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Workshop Speakers + Panelists: Round two
Find all the workshop descriptions here.
Summit guests can choose from Lunch Group 1 (early lunch, late workshops) or Group 2 (late lunch, early workshops)
Lunch Group 2
Rosalie Berrios
SimplyBetter Co.
Rosalie Berrios MA, founder & CEO of SimplyBetter Co. and SimplyBetterYou Coaching, is an International Miracle Coach, Motivational Speaker and Songwriter. Rosalie's life mission is to create more love, more inner peace and more balance in the world. As a International Miracle Coach, Rosalie guides clients from all over the world to attract miracles into their life, live in their truth and step into their power. Rosalie travels nationally and internationally facilitating motivational workshops that inspire audiences to pursue the very dreams they deem impossible.
Rosalie holds a Master's in Psychology and has extensive experience as a Behavioral Specialist, Individual and Family Therapist, Mentor and Coach. Rosalie loves traveling the world with her husband who proudly serves in the U.S. Navy.
Gabrielle Bill
Career Coach & Consultant
Gabrielle Bill, Career Coaching & Consulting
Gabrielle (Gabby) Bill is a Philadelphia-based Career Coach who helps mid-career professionals find, and land, jobs that they love. Before becoming a coach, Gabby spent eight years working in corporate marketing jobs for companies such as Disney and Capital One, and also earned her MBA from Harvard Business School. Outside of work, she's a dog mom to two chihuahuas, an officer in the Philadelphia chapter of Geek Girl Brunch and an avid beauty blogger. She's excited to be leading a workshop at the Lady Project Summit for the first time this year!
Ellie Brown
POP!sicle Artist Marketing
Ellie Brown is a visual artist, new to RI. She has a BFA from MassArt and a MFA from San Jose State University, both in Photography. She has shown her work extensively nationally and internationally and won numerous grants, including a Pollock Krasner Foundation grant. She began POP!sicle Artist Marketing straight out of graduate school after seeing a need in her peers to have assistance with the business side of art.
Jessica Cording
Registered Dietitian and Wellness Writer
Jessica Cording Nutrition
Jessica Cording, MS, RD, CDN is a registered dietitian and wellness writer with a passion for helping others experience a happier, calmer life through drama-free healthy eating. Through her writing, consulting, public speaking and counseling, she works with individuals, food companies, private healthcare companies, and the media to help make delicious, nourishing food approachable and enjoyable.
Naomi Simmers
Associate Producer
Nail Communications
Naomi was raised in the woods by a psychic hippie Italian single mom who taught her to work hard and relish the paradoxes of life. As an Associate Producer at Nail, Naomi spends her day turning abstract ideas into actual, tangible awesome things. That could be videos, photographs, posters, or stuffed animals. Ultimately her job is to make killer content by hiring people who can plus an idea, on time and under budget. She does this by obsessing about every detail while always keeping the big picture in mind—all while implementing ninja-level tact along the way. If Naomi had to be described in 3 fiction characters, she would be Hermione Granger, Jessica Day, and Mindy Lahiri's alter ego; Beyonce Pad Thai.
Kaitlyn Vicente
Community Manager
NAIL Communications
Kaitlyn grew up on the Internet—her awkward adolescent years safely entombed in the dormant servers of AIM, Live journal, and MySpace. As a community manager at NAIL, she charms trolls and maintains a brand's voice and tone across nuanced platforms, while staying culturally relevant, authentic, and timely. Her goal is to build up the brand's reputation through a collection of fast, short-term relationships and consumer conversations. To describe Kaitlyn in three fictional characters, she'd be April Ludgate from Parks and Recreations, Lydia Deetz from Beetlejuice, and Abbi's alter ego Val from Broad City.
Ann Shoket
Author, The Big Life
Ann Shoket is the author of THE BIG LIFE. She has been a key architect in shaping the national conversation about and for millennial women. As Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen from 2007 to 2014, she led the magazine to become the number-one teen magazine on every platform with innovative content around the most important issues facing young women today.
MEDIA Panel
Rhonesha Byng
Founder, CEO
Her Agenda
Rhonesha is the founder and CEO of Her Agenda. Her philosophy in life is represented by her acronym of N.E.S.H.A. – No one Ever Slows Her Agenda, which was also the inspiration for her company – HerAgenda.com.
The site is a digital media platform that bridges the gap between ambition and achievement for millennial women. Her Agenda was listed in FORBES' 2013 list of The 100 Best Websites For Women and named one of the 10 Best Sites For Millennial Women.
Rhonesha was named one of Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 in 2017. She's also been listed as 28 Under 28 by NBCBLK and one of 29 People To Know by BET. She's spoken at The White House and The United State of Women Summit. She's also received awards from the Associated Press, and the New York Association of Black Journalists for her work in journalism. Early in her career, as a field producer with NBC New York (WNBC-TV) she earned an Emmy award as part of team coverage for a breaking news story. Rhonesha is an alumna Posse Scholar and attended Depauw University on a full-tuition leadership scholarship.
Rebekah Epstein
Fifteen Media
It didn't take long in Rebekah Epstein's career to learn that she had a knack for getting her clients the media attention they needed to thrive. With a BS in Media, Culture & Communication at New York University and tenure at both NYLON and Vogue magazines, Rebekah knows firsthand what catches the attention of top-tier media. And through her time at the New York office of People's Revolution, helmed by fashion publicist and NY Times best-selling author Kelly Cutrone, she had established the media contacts and relationships she needed to start her own successful PR firm.
But unlike most PR firms, where time is split across client communications, meetings and administration, Rebekah solely focuses on what she does best - getting her clients into the media! Across outlets, including television, magazines and online. Her reliability and results-driven attitude has landed her clients of 30+ PR firms with placements in some of the most renowned news sources of our time, including Forbes, Associated Press, The New York Times and more.
Rebekah has been published in business magazines like Fast Company, Entrepreneur, and PR Couture, and her work has been spotlighted in publications such as Austin Business Journal and Austin Woman Magazine. She hosts regular PR workshops for small businesses who want to learn how to get the media attention they need. PR firms also leverage her expertise to train their publicists, both new and seasoned, on the ins and outs of modern-day PR. When she is not working, Rebekah enjoys hanging out with her husband and dog, as well as volunteering her time with non-profit organizations focused on promoting the education of young, professional women.
Elana Lyn Gross
Founder, journalist, and content strategist
Elana Lyn / mllnnl
Elana Lyn Gross is a content strategist at mllnnl, journalist, and founder of the personal and professional development website, Elana Lyn. Elana Lyn provides millennial women with actionable job search, career, and wellness advice. More than 100 women from a wide range of industries have been interviewed in the Career Profile series. Elana's writing has been published in Forbes, Fortune, TIME, Women's Health, Business Insider, Fast Company, Mashable, Refinery 29, Brit + Co, The Huffington Post, and more.
Loren Raye
Co-host, The TJ Show
CBS Radio - Boston
Loren is co-host of The TJ Show on Boston's 103.3 AMP Radio, and the morning entertainment reporter for WBZ News Radio 1030. She is the 2015 and 2016 Gracie Award recipient for Outstanding Morning Drive Personality and creator of the "Badass Chick," which highlights women and girls following their passion, giving back to the community and/or breaking stereotypes. She is also a voice over artist and believes that three things are essential to a happy life: good food, good company, and a comfy pair of sweatpants.
