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We're Ready When You Are: Far Niente and Nickel & Nickel are Open For Tastings. Learn more
There is so much behind a great bottle of Nickel & Nickel Single-Vineyard wine: carefully farmed vineyards, impeccable winemaking and a team of people passionate about our wines. Through our blog, we'll give you an inside look at the personalities and stories behind the scenes.
We invite you to explore our singular point of view and see what makes Nickel & Nickel and our single-vineyard wines so special. See you soon!
It's an exciting time of year: we've just introduced our newest Nickel & Nickel Cabernet vintage and harvest is right around the corner! If you missed Cabernet Release Day in August, you may taste a selection of our 2009 Cabernets on a tour and tasting. In fact, this is a fantastic time to visit our winery right in the heart of the Napa Valley. There's something about the energy of being in the valley during harvest that adds a special element to an already very special place. If you're planning a fall visit, do give us a call well in advance to reserve your tasting appointment.
Right now we are pouring a beautiful selection of our 2009 Single-Vineyard Cabernets in our tasting room:
2009 Nickel & Nickel C.C. Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford, Napa Valley
Plush cherry flavors are enhanced by floral characteristics, which add dimension. The distinctive "Rutherford Dust," combined with spice and toast from the oak, deepens flavor and complexity. Smooth and rich, the wine expands on the middle palate, and soft tannins melt away into a long, harmonious finish.
2009 Nickel & Nickel Hayne Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, St. Helena, Napa Valley
Opulent cherry and blackberry flavors blend with the vanilla and spice from the French oak. The lush, dark, jammy fruit offers a silky entrance that expands and coats the palate, while the tannins are rich and supporting, leading to a lengthy finish.
2009 Nickel & Nickel Tench Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville, Napa Valley
Blueberry and boysenberry flavors harmonize with a background of spice and herb. This wine is elegant and balanced between the juicy fruit and the vanilla from the oak. A coating, velvety texture is expansive and refreshing as the soft, supple tannins carry the flavors into a long finish.
2009 Nickel & Nickel State Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon, Yountville, Napa Valley
This wine offers an intriguing combination of fruit and spice. Cranberry and berry flavors intertwine with earth and cigar, and the toasty component from the oak complements the fruit and adds an intriguing layer. This vintage also has a rich structure, more typical of a hillside Cabernet. This intense expression will allow this wine to age beautifully.
These wines are subject to change to another delicious selection. For a full list of our 2009 Cabernets click here.


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James of Krazy Kat Music in San Antonio, TX, emailed these photos of this unusual vintage guitar they just got in. He explains:
It's a 1965 Kay Vanguard. The body is made of some sort of MDF (you can see it where the paint is chipped off on the headstock). The pickguard is very cool! The single coil pickup is glued to the bottom of the pickguard, and the pickguard has a raised section with the design of the underneath pickup. Nothing of the pickup is exposed thru the top (the pole pieces and shape are etched into the pick guard). We've been jokingly calling it the "soap dish" pickup. Single volume, single tone. Strangely enough, the tone is the first knob, which is counterintuitive. Three bolt neck. The headstock still has the sticker of the store it was originally bought at, Mary L. Spence Music in Plainview, TX. The tuners have been replaced over the years, the original screw holes are still evident under the new tuners.Thanks for that, James! We always enjoy seeing unusual - and even downright cheesy - vintage guitars. Thanks for sharing.
Something else strange too: when I removed the pickguard to check it out, I noticed that the electronics weren't grounded to anything. The pickguard was completely independent from the rest of the guitar.
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MTV's "Jersey Shore" kicked off its second season with plenty of drama and a few grenades.
With their usual Seaside Heights pad fouled by wintry weather, Snooki, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, Jenni "J-Woww" and the rest of the "Shore" crew have embarked on a road trip, bringing their fist pumping ways to sunny Miami.
Once arrived, the show features two major storylines amid the familiar backdrop of hot-tubing, primping and clubbing. (As for GTL – gyms, tan, and laundry – well, that will have to wait until later this season…Although, Snooki did say having to hand wash clothes in a sink made her feel like a "pilgrim in the freakin' '20s").
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In what could shape up to be the defining conflict of the new season, though, it's looking like it's all the women of the "Shore" house against Angelina Pivarnick of Staten Island, New York.
Angelina left early from the show the first season after having sparred with several cast members. On Thursday's episode, she says she's grateful to get another chance back on the show -- but it's clear her housemates aren't going to make up so easy.
A few scenes of passive-aggressive cattiness lead to this full-throated exchange in the girls' cab on the cast's first night out clubbing:
"You don't deserve to be here, Angelina, and you're a [explicative] white rat and you're [explicative] pale and you're nasty," Snooki says.
Angelina shoots back: "Yeah, okay and you're too tan."
"I am tan and I like being tan, b----," Snooki replies as she leaves the car with J-Woww and Sammi "Sweetheart" Gincola.
Meanwhile, in the guy's cab – crickets.
In the other major story line of the show, Sammi "Sweetheart" has realized that she still has feelings for Ronnie Magro, her bulky former squeeze last season.
It's unclear what Ronnie still thinks of her, but when the pair is out at the club they start arguing. Eventually, Ronnie calls her the "C" word.
Sammi sulks home. "Single Ronnie" returns to the club and begins creepin' on girls, no matter if they're attractive or, as The Situation puts it, a grenade.
The episode ends with Ronnie kissing two girls at once, while Sammi pines for him at her new "Shore" digs.
Angelina realizes that she could tell Sammi the truth later about what her ex-man is up to. But then again why should she?
They aren't friends.


