text:
Turn Coat Stand / 589 eur
Designed by Line Depping
Hang your coat on the elegant Turn Coat Stand which is part of the popular Turn collection. The coat stand is crafted from a magnificent technique of steam bending ash and is kept together by a small aluminum strip to make it stable.
- Details
- Ash
Anodized Aluminum / Golden
WxDxH: 57x52x171 cm
Item no. 1480030
- Packaging
- WxDxH: 54x171x54 cm
Weight: 5,3 kg
- Material and care
Proper usage and maintenance
Proper usage and maintenance is vital for getting the most out of the valuable resources we have. Our designs are made to last for generations, but just like everything else, they need a little care to get there.
Ash is commonly found in temperate regions in the northern hemisphere as well as in middle/northern US. The Skagerak ash comes from European forests.
Ash is a light type of wood with a living structure. Its strength and durability make a good choice for indoor furniture and accessories.
Use a damp cloth and soapy water. Wipe with a dry cloth to ensure a spotless surface. If the pores of the wood should rise use a sandpaper (grit 120-150).
Dust it several times a week in order to maintain a clean surface and protect the finish from building up soil. Use a clean, lint-free, absorbent cloth for general dusting.
About the designer / Line Depping
"Design should be simple, obvious and without any feeling of self-exaltation – and then it ought to include a humane touch." Based on this belief, Line seeks to develop new projects and objects that puts functionality to the forefront, and she loves to challenge herself combining new materials and styles. Wooden materials are without doubt Line's preferred choice for designing, but she stays open to contest her own comfort-zone and try out new material combinations. Her approach is workshop based, which allows her to re-develop her creations throughout the whole process.


text:
The Externsteine, a unique and bizarre set of rock formations near Horn-Bad Meinberg in the Principality of Lippe, are a medieval sacred site and a grandiose spectacle of nature to behold and climb. This is the ideal place to feel grounded.
Perched on the edge of the Teutoburg Forest, the Externsteine are a wonder of nature with an eventful history. The surrounding region is a nature reserve and a European natural heritage site. Rare varieties of heather, woods and moors are once again flourishing, and beetles threatened with extinction, such as the hermit beetle, have found a new home here. Standing majestically at the centre of it all are the Externsteine, a group of 13 to 40 metre high sandstone rocks which has risen from the Wiembecke pond over millions of years. A pilgrimage church was also erected here in the 12th century. A relief depicting Jesus' descent from the Cross is carved into the face of the main rock, suggesting a Christian origin. Relics such as the medieval grotto or the viewing platform and steps dating back to the 19th century are a testament to the rocks' eventful history.
The Externsteine, one of Germany's most outstanding natural tourist attractions, have inspired legends of folklore, speculation and theories – which were not always scientifically sound – from the very beginning. Nowadays, there is plenty of scientific research into the historico-cultural background of the Externsteine. Yet the fascination surrounding these rocks will always remain.
Opening hours: January/February: Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 4pm; March: 10am to 4pm, closed on Mondays and Wednesdays; 1 April to 1 November: 10am to 6pm; 2 November to 18 December: 10am to 4pm, closed on Mondays and Wednesdays
Entry: free
Nearest train station: Paderborn Central Station
For information on guided tours (including the grotto) from 1 April to 31 October on Sundays and bank holidays (for a fee), rock climbing (for a fee) and special guided tours, visit:
Dwa przydatne skróty klawiszowe do powiększania i zmniejszania strony w przeglądarce:
Powiększ: +
Zmniejsz: +
Dalsze wskazówki znajdziesz w swojej przeglądarce po kliknięciu ikony:

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Mint is a fresh and clean PrestaShop theme designed for modern professional webshops.
- Custom top horizontal menu module
- Custom slideshow module
- Custom social footer module for your social accounts
- Custom contact information footer module
All modules are configurable from the Administration Panel. They're very easy to use and documented.
Compatible with 1.4.x PrestaShop versions. Tested with PrestaShop 1.4.8 and 1.4.9


text:
I saw a different story about someone dealing with potholes not being filled. (it was a video that I originally saw) In this case someone was going around spray-painting penises around potholes, sometimes incorporating the hole into the "artwork". Not surprisingly this gets the city's attention and the holes get filled quite promptly.
Here's an article about it, complete with images... http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....tholes-9105592
Meanwhile on Illinois Tollway (straight from the horse's mouth)...."Man hits a row of potholes on the tollway, calls it in the hotline number to report potholes, gets transferred to the "right" department and 911 emergency call center answers. The That's just how its done here in Illinois, Land of Lincoln.The governor now considering turning a freeway in Chicago partly into a tollway. God help us!
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)


text:
We've learned two things about Bills center Eric Wood today. First, he's ready to become a leader on the Bills offensive line.
Second, he looks like a grown-up version of Thurman Merman.
As to the more important point, Wood explained his current mindset to The John Murphy Show on Friday. "I'm assuming that's one of the roles this coaching staff will expect me to have," Wood said, via the team's official website. "I look forward to that."
The 2009 first-rounder also is looking forward to a new contract from the Bills.
"Hopefully I can have a deal done with Buffalo before too long, and seal up my future in Buffalo," Wood said. "But at this point, I'm just looking forward to my fifth year in Buffalo, really feeling healthy this time of the year for the first time in a while, and I'm doing OTAs for the first time in a while, and just really excited about this season's going to bring."
Wood will be present for the start of the offseason conditioning program on April 2.
Maybe when he gets there he can fix his teammates some sandwiches.


text:
Papa and Boy is watching some war movie in the hall. He's been watching the movie for the last hour or so.. hehehhehehee.. And its LOUD. I have helicopters flying overhead and a barrage of bullets off and on... and its so real. *LOL*
We do not exactly have a home theatre system here... but the tv is so LOUD... my neighbours can hear it all around. Can you imagine what would it be like if i have a home theatre system? My neighbours will have the cops at my door.. hhahahahahhaha
Now i hear a car whizzing by very fast... more helicopters flying... someone screaminggggg in pain.. aiyaaaaaaaaaaaa...
More bullets... i am feeling like i am at war here.
Dad's hearing must be getting bad. My head is pounding like a drum now. Even Dommy's ears keep twitching. The sound must be harder on his ears. Maybe i should get a room all fixed up with sound proof system :)
If i get deaf before i am 50... its all their fault! If you can't beat them... maybe join them? *LOL*
18 hours ago


text:
For Matagorda County, plant is a pipe dream come true
Incentives offered by governor help lure Tenaris expansion
BAY CITY - An international manufacturing company with operations around the globe said Friday it will build a $1.5 billion plant in Matagorda County to produce piping for use in shale drilling operations throughout the United States.
Germán Curá, president of North American operations for Tenaris, said the company was convinced by the incentives offered by Gov. Rick Perry and local economic development officials - including a $6 million grant from the state's Texas Enterprise Fund - and by the workforce and infrastructure in Matagorda County, about 90 miles southeast of Houston.
The plant will be a boost to the Matagorda County economy, where un- employment routinely tops the state average and was 9.4 percent in December, according to preliminary figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The announcement Friday morning drew Perry and an auditorium filled with local politicians and economic development officials, who stood to applaud Curá's promise to open an office in Bay City on Monday morning.
The plant will have an annual production capacity of 600,000 tons of seamless pipe used in drilling, producing or transporting gas and oil.
Tenaris expects to complete the plant in 2016 and will employ 600 people, with an average annual salary of $66,000, according to the company.
The county's proximity to the bustling Eagle Ford Shale was a plus, Curá said.
"It is one of the most promising fields in the industry. The Eagle Ford has a lot to produce."
But pipe milled in Bay City also will be used in other shale plays across the country, he said, making the new plant a complement to Tenaris operations already in the United States.
Low-cost natural gas, a result of shale drilling, has sparked a manufacturing renaissance in the United States, and Curá said Tenaris clearly plans to be part of that.
Tenaris, which has its North American headquarters in Houston, operates globally. Its predecessor, Dalmine, began manufacturing pipe in Italy in 1909 and began operations in Mexico and Argentina in 1954.
Its U.S. operations include plants in Houston and Conroe.
Perry said the $6 million grant was among the largest ever from the Texas Enterprise Fund, one of two funds his office operates to generate economic development.
Both - the other is the Emerging Technology Fund - have spurred calls from legislators for more oversight after accusations that Perry has used the funds to reward political supporters.
But Perry and Matagorda County Judge Nate McDonald said the money from the fund was crucial to closing the deal with Tenaris, even though $6 million was only a fraction of the price of the plant, estimated at $1.3 billion to $1.5 billion. At that price, the grant is only about 0.5 percent of the total.
Perry said a number of other states were in the running, but the ultimate choice came down to Matagorda County and Louisiana. McDonald said local taxing entities offered tax abatements along with special deals for handling wastewater and other issues.
The $6 million grant was something Louisiana couldn't match, he said.
Curá said he and other Tenaris executives first met with Perry about seven months ago.
"You often talk about the benefits of doing business in Texas, and you and your staff have helped us see that," he told Perry during the announcement. "We were very impressed after that first meeting."
Perry said his office is working on other deals - he also talked briefly about his recent business recruiting trip to California - but said he's not sure any as large as the Tenaris deal will be completed by the end of the year.
"We don't win them all, but we win our fair share," he said.


