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Cathy Squires got her first experience with microbes growing up on her family's farm in Sacramento, Calif. She started her college education thinking she'd one day be a medical lab technician. Since then, Dr. Squires has earned a Ph.D. and built a career as a research scientist studying the means by which bacteria churn out copies of their DNA and manage their reproduction. She's now a professor of microbiology at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Mass. This is her story of how she got into a career in microbiology.
"Our high school sophomore biology teacher asked the class to bring in a water sample from home to examine under the microscope. He suggested we take water from where the cows, chickens, or pets drank, so my father's chicken water was a natural source for me to sample. One look at my chicken water under the microscope and the normally reserved biology teacher became completely excited; the sample was loaded with microbes! Amoebae, paramecia, algae—many busy, motile bacteria and oddly shaped characters floated by our eyes. The whole class was delighted, and I was charged with bringing in a sample of that chicken water for every biology class the rest of the time I was in high school. The excitement of this first exposure to microbiology has always stayed with me.
From the time I was eight years old, it had been taken for granted in my family that after high school I would enroll in the University of California, Davis, but my future as a bacteriologist was still far from anyone's mind. UC Davis was primarily an agricultural school at that time, but it also had a school of veterinary medicine and ran its own creamery. My uncle had a dairy close to UC Davis and sold his milk to the creamery. The UC Davis veterinarians and their students who came to treat my uncle's sick cows fascinated my cousins and me. I knew about many microbial diseases long before I knew about microbes; outbreaks of mastitis, anthrax, pink eye, brucellosis, and so on were fairly common occurrences on the farm. I was very impressed by the fact that when a cow died of anthrax, my uncle had to burn her on the spot and flame the surrounding grass as well.
The closest profession to microbiology that my high school career counselor, a nurse, could recommend was being a medical laboratory technician. With this goal in mind, I asked, on acceptance at UC Davis, to be put into the suggested training program as a biochemistry major. In fact, UC Davis had no undergraduate biochemistry major, so I was assigned to bacteriology instead. This turned out to be a wonderful and fortuitous match, despite the apparently arbitrary way the decision was made. The Bacteriology Department at UC Davis at that time had a truly remarkable and renowned faculty [including] Mortimer P. Starr, an internationally renowned expert in microbial taxonomy. Starr's classes were adventures in sampling—from vinegar factories and brewing houses to salt ponds and San Francisco Bay mud. I specialized in cow pies from my uncle's dairy and purified what was then the largest known bacterium, Caryophanon.
Monty Reynolds taught the introductory microbiology course and was one of the most memorable professors I have ever had. An extremely hyperkinetic type, he literally jumped around the lectern. He also showed a lot of unforgettable movies, many obtained from Army archives. We saw the consequences of a rabid wolf biting villagers in a remote area of Iran and a film of a UC Berkeley student who had accidentally pricked himself with a rose thorn and become infected with tetanus (the student allowed the course of his infection and recovery to be filmed). The images are still vivid in my mind's eye.
My introduction to microbiological research began in the summer between my junior and senior years. I was the lucky recipient of a National Science Foundation undergraduate research fellowship and was picked to work in John Ingraham's laboratory. He put me to work studying the phenomenon of cold shock—what goes on when bacterial cells are subjected to a sudden large drop in growth temperature. I was fascinated by the topic and continued to pursue it until graduation.
By this time, I was hooked on research and a bit confused about the medical lab tech option. Dr. Ingraham rescued me by offering a research technician's job in his lab. I was delighted to accept. My role was to try out Ingraham's novel and exciting ideas. If they worked, the project was given to a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow; if not, the idea was dropped. I quickly learned that I didn't have enough information to be a major contributor to the new ideas. It was clear that I needed more class work and training—my motivation for pursuing a master's degree in microbiology at UC Davis.
During this period, I married Craig Squires, another technician in the Bacteriology Department. Craig was anxious to move to UC Santa Barbara and work for Ellis Englesberg, studying a novel positive regulatory system—the arabinose operon. The UCSB Biology Department welcomed us and gave me several options: work as a technician, run the microbiology teaching labs, or become a Ph.D. student. By that time, I was totally hooked on research but still thought I didn't know enough to be an insightful and independent researcher, so I opted for the doctoral program. Again, I was fortunate to receive superb training. My degree in biochemistry and molecular biology was completed under the supervision of an outstanding mentor, Nancy Lee. I have always tried to emulate her wonderfully rigorous and thoughtful approach to science. By the time I received my degree, I was confident that I could purify and analyze virtually any protein.
For postdoctoral training I wanted to work on one of the major regulatory puzzles of the time: how amino acid biosynthetic operons are regulated. I knew that to stay in research and be successful, I would need the same kind of mentoring, confidence in my abilities, and networking help I had received from John Ingraham, Nancy Lee, and many of the other faculty at UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara. Somehow I knew enough to seek out Charles Yanofsky at Stanford University and ask to work on the tryptophan operon. Yanofsky took on Craig as a research associate as well, and this time was the beginning of an exciting period during which the group collectively discovered the novel regulatory phenomenon of transcription attenuation.
