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Helping people with computers... one answer at a time.
As with all computers, keeping them well ventilated and clean helps with heating problems. Do that and your mini tower should be just fine.
Leo, I'm thinking about buying a mini-tower PC because they meet my needs and they are relatively inexpensive. However, I've heard that one of their drawbacks is cooling due to the restricted airflow in a compact case and therefore the increased risk of overheating. How big of a problem is this really? I anticipate keeping this mini tower PC on most of the time but certainly not the air conditioner in the room in which the PC will sit. Where I live, the days and nights can be warm to very warm a large part of the year. Will simply pointing a room fan at this PC do enough to avoid the overheating problem. Also, does running hotter mean shorter lifespan for this type of PC? I would assume that laptops have the same issue.
In this excerpt from Answercast #38, I look at possible problems with heating in a mini-laptop.
Laptops actually deal with this problem slightly differently. They use components that are specifically designed to use less power and therefore generate less heat.
In the case of a mini desktop, or a mini tower like you're talking about, in general, you really don't have too much to worry about. The recommendation I have is simply that you make sure that the thing has appropriate ventilation.
Certainly, a room fan would help. But in general, the mini towers really don't have any more problems (or certainly, I haven't seen any more problems) in mini towers as compared to regular desktops.
As always more airflow, more cool airflow, is better. But for the most part:
As long as you keep the air vents clear.
The machine itself free of dust and debris.
And allow for some movement of air across or through the machine.
Using a fan if you like.
For the most part, I think you'll be just fine.
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21 Nov2009
Posted by: Rajiv in: Baby Days, Family & Friends
November 21st last year, Aashira – a new friend was born. Like all good times, one never knows as time flies. She is now one year. She walks (never crawled. everybody else was more concerned than us! Showered us with tips but none worked), She repeats our actions, She patiently responds to our "say tata to aunty", "say hello to uncle" requests, She is amusing, She is demanding (its hard to keep the library book away from her & even harder to keep her in one place especially when in car), She is (hyper) active, She thinks sleeping is waste of time (like dad) !!!
Oh ya, she helps me & exercises her mom too…
gorgeous smile! congrats!
Happy B'day to baby ashira
i still remember the day when she was born and you sent me the snaps, Ashira is such a cutie, that both me and lata have kept our desktop wallpapers smearedwith your cutie little daughter.
If you remember
I am askin u from such a long time that lets have a WeEx :) with baby ashira
she needs to understand the new technology to keep up with onsite lost uncles like us
cheers man, give her a kiss from my side
Happy Bday to her
Very late but still a belated happy birthday to the little princess! :)
Belated Happy Birthday! ;-)
Better late than never :)

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Looking for ways to earn community service hours? Please join SWA for our second annual Light the Night Walk. 4 hours of community service will be given to students for joining the walk.
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Cary Booth Amphitheater
8003 Regency Parkway
Cary, NC 27518
It's a fun time for a great cause. If an individual raises $100, they receive a shirt, lantern, and a free meal.
To join our team visit: http://pages.lightthenight.org/nc/Triangle17/swa
Contact Mrs. Morgan at firstname.lastname@example.com if you have any questions.


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Soles for Souls
Last year Rex Dayao was the program director for KKFI and led us through the majority of our stay here in Manila. When we arrived this year, we learned he recently started a new job, shifting from non-profit to the business world. However, he's staying on as a consultant for KKFI and promised that he would join us for dinners this week. It is so good to be in his presence again. He is the most positive, resilient, and joyful person I have ever met. He claims that all Filipinos are optimistic, but his enthusiasm is off the charts.
Rex led our students through an orientation with an introduction to Filipino culture, KKFI's programs, and what our schedule would look like for the week. Then he shared with us the story of how Project Slipper was born, remembering back to when he was eight years old, second oldest of 12 children.
"It was 4:00 in the morning, I woke up to the sound of roosters and motor boats passing by the shallow river nearby. It's another pre-sunrise scene in our small Manila Bay Island. My mother sat near the stove made of recycled tin, fixing slippers [flip flops]. She would cut those which were too big, sew which strands were broken, or burn them to fix holes. 'These are for your brothers and sisters,' she told me with a smile."
These were slippers she had fished out of the ocean the day before. With twelve children, she could not afford to buy flip flops for all her kids. After mending the slippers, Rex, his brother, and his mother headed out to collect oysters and algae to sell at the oyster farm. Mom paddled the boat while Rex's job was go scoop out water flooding in through the boat's many holes to keep it from sinking. Once the boat was full of oysters, Rex headed off to school.
"Teacher Evelyn was checking attendance when I arrived, then she narrated a story of Dr. Jose Rizal (national Filipino hero) when he was young.
'Pepe, the young Rizal, decided to roam around Laguna Lake with his older brother Paciano. He was so fascinated with the water that he soaked his feet in it, and his slipper was taken by the strong current. Without hesitation, Pepe grabbed his other slipper and threw it in the water. Paciano asked him why he threw away the other slipper, and Pepe replied, "to make sure the one who finds it will have a complete pair."'
I smiled. Somehow, Rizal and my mother are almost the same. Rizal cares for those who may get the slipper while my mom is making scavenged slippers into something new."
In 2014, Rex's mother died. In order to create a legacy out of her life, Project Slipper: Soles for Souls was born. Donations are collected and slippers are purchased for kids in the community who may be in a similar situation as Rex during childhood. For just $0.88 a pair, each child receives a brand new pair of flip flops in the color of their choice. Our LaGrange/North GA team spent time in two different communities personally fitting 500 pairs of slippers to waiting children. The beautiful story of love, sacrifice, and selflessness that were first taught by Jose Rizal and especially his mother, lives on in Rex as he leads by example and makes it possible for others to receive not only what he never had…a brand new pair of properly fitting slippers, but also to receive what he experienced in abundance…unconditional love.


