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April 2019
First details are emerging for Ken's next book, MIASMA. The premise for the book, featuring Ken's enduringly popular character, Dr. Steven Dunbar, is as urgent as it is contemporary. As the writing comes to completion Ken has posted a blog on Good Reads offering an insight into the terrifying origins of this important new work. Read Ken's blog here : https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/18209115-new-steven-dunbar-book-miasma
November 2017
At last, the waiting is over and we are very happy to announce that Ken McClure's new book THE DEVIL'S LANDSCAPE will be released on December 14th
To learn more about the new book - the latest in the Dr Steven Dunbar series - follow this link: The Devil's Landscape
The book will be available via Amazon in both paperback and e-book format. Pre-orders are open now at this address: http://amzn.eu/92JhOXT
March 2017
Good news for those readers who prefer the feel of paper in their hands. A number of McClure titles that have long been out of print and, therefore, only available in digital formats, are now, once again, available in paperback, exclusively through Amazon.
Visit the Ken McClure page on Amazon to find your favourite titles and complete your collection
August 2016
Things may have been a little quiet of late, but rest assured that Ken is presently working hard on completing a new Steven Dunbar thriller, THE DEVIL'S LANDSCAPE. More news on that soon, but here, in the meantime, is a link to Ken's most recent blog at Good Reads. It is a troubling article on ebola and makes for very uncomfortable reading: Good Reads: Thoughts on Ebola
June 2015
Ken recently contributed a lengthy blog to Good Reads. The post tackles book snobbery and the debate between books and e-books. You can visit the entry directly on the Good Reads site by following this link : http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/7599835-books-versus-e-books
The Steven Dunbar thrillers are proving enormously popular in countries all over the Russian Federation with Ken spending an afternoon each week replying to email questions and requests from enthusiastic readers.
Electronic versions of THE SECRET are now available on all platforms although a paperback of this title has not been released. All 24 of Ken's titles are now available as e-books on all popular platforms.
Italian publisher Miraviglia Editore has released the first two of 5 McClure titles contracted for in the Italian language. They are PESTILENCE and Il CONDICE DI PANDORA. Both are available as paperbacks and e-books.
May 2013
Details of the new Steven Dunbar chiller, THE SECRET, are coming to light. The hardback will be released on September 5th and will be published by Birlinn. We'll update the site soon, but in the meantime you can read the blurb on the books Amazon listing: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1846972612
Hypocrates Isle was published in paperback this month.
Italian publisher MIRAVIGLIA EDITORE S.R.L. has contracted to publish five McClure titles in Italian. We'll post soon on what titles are to appear, and in what order.
Ken McClure will be reading at Carnoustie Library on Saturday June 1st – Angus Libraries Reading Group Day. 2-3.30pm.
February 2013
A paperback of Hypocrites' Isle will be released by Birlinn/Polygon in May.
The big news for Steven Dunbar fans is that the new Dunbar thriller, THE SECRET, the 10th title in the series – will come out in the Autumn. More details soon!
Public Appearance: Ken McClure will be reading at Dunbar Library, East Lothian on 7th March at 7.30pm
September 2012
It has been some time since the last update. Apologies. Here are some recent items of news...
July 2012 has seen the publication of Lost Causes in paperback.
All 23 McClure titles are available as Amazon Kindle books, and 17 have been made available on Kobo, with the remaining titles to be made available by the end of 2012.
The Steven Dunbar series of books are currently being released in Finland (by Moreeni) and the Russian Federation (by Veche)
Look out for a new McClure interview to appear in the third volume of Len Wanner's "The Crime Interviews" to be released by Blasted Heath
And, a word to the wise, negotiations are curently underway regarding publication of a new Dunbar thriller, The Secret. More soon!
June 2011
The new Steven Dunbar thriller Lost Causes was published by Polygon/Birlin earlier this month
All 23 McClure titles are now available on Amazon Kindle. Donor is presently No 4 in the Amazon UK chart for Action and Adventure (and a very impressive no. 37 overall in the UK Kindle store!)
In response to a wave of enquiries relating to the Steven Dunbar series we have added a new page which lists all Dunbar titles in order of publication. Click here to see the full list.
May 2011
The publication date of Lost Causes has been changed to June 1st, as will the appearance of the paperback of Dust to Dust.
The Steven Dunbar thrillers are to extend their global reach with the first appearance in Russian (publisher; Veche) and Finnish (publisher; Moreeni)
Crisis is to be published in the near future by Macedonia's Prosvetno Delo - bringing the number of languages in which the McClure catalogue has been published up to 25! (Number 24 was Lithuanian when Tyto Alba published HYPOCRITES' ISLE)
There are now 14 Ken McClure titles available on Amazon Kindle - with 5 more eBook titles set to be added by Polygon/Birlin in May
January 2011
The big news to kick off 2011 is that LOST CAUSES, the ninth Steven Dunbar thriller, will be published by Birlinn/Polygon on May 1st. The publication of the new title will co-incide with the release of the paperback edition of Dust to Dust.
Two early McClure titles, Pestilence and The Anvil are now available in the UK and the USA as eBooks in Amazon's Kindle store. More titles will appear in this format throughout the year.
Two new interviews with Ken McClure can be found online:
The Crime of It All
The Novel Road
October 2010
A new interview with Ken McClure has been published online by Suite 101. The interview can be found at this link:
August 2010
Dust to Dust the latest Steven Dunbar thriller, published by Birlinn/Polygon is now available in hardback. New paperback editions of Donor and Wildcard have also recently been published.
Ken will be giving a talk/reading at West Calder public library on Thursday September 30th at 6.30pm
January 2010
Past Lives will be published in large format paperback on 15th February by Magna
Dust to Dust, the eagerly awaited 8th Steven Dunbar thriller, will be published on May 1st, along with Donor, a reprint of the 1st Steven Dunbar book by Birlinn/Polygon
Wildcard, a reprint of the 3rd Steven Dunbar title will be published in paperback on June 1st by Birlinn/Polygon
Ken McClure will be appearing at Brookwood Library, Bearsden, Scotland on March 22nd at 2.30pm.
September 2009
The hardback edition of White Death has sold out. A paperback edition will be published by Polygon on November 1st.
Look out for Steven Dunbar's eighth outing in the new McClure thriller, "Dust to Dust " due for publication in May 2010. This date will also see the republication of the first Dunbar thriller, Donor. With further reprints from the series to follow.
May 2009
White Death, the new McClure chiiler, featuring Dr Steven Dunbar, will be published by Polygon on June 4th!
Publication has been delayed on the paperback edition of Hypocrites Isle - more soon!
The Lazarus Strain has just been published in large print format
January 2009
WHITE DEATH, the new McCLure thriller will be published by Polygon in the summer!
Hypocrites Isle will be published in paperback by Polygon in the Spring. Some recent reviews of Hypocrites Isle;
"Scrupulously observed and completely persuasive" Daily Telegraph
"The most frightening thing is that research scientist McClure makes it utterly believable" The Scotsman
Ken McClure will be reading at Ralston Library, Paisley, on March 5th at 7pm
November 2008
Hypocrites Isle was published last month by Birlinn/Polygon.
June 2008
Ken recently attended the Prague Book Fair as the guest of his Czech publisher, Alpress, where the Czech language edition of The Lazarus Strain was launched and is currently in the Czech best-seller lists.
The English paperback of The Lazarus Strain is due out in the UK on July 31st from Allison & Busby.
An audio version of Eye of the Raven will be available from July from Oakhill Publishing. (CDs or tapes)
The new book, Hypocrites' Isle, will be published by Birlinn/Polygon in hardback on September 15th. - No cover design as yet but available for pre-order from Amazon.co.uk
Older News
The Lazarus Strain will be published as an audio book
(CD/Cassette) on November 1st, 2007 by Isis Audio
Ken McClure will be on a brief Scottish Arts Council sponsored
reading tour of the Scottish Highlands during October.
Confirmed dates;
Inverness Library Oct 23rd 7.30pm
Thurso Library Oct 24th 7.30pm
Wick Library Oct 25th 7.30pm
Invergordon Library Oct 26th 7.30pm
Lochalsh Hotel Oct 27th 7.30pm
The Lazarus Strain was released in June in the UK by Allison and Busby both in hardback and 'airport' paperback. USA editions of The Lazarus Strain and Past Lives will appear in August 2007.
