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I have made hundreds of Asian and Thai based recipes, including ones with coconut milk, such as this recipe. I would have to say the recipe was very disappointing and did not remind me of any type of (authentic or not) south Asian roasted fish recipe. I can not recommend this to anyone, other wise I love this website and they have wonderful recipes!
Spicy South Asian Roasted Fish
Even though salmon garners the most attention for omega-3 fats, one serving of this halibut entrée has about 0.6 grams, about half the amount of one's daily intake goal.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 fillet and about 1 tablespoon sauce)
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 213
- Calories from fat: 22%
- Fat: 5.3g
- Saturated fat: 2g
- Monounsaturated fat: 1.3g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.2g
- Protein: 35g
- Carbohydrate: 5g
- Fiber: 0.1g
- Cholesterol: 52mg
- Iron: 1.8mg
- Sodium: 710mg
- Calcium: 84mg
- 1/2 cup light coconut milk
- 2 tablespoons minced peeled fresh lemongrass
- 1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger
- 2 tablespoons chili sauce
- 1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 4 (6-ounce) skinless halibut fillets
- 1. Preheat oven to 425°.
- 2. Combine first 7 ingredients in a food processor or blender; pulse 30 seconds or until well combined.
- 3. Arrange fillets in a single layer in a 13 x 9–inch baking dish. Pour lemongrass mixture over fish; turn fillets to coat evenly. Bake at 425° for 13 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork or until desired degree of doneness. Serve sauce with fish.
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- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Carbohydrate
- COOKING METHOD: Food Processor, Roast
- OCCASION: Autumn, Spring, Summer, Winter
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History of the College
Wake Forest Institute was founded in 1834 and opened its doors on February 3 with Dr. Samuel Wait as principal. Classes were first held in a farmhouse in Wake County, North Carolina, near which the village of Wake Forest later developed. It was re-chartered in 1838 as Wake Forest College. Today, Wake Forest College, located in Winston-Salem NC, is the undergraduate liberal arts and sciences school of Wake Forest University. It comprises a faculty of over 400, confers undergraduate degrees in nearly 40 academic majors, and has an enrollment of less than 4500 undergraduates. The College is the cornerstone of the University's academic life; through it, the University carries on the tradition of preparing men and women for personal enrichment, enlightened citizenship, and professional life.
For over a century and a half, Wake Forest College has been educating students in the fundamental fields of human knowledge and achievement. It seeks to encourage habits of the mind that ask "why," that evaluate evidence, that are open to new ideas, that attempt to understand and appreciate the perspectives of others, that accept complexity and grapple with it, that admit error, and that pursue truth.
Chronological History of Wake Forest University
1834 Founded in the town of Wake Forest, North Carolina, as Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. Samuel Wait, president.
1838 Named Wake Forest College.
1845 William Hooper, president.
1849 John Brown White, president.
1854 Washington Manly Wingate, president.
1879 Thomas Henderson Pritchard, president.
1884 Charles Elisha Taylor, president.
1894 School of Law established.
1902 Two-year School of Medicine established.
1905 William Louis Poteat, president.
1921 First summer session.
1927 Francis Pendleton Gaines, president.
1930 Thurman D. Kitchin, president.
1941 Relocation of the School of Medicine to Winston-Salem and eventual change of name to Bowman Gray School of Medicine and association with the North Carolina Baptist Hospital.
1942 Women admitted as undergraduate students.
1950 Harold Wayland Tribble, president.
1956 Move to Winston-Salem in response to an endowment from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.
1961 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences established.
1962 First full-time Black undergraduate student enrolled.
1967 James Ralph Scales, president.
1967 Change of name to Wake Forest University.
1969 Charles H. Babcock Graduate School of Management established.
1983 Thomas K. Hearn Jr., president.
1984 Sesquicentennial anniversary.
1986 Established governing independence from the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.
1995 School of Business and Accountancy is renamed the Wayne Calloway School of Business and Accountancy.
1997 Change of name to Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
1999 Divinity School founded.
1999 Incorporation of Wake Forest University Health Services
2005 Nathan O. Hatch, president.


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We'll announce the winner of our Guest Designer Contest at the party as well. If you haven't already submitted YOUR sample for the Guest Designer Contest there's still time. Entries are due by Tuesday the 6th at noon EST. The winner receives over $125 in product from next month's release, gets to join us in sampling for our Wednesday Stamp Club challenges, and also will be showcased along with our Designers during the following month's Teaser Time! Free product, early access to our next release, and new blog readers for you too! What a deal! You'll find all the details HERE
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Culture | Apr 22 2007
SGI-Hong Kong Participates in Celebrations for Tenth Anniversary of Repatriation
July 1, 2007 will mark the tenth anniversary of Hong Kong's establishment as the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the return of sovereignty to China. SGI-Hong Kong members have been participating in celebratory events taking place in Hong Kong. The Cosmic Brass Band and Bauhinia Fife-and-Drum Corps marched in ... read more
Culture | Apr 12 2007
Chinese Premier Meets with SGI President
TOKYO: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with SGI President Daisaku Ikeda at the New Otani Hotel for 30 minutes in the afternoon of April 12, 2007. Mr. Wen was accompanied by a party of eleven including Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wang Yi. Soka Gakkai President ... read more
Culture | Mar 25 2007
Spring Festival in San Francisco Showcases Cultural Diversity
On March 25, 2007, SGI-USA members and guests in northern California were treated to a Spring Festival that included songs and dances from 11 different cultural traditions along with American rock and roll standards and hip hop dancing. The annual event began a number of years ago as a Chinese ... read more
Culture | Mar 18 2007
SGI Taiwan Cultural Foundation Sponsors Four-City Tour in Taiwan of World Class Tango Musicians and Dancers
From March 9 to March 18, 2007, the Taiwan cities of Keelung, Chungli, Taichung, and Kaohsiung were venues for the world-acclaimed Argentine tango maestra Erica Di Salvo, her orchestra and world acclaimed tango artists "Diane & Carlos," "Gisela & Gasper," and "Soledad & Sergio." The Chin-Shuan Cultural and Educational Foundation, ... read more
Culture | Feb 28 2007
Mongolian President and SGI President Meet in Tokyo
On February 28, 2007, SGI President Daisaku Ikeda met with President Nambaryn Enkhbayar of Mongolia, who was in Japan on an official visit. Their wide-ranging discussions included their shared aspirations for Asia's future and for increased cultural and educational exchanges between Mongolia and Japan. Mr. Ikeda welcomed the Mongolian president to ... read more
Culture | Feb 16 2007
University of Guadalajara, Mexico, Cohosts "Dialogue with Nature" Photography Exhibition
From February 16 to March 28, 2007, the University of Guadalajara (UDG), Mexico, is cosponsoring "Dialogue with Nature: Photographs by Daisaku Ikeda" together with SGI-Mexico at the University's art museum, the Casa Vallarta Cultural Center. Guadalajara is the fifth Mexican city to serve as a venue for this exhibition of ... read more
Culture | Jan 14 2007
Soka Gran Esperanza Color Guard and Soka Kagoshima Southern Blaze Win Top Honors in National Competition
Soka Gakkai bands and groups competed in the 34th All-Japan Marching Band and Baton Twirling Competition, held at the Nihon Budokan Hall in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on January 13 and 14, 2007. Gran Esperanza flag corps Soka Kagoshima Southern Blaze Competing on January 13, the Fuji Fife-and-Drum Corps' Soka Gran Esperanza flag ... read more
Culture | Dec 19 2006
Indonesian National Youth Council Visits Soka Gakkai Headquarters
On December 19, 2006, Hasanuddin Yusuf, president of the Indonesian National Youth Council (KNPI), the Republic of Indonesia's largest youth organization, and other KNPI officials visited the Seikyo Shimbun Press offices in Shinanomachi, Tokyo to meet with Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada, General Director Masaaki Masaki, Soka Gakkai International (SGI) ... read more
Culture | Dec 10 2006
China-Japan Friendship Association Delegates and SGI President Discuss Bilateral Friendship
On December 9, 2006, President Song Jian of the China-Japan Friendship Association (CJFA), China, and his party were warmly received by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda, Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada, and Soka Gakkai youth representatives at Soka Gakkai's Tokyo Makiguchi Memorial Hall in Hachioji, Tokyo. In a two-hour discussion, Mr. ... read more
