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Chromosome numbers and karyotype evolution in holoparasitic Orobanche (Orobanchaceae) and related genera
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Chromosome numbers and karyotypes of species of Orobanche, Cistanche, and Diphelypaea (Orobanchaceae) were investigated, and 108 chromosome counts of 53 taxa, 19 counted for the first time, are presented with a thorough compilation of previously published data. Additionally, karyotypes of representatives of these genera, including Orobanche sects. Orobanche and Trionychon, are reported. Cistanche (x = 20) has large meta- to submetacentric chromosomes, while those of Diphelypaea (x = 19) are medium-sized submeta-to acrocentrics. Within three analyzed sections of Orobanche, sects. Myzorrhiza (x = 24) and Trionychon (x = 12) possess medium-sized submeta- to acrocentrics, while sect. Orobanche (x = 19) has small, mostly meta- to submetacentric, chromosomes. Polyploidy is unevenly distributed in Orobanche and restricted to a few lineages, e.g., O. sect. Myzorrhiza or Orobanche gracilis and its relatives (sect. Orobanche). The distribution of basic chromosome numbers supports the groups found by molecular phylogenetic analyses: Cistanche has x = 20, the Orobanche-group (Orobanche sect. Orobanche, Diphelypaea) has x = 19, and the Phelipanche-group (Orobanche sects. Gymnocaulis, Myzorrhiza, Trionychon) has x = 12, 24. A model of chromosome number evolution in Orobanche and related genera is presented: from two ancestral base numbers, xh = 5 and xh = 6, independent polyploidizations led to x = 20 (Cistanche) and (after dysploidization) x = 19 (Orobanche-group) and to x = 12 and x = 24 (Phelipanche-group), respectively.
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Less Generic, More Insulting
Let's look on the bright side, shall we?
At least they didn't address it to the dog.
Thanks to Anony M. for making me feel like a female.
A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.
Now, don't you have a photo you want to send me? ;)
Let's look on the bright side, shall we?
At least they didn't address it to the dog.
Thanks to Anony M. for making me feel like a female.
Maybe it's really her name and they pronounce it "fem-ALL-ey" and tell people, "It's French." ;)
Sometimes my parents blank on my name and call me "You-- there-- female child!" I can totally sympathize.
Man, that's a lot of frosting.
True story, had a friend who worked at a hospital. Lady was in for her umpteenth birth, and had run out of name ideas, and saw this and thought it would be a wonderful name......
Pronounced Femmmm a leeee Spelling Female
No worse than L-D La Dasha Truth!
Rhymes with tamale!
Maybe we're just pronouncing it wrong -- perhaps her name rhymes with "tamale?"
It could have been worse. They could have addressed it to "ugly bag of mostly water."
Ya because if it was for the dog they would have put BITCH. (that isn't a swear)
WTF how are these people getting jobs in bakeries O_o
What makes you think it was not the dog?
I literally spit my coke out onto some pieces of paper from laughing... good thing they were not important.
Nice handwriting, though.
@Deb - that's an urban legend. Everybody knows somebody who saw somebody who saw female on the bassinet and decided to use the name.
Its the thought that counts.....right?
Oh, that's harsh. Almost as bad as a girl I once knew whose name was Male - pronounced "Molly" , but she still got a lot of grief for something her parents obviously thought was a good idea.
You all joke but I worry about what my grandchildren will be named. My eight year old wanted to name his baby brother Cora_ (that's Coraline, and that was a first and middle name, so _ was a name to itself) before we found out it was going to be a boy. He would probably think femalee was great!
Maybe the person who took the call didn't get the recipient's name, so they did this. I'm sure we can all agree that the result is much less embarrassing than calling back would have been.
I just wish they hadn't been so chintzy with the frosting.
Alternate theory: The original order was addressed to the dog in a nudge-nudge way, but the wreckerator, on viewing the result, decided it was in poor taste and applied the wrecker's equivalent of correction tape. The hole in this theory, of course, is that if wreckerators had taste, there wouldn't be any wrecks. (Noooooo!)
I was officially "Female (Secondname)" until the age of 12 because where I live parents have 40 days to regsiter a child and they couldn't think of a name in time. I had it changed when I needed a proper birth cert in order to register at my new school.
*singing* "I enjoy being a....female....."
The worst naming incident I ever heard of: A lady was in the doctor's office waiting for her examination has been reading the posters in the examining room. When the doctor comes in she announces that she's finally found a name for her unborn daughter - it's the prettiest word she's ever seen/heard. She's going to call her daughter di-AH-re-a. Doctor didn't even know where to begin to talk her out of it - she was just so happy with that name.
So what does she put on equivalent cakes? "Happy Birthday, Parental Unit"? Warm family.
@Craig -
"Wrecker's equivalent of correction tape..." You made me laugh! :)
Excuse me people, but we are all missing the really important issue here. They went overboard on the frosting, but only put one sprinkle at the bottom? By my count there are only 14 sprinkles in the entire picture. That is an outrage. Maybe if they had worried less about the gender of the child and more about what would really please them (ie sprinkles) the cake wouldn't have ended up here. :)
I have a friend who works as a nurse. She also tells the feh-mal-ee story. But she betters it with the tale of the woman who named her daughter Febreze. That's Feb-reez. It may be called something different in the States, but over here in the UK it's an air freshener. And you know what? If people are dumb enough to create the wrecks Jen and John have brought us, they're certainly dumb enough to name their children after household products. I personally plan on calling my first born, male or female, Kaikrex. Nice ring to it, don't you think?