Lily Herman
Writer and Editor
Lily is a writer and editor based in New York. Currently, you can find her doing largely politics and news reporting for Teen Vogue or talking about food culture for TIME's breakfast site, Extra Crispy. In recent months, her writing has been featured on Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Mashable, Fast Company, Newsweek, Forbes, and more. Tweet her at @lkherman.
Caitlin Abber
Executive Editor of Elite Daily
Caitlin Abber was recently appointed Executive Editor of News and Entertainment at Elite Daily. Earlier this year she produced Public Radio International's 2016 election campaign, "The UnConvention," which aimed to understand and amplify the political concerns and passions of millennials. Prior to PRI, she focused on social issues and lifestyle content as the Senior Digital Editor of Women's Health Magazine, and the creator, producer, and host of their podcast, "Uninterrupted," where she had the opportunity to interview remarkable wome, includin Gloria Steinem, Margaret Cho, Chirlane McCray, and Arianna Huffington. Before her time at Women's Health, Abber blended pop culture and politics as the Senior Issues Editor at MTV News, where she led the brand in covering some of the most pressing and intersectional issues facing her generation, such as the Supreme Court's ruling on marriage equality, the Black Lives Matter movement, sexual assault on college campuses, climate change, and sexism in the media. Abber received a Masters in Media Studies from The New School in 201, and an undergraduate degree from Hofstra University in 200. She is a graduate of the Women's Media Center's Progressive Women's Voices training.
Nisha Chittal
Director of Audience Development
Tasting Table
Nisha Chittal is a journalist and digital strategist with eight years of experience in building and managing engagement strategies for publishers, media companies, and brands. She currently is the Director of Audience development at Tasting Table. In January 2016, she was named to Forbes Magazine's "30 Under 30" in Media.
Prior to Tasting Table, Nisha worked on social & audience engagement strategy at MSNBC & NBC News, where she launched MSNBC's presence on Snapchat and led the network's experimentation with emerging platforms including Kik, Line, and Instagram Stories. She has written about digital trends for NBCNews.com & MSNBC.com and appeared on TV and in web videos for MSNBC to talk social trends. She guest hosted "Code Forward," an online show on MSNBC.com about tech trends, in 2015.
Prior to NBC News, she led social media strategy at Travel Channel in Washington, DC, and prior to that, worked at digital agency MXM Social, helping brands like Kraft Foods and Coffee-mate launch their first social media accounts and dip their toes into the social world.
Nisha has also written about women's issues, politics, and technology for a variety of publications, including Elle Magazine, the Huffington Post, Poynter Online, Ms Magazine, The American Prospect, Jezebel, and others. She has had essays published in three anthologies, including the Amazon Kindle Serial "The 10 Habits of Highly Successful Women."
She holds a bachelor of arts degree in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Moderated by
Nicole Arias
The Lady Project // Education First
Nicole is a recent graduate from Johnson & Wales University, where she studied International Business Management. With a strong passion for travel and culture she finds herself resonating most with the word 'Wanderlust'. Currently, Nicole works in the travel industry as an Operations Coordinator at Education First, Cultural Care Au Pair.
Her involvement with the lady project began her senior year of college as the expansion intern where she worked alongside the LP CEO/Co-founder Sierra Barter to help with the development of new and upcoming chapters.
Lunch Group 1
Adebisi Adebowale
Coach, Speaker, and the world's only Upliftologist™
Adebisi Adebowale is a Speaker, Coach, and the world's only Upliftologist™. Through her coaching company Upliftology™, she helps Millennials find their voice and purpose to maximize their time building the lives of their dreams into reality. Referred to as the Master of Upliftment, Adebisi's clients have earned over $1 million dollars (to date) in scholarships for their educational pursuits, and boast of attending schools such as Columbia University, Syracuse University, and University of California- Berkeley, among others. Her clients have also networked their way to the opportunities of their dreams.
Ashley Crouch
Appleseed Communications
As the first woman in her family to graduate from college, Ashley Crouch has risen to become the CEO of Appleseed Communications, a company that helps rising female entrepreneurs get the media attention they deserve. She has worked with best-selling authors, CEOs of multimillion dollar companies, TEDx speakers, social innovators, and more. She has helped her clients get featured on hundreds of outlets, coordinated writing arrangements with Business Insider or American Express OPEN Forum, created marketing partnerships with the United Nations Foundation, speaking opportunities at The Atlantic LIVE, Columbia University, Massachusetts Conference for Women, and more.
Margit Detweiler
TueNight.com and Gyrate Media
Margit Detweiler is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Webby-honored TueNight.com, a storytelling site and event series exploring the lives of women over 40. Margit is also president of Gyrate Media, LLC (http://www.gyratemedia.com) a content strategy and editorial development firm based in Brooklyn. With 20+ years experience in media, Margit has led the editorial vision for some of the top media brands, as editorial director of RealSimple.com, director of Aol Health, executive editor at EverydayHealth.com and managing editor of the Philadelphia City Paper. Margit is also an award-winning reporter and editor and has contributed to the Associated Press, Redbook, Village Voice, Bust, Rolling Stone and many others. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and feisty cat Alice.
Devin Donaldson
Founder & Chief Optimist
The Optimist Co.
Devin is a life long optimist and product developer. She utilized these passions after she suffered and asthma attack from a leading "green" cleaning product and created a line of truly natural cleaning products with an ingredient list you can easily read. Aside from running her growing company, she also shares her optimistic approach to business success and the tools that have worked in talks and workshops.
Cynthia Newman
Senior Vice President, Wealth Management
Morgan Stanley
Cindy Newman, Senior Vice President – Wealth Management, works with achieving women who lead full, active lives and often find their finances don't get the attention they deserve. Throughout her career, Cindy has reached thousands of women by leading workshops and seminars for organizations ranging from trade associations & social groups to Fortune 500 companies. Cindy served on the Monmouth University Planned Giving Council Advisory Board & was a Trustee of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth County.
She currently serves as a mentor in the college bound program for the Monmouth County Boys & Girls Club. Cindy is a graduate of Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA with a Bachelor of Arts in Management and a minor in Accounting, where she served on the Board of Trustees.
Jennifer Romolini
Author, Weird in a World That's Not: A Career Guide for Misfits, F*ckups, and Failures
Jennifer Romolini is the author of "Weird In a World That's Not: A Career Guide for Misfits, F*ckups, and Failures." She is the former editor in chief and vice president of content at HelloGiggles, a site for millennial women founded by actress Zooey Deschanel. Romolini was previously the editor in chief of Yahoo Shine, the deputy editor of Lucky Magazine, and held editorial positions at Time Out New York and Talk Magazine. She lives in Los Angeles.
Bloggers Panel
Chrystina Cappello
Chrystina Noel
Chrystina is a blogger and small business owner living in Philadelphia, PA. She blogs about hosting parties, sending handmade greeting cards, and how to stay in touch with people in today's world. She is the founder of PHLbloggers, a blogger meet-up group in Philadelphia, and The Blog Connect, a blog conference. When she's not blogging she can be found singing, taking photographs, baking, traveling, or doing some construction consulting.
Liz Elfman
Founder and CEO
E-Squared Agency
Liz is the CEO and founder of E-Squared Agency, a boutique studio that helps startups and small businesses with their blogs, newsletters, and other content. Prior to E-Squared, Liz served as a marketing manager at Google, under Google for Entrepreneurs. Previously, she has also been head of marketing for General Assembly in London.
Bethany Everett
Twenty Something Plus
Twenty something going on thirty, Bethany is a Greater Boston Area based life and style blogger learning that less can be more. A self-proclaimed recovering shopaholic, and borderline hoarder. She now shares how to stylishly make the most of your wardrobe and what you need to have in it to do so.