Culture | Nov 28 2006
Min-On Cosponsors 18th Kyoto Foreign Students Music Festival
140 international students studying in Kyoto and vicinity participated in the annual festival On November 26, some 140 international students from 23 countries and regions studying at universities and colleges in Kyoto and vicinity participated in the 18th Kyoto Foreign Students Music Festival at Kyoto Kaikan Hall, Kyoto City. Adorned in ... read more
Culture | Nov 26 2006
Thai-Japan Performing Arts Collaboration in Tokyo Commemorates 60th Anniversary of Thai King's Coronation
On November 25, "A Rainbow of Dance Part 9: A Tale of Two Cities," a blending of traditional Japanese and Thai performing arts, commemorating the 60th anniversary of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej's accession to the throne, was held at the Tokyo International Forum, Chiyoda, Tokyo. The event was sponsored ... read more
Culture | Nov 20 2006
21st "Boys and Girls Art of Hope Exhibit" Opens at Josei Toda International Center in Tokyo
The 21st "Boys and Girls Art of Hope Exhibit" opened November 19 at the Josei Toda International Center in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo. Subtitled "With Courage and Hope Let's Launch a Great Voyage of Peace," the exhibit will show through December 3, 2006. Some 80 drawings and paintings selected from among ... read more
Culture | Nov 18 2006
SGI-Dominican Republic Combined Band Wins Silver Prize in National Competition
On November 18, 2006, the SGI-Dominican Republic Brass Band and Fife-and-Drum Corps combined to participate in the "2nd Youth Musical Band Festival" in Santo Domingo, the nation's capital. Competing with bands from throughout the country, the SGI-Dominican Republic group won the silver prize in the "Junior and Senior High School" ... read more
Culture | Nov 10 2006
Daisaku Ikeda Photo Exhibition Opens in Moscow, Russia
On November 8, "My Universe (Moya Vselennaya)," an exhibition of some 180 nature and scenic photographs taken by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda, opened at the Central House of Artists in Moscow, Russia. The exhibition, scheduled for November 8-21, commemorates the 50th anniversary of the normalization of Russo-Japan diplomatic relations. Aleksander ... read more
Culture | Oct 27 2006
Seafarers' Photography Exhibition Opens in Tianjin, China
"Beyond the Horizon," an exhibition of photographs taken by the "Hato-kai," a group of SGI men's and young men's division members involved in maritime occupations, opened at the Tianjin University of Technology (TJUT) in Tianjin, China. The exhibition, shown from October 23 through 25, was cosponsored by TJUT, Tianjin Institute ... read more


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Claremont branch library reopening delayed two months
The reopening of the Claremont branch of the Berkeley Public Library has been pushed back two months because of construction delays.
The Claremont branch will now reopen in late March or April next year, rather than late January or early February, according to Donna Corbeil, the library director.
"It looks like it is four to eight weeks behind our originally anticipated schedule," said Corbeil.
The delay is a result of some vendors not delivering items on time, Corbeil said. For example, the new windows are taking longer to arrive than expected.
So far, there are no cost overruns for either the Claremont or North branch projects. The North branch remodel is expected to be completed in March or April 2012 as well. … Continue reading »
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I told off a really good friend because of feeling abandoned and I feel not bad but I feel bad. Oh well, maybe something good will come out of this bridge burning.
qualifiers: a femme-ish ghanian absurdist mutant living in nyc.
serious blag: Pin Ups of Color
someone else finally noticed that when i walk down the street white hipster dudes give me salty looks.
i was beginning to think i was nuts, but they are really intense with it.
i don't know these dudes, wtf are they looking at me like that for?
moon cycle
i treat cosmicozma like the queen they are.
"you haven't taken me out forever"
bam, 2 times in one week. i'm the best dude.
ok, i'll stop j/oing on tumblr now.
moving to nyc soon.
my last day at work is the 30th. i will be relieved to not have this job anymore until i need a job then i will panic.
there is a weird smell in my nose and it aint my septum ring so idk what it is.
std tests = neg
meow im a kitty
today i woke up, ate a bomb breakfast, went back to sleep.
now i'm on tumblr, i love lazy days off.
tight pants rule (a brain dump)
the other got a patch from a friend and we cant decide to put it on our houndstooth blazer or our femme-ish jacket.
i mean i still have a sweet malcolm x patch that shannon (whats yer tumblr name now!?!?) sent me… so i guess theres lots of patches to go around.
sharing clothes with yr partner is a winning move. except for jeans, i need ball huggers but they like to breathe or whatever. gross.
my braids are heavy now and i cant decide to get more in a few weeks or just get a really fly haircut… maybe i'll wait until my other grows out their jewfro.
is that offensive? cause i pretty much just think of it as saying they gots big hair but they aren't black like me, just jewish.
i actually want both of us to grow out our BIG hair again so we can wear matching clothes everywhere and weird people out. life is performance art, maaaannn.
notes on today:
got 3 fillings
got a tooth extraction
was cranky
my partner wanted to do their make up and play dressup but like i said "cranky"
i got lots of tummy rubs
i ate ice cream and rootbeer for my meals
i need to empty my diva cup
i wish i was in new york already
i wonder if my insurance would cover top surgery. because this is something we've been discussing more for me lately.
also one of my beast friends bought me a book, and the other actually was online for quick chatting.
"if they can deal with me being terrible and an asshole then i know i've got a friend" - seven
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Movie Review: War Horse
The Charlotte Observer
For certain movies, the adjectives "formulaic" and "predictable" are complimentary. "War Horse" is one of them.
Writers Lee Hall and Richard Curtis and director Steven Spielberg know that art aimed at young adults has to mix fantasy and reality and wish fulfillment and coincidence and cycles that come around to their starting points. They realize that, however harsh or brutal life can become in these stories, hope must never be crushed: We can visit the dark side of the human psyche but cannot stay there permanently.
That's why "War Horse" works well, though it has just one surprise in two and a half hours. You know that, when Devon farm boy Albert creates a special whistle to which the steed Joey will respond, that whistle will unite them before the end. When a character in danger exults "We made it! We made it!" there's a 100 percent chance he hasn't.
Spielberg also has to fight his tendency to be so literal: When someone washes the mud-caked Joey to identify him by his white stockings, we have to see each leg cleaned, one after the other, to get the point. Yet he and the authors tell their story expertly enough within the confines of the genre to win us at last.
For all the shots that make the Devon farm seem like Scarlett O'Hara's land at sunset, we get horrific sequences in which men and mounts plunge madly through No Man's Land. Albert (Jeremy Irvine) may be an impossibly cute guy whose face and hands show he's never done a day of work. Yet by the time he enlists to find Joey at the front, Irvine has enough gravity to make us aware that Albert will carry scars throughout his life no one will see.
"War Horse" began in 1982 as a young adult novel by British author Michael Morpurgo, who depicted the terrors of World War I through the eyes of a farm horse drafted to serve on the battlefield. The movie synthesizes that book and the acclaimed play taken from it, which won the Tony for best drama this year.
Think of it as "Black Beauty" with bullets: Joey passes through the hands of many owners, some benign and some brutal, on both sides of the conflict before the finale.
He faces dangers that would kill virtually any horse, whether pulling massive artillery to a hilltop or bursting wildly through barbed wire. (That's the cover-your-eyes scene; the bloodless battles between humans, well shot though they are, don't have nearly the same impact.)
Spielberg and his writers neither demonize the Germans nor canonize the British, and the most touching scene involves a moment of cross-cultural cooperation before hostilities resume. (This was the last war where such behavior was thinkable, partly because both armies realized World War I was unusually pointless: It was the result of the assassination of a minor royal and the domino effect of treaties that forced combatants in on both sides.)
Spielberg went out of his way to cast against type, giving sympathetic parts to actors who frequently play villains: Niels Arestrup as a tolerant grandfather, Liam Cunningham as a surgeon willing to act as a vet, Peter Mullan as Albert's alcoholic but hard-working dad, Tom Hiddleston as a kindly captain, Eddie Marsan as a sturdy sergeant. (Emily Watson, who plays Albert's tough but understanding mother, is wasted in the one significant female role.)