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About 100 people allegedly involved in a pair of major drug-trafficking rings centered in southeastern Connecticut were arrested Wednesday.
About 100 people allegedly involved in a pair of major drug-trafficking rings centered in southeastern Connecticut were arrested Wednesday.
A massive operation involving 700 federal, state and local enforcement officers made the arrests after a 15-month investigation. Dozens of arrest warrants were issued in Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Puerto Rico.
The two drug rings, one in which heroin and cocaine was imported into the region from the Dominican Republic, and the other in which cocaine was imported from Puerto Rico, supplied a "significant majority" of those drugs sold in the region, David Fein, U.S. attorney for Connecticut, said.
Fein spoke at a Wednesday afternoon press conference at Camp Niantic Army National Guard base in East Lyme.
Fifteen other federal, state and local law enforcement officials attended as well.
"They pretty much made this area a gateway for their illegal poison," Bruce Foucart, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New England, said. "We've taken them down."
Norwich Police Chief Louis Fusaro said the operation shows the importance of cooperation among different departments and agencies in dismantling crime rings that operated from the shoreline as far north as Putnam.
"They spider-webbed all over the region," he said. "They move about."
Fusaro said several Norwich detectives and officers took part in the investigation.
"Our guys did some great work locally," he said.
Federal authorities said the investigation included court-ordered wiretaps of 15 telephones, extensive surveillance, undercover drug purchases and seizures of cocaine and heroin.
Fein said he did not know what quantities of drugs and money were seized in the arrests and during the investigation.
The arrests took place beginning early Wednesday when law enforcement officials from numerous departments fanned out across the area. Those taken in custody faced a variety of state and federal drug possession and trafficking charges as well as federal money-laundering charges.
About half the suspects were arraigned Wednesday afternoon in federal District Court in New Haven, while the other half facing state charges were arraigned at the same time in New London Superior Court.
There were 52 federal defendants and 45 state defendants listed as of 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Fein said federal prosecutors were asking for pre-trial detention for the suspects. The charges they face carry mandatory minimum sentences of five or 10 years in prison, he said.
In a news release, federal authorities described two large operations that had some overlapping members.
Luis Ariel Capellan Maldonado, 38, of New London, regularly imported "multi-kilogram quantities" of heroin, and sometimes cocaine, from the Dominican Republic, distributed it through the area and sent the proceeds back to the Dominican Republic, federal authorities said.
Capellan Maldonado used people to bring in the drugs, Fein said. "These couriers would swallow the drugs before boarding a flight to the United States," he said.
The second operation involved Pedro Rivera and Juan Cheverez, both of Groton, federal authorities said. They imported cocaine from Puerto Rico, often coming through the mail, Fein said. The drugs were distributed throughout the region, and money was sent back to Puerto Rico, authorities said.
Chief State's Attorney Kevin Kane said the operations that have been dismantled were among the biggest he has seen.
He praised the cooperation among all the different law enforcement agencies involved.
Working together was fantastic," Kane said. "Everybody needs to be thanked."
Agencies involved included: Homeland Securities Investigations, U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, state police, New London police, Norwich police, Waterford police, Groton Town police, East Lyme police and Putnam police.


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In time for St. Patrick's Day, the Royal Irish Academy, in conjunction with its partners, announced today a new, interactive app produced with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite that engages users with the history and culture of Ireland. Exploring the rich heritage of the country through the lens of significant cultural objects, the app, "A History of Ireland in 100 Objects", not only marks St. Patrick's Day, but also Ireland's ascension to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Rich with video, audio and animation, the app showcases Irish history and culture through the country's treasures. Designed to promote engagement with the country's ideals and heritage, the app immerses readers into the country's history and encourages them to learn more.
"Fintan O'Toole, a journalist from The Irish Times, launched the project in 2011 with a series of newspaper columns highlighting 100 objects from Ireland, the UK and Norway that connect with Ireland's rich past," writes Joe Zeff, whose design firm produced the app. "Those columns became a hardcover book, and that book became the series of apps that we designed and developed for multiple platforms using Adobe Digital Publishing Suite."
Seeking to make the app available to the widest spectrum of users possible, the Royal Irish Academy used the multi-platform functionality of Digital Publishing Suite to deliver the app on iPad, iPhone and on Android tablets, including the Amazon Kindle Fire. The iPhone version is of particular note because it delivers formatted, well-thought out content that fits the on-the-go consumption habits of iPhone users – especially to visitors to Irish museums.
The app is free for download until March 31, 2013 and is a project of the Royal Irish Academy, the National Museum of Ireland and The Irish Times supported by the Presidency of the European Council of the European Union and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland. Preview the app through a short video below.


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eat (one's) words
To retract, regret, or feel foolish about what one has previously said. You think I can't get an A in this class, but I'll make you eat your words when we get our report cards! After my negative prediction for the season, I certainly ate my words when the team started out undefeated.
eat (one's) words
Fig. to have to take back one's statements; to confess that one's predictions were wrong. You shouldn't say that to me. I'll make you eat your words. John was wrong about the election and had to eat his words.
eat one's words
Be forced to retract something one has said, as in The incumbent won easily, so I had to eat my words. This expression was already proverbial in John Ray's English Proverbs (1670). [Second half of 1500s]
eat your words
COMMON If someone has to eat their words, they have to admit that an opinion that they stated publicly has now been proved wrong. He was very doubtful about our chances of success but he'll be eating his words now. The company's chairman has had to eat his words about the company being recession-proof.
eat your wordsretract what you have said, especially when forced to do so.
eat your ˈwordsbe forced to admit that what you have said before was wrong: Nick told everyone that he'd be picked for the team, but when he wasn't chosen he had to eat his words.
eat (one's) words
To retract something that one has said.