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August 31st, 2011
Categorized under: Intriguing Info
Choosing Men's Lingerie
Being newly married has made me familiarize the variety of men's lingerie I see in the department store. It's not just about choosing between boxers and briefs, but considering the different sizes, fabric and brands was just too overwhelming for me the first time. It was harder than I thought! Nowadays, there are just too many things to consider because each type of man prefers a different style of men's lingerie. There's the trendsetter, sportsman, traditionalist, etc. Thank goodness I've noticed my husband's underwear enough to know which one he would favor.


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Furman HS Alumni List
Last names starting with "R"
Registered Alumni
All Alumni
- Class of 1992 Jason Radford
- Class of 1989 Marshall Ramsey Jr.
- April Randall
- Class of 1992 Billie Randall
- Class of 2013 Angelica Rangull
- Class of 1996 Shannon Rawson (formerly McCoy)
- Deborah Reed
- Charles Reynolds
- Charlie Reynolds
- Diane Reynolds
- Lorraine Reynolds
- Class of 1980 Hank Richardson
- Kevin Richardson
- Class of 1984 Elease Richburg
- Benjamen Ridgill
- Class of 1967 Geni Ridgill
- Class of 1982 Connie Roberts
- Daniel Robinson
- Myra Robinson
- Class of 1994 Travis Robinson
- Class of 1997 Wa Robinson
- Class of 1991 April Roche (formerly Yuchnitz)
- Fransisco Rodriguez
- Class of 1957 Eddie Rogers
- Stephy Rogers
- Class of 1978 Reathea Rose
- Class of 1986 Phil Ross
- Class of 1982 Regina Ross
- Dawn Rushing
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Via the Right Scoop, behold the hallmark of a summer Friday news day: Until just a few minutes ago, Weiner's dopey House floor freakout was top of the pops this afternoon on Memeorandum. Since it's officially, albeit momentarily, now one of the Hottest Stories In The Blogosphere, here's a follow-up to the Fox News meltdown I posted earlier. Skip ahead to 2:00 or so and then again to the last few minutes of the clip for the best parts. Think of this as the political equivalent of pro wrestling: If the Weiner/King dust-up is the main event, the Weiner/Hannity face-off is the part where a rival runs down the aisle and into the ring and starts hitting someone with a chair. In other words, it's fantastic.
More Moulton: I'm on single-payer now … and you shouldn't be
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Courtesy of ATSSA member Joe Jeffrey
A brilliant study was published in November by the Illinois Center for Transportation Studies entitled "Improving the Effectiveness of Smart Work Zone Technologies." The principal researchers were Yanning Li, Juan Carlos Martinez Mori and Daniel Work. Download it here.
It is brilliant for a couple of reasons. It moves past the studies we conduct over and over again that look at the effectiveness of smart work zone systems. Those have been done, and there really isn't much more to be learned from additional studies. We know they work. It has been proven. Enough said.
Instead, this study looks at ways of making something good, even better. There is so much new information is this study that we will discuss it in two separate blog posts. This first one will look at their conclusions regarding sensor types, sensor spacing, and missing data. The second will consider travel time estimation and, in particular, their recommendation of the Kalmar filter algorithm.
Courtesy of ATSSA member Joe Jeffrey
How Kansas DOT Got a Better Smart Work Zone for an Order of Magnitude Less Money
The Department of Transportation in Kansas let two smart work zones in 2016. One which you'd call "typical" and one that was very different. In this post we look at how changing your approach to smart work zones can be a net positive for your state.
The Number One Reason More Work Zones Are Not Smart Work Zones is Because They Are Expensive
According to the district engineer, Southern Illinois spent an average of $640,000 per smart work zone in 2014/2015.
If a smart work zone costs between half a million and million dollars, its no wonder more states don't do it. It's no wonder states are hesitant to specify them in on more projects. And it is certainly no wonder why every work zones isn't a smart work zone…at least at those kinds of prices.
It was the same in Kansas, earlier this year. There was a letting on February 17th of 2016, a 20 million dollar project that would have a major impact on traffic in Wichita. Five bridges would be rehabbed along I-235, the major ring road of the city, and preliminary analysis suggested that significant queues would form. To mitigate risk of rear end collisions, and to help inform the motorists of delays, they included a smart work zone with end of queue warning and travel time automation.
Kansas DOT reached out to us and wanted to turn smart work zones on their head. They saw the trend of half+ million dollar projects and wanted to do something different. We advised them on the same things we wrote about earlier this week, that smart work zones are easy.
Any PCMS can be a "Smart" PCMS. Let the local guys place their own signs.
Use your permanent infrastructure. AKA use what you already have.
Use what is safe.
Get innovative with how you pay for it.
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Mapping CO2 And CH4 Emissions: Field-Trial Evaluation Of LightSource For Remotely Estimating The Locations And Mass Emission Rates Of Sources
B. Hirst, D. Randell, M. Jones, D. Weidman and M. Dean
Event name: Fifth CO2 Geological Storage Workshop
Session: Session 5: Storage Monitoring and Remediation
Publication date: 21 November 2018
Organisations: EAGE
Language: English
Info: Extended abstract, PDF ( 1.05Mb )
We describe and report the field performance of LightSource, a Shell proprietary technique for remotely detecting and locating multiple gas emission sources and simultaneously estimating their individual mass emission rates. The system was originally developed to provide atmospheric monitoring over the Quest CO2 storage site in Canada. It operates automatically using a ground-based optical sensor and is suited to continuous area monitoring. This new work supports enhanced CO2 source detectability by exploiting any naturally present CH4 released through CO2 migration in the subsurface. In these tests, we use a radically new open-path optical beam gas sensor based on Laser Dispersion Spectroscopy, LDS, which offers substantial operational advantages over the commercially available sensors we have used previously. We report on the method and performance achieved during 17 calibrated methane gas releases at the Chilbolton Observatory test site in the UK. The resulting concentration and wind data were processed using our LightSource code.
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His Royal Highness descended from his eight floor eyrie today to tell us about his plans to implement a 30% cut in the workforce starting next month.
He began with the usual platitudes about remaining professional, focusing on what mattered and ignoring hearsay while delivering some telling body blows with his velvet padded gloves.
