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Laura Gibson and her staff at CURRENTS received the Making a Difference Award at the Annual Meeting on January 20, 2016.
The Making a Difference Award was created to celebrate an individual or group that has demonstrated giving of volunteerism, whether it be monetary, time or talent. Laura and her staff have given CHA all of those things.
In 2009 Laura called the CHA office and talked with a Board Member about what CHA does. Since that time, she has given generously, often anonymously and from her heart. She has rallied her staff to donate the proceeds from their staff party to CHA and these donations have been quite substantial. Laura also listens to what CHA is trying to achieve and asks US what we need. She asks nothing in return and continues to give generously each year. She has become a very good friend to CHA. She is Making a Difference, and CHAnging kids' lives.


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A 19-year dataset indicates high interannual, interspecific and spatial variation in influx and persistence of coral-reef fishes into SE Australia. The last 5 years has seen large increases in appearance of some taxa such as Acanturidae (surgeonfishes) at southern sites, and mor overwinterers. Links to key physical variables are unclear but there are exceptions. I will discuss how the relative role of offshore processes (eg EAC patterns) vs receiving environment (e.g. local habitat, species, winter temperatures and climate-related storm events) differ among key fish taxa, and ecological implications.
David Booth is a marine fish ecologist interested in life history of reef fishes, with long term studies on the Great Barrier Reef, Caribbean, and SE Australia. He has been monitoring and experimeting the poleward movenet of coral reef fshes along the east coast of Austrlaia since 2001.

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Aren't we the busy little beavers
There is a new four letter word in the corporate world. I hear it with virtually every client I meet with. The word?
Given that the tools designed to help us with our busy-ness have exploded into a huge industry, you would think we would be saying "I'm so productive." "I'm getting more done than ever." "I can't believe how easy the cloud has made my life." "My scheduling software makes my life a breeze."
Our tools are running us. Emails ding. Texts ping. Phones ring.
And we answer. Actually, we jump.
"Need that report? Let me get it for you yesterday." "Want those numbers? Sure, I'll drop everything to get them to you." "Where's that file? No worries, I will drop this very useful work I'm doing right now to help you find it." "Want me at the meeting? Of course I'll be there." Not every time. But enough to be harmful.
At first glance, it sounds like the ideal employee. Fast, responsive, caring, engaged.
This ideal employee is also just as likely to be over-committed, frantic, insecure and burned out.
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The hacks designed to help us with busy aren't working. No number of better calendars, to do lists, note taking apps, or other new and better tools are helping me or my clients with dealing with being too busy. Busy is more a reflection of our inner world than it is an indicator of our outer world.
Busy is how we handle more than we can handle.
We let our days run us, instead of us running our days.
Pretty soon that means our life is running us and we are not getting what we want out of life, nor are we doing what we are here to do. Because we are doing what everybody else want us to do. This may sound crazy – but we have become slaves to the external demands on our time and it's sucking us dry.
Earlier this year, I realized that my day was starting with the question: "what's happening in the world?" I turned on the news and for 30 minutes, would go through my stretching and yoga, while at the same time allowing my head to be filled with whatever the news director of the channel wanted to tell me that day. Trust me when I tell you that no news director had my best interest at heart in planning the days news. What they care about is ratings and whatever agenda their particular brand carries to get those ratings.
By the time I finished breakfast and went to do my meditation, much of my day's mood had already been set. I wasn't really even aware of what was happening; then one day, I heard a business man I respect mention the importance of controlling "inputs" in context of establishing a strong daily architecture.
Now, I've prided myself on very clearly structuring my mornings so that my day has the best start possible. As I mentioned, I do yoga, eat a great breakfast, meditate and plan. My first reaction to the idea of a structured daily architecture was self-congratulatory. "I'm good." I thought. However, when I really looked at it, there was a hole big enough to drive a truck through.
I was letting the news media speak more loudly to me than the wisdom I might have captured through starting my day in reflection.
So I tried an experiment. In early July, I started meditating FIRST. Just this one shift in my daily architecture made a humongous difference in my approach to the rest of my day. And it got results. In every venue where performance mattered (like skiing, teaching, coaching) I could tell a difference. My skiing improved enough for a long-time coach to refer to "new Lynn" vs "old Lynn" when talking about how I might try something new.
As we come to the end of 2017 and start considering how to approach 2018, I suggest reviewing your daily architecture (i.e. The habits and routines that frame your day). Where could it be better? What are you choosing to do that is taking away from your ability to run your life?
Where are you allowing external factors to determine your inner state of well-being?
These questions barely scratch the surface. If we are to really solve the busy problem, our questions have to go deeper. What do we do about our true reasons for always being available? What is speaking in our inner world that makes us do things we would rather not do? What has made "no" a dirty word? What's so bad about failure?
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Have you found yourself wishing there was more time? Time to do the things you know you need to do? When is the last time you took a moment to really rest? And no, I'm not talking about when you rested because you got sick and had to go to bed for a day.
There is always more work to do than there is time to do it in. Pressures mount from all sides. Sometimes our fear of looking bad, letting someone down, and not being seen as a team player keeps us running on fumes rather than recovering. We never turn off, whether our minds, our phones, or our email. It is a natural response to more coming at us. We start losing sleep, drinking more caffeine, eating sugary foods or skipping meals altogether. We cram more into the schedule and do absolutely nothing for recovery.
The question is how to "find the time" to recover. You don't. You make the time.
You make it a priority. It's the only way. This is a somewhat difficult thing to accept for me (and maybe you too), but here's how it works: we make time for what really matters. We just do. If you aren't "finding the time" to do what you need to do, whatever you are answering to (a boss, a client, your ego) is more important to you than the thing you are not doing. You are stuck in a competing commitment, and the one that is winning is your priority.
Today is my "off day" from skiing. While still early in the season, I've been going at it hard. This is a deliberate day off, notwithstanding the beautiful, warm water and holiday. (I'm writing this on Memorial Day 2017 – thank you to those who offered the ultimate sacrifice!)
This was a super difficult thing for me today. See, water skiing is addictive (in a good way) and taking any day off to recover means I don't get the thrill and the adrenaline rush.
Yet recovery is absolutely necessary if I am to last the season or just ski better later in the week. Whether my mind is burned out or not (it's not), my body is. Skiing is an intense sport. Unless I follow the principle of oscillation, my body will enter a performance decline curve and then I will start practicing skiing tired, which will lead to bad form, which will lead to worse skiing, which will possibly lead to injury and much less skiing. So I rest in order to keep going, even though right this minute, I want to go ski.. If you work out and you don't change the muscle groups your working on, your muscles plateau and it makes it really hard to continue getting stronger.
The same applies to any endeavor. When I go hard without recovery, my decisions start slipping, my mind gets foggy, I work tired, make unnecessary mistakes, and things slip through the cracks. More importantly, my inner world becomes more chaotic, making my external world more testy. Relationships suffer and eventually I will get sick. All because I was unwilling to follow some simple recovery practices. (And maybe because I think I'm superhuman?)
