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Watkins Glen, N.Y. (30 June 2018) – Two victories and six podium finishes highlighted a stellar weekend for Kelly–Moss Road and Race (KMR) in two Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge by Yokohama races at Watkins Glen International, part of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship's Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen.
Celebrating their 30th anniversary in professional motorsports, KMR arrived at Watkins Glen with an impressive stable of seven cars.
The team was well represented in the field, with three cars in the Platinum Cup class which features the latest generation 2017 and 2018 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car.
The No. 1 Racing for Children's/MTP/Fortis Porsche of Roman De Angelis, Alan Metni in the No. 99 iFly/VICCI Car Auctions/AM Motorsports Porsche, and the No. 61 of Scott Welham (with Metni and Welham classified in the Masters category) in Platinum were joined by four KMR Porsches in the Gold Cup class for cars from model years 2014-16: Greg Palmer in the No. 44; Kurt Fazekas in the No. 52; Wayne Ducote in the No. 73 and the No. 85 entry of Brent Asplundh.
Qualifying for the Platinum Class came down to a duel between the class points leaders, with second-place De Angelis besting points leader Trenton Estep and scoring the pole for Race One.
As the green flag fell, De Angelis pulled away from the field and established a three-second lead by lap two. But the lead gap evaporated after Palmer suffered an off course excursion in Turn 8 to bring out a full course caution.
When the green flag flew again on Lap 5, De Angelis once more shot out to a substantial lead, putting as much as 4.5 seconds between himself and his nearest competitors. The 17-year-old Canadian set down the laps and held his focus, executing a flawless race to bring home his second win of the season. Metni wrestled his way forward in Platinum Masters, taking second position in class midway through the race.
"That's probably the hardest part of leading our races – understanding that there's a lot of time left and throwing yourself off or making a mental mistake can really affect the game," said De Angelis. "Focusing on hitting my marks and beating my last lap time is the easiest way to maintain it. This track is very quick and very technical, so you can't switch your mind off which makes it easier. That was pretty close to a perfect race for me."
Fazekas started third in Gold class and had made the pass for second position when the class leader tangled with a Platinum class car and spun, moving Fazekas into the class lead. He fought hard to hold his position in the closing laps to bring home his second victory of the season. Ducote came home fifth, with Asplundh eighth.
"It was unfortunate that during qualifying, our transponder wasn't working so we couldn't get our lap times down," said Fazekas. "So I only had one hot lap and that put us down on the grid. But I managed to make my way up through the field and was one car behind the leader when he tangled with a Platinum car. We were lucky to win! It's great for the team to have two victories today, and it's great for us to get a win and close the gap in the points."
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De Angelis started second in Race Two and thought about a move on the outside in Turn 1 but made the higher percentage decision to tuck in at the apex and wait for a more opportune moment.
Meanwhile, Metni, starting on the outside of the Platinum Masters front row, grabbed the lead after battling with class leader Fred Poordad on Lap 3 as a full course caution slowed the field.
Coming back to green flag racing, De Angelis did a masterful job to hold his position after briefly running off course in Turn 3 on cold tires, only to lose the position in Turn 4. Unfortunately, the green flag racing didn't last, as Ducote was sent into the wall after contact with another car but escaped uninjured.
The green flag flew once again on Lap 10 with De Angelis determined to hunt down the two leaders, but soon had to manage a threat from David Kolkmann in fourth. The pair ran a heart-stopping side-by-side through the esses, with De Angelis holding his position. A final incident on lap 13 meant that the race ended under yellow and finished third.
"I made a bit of a mistake in the restart that cost us," said De Angelis. "I was trying to be aggressive with the guys so close behind me and almost managed to keep it on the track. It was a great battle with David, and that's how it should be. I am going to race someone clean because that's what I expect back, and that was good clean fun. The Kelly–Moss guys gave me a phenomenal car as always, but I just didn't have the pace today. These are good points toward the championship – anything can happen the rest of the way and we're not far out."
"The races are won in the training and in the practices, and huge thanks to the Kelly–Moss team and my crew for getting me out there with a great car, a fast and safe car," said Metni. "Fred and I were fighting hard, and fighting close. I really respect him as a driver and it's a shame he couldn't hold onto it, but it's part of racing. With all the yellows, it was difficult to stay focused on what was in front of me and not what had just happened or what was happening around me, but the person who can do that is usually the one who does their best. Two podiums including a win was a fun weekend!"
In the Gold class, Fazekas started second but with several Platinum Masters competitors between himself and the class leader, was unable to mount a charge. Greg Palmer recovered from Friday's Lap 1 incident to finish fifth, with Asplundh eighth.
"I was surrounded by so many Platinum cars that I couldn't make it happen today," said Fazekas. "I got a good start and got by a few, but they'd get back on the straights. I just have to qualify better! But two podiums, with a win, is a pretty good weekend."
"I wanted to have a good, fast start on Friday and was just too aggressive," said Palmer. "Saturday, I was a bit cautious at the beginning, just to see how the car was, but with three caution periods, it slowed everyone's rhythm down. In the end, it was about being competitive and bringing the car back. Watkins Glen is a formidable track that requires a serious commitment, but that's what makes it fun."
KMR team owner Jeff Stone was disappointed for the drivers who had endured misfortune, but extremely happy to come away from Watkins Glen with a very good hardware haul.
"Even though everyone here has had their share of carnage and things to work through, it was a fantastic weekend overall," said Stone. "We had two cars badly damaged in qualifying Saturday morning, but we got Brent (Asplundh) and Greg (Palmer) back out and they were able to get into some great racing action. To see Roman (De Angeles) get another win is great, to have Kurt (Fazekas) and Alan (Metni) score huge wins is awesome, and with six podiums… well, we're all greedy and we want more, but you couldn't ask for a better weekend. We want to dedicate these wins to our friend Neil Stananought, who couldn't be here, and to everyone in Birmingham, at Racing for Children and Children's Hospital, and Medical Properties Trust. We couldn't be happier."
KMR races with the partnership support of a wide range of key sponsors including Racing for Children's and Brey-Krause (www.bkauto.com).
Next up for KMR will be the IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge by Yokohama event at Road America, part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship weekend August 3 through 5.