OK, no urban legend here -- I've retired from a large federal agency everyone loves to hate. I'd daily take phone calls from people who had problems, most not serious, but it was to them. One day, a lady from West Virginia called. As I was taking her information, I asked her to spell her first name. Out came "M-a-r-g-a-r-i-n-e." She must've heard the same question marks in my silence, honed over 40 years of receiving the same sorts of responses over the years, because she then said, "it's pronounced the way I said it --'Mar-jar-EENE!"
My mother works in a medical lab, and consequently sees a *lot* of names in the course of a day. She sees a lot of "Boy" and "Son" as given names, along with car names, sports team names, and zingers like "Macho", "Prowess", and "Panache". The best one I can recall is "Vendetta" (soooo pretty! *choke*).
Other names that by some miracle were registered around here in the last few years:
- No. 16 Bus Shelter
- Violence
- Midnight Chardonnay
- Talula Does The Hula From Hawai'i (the poor child told all her friends she was called "K")
Some people..?!?
I'm a nurse and we had a baby come in with this name. They pronounced it "Fem-all-ee" True story...you can't even make this stuff up!!
Correction tape! I love it!
Female rhymes with tamale is probably correct. Daughter took baby photos in hospital newborn unit. Popular name: Nevaeh (heaven spelled backwards) L-A (ladasha) is real and being foisted on children. Also woman who has named 3 kids for liquers and yet has trouble spelling them. Considering her poor judgement, will probably continue to imbibe and reproduce.
No lie. My husband's boss's kid is named Female (pronounced Feh-MAHL-ee). Sad thing is... kid's his SON.
His wife is from some country. I forget which. The boss has since moved on to another division, or I'd totally ask him. Apparently the name actually means something in whatever language it is they speak there. Still didn't stop us from teasing him about it, though.
@ Diana
Reminds me of a linguistics story (have no idea if it''s true) but it goes that someone was doing some study of sounds, 'beautiful/lyrical' verses 'ugly/harsh' and surveyed non-English speakers about what words regardless of meaning sound the most phonetically beautiful
Winners: Diarrhea and gonorrhea
"At least they didn't address it to the dog."
How do you know is isn't addressed to the dog? That looks like a female dog to me, and we all know how squeamish some people are about using the correct formal term for a female dog ("bitch").
I have to agree with those who say most of these strange name stories are urban legends. They always happened to a friend of a friend. Still, so many people (including certain ex-governors of Alaska) give their kids bizarre and embarrassing names that you can never be sure a story isn't true somewhere.
A few years ago, I saw a list of the most popular names for babies born in Texas hospitals that year. One of the top five for girls was "Messiah." A hard name to live up to, I'm guessing.
Some things I've heard of people naming babies based on words they heard or saw in the hospital:
Anesthesia (actually, I kind of like that one)
Nosmo King
One thing I can vouch for: A relative of mine named her daughter "Medea," pronounced "media."
If you don't see why that's funny, look up the myth of Medea (hint: fratricide, dismemberment, poisoning, and infanticide).
Had a student long, long ago named Doctor. His mother wasn't taking any chances.
I once went to a urologist whose name was Dr. Chopp. His first name was Richard, but he went by Dick. Dr. Dick Chopp, who specialized in vasectomies. I wish I was making this up.
I went to school with Urban Grass and Ellis Island. Yes, children of the 60s.
My mother worked in the court system here in Orlando, FL, and "Female" is pronounced "fe-mal-ee." That one's not an urban myth- it's documented in court records. SMH
My sister knows a young lady named Abcde. Seriously! Pronounced abba see dee!!
I have met a woman named Trivia, and another named Latrine. Latrine isn't having a good life, I met her when I was volunteering in jail.
My grandfather knew a Rigger Mortis.
I've spoken to a woman named Velveeta and a guy whose name is Richard Moan who went by Dick. I always thought he would make it in the porno industry because he wouldn't have to change his name!
On a baby name announcement: Walmartia. Named after the store no doubt. I wonder if she might have been conceived there. Little sis was Tiffernia, which sounds like the name of a kingdom in a fantasy novel.
Then there are the names of kids in the early intervention program I work for. Many are normal and easy to read and pronounce. But every now and then, you get ones that make you wonder if the parents don't do the "30 years from now test."
...address it to the dog! I have to clean off my screen now...
(also loved the correction tape and "only 14 sprinkles")
"Had a student long, long ago named Doctor. His mother wasn't taking any chances."
I am *so* glad it's illegal in this country to bestow titles/honours/ranks as given names! (King, Duchess, Prince, Earl, Major, etc.)
On the topic of groovy names... I've known my fair share of kids with names like Petal Rose, Ocean Wave, and Gaia's Summer Skies ("Summer", who was known only as "G" from the age of 15, when she started wearing all-black and copious amounts of silver jewellery, often in the form of bats and spiders).
Pregnant with #2 overe her and after all the grief we got over #1's name, I'm telling everyone that we're naming the baby abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. That's abka-defji-jekyll-monof-for-stew-wickzys.
Some racehorse owners I knew when I was a kid had named their son Prince Gay, as if he was a Thoroughbred. I assume he either changed it as soon as he legally could or grew up to be a psychotic cake wreckorator specializing in pony CCCs (patooie).