Press for The Lazarus Strain
"His (Ken McClure's) medical thrillers out-chill both Michael Crichton and Robin Cook." Telegraph.
"Swap Britain for the US and this could be the latest Michael Connelly - only it's better." Saturday Sport
"Thriller of the Month" Paul Norman's Gateway Monthly. (June)
"A tense and authentically unnerving story." Morning Star
EXCLUSIVE - Download the full prologue to The Lazarus Strain in PDF format
Audio Books
Past Lives is now available as an Isis Audio book. (cassettes)
The Lazarus Strain will be released as an ISIS audio book later in the year
The Gulf Conspiracy is now available in the USA and Canada - published by Bolinda Audio. (CDs).
Ken McClure is the internationally bestselling author of medical thrillers such as The Lazarus Strain, The Gulf Conspiracy, Eye of the Raven and Past Lives.
His books have been translated into over 20 languages and he has earned a reputation for meticulous research and the chilling accuracy of his predictions.
McClure's work is informed by his background as an award winning research scientist with the UK's Medical Research Council.


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Sarah Jain is a 25-year-old model and actress from Los Angeles. A fit, leggy blonde, Sarah loves modeling, traveling the world and, as she says, 'promoting her favorite flower.' We'll give you 420 guesses as to which bud she likes best.
Sarah Jain has done bikini and fashion modeling, as well as several fitness and music videos, usually wearing a swimsuit or other sexy outfit. She played a 'sexy lumberjack chick' in Mastodon's video for 'Curl of the Burl', which may be the most awesome experience ever listed on a resume in the history of the world.
Sarah Jain has also served as a model for many brands like Kill Your Culture, 313 Merch, Dime Bags, Greenhouse Seed Co. and others. She travels the world in pursuit of her modeling gigs, often finding herself in Amsterdam.
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If you've ever tried to drink something through one of those little red coffee stirrers instead of a full-sized straw, you know what it's like to breathe with asthma.
Twenty-five million Americans have been diagnosed with asthma. And for 10 percent of them, medications like inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting beta agonists aren't enough to keep them out of the hospital.
In 2010, the FDA approved bronchial thermoplasty, the first nonpharmaceutical treatment for severe asthma. People are starting to try it. Virginia Rady is one of them.
Rady has had asthma since she was a toddler. She tried to go away for college, but after a bad flare-up first semester, she moved back home. She's now 28, but her lungs are like those of a 65–year-old. If something triggers her airways to twitch and close up, it could be deadly. That means avoiding everything from cats and dogs to exercise and stress.
"If I were to get really emotional," says Rady, who lives outside Dallas with her husband, "I could actually trigger an asthma attack."
Inhaled drugs and other medications offer temporary relief for most asthma patients. Bronchial thermoplasty, on the other hand, is intended to reduce asthma symptoms permanently.
So when Rady heard that bronchial thermoplasty that might help her decrease the number of pills she takes, she was intrigued.
The procedure attacks the problem at its very root — the muscles in the lungs' airways. During an asthma attack, muscle cells contract and restrict airflow. To keep the muscles from constricting, a catheter is used to deliver heated zaps of energy that essentially burn off the outer layer of smooth muscle cells. That way there's less muscle to contract.
Studies of the procedure have not shown that it reduces airway hyperresponsiveness or the amount of air a person can exhale. But it does seem to improve people's quality of life.
One study found that patients who underwent the procedure, which requires three sessions, saw the number of asthma attacks drop by a third, on average, and emergency room visits decline by 70 percent. They also lost far fewer days from work and school. The study was funded by Boston Scientific, the company that created bronchial thermoplasty and sells the machines.
"We go into airways that are 3 millimeters or bigger," says Dr. Gary Weinstein, a pulmonologist at Texas Health Presbyterian. "And we're heating them up. It doesn't get that hot — about as hot as a cup of coffee."
Weinstein has performed bronchial thermoplasty on more than two-dozen patients, including Rady.
Studies haven't found major safety issues so far. But more research is needed to figure out which patients might benefit, how long the effect lasts and long-term safety.
The biggest drawback to bronchial thermoplasty seems to be the immediate response to the treatment, which can temporarily make symptoms worse. "It's like shoving a stick at a hornets' nest," Rady says. "In the days afterwards, you're wheezing. It's not pleasant."
But for Rady and other patients, when the symptoms caused by the treatment subside, it's life-changing.
Rady has been waiting to have children until she can taper off her steroids. Now that she has decreased her medications and is able to go outside and exercise regularly, Rady says, she's building up the stamina to be a mother.
"I'm up to 30 minutes on the elliptical and can walk a half-hour after," Rady says. "I can actually do all of that without the inhaler. And that to me is the awesome thing — not needing the drug."
Bronchial thermoplasty isn't a magic wand. It doesn't cure severe asthma, and it can be costly — treatment can run into the tens of thousands of dollars. Many insurers don't cover it because they consider it an experimental treatment.
But in 2012, Medicare agreed to pay for the catheters used in the treatment, and other insurers may follow.
Rady did persuade her health insurance provider to cover the majority of the cost — she paid a total of $5,000 out of pocket — but says she was denied coverage at first.
"I would think that anything they could do to keep me out of the hospital is worth it," Rady says. "One of my hospital bills in high school was $40,000. So in my opinion if you can get this and avoid just one hospitalization, it would more than pay for itself."
The procedure may be part of a move toward tailoring treatment based on the type of asthma a person has, according to Dr. Gaetane Michaud, an associate professor at Yale School of Medicine who has been researching bronchial thermoplasty for more than a decade.
"Bronchial thermoplasty certainly has its place," Michaud says. "I think we just need to understand more who it is right for."
And now we turn to a relatively new treatment for asthma. Winter can be an especially difficult time for the millions of people who suffer from asthma. And for some of them the normal round of inhalers and medications is not enough.
Lauren Silverman, of member station KERA, reports on a treatment that uses a heated metal device to widen the lungs' airways.
LAUREN SILVERMAN, BYLINE: If you've ever tried to drink something through one of those little red coffee stirrers instead of a full-sized straw, you know what it's like to breathe with asthma.
VIRGINIA RADY: You just can't get the air in.
SILVERMAN: Virginia Rady, who lives outside Dallas with her husband Nick, has had asthma since she was 2. She's 28, but tests show her lungs are like those of a 65-year-old. If something triggers her airways to twitch and close up, it could be deadly. That means avoiding...
RADY: Cats, dogs, pollen, grass, dust, exercise, stress. If I were to get really emotional and start crying I could actually trigger an asthma attack.
SILVERMAN: Rady tried to go away for college but after a bad flare-up, she moved back home. See, for people with severe asthma, an inhaler isn't always enough. Treating the disease can mean skipping school and work, hospital visits, expensive steroids and breathing machines.
RADY: During a bad exacerbation, I actually will wake myself up. I'll set an alarm on my phone, take my treatment, go back to sleep and it's because if I don't, I'll wake up later not breathing.
SILVERMAN: For decades, a big breathing machine and a face mask lived by Rady's bed. Since last February, they've both been gathering dust in her closet. That's when she had a procedure called bronchial thermoplasty, which involves putting a metal catheter into the lungs airways over and over again.
DR. GARY WEINSTEIN: We go into airways that are three millimeters or bigger and we're heating them up, and it doesn't get that hot, it gets about as hot as a cup of coffee.
SILVERMAN: Gary Weinstein is a pulmonologist at Texas Health Presbyterian in Dallas. He says an invasive treatment to widen the airways might sound like torture, but patients are sedated.
WEINSTEIN: Most people have very little recall of the whole thing except coming into the room and doing a bit of coughing.
SILVERMAN: He's done it on dozens of people, including Rady. And while inhaled drugs offer temporary relief, he says, bronchial thermoplasty attacks the problem at its root - the muscles in the lungs themselves. The procedure is done in three separate visits. Every time the catheter is inserted, it delivers heated zaps of energy that essentially burn off the outer layer of smooth muscle cells. Less smooth muscle means less seizing up.
WEINSTEIN: This seems to be a very good therapy. We found a number of patients who have been stuck on oral prednisone who have gotten off. It seems to be a very helpful procedure that persists.