Again, I was very fortunate to have a superb mentor. When the time came for me to leave Stanford, I agonized over what my independent research project should be when I took my first faculty position. After several months, I settled on the mysterious regulation of ribosome biosynthesis. Building on the success of Naomi Franklin in making fusions between phage promoters and tryptophan biosynthetic genes, I decided that the gene fusion approach would provide a unique handle on studying ribosomal gene expression. The only problem was that I wasn't yet schooled in the newly created recombinant DNA technology. Yanofsky allowed me to spend the last four months of my postdoctoral training period in Herb Boyer's lab at UC San Francisco. There, Boyer and Pat Green taught me how to do endonuclease restriction digests, ligations, and transformations and to run agarose gels; in short, they taught me the fundamentals of the emerging recombinant DNA technology.
I have worked on the regulation of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) synthesis ever since that time and feel very fortunate to have had excellent students, postdoctoral fellows, and associates to share this project. We have applied genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, and physiology—the patchwork of my training and interests—to our studies of ribosome synthesis. We have studied transcription regulation, using gene fusions to characterize a special feature of rRNA synthesis—transcription anti-termination. We have also studied cell physiology and genetics as they relate to copies of ribosomal genes. We were successful in constructing a strain of Escherichia coli with no intact chromosomal rRNA operons. The cell's only source of ribosomal genes is a plasmid. By exchanging E. coli sequences on the plasmid with those of other microbes, we are able to manipulate a cell's ribosome content in many unexpected ways and thereby pose novel questions about the cell's translation machinery.
I remain as enthusiastic and excited about microbiological research today as when I started more than 30 years ago. My advice to students and new researchers is always to try to pursue what really interests and excites you; there is no substitute for enthusiasm in research."
(This profile was excerpted from a book called Many Faces, Many Microbes, a collection of personal essays written by a wide variety of microbiologists.)


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Danny Karbassiyoon has signed a two-year contract with Burnley.
The American youth international was released by Arsenal this summer and has been snapped up by the Clarets, who finished mid-table in the Championship last season.
Karbassiyoon already has experience of that division after making six appearances for Ipswich Town during a loan spell at Portman Road last term.
The 20-year-old joined Arsenal from Roanoke Star as a forward in August 2003 but developed into a left-back for the Reserves.
Karbassiyoon scored just eight minutes after coming on as a substitute to make his first-team debut in the Carling Cup victory at Manchester City last October.
He made two further appearances in the competition, starting against Everton and coming off the bench at Manchester United.
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Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin announced on Thursday morning that the club has called up defenceman Jarred Tinordi from the AHL's Hamilton Bulldogs.
Tinordi, a 21-year-old who was selected by the Canadiens in the first round (22nd overall) at the 2010 NHL entry draft, played 55 games with the Bulldogs this season, posting 2-9-11 totals to go along with 51 penalty minutes. The 6-foot-6, 218-pounder will add size to the Canadiens' blue line while wearing No. 42.
After beating the Ottawa Senators 4-3 in a shootout Wednesday night at the Bell Centre, the Canadiens announced that Greg Pateryn was being returned to the Bulldogs. Pateryn played three games with the Canadiens after being recalled from Hamilton on March 7.
The Canadiens were given the day off Thursday and will be back on the ice Friday at 11 a.m. in Brossard as they prepare to visit the New Jersey Devils Saturday night.
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Discussion in 'The Trash Can' started by Fandango, Sep 16, 2013.
Be true to yourself!!!
At the SLC Olympics, Hughes had skated a blinder, and Kwan had fallen. When Slutskaya took the ice, I knew she must place 3rd or lower in the free for Kwan to win. So when she bobbled on the flip, I wanted her to fall on it so much that I flicked my finger at her via the TV screen in an attempt to push her down. Well it didn't work.
It was nothing against Slutskaya. I just really wanted Kwan to win.
Always. I am reincarnate. ....
Ack! I was thinking of the same event. Slutskaya was last to skate, and I knew Kwan's OGM hung in the balance. Every time she entered into a jump, I yelled at my TV, 'Fall already!". But she klunked her way through every jump, the landing on that wonky 3Flip raised my hopes only to crush them.
Yes, I wanted Plushy to fall in the SP in SLC. I was when he really did.
I'm a fan, I know.
Of course...I hoped Oksana Baiul wouldn't be able to skate in the LP in Lillehammer when I heard in the morning : collision at a practice session, she has injured her leg.
Oooooooh, I'm bad...
Not sure why but since the implementation of COP this fan doesn't have to wish anymore.
The only time for me was at the 02 olympics .I was a mad A/P fan and I didn't I really didn't want FP/M to fall or anything
I would never want a skater to injure themselves but after them winning the world gold A/P had to win .FP/M went down in the FD
It worked out well them only getting the bronze but I admit feeling a little guilty and felt sorry for Babs crying on the podium
I have a lot.
However there are 2 performances I will always remember because I feel like my wishing to do bad worked maybe a bit too well!
Sasha Cohen 2010 US Nationals LP
Carolina Kostner at 2010 Olympics LP
I hoped Butyrskaya and Slutskaya would make big mistakes in their long programs since I didnt want to see Kwan not win after her amazing LP at the 2000 Worlds. That is what happened.
I admit I was also happy when Kwan fell in the short program at the 99 Worlds though as I wanted to see Maria pull a big upset and win there.
I usually wanted B&E to make mistakes (apart from the 93 Worlds where I wanted them to win) as I wanted teams like Bechke & Petrov, Shishkova & Naumov, and Kovarikova & Novotny to place above Brasseur & Eisler for medals when they competed, as I knew the judges would always favor B&E over any of those teams if they went clean.