Erin Ollila
Freelance Writer & Content Marketing Strategist
Erin Ollila Creative
Erin Ollila graduated from Fairfield University with an M.F.A. in Creative Writing. She believes in the power of words and how a message can inform - and even transform - its intended audience. Her writing can be found all over the internet and in print, and includes interviews, ghostwriting, blog posts, and creative nonfiction. Erin is a geek for SEO and all things social media. She lives in Southeastern Massachusetts, neighboring Providence, Rhode Island, her favorite small city.
Melanie Patterson
Style Blogger
Radical Darling
Radical Darling is beyond just the name of her blog. Melanie Patterson harnesses her part edgy / part sweet demeanor to curate a space that lives in the same world, from her personal style to the art she creates, to social justice topics she holds near to her heart. Her #blackgirlmagic has landed her in publications such as Glamour, Marie Claire, and Teen Vogue, amongst others.
Sarah Blodgett
Content Creator
Everyday Starlet
Sarah Blodgett is the creator and editor of Everyday Starlet, a makeup and beauty blog and YouTube channel designed to inspired everyday women to unleash her inner celebrity.
Moderated by: Brittanny Taylor
Brittanny Taylor
Brittanny Taylor Photography
Brittanny Taylor is a fashion and lifestyle photographer and social media consultant based in Providence, Rhode Island. She works with bloggers, influencers, and small business owners to develop their brand from photography to best social media practices to grow their businesses.
She has been published in Huffington Post, Bitch Media, Nylon Japan, Elle, Vogue Italia, Complex, and Vibe Magazines to name a few.


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Unable to start the Domino 852 server as a service and run the Java Controller on Windows 2008 R2 server.
Domino Administrator has installed a Domino 8.5.2 server on a Windows 2008 R2 machine. However, the service for the "Lotus Domino Server" does not start up either manually by clicking "start" service or automatically when the Operating System is rebooted.
It gives the below error, when trying to start the service manually.
Also, when the administrator tries to start the Lotus Domino Console i.e. the Java Controller for Domino, it gives the below error message.
"Either the Server Controller is not running on the host INMAIL01/Acme or is not listening on port 2050"
In the java controller log, it shows the below errors. The log for the java controller will be located in Domino\data\dcntrlrdcntrlr201010051228.out. The numbers indicate the date and time when the file was created.
createServerSocket=Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 0: JVM_Bind
Unable to open listener socket: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 0: JVM_Bind
java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 0: JVM_Bind
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketBind(Native Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.bind(PlainSocketImpl.java:384)
at java.net.ServerSocket.bind(ServerSocket.java:331)
at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:197)
at com.ibm.jsse2.qc.<init>(qc.java:31)
at com.ibm.jsse2.SSLServerSocketFactoryImpl.createServerSocket(SSLServerSocketFactoryImpl.java:5)
at lotus.domino.console.SSL.createServerSocket(SSL.java:113)
at lotus.domino.console.ClientAcceptor.Init(ClientAcceptor.java:52)
at lotus.domino.console.ClientAcceptor.run(ClientAcceptor.java:85)
Domino Server Controller exiting: Listener startup timed out. Please check if another Server Controller instance is running in the same data directory.
Further, when the administrator issues the command, "netstat -a" from the command prompt, it doesn't show that port 2050 is listening.
Resolving the problem
In one case, the issue was resolved by following the below steps:
1) Add the port 2050 in the windows firewall.
(From the windows, run type "firewall" and enter Windows Firewall with Advanced Security ->Inbound Rules)
2) Add the entry for the IP address which is mapped to server name in the local host file (e.g 10.10.10.5 INMAIL01/Acme).
3) Enable the below notes.ini parameter in the Domino server's notes.ini.
Note: 10.10.20.5 is the IP address of the Domino server.
4) With the above settings done, restart the Operating System (OS).
You will see "Lotus Domino Server" service will be launched successfully when the OS is up and also administrator will be able to connect to Domino server using the Lotus Domino Console i.e Java Controller for Domino.

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The holiday season offers plenty of opportunities for joy, but for some, the hustle and bustle of the season isn't cause for celebration. For many, it's a source of loneliness, sadness and grief. Just ask Dr. Ron Pekala, biofeedback director and coordinator for research and development at the Coatesville VA Medical Center in Pennsylvania. "People who are prone to depression or have had trauma have expectations about the holidays," says Pekala. "They think things should be a certain way and when they're not, it affects them."
Pekala is concerned about how the holiday blues affect his patients. Studies have shown some 10 to 30 million Americans suffer from at least mild symptoms of depression during the holiday season.
What sets Pekala apart is that he's not just focusing on depression. Rather, he's interested in helping his patients find happiness.
"People can become less depressed but still not be happy. There are two sides at play here—positive and negative. These emotions come from different parts of the brain," says Pekala. "Maybe you don't have family around during the holidays. We all have tragedies in our lives, but that doesn't mean you can't find happiness."
If you understand happiness and what it takes to be happy, says Pekala, then you can load the dice in your favor.
The development of achievable goals can lead to feelings of…increased self-esteem.
It all starts with social interaction, which is what the holidays are about, says Pekala. Relatives from across the country get together and reminisce. Long lost cousins, neighbors and coworkers gather at parties. People talk. They laugh. That laughter generates endorphin release and a feeling of well-being. All these things make a difference in developing happiness and increasing self-esteem, according to Pekala. "It's science," he says.
Pekala warns not to hit too many holiday parties though. Science also supports quiet time as a remedy for the holiday blues. We live in a frenetic culture, particularly so during the holidays. There's shopping to do, miles to travel and turkeys to cook. It's fight or flight most of the time and this leads to exhaustion. Again, science plays a role. The body's parasympathetic nerve system works to calm you down. Sit down and read a book, take a walk, or listen to music and let the world wait a while.
And, though it might not fit the image of pecan pies and egg nog, there is always good old aerobic exercise if you want to get a jump on your New Year's resolution. Studies suggest exercise is as effective as Prozac or other anti-depressants on mild-depression. A short stint of cardiovascular stimulation will leave you feeling positive after you cool down. Research has shown that aerobic exercise can lead to new neuron growth, effectively allowing you to remodel your brain with each step on the treadmill. Just make sure you keep the routine up for at least 90 days. Research has shown habits tend to stick better after three consecutive months.
Along with helping your mind and your body, a good exercise program can also provide feelings of success and achievement. The development of achievable goals, not just in the gym, but in all walks of life, can lead to feelings of success, competence and increased self-esteem.
Whatever you do to stay happy, the important thing is to have something positive to look forward to every day. "We need hope," says Pekala. "We need positive events to look forward to and that means finding ways to make yourself happy. Developing such positive expectations and perceptions are very important in cultivating happiness and reducing depression."
Pekala asks: "Are you going to change the world or are you going to change your perception of the world? Which is easier?"