SILVERMAN: Now, this procedure is really only for the 10 percent of asthmatics who can't control symptoms with medicine. For those patients, one five-year study, funded by the company that created bronchial thermoplasty, showed positive results.
Patients reduced their hospital visits by 70 percent and saw their asthma attacks drop by a third. The biggest downside to the treatment is the body's initial reaction.
RADY: It's like shoving a stick at a hornets nest. You're wheezing, it's not pleasant.
SILVERMAN: But once this temporary asthma flare-up subsides, Virginia Rady says it's life-changing.
RADY: So Nick and I, we've been married for almost a year and a half now. And I'll show you the nursery, it's in pieces right now...
SILVERMAN: Rady, who's a nurse, had been putting off pregnancy because she didn't want to be on steroids, which can cause thinning bones, mood-swings, even type II diabetes. Now, thanks to bronchial thermoplasty, she cut back on medications and is going outside to exercise. Rady is hoping to get pregnant because now she feels she has the stamina to be a mom.
RADY: I can't imagine saying, Nick, the kids are yours now, I've got to do a breathing treatment and then a nap, and that's just the way it would have to be - but hopefully, now I can be kind of normal.
SILVERMAN: Bronchial thermoplasty isn't a magic wand. Don't expect to throw out your inhaler. And while Rady's insurance helped pay the $20,000 bill, many insurers are still not covering the procedure. Doctors agree that's likely to change.
DR. GAETANE MICHAUD: Bronchial thermoplasty, I believe, certainly has its place. I think we just need to understand a lot more about who it is right for.
SILVERMAN: Yale's Dr. Gaetane Michaud has been researching bronchial thermoplasty for more than a decade. She says asthma treatment will eventually become more personalized.
MICHAUD: We have anti-inflammatory options, we have bronchial thermoplasty options, we're starting to develop additional add-on therapies and we just need to figure out which one will work with which patient profile.
SILVERMAN: Now that doctors have another weapon to fight asthma, she says, they just have to settle on when to use it.
For NPR News, I'm Lauren Silverman, in Dallas.
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If you have been wondering about the future of Conquer Club recently, stop your fretting because it has arrived, and I guarantee you that it will be good.
The first thing I wish to do is to honor the CC Community.
In my view, CC is what it is not because of any clever intellectual achievement or amazing creative breakthrough, but because of the clever, creative, and unique people that make up its community.
All of the effort that has gone into the building of this community will not be wasted. All the maps forged, add-ons programmed, events run, posts written, relationships developed... not to mention games played... will not be wasted. Together we will make this community better, badder, bigger, smarter, crazier, more reliable and less predictable then ever.
So this is what I commit to you, the humble, Common Heroes of Club Lore:
- More Features
- More Vibrant Community
- An Involved Leadership
As SuperAdmin my main role will be to set vision, develop features, and monitor our overall operations.
The current Admin team of rdsrds2120, king achilles and blakebowling will continue overseeing Community, Support and Tech respectively, and all the other community leaders will remain in their current roles.
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YAL needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 27 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
Young Americans for Liberty
Wednesday, January 20th, marks the one year anniversary of President Obama's Inauguration. His message and appeal inspired millions of young people to flock to the polls. But, "hope" is quickly fading away in Washington, DC.
A new youth movement is rising up and demanding REAL change. Join us and say "NO" to the policies of Bush and Obama!
This week, Young Americans for Liberty is seeking a talented artist to create a flyer for students activists to plaster on campus this January 20th. The flyer should send an eye-grabbing message educating students on the 1st year of Obama.
- More of the same Bush policies
- Broken campaign promises
- Quotes
- Outright lies
- Failed Policies
- Connections to special interests
- No transparency (the Federal Reserve)
- War in Iraq, "surge" in Afghanistan
Young Americans for Liberty seeks to recruit, train, educate, and mobilize students on the ideals of liberty and the Constitution.
Visit http://www.yaliberty.org/about/mission for more information on YAL's mission and statement of principles
Student activists on college campuses across America. Think: street teams, flash mobs, and guerrilla marketing
- Sends a clear message
- Creative
- Eye-grabbing
- Tasteful
- Easily printable on 8.5" by 11" sheet of paper
- Scalable to 1/4 page prints
- Include YAL logo and website. Logos found here (vector logo by request): http://bit.ly/8lawuX
- Leave a white box or appropriate space for student activists to add their own info [next group meeting, website, contact info, etc.]
Research and references:
- Last year's YAL flyer contest: http://99designs.com/contests/15830
- Broken campaign promises: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m…se-broken/
- http://imgur.com/exAhR.jpg
- http://imgur.com/h4wd5.jpg
- http://imgur.com/OmN47.jpg
- http://imgur.com/143dk.jpg
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Boston, MA
June 1, 2018
In 1630 The Massachusetts Bay Company chartered this self-governing settlement on the banks of the Charles River and soon became the capital of the colony of Massachusetts. Today the city is not only a major seaport and transportation hub but also a financial and business-service center. A great number of universities and hospitals make higher education and health services significant factors in Boston's economic Life. Food processing, clothing manufacturing, printing and publishing are its other mainstays.
In 1800 Boston was a homogeneous seaport of 4,000 citizens of English extraction but by 1900 the city had grown to more than 600,000 residents whose ancestries were Irish, Italian, French, Canadian, Germans and other European nationalities, plus a small population of African Americans.
Boston is surrounded by the "Greater Boston" region, and bordered by the cities and towns of Winthrop, Revere, Chelsea, Everett, Somerville, Cambridge, Watertown, Newton, Brookline, Needham, Dedham, Canton, Milton, and Quincy
Popualtion: Boston, 599,351 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence-Lowell-Brockton, 5,958,423
Over 250,000 students live in the Greater Boston Area.
Land Area: 89.6 square miles (however, 41.2 square miles of it is water)
Flight times: Chicago-2.5 hrs., London-8 hrs., Los Angeles-6 hrs., Miami-2.5 hrs.
CAMBRIDGE, originally called New Towne, was organized in 1636 when it became the site of Harvard College. It was renamed Cambridge in 1638 . The old part of Cambridge, Harvard Square, is considered by some to be the center of American intellectual and social culture. The city proper is of only 46 square miles (119 square kilometers),and more than one-fourth of it is water.
Cambridge population: 94,700.
Boston's mild winter climate is tempered by the Gulf Stream and the summers are often considerably cooler than New York and Philadelphia.
Average mean temperature: 53 F (13° C),Days of sunshine: 210 days, Annual precipitation: 39.5 inches.
Average Daily High/Low Temperature:
March - May: 64°f / 43°f, 18°c / 9°c
June - Aug.: 81°f / 62°f, 27°c / 17°f
Sept. - Nov.: 61°f / 36°f, 16°c / 6°c
Dec. - Feb.: 40° / 22°f, 7°c / -2°c
Boston Tourist Information (www.newenglandtravelplanner.com)
Visitors-City of Boston (www.cityofboston.gov/vistors)
Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau (www.bostonusa.com)
For more Information: (888) SEE BOSTON
Subway (T) (www.mbta.com): Consists of red line, green line, blue line, orange line, and silver line. Times on subway vary, but standard hours of operation are 5 am-12:30 am (and up to 1 am on some lines). Fare is $1.25 for most rides.
Commuter Rail (www.mbta.com): consists of thirteen Commuter Rail lines connecting Boston with towns to the north, west, and south. Trains depart Boston's North Station for Fitchburg, Lowell, Haverhill, Newburyport and Rockport, and trains depart South Station Transportation Center for Worcester, Needham Heights, Forge Park/I-495, Foxboro, Providence RI, Fall River, New Bedford, Middleborough/Lakeville and Kingston/Route 3.
Buses (www.mbta.com): operated by MBTA, particularly useful for connecting Boston-Logan International Airport with South Station Transportation Center.
Amtrak Train (www.amtrak.com):(800) USA-RAIL.
Taxis: $1.75 for the first 1/8th mile or less, $0.30 for each additional 1/8th of a mile.
—Boston Cab, (617) 536-5010
—Checker Cab, (617) 536-7000
—City Cab, (617) 536-5100
—Metro Cab, (617) 782-5500
—Town Taxi, (617) 536-5000
Boston Common: 48-acre public park established in 1632. Fun for people watching, concerts, street musicians, religious and political speakers, winter ice skating on Frog Pond. Located between Charles, Beacon and Park Streets.