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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- At the final press conference for Fight of Champions, which is headlined by the WBA regular welterweight title fight between Manny Pacquiao and Lucas Matthysse, a familiar face sat on Matthysse's side of the dais just a few feet from Pacquiao.
Six-division champion Oscar De La Hoya, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions which handles Matthysse's career, arrived in this Malaysian capital early Thursday morning, three days before the Argentinian stakes his WBA belt against the Filipino icon at the Axiata Arena.
He went straight from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport to the press conference, and when it was his turn at the podium, there was a hint of nostalgia as he spoke about his one-time opponent and fellow boxer-turned promoter.
"First of all, I want to tell Manny Pacquiao how proud I am of him," said De La Hoya, who retired in late 2008 after Pacquiao laid a beating on him over eight lopsided rounds. "Not only because he has become one of the most important legends in the sport of boxing but because he's a legend outside the ring. Manny Pacquiao, in the recent history of the sport, has become one of the iconic figures. He's building bridges between countries, he's attracting the youth to become fighters, to become warriors. He's giving them hope. Manny Pacquiao is doing this through his fists, he's doing through his heart, he's doing it because he loves to give back."
De La Hoya and Pacquiao's paths first crossed in June 2001 at the MGM Grand, when the 22-year-old Filipino challenged IBF super bantamweight champion Lehlo Ledwaba in a fight he took on three weeks' notice on the undercard of De La Hoya's super welterweight title fight against Javier Castillejo. Both fighters emerged victorious, with Pacquiao scoring a sixth-round TKO in his American TV debut and De La Hoya scoring a unanimous decision for his first belt at 154 pounds.
A year later, De La Hoya got into the promotional side of the sport by founding Golden Boy Promotions, which has since grown into one of the most powerful promotional outfits in the sport. Aside from Matthysse, GBP lists among its current stable of clients Canelo Alvarez, Sadam Ali, and Rey Vargas. Previous clients include Juan Manuel Marquez, Bernard Hopkins, Amir Khan, Shane Mosley, and Erik Morales.
In 2003, De La Hoya promoted his first fight involving the rising star from the Philippines. It would turn out to be one of the definitive results of Pacquiao's career as he took on one of the best and most recognizable featherweights of that time and scored a stunning TKO win that propelled him to international stardom.
It was a result that left a huge impression on De La Hoya.
"I remember when I promoted Manny Pacquiao vs. Marco Antonio Barrera many years ago," he said. "At the time nobody knew who Manny Pacquiao was. But after he beat Marco Antonio Barrera, the world knew who Manny Pacquiao was going to become, and that is an eight-time champion in eight divisions, an iconic figure."
Turning to Pacquiao who was seated to his right, De La Hoya continued: "I really feel it was your destiny to become the person that you are today. I salute you, I admire you. It really gives me great pleasure to be with you here today, because Golden Boy Promotions is all about putting the best against the best. And this is what we have here today."
Like Dela Hoya, Pacquiao has flung himself head on into promoting. While he does yet not have as impressive a list of clientele, the outfit is intent on making inroads in the Asian market. This Kuala Lumpur card is the first major international project of MP Promotions. What better way to make that big leap than doing it with the original boxing icon-turned-promoter.


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It was the spring of 2004
I was in my final few months as a sports reporter covering St. Bonaventure basketball for The Times Herald in Olean, N.Y., about to be hired in Binghamton.
A Bona player announced he was transferring. I wrote a short story, quoting a press release that then-coach Anthony Solomon was out of town recruiting and unavailable for comment.
The day that story ran, I got an email from Adrian Wojnarowski, shredding me for my lazy reporting.
My job, Woj told me, was to get the story no matter what. Call the coach's cell phone. Then call it again. Then keep calling it. If I wanted to get a job at a place like the Fresno Bee (where I had recently applied) and play in the big leagues, I couldn't do work like that.
It was a deserved evisceration. I had been lazy in my reporting. I had slacked off. I hadn't done the job right.
I hadn't done the job the way Woj would do it.
Today, Woj announced that he would be leaving Yahoo for ESPN as an NBA Insider.
I can't talk about what this means about sports media and online sports journalism, because I can't talk objectively about Woj. I've been fortunate to call him a friend and mentor for close to 20 years.
Woj was the kind of mentor every young journalist should have. He pushed you. He holds you to the same standards he holds himself. If you slacked off, or weren't pursing the right story the right way, he'd let you know. Praise from Woj was to be savored, because it meant you did a good job.
I got to know Woj when he was a general sports columnist at the Bergen Record, the kind of columnist who could throw all four pitches for strikes. His reporting on the St. Bonaventure scandal for ESPN helped push the story national. His book on St. Anthony basketball is one of the finest sports books you'll ever read.
I don't need to talk about the way he revolutionized NBA beat reporting. I don't need to tell you he's the best breaking news reporter in sports journalism, if not all of journalism.
But a few stories to tell you the kind of person Woj is.
First story: A few years ago, in my first year at SUNY Oswego, I asked Woj if he would be willing to guest speak to my sports writing class. I have a lot of guest speakers and figured he (like most) would Skype into class.
Woj didn't Skype in. He flew from Florida (where he was on assignment) to Syracuse and drove to Oswego, on his own dime, to spend the day with my students.
At one point in my sports journalism class, he got a call on from a source with the Memphis Grizzlies. Not breaking news, just the kind of check ins that make Woj the best reporter on the beat. He answered the call in class, told him where he was. "Tell them we're trading Gasol," he said his source told him. My students learned more from Woj that one day then they probably did the rest of the semester from me.
Second story: The week the St. Bonaventure scandal hit, after all the breaking news stories were done, I sat down to write a column. It was my chance to write about and process this story as a St. Bonaventure graduate, not as a reporter scrambling for the next scoop.
I wrote the column on a Wednesday night. That night, both Woj and Mike Vaccaro (the two are forever friends) sent me the columns they were writing for the Record and the New York Post, respectively. I read them both as I was writing mine, and felt that sinking feeling when more talented people write the column you set out to write but do it better.
On AOL Instant Messenger, I joked about this to Woj.
Forget about that, he told me. How do you think I feel when I'm writing of a Knicks game and Harvey Araton, and Mike Lupica are writing the same game?
Your own standards have to be the goal, he said. Meet them, and push yourself to be better.
No one is better than Woj. And no one pushed me to be better than he did.


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It doesn't get any easier, better or cheaper than this pizza crust. Put your own favorite toppings on with whatever jar of pizza sauce you like.
Garlic Pizza Crust
1 1/3 cups tepid water (90*)
1/3 cup oil
2 cloves crushed garlic
4 cups flour
2/3 teaspoon salt
1 1/3 tablespoons sugar
1 1/3 tablespoons yeast
Add ingredients into your bread machine in order directed in your manual. Process using the "dough" setting. When finished, oil baking pans. Spread pizza dough onto baking pan, using fingers to press out to edges.
Let rise a bit and top. Bake at 425F for 20 minutes.
Makes 2 pizzas, cookie sheet size or 12 after school snack size pizzas formed in the bottom of an aluminum pie tin.


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The former wife of the gunman who killed 49 people in an Orlando nightclub in June has described her abusive marriage to Omar Mateen and her unrelenting thoughts about his victims. "Their faces flash in my head every day," Sitora Yusufiy told Abigail Pesta, in an essay for Marie Claire magazine. "The tragedy has turned my life upside down."
Yusufiy, who recently remarried, said she and Mateen shared a short and violent marriage, after connecting in 2008 via the social networking site Myspace. Having both been raised practicing Islam, with a tradition "to marry young," Usufiy said she and Mateen were wed by 2009. The union lasted just five months before she fled.
At first, she said, Mateen was a good listener and the pair made plans to settle down and have a family, but she soon saw another side to him. On one occasion, he started shouting at her in a supermarket, grabbing her arm and digging his fingernails into her veins to force her into submission. On another, he pulled her up by her hair as she dozed in front of the television, before slapping and choking her as punishment for not doing the laundry.
Eventually, her parents came to take her home, sparking a conflict Yusufiy feared would end with her being shot by her volatile partner. Nevertheless, she never imagined he would "do something so extreme" as the mass shooting perpetrated by Mateen at Pulse nightclub on June 12.
"My former husband was the opposite of everything I stand for in life," she said.
Sitora Yusufiy in Her Own Words
Sitora Yusufiy's marriage in 2009 to Omar Mateen, the Orlando nightclub shooter, lasted only a few months. Sitora explains her story to AJ+ in her own words.
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More information and tickets: www.thespco.org
Liquid Music aims to expand the world of classical music through innovative new projects, boundary-defying artists, and unique presentation formats. Ensemble Dal Niente will present a seamless program of works from a diverse set of composers that challenges the nature of music for the concert hall and engages with diverse media. The program features a world premiere by Minnesota composer Noah Keesecker scored for chamber ensemble with synced video and electronic sounds.
Rebecca Saunders (b. 1967): Molly's Song 3 - Shades of Crimson (1996) for alto flute, guitar, viola, radios & music box
Rebecca Saunders: Stirrings Still (2007) for flute, oboe, clarinet, crotales, and piano
Stefan Prins (b.1979): Piano Hero #1 (2010) for midi-keyboard, webcam, live-video and live-electronics
John Cage (1912-1992): Radio Music (1956) for one to eight performers playing radios
Noah Keesecker: New Work (2013) for flute, clarinet, viola, cello, keyboard, perc, electronics and video (WORLD PREMIERE)
Enno Poppe (1969): Salz (2005) for flute, oboe, clarinet, sax, keyboard, percussion, violin, viola, cello


