Attorney General, Pam Bondi, is joining a high-powered group of elected officials and Donald Trump supporters on the newly president-elect's transition team.
Trump announced the leaders who will serve on a list Friday.
Bondi was an active attendee at Trump's rallies, serving as a powerful female voice for his campaign. She also spoke at the GOP convention.
Trump also announced that his Vice President-elect, Mike Pence, will be leading the team. He will be replacing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who will now serve as the team's vice chairman.
According to the Associated Press, the team also includes leaders like former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and retired neurosurgeon and his once republican rival, Ben Carson. The list also includes members of Trump's family.
Trump will be in inaugurated January 20, 2017.
JUST IN: Pres-elect Trump announces Trump Presidential Transition Team Executive Committee. Here it is: pic.twitter.com/pvqQqxpEXD— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) November 11, 2016


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Under the laws of most of the states of the United States
except New York a divorce is now called dissolution of marriage.
This change of name was accompanied by a change from fault-based
divorce, whereby one party was found guilty of one of the
grounds for divorce such as adultery, abandonment, or cruel
and inhuman treatment. Now, under no-fault divorce, it is
simply necessary to plead that the marriage is "irretrievably
broken" or that there are "irreconcilable differences."
family law probably should be linked to here to cover
this material.
grounds for divorce issues (no-fault divorce etc.)
financial settlements
children's issues.
pre-nuptial agreements.
In Canada while civil and political rights are in the jurisdiction
of the provinces of Canada, the Constitution of Canada specifically
made marriage and divorce the realm of the federal government.
Essentially this means that Canada's divoce law is uniform
throughout Canada, even in Quebec, that differs from the
other provinces in its use of the civil law as codified
in the Civil Code of Quebec as opposed to the common law
that is in force in the other provinces and generally interpreted
in similar ways throughout the Anglo-Canadian provinces.
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When ISS, a large shareholder advisory group, recommended a "no" vote on Jeff Immelt's award of 2 million stock options in April 2011, GE's compensation committee had to decide whether to rescind or amend the award or ignore the ISS recommendation. Was Immelt's 2010 pay in line with his performance? How would shareholders vote on the advisory "say on pay" ballot question at GE's annual meeting in April?
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While delivering a keynote address at the Tenth Wharton India Economic Forum in Philadelphia, Charles (Chip) P Kaye, co-president of Warburg Pincus LLC, said that growing economic forces -- both India and China -- are in control of their own destiny - something that makes them different from many other emerging markets around the world.
"They are much more in control of their destiny and while they are affected by the winds of change that flow through the global economy they do not get swept off in the same degree as others," Kaye said.
"In my mind globalisation today is most fundamentally about Asia and specifically about the rise of countries like India and China which are clearly going to be one of the driving forces of the next 15 or 20 years," Kaye told 300-odd strong audience consisting mostly of students from Wharton as well as some from Harvard, Kellogg and Columbia business
schools who had come to attend the prestigious conference.
The one-day conference titled 'India's Mantra for Success' was addressed by a host of business leaders from India and US, including Ahmass L Fakahany, vice-chairman and CAO of Merrill Lynch; Deepak Parekh, chairman of Housing Development Finance Corporation; Rahul Bhasin, managing partner of Barings India Private Equity, as well as bureaucrats and academics like N K Singh, member of the Planning Commission of India, Sam Pitorda, chairman of National Knowledge Commission and Swaminathan Aiyer, consulting editor of the Economic Times and a consultant to the World Bank.
Kaye, who is the chairman of the US-India Business Council and whose company is the largest private equity investor in India, said that he is a fan of both countries and does not underestimate the challenges of either.
"The most peculiar thing that I find is that somehow part of being a fan of either India or China, particularly India, has with it the need to be negative about the other. And in many ways I would argue that each is most likely to be successful given the success of the other," Kaye said.
While praising India, particularly for its "managerial talent and quality of enterprises" he said that the country should not be too engrossed with its progress in the information technology sector.
"IT at best employs one million people (but) a lot of thinking should go into infrastructure, manufacturing and things that are significant absorbers of labour and can give them (people) a significant stake in the outcome," he said in response to a question.
"Do not forget the teeming masses that are looking for a job and that is (how) manufacturing, real estate, tourism and infrastructure all become important."
Kanush Chowdhury, one of the co-chairs of the conference, said that while business forums in the past have focused on tracing the India growth story, analysing the challenges faced by the economy and tracking the growth of buzz industries, the focus this year was to create a set of panel discussions that will focus on the ways in which individuals, corporations and policy makers can together frame India's future.