There was talk of a Mutually Agreed Redundancy scheme and the 'September conversations' which sound like the title of a Robert Ludlam novel but referred to an assessment process we'll all undergo to decide who ends up filling the meat pies.
"I see this as a stage in our journey, not the end of it," he told the bowed heads before graciously telling us he would remain in post until the termination of the primary care trust in 2013. A hardship indeed when you earn more than £100,000 a year


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My decision to quit my job after JaiseAnn was born was not easy and happened a bit unexpectedly.
While there are a myriad of reasons as to why some of you my not relate to my decision to stay home with my daughter, I hope you can relate to my feelings in the process of making a tough decision. My worries, anxieties, fears, prayers, etc.
Before JaiseAnn was born, we discussed the option of me staying home. We didn't feel it was possible, so we planned and hoped that I would be able to work part time. Honestly, I felt that was the "best of both worlds." I wanted to get up and dressed every morning, spend time doing something that brought in a steady income for my family and that I had worked hard to be able to do, and then come home and be a mom. I told Zach that I thought it would be best if I always worked part-time even if we could afford for me not to.
And then she came. And my world changed in an instant. I belonged to her and she belonged to me. We were partners entering a brand new world together. I was readmitted to the hospital only a few days after she was born and it was a really scary time for me. She needed me so much during that time. I could not sleep because she wouldn't be without me. She wouldn't let anyone else hold her. I felt like she saved me in a time when I was so scared and unsure. She knew I needed her and she made sure I knew how much she needed me.
There were a lot of things that lead up to me finally saying to Zach, "I can't go back to work. I just can't. It will rip me apart."
There were so many reasons not to quit, finances being at the top. Everyone kept telling me, you have to make sacrifices to stay home." "If you want it badly enough you can do it." Well, I also have to make student loan payments. I was worried about my career. I was enrolled in graduate school and had a career path in mind--do I just leave that behind? I worried about my physical appearance. Would I take care of myself? Would I be able to go to the gym?
But I still didn't want to leave my little girl. So I prayed for guidance. I prayed for help. I prayed...and prayed...and prayed. I don't think I stopped praying for weeks.
Little by little ideas or thoughts just came to our minds. Zach thought he should look into the remaining balance of one of his student loans. We had enough to cover that balance in the bank. It would deplete a good chunk our savings, but it would save our monthly budget. We paid it off.
"Have Zach put you on his benefits." was a thought that came to me one day. That way I would be free to choose a job that was more flexible, part-time, or work from home. I could even run a daycare. If Zach put us on his benefits, it would open a lot of doors for us. So he did. And I waited for that first paycheck while holding my breath. I was so worried it would be too small.
The check came and it was enough. Zach had worked overtime so we didn't really even notice the change. "I'll keep working extra." He promised.
After that, I started searching for online work and plotting and planning a daycare. The ideas were coming like crazy. I wrote cover letters like I was a force to be reckoned with. I wanted this so bad and I was definitely being assisted in my efforts. I could feel it as I jotted down activities for a day care. I could feel it as I wrote out resumes. I could feel it in my heart.
It came time to make a choice. With very little promise of an income for me, but all of these options out in the open, we decided to pray about it me quitting my job. When we decided that I would go to work the next day and resign, I felt a wave of peace wash over me. It was the right choice.
After resigning, I spent days at home worrying about the things that had already been tucked away safely, not to be worried about again. I am the queen of bringing those things back, and so I did. Every walk we took. Every time I nursed JaiseAnn. I started second guessing and hoping for a more sure situation.
Then my boss called. She offered me the job of all jobs. It was the job I had been going back to school for. Only it was part-time and mirrored Zach's schedule. JaiseAnn would never have to go to daycare. She would never be without one of her parents. I would get to continue working in a job that I loved, but still be home more than half time with my baby. It was the best of both worlds.
Except after that phone call, I sat down with my daughter and my heart felt heavy. I suppose I should have known right then and there, but I fought it. I wanted that job. I loved that I had been offered that job. I entertained the idea of taking it for several days. Zach felt that we had already received our answer, and promised he would work an extra shift after talking it over with his boss, but he also said he'd support me no matter what.
We went back and forth on it, because I wasn't sold. Zach told me to write out a pros and cons list to see how it added up. There were so many "pros" to taking the job. A steady income, continuing my career, having an income through next summer, and time for JaiseAnn to play with her dad. As I moved to the "cons" section I wrote, "Have to leave JaiseAnn." I felt like Ross on the episode of Friends where he tries to chose between Rachel and Julie. His only con for Julie is that she's not Rachel. The only downside to this job opportunity was that I would have to leave my little girl. Sure it was only a few days, and most people would jump at that chance, but the thought still left my heart heavy.
Our Heavenly Father is so incredibly patient with us, I know this because I still fought it. I wanted a deliberate answer right then and there.
Our finances aren't completely outlined on paper. I'm not sure what it will look like or how long it will last (honestly, I hope it lasts forever) but we've gotten our answer (more than once) and we're taking a leap of faith in following it.
Have you ever had a tough choice to make? How did you know the right choice? Have you ever taken a leap of faith?


text: Sharon Stranford Sharon Stranford received her Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology from Hahnemann University (now Drexel), where she studied multiple sclerosis. She then spent 3 years exploring transplant immunology as a postdoctoral fellow at Oxford University, followed by 3 years at the University of California, San Francisco, conducting human HIV/AIDS research. In 2001 she was hired as a Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor at Mount Holyoke College, a small liberal arts college for women in Massachusetts, where she served in the Department of Biological Sciences and the Program in Biochemistry for 12 years. Sharon is now a professor of biology at Pomona College in Claremont, California, where she investigates immunologic markers that influence susceptibility to immune deficiency. She also studies the science of teaching and learning; in particular, initiatives within STEM that foster a sense of inclusion and that welcome firstgeneration college students, like herself. Her teaching repertoire, past and present, includes cell biology, immunology, advanced laboratories in immunology, and seminars in infectious disease, as well as a team-taught course blending ethics and biology, entitled "Controversies in Public Health."