I wanted Slutskaya to win the 2006 Olympic Gold so I was hoping for Cohen and Arakawa to fall, especialy as I had a feeling Irina wouldnt skate that well that night for some unexplainable reason, just a hunch I had. Cohen did, but Shizuka didnt.
I definitely wanted Cohen to fall at the 2010 Nationals as I am pretty sure the judges would have put her on the team (probably correctly) had she skated cleanly, and I did not think she deserved to go to the Olympics over girls who it would probably be their only chance to shine (Flatt and Nagasu in hindsight especialy) and who had competed and slaved all quad for it. Plus Sasha really had no hopes for an Olympic medal that year anyway, so in that sense it made no difference.
I absolutely wanted the 1994 Olympics podium to be some combination of Sato, Chen, and Chouinard, so I wanted to see Baiul, Kerrigan, and Bonaly all mess up at the 94 Olympics. Bonaly did, but Baiul and Kerrigan didnt, while Sato and Chouinard (and to a lesser degree Chen) messed up themselves.
I waned Ito or Harding to win the 92 Olympics so I was hoping Yamaguchi would fall. She did, but they did more.
I dont think there is anything wrong as a fan with rooting interest hoping for mistakes. I try to not hope for a disaester, just faltering enough that the people I want to see do better have a window to attain their goal. If you want someone to win or medal or achieve a certain placing, and that isnt even possible if others do well, why would you want to see those others do spectacularly. If it happens it is still great as it is a great and superbly skated even, even if your rooting interests are shut out of their or your goals for them, but that doesnt happen often anyway.
As for Slutskaya she often skated last and almost never did what I hoped she would do. At the 2002 Olympics I wanted her to either skate really well and win the gold, or fall and lead to a Kwan gold. I didnt even really care much who won this time, as long as it was anyone but Hughes. Instead she did a blah in between performance that still had mistakes, and ended up fitting right in the small window available that made Hughes an Olympic Champion.
2000 Worlds she actually did what I hoped, didnt skate great to win the gold, and didnt skate badly to allow Butyrskaya who had messed up her long program earlier to "back door" her way to the gold.
1997 Worlds she did as I hoped and turned in an incredibly gutsy performance that I thought might place her 2nd in the long to give Kwan the gold over Tara (although I was also a bit worried then about her winning the LP and bumping Kwan to bronze while still keeping Tara even with a 3rd place in gold), but the judges said no.
2006 Olympics as mentioned I was hoping she would skate well and win and she didnt.
Amazing how often she skated either last or last of the contenders with the whole event in her balance.
Often. Most recently Chan. Too bad it really doesn't work any more.
Although he falls, falls and falls, he rarely fail. And I'm still wondering why ...
Oh I forgot Chan. I hate to wish this on anyone but he is not who I want to see win big events so I have to root for 7 falls from him each time, as with 6 or less he is a lock to be given gold by the judges each time. Given that his main competitors currently are slightly inconsistent too, sometimes I need to root for 9 assuming they might have 2.
I was about to say 7 may not be enough, before I read the rest of your post.
No. I only wish for certain skaters who shall not be named to pop jumps or fall prey to overzealous technical callers. It seems more humane that way
I voted for 'Other' because I don't really remember. Perhaps in the 2010 Olympics when I rooted for Lambiel, but all I remember is how much I wanted him to do well, and how disappointed I was when he didn't (most of all that he didn't show his great programs in the way that he could). Mostly I just wish my favorites to do really well, but even when that doesn't happen my attitude is may the best skater on the day/days win. I am disappointed that my favorite didn't skate that well and/or didn't win/medal, but usually I can live with that.
You should wish for them to tack an extra 3T on top of the last jump... Oh, that would be evil.
What a weird thread.
judgejudy thinks it's a great thread.
Other . . . when I want my favorite skater to win I hope for everybody to skate clean
I was surprised to see the poll so strongly trending toward "wish they would fall." I've never wished a skater would fall or fail. I have wished skaters would win, but not at the expense of others.
This polll is just sooo.... seriously?! Replace skater with a poller... then I will 'seriously' consider to vote.. maybe... sorta...if only... niet!!.
I have not ever wished a skater to fall, but there are times I have been glad when they did.
I don't actually wish for skaters to fall because I know that can cause injury if they fall a certain way. I'd be lying though if I didn't wish for certain skaters to pop their jumps and/or botch a spin after all that takes away a victory way more easily than a fall these days
I'm going to start a poll based on this one but need a few more options. Maybe somebody could help me out? The poll question would be something like, "Which injury would you like to occur when a competitor of your favourite skater falls so as to see your favourite skater do better?" Here's the poll options I have so far, but as a poll allows twelve options, I'm a bit short:
Twisted knee
Broken wrist
Torn groin
Broken ankle
Dislocated hip
Broken tailbone
Loss of memory - temporary
Loss of memory - permanent
Broken shoulder
Broken neck
P.S. Yes, I did think of broken spine, but I didn't include it because I didn't want anyone to think I was callous.
How about an out-of-body experience where you have the personality of a deceased hockey player like that one tv movie Tara Lipinski starred in.