Nope, it's because I'm stuck in that competing commitment that puts something "out there" in front of what really matters.
This has been an excruciating lesson for me to learn.
It removes my excuses and forces me to face myself and my convoluted logic. I hate it.
Yet I have found that anytime I am not doing what I "should be doing" or I can't "find the time", it's because I'm stuck in a competing commitment, and my actions are showing me what matters most.
So today, I decided that recovery mattered more than the thrill of skiing.
This is a principle I work with my clients with as well. Even the busiest people can stop once an hour and take a few deep breaths. They can do some muscle tensing and relaxing, which is surprisingly effective. Teams doing massive projects stop for recovery and check in every six to eight weeks – and discover that recovery allows you to "go slow to go fast.
We cannot perform at the highest levels if we are always on. We have to know how to turn it off in order to turn it on.
Over the years, I've come to see recovery as one of the most important elements to performing at high levels. When I deliberately manage my energy – through how I manage my body, mind, emotion and spirit –I can do more and I'm less likely to collapse into a heap of human Jello at the end of the day.
What do you do to recover? What are the most productive practices that you have found to help you bounce back after setbacks or major energy expenditures?
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"I think engagements are an opportunity to be really creative."
-My fiancee
So you've found the love of your life, and you're ready to pop the question, what now? Well, if they have issued the challenge above, then you better get creating! My girlfriend posed this challenge almost a year ago, and I'm happy to say, that with the help of Dynamo, I got to be really creative and got the response we all look for when we get down on one knee.
At AU2016 I took a class about the experimental set of nodes for T-Splines. Ronnie Parsons taught a class at AU called Dynamo: Generative Modeling with T-Splines. Ronnie said something that stuck with me, essentially that T-Splines are inherently construct-able geometry; watertight and 3D printable by default. For anyone who's spent time with meshes, this is a dream come true.
T-Splines were introduced in Dynamo 1.1, but to me, they were essentially a mystery. Frankly, they're still are a bit of a mystery, but in a single, beginner level graph, he showed me the tools that would start me down the path of designing the engagement ring in dynamo.
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These 4 lines had been instantly transformed into elegant, organic forms, and I was sure that if I could conceive of the basic pattern for the design, then Dynamo and T-splines would take care of the rest… how little I knew.
The key was to get a set of lines that would be the core of my design. All subsequent form would be based on the curves I created. To start the design process I essentially started sketching in Revit, drawing nurbs and swoops and arcs looking for the right shapes. Finally, I decided to draw inspiration from the Fibonacci Sequence. Not only is the Fibonacci sequence often found in nature, but the ratio of adjacent Fibonacci numbers converges to the golden ratio.
Fibonacci spirals and squares in the fibonacci ratio form the base of the design
From my sketches in Revit, I needed to get that geometry into Dynamo, and get the geometry into some sort of 3D ring like shape. Fortunately getting geometry from Revit to Dynamo is trivially easy.
The issue of putting this form to be ring shaped was more of a puzzle. The final strategy was getting a list of points of the design curves, and then "wrapping" them around an underlying ring form. I visualized laying my design down on the edge of a circle. If the design started out centered on the circle, then the distance from the center would end up being the distance along the circle.
The wrapping is taking the X value of the points, and turning that into a distance from the center, along the ring, finding the point there, and using those points' X and Z coordinates. To keep the design shape I use the original Y coordinate to make new points. These points then served as the basis for rebuilding curves that followed the shape of the ring.
T-Splines turn curve geometry into wonderful organic forms easily with the Pipes nodes
Now, this process resulted in a pretty cool design, but my proportions were clearly all wrong, I'd made a ring for a Giant!
First print… woops, good thing it's all parametric
I liked my idea, but I needed help, which meant I needed a jeweler. A friend recommended someone who specialized in custom rings. Serjeo was an amazing help, and with his guidance I got back to my nodes and wires to add the shape for a more substantial form and to hold diamonds.
The goals were to re-size, add thickness to the entire band, and add more dimension. The "pipes" needed to be a larger diameter, which was a simple change. Making the ring able to hold a diamond meant manipulating the main body of the design to make use of t-spline surfaces rather than pipes. The curved and square regions were extruded to form surfaces that could be made into T-Spline surfaces giving the entire top of the ring much more depth.
New design guidelines, gotta build up more form. In keeping with my desire to understand T-Splines, I used a T-SplineSurface.Thicken node. My strategy for getting these walls was then to build a surface where I wanted the wall to be, and then thicken it in the direction I wanted. The result was smooth, swooping walls.
Now, this more complicated design needed to be exported for 3D printing. The first ring was super easy to export, but this geometry was made of multiple different forms which I wanted to blend together. These forms did not merge into a single mesh nicely, with too many intersections and vertexes within other solid forms. Through trial and error I landed on a process of converting sections of the overall design into into BREP geometry, joining these, and only then exporting a mesh. The final form wasn't perfect, but it was enough that I went ahead and printed another test ring, this time in plastic.
New print, that's my pinky, still the wrong size, but we're getting there
Closer, but now I needed to increase the size to adjust for the increased pipe diameter, which I hadn't thought of. This meant a few more tweaks and preparing for the real print. My T-Spline technique had left some gaps in the mesh which I cleaned up using Mesh Mixer https://www.meshmixer.com/. This free Autodesk tool took no time to learn and was truly amazing. A combination of smoothing, bulging, and re-meshing resulted in nice clean seams between all my separate T-Spline forms.
Mesh all cleaned up, the heart is just there for dramatic effect, it wasn't part of the final mesh.
This model was then 3D printed in wax, which was used to make the final ring. Once cast in white gold Serjeo made changes to the ring's profile and set in diamonds.
The final touches were underway, all that was left was a proposal. A trip to South Africa presented beautiful opportunities, and so, even though the ring wasn't quite done, I proposed there, using a picture of the ring with its diamonds. She said yes, and then, because it was all still being custom made, my fiancée got to have input in some of the final design.
All in all, it was an immensely satisfying project, a great learning experience and a great excuse to learn T-Splines for a one of a kind design.
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Although Grand Turk Island (at the eastern end of the 40-island Turks and Caicos chain) is considered the chief island (the capital city is located there), its influence is surpassed by that of Providenciales, which is the primary tourism destination. Grand Turk does have an upgraded international airport and, in a partnership with Carnival Cruise Lines, cruise ships call at a terminal that boasts a visitors center, restaurants (including a Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville) and shops.
The capital, the only settlement of note on Grand Turk, is Cockburn Town (pronounced COE-b'n Town and frequently called "Grand Turk"). It consists of one main street following the coastline and a few cross streets (most of which are paved). The sleepy town offers only the most basic conveniences. The architecture is reminiscent of that of Bermuda, and most of the older buildings date from the beginning of the 19th century. Many of the buildings were severely damaged by Hurricane Ike in September 2008, but all of the tourist haunts (Osprey Beach Hotel, Salt Raker Inn, Turks and Caicos National Museum and the Botanical Garden) were repaired quickly.