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Windows 7 Games | Puzzle Games | Farm Mystery: The Happy Orchard Nightmare
Farm Mystery: The Happy Orchard Nightmare Game
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One of the provisions New Mexico offered Coach Steve Alford in his new 10-year contract was a $125,000 reward for making the Final four.
Following their frustrating loss in the NCAA competition, the Lobos will spare the cash but feel the pain. Third placed New Mexico was given the biggest loss on their first full day in the NCAA tournament, a 68-62 defeat to fourteenth ranked Harvard on Thursday night. The team that won the Mountain West conference by playing poor in defense all season allowed Harvard to shoot 52 percent.
The team that won despite seeming shaky on offense tanked when the stakes were highest, making just 37 percent of its shots. If you take away Alex Kirk's 9-for-18 effort, the percentage drops to 31. "We can't shoot for them." Alford said. "We've had games like that, several games where we haven't shot the ball well. It's a glaring weakness on this basketball team."
Next year, it is bound to better when Alford's best scoring son, Bryce. Joins the team. This season though has ended and the Lobos(29-6) have been left not just looking for their first trip, but their only trip to the second weekend of the competition since 1974. ``They came out and punched us first,'' said Kirk, whose 22 points represented New Mexico's only consistent offense. ``They wanted it more than us. It hurts, but congrats to them.''
It was the first upset that New Mexico has had to an Ivy League team in 15 games. The Lobos and Harvard have never met before.
Lobos Make Early Exit Against Surprising Harvard
One of the provisions New Mexico offered Coach Steve Alford in his new 10-year contract was a $125,000 reward for making the Final four.


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- Includes a Chevrolet Racing driver minifigure.
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National Weather Service Glossary
This glossary contains information on more than 2000 terms, phrases and abbreviations used by the NWS. Many of these terms and abbreviations are used by NWS forecasters to communicate between each other and have been in use for many years and before many NWS products were directly available to the public. It is the purpose of this glossary to aid the general public in better understanding NWS products.
You can either type in the word you are looking for in the box below or browse by letter.
Here are the results for the letter Q
- Quasigeostrophic
- Question
- Quantitative Precipitation Forecast. A spatial and temporal precipitation forecast that will predict the potential amount of future precipitation for a specified region, or area.
- QPF Discussion
- This HPC forecast discussion is directed completely to explaining manual forecasts of areas in the contiguous 48 states expected to receive 1/4 inch or more precipitation during a 24-hour period. The manual forecasts are explained in terms of initial conditions and differences and/or similarities in the numerical model forecasts. General confidence in the manual forecast is expressed where it is appropriate and possible alternatives may be offered. This product is issued 3 times a day.
- NCEP Excessive Rainfall Discussion
- NCEP Heavy Snow Discussion
- NCEP Precipitation Forecast Discussion
- Quasi-stationary - describes a low or high pressure area or a front that is nearly stationary.
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- The component of the complex signal that is 90 degrees out of phase with the inphase component. This component lies along the imaginary axis the complex plane.
- Quality of Snow
- The amount of ice in a snow sample expressed as a percent of the weight of the sample.
- Quantitative Precipitation Forecast
- A spatial and temporal precipitation forecast that will predict the potential amount of future precipitation for a specified region, or area.
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- (abbrev. QSTNRY)- Describes a low or high pressure area or a front that is nearly stationary.
- Quasi-stationary Front
- A front which is nearly stationary or moves very little since the last synoptic position. Also known as a stationary front.
- Quiescent Prominence (Filament)
- Long, sheet-like prominences nearly vertical to the solar surface
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At 06:42 AM 1/20/2007, Pierangelo Masarati wrote:The proposed solution consists in explicitly modifying the necessary (operational) attributes by means of an additional modify operation that is attached to modrdn. This may be occasionally useful regardless of slurpd replication, which makes it more appealing for OpenLDAP developers, so that the required effort wouldn't be just wasted by slurpd dismissal.
The additional modify could be wrapped into a control's value, and that control might be the "relax" control itself,
I suggest a new control for this new function.
so that the original operation, augmented by the optional modify, would need to succeed as a whole or abort, extending the capabilities of the "relax" control by allowing extra modifications to be added, in order to preserve the integrity of the object after the operation.
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Rambus and Renesas Electronics Sign Patent License Agreement
Rambus and Renesas Electronics Sign Patent License Agreement
Rambus Inc., one of the world's premier technology licensing companies, announced today it has renewed its patent license agreement with Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723). Renesas Technology Corp. and NEC Electronics Corporation, merged in April 2010 to form Renesas Electronics. This agreement covers the use of Rambus patented innovations in a broad range of logic integrated circuit (IC) products offered by Renesas Electronics. Specific terms of the agreement are confidential.
"This license with a global leader of the semiconductor industry represents continued validation of the strength of our patent portfolio," said Sharon Holt, senior vice president and general manager of the Semiconductor Business Group at Rambus. "We have enjoyed a long and positive relationship with Renesas Electronics, and we are pleased to renew this important agreement with one of the top five semiconductor companies."