"You make me feel like a natural female."
I read in an article that over in some foreign countries, the authorities were having to talk people OUT of naming their children "vagina". It sounded pretty over there, and the authorities were having problems talking parents-to-be out of it.
My grandmother also told me about a girl named Pajama. It was pronounced Paj-a-mah and came out of the Sears catalog. No joke.
Sounds like it's from a Ferengi.
When my sibs and I were little and Mom would get angry with us, she'd forget our names. She'd point at one of us and yell, "WHOEVER YOU ARE, GO TO YOUR ROOM!"
@Meg: Gaia's Summer Skies sounds like a name for a show dog, not a baby!
I worked in a public health center and we had people name their poor childdren: Nausea (I kid you not!), Lord michael, Duke Thomas and Princess Queen. My uncle was named baby boy by the doctor because my grandparents had no clue what to name him. (he was the sixth boy in the family and they had picked out a girls name in hope.)
I have a friend that worked for the Dept. of child services. He said you would not believe some of the names he saw. So far every one listed here appeared in his files (as well as the one I'm adding).
I think the best one is S-*-*-T-H-E-A-D. Pronounced s**- theed. Not kidding. The rumor was going around in high school that a girl with that named worked at Wal-Mart. We actually went to Wal-Mart and tracked her down. Yes, she had a name tag with that name on it!
Bree, I knew a Velveeta as well. She was a patient of mine, but used the name Vicky. I never had the nerve to ask if her siblings were Jack, Colby and Brie.
My mother called all five of us "George" when she got flustered. Regardless of gender.
I used to work in a hospital and assisted the vital statistics registrar with typing birth certificates. One woman named her son "Lord Almighty Allah Gibson". Are you allowed to name your kid God? We did try to talk her out of it. Who needs another male who thinks he's God's gift?
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A contribution of $5,000 from the Bristol American Legion to Porter Medical Center was presented to PMC President, James L. Daily, on December 28th.
The donation brings to $10,000 the total support from the Bristol Legion for the hospital's ongoing capital campaign for the "North Project" modernization.
"We are deeply grateful to the Bristol American Legion for this renewed and generous support of the most important and ambitious project in the 80-year history of our organization", Daily said.
The North Project, now under construction, is a $16 million renovation and building project, which will modernize the Porter Hospital surgical facilities and create the first Birthing Center for our community according to Daily. The hospital anticipates that the new facilities will be available in the early part of 2007.
The facilities will replace and
modernize portions of our hospital which were constructed 30 years ago. "Porter's physician and nursing staffs are outstanding and have always provided excellent patient-focused care for the citizens in the Middlebury area," said Porter Hospital Board Chairman, Kip Freeman. "This project will further enhance patient satisfaction by coupling that excellent personalized care with a facility that is designed to accommodate advances in medical care, patient expectations and enhanced privacy."
In addition to this most recent contribution by the Legion, Porter has received notification during the past month of a commitment of $8,500 from the Chittenden Bank, $3,000 from the Merchant's Bank and foundation grants from the Agnes Lindsay Trust of New Hampshire and the Oakland Foundation of West Virginia.
"Our fund-raising efforts
will continue into 2006", Daily said. "We remain extremely grateful for the generous support of our community to this vitally important project, and we anticipate that other community organizations and individuals will respond in a positive way to this opportunity to support our community hospital."
"Sunday Series" Returns with McCardell Lectures on Civil War
MIDDLEBURY - John McCardell, president emeritus of Middlebury College and a decorated historian of the American South, will present two lectures entitled Road to Reunion: The Civil War and American Historical Memory as part of the Porter Auxiliary's ongoing "Sunday Series" events. The talks will
take place on Sunday, October 9 and Sunday, October 16 at the Middlebury Inn beginning at 4 p.m., with refreshments and a reception to follow. Tickets for individual lectures are available at $25.00 per person, or $45.00 per person for both lectures.The series promises to provide a fascinating perspective on one of the most important periods in American history. "We're delighted to have John McCardell sharing his extensive knowledge of the Civil War and leading us
through this presentation, and I know that this will be a well-attended and enlightening series," says Auxiliary president Peggy Burns.McCardell will focus on the role of memory on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line in the aftermath of the war. "Memory, of course, is selective, and decisions about what is important to remember vary from person to person, group to group, and generation to generation," he says. " In 1865 the country
faced two competing objectives: reconciliation, which had as its primary goal a speedy and full restoration of the seceded states; and reconstruction, which attached highest priority to addressing what many viewed as the principal cause of the war-slavery-and its many consequences. Either objective could be attained, but only at the risk of failing to achieve the other. Determining what about the war was worth remembering-and
forgetting-would in turn determine which objective would take priority. These talks will explore how that process worked itself out and consider the consequences of choices deliberately and inadvertently made, of roads taken and not taken."The Civil War continues to exert a unique hold on Americans' imaginations for a variety of reasons, McCardell says: "As a 'brothers' war' it pit some Americans against others in defense of causes each believed to be just. As a
'war between the states' it tested the federal principle, in which lay the genius of the American constitution. As a 'civil war' it challenged the notion of American exceptionalism. And as a 'war for freedom' it effected a social revolution with the emancipation of 3 million slaves. And yet, within the broader historical context of civil wars, whatever the country or century, the outcome of the American Civil War was remarkable for the rapid
reassimilation of the seceded states, albeit not without a cost. In the end, union took a higher priority than liberty."
