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U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals 2013-14 list features nine nationally ranked hospitals in Texas, including six in Houston.
Houston Methodist Hospital — previously known as The Methodist Hospital — was named No. 1 locally and in Texas, followed by St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, which ranked No. 2 both in the metro and in the state.
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center ranked No. 3 in Houston, and was again named No. 1 in the nation for cancer care. M.D. Anderson ranked No. 1 in cancer care 10 times during the past 11 years.
The Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land metropolitan area has 99 hospitals, and Texas has more than 600, according to U.S. News. In addition to the state's nine nationally ranked hospitals, another 39 met standards for strong performance within the state.
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Well, I guess the Hillary badge is now up for grabs. Democratic presumptive and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton plans to host a Pokemon GO "Gotta Catch 'Em' All" event at Lakewood, Ohio this coming Saturday, July 16.
The event will take place at the Madison Park PokeStop. Okay, but really how cool would it be if people get a Hillary badge? Perhaps Trump Rocket can then crash the party and steal all the Pokemon. Or maybe Hillary is the bad guy here? Maybe this is a ruse?
The campaign's official website explains the plan to place lure modules around the area to bait Pokemon. This information will spread to players and consequently attract all the Ash Ketchums to the event.
The description invites supporters, families, and kids of all ages to join the fun. Furthermore, Gym Leader Hillary Clinton will be available to fight as the final boss. Alright, maybe not that.
Pokemon GO continues to grow with each passing day. Earlier this week, news broke out that Pokemon GO might establish a partnership with McDonald's. Savvy players managed to find strings deep in-game that pointed towards McDonald's becoming a sponsored location.
This will likely expand to other big retailers as well. Additionally, Pokemon GO's current state is not even the full range of features the app will offer. Trading has been promised to arrive in a future update by Niantic CEO John Hanke. Perhaps Hillary can trade Mewtwos for votes?
The augmented reality game has become a cultural icon. A world wide phenomenon. Now, it seems like Pokemon GO might very well go down in history. Think about it, it's almost certain that the next World War could be waged with Pokemon GO. At any rate, Pokemon GO keeps growing, with over 15 million players in just over a week after its release.


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Penfolds is Australia's answer to First Growth Bordeaux, but you don't need to break the bank to enjoy its entry level Penfolds Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2012, Australia (£10.79, Waitrose). Quite possibly the best-tasting New World red for the price, it's ready to drink now but with the ability to age gracefully over many years, no cellar should be without a bottle.
Veuve Cliquot is bound to be at the top of every fashionista's wish list with Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Brut Clutch Bag (£64.99, www.selfridges.com). Glamorous and fabulous, this flat clutch has raised contours to hold the bottle of her favourite yellow label champers and will keep the bubbles chilled for at least an hour.
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5 mistakes in The One Where Rachel is Late
Starring: Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry
The One Where Rachel is Late - S8-E22
Continuity mistake: In one scene, Rachel is using the bathroom. She yells out to Monica and Phoebe "Whose turn is it to help me get up?" A few scenes later Rachel goes to the bathroom again, but gets up with no one helping her. (00:07:05)
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Plot hole: The times in this episode vary a lot. Monica and Phoebe first bet about Rachel giving birth, then it goes to the scene with Joey and Chandler at the movies. It then returns to Monica and Phoebe the next day with Monica losing the bet. However, a little while later, it goes back a day and shows Joey and Chandler at the movie premiere again. (00:09:00)
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Other mistake: Ross wants Rachel to change, but she claims that it is 100° out. Monica and Chandler got married on May 15, the day Rachel was officially pregnant. 9 Months after May would be Febuary. It would be cold out.zddlive
The One Where Rachel is Late - S8-E22
Continuity mistake: The first time Phoebe and Monica are making bets on when Rachel will give birth, Phoebe has a bottle of water in her hand and is holding it near her stomach. She puts it to her mouth to drink some, but in the next shot, the bottle is near her stomach again. (00:07:00)
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Visible crew/equipment: After Rachel has told Ross it's 100° outside and she starts walking towards the door, a camera is visible to the far right (Widescreen version only). (00:09:30)djs
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Although many of you may already know there is much more known about the upcoming installment of the Tales saga than there is in the description.
The following can be found at http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3166707 as well as http://www.namcobandaigames.com/games/talesofvesperia/features
The game will be released for the X-Box360 alone.
The gameplay will be closer to that of Tales of Abyss [as said in the following podcast]
[there are other games within this podcast and the section on Tales of Vesperia begin at 12:30]
The character designs were done by Kousuke Fujishima and animation by Production G.I. [an anime studio]
The theme of the game will be done by BONNIE PINK and is called "Ring a Bell", for more detail
As for the release date it was found among the few articles on 1up.com
[Microsoft RPG 2008: Three Xbox 360 RPGs Dated
Tales of Vesperia, Infinite Undiscovery, and Last Remnant coming this year.
By Kat Bailey, 06/10/2008]
New footage for Namco Bandai's upcoming Tales of Vesperia was unveiled at Microsoft's Xbox 360 RPG Premiere 2008 press event Tuesday, with a new Tales Xbox 360 bundle being announced to coincide with the game's August 7 release date in Japan. The game will also be dropping in August in North America. New footage included shots from the opening sequence as well as a few battles.
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We had another trail outing Sunday--this time back at the Spavinaw WMA. I have run here several times, and each time I am intrigued at how many miles one could run if he had all day to do it. We met at RunnersWorld at 7:30 and picked up Lynna on the way through Inola. Our crew this time--Lynna and I, Kathy, Russell, and Caroll.
The beauty of Spavinaw is everywhere. There is not a 'blah" spot anywhere. Yes, there are great hills, and nice crazy-fast descents, and enough flat sections to give the hill-haters something to feast on.
What I love about running here is the sound of wind whispering through the towering pine trees. That, and running on a carpet of pine needles.
Now I know my way around at Spavinaw fairly well, and to me it looked like we needed to go right. But there was a sign (recently placed?) that said the right turn led to a private group camp which was down a long dead end road. So, we went left.
The road we took was a long glorious descent and we thundered down it. I was looking for the road to round a hill past a deep ravine to the right where I had previously spotted what looked like caves. But instead, our sweet downhill spilled out into a valley on what I was pretty sure was Ground Hog Hollow Road. It became clear to me that we should have went right at the Keebler Elf intersection.