The Governor's House and St. Thomas Church (built by early settlers) are recommended. The National Museum, a colonial structure that survived Hurricane Ike intact, houses the remains of one of the oldest shipwrecks in the region—the Molasses Reef Wreck is believed to be a Spanish ship that went down in the early 1500s. Besides fragments of the hull, the giant anchor, cannons and guns, the exhibit includes crude medical instruments and a sewing kit. Elsewhere in the museum, look for the Turks and Caicos postage stamp depicting Mickey Mouse in snorkeling gear. As you're poking about, stop in any shop you happen to come across, if only for the conversation.
Farther afield are the lighthouse and Governor's Beach (on the southern coast). The nature reserves of Gibbs Cay, Round Cay and Pennington Cay can be visited by boat.
In Grand Turk, as in most of the Turks and Caicos, the main attractions are out in the water. The snorkeling and diving in front of the beach hotels are excellent. The reef called The Wall is located 0.25 mi/0.4 km offshore and drops 7,000 ft/2,170 m straight down. Between the shore and the reef, the water is mostly waist deep—perfect for snorkeling (even for beginners). Other good dive sites around the island include The Library (excellent for night dives), McDonald's and The Tunnels.
For those seeking blue marlin and sportfishing, consider a visit in the summer for the wildly popular Grand Turk Heineken Game Fishing Tournament.
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Wine tastes better in blue or red rooms
Wine tastes better if a room is backlit with red or blue ambient lights, a psychologist has found.
Drinkers' brains are tricked into thinking a glass of white wine is better and more expensive tasting when exposed to the red or blue background lighting than those in rooms with green or white background lighting.
And connoisseurs are warned to be wary of unscrupulous bar owners who try to pass off cheap plonk in trendy lit bars.
German researchers gave drinkers the same bottle of Riesling in the differently lit environments and asked for their feedback.
They found the same wine was perceived as being nearly one-and-a-half times sweeter in red light than in white or green light.
Its fruitiness was also most highly rated in red light.
Drinkers in a red or blue set room were also on average prepared to fork out as much as one euro (70p) per bottle more for the same tipple.
Dr Daniel Oberfeld-Twistel, of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, said: "It is already known that the colour of a drink can influence the way we taste it.
"We wanted to know whether background lighting, for example in a restaurant, makes a difference as well."
He concluded ambient lighting influences how wine tastes, even when it has no direct effect on the colour of the wine in the glass.
He said: "The extreme lighting conditions found in some bars can undoubtedly influence the way a wine tastes."
Dr Oberfeld-Twistel said more tests were needed to establish exactly why the colours had the effect on the taste of the wine but early indications was that it was to do with the mood they put people in.
"We thought it was simply that colours that people found agreeable would put them in an agreeable mood," he said. "However early tests seem to show that it is not as simple as that.
"We still believe however that it is something to do with the mood they put people in. For some reason some colours put people in a more positive mood."
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Washington D.C. — Wine Institute, the public policy advocacy association for California wineries, applauds today's announcement that the U.S. government has requested a formal World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel against Canada to ensure that U.S. wines have equal access to British Columbia grocery store shelves. Previous WTO Consultations with the Canadian government yielded no resolution to this issue.
"Wine Institute greatly appreciates the Trade Representative's continued efforts to end these discriminatory practices and hold Canada accountable for their WTO obligations," said Wine Institute President and CEO Robert P. (Bobby) Koch. "Canadian consumers should have the same access to the vast array of the world's great wines."
On April 1, 2015, B.C. implemented a discriminatory program to offer only B.C. wines in B.C. grocery stores and expand the number of B.C. wine only outlets, effectively blocking B.C. grocery shoppers from purchasing imported wines. Wine Institute will continue to advocate for equal treatment of imported and domestic wines by all Canadian provinces. Policies supported by B.C., Ontario, and Quebec that provide favorable distribution and retail access, discounted excise taxes, and local bottling requirements for the benefit of domestic producers are contrary to Canada's commitments to the WTO.
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My holiday reading included Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan. Early in the book, the main character, Sid, catches a cab to the airport. The cabbie tries to strike up a conversation, but Sid wants nothing but peace. When the driver asks Sid (who is from Baltimore) where he is from, he lies and says he is from Canada. Edugyan writes: "The cabbie's eyes sort of glazed over. Canada kills any conversation quick. I learned that long ago. It's a little trick of mine."
I laughed when I read this. Usually Americans pretend to be Canadian for political reasons. But I suppose we do have a reputation for being well-meaning, but about as interesting as refrigerator mould. Maybe we are conversation killers.
When people tell us where they are from or what they do, we form opinions about them based on information we have about those places or occupations. Depending on our level of experience or knowledge on the topic, reactions can vary widely, as Michael Webster discovered. In an article for The United Church Observer, Webster describes the reactions he gets when he tells people he is a minister:
One starlit evening, I found myself in the outdoor pool with two other vacationers, arranged in a comfortable triangle. "What do you do?" came the question, and I gave my usual response. The reaction was almost comical. One person abruptly turned his back on me and fled to the farthest corner of the pool. The other moved just as quickly toward me and began to unburden herself in anguished detail. "Maybe next time, "I thought to myself, "I'll just say I'm a plumber."
When my second child was born, I quit my job to stay home with my kids. Making the transition from career woman to at-home mom was difficult. It was not easy to lose a flexible schedule (Yes, it is easier to be flexible at a job than it is at home with kids) and financial independence. But one of the worst side effects was the reaction I got when I told people what I did. "What do you do?" would come the question. "I'm at home with my kids."
Conversation killed.
It seems we can't help forming those first impressions based on things like nationality and occupation. But we're better than that, right? We can work harder, take the next step, and ask some questions to find the rare and bizarre stories that lie behind the headlines.
I am no less interesting for being Canadian—I'd like to hope I have an edge on refrigerator mould, at least. Michael Webster does not deserve either rejection or burdening with the woes of strangers because of his occupation. And try asking that at-home parent for some stories. She, or he, will have some doozies.


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The rain didn't stop members of the Long Beach Junior Concert Band from marching in the Christmas Tree Lane Parade on Daisy Ave., in fact, they were the only band that showed up. About 2/3 of the participants in the annual parade decided not to attend because of the rain. Members of the band wore black arm bands to remember founder Marvin Marker who died last week. See more pictures>>
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Buzzo theme and nasty files appear at the same time on my server…
This morning I found that the Buzzo theme had appeared in my wordpress installation. I did not download it.
Four other randomly named (and unfriendly) files were placed on the server in various directories (exploit not yet fully identified – see more below). This all happened at the same time.
I note that the Buzzo wordpress theme page shows a big spike in downloads today.
Is this theme malicious, or is someone attempting to give it a bit more news time by hacking people installations and installing it?
My main pages had a search box injected into them at the top of the page – which is how I noticed the issue initially.
I think the theme was installed via a file upload compromise, but I cannot confirm that. One of the randomly name files that appeared tested for file upload ability before a huge amount of eval and obfuscated code was injected somewhere… Alas I don't have the files as they were promptly deleted by server admins. I was only able to view them momentarily before the server admins killed them.