text:
£19.35 £38.70
|Size guide
Grab a bargain. Our popular Prelude Brief in a multipack of three. The quintessential brief, this classic cut is timeless and for good reason. Made from 100% pure cotton, this classic cut brief features a contoured front panel and comfortable full back.
• Made in England
Fabric: Cotton
We source our cotton from the finest quality suppliers ensuring a premium grade garment with longevity and practicality in all our styles.
Cotton is a breathable fabric which naturally removes moisture away from the skin keeping you cool and dry at all times.
Cotton is a great insulator protecting against heat in the summer and cold in the winter by trapping air between it's fibers.
Cotton is acknowledged as a hypoallergenic fabric as it rarely causes allergic reactions and does not irritate the skin.
The International Forum for Cotton Promotion states that cotton also has a high tensile strength, making it strong, durable and less likely to rip or tear. It is 30 percent stronger when wet, withstand many washes in hot water - perfect for day-to-day underwear.
Prelude 100% Cotton Brief Black£7.45 £14.90
Prelude 100% Cotton Brief Green£7.45 £14.90
Prelude 100% Cotton Brief Pack of 3 Black£19.35 £38.70
Prelude 100% Cotton Brief Pack of 3 White£19.35 £38.70
Prelude 100% Cotton Brief Sky Blue£7.45 £14.90
Prelude 100% Cotton Brief White£7.45 £14.90
Prelude 100% Cotton Thong Black£7.45 £14.90
Prelude 100% Cotton Thong Sky£7.45 £14.90
Prelude 100% Cotton Thong White£7.45 £14.90
The essence of premium mens underwear is ultimately in the quality. We have gone to great lengths to source incredibly luxurious yet practical fabrics and materials. These are put into the hands of our highly skilled seamstresses - some of which have been in the industry for 35 years - resulting in an impeccably finished product, produced with pride and care.Find out more


text:
Have you participated in my 50/50 board drawing challenge??
Seems like it takes forever for it to fill up so I will get a new one started ASAP - but in the mean time the last numbers were filled up on Monday night and we have a WINNER - check it out...
A closer look... Congratulations Wilma! you win $50 in Stampin' Up! product from me!!
Thanks for stopping by!
Pin It Now!


text: Born in Brussels on 22nd March 1980. Education & training: 1999 – 2002 : BA (Hons) in Contemporary Furniture Design at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, High Wycombe, England. 1998 – 1999 :Foundation in Art and Design at Camberwell College of Arts, London. Projects : 2007 : 'Entity-identity', design and production of a project during a month's stay in Peking. Design and production of a 'Toise' for the new 'magasin des Beaux-Arts' in Brussels, the BozarShop. Designed a table and chair, desk, lamp and coat rack for the Japanese company Idée. Designed a collection of furniture for the Atlantico collection of the company DeLaEspada. Design and production of a take-down table for a private client, Brussels. Designed stand for manufacturer of MDF Valchromat et Perfonet for the ZOW trade show in Germany. 2006-2007 : 'Frames' produced by Ligne Roset, France. 2006 : design and production of a cupboard for a private client, Brussels, Belgium. Designed storage furniture for second-year classes as the Ecole Decroly, Brussels. 2004 : founded Atelier A1, a work and exhibition space for five Brussels designers. Fitting-out of MorOmegaShop store, Brussels. 2004 – 2005 : designed camera cases for French company POSSO, which went into production in 2005. 2003 – 2004 : part-time work at the Nicolas Balleriaux & Raphaël Orts architectural studio, Brussels. Prizes : April 2007 : nominated for the Design Report Award run by the German magazine Design Report, SaloneSatellite, Milan. May 2005 : SIDIM Montréal : Certificat d'excellence for 'Keyplug' project. September 2003 : Prix du Public at the Prix du Jeune Design Belge: a stand at the Maison&Objet trade show, Paris. October 2002 : Interieur, Design For Europe: selected as one of the 50 best projects. Lecturing / Studios : January – March 2007 : lecturer at the ESAPV, Atelier d'architecture d'intérieur, Mons, Belgium. February 2006 & January 2005 : organised a workshop on the production of a presentation project for the 3rd year students of photography at the Ecole Supérieure de l'Image 'Le 75', Brussels. October 2004 : participant in seminar, 'Moyens, Outils et Règles pour promouvoir sa création', organised by the WCC-BF, La Louvière, Belgium. 1994 – 1996 : woodwork course for children aged between 6 and 8s.


text:
Shales wrote: Have to say, I'm absolutely loving ML this year. Largely thanks to OF creators like Mike. Whether it's seeing Ludogorets bidding for Castolo, or seeing the J-League strips and players in the transfers search, it just adds so much gloss to the game.
Currently, I'm working on adding official kits to my national team packs. So far, I've completed Europe, Africa and the Americas, so all I have left to do now is Asia/Oceania.
Some previews for you:


text:
Evolution Of German Shepherd Dog Breed
Continuous researches are being in process with the German Shepherd Dog breed! If you're not in continuous touch with what's going on worldwide with this breed, you cannot get track of the evolutionary process of the breed. If you are studying seriously about German Shepherd Dogs you are probably looking for some sort of illustration of German Shepherd Dogs from past till date. Here's something of a kind you probably want to know about German shepherd Dogs.
The difference is clearly noticed -- GSD of 1940s to GSD of 2000s, the breed underwent a continuous change.
Notice the German shepherd pictures carefully. You can their's a noticeable difference in the structure of the breed. Look at the 'Top Lines' of the two shepherds. The 'Banana Back', which is also called 'Roach Back' is visible in the recent dog, while the 'Top Lines' was smooth -- called 'Level Back' is noticed in the dog of 1940s.
A couple of other differences worth noticing are:
- Low slung placement of hip in the shepherds that we see today
- Hock angulation are more in recent shepherds
Development Through out 1950s
Development Through out 1960s
Development Through out 1970s
Early 1970s
Mid to Late 70s
Development Through out 1980s
Early 1980s
Mid to Late 1980s
GSD of 1990s
Read more...


text:
Mediterranean style homes are typically found in warmer climates and feature coastal design elements, such as open spaces and outdoor patios. This design style is influenced by homes in Greece, Spain, and Italy. Walls are typically made of stucco or plaster, floors are marble or tile, ceilings are usually wooden, and wall beams are left exposed. Golden yellows, olive greens, rich reds, and cobalt blues are colors commonly used and can been seen on walls, tapestries, mosaic inlays, pottery, and art.
Elements of design:
- The colors and decorative elements are influenced by homes in Greece, Spain, and Italy
- Typically features a rich color palette in golden yellows, olive greens, rich reds, and cobalt blues
- Decorative elements include textured walls, tapestries, mosaic inlays, Italian-style pottery and art
- Open-air patios are commonly used as entertainment space
- Floors are typically dark wood, marble, or terra cotta tile
- Stucco and plaster walls with sculpted detailing are common


text:
Glow Lounge Technology's Media Center system is based on the black version of Zalman's stunning ZHD135B chassis. The specification is also very impressive: a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, complete with 2GB of DDR2 SDRAM and GeForce 8800GTS graphics card. The latter makes this system ideal for the gaming enthusiast - and HDCP.
Watch premium HD download content, or install a Blu-ray or HD-DVD drive and enjoy hi-def movies on an HDCP-compatible monitor. Glow Lounge even supplies a DVI-to-HDMI cable in the box, so you can hook your system up to an HDTV. Interestingly, our review system came with Windows Vista MCE, although the Windows XP version would have worked just as well.
The Hauppauge NOVA-T 500 tuner means you can record two TV programmes at once and there's 750GB of storage. Yes, it's expensive, but this system is still very impressive indeed.


text:
The first day of the new regime, 26 Oct 68. MBS255 on the P1 loads at the Bonamy Estate now demolished, in Rotherhithe New Road, just north of Verney Way.
ROTHERHITHE STATION 1968.ROTHEHITHE St Mary Church Street - Brunel Road - Rotherhithe Street - Redriff Road - Surrey Docks - Rotherhithe New Road St James Road, - Southwark Park Road - Galleywall Road - Surrey Docks - Redriff Road - ROTHERHITHE St Mary Church Street Operates in one direction around loop. Mon- Sat.
Am I right in thinking that the P1 was the 202 and the P2 the 202A.
Bermondsey Trams & Buses
Who remembers the old Trams and RouteMasters
Re: Bermondsey Trams & Buses
Last edited by kiwi on Mon Feb 25, 2019 12:12 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Bermondsey Trams & Buses
The Tram is possibly going along Newington Causeway?
Re: Bermondsey Trams & Buses
Last edited by kiwi on Sun May 17, 2020 4:38 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Bermondsey Trams & Buses
I think this is the Tower Bridge Road with the Trocette behind it?
Re: Bermondsey Trams
Last edited by kiwi on Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:46 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Bermondsey Trams & Buses
Old Kent Road at the Kentish Drovers left. The picture was taken between 1911 and 1913. The tram's fleet number is seen in the photograph as '191'. The very first tram in London carried the number '1' and all subsequent trams were numbered sequentially so this is the 191st London County Council electric tram. The numbering continued over the years and the last numbered London Transport tram was 2529 – after which trams ceased to run in London, in 1952. In general, odd numbers were used for routes north of the Thames and even numbers were used for routes south of the river. Anomalies arose with trams on routes that crossed one of the bridges over the Thames because these trams ran both north and south of the river.
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests


text:
BENEFITING: The Foundation for Faces of Children
ORGANIZER: Monica
Monica Trivedi wrote -
Event Details
Please join us outside for a fun filled afternoon of kid friendly activities, raffles and an opportunity to meet new friends and connect with old friends. The picnic, including lunch and family activities, begins immediately following the walk.
DONT MISS OUT! Register by September 14th to guarantee you receive a free t-shirt!
Registration: 10:30am - 12:00pm
Opening Remarks: 12:00pm
Walk Kick off: 12:15pm
Food, raffle and activities: 1:00pm-3:00pm
Let's strive to exceed our record-breaking fundraising from last year! We know with your support we can do it!
Create your personal fundraising page through Crowdrise! Crowdrise makes it easy to share your personal fundraising efforts with family and friends, through all of your social networks.
BECOME A SMILE STRIDER! Raise $750 by September 14th and you will receive:
-An exclusive Smile Strider Event Day T-Shirt
-Starting Line Recognition
-A special Thank You gift
For more information, please visit: http://www.pacesforfaces.com


text:
In the past month or two, genealogists have posted on G+ about their experiences with online publishing. A couple of times people asked about Lulu.com. I said I didn't want to say anything until after Christmas.
Well, now that it has passed Christmas and so I can share what I wrote over the past few months as my present for my children and siblings and a some Dakin cousins: Quilts in our Family. I documented the family quilts, most done by "Mother Dakin." I photographed all of the quilts I could locate. I wrote about Mary Alice Smith Dakin (Mother Dakin) who was born in Kent CT in 1855 and died just over the town line in Gaylordsville CT in 1931. I included information on the Richardsons who used those family quilts and then I told the story behind each of my family quilts.
As a bonus, when researching Mary Alice Smith and her husband Edward Dakin, I found another DAKIN cousin and her sister -- such a bonus!! I wrote about that in another post on this blog: A fortuitous post found in spam
I found Lulu.com a wonderful choice to use to self-publish. If you want the services of a publisher, you pay for them. If you're on a budget, you can "do it yourself" with help from their techs who patiently answer questions via e-mail once you actually start the project. They are a print on-demand company with a quick turn around on the delivery of the order. They will print a run of one book to an order of thousands. You do not need to buy large numbers upfront. I chose to order a few books to use as gifts. I made it available publically, just in case another DAKIN cousin emerges in the future and wants a copy.
I would recommend that if you were going to self-publish with Lulu.com, to download the format for the book before you start writing so you work in the format rather than adapt your already existing manuscript to their formats.
For years I've tried to climb numerous "brick walls" as I've worked on my family history -- many of my challenges are my women ancestors. I've met many wonderful, helpful genealogists, town clerks, historians, and societies along the way. Some of the names I'm working on: DAKIN, WORTHINGTON, SEARING, RICHARDSON, DeLOSS/LOSS, COPELAND, HARVEY, WRIGHT, EVANS, HELSTEN, SMITH (Conn.), HEARTY, ROBBERT, BOGART, NYE, BLODGETT & COBB.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)


text:
As football season gets underway, Michael Shepard will be spending a lot of time on the sidelines.
He'll be watching 30 or 40 games at Santa Ana College, Chapman University and Servite High School – not that he's partial only to football.
He was in Poland last month among 10,000 spectators watching the U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team in the World League. Soon he'll be in Japan with the women's team. At UC Irvine, he watches baseball, soccer or basketball, depending on the season.
Shepard isn't a sports nut with too much time on his hands. An orthopedic surgeon with Hoag Orthopedic Institute in Irvine, he specializes in sports medicine.
For 11 seasons, he's volunteered as team doctor for a variety of schools – putting 11 years of medical training to use, he says, by caring for athletes.
Shepard is the safety net or the air bag: Someone you never hope to see rushing toward you.
"No one wants to see me on a Friday night."
Unfortunately, as amateur athletics grow increasingly intense, he sees far too many kids get hurt too young.
Shepard talks about the body like the tires on a car. How many revolutions have you got before you've worn out the tread?
The key, he says, is rotation.
"Players today are more one-dimensional – a baseball player who will only pitch – but there's only a certain number of throws in that arm."
Unfortunately, many players don't rotate sports by the season. They specialize.
He treats "thrower's elbows" or shoulders in athletes who play only baseball, water polo or volleyball. He's seeing more female athletes tearing their ACL, a knee ligament.
Today children start sports younger than ever and play only one sport all year round – it's practically mandatory to be competitive in high school. As a result, Shepard's patients are younger and their injuries more severe.
"I see 8-year-olds who play year-round baseball."
He's seeing baseball elbow injuries younger. An 11-year-old patient who tore a ligament in his elbow pitching year round cannot even have surgery until he's finished growing.
The risk of injury increases with the number of hours played.
"Year-round anything is bad," says Shepard, who thinks it's safer to play multiple sports until high school – or, at least, play different positions in one sport.
"People who are focused on doing one thing over and over are more apt to have problems, and they are more apt to burn out. And then they end up in my office at age 15 or 16 saying: 'I don't want to play any more.' It's no longer fun."
The odds are low that a particular child will play professionally. So why the push to become an elite player?
Shepard sees students and their parents invest everything in a sport.
"The family isn't celebrating Thanksgiving; they're in Palm Springs for a tournament. Their whole life is around that sport, and if the child stops playing, sometimes that family unravels."
Shepard, 43, has been sidelined himself.
He played football at Foothill High School in Tustin and was defensive tackle and captain of the football team at UC Davis.
The first game of his senior year at Davis, he hurt the ligaments in his knee. The sixth game, he tore his ACL.
"The quarterback moved, I moved, but my knee didn't. I turned and I tore it."
His career was over, and he didn't handle it very well.
"I was devastated. That was hard for 20-year-old Mike Shepard to handle."
Today, that gives him a strong dose of empathy and can make him a lousy fan.
Shepard describes a 15-year-old soccer player who tore every ligament in his knee. He underwent two surgeries to repair and reconstruct his ligaments and then 18 months of rehabilitation.
"The nerve was gray. It looked dead. … It took him six months just to wiggle his toes."
He could have lost his leg, but the boy was lucky; he healed. Still, he will never be 100 percent.
"Do we let him go back to play? Do we take the chance? We had lots of long conversations."
This patient returned to soccer, and he was fine. Shepard was not.
"It was so hard for me to watch him play. I was so scared."
He finds it excruciating to watch an athlete compete after he has operated. He recalls seeing a college-age patient pitch after elbow reconstruction. "The coach promised he wouldn't throw more than 100 pitches. By the sixth inning, he was already over 110 pitches. … I left the game. I was dying watching."
Shepard specializes in repairing elbows, shoulders and knees.
He also teaches athletic trainers, who can play a role in preventing injuries and advocate with coaches on behalf of players.
There's psychology to his job: He tries to take the negative of suffering an injury and turn it into a positive. He has a soft spot for college athletes whose main focus is getting an education. He tries to make patients realize that their identity encompasses more than, say, "volleyball player." They can remain an athlete but play a different sport.
If there is buyer's remorse in athletics, it's the problems injuries lead to later. Some injuries just can't be fixed and some lay the groundwork for lifelong issues such as arthritis.
Shepard notes that you can remodel but not regenerate cartilage. Knee replacements, like granite countertops, are showing up everywhere.
These are sobering thoughts for parents considering whether their child should play club sports.
Shepard asks: "Are we doing that 10-year-old athlete a disservice by patching him up and sending him back in?"
Contact the writer: email@example.com