My legs were agreeing with the running and I caught up with Russ and crew. He was looking at the map he had on his phone and had figured out the same thing I had. No matter, because I wanted to see different stuff anyway.
Lynna decided to take Ground Hog back to where we parked, and the rest of us decided to go south, or west, or somewhere. That's when I looked up and saw what looked like a leprechaun beckoning us to try a mysterious route into the woods. We thought for a second and then--well--why not?
This nice lesser-travelled dirt road led in a southeast direction past a couple of fields that were no doubt planted to fatten up deer for the hunters who like to shoot them in the fall. This IS a Wildlife Management area anyway.
During our whole run, I never saw ANY wildlife. I'm sure they are there, but well hidden.
Our road fizzled to almost nothing resembling a route, but we followed what looked like a rarely used 4-wheeler trail. It eventually turned back into a maintained gravel road, and to a T-intersection where we had the choice of going west and tackling another huge loop, or go right and run into the paved highway where we could pop right back into the woods on another lesser-used road. Since my stomach was growling, I voted for the shorter route back. It was inching past lunchtime.
The next couple of miles were mostly downhill, and we finally spilled onto Ground Hog Hollow, and took what I thought was the final ascent and descent to where we parked. I was wrong, as to took us to the Keebler Elf tree. That's still puzzling. We went left, and it was mostly downhill from there including a super steep loosely-graveled final stretch.
I ended up with 12 miles. Lynna had got back to the car and did hill repeats while she was waiting on us. Russell being the overachiever that he is, put his Iron Horse signature on the run by repeating the last hill.
We hit the Country Cottage in Locust Grove on the way home, and replaced every calorie we burned on our run. It was a satisfying day to say the least.
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Don Brash. "Just when you thought you'd nailed everything down." 22 September, 2006.
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Innovation Framework Workshop @ FEI 2013
It is my pleasure to have accepted an invitation to again deliver the pre-conference all-day workshop Innovation Frameworks - "The primer to end all primers!" at the FEI 2013 event in Boston, May 6-8. For those who are not initiated, this workshop is whistle-stop tour around all aspects of the Front End of Innovation, covering Doing Innovation - everything from insightful needs discovery to better ideation to technology development to creating a winning concept. Managing Innovation - everything from strategic linking to successful organizations to innovator profiles and building better teams to the ever-elusive (we'll try to show you how to make it not so) culture. a.k.a. "drinking from a firehose"! If you're thinking of attending, please Contact me for my personal affiliate's discount code. I hope to see you there!
ENET presentation on Slideshare
I was honored to be asked to speak on this panel alongside Bill Star, a funding guru and president of VenCorps and Jeffrey Peden, serial entrepreneur and founder of Cravelabs. The central theme of my talk on the panel was Really great mega-companies have spent millions of dollars figuring out best practice for innovation, prototyping and product development. Use their investment to your advantage Don't try to emulate them - you have neither the time nor the money to do so However, learn the why and wherefore of their practices and extract and use the essence You will get to a better product if you do
Speaking at IEEE Boston Entrepreneurs' Network meeting
January 8, 2013. Waltham, MA. Join us for a fascinating and instructive evening as we join a set of co-presenters and share insights on how start-ups can tackle product prototyping and development. Click here for details: Product Development and Prototype Strategies in a Startup | ENET | IEEE Boston Entrepreneurs' Network.
Voice of the customer in B2B
I was recently asked about whether VoC was an appropriate tool in B2B businesses and, if so, how you would tune approaches. As the question just came up again, I thought it a topic worth sharing aloud. 1. Observation and ethnography. It is still a valuable tool in B2B environments, but you often cannot apply it in the same way as you would in a B2C situation. I've used a modified model to good effect in the past. In this approach, you set up a series of "walk-along" interviews with different stakeholders (buyers, distributors, resellers, users, etc.) often based around some other context (e.g. "improving sales support services"). Conduct the interviews at an appropriate location where stuff happens (job-site, warehouse, installation, etc.) with at least two interviewers - one stays on track with the interview while the other(s) observes what's going on around, and interrupts with "stupid" questions. 2. A good understanding and model of a value chain / web is essential. B2B sales require every link in the chain to be activated. Often the product innovation addresses the unmet need of someone other than the apparent direct customer and increases value or volume for this, for each player in the value chain ...
It is, after all, "an accident that the car was invented before the computer"
This is a very interesting Wired Magazine article on the future of intelligent cars in its own right, but what caught my attention in this paragraph is the power of a 'turn of phrase' in fueling imagination, curiosity, creativity and innovation. Just stop for a moment and let you mind run free with this phrase in your head. What would things look like if the computer had been invented before the car? * What would the car look like? * What would the computer look like? * Same? Different? * What ideas spark from this one turn of phrase? This is a great example of value of pattern breaking in creativity, the need for hiccups or discontinuities in the continuous fabric of our learned expectations to trigger creative thought. Next time you're in a creative session, remember the power of this techniques and use it to create a hiccup in the continuum of your own. Back to the article which leaves us a with an alternative view at the close from the writer and "Cultural Futurist" Matthew Crawford: "Why do we embrace these [...] "attractions of being disburdened of involvement with our own stuff?" Does anyone long ...
Innovation & Idea Management Software
During the course of last year, as any attendees of events that I spoke at will attest, I came to the conclusion that innovation management software had evolved from a curiosity or luxury to a necessity for any company that is serious about innovation (and - as we know - they all better be!). Here are few interesting links In doing a bit more digging around the space, I recently unearthed this interesting article by Jim Brown at Tech-Clarity, in which he came to essentially the same conclusion, arguing that social media in New Product Development is inevitable. The number of software vendors entering the space is huge; we are definitely still in the divergent phase. Ron Shulkin has made a valiant attempt to catalogue the players, although the field has increased somewhat since then. There are other useful lists, such as this at Innovation Tools. and this at ideaconnection How to choose between them? That's going to be tough.