Freedom Trail: 3 mile walking tour. Posted signs and red line pavement markers help distinguish 16 historic points in Boston National Historical Park.
Paul Revere House (www.paulreverehouse.org): 19 North Square, (617) 523-2338. Open April 15 - October 31 - 9:30 am to 5:15 pm November 1 - April 14 - 9:30 am to 4:15 pm Closed on Mondays in January, February and March. Admission: Adults-$3, Seniors and College Students $2.50, Children $1.00.
Old North Church (www.oldnorth.com): Oldest church in Boston. 93 Salem St., North End, (617) 523-6676. Open January–February: 10am–4pm, Tuesday–Sunday, Closed Monday March–May: 9am–5pm, daily June–October: 9am–6pm, daily November–December: 10am–5pm, daily. Sunday Service-9am and 11am, Wednesday Evening Service-6pm.
Boston Athenaeum (www.bostonathenaeum.org): Extensive library of books and some American art. 102 Beacon St. (617) 227-0270. Free.
USS Constitution/'Old Iron Sides' Charlestown Navy Shipyard (www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org): Bunker Hill Monument of the famous battlefield. (617) 242-5641, (617) 4261812. Free admission.
Black Heritage Trail (www.nps.gov/boas):Walking tour of the history of Boston's African-American community (617) 742-5415 (trail information).
Faneuil Hall Square (www.faneuilhallmarketplace.com): The heart of the political life of Boston, Massachusetts and, at one time, the United States. Boston, MA 02109, (617) 242-5675
John Hancock Observatory (www.hancock-observatory.com): The highest observation point in New England offers visitors a birds-eye view of the city.
200 Clarendon St. Open 365 days a yaer from 9 am to 11 pm. (617) 247-1977, Admission: Adults-$15, Seniors-$13, Youth-$9.
Franklin Park Zoo (www.franklinparkzoo.com): 1 Franklin Park Road, (617) 541-5466
New England Aquarium (www.neaq.org): Located on the Central Wharf, (617) 973-5200. Open Monday-Friday 9 am to 5 pm, Saturday-Sunday 9 am to 6 pm. Admission: Adults-$19.95, Child-$11.95, Seniors-$17.95.
Old State House Bostonian Society (www.bostonhistory.org): 206 Washington St. Open 7 days a week, 9 am to 5 pm (617) 720-3290. Admission: Adults-$5, Seniors and Students-$4 , Children-$1.
Boston University Art Gallery: 855 Commonwealth Avenue, at Boston University (617) 353-3329. Free admission.
The Children's Museum of Boston (www.bostonkids.org):300 Congress Street, downtown, (617) 426-7336. Open daily 10 am-5 pm, Fridays until 9pm. Admission: Adults-$10, Seniors and Children-$8.
John F Kennedy Library & Museum (www.jfklibrary.org): Columbia Point, at Morrissey Boulevard, Dorchester. (617) 929-4500. Open 7 days a week, 9 am to 5 pm. Admission: Adults-$12, Seniors and Students-$10, Youth-$9, Children 12 & under-free.
The Museum of Fine Arts (www.mfa.org): Impressive collection of American and international art plus Egyptian art, Chinese/Japanese ceramics.
465 Huntington Ave., (617) 267-9300. Admission: Adults-$17, Seniors and Students-$15.
Harvard Museum of Natural History (/www.hmnh.harvard.edu):
26 Oxford St., Cambridge. Includes: the Comparative Zoology, Mineralogical and Geological, and Botanical Museums. Admission: Adults-$5, Seniors-$4. , Students and children-$3. Free on Saturday before noon. (617) 495-3045.
Harvard University Art Museums (www.artmuseums.harvard.edu):32 Quincy St., Cambridge, (617) 495-9400.
Includes these excellent museums:
The Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, (617) 495-9400.
The Fogg Museum, European, Asian and American art from the Middle Ages to present.
The Busch-Reisinger Museum (a section of the Fogg) focuses on the art of German-speaking Europe.
One admission price covers all three museums: Aults-$5, Seniors-$4, Students-$3, Children under age 18-free.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum(/www.boston.com/gardner): In 1903 "Mrs. Jack" Gardner built this architectural jewel in the style of a 15th-century Italian palace that houses her extensive art collection. The flowering courtyard is another gem. Admission: $10-adults, $7-seniors, $5-students, $3-children.
280 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115 (617) 566-1401 Museum Shop: (617) 278-5122 Gardner Café: (617) 566-1088
MIT Museum (web.mit.edu/museum): 265 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge (617) 253 4444. $1.-$3.
MIT Museums Compton Gallery: 77 Massachusetts Ave., at MIT Campus, Cambridge (617) 253 4444. Free.
The Museum of Science (www.mos.org): Science Park. $8 . (617) 723-2500, Fax: (617) 589-0454.
Boston Tea Party Ship & Museum: Congress Street Bridge on Harbor Walk. $7. (617) 338-1773, Fax: (617) 338-1974.
The Institute of Contemporary Art (/www.icaboston.org): 955 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02115 617-266-5152
Tufts University Gallery (www.tufts.edu/as/gallery): Aidekman Arts Center, Talbot Ave., Somerville (617) 627 3518. Sun: free.
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Conference Examines Impact Of Human Genome Project In Minority Communities
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will co-sponsor "The Human Genome Project Conference: The Challenges and Impact of Human Genome Research for Minority Communities," Nov. 9 - 11, 2001. The conference will inform the public, students and healthcare providers in minority communities about the scientific advances and the ethical, legal and societal impact of the Human Genome Project.
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New Process to Prioritize Animal Genomes For Cloning and Sequencing
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has announced a pair of new processes that it will use to choose the genomes of additional animals for cloning and sequencing.
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NHGRI Announces Initial CEGS Awards
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) plans to establish a total of about 10 CEGS, at a rate of three to four grants per year during a three-year period. The first three CEGS grants were awarded in September 2001, to groups at the University of Washington and at Yale University.
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Gene Chips Accurately Diagnose Four Complex Childhood Cancers
Scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute and Lund University in Sweden have developed a method of genetic fingerprinting that can tell the difference between several closely related types of childhood cancer.
Mouse Sequencing Consortium Completes Program To Accelerate Availability of Mouse Genome Data
The Mouse Sequencing Consortium (MSC), an international public-private effort to accelerate the sequencing of the mouse genome, announced today it has achieved its goal to generate three-fold coverage of the mouse DNA sequence.
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Scientists Find New Tumor Suppressor Gene Involved in Breast, Prostate and Other Cancers
Scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas have found a novel tumor suppressor gene on human chromosome 7 that appears to be involved in a wide range of cancers. Tumor suppressor genes play a key role in the regulation of cell growth. Scientists have known for about 15 years that when a tumor suppressor gene is inactivated, the cells it affects grow out of control and become cancerous.
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NIH Expands Program to Sequence Rat Genome: New Grants Awarded to Baylor College of Medicine and Celera Genomics
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) today announced awards totaling $58 million to expand the National Institutes of Health (NIH) program to determine the DNA sequence of the genome of the laboratory rat, a key experimental animal for many areas of biomedical research. The two new grants, to the Baylor College of Medicine and Celera Genomics Group of Applera Corporation, will greatly accelerate the ongoing program to decode the rat genome.
NHGRI Researchers Develop Gene Test That Differentiates Breast Cancer Types
According to their report in the current issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed a new genetic test that, for the first time, can easily distinguish between hereditary and sporadic forms of breast cancer.
Mouse Genome Data Available in Public Databases
A public-private effort to accelerate the sequencing of the mouse genome has exceeded its own goal of achieving 66 percent coverage of the genome just three months into the six-month project. At its current pace, the Mouse Sequencing Consortium (MSC) expects to reach its target of three-fold coverage by April of this year.
International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium Publishes Sequence and Analysis of the Human Genome
The international genome consortium published a series of scientific papers in the Feb. 15, 2001 issue of Nature magazine. The analysis described in the papers reveal, for the first time, surprising new details about how the human genome is organized and how it evolved. For example, the genome only contains 30,000 to 40,000 genes, far fewer than the 100,000 estimate used for most of the last decade. The analysis also reveals information about the evolution of humans, the surprising observation that some human genes appear to have come directly from bacteria and information about the mutation rate in males verses females.