text:
Cooking For Engineers
Analytical cooking discussed.
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
Dining Out: Chicago 2011 Part 4 - Gibson's Bar & Steakhouse
Cooking For Engineers Forum Index
Comments Forum
View previous topic
View next topic
Cooking For Engineers
Joined: 10 May 2005
Posts: 16776765
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 3:26 am
Post subject: Dining Out: Chicago 2011 Part 4 - Gibson's Bar & Steakhouse
During our June 2011
trip to Chicago
, I wanted to make sure we ate at one of Chicago's famous steakhouses. Gibson's Bar and Grill kept showing up in different people's lists as the number one steakhouse in Chicago, so that's where we went.
After a day at The Field Museum we took a bus back to the Water Tower on Michigan Avenue. From there, we walked over to
Gibson's Bar & Steakhouse
(1028 North Rush Street, Chicago, IL) about seven blocks away. We were a little concerned at first about clothing because we weren't wearing anything nice (I was wearing a T-shirt and REI convertible pants with tennis shoes) and the woman at the information desk of the Chicago Visitor's Center had recommended both reservations and business casual clothing (neither of which we had at the time). It turn out that neither of those were a problem. When we arrived at 6pm (on Monday night), we were greeted with smiles and immediately shown to a table in the main dining hall.
Our server, started off by telling us that they are the only restaurant group in the United States to be "awarded" their own USDA Prime certification. (But, Harris Ranch has a
USDA Prime certification
and they have a restaurant...) The corn fattened beef is wet-aged for 40 days providing "maximum flavor and tenderness". When I asked, they told me they don't serve dry-aged beef. Sounded like a sales pitch or pep talk, but all I was looking for was if the beef really would be flavorful and tender. (I eat a lot of steak... I have probably prepare a steak dinner every week or two for the last several years and have learned to cook it perfectly several different ways. One thing that I've learned over the years is that the quality of meat isn't as important as how the meat is cooked. Of course, when cooked the same way, a USDA Prime rib eye will be richer and a little more full flavor due to the distribution of fat through the muscle. We're always wary of eating at steakhouses because they tend to disappoint us.) She even asked us where was the best steak we've had before, and, when we said the best steak we've had was at Peter Luger's in Brooklyn, she said, "Well... I'm sure you'll find ours better." We got the distinct impression she wasn't familiar with Peter Luger's, but I wouldn't have expect that (except for the fact that she asked us where the best steak we've had before was).
We ordered the W.R.'s Chicago Cut (a 22 oz bone-in ribeye steak) cooked medium-rare ($43.75) to be split between the two of us. For starters, we chose the Split Pea Soup and a House Salad (both included with our steak). We then ordered a baked sweet potato ($6) and a half order of sauteed spinach & mushrooms with garlic ($7.50).
First to arrive was our Split Pea Soup. We found it to be flavorful and delicious. This meal was looking up and we were getting excited about having a nice steak dinner from a restaurant that knows how to cook steak.
The salad was dressed in a tangy, acidic dressing that was refreshing.
When the bone-in ribeye arrived, it looked beautiful. Their 1800°F broiler put a wonderful crust on the exterior.}?>
The center was cooked medium rare (as I ordered it), but a good portion was well-done and chewy. Some bites had 40% well-done while others were 50% or more well-done. I took the picture on the left immediately after cutting into the center of the steak (before I had a bite). You can see that at this position in the steak, the top 30% and the bottom 10% is cooked to or past well-done. That meant each bite was a mix of chewy and dry along with tender and juicy. A good steak should be nicely browned (a well browned surface layer provides a lot of flavor) with as little of the meat overcooked as possible. Otherwise, you end up with what we got - an unpleasant (not at all tender) mouthfeel. Their reliance on the 1800°F broiler allows them to get a nice sear on the steak, but is also their downfall. After a certain point, browning no longer provides any additional flavor. Only a very thin layer of the surface ever gets browned; the area under the surface just gets cooked dry and tough. Using a high temperature burner means the exterior cooks rapidly, which is great, except the heat takes time to penetrate into the interior. To warm up the center to medium-rare, they have to leave it under the heat source long enough for the heat to penetrate, but with such an intense heat, more and more of the exterior meat overcooks. It is extremely difficult to cook a perfect steak without using two heat levels - a high heat source to provide browning and a lower heat source to cook the interior evenly. With just a high heat source, you get a lot of overcooked meat; with just a low heat source, you might not get adequate browning to have a nice flavorful crust.
The next problem was that they failed to season the steak with salt or pepper (at least not enough that we'd be able to taste it) and a lot of salting was needed at the table. (Later, when I examined the photographs, it
like there is kosher salt on the steak, but we really could not taste it.) If their meat really is as good as they claim, then it's a shame that it wasn't prepared better.
The sauteed spinach and mushrooms was a great side. It was flavorful, but not overly rich and heavy. I much prefer this over the traditional creamed spinach side dish found at many steakhouses.
The sweet potato was waterlogged and a bit flavorless which was disappointing. I normally don't use the butter and sugar that often accompanies sweet potatoes, but I had to use quite a bit of the brown sugar to augment the bland potato.
Based on this meal, I would recommend skipping Gibson's Steakhouse.
For ease of navigation and to keep the page sizes down, I've split the trip report and reviews into multiple pages:
Chicago 2011 Part 1a - Overview
Chicago 2011 Part 1b - Overview
Chicago 2011 Part 2 - Shui Wah, Santa Anna Bakery
Chicago 2011 Part 3 - Pizzeria Uno, Giordano's
Chicago 2011 Part 4 - Gibson's Bar & Steakhouse
(this page)
Chicago 2011 Part 5 - Frontera Grill, Xoco
Chicago 2011 Part 6 - Noodles by Takashi Yagihashi, Frontera Fresco, Marc Burger
Chicago 2011 Part 7 - Alinea
Chicago 2011 Part 8 - Vienna Beef Factory
Chicago 2011 Part 9 - Girl and the Goat
Back to top
Display posts from previous:
All Posts
1 Day
7 Days
2 Weeks
1 Month
3 Months
6 Months
1 Year
Oldest First
Newest First
Cooking For Engineers Forum Index
Comments Forum
All times are GMT
Jump to:
Select a forum
Cooking For Engineers
Cooking For Engineers Website Discussion
Messages from Michael
Comments Forum
Travel Comments Forum
Useless Stuff Comments Forum
Food, Cooking, & Dining
Cooking Tips
Cooking for Two
Favorite Foods
Tools, Equipment, and Gadgets
General Food Discussion
General Discussion
Anything Goes
Engineer Speak
post new topics in this forum
reply to topics in this forum
edit your posts in this forum
delete your posts in this forum
vote in polls in this forum
Powered by
© 2001, 2005 phpBB Group


text:
Return toPrevious Page
Last Modified on:
Matthew D. Friend © 2013
In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or for other presentation.
USGenWeb Copyright Information
Idaho Archives a part of the USGenWeb Project © 1996 -


text:
Birth to 8 Months
I Learn About What My Body Can Do
I Learn About What My Body Can Do
- I have a good grip as a newborn. I will hold onto things you put in my hand. At about 3 months, I will start to reach and grasp things with both my hands.
- I recognize the smell and voices of those caring for me the most. I can connect sounds to their source, and my favorite sound is the human voice.
- I search for something to suck. This calms and soothes me.
- I turn my head or close my eyes when it is too bright.
- I will learn to hold my head up, roll, and probably crawl. I have favorite positions, but it's good for me to spend time on my belly, back, and sitting up so I can see things from different perspectives. This also helps me learn to move in different ways. (But remember, I should always sleep on my back!)
- In the first 2 months, I can focus best on things that are 8 to 12 inches away.
- By 4 months of age, if you watch closely, you can begin to see what makes me unique—my likes and dislikes, my interests, how I like to interact, how I deal with change.
- I can show you many feelings. I smile and wiggle to show you that I like playing with you. I frown or cry when you stop playing with me. I arch my back and turn away when I need a break from playing or interacting.
- I feel secure when you hold me and smile at me.
- I Learn About My Feelings & Who I Am
- I learn to comfort myself. I may suck on my fingers or hands.
- Sometimes I startle, get frightened, or have taken in too much stimulation, and I need help to settle down.
- By 6 months, I can tell the difference between people I do and don't know. Sometimes, I may be afraid of strangers.
- By 8 or 9 months, I might like to explore my food and even feed myself with my hands. It might get pretty messy at times, but it helps me feel confident.
- I learn I can make things happen. I can shake a rattle and make a sound. I can kick a mobile and make it move. I can smile, and you will smile back.
- I love to play games like peek-a-boo with you. When I want you to keep playing, I wave my arms and legs and make sounds to let you know I don't want you to stop.
- Between 3 and 4 months, I begin to really enjoy babbling to you. I'll begin with vowel sounds (ohs and ahs) and move to new sounds and combinations, with Ps, Ms, Bs, and Ds.
- I have different cries, facial expressions, and body movements to tell you that I am sleepy, hungry, wet, scared, uncomfortable, overwhelmed, or even bored and want to play.
- I learn about words and the joys of language when you talk, sing, and read with me.
- I move my arms and legs, I smile and gurgle, when I am happy and excited.
- I will start to imitate the sounds that you make. My babbling may even start to sound like your speech. My voice might go up as if I'm asking a question. It may sound like I am saying a whole sentence.


text:
ATLANTA (AP) – Baylor vs. Xavier is more than an undercard to the highly anticipated Kentucky-Indiana rematch.
The Bears and Musketeers are building their own impressive resumes heading into their round of 16 matchup Friday night for a spot in Sunday's South Regional final.
Baylor, the No. 3 seed, is one win away from its second regional final in three years.
Xavier, the No. 10 seed, is playing in the round of 16 for the fourth time in five years. Only Kansas, Michigan State and North Carolina can share that claim.
So excuse Xavier's players for rolling their eyes Thursday when asked about being a mid-major school. And pardon Perry Jones III for pointing out that Baylor, like top-seeded Kentucky, is aiming for the national championship.
Kentucky meets Indiana in Friday's second game.
(© Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
Also Check Out:


text:
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
An interface or an implementation?
At one client the following question (or a variant) comes up quite frequently, "We want to service enable our C++ back end code, but the services framework is all Java how can we get them to co-exist?"
So we have an implementation, we can't use it directly but we do want to leverage it. Clearly the implementation itself isn't the service. If it were there would be no discussion. Also the interfaces it already provides may not be the same as the operations we would want to offer.
So we take the time-honored approach and wrap the code. The wrapper then exposes the service's operations and deals with the complexity of mapping the operations to whatever the original code supported. Now what is the Service in this scenario? Perhaps it is the wrapper code - after all it is the wrapper that has the signature, the wrapper that is directly invoked, the wrapper that will have the nice QOS measures, the wrapper I will look up in my registry.... However the wrapper doesn't "do" anything. Of course if the wrapper is really generic and abstract then it doesn't help to describe the service as being the wrapper. No one will have a clue when they go to the registry (white pages) what the service does. A description like "Wraps existing C++ code so it can be made available in the services framework" is hardly a confidence booster.
So what to do? My general favorite is to use a special purpose framework (auto generated if possible) to wrap the C++ (or other legacy) code. Make sure that the service is the wrapper and not the C++ implementation and manage that in the registry.
After all, one of the SOA principles is autonomy. The actual implementation doesn't have to be constrained as long as the interface supports the appropriate operations.
Introduction to the GIM model
Why is this view of the business important?
It is holistic, actions that occur in one of these flows has impact on the others. Shipping the software to a customer (Physical Goods) can tell the money flow that revenue recognition can occur and can deliver information that the shipment has taken place.
Looking at the interactions of these flows gives us clues into:
- Adherence to accounting practice (when do we recognize revenue, for example?)
- Inefficiences in process (oh, we recalculate the revenue in many different places, even though nothing has changed)
- Opportunities to improve quality of service (let's move the credit check - an information flow request) to earlier in the cycle so we don't incur costs before we know if the customer can/will pay)
- Business modeling - "what if" (What happens if we attempt to move the credit check earlier?)
- Real time information delivery from both Goods and Money (How many units did we ship today?)
- Realization that the information need to control a Goods flow isn't available identifies a process breakdown
Ultimately, of course, what we deal with in information systems are informational abstractions of the Goods and Money. For us in IT it is all information. However to the business it isn't so, although we use the lens of the information system to help us look at the underlying realities. Our information system lenses are so distorted, however, that we often don't or can't know what is properly in or out of focus.
There are some real nuances to worry about here too. For example, in a content delivery system (e.g. a newspaper), the information (content) is treated as the Goods. Likewise in banking much of the money that flows through the bank is actually treated as Goods - but with a significant impact on Money and Information as well.
It is not trivial to create a GIM model, but the effect is enormous:
- Silo thinking is reduced - all streams can see the effects on each other of actions taken. Moving Credit Check later in the Information Stream affects the Goods stream because it will curtail process actions.
- Sub-optimal decision making is highlighted - "If I take this action, what breaks?
- It provides a common "grammar" for talking about the business between the business and IT - a goal that has not been reached in many years of trying.
- An end to end trace of a business process - with all the stakeholders shown can be built and optimized.
Why doesn't a process model work?
This is a form of process model - one where we specifically illustrate what happens to all of the major "data" sets (Goods, Information, Money). So instead of being a step by step way through the process, it is a way to handle the information exchanges more effectively. So it is an enriched process model.
What other models help?
We can leverage many of the standard models (e.g. in UML), but nothing gives us a complete enough view.
How do we do it?It revolves around a fundamental understanding of business modeling - starting with the operational flow of goods. It is after all the operational flow of goods from start to finish that defines what the business delivers. So drive from flow of goods - starting anywhere. That depends on the scope and depends on the business. The key is that it is an operational goods flow that matters. That operational goods flow means starting with operational process.
In the operational goods flow, swim lanes and swimming pools are appropriate, but often it is a good idea to use business iconography and not boxes/lines to show things. That way it illustrates that we are firmly in the business domain, not IT.
For each step in the handling of the flow ask:
- Has this step had any effect on the Money side - e.g. recognized revenue, incurred measureable cost, disposed of an asset...
- What information might be available as a result of this action being taken. Is the information interesting "real time", is the information needed for subsequent analysis, is the information in any sense privileged?
Yes, the questions really are that simple. The answers aren't and the implications aren't, but the questions are. What you do with the wealth of information is another matter.
We will notice over time that the timing needs of the Money flow and the Information flow don't exactly match the Goods flow. This is to be expected. We will also notice that the goods flow will continue regardless of whether the Money and Information flows are keeping up. In many cases we will see that the other flows play "catchup" and deal with the implications of Goods flow later. This is a primary cause for inconsistencies between different parts of the business and difficulties in rationalization.
It is of course impossible to fully serialize the business so that the flow of Goods is interrupted until all the Money and Information flows have properly completed. Thta's one reason why we look at the physical Goods flow - that simply doesn't wait.
In subsequent articles, I will talk about some of the interesting patterns and interactions that we see when doing this kind of modeling.


text:
The 3/11 Tsunami Photo Project is a new app featuring the work of fourteen photographers who documented the tragic aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The .99 app, published by Kodansha, is an innovative fundraiser as well - all proceeds from the project go to the Japanese Red Cross Society.
Seven photographers - TIME contract photographer Dominic Nahr, James Whitlow Delano, Jean Chung, Adam Dean, Keith Bedford, Paula Bronstein and Shiho Fukada - donated their work to the project, curated by Yumi Goto.
Images from seven more photographers, including David Guttenfelder, Pieter Ten Hoopen, Jake Price, Giulio Di Sturco, Ko Sasaki, Guillem Valle and Ryo Kameyama, were added to the app in an update released in late April.
In addition to biographies of the contributors, there is a brief audio message to the people of Japan from each photographer. James Whitlow Delano, who is based in Tokyo, said, "I saw order where there was chaos, but most of all I saw hope."


text:
A great part of energy consumption in a ventilation system goes to heating outside air. Great reductions in operational expense can be achieved by transferring the heat from the expelled air to the cold air that is taken in.
Heat recovery systems can be divided into several main groups, depending upon their functionality:
- Return air
- Cross-current heat exchangers
- Rotary heat exchangers. See illustrations
- Coil loop recovery systems
- Heat pipes or thermosiphon recovery system
- Heat pumps
The various systems are characterised by having different degrees of efficiency for temperature and humidity.
When selecting a heat recovery system, it is important to consider both the operating expenses and fulfilment of the requirements for the interior environment.


text:
Dr. William F. Polik, who is the Edward and Elizabeth Hofma Professor of Chemistry at HopeCollege, has received the 2009 James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry from the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society (NESACS).
Polik was selected in recognition of his outstanding work as a teacher and mentor, his development of innovative materials for teaching physical chemistry, and his leadership as chair of the ACS Committee on Professional Training in developing and implementing the society's new guidelines for undergraduate chemistry. Polik will receive the award, which consists of a plaque and $3,000, during the NESACS's monthly meeting on Friday, Nov. 12, at Boston University.
"The student letters submitted as part of the nomination all pointed to Dr. Polik's commitment to both the academic and personal success of his students," said longtime colleague Dr. Michael Seymour, professor of chemistry, who prepared Polik's recommendation while serving as chairperson of the department. "While his professional work as a chemist has broad national recognition, his ability to effectively engage students in both the classroom and laboratory and to help them achieve at their highest level is the hallmark of an outstanding teacher and scholar."
A specialist in physical chemistry, Polik uses lasers to study the details of chemical reactions, and maintains an active research program that involves Hope students. Since joining the Hope faculty, he has received 46 grants and awards totaling more than $2 million in support of his research, has given 77 invited seminars and has written 63 articles -- including 18 co-authored with 26 Hope students who have worked with him on his research.
He has been especially committed to involving undergraduate research students in his research program, with between three and five students typically conducting research at any given time. During his time at the college his research program has involved more than 60 students, of whom 16 now have Ph.D. degrees, seven have master's degrees and eight are currently in graduate school. Three of his research students have been awarded National Science Foundation or Department of Defense postdoctoral fellowships, and three have been awarded the college's top prize for creativity in independent research.
Polik has been an active advocate at the national level for undergraduate research and education in a variety of ways. He served on the national Committee on Professional Training (CPT) of the ACS from 2000 through 2008, including as vice chair in 2005 and as chair from 2006 to 2008. In the fall of 2005, he organized a symposium on "Envisioning Undergraduate Chemistry Education in 2015," held during the national ACS meeting in Washington, D.C. He is also a past member of the ACS DivCHED committee that helped develop the current set of physical chemistry national examinations and is past chairperson of the Beckman Scholar Program Executive Committee, which distributes more than $1 million annually in undergraduate research fellowships.
He was elected a Fellow of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2006. He was named a "Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Scholar" for 2004, and in the fall of 2003 he was one of only eight chemists in the nation to be honored during the first "Excellence in Undergraduate Research Symposium" at IndianaUniversity. In 1991, he received a prestigious "Presidential Young Investigator Award" from the National Science Foundation.
The division for the natural and applied sciences at Hope presented Polik with its inaugural "Dean's Science Division Faculty Research Award" in 2007. He received the "Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching" - now called the "Janet L. Andersen Award for Excellence in Teaching"--at Hope in 1999, the same year that he received the Sigma Xi Award for Scientific Outreach at the college.
Polik joined the Hope faculty in 1988 as an assistant professor. He was promoted to associate professor in 1994 and full professor in 2000, and appointed to his endowed chair in 2001.
He is currently completing a year-long sabbatical leave at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. He has been learning about international education in chemistry and doing research in bioengineering and nanotechnology.
Polik graduated from Dartmouth College in 1982 and holds a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley.
Founded in 1876, the ACS has more than 154,000 members in industry and education, and is the world's largest scientific society. The society's activities include promoting public understanding of chemistry through outreach programs, fostering communication between chemists and related organizations, and assisting in the professional and career development of chemists.
The Northeastern Section, which has more than 6,000 members, sponsors a number of awards, travel grants and scholarships to honor professional chemists. The annual Norris Award was established in 1950 by the NESACS to honor the memory of James Flack Norris (1871-1940), who was professor of chemistry at Simmons College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, chair of the NESACS in 1904 and ACS president during 1925-26.