Innovation Framework workshop at FEI 2012 announced
Geoff Waite has been invited to return to the FEI conference to deliver the Day One Innovation workshop in Orlando in May. Having delivered "pre-conference" workshops for several years, it's a pleasure to be back after a leave of absence in 2011. If you're interested in attending this year's event, please feel free to contact me for my personal discount code. The original workshop in 2006 was a half day session aimed at providing a 'primer' for those new to the management discipline of innovation. The most consistent feedback was "please make it longer than a half day". In the years since the workshop has morphed year on year as we've found the field of innovation maturing and the role of the conference changing, providing more of a framework than a primer, accessible and valuable for both the experienced and the novel innovation manager. Along the way, we've delivered full day, day and a half and two day workshops and the feedback is always the same: "make it longer". The key take-away: no matter how much ...
Innovation Capability Improvement in one page
Recently I was asked to summarize a two day workshop on the Front End of Innovation in one page. It all seems quite simple when you boil it down.
Cambridge (UK) Technology Cluster
Access to world class scientific capability, technology development, product development and system and manufacturing engineering. Cambridge, UK is well known for its academic heritage: Newton, Watson & Crick, Rutherford, Maxwell, Darwin.....and only slightly less well known is its modern incarnation as one of Europe's premier technology hubs. Alongside, and underpinning, this hub is a thriving innovation support function with dozens of companies, ranging from large labs of hundreds of people, like Cambridge Consultants, to five people companies specializing in narrow niches. Some are tightly coupled with the university and others practically not at all. Capabilities cover almost every technical and engineering discipline, for example ranging from industrial design to materials science to photonics to sensors to medical devices to radio to algorithms to inclusive design and usability. Both technology delivery and advisory firms exist; in addition to the many lab-based, there are world-class technology road-mapping and strategy capabilities here. Within the Cambridge area , there are both formal and informal networks to facilitate tapping into these organizations, but getting to know them and understand the real differentiators between them requires intimate ...
Clumpy Networks and Innovation
The growth of the web and the networks that build upon it have allowed us to significantly extend our ability to examine social networks, how they function and the roles of individuals within them. A number of researchers have reached further to ask the question "How do networks relate to innovation?" "Are all networks created equal, or do some promote certain types of innovation?" Steve Borgatti at Boston College has focused on asking how networks influence management science and has published a short essay in which he concludes: "radical innovation is facilitated by sparser and clumpier networks" Sponsored by Sandia, a paper published by Mote, Hage, Jordan entitled: "Networks, Organizations and Innovation: A General Theory and Research Program" proposes the model shown at left Out of this is born the notion that Clumpy Networks are critical to driving and delivering breakthrough innovation in companies. Equally importantly, however, we can see that clumpy networks are not good for incremental innovation where dense networks are required. This is an interesting example of the need to recognize that incremental and radical innovation come about differently, rely on different resources and need ...


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The U.S. Constitution prohibits anyone except a "natural born citizen" from becoming President, though legal experts disagree as to whether or not that means they need to be born in the United States or simply be an American citizen at birth.
Though they may quibble on the definition, most Americans don't think this long-standing rule should be changed to allow naturalized citizens to inhabit the Oval Office.
According to a CBS News poll released Sunday, while 21% of Americans would favor changing the Constitution to allow people who aren't natural born U.S. citizens to become President, 75% would oppose such a change.
Eighty-two percent of conservatives oppose changing the Constitution, while 76 percent of moderates and 64 percent of liberals oppose it.
Liberals are more amendable to the idea of changing the Constitution (32%) than moderates (21%) or conservatives (13%).
And there are generational differences. While 29% of adults under 35 would favor changing the Constitution to allow naturalized citizens to become president, this drops to just 10% of Americans over 65.


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Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2012 8:54 AM
So I have officially weathered my first nursing strike. I would hear about them at La Leche League, or see a thread posted on a message board. I would read them with a question mark over my head and nothing to say since nursing has been a dream since we started having the babies under chiropractic care from infancy.
I found out what a nursing strike is in a big way last week. With our fourth child, the one who seems to be filling in any remaining gaps I had in regards to labor, and now breastfeeding. I was in denial at first, then in despair, and now I am feeling relieved and grateful for the experience and for coming out on the other side with a renewed dedication to breastfeeding.
What a nursing strike is:
A baby who has been nursing well for months that starts refusing the breast. To quote a La Leche League pamphlet, "A nursing strike is a baby's way of communicating that something is wrong, and most babies who "go on strike" are obviously upset about it."
What a nursing strike is not:
The end of breastfeeding. With patience and persistence, most babies will come back to nursing.
Here is our chronicle.
Day One:
It started with a bite from our baby in the middle of a feed. I made an "ouch" face and then broke the latch and pulled baby off the breast. I was with the other kiddos and they laughed at my "ouch" face, and the baby laughed…not quite the same reaction I was having to the incident!!
It continued like that the next time I put her to the breast, but being late in the day, we were able to avoid any more nursing sessions until bedtime. Bedtime arrives and we have more biting. I try a little "reset" and we are able to nurse at bedtime.
Day Two:
Baby would bite at the beginning of the feed. Bite and turn around to see if her siblings had noticed, and see if they were laughing. So my suspicion that maybe she is teething starts to come apart. Ah ha – maybe it is an entertainment or a newfound skill of being able to control an interaction. I did what our pediatrician had told me to do, and which had worked with the other kiddos – I had only needed to do it two or three times and the biting stopped. He had told me to tap the mouth, say no firmly, and then try to nurse again. The kiddos commented that I should not be hitting the baby!
No success with that attempt…another day without really being able to nurse her during waking hours. I was only able to get any sizeable amount of liquid in her at night when she was asleep. In her sleep, she wanted to eat, not mess around. In this instance, it was a relief to have a learned behavior to fall back on.
Day Three:
The biting continues. Now my breasts are sore. It is more of a joke than ever. I am able to get baby to nurse when she is in a sitting position, but not enough for her to get the fluids I know she needs. She only nurses a minute before I get bitten and I need to pull her off the breast – after three times, I am done.
I am in denial. I figure we are seeing our chiropractor that afternoon – I have faith he will have some answers. We go in for our weekly visit. He checks both of us and cannot find a physical or emotional reason on either of us. Now I am starting to freak out.
I get a suggestion from a trusted source to flick the baby on the cheek with my fingers when she bites. This again throws all the kids into a panic that I am "hitting" the baby, besides the fact that it doesn't work. Even after the reprimand, I get bitten the next attempt to put her to the breast (within a minute). I am definitely NOT interested in flicking this sweet child all day long, so that idea is out and I tell Bruss I think I am getting ready to quit and wean.