Bringing the Human Genome Project into the Classroom
The Human Genome Project (HGP) has created a free multimedia kit to serve as an educational tool for high school students and the general public. The kit, entitled The Human Genome Project: Exploring our Molecular Selves, includes a multimedia CD-ROM; an award-winning video documentary, The Secret of Our Lives; a commemorative wall poster; and an informational brochure, Genetics: The Future of Medicine.
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"A Decade of ELSI Research" Conference
The Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Programs of the National Human Genome Research Institute and the U.S. Department of Energy sponsored a conference to reflect on the past, present, and future of ELSI research to consider its impact on genetic research, health and public policy.
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|Ham Loaf with Sour-Cherry Sauce
The approach of Easter had me feeling nostalgic for old-time recipes. This one comes from my Aunt Myra, a woman I may never have known but feel connected to, thanks to her recipe, one that helps use up leftover ham after Easter.
All families have one. Ours was Aunt Myra, an aunt by marriage when she hitched up with Great Uncle Edward after his first wife passed on.
Did Aunt Myra and I ever meet? It's hard to say. Even my father remembers her little. So when my cousin LeAnne sent me a recipe called "Myra's Ham Loaf" and said it had been her mother's and our grandmother's recipe, I just knew the recipe came from this almost-forgotten aunt.
As food and recipes increasingly come from celebrity chefs and noted cookbook authors and even food bloggers like me, we lose a part of our own heritage, the connection to long-gone or recently lost members of the family who passed their best recipes from one generation to the next.
My father tells me that Aunt Myra was an only child and had no children. She died more than 40 years ago so already there may be no one who remembers her. But now, thanks to this recipe for ham loaf, I do and always will.
There may be a better recipe for ham loaf though I've not tried one. So this is the one I'm sticking to, proudly, in memory of an aunt I maybe never knew.
Did she have a big laugh, a kind smile? Was she prickly about her politics? Did she love my Uncle Edward? I'll never know.
But Aunt Myra, she sure made a mean ham loaf. Here's to her memory.
HAM LOAF with SOUR-CHERRY SAUCE
Time to table: 90 minutes
Makes 2 ham loaves to serve 12
- 1 pound ham, roughly chopped in a food processor
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 cups whole wheat flakes (such as Wheaties and Total cereal), crushed
- 3/4 cup low-fat milk
- 1 pound sour cherries, preferably frozen, preferably without sugar, thawed if frozen
- 1/4 cup sugar (or more to taste) or 2 tablespoons agave
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 tablespoon butter
HAM LOAF Preheat oven to 350F.
In a large bowl, gently mix all the ingredients, it's easy with your hands but take care not to compress the meat. On a rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment, form two oval mounds about 8 inches long. Bake for 1 – 1-1/4 hours. Remove from oven, cover with foil and let rest for 5 minutes before slicing.
SOUR-CHERRY SAUCE While the Ham Loaves bake, separate the cherries and juice, set the cherries aside. Spoon the cornstarch into a medium saucepan, stir in the cherry juice a teaspoon at a time at first. Turn the heat to medium, add the sugar and cloves. Cook, stirring often, until the mixture begins to boil, then cook, stirring continuously, for a minute. Turn off heat until meat is finished.
While the meat rests, rewarm the sauce. Stir in the cherries until they're hot, then the butter until it melts.
TO SERVE Transfer meat slices onto serving plates, top with cherry sauce.
HAM LOAF ONLY Per slice, assumes 12 slices: 174 Calories; 4g Tot Fat; 2g Sat Fat; 100mg Cholesterol; 701mg Sodium; 5g Carb; .5g Fiber; 1g Sugar; 26g Protein. WEIGHT WATCHERS Old Points 4, PointsPlus 4.
HAM LOAF & CHERRY SAUCE Per slice with sauce, assumes 12 slices: 219 Calories; 5g Tot Fat; 3g Sat Fat; 103mg Cholesterol; 708mg Sodium; 14g Carb; 1g Fiber; 8g Sugar; 26g Protein. WEIGHT WATCHERS Old Points 4.5, PointsPlus 5.
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EDMONDS — The Edmonds Historical Museum reopened Saturday morning after three months of renovations.
The result is not just a newly refurbished museum space, but in some ways a trip back to 1910, when the city's Carnegie Library first opened in the building.
The museum staff found the original 1910 building layout and specifications and tried to reproduce that as much as possible, museum director Tarin Erickson said.
That includes the hardwood floor of the main story stained with a varnish that matches the original. Curved wall segments with burlap wainscoting follow the original specifications, and the original Tiffany glass "Public Library" sign hangs in the main room.
"We're thrilled with the results," Erickson said.
The renovations came at a cost of $45,000 to $50,000, most of which was raised last fall. The museum may seek grant money to cover the balance, she said.
The museum sought to restore as much of the original form of the building as possible.
Built in 1910 as one of 1,679 Carnegie Libraries nationwide, the building was almost immediately co-opted by the city government, which put city offices, the council chamber, the police department and jail on the lower level of the building.
Over the years, city offices spread to the main level, with added walls dividing up the spacious interior into smaller offices. In 1973, the newly-formed Edmonds South-Snohomish County Historical Society moved into the building, the same year the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The renovation restores the original floor plan to the main part of the museum, with the offices replaced by open exhibit space.
Downstairs, a lockable jail cell remains as testament to the building's other early uses.
Some artifacts were moved off-site to make room for other items.
A schoolhouse exhibit of desks and materials was added last year. It sits in a new alcove where museum staff removed a false wall and discovered some of the original woodwork.
Another new addition is a large Victorian-style doll house that complements the other furnishings from that era.
Other standbys include an elaborate model train set — it isn't a historically accurate representation of the town, but it's popular with kids. There's also a diorama of the town as it was in 1910, built in the 1970s by Edmonds High School students.
The new museum also restores some of the building's original functionality as a library. Historical society books and photo albums that use to be tucked away into offices are now out and available for public use, Erickson said.
The reopening of the museum coincides with Saturday's opening of the Garden Market next door, which the museum sponsors.
Chris Winters: 425-374-4165 or email@example.com.
Edmonds museum
The Edmonds historical museum, located at 118 Fifth Ave. N, is open year-round from 1-4 p.m., Wednesdays through Sunday. The Spring Garden Market operates every Saturday in May and June from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in the parking lot of the Public Safety Building (250 Fifth Ave. N.), and the expanded Summer Market will run Saturdays June through October along Fifth Avenue N. and Bell Street.


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After an introduction and vehicle orientation covering safety and operational issues you will suit-up, climb in and take control of your own car! One of our experienced racing staff will demonstrate driving techniques as you follow out of the pit area, past the grandstands and into turn one. Then, you pour it on! Feel the thrill as the flag drops and you accelerate to a heart racing pace around our high banked track at the wheel of your very own race car!
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Real-life learning is woven into the fabric of the UNC Kenan-Flagler culture and curriculum.
At UNC Kenan-Flagler, we believe the best business education includes knowledge gained from practical, action-based learning experiences with real consequences. Our dynamic hands-on simulations, business projects and capstone courses provide numerous opportunities to learn by doing.
Our world-class professors partner with successful business leaders to guide and coach students to think critically and creatively, work collaboratively, identify and enhance their personal strengths and sharpen their underdeveloped skills. This hands-on, intensive approach – so rarely used in other MBA programs – provides the kind of honest, critical and individualized feedback that prepares students to become leaders.
We shape leaders through real-life learning experiences – turning theory into practice, education into a competitive edge.
Our graduates become skilled at the art of leadership – developing character strengths and abilities that shape who they are both as business leaders and as people.
Recruiters tell us that UNC graduates are more fully prepared to take action, influence and lead – even early in their careers. Because we provide our students with tools to enhance self-awareness and opportunities to build upon their strengths, they enter the workforce with experience beyond their years and the ability to help organizations identify and creatively solve problems.
Real-life learning opportunities at UNC Kenan-Flagler include action-based learning in real-world settings with real consequences, as well as opportunities where real-world settings are simulated.