Alena Leonova 2012 worlds. I really wanted her to fall in the free because she was so close to winning. Even though she still skated clean, im so glad that Kostner pulled up to win
Broken neck? That sounds life ending! You may wish to include broken toes, fingers, nose, chin and arm. I think that should cover most parts of the body.
Yes, we should have a poll .... what do you wish most to be broken of your favourite's competitor!
Of course!!!! Glad to see so many others are being honest about it too.
My one admission:
I admit to wishing Plushy would trip/fall on his ass, .....just as much as I wished Alissa stayed on her feet.


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College Football: Dartmouth tops Princeton to finish with winning slate
Freshman Dalyn Williams threw for three touchdowns and rushed for another helping Dartmouth (6-4, 4-3 Ivy) finish tied for third in the conference with Princeton (5-5, 4-3) and Brown. The win was the Big Green's sixth straight on the road. The streak dates back to last season.
Williams ran for 82 yards and went 20-of-35 for 284 yards, completing his freshman season without throwing a single interception in 114 attempts. He connected with nine different receivers, completing touchdown strikes to Michael Reilly, Justin Foley and Mitch Aprahamian.
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The Eltham Copper Butterfly, Paralucia pyrodiscus lucida, has aroused considerable attention for a number of reasons. These include its rediscovery after it was believed to be extinct, its main populations occurring in small bushland patches in the middle of suburbia and its complex interaction with a plant and an ant.
Eltham Copper ButterflyPhotographer: Alan Yen / Source: Museum Victoria
The Eltham Copper Butterfly is a small, attractive butterfly that flies in summer. It belongs to the family Lycaenidae and like many other species of lycaenids, it has a close association with a group of ants; in this case, ants from a genus called Notoncus.
The butterfly larvae live within the underground nests of Notoncus, and emerge at night to feed on their food plant, Sweet Bursaria (Bursaria spinosa). The ants protect the Eltham Copper larvae while they feed, and in return it is thought that the ants feed upon secretions from the butterfly larvae. As the Eltham Copper Butterfly larvae feed only upon Sweet Bursaria, this is an example of a complex plant-butterfly-ant ecological interaction.
The Eltham Copper Butterfly was discovered around Eltham in 1938. It was thought to have become extinct around the 1950s, but was rediscovered at Eltham in 1986. It is now known to survive in four areas: Eltham, Greensborough, Castlemaine and Kiata. The main populations are located in the three main reserves at Eltham.
It is now listed as a threatened species under the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988. Its distribution was more widespread in the past. Numbers at the Eltham sites have declined because of loss of suitable habitat through urbanisation, and also the absence of an appropriate fire regime. Two of the reserves at Eltham were partially burnt in 1998 in order to improve the habitat for this species.
Braby, M. F., Van Praagh, B. D. and New, T. R. 1999. The Dull Copper, Paralucia pyrodiscus (Lycaenidae). In Kitching, R. L., Scheermeyer, E., Jones, R. E. and Pierce, N. E. (eds). Biology of Australian Butterflies. CSIRO, East Melbourne, pp. 247–260.
Webster, A .1993. Eltham Copper Butterfly, Paralucia pyrodiscus lucida. Flora and Fauna Guarantee Action Statement No. 39. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, East Melbourne.
Hi Rebecca. The reason for the decline of the Eltham Copper Butterfly is explained above under the heading conservation. For further information about this and for what the future holds for this endangered animal, have a look at the links listed at top right under 'Related Resources'.
Hi Noriel, the Eltham Copper Butterfly can be seen flying during summer in a number of locations in Victoria such as Castlemaine, Kiata in western Victoria and around Melbourne in a number of small reserves around Eltham such as the Pauline Toner Butterfly Reserve in Eucalyptus Road.
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'"It was Jason Woolley. I could tell it was Woolley. I could see his number as he went by me," Niedermayer said after his misplay forced the Devils to settle for a 2-2 tie with the Buffalo Sabres last night at HSBC Arena. "He made a pretty good move, but I shouldn't get beaten by a defenseman."'
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Discussion in 'The Trash Can' started by iggie, May 20, 2012.
welcome to the new thread.
here is the reason behind the title:
Thank you for open new thread
Perfect!!!! Let the fun begin
Going back to the previous topic, I think that Tessa and Scott could skate to someone screaming and still make it look amazing (no on silt intended toward pink floyd lol). The fact that worlds is in Canada also doesn't hurt. I'm excited for all the new programs
Anyway what are Davis and whites programs? Pani mentioned that they have already been choreographed
I asked Iggie's permission to include the url of her website in the card, so it's jogged in their memories again.
Fun thread title.
Thanks for making the new thread iggie. I was going to bring over my last post from the other thread, but it's closed now.
What are we going to talk about now that SOI is over? lol maybe we should have a vacation too until something happens. Anyways I hope they are going to be in All That Skate this year too.
Is there an all that skate in the summer again? Maybe one in LA.
Dont worry we ubers will find something to talk about.
Wouldnt mind watching some of their old programs when they were juniors or juvies they were so cute then!
Besides, we are #18 today... #918 next week!
This was posted on LJ, it's a Q&A with Tessa and Scott:
Q & A with Scott Moir
You and Tessa already debuted "The Goose" earlier this year. If you could invent another move inspired by an animal, what would it be?
It would depend on the move, but hopefully something Canadian.
If you could trade places with anybody in the world, who would it be?
My brother because that would mean I would have a beautiful daughter.