The best actor stands 17 hands high: The horse playing Joey is responsive and emotive, whether frisking or falling. In the end, for all the focus on humans, the tragedy remains his. Joey never volunteered to swim in the blood and muck of the Somme, and he doesn't realize the absurdity of his situation. Our hearts go out to him without reserve.
Adventures of a horse, from his youth on a British farm through four years of World War I. Moving, thought virtually without surprises.(Full review)


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The Hicksville Middle School proudly participated in Homecoming on September 13th.
Join us for Hicksville Reads Tuesday October 14, 2014, 2:30-3:10 p.m. Hicksville Reads is an opportunity for students to celebrate their love of reading.
School opened on Wednesday, September 3rd the entire middle school staff was excited to welcome our new sixth graders as well as our returning seventh and eighth grader students.
The 2014 graduating eighth grade class was celebrated at the Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, June 26th.
This year, 7th graders travelled to the Long Island Aquarium at Riverhead for their end-of-year trip on June 25th. They visited the butterfly exhibit as well as other amazing indoor and outdoor interactive activities. On the same day, eighth grade students travelled to New York City to the Intrepid Museum. The trip included a fascinating and history-filled tour of the Intrepid. Students enjoyed lunch before returning to the middle school.
Eighth grade students had a wonderful time at their end-of-year dance on June 20th. The weather was spectacular and the theme was a very apropos "Starry Nights". The gymnasium was transformed in shades of blue and silver with the traditional mirrored ball suspended from the ceiling. Photo areas were available and included a dress up theme for those who wanted to add to the fun. Students danced for the entire evening and just had a great time. The night ended with a rousing rendition of "Let It Go". It was the perfect way to end a special year.
Sixth grade students celebrated the end of the school year with Field Day on June 25th. They participated in a variety of team relay races as well as team tug of war. The morning came to a wonderful end as students enjoyed a delicious brunch provided by the PTSA.
Award Ceremonies were conducted for Grades 6, 7 and 8 on June 2, 3, and 4. Students were recognized for their commitment to their studies and their school.
On June 12th, the officers from the National Junior Honor Society presented a representative form Autism Speaks with a donation from the middle school for $4000.
The Walt Whitman Birthplace Association holds an annual poetry competition for students in grades 3-12. The purpose of the contest is to celebrate the poet Walt Whitman. The themes of the competition are inspired by Whitman's poems, and each year a different theme is selected. This year was the 28th year of the competition and it generated approximately 4,000 entries. This year's theme was "A Song of Joys."
The Eighth Grade Chorus, under the direction of Mr. Starr,earned recognition for their Level III performance at the NYSSMA MajorEvaluation Festival in May. Congratulations to Mr. Starr, Ms. Calleo, andthe Eighth Grade Chorus.
The Hicksville Middle Sports Awards were held on Tuesday, May 27th in the main gym at the middle school. More than 380 athletes were recognized for their participation in nineteen different sports teams offered at the middle school. Students were recognized for their efforts, improvement, and participation.
Twenty-three students performed in the Hicksville Middle School Piano Recital on May 13th. The selections ranged from classical to contemporary. One of the highlights of the evening featured a duet performance with Nicholas Hoene on piano and Brian Fong playing the violin. Congratulations to all the students who performed and their teachers Ms. Calleo and Mr. Nadler. The recital also featured student artwork from the classes of Ms. Ryan, Ms. Gottlieb, and Ms. Lupardo.
Sixth and seventh grade students attended the annual Courtyard Dance on Friday, May 16th. Although the weather did not cooperate, students had a great time dancing with their friends at their last dance of the year! They enjoyed a delicious barbeque dinner prepared by the PTSA along with an amazing variety of deserts!! There also participated in an exciting silent auction and raffle event.
Hicksville Middle School and the HMSPTSA co-sponsored a Blood Drive on Friday, May 16th, Thanks to the efforts of chairperson, Ms. Kinnaman, the blood drive was a huge success with 34 pints of blood collected. Members of the National Junior Honor Society assisted with the drive the Little Doctors. Many thanks are extended to all of our donors, who took the time to donate, and to all of our volunteers, who helped throughout the drive.
Middle school students from grades 6 through 8 were recognized for their nominations to the Heart + Motivation= Success board which can be found in the "Hall of Recognition" near the main lobby.
Hicksville Middle School students participated in the Gregory Museum Science Fair on April 26, 2014.
Sixth grade technology students raced their CO2 racers on special indoor track designed by Mr. Naccarato and Mr. Gordon.
Seventh grade Home & Careers student, Kate Cimino, is the Grand Prize Winner in the Long Island Family and Consumer Sciences Challenge 2014 in the "Meal at the Mall" Middle School category.
On April 4th and 5th the Hicksville Middle School Science Olympiad team competed in the New York Science Olympiad State competition in Rochester New York.
Seventy-five students were inducted into the National Junior Honor Society at a candle lit ceremony that was held at the Bernard H. Braun Auditorium at the middle school on Monday, April 28th.
The Hicksville Middle School Concerts were performed on May 5, 6, and 8 in the Hicksville High School Auditorium.
Eighth grade students, Arth Vradiya and Karimullah Faizy, were selected to receive the Physical Fitness Improvement Award presented by the Kiwanis Club.
Two Hicksville Middle School students, who were recognized for their Reflections entries, will be moving on to the State level of competition.
A fun time was had by all at the annual Carnival Dance on April 4th.
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Looking Up at Leaves
(Barbara Howes)
No one need feel alone looking up at leaves.
There are such depths to them, withdrawal, welcome,
A fragile tumult on the way to sky.
This great trunk holds apart two hemispheres
We lie between...Like water lilies
Leaves fall, rise, waver, echoing
On their blue pool, whispering under the sun;
While in this shade, under our hands the brown
Tough roots seek down, lily roots searching
Down through their pool of earth to an equal depth.
Constant as water lilies we lie still,
Our breathing like the lapping of pond water,
Balanced between reflection and reflection.
posted by theoldman at 12:42 pm (EST) on Feb 27, 2009
I think that your library makes a terrific contribution to small-press publishing in your area. You have a library with a purpose. Great work.
posted by BHenricksen at 2:44 pm (EST) on Nov 9, 2008
Karen Lillis is coming to read at the 510 Readings this fall. Hope you check it out!
posted by elduque at 4:06 pm (EST) on Jul 16, 2008
Small press event: A chapbook launch, then a small press exhibit for the month of May:
Courtney Lora chapbook launch, "Season"
Friday, May 2nd, 6:00 - 10:00 PM
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5015 Penn Ave, Garfield neighborhood
posted by SmPressPgh at 9:46 am (EST) on Apr 10, 2008
Thanks for tagging us as an interesting library.
posted by wltuc at 5:20 pm (EST) on Mar 31, 2008
This is a really cool idea, let me know if you need assistance with anything.
posted by JackFrost at 11:59 pm (EST) on Mar 17, 2008
Welcome, Small Press. Thanks for looking at my library. Actually I just left PGH in Jan. 2008, now in Denver. I have a former history with libraries in preservation--not a librarian (but I play one on TV).
I'm trying to think how I can help you with your project. I looked at here and at the wiki. Thanks for listing the PGH poetry calendar. I started that there and have now passed it off.
It's hard to classify or show a press, but have you heard of _Along These Rivers_ a poetry / photo anthology to celebrate PGH 250th. Link below.
posted by LynnW at 3:56 pm (EST) on Mar 13, 2008
Wow, this is weird, we are actually relocating to Pgh at the end of May. Sounds like we need to talk!
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17 7 / 2014
Guest Post for the NEA
The Power to Change Our Communities
"This work should be the work that we do together because we cannot do it alone: to build places that are equitable and healthy, community developers, artists, and community members must build deep and lasting relationships." - See more at: http://arts.gov/art-works/2014/power-change-our-communities
22 6 / 2014
What Happened
Last Tuesday I rode the train from my house to downtown Minneapolis, got on another train and rode it to Springboard's office in St. Paul. I rode the train to work!
For years, I've known it would be possible, but it seemed so distant and abstract, it wasn't really until I was there, on the train, that I realized what a momentous occasion it was. It was my own little private Green Line launch party, a chance to reflect on all that has happened.