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Science Friday® and SciFri® are registered service marks of Science Friday, Inc. Site design by Pentagram; engineering by Mediapolis.
In the face of a massive drought and climbing sea levels, are the presidential candidates going to talk about climate change? Why is science always at the bottom of the list of campaign issues that resonate with the public? Ira Flatow and guests discuss what scientists can do to shape the national dialogue in an election year.


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Get a qualified tree surgeon over to your garden today and have your trees looking tidy. Our tree work is ecologically friendly as we recycle all chopped down timber back into useful materials.
It"s important for you to keep your trees regularly pruned. Not only are there legal issues involved with the trees in your property growing across other people"s boundaries, but trees can obstruct the light getting into your windows.
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A.T Technical Tree Specialists provides a professional tree work service for cutting, pruning and felling the trees on your land.
Whether you need tree dismantling for huge trees with preservation orders or a local pruning service, we take on all jobs.
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Finally, if you want rustic furniture made from high quality timber, or want to give us your old timber for converting into furniture, you can use our chainsaw milling service.
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California twin sisters' deaths were natural, sheriff says
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Five months after authorities launched an investigation into the mysterious deaths of elderly twin sisters at their South Lake Tahoe home, investigators have concluded the 73-year-olds died of natural causes.
El Dorado County sheriff's deputies said Thursday that a window was open at the home, and Joan Miller apparently died from hypothermia after Patricia Miller died of coronary artery disease.
Joan Miller was heavily dependent on her sister for her care.
The twins' decomposed bodies were found during a welfare check Feb. 26, and it appeared they had been dead for several weeks. But deputies were stumped because there was no blood or signs of struggle at the home where the women had lived together for nearly 40 years.
Lt. Tim Becker says authorities are glad to bring the lengthy investigation to an end.


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Went by a store today called Vintage Stock in St. Louis (Chesterfield Mall) as I heard a tip that they had some of the new movie figures.What I saw:Basic Figures ($9.99)- Snake Eyes x 1- Storm Shadow x 1Deluxe Motorcycles ($14.99)- Snake Eyes x 6- Firefly x 6Battle Packs ($19.99)- Cobra Ninja, Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow x 2- Kamukara, Roadblock, Beachhead x 2Vehicles ($24.99)- AWE Striker (Snake Eyes) x 2I picked up the Cobra Ninja set for my son, that's what he wanted. I'll upload a couple pics when I get a chance. But overall, I thought these looked really cool. And if standard retail can keep the prices on the basic figures down, this line could be a real hit. The deluxes were lame though in my opinion and are destined for clearance.
Wow....just Wow...Are they seriously going to have retailers/dist centers sit on product for a full year or will they make them send it all back? Thanks Battle****...
If I'm a buyer at Target, Walmart or TRU, I'm frantically dialing my Hasbro sales rep demanding information and some type of discounts on this. There's no way this doesn't cost Hasbro huge money in one way or another.
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The Home of Fashion Film and Live Fashion Broadcasting
Report by Indigo Clarke on 10 September 2013.
Injecting a vital dose of crazy into an increasingly commercially-driven New York Fashion Week, Thom Browne offered his take on mentally-disturbed chic for Spring/Summer 2014. To the tune of a relentlessly mixed-and-mashed Bjork's 'It's Oh So Quiet', models in severe Victorian-inspired garb wandered aimlessly through connecting rooms that made up the catwalk, gazing into space with make-up wildly smudged across their faces
Poor kitty, kitty. Thom Browne Spring 2014 #nyfw http://t.co/bOQ9wfMHvh
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The Thom Browne show finally started, 51 minutes late. #nyfw http://t.co/QgbKuwWnFc
Incessant giggles erupting from the speakers at Thom Browne. Still no models though.
I wonder if everyone will leave? Now, that's a story! @ThomBrowneNY #mbfw #NYFW #thombrowne
At Thom Browne, toy music requiem and flickering lights, amputeed mannequins...so creepy. So my jam
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WELLESLEY, Mass. – No. 3 seed MIT battled No. 2 Springfield College for a 29-27, 25-21, 18-25, 25-21 victory in the semifinal round of the NEWMAC women's volleyball tournament on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Engineers (29-5) will take on top seed and host Wellesley College in the title match on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. MIT will be making its first championship appearance since 2009 after falling to the Pride in the semifinals the past two years.
In the first set, the Pride built a 7-2 advantage which grew to 17-10. MIT countered with a 12-5 run to claim its first lead of the day, but an error and a Springfield ace evened the score at 22. Kills by sophomore Morgan Stewart (Powell, Ohio) and junior Tatiana Berger (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) put the Engineers up, 24-22; however, back-to-back errors extended the frame. Both sides went on to trade points until a service error and hitting miscue gave MIT the win.
The Cardinal and Gray built a 5-2 lead in the second stanza, but Springfield battled back to tie the set at eight. Following eight ties and two lead changes, kills by junior Kristine Bunker (Falmouth, Mass.) and Berger along with a Bunker ace put MIT in front, 19-16. The Pride picked up five of the next six points to reclaim the lead, but the Engineers rattled off the final five points to win the set. Freshman Ada Taylor (Durham, N.C.) produced a kill that resulted in set point and then finished it off with a solo block.
Springfield jumped out to a 7-3 margin and maintained a comfortable cushion for the majority of the third set. MIT battled back as kills by Bunker and Morgan trimmed the deficit to one (19-18) but this was as close as it would get as the Pride ended the frame with six straight points.
In the final frame, Springfield held a 6-2 advantage which was erased by a 16-4 run by the Engineers. The Pride recorded the next four points to narrow the gap to four on the first of three occasions, the last at 22-18. Kills by Taylor and freshman Meryl Gibbs (Bellaire, Texas) brought MIT to match point; however, two errors and an ace kept Springfield alive. The Engineers then sealed the victory courtesy of a blast by Bunker.
Bunker powered MIT with 16 kills, a .316 hitting percentage, and three blocks while Taylor totaled 12 kills, a .455 hitting effort, and five blocks. Berger generated 11 kills as Gibbs posted nine kills and four blocks. Senior Katie Spielbauer (Lakeview, Mich.) led the way with 28 digs, followed by 13 from freshman Lindsey Wang (Cupertino, Calif.) and 11 from junior Sharon Hao (San Jose, Calif.). Senior Alyssa Rothman (Plainview, N.Y.) compiled 53 assists, 13 digs, and two aces while classmate Trinity Leonard (Mill Valley, Calif.) registered 14 digs and two aces.


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AB Ingredients introduces Two Seas sea salt
A natural sea salt, Two Seas Sea Salt, is harvested and combines salts from two seas – the mineral rich Dead Sea and the Red Sea. The result is sea salt containing 50% less sodium.
Among the benefits of Two Seas Sea Salt are:
- 50% less sodium than other salts
- Rich in seas based natural potassium
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Rochester Gear (Rochester, New York), an important manufacturers of small- and medium-size gears, is recognized for its excellent product quality. The company continually strives for perfection and, in fact, has won several awards for exceptional performance in production gearing. Its prototype gears launched Xerox copiers and helped the moon buggy navigate the surface of the moon.
Each step in Rochester Gear's manufacturing process must be meticulous, extending to the method by which its gears are cut to precision with machine tools. Such tools as computer numerical control (CNC) lathes must maintain certain characteristics to successfully work with the range of metals used in producing gears. With that in mind, Rochester Gear recognizes the importance of a coolant that can preserve and extend the life span of its tools, and, in turn, increase overall productivity.
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Its choice: Controlant 650NS, a neo-synthetic coolant from Oakite Products (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey) designed for heavy-duty machining and grinding of metals, alloys and composites. This "neo-synthetic" coolant designed for all metalworking applications, Controlant 650NS is said to display the characteristics of conventional petroleum oil-based metal cutting compounds, while maintaining classic synthetic attributes.
Founded in 1925, Rochester Gear cuts most types of gears, including spur and helical gears, as well as straight, spiral and hypoid bevel gear sets. These products are found in a wide variety of end-use applications, including portable mixers; check-sorting machines; off-road vehicles; meat processing equipment; and peripheral aircraft equipment, to name just a few.