McCardell came of age during the Civil War centennial, in Frederick, Md., where battlefields lie in all directions: Gettysburg to the north; Antietam to the west; Harpers Ferry and Manassas to the south; and Monocacy virtually next
door. "I have a Mississippi-born grandmother whose father was wounded in the war, and we still have the bullet," he says. "All of this made my decision to attend Washington and Lee, and to devote my life to the study of 19th century America, almost inevitable."After graduating from Washington and Lee in 1971, McCardell did graduate work at Johns Hopkins and then Harvard, from which he received his Ph.D. in history in 1976. A year later the Society of American Historians honored his
doctoral dissertation with the prestigious Allan Nevins Prize, and in 1979 W.W. Norton published his thesis as The Idea of a Southern Nation, a book that remains an essential text on the rise of Southern nationalists and Southern nationalism in the mid-nineteenth century. McCardell had spent 16 years on the Middlebury faculty when the college named him as its 15th president in 1992, a position he held until his
retirement a year ago. He continued to teach throughout his presidency, and he remains on the faculty, while also serving as a trustee of the National Civil War Museum in Richmond, Va.Tickets are limited and may be reserved by calling the Porter Hospital public relations office at 388-4738.
Porter Auxiliary to Host Annual "Derby Day" BenefitIf your upcoming travel plans do not include the infield at Churchill Downs in Louisville for the 131st running of the Kentucky Derby, then join us in
Cornwall on Saturday afternoon, May 7th, for the fourth annual "Kentucky Derby Day Benefit" sponsored by the Porter Medical Center Auxiliary.Mint Juleps, Harrington spiral ham on biscuits, and other treats in keeping with the Derby theme will be featured at this event hosted by Bruce and Sue Byers of Cornwall under a tent affording beautiful views to the Adirondacks.Guests will be able to wager on their favorite horse organized by committee
chairman Peter Langrock-and then cheer on the winner during a live broadcast of the "Run for the Roses" at approximately 5:30 p.m.According to PMC Auxiliary president Peggy Burns, guests (men and women) are encouraged to don a favorite hat in keeping with the festive spirit of the Kentucky Derby. Tickets are $35 per person and may be purchased by calling the Porter Hospital Public Relations Department at 388-4738. Visa and MasterCard will be accepted.
Porter Hospital presented its plans for our long-anticipated "North Project" to
members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) on Wednesday, February 2nd at the Middlebury Inn. The meeting was well-attended by members of our community, including Porter board members, physicians and hospital staff.After a 60 minute power point presentation by Pat Jannene outlining the key points in our "Certificate of Need" application for the North Project, PMC board chairman Stephen C. Terry provided the POC with his views from the
perspective of our trustees. He amplified many of the points made during the presentation regarding the absolute need to modernize 30 year-old facilities that are central to the provision of basic community hospital services (maternity and surgery)-and emphasized that the board, the medical staff and the community have worked collaboratively to plan and support this necessary project.Next, Porter nurses Carol Edson and Nancy Klopfenstein provided the POC
with their views from the "front lines" as caregivers who strive to provide excellent patient care to our community in facilities that are less than adequate. They spoke eloquently and with great enthusiasm about their pride in their work, and their belief that this project is absolutely necessary to patient care.During the public comment period, testimony in support of our application was given by Ruth Hardy, Executive Director of the "Open Door Clinic", Jamie
Stewart, Executive Director of the Addison County Economic Development Corporation, Rob Alberts, owner of Middlebury Fitness and former Porter nurse manager Julie Trevor.Following all of the presentations by Porter and our supporters, the members of the POC asked a number of questions, followed by a conversation among themselves concerning the merits of the project. It was clear from this discussion that the POC members were positively impressed by our
presentation and the clear need for the project outlined in our Certificate of Need application.The POC will meet again on March 9th at the Capital Plaza in Montpelier, at which time they will further deliberate and, hopefully, vote to recommend approval of our CON application to the Commissioner of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration. His final decision is due by no later than May 9th.In the meantime, Porter Hospital continues to work with Bread Loaf
Corporation and others to refine our plans for accomplishing the North Project following approval of our CON application.
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Your Personal Learning Network may arguably be your most valuable resource in not only your career, but in your personal life as well. As I take my next steps to becoming a teacher, I have begun making conscious efforts to expand my PLN as much as possible. Here are some ways I've done this.
1. Twitter Chats
#iaedchat is something I was not unfamiliar with before this semester, however I finally began to utilize the awesome opportunity this August. Because I was very involved in studying education in high school and come from a family of educators, I knew about #iaedchat when it first began. I periodically tuned in to it on Sunday nights throughout high school and my first year of college, but never felt compelled to get involved. Since I did, it has opened so many new doors. Not only was I able to contribute to the crucial conversations being had by educators across Iowa and beyond, but I also found this Twitter Chat to be a great way to get connected with other educators and expand my PLN. This resource is great now, as an education student, because it allows me to learn from those in the field and over a wide variety of age levels, locations, and content areas. In my future career it will still allow me to learn from my fellow teachers but will also be a way for me to share my knowledge and experience. The chat I participated in on November 6th was very interesting as the topic was Parent Teacher Conferences. This is not something I have much of any knowledge on, so I learned a lot from watching, talking to educators, and contributing my ideas which resulted in feedback.