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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: Sunday School (10/25/07)
TITLE: My Father my teacher
By David Campbell
So it is your wisdom and words for which I reach
In You and only Your words do I desire and stay
For it was Your hand that formed me from the miry clay
As a Father of old you gave us birth
And set us in the bosom of our Mother Earth
As we sucked on Her breasts with desire to feed
With our sins of lust did we cause Her to bleed
For the shedding of your sons and daughters blood
It was ourselves that brought forth the flood
It is those who love and listen to Your words that find compassion
But it is the wickedness of a mans heart to dispute over rations
It was through our own lusts and sin that man hid your words of truth
As they struggle with your word like a horse with bit and broken tooth
It is you and only you that have open my eyes to the light
As a new moon that breaks forth in the night
In your words I find my promise of seventy weeks of perfection
And through my sickness my body and spirits resurrection
I have brought this upon myself I know
But because of my love for you and yours I will go
Grant me the strength Oh Heavenly Father to reach out to your hand
To grab the morning star to guide your children to the promise land
For those who have eyes to see and ears to hear
Know that the time of my Father is near
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Hi Meltingpot Readers,
All summer long, I was trying to teach my kids the value of money. So, we literally saved every penny we found on the street with the goal of purchasing something we all really wanted. Once you start looking, it's amazing how many people walk over money in the street…if it's a penny. Well, all of our pennies (and a few quarters, nickels and dimes) were enough to purchase half of a Vitamix blender. I added the other half of the funds and voila, we are officially a Vitamix family.
One of the first things I tried to make was a carrot/mango juice. I used fresh carrots and frozen mango chunks. Unfortunately, we didn't make juice, we made carrot mango sorbet instead. It looked like this:
It was actually pretty tasty, but not exactly what I was hoping for. I clearly need a little bit more practice. But I'm seriously enjoying our new kitchen toy. Next up, el esposo and I are going to collaborate and create a real 'kinky gazpacho,' I'm thinking gazpacho with a little kick of spice. I'll let you know what we come up with.
If you have any favorite Vitamix recipes, please, please, please share. I'm so totally listening.
(And dear readers, please note, I have no affiliation with the Vitamix company. I'm just totally obsessed with the product and can't quite curb my enthusiasm.)


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My natural voice is clear, strong, friendly and versatile. I can perform a wide array of personalities, vocal ranges, accents, characters, and odd sounds. My voice can adjust to high and low pitch and achieve a long range. I utilize good grammar and employ strong word emphasis. My years of working in marketing and advertising has taught me how to work within tight time frames, budget limitations, and take specific direction. However, my training in improv theater has taught me to be creative and original on the fly.
English (North American), English
British, French, North American, US Midwest (Chicago, Great Lakes), US New York (New Jersey, Bronx, Brooklyn), US South (Deep South, Dixie, Delta)
Middle Aged, Teen, Young Adult
Special Skills
Audiobooks, Business, Cartoons, Educational, Internet, Movie Trailers, Podcasting, Radio, Television, Videogames
My experience has included, but not limited to: commercials, business presentations, instructional videos and audio, narrations, characters for cartoons and web movies, audio books and children's books.
• Received voiceover training with William Williams at Aliso Creek Productions in Burbank, CA along with workshops with Beverly Bremers in Orange County, CA.
• Attended improvisational acting classes at The Groundlings in Los Angeles, CA.
• BFA Graphic Arts, BGSU
Audio Technica AT2020 with a Sterling Audio PF1 Pop Filter
Computer & Software
MacBook Pro using Adobe Audtion
Special Equipment
M-Audio Mobile Pre-Amp
Delivery Methods
Email, File Transfer sites, Box, FTP, CD.
Turnaround Time
As needed
Service Description
I am very service-oriented and sensitive to client's needs. I have over 12 years career experience in advertising and marketing, so I fully understand the need to meet deadlines, achieve strategic objectives, stay within budget, stay on schedule and maintain positive working relationships with clients and vendors. I like to ensure my clients gets the take they want before our time is up. Voice work is my passion and I am satisfied only when I deliver a solid product and working experience to my clients. Thanks for your consideration.
Payment Terms
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I am in full fledged nesting mode for my new space. I have secretly been squirreling away 'inspiration' images on Pinterest – I felt so sneaky every time I pinned an image to my secret board. Because my home is going to be so small, I have to be incredibly careful about each and every item I bring into my home. I have a few possessions that I already own that I will be bringing (like my mustard coloured Eames chairs) – or at least trying to bring with me – but I have to buy quite a few things. Before I moved to Ireland, I purged much of my furniture so right now, my home is a blank slate for the most part. It is pretty exciting to think about getting new things but in an odd way, it is always incredibly frightening. I am not sure why it makes me anxious but it does. I have become so accustomed to not spending much money on possessions for my home. I use to buy things nilly willy – I want new towels – buy new towels. Now I am over thinking sales, where I will store them, how many do I want…. Blah blah blah. I know one thing for sure, I would like to buy less, go higher quality and try to buy organic as much as possible.
A few other things that I am leaning towards: mostly white, earthy/outdoorsy (I want to feel like I am never far from nature even when I am in the city) and more mid-century, quality wood. Here are some beautiful images I have collected to help me create my new space:
Sadly I can't find the original source for this image. Somewhere it mentioned Design*Sponge but no luck.
What I love about this image: the chair, the industrial naked bulb and the gallery wall. I am considering creating a gallery wall like this in my hallway. I have so much art. Way too much art.
Source: Poppytalk
What I love about this image: The mixture of textures, wood & white and the sheepskin. I want lots and lots of sheepskin in my apartment. Not so sure it will be Nanna friendly but…. Oh well. I also love the mixture of colours – whites, woods and greys.
Source: Shootfactory
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Bow Down to the Masters of Low Back Pain
Nothing gets a person on their "hands and knees" quicker than active trigger points in the quadratus lumborum muscle. These trigger points are always on the top of my list when it comes to acute low back pain complaints, especially those cases where the pain is so severe that the client cannot stand.
The quadratus lumborum (QL) trigger points also play a prominent role in chronic low back pain cases as well, becoming a key player in the subsequent onset of sciatica symptoms and hip pain complications.
The QL trigger points are indeed the "masters of low back pain", and if you are looking to become their master, there are some important things that you need to know.
The Quadratus Lumborum Muscle
The quadratus lumborum muscle group is not going to impress you with its size or prominence in the physique. But this small and somewhat hidden muscle group plays such a prominent role in normal body mechanics that without its functioning the upright posture of the human being is impossible to maintain.
Anatomical Highlights: To begin, I found this great video clip of from the Trail Guide to the Body DVD on youtube that I want to show you:
(In case you can't view the video in this post, you can watch it on youtube here: http://youtu.be/VsW896n71HU)
The video above does a fantastic job at showing the position of the muscle group, but there is one more detail that I would like to highlight; this muscle group has three subsections that each have a distinct fiber direction:
- The Iliocostal fibers (shown below in blue) attach on the Iliac Crest and run vertically upward to attach to the 12th rib.
- The iliolumbar fibers (shown below in green) attach on the Iliac Crest and run diagonally upward and medially to attach to the tranverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae (L1 > L4)
- The lumbocostal fibers (shown below in red) attach on the lumbar vertebrae and run diagnonally upward and laterally to attach to the twelfth (lowest) rib.
As you can see in the diagram above, the diagonal iliolumbar and lumbocostal fibers are oriented to allow them to act as guy-wires for the lumbar spine. It is this particular anatomical feature that accounts for this muscle's ability to stabilize the upright posture.
Biomechanical Highlights: The most important biomechanical consideration with the QL muscle relates to the guy-wire fiber arrangement discussed above. The primary antagonist to each QL muscle is the opposing QL muscle on the other side of the body. Thus, if one muscle develops trigger point activity, the muscle on the other side will become overloaded and develop trigger points as well. From a clinical perspective, this means that the therapist should always address the trigger points in both the left and right QL muscles, even if the pain is limited only to one side.