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The Conversation Article: "No Nobel, But Epigenetics Finally Gets The Recognition It Deserves"
Thursday, October 17th, 2013 | 4:27pm
Epigentics is the study of how chemical changes caused by our environment can alter our gene expression – without altering DNA structure. Bird, Cedar and Razin have focused their work on how these signals and changes can now be used for therapies and understanding diseases - epigenetics can no longer just be dismissed as an phenomenon.
ISRAEL21c Article: "New Therapy For Brain Cancer?"
Monday, September 30th, 2013 | 2:43pm
An Israeli postdoctoral fellow has identified a genetic protein likely to be involved in the development and spread of glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive type of brain cancer in adults.
Jerusalem Post Article: "Two Hebrew University Biochemists Tipped As Likely Nobel Laureates"
Monday, September 30th, 2013 | 2:57am
World-renowned Hebrew University biochemists Prof. Howard (Chaim) Cedar and emeritus Prof. Aharon Razin were pleased to hear predictions late last week that they would likely win the 2013 Nobel Prize in the fields of medicine or chemistry.
Jerusalem Post Article: "Israeli Researchers Stand Out In Competition For European Grants"
Friday, July 26th, 2013 | 8:15pm
Thirty-two of the 287 major five-year scientific grants by the European Research Council (ERC) to young scientists around the world this year were awarded to Israeli researchers, according to Prof. Shy Arkin, vice president for research and development at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Winnipeg Free Press Article: "Tracking Genetic Signs Of Fetal-Alcohol Disorder"
Friday, July 12th, 2013 | 1:36am
Scientists at the University of Manitoba have just won a $1.3-million grant to find the genetic markers for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, a brain injury caused by women who drink while pregnant that can condemn a child to a life of behavioural and cognitive problems.
Jewish Post and News Article: "Dr. Brent Schacter Honoured By Canadian Friends Of The Hebrew University"
Thursday, July 4th, 2013 | 4:44am
The Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University paid tribute to Dr. Brent Schacter on Monday, April 29th, at the Fairmont Hotel.
Winnipeg Jewish Review Article: "Local Chapter of CFHU Raises Over $150,000 Towards IMRIC In Tribute To Dr. Brent Schacter"
Thursday, July 4th, 2013 | 4:35am
The Winnipeg Chapter of the Hebrew University raised over $150,000 towards the IMRIC Program (the Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada) at a very successful tribute evening for Dr. Brent Schachter at the Fairmont Hotel on April 29, 2013, attended by over 200 people.
Israel21C Article: "Juvenile Diabetes Research Gets Shot In The Arm"
Thursday, December 6th, 2012 | 2:33pm
As a result of a Massachusetts family's desire to advance both diabetes research and Israeli scientific innovation, five Israeli researchers each will be receiving up to $130,000 per year for up to three years toward investigations into Type 1 diabetes
LA Times Article: "The Mind's Eye Can Learn To See, Even In Those Blind Since Birth Blind See By Hearing"
Thursday, November 15th, 2012 | 3:50pm
The blind have long used other senses -- including touch -- to compensate for their visual impairment. But a new study finds that when images are conveyed as sound, even the congenitally blind can distinguish among objects and their brains respond as if they are seeing.
CJN Article On Hebrew University Researcher Seeking Cure For Mitochondrial Diseases
Thursday, September 27th, 2012 | 3:04pm
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In a keynote speech this afternoon to the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO), Shadow Secretary of State for Health Andy Burnham announced that Labour would merge health, social and mental health care into a single budget, if elected in 2015.
Speaking to an audience of charity and social enterprise chiefs, Mr Burnham also committed Labour to no further systemic reorganisation of the NHS, and to enshrining in law citizen's rights to choice of care.
A single budget line for health, social and mental care
Mr Burnham announced that a future Labour government would merge health, mental and social care into "a single service that can see all of one person's needs".
He confirmed that this single service would be administered through a single budget line, to help break down arbitrary barriers between health and social care which hamper the system's ability to care for patients with multiple conditions.
He said the single budgets would create "a financial incentive to keep people happy and healthy in their own homes, through a year of care budget for all need rather than an episodic tariff".
No systemic reorganisation
Mr Burnham told ACEVO that Labour would seek to work within the current structure of the NHS. When questioned on the topic, he pledged he "will work within the institutions I inherit".
He argued for changes to the culture and practice of the current health and care system, and criticised what he called the government's "plan for the ever-increasing hospitalisation of older people".
He called for a fundamental shift in the NHS's culture, from "a service that moves on from its treatment service mentality to one that promotes health and independence … from patient-centred to person-centred."
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Mr Burnham's speech also proposed an end to centrally-administered performance targets for NHS managers. He announced that Labour would introduce fundamental rights for citizens who use health services, to drive change to the system through the needs of normal people.
– The right to a single point of contact
– The right to have your informal carers needs assessed
– The right to be cared for in a place of your choosing, including the right to give birth at home and end your life at home.
Response from Sir Stephen Bubb
Speaking directly before Mr Burnham, Sir Stephen Bubb, Chief Executive of ACEVO welcomed Labour's recent Oldham Commission on Whole Person care, but warned that the party must support its plans with the promise of changes to the law.
Sir Stephen also said it was essential for the NHS's future that it worked more closely with charities and social enterprises:
"The politician that leads on an agenda which enjoins the voluntary sector with the NHS will hold the key to saving our NHS."
Read Charity Times' coverage of ACEVO's Health and Social Care Conference here.
Notes to editors
1. At the launch of their Commission into whole-person care in January 2013, Labour said they would consider the integration of health, mental and social care into a single service and single budget. Today's announcement moves the idea from consultation stage to the party's preferred policy.
2. In questions after his talk, Mr Burnham also proposed adding social criteria to the indicators monitored by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE).
3. ACEVO have long argued for the strengthening of citizens' rights to choice and voice in public services, and so they welcome Labour's promise of new rights for health and care users. On 13 February Sir Stephen Bubb wrote to the Prime Minister to urge him to take a personal lead in enshrining citizen's rights to choice and voice across public services. David Cameron responded on 5 March saying that he agreed that "choice is central to improving our public services", and that the government continue to work to increase citizen choice across all parts of government.
4. ACEVO is the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations, the voice of the UK's civil society leaders. It supports, brings together and represents the chief executives of the country's largest charities and social enterprises. More details at www.acevo.org.uk.


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Three years after leaving her unfaithful husband, Agnes receives his letter demanding her home. But Agnes' innocence has gone and her ambition is growing... Can she seize the chance to shape her own life?
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Just after PM Modi met Pakistan's PM Nawaz Sharif in Astana, India on Monday announced to release 11 civil prisoners as a 'goodwill gesture'.
This is the first such gesture from Indian authorities since Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav was served death sentence by a Pakistan military court in April this year, while Pakistan had sought the release of 11 prisoners as they had all served their sentence.
The release is significant as it also comes days after Modi's "exchange of greetings" with Sharif in Astana on the margins of the SCO summit. According to official sources, since it was the first occasion when the 2 leaders came across each other after Sharif's operation, PM enquired about his health. He also enquired about Sharif's mother and family.