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Mindless eating: Losing weight without thinking
Dieters may not need as much willpower as they think, if they make simple changes in their surroundings that can result in eating healthier without a second thought, said a consumer psychologist at the American Psychological Association's 119th Annual Convention.
"Our homes are filled with hidden eating traps," said Brian Wansink, PhD, who presented his findings and strategies for a healthier lifestyle in a plenary address entitled "Modifying the Food Environment: From Mindless Eating to Mindlessly Eating Better."
"Most of us have too much chaos going on in our lives to consciously focus on every bite we eat, and then ask ourselves if we're full. The secret is to change your environment so it works for you rather than against you," Wansink said
Wansink identified several myths about eating behaviors as a way to explain why Americans, on average, have been getting fatter. "People don't think that something as simple as the size of a bowl would influence how much an informed person eats," he said.
However, several studies show exactly that, including Wansink's study of 168 moviegoers, who ate either fresh or stale popcorn from different size containers. People ate 45 percent more fresh popcorn from extra-large containers than large ones and the people who were eating stale popcorn ate 34 percent more from the extra-large buckets than people eating fresh popcorn, according to the study.
They just don't realize they're doing it," said Wansink. This strategy also applies to what we drink. His research found that people pour about 37 percent more liquid in short, wide glasses than in tall, skinny ones of the same volume.
Even a kid's cereal bowl can be a trap, according to Wansink. One study showed children of different weights who were given a 16 ounce bowl were more likely to serve themselves twice as much cereal than children given an 8 ounce bowl.
Another myth, according to Wansink, is that people know when they are full and stop before they overeat. His Food and Brand Lab at Cornell University tested this by designing a "bottomless bowl." They brought in 60 people for a free lunch and gave 22 ounce bowls of soup to half, while the other half unknowingly got 22 ounce bowls that were pressure-fed under the table and slowly refilled. The results: people with bottomless bowls ate 73 percent more than those with normal bowls, yet when asked, they didn't realize they had eaten more. "The lesson is, don't rely on your stomach to tell you when you're full. It can lie," Wansink said.
Simply being aware of such findings can help people make healthier choices, especially those who are already trying to eat healthier foods, according to Wansink. One of his studies showed that people lost up to two pounds a month after making several simple changes in their environment, including:
- eating off salad plates instead of large dinner plates.
- keeping unhealthy foods out of immediate line of sight and moving healthier foods to eye-level in the cupboard and refrigerator.
- eating in the kitchen or dining room, not in front of the television.
"These simple strategies are far more likely to succeed than willpower alone. It's easier to change your environment than to change your mind," Wansink concluded.
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On Monday's edition of "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart found rich irony in the ongoing debate over the "War on Moms."
Stewart played a clip of Ann Romney on Fox News in which the wife of the presumptive GOP presidential nominee said: "My career choice was to be a mother—and I think all of us need to know that we need to respect choices that women make."
Stewart threw up his hands and exclaimed, in reference to the film "Gladiator": "Are you not entertained?"
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"Hilary Rosen [the Democratic strategist who said Mrs. Romney "never worked a day in her life"] just made the Republican Party pro-choice!"
"Cats are dogs! Black is white!" Stewart joked.
Stewart later quipped that support for stay-at-home mothers is probably the one position Mitt Romney hasn't changed over the course of his political career.
Or so one might think. Stewart has the smoking gun that proves that assumption wrong.
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The milk chocolate frosting provides a subtle and delicious contrast to the dark chocolate cake. Either imported or domestic milk chocolate works well.
- Yield
- Makes 10 to 12 servings
- Cake
- 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
- 1/2 cup hot water
- 1 3/4 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup whole milk
- Frosting
- 1 1/4 cups whipping cream
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
- 1 pound milk chocolate, chopped
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- 4 1.4-ounce chocolate-covered English toffee bars (such as Heath Bars or Skor), cut into 1/4-inch dice
- 7 ounces milk chocolate (such as one Hershey's bar or two 3- to 3.5-ounce milk chocolate bars)
- Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F. Butter two 9-inch-diameter cake pans with 1 3/4-inch-high sides. Line bottoms of pans with waxed paper; butter paper. Dust pans with flour; tap out excess. Combine chocolate and 1/2 cup hot water in small saucepan. Stir over low heat until melted and smooth. Cool to lukewarm, stirring often.
- Whisk flour, baking soda and salt in medium bowl to blend. Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until fluffy. Gradually beat in sugar. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, then vanilla extract. Beat in chocolate mixture. Add flour mixture in 3 additions alternately with milk in 2 additions, beating just to blend after each addition. Divide batter equally beween pans. Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean and cake just begins to pull away from sides of pan, about 35 minutes. Cool cakes in pans on racks 5 minutes. Cut around pan sides. Turn cakes out onto racks; peel off waxed paper. Cool cakes completely.
- Combine cream, corn syrup and butter in heavy large saucepan. Whisk over medium heat until mixture begins to simmer. Add chopped chocolate. Reduce heat to low and whisk until frosting is smooth, about 1 minute; transfer to large bowl.
- Fill another large bowl with ice. Set bottom of bowl with frosting atop ice. Whisk until frosting is cool and begins to thicken, about 8 minutes. Place bowl of frosting on work surface. Using electric mixer, beat until color lightens and just until frosting becomes thick enough to hold peaks when beaters are lifted, about 2 minutes (frosting will continue to thicken as it stands).
- Place 1 cake layer, flat side up, on 8-inch-diameter tart pan bottom or cardboard round. If desired, place pan bottom with cake atop 8-inch-diameter cake pan to make simple decorating stand. Top layer with 1 1/2 cups frosting, spreading to edge. Sprinkle evenly with diced toffee. Top with second cake layer, flat side down; press slightly to adhere. Spread thin layer of frosting over top and sides of cake to seal and set crumbs. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake (if frosting becomes stiff, stir gently with spatula to loosen).
- Stand chocolate bar on 1 short end. Using vegetable peeler and starting at top edge of 1 side, run peeler down length of bar (chocolate will come away from side of chocolate bar in curls). Pile chocolate curls atop cake. Chill at least 2 hours. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover with cake dome and keep chilled. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour before serving.)


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Let's try to get caught upon some paperwork.
Murphey, I want you to...
Don't let thecity's peacefulness
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It's too quiet.
Oh, not this kid again.
Hey, you getoutta here-- out.
There was another rapistin the park tonight.
It's no coincidence.
It must be a rapist plotand it stinks to the top.
What ?
I think the Mayormight be involved.
It's my theory she hasa lesbian lover
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Oscar Pistorius's defence team have concluded their case in his murder trial - and the athlete could learn his fate within 6 weeks.
The Olympic and Paralympic athlete will now have to wait a month before his next appearance in court when the legal teams will submit their closing arguments.
He is facing a possible 25-year prison sentence if he is found guilty of murdering girlfriend model Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year.
The prosecution team has until July 30 to submit its 'heads of argument' to the court and the defence team has until August 4.
The two parties will then go before Judge Thokozile Masipa on August 7 and 8 when she will hear their closing arguments.
She is then expected to take around another two weeks to consider her verdict.
If he is found guilty, it is likely that Pistorius will appeal against his conviction and it is likely that he would be released on bail until after another hearing.
The 27-year-old athlete, known as 'Blade Runner' because of the carbon-fibre prosthetics he uses on the track, says he killed Steenkamp in a tragic accident, shooting at what he thought was an intruder hiding behind a locked toilet door.
The state alleges he killed in a fit of rage after an argument.


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Paul Cowland – #Petrolheads
Paul Cowland is a car guy, there is no denying that, but what sets him apart from the rest of us is his seemingly unstoppable desire to fulfil every motoring fantasy he has. At the moment he has near to 30 cars, he works in Automotive PR running his own company, ProMotive, he's a race driver, he's a commentator and he's a TV presenter – all with a motoring twist. Paul is a man who knows what he likes and he's living the dream.


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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
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Details:Two-time Oscar®-winner Tom Hanks portrays Mister Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, a timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism, based on the true
story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. After a jaded magazine writer (Emmy winner Matthew Rhys) is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers,
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The Huffington Post helpfully aggregated some common assertions and questions people make against childfree people (in their case, it was women they focused on). Anyway, I wrote a response to each one on Big Think. I added some snark.
Let me know if they're questions or assertions you've got. And, also, how often do you get them, in comparison to men/women companions/friends/lovers.
Update: Love the responses and comments. Please do keep them coming. Fascinating.