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Artist Statement:
Cat Peña's artwork seeks to incite social change in hopes of bringing self awareness to the viewer and to our surrounding social structures. The essence of her work is situated in art happenings, installations, collaborations, performances, and social sculptures that intersect art, the everyday, and public space. Peña's creative process includes concept driven research, collaboration and creative problem solving to set the perimeters of what is possible prior to determining how a piece may look or function. In the past five years her artwork has largely extended outside of gallery and museum settings in pieces that range from ephemeral, participatory, large temporary public artworks to creating platforms that explore collaborative practices within new genre public art.
Recent subjects of interest are; tactics of play, generosity and reciprocity, sustainability, humans relationship to the natural world, social justice, and public engagement.
Cat Peña (BFA/MFA) is a working artist, art administrator, and independent public art consultant living in Memphis Tennessee. Her artwork seeks to incite social change in hopes of bringing self awareness to the viewer and to our surrounding social structures. Peña's artwork has been exhibited in Seattle, New York, Chicago, Memphis, St. Louis, Boulder, Las Vegas, Kansas City, and Milwaukee.
Peña has received public art commissions from the Downtown Memphis Commission, UrbanArt Commission, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, and the Tennessee Department of Transportation. In addition she was selected to attend an artist residency in New York City called City as Site at the School of Visual Arts. In 2014 Peña founded a public art creative platform called Collabortory that expands public art practices through collaborative and social practices.
Curriculum Vitae:
- Memphis College of Art, Tennessee, M.F.A., 2006 - May 2008
- University of Missouri-Columbia, Missouri, B.F.A., 2000-2004
- 2017 ArtsAccelerator Grantee Exhibition, Memphis, TN, TBA
- Your Light, Public Performance, The High Line, New York, NY, June 17th, 2016
- de | constructing home (exhibition take away), Clough-Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis TN, Jan 2016
- Threshold, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, Nov. 2015
- Public/Art/ists: Part I, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN, Feb. 2015
- Memphis Pulse: 2013 ArtsAccelerator Finalists, University of Memphis' Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, Nov. 2014
- Street Trash 2013, Traveling Truck show, Memphis, TN, May 10, 2013
- Present Tense: The Art of Memphis from 2001-Now, Dixon Gallery, Memphis, TN
- The Car Show, Word of Mouth Detailing, Memphis, TN
- Invitational: Twenty Jurors, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Fracking: Art and Activism Against the Drill, Exit Art, New York, NY
- From the Center Now, hosted by the Women's Caucus for Art, Juror: Lucy Lippard, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Faculty Exhibition, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
- Interactive, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Green, Haven Arts Gallery, Bronx, NY
- External Structure, Caladan Gallery, Online Show
- One Good Chair, Sustainable Furnishings Council, Las Vegas Market, Las Vegas, NV
- Sculpted Green, Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition, City Hall concourse, Bellevue, WA
- Solitary Tracks Stretched Out Upon the World, MFA Thesis Exhibition, On The Street Gallery, Memphis, TN
- The Best Artworks of the Year-Class of 07', Lantana Projects, Memphis, TN
- The Unfinished Journey of Carl Linnaeus, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
- Fallen From View, Memphis Botanic Garden, Memphis, TN
- Selected Graduate Work, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
- City as Site, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, June 2016
Public Art Commissions
- There's More To Be Proud Of, The Downtown Memphis Commission, Memphis, TN, Feb 2017-Feb. 2018
- How will you treat me?, Present Tense: The Art of Memphis from 2001-Now, Dixon Gallery, Memphis, TN
- One Person, One Choice, Our Planet, Tennessee Department of Transportation Commission,
Clear the Air Champaign, Memphis, TN, April 28- June 3 2011
- Duv-tal, Interactions/ Interpretations, Urban Art Commissions, Memphis, TN, 2007- 2008
Professional Experience
- Creator/ Organizer of Collabortory, Nov. 2014- Present, Memphis, TN
- Public Art Consultant for the South Main Mosaic Public Art Program, Downtown Memphis Commission, Feb. 2014 - Oct. 2014
- Coordinator of Exhibitions and Lectures, Memphis College of Art, Aug. 2012 – June 2014
- Co-producer of Park(ing) Day Memphis, 2011 and 2012
- Contributing Writer, Number INC - Issue No. 69: Memphis Regional Update, Nov. 2011
- Coordinator of Public Programs, Memphis College of Art, Oct. 2011 - Aug. 2012
- Community Art Workshop Coordinator, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Oct. 2009 – Dec. 2010
- Adjunt Professor, Made Public, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN Fall 2009- Present
- Adjunct Professor, 3-D Design, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, TN, Fall 2010
- Adjunt Professor, Art Appreciation, Northwest Mississippi Community Collage, DeSoto, MS, Fall 2008 – Spring 2010
- Administrative Assistant, the UrbanArt Commission, June 2008 - July 2009
- Personal Assistant to sculptor Roy Tamboli, Memphis, TN. May 2007 - Aug. 2008
- Teaching Assistant, Idea, Process, and Criticism. Fall 2007
- Teaching Assistant, Made Public, Memphis College of Art. Spring Semester 2007
- City of Columbia, Department of Cultural Affairs, Public Art Intern. Oct. 2004 - Aug. 2006
- Survey 2: The Boundaries of Normal, Art Museum at the University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, March- May 2017
- Blurring Dimensions, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN Aug. 15-Sept. 20, 2013
- Singular Masses: An examination of Racial Identity, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN Jan. 23 – March 9, 2013
- The American Dream: a Juxtaposition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, Jan. 21- Feb. 24
Public Speaking
- What is Public Art?, Memphis Art and Place Conference, The Memphis Center at Rhodes College, Feb. 2016
- Tactical Urbanism Salon, Memphis, TN. Sept. 22, 2012
- Artist Lecture, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, TN. Nov. 2011
- Artist Lecture, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, TN. Oct. 2008
- Interactions/ Interruptions panel discussion, Memphis College of Art. May 2008
- Artist Lecture, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN. March 2008
- Environmental Art Lecture, Memphis College of Art. Feb. 2007
- 2017 ArtsAccelerator Grantee, ArtsMemphis, Memphis, TN
- One Good Chair Design Competition, Runner up, Sponsored by the Sustainable Furnishings Council. July 2008
- Presidential Purchase Award, Memphis College of Art. May 2008
- Hohenberg Merit Scholarship, Memphis College of Art. Fall 2007 and Spring 2008
- Emerging Artist Grant, ArtsMemphis, Memphis, TN. Sept. 2007
- Portfolio Merit Scholarship, Memphis College of Art. Fall 2006 —Spring 2008
- It Does Whats its suspose to do (Life in Jeans: Keeping Things Casual blog, March 18, 2017)
- Edge district's latest public art installation is all shimmery (The Commercial Appeal, March 8, 2017)
- The Art of Now (Memphis Magazine, March 2013)
- More Than One Good Chair, Lance Hosey (Metropolis P/O/V, Oct. 14th 2008)


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Scary House Sounds? Call the Plumber BEFORE the Paranormal Team
San Diego's older and/or quickly built homes can be cleared of ghosts or at least ghostly noises coming from standard plumbing equipment. Are you experiencing any of the other-worldly-seeming sounds described below? A fearless San Diego Plumber will cost far less that any paranormal expert.