"We want to direct the discussion around how the Indian opportunity can be converted into a reality. In essence, we are attempting to put the Indian dream through a reality check in order to get insight into how exactly India can become an economic superpower," Chowdhury, an undergraduate student at Wharton, told India Abroad ahead of the conference.The conference had a number of panel discussions, including one on 'Shaping India's Grassroots' and whether 'Government Policy is a Catalyst or a Barrier,' addressed among others by Abraham George, founder of the George Foundation, Sonal Shah, founder of Indicorps and vice-president of Goldman Sachs and Co and Srivatsa Krishna, a Harvard MBA and Indian Administrative Service official who was named by the World Economic Forum as one its top 100 global leaders for tomorrow in 2003.


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A circuit breaker has failed aboard the International Space Station (ISS), cutting off power to one of three gyroscopes used to keep the orbital facility oriented properly.
It is the second time in less than a year that the circuit breaker, called a remote power control module (RPCM), has failed, leaving the ISS dependent on two operational gyroscopes - the minimum required - to maintain attitude control.
NASA spokesperson Kylie Clem told SPACE.com that the faulty circuit breaker will be discussed Thursday during a regular scheduled ISS mission management meeting.
While no action by the space station's current crew, Expedition 10 commander Leroy Chiao and flight engineer Salizhan Sharipov, is immediately required, today's glitch mirrors one that occurred on April 21, 2004, less than a day after the Expedition 9 crew boarded the ISS.
The circuit breaker failure occurred this morning in a device that has already been replaced once by space station astronauts. Expedition 9 crewmembers Gennady Padalka and Michael Fincke swapped out the device during one of the four spacewalks of their mission.
Expedition 10's Chiao and Sharipov are scheduled to conduct an unrelated spacewalk on March 28 - aimed at preparing the ISS to receive a European cargo ship - but whether they will have to perform an additional extravehicular activity was not immediately known. At least one spare RPCM is available aboard the ISS.
The ISS actually carries four of the large U.S.-built gyroscopes used to orient itself in space, though one has been inoperable since 2002. The RPCM device functions as both power plug and circuit breaker for ISS gyroscopes and today's glitch has left the station without a spare should another one fail. Russian thrusters, which fire propellant to push the station, can also be used to orient the ISS.
NASA already has plans to ship a replacement gyroscope to the ISS aboard the Discovery space shuttle during STS-114, currently set to launch in mid-May, though the space station must be able to maintain its position for the spacecraft to dock properly.
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Anthony "Showtime" Pettis Knocked Out Joe Lauzon With A Kick To The Skull
UFC 144's opening event of the Pay-Per-View didn't last long, as Anthony Pettis knocked out Joe Lauzon in the first round of their lightweight bout in Tokyo.
UFC 144's opening event of the Pay-Per-View didn't last long, as Anthony Pettis knocked out Joe Lauzon in the first round of their lightweight bout in Tokyo.
A butthurt Nick Diaz announced he was "done with this shit" after losing a unanimous decision to Carlos Condit in tonight's UFC 143 welterweight interim title bout.
Here's Chael Sonnen after his middleweight fight tonight in Chicago during the UFC on Fox event, one in which Sonnen won a unanimous decision over Michael Bisping. It looks like Sonnen is cutting a pro wrestling promo, which I'm sure plenty of MMA fans think is just great—but personally, I'd rather see fighters speak…
We didn't have time to give this nasty wheel kick KO the proper treatment last night, but here's Edson Barboza's heel applied to Terry Etim's face in extreme slow motion, from Saturday's UFC 142 lightweight event.
In the UFC 142 main event, featherweight Jose Aldo held onto the belt with a nasty knee-then-punch combo that knocked out Chad Mendes and sparked a roar from the approving Brazilian audience—into which Aldo leapt and out of which he was eventually carried, Rocky-style.
While the New England Patriots are metaphorically kicking the crap out of the Denver Broncos, this knock-out wheel kick from Edson Barboza provides legitimate reason to check Terry Etim's pants. It was a blow that might ruin the adjective "lightweight" forever.
Your morning roundup for Dec. 31, the day we learned "NSFW" could get even weirder than you originally thought. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. [Update, March 12: Screengrab removed at UFC's request. Drawing by Tommy Craggs.]
Actually, it was more like one second, as it was a single punch from Johny Hendricks that took Jon Fitch out of their welterweight match at UFC 141.
Cheick Kongo has never lived up to the hype that attends a man who appears to have stepped from the pages of a comic book. But Kongo — who looks even more intimidating with that beard — showed some gameness last night after Pat Barry twice knocked him for a loop. Some people are calling this the greatest comeback in…


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HPLC Purified siRNA with Known RNAi Effects at $149/12.5nmol
RNA oligo is significantly more difficult to synthesize than DNA oligos, mainly because the efficiency of coupling each new ribonucleotide during RNA synthesis is a few fold lower than deoxyribonucleotide during DNA synthesis. Typically, there is an ~10% chance a DNA oligo of 21 bases will have a mutation (most frequently a deletion mutation); for an RNA oligo of 21 bases, as in an siRNA pair, such chance is much higher. Furthermore, after combining the sense and antisense siRNA strands, some RNA molecules will remain as single-stranded thereby not fitting for the RNAi apparatus.