2. Using Twitter to Connect One-on-One
During the #iaedchat on November 6th I had the opportunity to ask a principle at a school in Iowa about his experiences with student-led parent teacher conferences. I replied to a tweet of his during the chat and he urged me to directly message him to discuss his experiences. He has had a lot of experience with many forms of conferences and had a lot to share. Being open to reach out to educators on Twitter like this in the future will help me to continue expanding my PLN as well as learn from others' experiences in addition to my own.
3. Creating Educational Pinterest Boards
Pinterest is a great tool not only to share and find ideas on a variety of topics, but also makes it easy to organize these ideas. In the past I have used Pinterest to collect holiday gift ideas, online shop, and occasionally send hints to my parents about what I wanted for dinner. I have just begun utilizing this great tool for educational purposes as well. I can search a variety of educational topics and hundreds of people have probably pinned or shared their ideas on Pinterest. When I find things I am interested in, want to go back to read later, or know I'll use a lot I can pin them to boards I have created by category. I can share these boards as well. Maybe in the future I will use Pinterest with my students to share resources or websites I think they would benefit from using. I can also use my boards to share with other educators.
4. Following Educational Pinterest Boards
When you first create a Pinterest account the site asks you what you're interested in. This way, instead of just searching for educational tools or pins they will pop up whenever you use the site. I have found that often this allows me to find pinners who have a lot of good ideas to share, and if I follow their boards they will follow me back so that we can both share ideas with one another. Another great thing about this option is that you can see pins on topics you weren't necessarily searching for. You never know when you'll run into a great idea! In my classroom, if I have students follow some educational topics on Pinterest it may help them discover new ways to locate, create, and share information.
5. Blogging
I have been writing blog posts for 4 years now, however I have just recently begun sharing them more publicly with other educators. In high school I wrote for a student-led website and collaborative which focused on student voices in education. I would blog for them and then share my writing on my own blog (that you're reading now!) as well, mostly just to have a good place to access it later. More recently I have been trying to engage others in conversation with my blog. It has been a great way for me to use my passion for writing and education, but I am working on the best ways to share them now. In the past, as you see in the pictures, I have tweeted my blog posts to #iaedchat on Twitter when the topics fit well. It has really helped expand my PLN as other educators read my blog and tweet me back or follow me or share their own blogs. It has become a very encouraging way to connect. I hope to continue growing my learning network through this blog in the future so that I can share and collaborate with other educators to provide the best learning environment for my students possible.
6. Following Education Blogs
Reading and responding to others' blogs is another great way to stay in conversation about education. Following and sharing others posts is a great way to strike up conversation and reach new people. I have recently begun using Feedly to organize and compile blogs I follow and wish to read. This makes it more simple for me to view the bloggers and topics I'm most interested in at times which I wish to see them. This site helps me stay organized and save my favorite reads.
7. Lynda Tutorials
Lynda is an awesome resource for tutorials on software and online programming. Most recently I completed a tutorial on Google Classroom which was clear and well done. Lynda has seemingly endless tutorials on lots of educational tools as well as many other programs. Not only can you log in to watch the tutorials, but you can also save them for later using your playlist. This way if I have a few minutes here and there I can fill my time learning something new.
8. Viewing or Listening to Podcasts
Podcasts are great to listen to while you get ready in the morning or drive to work. Luckily, many educators have created podcasts that are free to listen to and that you can download to your phone with the free podcast app. My personal favorite are TED Talks. There are great talks for educators, but it goes much further than that. My students can use the talks by these experts to gather data and learn more about topics they are interested. Not only is this a great way to grow your PLN but it is also very useful for entertainment and to educate yourself without sitting down to read a whole book or article.
9. Creating a Symbaloo
Many of my teachers in the past have used Symbaloos in their classrooms, but I finally made my own this semester. The great thing about Symbaloo is that you can always add more websites and widgets to meet your changing needs. The Symbaloo I created has many of my favorite sites to use for social media and presenting and compiling important information. I am hoping that it can grow and grow in the future so that I can share it with my students and fellow educators. I hope they share theirs with me as well!
10. Others' Symbaloo WebMixes
Another awesome option Symbaloo has is to follow others' Symbaloo WebMixes. This way you do not have to create your own compiling only resources you know of. This is a great way to learn about new resources and explore others' favorite websites. I've found that some of these are so great I needed to bookmark them for use later! Perhaps I will be able to direct my students to these in the future as they work to fill their own digital backpacks and PLNs.
11. TweetDeck
TweetDeckhttps://tweetdeck.twitter.com/ may just be my favorite website on the internet. It is the single easiest way that I have found to organize all of your favorite tweets. As you see in the screenshot I've included, I like to pin hashtags so that when a Twitter Chat happens it is easy to follow along. You can also include your regular feed, notifications, news, themes, topics, or specific accounts. I like that I can easily tweet back at someone while the Twitter Chat continues, as often these move faster than one can keep up with. Because this site is a creation of Twitter itself, the two work seamlessly with one another. I may even prefer TweetDeck over Twitter!
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Data Classification using Expert Systems
Classifying data according to its sensitivity and value is part of the due reasonable care that should be practiced in every organization in their Data Governance process. This work is usually done manually, but time and resources may be saved by automating the entire data classification process. Automation may use any of the Expert System software packages that run on ordinary personal computers.