Mystery Brew Bubbling & Boiling
Some of our customers relate in hushed tones that while sitting in their living room or dining room, they can hear pots of stew or cider from ages past brewing right beside them.
We then have to ask the boring question: does this room share a wall with your garage? Is your water heater right here? San Diego homeowners are often quite relieved to discover that a plumber can simply flush the water heater to remove the sediment contributing to the noises.
Leaking pipes can also make bubbling and popping sounds. To test whether you have a leak, turn the water off at the main valve and listen all over the house. If you can still hear water movement, you most likely have a leak that requires a plumber's attention.
Wall Banging a Plumber Can Frighten Away
Your failure to attend your great aunt's funeral didn't drive her spirit to San Diego to bang on your walls! Most likely you have a "pressure hammer" or air pressure in the water pipes due to a failing rheostat or water pressure regulator.
Do-it-yourself hammering fix: shut off all water in the house by turning the lever for the main valve in the garage perpendicular to the pipe underneath it. Go through the house and open all water valves, draining all water from the water lines. If this doesn't solve the problem, do call an experienced plumber.
Weird Whistling . . . What the . . . ?
"Whistling past the graveyard" is an old saying meaning trying to remain calm and happy in a scary situation. One scary situation is just starting to nod off at night in a pitch black room only to hear a whistling start low, increase in pitch and volume and then die off again.
Most likely, the whistling stems from the fact that your air ducts have either a hole or a split in a seam where two ducts meet. The air passing over that area makes a whistling sound. An HVAC expert can perform a camera inspection to find the source.
Don't Live with Scary House Sounds . . . Call Perry Plumbing!
We admit it . . . Here at Perry Plumbing in San Diego, we love Jay and Grant—the plumbers who became paranormal investigators on Sy-Fy's "Ghost Hunters" program . . . and it's not just because they're up for creeping around old basements at night. These intrepid pipe wranglers willingly blame the home's faulty electrical system emitting static electricity for making hair stand up on end or living rodents for scratching in the walls.
If you're tired of hearing bumps in the night and need a plumber in San Diego, call us today for a free estimate and 24-hour service at 619-472-2112. To get more Perry Plumbing hints, tips and updates, visit our website www.perryplumbing.com and sign up for our email newsletter.


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Mounting a garage door system can set you back a lot of loan, and so does replacing them. That's why it can be a headache if your present unit is not working as efficiently as it was and also you can not point a finger to the reason. If you are looking to make any significant choices, look into this garage door repair work and also repairing list. Click here Garage Door Master Repair for more info.
1. Take a look around
The first thing you need to do is to check out for outside causes. You would certainly be surprised at the amount of problems can be triggered by tiny tools or devices becoming trapped someplace in the setting up.
2. Tidy up
Normally, a thick gooey compound gathers on the rollers as well as the tracks of the garage door. This is the outcome of exposure to dust and the lubricating substances utilized for maintenance. The resulting rubbing might trigger the tools to become stuck. You can get rid of the compound using ordinary home cleaning representatives or mild soap. When you utilize a cleaning agent for the rollers, make sure you dry every little thing extensively.
3. Lubricate
Often, the mechanism does not work effectively because the relocating components aren't lubricated sufficient. Lubrication needs to be done twice a month; simply avoid obtaining anything on the plastic idler bearings. Powdered graphite can be utilized on the tracks as well as family oil benefits the rollers. Take care as you do this procedure to avoid any type of problems explained symphonious 2.
4. Examine Springs
You must also examine the cables and extension springtimes. Extension springtimes are those that can be discovered on either side of the door, running from a pulley. Make certain that the wires and springs typically aren't rustic. If they are, you could need to make a call to a regional professional to determine if they just need cleansing or should be changed. Ensure you change the springs in pairs so there will not be discrepancy. There is, nevertheless, an additional springtime system in operation for the majority of garage systems, which is the torsion spring. This is a high-tension spring that would certainly be complicated to fix; where case, expert technician might be required.
5. Tighten Down
Garage doors, much like anything, goes through deterioration. Bolts, hinges, and screws are no exception, specifically because your garage door are made use of very usually. Inspect all the screws as well as screws involved in the opening system for your garage door. There are times when tightening up those could address the issue. If they could not be tightened any longer as a result of loose holes, you could utilize items of wood as a filler. Check to see if the hinges are drooping. Adjust or replace them if they require attention. For side-hinge garage doors, make sure the wood where the hinges are attached is in good condition also.