RNA interference is a dose-sensitive process — specificity of gene silencing is meaningful only relative to the active concentration of siRNA used. When the concentration is too low, even the most effective siRNAs would fail to cause gene expression knockdown; when too high, non-specific effects will be duly observed. Therefore, it is essential that the concentrations of siRNAs are measured correctly. When doing so, one must consider not only what the apparent concentrations are by OD260 reading, but also whether the RNA strands are of full-length and whether only dsRNA molecules are counted. This issue might not affect data interpretation if appropriate controls are included in one set of RNAi experiments, but it could have significant influence on conclusions if data from different experiment sets or labs are compared or combined.
HPLC purification currently provides the best means to remove RNA molecules with deletions or remain single-stranded, however, the price tag added by most reagent providers for such treatment has been prohibiting because manufacturers either need to start synthesis at a much bigger scale to obtain promised amount, or they do not promise the delivery quantity at all. The phosphoramidites (oligo building blocks) for RNA synthesis can be 10 times or more expensive than for DNA. Some companies offer alternative purification methods such as a cartridge type device, but they can only remove salt and small impurities, not RNA oligos of shorter lengths accumulated at each cycle of amide coupling. The AllHPLC siRNAs within Allele's RNAi product line, pre-validated or custom made, are uniformly HPLC purified with 5 OD or 12.5 nmol of double-stranded, annealed siRNA delivered. Allele passes to customers the cost savings from manufacturing our own RNA amidites and other reagents for oligo synthesis. The pre-validated HPLC purified double-stranded siRNA is offered today at $149/12.5 nmol.
Before purchasing siRNAs, even at a low cost of $29 per pair of HPLC purified control siRNA from Allele, researchers still need to consider how well their cells can be transfected. For hard-to-transfect cells, lentiviral vectors carrying a shRNA expressing cassette is often a better choice. To establish stable cell lines, plasmid vectors should be considered. For low cost target screening, the PCR format linear siRNA expression cassettes have advantages.
Economy and Your Research: Carpets and Oligos
Do you believe in six-degrees of separation? If you really don't care how close you are related to Roger Tsien or Bill Gates or the dean of your graduate school, maybe you are still curious about how the economy downturn, oil production, and floor carpet production got to do with you–not just in the sense how the job market is shaping up, but also how your lab research budget and how your DNA oligos are served.
To illustrate how events far and away can influence your daily activities, just use oligos as an example. Starting in 2008 when the oil price was still near its peak (remember paying $4+/gallon?), it became too expensive for carpet producers to continue using petroleum for manufacturing carpets. They switched to some other source or halted business altogether. Side effect was production and supply of Acetonitrile (ACN) dried up. Yes, one of the most commonly used organic solvent is a by-product from making carpets. That, combined with facility shutdowns in Northern China in preparation of the summer Olympics (for clean air) and in Florida by a major hurricane, the price of 4 liters of Acetonitrile changed from ~$40 to about $400 plus lots of begging. This event alone pushed individual customer based (as compared to large scale or prefabricated) oligo businesses like Allele's to be at a loss.
Eventually the situation changed, price went back to about $90/4L, but not before a long period when Acetonitrile was completely unavailable and alternative solvent had to be used. Long story short, that was some storm to whether! If you didn't feel it in price or service from Allele Oligo, good, that means we did a fair job shielding the wind and shouldering the pressure from the collapsing roof.
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Talkleft has yet another example of irrational and discriminatory behaviour of an airline triggered by the nervousness generated by the "war on terror."
A passenger concerned about the "6 suspicious Arabic men" - six imams praying before boarding a flight - and they were removed in handcuffs and held in detention for hours.
"U.S. Airways refused to book the imams on another flight to Phoenix. According to the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Muslims (both passengers and airline employees) have more complaints about U.S. Airways than other airlines. The incident prompted the Council and the NAACP to ask for Congressional hearings on racial profiling in airports.
Can you imagine the outcry from the religious right if six Christian pastors were removed from a flight because they prayed together at the gate? U.S. Airways would be deservedly out of business in a week."


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Pearl White Toyota Camry
Ooooo I love this car… And when the pearl white colour version was release, the Toyota Camry look even better and better. The original Toyota Aerokit fits gorgeously on it…. I wonder when will I own this piece of engineering beauty? Maybe soon… 🙂
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CFM to Sponsor Top UK Prospect Jamaine Facey
Via Press Release From Coalition Fight Music
(San Francisco, March 7th) Coalition Fight Music announced today that the group has formally signed British Welterweight Contender Jamaine "Mr Pain" Facey to a new promotional media deal in the states and will be sponsoring the flashy fighter in his upcoming Title fight at UCMMA 28.