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Buff Butler Friendly Bars and Clubs
You will find at first glance that Buff Butler Friendly Bars and Clubs seem hard to spot. (They're never advertised) However if you bear in mind a couple of things, you will start to locate them much more easily. They really do want your trade, they need it to survive, however they will often consider that a buff butler or topless waiter might well offend other , less broad minded guests, so they think it better to refuse to have him on the premises. The easiest way round this is simply to ask whether there is a private bar or function room that you can hire for your party, then mention that you have a buff butler who will be meeting and greeting your guests on arrival, helping to serve the guests drinks and presenting a bouquet or cake to the special hen. (Don't call him a naked butler, naked waiter, topless waiter or semi naked butler, as all these terms scare the life out of establishment owners.) If they suspect too much skin will be on show, reassure them that he will definitely always keep the apron on and he can come in either black boxers with apron or smart black trousers instead. Assure the owner that the topless butler will be inside the private bar at all times, not wandering around the other open areas.
Buff Butler Friendly Bars and Clubs, Spas, pubs, hotel bars etc we have so far include Bar 38 Gunwharf Quays, Lletycynin Health Spa, Vice Versa Loughborough, Orange Rooms Southampton, Yates's Bar Leeds, Ivory Lounge Sutton,The Bell Country Pub Crickhowell, The Thatch House Hotel Sutton, Four Seasons Ceridigion, Waltham Abbey Football Club, The V Bar Fareham Football Club, Menzies Welcome Spa Stratford Upon Avon, Royal Marriott Hotel Bristol, The Shore Bar Eastbourne, Apex City Of London Hotel. Kettners Bar & Restaurant Soho London,
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ARLINGTON, Va. - The Atlantic East Conference has completed work with Bosack & Co., one of the country's leading college branding firms, to produce the first-ever Conference logo.
The new Atlantic East logo is a bold, athletic interpretation of a solid "A" letter form, representing the integrity of the conference and its members. The A is on an Atlantic Blue ground and built with two simple geometric shapes of White and Gold representing the essential collegiate competitor-- Student and Athlete. These shapes are overlapped by the Red arrowhead of a compass pointer that is facing in a left-to-right or Easterly direction, representing aspiration and progress toward common goals.
The Conference logo is also available in each member school's own colors, which offers an opportunity for the institutions to further embrace the relationship with the Atlantic East and serves as a unifying element of the logo rollout.
"Today we made another historic step in the creation and branding of the Atlantic East" stated Commissioner Jessica Huntley. "It is a very exciting time to be a part of the Atlantic East and we appreciate all of the work Joe Bosack and his team did to create the visual identity for the Conference."
"It was exciting to imagine the new brand identity that represents the mission and vision of the Atlantic East Conference," said Joe Bosack, founder and creative director at Bosack & Co. "We are thrilled with the results of our collaboration with Commissioner Huntley and the member schools."
The Atlantic East Conference is a newly formed NCAA Division III conference that will begin official operations on September 1, 2018. The Atlantic East's seven founding institutions (Cabrini University, Gwynedd Mercy University, Immaculata University, Marymount University, Marywood University, Neumann University, and Wesley College) are academically selective, private colleges within a geographic footprint from northeastern Pennsylvania, through the Delaware Valley, to the Washington D.C. area.
About the Atlantic East Conference
The Atlantic East Conference is a group of academically selective, private colleges located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States that shares similar missions, values, beliefs and fosters athletic competition with a common understanding that athletics play an important role at our institutions.
About Bosack & Co.
Bosack & Co. is an independent, national branding and design firm specializing in sports and collegiate athletics for 20 years. Based in Pottsville, PA, the firm has a depth of strategic marketing and branding experience trusted by over 100 clients. For more, visit JoeBosack.com


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Bunyip Springs FarmStay offer a choice of accommodation, from excellent overnight accommodation through to longer stays. Choose from the Bunyip Springs Cottage, Bunyip Springs Lodge or Bunyip Springs Unit.
Both the Cottage and the Lodge are set in home paddocks on the property. The Unit overlooks the front entrance section of our farmyard. All guests can enjoy tranquil rural settings, partake in hands-on activities or just admire the farm animal world wandering by.
Bunyip Springs Farmstay is located 210kms NW of Brisbane and is only 23km from the top of the Bunya Mountains National Park. View a map of the local area. The Farmstay is 5kms from the little town of Maidenwell which features a local Trading Post Store/Cafe and a country pub. The beautiful Coomba Falls landmark is nearby. Horse trail riding enthusiast can view Cowboy Up. Cowboy Up provides a most enjoyable experience and is just 35mins drive from Bunyip Springs.
For any further information on Bunyip Springs Farm Stay please feel free to contact us.
Bunyip Springs Farm Stay
503 Maidenwell-Bunya Mountain Road Maidenwell QLD 4615
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I have a client in Johnson City, Tennessee who needs a professional home stager. This 3900 square foot home is vacant and is currently on the market with a list price of $289,900. This client happens to be a real estate agent, so this would be a great opportunity for you to prove to an agent that home staging works!
According to the Johnson City Chamber of Commerce website, this great small city ranked as one of Forbe's top ten best cities in the US for relocation. What a fabulous place to set up a home staging business and help sellers make their homes stand out to all those buyers!
We've made it easy for you to apply for this home staging project. All you need to do is complete the form at the Staging Diva Home Staging Project Referral Service.
Please include "Johnson City, TN Staging Project" as the project location in the first line of the form.
You must be a Staging Diva Graduate and have a professional Internet presence and/or a page on the Staging Diva Directory of Home Stagers to be recommended for this position. The reason for the latter being, I can't convince someone to hire you if they can't study your portfolio.
This real estate staging project could be a fantastic addition to your portfolio and if you get any paid work through this referral, there will be a $250 referral fee.
Because of all the traffic I get to my two sites, SixElements.com and StagingDiva.com, I get lots of leads on projects from all over the United States and Canada, and as far away as England, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, South Africa and Israel! I will only refer them to Staging Diva Graduates.
I generate tons of traffic for anyone listed on the Staging Diva site. One good project would more than pay for your entire Staging Diva Training Program plus building and hosting your web page on the high traffic Staging Diva Directory of Home Stagers for an entire year! (When clients find you from your listing in the Staging Diva Directory, I do not charge you a referral fee.)
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Why Choose a Sixth Form College?
As a long-established, independent institution made up of three colleges, Christ the King has been educating young people for many years. The great advantage of a college like ours is that all our efforts are focused on the sixth-form age group; nothing distracts us from our core mission of helping our young people to be the best that they can be.
Because Christ the King is a dedicated environment for sixth-formers, our specialist staff are able to offer the expertise students in this age group need in order to achieve their potential.
Whether students are following an academic or vocational path, we know how to challenge and enthuse them, and to help them to achieve their aspirations – in life as well as in learning.
At Christ the King we know that it's absolutely vital that our students achieve the qualifications they need. But we also know that examinations are only a means to an end, and whether students go on to university or follow a vocational route, they need to start planning for their future careers from their first day at college.
While school career services have suffered in recent years, at Christ the King we employ our own specialist career advisers so that we can ensure that students are prepared for their life beyond college and have the work-ready skills that employers are looking for.
But the teenage years, and the transition from childhood to adulthood, can be a challenging one, and we pride ourselves on the quality of our pastoral care as we guide our young people to adulthood. We're here to guide, advise and support as well as to teach.
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When I started seeing a psychologist, I was looking for healing. My heart was broken and my soul crushed and I wasn't enjoying life at all. I went there hoping to heal my broken heart, and be able to use it for love again. Because I do not have many fears, but being unable to love again, turning totally cold, forever because of a bad relationship was one of them.
And it turned out I had a lot of repressed feelings – mostly anger – to solve. I did not have a good life, but I never imagined the tool took on me would leave me that broken. I've has suicidal thoughts since I was 11 years old, but when it turned too difficult to have a normal life because of them a solution had to be found. Because I have spent my life until 32 years old learning a lot of things, except how to live.
I think it has been two years now since I started living. And then I started loving. And for the first time, I realized that my psychologist was right. Because of my upbringing, probably I've never really felt love before. Only need, dependence or just … fear of being alone. When I realized I was in love again, first I got scared. What if I mess it up? What if he doesn't love me. Turns out I was right at least in one of my fears. He does not love me. And I've tried to stop loving him, because what use is a love that is not reciprocated, right?
Well, it has a purpose. Being able to love, makes a person better. It gives you a different view on the world. Loving someone that does not reciprocate gives you the occasion to be close to them without the pressures of a relationship. It gives you the opportunity to be there for them, to see them for who they are and not the hormone bomb people become when in love. It feels nice, because you can definitely see if they are worth your feelings or not.
Oh, and he is worthy! He is one of the best persons I've met in a while. He is genuinely good and nice to me, not because he wants "something". He's far from perfect and he pisses me off sometimes. But the conversations I have with him are never boring and whenever I need him, he is one click away. And I reciprocate that. And I finally understood what love is. Love is when somebody's well-being and happiness are a big part of your own. It seemed far-fetched when I grew up. It did not seem possible to love someone romantically and not be with them. Unless they moved to the other end of the world or there were other impediments, that is.
Well, he is on the other end of the world now. And I did my best to help him stay there, because that's where he is happy.