With an eye toward gaining a competitive edge, Rochester Gear recently upgraded its coolant of choice to Controlant 650NS, from Oakite's neo-synthetic series. Dan Bailey, Rochester Gear President, attests to the company's extreme satisfaction with the results. "We have found Oakite's Controlant 650NS to perform well with a wide variety of and often-times tough machining applications in our CNC turning centers. Its neo-synthetic properties provide our tools with the perfect amount of lubricity, anti-rust and anti-foaming capabilities," he notes.
Controlant 650NS has been developed through Oakite's proven metalworking fluids technology to improve film boundary characteristics and chip cutting capabilities while reducing friction during metal-to-metal contact. These qualities, according to Bailey, are critical to Rochester Gear's turning processes. "Controlant 650NS' excellent lubricity enables the tool to cut steel up to one-half inch in depth with speeds up to 3500 rpm. As a result, we can manufacture products more rapidly. The faster we can make raw material into finished product, the more productive we are. And, the more competitive we will become."
The neo-synthetic characteristics inherent to Controlant 650NS enable Rochester Gear to achieve high-quality surface finishes on an extensive array of metals, including pure nickel—a metal which Mr. Bailey says the company has developed a particular expertise in machining.
"Nickel is tough to machine and achieving smooth surface finishes can be difficult because it is very abrasive and wears away at tools very quickly. Nonetheless, customers request gears made from nickel because of its non-corrosive characteristics," Mr. Bailey notes. "We now respond to these needs by machining nickel with a high degree of accuracy into pump gears for the chemical industry. We weren't able to do this before using Controlant 650NS."
Unlike other coolants, Controlant 650NS, is free of petroleum oil and chlorine. Mr. Bailey says this eliminates many potential concerns associated with disposal: "Controlant 650NS is easily disposed of when cleaning out the sump—and at half the cost of chlorinated solutions."
Mr. Bailey adds that Controlant 650NS has another important feature. It minimizes dermatological concerns for workers. "Oakite's coolant features antibacterial properties," he states. "Worker morale is enhanced and, in effect, Rochester Gear increases productivity because hand protection, while still recommended, is not a necessity." MMS


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When Rep Stage opens its season this weekend with a production of Horton Foote's "A Young Lady of Property," a nostalgic piece by the author of "The Trip to Bountiful," it may seem like business as usual.
The cast features some company regulars, such as Christine Demuth. And the play's director is Michael Stebbins, who ran Rep Stage for the past eight years. He'll be back again next month to star as the East German transvestite in Doug Wright's "I Am My Own Wife."
But if that makes the onstage offerings look familiar at the two-decade-old professional theater company based at Howard Community College, there's been quite a change offstage.
Two new people, Suzanne Beal and Joseph Ritsch, have taken the helm as co-producing artistic directors. They succeed Stebbins, who stepped down at the close of last season to refocus his energies on acting and directing.
"We were both a little surprised that they decided to hire two people, but there are a few other companies that do this," said Ritsch. "A lot of people don't realize how much administrative stuff goes with the job. It's nice to split that up. And Suzanne and I bring different things to the table."
Ritsch, who has recently worked as associate director and choreographer for Everyman Theatre, is co-founder of Baltimore's Iron Crow Theatre Company. He will still have ties to that ensemble as guest artist; he will perform with the company in his own play about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer later this season.
Beal is also a playwright and director — she directed several Rep Stage productions over the years. She has served as associate artist, resident director and board chair of the Maryland Ensemble Theatre in Frederick, as well as an English professor at Frederick Community College.
"I still live in Frederick and have connections there I want to maintain," Beal said. "So I was excited when [Rep Stage] asked if I would be interested in sharing the job with Joseph. I didn't know anything about him before. Our backgrounds are different, our experiences of theater are different, but we're very compatible."
The newly installed co-directors are working out details of how they will split up the assignment. They are also in the earliest stages of planning future seasons.
Meanwhile, the 2013-2014 lineup, set in place by Stebbins before he relinquished the reins, includes the classic Tom Jones/Harvey Schmidt musical "The Fantasticks," and a potent Julia Cho play from 2007, "The Piano Teacher."
"Michael gave us the gift of time when he planned this season," Beal said. "Joseph and I have time to re-think the vision, the mission of Rep Stage. We would not be able to do that if we were hiring directors and overseeing productions."
Although a professional company that, like Center Stage and Everyman Theatre, hires Equity actors, Rep Stage has battled a perception that it's a student-level operation, because of its location.
"One of the things that will be my focus is how we can re-market the theater," Ritsch said. "A professional company housed at a college is not a college theater."
Beal, a Rep Stage subscriber for several years in addition to occasional stage director, sees the school location as a plus.
"We can embrace the place we're in," she said. "Rep Stage makes an important contribution to the community in which it lives. I think we're in for a very exciting time, and I feel very privileged to be a part of it."
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Pakistan's militant war leaves millions mentally scarred
PESHAWAR: Liaqat Ali is a victim of one of Pakistan's worst bombings, but his injuries are not visible to the naked eye.
The 47-year-old government clerk and part-time lab assistant was walking home through the grounds of a hospital in the northwest city of Peshawar in the fall of 2009, when he stumbled upon the carnage left by the blast. Scores of bodies were packed into vehicles. Bleeding survivors with missing limbs and severe burns were scattered everywhere.
He has suffered from severe depression and anxiety ever since and is dependent on antidepressants to make it through the day so he can provide for his wife and four children.
Ali's plight has become increasingly common in Pakistan's northwest, where psychiatrists estimate millions are suffering post-traumatic stress disorder and other psychological illnesses after years of militant attacks, army offensives and US drone strikes.
Many don't receive treatment, largely because of an acute shortage of psychiatrists and psychologists.
"I think what we see is only the tip of the iceberg," said Firaz Khan, a psychiatrist at the mental health ward at government-run Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, where most of the 40 to 50 patients who come in each day are suffering from violence-related trauma. "Most victims remain at home and are not getting help."
Peshawar is located close to the tribal regions, the militant epicentre, and has been a major target for the Taliban since they started their insurgency in earnest in 2007. At times, the city was bombed almost daily. Violence has fallen significantly in the last 18 months. Fear and anxiety remain.
Ali's nightmare began on October 28, 2009, when militants detonated a car bomb in a market crowded with women and children. More than 100 people were killed. The dead and wounded he encountered at Lady Reading Hospital on his way home from work are etched in his mind.
"Some of them had lost arms, others legs. Some of them had burned faces," said Ali, becoming visibly disturbed during an interview at a private psychiatric clinic in Peshawar where he was being treated.
"So many dead bodies were stuffed in a vehicle, as if they were not humans but slaughtered animals."
Within days, Ali was having trouble sleeping, experiencing flashbacks and intense fear.
"It would come to my mind that everybody will die. The world was going to end," Ali said.
The northwest is filled with similar cases, according to psychiatrists.
A nine-year-old boy suffered PTSD after witnessing a deadly bomb blast in Peshawar. He became irritable, aggressive and said he wanted to kill someone. He couldn't sleep, had flashbacks and stopped going to school.
A 30-year-old woman in the North Waziristan tribal area suffered severe depression and fainting spells after her cousin was killed by a mortar shell on his way to Afghanistan. It was unclear whether he was killed by the Taliban or fighting alongside them.
An 18-year-old boy in the Bajaur tribal area suffered PTSD after witnessing a Taliban fighter behead an alleged spy, soak his beard with the man's blood, lick it off his fingers and roar in satisfaction. He felt severe anxiety every time he recalled the incident.
The psychiatrists asked that the names of the patients be withheld to protect their privacy.
These kinds of experiences have tripled the number of patients seeking help from psychiatrist Mian Iftikhar Hussain since he opened his private clinic in Peshawar in 2004 after a career in public medicine. He now sees over 60 patients each day and cannot handle anymore.
While there are no official figures, Hussain and another psychiatrist with a clinic in Peshawar, Wajid Ali Akhunzada, estimate that up to 60 per cent of the more than 20 million people who live in Pakistan's northwest could be suffering from violence-related psychological issues.
They base this figure on the number of patients who visit psychiatrists in the area daily.
Only five to 10 per cent of patients treated by Hussain and Akhunzada have PTSD, but almost all of them suffer from some combination of depression, anxiety and lack of sleep caused by the violence around them. They are generally treated with a mix of drugs and psychotherapy.