6. Take a look at The Tracks
Try to find damages and bumps in the metal tracks. Tracks overview the roller assembly, so they are very important. Inspect the alignment also and touch influenced areas back into location when possible.
Garage systems are 7 feet of metal, plastic, or timber, generally a combination of all three. So it might take some investigator work to learn just what's wrong. With this list, you'll have a much easier time. If you aren't that much of a handyman, speak with a garage door repair solution establishment or check out on-line fronts for a quote for repair services.


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Here are 10 ways to break the monotony of singing rehearsals, many of which can be implemented without prior preparation.
1. Change Seating Orientation
This can mean any number of things. Below are some examples:
- Face different side of the room
- Sit it in a circle
- Sit in two rows
- Intermix parts (i.e. sopranos sit by non sopranos)
- Have parts face each other
2. Change Location
If you normally practice indoors, try practicing outside on a nice day. Have rehearsal at someone's home. Change rooms. This will not only break the monotony but has the benefit of exposing the choir different acoustic settings too.
3. Change Instrumentation
Do you normally direct with a keyboard? Why not use a different instrument like a recorder or a guitar? How about just using a pitch-pipe? That'll add some challenge.
4. Sing in Quartets
What I mean by that is sing one person on a part. (SATB would be a quartet; SSATB a quintent… etc.) This can be useful for testing how well the singers actually know their parts. The only drawback is that it can be a bit nerve-wracking for the singers since they're being put on the spot. Bring it up with your singers to see if they'd be interested in trying such an arrangement. (If they're a bit hesitant you could first try part intermixing mentioned above. Your singers will still have to sing by themselves but at least they aren't put on the spot quite as much.)
5. Change the Order of the Rehearsal Schedule
Do you normally start sight-singing and then work on perfecting old music? Why not do it the other way around? Obviously don't go overboard and sing the most straining song before doing any warm-ups, but where it doesn't explicitly matter make a change.
6. Sing Songs with a Specific Theme
You can have a day of singing songs by one composer or one era, and give a little historical background on what you're singing. It could be all sight-singing or a mix of sight-singing and review. You could also have a day dedicated to singing a certain type of piece, like all rounds, or all bawdy love madrigals, or all chants. Or how about singing everything on solfege syllables? Any of these will add some spice to the rehearsal. (Of course it could also annoy your choir so play it by ear.)
7. Bring in a Guest
By bringing in a guest, I mean bring in an expert of some kind, be it another choir director or a performer or whatever, to listen to and give advice to you and to the choir. Undoubtedly the choir will pay more attention to the new person than it does to you, and all of you will probably get a lot out of the advice. You could also bring in a non-expert to act as an audeince, but while it would probably increase the attentiveness of the choir, you're more likely to learn a lot more from an expert.
8. Use Alternate Lyrics
Have your choir members make up new lyrics to some of the songs you sing, and then sing some of them at practice. This is bound to lighten things up.
9. Have a Choir member Co-direct
This depends on how formal your choir is and whether or not you're getting paid to direct. Assuming that it's a volunteer gig, inviting choir members to take major artistic direction on certain songs can be an empowering thing for both you and the singers. It invites them to do research, think critically about the music, and figure out how to verbalize their ideas. While being a passive singer can be nice and relaxing, there's something really cool about getting a chance to do more once in a while. It's empowering for you too because you get to know more about your singers and about the music. Not to mention that since your singers will be more knowledgeable, they will probably expect more of you, which while more difficult is ultimately a good thing.
10. Go Caroling
This is similar to the changing environment suggestion, except that in this case you're performing not practicing. Caroling doesn't have to be limited to Christmas-time either. There's nothing wrong with going out on a street corner and singing with all or a subset of your choir in the middle of June. What's nice is that caroling isn't nearly as formal as an official performance, so prep work is minimal. Just go out and sing!
I've tested out a lot of these techniques on my choir and they do tend to have a positive impact on rehearsals. So, if you're finding your rehearsals to be a bit of drag try one of them out.


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Anna Main Road - a battle of wits
Now, here is the other side of the road leading to Ashok Pillar where autorickshaws, even dismembered ones, are parked as are mini vans, handcarts and all other sundry vehicles. There are encroachments in the form of men hawking wares, mechanics, key-and-lock makers, and smithies… you name them and they're there.
As you can see, here too, a one-way road has been made two-way. Notice the dugout portion running down the centre. Some temporary patchwork has been done and this is how the road proceeds up to the ESI Hospital and beyond, as you can see in the second picture. Motorists are not quite sure which side to take but keep going as long as there is no vehicle coming from the other side. Far away, there is an MTC bus lumbering ahead and do you notice the autorickshaw and motorcycle right in front of it? A recipe for disaster if there was any.
See the quality of the road in the third picture. It's dusty, uneven and strewn with gravel. Haven't you heard of craters on the moon? Look at the last two pictures and you'll know what I mean. If you are a regular on this stretch, you may need to get new tyres for your vehicle every six months.


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SHADA Meeting 12 March 2018
Claire de Than, Chair of SHADA – Professor of Law
Helen Dunman, Vice Chair of SHADA – PSHE and sex and relationships education teacher, PMLD/SLD, Chailey Heritage Foundation
Dr Tuppy Owens – SHADA founder, Outsiders, TLC Trust, SHADA International, and the School of Sex for Disabled People
Jennie Williams – Founder and CEO of Enhance the UK – The Love Lounge and Undressing Disability campaign
Claire Holland – project manager and trainer from Enhance the UK
Gill Leno – Sex and relatiionships educator, writer and activist – Queen Alexandra College, SENSRE, and Supported Loving
Mary Doyle – Coach for disabled professionals, predominantly women; also writes for Liability
Asgerbo Persson– Handisex
Sue Newsome – Sex therapist and educator
Elliot Lamb – Occupational therapist and case manager for people with brain injury
Sally Lee – research fellow at Bournemouth University – social work background
Emma Cooper – LD and sexual health nurse and counsellor, supporting people post-autism diagnosis (with and without LD)
Jenn Layton – diagnosed 3 years ago with high functioning autism; here to talk about autism and sexuality – mentioned the participatory autistic research group
Tim Gilbert – Brain injury case manager with nursing background
Jesse Elvin – Lecturer in Law at City University
Chris Watling – Occupational therapist with community team for LD
Zaffron Hill – Education and Wellbeing specialist at Brook
Mary Doyle, Rocket Girl coaching – The Importance of Coaching
Mary's background is technology and services, starting back in the 80s when she embarked on a programming apprenticeship that led to a full time role. After 28 years in software engineering with a job that allowed her to travel all over the world, she decided to change direction and retrained to coach others, using her experience as a female wheelchair user with CP in a series of senior roles in a male-dominated field. One of her passions is to normalise disability in the workforce and disabled sexuality.