Only last week India had released 2 kids, Ali Reza (11) and Babar (10), who had "accidentally" crossed the international border in Punjab along with their uncle Mohammed Shahzad who continues to be in India's custody. The kids were to be released in April but Indian authorities had put it on hold after Pakistan announced the death sentence to Jadhav.
Indian officials said the release of prisoners was a humanitarian issue and should not be linked with further downturn in ties over Jadhav. The government hopes that Islamabad too will facilitate the release of Indian prisoners lodged in Pakistani jails.
According to the government, there are 132 Indian prisoners in Pakistani jails, out of which 57 have already served their jail term. Pakistan says that India has to confirm their nationality before it releases them.
The release of Pakistan prisoners comes in the middle of what might turn out to be lengthy legal tussle at the ICJ over India's petition for Jadhav's acquittal. India successfully got a stay on Jadhav's death sentence but Pakistan has said that arguments on the merits of the case will only begin now. It has sought an expedited timetable from the Court for an early "substantive" hearing of the case.


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Introduction: Make an LED Light Box
You should know that a light box that can be used for a bunch of creative stuff, so let's get started!
The video helps to understand the whole process. :)
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Step 1: Make the Box // Cutting All Pieces to Size
We start by cutting the wood to the desired size you want the box to be. This box has 60 x 40 x 8 cm (aprox 15" by 23" by 3" tall) and you can make it any size you want but I recommend not making it too shallow so you can get a better light refraction inside the box.
For the material I am using 10mm plywood that is going to be joined with 45º miters with internal splines for reinforcement but you can use solid wood or 1/2" or 3/4" plywood that you might have laying around.
To make the 45º angle cuts, I used a table saw sled made specially for this type of cuts and you can see how I made it right here.
After cutting all the 4 sides to their final size, you will want to create two rabbets all around. One is for the backer board to seat properly later and the other one is for the white opaline acrylic sheet (translucent) slide in and out if someday you need to replace it. I used 3 mm (1/8") opaline acrylic sheet.
One of the sides is a bit narrower than the other three. That will allow the acrylic sheet to slide in and out in the future. I mistaken this part when making this light box and I fixed it all up in the video so you might want to check it out first!
Step 2: Reinforce the Miters and Glue Up
Since we are using tall miters, it's quite important to reinforce them and there are several ways to do so. The one I chose and found out to be very efficient and easy to make is with hidden long splines.
It's so quick and easy once you put a stop block on the 45º table saw sled that makes the process a real pleasure.
After all the slots are cut, we need to make some solid wood splines from a strip and tune them up just so they become just a little bit lose in the slots to allow some space for the glue.
We can now glue the 4 sides with the hidden splines and a picture frame clamp really helps. Make sure everything is square and that the acrylic sheet seats nicely in its rabbet.
Step 3: Make a Top Frame to Close the Slot
Now you need to create a barrier so that the acrylic sheet stays trapped inside the groove.
You can easily do that by making a border frame with solid wood strips after cutting some miters so they look nice since this is going to be pretty visible.
Don't forget that one piece of the border needs to be thicker to match the final height of the light box (remember on Step 1 when I talked about my mistake on the video?). That is the piece that won't be glued and be able to come out if you need to remove or replace the acrylic sheet.
Before gluing up, it's a good idea to cover the edges of the acrylic with some plastic wrap so that the glue squeeze out doesn't fill the groove and also don't stick to the sheet. Be patient when removing the sheet with the plastic wrap. It will come out nicely if you take some time.
Step 4: Apply Finish and Reflective Material
It's time to give it a light sanding to prepare the box for finish. I used wood sealant and spray lacquer but you can apply your favorite protective finish.
Once the outside is done, we need to concentrate on the inside and make it as reflective as we can. A really good choice is to stick aluminium tape to the interior of the sides and also (very important) to the backer board (I'm just using a piece of thin MDF).
Step 5: LED's and Closing the Box
We are getting closer and closer to the end!
Now we just need to stick some LED strip to the sides the farest possible to the front acrylic sheet so that the light can spread more evenly and close the box. The closer the LED strip is to the acrylic, the more evident the bright line will be. And if you stick it to the backer board, you will also get bright light stripes, which, in this case, I don't find particularly good for the purpose. Unless you apply lots and lots of strip covering the entire backer board, you will always get those visual bright lines when you look front to the light box. That's why I found that applying them on the sides ends up getting a better result. But if your box is very very big, you will eventually need lots of strip so minimize the middle darker area or perhaps using an ultra bright and powerfull LED strip might work.
After closing the box and attaching some wooden holders on the bottom, you will need to drill a few holes to insert screws from the front on the movable border piece.
Now you just need to plug it on and make cool stuff with it!
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Awesome work, your video production is as good as your woodworking!
Good work on this one! I like your video tutorial a lot! Now I want to have my own light box! :)
You are a very talented young man. Very inspiring!
Wow!! You are such a PRO!! Thanks!
IMHO you are an excellent woodworker and craftsman, fortunate to have all the tools to do the job right. You have also done an excellent video presentation, professional quality. Kudos to you for your hard work.
Do you find that 1/8" for the acrylic is strong enough to resist bowing inward while tracing?
I'm currently using a converted laptop with a piece of glass over the "screen," but it is not big enough and I am collecting ideas for building a box that has a better size and portability.
Depends on the size of the box. For this one (60 x 40 cm) it flexes a bit but no big issue. If your light box is bigger I recommend using a thicker sheet, though I may want to keep in mind the thicker the acrylic the less light will come through.
Nice job. The video is really cool.
Just one word ! " Awesome " for - work - video - workroom ( so jealous!!) detail to explain everything- keep it up mate & u will go far!! Looking forward to more instuctables...
I actually made a lightbox myself using a broken photocopier, which had a detachable top part that came as a box with a clear screen and everything. But, I placed the LEDs down in strips on the backer board, and I was wondering how to get rid of the bright lines and make the light even, so thanks for the tip! It didn't help that the interior was black either.
Though, would LED boards be a viable option to even out the light? I have seen them being used in advertisement boards quite effectively (though I haven't seen any for sale).
An idea that can save us lots of time would be to reuse a portrait frame box without the screen and just work out with the acrylic and LEDs after.
...well, maybe because the height we could use one of those shadow boxes such as this one:
would aluminum foil work as the liner
I chose to put my LED strips on the bottom and I just painted the inside white. It does have a striping pattern to the light, but once you put your tracing source material on top, it's very noticeable. I do think the "wrap-around" method here would be easier to wire as I had to cut mine into strips and join them with clips that were supposed to be no soldering required but I ended up having to solder every one.
I like the diffused light the acrylic sheet produces.
I built mine using a clear acrylic sheet and to make it diffuse the light, I sanded it with 220 sand paper on a random orbit sander. I choose to leave the "up" side smooth but you can get more diffusion if you sand both sides.
Yeah, it works really good for this purpose :)
love this video!! And your workshop!
Wow, that was some awesome precision woodworking! The ingenuity and simplicity of your work is astounding.