Everyone is beginning to suspect that Information Security is in a bit of a crisis these days. Sony, Target, Home Depot, multiple banks and many government departments have had the inner sanctums of their IT infrastructure pillaged by outside hacker teams who, with seeming impunity, wiped systems and stole all of their crown jewels. Sony's debacle where their security team didn't seem to be aware of the attacks until after it became a Hollywood-sized spectacle is a truly face-palming moment that makes us all cringe and shake our heads in dismay. Not 111MB or 111GB, but 111TB of data were taken? Really?
Obviously the old security paradigm we have been promoting for the past 30 years just isn't up to the challenge of protecting our data assets any longer. The old paradigm - build a bastion castle with thick walls, keep your valuables locked up inside the castle where the 'good' people live, and keep all the 'bad' people outside - no longer applies. Now we live in a world where our good sales team is working outside the castle walls and some bad disgruntled employees may be working inside the castle walls. Plus, we now have VPN tunnels going under the moat and through the walls giving our (hopefully) trusted staff access to the castle's inner sanctum. And the evil outsiders now mail plague-infected packages to the unsuspecting castle occupants. It no longer looks like a very secure castle, does it?
2015 was a wild and crazy year for anyone involved in IT security– entire industries hacked and gutted, the rise and fall of high-tech cybersecurity stocks, governments demanding back door encryption keys and the discovery of long-standing nation state back-doors in commercial firewalls.
What's next? 2016 promises to be another banner year, although hopefully with more good news than bad news. A lot of ideas that were being built and tested over the past few years will become more mainstream in 2016. In the meantime, it will also become ever more obvious that the old 'war tubas' of WW1 (like current political demands to replace strong encryption with state-sponsored key escrow) have had their time and need to be retired this year.
In its ongoing attempts to capture our attention these days, the media labels everything as "Xtreme" – sports, politics, automobiles and surprise: computer hacking too! But with our current preoccupation on all things hacker-related, we seem to have forgotten about the basic necessities of life when it comes to IT security work.
When my clients invite me in for a conversation these days, it often reminds me of what I refer to as the Airline Inflight Magazine Syndrome: an executive has read about some fancy new solution to a current pain point for the company, and has returned to the office wanting to show technical leadership by having the IT department implement this new holy grail of advanced business acumen (e.g., "let's save money and move everything to the cloud"). For security consultants, that conversation often requires finding "Xtreme" solutions to the hacker threat – what magic silver bullets do you have that will kill the evil hacker vampires who are threatening us? Can what happened to Acme GmbH happen to us? What about next generation firewalls and network intrusion detection using artificial intelligence? *sigh*
"There are just two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those that will be. Even that is merging into one category: those that have been hacked and will be again" says Robert Mueller, FBI Director.
If we are always going to be several steps behind the computer hackers who eventually find the means to engineer their way into our protected networks and systems, what then should we do? We need an imaginative and proactive stance to help minimize the risk of data loss if or when we get hacked. I have a wacky idea to share with the IT Security community, and I'd like your feedback please.
With the recent news that the National Security Agency and it's 'Five Eyes' partners apparently intercepted literally billions of cell phone SIM crypto keys en route from the manufacturer Gemalto, we have another nail in the coffin of personal privacy. In the words of Star Trek's irascible Dr. McCoy: "He's dead, Jim."
It might be argued that Five Eyes are just doing their job to help intercept network communications that might lead them to useful intelligence concerning international terrorist activity, drug trade, money laundering and other criminal actions. However, we might feel this was less of a totalitarian invasion if the recent NSA revelations did not just look like the bulk collection of global communications of interest everywhere about everyone, and instead helped provide some basic protection for our industries, jobs and personal privacy.
I have a scary thought to share with you concerning the security of every cryptographic key used in the entire world.
A recent revelation from the Edward Snowden treasure trove of secret National Security Agency documentation concerns the wholesale theft of Gemalto SIM card encryption key data that is used by cellular telephone carriers around the world. Every cell phone has a SIM card that uniquely identifies the phone and, as an afterthought, also holds keys used to encrypt the phone's transmissions, providing us with a modicum of privacy on our phone calls. If a third party has a copy of my SIM keys, then my phone call can be decoded and my privacy has been compromised.
My last cyber security post introduced the concept of Situation Awareness – having your finger on the pulse of your computer network and knowing whether you're having a 'good day' or a 'bad day.' Hopefully your organization's IT security posture promotes this concept and uses it to help stay one step ahead of the recent computer hacking headlines we've all been reading.
Nobody wants their company's IT security failure to be the headlined subject of tomorrow's paper. And it seems that 2015 is already off to a bad start. Security researchers are predicting that 2015 will be "the year of the healthcare breach." The recent access of perhaps more than 80 million client records at Anthem Health - the second-largest health insurer in the United States - would seem to mark that prediction as correct. The information accessed includes customer names, birthdays, medical IDs, social security numbers, street addresses, e-mail addresses and employment information, including income data. While the damage assessment is ongoing, Anthem said there is no evidence at this time that credit card or medical information was compromised. However, we should not simply shrug our shoulders at this latest in a long line of IT security bad news stories and just carry on as normal.


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The Phantom of the Opera is a famous story documented by the French author, Gaston Leroux. Since it's original publication in 1911, his work has been adapted in various theatrical and film versions. As well known as it is for ages, this was the first time I took interest to grab a copy and read what's all the fuss about. As for the motion picture, I have yet to check it out.