I start expressing milk into a sippy cup so that I know that she is getting some fluid during the day. At my mom's suggestion, we also start counting her wet diapers and make sure we are offering water when she isn't drinking out of her milk cup.
Day Four:
We run into Debbie Gillespie, the IBCLC we know at Modern Mommy. I explain our situation and ask her for input. Since the biting is at the beginning of the feed, she says it's probably not teething. She wonders if maybe the baby is doing it for attention and maybe exercising a little "look at me!" She suggests telling Angelika, "Ouch! Hurt Mommy!" and take her off the breast for ten seconds before trying to nurse again.
Try that when we get home – not working. Even though the baby asked for the breast three times, each time she bit me – HARD. More night feeding – this time after the baby has cried herself to sleep – second night in a row that Bruss has to take her for a car ride to get her to sleep.
The trust is broken. I do not trust her not to bite anymore. It broke my heart to have her cry herself to sleep, at the same time, I was relieved that she nursed in her sleep and at least I do not feel like a complete failure.
Day Five:
I have been contemplating what has been going on. If the biting is not teething and really driven from the desire to illicit a reaction from siblings and me, then maybe we are better nursing off on our own. I go into the bedroom, use the old standby of going skin-to-skin, and try again. Baby wants nothing to do with the breast, goes so far as to arch her back and roll around as far away from me as she can. This is not what I expected. I really want to quit now. I keep going back to the thought that this really can't be it. I can't really be weaning our baby when her toddler brother is still nursing, can I? I bring to mind the mantra, "I can do this for one more day. I only need to do this one more day." I express more milk into a sippy cup and we head off to teach class. We get home, from class and baby has fallen asleep in her abuela's arms and later, gets put straight into the crib. I am a little bummed that my mom did not bring her to me groggy, so I just go back to bed and decide to let it go because at this point, a good night's sleep is what I need to keep things in perspective.
Day Six:
I do not even try to feed the baby. I consider calling my La Leche League leaders, but I know the next meeting is in three days and I figure I do not want to bother them on a weekend. By now I am sure this is a nursing strike and they are probably going to tell me to do the things I have been doing: skin-to-skin, change environment, change positions, be patient, "one more day" mantra that I learned at meeting…attendance does pay off (small consolation).
I decide that we both need a break since the breast is not a "happy place" for either of us right now. If Debbie (our IBCLC) taught me anything, it is that we need to keep the breast a happy place if we have any prayer of nursing again. I take my mom to the airport, go to a baby shower, and meet another mom who understands my sadness. She gives me a piece of cake to drown my sorrows – perfect! Just what I needed!
I get to talk to the guest of honor who gives me some ideas to try (role playing), and then I run into our IBCLC again (one of the benefits of social calendar that includes events with your birth-/breastmilk junkie friends). I ask her if we can set up a home visit for Monday, and she says I do not need her! (Tears!) She suggests that we try Hyland's teething tablets, and offers to send me some reading via the Internet. I also tell her how the kiddos have objected to the physical reprimands (and confirmed my gut feeling that flicking or tapping is not for us). She suggests pulling the baby's nose into the breast to force her to open her mouth to breathe and let go if she bites. She makes the analogy that it's like a game of "chicken" to see who can hold out. I know that I can handle pain if I know it's going to end – this is something I can do.
I go home a little nervous that if Debbie does not think we need her we may be sunk, and with a little more spirit since I have some new ideas to try, and tell myself again, that I only need to do this for one more day. "This" being expressing into a cup to see if maybe, just maybe the teething tablets will do the trick and ease our baby's gums enough for her to nurse without biting.
On our way out that night, we pick up some Hyland's teething tablets and give the baby her first dose. We are still continuing with the nursing during sleep – still the only way the baby will take the breast without biting.
Day Seven:
We use Hyland's teething tablets again. Angelika is asking for the breast now. I am nervous to feed since there is pain and emotion tied to the biting. I try once and she bites. We play "chicken" – she lets go! No laughing this time – just a look of surprise before she goes back to nursing.
Baby asks for the breast again throughout the day. Each bite is responded to with a pull into the breast. Baby releases and then continues to nurse without incident – and she is nursing!! I can't believe it!! By the fourth nursing session that day, there is no biting. Just nursing. Dare I hope that this is it? We are nursing again?
Day Eight:
Baby is asking for the breast again. Sometimes she bites and we play "chicken", but she is getting a full feed. We go see our chiropractor. He looks in her mouth and declares that she is cutting molars. What! Did all this start with teething pain that turned into a seven-day nursing strike? I try Hyland's teething tablets again – this time she just spits them out and we are nursing without incident.
Day Nine:
Nursing is back on track. I only had to pull her to the breast once today. Done. I am a nursing mom again. Relief! Gratitude! Amazement at the process.
I go to our La Leche League meeting on that night. On the table is a pamphlet, "How to Handle a Nursing Strike". Argh! Where was this a week ago? I read it when I get home. It's everything I needed to hear last week to confirm what I was going through and to encourage me not to give up yet and wean. I am also encouraged that I did the right things – skin-to-skin, changing environment, trying different positions, nursing during sleepy times, keeping track of wet diapers, using a cup instead of a bottle for breastmilk…all of those are in the pamphlet.
I am lucky, blessed, whatever you want to call it: I am a confident, supported mom. I am glad that I have been attending La Leche League and that I learned the lessons that got me through the last week without this pamphlet.
I am working on ordering this pamphlet and scanning it so that I can share it with other moms that may not have the experience or support system that I had to draw from. What would my advice be to someone going through a nursing strike? Take it a day at a time. Own the mantra, "One more day – I only need to do "this" one more day."
It's been a thirteen days since the first biting experience. We are now back to our regular nursing relationship. We nurse in the morning, throughout the day for nourishment, at naptime, for comfort, and then again at night. The week-long nursing strike made me put away books and gadgets that I had gotten used to having during our nursing times and made me look at my baby. It has reminded me just how precious this time is and not to take it for granted.
What is your experience with a nursing strike? Any words of wisdom to share?