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Skiing photography is plenty challenging in broad daylight. Take the daylight out of it and prepare for a whole slew of difficulties to create great shots. Here are 10 tips that will help you capture sick night photos!
1. Get that flash off-camera! On-camera flash will make your shots look like Paris Hilton paparazzi photos, or snapshots that your parents took when you were a kid. Here's an article about how to get the flash off-camera: Basics of Off-Camera Flash
2. Scout for a sick location before sunset that is accesible and within range of your car. The closer you are to civilization, the easier it is to setup and capture the shot.
3. Bring a flashlight, or two. It will be incredibly difficult to focus without one. Aim it at the takeoff, or key point for the shot and pre-set your focus. Then lock it in by flipping to manual. Set the flashlight down aimed for the athlete to see, or have someone hold/aim the second flashlight for you.
4. Bring a headlamp for the athlete to wear. It's helpful for them to actually see what they're doing….
5. Pack as lightly as possible, but bring as many flashes as you can. Using more than one flash will create depth in your image and let you use backlighting.
6. Setup the flashes and test them first. This way you can dial in the settings. Just have the athlete stand in a location and build up the flashes around them to get settings correct. From there, move the flashes to similar locations around the actual shot and fire as the athlete rolls through.
7. Bring a 3rd person. Snow is tough to move around in, a 3rd person can be dedicated to holding a flashlight for focus, and moving/adjusting the flashes that are up near the athlete. If you can't find another person, show the athlete how to change power on your flashes so you don't have to hike up again and again.
8. Bring snowshoes. This may not be necessary if the snow is shallow, but the best shots are when it's too deep to hike around. Snowshoes will enable you to move freely and not sink in past your chest….
9. Compose to include trees, rocks, or city lights. These add depth and make the image more exciting and real. For city lights you will need to capture two images, a long exposure, and the flash shot, then blend them in post production. An awesome example of this was taken by professional skiing photographer Grant Gunderson, it's the first image on his website, here: http://www.grantgunderson.com
10. Dress warmer than ever. It's bitter cold at night, and you are probably tired from a busy day of work. This adds up to one extremely cold experience. Stay warm and have a happy shoot!
11. Yep, we are cranking the volume to 11 here! Have the athlete give you a countdown before the key shot. It will be very hard to see them as they pass through the frame, even with a flashlight. Click after they give you a 3-2-1…
12. Did we say 10? Oops, we really meant 12… Bring some gels for your flashes to get creative with color. We use the LumiQuest FXtras. They come with 8 gels for each holder and stay on our flashes at all times for whenever we need them.


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The highly anticipated follow-up to Caligo is here on his label, Sotto Voce. Pay what you want to unlock it.
UK-based producer Jon Gooch started Spor in 2006; a DnB project that laid the groundwork for electronic's hard, aggressive edge. In 2015, after a long hiatus, Spor returned with Caligo: a dark, beautiful instant classic; downloaded as a pay-what-you-want project by more than 600,000 fans via BitTorrent Bundle.
Today, Spor is back with Black Eyed: a boundary-pushing 5-track collection, featuring production from Icicle. Phace and vocals from Linguistics. Pay what you want to download the EP.
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Pegasus picked up the prestigious Communications Consultancy of the Year award last night at the 2016 Communiqué Awards in London.
Judges offered particular praise for their 'genuinely integrated' offering. Pegasus are extremely happy to report that they left last night's Communiqué Awards with not one, but two trophies in hand.
The first is for Excellence in Media Relations for our work with Lloyds Pharmacy on the Sex Degrees of Separation campaign, and the second the prestigious and highly sought after Communications Consultancy of the Year 2016.
David Greenwood, Senior Account Director and social consultant at Pegasus commented "we'd just like to say how extremely proud we are to have been selected by the judging panel (who had some very kind words to say) and how grateful we are to everyone who has contributed to this success."
Run by PMLiVE's publisher the PMGroup, the Communiqué Awards are specifically designed to recognise and commend excellence and best practice in local, European and international healthcare communications. You can read more about it here.


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A bit about me
I am a former material scientist and engineer turned designer with a passion for experimental design research. I enjoy making objects, systems, and situations that help me understand how people interact so I can make their experiences more enjoyable.
I've worked as an industrial designer for clients in personal care, pharmaceutical, and insurance industries while at the Chicago based innovation firm GravityTank, as an in-house design strategist at Capital One, as a user experience practice lead design at IBM, and now a senior service and interaction designer at Fjord.
A few of my favorite books
Exposing the Magic of Design - Jon Kolko
I Miss My Pencil - Kara Johnson & Martin Bone
Universal Methods of Design - Bruce Hanington & Bella Martin
The Craft of Research - Booth, Colomb & Williams


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Matthew Marks is pleased to announce Rebecca Warren: Feelings, the next exhibition in his gallery at 522 West 22nd Street. This exhibition, the artist's third one-person show at the gallery, will consist of twelve new sculptures made in a variety of media including unfired clay, painted bronze and, for the first time, welded steel.
Warren's sculptures continue to ebb from figuration to abstraction and range from amorphous to more clearly recognizable forms, which are sometimes sexual in nature and reference the body in humorous and challenging ways.
Rebecca Warren's sculptures can be both playful and aggressive in their depiction of the female form. She often manages to both invoke and skewer the work of familiar male artists like R. Crumb, Willem de Kooning, Lucio Fontana, Alberto Giacometti, and in her recent steel sculptures, Anthony Caro. Whilst acknowledging a debt to certain key elements of Modernist Sculpture, her work also re-engages with them in order to produce new modes.
The steel sculptures have hard edges, seem precipitously balanced and, save for the occasional flourish like a small pom-pom, appear free of the familiar touch that one associates with Warren; however, many similarities bridge these works to her earlier sculptures. Warren states, "Though the metal sculptures are hard, they still have a kind of delicacy; they look like they're carefully balanced and could collapse at any moment. I suppose the addition of a pom-pom makes it—this is terrible—as if I was Richard Serra's wife. Then someone might say, 'Oh look at Richard Serra's wife. She's made a little steel thing. It's nice she's got a hobby.'"
Rebecca Warren (b. 1965) has had one-person exhibitions at Kunsthalle, Zurich; the Serpentine Gallery, London and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. She was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2006. In 2007, her work was included in Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century, the inaugural exhibition at the New Museum, New York. Warren lives and works in London.
Rebecca Warren: Feelings will be on view at Matthew Marks Gallery 522 West 22nd Street (between 10th & 11th Avenues) through October 24th, 2009. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
For additional information or photographs, please contact Stephanie Dorsey at (212) 243-0200 or email@example.com.