For the last 3 years Springboard has lived and breathed light rail. The construction impacted our everyday lives right outside our building. It was watching that construction and it's impact in our own neighborhood that motivated us to design Irrigate, along with Twin Cities LISC and the City of Saint Paul, in the hopes of bringing some creative thinking to a very big challenge.
Irrigate grew out of a small pilot project we did in 2011 with the Hamline Midway Coalition. While we were still planning that project we found ourselves facing an open door. Through this door there was an amazing opportunity to do the work at the scale we thought necessary, to make long-term commitments to partners, and to see what was possible if artists were meaningfully and deeply engaged in this big community challenge. There was also pressure, visibility, skeptics and doubters. We walked through the door.
Here we are 3 years later. Nearly 600 artists. 150 collaborative projects. More than 30 million positive media impressions about the Green Line neighborhoods. Hundreds of partners who have new relationships with the creative people in their community and are working together in new, deeper and more meaningful ways. And thousands of moments of joy in my life.
Those are the things I thought about as I rode the Green Line for the first time. Looking out the window, I see projects that are very visible—murals and installations that now serve as testaments to resilience and survival. And I also see projects that are invisible to other passersby—a parking lot where I saw a play that is now full of cars. The dirt I sat on to watch a performance that now holds up the tracks. The dozens of restaurants and stores I experienced differently because something fun and interesting and weird and wonderful was happening inside them.
I'm making a final editing pass on a toolkit for Irrigate while I'm riding. Trying to figure out the right way to impart, not just the logistics of how all this happened, but the values, the principles, the people that made it work. Trying to see if I can explain, or if I even know, how all this happened.
It happened because people took risks, it happened because people loved their neighborhood, it happened because people want to help, it happened because people said "why not?", it happened because people worked really hard, it happened because you can trust people to know what's best for their own place, it happened because people showed up, it happened because we worked together.
However daunting, however bold, you can do it. But only if you don't walk through the door alone.
19 5 / 2014
Guest Post on HowlRound: Going Home Again
I wrote this piece for HowlRound about what it's like to go back to the theater after 8 years away. I'm so incredibly lucky and happy to have had the opportunity to work on this show and also really grateful to HowlRound for giving me a place to share a bit about what it's meant.
15 5 / 2014
Feeling Like a Leaf
I am traveling. Which mostly I love and feeds me and the work. But sometimes it's hard—not coal miner hard, just kind of sad, lonely, tired hard. And so I do weird things like hide in bathroom stalls for a few minutes or sneak out of a reception to put on my pajamas and sit in bed and stare at the wall. And I cling to this poem by Naomi Shihab Nye…who read it at the very first out-of-town professional conference I ever attended. She knows.
The Art of Disappearing
by Naomi Shihab Nye
from Words Under the Words: Selected Poems. © The Eighth Mountain Press
When they say Don't I know you?
say no.
When they invite you to the party
remember what parties are like
before answering.
Someone telling you in a loud voice
they once wrote a poem.
Greasy sausage balls on a paper plate.
Then reply.
If they say We should get together
say why?
It's not that you don't love them anymore.
You're trying to remember something
too important to forget.
Trees. The monastery bell at twilight.
Tell them you have a new project.
It will never be finished.
When someone recognizes you in a grocery store
nod briefly and become a cabbage.
When someone you haven't seen in ten years
appears at the door,
don't start singing him all your new songs.
You will never catch up.
Walk around feeling like a leaf.
Know you could tumble any second.
Then decide what to do with your time.
15 5 / 2014
Guest Post for ArtsFwd
At Springboard we got together and made this drawing of what it means to be an organization run by artists. Then I wrote about it.
Springboard for the Arts Asks: How Do Our Artist Selves Change the Organization?
08 4 / 2014
Bored Assumptions about Boards and Fundraising
(stock photo people looking bored in a meeting)
I've been thinking a lot about nonprofit board structure lately. It's not something we talk about much in the field—other than to complain about boards who don't do enough, or overreach, or don't understand their responsibility. And then we observe with outrage (or schadenfreude) when something goes horribly wrong at an organization: "Where WAS the board, what were they thinking?!" or "Who do they think they are?! They clearly don't understand the mission."
This week the New York Times published this piece by Paul Sullivan: Before Joining A Board, Size up the Job and the Mission. It has some valuable advice for prospective board members but it also makes a lot of assumptions about who board members are and should be (even just by its placement in the 'Wealth' section.) And then this quote:
"'For every nonprofit, the No. 1 task at hand is having access to funding,' he said. 'No. 2 is you have to make sure that as board members you are good stewards of that institution.'"
This made me feel very, very sad. No wonder we have problems in the sector when we think that fundraising is MORE important than being a good steward of the institution. When it comes to boards, we seem to take a lot of things for granted—the size of our board, their role, their terms, who is and isn't a good board candidate. There are a lot of assumptions masquerading as best practices. I think that board structure is ripe for innovation and reinvention. The truth is, in the realm of organizational change, adaptation, and mission fulfillment the board of directors is one of the most important levers we have. Here are some assumptions about boards that I am particularly bored by:
Bored Assumption #1: Who Makes a Good Board Candidate
Especially when you compare it to changing staff composition, changing your board members is actually relatively easy (please tell me you have term limits.) I'll be blunt here: if you're not thinking about how your board represents your community then you're not building a relevant organization. When we are looking for new board candidates at Springboard there are two criteria:
- do you love and understand the mission deeply?
- will you energetically represent the organization to your community and your community to the organization?
By making those the only criteria, it means we are intentionally rejecting other criteria including wealth, power, and board experience. It's not that we haven't had some board members who are experienced or powerful, but it's not why we picked them. It also means we are inviting and expecting board members to change the organization with their ideas, their perspectives and their questions.
Bored Assumption #2: What the Board is Supposed to do
The assumption that a board's primary responsibility should be fundraising is such a given in the nonprofit world that we rarely question it. And we should. I'm not saying that you can't have a good, engaged, relevant board that also helps with fundraising, but you're likely going to be more successful on both counts if you are intentional and thoughtful about aligning your requirements for board service with your mission, values and culture.
So what does a board have to do? If you're interested in more in depth resources about the legal requirements, MN Council of Nonprofits and Guidestar both have good resources. But the upshot is that fundraising is not a legal requirement: being steward of the financial health of the organization is.
What if we thought about building boards that deeply contribute to the fulfillment of the organization's mission? What if we built boards that understood the guiding principles and values deeply so that they could ask energetic, hard questions that make the work stronger? What if we built boards that made our work more relevant, more useful, more engaged with the community around us? Suddenly I'm not as bored.
23 2 / 2014
Outreach or Reaching Out?
Q: Describe your organization's outreach strategy
A: We're going to do an information session(s) about our programs so we can better serve XYZ community.
We've all read that answer to that question a thousand times and most of us have probably written it, I know I have.
It makes a kind of logical sense—we really want to serve more people, we really believe in our work, therefore, we should tell more people about our great work so they can have the benefit of our product or services.
But, we've made a lot of assumptions already: That the problem is lack of information—if only XYZ community knew about us, they'd want/need/use our product or service. That XYZ community doesn't have a similar or better product or service already. That people will come to an info session. That we know enough about the XYZ community to find the right people or make our service relevant.
And so "outreach" has become just another in a long line of words that we've ruined with our good intentions and bad actions…a word like "service" that puts us in the position of power and resource and doesn't really do much to make authentic, reciprocal change. And most info sessions are a waste of everyone's time—sad rooms with small attendance and stale cookies that net very little impact for the organization or the community.
And yet I believe that we need to share and decentralize our resources and I believe there is a need to collaborate across sectors, geographies and cultures to strengthen our work.
So how to recalibrate, rethink, change our perspective and approach?
What if we change the definition of an info session to mean that you are going to spend time with XYZ community learning, listening and gathering information about the assets, opportunities, needs, challenges, hopes and dreams of that community? Information from the community before information thrust upon the community.
What if we made a rule that you have to at the very least spend one night or have a good meal with a community before you could do an info session? Or make a rule that you never do an info session on your first visit to a place? And if you can't commit to that, then it's probably time to question whether you really want to work with that community in the first place.