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on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 4:07 AM
em nursing relationship, and now we are in the toddler stage – probably my last! I am definitely going for the encouragement these days! Even with though I am on our fourth nursling, I am still learning since Otter has presented
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Measurements: 31″-23″-33″
Instagram followers: 93,300
Twitter followers: 20,100
Victoria's Secret shows walked: 3
Number of runway shows she walked in 2011 for Rio and São Paulo Fashion Weeks: 53
Fendi skirt; (right wrist, from top) Van Cleef & Arpelsbracelet, Chanel Fine Jewelry bracelet, Van Cleef & Arpels bracelet; (left wrist, from top) Van Cleef & Arpels bracelet, Harry Winston bracelet, Stephen Russell bracelet.
|Jourdan Dunn
Height: 5'10″
Measurements: 32″-23″-34″
Instagram followers: 414,432
Twitter followers: 146,200
Victoria's Secret shows walked: 2
Year in which she became the first black model in a decade to walk a Prada runway since Naomi Campbell: 2008
Chanel top and skirt; Kwiat ring.
|Karlie Kloss
Height: 5'11″
Measurements: 31″-23″-34″
Instagram followers: 706,821
Twitter followers: 339,000
Victoria's Secret shows walked: 3
Number of meals donated to FEED through the sales of her dairy-and-gluten-free Karlie's Kookies: 300,000
Jason Wu gown; Van Cleef & Arpelsbracelet; Repossi ring.
|Alessandra Ambrosio
Height: 5'9″
Measurements: 34″-24″-34″
Instagram followers: 1,504,821
Twitter followers: 926,000
Victoria's Secret shows walked: 12
Age at which she had plastic surgery to pin back her ears: 11
Emporio Armani romper; Tiffany & Co. necklace;Pomellato ring.
|Adriana Lima
Height: 5'10″
Measurements: 34″-24″-35″
Instagram followers: 1,616,940
Twitter followers: 1,300,100
Victoria's Secret shows walked: 13
Number of weeks after giving birth that she appeared in the 2012 Victoria's Secret show wearing a redlace bra and garters: 8
Versace gown; Anita Ko earring; (right hand) Repossi ring; (left hand) David Yurman ring.
|Isabeli Fontana
Height: 5'9½"
Measurements: 34″-23″-34″
Instagram followers: 167,500
Twitter followers: 162,000
Victoria's Secret shows walked: 7
Age at which she booked her first Victoria's Secret campaign: 16
Lanvin dress; Ana Khouri earrings; (right wrist) Van Cleef & Arpels bracelet; (left wrist) Anita Ko bracelet.
Doutzen Kroes
Age: 29
Height: 5'10″
Measurements: 34″-24″-34″
Instagram followers: 1,146,811
Twitter followers: 596,000
Victoria's Secret shows walked: 7
Her record time, in seconds, for the 500-meter race as a competitive youth speed skater: 42.9
Maison Martin Margiela vest; Victoria's Secretbriefs; Vhernier necklace; David Yurman bracelet, cuff, and ring.
|Rosie Huntington Whiteley
Age: 26
Height: 5'9″
|Edita Vilkeviciute
Age: 25
Height: 5'9″
Measurements: 34½"-23½"-35″
Instagram followers: 149
Twitter followers: 5
Victoria's Secret shows walked: 2 Number of years she spent training as a classical pianist: 11
Azzedine Alaïa bra top and skirt; Fernando Jorge ear cuffs; (right hand) Yeprem at Plukka hand bracelet; (left hand, from left) Kwiat ring, Djula ring,Kwiat ring.


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Check Out Paul McCartney in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales'
Posted on Sunday, May 14th, 2017 by Ethan Anderton
We've known since last year that Pirates of the Caribbean was bringing another legendary rock star into the high seas franchise after having Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards play Jack Sparrow's father previously. This time, it was the British imported band The Beatles having one of their members turned into a pirate, and now we get to see what he looks like.
Paul McCartney took to Twitter this weekend to reveal a first look at his character in the form of a character poster for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. If you were looking forward to Paul McCartney wearing eyeliner, you will not be disappointed.
Check out the photo of Paul McCartney in Pirates of the Caribbean after the jump. Read More »


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If there's anything I should have learned in my 35+ years, it's to not judge a book by its cover ..
Did you know that it takes over 400 gallons of water to produce one pound of boneless beef? Chew on that burger for a minute.
Last weekend, I spent a lifetime in Napa – or what should have been a lifetime! 20 women who certainly weren't rookies, a highly celebrated bachelorette and a long overdue weekend with perfect weather. What happened? Not much. But what did happen was something I never expected. Coming from a wine country I loved, Napa didn't stand much of a chance in my mind. I expected snobby service, overpriced wine, and crowds that would suffocate the Pope. What did I get? Impeccable service, open, airy tasting areas and overpriced wines. But I get it now – their wines are as good as my precious Paso Robles AVA vintages, but their properties are $300,000 an acre v. $50,000 an acre at home. I get it!! I'll pay the $100 for a $35 Cabernet. (I'll expand in a blog at a later date.)
Last week, I posted some pretty stirring comments in a blog I never thought I'd have to write. Animal welfare is a topic I choose not to touch with a 10 foot pole. Too many opinions, too many feelings. And yet, there I was, filling the silence by shaming a media outlet, reminding my friends and the general public that things aren't always what they seem. The girl who didn't make it past her second semester in college. Same girl who is immensely intimidated by anyone who completed any Agriculture Leadership program. What happened? Well, I guess you could say I got some attention. I was invited to write an Opinion Editorial for the very media outlet I shamed. My biggest and most vocal advocate? A person I had held a grudge against since High School. And the local liberal newspaper that our entire Ag Industry had turned against, contacted me, stating that Agriculture had categorically decided to respond by saying, "No comment." Apparently, the silence was deafening because in their note to me, they admitted they had bad reputation and stopped short of begging for a voice for Agriculture.
And just today, I reached out to my Ag Peers for an info-graphic that Agriculture put out to reflect the amount of water that California commodities require to be produced. What happened was something I never could have predicted. A farmer and rancher whom I (and the rest of California Agriculture) have an immense amount of respect for, responded. He offered a statistic that I just can't shake.
Today, I went for a 4 mile run on the East Bay of San Francisco. The same Bay he reminded me that 70,000,000 acre feet of water, is allowed to flow out into the Pacific Ocean, every year. Back to the burger. If it takes (conservatively) 400 gallons of water to produce one pound of boneless beef, then that water that we let flow out the Bay could be used to produce 58,875,000,000 pounds of beef 227.5 BILLION quarter pound hamburgers!