The Quadratus Lumborum Trigger Points
As shown in the diagram above, there are four potential trigger points in the QL muscle:
- The upper QL trigger point is found just lateral to where the lumbar paraspinal muscles and the twelfth rib meet. Note, this trigger point lies underneath the paraspinal muscle mass in this region, so the therapist must approach it from the side to contact it directly.
- The lower QL trigger point lies deep in the region where the paraspinal muscles meet the hip crest (iliac crest).
- The middle or deep QL trigger points lie closer to the spine than the superior or lower trigger points, next to the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae.
Typically, I find all four trigger points in this muscle present simultaneously. Accurately locating (and treating) these trigger points requires positioning the client in a specific way, which I will describe in the treatment section below.
Quadratus Lumborum Pain
The referred pain from the QL trigger points is usually described as an intense, deep ache, but it may also have a sharp, knifelike quality at times, particularly during movement. The distribution of the referred pain is as follows:
- The upper trigger point (shown to right in blue) refers pain to the flank region of the low back, along the crest of the hip, and around the front to the upper groin region. It may also refer pain to the Sacro-Iliac (S.I.) joint, and to the scrotum and testicles on occasion.
- The lower trigger point (shown to right in red) refers pain and tenderness to the hip joint region, making laying on that side too painful during sleep.
- The middle trigger points (shown above in green) refer pain and tenderness strongly to the S.I. joint and lower buttock regions. Occasionally, these trigger points may refer a sharp, "lightening bolt" of pain to the front of the thigh.
Quadratus Lumborum Symptoms & Findings
The signs and symptoms associated with active quadratus lumborum trigger points are as follows:
- Severe, deep, aching low back pain during movement or rest, and in nearly any position, but worse in the upright posture of standing or sitting.
- A sharp, knifelike pain when moving the hips/pelvis is common.
- Client's will attempt to support and stabilize their upper body with their hands. This bracing with the hands occurs during walking and sitting, and is the hallmark sign of active QL trigger points.
- Coughing and sneezing can creating episodes of agonizing pain as the muscle contracts to stabilize the rib cage.
- Clients may be forced to crawl on their hands and knees to the bathroom when getting out of bed in the morning.
- Clients will be unable to roll to either side when laying in a face-up position.
- The pain from untreated QL trigger points may progress to involve the groin, genitalia, and sciatica symptoms.
- The low back pain from QL trigger points may also transform into severe hip pain over time that resembles trochanteric bursitis.
- A common postural distortion with QL trigger points is an elevated hip crest on the painful side.
What Causes Quadratus Lumborum Trigger Points?
The following factors may activate or reactivate trigger points in the QL muscle:
- Any activity that involves bending and twisting at the waist, such as reaching for an object on the floor, can overload the QL muscle.
- Lifting heavy or awkward objects, such as a TV, especially if it involves twisting at the waist.
- Bending over to put on pants, especially if their foot becomes entangled in the pants and they lose their balance.
- Automobile accidents.
- A genetically short leg that causes a lateral tilt in pelvis, or walking or running on a sloping surface (side of the road), may predispose the QL muscles to overload and trigger point activity.
- A soft bed that sags like a hammock, or a Tempurpedic mattress, may activate or reactivate QL trigger points by placing the muscle in a shortened or stretched position for an extended period.
(For more information on the various causes of trigger points, please see What Causes Trigger Points.)
Treatment of Quadratus Lumborum Trigger Points
The first step in the effective treatment of the QL trigger points is being able to accurately locate and contact the trigger points. Many therapists make the mistake of trying to locate and treat these trigger points with the client in the prone (face-down) position, as you can see in the following videos:
(YouTube link > http://youtu.be/v0wurbGLgpo )
(YouTube link > http://youtu.be/bTJtTuJmJaI )
(YouTube link > http://youtu.be/PwKm9KpE5Wc )
Because three of the four potential QL trigger points lie underneath the paraspinal muscles, the therapist will have difficulty contacting these trigger points with the client in the prone position.
A more effective approach to these trigger points can be achieved by placing the client on their side, with the painful side facing up. This position is called the extended side-lying position and is used specifically to address the trigger points in the QL muscle.
Placing the Client in the Extended Side-Lying Position
- The first thing that you should recognize as a therapist is that a client with active QL trigger points is going to need some help getting into and changing position on your treatment table.
- I usually start by helping the client sit on the midpoint of table with their legs hanging off one side.
- If you are going to work the trigger points in the client's right QL muscle, for example, you should have them sit on the right side of the table, when viewed from the foot of the table.
- The client will probably place their hands on the table to each side to support their upper body weight when sitting. If they don't do this, you should ask them to.
- Standing in front of the client, you are then going to hug their upper body, to support their upper body weight, and then slowly lay them down on the table on their left side.
- Then help them place their legs on the table and give them a pillow (or adjust the head piece) to support their neck and head.
- At this point, the client is in the standard side-lying position and the therapist needs to modify it to place the client's right QL muscle in a slightly stretched position. To do this, following the steps in the picture below.
- When working with acute QL trigger points, the therapist should place a pillow under the client's right knee after step 1 in the above picture. It is important not to overstretch the muscle at the beginning of the treatment, so supporting the upper knee with a pillow or bolster helps with this. After the trigger points have been released, the therapist should remove or reposition the pillow to allow for a greater stretch of the iliolumbar fibers of the QL muscles.
- To reposition the client to work the QL muscle on the other side, the therapist can simply reverse these directions to get the client back into the sitting position, being sure to hug and lift the client's upper body as they sit up, or they can help the client roll to the other side.
- To roll the client, encircle the client's waist with your arms and lift their lower trunk slightly off the table as they roll to their back. Then walk around to the other side of the table and repeat the waist lift to help them roll on to their right side. It is critical that the therapist help the client to roll in this manner, otherwise the QL trigger points that were just released will be reactivated by the client's effort to roll their body.
Using the extended side-lying position helps to apply the appropriate tension to the QL muscle for easier palpation of its trigger points, and allows the therapist easier to access to the trigger points by approaching them from the side, instead of through the paraspinal muscle mass.
Associated Trigger Points
The effective treatment of the QL trigger points will also require the therapist to address the associated trigger points in other muscle groups as well. In acute cases of low back pain, the therapist should include the gluteus medius trigger points in their treatment routine. In chronic cases, the gluteus medius trigger points, gluteus minimus trigger points, gluteus maximus trigger points, and piriformis trigger points will need to be addressed by the therapist.
The Quadratus Lumborum-Gluteus Medius/Minimus Connection
The referred pain from the upper QL trigger point is projected to the gluteus medius and gluteus minimus muscles, and therefore can activate the trigger points in these muscle groups (termed satellite trigger points).
The relationship between the trigger points in these muscle groups is so strong, that palpation on the QL trigger points can produce the referred pain associated with the gluteus medius and minimus trigger points.
I call this fascinating phenomenon "piggy-backing" and when it occurs with the QL trigger points it often involves the sciatica symptoms (pain that travels down the leg) associated with the gluteus minimus trigger points. Release of the gluteus minimus trigger points restores the typical pain patterns of the QL trigger points.
The Quadratus Lumborum-Gluteus Maximus/Piriformis Connection
Referred pain from the middle or deep QL trigger points may also activate satellite trigger points in the gluteus maximus and piriformis muscles, though the piggy-backing phenomenon doesn't seem to occur with these trigger points.
The Quadratus Lumborum-IlioPsoas Connection
One other trigger point that can be associated with QL trigger point activity is the trigger point in the IlioPsoas muscle group. Because both of these muscle groups share a similar function, stabilizing the lumbar spine, trigger point induced weakness in one of the muscle groups tends to overload the other muscle group and cause secondary trigger points to develop within it.