Can you pick out a moment during your childhood when you first realized that you wanted to be a professional skater?
Watching the 2002 Olympics and Jamie (Salé) and Dave (Pelletier) made me take my skating seriously. I realized that would be me.
The Summer Olympics are coming up soon…which sports are you most excited to watch?
I love the 100-meter dash.
Is there an item that you MUST bring with you while traveling?
Tessa mostly. Especially when we compete.
What is your favorite thing to do when you're not skating?
Be in Ilderton with the people I love.
If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
I would like to fly. I mean – who wouldn't?
Do you have a favorite performance from your career, and if so, do you still find yourself going back and watching videos of it?
I watch videos of myself only for homework. My favorite performance is yet to come.
Q & A with Tessa Virtue
The Tour is making a stop in your hometown of London. Does performing in the city where you grew up create a sense of nostalgia?
Absolutely! Scott and I love skating at the JLC – there is such a warm feeling of hometown love and support. It is also a wonderful opportunity to perform for family and friends with the pressure of competition.
If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
I would love to speak every language! Either that or have the ability to teleport.
You and Scott have visited so many interesting places…what's the first thing you do when you arrive in a new city?
Shop! And people watch.
Do you have any guilty pleasure TV shows or songs that you like to listen to?
I hate to admit it, but I watch The Bachelor (albeit, I am cringing and covering my face with embarrassment the whole time).
If you could only perform one of your past routines for the rest of your career, which one would it be?
Mahler (our Olympic free dance).
If you could have any career other than skating, what would it be?
If I wasn't an athlete, I'd love to be involved in the fashion industry somehow.
The Summer Olympics are coming up soon…which sports are you most excited to watch?
I love watching track & field, diving, gymnastics, swimming … the list goes on! I will definitely be glued to my TV screen watching all of the 2012 events in London this summer.
It's ok Tessa sometimes I watch the Bachelor too and the Kardashians and I'm mostly watching through my fingers too lol.
Awwww. Does anyone have pics of Scott with his niece?
This is adorable.
Scott has that tongue in cheek edge to him which I like. He's very spontaneous, isn't he!!
A real man's man. Tessa is very introspective but with a lively mind. I like both their answers.
I love this!!! He's just jokes
Thanks Shayii for sharing!
Guys, I just watched the final Hallelujah performance video from the SOI Vancouver show. It has developed so much from the T.O. show I attended.
oh. my. word.
Tessa is just ethereal and Scott so fluid and gorgeous in his skating. Beyond magnificent!!! I so hope they make this an exhibition next year.
Aw, I love how Scott needs Tessa all the time (even when they're not competing!) Cute answer.
Love the drive. Also, if homework were ever as easy as watching Scott and Tessa skate....
I agree.
Also, yes (in response to jdcmc), I think the Hallelujah program has developed a lot from what I saw in Toronto. Well, they will figure it out, one way or the other .
No problem guys. I just realized I didn't comment on the responses except for Tessa's guilty reality show. But when I read Scott's answer in reply to who would he change places with, I was like 'awww that is so cute!' But he has two brothers and both just recently had daughters so I wonder which one he's talking about or maybe he's talking about both lol. I literally lol at his reply to what he must take with him on trips. And I liked his answer that his favorite performance is yet to come. He's so witty.
I thought one had a son?
Could be wrong.
No I'm pretty sure they're both girls, one is Charlotte and the other Quinn.
Quinn...a gender-neutral name. Thought I heard it was a boy. But I could be mistaken!
Shayii, thanks for posting that interview. And we are on another thread already?
I was going to say that with D&W's programs already set I wonder if that meant V&M's are as well but with Tessa and Scott doing Canadian SOI, probably not. A Duh! moment.
Lol I didn't know Quinn was a gender neutral name, but I was basing the fact that I think it's a girl on something else. Maybe it is a boy though I could be the one mistaken.
Np Carmen and I don't think Tessa and Scott have programs yet cuz they went straight from Worlds to WTT then SOI and now they have a two week vacation. Actually I think everybody in Canton might have their vacation right now based on tweets.
D/W's programs already set? Concepts must have been planned in advance. Well we will see what Igor and Marina have in mind for V/M.
Amazing how the usage of names is changing! A generation ago, Quinn would have been a male name (if used at all), but now (almost) anything goes. And yet, some names remain exclusively female - e.g. Charlotte - I cannot imagine that name being given to a boy.
Hi, guys!
Shayii, thank you so much! Scott all time joking - he is funny
All you saw Scotts brother daughter on TV during WCh in Alma arms
And Charlie have a daughter too. Quinn is a girl
As for programs. Yes, all in Canton have new programs, exept Tessa and Scott. Charlie talking about how they will work on there programs in article on Icenetwork.
I wish T-S will work on programs without D-W and Zueva (i mean if she was unhappy with WCh results i cant wait something good from her ).
But i agree - for WCH in London V-M dont need something like DF. In any case audience will be on there feets after there perfomance at 2013 WCh
For me look like SC happy with Z-Sh work this season, so will see. I only hope SC will be more carefull and will ask Z-Sh did really good job for V-M. And if they will not made this, ask them to change programs, like USA federation did all the time
And maybe we need vacations, but we like to talk.