How many times have you heard that food insecurity is the biggest problem facing Americans? How many times have you heard commercials on the TV or Radio asking for donations to help feed the hungry? So was that a sea shore I was running along today? Or was it wasted opportunity to end hunger?
I'm not proposing that we dam up every gallon of water that flows down through the Sierras. And don't get me wrong, this isn't a cheap proposition. But maybe we choose water storage. Maybe we vote for a bond that builds a new dam. Maybe we find a way to keep some of that water that runs out into the Pacific, every day.
Water is serious business. So is food insecurity. But things aren't always what they seem.


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One thing I love when meeting new people is hearing about their goals. These can be all kinds of things, for some it is a new career, for others a new place to live, for others any type of physical endeavor. A big key when it comes to goals is that these are for you, these goals are not for others.
When you set goals, you become focused. When you set goals, you gain a purpose. I hear from potential clients often that they do not feel they have a purpose, my first question always comes back to goals. The same thing goes for anyone who is feeling at all down. If it seems like things aren't going your way, reevaluate your goals. If it seems like you are not getting what you want, out of life or out of anything, reevaluate your goals. Your goals need to be something that have you excited to pursue, they need to be worth it to you, and they need to be something you are working towards.
Set Goals For You. No one can tell you what is right or wrong in this situation. And they are always for you.


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Our School has Approved As a NATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL TEACHING DEMONSTRATION CENTER
According to the document "No. 7 of Jiao Gao Ting Han [2016]" issued by the office of Education Department a few days ago, our university's life science experimental teaching center has been approved as "National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center". This is another important achievement in undergraduate experimental teaching in our university
Life science experimental teaching center, established in 1987, has five co-constructing laboratories for comprehensive training and innovative research, nine laboratories for professional basic teaching, rare animals and plants museum, botanical garden, the comprehensive experimental field, and experimental animal center. The teaching center, adhering to the teaching philosophy of EMPHASIZING CLASSICS, STRESSING INNOVATION, AND HIGHLIGHTING INDIVIDUALITY, carries out hierarchical progressive training of BASIC SKILLS, COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT, PRACTICE AND INTERNSHIP, AND INNOVATIVE TRAINING to cultivate elite talents in life science with training of practice ability and creative thinking as the core. The center has already cultivated a large number of research and teaching talents with good foundation in biology and strong ability of experiment in life science for our country, especially for our province, and is a demonstration in Jiangsu Province, the Yangtze River Delta region and even the whole country. In 2007, this center was elected as JIANGSU PROVINCIAL EXPERIMENTAL TEACHING DEMONSTRATION CENTER. In 2011, it was elected as a COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING CENTER FOR TEACHERS' PROFESSIONAL SKILLS IN JIANGSU PROVINCE. In 2015, rare animals and plants museum affiliated to this center was approved as NATIONAL SCIENCE EDUCATION BASE (CONSTRUCTION UNIT). This time, life science experimental teaching center approved as NATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL TEACHING DEMONSTRATION CENTER will elevate life science experimental teaching level in our university to a new and higher level, promoting discipline construction and talent training of life science.
Currently, our school has two state-level experimental teaching demonstration centers, a national virtual simulation experimental teaching center and 18 provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers. The total number of national, provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers is ranking high among colleges and universities in Jiangsu Province.


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Boys_love stories, books, poems, and more
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October 02, 2015
A lovely story about the vampire Lyriel and his human friend, Dean. Started as a roleplay, then became a story. Written by me (Lyriel Luna on facebook) and a my bestie (Simona Michaelis on facebook). Remember: Always use condoms also with same-sex intercourse; get you and your partner(s) tested if… Read More
January 30, 2015
James was a boy who thought he was ugly and unworthy to even be living. He fell in love with a popular guy, a perfect looking boy in James eyes, Jake. James was sure that Jake was straight and even if he wasn't would never fall in love with someone… Read More
Tags: depression, abuse, friendship, gay, school, romance, angst, anxiety, yaoi, boyxboy, self_hate, sexual_content, boys_love, social_anxiety, bl
July 14, 2014
Kale is one of the outgoing and stubborn guys. While Alexander is actually more of a guy with a soft hard and sweet words, though rude thoughts. Polar opposites, right? Kale feels pity for Alexander, the little homosexual boy who tries to stay calm though he wants to break down.… Read More
Valhein travels the land of Falryn, a mystical country entwined with secrets that have become legends to the people, in search of the legendary city of Darkshire. He searches for this city of sorcerers to find ways to control the grand power that his parents bestowed upon him and along… Read More
January 24, 2014
Will and Crow are cleaning out Crow's new living space. Read More
Tags: cute, yaoi, crow, boys_love, nearly_there_nicely
January 24, 2014
NTN spin off: Crow is travelling north the first time he leaves the kingdom. Crow has left the knights, his first winter alone, heading north. Read More
December 14, 2013
The world today was ruled by a guy who liked to be called the governor. He killed anyone he thought was not pure so the world could be perfect. Each town was surrounded by large walls to ensure that no one came in or out, so all had to have… Read More
November 11, 2012
Basically, this is the incomplete first chapter of a book I'm writing called Choices To Be Made. About a young man, caught in a love web with three other men. One, his best friend, another, his aunts business partner, and the last, a complete stranger from his new school. Read More
August 15, 2009
Shin Sakurai, the perfect boy any girl would want. He've got everything except for a nagger gilfriend, anyone could say, that would be his biggest mistake made. But fates will turn his destiny upside down as he meet Keitaru Inukai, his girlfriend's twin brother. Every touch Inukai does to him… Read More
Tags: romance, high_school_life, boys_love


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Flight from San Francisco to New York-JFK took 8 hours. The flight map on the video screen looked like an Etch-a-Sketch from the plane circling all over Lake Michigan, from the plane not being allowed to go further east. Until we ran out of fuel and was forced drop out of the flight path and land in Chicago to fuel up. All this because of some lame thunderstorms over upstate New York.
I arrived in New York-JFK 4 hours late, thereby missing my London flight. All cross country flights into JFK were delayed or canceled. After very quietly waiting in a line for 3 hours, I'm next up for the ticket counter to get a rebooking. But then chaos forms. The angry mob of delayed passengers started to jump out of line and yelled as they rushed the ticket counters. I yelled at the employee guarding the
front of the line to stop them and repeatedly told her how many hours I've been in line. The calm Indian mother behind me goes ballistic and starts steaming at the American Airlines employee and others who were rushing the counters. The ticket agents are now also yelling.