And what if we when we say "outreach" we actually meant just that—to reach out, to stretch with all our might, to open our arms wide, to offer ourselves humbly and honestly in the hopes that we might be useful, but without the assumption that we already are?
We have to start somewhere. Because we know that as we reach out we are completely dependent on someone reaching back to keep us from falling.
21 1 / 2014
The Future is in Good Hands
update: I also wrote about this experience for The Huffington Post: you can read it here
Recently I was honored to participate in the Aspen Challenge
"Launched by the Aspen Institute and the Bezos Family Foundation, and inspired by the Bezos Scholars Program, participants are empowered to use their imagination, enthusiasm, competitive spirit and sense of global citizenship."
As a part of the Challenge I got to go to Denver and issue a challenge to a group of high school students from the Denver Public Schools (along with several other fantastic people) I was a little nervous about it - I wasn't sure if high schools students would connect with my work or if an arts-challenge would stand up to all the other compelling issues that were presented. But I came away from the challenge inspired and excited about the future of the arts. And with a deep sense that we should make sure we're not getting in the way of these bright passionate minds as they take the reins. Here's a video of my talk, but if you want to be reassured about the future of the arts (or the future in general) just skip ahead to the 17:00 mark and see the great questions these young people had for me:
08 1 / 2014
Abundance and Air Conditioning
There are abundance people and scarcity people. And there are organizations that have abundance cultures and organizations that have scarcity cultures. I really believe that organizations and people that operate from a place of abundance are happier, more satisfied and more effective. It can feel paradoxical–the more you give, the more you get back. Not in a magical thinking kind of way, but people and organizations who are generous with their time, resources and connections build more social capital and bigger networks, which then results in more time, resources and connections for them. I know this is true in my own work, if there is one thing that I think has contributed most to the success of Springboard in the last 8 years, it is a culture of abundance.
That culture isn't an accident–collectively we work hard to create and maintain that culture. No one can operate from the abundance place all the time: we all get scared, jealous, protective, competitive and tired. Abundance is a learned behavior–a practice and habit that becomes self-perpetuating over time (and unfortunately, scarcity is also a self-perpetuating habit.) I'm grateful to have many great people and lessons that shape the organizational culture we practice and aspire to have. Here are some of the practices that help me make abundance habitual:
Buy the air conditioner: About 3 months into my tenure at Springboard, things were not going well from a financial perspective. Our very small budget was stretched very thin and our cash flow was…well there wasn't a lot of flow. My paycheck sometimes sat in a drawer for a while before I could deposit it. It was also a very, very hot summer. Our office had a single window-unit air conditioner and it was dying a painful death. I was having lunch with our board president and relaying to her how things were going and added, "oh, and it's really, really hot in the office because the air conditioner is dying". Without hesitating she said, "Laura! Buy an air conditioner!" And so I did. I didn't know exactly where that $200 was going to come from budget-wise, or what it would mean in the long-term, but I realized there wouldn't be any long term if we didn't take care of some of the short-term needs, like the need for the staff to not melt into puddles at their desks. And you know what? It worked out. Now that we are an organization with a luxurious 6 window-unit air conditioners, I may not have to worry about cash flow in the same way, but I still use that lesson: investing in the health, safety and satisfaction of the people who make the work is never the wrong decision.
Pick up the check: When you go to coffee or lunch with a colleague, just pay the bill. Social interactions are so much easier when you're not spending time dividing the check. Your organization can afford the $4.00 mocha, I promise. You can let a community group use your copier without charging them or tracking how many copies they make. Small generosities are an easy way to practice abundance and they really create the foundation of a culture that feels flexible and trusting. I'm all for being a careful steward of resources and rigorous tracking and accounting, but please, I'm begging you, don't conflate those things with policies and bureaucracies that inhibit your ability to trust yourself or your colleagues to use good judgment. Investing in relationships is part of your mission and should be a program expense.
Employ the reckless yes: I can't remember who said this phrase at Springboard first, or where it came from. But I love it and now use it frequently. Sometimes, just say yes and see what happens. Say yes, because it's easier, or say yes because it seems like the right thing to do, or say yes because it might pay off later, say yes because you can. Obviously, we can't say yes to everything, but sometimes a collaborator approaches you and asks you to work on an exciting project with them and you just say yes. You have no idea how you're going to pay for the work or where you're going to find the people to do the work, but you know the work is important and so you say yes.
Trust your gut: So much of this is about developing your own barometer for when to buy the air conditioner, or pick up the check or commit to a big, bold reckless yes. Pay attention to your intuition about people and opportunities. You know when a partnership is going to feed your work and when it's going to suck you dry. Pay attention to what feels right. I know that when someone calls Springboard and is super excited about a program we've created and wants to adapt that program for their own community it feels right (and much more fun!) to just give them anything I can to help them. And it feels wrong to hold up that exciting, momentum building conversation with a talk about what they should pay me for my information.
I still fail at being generous all the time. Sometimes that well-meaning informational interview just feels like too much to give in a busy week. So sometimes abundance has to be mean grace and forgiveness for ourselves—the recognition that we're never going to achieve perfect generosity nirvana…that we will always make some decisions based on fear or fatigue. The trick, I think, is to find a spot on the abundance end of the continuum and then work at pushing ever further in that direction.
Let's have coffee soon, ok? I'm buying.


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Located on the first floor of the Wood Building, open Monday-Friday, 6:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. A convenience store with a wide variety of beverages, snacks and specialty items.
A convenience store and pharmacy, located at 39th and Walnut Streets. The pharmacy is open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., although the pharmacy closes at 9 p.m. The phone number is 215-662-0406.
A chain of 24-hour food markets and sponsor of the Wawa Coffee Cart. Stores are located at 3604 Chestnut Street and at 3744 Spruce Street.
The closest supermarket, at 43rd and Walnut Streets. The store is open daily from 6 a.m. to midnight and the phone number is 215-387-6800.
Market Street Amoco at 44th and Market, 215-243-9656, is open 24 hours a day. Take 33rd Street north to Market, turn left and drive to 44th Street.
You can arrange for a haircut for your child at bedside through Hair House (next door at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 215-662-2592) or at the Saturn Club, 215-387-8981.
Metro Hair, 215-387-8266 at 34th and Walnut Streets gives haircuts, manicures, pedicures and facials, etc. Open seven days a week, call for hours. Drop-in customers are welcome.


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Hold your horses people – here's a UK credit card with a DECENT SIGNUP BONUS!
It's a MBNA Card Co-branded with American Airlines (follow the link on the AA UK Homepage as there's a cookie issue sadly)
The offer for new card holders:
- 10,000 American Airlines AAdvantage bonus miles when you make a card purchase within the first 90 days
- If you apply by 31st May 2012 you will earn an additional 10,000 AAdvantage bonus miles when you spend over £1,500 within 90 days of your account opening.
So an initial 10k on sign-up and first spend, and and up to 20k if you spend £1500 in 3 months.
And this is sad part – the card is one of the better offers on the UK market at this moment in time.
As well as the above bonus miles, here's the other benefits
- You'll get a co-branded Amex card and a Visa Card
- 1.5 Miles/£1 on Amex spend
- 1.5 Miles/£2 on Visa spend
- 0% interest on all American Airlines flights for 12 months from the date your account is opened
- No Annual Fee
It's not a bad card actually. If you can push through £1500 of spend on the card using the Amex card in 3 months on the Amex Card, you'd be looking at
- 10,000 first spend bonus
- 10,000 for the £1500 spend
- 2,250 miles for the actual £1500 spent
- Total = 22,250 miles
That's not a bad wodge of miles to start with…
Now as a reminder, this is a UK Credit Card. NOT A USA CREDIT CARD.
And as usual, this information does not constitute financial advice and you should always do your own research on top to ensure it's right for your specific circumstances, and may impact on your credit score. So don't blame me if you overspend on a card and they come hounding after you.
And it goes without saying, I receive no commission of on the credit card link above. Alternately head to www.americanairlines.co.uk and follow the links.
4 Responses to "MBNA offer an American Airlines Credit Card with up to 20,000 miles!"
can usa people sign up for a uk card?