I remember Kurt and Tracy expressing concern back in the GP season about the FD ("Tessa and Scott are really attached to it", Kurt and Tracy said with concerned voices...). Don't know what SC's view was. They have tended to trust Marina, I think. Hopefully they will monitor carefully and provide feedback early.
I was wonder, when Tracy start worry about V-M FD only after they had lower marks then there friends. Maybe they didnt saw any problrms at High perfomance Camp? And then again, after WCh they all look happy with FF.
And i agree, HPC is too late and maybe skaters couldnt made big changes before GP. So its interesting, did SC saw all programs before HPC or no?
In my dream Kurt made them choreo during CSOI But this will never happened, so i could only be happy this two still compete.
Oh yes, they need great programs. And they deserve them!
Keep in mind, too, it will be an international audience - it is not like CSOI - there will be a lot of Japanese, American, etc. fans present to cheer on their favourites.
Yes, but at 2010 OG there were a lot off other fans, but who saw them after V-M perfomances?
And i really wonder Tessa said she could skate Mahler all her competitive areer. I mean, she didnt siad "Funne face".
I have no idea whether Tracy was at the High Performance Camp. But I'm sure once she saw D/W's "vehicle" at SA and compared it to V/M's, she knew that Funny Face would not be as effective with the audience. Of course they avoided any negativity at WCh, but Tracy and Kurt knew that FF was a "hard sell" compared to Die Fledermaus - they made their concerns pretty clear earlier in the season. It's a shame that these concerns are necessary (because we want to see a variety of choreography), but let's face it, the program "vehicle" is very important in ice dance.
ETA: Yes, I would like to see Kurt do choreo for them - at least for an exhibition!
Right. They need (and deserve) good choreo in the upcoming season.


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Re: Soon to be Cruiser with Kid
Thanks mate.
In terms of having her along it was great. She loved the rough passages, the motion would just put her to sleep. She had a comfy little berth with lee cloth and she was happy. She loved the feel of wind on her face, it would make her laugh and flap like crazy!
Originally Posted by cmp1110 View Post
Have a nine month old was out yesterday it was great he was out with us at7-8 weeks old easier when they are little they just chill now at nine months he is busy but it was no big deal just take he/ she along
Friends always seemed to know when we had come into a marina, apparently the sounds of a 10 Month old shouting/singing/screaming and two grown adults singing"If your happy and you know it clap your hands" while trying to dock a boat gave us away.
Re: Soon to be Cruiser with Kid
You have a cute munchkin there, chall03
Thanks for the details, they are much appreciated and a nice contrast to a couple of other recent tales I've heard.
Re: Soon to be Cruiser with Kid
The early return was for a few reasons.
Firstly the timing of the 'cruising season' in Far Nth Qld. We realized the silliness of rushing up the coast so made the call not to venture further afield. Secondly yes costs. The blow out was probably more in the preparation stage however than cruising…. However marinas hurt a lot as well!
Thirdly ironically because we were enjoying cruising so much we decided that rather than trashing the cruising kitty in one foul swoop and then being forced back into the rat race on its terms, we would very much like to go cruising again and go further and longer. This coincided with some good work opportunities opening up in Sydney….some may see this as selling out on the cruising dream but basically we see it as the opposite.
The reality is also that our daughter would get a lot more out of the experience in a couple of years as well. We are already planning at least 6 months up the coast again leaving next May……whether it will be longer than that or whether we will go further next year I'm not yet sure. We are now thinking about a 'Big' trip 2-3 years but not sure what that will look like...
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chall ... re your early return, does that mean your costs were greater than anticipated ?
As for leaving Broken Bay and returning with your tail tucked, I know what you mean. A couple of years back we tried and turned back three days straight. Tiresome and dispiriting but I for one am tired of being beaten up on that stretch.
Andrew B
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Details, please!
Here is the general wrap up.
The beginning of our trip last July was let's say unpromising.
The night before we headed off, we had dinner and beers with my brother in Law( also off on a adventure of his own in Europe). I was anxious to get going at 3am, so we bolted out of our slip at breakneck speed determined to make good time on passage to Port Stephens.
As we exited Broken Bay it became apparent conditions hadn't eased that much at all. I was shouting orders and we were heading out in the dark into 25-30 knots, and the seas were well big. We had our first reef in, but the second reef line was stubbornly stuck......My wife became horribly seasick, and of course it started raining, cold penetrating rain and I inexplicably was in Jeans and a inshore jacket it not having occurred to me to put on foulies before we headed out, so I was cold, soaked through and struggling to keep control of my boat, a really dumb situation.
As the sun came up I turned the boat around and headed back into Pittwater grabbing a mooring buoy at Coaster's Retreat. We had managed a total distance of 3 nautical miles from our slip. We wondered why we were doing this, perhaps the ocean was no place for us.
We had brunch and slept. We talked. We knew what we were doing, we just had to relax and do it............ The next morning we got up at 3am again, relaxed, made porridge and coffee and headed for Port Stephens.
10 hours later we dropped anchor inside Port Stephens. So excited that we had made a 75 nm passage successfully we cracked a bottle of Champagne and celebrated. How silly that now seems!
After a couple of days in Port Stephens our next passage was an overnighter to Coffs Harbour. 36 hours at sea double-handed with a baby......it would be our norm by the end of the trip but it is well tiring!