Your process and attention to detail is so inspiring; I would love to see your creations using other media!
Great job on the video, too!


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About Serendipity
Hi! I'm Michelle of Serendipity House LLC in Southern New Hampshire. I've loved design and expressing my creativity for as long as I can remember, but until six years ago, it was not my career path. As a Mental Health Clinician, I took every opportunity to feed my creative side and de-stress through painting and design. When my grant position ended, I decided to take some time off and it was during this time I realized I needed to make some different choices.
Soon after, I had the opportunity to help design and decorate a house, took on a few interior jobs, and started to paint more furniture. I was introduced to someone who went to auctions and "had a booth" ("um, what's a booth?" I thought!) She encouraged me to approach a local antique business to show my work. I've expanded my business tenfold since then and am loving my "work".
Basically, I had nothing to lose and I took a leap of faith. Painting had not been my career path, but I had actually been doing it since it could pick up a crayon. It was serendipity that this happened when and how it did in my life. And it makes me excited to encourage others to follow their dreams and paint paint paint!
I love textural work, layering, multi media, blending and experimenting. I lose myself in my work, as I'm sure many of you do, and pieces almost seem to create themseleves! Debi's DIY clay and chalk paint is my paint of choice, and I incorporate a lot of Iron Orchid Designs products into my work, as well. I only sell products I love, use, and trust, and I hope that when people see my videos or meet me, they can feel that same excitement.
Serendipity House is located in Southern New Hampshire, USA. My furnishings and vintage finds are sold in a great shop in Peterborough New Hampshire called Bowerbird & Friends. I also have workshops, do custom work and have an online shop for my favorite products at www.serendipity.house


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The following benefits are available for those suffering from Anxiety, Depression and IBD, depending on individual circumstances. Click the item for relevant link to external site
Employment Support Allowance (ESA) Work Related Group – Income based
Primary & Secondary care
Following a recent visit to the GP, I think I have a slightly better understanding of how care operates in the NHS, UK
Initially a patient approaches their Doctor, our General Practitioner (GP) when we feel unwell. The GP can prescribe certain medication for mental health illness, including Citalopram which was prescribed to me initially The GP, Primary Care can also access their own Therapy options, which in my area operate as Well Being Team, who offer Therapy which may include Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Solution Focused Brief Therapy.
Solution Focused Brief Therapy
Solution Focused Brief Therapy or Brief Therapy or Solution Focus is really a form of coaching. The significance for me is that the focus is on the positive rather than dwelling on the past or the negative
So typical questions are the opener of 'So, what has gone well in the last 2 weeks?' A scale is often used as a base to see where you are now and to define what would be a ten, then to identify what would be different if you were to move one place UP the scale. Then focus on how that would make you feel, what would be different, what would others see to tell them you were a 6 instead of a 5 etc.
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SSRI's & SNRI's
Medication for Anxiety & Depression seems to fall into 2 groups:
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- Serotonin Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRI's)
SSRI's include Citalopram and are supposed to increase the level of serotonin in the brain which lifts mood, as people who are depressed produce less serotonin which is a neurotransmitter, that is it carries signals to the brain. SSRI's are supposed to reduce the intake of serotonin into the brain so that levels increase over time. Whilst not a cure this is meant to help us to recover by increase serotonin levels for us whilst taking medication.
SNRI's include Duloxetine and are a newer medication, similar to SSRI's in that they increase levels of serotonin and norepinephrine both neurotransmitters in the brain meant to lift mood.
My Medication
My Medication for anxiety and depression is considered below, click on the image for more information from NHS UK about the drug
Citalopram was initially prescribed and my dose was slowly increased to 40 mg per day. My health got worse, whether this was eased or exacerbated by the Citalopram is unknown, this prescription was changed after 18 months. I found it had no side effects on me.
Seroquel (Quetiapine) as prescribed for about 6 months, I did not get on with the drug as I was knocked out most of the time, so it was changed
Treatment for Anxiety & Depression
The general principle of treatment seems to be that medication will help you on the road to recovery whilst therapy and/or time will actually enable the recovery; well this is the case for anxiety and depression so they say. I am told to use the analogy of a broken leg, the medication is the plaster cast and pain killers and the time and physiotherapy exercise after the removal of the cast is the therapy. My only observation is that three and a half years is a blasted long time to mend a broken leg!
Below I consider the therapy and medication treatment I have accessed Continue reading "Treatment for Anxiety & Depression"
Welcome to My Anxiety
I suffered a mental health breakdown in 2009 and I am now living with a mental health illness, in the form of my anxiety and depression.
I also have Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the form of Ulcerative Colitis
MyAnxiety website is maintained by me, an individual living in the United Kingdom. I am a male in my 50's.


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All businesses should hold an asset register as they serve a number of important purposes.
It's estimated that well over half of Australian businesses are underinsured. A detailed asset register will help a business understand the value of what they own and therefore the level of insurance required to be adequately protected.
An asset register also assists businesses when there is a need to lodge an insurance claim due to property loss or damage. When there is an up to date asset register, this necessary information can be provided quickly to an insurance company which is likely to speed up the settlement process. Making an insurance claim for property damage or loss can be quite a stressful process for any business. An asset register can reduce some of this stress by making the process more straightforward.
When a business has multiple sites, keeping track of all assets is quite a challenge. An asset register provides the business with a way to manage all assets, even when the assets aren't physically in sight of those responsible.
What information should be included?
For an asset register to be of any benefit to a business, it's important that the information is up to date and correct. Businesses should have a process for how and when the register will be updated and by who. This process should require adding a new asset as soon as it is purchased. However, it would also be beneficial doing regular checks of the asset register to be sure nothing has been accidentally left off.
The asset register should include a list of all items which could be lost or damaged if there was an incident at the premises. Don't just focus on the costly items; damage to a lot of items which are of lesser value can still add up and you will want a record of these items. The types of assets to be recorded may include:
The information to record about each of these items may include:
Creating an asset register
As previously mentioned, asset registers are really just a list of items so the creation of them doesn't need to be overly complex. There are a number of template examples which can be found through internet searches.
However, the challenging aspect of creating an asset register is being sure the information you have on there is detailed and correct. It's therefore recommended that businesses use their accountant to assist with this task.
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We hear it all the time – a disaster has ruined lives and businesses.
Too often people unfortunately seek comfort in the belief that 'it could never happen to me'. Yet claims reported to Guild Insurance tell us otherwise. They remind us that businesses suffer losses every day.
Some business owners have unrealistic expectations about how they'll cope if the unthinkable happens. Businesses are often surprised at just how much they're impacted when a disaster occurs. This is why planning for a disaster is vital. Once something happens, the time to prepare has gone.
All businesses need to be realistic about what can happen and be proactive in putting risk management strategies in place.
Matters to consider when preparing for a cyclone
Cyclone preparation resources
The following resources are available to assist individuals and businesses prepare for and cope with a cyclone. Utilise these resources to ensure you're as prepared as you can be.