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In the last two days I've been experiencing intermittent problems with the forum: when I click a link to a thread or post sometimes I can't get it to load. I have to wait about a minute and try again. The same issue occurs when I try to submit a post.
I'm not maxing out my internet connection, other websites are working fine.
Should I post this to the ML?
Wait and see if anyone else is experiencing it. I get it from time to time, but suspect my conection is responsible more often than not.
I also haven't noticed an uptick in frequency over the last week; nor does it happen when trying to submit a post, just when browsing*
* Having said that, my browsing rate is probably similar to your posting one...
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If I run into this once a week it's absolutely not a problem, but it has happened over 20 times in the last ~48 hours, that's why I'm asking.
Maybe it's just the universe trying to tell me something ... That's too bad, because I'm very good at not listening ;-P
It happened four times in the last hour. When I wanted to post https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 6#p1350626 I got
An error was encountered
Error: Unable to update user visit data.
Is it always this error? Looks like a DB overload then. FluxBB scales pretty bad.
This is only the second time I saw it in the pat week. Once was about 5 days ago and today was the second, when I wanted to post https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 6#p1350626
Mostly it's just pages loading, loading, loading and never getting anywhere. If I come back in a minute or two, they usually load w/o a problem.
Could be. A few search queries in the forums can block the whole system.
I had a problem connecting about 30-45 mins ago. Just got a standard could not connect page from Firefox. Other sites were loading fine.
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Though this thread is older, the other one has more info. Please follow the link in Pierre's post just above mine.
Sorry karol. Closing.
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Wurth Electronics Midcom and Lantiq recently announced The Evaluation Kit, a jointly developed demonstration kit. The kit enables users to easily add Ethernet hardware to an application or device and provides all necessary information to understand the demands of an Ethernet hardware design.
The Evaluation Kit includes an easy-to-use 1-Gbps demonstration board. The (54-mm × 92-mm) credit card-sized demonstration board is powered by USB. The board plugs into PCs and provides up to 1-Gbps bidirectional data rates.
The Evaluation Kit costs approximately $175.
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Excellent article! It explains how programs are laid out in memory.
From the blog post:
Memory management is the heart of operating systems; it is crucial for both programming and system administration. In the next few posts I'll cover memory with an eye towards practical aspects, but without shying away from internals. While the concepts are generic, examples are mostly from Linux and Windows on 32-bit x86. This first post describes how programs are laid out in memory. Each process in a multi-tasking OS runs in its own memory sandbox. This sandbox is the virtual address space, which in 32-bit mode is always a 4GB block of memory addresses.
=> Anatomy of a Program in Memory


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Welcome to Goal Setting Guide
Goal Setting For Teenl Article
For a permanent link to this article, or to bookmark it for further reading, click here.
Be Smart In Setting Your Goalsfrom: Valerie Christie - Guest Writer
Smart goal setting is one of the best ways to achieve personal and business success. In fact smart goal setting is always integrated in business management. Technology is fast changing, events in the workplace are moving faster and faster. To be globally competitive you must always consider customer satisfaction. If you want to stay in the market you must set up good goals. And good goals must be bounded on the conditions that they are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-bound or simply: Smart.
How to attain Smart Goal Setting?
Specific goals should suggest the behavior or action that are as specific as possible and define the parameters of that action or behavior. To establishing specific goals, therefore must be specific. When the goals are specific, you know exactly what you are aiming for. You utilize the strength of your imagination and set direction into the action that will empower you to achieve the goals.
Goals should also be measurable. You must set out specifically what you want to do with amounts and deadlines. Goals are set in such a way where you can manipulate yourself through the whole process. You must also see that there are good results on what you have set up. Beforehand, you should be able to identify your status at any point of your goal realization even before you start.
When you set goals, you must think of all the possibilities that could come out in the process, at the same time, you should be able to know if you can achieve it or not. Knowing this will limit you to the process where you can attain your set goals (not necessarily in the easiest way but in a possible way). An attainable goal is one that is can be realized in a given period of time.
Don't aim so high nor aim for unrealistic things that you cannot achieve. It is very frustrating to you when you set up goals that are on their way to failure. What happens here is that you will waste all your effort and time to the goals you can never achieve.
Do not consider that once you have set your goals, you are already done. As the saying goes, "do not count the chicks until they are hatched". It is therefore important to have plans and timeframes on how to achieve your set goals. Follow these plans so that you are always on track. Monitor your daily achievement in realizing your goals. Always give yourself a feedback on the short-term goals that you have accomplished. In other words, the moment you have set goals, you should include specific timeframes where you will follow throughout the course of your goal realization.
Smart goal setting is the best tool to achieve goals. It always produces the best results since you will follow a method that is already tested and proven effective. Realizing goals that are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time-sensitive will surely be an easy task indeed.
Setting smart goal would give you the opportunity to see what you are doing well as well as determining what needs to be improved as you go along with these goals. Goals are things that are possible to attain for as long as you set them to make you better in your chosen path of life.


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Great comment at The Bullying Culture of Medical School
"Occasionally we have new interns, residents, or attendings that start with abusive behavior toward nursing staff or other physicians. I've found that a good response is to say something like this, always with an audience, and in a very calm, low voice, "Apparently the institution you've come from allows behavior like this, but here at (insert facility name) we do not condone nor allow such abuse. If I have to, I'll report this to (chief medical officer). Let's make sure this never happens again, shall we?" More than once, the perpetrator has apoplogized on the spot, but I've also has to report them. Then, they apologize later. I've never had the chief not back me up. They know that for the morale and reputation of the facility, behavior like that cannot be tolerated."
See also:
– Wikipedia: Nonviolent Communication