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Ohio University alumnus and longtime benefactor Wilfred Konneker will receive a 2003-04 Founders Citation at the "Turning Two Hundred" performance on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 8 p.m. in Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium.
A former Ohio University Alumni Association president, Konneker has served as a University trustee and chair of The Ohio University Foundation board. He is a member of the Bicentennial Campaign cabinet and the Russ College of Engineering and Technology Board of Visitors. He was the director of the Innovation Center and Research Park for eight years.
He and his wife, Ann, also have established the Ann Lee Konneker Chair and have supported the Brandon T. & Ann Grover Lectureship and other areas of the University, including intercollegiate athletics, fine arts, Ohio University Chillicothe Campus and arts and sciences. The couple supported the purchase and renovation of the former Grosvenor House, which was renamed Konneker Alumni Center in their honor. The couple has endowed 19 undergraduate scholarships in the Manasseh Cutler Scholars Program for students from Wilfred and Ann's former schools, Greenfield-McClain High School, Chillicothe High School and Olean High School in New York, among others. The Wilfred R. Konneker Research Laboratories, which house the Ohio University Edison Biotechnology Institute, were named in his honor to recognize his leadership and service, particularly in the University's efforts to build a research base in biotechnology. Last year, the College of Arts and Sciences set up the Wilfred R. and Ann Lee Konneker Award for Distinguished and Enduring Service in their honor.
A member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, Konneker has been inducted into the Ohio University Greek Alumni Hall of Fame and received the John C. Baker Founder's Award, the College of Business Award for Achievement in Business and the Ohio University Alumni Association Alumnus of the Year Award and Medal of Merit. He is the only individual to have been awarded "lifetime trustee" status by The Ohio University Foundation board.
Konneker is president and CEO of Konneker Development Corp., and chairman and co-founder of Diagnostic Hybrids of Athens, which got its start in the Innovation Center. A pioneer in the nuclear medicine field, he is a member of the American Physical Society, Society of Nuclear Medicine, Health Physics Society, American Nuclear Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science and others. He received his doctorate in nuclear physics in 1950 from Washington University, St. Louis. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1943 and a master's degree in 1947 from Ohio University. He and his wife, Ann Lee Konneker, have a daughter, Barbara Lynn Konneker Webster. The couple received honorary degrees from Ohio University in 1980.
The Founders Citation, the highest honor presented by the Ohio University Board of Trustees, is awarded to people who have distinguished themselves through exemplary service to Ohio University as members of the faculty or administration, loyal alumni, devoted volunteers or generous philanthropists. Before this year, the prestigious award had only been awarded five times and hadn't been awarded since 1977.


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A group of Quakers from Arran and Glasgow will be holding a 'day of healing' in the small hall at Whiting Bay on Saturday March 18 from 11am to 4pm.
Everyone is welcome to attend the event, either to take part, observe or inquire. There will be demonstrations of individual energy healing and there will also be ongoing sessions where groups send healing to individuals and groups of vulnerable people – such as immigrants and prisoners – and to other places and countries.


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Saturday, 19 April 2014
Pretty In Pink using die cuts
What lovely Easter weather we are having here in NW England, sunny with blue skies , bit of a cold wind but I'm not complaining. Went to my local craft shop yesterday , bought some lovely new stash , then went to the antique shop and bought some pretty china to add to my collection.
My card is very girly and pink I must say , I went all out with my pretty dies . I used Marianne dies , creatables LR0300,that creates the ornate top of the card , a Marianne parasol die and a Marianne bird house die . The out pink circle is a desiree die and the word dies are tattered lace.
I've added a white doily a bird and heart embellishment all from Hobby Craft and added detail with liquid pearls. The gingham paper is craft creation 12x12. The image with the rose is cut from 12x12paper , secret garden from graphic 45.
challenges entered :
Marianne design : anything goes using at least 3 Marianne dies
Natalie and Amy : embossing (I've dry embossed all my die cuts)
Fusion : photo inspiration
the corrosive challenge : pretty pastels
Off to do the ironing , all the Spring /Summer wear I've washed and dried, never mind I'll watch create and craft whilst doing it.
enjoy the rest of the Easter break and happy crafting.janex
11 comments:
- Juls said...
Beautiful, love how u gave used all the dies. Hugs Juls
- 19 April 2014 at 13:59
- Sue said...
This is gorgeous Jane. I love the pretty design with those beautiful dies and wonderful design.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Sue xx
- 19 April 2014 at 15:44
- cotnob said...
This is a beautiful card Jane, I love the ornate top and pretty embellishments, especially your little bird.
- 19 April 2014 at 16:17
- Doreen said...
This is just gorgeous,love the image.xxx
- 19 April 2014 at 17:25
- downrightcrafty said...
wow gorgeous use of those dies so pretty
have a great weekend
hugs Kate xx
- 20 April 2014 at 07:42
- Julia Aston said...
what delightful die cuts on this - that gate and umbrella are so pretty- love the bird the gingham - and all the pink! thank you for joining us at the Fusion Challenge this week!
- 21 April 2014 at 02:37
- Emma Dawson said...
Very pretty in pink.
Thanks for taking part in Natalie and Amy's challenge this month.
Emma x
- 21 April 2014 at 20:47
- Betty J. said...
Lovely use of all the pretty die cuts, JAM. Thanks for playing along with us in the Fusion card challenge and hope to see you again.
- 23 April 2014 at 13:16
- Deepti said...
This is beautiful, love the intricate details on each die cuts and the layers u created :)Thank you for sharing with Fusion !!
- 23 April 2014 at 14:05
- Pia S said...
What a lovely design, the decorative border you've used for the top makes this card look extra special. I'm not a pink girl, but this design is perfect in pink!
- 23 April 2014 at 20:40
- Jolanda said...
Beautiful pink card !!
Greetings Jolanda from MM Divas
- 23 April 2014 at 22:00


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Happy Friday friends!
This weekend, I'm continuing on my journey to see all 9 films nominated for Best Picture before the Oscars. So far I've seen Dallas Buyers Club and Captain Phillips. Tomorrow I'm knocking out 12 Years a Slave and possibly Her. And now for the links…
These wild cat cake stands are awesome
Made these meatballs recently and highly recommend them
10 questions to ask your mother
B.J. Novak's book trailer (featuring Mindy Kaling!)
Tina Fey and Jerry Seinfeld meet for coffee
The Fault in Our Stars movie trailer
Sriracha glazed chicken (I know someone who might enjoy this)
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High Fashion ModelModels Aprons 1957Now On Archival CARDSTOCK!
Miss P-rker can be found in catalogues in the mid fifties, then in high fashion magazines, then in films. Here you find her as seen in Montgomery Ward's catalogue, summer 1957, modeling aprons from a 1957 McCalls handiwork magazine. Judy has adapted, repainted, refitted the aprons from the craft pages to fit the figure.
Printed on top quality 80# CARDSTOCK laser paper and presented in clear archival binder sleeves so you can easily store it in a 3 ring binder, for easy access for viewing enjoyment.
Read about the history of the apron at this interesting site:http://apronmemories.blogspot.com/
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Judy M Johnson is an internationally renowned paper doll artist, having been published by national companies including: B. Shackman; Dover Publications; Scott Publications; Collector Communications; Magicloth Toys; Schylling Toys; and Paper Studio Press-owned and operated by Judy's daughter, Jenny Taliadoros.(www.paperdollreview.com) Additionally, she has written for: National Doll World; Artists Magazine; Dolls Magazine; Contemporary Doll; Ceramics Monthly; Paper Doll Review; Paper Doll Studio (www.opdag.com); and others.