NT – securent.nt.gov.au/prepare-for-an-emergency/cyclones
QLD – getready.qld.gov.au/natural-disasters/cyclones
WA – dfes.wa.gov.au/safetyinformation/cyclone
Bureau of Meteorology - bom.gov.au/cyclone/about/checklist.shtml
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However, the challenging aspect of creating an asset register is being sure the information you have on there is detailed and correct. It's therefore recommended that businesses use their accountant to assist with this task.
With the holiday season approaching, it's time to remind ourselves of the possible threats to our homes and cars during this time. In the lead up to what should be a fun and festive time with loved ones, it's important to think about what you can do to protect your valuable assets during this period.
Thefts and burglaries increase at this time as a lot of crime is opportunistic; thieves know that houses and cars might be full of newly purchased gifts. Thieves also know that with people away on holidays, there is an increased opportunity to break into cars and homes.
However, holiday dangers aren't just about thefts and burglaries. People also need to think about what they can do to protect their homes and cars from damage or unnecessary costs while on holidays, as well as keeping themselves safe.
Protecting your home
Before heading off on holidays:
• Be mindful of how you dispose of packaging of gifts or newly purchased items. A bin full of boxes for items such as televisions, game consoles or tablets lets people know what valuable items are in the home.
• Ask a friend or neighbour to collect your mail. A build-up of mail is a sure sign someone isn't home.
• Use a timer to have your house lights turn on and off at certain periods of the day, creating a look of someone being in.
• Consider what appliances can be turned off within your home. While usage is low, many appliances continue to use power even when they aren't being used. Items to consider turning off include hot water tanks, televisions, microwaves and computers. However, be sure to think about what you're turning off before you quickly switch off all power; for example, fridges and freezers, unless empty, should be kept on.
• Clear out your gutters. A build-up of leaves and other debris creates a fire hazard as well as a risk of an overflow of water entering the roof space during a storm.
Protecting your car
• If leaving your car at home while on holidays, where possible leave it locked securely in a garage or somewhere else out of sight. Thieves will notice a car sitting in the sam spot every day which hasn't moved.
• Don't keep valuables in sight that could entice those opportunistic
thieves. This applies to items used all year, such as mobile phones. However, over the holiday season it also applies to shopping bags which are clearly full of new items.
• When taking your car on holidays, be sure you have some sort of roadside assistance or breakdown coverage to protect you during those
unexpected moments.
• If sharing driving duties during a road trip, be sure the insurance policy for the car covers all drivers.
• Take regular breaks on long drives by either swapping drivers or taking rest breaks. Also, when on long drives, plan your stops to allow for petrol fill ups and food and drink stops.
• Be particularly careful when driving at dawn and dusk as visibility generally isn't as clear as during the day.
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The Prince was moved to visit the Eccles fire station in Salford to thank the crews after he saw the riots on television, a palace spokesman said.
He was met by members of Blue Watch who were on duty on that night and shown a video of incidents the team dealt with.
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Are you a student entrepreneur? Perhaps, but most students rarely seriously consider such a possibility. Reasons such as increasing coursework, less time and government jobs (in case of graduating students) are some of the excuses provided by students as mitigating any attempt at entrepreneurship.
There are important reasons students aspire to become entrepreneurs.
Firstly, world economy is shrinking. According to the World Bank 2012 Global Economic prospects Report, its concluding remarks indicates that the future of global economy is threatened by financial crisis and high income countries that are depended upon to tackle such crisis are unable to contain its persisting threat.
Developing countries are adjudged to be in better shape but due to minimal resources, developing countries are also not in any stronger position than the developed countries in tackling economic issues.
What does this mean for the average college student? Simply put dependence on governments and businesses after college might be disappointing as many graduates have already found out. Therefore, becoming a student entrepreneur is a good way to justify a fair or greater share of the global pie.
Secondly, becoming a student entrepreneur is the best time to start considering and applying the skills acquired from your education. Students who develop entrepreneurial skills find it a lot easier to manage in future business environment compared with students without those skills.
This can be demonstrated no more than in the introduction of consulting studies in almost all disciplines to prepare students for the future. These lessons can be invaluable except that its nature may be theoretical or sometimes abstract to many college students.
If one is wondering on how to begin as a student entrepreneur, take advantage of this invaluable information by reading the article developing the mindset of an entrepreneur.
Furthermore, becoming an entrepreneur is not very difficult. Everyone knows something that another person is seeking to learn.
If you are just entering college, still studying or graduating and are wondering what you can do as a student entrepreneur, perhaps the best place to start is with your status as a student. To illustrate, student life includes college academic and non-academic experiences, techniques, problems and solutions.
What if you could learn how to package this information and present it in a way that another person sees its value and pays you for them? This will likely be an interesting experience. Do you think this is impossible?
One way you can achieve this more effectively and efficiently is by developing a website in your field of interest and with your unique experience and ideas.
Many students might question such a suggestion especially without internet marketing knowledge, website building experience, little or lack of knowledge with html codes, information technology skills and no knowledge of search engine optimization. The list goes on and on.
For the purpose of simplicity, there are two main issues that can confront a student at this point – the personal development of existing ideas into a business – and the technicalities of presenting that knowledge through the use of a website which might be foreign to the student's experience.
This is where it is highly recommended that a student deals only with an organization that offers to completely support all the technicalities of creating and supporting a business website so that the student spends maximum time building the business intended rather than writing codes which some might have little or no knowledge of.
"Solo Build It" is such an organization that offers integrated tools and applications for individuals and students to build and market web-businesses. Why not take a moment to consider "Solo Build It" for students with the tools and applications provided and maybe try them for 3 months? It's free of charge with a complete money back guarantee. It will be just what a student needs to be a successful student entrepreneur.
Additionally, you first learn how to make your knowledge sell (free e-book) and make you website content pre-sell (free e-book) which will ultimately make your site sell (free e-book). Thereafter, you follow a step-by-step action guide (risk-free for 90 days) to inform you on how to present your thoughts, ideas, goods or services in a marketable format through your website and present you with all the technical and internet tools in one place that you need to be successful online. There is nothing remotely close as most of the valuable information required by students to successfully manage a web business is provided for free.
Therefore, if you take the initiative to become a student entrepreneur, you would have reduced your learning curve and fortify yourself against any unemployment statistics and whatever shrinking economy, while becoming more independent and successful into the future. Will you not rather take the leap and try this out? Why not watch a short video to reinforce this possibility.
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MACOMB — The liberal arts play a crucial role in preserving our democracy, according to WIU professor and Political Science Chair Keith Boeckelman.
Boeckelman spoke on the importance of the liberal arts in his speech, "Can the Liberal Arts Save Democracy?" during the 16th annual John Hallwas Liberal Arts Lecture Sept. 6 in the Union Grand Ballroom at Western Illinois University. He also spoke with the Voice after the lecture about the importance of the liberal arts.
"(The) pervasive theme of this lecture series has been that the liberal arts are under attack and need to be defended. This idea has spread to the larger culture. The liberal arts are not the only thing with 'liberal' in their name that is under attack; liberal democracy is, as well," he said.