Nope! Requires a UK Residence address and a credit record. Sorry!
any views on asking for the bonus having recently gotten this credit card
It's worth a shot asking. They can only say no…


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Senior forward PJ Hefner (6-4) and senior center Michael Mayer (6-6) add experience to the frontcourt and seniors Pat Buttarazzi (6-1) and sophomore returnee Marcel Thompson (6-3) return to the backcourt.
Juniors Liam Anderson (6-3) and Zach Buhl (5-11) join the varsity along with sophomores Blake Brown (5-9), Juwan Kearson (5-7) and Randy Gregory (5-7) and freshman Zach Bare (5-11).
"All of these young guys have surprised us," Goldberg said.
St. Paul's was eliminated by St. Vincent Pallotti in a playoff semifinals last season and will be gunning for its first title since 2010
"The No. 1 thing we need is experience," Goldberg said. "I love their effort and chemistry."
Craig Clary
Record last year: 7-16
Returning starters: Senior guard Chance Goldring (6-4).
Breakdown: Although Goldring is the only returning starter who played nearly every game, the Generals had a trio of senior guards who started several games, namely Elias Hilair (6-3), Amry Majeed (5-11) and James Frieson (5-7).
Hilair developed physically during the offseason and is capable of playing any position on the floor.
Darran Cole (6-2), a senior transfer from Poly who never played basketball for the Engineers, bolsters the backcourt.
Junior Sebastian Ambeiger (6-9) has shown significant improvement and could be one of the tallest players in Baltimore County.
"He's really long, and he's definitely going to help us because of his size," coach Tim Gavin said.
Senior Mark Russell (6-3), who missed last season because of knee surgery, could help underneath, along with juniors Charlie O'Melaia (6-5), Kenny Hill (6-3) and Kamil Essian (6-3), a transfer from Friends.
Sharp-shooting senior guard Andrew Mills (5-10), senior Will Boyd (6-0) and juniors Nyekwon Carter (5-9) and Colby Hagan (5-7) add backcourt depth.
Carter was the leading scorer on the junior varsity last season.
"We are really deep," Gavin said. "I think our biggest strength is we are extremely athletic and fast, and we can get up and down the floor. We've got guys here who can do things we haven't seen since I've been here the past three years."
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"I'll never swim in the sun again, I'll never feel the heat on my skin… I'll never see the daylight in your hair."
"And you're gonna make some girl the luckiest, happiest girl in the world. And she…she's going to be your first love. Not me. I'm fading away."
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Tainted Elixir, V,6***. Northern Corries climbing in solitude.
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—is the one word that comes to mind when i try and describe this past weekend. Here's a recap of the past weeks events…
Wednesday—class, laundry, packing, followed by partying at Harry's and not getting home till 4am. The bar has three levels, the lowest with a bowling alley, the middle is a bar/dance area and the top is purely a disco. Spent the night hanging out with all of the international students dancing on stage to MJ's 'black or white', 'don't stop believin' and some other classics.
Thursday—somehow woke up at 7am and caught an 830am 6hr bus ride to Stockholm with Laura-who is from Helsinki-and some of the other americans. When we got to Stockholm we had a few hours so we frolicked around town running from store to store to keep out of the cold. Andddddd being the classy Swedes that we are we enjoyed some fast food cuisine at MAX<—-almost comparable to ino…almost. Then we boarded our 11hr overnight ferry to Finland.. We then ran into some Canadians who we hung out with the rest of the boat ride. We pregamed a tad then headed up to the bars…except there was no one there…so then we headed to the disco..again no one there..hmm. We felt like the only under 25yr olds on the ship so naturally we decided to be creative and made a scavenger hunt around the ship ranging from making a snow angel on the top deck to taking a picture with a staff member, etc. We split into teams and ran around the ship to our hearts content. It may have been one of the best nights I have had here, and a night that I will remember forever because all of the random little moments that made for a crazy time.
Friday—Woke up at 7am after going to bed at 5….currently running off of a total of 5 hours of sleep in the past 2 days. This is when the deliriousness crept into all of us. We laid on the floor of our cabin until security eventually had to literally kick us off of the boat as we were cracking up at jokes that made no sense…..always making America look good, thats our groups motto. After we stumbled off the boat we heard of somewhere serving a buffet so we wandered outside to a hotel and sat their stuffing our faces with an awful yet satisfying meal and then boarded our 3.5 hour train ride to Helsinki. The sunrise I witnessed on this train ride was like no other. I could stare at the sun without my eyes burning as it rose bright red in the sky. Arriving in Helsinki was like being a little child who had finally made it to the North Pole. It was around negative 10C and the snow was falling all around. We then went to Laura's house to get settled then grabbed lunch at her old work spot. That night Laura had her friends over for a kickback and we introduced them to countless games of Fuck the Dealer and Kings Cup. We then took to the sauna to relax and get warm…and than run and jump in the snow. Awesome is an understatement.
Saturday—Received an amazing guided tour of the city by Laura. Saw some of the oldest buildings in town, a church built from the insides of a mountain, boats in the harbor frozen into the sea, a bustling meat market, and than crept into a warm spot to enjoy some Turkish kabob. We went to Laura's grandparents house that night where they cooked us a 4-course meal-our stomachs were not prepared whatsoever. Her grandma was literally the most precious person greeting us with warm hugs and forced us to take off our cold socks and put them on the heater while she grabbed us some giant wool ones to replace on our feet. We enjoyed classic Finnish cuisine from beef stew, to salted salmon, vegetables, warm pies, and an assortment of pastries. We took a break in the midpoint of the meal and headed down the hall to the workout room of the building where Laura's grandma led us in some exercises to work off some of the food and make us more comfortable with overeating once again. After this I do not remember much because the deliriousness crept over me like a disease..literally and I caught a cold—so I spent the rest of the night catching up on sleep and regaining my mental stability.
Sunday—Superbowl day!!! do i watch the superbowl? No. Do I care about football at all? Nope. Superbowl food? oh yes. Our whole group was on the same page so we headed to the grocery store to pick up some essentials than made some homemade salsa, guacamole, and pizza. We sat around getting to know Laura's family and sauna-ed one last time before having to wake up at 5am and catch our flight back home to good ol' Kalmar


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Full name:
Abraham bar Ḥiyya ha-Nasi
Arabic name:
صاحب الشرطة
Latin name:
Savasorda, Abraham Judaeus
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Abraham bar Ḥiyya ha-Nas was a Jewish mathematician, astronomer and philosopher, also known as Savasorda or Abraham Judaeus. He was born in Barcelona and scholars suspect he travelled to Narbonne where he is thought to have died.
Abraham bar Ḥiyya's most influential work is his Ḥibbūr ha-meshīḥah we-ha-tishboret ("Treatise on Measurement and Calculation"), a Hebrew treatise on Islamic algebra and practical geometry. It was translated in 1145 into Latin by Plato of Tivoli as Liber Embadorum (the same year Robert of Chester translated al-Khwārizmī's Algebra.) It contains the first complete solution of the quadratic equation x2 - ax + b = 0 known in Europe and influenced the work of Leonardo Fibonacci.
Bar Ḥiyya wrote several more works on mathematics, astronomy and Jewish philosophy.


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In a sample of patients with schizophrenia, four clusters were identified and service use and relatives' satisfaction analyzed. In the first cluster, patients' severity of illness was mild and their use of services low. In the second, patients' disability was more severe; psychiatric symptoms were low in severity, family burden was moderate, and use of community services was more intensive. In the third cluster, patients had serious disability and severe positive symptoms; their families suffered distressing burdens, and their use of hospital and community services was intensive. In the fourth cluster, patients' disability was very severe, negative symptoms were prominent, and relatives' burden was moderate; use of hospital services was frequent, and use of community services was less so.
One of the principal research questions in community care is whether use of resources by different patient groups is aligned with the patients' clinical and psychosocial needs. Data from the information system database of the Desio Department of Mental Health in Desio, Italy, show that resources are directed primarily toward patients with schizophrenia and related syndromes. Because a diagnosis of schizophrenia alone cannot explain differences in severity of illness among patients or their variable needs for resources, we focused our study on what variables combine to determine different classes of severity for schizophrenia.
Using variables that are widely discussed in the literature on community care (1), we identified different clusters of patients on the basis of the severity of psychopathology, disability, and family burden. The key issues we analyzed were whether the patients' use of resources and their relatives' satisfaction with the care provided varied between clusters.