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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Isenbergh: Cliff Schmiff
Joseph Isenbergh (Chicago), Cliff Schmiff:
Dread of the "fiscal cliff," widely apparent in public discourse on tax and fiscal policy, rests largely on an illusion: that the contractionary effect of unwinding public debt can be substantially avoided if it is carried out more gradually. In fact, the possibility of fiscal drag inheres in all reduction of public debt. The question is whether it can be mitigated by stepping away from the fiscal cliff and following some other path to public solvency. While a less painful resolution of our fiscal situation may be possible in theory, the policies floated of late in public pronouncements across the ideological spectrum are more harmful over time than simply falling off the cliff.
When bad debts and empty promises need to be wiped off the books, getting it over with quickly is better than dragging it out. The same is true in personal relationships (e.g., divorce). Taking it slowly seems as if it should be easier, but it's not.
Posted by: AMTbuff | Aug 21, 2012 11:39:09 AM
Isenbergh acts as if the timing is not important. The issue is to delay working on the debt until the country has a healthy growth rate, not when it's barely above another recession. The hit to aggregate demand caused by the expiring tax breaks might be enough to put us into recession again. So timing is important.
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We want you to get to know the real Kodiak Island, when you get to know it we're sure you'll be ready to move here!
This week we drove out to Chiniak from Kodiak. Be sure to watch the video until the end, the pictures are worth the wait! You'll also have the opportunity on the video to see out listing at 32946 Chiniak HWY. For more details about the listing click here. For more details about Kodiak and the beautiful Island we call home, click here.


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The Sisters of Providence, who founded St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences in 1873, were inspired to bring Christ's healing compassion to all those in need—a ministry continues today.
The healing process encompasses more than physical health. Spiritual care responds to emotional and spiritual needs to enhance healing. Hospitalization can induce a mixture of joy and pain, with feelings of anxiety and helplessness. It is not unusual to question every part of life—including faith. Chaplains and Music-Thanatologists are specially trained to serve as companions and advocates who are by your side as you and your family face this time of uncertainty.
Chaplains at Providence St. Patrick Hospital have typically received a master's degree in theological study, completed a year of clinical pastoral education and maintain national board certification. They serve as members of the health care team, complementing the healing work of physicians, nurses, therapists and other health care professionals.
Chaplains believe that every human life is sacred and that every person's story is a privilege and honor to hear. They provide nonjudgmental, confidential support for patients and their families—regardless of spirituality or faith tradition. Spiritual exploration can offer wholeness and peace. Chaplains also contact a minister, priest, rabbi or other spiritual leader when requested.
Live harp music is available to all patients and their families while at Providence St. Patrick Hospital. This experience is typically described as soothing for those experiencing physical or emotional pain, restlessness or anxiety. It may also benefit those in need of companionship, distraction, listening, celebration, inspiration and support.
Our harpist is professionally trained and certified in music-thanatology, which is the study of harp and voice to serve the physical and spiritual needs of the dying. For many patients and their families, this expression of beauty, reverence and intimacy offers great comfort.
Prayer, a chaplain visit or harp music may be requested any time. Please ask your nurse to place an EPIC Consult for the chaplain or clinical musician.
You may also contact the Spiritual Care Office: 406-329-5789. Chaplains are on-call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.