"Mr Pain" (@MrPainBandogMMA) is coming off a spectacular win streak KO'ing both of his past opponents with flying knees to earn a shot at the belt that was vacated by the UFC's John Maguire. The London native and Team Bandog leader is already well known in the UK for his "Sunday Brawl" fight promotion and his "Hands up/Guns down" outreach program geared at getting "at risk" youth off the streets and in the cage to compete.
Tony Savo says: "Jamaine Facey is an all-star. He's a very dynamic striker, got a slick submission game and he's deeply involved in his community. The guy represents everything good in the sport and we really think he's the next UK guy to get the call from Zuffa."
Jamaine Facey says: "Im a fighter, Ive been working for this my whole life. There's loads of talent here in the Kingdom but not everyone gets the exposure to make it to the next level, Im excited to get my shine."
The sponsorship is part of a new telecommunications deal CFM locked late last year with UCMMA, Samsung Mobile, and Tesco's to push the "fastest growing sport in the world" via mainsream retail, broadcast and mobile platforms. Savo announced last week on TapouT Radio the agreement will allow CFM to promote various fighters, sponsors and promotions directly to Samsung's 20 million smart phone subscribers around the world and that Facey will be the first fighter to be showcased.


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Lower-back pain causes distress for millions of people, but this enormous problem often can be traced to a tiny piece of tissue — a cushioning disc between the vertebrae in the spine.
As a person ages, intervertebral discs frequently degenerate, causing the vertebrae to rub together, resulting in chronic pain that can disrupt almost every facet of everyday life, ranging from work tasks to sleep.
To help relieve this suffering, researchers in Rowan University's College of Engineering and College of Science and Mathematics are zeroing in on these worn discs, developing a new material that may someday help rebuild damaged tissues.
Research has shown that new cells infused into the disc can help develop new tissues, but it is difficult to keep the cells in place. "The problem is there are many materials that work, but if you try to implant them into a disc, research has shown they most likely will be expelled," said Dr. Jennifer Vernengo, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering.
Therefore, Rowan researchers are exploring ways to develop a three-dimensional hydrogel scaffold containing these cells that begins as a liquid and will become more solid after it is injected into a damaged intervertebral disc and reaches body temperature.
New Solutions
Vernengo, along with Dr. Cristina Iftode, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, and Dr. Jennifer Kadlowec, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, are working to develop a material that will adhere to surrounding tissue, remain in place and enable cells to regenerate healthy tissue. However, such a material must enable the new cells to survive. "Existing adhesive polymers are very toxic to cells," Vernengo said.
As Vernengo works with her team of engineering students to develop the polymer, Kadlowec performs mechanical tests on the material.
"Mechanical tests mimicking loading conditions in the body are performed as well as tests to determine adhesive strength," Kadlowec said. "We want to be sure that the polymer behaves like native tissue and is not expelled if implanted."
Meanwhile, Iftode and her team collaborate with Vernengo and her students to test the polymer to determine whether cells can survive within the material and how long it will take them to regenerate and develop new tissue.
Strength in Collaboration
The researchers' diverse backgrounds are strengthening this research. "Cristina's expertise in biology is very complementary to my expertise in materials," Vernengo said.
"Collaboration is really very powerful because a different perspective on a common goal is always beneficial," Iftode said.
This partnership not only fortifies their work, but it offers students majoring in different disciplines the opportunity to interact with each other and share their data. "The chemical engineering students would not be exposed to that in a traditional chemical engineering curriculum," Vernengo said. "This gives them a more competitive edge and strengthens their background and professional development, making them more marketable for jobs in the biomedical engineering field."
Collaborations also expose students to new opportunities. "It opens their eyes to the possibilities of doing interdisciplinary work, and they may not have been aware of that before," Iftode said. "My students often sought more traditional types of Ph.D.s, and now some are talking about pursuing specializations in the areas of regenerative medicine and bioengineering."
Ongoing Plans
The researchers have applied for a National Institutes of Health grant for their continuing work. Their preliminary research was published in the January 2013 issue of the Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine.
After the teams optimize their hydrogel formulation with control cell lines, they will switch to using adult stem cells. Control cell lines are well established and characterized cell lines that are easy to manipulate, generate highly reproducible data and are cheaper to maintain; thus, they are preferred in preliminary testing. But tissue regeneration is possible only with stem cells. In this sense, the adult stem cells are almost as potent as the embryonic stem cells for disc tissue reconstruction, without the controversial ethical implications of the latter.