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Wrong turn may have been fatal for SnowGlobe attendee
A 19-year-old Petaluma woman who was found dead last week after attending the SnowGlobe Music Festival may have been attempting to walk back to her hotel when she made a wrong turn on Pioneer Trail.Investigators believe Alyssa Byrne may have followed other concertgoers walking back to Stateline after missing a concert shuttle on New Year's Eve, but became disoriented and turned right onto Pioneer Trail rather than left, according to a Monday article in Santa Rosa's Press Democrat.After walking southwest along the road, Byrne climbed over a berm and walked about 100 yards in the snow before stopping, according to statements to the newspaper by El Dorado County Sheriff's Lt. Pete Van Arnum. Van Arnum's voicemail was full and not accepting messages Tuesday afternoon.South Tahoe Public Utility District workers found Byrne's body Friday morning in a snowbank along Pioneer Trail between Al Tahoe Boulevard and Black Bart Avenue.Byrne's boot prints were the only prints in the area and suggested disorientation due to alcohol consumption, hypothermia or both, Van Arnum told the Press Democrat. Byrne's white ski jacket was found near her body, Van Arnum added.Victims of hypothermia are exposed to cold and/or wet conditions, resulting in below normal body temperatures. The condition affects a victim's thinking and movement, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."This makes hypothermia particularly dangerous because a person may not know it is happening and won't be able to do anything about it," according to the agency."Paradoxical undressing," where a person takes of clothes despite cold temperatures, has also been associated with cases of severe hypothermia.Byrne's body does not show signs of outward trauma or foul play. Autopsy results are pending.Authorities have been unable to confirm accounts by Byrne's friends that she had boarded a shuttle back to Stateline and was seen at Horizon Casino Resort, where she was staying, during the early morning hours of New Year's Day. Authorities have not located Byrne in surveillance footage from the time she was reportedly seen at the casino.Byrne's friend, Jay Donnellan, told the Press Democrat he was sure Byrne was on a shuttle from the concert when he talked to her on the phone shortly after 11 p.m. New Year's Eve.Festival organizers have declined to provide any information on the incident or comment while the investigation is ongoing.The South Lake Tahoe City Council is expected to discuss this year's festival concert at a future meeting.City Councilman Hal Cole called Byrne's death "unfortunate" at the end of Tuesday's meeting. Two council members said they thought the festival was successful, despite Byrne's death.Councilwoman JoAnn Conner lauded South Lake Tahoe police and firefighters presence at the festival, saying they were open and accessible to attendees. Mayor Tom Davis called the festival "very well run," noting that noise to surrounding neighborhoods was not the issue it was during last year's inaugural event.The council has yet to schedule a more formal discussion of this year's festival.
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We used Blender for the modeling, and GIMP for post-production. We might also have come up with a scriptable method of producing anime eyes (select color, expression, male/female, age, etc. press "generate" and there's another character's eyes..
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I need some audio files for an experiment. In this experiment, numbers will be played to the subjects via headphones, so I need sound files with spoken numbers. Actually, a single file with a sequence of numbers is fine.
The goal is to produce a similar experiment as the one by Neil W. Mulligan (The Role of Attention During Encoding in Implicit and Explicit Memory). In this experiment, the material from the test set developed by Blaxton (1989) were used.
Is there any standardized database for this kind of things? I know there are standardized face databases, but I am not sure about sound files and googling did not help.
The problem is that the subjects will be from Germany, so I need the numbers in German.


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"NFL: Ravens' McClain will be fined for Miller hit"
should be suspended. imo.
source: azcentral.com - Arizona's Home Page
wire: nfl ticker http://www.askthedriver.com
"NFL: Ravens' McClain will be fined for Miller hit"
should be suspended. imo.
source: azcentral.com - Arizona's Home Page
wire: nfl ticker http://www.askthedriver.com
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And their fans.
Day late dollar short, he should of been ejected!!
Has anything come across the wire about Haloti Ngata clubbing Ben in the nose?
can't the steelers sue the fn nfl for cause?
And their fans.
******* John Harbaugh said today at his Monday Press conference that there shouldnt have been any punishment handed down to McClain for the hit on Miller. What a ****ing joke for Harbaugh to make a statement like that. This coming from a guy that is constantly crying and whining to the officials each and every game about something. Dont worry Harbaugh McClain might not get the punishment he truly deserves but you and your team sure as hell got all the punishment in the world and them some last night by choking away the game in the final 3 minutes and watching the likes of Ben and Troy steal it right from you and make big plays at the end of the game to seal the victory much like they always find a way to do against the Ravens...
John Harbaugh is the biggest POS out there....I really wish nothing but the worst for his team!!
ESPN just reported that McClain will be fined 40K and Ngata 15K
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Jameel McClain has been fined $40,000 for an illegal hit Sunday night on Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Heath Miller, the NFL confirmed Monday.
Ravens defensive lineman Haloti Ngata was fined $15,000 for striking Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in the head, the league confirmed.
McClain's third-quarter hit left Miller with a concussion in the Steelers' 13-10 overtime victory.
Miller's head and neck were was bent backwards by the impact of the hit. As he lay motionless on the field, trainers rushed to his side and held his helmet in place, typical for neck injuries. He remained on the turf for several minutes before trainers helped him off. He did not return.
McClain wasn't called for a personal foul on the play.
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Generator testing
What is being done?
Testing of life-safety generator.
Why is this being done?
Testing is a monthly requirement of the National Fire Protection Agency.
How will this impact building occupants?
Power will be interrupted to all equipment on the life-safety generator (stairwell lighting, exit lights, fire alarm systems, phone systems, etc.). This will not affect normal building power.
Who can I contact for more information?
Daniel Bell, skilled trades supervisor, at (517) 432-0509 or firstname.lastname@example.com, or IPF at (517) 353-1760.


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As this is a "fifth" Sunday (and they don't occur too often) we may prepare a different form of worship – keep an eye on the events calendar to see if this is the case.
Do join us for our communion service. We have creche facilities and activities, for older children, held in the village hall. Coffee and tea is served after the service. Cake sometimes makes an appearance!
The church is warm, with toilet facilities and, we hope, a warm welcome for all.
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Serge Jespers has details on a Flash application that has been deployed to the White House Situation Room. Intelligent Software Solutions worked on an application built with Flex that will be used by the President of the United States to monitor critical infrastructure for the US Navy. Its a touch screen interface built on top of the SPAWAR touch table framework.
Not surprisingly the press release contains no images of the application.
However, as Serge points out in his blog post, there was a Adobe MAX session two years ago on another mission critical Flex application deployed by NATO. The video is below.


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If you haven't heard, Mother's Day is fast approaching. And though you may still be scrambling for gift ideas, we know your love for Mom is undeniable (just speaking from experience here).
In order to get some inspiration for any shopping or card-making that's still left to do, we took a trip down memory lane and dug up some adorably embarrassing throw-back photos, with equally cute quips and quotes to match. Sure, our moms may not love the fact that we're putting their '80s hairstyles on blast, but what better way to show 'em we care than to gush about their support and relive our favorite times spent with them... and yes, put their '80s hairstyles on blast.
Flip through our so-cute slideshow of love to find out not only how much we care about the #1 ladies in our lives, but also, what we looked like way back when, before we became the R29'ers you see before you today. And hey, Mom: We appreciate all of the sacrifice, patience, and calm you've exhibited over shocking credit card bills and inexplicable tears — and of course, thank you for all the comments on all of our posts — we love you!


