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OENOLOGY 3047WT - Winemaking at Vintage III
Waite Campus - Semester 1 - 2015
General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code OENOLOGY 3047WT Course Winemaking at Vintage III Coordinating Unit School of Agriculture, Food and Wine Term Semester 1 Level Undergraduate Location/s Waite Campus Units 3 Contact Up to 7 hours per week Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y Restrictions Available B. Viticulture & Oenology students only Course Description This practical course provides students with the opportunity to gain hands on winemaking experience over the vintage period. The course introduces students to the planning and managing of winemaking strategies. It covers all aspects of grape processing, white juice preparation and red wine fermentation and is designed to complement the theory covered in the other wine technology courses for table wine production. This course also aims to help students make a considerable progression in the developments of their wine sensory evaluation skills.
Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Mr Stephen Clarke
Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.
Learning Outcomes
Course Learning OutcomesOn successful completion of this course, students will have:
1 Enhanced their understanding of the winemaking processes. 2 Become familiar with the operation of vintage machinery. 3 Gained experience and attain a basic level of competence in routine cellar operations. 4 Gained an appreciation of the necessity for routine chemical and microbiological analyses during the winemaking process. 5 Gained experience in cellar safety procedures. 6 Gained an awareness of the practical organisation required in winery, including the planning of daily winery operations and recording of all such activities. 7 Gained an appreciation of the importance of organisational skills. 8 Gained experience in functioning within a teamwork approach.
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Assessment Summary
Assessment Task Task Type Due Weighting Learning Outcome Red Winemaking proposal and presentation e.g. Formative or Summative
e.g. Fri Week 5
10% e.g. LO2 OH&S examination e.g. Formative and Summative e.g.To be scheduled during seminars 10% e.g. 1,2,3,4,6 White juice flowchart 5% Wine Quality and final presentation 10% Sensory Practical 5% Diary/Cellar Records 10% Final Examination 50%
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Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending
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Recent statements by two presidential aspirants, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, indicting the Fed for its role in inhibiting job creation, causing wage stagnation and paralyzing income mobility, come in the context of a titanic public dispute over the role of the Fed in causing such a sluggish, bad job creation, low wage growth economy. Both Govs. Bush and Christie deserve high praise for showing leadership in addressing what deserves to be a leading issue in the 2016 election.
Late last April, Ben Bernanke, in his Brookings blog, trenchantly critiqued prominent conservative economist John Taylor. The Wall Street Journal immediately ran an editorial entitled "The Slow-Growth Fed." This triggered a response by the former Fed chairman in his blog. That promptly was followed by a WSJ op-ed indicting the Fed by Prof. John Taylor, "Taylor on Bernanke: Monetary Rules Work Better than Constrained Discretion."
The most recent evolution of this altercation came on June 1 when Bernanke attempted to exonerate the Fed for income inequality in his blog:
Certainly, inequality and lack of social mobility are issues of first-order significance for economic policy in general. Should they also be first-order considerations for the making of monetary policy? I have my doubts.
First, widening inequality is a very long-term trend, one that has been decades in the making. The degree of inequality we see today is primarily the result of deep structural changes in our economy that have taken place over many years, including globalization, technological progress, demographic trends, and institutional change in the labor market and elsewhere. By comparison to the influence of these long-term factors, the effects of monetary policy on inequality are almost certainly modest and transient.
Dr. Bernanke's desire to exonerate the Fed certainly is understandable. His reputation is at stake. That said, his pleadings "move along, nothing to see here" are unpersuasive.
As economic journalist John Aziz astutely noted, some time ago, in Azizonomics in a trenchant analysis entitled "Why the Left Misunderstands Income Inequality":
The growth in income inequality seems to be largely an outgrowth of giving banks a monopoly over credit creation. In 1971, Richard Nixon severed the link between the dollar and gold, expanding the monopoly on credit creation to a carte blanche to print huge new quantities of dollars and give them to their friends.
Unsurprisingly, this led to a huge growth in the American and global money supplies. This new money was not exactly distributed evenly. A shrinking share has gone to wage labour.
Aziz is not a proponent of the gold standard, yet the flatlining of median family income and the breakout rise of the net worth of the "one percent" correlate so closely with the severance of "the link between the dollar and gold" represents a crucial insight. As the New York Sun editorialized on this very subject:
Well, feature the chart that Professor Piketty publishes showing inequality in America. This appears in the book at figure 9.8; a similar version, shown alongside here, is offered on his Web site. It's an illuminating chart. It shows the share of national income of the top decile of the population. It started the century at a bit above 40% and edged above 45% in the Roaring Twenties. It plunged during the Great Depression and edged down in World War II, and then steadied out, until we get to the 1970s. Something happened then that caused income inequality to start soaring. The top decile's share of income went from something like 33% in 1971 to above 47% by 2010.
Hmmm. What could account for that? … [S]ay, what about the possibility that it was in the middle of 1971, in August, that America closed the gold window at which it was supposed to redeem in specie dollars presented by foreign central banks. That was the default that ended the era of the Bretton Woods monetary system.
That's the default that opened the age of fiat money. Or the era that President Nixon supposedly summed up in with Milton Friedman's immortal words, "We're all Keynesians now." This is an age that has seen a sharp change in unemployment patterns. Before this date, unemployment was, by today's standards, low. … From 1947 to 1971, unemployment in America ran at the average rate of 4.7%; since 1971 the average unemployment rate has averaged 6.4%. Could this have been a factor in the soaring income inequality that also emerged in the age of fiat money?
This is the question the liberals don't want to discuss, even acknowledge.
The presidential contenders certainly should wish to pose "the question the liberals don't want to discuss, even acknowledge." Governors Bush and Christie are showing exceptional good judgment at raising the role of the Fed in low job creation, wage stagnation, and the loss of income mobility. "You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of cheap dollars."
Ralph Benko, internationally published weekly columnist, co-author of The 21st Century Gold Standard, lead co-editor of the Gerald Malsbary translation from Latin to English of Copernicus's Essay on Money, is American Principles in Action's Senior Advisor, Economics.

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text: Maybe it's the baby blues lingering or the stress of being a new mom of two, but I cried today. They were not tears of sadness or anger. The were tears of joy. As I crawled around the living room floor cleaning up Sylas' disaster of toys he left me before bed, Ivan began to squirm, gearing up for a full blown tantrum if he didn't eat right now. So I sat on the floor amidst they toys nursing him and I had come to the sudden realization that this time last year, we were returning from a wedding and family vacation. I was anxiously awaiting our homecoming so that I could get into my stash of pregnancy tests to see if this was the month for us. Unfortunately, it wasn't, but it was the month that I decided to seek help from another doctor. It was also the month that I gave up our journey to God. It was a turning point in our struggle with infertility that will forever be imbedded in my heart. And as I gazed at the sweet, precious face of my newborn babe (who is growing all too quickly) I started to cry. I still can't believe that he is here. I mean, I know I hold him and feed him and kiss his chubby cheeks, but I still can't get past all of that torturous waiting that it took to get here. I can't believe that it's real, that it was finally my turn. In that moment on the living room floor, I praised God for fulfilling one of the deepest desires of my heart and felt it overflow with love.


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App development has become an important aspect for any enterprise as tabs and smart phones take over the way we interact with companies. The way enterprises interact with both their customers and their employees has significantly changed with the adoption of mobile technologies and cloud computing. As a result, it has become crucial to successfully develop and quickly deliver stable (quality) applications with regular updates. This could be updates twice a month or much more often as users constantly expect enhancements to their apps. As a result, it is business critical to start with a solid app development strategy.
To stay relevant in the market today, it is absolutely imperative for businesses to keep evolving their offerings making app experiences more innovative and unique. But this becomes a major issue as it is extremely difficult to continuously enhance the user experience while maintaining high levels of quality. One of the main barriers in this situation is the fact that many enterprises rely on outdated app development practices which end up being a snail paced development process. This is mainly because of programming and operations teams not communicating and working well together.
Embrace Agile App Development
The introduction and adoption of Agile development protocols is a great solution to improve customer app delivery. Agile just makes it easier to add flexibility as it is leaner and highly accelerated when it comes to programming. All this is possible because Agile enables transparency when it comes to project deliverables, resources, and costs. Further, it is also easier to anticipate issues that may arise and also helps to evaluate current procedures. It speeds up repetitions as the development is focused on completing small blocks of work on a regular basis.
As a result, it is no surprise that Agile development has become more popular among various organizations. By using Agile, simple changes to an application can be completed (in theory) within a week rather than months. Adoption helped work on development projects quickly without getting stuck in the planning phase, made it easier to meet deadlines, and stay within the allotted budget. But Agile isn't the cure for all problems related to improving app delivery. Agile was only meant to be the initiator of a cultural shift that is currently taking place within IT and its role in business.
Add DevOps to Operations
In order to meet project goals, it's important to add DevOps as the Agile development infrastructure. Agile will enable the app development team speed up development and delivery, and DevOps will allow the operations team to keep up and encourage system utilization rather than preservation. DevOps is still an idea that businesses simply don't understand and as a result it is underutilized. Agile only helps to speed up the development and delivery of the app, but what businesses really need is to accelerate all phases of app delivery.
Without the adoption of DevOps, Agile will fall short of expectations as there will be a significant lack of collaboration between the app development team and the operations team (and usually the quality of the changes may also be poor). Further, any congestion that comes up can't be cleared by the operations team by using Agile alone.
If your competitors' offerings are better, it will have a direct impact on your profits. Further, employee engagement may also be affected even outside of the IT department. Employee engagement via internal apps is increasingly becoming a crucial part of the employee experience and is also a tool to build loyalty.
Greater communication and collaboration with programming and operations teams will help them better understand each other's roles and understand how they fit into the process. With customers expecting quick updates, it has become essential for teams to work well together.
Change Company Culture Before Changing Tools
In order to encourage DevOps adoption, it is important to change the culture within the organization. One way to do this is to bring both IT operations and Agile app development teams together to propose the advantages of provisioning, configuring, and releasing via scripting.
Automation is important when you have loads of code to deliver from development to production systems. If you have millions of lines of code, it is basically impossible to test it within a day. When thorough testing is possible through virtualization and automation, it is easier to fix errors quickly and stay proactive before production and release.
Further, adopting this approach will enable frequent apps QA and testing that enables quick iteration. DevOps is about quality and speed, so a culture change within an organization can have a huge impact on customer experience. But this may cause some issues at large organizations as developers generally shouldn't have full access to production data or production code. As a result, it might not be adopted in fields like banking and finance. But if these enterprises understood how Agile and DevOps worked together, it may open the door to more enhanced adoption of this technology.
Request your personalized Mobile App Strategy Workbook now to better plan and benchmark your application development project!


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Monday Morsel is a little twist I put on the bookish meme Teaser Tuesdays hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. It works just like Teaser Tuesdays…except it's on Monday. 🙂
Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other Monday Morsel participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
""Thank you," she muttered, tucking her hair behind her ear and hastily shuffling away to seat herself next to Kai.
"You're welcome," he replied, every nerve stinging at her apparent desperation to be away from him."
From Prophecy of Stones by Mishka Jenkins.
Note: click on the cover to go to the site.


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The recent arrest of Lindsay Lohan has had far reaching effects across the economic landscape bringing even struggling hat designer Monica Lewinsky to her knees, yet again.
The 37 year old former intern and personal humidor for former President Willie Clinton's custom rolled "Habana Shorts" took another hit on her road to financial recovery when the chemically addicted Rogue Reality Wreck was sent to rehab once again after being promised the lead in the classic Porn remake of 'Deep Throat', The Linda Lovelace Story.
Despite postponing the shooting for over two years, and despite continued financial advances to the allegedly bisexual former Disney Diddler, producers were finally forced to throw in the proverbial soiled towel after even government backed AIG denied insurance on the film for the 'accident waiting to happen!"
Lewinsky, who had been hired, thanks to her strong white house connections, a lobbying group for hand rolled Havana cigars, her cult following, and the support of a psychic herbalist in the UK, was reportedly 'devastated' by the news, friends calling it " a tremendous blow!"
The chunky former intern, still proudly showing signs of rug burns from the oval office, has been surviving thanks to a modest trust fund from her well off parents, residuals from her "Monica Bobble Head Doll" venture which had been 'hot' about 10 years ago, and her fledgling hat designing career.
She received brief notoriety for designing 2 'muff like' hats for Afghan President Harmid Karzai while working as a hat check girl in one of his brother's restaurants in the Beltway and after sending him a text message on his facebook page modeling one of the hats, in the NUDE!
Monica had also wormed her way into the production of Deep Throat after a recent stint in Hollywood making the rounds with a script writer trying to sell her story which had promise, but was axed when she refused to have anyone but herself act in the staring role despite assurances she would have a cameo role as Johnny "Wadd" Homes 'warm up' trainer prior to the Presidential 'money shot.'
It was during that time that she came to the attention of the producers of the now scrapped "B" movie, and was awarded a minor consultant role and the thin promise of working as a stand in for Lohan during encounters with men in keeping with Lohan's recent life style decision to boycott anything that looked like a Penis in the future.
"If nothing else, Monica is resilient, I'll say that, " said a former high school and college chum, " she could always take a punch and just bounce right back up....no one can say she has a glass jaw!"
Reports now have Lewinsky variously applying for a job as Cristie Alley's stand in for airport pat downs, a massage therapist for uptight Senate Majority leader Harry Reid, or as Charlie Sheen's personal assistant taking Dicktation & Shorthand for script changes on 'Two and a Half Men" in Charlie's private room at the rehab center where he is battling sex addiction and chemical dependancy.
In a recent interview with "Larry King, Live" the serial Groom asked the question everyone was dying to know, " Well, Monica, where do you go from here?"
A coy Monica, pursed her glossed lips, seductively wet her finger, tentatively held it up in the air, and said looking deep into Larry's now bulging eyes, ""Well Larry, we'll just have to see which way the wind blows...won't we!"


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Coming to terms with yet another mass murder
We live in an age of mass murders. Sometimes we can explain the carnage - the bloody outcome of a grievance, the casualties of terrorism - and sometimes we cannot.
But always, we are stricken. Even if we do not know the victims. Even if we are thousands of miles away from the gunfire.
Once again, we are mourning the victims of a gunman - 58 people who set out to listen to country music and wound up dead. And we wonder: Why is this happening? And how does it affect a society when repeatedly, streets and plazas and movie theaters and workplaces become blood-soaked battlefields?
There are no good answers.
"There's what we might call a natural post-traumatic stress disorder reaction," says Alan Lipman, a clinical psychologist and director of the Center for the Study of Violence in Washington, D.C.
"More and more, what we see is a kind of emotional numbing - an acceptance that this is part of the reality of life," and that nothing can be done to stop it, he says.
Mother Jones magazine and the Washington Post have counted the number of U.S. mass shootings since Aug. 1, 1966. They included killings in which four people or more died, but not gang murders or slayings linked to domestic disputes or other crimes, like robberies. The total: 948 dead in 131 shootings.
The 1966 date is not random. It was then that Charles Whitman, a 25-year-old architectural engineering major and ex-Marine, killed his wife, his mother and three others before climbing the 27 stories of a tower at the University of Texas and raining gunfire on the plaza below. Over 96 minutes, another 11 people were killed and 31 injured before Whitman was killed by police officers.
"I do not really understand myself these days," he wrote, in a suicide note. "I am supposed to be an average reasonable and intelligent young man. However, lately (I cannot recall when it started) I have been a victim of many unusual and irrational thoughts."
Some authorities would later blame his behavior on a pecan-sized tumor an autopsy found in Whitman's brain, though others disagreed - they said it was just a way of trying to explain the inexplicable.
There had been mass killings before the Texas sniper. In September 1949, 28-year-old Howard B. Unruh walked the streets of Camden, New Jersey, and killed 13 people with a gun he brought home as a souvenir from World War II. "I have a good mind," he insisted, but the justice system disagreed: He was found insane, and lived the rest of his 88 years in confinement.
"We can't understand it," New York Times reporter Meyer Berger quoted people in Camden as saying the day of Unruh's rampage. "Just don't get it."
In the decades since, Americans would have reason to express those same sentiments again and again, and the world they now live in has conspired to amplify already overwhelming events.
In 1949, media coverage of Unruh's rampage was rudimentary; Berger was deployed by train to Camden, a single reporter, and reported and wrote his account on deadline. He won a Pulitzer Prize for it.
When Stephen Paddock unleashed his mayhem in Las Vegas, 68 years later, multitudes of reporters and camera crews descended on the desert to cover the shootings, and the news plastered the internet and 24-hour cable news. There is no escape from an endless loop of blurry video of panicking concertgoers.
In fact, though the number of mass shootings has increased, they account for a vanishingly small percentage of all shooting deaths - less than 1 percent. And Steven Pinker, a Harvard professor of psychology and author of "The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence has Declined," says there is far less violence today than in any era. Though it doesn't always feel that way.
Humans are resilient, and adaptive. Within view of The Associated Press headquarters in lower Manhattan, women push strollers under rows of trees, near two square holes in the ground. Water runs down their walls like tears for the nearly 3,000 people who died here 16 years ago.
And at the University of Texas, the observation deck of the tower where Charles Whitman perched reopened for good in 2004. In the garden beneath it, a monument is inscribed with the names of those who died more than a half-century ago, under a single Latin word: "Interfecti."


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Manchester Orchestra has announced a trio of headlining live shows.
The dates take place October 21 in New York City, November 19 in Atlanta and February 26 in Los Angeles.
"To say we are excited to announce our return to the stage is a great understatement," the band says. "We have missed this communal and unmatched experience. Thank you endlessly for hanging in there with us as we all sorted out our lives being turned upside down."
Tickets go on sale this Thursday, June 10. For all ticket info, visit ManchesterOrchestra.com.
Manchester Orchestra released their new album The Million Masks of God in April. It includes the single "Bed Head."
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Tip of the Iceberg
Good morning to my mysterious fallen angels! How was your labor day weekend? So have you noticed my poetic prowess has been greatly improved since my blog was first established? I read my own "past endeavors" (archives) and even my own writing gives me goosebumps. I noticed one of my older poems, Triskelion, still gets checked out at least once everyday by some of my unknown fallen angels since it was originally posted back in the beginning of this Summer. My personal favorite poems are Kamikaze Burlesque and Loneliness and guilty pleasures. I felt confident enough to explore my sexuality with you all in my poems after experimenting with these two specific posts to see how you would react. A lot of likes but a very few comments on either of them. To be expected. Ha! Some of my newer additions to my collection; The Scarlet Harlot and Unquenched Desire; display my more vulnerable takes on love. You're probably wondering why this post reminds you of those flashback shows in certain tv series where all they do is show clips of past episodes, huh? Well, I wanted to enforce my explanation of how I view myself. A paranoid yet lonely sociopath who just wants to be left alone. Well that's not entirely true, to be honest. I just want to be loved. Now is that so bad? Clique… But I feel like no matter how many poems, random reviews, or check-ins I post, it will always be the tip of the iceberg! I have no doubt many other bloggers feel the same way. Like I can never fully pour my heart and soul into the depths of my blog 100%. Maybe I'm just naturally mysterious. Perhaps if I spoke in clear English rather than through prose, I can make you see who I really am. Yeah, cus I'm wrong like that… Perhaps I should get out my house more… Society is more inclined to the likes of Facebook posts rather than blog posts. It seems like people would rather video record me trip or cuss someone out than for me to confuse them with my philosophical mind. Not many people want to read intellectual works of literature anymore. A lot of people I come across in public don't wanna know how I'm doing or become my friend. I notice the only times humans interact with me are when they need something. Sex. Labor. Laughter. Money. [As stated in leave me alone I'm lonely] One or a combination of those four things. No one ever wants to know how I'm doing even if I ask them first. You can never know someone 100%. The belief that you can is faulty. We are all subject to vested interest. We are all alone in our own minds.
So back to the topic at hand, I take pride that my writing is getting better even though my social life isn't. Luckily, I can say in all honesty that I love you all, my fallen angels! I had made friends with some of you and I have never been more real than I have been with you. Thank you so much for taking interest in my blog! I'm never gonna stop. I'm gonna keep it coming. So stay tuned for more posts in the future! Have a wonderful day! Over and out.
Feel free to like or comment on this post. I will always reply back to comments! And please check out my eBook: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B012BSPFCQ/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_awdm_EgmSvb1FDR2EB Thanks for reading 🙂


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The psychobilly trio has been making records since 1989. Life Is a Grave picks up where 2004s Dead Girls Dont Cry left off. Songs like Nekrohigh, Horny in a Hearse, and Panic at the Morgue focus on Nekromantixs favorite pastimes, namely sex and death -- preferably enjoyed at the same time. Its everyday life wrapped up in little scary stories, says Nekroman. Its about putting things in perspective.
Life Is a Grave was recorded mostly in Nekromans L.A. garage. The music he, new guitarist TröyDeströy, and new drummer Andy DeMize make sounds like a cross between 50s greaser rock and 80s California punk --capped with a dash of monster mash. Surf guitars and crashing rhythms collide in fast, furious songs that recall a low-budget slasher pics equally low-budget soundtrack. People ask me, Why all this death? says Nekroman. Well, death is a part of life. In order to appreciate the good things, you need to see the bad things.
Yet, its all for laughs, he says. Im from a country where sarcasm is a very important part of life. If people cant see the humor in the songs, thats their problem. And Nekromans dedication to the music is still strong -- 18 years after he first plugged in and started writing songs like Alice in Psycholand. I really dont think theres a message to my music, he says. Its entertainment for adults.
Sat., May 19, 8 p.m.


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Transcript of coach Eric Mangini's press conference, Dec. 28, 2009
(Opening statement)-
"Good afternoon. How are you guys doing? Just watching the game, I was really pleased with a lot of things throughout the course of the game. I thought that it was probably our best game in terms of playing complementary football. I thought all three phases contributed. I thought the coverage teams on special teams were excellent, especially the play they made down there at the one-yard line or one-foot line. That was really a nice play.
Defensively, it was a lot closer to what I'm looking for each week. I don't mean just the production with the sacks and the interception and things like that, but more in terms of the communication, the fits, those things to me are going to translate into production each week. It wasn't a function of us giving up plays, it was a function of them having to earn plays. There were a few hiccups here and there, but overall it was really a lot closer to what I expect from the group. I was happy with the production obviously, having the three interceptions, the four sacks, the goal line stand. I thought as a group they did a nice job.
Mike Furrey going in and playing as many plays as he did. He had 58 plays on defense. He had another 19 on offense, so that was positive. Offensively, again being able to effectively run the ball and we didn't throw the ball that much, but when we did it helped us. We protected the football for the most part, outside of the one fumble that we had. That's a nice win. We really appreciate the crowd that was there and the way that they were into it. It was another cold, snowy day. We're looking forward to seeing them again next Sunday."
(On if he has spoken to Mike Holmgren about this season or going forward)-
"We spoke a little bit last week, early in the week, but it wasn't overall big picture stuff. It was more some operational things that he had questions about that I could help him with. We spoke for a little while last week."
(On if Holmgren gave him a sense of his plans for him)-
"That wasn't where I was going. That wasn't where he was going. I think he appreciates, as much as anybody, the importance of being able to focus on the task at hand. That's what I've been doing and that's what I'll continue to do. That's what I think the group is doing a great job of, coaches, players. It was about the Raiders last week and it'll be about Jacksonville this week."
(On if he can adjust what he likes to do offensively to Holmgren's West Coast system)-
"I never have gotten into the whole 'coast' thing. I feel like a rapper (joking). We brought in Bill Callahan last year to the Jets and he had a strong West Coast background. There are elements of that offense that I really like that we incorporated into our offense. We had (Brian) Schottenheimer, he was of the digit system, they don't have a coast, but that's an offense philosophy and that was our base philosophy and then (Brian) Daboll brought in, sort of, the New England philosophy.
My goal was to take the best from those three systems, fuse it together and make it our system. There are great concepts in all of them and to take the best, I think, is important. It's the same thing defensively. You get different guys as they come into the family they add their ideas. Rob Ryan's affected the way that we've run defense, not just here, but when he was in New England. I remember there was a night in training camp where he and I were watching his dad's stuff from Houston and I was nominated to bring it into Bill (Belichick).
The Will 6Z and all that stuff, I just showed him some of those things and we incorporated it during Thanksgiving that year out of our turkey front, which is a formation of the 4-6 and then it worked well. Then we translated that into a diamond front, which is a nickel and a ruby front, which was dime. That year, it was '01 when we put it in, Ty Law's pick came off of a variation of that original defense that we had sort of brought in from Rob's background. The way that we played the Eagles in the Super Bowl against them, that was a variation of what Buddy (Ryan) had done years ago, the old 4-6 wide.
We played that almost the whole game against the Eagles. Rob had run it against Texas when Ricky Williams was there and it looked good for what we were doing against Philly. It's always you're trying to fuse different things in. We had Noel Mazzone in New York who was familiar with all of the college stuff and when we got Brad Smith he became our, sort of, Brad Smith package guy for all the, I forget what we called it, but all the college stuff that pro guys don't really have a lot of exposure to and we don't defend very often."
(On why he thinks the running game has clicked the last few games)-
"I think it's a group effort. Chansi Stuckey had a great day blocking yesterday. Mohamed (Massaquoi) had a great day blocking yesterday. Those guys almost never get credit for what they do in the running game, but those blocks sprung a lot of holes. I think the o-line is doing a really nice job, with their fits being shoulder-to-shoulder, tight ends. Lawrence (Vickers) has had some really good weeks here. Jerome (Harrison) has done a nice job as well, but if any of those pieces weren't in place, I don't think the production would be what it's been."
(On if Brian Robiskie and Kenyon Coleman will be able to play against the Jaguars)-
"I'm not sure on either guy definitively. I'd say that Kenyon probably has a better shot than Brian does right now."
(On if the West Coast Offense can operate in snowy conditions)-
"Yes, definitely, Green Bay. Green Bay ran it for years. They had been pretty effective with it."
(On if it seemed like Derek Anderson was really conscious of not making risky throws against Oakland)-
"I think it's been a priority for us for weeks now. We had been giving the ball away so often in the early part of the season and it killed us. As we protect the ball, we played better. You're not looking to play tentative or scared, that's not the goal, but you just want to make good decisions. You don't have to press things in places that they don't need to be pressed."
(On if Anderson was more conscious of not pressing than in the previous games he played)-
"I think collectively we've been more conscious of it. Our numbers of turnovers are way down from where it was and it translates into meaningful results. We pressed it. It's been a huge point of emphasis for us and it's helped. It's helped a lot."
(On if it is weird to win three games and still have people saying his future is uncertain)-
"I've been in some interesting situations throughout my career and a lot of things have been said. You get pretty tough skin as you go along. I also know it's not what's going to affect the outcome of games. To me, being able to focus on what's going to affect the outcome of the games and the guys in the room and the coaches, that's what's most important. I tell my mom to not read the papers, but she's probably the worst at it."
(On if this is as weird a season as he has been a part of)-
"You forget I was here when they announced the Browns were moving. That was pretty weird."
(On if this is as weird a season he has been a part of as a head coach and things are happening in the distance that at some point are going to affect him)-
"No, and again, it's not being arrogant or flippant or anything of that stuff, but I believe in the things that we do. I believe in it. I believe in the people that we're committed to. I believe in the type of players that we draft. I believe in disciplined football. I believe in smart football. I believe in certain core things that I know win. I know they win games. I know they win championships.
When you believe in something fundamentally whatever decisions are made externally or as a result of that you can be comfortable with. I'll be comfortable with whatever the result is. I know that every day we've come in and we've worked hard to try to move things forward. There's been no relaxing. There's been no lack of commitment to what the goal has been. It's been a lot of hard work, a lot of tough decisions, a lot of things that you've had to deal with as a result of those decisions, but that's just part of the process and I get that. Anything that happens, I can be comfortable with because of the way that we've approached things."
(On if he saw a three game winning streak on the horizon when the team wasn't winning)-
"I go into every game feeling like we're going to win it, feeling like we have a good plan, feeling like the approach is sound. If you didn't feel that way, it would be hard to project that to the group. You have to believe in what you're saying, otherwise they can sense it, they can feel it. It'd be wrong to go into a game thinking, 'Shoot, I hope we keep it close.' That's just not really ever the approach."
(On if players still run laps in practice when they commit a penalty)-
"Yes, they've committed quite a few less."
(On how meaningful it is for Jim Brown to voice his support)-
"What's meaningful about that is Jim is in the meeting the night before the game. He sees the things that we talk about. He sees the way the players are, the emphasis points. He experiences that. He's been there. I mean, it's Jim Brown. He has a great wealth of football knowledge. Jim doesn't mince words. What Jim believes in, Jim believes in. I've always appreciated that about him since I've gotten to know him.
It's hard in this position to get someone to tell you honestly what they feel. A lot of times they tell you what they think you want to hear and that doesn't help anybody. Jim tells you what he thinks and that honesty helps you grow. It's like dealing with Bernie Kosar. Bernie's been outstanding as well. He's another guy that I didn't know before I got here, have gotten to know, respect. He's another person that tells you the truth. There's huge value to that in a leadership role, because most people just tell you what you want to hear and that doesn't help anybody."
(On if he sees Bernie Kosar on a regular basis)-
"He's usually in once a week, we catch up. Either that or we'll catch up by phone. One way or the other we'll talk about things. He's been great with Brian (Daboll), too. Talking to him and sharing ideas and bouncing ideas off of him."
(On if it is comforting that someone like Jim Brown, who has the owner's ear, is speaking highly of him)-
"No, what's comforting is someone of Jim's status, of Jim's experience, respects the things that we're doing, appreciates the things that we're doing. That, to me, is the most important thing. His B.S. meter is pretty high. He sees the truth and he speaks the truth."
(On what he has learned from this year)-
"Let's see, I think there are a lot of things. I think that one of the important things is you can't over-communicate with the players. Sometimes when I thought a message was clearly communicated may not have been as clear as I thought it was. The importance of continually reminding them, the importance of them communicating back, because almost any problem can be solved if you sit down and talk about it. Sometimes the answer is that you're just going to agree to disagree, but at least it's been put on the table and there's a comfort there for both sides to know that opinions have been expressed, things like that. I think that's been valuable."
(On if he thinks players got a 'my way or the highway' impression of him when he first got here)-
"I think it's like anything else, you tell them the way it is and you tell them that the door is open, but they have to be pretty strong and confident to actually go knock on it. Sometimes you have to tell them again. Sometimes you have to walk them up there. Sometimes you have to entice them. The important thing is to have them go through that door and to make sure they do realize that it is what you say it is."
(On how lacking the discipline was when he got here)-
"I don't really want to take shots at anybody else. I feel good about what we've done. I feel good that there's a strong structure in place. I feel good that that structure exists organizationally. It exists on the coaching staff. It exists with the players. I think with any rules, they're never a problem if you don't break them. The important thing is that they're clearly defined, everybody knows what they are and there's a rational behind it. It's not to just project power. Nobody gains from that. It's because we have white, black, old, young, inexperienced, experienced [players]. It's a diverse community of people that have to operate together as one to be effective. You need rules in place to allow that community to operate effectively. That's the only reason rules are in place."
(On how long it takes players not used to strict rules to understand that they are a good idea)-
"I've gotten speeding tickets and never felt like it was a good idea that it got pulled over, but I don't speed necessarily the next time. Usually if they don't do it again you figure they got it."
(On how fans can see that discipline has been instilled in the team)-
"Just watch the games on Sundays. Watch the game this past Sunday where there were a lot of chances for us to do things that probably would have made us feel better individually, push somebody back, punch somebody, something selfish that would have hurt the team. They didn't do that. I don't know how many yards we had on that one drive at the end of the half, but it was significant. The amount of penalties across the board. Being able to shift and motion and use varied cadence play in and play out, not jump off sides multiple times or have formation penalties.
To not just off sides defensively, all of those things. It takes a coordinated effort and it takes discipline to do that. It's not something that's done easy. These guys have worked at it. I really liked on the sideline yesterday where guys are coming off frustrated and other players are saying to them, 'Don't do that. We don't want that penalty. It's not right, relax.' It's not necessarily coming from me or the coaches, it's coming internally. All of those things are really good examples, I think, of the discipline the team does have. "
(On if they had to scale back the no huddle for Anderson)-
"No, we really kept it at the same level. There were a couple of plays, I thought, where we got down to the wire from a play-clock perspective, but we got the ball off. We didn't have any delay of games. We didn't have to take any timeouts because of it. I think we could have done a little bit of a better job, but I don't think it was wide spread. I'd say two-three plays where it was too tight to get the information we needed."
(On if he is interested to hear what Holmgren has to say during his conference call)-
"I won't be on the conference call or anything. Like I said, I'm comfortable with where we are. I am happy with the guys and the progress that we've made. I am sure I'll be talking to Mike quite a bit. I think it's nice that he'll have an opportunity to talk to you guys."
(On if the players could have retaliated against Oakland)-
"There were a few guys that easily could have retaliated for some of the stuff that was happening, but they didn't. It happens some games. I forget which game we had earlier this year, there was a lot of pushing and shoving, the important thing is having that self control. They always get the guy that punches second anyways. It's just not worth it to get it. It doesn't help anybody. The guy has a helmet on, what are you going to do, break your hand?"
(On if Chansi Stuckey was the player who got head butted)-
"I'm not sure if it was Stuck or not on that one."
(On his vision for what next year can be like)-
"I'd like to see a continuation of the things that we've been doing, a commitment to a very specific type of player. That's guys that follow the core characteristics. Continue to play smart disinclined football, build on the lessons that we've learned this year in terms of eliminating distractions. We've had a lot of work on that. Adversity, dealing with adversity. I'd like to be able to teach the lesson of dealing with success. That's a great lesson to have to keep teaching. That's what I'm looking for."
(On Randy Cross saying the team is playing well because of the coaching, not the talent of the players)-
"I didn't hear what he said. I'll take your word on it. I think the players are playing together. I think that when you play together everybody plays better. When you play complementary football, everybody is better than they are individually. I don't think it's necessarily a function of coaching or playing. I think it's a function of being a team. That's what I've seen develop, is a team. When you have people that are like minded, committed to one goal, not worried about their own individual statistics or being selfish, it's not a me-centered universe. It's incredible the things you can do. I experienced that over and over again. Probably the most dramatic time was in 2001. That was a unified group moving forward and the power of that, often times, it's unstoppable."
(On only two people from the 2001 New England team going to the Pro Bowl)-
"Yes, the key thing is team. It sometimes gets lost. There so much emphasis on individuals, on accolades for one person. One person never does anything in football. It's the group. You have to have the group. The group wins championships."
(On what players have helped created the likeminded attitude of the team)-
"I really feel that there's a ton of guys doing that, whether they are guys that have been here throughout the course of the season like David Bowens or the guys that were here before like Joe Thomas or guys that have just come in like Matt Roth. That's to name three, but there are multiple guys that understand what we are trying to achieve. Reggie Hodges was talking [to the team], not this week but the week before, and we were just talking about what that game meant to individuals.
That was the first time we would have won in Arrowhead in 21 years and that has significance from an organization perspective. I asked some of the guys to speak about why is this game important to you? I thought Reggie had the best answer. He said, 'Look, I've been on eight different teams in five years and this is the best group of guys that I've ever played with.' To me, that's the answer, right there. It wasn't my words. It's just the guys talking about why the game is important to them."
(On if they have only had one delay of game penalty this season)-
"I'm not sure. That's good, if you can only remember one in 15 games. That's why we have those clocks out there at practice. They are on the clock every play. We are always trying to simulate the game during practice. The guys are off on the sideline. The officials are officiating. The clocks are going. The flags are thrown. Everything at practice is trying to simulate is trying to simulate as close to a game as we can get."
(On if the team will practice in the snow this week)-
"We've got to see how much there is on Wednesday, but I enjoy practicing in the snow."
(On if playing in the snow affects a team)-
"If you go inside and you usually have a better practice, but you don't get how the footing affects things. You don't get how the wind affects things. You don't get that sting when the ball hits your hands because you are cold. For some of the warm weather guys that we have, you can tell them about it, but you have to feel it. You have to understand the different types of cleats you need to wear when the ground is hard versus when it's soft. You can talk to them a thousand times, but until they slip and fall or can't cover the slant because they don't have the right leverage. It's hard to teach those things and the way that the climate and weather affects play."
Transcript courtesy:
Dan Murphy
Public Relations Coordinator
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Electronic Arts has been on quite a roll lately with some huge titles like Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age: Origins, and Army of Two. All of these games have really pushed the boundaries of graphics on the PC and consoles – visually they are quite simply a feast for the eyes.
Just two weeks ago, they released Army of Two: The 40th Day with IGN giving the game an "Editor's Choice" accolade and an 8.5 rating of "Great!" in every category including graphics. That exceeds the original title's 7.9 by a very nice margin. It's worth it to view the game trailers HERE
We've managed to score for you an interview with three of the artists who put crazy hours and insane polygon counts into the project: Rodrigue Pralier, Joseph Botardo and Edward Hardison. In their talk with us they shared a good bit of insight into their techniques – and well over 50 WIP images from the making of the game.
Here are a few of the MANY images that are found in the interview. Find them there so that you can see them full size!
Many thanks to Rodrigue and his team for taking the time to share so much with us about their work on The 40th Day! Pixologic would also like to extend a big thank you to Electronic Arts for granting permission!
Use this thread to discuss EA's The 40th Day artwork!
Be sure to also check out our many past interviews, which can be found in the ZBrush Artist Interviews forum and the User Stories page at the Pixologic website.


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Thursday 120531
Strength: Bench press (2×5, 1×5+) Conditioning: 10 to 1 of hang power cleans @ 155# hspu Results: Strength: Dogged it on the bench. Two day of pressing in a row. So I thought I'd put more effort into the hspu … Continue reading
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Strength Press (2×5, 1×5+) Conditioning A: 20 minute AMRAP of: 20 Push-ups 20 sit-ups 200m Run Conditioning B: For time: 30 Muscle-ups Oly work: 3 position snatch Results: Strength: used 135# Conditioning A: 7 rounds. Dogged it on the push-ups … Continue reading
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Tuesday 120529 – I Am A Bum
I keep not writing down my food intake. When I say I'll get to it, I never do. I am just going to keep working it until it becomes habit. Food (Weekend) I did break and have some rice in … Continue reading
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1. 2 bagels w butter, coffee w cream 2. 2 eggs + whites, bacon, sweet potato, spinach, coffee w cream
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Conditioning 10 rounds 40 yard sprints with 20 yard fly-in 20 double unders rest as needed Rest 10 minutes. Strength 1) EMOM for 12 minutes, 2 tire flips @ 750# Rest 3 hours. Olympic 1) 7X1 3 Position Snatch (low … Continue reading
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I need some help from my fellow IBD patients. I had a phone call from one of the IBD nurses at GSTT explaining that they wanted to start me on Vedolizumab. The last time I was in this situation was August 2009. I was being given the choice – Infliximab (Remicade) as a "final, last chance, before surgery". A real no brainer and no need for a long list of questions before making the decision. Who would choose the knife over a drug? (That would make a good subject for a new post)
Now, nearly a decade later, I'm being offered another MAB. (I won't go into the reasons why but if you are interested this link opens a post, explaining the issue and what it's like to have a capsule endoscopy, in a new tab – https://www.wrestlingtheoctopus.com/fantastic-voyage/).
I won't make any decision until I have spoken to my gastro consultant – appointment set for 15th April. Ahead of my meeting I need to get a list of questions together, usually a fairly simple task, but this time it is uncharted territory…..and that's where I could do with your help. Have you had to make this decision? What questions did you ask/wish you had asked?
Here's my latest list (26th March). Are there any glaring omissions? I've split them into categories :
- What did the nine phials of blood taken recently show?
- What exactly did the capsule endoscopy show in the way of severity of inflammation and locations? Was it confined to the small bowel?
- Would it account for pain around midriff? (Could be the hernia that the upper GI surgeon identified a few weeks ago, or maybe adhesions or scar tissue from laparotomy)
- Was there anything else of note from the capsule endoscopy? Could anything account for my low Hb?
- Looking at the calprotectin levels it suggests that inflammation started somewhere between November 2015 to June 2016 but was not apparent on other tests
- It has been 6 months between having the capsule endoscopy mid-November and the appointment.
- The above suggests that there is no urgency to start on treatment. Is this right?
- My QOL is good apart from an ache on my right side which the Upper GI surgeon has diagnosed as a post-operative hernia at the site of my ileostomy
- Surgeon does not want to carry out cholecystectomy or even hernia repair due to varices growing around gallbladder and elsewhere within abdomen. This suggests that I should try and avoid any colorectal surgery at all costs.
- What was the gist of the discussion that resulted in proposing Vedo?
- How will Vedo help me now? …and in the long term?
- Are there any side effects I need to know about? Are any of these relevant to my other conditions? (BAM, PVT, splenomegaly, thrombocytopenia, gallstones)
- Ongoing monitoring regime? Frequency?
- How good a measure would calprotectin be for progress in treating small bowel Crohn's?
- Does the efficacy of Vedo differ as one gets older? Do the side effects change?
- Reason for needing chest x-ray
- Haematology suggesting another bone marrow biopsy. Do we need to wait for result before making decision?
- What if I decide not to go back onto Crohn's medication at present?
- Side effects of Vedolizumab.
- Long term commitment to an infused drug
- Trips to London (I love London so you would think a few more trips would be welcome but as I gel older will I really be so keen?)
- Is there the opportunity to have infusions at a local hospital?
- What can we do about Hb level and long term use of Ferrous Fumarate? Would an iron infusion be the answer?


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Facebook Now Has 40M Active Small Business Pages
Facebook announces "Boost Your Business" tour and live chat support for advertisers.
Facebook continues to roll out the red carpet for small businesses. And they continue to create Facebook Pages.
Today, the social network announced that 40 million SMBs have active Facebook Pages. That's up from the 30 million Facebook said it had last June. To support those businesses Facebook will host a series of "Boost Your Business" events in the coming months. Facebook is also rolling out live chat support for advertisers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Ireland (with plans to add it in more countries later this year).
With both initiatives, Facebook wants to send the message that it's committed to helping small businesses with Facebook marketing, both organic and paid. Shrinking organic reach for Page posts has been a point of frustration for many SMBs and Facebook has been nudging them with education and explanations about how people use Facebook to interact with businesses. One of the recurring messages is that creating a beachhead on Facebook is valuable even if potential customers don't regularly see your businesses posts in their News Feed.
"Creating a presence on Facebook … is a powerful asset in its own right," Facebook head of small business Jonathan Czaja told TechCrunch.
You likely hear similar opinions at the "Boost Your Business" events, which come in two flavors — two-hour popups that will start in May in small and medium sized cities and half-day sessions later in the year in San Diego (June 4), Minneapolis (July 30), Nashville (Aug. 17) and Boston (Oct. 15). The first popup events are Friday in Simi Valley, California, and Pickering, Ontario, Canada. Popups are free; here's a link to the sign-up page.
The half-day events (sign-up link here) cost $25, a fee that's offset by a $50 coupon for Facebook ads. Here's the agenda:
- A small business panel and Q&A session moderated by author and small business marketing expert Mari Smith
- A small business networking center with industry specific meet-ups and chance to speak with our panelists
- A learn-how zone with educational videos
- Facebook and partner counters where you can speak with industry experts
- One of two Facebook learning tracks to choose from – Growing Online Sales or Driving In-store Sales
- One of three partners sessions to choose from hosted by MailChimp, Shopify, and Visa
Live Chat For Advertisers
The new live chat feature offers advertisers one-on-one support from the desktop. Previously, small business advertisers needed to email their questions to Facebook reps. Now they can access chat from the Facebook for Business resource page. Facebook said it will be testing mobile chat and phone support this year.
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Caramel rolls are rich holiday treats
I make homemade cinnamon rolls several times a year, and my family says these shortcut rolls are better than most of the from-scratch versions I've been making.
The recipe starts with defrosted frozen bread dough. You can find this in the freezer section of most supermarkets in packages containing three loaves of dough. If your supermarket carries pizza dough (which is actually just white bread dough) in the bakery, you can substitute it.
The recipe makes six big rolls, but you can cut the dough into 12 portions for smaller rolls. Whether you make the rolls large or small, they will fill a nine-inch baking dish once they rise.
You can easily double or even triple the recipe. If you double it, bake the rolls in a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
11/2 cups light brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
1/2 cup whipping cream
1 loaf frozen bread dough, thawed
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
Spray a 9-inch square or round baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Combine the brown sugar, melted butter and cream in the baking dish and spread evenly in the bottom of the pan. Roll the bread dough into a 12-by-16-inch rectangle. Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and sprinkle over the top of the dough. Roll into a long jelly roll and cut into 6 rolls. Place the rolls over the brown sugar mixture. Cover loosely with a kitchen towel and let rise in a warm place to double in size, about 30-45 minutes. When ready to bake, heat oven to 350 degrees. Bake rolls for about 45 minutes or until brown on top. Invert onto a platter and serve.
Makes 6 servings.
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One way to engage students in blogging activities is to have them create short audio recordings that serve as blog posts. Their recordings could be simple statements about what they've learned in your class or they could be full explanations of their thoughts on a news story. Students could also make audio recordings of interviews with classmates, parents, or people that they meet on a job shadow trip. The StoryCorps Question Generator can help students format interview questions.
There is no shortage of tools for creating audio recordings. The five that are featured in the playlist below are all tools that I've used with students at various times.
The tools featured in the playlist are Vocaroo, SoundCloud, Clyp.it, AudioBoom, and AudioPal.


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I've decided to take a short break from blogging for the rest of August, as I'm currently focused on trying to finish up the research for my PhD. So much of my mental energy is going toward this work at the moment that I feel it is better to not blog at all than to divert some of this precious energy into making low-quality posts. I hope to finish up most of this research and return to a normal posting schedule by the first week of September.
Thanks for understanding and I will see you again in September!


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Wallenborn, Jordyn T. and Valera, Camille B. and Kounnavong, Sengchanh and Sayasone, Somphou and Odermatt, Peter and Fink, Günther. (2021) Urban-Rural Gaps in Breastfeeding Practices: Evidence From Lao People's Democratic Republic. International journal of public health, 66. p. 1604062.
Altafim, Elisa Rachel Pisani and McCoy, Dana Charles and Brentani, Alexandra and Escobar, Ana Maria de Ulhôa and Grisi, Sandra J. F. E. and Fink, Günther. (2020) Measuring early childhood development in Brazil: validation of the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments (CREDI). Jornal de pediatria, 96 (1). pp. 66-75.
Lu, C. and Cuartas, J. and Fink, G. and McCoy, D. and Liu, K. and Li, Z. and Daelmans, B. and Richter, L.. (2020) Inequalities in early childhood care and development in low/middle-income countries: 2010-2018. BMJ Global Health, 5 (2). e002314.
Fink, Günther and D'Acremont, Valérie and Leslie, Hannah H. and Cohen, Jessica. (2020) Antibiotic exposure among children younger than 5 years in low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative facility-based and household-based surveys. The Lancet infectious diseases, 20 (2). pp. 179-187.
De Neve, Jan-Walter and Karlsson, Omar and Canavan, Chelsey R. and Chukwu, Angela and Adu-Afarwuah, Seth and Bukenya, Justine and Darling, Anne Marie and Harling, Guy and Moshabela, Mosa and Killewo, Japhet and Fink, Günther and Fawzi, Wafaie W. and Berhane, Yemane. (2020) Are out-of-school adolescents at higher risk of adverse health outcomes? Evidence from 9 diverse settings in sub-Saharan Africa. Tropical medicine and international health, 25 (1). pp. 70-80.
Nguyen, An Thi Binh and Nguyen, Ngan Thi Kim and Phan, Phuc Huu and van Eeuwijk, Piet and Fink, Günther. (2020) Parental satisfaction with quality of neonatal care in different level hospitals: evidence from Vietnam. BMC health services research, 20. p. 238.
Sahu, Maitreyi and Tediosi, Fabrizio and Noor, Abdisalan M. and Aponte, John J. and Fink, Günther. (2020) Health systems and global progress towards malaria elimination, 2000-2016. Malaria journal, 19. p. 141.
Fink, Günther and McCoy, Dana Charles and Yousafzai, Aisha. (2020) Contextual and socioeconomic variation in early motor and language development. Archives of disease in childhood, 105 (5). pp. 421-427.
Brentani, Alexandra and Ferrer, Ana Paula Scolezze and Bessa, Luana and Chang, Susan and Walker, Susan and Powell, Christine and Hamadani, Jena and Grisi, Sandra and Fink, Günther. (2020) Survive and Thrive in Brazil: The Boa Vista Early Childhood Program: study protocol of a stepped-wedge, randomized controlled trial. Trials, 21 (1). p. 390.
Bielicki, J. A. and Fink, G.. (2020) Measuring antibiotic use in children: piecing together the puzzle. Lancet. Global health, 8 (6). e742-e743.
Knoblauch, Astrid M. and Farnham, Andrea and Zabré, Hyacinthe R. and Owuor, Milka and Archer, Colleen and Nduna, Kennedy and Chisanga, Marcus and Zulu, Leonard and Musunka, Gertrude and Utzinger, Jürg and Divall, Mark J. and Fink, Günther and Winkler, Mirko S.. (2020) Community health impacts of the trident copper mine project in Northwestern Zambia: results from repeated cross-sectional surveys. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17 (10). p. 3633.
Liu, Cindy H. and Fink, Günther and Brentani, Helena and Brentani, Alexandra. (2020) Caregiver depression is associated with hair cortisol in a low-income sample of preschool-aged children. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 117. p. 104675.
Andrews, Kathryn G. and Martin, Michelle W. and Shenberger, Elyse and Pereira, Sunita and Fink, Günther and McConnell, Margaret. (2020) Financial support to medicaid-eligible mothers increases caregiving for preterm infants. Maternal and child health journal, 24 (5). pp. 587-600.
Jeong, J. Obradovic and J. Rasheed, M. McCoy and D. C. Fink, G. Yousafzai. (2019) Maternal and paternal stimulation : mediators of parenting intervention effects on preschoolers' development. Journal of applied developmental psychology, 60. pp. 105-118.
Smith Fawzi, Mary C. and Andrews, Kathryn G. and Fink, Günther and Danaei, Goodarz and McCoy, Dana Charles and Sudfeld, Christopher R. and Peet, Evan D. and Cho, Jeanne and Liu, Yuanyuan and Finlay, Jocelyn E. and Ezzati, Majid and Kaaya, Sylvia F. and Fawzi, Wafaie W.. (2019) Lifetime economic impact of the burden of childhood stunting attributable to maternal psychosocial risk factors in 137 low/middle-income countries. BMJ Global Health, 4 (1). e001144.
Efevbera, Yvette and Bhabha, Jacqueline and Farmer, Paul and Fink, Günther. (2019) Girl child marriage, socioeconomic status, and undernutrition : evidence from 35 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. BMC medicine, 17. p. 55.
Boggs, Dorothy and Milner, Kate M. and Chandna, Jaya and Black, Maureen and Cavallera, Vanessa and Dua, Tarun and Fink, Guenther and Kc, Ashish and Grantham-McGregor, Sally and Hamadani, Jena and Hughes, Rob and Manji, Karim and McCoy, Dana Charles and Tann, Cally and Lawn, Joy E.. (2019) Rating early child development outcome measurement tools for routine health programme use. Archives of disease in childhood, 104 (Suppl. 1). S22-S33.
Usemann, J. and Ledergerber, M. and Fink, G. and Ritz, N.. (2019) Cost-effectiveness of tuberculosis screening for migrant children in a low-incidence country. The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 23 (5). pp. 579-586.
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration,, . (2019) Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults. Nature, 569 (7755). pp. 260-264.
Wei, Dorothy and Brigell, Rachel and Khadka, Aayush and Perales, Nicole and Fink, Günther. (2019) Comprehensive school-based health programs to improve child and adolescent health : Evidence from Zambia. PLoS ONE, 14 (5). e0217893.
Lewis, Todd P. and Andrews, Kathryn G. and Shenberger, Elyse and Betancourt, Theresa S. and Fink, Günther and Pereira, Sunita and McConnell, Margaret. (2019) Caregiving can be costly : a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to conducting kangaroo mother care in a US tertiary hospital neonatal intensive care unit. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 19. p. 227.
Karra, Mahesh and Fink, Günther. (2019) Long run height and education implications of early life growth faltering : a synthetic panel analysis of 425 birth cohorts in 21 low- and middle-income countries. BMC public health, 19. p. 876.
Bayat, Reza and Ashrafi, Khosro and Shafiepour Motlagh, Majid and Hassanvand, Mohammad Sadegh and Daroudi, Rajabali and Fink, Günther and Künzli, Nino. (2019) Health impact and related cost of ambient air pollution in Tehran. Environmental research, 176. p. 108547.
Richter, Linda and Black, Maureen and Britto, Pia and Daelmans, Bernadette and Desmond, Chris and Devercelli, Amanda and Dua, Tarun and Fink, Günther and Heymann, Jody and Lombardi, Joan and Lu, Chunling and Naicker, Sara and Vargas-Barón, Emily. (2019) Early childhood development : an imperative for action and measurement at scale. BMJ Global Health, 4 (Suppl 4). e001302.
Fink, G. and Cohen, J.. (2019) Delivering quality : safe childbirth requires more than facilities. Lancet. Global health, 7 (8). e990-e991.
Khadka, A. and Perales, N. A. and Wei, D. J. and Gage, A. D. and Haber, N. and Verguet, S. and Patenaude, B. and Fink, G.. (2019) Correction to: Malaria control across borders: quasi-experimental evidence from the Trans-Kunene malaria initiative (TKMI). Malaria journal, 18. p. 365.
Nguyen, Thi Binh An and Hoang, Phuong Minh and Phan, Phuc Huu and Van Eeuwijk, Piet and Fink, Günther. (2019) Medical cost and out-of-pocket expenditure for preterm infants: evidence from Vietnam. The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health, 50 (6). pp. 1155-1168.
McCoy, Dana C. and Cuartas, Jorge and Waldman, Marcus and Fink, Günther. (2019) Contextual variation in young children's acquisition of social-emotional skills. PLoS ONE, 14 (11). e0223056.
Clarke-Deelder , E. and Shapira, G. and Samaha, H. and Fritsche, G. B. and Fink, G.. (2019) Quality of care for children with severe disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. BMC public health, 19. p. 1608.
Koné, Siaka and Bonfoh, Bassirou and Dao, Daouda and Koné, Inza and Fink, Günther. (2019) Heckman-type selection models to obtain unbiased estimates with missing measures outcome: theoretical considerations and an application to missing birth weight data. BMC medical research methodology, 19. p. 231.
Werner, L. K. and Jabbarian, J. and Kagone, M. and McMahon, S. and Lemp, J. and Souares, A. and Fink, G. and De Neve, J.W.. (2019) "Because at school, you can become somebody" - the perceived health and economic returns on secondary schooling in rural Burkina Faso. PLoS ONE, 14 (12). e0226911.
Sania, Ayesha and Sudfeld, Christopher R. and Danaei, Goodarz and Fink, Günther and McCoy, Dana C. and Zhu, Zhaozhong and Fawzi, Mary C. Smith and Akman, Mehmet and Arifeen, Shams E. and Barros, Aluisio J. D. and Bellinger, David and Black, Maureen M. and Bogale, Alemtsehay and Braun, Joseph M. and van den Broek, Nynke and Carrara, Verena and Duazo, Paulita and Duggan, Christopher and Fernald, Lia C. H. and Gladstone, Melissa and Hamadani, Jena and Handal, Alexis J. and Harlow, Siobán and Hidrobo, Melissa and Kuzawa, Chris and Kvestad, Ingrid and Locks, Lindsey and Manji, Karim and Masanja, Honorati and Matijasevich, Alicia and McDonald, Christine and McGready, Rose and Rizvi, Arjumand and Santos, Darci and Santos, Leticia and Save, Dilsad and Shapiro, Roger and Stoecker, Barbara and Strand, Tor A. and Taneja, Sunita and Tellez-Rojo, Martha-Maria and Tofail, Fahmida and Yousafzai, Aisha K. and Ezzati, Majid and Fawzi, Wafaie. (2019) Early life risk factors of motor, cognitive and language development: a pooled analysis of studies from low/middle-income countries. BMJ Open, 9 (10). e026449.
Arku, Raphael E. and Ezzati, Majid and Baumgartner, Jill and Fink, Günther and Zhou, Bin and Hystad, Perry and Brauer, Michael. (2018) Elevated blood pressure and household solid fuel use in premenopausal women: analysis of 12 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) from 10 countries. Environmental research, 160. pp. 499-505.
Rokicki, Slawa and Cohen, Jessica and Fink, Günther and Salomon, Joshua A. and Landrum, Mary Beth. (2018) Inference with difference-in-differences with a small number of groups: a review, simulation study, and empirical application using SHARE data. Medical care, 56 (1). pp. 97-105.
De Neve, J. W. and Fink, G.. (2018) Children's education and parental old age survival : quasi-experimental evidence on the intergenerational effects of human capital investment. Journal of Health Economics, 58. pp. 76-89.
Bairoliya, Neha and Fink, Günther. (2018) Causes of death and infant mortality rates among full-term births in the United States between 2010 and 2012 : an observational study. PLoS medicine, 15 (3). e1002531.
Haber, Noah and Harling, Guy and Cohen, Jessica and Mutevedzi, Tinofa and Tanser, Frank and Gareta, Dickman and Herbst, Kobus and Pillay, Deenan and Bärnighausen, Till and Fink, Günther. (2018) List randomization for eliciting HIV status and sexual behaviors in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa : a randomized experiment using known true values for validation. BMC medical research methodology, 18. p. 46.
Jeong, Joshua and Bhatia, Amiya and Fink, Günther. (2018) Associations between birth registration and early child growth and development : evidence from 31 low- and middle-income countries. BMC Public Health, 18. p. 673.
Dzodzomenyo, M. and Fink, G. and Dotse-Gborgbortsi, W. and Wardrop, N. and Aryeetey, G. and Coleman, N. and Hill, A. and Wright, J.. (2018) Sachet water quality and product registration : a cross-sectional study in Accra, Ghana. Journal of water and health, 16 (4). pp. 646-656.
Fink, Günther and Andrews, Kathryn G. and Brentani, Helena and Grisi, Sandra and Scoleze Ferrer, Ana Paula and Brentani, Alexandra. (2018) Overall and sex-specific associations between fetal adversity and child development at age 1 year : evidence from Brazil. American journal of epidemiology, 187 (11). pp. 2324-2331.
Lancaster, Gillian A. and McCray, Gareth and Kariger, Patricia and Dua, Tarun and Titman, Andrew and Chandna, Jaya and McCoy, Dana and Abubakar, Amina and Hamadani, Jena Derakhshani and Fink, Günther and Tofail, Fahmida and Gladstone, Melissa and Janus, Magdalena. (2018) Creation of the WHO Indicators of Infant and Young Child Development (IYCD) : metadata synthesis across 10 countries. BMJ Global Health, 3 (5). e000747.
McCoy, D. C. and Waldmann, M. and Credi Field Team, and Fink, G.. (2018) Measuring early childhood development at a global scale : evidence from the caregiver-reported early development instruments. Early childhood research quarterly, 45 (4). pp. 58-68.
Jeong, Joshua and Siyal, Saima and Fink, Günther and McCoy, Dana Charles and Yousafzai, Aisha K.. (2018) "His mind will work better with both of us": a qualitative study on fathers' roles and coparenting of young children in rural Pakistan. BMC public health, 18 (1). p. 1274.
Saran, Indrani and Fink, Günther and McConnell, Margaret. (2018) How does anonymous online peer communication affect prevention behavior? Evidence from a laboratory experiment. PloS one, 13 (11). e0207679.
Jeong, Joshua and Siyal, Saima and Fink, Günther and G. McCoy, Dana Charles and Yousafzai, Aisha K.. (2018) Correction to: "His mind will work better with both of us": a qualitative study on fathers' roles and coparenting of young children in rural Pakistan. BMC, 18. p. 1350.
Richter, L. M. Desmond and C. Behrman, J. Britto and P. Daelmans, B. Devercelli and A. E. Gertler, P. Hoddinott and J. Fawzi, W. Fink and G. Lombardi, J. Boo and F. L. Lu, C. Lye and S. Nores, M. Yousafzai. (2018) G20's initiative for early childhood development. Lancet, 392 (10165). pp. 2695-2696.
Akachi, Yoko and Steenland, Maria and Fink, Günther. (2018) Associations between key intervention coverage and child mortality : an analysis of 241 sub-national regions of sub-Saharan Africa. International journal of epidemiology, 47 (3). pp. 740-751.
Rockers, Peter C. and Zanolini, Arianna and Banda, Bowen and Chipili, Mwaba Moono and Hughes, Robert C. and Hamer, Davidson H. and Fink, Günther. (2018) Two-year impact of community-based health screening and parenting groups on child development in Zambia : follow-up to a cluster-randomized controlled trial. PLoS medicine, 15 (4). e1002555.
Khadka, Aayush and Perales, Nicole A. and Wei, Dorothy J. and Gage, Anna D. and Haber, Noah and Verguet, Stéphane and Patenaude, Bryan and Fink, Günther. (2018) Malaria control across borders : quasi-experimental evidence from the Trans-Kunene malaria initiative (TKMI). Malaria journal, 17. p. 224.
Fink, Günther and Levenson, Rachel and Tembo, Sarah and Rockers, Peter C.. (2017) Home- and community-based growth monitoring to reduce early life growth faltering: an open-label, cluster-randomized controlled trial. American journal of clinical nutrition, 106 (4). pp. 1070-1077.
Andrews, Kathryn and Bourroul, Maria Lúcia Moraes and Fink, Günther and Grisi, Sandra and Scoleze Ferrer, Ana Paula and Diniz, Edna Maria de Albuquerque and Brentani, Alexandra. (2017) Time to change focus? Transitioning from higher neonatal to higher stillbirth mortality in São Paulo State, Brazil. PLoS ONE, 12 (12). e0190060.
Rokicki, Slawa and Fink, Günther. (2017) Assessing the reach and effectiveness of mHealth: evidence from a reproductive health program for adolescent girls in Ghana. BMC public health, 17. p. 969.
Liu, Cindy H. and Fink, Günther and Brentani, Helena and Brentani, Alexandra. (2017) An assessment of hair cortisol among postpartum Brazilian mothers and infants from a high-risk community in São Paulo : intra-individual stability and association in mother-infant dyads. Developmental psychobiology, 59 (7). pp. 916-926.


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Plan to stay in your home or sell it sometime in the future? There's no better activity to do, than to make improvements. In fact, it is usually exciting and totally worth the time and effort. And, it often adds lasting value to your home! Not to mention, increasing your home value smartly leads to better quality in daily living. It leads to that for your family. It leads to that for those that may live there after you sell your home. Although, what are the smartest things homeowners can get started on? How can they get the most out of their costs and efforts? Let's examine some top listers.
Increasing Your Home Value Smartly, Focusing First on Outdated Features
Before starting any home improvement project, think about features that may be quite outdated. Some fairly obvious ones include popcorn ceilings. In fact, they instantly date a home. As a result, they should go. Also, making the change is easier than you might think. It is fairly simple to scrape and remove the popcorn. Or, just hire a contractor. Have them tackle the labor for you.
Increasing your home value smartly puts the focus on outdated features, such as dark, older kitchen cabinets. Changing that effect goes light years in improving the feel and value of your home. To tackle that, clean, sand and paint in a lighter color of your choosing. Tip: keep the color quite light and subtle. Although, if the cabinets also have outdated styling, consider complete replacement. For best results in this project, source a reliable contractor, style and color you want. Then, rely on the contractor to make the change. When it comes to updating in the kitchen, also consider replacing any older, outdated appliances with sleek new ones.
Increasing Your Home Value Smartly, Easily
We've covered just some key things to target when increasing your home value smartly. Although, let's not forget one of the easiest, most economical ways to do that. It's painting. But, you already new that, right? In fact, spruce up those interior walls. If you plan to sell the house in the future, keep the colors neutral and on the lighter side. Why lighter? In fact, lighter-colored rooms feel more spacious. They look more attractive. And, they make up a huge factor in overall appeal!
While we're on that subject of a room's wall color, brightness fits in the same vein. Consider adding some lighting. For example, recessed would be a great choice. Add stylish, well-balanced lighting in key rooms like the kitchen, bath and master bedroom.
Selling a San Mateo County home? Get the facts on increasing your home value smartly. Get tips and one-on-one attention for preparation and home staging from an expert. Contact 5 Star Real Estate Agent, Carmen Miranda today.


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Bundesliga top four make 20m euro cash pledge to other German clubs
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The four Bundesliga clubs in this season's Champions League have pledged 20m euros (£18.3m) to support fellow German teams during the coronavirus.
Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig and Bayer Leverkusen will forego their share of the national media revenue and donate the remainder from their own funds.
The German Football League (DFL) will decide how the money will be distributed.
"We want to send a signal of solidarity to all clubs in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2," Bayern chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said.
The last Bundesliga fixture was played on 11 March and football in Germany's top divisions was suspended with immediate effect on 13 March because of Covid-19.
Former West Germany striker Rummenigge added: "In these difficult times, it's important that the stronger shoulders support the weaker shoulders. With this, we also want to show that football is standing together right now."
Dortmund chief executive officer Hans-Joachim Watzke said: "We have always said that we would show solidarity if clubs, through no fault of their own, should run into difficulties that they can no longer overcome themselves.
"Borussia Dortmund is currently having a major impact on society through a wide range of initiatives. And naturally we are prepared to help out other professional football clubs if it is ultimately a matter of cushioning the financial effects of the pandemic."
Christian Seifert, a spokesman for the DFL executive committee said: "The initiative shows that solidarity is more than just lip service in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2."
Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski and his wife Anna have contributed one million euros (£923,900) to fight the virus, team-mates Leon Goretzka and Joshua Kimmich set up a fund called We Kick Corona and contributed one million euros between them, while Manchester City's German winger Leroy Sane has also made a considerable financial donation.
On Wednesday, players and directors at Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund agreed to take temporary pay cuts.


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Claire Fox (director, Institute for Ideas) and I debated the implications of the EU referendum on Sky News ahead of the #DividedBritain programme.
I called on those who argued for #Brexit to take the greatest role in reassuring those in the UK, originally from elsewhere, that they place in British society is both welcome and secure.
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The Empress: The Empress is a duochrome crelly that shifts between lavender and a light, mossy green, and suspends silver holographic flakes and pink/green/blue shifting chameleon chrome flakes.
The Empress shows a deep connection with our femininity. Femininity is personified in many ways – beauty, sensuality, fertility, creativity, nurturing – and is necessary in creating an internal balance for both men and women. The Empress calls on you to connect with that energy and create beauty in your life. Utilize your senses to experience pleasure and deep fulfillment, and spend time connecting with nature. The Empress also encourages you to connect with others by nurturing, caring for, and supporting those around you. To do so will create abundance and radiance in your life.