After pushing and yelling my way through the angry mob, I got on another flight three hours later. Right before I board, I had just enough time to buy Advil for my splitting headache. I finally arrive in London's Heathrow airport. My checked-in bags didn't make it. Also, being that I arrived in London later than planned, I missed my
Glasgow, Scotland flight leaving out of Gatwick. No refunds or rebookings for a missed flight. I had to buy a new ticket, but this time it costed three times at much.
Still no word on my checked-in bag. American Airlines says they will send it to Glasgow when it arrives and until then, I only have a laptop, two cameras and three sticks of gum on me.
It's cool, New York is still a cool place (as I'm forcing myself to think that over and over in my head)


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Pumpkin's not just for jack-o'-lanterns and pie anymore.
There are a lot of options for the fall holiday fruit - breads, muffins and soups among them.
A pumpkin, relieved of its seeds and stringy, slimy goo, can serve as a seasonal soup bowl or even a cooking container. Lynn F. Little, family and consumer sciences educator with Maryland Cooperative Extension in Washington County, has seen a recipe in which beef stew is baked inside pumpkins.
The orange fruit is a good source of nutrition. A cup of canned pumpkin has just 83 calories, is high in fiber, relatively low in fat, high in vitamin A and contains vitamins C and E as well as copper and magnesium, said Little, who writes a weekly column for The Herald-Mail.
Pumpkins carved as jack-o'-lanterns for Halloween aren't good cooking options because their safety can't be guaranteed after surfaces have been exposed. Also, Little added, 99 percent of pumpkins grown to become jack-o'-lanterns are too stringy to eat.


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Global DJ Broadcast World Tour Mexico City
Here we are, it's finally world tour time people!
Markus journeys to Mexico City in this particular world tour edition of GDJB. I've heard a lot of episodes this year of his travels around the world, but this is by far one of my favorites to add to the collection. You can tell by the yelling in the background just how much energy this crowd had. So just sit back and enjoy!
This week, I actually decided to pick only classics, as the entire set reminded me of the greatness that is Markus Schulz. My first track that I featured gets a major facelift, so to speak. If anyone truly knows me, they'll know I'm a HUGE FAN of 'Perception.' I have featured it numerous times before, as it's one of my all-time favorites. This time, Rafaël Frost has created a perfect remix to a Schulz classic. It stays true to the original, so I just know all of you will love it as much as I do!
Next we have 'Message in the Sky,' which has a vocal track added to 'Remember This.' I love the latter, as it always reminds me of Markus's ASOT sets. There are a lot of mixed feelings about this remake, but I'm one of the few that think it's to die for. Great vocals like this are what suck me into a track.
Last, but certainly not least, is Harry Square's remix to another Schulz classic, 'Love Rain Down,' featuring the heavenly vocals of Seri. The first time I heard this one, I swear a tiny tear swept across my cheek. Again, the vocals are what threw me over the edge. If you haven't heard of Harry Square, do yourself a favor and listen to ALL of his tracks right now! I promise you, you won't regret it.
Adios! That was one amazing set. You can definitely tell that the beautiful people of Mexico City enjoyed this set as much as I did. I'm extremely sad, as Markus was in San Diego last night and I missed it, making it the second time this year. Ferry actually made an appearance as well, so I know that my SoCal family had fun! See you all next week, until then, we have these amazing tunes to keep us going!
You can follow and keep up to date with Markus Schulz on:
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SE-TAFs collections at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM) contain more than 10 million biological, palaeontological and geological specimens (including organisms, fossils, minerals, wet collections, frozen tissues, DNA, slides, etc). They are characterized and distinguished from other European collections by specific areas of strength: ● rich and extensive collections from tropical regions, especially South America, and high-latitude and polar regions; ● unique type and historical collections ● an Environmental Specimen Bank.
The collections consist of nine core collections and are managed in five departments (see table below). Each core collection includes numerous type specimens of which a minimum of 161,000 primary types have been recognized, and many more remain to be identified. Many special collections are unique globally (e.g., Linné Herbarium, Herbarium Regnellianum, Chinese fossil plant collection, historical Swartz collection). Modern facilities for specimen storage in liquid nitrogen exist at the centralized repository for NRM's frozen collections (due 2016).
Approximately 29% or almost 3 million specimens are digitized, and the majority of them are accessible via the Internet (status 2015). NRM is leading the development of an international Nordic-Baltic open-source information system for natural history collections, DINA (in progress).
|Department and core collection
|Collection highlights
|MFÖ – Environmental Specimen Bank
|A core facility for national contaminant monitoring in Sweden.Long time series of more than 333,000 samples from terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. These high-quality collections are of immense value for molecular analyses and extraction of chemical compounds for ecotoxicological and related studies.
|PAL – Fossil Plants
|More than 250,000 specimens consisting of macro-, meso- and microfossils.Particularly important collections from China, Sweden, and polar regions.H.J. Schweitzer collection containing approx. 10,000 specimens from Iran, Afghanistan, Bear Island, Germany and many other remote localities.
|PAL – Fossil Animals
|Of an estimated 900,000 items, about half are from Sweden, and most of the remainder from Europe (incl. the Arctic islands of Spitsbergen, Bear Island, Novaya Zemlya and Vaigach).
|BOT – Vascular plants
|Over 3 million specimens, >52,000 types registered to date.Large and unique collections from areas with a high level of biodiversity (e.g. South America and the Caribbean [Herbarium Regnellianum], South Africa).Historical Swartz collections (also covering non-vascular plants).50,000 pollen and spore slides.
|BOT – Non-vascular plants & fungi
|1.53 million specimens, including more than 50,000 primary types.Significant lichen collection from South America (G. Malme, R. Santesson).One of the largest bryophyte herbaria worldwide with >715,000 specimens.
|ZOO – Vertebrates
|Important and unique material from all continents comprising 163,000 bird, 51 000 mammal, more than 500,000 fish and 50,000 reptile and amphibian specimens.
|ZOO – Invertebrates
|Over 580,000 lots of which the mollusc collection, 300,000 lots, is particularly strong in material from high latitude areas and also from hydrothermal vents.
|ZOO – Insects, spiders and myriapods
|3 million specimens of a broad systematic and geographic coverage, and including very valuable historical collections (e.g., De Geer).
|GEO – Minerals
|180,000 catalogued (digital database) specimens.Rich collections from the famous Långban mines (25,000 samples).