We arrived in Coffs with a screaming baby, exhausted and yelling at each other. Two local cruisers came up and grabbed our lines and then in subsequent days they drove us into town for supplies and fuel, brought us coffees and discussed future anchorages and passages. They were our first taste of cruising camaraderie and became friends of the sort that would take years to find living the life we were living in Sydney.
From Coffs we crossed the border into Queensland and then headed across the infamous Wide Bay Bar, we explored Fraser Island and then Bundaberg. We made it up the Great Barrier Reef, Lady Musgrave Island, Pancake Creek, Great Keppel Island, Rosslyn Bay, Pearl Bay, The Percy Islands, Digby Island, Mackay, The Whitsundays and beyond.
Pancake Creek
Great Keppel Island
Middle Percy Island
Whitehaven Beach, Whitsundays
We relaxed........ alot
We stopped hurrying and started really cruising. We started talking to people..........on buses, in dinghies, on beaches, in shops and on marinas. We caught up with other boats from our yacht club cruising the coast as well which mean't there was no shortage of sundowners or advice. If the weather was good we sailed, or swam, or snorkelled....or not. If the weather was bad we fixed stuff, read, shopped or cooked.
We learn't alot about sailing and our boat. We learn't alot about cruising.
And now????
We wish it could of gone on forever, but we have returned to Sydney and are back at work.......for now. The initial hope was a couple of years of cruising. The reality was short of that.....however we still feel very fortunate that we got to do what we did.
We are now renewing the kitty so we can go again and realise some of our more ambitious cruising goals next time.
Re: Soon to be Cruiser with Kid
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Hey guys,
She is now 15 Months old and is now just back on land(for the moment) after spending more than half of her life sailing.
Safety was obviously our main focus, we did our due dilligence and found in the end that it was relatively easy and a real joy to cruise as a family.
Re: Soon to be Cruiser with Kid
And may she spend more than half her life sailing from now on.
Good to hear everything went well, chall. Of course, we expect to some rousing adventure stories from you now
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Details, please!
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Hey guys,
She is now 15 Months old and is now just back on land(for the moment) after spending more than half of her life sailing.
Safety was obviously our main focus, we did our due dilligence and found in the end that it was relatively easy and a real joy to cruise as a family.
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- In a March 17 post [4] on ABCNews.com's The Note, ABC's Rick Klein postulated: "In this environment -- until or unless the bonuses are canceled -- is it possible to imagine the president getting another set of cash set aside to bail out big banks? How about another stimulus package? How about his budget? And healthcare and cap-and-trade and education reform?"
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Serves 6
1 small pumpkin (up to 1 lb.)
3 tbsp. butter
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
3 tbsp. butter
1 granny smith apple, peeled, cored and finely chopped
1/2 cup amaretto
2 cups arborio rice
4-1/2 cups milk
3 tbsp. butter
2 tablespoons heavy cream
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 cup toasted, sliced almonds
Place whole pumpkin on a foil lined baking sheet. Bake at 350° F for about 90 minutes or until tender, turning sheet occasionally. Remove from oven. When just cool enough to handle, peel pumpkin. The peel and stem should come away easily, sort of like a roasted pepper. Remove the seeds and stringy pulp with a large spoon. Place flesh into a food processor with 3 tbsp. butter, sugar, and cinnamon, and process until smooth. Set aside.
In a large saucepan, heat 3 tbsp. butter over medium-high heat. Add apple. Cook until apple is just golden brown. Add rice, stirring constantly, and cook 5 minutes more, making sure rice does not brown. Add amaretto, stirring constantly, and let totally evaporate. When amaretto is evaporated, begin adding milk 1/2 cup at a time, letting each addition evaporate before adding the next addition.
After fourth addition of milk is added, begin tasting rice. Rice should be al dente when done. You need to keep tasting rice, because, depending on rice, you may or may not have to use all of the stock. When fourth addition of stock is absorbed, add pumpkin purée.
After last addition of stock is absorbed, remove from heat, and stir in butter, cream, nutmeg and almonds. Serve warm.
Note: You can add diced pears, bananas, raisins or other dried fruit or even chocolate chips to this recipe. Make sure any dried fruit has been soaked in hot water, or brandy, grand marnier, amaretto, etc. The fruit can be added with the pumpkin purée, either dried or fresh. The chocolate should be stirred in at the end.
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Some architects approach sustainability from an energy-efficiency point of view, making houses that require as little power as possible. Others concentrate on materials, trying to source as many green elements as they can. And a brave few throw most of their environmental efforts into designing buildings that produce their own energy. McKinney Architects borrowed a little from each strategy for this sky-blue Austin, Texas, residence, with admirable results: The home's well-rounded sense of sustainability won it a rare five-star rating from Austin Energy's Green Building Program.
The project features a water-cooled, closed-loop air conditioning system that consumes 30 percent less energy than standard air conditioning. More commonly used in commercial and industrial buildings, the system incorporates an exterior cooling tower hidden by landscaping. "It's very quiet both outside and inside, which was an unforeseen benefit," says principal-in-charge Heather McKinney, AIA. Spray-in foam insulation, double-pane low-E windows, and programmable thermostats help the house retain cool or warm air as the weather outside dictates. And fluorescent lighting—some mixed in with halogen bulbs and some used on its own—also saves electricity.