Mary went on to talk about the 'alchemy of coaching'. The definition of coaching is that it is a human development process that involves structured focused interaction, and use of appropriate strategies, tools and techniques, to promote desirable and sustainable change for the benefit of the coachee. It is measurable, tangible, and very practical. However, there is an element of intuition, human kindness, compassion wrapped up into that. It's mostly forward looking.
She works with non-disabled people as well as disabled people, but seems to be taking more and more women clients on as they are being referred by word of mouth. She challenges the misconception that coaching is something that is targeted at low performers. Coaching is different to counselling because it's more forward-facing and goal oriented; it's to do with building strategy to get someone to where they want to be. She also explained that sometimes very high-functioning executive people will have a permanent coach, but more usually people will dip in and out of it, and that she is interested in making it accessible for everyone rather than an exclusive thing.
Mary works on success, goals and winning, on the terms of each individual client, working on what that really means for them. Tuppy asked Mary if her coaching relates specifically to sex, and Mary explained that very often sex and relationships are what her clients want to work on and bring to sessions, and that she supports people in using their differences to their advantage rather than seeing them as a limitation.
Mary went on to talk about the influence of the social and medical models on her work, noting that she has been very lucky personally to be able to incorporate into her coaching work. She uses her awareness of issues such as fatigue and disability to accentuate the work she does with her clients, to get the work as effective as possible. She is also currently training in neurodiversity so that she can work more effectively with neurodiverse clients.
Key themes –
• looking at individuals' understanding of their own medical conditions and disabilities, and how their perceptions and awareness of these may impact on their successes, conditions and resilience
• Acquired disabilities and the consequent potential for grief and depression during and following the adjustment process
• People with military backgrounds who have been injured
• Clients who fear that they might not have sex again post-injury or trauma
She ended with a brief description of post-traumatic growth and how coaching supports and nurtures this, and how if this were more widely available on the school curriculum it could really make an impact on young people's development.
Love and sex are an inoculation against everything that sucks! The more valuable someone feels, the better their decisions. Coaching can support confidence and hope. Mary wants to help inject joy into the every day.
Tuppy commented that there are more and more people with social anxiety joining Outsiders, and how coaching could be really supportive for them.
Jenn commented on how personal health budgets could potentially be used for supportive mental health interventions through coaching
Helen asked if there were any coaches who were working with people with more complex or severe learning disabilities/communication issues. Mary responded that most of her clients are in work, but that she will look into it – Helen talked a bit about meeting a severely disabled filmmaker at a conference and looking at doing some collaborative filmmaking with her students about dreams Jenny asked if there are any coaches using BSL – Mary is asking questions about this at the moment (about accessibility).
Sex and relationships with Aspergers Syndrome
Jenn Layton
Claire opened by asking, 'what mistakes do healthcare professionals make in their treatment of autistic women?'
Jenn responded that misdiagnosis is common, citing her own experience of misdiagnosis of borderline personality disorder, along with a lack of understanding and mishandling of issues such as autistic shutdown or meltdown.
Jenn talked about her own personal experiences of exploring and experimenting with her own gender and sexual expression. She reflected on the impact of her own late diagnosis of autism, in the context of a male-focused presentation of autism. She explained that autistic women are least like the expectation that society typically holds for them and that the coming to understanding of this can be catastrophic for mental health and wellbeing.
She went on to talk about the issues around communication (such as an inability to read body language) and sensory processing and the effects that this has within a neurotypical/neurodiverse relationship and on self esteem and wellbeing. There can be real incompatibilities which need a lot of work to overcome – Jenn explained that in Derbyshire, Relate has specialist counselling for couples with one neurodiverse partner.
There is a lack of information about how to support young adults in their late 20s – the community that was diagnosed 25 years ago – in their lives. Jenn reflected on the importance of autistic to autistic communication and support, and urged SHADA members to encourage their autistic clients to look at who they really are under the expectations that society has for them.
Jenn talked about the impact of a lack of empathy or social fear can be a difficult combination, because it reduces the ability to understand the impact of actions on others.
There are real issues for people who are autistic because of the issue of it being a deficit based, medically based diagnosis – what does that mean for those people about how they understand themselves? How does this then impact on formation of relationships? There needs to be support for positive risk taking – the inability to read intent and the tendency to be very trusting and take things literally means that young women with autism are terribly vulnerable to sexual abuse and potential exploitation.
What would the impact for someone on the spectrum be, particularly if that person was not very well supported or prepared?
Jenn finished by mentioning that there is a conference in Birmingham in May about neurodiversity, sexuality, and gender.
Tuppy Owens – supporting men with Aspergers to start relationships
Tuppy gave a presentation about her work to support men with Aspergers who had approached her for help through Outsiders – the presentation follows:
Sue Newsome
Sue shared some of her work with two clients who both identify as having Aspergers and explained that she would give some ideas of things that had and had not worked with those clients.
Client A had been diagnosed as a teenager and enjoyed support from his parents in finding additional help – the outcome of which was that he was living independently and had a good job. His father met Sue at a conference and came to ask her about his concerns about him being able to navigate more intimate relationships. He had arranged for his son to see a specialist who worked with Aspergers to assist him to learn social skills by rote to support him in managing himself in social situations, which he had taken to heart and had to some extent found successful, as he was socialising and had friends. The concern was that how he could take this forward to interact with potential sexual or intimate partners.