For more information on these trigger points, and step-by-step instructions for locating and releasing them, please consider purchasing the Trigger Point Therapy for the Quadratus Lumborum Video Download or if you have an iPad you can purchase the Trigger Point Therapy for the Quadratus Lumborum Booklet for the iPad in the iBookstore.
A link to the video excerpt is provide here: Quadratus Lumborum Trigger Points
Related Articles:
- Trigger Point Therapy for Low Back Pain; Understanding the Complaint Within the Complaint
- How to Release the Gluteus Medius Trigger Points (Video)
- Gluteus Minimus Trigger Points: A Small Muscle With A Big Mouth
- Iliopsoas Trigger Points: Hidden Pranksters of Low Back Pain


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We all know that Google Chrome works fine on Windows 8 and you can add it as an app to your Metro UI. But news of the day is, there are some metro specific  features coming to Chrome to make your browsing experience on Windows 8 more lively.
"Our goal is to be able to offer our users a speedy, simple, secure Chrome experience across all platforms, which includes both the desktop and Metro versions of Windows 8,†the rep said. "To that end we're in the process of building a Metro version of Chrome along with improving desktop Chrome in Windows 8 such as adding enhanced touch support.†(Mashable)
Metro UI has live tiles. Now, lets start imaging Chrome's live tile updating with say, alerts, or download status…hmm what else can you think of?
Another possibility is Chrome for Windows 8 Tablets. If the team decides to add features similar to Chrome for Android here also, we will get a seamless experience on a Windows 8 tablet and Windows 8 PC.
I've Windows 8 consumer preview running on netbook now so I will keep that there ( I was planning to change back to Chromium OS) and see what the team comes up with. So, expect some hot Windows 8 Chrome news soon. But until then, I want you to use your imagination and drop me some comments on what you would like to see on Chrome Metro UI on Windows 8.
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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: Christmas (04/25/05)
TITLE: A Cherished Gift
By Carol Adams
had been "naughty or nice" to get our intended presents. As always, we received just what we asked for.
Always in our country rural school, after Christmas break, we would be asked by our teacher what we received for Christmas presents. Everyone was asked and all told with glee what they
had received. It came to me and the same question was presented. I began to tell all of which I got and one older than me piped up and said, "You're so rich!" "You got everything you wanted." I was teased that I was the rich little kid. Oh how that hurt! Being 7 or 8 at
the time, I didn't know there was such cruelty at Christmas. More yet, I was not aware that their were others who were not as blessed as my parents.
As I grew and went into high school, I had a great best friend who came from a very large family. My parents did not really like me hanging around Ramona, but I was drawn to her because of their family loving me just
where I was and accepting me as such.
But again, in one of our classes together, the teacher asked what we received for Christmas. By
now, I had learned that there were others less fortunate than me. So when it was my turn to tell what I had received, I only named a couple of things because I knew my best friend Ramona would say nothing. I felt so bad for her. She came from a poor family. I remembered my insensitive classmates making fun of Ramona's poor estate and the tattered clothes she wore. I saw her tears and I heard her pain. My folks really disapproved of me hanging around with a girl who came from the other side of the tracks. What could I possibly see in her?
Ramona lived in a small house that housed 10 people. She didn't always smell the best because they were poor and there wasn't always a lot to go around. But she accepted me as I did her.
We became friends while in rural school though we attended different schools. All of the rural
country schools would get together and we would have track meets, that's how Ramona and I met. Then as we entered high school together, I was singled out because I was friends with the "other girl." We became two misfits together.
It was right before Christmas, the kids in my class were snickering and saying to me, "where's Ramona?" I said, I did not know. "Well, she ran off with her boyfriend. She's going to have a baby." I couldn't believe it. But it was true.
Christmas was kind of sad that year for me. I lost my buddy, my chum and now I had to find a way to fit into this group of classmates who were so false. Several months had past, and I saw Ramona again. We talked and she showed me her little baby boy. How proud she was! It was great to see my old friend. She told me how grateful she was for having me as a friend because there were times she didn't think she would be able to cope with all the taunts. She said, "I saw my chance to get away and I took it, but thanks for being my friend." She said, "I know you were the other girl over the tracks on the good side of town, but I want you to know that it's been my pleasure to have you for my friend. I just cried. We exchanged hugs. She was my Christmas gift as I was hers. All the riches in my world could not afford me the best present of all - her friendship.
John Greenleaf Whittier said, "Somehow, not only for Christmas, but all the long year through, the joy that you give to others, is the joy that comes back to you. And the more you spend in blessing, the poor and lonely and sad, the more of your heart's possessing, returns to you glad.
Ramona was a cherished gift to me.
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Malekzadeh Arrested for 'Financial Corruption'; 6 More Join Hunger Strike
24 Jun 2011 01:30Comments
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Please refer to the Media Guide to help put the stories in perspective. You can follow breaking news stories on our Twitter feed.
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1:30 a.m., 3 Tir/June 24 Our columnist Muhammad Sahimi compiled the following news items and commentary:
Two days after resigning from his post as deputy foreign minister for financial and administrative affairs, Mohammad Sharif Malekzadeh was arrested, Fars, the news agency run by the intelligence unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported. Subsequently, Esmail Kosari, deputy head of the Majles Commission on National Security and Foreign Policy, said that he was detained on several charges of financial corruption. Malekzadeh has rejected all the charges against him. The judiciary has said that it will soon issue a statement explaining the reason for his arrest.
Hardline websites opposed to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are having a field day after Malekzadeh's arrest. Mashregh News, closely aligned with the security forces, reported extensively on the arrest and the previous positions that Malekzadeh has held. Raja News, published by Fatemeh Rajabi -- who once referred to Ahmadinejad as the "third millennium miracle" but has become his ardent foe -- claimed that Malekzadeh was appointed to the ministerial post to prevent his arrest, but that the members of the "perverted group" -- Ahmadinejad chief of staff and confidant Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei and his associates -- erred in their "calculations." Hardline cleric Mehdi Taeb said that Mashaei has always pursued the president's downfall, but Ahmadinejad still considers him to be pious and honest. "We should be prepared for larger seditions," Taeb added.
Aftab News, the website that is close to Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, wondered in an editorial about how the president will react to the latest in a string of arrests of his allies. It asked, "Will Ahmadinejad stay home again to protest the arrests, or will he ask the Supreme Leader to order the release of his close aides? If he chooses the first option, it will have terrible consequences for him. If he chooses the alternative, what will that mean, given what he did in the episode regarding the firing of Minister of Intelligence Heyday Moslehi, his reinstatement by the Supreme Leader, and Ahmadinejad's resistance?"
Majles deputy Ali Akbar Olia said that next week 100 deputies will ask Speaker Ali Larijani to summon Ahmadinejad to respond to several questions. He said that the questions have to do with the government not implementing certain laws, problems regarding the Ministry of Intelligence, and the manner in which subsidies on energy and food items have been eliminated.***
Six more prominent political prisoners have joined the hunger strike in which a dozen people were already participating. They are Keyvan Samimi, Isa Saharkhiz, Masoud Bastani, Ali Ajami, Jafar Eghdami, and Heshmatollah Tabarzadi. The six are imprisoned in Rajaei Shahr Prison near Karaj, west of Tehran. Dr. Mohsen Aminzadeh, deputy foreign minister in the administration of former President Mohammad Khatami who has also been imprisoned, has said that he will join the strike as well. He was granted a furlough, but after participating in the memorial for journalist Reza Hoda Saber, was ordered to return to Evin Prison in Tehran.