Use of antidepressants and anti-anxiety medication in Peshawar has more than doubled in the past few years, said Riaz Hussain, president of a wholesale drug association in the city.
"Previously these medications were mainly used by Afghan refugees," who have declined in number, he said.
The number of psychiatrists and psychologists in Pakistan is far short of the level needed to handle the current crisis. There are about 600 in Pakistan for a population of 190 million, or roughly one for every 315,000 people, according to figures compiled in 2010 by the late Haroon Rashid Chaudhry, former head of psychiatry at Fatima Jinnah Medical College in Lahore.
In the United States, there are about 116,000 psychiatrists and psychologists for a population of 310 million, or one for every 2,700 people, according to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the American Psychological Association.
There are also few social workers who deal with psychological problems in Pakistan.
"In our country, education and health are both at the bottom priority-wise, and in health, psychiatry is at the bottom," said Hussain, the psychiatrist, who suffered PTSD himself after being kidnapped in 2009 and held for 11 days.
There are no psychiatrists or psychologists based in Pakistan's remote tribal region, where fighting between the Taliban and the army has been most fierce and U.S. drones rain missiles down from the sky, said Hussain.
"We never know when a drone will drop a bomb right on our home," said Soba Khan, a 15-year-old boy who lives in North Waziristan and was visiting Peshawar with his aunt, who was suffering psychological problems.
Many dealing with mental trauma don't understand why they are feeling miserable and assume they must be physically ill. They often turn to spiritual healers, knowing that seeing a psychiatrist or psychologist can mean social stigma.
Those who decide to visit a mental health specialist can face significant difficulties in getting to a doctor and affording treatment, especially if they live in the tribal region.
The potentially dangerous trip from North Waziristan to Peshawar on a public minibus takes eight to 12 hours and costs about $6.50, a significant sum in a country where the UN estimates about a quarter of the population lives on less than $1.25 per day.
Doctor visits at public-run hospitals are free, but antidepressant or anti-anxiety medications cost at least $5 per month, and can be much more if multiple drugs are prescribed. Each session at a private clinic, where treatment is better, costs roughly $8.50, and can be several times that if the patient needs to be admitted.
Hussain, the psychiatrist, said it was critical to find a way to help the large numbers of people suffering in Pakistan.
"If we don't understand them, analyse them and address them," he said, "they will worsen day by day."


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Behind The Design: Jewel Box Powder Room
Mesmerizing wallpaper meets custom wood cabinetry to create striking contrast in this beautiful, jewel box powder room. In the following Q&A, we dive into the thought process of Rebecca Hay – the talent behind this extraordinary design:
What were your clients' needs for this space?
This small main floor powder room was outdated with an over-sized vanity which took up the entire back wall. The client wanted the space to be a pretty jewel that flowed with the sophisticated country vibe throughout the rest of their house.
Were there any challenges designing this space?
The toilet was in the wrong location and too close to the wall. We relocated the toilet next to the vanity for easier access. It was also very cold in winter so we added in-floor heating.
Do you have any special considerations or requirements when creating a powder room?
I always want a powder room to make a statement. It's usually one of the smaller rooms in a home and so any amount of pattern or color can be used without overwhelming. I love to use wallpaper for that reason. It adds a fun sophisticated vibe and turns an ordinary room into a little jewel box.
How does the flooring play into your design?
You can have fun with the floor since it's a small space. Because the wallpaper was our statement we didn't want the flooring to compete with it. As a result, we opted for a simple dark slate tile and laid it in a herringbone pattern to add some interest.
Why did you choose these colors?
This wallpaper was our starting point. I fell in love with the grass-cloth texture and emerald green pop of color. The wainscoting was added to help keep the color in check so that it wasn't too overwhelming (or expensive)! The warm wood vanity and gold accents are balanced by the dark floors and mirror. I love contrast and we found the perfect balance here.
What is your favorite aspect of this room?
That custom vanity. We designed it to look old, and in a farmhouse style but it's brand new. That gorgeous Carrara marble countertop and satin brass faucet elevate the look and balance the rustic base.
What did your client like the most?
My client says it is now her favorite room in the house. She loves the wallpaper the most but overall how sophisticated and purposeful the room feels while still feeling warm and homey.
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Current Law Students / Re: NOT going to class« on: September 15, 2009, 03:07:16 PM »
I miss class all the time, have good grades, go to a good school, and have a Biglaw offer. Get over yourself dude. If you want to go to class because you want to, awesome, but don't act like you need to go to succeed in law school because you flat out don't.
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A Hope College professor and student each received individual recognition for excellence during the recent induction and installation ceremony of the Kappa Epsilon Chapter-at-Large of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.
The chapter recognized Dr. Barbara Baele Vincensi, assistant professor of nursing, with its "Excellence in Nursing Education Award" and senior Abby Branderhorst of Zeeland as the college's recipient of an "Outstanding Student Performance Award."
The event was held on Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Prince Conference Center at Calvin College in Grand Rapids. The chapter includes the Calvin, Ferris State University, Grand Valley State University and Hope nursing programs.
Also during the ceremony, students from each of the four schools were inducted into the society. The students from Hope, all seniors, were: Lia (Holwerda) Arendsen of Gallup, N.M.; Abby Branderhorst of Zeeland; Lien Brusselmans of Plainwell; Jack Constant of Dorr; Alexandra Egedy of Hudsonville; Kimberly Holton of Spring Lake; Heather Mills of Grandville; Danielle Petzak of Zeeland; Anna Rowland of Chelsea; Rebecca Segar of Mendon, N.Y.; Emily Staley of Delton; Amanda Sutton of Novi; and Amy Veltkamp of Cedar Springs.
Vincensi has been a fulltime member of the Hope faculty since 2006, and also serves as a family nurse practitioner at Lakewood Family Medicine. During the current school year, she is teaching courses including "Nursing Research Practicum" and "Community Health Theory and Practicum," and is also mentoring an independent study in nursing. Her professional interests include spirituality; gerontology; health outcomes in older adults related to spiritual care in nursing; complementary and alternative health care practices; relationships of culture, spirituality and health practices; nursing theory development; indigent, immigrant and medically underserved populations; access to health care; and holistic health nursing and integrated medicine.
She is certified as both a family nurse practitioner and an advanced holistic nurse. Her clinical experience includes trauma/surgical intensive care, home health are, medical surgical nursing, general medical surgical critical care, endoscopy, post-anesthesia recovery and cardiac rehabilitation. Through the years she has also served as a clinical nursing instructor at Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids Community College, Emory University and Albany Medical Center.
In addition to Sigma Theta Tau, Vincensi's professional memberships include the American Nurses Association, the American Holistic Nurses Association and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She has also served as a peer reviewer with the "Orthopedic Nursing of Journal" and as a book reviewer with the "Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing." Grant support of her work has included awards from both the Kappa Epsilon Chapter-at-Large and the American Holistic Nurses Association for her dissertation research project, "Spiritual Care in Advanced Practice Nursing."
Among other community service, she is a member and past chair of the Holland Area Catholic Nurses Health Ministry Board, and a past member of the Advisory Board of Hospice of Holland.
Vincensi completed her doctorate (PhD) in nursing at Loyola University Chicago in August. She also holds ADN and BSN degrees from Purdue University, and an MSN from Indiana University as well as a post-Masters certificate as a family nurse practitioner from Grand Valley State University.
Branderhorst is a nursing major who is interested in a career in pediatric nursing. After graduation she hopes to work at a Magnet hospital (a hospital recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in patient care and nursing practice).
She has been active in volunteering with programs such as Breakfast with Baby and Special Education Ministries. She has also been chosen to present a poster at the Midwest Nursing Research Society conference being held in April in Dearborn.
She is the daughter of Arlan and Nancee Branderhorst of Zeeland, and is a 2008 graduate of Zeeland East High School.
The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the learning, knowledge, and professional development of nurses committed to making a difference in health worldwide. Founded in 1922, the honor society has inducted more than 125,000 members in 90 countries. Members include practicing nurses, instructors, researchers, policymakers, entrepreneurs and others. The honor society's 483 chapters are located at 586 institutions of higher education throughout Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Ghana, Hong Kong, Japan, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, The Netherlands, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Swaziland, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, the United States and Wales.
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