McKinney and project architect Brian Carlson worked with the clients, an Austin couple with two young children, to find green materials such as compressed-wheatboard cabinetry, low-VOC paints, and recycled-glass countertops. The original house on the property was clad in stone veneer, which the architects stripped off and reused in the retaining walls and fireplace of the new building. (The old house, meanwhile, was bought and moved to another site—the ultimate nod to recycling.) Hardwood floors consist of cumaru, also known as Brazilian teak, purchased from a sustainable lumber supplier. And eco-conscious cork covers the floors in the "messy room," a multipurpose space for activities like art projects and flower arranging.
The building's shape—two long, "Monopoly house"-like forms connected by a slim glass link—lends itself to both photovoltaic panels and a rainwater collection system. Rain runs down off the pitched, standing-seam metal roofs and flows through gutters into a free-standing, 1,200-gallon backyard cistern. The clients use the water for landscape irrigation, so no filters are necessary. A three-kilowatt photovoltaic system sits unobtrusively on the south side of one roof; it's only visible from the side elevation, and then only upon close inspection. During cooler, non-air-conditioned months, it often provides all the energy the home needs to function.
The home's distinctive profile serves a purely aesthetic purpose as well. "We were really concerned with not doing something so massive that it overwhelmed the street," says McKinney, speaking of herself, Carlson, and partner Al York, AIA. "Breaking up the massing by having two forms made it seem like a smaller house. We also liked the proportions of the two pieces. They're tall and narrow and have a playfulness to them that wouldn't have been possible with bigger forms."
project: Robbs Run House, Austin, Texas
architect: McKinney Architects, Austin
general contractor: Bill Dorman Construction, Austin
landscape designer: Theresa Kwilosz, Austin
interior designer: Agnes Bourne, San Francisco
mechanical contractor: Allied Energy Systems, Austin
project size: 3,900 square feet
site size: 0.3 acre
construction cost: Withheld
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|PINTA 2009 in New York (16.11.2009)
|Sixty carefully selected galleries will set the pace for the modern and contemporary Latin American art market in New York, during the celebration of PINTA, the annual Latin American art fair, which is slated for November 19 to 22, 2009 at the Metropolitan Pavilion y B. Altman Building, in Chelsea, New York.
This third PINTA show offers a rich panorama of the history and evolution in modern Latin American art.
Now in its third year, the established PINTA Museum Acquisitions Program invites institutions committed to Latin American art. This program, created to incentivize the art market and enhance museum collections, guarantees funds to selected museums for the acquisition of works at PINTA. The newly invited institutions include: Museum of Fine Arts (Houston), Museum of Fine Arts and Harvard Art Museum (Boston,) Tate Modern Art Gallery (London,) El Museo del Barrio (New York,) Pinacoteca do Estado Museu de São Paulo de Arte Contemporânea (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo (Mexico D.F.). Furthermore, museums that have participated in previous editions of the program are expected to visit the fair, such as the Museum of Modern Art (New York,) Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art (Austin, Texas,) Museo de Arte Latinoamericano (Buenos Aires) and Museo de Arte de Lima (Peru).
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In spite of the very difficult year we have had to face, the Fair will feature excellent artistic proposals in its 2009 edition, as it will include new international galleries, said Diego Costa Peuser, director of PINTA. This will allow us to maintain and enhance the quality in such a way that both collectors and the public at large may have the chance to continue discovering Latin American artists, which is our main objective.
On November 18th, 2009, the launch event for PINTA Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art Fair 2009 will feature Darío Escobar, a visual artist born and based in Guatemala City. Escobar will discuss his work and recent projects with Sara Reisman (Director, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs) at Americas Society. The artists most recent group shows include: "Artiglierie dellArsenale" (representing Guatemala) at the 53rd Venice Biennial (2009); "The Hours: Visual Arts of Contemporary Latin America", Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia (2007); and "Poetics of the Handmade", Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2007).
The official opening reception for PINTA is November 19th. Invited guests will be greeted by the Honorary Committee, led by Estrellita Brodsky, who will be accompanied by Tony Bechara and Yolanda Santos Garza, both of whom are respected philanthropists and have leadership positions at distinguished New York institutions.
Thanks to public support and private philanthropy, the PINTA Research Fund at New York University will continue to underwrite scholarships for advanced studies in the field of Latin American art history, with the goal of ensuring a new generation of researchers. Recipients have conducted research or investigations into: conceptual art in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro; conceptual strategists from Brazil and Argentina, circa 1960; abstract geometry in artwork by Colombians Ramírez Villamizar and Edgar Negret; painting in the era before and after the Castro Revolution of 1959, plus artists working in Chile, Venezuela and Mexico during the 1960s and 1970s.
"The creation of the PINTA Acquisitions Program has driven several institutions to add important Latin American artwork to their collections, including works, by Joaquín Torres García, Antonio Manuel, Alexander Arrechea, Arthur Luiz Piza, Fernando Bryce, Gego, Liliana Porter and Elías Crespín," states Mauro Herlitzka, PINTAS Institutional Director.
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This Digitimes Research Special Report provides a 2015 forecast for the global tablet market and analyzes the strategies of key market players such as Google, Apple, Intel, and Microsoft.
- 2015 China smartphone panel trend forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the strategies of key China-based major panel makers BOE, Tianma and IVO for attacking the different market segments through technology and pricing, and their relationship to local vendors Huawei, Lenovo, ZTE, Xiaomi and Coolpad.