Department of: MFÖ, Environmental Research and Monitoring. PAL, Palaeobiology. BOT, Botany. ZOO, Zoology. GEO, Geosciences.
SE-TAF scientists at NRM's research division are experts in a wide range of disciplines within the natural sciences and conduct research on the development and diversity of the Earth and life on it. See below for research conducted at SE-TAF.
Examples of particularly strong expertise represented by SE-TAF scientists:
|World-leading authority on Bayesian phylogenetic inference methods
Outstanding skills in Molecular techniques at the Center for Genetic Identification, such as:
|World leading expertise in phylogeny, systematics and taxonomy:Early Metazoans; brittle stars/Ophiuroidea; Acoela, Nemertodermatida, Rhabditophora; Fish, Cichlids; Molluscs; Insects, Trichoptera, Water Beetles; Carnivorous mammals; Seed plants, high latitude floras, Asterales, Ericales; Pleurocarpous mosses, emphasis on arctic & temperate taxa; Lichenized fungi, Arthoniales; Ascomycetes, Pezizomycetes; Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic floras
|World-class expertise in the origins of multicellular life, exploring alternative models of mode and location of origin
|One of the world's leading research groups on the evolution, biogeography and adaptations ofbirds, collaborating with DK-TAF, GB-TAF and FR-TAF
|Outstanding competences on pleurocarpous mosses, complementing expertise at NL-TAF
|Excellent expertise in contaminant research
|Pioneers in the application of X-ray microtomography to the study of fossil animals and plants
|First-class expertise in mineral spectroscopy and isotope analyses
|Excellence in ion-microbeam analytical applications combined with studies of Hadean/early Archaean surface environments and Earth's earliest life
SE-TAF's dedicated research laboratory and service space covers more than 1,100 m², and includes advanced analytical facilities and excellent libraries.
For a full list of the equipment that Users can apply to use, click here.
Facilities for biological and palaeontological research. The state-of-the-art DNA laboratories include i.a., an automated sequencer, a Next Generation Sequencing instrument enabling high throughput sequencing and small genome sequencing, and an ancientDNA lab. The use of the latter for museum specimens is encouraged. Modern transmission and scanning electron microscopes for ultra-structure studies of biological materials, excellent services for physical handling and x-ray investigation of zoological specimens, a laboratory for analysis of X-ray microtomography data, and imaging facilities are available.
Facilities for geological and geochemical research include a modern clean laboratory for low-level contamination chemical preparation of rock, sediment and water samples, a mineral synthesis laboratory, an X-ray diffractometer, as well as equipment for Mössbauer and polarised single crystal micro-FTIR and micro-UV/VIS/NIR spectroscopy, as well as advanced mass spectrometers for isotope analysis. The recently up-graded high mass-resolution ion microprobe (NORDSIM facility) is one of only few such instruments in Europe, and the only one in the SYNTHESYS consortium. NRM host the national infrastructure Vegacenter, a state-of-the-art microbeam analytical and imaging facility. It permits to conduct a wide range of innovative research in the geosciences, such as investigation of chemical and isotopic composition, atomic structure and surface texture of both natural and synthetic materials. The Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope facility includes Energy-Dispersive, Cathodoluminescence, Wavelength-dispersive, and Back-scatter electron detectors. This set of geo-analytical equipment complements the facilities offered by GB-TAF, the only other SYNTHESYS partner with particular strengths in geological analysis.
Information technology. NRM is the Swedish node for Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF; www.gbif.se), and a member of the FishBase Consortium, a Global Information System on Fishes. It hosts one of their servers. Computing resources beyond standard PC and Macintosh hardware and programs comprise advanced phylogenetic software and GIS and imaging analyses facilities. See above for collection databases.
NRM's research activities are focused into four themes:
The Changing Earth. Traces of the point of onset of life on earth are investigated applying high-resolution isotopic micro-analyses techniques on the best preserved early-Archean rocks in West Greenland. The emergence and establishment of multicellular life in the context of global climatic and atmospherical evolution are explored using integrated geochemical and palaeontological approaches. NRM scientists also investigate the development of the Fennoscandian bedrock and petrogenesis of sulphide and iron ores, flow of elements between different reservoirs of the Earth, the occurrence of major water repositories in Earth's mantle, and the mineral chemistry at the atomic level. The sources and fate of key trace elements in the marine environment are investigated using improved techniques for the determination of long-lived radioisotopes in low concentrations. The expertise and technical facilities present at SE-TAF under this theme are unique in the SYNTHESYS consortium.
Ecosystems and Species History. Research is directed at understanding events in evolutionary time through analysis of ancient faunas and floras and their changes in space and time. Focal points are the origin and early evolution of animals, the phylogenetic diversification and ecological radiation of flowering plants and seed plants, and the evolution of modern mammals. The expertise and extensive and exceptional collections available for this research under SE-TAF are unparalleled in the SYNTHESYS consortium.
The Diversity of Life. This research addresses organismal relationships at all levels, the evolution of morphological and other traits and phylogeography, as well as the survey, analyses and description of biodiversity at a global level. NRMs scientist thus contribute directly with critical knowledge to the preservation and management of the world's natural capital, its biological diversity (EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy, http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/biodiversity/comm2006/2020.htm). An international expert panel recently assessed NRM's biodiversity research and its scientific relevance as outstanding. The research also benefits from the presence of a world-leading authorityin phylogenetic methods.
Man and the Environment. NRM leads and participates in national and international monitoring programmes that study environmental contaminants and their effects in terrestrial and marine environments. These studies on levels of environmental contaminants in wildlife cover of the longest time-spans in the world. So do the associated time-series of frozen tissues in the continuously and actively developed Environmental Specimen Bank. The effects of exposure to pollutants on the reproductive and endocrine systems in large marine mammals and links with potential population levels are analysed. Other topics dealt with under this theme concern , bird migration, pollen allergenes and biochemical and geochemical processes of organic substances in the environment. Expertise and collections supporting the research under this theme are unique in Europe.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden