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WordPress 101: Some Tips And Tricks For Success
WordPress is extremely popular nowadays. Its popularity is growing by leaps and bounds every day. Comprehending the power and options of WordPress might seem daunting, but this is surmounted easily with just a little knowledge. Keep reading to find out how you can get the most out of WordPress.
Get familiar with the tools on WordPress to help you blog. Use the Kitchen Sink icon to see all the extra things you can do with your blog. Many formatting elements are managed in this fashion.
Make it a point to become familiar with all options and tools that are available for working with WordPress. One great tool is: Kitchen Sink. It gives you may importing and formatting choices. Screen Options is another useful tool. Control a variety of choices with this.
It is simple to add video to a site created with WordPress. The time spent in preparation is time well spent. Visitors to your site will appreciate how visual a video is. Videos offer perspectives that written content cannot, so they are quite helpful.
WordPress allows for simple video blogging. Although this may take you some extra preparation, it is definitely worth it. Many users want to see videos. A video can show them things that the written word just can't convey, and as a result, it can be a very powerful tool.
Make sure that you learn all you are able about WordPress before even installing it. Increased planning leads to a better executed blog. Find out how to use SEO, how to make interesting content, and how you can use all that WordPress has to offer.
Know as much as possible before you begin with WordPress. The more prepared you are, the simpler the process of setting up your page will be. Experiment with different plugins, research search engine optimization and learn how to write original, effective content to make using WordPress easier.
Create a posting schedule. You will be more motivated when you have a schedule. With the scheduling feature available on WordPress, you can create several posts and schedule them throughout the week.
Are there a lot of commenters to your posts? If that's the case, it may be hard for you or your visitors to sift through those numerous comments. Try using a plugin that adds page numbers to the comment section. Not only will your blog look more organized, but it will also make navigation a lot easier.
The greeting appearing at the head of the WordPress website page should be very engaging. This will make everything a little more personal when it comes to the visitors you have because you can make your site have a message to talks about how users have found blogs like yours. Using a plugin like WP Greet Box will make your blog appear less robotic.
If you edit your pictures a little bit, you'll be able to rise in the search results. Never forget to include a title and the alt attribute. The title you add will be what appears on Pinterest if someone "pins" your image.
Make sure that users can easily send your articles to their email whenever they want. Additionally, make it easy for your users to share with their Facebook and Twitter friends. WordPress has a plugin for email sharing.
Ensure that your readers can send content to an e-mail as they please. Not everyone has access to social media sites but may still desire to share your information with others. Try using a plugin like WP-Email.
Be careful when setting up usernames. Having admin or administrator as your username makes your blog more likely to be successfully attacked by bots. That's a security risk. Any user names on your users page that are "administrator" or "admin" should be removed. Choose a unique username to increase the security level of your site.
Don't share your WordPress passwords with anyone. In addition, be careful which plugins you download; you don't want to inadvertently harm your computer. If your site is hacked or the victim of malware, your hard work could all be lost.
Security is essential for WordPress users, so make your password is kept confidential. Additionally, only use plugins from reputable sites, checking the reviews posted before you install them. If your site ever gets hacked or infected with malware, you risk losing the entire thing.
Make sure you maintain an organized media library. Otherwise, the images can get jumbled together rapidly. Start out with a good system of folders and be sure to file your images correctly. You can then find pictures you wish to use later much easier.
Make sure targeted titles and descriptors are always used. These are a few of the things your readership will see first when using search engines. Don't overlook the importance of this fact. You can use Scribe SEO software to gain control of these items. These editing tools allow you to increase the appeal of your site.
Don't install more plugins than you need. Plugins can add a new dimension to your website, but they also increase the time it takes for your home page to load. They can really bog things down, which will impact how you do in the SERPs. Websites that perform better rank better.
Make sure your plugins are updated. Plugins are a smart solution for making your site unique and highly functional. However, as with any other software, there are updates. If you don't keep up with installing the updates, you could miss out on key upgrades or you may even find that the plugin no longer works properly.
Be sure to always use the most updated version of WordPress on your site. These updates can fix certain issues with WordPress, including vulnerabilities. You are more likely to be attacked by malware if you have an old version of WordPress. Install all the updates to keep your site secure.
Don't install more plugins than you need. Excessive plugins will slow down your computer and lead to wasted time. They can really slow things down, and that can impact how you rank with search engines. Slow websites do not rank very well in the search engines when compared to sites that are optimized to load quickly.
Pre-schedule your posts using WordPress. You can easily schedule the publication of your posts regardless of where you are. Go to "Edit", and then find the "Publish" option. You should then see a box that says "Publish immediately." Put your times in with military format, particularly the years, months and days. Pick OK. Check the Schedule For screen and choose Schedule.
Do not forget to create a backup of your blog. Regularly schedule this important task. Think about utilizing a plugin such as Xcloner. Use the sites and plugins that you know for backing up your blog, just make sure it's all in one location. It would be very unfortunate if you lost your blog.
Approving comments manually is very outdated. Let Akismet handle that task for you. You can save time by getting e-mail alerts when comments are posted and unchecking manual approval. If you fail to do this, you will not save yourself any time.
Use linking plugins to help connect your posts. Such plugins provide a list of 3-5 links near the end of every post that are related to the tags contained on all the site's posts.
Is it hard to stick to a schedule when it comes to when you post on your site? It is possible to write something ahead of schedule and have it post on a selected date. When opening your new post page, there is a future publication setup. This can help you get it taken care of.
Do not waste your time on reviewing comments before they are posted. Let Akismet handle that task for you. You can moderate comments individually, but it's advisable to switch off manual approval and let visitors comment freely. If you don't, you're wasting time.
When choosing a post header, forget about using the menu that drops down. Learn how to utilize the shortcuts on your keyboard instead. Press Ctrl and single number from one to six for several options. If you frequently use headers, this saves lots of time.
Do you find it difficult to post when you say you will or when you intend to? You can write something in advance and schedule it to publish at the time and date of your choosing. Whenever you open up a new post page, you will see the option to set up a future publication. So go ahead and write your posts when you want and have them post when you want.
Read reviews when searching for new plugins. Keep in mind that any programmer can make a plugin. If a plugin has a lot of flaws and bugs reported, don't use it. Plugins with a lot of downloads and high ratings are generally safe to use.
You don't have to use the standard dro-down menu when choosing a header. Use keyboard shortcuts instead. Press CTRL then 1-6 to select different options. This is a time saver if you use lots of headers.
If you need a host to keep your WordPress blog on, pick one that comes with installation tools that are compatible with WordPress. That way you will not have to worry about creating a separate database. The host will create a domain and database with just one click.
Be sure to pay attention to reviews of plugins when planning to use them. It is possible for anyone with programming knowledge to create a plugin. You shouldn't use one that has lots of reported flaws and bugs. Look for the plugins that have very high ratings.
Permit comments to go up on your blog. This builds a community and gives you more information about your readers. You can moderate comments before you approve them so that you prevent spamming on your blog.
Certain hosts allow you to install WordPress quickly and easily with a single click. You won't have to make up a separate database. With the click of a button, it is possible for the host to set up the blog domain along with the database.
Before building a site on WordPress, put a plan together. List all the things you're wanting to accomplish with your website and think about what people will want to get from it. This will allow you to plan in advance.
Try a wide variety of tools for authoring blogs. Are there things about the WordPress dashboard that you don't like? Give an alternate blog authoring program a try, such as Windows Live Writer. There are a lot of tools outside of WordPress that work well with the platform and are very efficient. Try some of them to find one that works the best for you.
Just because some plugins require payment, it does not mean that they are not worth getting. Think about how much time the plugin will save you. It's got many features at an affordable cost, so it is worth it to free up your time.
Think about highlighting any comments left by a blog post's author. The comment section is where many readers will leave comments or questions. Don't let your response to a question get lost. Use a different color, and bold or italicize the text. These tricks will make it easier for users to find the author's comments.
To work on the site without having live changes made, make a duplicate blog by using a second folder and another matching database. Once you know how a plugin will affect your website, you can decide whether or not to make it permanent.
Create a solid plan before you begin building your WordPress site. Make sure that you know what you are doing before you put the plan into action. The time spent drafting a plan will help you when setting up your blog.
WordPress, like any tool, is best wielded by someone who has learned how to use it. Using WordPress to create blogs can be extremely helpful to any online ventures you pursue, or it may just be an excellent method of broadcasting your blog to the public. Learn more about blogging on WordPress to reap all the benefits.
Free plugins should not automatically be overlooked. Consider the value of your own time, and stack it up against the price of a plugin. The features offered are worth the price that you pay.


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Any trauma that occurs to a newborn's brachial plexus, or the set of nerves around the shoulder, can result in arm weakness or the inability of the newborn to move that appendage. Oklahoma residents who are expecting a child may want to learn about neonatal brachial plexus palsy, or NBPP. It is a birth injury that occurs when the brachial plexus nerve is damaged.
Startup seeks to reduce the number of truck accidents
Some University of Oklahoma students have decided to take their classroom idea that may help prevent truck accidents to the real world. The students created a startup called BlyncSync which uses software to monitor real-time levels and projected levels of a truck driver's fatigue.
Algorithms being developed to diagnose medical conditions
A great deal has been written about the impact that technology will have on society in the decades ahead. Road safety experts believe that autonomous vehicles could all but eliminate traffic accidents in the not too distant future, and some leaders in the technology sector think that medical algorithms will soon be making diagnoses of patients in Oklahoma and around the country instead of general practitioners and specialists.
When doctors are honest about medical mistakes
Many Oklahoma patients understand that doctors may not be eager to discuss medical mistakes when they occur. However, there are institutions that are stepping up to the plate to report errors in order to allow their medical staff to learn from their errors.
Understanding traumatic brain injuries
Oklahoma residents may be familiar with a controversial police shooting case in Charlotte, South Carolina. However, they may have missed certain details, such as the effort by the man's wife to advise police that her husband had a traumatic brain injury. The nationwide attention to this case has focused primarily on racial tensions, but TBI deserves some attention as well. The man's mother has provided the media with an overview of the injury, which apparently resulted from a motorcycle accident that occurred approximately a year earlier.

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The HULK returns to Kotobukiya's ARTFX+ line, this time based on his appearance in Avengers Age of Ultron!
Beautifully sculpted in the ARTFX 1/10 scale, The Hulk's rippling physique stands out with every muscle on display!
Hulk strides forward, his fist ready to smash into his opponent .
Hulk comes with a special display base, designed to interlock with the base from the Avengers Age of Ultron Hulkbuster Iron Man to create an exciting battle diorama!
Hulk looks incredible on his own, and even better when paired with the Avengers Age of Ultron Hulkbuster Iron Man, also available from Kotobukiya!
Kotobukiya's ARTFX+ lineup based on the Heroes and Villains from the MARVEL Universe continues with the Avengers Age of Ultron Hulkbuster Iron Man.
Based on its appearance in the film, the Hulkbuster Iron Man looks as if it leapt straight off the screen.
Featuring all the high quality sculpt and dynamic paint work that Kotobukiya's ARTFX+ line is known for, the Hulkbuster Iron Man makes for a great display for any Marvel fan!
Represented in the ARTFX+ 1/10 scale, the massive Hulkbuster towers over the rest of the ARTFX+ series.
Hulkbuster Iron Man is impressive on his own, and looks even better when paired with the Avengers Age of Ultron Hulk ARTFX+ Statue!


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Gender bias still hinders women's progress in STEM fields
A hundred years ago, women did not have the right vote. Today, women not only have the right to vote, but can also hold public office. College education is no longer something reserved for men. In 2014, the world saw the first woman win a Nobel Prize in mathematics. In 2016, the United States saw the first female candidate nominated for president by a majority political party, and the first female campaign manager led a political candidate to a presidential victory. Yet, despite this progress, women are still lagging behind in law, politics, and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Only we as a society can fix this problem.
Women gaining progress in STEM has been a long fought battle and one that has not advanced by much. According to statistics provided by the National Girls Collaborative Project, women make up half of the college-educated workforce in the United States, yet only 29 percent of the STEM workforce.
The reason behind the lack of women in STEM fields isn't that women aren't interested — according to a Girl Scouts' research study, 74 percent of girls express interest in STEM. Yet despite this difference, women still make up less than 30 percent of those who receive computer science degrees, as shown in a study done by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Something happens to these young girls before they reach college. And unfortunately, it isn't only in STEM fields where this gender bias occurs.
Gender bias is also present in politics and law. The American Bar Association released a study that found that that only 36 percent of those in the legal profession were women. Women in Congress make up less than 20 percent of the seats in the House and Senate. Women are still subject to sexism in the legal workplace, with many often mistaken as secretaries or finding themselves subject to remarks about trivial things such as a clothing.
While women are making progress — with women making up the majority of law school students for the first time — they are still far behind in STEM fields. As far as politics are concerned, at the current rate of progress, women won't achieve fair representation for almost 500 years. It is correct to assume that women are making progress, but this progress is not happening as fast as it must.
The gender bias present in STEM, law, and politics is a result of society, not any lower status in the face of the law. A study from the Women & Politics Institute at American University revealed that women are less likely than men to receive the suggestion from anyone to run for office. The study also found that women are more likely than men to perceive the electoral environment as highly competitive and biased against female candidates, which most likely is the result of the constant talk of how politics is biased against women, without offering any solutions on how to change it.
The lack of women in STEM, law, and politics is largely due to gender stereotypes against women. Women are often teased in schools and receive little encouragement in STEM interests. Somewhere along the line, women are either subconsciously or consciously told that they are not as smart as men, and a recent study showed that despite young women performing better than young males on tests, they are less likely to associate "female" with being "really, really smart."
It isn't enough to simply acknowledge that a gender gap exists in STEM, law, and politics — we need to change the way we as a society treat young women and girls. Constantly reminding these young women and girls of the bias against them is not going to achieve anything. The monumental changes begin with each and every American.
There is no need to tell young girls about how STEM, law, and political fields are biased against them. Instead, they need encouragement to study these fields. Current female engineers, scientists, attorneys, and politicians should become mentors for young girls and help give them the encouragement they need so these statistics become obsolete. The United States does not need a quota system for females to achieve equality in these male-dominated professions. Women have equal rights under the law, and there is no reason that women are not strong enough to build ourselves up without the help of the government.
Even those who aren't women in STEM, law, and politics can help combat stereotypes and allow the gender gap to shrink in these fields. Empower women not through their bodies, but through their brains. If a young girl is interested in math, tell her about engineering. If she asks you why we haven't had a female president, don't tell her because there's a gender gap in politics between men and women — tell her it is simply because she wasn't born yet. Don't remind her how she will have a long road ahead in STEM, law, and politics; she will learn this on her own.
Instead, we as a society need to focus on empowering these young girls in elementary and middle schools to study STEM, law, and politics, and assure them that they are brilliant individuals. Doing so is the only way we can stop writing articles about male dominated fields and shrink the gender gap, simply because these problems won't exist anymore.


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O'Higgins' man walked into the Portsmouth tavern to see the two men he had sailed for several months to meet.Two sea captains "on the beach" after the end of the Napoleonic War. Captains Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey were out of work as were many others. Chile had just gained it's independence in 1815 and President O'Higgins was on the look out for men to form a navy
Admiral Cochrane (the sea wolf) and other ex British Naval Officers and crew did come to Valparaiso in 1818 and created the Navy. More Europeans, British, German, French and Swiss arrived and Valparaiso was transformed into the most successful port on the Pacific Coast.
There was no Panama Canal and so ships stopped here after passing through the dangerous Magellan Straits. The nitrate trade and for a while prospectors bound for the California Gold Rush made the port highly wealthy and successful.
The British presence was a strong influence – Cochrane, O'Brien and Simpson are amongst many street names – also A Prat, but we don't know who he was.. Many homes were built in an English terraced style as well as the grand mansions of the industrial magnates.
That was until 1906. An earthquake struck and then the Panama Canal was completed in 1914 providing shorter, safer routes. The nitrate trade started to dry up because a cheaper manufacturing process had been discovered and by 1930 the city was a former shadow of itself.
It is only recently that Valparaiso has started to regain its former importance through tourism (it's a world heritage site) and it can cater for the huge modern container ships that cannot pass through the Panama Canal.
(Horatio and Jack are fictional sea captions well known to the English male. OHIggins and Cochrane were there making history.)
The photo is of Valparaiso's naval arch which commemorates these British adventurers.


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MTF Projects
Our Projects
We work with local partners to ensure all the projects developed use local knowledge and are accepted by the community. Our primary focus is on education, sports and healthcare. Every dollar raised goes directly to developing projects in local communities.
MTF's first project, a health clinic in Bannu for women and children, was opened in December 2016. The clinic is the first of its kind in the tribal region of Pakistan and was possible because of MTF's close collaboration with CEEI, a local non-profit organization dedicated to empowering women and girls.
MTF's second project "Peace through Sports Projects" held a squash tournament in June 2014 to show solidarity with the Internally Displaced Persons of North Waziristan in Islamabad. Harrow squash racquets were distributed to talented players from under-privileged areas. Next project is planned for March 2018 at the Pakistan-India Wagah Border.
This section will be updated as our projects progress.
The Maria Toorpakai Foundation, Inc. is a New York Not-For-Profit Corporation with tax-exempt status as a 501(c)(3) public charity. Donations to the Foundation are deductible to the fullest extent allowable by law.
Checks can be sent to:
The Maria Toorpakai Foundation, Inc.
1632 First Avenue
Suite 319
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The flag cloth used in the production of the car flag has spring or polyester. Also useful for satin and polyester silk, can also be customized according to the requirements of special fabrics. Car flag used in the production process is the thermal transfer technology, to ensure that the banner produced by bright colors, lasting not fade, technological innovation, printing banner color fastness, bright colors, waterproof, sunscreen, windproof, do not fade.
Flag face: The flag of the vehicle has single-sided and double-sided two kinds, the flag surface requires meticulous workmanship, one-sided car flag using the sewing method is: around eager (will not have to edge), the material cylinder, the package is not sealed, and the two-sided car flag is four weeks hot side, the middle plus granular plastic or four weeks open-wire (reinforcement) of the sewing process. The production of single-sided or double-sided flag can be based on specific use and requirements to determine.
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Of climate change, land degradation and deforestation in Gilgit
Mehdi Hasan
GILGIT: During his childhood, Mohammad Latif used to reach the grazing fields along with his cattle from his village within an hour or so but now it takes him much time to cover the same distance.
53-year-old Latif is a resident of Farfu village in Gilgit valley. Like him, other inhabitants of the area are also economically dependent on cattle. They get milk, curd and butter from cattle, which are then sold at nearby markets to get some earning and run their households. Domesticated animals are also sold in the market for the meat consumption of the people.
Bagrot is located some 45kms away from Gilgit valley in the northeast, which faces flash floods almost every year.
Latif tells The Nature News that four decades back he had some 250 goats and more than ten cows. He used to take the cattle for grazing every day early morning, and bring back before dust.
"Nearby pastures have vanished and now it takes four to five hours to reach the grazing lands," he says.
Over the years, greener pasturelands are shrinking, affecting the livestock. Meteorologists link the diminishing of pasturelands with climate change and cutting of areas trees on large scale.
According to Khadim Hussain, Deputy Director Gilgit-Baltistan Environmental Protection Agency, change in weather pattern could be witnessed due to climate change in the area.
"Earlier, snow would fall in the start of November but it has changed now. You would see snowfall at the end of December or early January," he says. "As this snowfall in off-season is not converted into glaciers, when there is a rise in temperature, it results in flash floods."
This is the reason behind a change of 21 to 25 days in cultivation calendar in the area, adds Hussain.
The settlers in the nearby localities nearer to glaciers became so disturbed due to frequent floods that they migrate from the area.
As the pastures are vanishing in areas nearer to localities, locals take their cattle hundreds of kilometres away in search of fodder. However, due to extreme weather, cattle can only be kept for six months in the mountainous, grazing areas. Hence, dwellers make temporary houses to reside on the top of the mountains in order to keep their cattle for six months.
According to expert Syed Zahid Hussain, uncounted cutting of trees from nearby pastures is another reason in the fall of grazing lands.
Dobani Development Organisation, a pressure group has imposed restrictions over illegal cutting of trees in the area. With mutual understanding, it has also chalked out rules that would minimise the supply of wood from area forest for fuel purposes.
This article has been published in arrangement with NCEJ as part of its training in Gilgit on "Reporting impacts of climate change on communities"


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Uploading a database of numbers is one of the crucial actions you can take while using CrazyCall. Importing contacts lets you start calling to hundreds of leads and customers within minutes - just upload a file to the app.
It's just a couple of clicks away to have all your numbers imported to your project, so you can start making calls right away.
This is how you import contacts:
Enter the project to which you want to add more numbers. Click the "Load contacts" button on top of the screen. It will open the file importer, where you choose a file to upload. You can use .CSV and a .XLSX formats.
Each file needs to have a column title in the first row and each number needs to have a country prefix at the beginning. It can be +1, 001 or just 1.
Once you choose a file to import, our app system will detect a separator and a column with a phone number, although please always make sure if it's done correctly. You should see a screen like this:
Remember, that if your file contains more than one column with phone numbers, then you have to choose the main one with numbers you'd like to call first. Other phone numbers will get called only when you decide to mark them as main.
If everything looks alright, click on 'Load contacts' button and it's done! You've just successfully uploaded contacts to your project and now you can immediately start calling them.
In case anything goes wrong, you can always download a report with contacts that failed to import and read why that happened.


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2016 Recap
Sunday, September 18, 2016
|4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
|6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
|Welcome Reception
Monday, September 19, 2016
|7:00 am – 6:00 pm
|8:00 am – 8:15 am
Welcome- Kenneth L. White, PhD, Utah State University, USA
|8:15 am – 9:00 am
|Michael Roberts, PhD, University of Missouri, USA
Keynote Lecture: The Current Status of Transgenic Farm Animal Research
|Session 1
|Gene Editing in Livestock: Technology and Application
Session chair- Bruce Whitelaw, PhD, Roslin Institute, United Kingdom
|9:00 am – 9:30 am
|Dan Carlson, PhD, Recombinetics Inc., USA
Efficient Genome Editing in Livestock
|9:30 am – 10:00 am
|Göetz Laible, PhD, AgResearch, New Zealand
Technological Advances Create New Opportunities
for the Targeted Improvement of Livestock.
|10:00 am – 10:30 am
Bhanu Telugu, PhD, University of Maryland, USA
|10:30 am – 10:45 am
|Refreshment break/ poster exhibit
|Session 2
|Modification of Disease Resistance and Susceptibility in Large Animals
Session Chair – Chris Davies, DVM, PhD, Utah State University, USA
|10:45 – 11:15 am
|Kevin D. Wells, PhD, University of Missouri, USA
Improved resistance to livestock disease through genetic enhancement.
|11:15 – 11:45 am
Jorge Piedrahita, PhD, North Carolina State University, USA
|11:45 am–12:15pm
|Eddie Sullivan, PhD, SAb Biotherapeutics, USA
The Use of Genetically Engineered Large Animals to RapidlyRespond to
Emerging Infectious Disease Through the Production of Therapeutic Antibodies
|12:15 -1:15 pm
|Lunch break
|Session 3
|Transgenic Large Animal Models
Session Chair – Carol Keefer, PhD, University of Maryland, USA
|1:15 -1:45 pm
|Irina Polejaeva, PhD, Utah State University, USA
Ravi Ranjan, MD, PhD, University of Utah, USA
TGF-beta1 Transgenic Goat Model of Atrial Fibrillation
|1:45 – 2:15 pm
|Randy Prather, PhD, University of Missouri, USA
Development of Animal Models and National Swine Research and Resource Center
|2:15 – 2:45 pm
|Abstract presentations (15 min each)
Amy Desaulniers, University of Nebraska: Use of Genetically Engineered Swine to Elucidate Testicular Function in the Boar
Seon-Ung Hwang, Chungbuk National University, Korea: Production of Transgenic Pigs with pGFAP-CreERT2; EGFPLoxP Inducible System
|2:45 – 3:45 pm
|Poster Session / refreshment break;
Posters will remain up for the whole meeting to allow ample time for poster viewing.
|Session 4
|Regulation of Genetically Engineered Large Animal Models and Medical Device Development Tools
Moderator: Mark Walton, PhD, Yorktown Technologies, LP, USA
|Presentations followed by panel discussion
|3:45- 4:15 pm
|Malini Wileman, PhD, Center for Veterinary Medicine, FDA, USA
|4:15- 4:45 pm
|Donna Lochner, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA, USA
|4:45- 5:15 pm
|The panel discussion will include the previous presenters and
Jill Ascher, DVM, MPH, Division of Veterinary Services, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, USA
Laura R. Epstein, J.D., Center for Veterinary Medicine, FDA, USA
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
|7:00 am – 10:00am
|Session 5
|Current and Future Large Animal Models in Biomedical Research
Session Chair- Zhongde Wang, PhD, Utah State University, USA
|8:00-8:30 am
|David L. Ayares, PhD, Revivicor Inc, USA
Genetically Engineered Pigs for Xenotransplantation
|8:30 – 9:00 am
|Michael Cutler, DO, PhD, Intermountain Heart Institute, USA
Translational Cardiovascular Research Utilizing Large Animal Genetic Engineering
|9:00 – 9:30 am
|Chris Rogers, PhD, Exemplar Genetics, USA
Cancer Models
|9:30 – 10:00 am
|Abstract presentations (15 min each)
Timothy Sheets, University of Maryland: Investigating the Conserved Role of Neurogenin 3 (NGN3) in Endocrine Pancreatic Development in the Porcine Model Using CRISPR/Cas9 System
Min Yang, Utah State University: Introduction of Callipyge Mutation into the Goat Genome Using Transcription Activator- like Effector Nucleases (TALENs)
|10:00 – 10:30 am
|Refreshment break/ poster exhibit
|Session 6
|Funding Mechanisms to Support Genetically Engineered Livestock Research
Presentations followed by a panel discussion
Moderator: Kenneth L. White, PhD, Utah State University, USA
|10:30- 10:50 am
|Ravi Ravindranath, D.V.M, PhD
Program Director, Preimplantation Genetics and Development
Fertility and Infertility Branch
The Eunice Kennedy Shrivier National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
|10:50- 11:10 am
|Adele Turzillo, PhD
Director, Division of Animal Systems
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
|11:10- 11:30 am
|Miguel Contreras, PhD
Program Officer, Division of Comparative Medicine
Office of Research Infrastructure Programs | DPCPSI | OD
National Institutes of Health
|Panel discussion including presenters and
|11:30- 12:00 pm
|Michael Roberts, PhD
Curators' Professor of Biochemistry and Animal Sciences
University of Missouri
Member of the National Academy of Sciences
|12:00 -1:00 pm
|Lunch break
|Session 7
|Current and Future Large Animal Models in Biomedical Research
Session chair- Jon Oatley, PhD, Washington State University, USA
|1:00 – 1:30 pm
|Eckhard Wolf, Gene Center of the LMU, Germany
Genetically Tailored Pig Models for Translational Diabetes Research.
The presentation will also include information on a recently established network on large animal models in the EU
|1:30 – 2:00 pm
|Ann Harris, PhD, Northwestern University, USA
Why Might New Large Animal Models of Cystic Fibrosis be useful for Generating New Therapies?
|2:00 – 2:30 pm
|Noelle Cockett, PhD, Utah State University, USAFuture Perspectives and Closing Remarks.


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COLUMBUS — Founded in 1884 as the nation's first public college for women, the Mississippi University for Women (MUW) not only boasts a magnificent campus that has 24 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. It is also ranked as the number one regional public liberal arts college in the South by U.S. News & World Report.
"It is the second year in the a row we have been ranked number one in that category," said Chris Robbins, MUW dean of enrollment management. "We also ranked number one in academic reputation among peer institutions by U.S. News & World Report for 1999, and we're in the top five for campus diversity. About 30% of our students are minorities."
MUW's enrollment has greatly increased in the past decade under the leadership of university president Dr. Clyda Stokes Rent. The 57% increase in enrollment since 1989 represents a growth rate eight times the national average.
"Not coincidentally, the growth in enrollment coincides almost exactly with the arrival of Dr. Rent on campus," Robbins said. "During her 10 years of service to this institution, she has really energized the entire university community: students, faculty and staff, and alumni. She has been a tremendous catalyst for all of the good things that have happened in the past decade."
MUW started enrolling men in 1982, and men now make up about 18% of the student body. Rent is fond of calling the college "the Mississippi University for Women and smart men, too." The university has students from 36 different countries, from more than half of the states in the U.S., and from 77 of Mississippi's 82 counties. The college had the highest freshmen ACT scores among Mississippi's public universities this year.
Current enrollment is 3,314, with about 700 students living on campus. In a town of 33,000, the university has a big impact on the economy. Student expenditures in Lowndes County were estimated at $16.5 million last year.
"But in many ways I think the financial contribution our students make is not our most telling statistic," Robbins said. "All freshmen at the W are required to volunteer a minimum of two hours of community service, and our social clubs are heavily involved in volunteerism. So the community benefits from the direct involvement of our students in a wide variety of efforts."
University spending in the community totals $30 million per year with a total economic multiplier impact estimated at $101.5 million per year.
"We're just happy to have them here, and we think it enhances our city," said Columbus Mayor George S. Wade. "It is kind of like having an extra industry in town. The economic estimates I've seen are underestimates, in my opinion. It would affect the city in a drastic manner if we didn't have MUW here."
Wade said the campus is also an tourist attraction. The historic campus has 61 buildings situation on 104 acres representing a wide range of architectural styles. The campus is not only a showplace for history, but also has an enviable technological sophistication. MUW is one of only two colleges in the state with a fiber optic cable network that connects every classroom and residence hall room on campus with the Internet. Tennessee Williams was born in Columbus, and his birthplace serves as the visitor's center for the community. The town that boasts more than 100 antebellum homes and a large number of other historic structures is also is the birthplace of the Memorial Day holiday.
The university and community enjoy an unusually close relationship.
"It adds diversity to our community, and adds to the culture here," Wade said. "If people's children or grandchildren are here, it attracts people here for the continual functions held at the W. It is very similar to a tourist attraction in that sense."
Wade also believes the university is a big draw to attract retirees to the area, particularly military retirees. The college in combination with the commissary and other services available at Columbus Air Force Base attract military retirees who may be interested in continuing their education. Wade said he sees retirees from all professions interested in continuing their education. Retirees aren't necessarily going after a degree, but are taking courses for personal enrichment.
The city of Columbus recently started a program to reimburse city employees for tuition at MUW for taking courses related to their jobs. Wade said with technology changing rapidly, a lot of city employees are seeing advantages to upgrading their skills at the college.
Foreign language courses are a popular course for city employees.
"As we become more diverse, we need officers and other city workers who can speak Spanish and other languages," Wade said. "What we are trying to do is update and keep up with the times, and the W helps us to do that. We are becoming more multicultural, I think, because of the facilities available here."
Charleigh D. Ford, executive director of the Columbus-Lowndes Economic Development Administration, said the college is a plus in attracting new economic development to the area.
"We market the college very aggressively when we take people on tours of Columbus," he said. "At the front end of the tour, we take them to see the campus because it is very beautiful. MUW provides cultural activities a town this size normally wouldn't have. You get all kinds of benefits."
Ford said that strictly from an economic standpoint, the college provides a lot of jobs and student spending boosts the local economy. The college is also attractive to local businesses and industries interested in continuing education for their employees.
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Sixth Form
"Two subjects, chemistry and mathematics, gained especially impressive results and progress in these subjects was outstanding." Ofsted 2013
What makes our Sixth Form special?
Now that you are embarking on the journey from Year 11 to Sixth Form, we would encourage you to consider all of the options available and look at as many schools and colleges as possible so that you choose the place that is right for you. We are incredibly fortunate to retain our highest performing Year 11 students into our Sixth Form each year, but we are also pleased to open our doors and welcome students from other schools across Croydon and the surrounding boroughs.
Of course we think our Sixth Form Centre is special! It was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2013 and our results are steadily improving. However, we also believe that being a centre of educational excellence is about so much more than performance and achievement. An extension of the Primary and Secondary Phase sections of our Academy, we offer a safe and supportive environment with a strong sense of family. As the bridge to Higher Education, we encourage students to become independent learners but we also understand that there is a transition period and that this doesn't happen overnight. We aim to be there every step of the way, supporting and nurturing progress during Year 12 so that, by Year 13, this independence has evolved naturally.
We have high standards of all applicants. Further information regarding entry requirements can be found on our courses page but we would suggest you contemplate your options carefully and consider A-level courses that you will achieve at least a Grade 5 in at GCSE.
Our Sixth Form application form may be downloaded here. Deadline for all applications is Friday15th February 2019. Applications received after this time will be placed on our waiting list for Round 2 offers.


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Hi, guys —
I converted to the Catholic faith in 2000. I went to our church's RCIA program and did all that was required to join the Church. My ceremony was with other converts but we were not really coached or prepared appropriately. Since I was previously baptized in a Protestant denomination, I did not get baptized in the Catholic Church at our ceremony because they told me I only needed to be baptized once — for the forgiveness of sins and that if I had been previously baptized, I didn't need to be baptized again.
Now some friends of mine say I must stop receiving the sacraments and tell the priest because I had to be baptized Catholic.
I did this unknowingly. Nothing was ever said to me at this parish ever!
Thank you and I will wait for your response.
Mike replied:
Dear Teresa,
Your friends are wrong! Period! and you should notify the priest who brought you into the parish what these friends are saying so they can be corrected.
The priest who brought you into the Church is responsible for ensuring that the Protestant denomination you came from had a valid Trinitarian Baptism. That is one of his key responsibilities, so do not worry.
There is no reason at all why you should stop receiving the sacraments.
If possible, go to Mass daily and Confession on a regular basis. (weekly, biweekly, or monthly).
The Bishops of the United States have recommended Catholic families go to Confession on a monthly basis. Talk to your Confessor about what would be best for you.
I hope this helps,


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Cell size is regulated by phospholipids and not by storage lipids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Cell size and morphology are key adaptive features that influence almost all aspects of cellular physiology such as cell cycle and lipid metabolism. Here we report the role of a transcription factor Suppressor Phenotype of Ty elements insertion 10 (SPT10) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in regulating cell cycle, cell size and lipid metabolism in concert, in addition to its defined role of histone gene expression. Morphological and biochemical analyses of spt10Δ strain show an abnormal cell size, cell cycle and lipid levels. The expression of Spt10p in spt10Δ strain helps the cell revert to typical wild-type phenotypes. SPT10 controls lipid metabolism by negatively regulating the expression of lipid biosynthetic genes, and positively regulating the expression of the lipid hydrolyzing genes. Spt10p helps in maintaining the cell size by regulating the amount of carbon flux into the phospholipid constituents of the cell membranes. On the contrary, storage lipids have no role in regulating the cell size. An exogenous supply of phosphatidic acid increases the cell size, proving the positive impact of the phospholipids on cell size modulation. SPT10 affects cell cycle, cell size and lipid metabolism by an orchestrated transcriptional regulation of the corresponding genes.
KeywordsSPT10 Phosphatidic acid Phosphatidylcholine Phosphatidylethanolamine Cell size Lipid metabolism H1246 RH1246
This study was supported by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, under the 12th 5-year plan project LIPIC (BSC0401). M. Jayaprakash Rao was supported by a fellowship from CSIR, New Delhi. The corresponding author is a recipient of the JC Bose national fellowship. We are grateful to the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, and C-CAMP, Bangalore for help with the radioactive study and Cell sorting facility, respectively.
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The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Baltimore City Health Commissioner Responds to Congress' Passage of Opioid Epidemic Legislation
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BALTIMORE, MD (July 13, 2016) – Today, Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen issued the following statement in response to Congress' passage of legislation to combat the nation's opioid epidemic, known as The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA).
"In Baltimore City, we have been at the forefront of fighting the opioid epidemic for decades. While we commend our Congressional leaders for passing this legislation to support communities like ours, it is discouraging that this legislation does not include immediate and desperately-needed funding to treat and prevent opioid addiction.
"From 2013 to 2015, heroin-related overdose deaths increased by 73 percent in our city. Fentanyl-related deaths increased 10-fold in that same time period. Since then, we have launched an aggressive overdose prevention program, including issuing a blanket prescription for the antidote, naloxone. Those interventions are showing early signs of progress; since 2015, we have trained more than 12,000 residents to use the opioid antidote naloxone so that they can save a life.
"We have made significant strides around the disease of addiction, but we cannot continue to make progress without also providing funding for quality, on-demand treatment. While I support the package of opioid policies passed, it will take actual dedicated funding to attack this crisis—funding that this legislation unfortunately does not provide.
"I call on Congress to move swiftly to provide adequate resources to support this critical health priority. Without funding appropriated directly to local agencies and urban areas, we are falling short of implementing the kind of proactive and robust prevention and treatment efforts that patients deserve.
"By continuing to work with our federal leaders to invest in treatment, we can truly address this public health emergency and save lives."


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Here is something about the agreements of mailbox names
When I opened a mail for the domain on Yandex, I decided to open a free registration for unauthorized users to the mailboxes on mine "fancy" domain. In addition, I enabled catch-all feature, which directs all incoming mail of nonexistent mailboxes of my domain to my main mailbox. I faced necessity to reserve all the "standard" names of mailboxes for myself in order to avoid confusion, when some name already has been reserved by another user, and all "service" mail goes to someone else. Of course, you can any time expropriate any mailbox that is under control of domain. I'm puzzled: what are the names of mailboxes standard and system-defined? Yandex technical support said that they reserve for themselves only the name of postmaster @ for each domain to keep track of complaints and problems with the mail. Further, the search of results on the Internet was a bit predictable.
(On the picture is: the famous black mailbox, a place of pilgrimage for UFO enthusiasts)
First, I wanted to find RFC, which is RFC 2142, MAILBOX NAMES FOR COMMON SERVICES, ROLES AND FUNCTIONS (mailbox names for the public services, roles and functions), which was last amended in 1997. Here is just interesting information for us. Based on the document, the following mailboxes should exist and have the following functions:
Business mailboxes:
info @ - Marketing department, here you can find brief information about the organization, products and services.
marketing @ - Marketing department and sales interactions.
sales @ - Sales department, ordering products and information about the orders.
support @ Department of customer support, the problems with the product or services.
abuse @ - Interrelations with the customers, the mailbox should always be functional and valid, here are sent the customer's complaints, including reports of "Inappropriate public behavior".
noc @ - Network operations, network infrastructures.
security @ - Network security, notifications, alerts, or requests.
Technical support of separate internet services
postmaster @ - SMTP, [RFC821], [RFC822]
hostmaster @ - DNS, [RFC1033-RFC1035]
usenet @ - NNTP, [RFC977]
news @ - NNTP, Synonym for USENET
webmaster @ - HTTP, [RFC 2068]
www @ - HTTP Synonym for WEBMASTER
uucp @ - UUCP, [RFC976]
ftp @ - FTP [RFC959]
Maillist service
(We will not consider it, just list the main points, there are many official names and a lot of RFC, for example, RFC2369)
list @
list-request @
Thus, we should make aliases of these names for our main email, so no one can open usenet conference on our domain, and sign as the system administrator of network from the mailbox noc @.
/ Etc / aliases
The de facto standard for * nix systems is the agreement on the mail names that are contained in the file / etc / aliases. Which de jure is based on the RFC and other documents for each separate service?
The paradigm of assigning the mailboxes for the people in * nix looks like that: each user gets mailbox on the workstation with the same name as user's login. After the user name was created in the system, you can send and receive the mail to your account. (Here is as well "but" if a root allows and MX are recorded correctly). If you want to get fancy alias - contact the administrator, he will register it in / etc / aliases or the postal system.
The same goes for the system services. There are lots of spare names such as @ nobody, clamav @, www-data @, which correspond to the system services, in the real life they are not used by anyone other than these existing services and they are the mail aliases of system user (root), so we are not going to take them into account, because all relevant mailbox names of network services, we already learned from the previous paragraph. Let us add only
root @
The modern Internet and other confidential agreements of mailbox names
Let us try together to find the most common names, which owners of domains keep for themselves and use as the administrative, business and personal contacts.
admin @
user @
mail @
blog @
office @
job @ (sometimes [email protected] and [email protected]) for sending and receiving the job applications and resumes.
spam @ - sometimes is used as an alias to abuse @ or postmaster @, apparently for spam complaints.
billing @ - for billing purposes.
account @ - for bookkeeping and account support.
[email protected] - name of mailbox repeats domain.
alex @, boss @ - do not hesitate to reserve your names and nicknames, in order to eliminate the factor of social engineering, when your name is Alex, and your wife knows that you bought vashdomen.ru, receives from the mailbox alex @ vashdomen . ru a letter with questionable content, she could believe the attacker.
You can add something to this list.
Besides, I do not know much about the agreements of mailbox names in the Windows' systems, do they exist in reality?
Thus, when you have reserved all these names as aliases for your main mailbox on domain, you protect yourself from mailbox-squat and malicious use of mailboxes with the "system" names. Also, all "service" correspondence to your domain, which may come to the system names, will not be left without attention. If you set up a mail for the office, then such arrangements can be useful for you.
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Follow live: White Sox head west to face A's
Follow live: White Sox head west to face A's
There's been a lot of photos of an empty Guaranteed Rate Field from Monday going around. The weather in Chicago is much better today and turnout for the White Sox-Rays game is also better. Not great but it's a Wednesday afternoon in mid-April and these teams are not exactly lighting it on fire. There is a smattering of fans in the grandstand as well, though from my vantage point, the only humans I can see in the upper deck are two lonely ushers.
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After a horrific car accident leaves Dr. Stephen Strange incapable of using his hands, he travels to Tibet to learn alternative ways of healing. As he discovers the hidden truths of the realities surrounding him, Strange must decide whether to return to his life of luxury or leave his world behind to become its defender.
I really wanted to hate Doctor Strange. I kept hearing things about it as the film was being developed, and I wasn't happy with a lot of the decisions that were being made. Some of my biggest issues were with casting. I felt that the production was missing out on a lot of opportunities because they were making decisions that were too safe.
So yeah, I really wanted to hate it. I refused to see it in theaters. I sat down to watch my rented copy with absolutely no enthusiasm whatsoever. I did not want to like Doctor Strange, but I did.
The character of Dr. Stephen Strange is not one that is entirely new, but it's a tried and true formula. A narcissistic surgeon who knows exactly how good he is at his job, suddenly loses his ability to be great. He feels that his life is over, incapable of recognizing any other joys in his life. When Western medicine fails to return him to greatness, he pursues an alternative wonder cure from Tibetan monks. There, he learns that there is much more to life than he previously thought.
In this film, the titular character is played by Benedict Cumberbatch. This was one of my main complaints. Cumberbatch has a voice like butter, but I'm not really a fan. He was okay in the role, but I definitely would have liked to see someone else. It is really hard to dislike the character of Stephen Strange in the end. He is a materialistic man, caught up in his lifestyle of the rich and famous, caught up by his ego. You get to see him change. You get to see him discover new ideas, to see him grow. That's compelling.
My other complaint in the casting arena was Tilda Swinton as "The Ancient One," a powerful sorceress dressed as a Tibetan monk. Swinton really did do well in her role though. As odd as I found that casting choice, she did sell it. There were plenty of moments where she had me emotional in some sort of way. Her delivery was good overall.
Doctor Strange also has roles played by Rachel McAdams, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mads Mikkelsen, and Benedict Wong. Due to the setting and the subject matter, I would have definitely liked to see more Asian actors in prominent roles. Other than Benedict Wong, there really isn't anyone. I'm not even sure if there were many Asian background characters at the monastery. It just felt odd to me. This is one of those missed opportunities I mentioned earlier.
If you push casting choices completely aside, Doctor Strange is a visually stunning spectacle. It's trippy and fantastic. I haven't seen a film bend scenery in ways like this since Christopher Nolan's Inception. I just loved how surreal it was sometimes. I think it may have opened some doors for the Marvel Cinematic Universe that I'm hoping to see more of in the future.
That being said, the jaw dropping, inverted landscape is directly from Inception, and most of the other plot points are a mish-mash of East meets West. That's why the casting choices were a thorn in my side. Other than that, Doctor Strange is a pretty standard Marvel movie. It has the typical Marvel-esque humor. It's a stand alone film at the moment, but it directly ties in with the other films. It's essentially business as usual with a minor twist.
I found the elements of time in Doctor Strange to be the most compelling. You have abstract notions of time, surreal physics, magic and wonder. There's a lot going for it. That's what makes this movie really stand out. That's what made me like it, even though I desperately didn't want to. That's why I would recommend it if these are the sort of things you're into.
If you're looking for something visually stimulating, you will probably find that from Doctor Strange. The story is a good one. The character is decent. I would definitely recommend it, depending on how much you like storylines that are a bit more surreal.


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Monday, February 2, 2009
Ribbon Banner
I went to Michael's and picked up a few of these Styrofoam letters that can be painted.
I wanted something lightweight in case my daughter ever pulled this thing down onto her head (which is very likely to happen). The letters were only a dollar each, and they usually have dollar spools of ribbon right near the front door if you are short on ribbon. Those are basically the only items you need for this, unless you want to decorate it a little more with flowers or other embellishments. I bought some butterflies to attach to the garland, but I'm still not sure if I want to add them. They were a little too bright and sparkly.
I sanded the letters a bit with some fine sandpaper and painted them an off-white color. I cut a long piece of a thicker ribbon for the banner. Then I folded that in half to find the middle and pinned it.
I gathered about 20 different patterns of ribbon in 5 colors (purple, blue, green, white, tan) and cut long enough strips so that they would still be long enough if I made a double knot in them. Then I started double knotting them to the thick blue ribbon, varying colors and patterns as I went. I started in the middle and made room for my letters, then worked my way out until I ran out of ribbon, making sure that the banner was symmetrical.
To attach the letters to the banner, I used...ummm...duct tape. High tech, I know, but it was the easiest way for me.
I tied a knot on each side where I would nail it into the wall, then hung it up. Done!
It might be a little crooked, but I'm sure a 2.5-year-old won't notice!
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Thats really but Connie!ReplyDelete
I love this blog! You have the coolest ideas on here.ReplyDelete
I love this blog too. I think even I could do this one if I had any ribbon and it's not really a boys' thing so maybe someday...or I could spell something else and put it in the kitchen or something...ha haReplyDelete
that's a cute idea. good job :)ReplyDelete
That turned out really well! Great idea.ReplyDelete
Very, very cute idea!! It turned out really cute! I too love your blog, it is so fun to see how talented you are and all your great ideas.ReplyDelete
Um..that was suppost to say that is really cute connie! hahaReplyDelete
Cute. Thanks for the idea. I should do this for my girls. I would need to do something less girly for Nick's name banner. Maybe buttons or sport ball fabric attached to a flat surface then attached to the banner. Well any way, cute idea.ReplyDelete
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Definitelymaybe wrapped up their Burntwood Leisure Leagues Monday championship winning season in style as they eased to a 3-0 defeat of Burntwood VI, demonstrating just how dominant they have been throughout.
Beercelona did what they had to, clinching runners up spot on goal difference following a 4-1 victory over Real Brownhills.
AFC Clayhanger already claimed the First Division title a few weeks back, and it was left to FC Catalonia to wrap up the second promotion spot, who duly obliged, getting the point required in a goalless draw with Ken Dodds.
W Pele's pulled off a last night great escape, as they drew 0-0 with The Bronx Reserves to ensure safety.
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When was the last time you were enlightened? Have you noticed how the intensity can vary from insight to rapture to genius? When greater understanding or resolution of a lingering question presents itself, do you liven up and pause to grasp it? A fresh idea, or simply re-understanding what we thought we knew, can bring transformative feelings of renewal, engagement, and at times the conviction that we are indeed moving in the right direction toward a meaningful goal. It has been said that, "artists from Picasso to Bob Dylan and entrepreneurs including Bill Gates and Steve Jobs changed the world by finding "radically new ways of looking at old problems." They cut through all the accumulated stuff — forget what's been done — to see something special, something new."[1]
Effective leaders know how to create work environments where enlightenment is possible. People are more attentive and focused when they participate and anticipate that learning and progress are imminent. Team leaders who encourage colleagues and employees to compliment one another's strengths and to fill in for one another's weaknesses promote conditions where people feel more purposeful, connected, and valued; this contributes to productivity and a sense of well-being. [2]
I was enlightened the other day and the effects linger. David Whyte,[3] a gifted poet and business consultant, ran a workshop at a coaching conference[4] in Boston and I was in the room. David Whyte combines poetry, storytelling, and consulting to help people have crucial conversations about complex contemporary workplace challenges. He explained that great poetry bypasses the rational brain, speaks directly to the heart, and then invites the rational brain to seek understanding. Through this art, he helps people cut through information overload and reframe struggles that show up at work. Issues challenging leaders today are different in part due to the heightened pace of change and breadth of knowledge we deal with daily in the Information Age. Challenges today can be of multicultural, global, and existential dimensions for people at all levels of an organization. I confess I have never encountered or considered poetry as a tool for coaching in a corporate context until David Whyte enlightened and moved me.
In the workshop, he told stories about travel, friendships, and clients that inspired the several poems he recited. At the end of each recitation he paused and 25 of us were entranced. We sat alone together in silence, wanting to break through to comment, but we could not form words adequate to express our thoughts. A few tried and could only express tears.
One poem –The Faces At Braga – stirs compassion in me for my wonderful clients. The Faces At Braga is a poem about one of David Whyte's experiences visiting a cave at a monastery in Portugal accessible only those who are invited in by the monks. This cave exists today. Inside the old shrine room there are hundreds of faces carved in devotion out of wood and hung centuries ago. The only way to see the faces in the cave is by lighting the candles made of yak butter. In this excerpt, David Whyte implores us to see our weaknesses as part of what makes strength possible, adding space for growth, and inviting help and conversations into our relationships.
Leaders, who willingly partner with a coach, come to realize that they do not have to change who they are to lead well, but they do need to have exceptional self knowledge about:
- Who they are now,
- What is going on for them here,
- What strengths they have that contribute to their own and collective successes,
- What weaknesses they have that get in their way,
- What weaknesses they have that could contribute to collective success (yes, success), and
- How to have conversations about their own and other's strengths and weaknesses.
Leaders cannot be equally competent in all areas. People who have been invited to assist gain a sense of purpose, feel engaged with one another, and spontaneously seek ways to troubleshoot and shore up a leader for the benefit of a shared goal. It is in that space, where there are no authoritative answers, that enlightenment and discovery can occur. In many companies today, 'failure' is reframed as an opportunity for learning. When mistakes are not hidden out of fear or shame, conversations that follow will enable teams to self-regulate, enlighten one another, and become mutually accountable for meeting the courageous standard set by a leader to stay ahead by pressing from one challenge to the next with commitment, conviction, and humility.
The Faces at Braga
(reprinted with permission)
In monastery darkness
by the light of one flashlight
the old shrine room waits in silence.
While above the door
we see the terrible figure,
fierce eyes demanding. "Will you step through?"
And the old monk leads us,
bent back nudging blackness
prayer beads in the hand that beckons.
We light the butter lamps
and bow, eyes blinking in the
pungent smoke, look up without a word,
see faces in meditation,
a hundred faces carved above,
eye lines wrinkled in the hand held light.
Such love in solid wood!
Taken from the hillsides and carved in silence
they have the vibrant stillness of those who made them.
Engulfed by the past
they have been neglected, but through
smoke and darkness they are like the flowers
we have seen growing
through the dust of eroded slopes,
their slowly opening faces turned toward the mountain.
Carved in devotion
their eyes have softened through age
and their mouths curve through delight of the carver's hand.
If only our own faces
would allow the invisible carver's hand
to bring the deep grain of love to the surface.
If only we knew
as the carver knew, how the flaws
in the wood led his searching chisel to the very core,
we would smile too
and not need faces immobilized
by fear and the weight of things undone.
When we fight with our failing
we ignore the entrance to the shrine itself
and wrestle with the guardian, fierce figure on the side of good.
And as we fight
our eyes are hooded with grief
and our mouths are dry with pain.
If only we could give ourselves
to the blows of the carver's hands,
the lines in our faces would be the trace lines of rivers
feeding the sea
where voices meet, praising the features
of the mountain and the cloud and the sky.
Our faces would fall away
until we, growing younger toward death
every day, would gather all our flaws in celebration
to merge with them perfectly,
impossibly, wedded to our essence,
full of silence from the carver's hands.
— David Whyte
from Where Many Rivers Meet
©1990 Many Rivers Press
— David Whyte [5]
[1] Zane J. Peder, In the Age of Information, Specializing to Survive, The New York Times, March 19, 2015, Education Section http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/20/education/in-the-age-of-information-specializing-to-survive.html?_r=0
[2] Rath, Tom and Conchie, Barry: Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow, Gallup Press, Copyright 2008
[3] http://www.davidwhyte.com/biography.html
[4] http://www.instituteofcoaching.org
[5] Whyte, David; River Flow, New & Selected Poems, 2014 and from Where Many Rivers Meet copyright 1990, Many Rivers Press, Langley, Washington; excerpt from The Faces At Braga pp 296-297 – reproduced with permission


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What's Forex day trading?
It's the transaction or the exchange that allows you to buy or sell different currencies. If you want to buy UK pounds, you can convert them to the dollars you've. After that, the currency ratio rises. You can sell pounds and buy dollars again. By this transaction, you can get more dollars than you'd at the first place.
Forex day trading market has higher liquidity than the stock market. They've as much more money being exchanged in the transaction. It's spread among the banks all over the world, resulting to a 24 hour trading services.
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Currencies are being traded in an international foreign exchange market, also known as the Forex market. Transactions are made in the main marketplaces (bourses) and also done in the world's biggest financial centers including New York, London, Frankfurt, Zurich. London. Traditionally, the only way to do this is through trading floor of one the bourses. Today, people can make transactions anywhere through a secure Internet connection or virtual office.
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Today, many traders operate in a global network. They take positions in the market, making investment decisions based on the relative values between two currencies. They can also get a particular price of a currency. The value of currency fluctuations can be renegotiated through trading activities. The amount of currency is also an indicator of the levels of currency supply.
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If you love your iPhone but miss your BlackBerry's buttons -- keep reading.
A new technology, developed by startup Tactus, morphs your touch screen so that it actually feels as if there are buttons protruding.
"The original motivation [was] bringing a BlackBerry-like product experience to the touchscreen," said Craig Ciesla, CEO and co-founder of Tactus Technology. "The iPhone was out, but I was still using a Blackberry."
The Silicon Valley startup has been developing its patented microfluidic technology for the past six years.
Unfortunately, you'll have to wait a bit longer for its iPhone product to roll out. The first product, Phorm, just fits the iPad mini.
Phorm is an accessory: a case, keyboard and screen protector all in one. The keyboard element, though, is invisible. A panel on the back of the case slides to activate finger guides.
It takes roughly one second for the buttons to rise and slightly longer for them to rescind. (Though they're working on shaving time off to make it even more efficient.)
Related: Geolocate your keys -- or your cat
With the help of one of the lead keyboard designers for BlackBerry (BBRY), as well as former Nokia (NOK) and Amazon (AMZN) Lab126 employees, Tactus aims to improve typing on touchscreens and ultimately increase work productivity.
This also has big benefits for tech companies (it'll improve usability) and carriers (it'll drive up data use).
The technology, which was demoed at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show, is on a 30-day pre-sale for $99. (It's expected to retail at $149.) The products are expected to be ready by this summer.
There are about 2 billion smart screens sold per year (including smartphones, tablets, notebooks and other smart devices), according to RK Parthasarathy, vice president of sales and marketing at Tactus.
It plans to fit the technology for the iPhone 6 within six months, and follow it with the iPad Air. The company is also eying Android devices, but that likely won't be until 2016.
Parthasarathy declined to talk specifics about potential partnerships but said: "[We] are having conversations with the biggest brick and mortar retailers and carriers."
This could mean working with companies to create touchscreens that incorporate Tactus' technology, rather than just being an accessory.
When asked whether they've had talks with Apple (AAPL) about integrating the technology into its devices, Parthasarathy was tight-lipped.
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These are our non-negotiable distinctives, forming our core principles and making us who we are. They are crucial to the outworking of the life of the church and dictate where we spend our time, energy and money.
THE PURSUIT OF GOD. We are hungry to know God's presence, hear His voice and follow hard after Him.
CHRISTLIKENESS. We want Jesus' love, mercy, grace, truth, purity, power, and integrity to shine through all that we are and do, through the power of the Holy Spirit.
BEING SPIRIT-LED, AUTHENTICALLY, SIMPLY. We welcome the Holy Spirit and expect that He will meet with us when we ask Him to. We try to do this in a non-manipulative and non-hyped manner. We look for and expect the authentic presence and work of God in all areas of our lives. We call this being 'naturally supernatural'.
THE BIBLE. We acknowledge the supreme value of the truth revealed in the Bible, and our desire is to grow in our ability to understand and apply its truth in our lives so we increasingly see the world around us from God's perspective.
PRAYER. This is how we communicate with and listen to God. Through prayer we can give thanks, say we are sorry when we need to and ask God for what we need. We believe that prayer should be at the heart of all we do, both as a church and as individuals, as we try to follow Him and know Him more.
DISCIPLESHIP. We aim to grow as disciples of Christ ourselves first and then to make disciples of others.
THE KINGDOM OF GOD. We believe we live in the 'now and the not yet' of the kingdom of God – God's rule and reign. We enjoy experiencing God's kingdom breaking through in the present (in healing, for example) and we also wait for the day when God's kingdom will be fully present and established at the return of Jesus.
THE MERCY OF GOD. We believe that mercy is fundamental to all that God does in salvation. As a result, we want to extend mercy to one another and to everyone we meet.
SERVANT LEADERSHIP. We believe that Christ has put significant leadership authority in the hands of the pastor and leaders. We aim to exercise that authority with humility, selflessness, grace, care for people, and a sincere desire to build up the Body of Christ.
UNITY. We recognise that we are just one small part of Jesus' church in our community and throughout the earth. We do our best to walk in real unity with one another and with believers everywhere, as we serve Christ's cause.
HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. We want to develop open, honest relationships with one another, where we can know others well and be known. We believe that strong relationships will develop a community which is open and welcoming to everyone.
We want to enable and support mature relationships and family growth for those who are single or married.
BEING RELEVANT. We aim to create an atmosphere of ease, where we speak, act and dress in ways in which are culturally relevant. We also want to shape culture and find new ways to express and live out our faith, whilst remaining true to what we believe.
WORSHIP. The historic confessions of our faith acknowledge that humanity's great purpose is "to know God and glorify Him forever."
Our worship is for and to God and we aim at it being authentic and non-hyped.
THE INSIDE – OUT WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. We place a much higher value on the Holy Spirit 'capturing' the heart of a person and producing change in motivation, than on an external change in behaviour, produced by harsh discipline.
We want people to be free to come as they are and be themselves, wherever they are in their faith journey.
FAITH LIVED OUT. Our relationship with Jesus convinces us to not just believe the truth, but also to live it out. Jesus demonstrated God's love, compassion and the reality of His kingdom through action as well as words. We want to 'do the stuff' that he did, not just read or talk about it.
COMPASSION The Bible and the life of Jesus clearly illustrate that God's heart is biased towards the poor and the 'voiceless'. As a church we want to embrace His ministry to the poor, the hurting, the sick, and the lost. Every person in the church has a part to play in this work by praying, giving, and serving in the strength of God and the gifts of His Spirit.
'EVERYBODY GETS TO PLAY' "If we create places where only a few can participate we've missed the call of the Kingdom." So we encourage everyone to get involved in the life of the church and be an active part of what we do.
OUTWARD LOOKING We believe the church also exists for the sake of its 'non-members'. We want to have a creative and positive impact on the communities around us in whatever ways we can.
CHURCH PLANTING We believe the church exists to reach out to people and change communities. So, we look for growth and support church planting as a means of extending God's Kingdom throughout the UK.


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The Great Wave off Kanagawa after Hokusai
It´s hard to say anything new about the Great Wave. For centuries it has been inspiration and foundation for new or built on artworks by both, fine or applied arts artist. I don´t ever get tired of it, of its original Ukiyo-e print or any other media form. I am thrilled to find the Great Wave hidden in some advertisement or poster or graffiti.
It is also first painting in series of the 100 Great Waves.
Technique: acrylic on canvas
Size: 120 x 177 cm (47.24 x 69.68 inch)
Year: March 2009
Availability: In Private Collection
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This is a common problem... Since SO MANY of you are having this problem I have turned this from a response to a blog. I will add more tips daily as you guys ask more questions. If you have a question on how to do something post on here and I will comment back in a new blog. :D
The question:
I just started getting into GH/RB and I can't seem to get Orange Fretting down, I think my hands are stupid. Any advice before I go lefty?
Learn this NEW hand position...
Move your hand down so your pinky is sitting on orange and your index on red. It's easier to stretch your index to green than it is to stress out that poor pinky. Once you are comfortable with this position the next step is to learn to transition from the index on red/ pinky on orange to the index on green/ pinky on blue positions when necessary so that you can use your two strongest fingers (index/middle) to hit whatever notes are more prominent during that section. If you see a lot of green/reds approaching move your hand to the first position (g/b) and if you see a lot of yellows blues and oranges move it to the second (red to orange) The goal is to use your pinky as little as possible however shifting your hand around as needed to try to hit a majority of the buttons using only your index, middle and ring fingers.
Trills (a series of back and forth notes) that consist of Oranges and blues should be hit using your index/middle or middle/ring fingers since they're stronger and easier to control, however it's tricky to shift your hand down that fast then repositioning it to the red-orange position without missing notes.
Another method is to learn "tapping" videos can be found on youtube. This technique is when you strum with your right hand then bring that hand up to the frets using it to tap on the blue/orange buttons during hammer on/ pull off and slider sections. This is especially useful for songs like "Spiderwebs" on GH: World Tour, "Our Truth" on GH: World Tour, and "Through the Fire and the Flames" GH3 as well as other songs of the like.
I want to make a youtube "HANDS" video for you on a song that you have trouble with so you can see what I'm talking about. I'll try to do a picture in picture if possible so you can see how I shift my hand. Please send me a message with a song you'd like me to show you the technique for. :D
I hope this helped. If not or if you need further explanation let me know. :D


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