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A Call to Serve: Stevens Alumni Volunteer to Repair What Sandy Damaged
Superstorm Sandy made landfall in New Jersey on Oct. 29, 2012, at approximately 8 p.m., causing storm surges in rivers and the Atlantic Ocean. Winds reached hurricane-force levels at 110 mph at one point, knocking down telephone poles and trees. Homes were knocked off their foundations by the strong winds and powerful surges. The states of New York and New Jersey have asked the federal government for $60.4 billion in aid. The impact of Sandy will be felt for years to come, as communities begin the task of rebuilding. Hardest hit areas include the Breezy Point section in Queens, New York; towns along the Jersey Shore, and of course, Hoboken, N.J., where half the homes were flooded. Many Stevens alumni volunteered in the wake of Sandy to help communities with relief efforts. Some have shared their experiences.
Dick McCormack '53 was sitting on the back deck of his La Jolla, California, home in late October, ready to enjoy a Bloody Mary when he heard and saw a TV news program about a woman from Breezy Point, Queens, N.Y. The woman's home was destroyed by a fast-moving fire that ultimately destroyed 129 homes in the beachfront community, home to many members of the Fire Department of New York (FDNY). She began to cry heavily as she told TV viewers of the complete loss of her home and her possessions. She spoke of the devastation for herself and her neighbors. Something stirred in McCormack.
"I'm sitting on the deck, watching this woman on TV who has lost everything, and I thought to myself, 'What the hell am I doing here having a Bloody Mary when people out there have lost so much?' '' McCormack said. So McCormack, who has special memories of Breezy Point, decided to do something. He bought a plane ticket, and decided he was going to help people in that community recover.
This past December, he spent more than a week volunteering his time with "Operation Gut and Pump,'' a volunteer-based group that helped assess the damage and prep salvageable homes in the first few weeks after Sandy. GNP volunteers worked with Breezy Point residents to determine what damage was done to their homes and then began the hard, physical work of ripping out sheetrock and removing wet flooring, ultimately reducing homes to the studs, all to minimize mold damage caused by floodwaters. GNP volunteers, who were made up of area residents, New York firefighters, and anyone willing to help, provided the free service to residents. It was a huge undertaking because in addition to hundreds of flooded homes, rising sea water made its way into electrical systems at a home, sparking a massive fire. The fire grew and burned for several hours, as rising flood waters prevented responders from extinguishing the flames. In all, the fire destroyed 129 homes and damaged 22 others.
McCormack worked about eight hours a day for eight days, helping with GNP. He laughed while he described his deluxe accommodations in New York – a "dive'' motel room that cost him $120 a night and the pleasure of paying $6.50 a day in tolls, his traveling expenses to and from the motel to the site. But no expense could keep him away. He knew he had to come, had to do something.
Breezy Point was a place that was very familiar to McCormack. The Irish Riviera, as it was once known, was where he spent his summers as a lifeguard and cabana boy, fetching towels and drinks for sunbathers. He grew up in Brooklyn, but his first girlfriend lived in Breezy Point and had a lot of friends from the area. So when he first heard of the one-two punch the area took in late October, first from storm waves and then from fires, memories resurfaced of those carefree summers of his youth.
"The houses were really summer bungalows built without insulation and one-story tall,'' he said, during a tour of the devastated area he once knew so well. And the houses were built very close to one another, he explained. Fire is a devastating thing, but the Breezy Point fires were especially devastating, he said, because three firehouses are within a small radius of the homes that burned. The storm surge produced floodwaters that were four feet deep, making the roads to the site impassable. Miraculously, no one on Breezy Point was killed in the storm or the fires.
So why did McCormack, 82, leave the comforts of his southern California home, travel 3,000 miles and pay for hotel rooms, food and tolls out of his own pocket? "I just wanted to help out any way I could,'' he said.
And help out he did. During his eight-day volunteer effort, he helped manage the work orders the residents filled out and also went to various sites to check on progress. On the weekends soon after the fires, as many as 600 volunteers would show up, ready and eager to help. Coordinators were needed to make sure the volunteer efforts were put to good use, that people who needed the help would get it quickly.
McCormack is humble when talking about his role, referring to himself as one pair of hands among the thousands that are needed to get the area back up and running. McCormack, who graduated with a mechanical engineering degree, owns RAMCO Consulting Company and has enjoyed a long career in the energy industry, tells a memorable story of one resident he met. This woman had her electricity finally restored after weeks without it. So she bought an electric heater to fight the cold nights. Unfortunately, she didn't know how to put it together. A GNP volunteer told her the group couldn't help her with the assembly, and she left in tears. When McCormack found out what kind of help the woman needed, he caught up with her and offered his help. He said he thought to himself, "OK, Mr. Power Engineer, you'd better know how to get this thing up and running.'' And after a few tries, he did.
Walking along the narrow pathways of Breezy Point, rubble sits everywhere, and it provides a glimpse into the life of a beachfront community now damaged from fire and water: a rusted out bicycle, some waterlogged books, pieces of charred furniture, appliances blackened from soot. But these things can be easily replaced, McCormack said. It's the ruined or lost pictures that most people are saddened by, he said, the tangible memories that can't be so easily replaced. "(The residents) cry over the lost personal belongings,'' he said. "That's what they find most difficult to accept."
Breezy Point wasn't the only area damaged by Sandy. Staten Island's Tottenville neighborhood was also hard hit. Keith Cassidy '09 lives in Hoboken, and has no personal connection to Staten Island, but decided to spend time volunteering in this outer borough of New York. Why not help out in his badly-damaged hometown? "I knew that Hoboken was well taken care of when I saw all of the Stevens students out volunteering,'' he said.
Days before the storm, weather reports had predicted that Hoboken would be hit hard due to the Hudson River surging, and Hoboken's mayor ordered evacuations of garden or basement apartments.
The day before Sandy hit, Cassidy spent the day packing. He put his important documents, his laptop and other irreplaceable items in his car and drove to the home of Katie '09 and Phil Gengler '05 in New Providence, N.J., to ride it out. Cassidy hoped that by leaving, he would minimize his loss.
He was one of the lucky ones: his home, which is a first-floor unit but raised slightly above street level, sustained no damage, while condos a few feet away had their front doors ripped off the hinges from the force of the storm surge. While in New Providence, his hosts' home lost electricity for more than a week. He came back to Hoboken two days after the storm to survey the damage, and was awe-struck by what he saw. He knew he had to do something, anything to help. A co-worker told him of a group, Movement for Peace, an organization which was traveling from Michigan to Staten Island to help with the rebuilding effort. Cassidy knew where he would volunteer his time.
Less than a week after Sandy hit, Cassidy spent a full day volunteering in Staten Island. On Brighton Street in Tottenville, he helped cook and assemble meals for volunteers and residents who needed a hot meal. He knew his act of kindness would help the badly-damaged area recover, slowly but surely. Residents, with and without power, shared what they had, everything from cans of soup to trays of baked ziti. Weeks after that day, Cassidy is still amazed at the generosity of those he met.