At first, reading the prologue sent me into a wild confusion. Here, Leroux explained how he did his research over the "Opera Ghost" mentioning a number of uncommon names which are difficult to pronounce. Before he wrote the book, he was convinced that the OG existed in flesh and blood but his initial interviews prove otherwise. The major confusion was caused by the disappearance of the actress Christine Daaé in the middle of her performance followed by the loss of the Viscount of Chagny, Raoul, and the discovery of the lifeless body of his brother, Philippe, by the banks of a lake. Without the phantom's participation which was the missing link, people speculated that the brothers fought because of the older one's disapproval of the love affair between Raoul and Christine, irregardless of the fact that both brothers "worshipped each other all their lives". Anyway, the prologue is better at second reading, after the book has been finished.
Honestly, I was a little bored while reading the book. For one thing, it was difficult to assimilate the foreign names. Then, although Leroux had ascertained that the OG was real, the circumstances made it not easy to believe so. For instance, how could the Managers of the Opera House hear something in their ears and see no one? And what human can cause Christine Daaé a majestic performance when the girl was an ordinary singer as can be? And what with the death head and yellow eyes that glow in the dark?
One other thing that was quite perplexing was that despite Christine's realization that the OG was tricking her, she decided to play by his rules. A lot of times, she denied her love for Raoul and made him miserable with jealousy. But instead of taking pity over him, she thought otherwise and said "poor Erik!" (which was the OG's name btw). I couldn't understand why she took pity on the OG who apparently caused nothing but trouble, or evil, to those around him. I was thinking, why didn't she just went away from the Opera when Raoul was so willing to make her his bride.
Almost through, I dragged myself to reading the rest of the story for I do not want to leave it unfinished. Besides the first impression of incredibility over the book, there was one other reason for the total loss of interest. Last Monday, holiday, I took my little siblings out and found a treasure!
This book was part of my childhood days and after perhaps, 15 years, I'll be able to read it again. But that shall be another story.
Going back, I almost had the urge to set aside the Opera Ghost and start with this treasure yet I felt bad at having to start something and not ending it. So I read on. Fortunately for me, I had enough discipline at the time. The story turned out impressive towards the end! All the skepticisms I've had with the reality of the OG was answered as Leroux shared the journals of the "Persian" who knew about Erik too well. Every one of my confusions had been cleared. I began to understand the ironic feelings that Christine had for the OG for I, myself, felt the association with these feelings. Erik's genius and obsession with Christine was frightening. He did things that were horryfyingly evil. But the Persian said, Erik, who had not been loved even by his own family, might not even know the difference between good and evil. Everything that he did was out of necessity. He only wanted simple things, to live like a normal person, with a wife he can take out on Sundays. But the norms of the humankind did not allow this possible to him. Thus, it is quite natural, that one feels pity over him.
In the end, one thing I realized was that OG was capable of loving. He was as human as all of us can be but his ugliness did not let him live a normal life. And I can't agree with Leroux more when he said:
"...he had to hide his genius or use it to play tricks with, when, with an ordinary face, he would have been one of the most distinguished of mankind! He had a heart that could have held the empire of the world; and, in the end, he had to content himself with a cellar."
It was the exact same thing I was thinking about Erik. If I had met him, I might have cried and held his hand too, saying "poor, unhappy Erik!"
The book's ending gloriously redeemed the pessimistic notions I had at the beginning. My only goal was to finish the book and move on to the next. After reading though, I found myself staring into space... imagining, contemplating. Erik was such an extraordinary person. He should have been a loveable person, if one was only willing to see past through the facade. Such strong feelings I had for the OG, mostly pity and I can't help but wish that somehow, he get his second chance at life to be happy and normal and free. But it's useless. He's long dead. It's just a shame how the norms of mankind can sometimes make life miserable...


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In the event of inclement weather that renders the outdoor space unsafe for visitors (such as lightning, ice, sleet, or snow) PMG will immediately CLOSE the outdoor portion of the museum.
While there is snow and/or ice on the ground the outdoor portion will remain CLOSED until all precipitation has melted away. During this time PMG will offer half price admission to visitors to view the indoor galleries. Visitors will be notified via the homepage of our website, or can call (215) 733-0390 to ask about conditions prior to visiting.


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An Evolutionary Framework for Association Testing in Resequencing Studies
R code
to estimate the combined rho model. This is absolutely not intended to be production code, and you should probably not try to use it. I'm writting an R package now that does it smarter and better.
SAS code
implementing split rho calculation in a subset of the population.
Variant data for non-synonymous snps
. Full dataset not provided due to privacy restrictions. "mi" and "shat" are variant counts and estimated fitness burden per class of SNP.
R code for simulations
SFS_CODE commands
to generate pseudo data in a windows CMD batch.
The (in development) EMMPAT R package


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NOTE: Tucson Audubon Society's efforts to preserve the Paton Center, while making necessary upgrades to accommodate tens-of-thousands of visitors annually, prompted the launch of a Capital Campaign in April 2017. A reunion of major donors included a visit from one of Wally and Marion Paton's daughters, Bonnie Paton Moon. Recently, Bonnie shared her reflections on this special spring weekend in Patagonia.