To create a study sample, we conducted a one-day prevalence study of patients who were in contact with the facilities of the Desio Department of Mental Health on December 31, 1994. The department comprises a 15-bed psychiatric ward in the general hospital, two community mental health centers, a 12-bed residential facility, and two day centers. Our sample was composed of 203 patients 15 to 64 years of age who lived in the northern outskirts of Milan in the area served by the Desio Department of Mental Health and whose ICD-10 diagnosis was of schizophrenia and related disorders.
Patients were evaluated for disability with the Disability Assessment Schedule II (2) and for psychiatric symptoms with the 24-item expanded Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (3). Family burden, including relatives' satisfaction with services provided, was evaluated with the Questionnaire for Family Problems (4). Data on outpatient, hospital, and residential care contacts during the year before evaluation were collected from the department's information system.
For each area—disability, psychiatric symptoms, and family burden—a principal components analysis and factor rotation were performed. Eleven factors were retained as explanatory variables (5) and used to cluster the 203 patients by means of the Ward hierarchical method using Euclidean distances. The classification was validated with the regularized discriminant analysis classification method.
t1 summarizes data for each cluster on sociodemographic characteristics, service use, and relatives' satisfaction with services. Patients in the first cluster (43 patients, or 21 percent) had satisfactory functioning and mild problems in affective relationships and in employment, and the severity of their symptoms was low. Their relatives were satisfied with the services received, and the burden on them was mild. The patients tended to use community facilities, though not intensively, with a median of 15 community contacts per patient. One in ten patients were admitted to the psychiatric ward, and only one in 20 to residential facilities.
In the second cluster (94 patients, or 46 percent), disability was more severe, and work functioning and affective relationships were inadequate. Psychopathological symptoms were moderate in severity. The family burden was moderate, and relatives were satisfied with the services provided. One patient in ten was admitted to the psychiatric ward or the residential facility, and the use of community facilities was more intensive, with a median of 25 community contacts per patient.
Patients in the third cluster (25 patients, or 12 percent) had severe disability in aspects ranging from self-care and participation in household activities to work and sexual roles. In this group, unlike patients in the other clusters, patients had a high level of friction in interpersonal relationships and thus had a high risk of aggressive behavior. Symptoms in this cluster, particularly positive symptoms, were the most severe. The burden on the family was heavier, and relatives were not satisfied with the services provided. These patients used the hospital ward intensively; half had been admitted during the year before evaluation, one in ten involuntarily—the highest rate for all clusters. The use of community and residential facilities was also more intensive for this group.
Patients in the fourth cluster (41 patients, or 20 percent) had severe disability, particularly in areas related to self-care and household activities, sexual-affective and work roles, and relationships in the social context. Negative symptoms were predominant among these patients. The family burden was moderate, and relatives' satisfaction with the services provided was low. Patients used the hospital ward frequently and used residential and community facilities less intensively, at a level similar to that of patients in the second cluster.
Patients in the first cluster were "well-functioning" patients in the community, and those in the second presented more problems and suffered difficulties, both within families and in society. In the third and fourth clusters, patients' illness was more severe, much like that of "difficult-to-place patients" in the study by the Team for the Assessment of Psychiatric Services in London (6). In the third cluster, disability was linked with severe positive symptoms; patients showed high levels of tension and aggressive behavior, and the burden on the family was high. In the fourth cluster, serious disability both in social roles and daily living skills was associated with negative symptoms; this mix constituted an important cause of family burden.
Patients in the third cluster required more intensive care than the others. In the fourth cluster, the absence of a relationship between the intensity of care and the severity of illness suggests that profoundly disabled patients risk being excluded from community care.
These results have both public policy and practical implications. Relatively few studies have been published that characterize patients with schizophrenia not only on the basis of the severity of psychopathological symptoms but also on the basis of psychosocial problems. Use of cluster analysis has been limited to the identification of psychopathological syndromes in schizophrenia (7). For public policy, we submit that cluster analysis might be useful in the construction of severity groups that could be used in evaluating outcomes and specific costs (8) and in constructing a case-mix classification for funding cases on the basis of severity.
The practical implications of our findings are that new strategies are required for patients in the third and fourth clusters, at the level of both patient and service. At the patient level, those who have resistant psychotic symptoms should be treated with atypical antipsychotic drugs, whereas very disabled patients need more intensive special rehabilitation in residential facilities or through home visits. Relatives suffering a greater burden would benefit from psychoeducational activities.
At the service level, we should ask whether results could be improved by implementing specific new services into routine clinical settings, such as assertive community treatment teams, or whether, given the findings of the PRiSM study (9), it might be better to work on improving the effectiveness of existing clinical services with more efficient interventions in the continuity of care.
Patients with schizophrenia, and in particular those with more severe illness, present a challenge in attempts to evaluate the community care model. Improving responsiveness to the needs of the most seriously ill patients and their families is the central issue that requires further study and practical implementation.
Dr. Lora and Dr. Rossini are senior resident psychiatrists and Dr. Lanzara is department head at the Desio Department of Mental Health in Desio, Italy. Dr. Cosentino is assistant professor in the department of environmental science at Università degli Studi, Milano-Bicocca. Send correspondence to Dr. Lora, Servizio Psichiatrico di Diagnosi e Cura, Ospedale di Desio, Piazza Benefattori, 20033 Desio (Milano), Italy (e-mail, firstname.lastname@example.com).
Demographic and clinical characteristics, family burden, and relatives' satisfaction with services for four clusters of patients with schizophrenia
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Quick and Easy Stir-Fry
Over the years, I've had a number of friends approach me who are just getting into cooking, and are looking for a good recipe to begin with. My recommendation to them (and anyone else looking for a quick meal) is always . . . stir-fry!!!
Without a doubt, stir-frys are one of my favorite go-to meals. They're quick, fresh, well-balanced, healthy, affordable, easy, and (perhaps my favorite!) they are the perfect way to use up ingredient leftovers!!! Just round up whatever veggies are in the house, and add in some protein or noodles if you'd like (or you can go vegetarian or carb-free!), and within minutes you can have a delicious, flavorful dinner ready to go. It's really hard to go wrong.
I've included all sorts of ideas below for various veggies, proteins (meat/seafood/tofu/etc.), and carbs (pasta/rice/etc.) you can use. And then also typed in a yummy Asian sauce recipe (although you can use just about whatever sauce/seasonings sound good). In the dish pictured above, I used up some leftover broccoli slaw that I had on hand (a fantastic kitchen staple I'd recommend!), and then also threw in some sliced yellow onion and shrimp. Super-quick and delish!!!
So grab your skillet and get to stir-frying! You'll be glad you did! :)
Quick and Easy Stir-Fry
- 2-3 cups veggies of your choice. (Pictured above is broccoli slaw and yellow onions. I often also use broccoli, scallions, carrots, onions, peppers, spinach, squash, tomatoes, zucchini and/or various other veggies. Just about anything works.)
- 1/2 lb. of pasta or 1 1/2 cups rice (whatever is enough to make 3-4 cups of finished pasta/rice)
- 1 1/2 cups protein (beef, chicken, pork, shrimp, seafood, tofu, etc.)
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- 2-3 Tbsp. soy sauce (to taste)
- 1 Tbsp. brown sugar (more if you want a sweeter stir fry)
- 1 Tbsp. rice vinegar
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 tsp. sesame oil
- 1 tsp. sriracha (optional - add more/less to taste)
- freshly ground black pepper, toasted sesame seeds, and/or chili flakes (optional)
Prepare noodles or rice according to directions.
In a small saucepan, add in each of the sauce ingredients and whisk together. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the brown sugar is dissolved. Do not burn.
Meanwhile, stir-fry your protein (meat, tofu, etc.) in a large skillet or wok with olive oil over medium-high heat until cooked. Remove protein from skillet and set aside.
Add veggies to skillet, and stir to coat in the remaining oil. (Add 1/2 Tbsp. oil if need be.) Stir-fry the veggies in the skillet over medium-high heat for 3-4 minutes. Then add in the (drained) noodles or rice, along with the cooked protein. Pour sauce evenly over stir fry and stir to coat. Cook an additional 1-2 minutes. Add sesame oil and sriracha (optional). Then garnish with sesame seeds and freshly ground black pepper, and serve!