Hassan Asadi Zeidabadi, the youngest of the original 12, has written a letter explaining the impetus for the hunger strike: "It is not in our power to ignore so much lying. We have gone on hunger strike to prove that they cannot forget the political prisoners and find a solution for the problem by eliminating the problem itself. What we say is that our offenses are neither [the standard charges of] gathering, nor disturbing the public's mind, nor spreading lies; rather, our offense of and that of our other friends is our bravery in criticizing the injustice done to the people, it is recounting the violations of human rights." Zeidabadi, a member of the Organization of University Graduates, has been sentenced to five years in prison. His wife, Atefeh Khalafi, said that when there is no other way of protesting, we can understand why the 12 have chosen such a dangerous way.
The family of Amir Khosrow Dalirsani, the political prisoner who went on hunger strike with journalist Reza Hoda Saber to protest the death of Haleh Sahabi, has written a letter to him and the other hunger strikers expressing their support. "The day you began your hunger strike, we were honored," the family said in the letter.
Meanwhile, the families of Mohammad Ebrahim Hemmat and Hamid Bakeri, two well-known Revolutionary Guard commanders who were killed during the Iran-Iraq War, have asked the 12 to end their hunger strike. Hemmat's wife Zhila Badihian, and Fatemeh Chehel-Amirani, Bakeri's wife, say in their short letter, "The day that the oppressed gains his rights is more difficult than the day the oppressor does injustice. We know that the blood of the innocent will not be wasted -- history has proven this -- so we ask you humbly to end your hunger strike."
The family of distinguished nationalist-religious journalist Dr. Ahmad Zeidabadi has expressed concern over his health. Zeidabadi has been imprisoned since immediately after the 2009 presidential elections and has never been granted a furlough. His family said that he has recently lost 22 pounds. Zeidabadi has been sentenced to six years of imprisonment, five years of internal exile, and a life-long ban on any political or journalistic activity.
As reported by Tehran Bureau, Mojtaba Zolnour, deputy to Ali Saeedi, Khamenei's representative to the Revolutionary Guards, has retired from active duty in the corps. There was speculation that Zolnour resigned to run in the Majles elections in March 2012. On Thursday, Zolnour confirmed that he indeed plans to run for a seat in the parliament.
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Mohammad Dastgheib, the popular cleric and supporter of the Green Movement, said that the reason that senior clerics have been silent about what is going on in the country is that "they have been surrounded" and threatened. He criticized what he called "sending the national wealth to Syria to be spent on suppressing the Syrian people, rather than spending it for the people [of Iran]," and emphasized, "What the pious people want is for Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi to be freed [from house arrest]."
Judiciary chief Sadegh Larijani said, "Our policy is not to accept the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Iran." Larijani added that Iran with work with the U.N. on some issues related to human rights, but this will be according to what he called a "rational framework.... We are criticized because we sometimes execute narcotic traffickers. We execute them when what they do crosses certain limits, [in which case] we consider them merchants of death. Western human rights cannot be imposed on others, and we can accept human rights based on their liberal culture, because our religious political system has its own framework for human rights." Larijani's declaration that Iran will not accept the rapporteur runs contrary to Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi's declaration on Thursday that Iran had already asked the U.N. to send someone to investigate the human rights situation in the country.
The BBC reports that the European Union will impose sanctions on three Iranians who have played a role in the crackdown by the Syrian regime on its people. The three Iranian citizens, whose names were not released, have been accused of helping Syria's government and supplying it with equipment for the crackdown.
Most of the Tehran press reported on the arrest of a young woman for stealing some meat from a butchery. The woman told the police that she stole the meat to feed her two daughters and her old mother. Her husband passed away two years ago. She said that she cannot find a job, because as soon as she tells potential employers about the death of her husband, they make sexual advances on her.
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that five Russian nuclear experts killed in a plane crash on Monday had helped design Iran's nuclear facility in Bushehr. The five scientists were among 44 people killed when the Tupolev-134 plane broke up and caught fire on landing outside the city of Petrozavods. The scientist, including lead designers Sergei Rizhov, Gennadi Benyok, and Nicolai Tronov and Russia's top nuclear technological expert, Andrei Tropinov, worked at Bushehr to help finish the light-water nuclear reactor there, a project that the original contractor, the German firm Siemens, had refused to complete. Although there is no evidence of foul play in the crash, Iranian nuclear experts have been the target of assassination attempts.
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You know when it's really easy to write a Milestone Monday post? When you haven't done one in 9 months! Surely everyone's doing something new! :) Also, I spent the whole of today operating under the assumption that it was, in fact, Monday. So, I'll just go ahead and still post this.
|Mercy is still living with me, and she's finally really thriving and healthy. Here she is her first day of eating nshima and one Sunday morning before church.
|Zeke is sitting! And so, so babbly.
|Vigi hasn't gotten any less weird.
|Lulu is sitting and might pop if she gains any more weight.
|Priscilla still goes to physical therapy at the hospital a few times a week and receives it daily with us. She's making gains, but we're still prayerful over her body and her life.
|Memo and Seth went on their first date. :) But seriously, I have to TEAR the kids away from the kitchen.
|If you remember anything about Chabilo and how deathly ill she's been over the last few months, you'll really enjoy this picture of her chubby cheeks and smile. She's on the up and up!
|Helen is still sweet as can be. She loves babies (forgetting she still is one herself) and can almost always be found comforting someone who's sad. It's precious.
|Petra and all the others are learning to cook nshima. Fake nshima, of course, but they're getting the steps down and the pretend play down.
|Both twins are sitting well and happy as can be.
|One of the big girls favorite pastimes these days.
|Leahndrea is walking hesitantly. It won't be long now...
|Binwell's walking!
|Chilala's walking!
|Jeremy's running!
|Edwin's walking
|Flo is standing around like a bump on a log (although she's up to 2 steps...)
|Deacon is masquerading as a ninja turtle. When he's not wearing this, he's wearing a bright, red blazer.
|You could never really imagine the transformation in Boyd unless you'd seen him struggling for his life so many times. He's my miracle boy.
|Candace is a walking, talking, ornery little lady.
|Agnes is getting stronger and stronger!
|Katie, Wendy, and Vera are all in various stages of walking. Vera is running and transitioning herself over to Haven 2. Katie is still tentative, and Wendy's just lazy :).
|Kelvin's walking!
|Esther and Evelyn are hard at work. Crawling is just around the corner for them both.
Hope ya'll are having great days!


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2012 LITA National Forum Final Report
January 23, 2013
2012 LITA National Forum Final Report
Susan Smith, Planning Committee Chair
The 2012 LITA National Forum was held in Columbus, Ohio from Thursday, October 4 through Sunday, October 7, 2012. The theme was New World of Data: Discover. Connect. Remix.
Mark Baggett, Elizabeth Black, Robert Danford, Terese DeSimio, Anita Dryden, Mohamed El Ouirdi, Kathryn Frederick, Paul Keith (past chair), Regina Koury, Matthew Phillips, Frances Rice, Susan Smith (chair), Tina Walker, Jen Waller, and Hu Womack.
Formal Sessions: This year's programming was modeled after the successful framework of the 2011 Forum. There were two preconferences held simultaneously Thursday afternoon and Friday morning. Three keynotes speakers did presentations (Opening General Session, Saturday morning General Session and Closing General Session on Sunday. Beginning Friday afternoon seven concurrent sessions were held (2 on Friday, 4 on Saturday and 1 on Sunday). Thirty-nine presentations were offered during the concurrent sessions. During a no-conflict 90 minute time slot (the last time slot on Saturday afternoon) 11 poster sessions were presented. One lightning round session was held during Concurrent Session 6.