text:
'Applegirl' plays Lady Gaga's Poker Face with 4 iPhones
So you never got 'round to learning how to play a real instrument…but you do have an iPhone. With so many great music apps available at the App Store, you don't really have to pick up a guitar or play the piano in order to create awesome tunes. We've already seen Guiz belt out several songs as a one-man band. More recently, apple002 on youtube performed Poker Face using not one, but 4 iPhones. Equipped with apps like I Am T-Pain and Beatmaker, this cute Asian diva showcases her vocal and musical talents. Considering that the song was done using nothing but iPhones and apps, this rendition of Poker Face could very well make Lady Gaga proud.
Wait! That's not all. apple002 also gives Beyonce's Irreplaceable an iPhone makeover (which features some sweet vocals). Video after the gap!
[via Lemon Drop]
Keep up with all of Today's Cuties!


text:
I am writing to alert you about a new campaign by several ethnic and religious organizations, including known Khomeinist entities, against the New York Police Department (NYPD). It is absurd to see the citizens in charge of protecting New York, a traumatized city, be subjected to unfair and audacious attacks by domestic organizations that certainly include known Taqiyya-practicing Islamofascist forces.
The initiators of the campaign against NYPD complained in a newly published letter (see below) that "a film containing inaccurate and inflammatory depictions of Islam and Muslims seeking world domination, was being shown to NYPD officers." There is no inaccuracy here. The teachings of Khomeini, Khamenei, Bin Laden and their likes are not arcane secrets: These sad brutes and murderers are violently anti-America (not to mention anti-humanity) and promote their personal versions of berserk Jihad with the aim of enslaving the world, all of it.
"Should one permit an infidel to continue in his role as a Corrupter of the Earth, the moral suffering of the infidel will be all the worse. Should one kill the infidel, and this stops him from perpetrating his misdeeds, his death will be a blessing to him." —Ruhollah Khomeini
Unfortunately, such dangerous Islamofascist leaders have their dedicated followers here, among us, in the United States, especially in New York. It is crucial for the security of the United States that our law enforcement personnel develop true and comprehensive understanding of the threat posed to our country. American Muslims should be among the first to welcome this and cooperate with the police and the FBI because the American Muslim community is the ecosystem for the bad apples operating in its midst. That's a fact!
"I say to all of Europe, I say to America, we will set up suicide bombers who are now in your countries, if you bomb Syria or Lebanon." —Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun, Grand Mufti of Syria (Source: http://goo.gl/2enXZ. See an absurd Hassoun making his abhorrent threats:
The NYPD is doing its job to keep us safe. Let's all stand united by the NYPD and for the security of our nation.
You can reach the Eric T. Schneiderman, the Attorney General of New York, to express your support for the efforts of the NYPD via this email form:
Or directly via this email address: firstname.lastname@example.com
(Please feel free to circulate.)
Sam Bazzi,
Director, The Islamic Counterterrorism Institute
Here is the press release of the aforementioned organization:
ICNA and 31 other Organizations Join Muslim Advocates in Filing Complaint Demanding NY Attorney General Investigate NYPD
New York, NY – February 3, 2012: The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), one of the nation's leading Muslim organizations, joined over 31 other faith based organizations in submitting a letter of complaint to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman demanding an immediate investigation into the New York Police Department's (NYPD) continuous and systemic targeting of American Muslims based on their race, ethnicity, and religion.
Here is the letter submitted:
February 3, 2012
The Honorable Eric Schneiderman
Attorney General of the State of New York
The Capitol
Albany, NY 12224
Re: Complaint and Request for Investigation of the New York Police Department
Dear Attorney General Schneiderman:
The undersigned American Muslim, Arab, South Asian, civil rights and civic groups1 write to you regarding the New York Police Department's ("NYPD") promotion and use of anti-Muslim training materials, the NYPD's violations of the civil rights of law abiding New Yorkers (as well as residents of New Jersey and Connecticut) who have been the targets of massive, abusive surveillance practices based on their ethnic or faith background, and the NYPD's false and misleading statements about these discriminatory policing activities. The seriousness of this problem cannot be overstated, and we urgently request that you conduct a prompt investigation into this matter.2
Last year, it was first reported that The Third Jihad, a film containing inaccurate and inflammatory depictions of Islam and Muslims seeking world domination, was being shown to NYPD officers.3 In response, the NYPD assured the public that the film had only been shown "a few times" to some officers.4 This claim was recently revealed to be false when newly released documents showed that the film was played for three months, viewed by almost 1,500 officers, and even more troubling, that its producers conducted a ninety-minute interview with Ray Kelly.5 The NYPD's continuous false and misleading statements about its role in the production and dissemination of the film and its use of a patently bigoted film that paints the entire American Muslim community as a national security threat are not only insulting to millions of Americans, but also appears to be a misguided effort to train officers that using religion as a proxy for criminal activity is permissible.
Unfortunately, this is not the first time that the NYPD has demonstrated a pattern of blanket suspicion towards the American Muslim community based on race, ethnicity, or religious beliefs and practices. In August 2011, the Associated Press began publishing a series of investigative reports about the NYPD's intelligence gathering program specifically targeting the American Muslim community, and the CIA's involvement in this program.6 The NYPD was exposed as targeting the entire Muslim community – and approximately 250 mosques, schools, and businesses – without any evidence of wrongdoing.7 AP reports indicate that, as part of ethnic mapping programs throughout the city, the NYPD targets Muslim neighborhoods, maintains a list of "ancestries of interest," and receives daily reports from informants who visit cafes and clubs to collect information about Muslim patrons.8 Most recently, on February 2, 2012, an AP report also revealed that the NYPD has engaged in rampant surveillance of thousands of Shi'a Muslims, their mosques, and community spaces in preparation for possible international conflict with Iran without any evidence of wrongdoing taking place in those institutions.
Taken together with Commissioner Kelly's active participation in an interview for an offensive and hateful film that was subsequently used to train police officers, the above described measures uncover a disturbing picture about the NYPD's institutional approach to American Muslim, Arab, South Asian, Iranian and Middle Eastern communities. Furthermore, such measures are the newest manifestation of the NYPD's well documented discriminatory practices against other communities of color. The NYPD's historical use of widespread ethnic, racial, and religious profiling to target Americans for stops, frisks, arrests, and surveillance is a threat to the rights of all Americans. It also erodes the public's trust and confidence in the NYPD and instead sends the message that law enforcement is not accountable for upholding the law and rights of all Americans.
In response to the AP investigative reports, on October 5, 2011, at least seven members of the New York Senate requested that you conduct an investigation into the NYPD's massive, abusive surveillance and mapping of the Muslim community.9 In light of Commissioner Kelly's recent false statements and cover-up about The Third Jihad and the newly released information about wholesale surveillance of the Shi'a community, the need to hold the NYPD accountable for its flagrant use of discriminatory policing practices has never been more glaring and urgent.
We therefore respectfully request that your office undertakes an immediate investigation into the practices outlined above. We appreciate your attention to this matter and look forward to your response.
ACCESS Michigan
Al Kauser
American Coalition For Good Government
Arab American Association of New York
Arab American Institute
Arab Muslim American Federation
Council of Shia Professionals
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
Desis Rising Up & Moving (DRUM)
Emerge USA
Florida Muslim Bar Association
Imam Husain Islamic Center (IHIC)
Imamia Medics International
Independent Viewpoints
Islamic Center of Zahra-SA (ICZ-SA)
Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA)
Islamic Information Center (IIC)
Labor for Palestine
Muslim Advocates
Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA)
Muslim Bar Association of Chicago
Muslim Bar Association of New York
Muslim Consultative Network (MCN)
Muslim Foundation Inc. (MFI)
Muslim Law Students Association at Fordham Law School
Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)
Muslims for Peace, Inc.
National Network for Arab American Communities
New England Muslim Bar Association
New York City Labor Against the War
Shia Association of North America (SANA)
Shia Association of the Bay Area (SABA)
Universal Muslim Association of America (UMAA)
1. Several civil rights groups and individuals who are party to this letter have been directly affected by the NYPD's surveillance tactics described.
2. The Attorney General is statutorily responsible for the enforcement of civil rights laws of the U.S. and of New York State, pursuant to N.Y. Exec. Law § 63(1), (9), (10).
3. "New York NYPD Cops' Training Included an Anti-Muslim Horror Flick," Tom Robbins, Village Voice Jan 19, 2011, available at http://goo.gl/UHTgL.
4. "In Shift, Police Say Leader Helped with Anti-Islam Film and Now Regrets It," Michael Powell, The New York Times, Jan 24, 2012, available at http://goo.gl/QEmZe.
5. Id.
6. "What's the CIA Doing At NYPD? Depends Whom You Ask," Apuzzo & Goldman, Associated Press, Oct 17, 2011, available at http://goo.gl/oJerd.
7. Associated Press' reporting on NYPD Intelligence Operations, available at http://www.ap.org/nypd/.
8. "Inside the Spy Unit That Doesn't Exist," Apuzzo & Goldman, Associated Press, Aug 31, 2011, available at: http://goo.gl/TSSWO.
9. Letter to Hon. Eric Schneiderman, Oct 5, 2011, available at http://goo.gl/RNirZ.
To interview ICNA representatives, contact Jillian Nannery at The TASC Group. Phone: (646) 723-4344; Email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
About The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA):
The Islamic Circle of North America is a leading American Muslim organization dedicated to the betterment of society through the promotion of Islamic values. Since 1968, ICNA has worked to build relations between communities by devoting itself to education, outreach, social services and relief efforts.
Source: http://goo.gl/EJ98o
Interestingly, two of the above signatory organizations, Shia Association of Bay Area (SABA) and the Islamic Center of Zahra (ICZ), PBUH, are controlled by the notorious Khomeinist agent Nabi Raza Mir (a.k.a. Nabi Raza Abidi). See this video about his son, Ali R. Mir (a.k.a. Ishraq Abidi) in action:
Both Nabi Raza Mir/Abidi and his troubled son are primarily based at SABA. They are also constantly active at the Fatimiyya Islamic Center of Hayward, CA.