"It was great seeing the community come together,'' he said. But it wasn't easy at times. A message board featured pictures of those missing from the neighborhood. "The toughest part was seeing the board,'' he admitted. "But we managed that day to find the best in people, people who were either helping to clean up or giving us cans of chicken noodle or chicken rice soup to combine into a big pot to share with everyone.''
The Stevens community also came together many times over to help their Hoboken neighbors. Scores of Stevens students pitched in to help the Mile Square City during the storm, as President Nariman Farvardin mentioned in an alumni email in early November. Without power, elevators in high-rises were dormant and elderly and disabled residents were stuck in their apartments with little food, no drinking water and limited access to replenish supplies. Students immediately volunteered to help Hoboken residents, with many spending their days walking up as many as 25 flights of steps to deliver food, medicine and bottled water to residents. Other students assisted National Guard members who were deployed to the city.
Cassidy has lived in Hoboken for nine years, and has visited family in Hoboken since he was born. And he beams with pride when he mentions all the volunteer work Stevens students did during the storm. "It was great seeing Stevens students out and about, doing what they needed to do for Hoboken,'' he said.
Corey Milloy '09 was one of many assisting in Hoboken. Milloy rents a fourth-floor apartment on Washington Street in Hoboken. The day after Sandy hit, Milloy delivered meals, flashlights and bottled water to the elderly and shut-ins in high-rises. He spent another day running a shelter for those displaced from the storm.
The day of the storm, his apartment lost power, but did not sustain any water damage. He went to Hoboken City Hall to see how he could help out and was told that supplies were needed by people in shelters and high-rises throughout the city. Milloy, with a team of about 15-20 others, delivered what was needed to those shut-ins.
"One of the things we did was take down prescriptions for people (to be called into pharmacies) and gave them bottles of water,'' he said. "We also gave out flashlights.''
He also took note of what supplies were needed. While many supplies were donated by stores and individuals, Milloy noticed that some things were desperately needed, but not donated. So he and his girlfriend spent their own money to buy these forgotten items: adult diapers, D and C batteries, over-the-counter medications and toiletries. He then brought them to a shelter on his way home on each of the three days he volunteered.
"Baby diapers were plentiful, but people seemed to forget about adult diapers,'' he said. On his second day of volunteering, he worked at the Wallace School, which was turned into a makeshift shelter for about 50 people who could not return home. From midnight to 8 a.m., he prepped the shelter for breakfast, made coffee and took inventory of what was needed for the morning shift.
With no damage to his apartment or belongings, Milloy considers himself fortunate, but the storm taught him several lessons, the most important being to never laugh off the capabilities of Mother Nature.
"I completely underestimated this storm,'' he said candidly. "When (Hurricane) Irene hit (in August 2011), I was more prepared. And then nothing really happened. I thought with Sandy we would get a lot of water. I didn't give any thought about losing electricity, and not being able to see.''
Another lesson learned from Sandy is in his right pocket. He pulls out a small, black flashlight attached to his key ring that he carries constantly.
"Next time, I'll be better prepared. I'm going to listen to the weather reports,'' he said. In the future, he's planning to keep a supply of canned food in his apartment and is thinking about ways to possibly generate and store his own solar power.
Anne Dutreuil '10, a business analyst for the corporate offices of Bed, Bath & Beyond, is friends with many Stevens community members on Facebook. She lives in West New York, N.J., and saw the request from Student Life employees on Facebook to help the City of Hoboken. She couldn't resist the desire to help.
"I was born in Haiti and I consider Stevens to be my second home, my family. I was very involved with APO (Alpha Phi Omega, the service organization at Stevens) and with STEP (Stevens Technical Enrichment Program) while a student, so I like helping out when I can,'' Dutreuil said. "I was happy to do it.''
Dutreuil spent a full day walking up many floors in blackened buildings to help stranded residents, mostly checking to see that they were OK and that they had enough water and medicine for a few days. The highest number of floors she walked up? Eleven. "I didn't do it at once,'' she laughed. "I took some pauses.''
Tim Lurie '90 was a councilman representing Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., when Sandy hit. He spent days going around to area homeowners, helping them throw out wet furniture and sheetrock. He estimates flood waters reached as high as four feet.
Lurie also spent time checking on those residents who defied the mandatory evacuation orders and stayed behind. "I don't know how they survived,'' he said. "The flood waters were knocking on their doors. Parts of town that never flood were under water because of the tidal surges.''
He relays the story of an older couple in town who hugged him and told him they were glad to see him when he arrived to help. "There was such tremendous devastation, all that debris on the curb'' after the cleanup, he said. Lurie is also proud of the sense of community that Sandy instilled. "We all banded together to help (because) we're neighbors,'' he said.
Both McCormack and Milloy mention how the storm has changed what they view as really important in life. "Seeing the people who lost so much, the devastation, it really puts things into perspective for you, that your problems are so small,'' McCormack said.
Milloy echoed those sentiments. While at the Wallace School Shelter the night after Sandy hit, he met a woman with her newborn. They had to flee their Downtown Hoboken apartment due to the floodwater and came to the shelter with only the clothes on their backs. Talking to her and hearing about her tremendous loss reminded Milloy about having perspective in life.
He's now on a first-name basis with his neighbors. He's gotten more involved with his community. "I never knew my neighbors until Sandy hit,'' he said.
For Milloy, who has been thinking of buying a home in Hoboken, Sandy provided one valuable tip no realtor could ever have advised him: "No garden apartments for me,'' he said.
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The UT Health Science Center Library will be represented at two campus events in April.
Fiesta of Education, April 9. The First Annual Fiesta of Education will be held on April 9 from 3:00-6:00 p.m. in the Holly Auditorium. The event is designed to feature how faculty are engaging students and innovating in the classroom. In addition, each department within Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs (AFSA) will host an exhibit table to feature the services they offer to the campus. Librarians will demonstrate services of particular interest to faculty and will be seeking comments about resources and services.
Earth Day, April 22. The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970 and has been observed on this date every year since. The Health Science Center will celebrate by hosting a Go Green Fair on April 22 from 11:000 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. in the Starbuck's/Subway area in the lecture hall building. Librarians will be demonstrating the National Library of Medicine's Environmental Health and Toxicology databases. In addition, images of healing plants from historical texts held in the collection of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library will be on display.
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"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth."
– President John F. Kennedy, May 25, 1961
On September 29, 2010, Fran Visco of the National Breast Cancer Coalition appeared in a video posted to YouTube. It contains a powerful message.
"We can't count on hope as a strategy to end breast cancer. I'm giving up hope, because hope is not a solution. Hope will not end breast cancer; we need a plan, a goal… a deadline."