Supplementary Programming: Networking dinners were planned for each evening Thursday through Saturday (2 on Thursday, 4 on Friday, 6 on Saturday). The Sponsor Showcase was held Friday after Concurrent Session 2. First time attendee orientation was held Friday, immediately following the first General Session.
- All three keynote speakers streamed live, recorded and stored on LITA's UStream channel for later viewing at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/lita-forum
- Final keynote speaker was unable to travel due to unforeseen health issues and delivered keynote virtually.
- The Risky Business Contest was repeated (The committee decided to rename this to "Most Innovative Project" but marketing went out using the original name, so we stuck with it). We advertised a prize for the winning speaker (gave an iPod shuffle): Alexa Pearce, "Persona Most Grata: Invoking the User from Data to Design"
- Conference photos are posted at http://www.flickr.com/groups/litapix/
- Presentations are posted at http://connect.ala.org/litaforum?page=2&type=managed_file
Feedback from Debriefing Breakfast
- Room sizes were good (concurrent, general session)
- Directional sign in lobby of hotel would help new arrivals to locate the conference space
- AV people were good
- Parking was good and affordable
- Overall, Internet connectivity was good
Concurrent Sessions
- Continue to work on best method to make sure that it is very clear that vendor-only proposals are not accepted (must be paired with a librarian)
- Travel support from many schools is sketchy, so we need to plan to accommodate changes after the acceptances are confirmed.
- Need to include that any changes in speakers needs to be communicated.
Poster Sessions
- The room size was good with plenty of space for posters and viewers
- 90 minutes was a good amount of time (previously was 2 hours which was too long)
- Break following Saturday keynote was too short
- Some felt there needed to be coffee available at all times during the day
- Lack of seating in lobbies was issue inhibiting networking
- Food was great, but people didn't know what types of snacks to expect (especially following chocolate pretzels!)
- Would like higher visibility, room location was not central and it took effort for people to seek them out
- Suggestion to explore possibility of moving them out into hallway if the hotel layout would accommodate it.
- Networking dinners: the number held appeared OK, suggestion to add walking distance to restaurant in addition to walking time, price ranges and cuisine (on signup sheets)
- Use interns as moderators
- Have different badges for the committee and interns so they can be easily spotted by attendees
- Include institutional affiliation or home city on name badges (has been done various ways before)
- Have different badges for first time attendees to identify them more easily (ribbon?)
- If the "Most Innovative Project" contest is to continue, arrange the prize ahead of time and locate a source of funding (was a scramble once it was realized that no donation was forthcoming. And the cost was underwritten personally by committee members)
- Explore more immediate way to collect feedback (evaluations) on concurrent sessions (received about 90 evaluations following the conference)
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Culture at the Arts Village: Pacific Harbour's Town Center
The Arts Village Cultural Center, offers a display of traditional Fijian Culture. From fire walking, to Fijian Dance and Singing, the venue is designed to preserve Fiji's heritage. Located a 5 minute walk from the resort, here you can see the world famous Beqa fire walkers and watch traditional warriors fight for survival. The complex also has boutique & handicraft shops, a supermarket, doctors surgery, post office, bank & ATM's, a few quaint eateries and an evening entertainment option as well.
Cultural Activities include:
- Traditional Fijian Dance and Fire Walking
- Ancient Village Tour
- Handicraft and Souvenirs
- Current Village Visits
- Kava Ceremonies within the resort
Arts Village Fire Walking & Meke Show
Where Culture Meets Heritage
Arts Village is located in Pacific Harbour and was previously known as the Fiji Cultural Center. It is a place for entertainment and experiencing the life styles, hospitality and the customs of indigenous Fijians. With a mixture of tranquility and a dash of the local flavor, Arts Village is renowned for its unique setting.
While at Arts Village, be sure to take the Island Boat Tour, the Island Temple Tour and watch the Arts Village Cultural show. Board a traditional canoe where the journey will take you on a tour of discovery of Ancient Fijian life. Traditional warriors who will row you around the lagoon and you will have the opportunity to taste the local cuisine and meet the villagers. Prepare to be humbled as you step inside the largest and the most authentic ancient temple in Fiji known as the 'Burekalou'
Hot Foot, Jump Back, Ow!…
Witness the ancient fire walking on your visit to Arts Village. The practice of fire walking was originated on the island of Beqa which is only a few kilometers off the main island of Viti Levu. This religious ceremony is believed to be quite ancient and often requires great strength and discipline of the mind, body and spirit to perform the ritual.
The Beqa Village that performs fire walking has kept this religious and art form all to its own. They teach no outsiders, not even other Fijians. Walking on fire is certainly a case of mind over matter; we suggest you put in your mind that you make it matter to see these unrivaled performers. It's hot stuff!
Kava Ceremony
Nectar of the Gods? Not Quite, But it Does Pack a Wallop!
It is always interesting to be taking part in a traditional Kava drinking ceremony while you are in Fiji. All the villages around the islands are extremely communal based and the houses are generally located just meters away from each other. Kava is the main drink when there are popular functions such as weddings, family gatherings or even at funerals. The Kava drink also signifies a form of welcome in events and villages.
Kava (also called "grog" or "yaqona") is made from the pounded root of a pepper plant but does not have the spicy flavor. It does on the other hand produce a temporary numbing sort of effect for a while in your mouth. After a few bowlfuls, or maybe even one for the uninitiated, you will feel a slightly happy sensation followed by a relaxed and peaceful state.
In Fiji, Kava is consumed by both men and women. So as a guest here, you will frequently be invited to participate in one of these common ceremonies and social customs. It is also regarded as the "National Drink" of Fiji.
Here are some of the few Kava Drinking etiquettes that you should know when participating in a formal ceremony:
- When entering a village always bring a gift of kava root which can be bought from the local market.
- Men and women should be dressed appropriately and decently.
- Everyone must sit and remain seated during the ceremony.
- You are allowed to take photographs but it is always respectful to get consent first.
- The ceremony then begins as the villagers grind up the Kava and strain it through a cloth bag into a large wooden bowl called a 'tanoa' in local dialect placed in the middle of the room.
- Then the village's executive head drinks the Kava before it is offered to the rest of the room.
- After that it is shared with everyone.
- The men drink first and then the women.
- Clap once with a cupped hand making a hollow sound
- Say Bula!
- Drink in one gulp
- Clap three times.
Village Visit
The More Things Change, the More Things Stay the Same
Experience the life of a Fijian villager as you venture out to any one of possible dozen or so villages where the locals regularly accept visitors around Pacific Harbor. You could also set out to visit the villages that are along the Navua River where you would be able to spend a whole day with the local people; partake and enjoy in their daily life style.
First you will have a small welcoming function with the chief of the village and it is here you will get to join in a traditional kava drinking ceremony. After the ceremony you will get a tour around the village. Most villages still have traditional Bures (Thatched houses) which is a nice attraction. Be known that villages all around Fiji have rules and regulations that need to be followed by individuals who enter the village. These rules are simple and easy to take heed of. They are:
- Wearing hats, shorts and shoes (inside a room) is felt to be disrespectful.
- Women must keep their shoulders covered and wear a skirt or sulu.
- It is also important to note that one must speak in a low pitch and soft voice.
- Never touch someone's head when you are in the village, especially that of a villager.