He said that the belief in democracy has eroded in recent years, especially among the young. Populist democracy, in contrast to liberal democracy, tends to instill hostility and persecution because politics are often 'tribal,' or based on groups' political, cultural or other identities. In a populist democracy people rule with fewer checks on their passions and emotions, and there is less concern with minority rights.
"I want to be clear, then, that I am using the term 'liberal' in its traditional sense related to individual liberty, rather than its contemporary ideological sense," he said.
He said the liberal arts are connected to liberal democracy because they ideally help individuals understand the subjects that are necessary to be a good citizen. Liberal democracy, also known as western democracy, is characterized by elections between more than one political party, a separation of powers into different branches of government, the rule of law, an open society and the equal protections of human, civil and political rights and freedoms. The United States, which is a republic, is one form of liberal democracy.
"A liberal arts education teaches people not just basic training but gives them a broader connection," he said. "Learning about science, for example, helps people understand policy issues related to global warming, or why countries get into wars – how we might avoid that."
Similarly, learning foreign languages and literature, which are a part of a liberal arts education, can help a person better understand people from other countries and develop better international relations.
Part of a liberal arts education involves building empathy through forming emotional connections int he classroom with people who hold views different than our own. A lack of emotional empathy for people holding different viewpoints is what has brought liberal democracy under fire, he said.
"Liberal democracy is under fire because people often don't really think things through the way the liberal arts ideal would want us to, and so there are certain things you can do in the liberal arts curriculum to break down these emotional barriers to reason better," he said.
He said that a liberal arts education needs to concern itself with how to make sure that people are effective at engaging in authentic reasoning that is supportive of a liberal democracy.
"I think there are things that a liberal arts education does, such as encouraging writing and classroom discussion, that help do that," he said, "but I also argue that if you want a person to change their minds on political issues, which is kind of the goal, then you also need to attend to the emotional conditions in the classroom."
During his presentation, Boeckelman pointed out how people have formed biases through circular reasoning, in which a person tries to make an argument by starting with an assumption that what they are trying to prove is already true.
"(For instance), if there is a Republican president, Republicans think things are going great, and Democrats hold similar views," he said. "So, essentially people are not directly assessing reality or looking at facts. They're looking at the cues from their leaders or who is in charge, and whether they believe in them, or not."
When asked how a liberal arts education could correct for emotionally-driven reasoning in a liberal democracy, Boeckelman said certain techniques could mitigate that, such as long-form writing, class discussion and building an emotional connection with students in a classroom who have different points of view.
"Writing forces people to sit down and confront how they're thinking things through, and it's closely connected to reasoning and thinking," he said. "But also, again, the idea (is to) engag(e) people with different points of view than you in a setting where you build other emotional connections," he said.
Boeckelman compared the social interaction on social media platforms such as Twitter to people who use their education to make decisions to confirm or reaffirm their beliefs rather than forming an emotional attachment with another person.
"My argument is that if people can build emotional connections with each other, almost like friendship connections, they're going to take other people who have different views and arguments more seriously and really consider them rather than just dismissing if they are against what they already believe," Boeckelman said.
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MACOMB — The liberal arts play a crucial role in preserving our democracy, according to WIU professor and Political Science Chair Keith Boeckelman.


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News & Updates
September 4, 2015
Second Special Session Begins Sept. 8th
Governor Robert Bentley has released details of his call for a second Special Session of the legislature. The Alabama Constitution requires a balanced budget to be passed before the new fiscal year begins October 1st. Several of these proposals have previously proven unpopular with both lawmakers and the public.
The legislature passed a budget earlier this year that relied solely on reforms and cuts, but it was vetoed by the governor. An ill-timed first Special Session in early August resulted in the House and Senate failing to come to an agreement
The governor's call for the upcoming session includes three budget reform measures and four revenue increasing measures:
1. Transfer use tax revenue from the Education Trust Fund to the General Fund
2. Un-earmark certain state taxes
3. Amend the Education Trust Fund Rolling Reserve Act
1. Amend the Business Privilege Tax
2. Increase the Cigarette Tax
3. Amend the individual income tax deduction (remove the deduction for FICA contributions)
4. Any other revenue measures that provides revenue for the General Fund
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text: Notes from the Catalogue: Dürer's Meisterstiche Albrecht Dürer's Melencolia I, St. Jerome in His Study and Knight, Death and the Devil, all from 1514 and related in size, style and technical complexity, have been considered his master engravings (or meisterstiche) since their creation 500 years ago. Replete with symbols–some understood and some unknown–and brimming with psychological content, Melencolia I is perhaps the most heavily studied and written about image in the history of art, next to Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. Described as representing the contemplative life, and more specifically the melancholic pitfalls of an overly intellectual, creative temperament, the large seated figure in the engraving has been suggested to be an allegory of the artist himself. Dürer's version of St. Jerome in His Study also depicts symbols of death and eternal life; death is represented by the skull and hourglass, and eternal life through the crucifixion on the corner of St. Jerome's desk. Dürer achieved a rich range of tones creating a strong sense of light and depth that highlighted the sanctity of St. Jerome and the crucifix in glorious sunlight. St. Jerome (ca.340-420) was a great Bible scholar known for the Vulgate, his revised Latin translation of the New and Old Testaments. A popular humanist saint throughout the Renaissance, he was often depicted in his chambers engrossed in his studies. He is characteristically presented with his cardinal's hat and accompanied by his lion companion (a friendship he made when he compassionately removed a painful splinter from the lion's paw). It has been argued that St. Jerome in His Study and Melencolia I represent the division of divine and secular knowledge, comparing St. Jerome's peacefully meticulous divine study with the angst-ridden, troubled genius in Melencolia I. In other words, attentive religious study leads to internal reward and harmony, while secular intellectual pursuits lead to tribulations and anxiety. While modern scholars often group Dürer's three master engravings from 1514 together, suggesting they were conceived as a set by the artist and comercially offered as such, this was evidently not the artist's intent. He often sold impressions of Melencolia I and St. Jerome in his Study together, though this is likely due to their highly recognized importance even during his life and their contemporaneous creation. Share Facebook Twitter April 25, 2013Author: Swann CommunicationsCategory: Old Master Through Modern Prints Tags: Albrecht Durer engravings Melencolia I Notes from the Catalogue Old Master prints St. Jerome in His Study Todd Weyman Previous Top Lots: Printed & Manuscript Americana Next Full Frontal: Grant Wood's Sultry Night Recommended Posts A Look Inside the Catalogue: Old Master Through Modern Prints Prints & Drawings April 1, 2018 Top Lots: Winslow Homer, Preston Dickinson & James D. Smillie American Art June 14, 2014 Dreaming Youths: Oskar Kokoschka's Transition to Expressionism Old Master Through Modern Prints April 28, 2014


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Target Retail Chain Says Millions of Customers' Info Breached in Hack Attack, Identity Theft is Possible Target confirms reports that 40 million credit and debit cards may be affected after a massive hack attack and customers are warned that they may be victims of identity theft. The hack attack affected customers who shopped at Target during … [Read more...]