text:
...I wonder when PB will be upgraded?
...I wonder when PB will be upgraded?
Hello rafiki! I've heard the the PB upgrade will come shortly after the BB10 handsets, but there hasn't been an official word yet as far as I know. If you happen to hear something, post it!!!!
BB then, now, forever!
We know for sure that it won't be till after the Smartphone launch. So probably in Feb/March 2013.
Sucks cause we've all been waiting for it it would be great if we can have it on the playbookso we can advertise it not sure how many lost customers will buy it before seen it in action but for us who held the playbook for so long we must have some sort of special treatement. cause im not buying any devices with bb10 untill i test it on my playbook
I imagine that a Beta version will be announced at BlackBerry Jam Amsterdam after the launch. Maybe a month for the beta and then another month or two for the final version to appear?
My official prediction(tm)
Speculation abounds, and I think a few other things have to take place in support of BB10 coming to our PlayBooks. But what a wonderful surprise if it did happen say hours after the word and launch of BB10, or the next day showing RIM is truly in charge of it's future and destiny. To have the internal support infrastructure in place to support all that is coming is a huge undertaking but has to happen. BB Nation has waited to long for a seamless operation void of problems and issues.


text:
Joos Kint (d. 1553)
Joos Kint (Joos Kindt, Jooskint, Joos Kind, Josse 't Kindt) was an Anabaptist martyr, burned at the stake at Kortrijk (Courtrai), Belgium on 16 July 1553 (van Braght, Martyrs' Mirror does not mention the date). Joos was a citizen of Kortrijk. He was charged with the following heresies: Jesus Christ did not assume His human nature from the Virgin Mary (doctrine of Incarnation as also believed by Menno Simons); the sacrament is not the true flesh and blood of the Saviour; confession of sin to the priests is not necessary; denying all doctrines of the Catholic Church.
Joos was tried five times and tortured several times. He died loyal to his faith, which he had fairly and cleverly defended against the inquisition officials. An account of his trials is found in his own letters written from prison. These two letters are found in the Dutch martyr books, from the Offer des Heeren, edition of 1570, until van Braght's Martyrs' Mirror. A song composed to celebrate this martyr, "De meeste vruecht coemt door Godts woort" (Most gladness emanates from the Word of God), is also found in the Offer des Heeren, and inserted in some later hymn books.
Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Heeren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1570: 219-237. Available in full electronic text at: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_off001offe01_01/
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 150-156.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 540-546. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Cramer, Samuel and Fredrik Pijper. Bibliotheca Reformatoria Neerlandica. The Hague: M. Nijhoff, 1903-1914: VII, 166-168.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 432.
Verheyden, A. L. E. Le Martyrologe Courtraisien et la Martyrologe Bruxellois. Vilvorde : R. Allecourt, 1950: 31, No. 2.
Wolkan, Rudolf. Die Lieder der Wiedertäufer. Berlin, 1903. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. De Graaf, 1965: 66, 128.
|Nanne van der Zijpp
|Date Published
Cite This Article
MLA style
Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Joos Kint (d. 1553)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 20 Sep 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Joos_Kint_(d._1553)&oldid=162648.
APA style
Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1957). Joos Kint (d. 1553). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 20 September 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Joos_Kint_(d._1553)&oldid=162648.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 120. All rights reserved.
©1996-2020 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.


text:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State record-setting quarterback Matt McGloin (Scranton) has been named one of three finalists for the Burlsworth Trophy, presented to the nation's outstanding college football player who began his career as a walk-on.
The Burlsworth Trophy was first presented in 2010 in honor of Brandon Burlsworth, a former All-American and walk-on offensive lineman at the University of Arkansas. Burlsworth died in an automobile accident 11 days after being selected by the Indianapolis Colts as the 63rd overall pick in the 1999 NFL Draft.
The three finalists will be honored and the winner of the 2012 Burlsworth Trophy will be announced Monday, Dec. 3 at a banquet in Springdale, Ark., sponsored by the Springdale Rotary Club. Fans can vote for McGloin daily via the AT&T Fan Vote at www.burlsworthtrophy.com.
A fifth-year senior, McGloin is joined as a Burlsworth Trophy finalist by safety Jordan Kovacs (Michigan) and tackle David Quessenberry (San Jose State). Fifty players were nominated for the 2012 Burlsworth Trophy.
McGloin joined the Nittany Lions in 2008 and has emerged as one of Penn State's most prolific signal-callers in its 126-year history. A starter in 10 games prior to this season, McGloin was named the starting quarterback in June and has flourished in Coach's Bill O'Brien's offense, starting all 12 games this year.
The former West Scranton High School standout broke nine school records and tied another during his superlative senior campaign. He was instrumental in helping the Nittany Lions win eight of their last 10 games, earning an 8-4 overall record and 6-2 Big Ten mark, finishing second in the Leaders Division.
For the season, McGloin was 270 of 446 (60.5) for 3,266 yards, with 24 touchdown passes and only five interceptions. He also was second on the team with five touchdown runs. An honorable mention All-Big Ten choice, McGloin was selected Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 19 after throwing for 395 yards, just four yards off the school record, and a career-high tying four touchdowns in Penn State's 45-22 win over Indiana.
McGloin leads the Big Ten in passing yards (272.2 ypg) by more than 25 yards per game. He also leads the conference in completions (270) and touchdown passes (24) and fewest interceptions among the Big Ten starting signal-callers. McGloin threw at least one touchdown pass in his last 13 consecutive regular season games, with multiple TD passes in eight games this season.
Under McGloin's direction, Penn State led the Big Ten in total offense (437.0 ypg) in conference games and was second in scoring offense (32.6 ppg) and second in pass offense (283.1 ypg) against Big Ten foes this season. McGloin led the Nittany Lions to more than 500 yards of total offense three times in conference play, topped by 546 yards vs. Indiana, its highest total against a Big Ten foe since gaining 557 yards against Michigan State in 2008.
McGloin's Penn State records include:
– Career touchdown passes (46)
– Season touchdown passes (24-tied)
– Season completions (270)
– Season passing yardage (3,266)
– Season pass attempts (446)
– Single game completions (35)
– Career 300-yard passing games (6)
– Career 200-yard passing games (18)
– Season 200-yard passing games (11)
– Consecutive 200-yard passing games (10)
McGloin earned his degree in journalism last May and is working on a second degree, in telecommunications.
Fans can vote for McGloin via the AT&T Fan Vote at www.burlsworthtrophy.com. Voting will conclude on Dec. 2 at 11:59 p.m. Fans are limited to one vote per day and the Fan Vote counts as five percent during each round of voting, and it is combined with the results from the Selection Committee. Fan vote totals are cleared after each round.
For more information about the Burlsworth Trophy, visit www.burlsworthtrophy.com.
Penn State Athletics is on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pennstatenittanylions) and Twitter (http://www.gopsusports.com/ot/twitter.html).


text: MRK2 Security is proud to install Texecom alarm systems, which offer the level of protection that our customers want, combined with flexible installation options that allow the perfect system to be configured for your home or business. There are three basic levels of system on offer; Premier Elite, Premier and Veritas.The Texecom Connect system lets you control your alarm directly from your smart phoneInteract, control and integrate your Texecom security system like never before.Texecom Connect opens a new world of possibilities for Texecom security systems. For too long, security systems have been separated and isolated from the outside world - only providing information when the worst happens, confusing and intimidating the very people who use them and lacking connectivity and compatibility with external systems that could benefit from the intelligence and information contained within.