As their next step, they hope to collaborate with researchers at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University to obtain fat (adipose) stem cells derived from liposuction tissue. "Surplus body fat is a really good source of adult stem cells, which can be isolated, proliferated and then used to populate the scaffold we develop," Iftode said. "Then these scaffold-embedded stem cells will be exposed to a cocktail of growth factors that will induce them to differentiate into the type of cells that mimic the cells in the intervertebral disc."
New Potential
Although research is still in preliminary stages, it may ultimately go a long way in solving a widespread problem. "It addresses a real need in terms of being able to translate tissue engineering and regenerative medicine into actually helping people with lower back pain, which is one of the most common medical problems," Vernengo said. "I think it will make an important impact down the road."
The project is one of numerous studies conducted by teams at Rowan, which continues to grow its research initiatives, many of which are funded by such organizations as the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and Fortune 500 companies.
"This work is a wonderful example of students and faculty collaborating on practical research that provides solutions to real problems. This has the potential to change the lives of our neighbors who suffer from chronic back pain," said Dr. Anthony Lowman, dean of the College of Engineering.


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Ya know, now that you did that it's gonna snow...... Thanks :hill: . The :robbie: looks good with the top off. :beer:
Yeah that's what I'm counting on, we'll probably get like three feet while I'm gone on Spring Break and I'll come back to find that my bikini top is ripped :rant: . But hey it's snow! :cool: It would look a lot better with new shocks and tires, and would drive better too, but right now it still drives better with the hardtop off!
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Daily Business Report — Oct. 13, 2011
Council Committee Moves on Balboa Park Centennial Celebration
City News Service
The City Council's Rules Committee unanimously approved an agreement Wednesday with a group planning celebrations for Balboa Park's 100th anniversary in 2015. The nonprofit Balboa Park Celebration Inc., also known as the 2015 Committee, sought the memorandum of understanding to help it move forward with fundraising, event schedules and volunteer opportunities.The proposed deal, pending full City Council approval, sets the various responsibilities for the committee, including that it accept the venture's financial risks.
Balboa Park came into being as part of San Diego hosting the Panama-California Exposition in 1915. In the years since, it has grown up with museums, the San Diego Zoo and a golf course, among other public amenities.
City and tourism officials hope that events will be scheduled through the year to locals and tourists, and to tout the region's economic benefits.
A study by the Convention and Visitors Bureau found that a major promotion could help add as many as 600,000 hotel room nights to park-related centennial events — an economic impact of $661 million. The city would gain $9.4 million in hotel room tax revenues, according to the estimate.
Any funds held by the committee at the end of the celebration would toward Balboa Park capital improvement programs, according to the proposed deal.
Under the agreement, the city will not be allowed to schedule events in Balboa Park during 2015 without consulting the committee.
"We need certainty that areas of the park will be available at certain times so events can be planned,'" said Mike McDowell, a committee board member.
The committee plans to use the same model used by the city to host Super Bowls and the America"s Cup yacht races.
(Illustration is from the Balboa Park 2015 Centennial Celebration Report.)
SD Sports Innovators Appoints Executive Director
Lisa Freedman, a veteran in the sports event and event management field, has been named executive director of SD Sports Innovators (SDSI), the nonprofit organization managed by CONNECT to grow the sports industry. "Lisa brings nearly 20 years of management experience, and the guidance and foresight SDSI needs to continue to grow into the organization we all envision; one that is the frontrunner for sports innovation, entrepreneurship, business creation and collaboration," said Bill Walton executive chairman of the organization. Freedman has been involved in several well-known events, including Super Bowls, Olympic Games, Rose Bowls and Major League Baseball All-Star Games. She also served as director of events for the San Diego International Sports Council from 2004-05. Freedman said the lessons learned in the sports event industry have prepared her for her new role. "It's about seeing how everything fits together and making it work, meeting everyone's needs," she said. "With 600-plus sports companies in Southern California from start-ups to mature companies, I think everyone can benefit from the relationships, services and opportunities SDSI provides."
Darden Restaurants to Acquire Eddie V's Restaurants Group
Guy Villavaso and Larry Foles, co-founders of Eddie V's Restaurants Inc. have agreed to sell their Eddie V's Prime Seafood and Wildfish Seafood Grille restaurants to Darden Restaurants Inc. The sale will include all eight Eddie V's and all three Wildfish restaurants. The two brands will join Darden's Specialty Restaurant Group with the transaction expected to close by the end of the year. Eddie V's President Jim VanDercook and Executive Chef/Partner John Carver will lead day-to-day operations under the new agreement along with individual restaurant managers and chefs from the Eddie V's and Wildfish restaurants. Foles and Villavaso will serve as consultants over the next two years. Eddie V's will join Darden's Specialty Restaurant Group headed by Gene Lee, which includes The Capital Grille, Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52. Villavaso and Foles will move most of their focus to growing four Roaring Fork restaurants, which were not part of the sale.