What a statement… and what a shift in thinking! Think about what she is saying: HOPE CAN NOT CURE OUR DISEASE. Hope is a good and pure thing, a friend we hold close in our most desperate moments. Take note that she did not say "I am giving up on hope," because she's not. Hope is what keeps us going when the world crashes down around us. But we need to realize that hope alone can not fix defective hearts.
A popular phrase that you may have heard is "We will cure (chronic illness) in our lifetimes." The problem is, all generations living with the chronic illness use that phrase as a rallying cry. Time moves on, the older generation passes away, but the phrase is still being used. Eventually, the urgency disappears. There is no real urgency for beating the disease… just an empty promise that it will happen "in our lifetimes."
In the same vein, "Awareness" is not an endpoint for the Heart Defect community. What good is awareness if it does not bring people to take action? We are winning – the number of deaths caused by Heart Defects is dropping. The American Heart Association estimates that in 2005, 3,500 people died from Congenital Heart Defects. That's the most current statistics that they have available, so the number may even be lower today. But that's not acceptable. That's still 3,500 of our friends, our families, our sons, and our daughters – dying each and every year. Being "aware" of a Heart Defect isn't enough, so perhaps it is time to redefine ourselves, and rethink everything we're about, everything we are fighting for.
It's time to declare war on Congenital Heart Defects. All out, bare knuckle, unrestricted mortal combat. Like Miss Visco said, there needs to be a plan, a goal, and a deadline.
POINT ONE: To find new medical and surgical options to increase the survivability of Congenital Heart Disease;
POINT TWO: To research the occurrences, causes, and possible prevention of Congenital Heart Disease;
POINT THREE: The reduction and elimination of mortality and disability associated with Congenital Heart Disease.
THE GOAL: To eradicate Congenital Heart Disease.
THE DEADLINE: November 29, 2024 – the 80th anniversary of the first Blalock-Taussig shunt.
So how are we going to do it?
I can't answer that. I am not a doctor or a scientist; I have Bachelor of Science degrees in History and Political Science. And to add to the challenge, we are going to have to do this all by ourselves. If we've proven one thing, it's the fact that Congenital Heart Disease is an invisible disability and without a unified approach, we have no voice. For several years the Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA) traveled to Washington DC to lobby for a federal level registry of Congenital Heart Defects. Only after we united with seven other nationally recognized Heart Defect Support groups and formed the National Congenital Heart Coalition were we able to get legislation introduced in Congress and eventually inserted into the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
So lets put our heads together again. It will be up to us to not only do the fund-raising, but to be the first ones to give – give our money, give our effort, and give our time. We have to gather the resources, fund the research, educate the public and lead the charge. If we don't support our own cause, why should anyone else support it?
In 1961, President John Kennedy challenged the nation to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade. Back then, we could barely get a rocket off the ground, much less think about going that far. Along the way we won some major battles and we lost some good people, but in July 1969 the Apollo 11 crew landed safely on the moon and came home.
We have to be willing to put everything we have on the table and draw that last card. It could all blow up in our face…but we could also hit the jackpot!
Let's rise to the challenge. This is our Apollo program, our impossible dream.
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In France no-go zones are referred to as Zones Urbaines Sensibles (Sensitive Urban Zones). A few are truly no-go zones while most are just areas where the government is focusing more devlopment and police require special procedures to operate. A few (NOT ALL of the 751 ZUS, as falsely report in "anti-jihadist blogs," of these zones, primarily around Paris) are under control of radical Islamists. From these no-go zones around Paris and other urban centers, Islamic militants are waging a cultural and sometimes even guerrilla warfare against French police. The police are now taking to the streets in protest against the violence targeted at them in Lyons with police unions claiming there is a civil war against them.
It is important to remember that the Islamist movement in France is small overall. However, the much larger issue of racial discrimination of French against Muslim ethnic groups feeds into the Islamist movement and non-Islamists will commit violent action in favor of Islamists because it hurts the French rule-of-law.
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David Tjaden of Iowa recently completed his masters at the University of Iowa in secondary social studies education, but before entering the classroom he has decided to devote his days to organizing student members. Tjaden was elected chair of the NEA Student Program at the 2012 annual meeting. We sat down with Tjaden to talk about the role students and new educators can play in leading the profession.
What do you think are the most pressing issues affecting students and new educators?
I think we need to make sure our policy leaders are always putting the needs of the students above the needs of any financial interest or corporation. We can't look at a bottom line for what's best for education, we have to make sure we are always working for the common good and for social justice.
We need to make sure policy leaders understand that public education is a right, and that we provide the best education to all students, not just, as Mitt Romney said recently, those who can afford it.
You are representing 70,000 students who will soon become educators at a time when it seems teacher-bashing has become a national pastime. In the face of this, what is the reason to become a teacher right now?
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You can't just go into your classroom, shut your door, and do what you want to do. Politics plays a crucial role in everything you can do in your classroom and in your school. I think many students interested in education have never been schooled on that. We need to understand that if you are unaware of those things, and you unaware of how those things affect you, you are really not being the best educator you can be.
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"American Idol's" Simon Cowell showed his snark for the last time on Wednesday night at the show's season finale – and his fellow judges told AccessHollywood.com's Laura Saltman backstage that they'd miss the curmudgeonly judge as he moves on to "X Factor."
"It's definitely a tough thing," Randy Jackson, the only other remaining original judge of the show, told Laura. "He's one of my dearest friends in the world. I love him to death and, you know, he got us all into this."
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Regardless of who replaces Simon at the judges' table, Randy said that the show won't be the same without Simon.
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"Crystal and Lee, they were very indie kids. So, in Hollywood week, we all talked about the fact that these are kids that would have never tried out for the show. They were so indie and so different," he said. "So, to see those two in the final was very enlightening and it bodes well for the future of 'Idol.'"
Kara DioGuardi was also optimistic about a Simon-free future.
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"I think it's a different show [without Simon] but I do think that at the core of the show, it's about talent and it's about discovering people who would never have a shot at being in the music business," she told Laura. "There's something very compelling about finding a contestant who didn't even know they could really sing that well and bringing them to the forefront of 25 million people and having America root for them. It's pretty powerful."
She added that the sharp-tongued judge's farewell speech during the show was "graceful and gracious."
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"Just the way he said that really no matter who replaces me it's really about America and who they vote for, and I thought that was really what the heart of the show is all about," Kara said. "That it is America's show. We're just there to guide."
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