text:
Get DVD Talk Feeds
Mister Peepers is much more an antecedent of the MTM-produced sitcoms of the 1970s, such as Mary Tyler Moore and The Bob Newhart Show. The humor is subtler, more quietly eccentric, less slapsticky, with more nuanced performances and characterizations, and an ensemble cast whose roles evolved over time.
Mister Peepers' title character (Wally Cox), is mild-mannered pixie of a man, a Walter Mitty type slight of build but full of polite enthusiasm for his new job as a junior high school science teacher. Significantly, Robinson J. Peepers is no 98-pound weakling, however: he's assertive if shy, standing his ground when need be, though his high, nasally voice (Peepers say he was in the church choir until his voice changed - it got higher) and manner suggest a man easy to push around. Rather like the real Wally Cox apparently was, Peepers is also rather Puckish, a man amused by his perceived nerdiness, and who sometimes used it to subversive advantage.
Over the course of the show's first 26 episodes, about a dozen supporting characters are introduced, including typical sitcom school principal Gabriel Gurney (Joseph Foley), who soon vanishes; his doddering wife (Marion Lorne, later "Aunt Clara" on Bewitched), and music teacher Miss Deem (Norma Crane, best remembered as Golde in the film version of Fiddler on the Roof). Early episodes hint at a possible romance between Miss Deem and Peepers - both wear spectacles and resemble one another - but for whatever reason Crane also fades into the background with school nurse Nancy Remington (Patricia Benoit) taking her place.
Though Crane is excellent, Benoit is superb. Supposedly '50s audiences had a hard time accepting that she was an actress playing a role, so natural are her performances. The series gets another big shot in the arm with the first appearance about five or six episodes in of fellow teacher Harvey Weskitt (Tony Randall, nearly two decades before The Odd Couple) and his eventual bride (Georgann Johnson). The pairing of these two emerging young couples, Peepers and Remington and Harvey and his new wife, is irresistible. Unlike most TV sitcom couples, there's an honesty to this foursome, all full of youthful excitement about teaching and making new friends.
Why then is Mister Peepers all but forgotten today? Simple. The show was shot live on video - videotape didn't come into use until 1956, the year Mister Peepers went off the air - and the only way to preserve shows back then was via Kinescope, a cumbersome process that essentially involved pointing a 16mm camera at a TV screen. The resultant image and sound were quite poor and by the end of the fifties even those Kinescopes that had survived from earlier in the decade (most were eventually junked and lost forever) were considered much less desirable for syndication than shows (good and bad) that had been shot on standard 35mm film, like The Honeymooners and I Love Lucy.
Though Mister Peepers benefits from the excitement of a live performance performed before the series' receptive New York audience (they clearly love what they're seeing), it really should have been shot on film. Beyond the technical limitations of kinescoping, the series attempts complex sight gags and situations the production just can't bring off. Actors flub lines, props don't work properly and a lot of the humor required timing that the unforgiving nature of live television constantly thwarts. Shooting the series live adds a certain intimacy, but the advantage of cutting and shooting retakes and close-ups, etc., makes watching Mister Peepers unfold live almost painful.
By the end of the 1950s creator David Swift was stuck writing screenplays for Disney movies like Pollyanna and Candleshoe, and never got the chance to contribute to the '70s comedies his show clearly influenced, though frequent collaborator James Fritzell went on to pen sitcoms like The Odd Couple and M*A*S*H, including one of that series' most memorable episodes, "Abyssynia, Henry" (which he wrote with another Peepers writer-partner, Everett Greenbaum.
Supporting the show's cast were a Who's Who of rising character stars, including Walter Matthau, Murray Hamilton, Mike Kellin, and Jack Warden. It's great fun to see them so early in their careers.
Video & Audio
The surviving kinescopes of Mister Peepers were provided by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, which in turn acquired them primarily from the estate of creator Swift. The shows may technically fall into the realm of public domain, which likely explains the decision to include that institution's logo as a water mark in the lower right-hand corner twice during each episode. This is unfortunate, but is only mildly distracting given the much larger technical shortcomings of the Kinescope process itself. Otherwise, the image and sound are comparable to other kinescoped titles from the period, for example Image's release of episodes from Tales from Tomorrow. The original commercials have been deleted, though Ford's logo is seen over the end credits, and there are little plugs here and there for organizations like the Girl Scouts of America.
Shooting live also created other problems. The staging of the show was perhaps too ambitious, and frequently actors' dialog is lost because the boom operator (or whomever) hadn't time to swing his microphone to the appropriate spot. Each show concludes with a post-end credits epilogue, and during this segment on the first episode we can hear the studio audience laughing at lines we can't hear at all.
Menu screens unhelpfully list episodes only by their airdates. The lack of short descriptions of each show makes things confusing unless you're watching everything in one marathon sitting. The endless logos for UCLA, SFM, and S'More Entertainment intrude on the fun. Just loading the player and getting to a particular episode seems to take several minutes. There are no subtitle options.
Extra Features
As with their other television titles, S'More is stretching a bit trying to create supplements to beef up their packages. There's a Dom DeLuise Interview About Wally Cox, obviously filmed when that actor was interviewed about another S'More release, Lotsa Luck. DeLuise, who never appeared on Mister Peepers, doesn't have much to say, but the brief interview is okay. An alleged Photo Gallery is nothing more than blurry screen captures, while a Mister Peepers Trivia Game is of limited value.
Other supplements include an appearance by Wally Cox on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, a Cox bio, and a useful Mister Peepers' Family Tree. More interesting is a pilot film, also kinescoped, recorded without a live audience.
Parting Thoughts
Mister Peepers is both charming and heartbreaking, the former because of its delicate writing and terrific performances, the latter because the show cries out to have been shot on film and survives now in a form only the most forgiving viewers will tolerate. But there's a real jewel buried behind the blurry, sometimes scratched up kinescopes, waiting to be rediscovered.
Film historian Stuart Galbraith IV's most recent essays appear in Criterion's new three-disc Seven Samurai DVD and BCI Eclipse's The Quiet Duel.


text:
BMW Group and Local Motors team up to identify the future of class-leading functions for premium vehicles in an urban environment.
Munich. The BMW Group and Local Motors will jointly launch a first-of-its kind ideas competition intended to identify vehicle features and functions that will define the urban driving experience in the year 2025. In a project that will see the BMW Group tap into the global know-how of Local Motors online community of more than 20,000 members, the aim of this collaboration is to glean new inspiration and broader perspectives for future mobility solutions.
The BMW "Urban Driving Experience Challenge", powered by the Forge at Local Motors, will be a two-phase challenge that engages participants in the a forward-focused challenge specifically targeted to providing next-generation driving solutions to the world's growing urban populations, and the challenges that are unique to these megacity environments. The first phase of the challenge will begin on September 25, 2012.
Increasing urbanisation, changing infrastructures and environmental pollution call for mobility solutions that strike a balance between global requirements and individual needs. This is nowhere more apparent than in the most densely populated and fastest growing urban centers around the world. BMW is already addressing this challenge today with visionary electric vehicles such as the BMW i3, as well as mobility services, inspiring design and an interpretation of premium that is strongly defined by sustainability. As a further step, the BMW Group has chosen to work with the open-source community at Local Motors to offer consumers the opportunity to participate in this endeavour.
"With our claim to innovation leadership, we have found in Local Motors the ideal partner with whom to explore new, forward-looking and revolutionary mobility solutions," says Dr Christoph Grote, Managing Director BMW Group Research and Technology. "The results will undoubtedly be very valuable for BMW, and we eagerly anticipate the extent to which we can channel the expertise we acquire into our series-production processes."
With regard to design, development and construction, Local Motors is a leader in the world of "co-creation" - in fostering the design and development of locally relevant vehicles through a shared, open creative process between the company and the community. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, the Local Motors community has from more than 130 countries, among them numerous engineers, industrial designers, fabricators and passionate automotive enthusiasts. To date, more than 100,000 design submissions have been posted to the Forge as a result of various competitions and user-submitted project ideas.
"We are delighted to be able to share the know-how of our community with the BMW Group, one of the world's leading automakers, and hope that this collaboration will be crowned with success on both sides," states Jay Rogers, CEO and co-founder of Local Motors.
Phase 1 of the BMW Challenge will run from September 25 until October 16, 2012. A detail design brief and video outlining specific goals and deliverables will be released on the Local Motors website on September 25. A second challenge will begin in mid-November. In all, $ 30,000 in prize money will be awarded along with the opportunity for the top winners in each competition to travel to BMW headquarters in Munich to meet with the Managing Director of BMW Group Research and Technology.
A short video that tells the story behind this innovative challenge and all information to participate in and support the BMW Group "Urban Driving Experience Challenge" will be available online at www.LocalMotors.com/bmw.


text:
It occurred to me that today, Mother's Day, might be a particularly joyous and difficult day for many of my fellow bloggers. Joyous in the sense that so many of us with cancer have been sensitized to the quiet joys of life. And surely experiencing the giggles and whispers of children and grandchildren on this special Sunday morning is something grand to appreciate. Indeed even looking forward to church services or afternoon dinner with those grown "children" is a cause for joy.
But this day, like many holidays, can be difficult when, because of our illness, we have cause to wonder if this is our last Mother's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving … It is hard to imagine that we might miss out on the unfolding of our children's lives. That we might not see a graduation, wedding, or birth of a child. Having witnessed all of those things while in remission from a disease which I was sure would kill me, having just last week rocked 3 year old Sophie and 1 year old Isabel to sleep in my arms, a blissful hour and a half with one cuddled in each arm, I could weep at the thought of not having experienced that.
So I will be interested in what I find tomorrow on my fellow bloggers' sites. I wonder what reflections I will find on the passing of Mother's Day 2009. I have an idea that it might be interesting to post of collection of these musings. So if you would like to write me something of your thoughts on the day, I would be gratified. Or perhaps I will reprint selections from other blogs.
Below I publish my first guest blog, actually an emailed comment from my fellow blogger and mother, Michelle, printed with her permission. Her thoughts on the reasons we blog and of the role her children play in her motivation.
Take Care, Dennis
Guest Blogger – Michelle Hastings ( Michelle WILL Win Against Colon Cancer )
What we do by blogging it to provide information, support and care for others going through their cancer battle. It's something I wish I had seen more of while I was sick, and those feelings of helplessness and hopelessness during the beginning of my fight are what keep me active on my blog. It's a lonely thing to go through, but having people to relate to, talk to, and get support from makes all the difference. It's truly what I live to do now. It's part of who I have become, and I am so proud that my kids are able to have this kind of example set for them. I think it's going to make them better people in the long run – can you imagine a better outcome from a cancer diagnosis? I can't.