Port's Urban Trees 7 Exhibit Coming to a Close
The seventh and final season of the Port of San Diego's Urban Trees 7 public art exhibition will come to an end on Oct. 31. Sculptures in the exhibit, which stretch along the waterfront of North Harbor Drive, are to be dismantled. The final one is expected to be removed by mid-November. Many artworks from the current exhibition, as well as from previous Urban Trees exhibitions, are available for purchase from the participating artists. Artist contact information is available from the Port's Public Art Office at (619) 686-7246.
As the Urban Trees depart, the Port of San Diego is preparing for construction of the North Embarcadero Visionary Plan Phase I project. The project, which breaks ground Jan. 5, 2012, will include widened esplanades, landscaping, street improvements and public artwork. Artwork by internationally-known artist Pae White will be integrated into the esplanade architecture. The Port's Public Art Office will bring in new art installations and exhibits to the North Embarcadero and other parts of the port district.
C.W. Driver Forms Specialty Firm for Smaller Projects
General contractor C.W. Driver has formed a new independent company — SPG (Special Project Group) — that will focus on smaller-scale projects under $10 million in San Diego County and other regions of Southern California. Karl Kreutziger, executive vice president of the new company, said other general contracting firms create divisions within their companies to handle these smaller projects. SPG will operate independently, he said, an advantage to the client "We can mobilize to a project on a moment's notice and adjust to changing circumstances, which is inherent in the scale of work we will be doing," he said. "A developer of these smaller projects needs a contractor who can turn on a dime."
Security Business Bank Executive Re-Elected to Lenders Board
Gary Youmans, senior vice president of Security Business Bank, has been re-elected to the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders board of directors where he will serve an additional three-year term. Youmans is a founding director of the association and has participated on the organization's executive committee for more than 12 years. The association represents the interests of the small business lending community.
Reno Contracting Announces Promotions
Reno Contracting announced the promotion of Chris Heim to vice president of construction and Erik Kissner to vice president of operations. Heim had been serving as project director, and Kissner as the firm's director of field operations. Heim's construction career spans more than 30 years. He joined Reno in 1993. Kissner joined Reno in 1998, and has worked with the preconstruction, project management and field teams.
New Manager Chosen for County Public Safety Group
Ron Lane, who has served as director of San Diego County's Office of Emergency Services for the last five years, has been appointed as the new general manager/deputy chief administrative officer of the county's Public Safety Group. Lane succeeds Ray Fernandez, who is retiring after 12 years with the county, the last three as PSG general manager. Lane, 51, has worked for the county for 22 years, spending time with the Department of Planning and Land Use, the North County Municipal Court, PSG, the Department of Child Support Services and the Office of Emergency Services (OES). As OES director, Lane helped lead the County's response to the 2007 firestorms. The Public Safety Group includes two agencies with their own elected leaders, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department and the San Diego County District Attorney's Office. The group also includes seven county departments.
Father Joe Carroll to Receive La Mancha Award
Homeless advocate Father Joe Carroll will receive a La Mancha Award for humanitarianism by Casa Cornelia Law Center on Oct. 20 in a benefit to support the center's pro bono legal services to indigent immigrant victims of human and civil rights violations. Casa Cornelia's annual La Mancha Awards event will be held from 6-8 p.m. at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego. Tickets for the reception and ceremony are $75; the public is welcome to attend. For details, visit CasaCornelia.org or phone Anna Leyrer at (619) 231-7788, Ext. 310. Carroll, who retired in April as CEO of Father Joe's Villages and its partner agencies (St. Vincent de Paul Village, Toussaint Youth Villages and Martha's Village & Kitchen), now serves as president emeritus. Under his 29 years of leadership, the organization grew from a single thrift store into a multi-agency partnership that provides comprehensive services for more than 15,000 homeless adults and children annually. During the ceremony, Casa Cornelia also will honor Wendy Hannan of Solar Turbines as Distinguished Pro Bono Attorney of the Year.
Attorneys who donated in excess of 300 hours of their time or coordinated multiple dockets for unaccompanied children during 2010 will receive Inn of Court Pro Bono Publico Awards. Recipients include Ary Chang of Foley & Lardner LLP; Teodora Purcell of Fragomon, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy; Robert Chang of Jones Day; Jennifer P. Casler-Goncalves and Scott W. Morris of Latham & Watkins; James Cekola and Steve Keane of Morrison & Foerster, LLP; Florence Weinberg of the Law Office of Andrew Nietor; and solo practitioners J. Scott Cramer, Ana Sarai Del Castillo, Neha Desai and Rita C. Rodriguez.
Other honorees will include Artemisa Valle, who coordinates the volunteer interpreters and translators, and the following student interns: California Western School of Law: Ashley Arcidiacono, Anastasia Martin, Yunuen Mora and Agustin Peña; Thomas Jefferson School of Law Elizabeth Davey and Raemi Neils; University of San Diego: Ehren Duisberg, Anna Leyrer and Nicole Weil; and Villanova School of Law: Jesse Imbriano.