The client came to his first meeting with Sue with a female friend who he had known since he was very young. Sue determined that she would go forward by using a set of different exercises to support him, with his consent. Lots of work took place around grounding the conversation in the moment and in more successful interactions. Sue reflected that from a professional perspective, she felt that there would be the need to do lots of practice to allow social skills to be embedded.
Client B was a gentleman in his 40s who came via his psychologist who had recommended he had some sex therapy to support him, and who then referred him on to Sue for additional help. Sue arranged for a colleague who worked as a surrogate to provide support and they went on to do some work around meeting – space wise, proximity wise. His focus was very clearly on having a sexual experience rather than intimacy in a broader sense, and on going back to the sex therapist and psychologist it seemed that there was not going to be as much additional help for him from those professionals as he needed to integrate the potential experience with a sex surrogate. Because of this lack of support and continuity locally it was very difficult to continue with the work and Sue did not feel it was helpful for him to do so. He was referred to TLC.
Helen Dunman – Stories for sex education and puberty
Helen fed back about a training day that she had delivered in January. This happened after she'd had some visitors into one of her sex ed classes at school, and she was using dolls to support the session. The visitors asked her to come and provide a fun sex education day for all their teachers and teaching assistants. This was to be tied to targets and public and private, etc.
Helen has written a set of bespoke stories for her students around all sorts of issues such as periods, etc, which incorporate the use of dolls and props (including anatomy models) and very clear and simple language and common sense. Helen gave demonstrations of stories around topics such as periods, masturbation, safe touch, having a crush on someone, etc. She had some great feedback, including someone who said that they felt 100% more confident to teach these subjects – such a huge deal!
Helen stressed that although the stories and resources are simple to use, it is important that people are trained effectively in using them. This was backed up by the amount of feedback and discussion that was generated on the day.
Helen and Claire also fed back on a very successful conference that they ran about the law, disability, sex and sex education for Hertfordshire County Council, and the impact of the work that is being done. Helen talked about the feedback from parents about the effect of having good education for their children etc and how important it had been for them.
Helen is delivering another parent workshop tomorrow and is working with Claire on running another in the summer term, about dispelling myths about who can and cannot have a relationship, looking at capacity and intimacy.
Tuppy asked about whether there is any teaching of masturbation to female students – Helen responded that she's written stories for male and female, it was just about the example that was being given. Tuppy suggested putting the stories online on the SHADA international website.
Claire commented that she had received some feedback from the Hertfordshire conference that some people at the conference had not even considered that young people with such complex learning needs who were nonverbal would even access sex education.
Discussion about body autonomy initiated by Jenn who noted the impact of not educating young nonverbal people at all about their body and their understanding of function and touch; Helen talked about how they are combating this at her school by looking at who can touch and when (ie, context), as well as raising visibility and understanding of one's own body. Also talked about the importance of not doing risk focused sex education, ie only looking at the negatives. Also discussed private time and the importance of positive language and approach.
Mac McArthur – head of a special school in Swiss Cottage – is running a conference for £30pp called 'Life Mapping', focusing on sexuality and sex and relationships for disabled people. Professionals are invited to attend; Tuppy has put Helen and Emma (SHADA trustee) forward to talk at the meeting.
Asgerbo noted that there is a real issue if the expertise is not passed on.
Lorna Couldrick – will be retiring properly in July and hopes to come along to the next meeting – sends her best wishes to all!
Date for next meeting – Monday 12 November 11-4pm
Learning disabilities sub-group meeting – Monday 12 June


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The last weeks of 2014 are drawing near and looking back, most of this year seems like a blur. It's as if the acceleration of time has quickened even further with a burst of movement coming through in April, another in July/August and a significant blast of momentum coming through in October/November.
With these shifts also comes what feels like the acceleration of dreams. It can feel like we are being guided through and beyond the dreams we've held for ourselves faster than we can comprehend. I've watched my own life change in unexpected ways where my long held dream of creating my own cottage in lush green hills by the mountains, which I blogged about under the title, Be Inspired, was shown to me a few months ago. But not in the way I was expecting, it was via a friend who was housesitting. When I spent several afternoons visiting the property, I kept thinking and laughing to myself that this is the exact same place I had long envisioned.
But the dream wasn't mine to be had and ironically, life has already moved me on from that place to a new location and when I tune into that dream from here it feels old, distant and no longer relevant. I was given the experience of feeling the dream through another person and that was enough. I sense I'm now being asked to open my mind to new horizons and embrace the potential of what lies beyond. It's like a clean slate has been created after the deep cleansing of October/November and somewhere in there, the seeds of a new future have been sown.
2014 has been a big year of rebalancing and finding the patience needed to continue to release all we no longer need that's kept us tied to our old ways. As this energy rises to the surface it's created tension and discomfort and for those uncomfortable with the energy, there's been plenty of upheaval. But there are tools available to help clear our bodies of the rising negative vibrations and it has taken constant effort to not be overcome with the exhaustion of being inundated with pain, loss, anger and grief.
But 2015 is already feeling different. To me it's appearing as a year of consolidation. We end every year in Sagittarius, the sign of adventurous new horizons but this year we have done so much internal work, the phrase of making space for the new has never been so pertinent. The Sun moved into Sagittarius last weekend with the New Moon, Mercury moves into Sagittarius on 27 Nov and Venus is already there. What is brewing this month is a finale for the year of restructuring, with another installment of the Pluto/Uranus Square coming mid-month, the alignment that set everything off back in April and for those of us who are also Saturn weary, the highly significant event of Saturn leaving Scorpio occurs on 22 Dec.
2014 will end with a punch but the seeds of new opportunity now have space to grow and develop in more sustainable ways that can positively enhance our personal growth and evolution. With simplicity, honesty and transparency being the keys for moving forward, our newly uncluttered lives can only benefit from the space we've given ourselves to move beyond what we thought we wanted and to break through into the realms of the true unknown.


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