Ali's Tip:
Feel free to also toss in a bag of frozen veggies to make your stir-fry! Grocery stores now sell a zillion delicious varieties. So just pop the frozen veggies in the microwave to thaw out a bit (or thaw them in the fridge), drain, and then add to the skillet. Now that's quick and easy! :)


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Okay, this is pretty amazing. AlmapBBDO produced this spot, which uses 873 Getty stills to tell a man's life story. And I didn't realize it before reading the YouTube comments, but the creative team slipped a few Easter eggs in there as well. I don't know if this will improve your perception of stock photography, but the spot itself looks sure to win major awards.
Advertiser: Getty Images
Title: From love to bingo in 873 images
Product: Getty Images
General Creative Director: Marcello Serpa, Luiz Sanches
Creative Director: André Kassu, Marcos Medeiros, Renato Simões
Art Director: Marcos Kotlhar
Copywriter: Sophie Schoenburg
Producer: Paranoid BR
Executive producer: Egisto Betti
Direction: Cisma, Marcos Kotlhar
Animation: Split Filmes, Marcos Kotlhar
Rtvc: Vera Jacinto, Gabriel Dagostini, Diego Villas Bôas
Soundtrack / Voice-Over Artist: Kito Siqueira
Editor / Assembler: Marcos Kotlhar, Jonas Brandão
Finishing Editor: Split Filmes
Service: Cristina Chacon, Marina Leal
Media: Paulo Camossa Jr
Approval: Renata Simões
(Source: youtube.com)
Not only is this an exquisite spot, perusing Getty for stock images is one of the funniest parts of my job.
so super awesome.
One amazing Ad!
This is beyond beautiful.


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Menopause Health Center
Younger Women May Benefit From HRT
Breast Cancer Risk continued...
"Breast cancer is the main thing my patients are worried about, " Kaunitz says. "The studies do indicate a small increase in breast cancer risk with the long-term use of combination therapy, but this does not appear to occur with estrogen-only therapy."
For women with bothersome menopausal symptoms who have not had hysterectomies, decisions about whether or not to take combination HRT should be made on a case-by-case basis, he says.
Salpeter agrees that family history of breast cancer, heart disease, and osteoporosis should all be considered when weighing the risks and benefits of HRT.
"A woman with menopausal symptoms in her 50s who has a mother or aunt who has had hip fractures damned well better be on HRT," he says. "But a woman with a close family history of breast cancer may not feel comfortable taking it."


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30 Day Video Game Challenge - Day 1: Very First Video Game
Super Mario Bros. - NES
Probably a cliched answer, but from as much as I can remember, this was my first foray into video games. Honestly, I don't remember much of my childhood. Just that I was sick a lot, and the NES was there… And that we were in a much worse neighborhood then… And I guess I was around 4 at the time… Oh god, that means that the best my family could afford around 1995 was an NES. We've come a long way…. Crawled out of that cesspool of a neighborhood. Bought a better house in a much nicer neighborhood. Actually, now that I think about it, we were one of the first in our new neighborhood to get an N64, so that would have been 1996. We moved up quick!
Sorry, I'm not even talking about the game. I've just had a series of flashbacks and am now measuring my family's financial status over time through video games.
And I have another four of these to do today to catch up…


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MMA News
Wednesday, 02/22/2012, 09:58 am
UFC 144 Pre-Fight Interview | Frankie Edgar | Benson Has No Holes
UFC 144 is set to go down on February 26 live from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. As of current date, the event is expected to be headlined by a lightweight title fight between champion Frankie Edgar and challenger Benson Henderson. The event marks the UFC's first ever return to Japan since UFC 29 in 2000.
Read More: UFC 144, Frankie Edgar (News), Benson Henderson (News)
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Hi all! I'd like to celebrate the Pokemon Gen 3 remakes by going all-out with an art contest AND a giveaway. Both of these events will have 15 winners each! Prizes include plushies, free art, and multiple chances to win a copy of the upcoming Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire games. Keep reading to learn how to enter!
Available prizes:
Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire game preorder (1 available)Adorable Treecko, Mudkip, or Torchic plushie (1 of each available)Super cool drawing by me (1 available - here are some examples of my work)Fancypants Kyogre & Groudon pendant keychain (5 available)Badass
Some art/webcomic adviceI got this really thoughtful question on my tumblr a week or two ago in regards to art/webcomics:
"Hello K-bo, I Have been aspiring to be a webcomic artist much like yourself for a long time. Viewing your artwork and your achievements inspire me to reach out for my dreams. I wasn't able to see you at Fan Expo this year so I wasn't able to ask you this in person. I feel like I'm at a point where I'm comfortable enough with my art and style to start a webcomic... but I have no idea where to start... Do you have any advice? Thank you!"
I wanted to share my answer with you guys since it might be relevant to your interests. I hope at least some of it is useful to you. Here goes...
"First off, that's awesome and I'm honored to have inspired you in any way. You should be very proud of yourself for being ready and willing to start this journey.
Now this is a pretty bro
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When inspiration is far to be found...We all get these anoying times when we really want to make something cool, get inspired and work that magic. We see everyone around us (online) do it, but how come we are not?
So we look for ways to get inspired, we ask around, find these usual answers: go watch a film, listen to music.. take a walk...
But even when we do that, we still end up stuck most of the time.
Part of the solution is knowing WHY we get stuck and this is my theory.
ADT - Attention Deficit Trait.
'Experiencing an inner frenzy of distractability, impatience, difficulty in setting priorities, staying focused and managing time. Those are our biggest enemies as they all end up cluttering your head and keeping you from spending quality focused time on a singular topic.
Everything we do now a days is based around multitasking and it is giving us a constant overdose of information. Let me elaborate.
How many of you travel daily by public transport and don't look away
.this poem is drunk right now
this poem is a disappointment
this poem is a mess
this poem would be nothing without me
do you believe me? i will grow talons to tear
into and out of myself, there will be no need
for that knife, no need for gore
or for love,
there is nothing
and it will be gone
long before
it is something
(this is not a poem. do you believe me?)
.sometimes the cold holds my hands so tight
they start to burn, turn red and raw, i know it has
something to say but has no voice
so i must feel the chill instead, it knows
no other way, i know
no other way
to say
that i am thinking of the sun
(the tide comes in and licks her sandy lips, drinks in the moon and i am gone)
the Random Six - 2012 - XVIIGreetings everyone,
We at the :iconnude-form: group hope you had a great holiday season & are having a splendid start to the New Year. May 2012 be better than 2011.
We're hoping to help in that respect by presenting the latest addition to our ongoing "Random Six" series. For the uninitiated, this series' aim is to showcase 6 fabulous nude images that for whatever reason have yet to be included in the Nude-Form group. We hope not to repeat any one artist. Meaning if I use them in week 1, I cannot down the road use them in week 11. How successful I am in keeping track of what's what, I haven't a clue.
Anyways without further ado, here are this week's Random Six...
by :iconjuicycarolina:
from :iconvauntastic:
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by :iconnaughtyquebec:
If anyone has any suggestions for a future theme OR suggestions of another perso
MercyOh sweet God how the grassland
ignites in moonlight tonight
I must thank you for creating
her tangled fingers' slow pace
through the handsome rain Her
trochaic kinesthesia to rhythms
in Stravinsky's The Rite of
Spring Is this how you meant
for us to love you Yahweh
Tumbling clumsily down hills
of sheets into perpetually
immutable silence I could love
you like that I think I've been
practicing on this Savanna
for days and months Lost in
her crystal canvas Rolling crests
and troughs And when she touches
me Oh fair Lord I'm dragged into
your city past Gethsemane's
pulsing green and gold
Please hold us together
under this luminous stretch
Oh Father We are live
wires swaying
unclothed Our reflections awash
with the skin of your sun
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A two-time Community Volunteer for the deviantART Related category, Anne is well-known as a positive, helpful force. She is the community's resident expert when it comes to CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), and her personal gallery offers a wide variety of tutorials for new and experienced coders alike. In addition, each winter she hosts a calendar project encouraging members to create Journal designs for all to use, bringing more creativity to the community.
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