Small Business Workshops
SCORE San Diego continues its series of small business workshops. For more information, call (619) 557-7272 or visit score-sandiego.org.
• Oct. 15 Business Plan 201: How to Write a Winning Business Plan 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at National University in Carlsbad (705 Palomar Airport Road, Carlsbad 92011; pre-paid registration $99, $109 at the door).
• Oct. 15 Effective Marketing: Identify and Target Your Customers 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at National University in Kearny Mesa (9388 Lightwave Avenue, San Diego 92123; pre-paid registration $69, $79 at the door).
• Oct. 17 Business Basics 101 9 a.m. to noon at National University in Kearny Mesa (9388 Lightwave Avenue, San Diego 92123; no charge please pre-register).
• Oct. 18 Restaurant 101 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at National University in Carlsbad (705 Palomar Airport Road, Carlsbad 92011; pre-paid registration $49, $59 at the door).
The Daily Business Report is produced by REP Publishing Inc., publisher of SD METRO, the North Park News and the West Coast Craftsman. Contact: Manny Cruz (619) 287-1865.


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1) What is your [i]real name? (c'mon, you have nothing to hide!)[/i]
Paulo Pereira
2) Where you from?
Born in India but grew up in Yonkers, NY.
3) How old are you?
4) What is your favorite Alan Davis work?
The Excalibur run that Alan wrote and drew (the run beginning with #42), particularly the first several issues. Those were just ...sublime. Hawd Boiled Henwy, Kylun, Cerise, just incredible entertainment, the whole run. The most fun I ever had reading comics.
5) What was your first comic?
Not sure, some Firestorm comic that I'm not sure I even read. The first comic I read was the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #1.
6) Anything else we should know about you?
I was a visitor to Ryan Bedard's site before it was shut down. Nice to see at least a few regulars from that site here; Ilke (and his updates!) and of course Robin and Elayne Riggs (who I see has listed her residence as Bronkers, NY; is that Bronx+Yonkers?) I also see a regular from the Byrne Robotics Forum here, Darren Taylor (assuming it's the same guy; both are from Scotland, anyway); Darren has posted many samples of his great art at that site. Hello to you guys and to all (not least to Mr. Davis himself).


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Forums → The Tavern → What's the little orange sign next to a thread
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Do you know what it is? http://armorgames.com/community/forum/43/the-tavern
There are some right here.
Those are called stickies. It means they're a important. Most are guidelines and stuff like that some are there to prevent duplicate threads.
Those are called stickies. It means they're a important. Most are guidelines and stuff like that some are there to prevent duplicate threads.Well, we're done here for now. But one more question: Why do they stay atop?
Why do they stay atop?
It's like a pin that keeps it stuck at the top of the list.
Well, actually, they are on every thread: http://armorgames.com/community/forum/49/newcomers-forum
That's the one with the most.
Some areas have more than others. It happens.
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The news came without any warning. It was short and clear – Mochi is dead.
It saddens me to make this announcement today–our parent company Shanda has decided to dissolve the Mochi Media business. The last day that Mochi Media services will be available is March 31, 2014.
– Josh Larson, Mochi Media blog
March 14, 2014
At first I've had a hard time believing this. So… Mochi, THE Mochi, one of the biggest players on Flash games ads market, the provider of dozens of incredibly important and useful features is going to simply vanish in about two weeks after the announcement? As unbelievable as it sounded, it was true. Why? Because their parent company decided to.
Four years ago, when they were joining the Shanda company, it didn't seem like trouble. Everybody was happy:
… but now it doesn't look that good, does it?
OK, but anyways what does all this mean to a Flash game developer or for a casual Flash games player?
Let me point out few problems I'm currently struggling with.
I know everyone hates ads. But you have to understand, they are the fuel that keeps the internet going. They are the reason you can have things for free – things like free email, free videos… and free Flash games. And while Mochi ads were never the main source of money I make on games, it was still very important to me. The end of Mochi means the end of ads income for most of Flash game devs.
Sure, ads can be replaced (I've been reworking all of my games to do that in the past week) – but what's done is done: my games are already spread wide across the internet, hosted by hundreds of Flash portals. I can replace ads and put new files online but will it reach every Flash portal? Doubtful, even if Mochi with its last breath helps with the distribution.[*]
So, this will hit me financially… maybe not that hard, I only have a couple of games out there. But there are other devs who have like dozens of games with Mochi ads… and I feel sorry for them.