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In his first short story to be published, Roy weaves the intricacies of relationship issues, as experienced by the narrator, and by the latter's aunt, into a beautiful juxtaposition that portrays two people's differing approaches to love.
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In Defence of Provincialism
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Special Issue "Methane Reforming"
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Organic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 December 2014).
Special Issue Editors
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Prof. Dr. Günter Wozny
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Interests: process optimization and operation; process modeling and simulation; integrated processes; information and knowledge management; system dynamics; thermal separation processes
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Dear Colleagues,
Methane reforming has been investigated extensively for hydrogen production in various applications from fuel cells up to the syngas production in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. A significant portion of natural gas conversion is currently operated via industrial-scale steam reforming of methane. Methane reforming can also be accomplished by using carbon dioxide as feedstock, which is known as dry reforming. However, this process needs to be further investigated in order to be exploited on a large scale in a robust individual or integrated reforming process. This specifically includes further investigation and characterization of the proposed catalysts for this process with regard to their stability and resistance against coke formation. Another important aspect of the methane reforming reaction is its strongly endothermic character. Addressing this aspect has been the main motivation for combining this endothermic reaction with exothermic oxidative methane conversion processes, such as partial oxidation and methane or oxidative coupling reactions in autothermal or thermally integrated reactors. The hydrogen/carbon-oxide ratio in the resulted gas stream can be well controlled in such integrated systems so that the desired final and intermediate products, such as dimethyl-ether and methanol, can be produced. For the process-scale, it is also crucial to have an efficient heat-integration to improve the energy efficiency and economy of this process. Therefore, along with investigating the significant potential for improving the performance of the methane reforming reactor via designing novel and efficient reactors and integrated reactor systems, there should be a review of general perspectives of the process design with regard to energy, economical aspects and its potential to be integrated with other processes. Especially in this context, introducing and analyzing the efficient separation techniques can play a major role.
Research articles covering all areas of catalyst, reactor, process-scale analysis of methane reforming, such as novel integrated reactor and process systems, energy and economic analysis, catalyst characteristics and kinetic studies, are very welcome for inclusion in this Special Issue of Molecules.
Prof. Dr. Günter Wozny
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Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
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- steam methane reforming
- partial oxidation
- OCM (Oxidative Coupling of Methane)
- Syngas-Methanol-Olefin
- dry methane reforming
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Let me the 101st person to wish you, dear reader, a happy new year. I often wonder about why I'm blogging, why people would read my blog, what makes a post interesting? Based on how-to articles and my past experience, I thought I had a clue. Apparently, I have no clue about what readers find interesting except that I'm convinced pictures really help. As you will see below, the most interesting posts, based on reader views, were some of my simplest posts and the formula is more or less this: take a cool picture, write one to two sentences, and maybe conclude with a question. Part of me is thrilled with that simple formula because it means a lot less hours thinking about and working on content, but part of me is a bit disheartened because it means that anything I have written, of what I thought was substance turns out to be forgettable or unremarkable, based on views on this blog. The evidence is below in that my most popular post was a simple picture of an eggplant. What do you think? What would cause you visit this blog more? What types of content causes you to visit other blogs daily or weekly?
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Sarah Palin put the bull's-eye on 20 U.S. House races on her Facebook pagelast month, but didn't donate to favored candidates in those districts during the first quarter of the year.
Although her SarahPAC took in $400,000 in the first quarter and had more than $900,000 in the bank, it gave only $7,500 to candidates between January and the end of March, plus an additional $2,000 to two other PACs. None went to Republicans in the races she targeted.
Instead, she gave to $2,500 to Wisconsin House candidate Sean Duffy, $2,000 to Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul, and $1,000 each to Florida House candidate Allen West, Illinois House candidate Adam Kinzinger and Idaho House candidate Vaughan Ward. SarahPAC also donated $1,000 each to Iraq Veterans for Congress and Combat Veterans for Congress, both political action committees.
Palin announced her list of 20 targeted House candidates (three are retiring) on March 23, the day President Obama signedthe health care reform bill. On the Facebook post, Palin cited the "government takeover of health care" and vowed "to reclaim the power of the people from those who disregarded the will of the people."
"We're paying particular attention to those House members who voted in favor of Obamacare and represent districts that Senator John McCain and I carried during the 2008 election," she added, and invited readers to go to sarahpac.com "and join me in the fight."
Since its inception, the PAC has raised more than $2.5 million and spent more than $1.6 million. According to filings with the Federal Election Commission, SarahPAC spent $402,460 in the first quarter of 2010.
So what did she spend her money on this year?
Consultants: Almost $243,000 went to consultants, including almost $45,000 to PAC treasurer Timothy Crawford (some of it for expenses), plus $21,500 for legal services. NorthStar Strategies took in $50,000, and Orion Strategies $30,000. Consulting services included media strategy, fundraising, candidate research and grassroots coalitions.
Travel: More than $42,000 went to travel, including more than $7,300 to de-ice private planes. Destinations for Team Palin included New Orleans, Cincinnati, Dallas, Phoenix, Nashville, Salt Lake City and Minneapolis.
Fundraising and postage: The PAC spent more than $31,780 on postage and more than $25,000 on Internet fundraising.
Even photographer Shaelah Craighead (Laura Bush's White House photographer) took in more money than Sarah PAC gave to candidates, earning $11,596 for photography.
Other political news of note
Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
House Speaker John Boehner became animated Tuesday over the proposed Keystone Pipeline, castigating the Obama administration for not having approved the project yet.
- Budget deficits shrinking but set to grow after 2015
- Senate readies another volley on unemployment aid
- Obama faces Syria standstill
- Fluke files to run in California
- Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
Meanwhile, some of the targeted candidates benefited from Palin's ire.
First-term Rep. Betsy Markey (D-Colo.) earned a bull's-eye after she switched from a "no" to a "yes" vote on health care reform. She also ranked among ActBlue's top 10 fundraisers for March. Markey's campaign spokeswoman told The Coloradoan in Fort Collins that more than $355,000 of the $505,000 Markey raised came during the final two weeks of the first quarter:
"We got calls from people furiously mad at what Palin put on her Facebook page," Markey spokeswoman Anne Caprara told the Coloradoan. "Frankly, she can send out solicitations any time she wants."
ActBlue, a Web site that acts as a conduit for Democratic candidates, reported that a few groups organized to raise money for candidates targeted by Palin.
While Palin didn't donate to any of the challengers in races she's targeting, some may have benefited from backlash against the health care bill.
One of Markey's potential GOP opponents, Colorado state Rep. Cory Gardner, took in $272,898 during the first quarter. Most of that came in the last few weeks of March, said campaign consultant Mike Ciletti.
"This was our best quarter yet," Ciletti said.
There just wasn't any cash from Palin's PAC.
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Is Nuance Communications a Buy?
Speech-recognition technology provider Nuance Communications has begun the year on the right foot. Nuance shares have appreciated more than 12% this year as the company continues to benefit from its partnership with Apple , recording solid growth in earnings per share.
A big number of positives
In the recently released first-quarter results, Nuance's bookings grew 26%, year over year. In addition, Nuance issued a robust outlook for the future, as it is seeing solid growth across different areas. Nuance's health-care and automotive businesses are doing quite well; these were the primary drivers behind the growth in bookings. The outlook for Nuance's health-care business looks strong, with new products and strategies in the pipeline.
The company's partnership with Hyland Software has proven to be a good move, as Nuance's new product, eCopy ShareScan, is based on Hyland's technology and should help it tap into the channel of Hyland customers. The product, which scans and captures data from patients' documents, has been well-accepted in the market.
Nuance is expecting its automotive business to get better. Its decision to acquire Tweddle Connect has proven to be profitable, as the combination of Nuance's acclaimed Dragon Drive, an in-car infotainment system, and Tweddle's Connect provides a personal-assistant experience for a safer, smarter connected car. Dragon Drive's growing popularity has attracted many well-known brands such as Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Hyundai, Toyota, and many other automakers. Looking ahead, Nuance is expecting its new and innovative solutions to attract adjacent growth markets.
The company is making significant investments in innovation, as well. Nuance plans to invest in scalable cloud-based platforms and is also focusing on leadership in natural language understanding, reasoning, virtual-assistant technologies, and on delivering sophisticated implementations of these technologies.
Recently, Nuance launched a simpler version of its voice biometric technology for law enforcement, which delivers accurate and unique identifying characteristics akin to DNA and fingerprint evidence. This updated software is designed to confirm or deny the identity of individuals based on audio files that are used during investigations.
Some concerns
Investors should remember that Nuance is currently in a transition phase. The company is changing its license-based revenue system to a subscription-based system, and this strategy will prove to be profitable in the long run. Changing from the license model to the subscription model means that Nuance's customers will not have to pay the whole amount for a product up front, but it will be distributed in small installments paid over an extended period of time.
Though this will result in a short-term decline in sales and earnings, it will ensure sustained profitability in the long run. This strategy will also lead to an increase in demand and will further boost Nuance's margins.
Apple's big threat
Nuance can face a big threat from Apple over the long run. Apple is reportedly preparing its own speech technology for use in Siri, so it could move away from Nuance's solution. Apple has reportedly set up a team of top speech scientists in Boston in an effort to cut out its dependence on Nuance. So far, Nuance has been powering Siri across Apple's ecosystem, but there is a danger that it might lose its Apple account in the future.
In fact, Apple has been poaching talent from Nuance, as at least two Nuance speech scientists left their jobs last year to join Apple. Since Apple has a history of breaking away from third-party suppliers in order to reduce external dependence, Nuance could be in the crosshairs.
Nuance is very cheap, selling at just 13 times forward earnings. Potential investors should definitely take a look at the company, since it is making a lot of positive moves. However, investors shouldn't forget the fact that an Apple breakup could be a big negative in the future. We have already seen the likes of Cirrus Logic suffer due to reduced business from Apple, and the same could happen in the future with Nuance if Apple decides to go its own way with Siri.
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The beaches are empty, ice cream vans silent and the deck chairs stacked away but tourists, many of them Millennials, are still flocking to the Mornington Peninsula in droves. Peninsula Link goes part-way to explaining the surge but the real kicker is found in beautiful winter images amassing on social media.
Millennials love to travel, and their wanderlust for wine, food and adventure is found in imagery that connects people with Western Port, the new go-to-place for a winter escape. It's cold, the sky is grey and nature is all delicate and fragile yet they come to the bay with a gorgeous greenness and wide-screen palette of soft oily colours and evocative light. Visitors roam around, wrapped in furs and hanging around cellar doors, sculpture parks and flowering gums. Winter feasting has embellished the region on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter with streams of wintery snapshots celebrating drinking cool climate wines while wearing a beanie.
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