Live Updates
Among many features that Mochimedia gave to game devs, Live Updates was my favorite. What it did? Well imagine you make a game and then you upload it to Newgrounds, Kongregate and Game Jolt. Then other people grab the game from there and it spreads across the internet, reaching many portals and sites. And then you find a game breaking bug. Or a typo. You can fix it and re-upload the game to some of the sites but this will A) take lots of time and B) will leave lots of other sites with an older version of your game. Live Updates used to fix that problem. It was like a live patching system, it automatically downloaded the newest version of the game, EVERYWHERE, no matter where it was played at.
Live Updates helped me a lot with fixing all the problems and bugs that were reported after the launch of a given game. It also was very helpful when I wanted to simply update the game file with new content – like it was with A small talk game.
I will miss that feature.
Other features will also be missed. I didn't use scoreboards that much but others did. Besides that, Mochi provided distribution and promotion, analytics tools, achievements system, links tracking… It's hard to actually comprehend the impact Mochi had on Flash games. And it's even harder to imagine the impact of its dissolution.
End of an era
This is the end of an era. Mochi is dead, we have to carry on. What saddens me greatly is almost non-existent coverage of this events in media. Sure Flash games are not that important anymore but COME ON, this IS a big news, it could use more articles on the internet. Oh and of course there are also opinions that because Mochi shuts down, Flash is going to die. Nope, sorry guys, not going to happen… yet. Now if excuse me, I have a bunch of game preloaders to re-write….
Mochimedia – I will miss you. Farewell.
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Aagesons defend case in lawsuit
Ritters backing out of partnership killed $15M sale, Milk River Ranch owners say
July 27, 2014
A Hill County family that sold land to the state in a controversial transaction has answered a lawsuit claiming they also failed to return $200,000 a neighbor invested in a joint sale.
The answer to the lawsuit also claims the plaintiff killed a deal worth $15.8 million and asks the court to award damages to the defendant.
Ross Ritter of Judith Basin County, formerly of Rudyard, filed the lawsuit in March, saying the Aageson family kept $200,000 he and his former wife, Rhonda, invested when they entered a joint sale venture in 2004.
David and Julie Aageson and Verges and Noreen Aageson sold their property, about 4,500 acres of land northwest of Havre that includes about 15 miles of the Milk River after it re-enters Montana from Canada, to the Montana departments of Fish, Wildlife and Parks and Natural Resources and Conservation, for $5.8 million, with purchase of leases and rights raising the price to a little more than $6 million.
Aagesons sold 1,500 acres to DNRC for it to manage for the state school trust fund — which the Aagesons then would lease for farming — and 3,000 acres to FWP to manage as a wildlife refuge.
FWP announced last August that it had developed an interim management plan for that 3,000 acres and 6,000 acres of adjacent school trust land, which it named the Lost River Wildlife Area.
Some people decried the 2012 sale, saying the state paid too much for the land and that the sale took it away from people who would buy it to continue farming and ranching the land.
Aagesons maintained that the recreational, paleontological, archaeological, historical, biological and natural resource aspects of the land made it well worth the price.
In his lawsuit, Ritter claims that he and his wife invested $200,000 in a joint venture to sell both families' property, with the Ritters to receive 6.8 percent of the gross proceeds of a sale.
The group had been in contact with the University of Notre Dame in Indiana about selling the land, the lawsuit says, adding that the deal with Notre Dame fell through, and nothing further has occurred as far as selling the properties jointly as set in the agreement.
It says the Aagesons have not agreed to end the 2004 agreement, and "despite repeated demands" will not return the $200,000.
The response from the Aagesons says it was the Ritters who ended the agreement and caused financial loss.
The Aagesons were negotiating with the state government, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation and the California nonprofit The Trust for Public Lands to sell the Ritter and Aageson land as a single unit. In the process, the Aagesons invested more than $500,000 of their own money, the answer says.
A 2008 appraisal of the property listed a 2007 value of $15.8 million, the document says, with the cover sheet and first page of the appraisal attached.
The sale was not to create an archaeological dig site and it was not to be made to Notre Dame, which was working with the tribe regarding the possible purchase, the answer says.
The Aagesons, to whom the Ritters had granted power of attorney to effect sales, actually sold a portion of the land which was not part of the other negotiation for $3.4 million and paid the 6.8 percent share of the down payment to Ritters. For reasons unknown to the Aagesons, Ritters never cashed the $135,320 check, the answer says. The next payment of that sale was not made until 2009, 14 months after the Ritters withdrew from the agreement, the answer sys.
The Ritters unilaterally withdrew from the joint venture in 2008 and canceled the Aagesons' power of attorney granted to make the sale, the answer says. That effectively killed the $15.8 million sale, it says.
The $6 million sale to the state paid about 38 percent of what the joint venture sale would have paid, the answer says.
The Aagesons ask in their answer and counterclaim that the court find against Ritter's demand and award damages, amount to be determined in a trial, from the Ritters to the Aagesons instead.