I hadn't journeyed home to Patagonia in awhile, but this trip was a celebration I would not miss−the three-year reunion of Paton supporters who had been instrumental in "saving" Paton's Birder Haven. The weekend also marked Tucson Audubon's Capital Campaign Kick-off to fund improvements to the house. While there, I had the great honor of sharing from my book, Journey Home─How a Simple Act of Kindness Led to the Creation of a Living Legacy ─ the story about my parents, Wally and Marion Paton and the creation of their world-renowned bird watching backyard.
|Bonnie Paton Moon Shares from Journey Home-Cady Hall, April 29, 2017
Entering the yard, so familiar, yet different now, I was immediately struck by all the improvements completed by Tucson Audubon Society since my last visit two years ago. What a thrill to see my parents honored for creating this birding mecca that still attracts thousands of visitors each year from all parts of the globe. While reading the sign, a couple from British Columbia approached−their first visit to Paton's. "Where do we pay?" was their first question to me. "There is no entrance fee" I replied, a tradition my parents established decades ago and continues today. The "sugar fund," originally an old coffee can hung on the fence, is now a spiffy donation box, and remains strictly voluntary.
|Paton Legacy Sign, Tucson Audubon's Paton Center, April, 2017
After three glorious days during which Paton supporters were treated to some fabulous spring migration birding, tours of the property by various staff involved in improvement projects, talks by Hummingbird expert, Sheri Williamson, from Southern Arizona Bird Observatory (SABO) and Jesus Garcia, Director of the Kino Heritage Fruit Tree Project at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, it was time to say goodbye once again.
As I wandered the property on that last day I spent a few moments in the yard reflecting at some special spots. My Dad's pecan tree still thrives in the back yard, bigger and more robust that ever and still producing a good amount of pecans each year. I sat a good while on my parents' memorial bench and reflected on the beauty of this place ─ the land they had nurtured for decades, still loved and nurtured. It had been positioned near to the site of my Dad's former orchard in the front yard. Plans to re-establish an orchard here are underway. Jonathan Horst, Restoration Ecologist, is heading up this project.
|Wally Paton's Pecan Tree Thrives in the back yard, April 2017
I stopped to remember my Mom's rose garden in the front yard, ready to pop with bloom−her passion. I sat on a bench in the Richard Grand Memorial Meadow with Carol and Paul Lamberger, Paton supporters. We sat for a good while at this peaceful spot overlooking the newly created pond−all possible because of the kindness and generosity of Marcia Grand and the hard work of Tucson Audubon staff and volunteers.
|Bonnie Paton Moon in front yard. Marion Paton's Roses Bloom in background
Then a very special moment happened. As I was getting in the car to leave, Carol Lamberger inquired if the rose bushes in the front yard were my mothers. "Yes," I answered, "she loved roses. We would always gift one or several at Mother's Day." Carol smiled and promised to take special care of them. And in that moment I was reminded of the special magic that surrounds Paton's ─ it seems to bring out the very best in people ─ it always did and continues to do so. It is the underlying essence of the place and that spirit of kindness and generosity that my parents exemplified that will continue in perpetuity. In addition, of course, to remaining one of the top birding sites in the world.
|Sitting in the Richard Grand Memorial Meadow with Carol & Paul Lamberger
Learn more about Wally and Marion Paton and how Paton's Birder Haven came to be in Bonnie's book, Journey Home─How a Simple Act of Kindness Led to the Creation of a Living Legacy. Pick up a copy at our Nature Shop today!


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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 2.8 million people die each year due to complications resulting from obesity. Researchers at the University Hospital in Denmark conducted a study that showed obesity was linked to an increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis development in women. This is largely attributed to the fact that obesity disrupts bone health and development. Rheumatoid arthritis is a condition that affects the joints in the feet, hands, and knees. While there isn't a cure for the inflammatory disorder, the best way to treat it is by use of medication and physical therapy.
Obesity has become very problematic at this point in time and can have extremely negative effects on the feet. If you're an obese individual and are concerned about your feet, contact one of our podiatrists from Carolina Foot & Ankle. Our doctors can provide the care you need to keep you pain-free and on your feet.
Obesity and Your Feet
Since your feet are what support your entire weight when standing, any additional weight can result in pain and swelling. Being overweight is one of the main contributors to foot complications.
Problems & Complications
Extra Weight – Even putting on just a few extra pounds could create serious complications for your feet. As your weight increases, your balance and body will shift, creating new stresses on your feet. This uneven weight distribution can cause pain, even while doing the simplest tasks, such as walking.
Diabetes – People who are overweight are at serious risk of developing type-2 diabetes, which has a drastic impact on the health of your feet. As you get older, your diabetes might worsen, which could lead to loss of feeling in your feet, sores, and bruises. You could also become more prone to various infections.
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Bernard Cornwell is a well-known and well-respected author of historical fiction. He specializes in English history, and has written series covering the Napoleonic Wars (the Sharpe series), the Arthurian legend (the Warlord Chronicles), the 14th century (the Grail Quest), and, most recently, the making of England from a group of warring countries (the Last Kingdom series). Now he's turned his keen eye and brilliant research skills to a different, but no less interesting period: Tudor England, and more specifically, the world of William Shakespeare, in his new book, Fools and Mortals.
While I have no doubt Cornwell could, if he wanted, make William Shakespeare himself the narrator and main character of a novel, he's chosen instead to focus this book around Shakespeare's younger brother, Richard, instead. Shakespeare did in fact have a younger brother named Richard, but as is often the case with people in this era, not much is known about his life, which gives Cornwell plenty of latitude to create the man's life to suit his purposes.
This Richard Shakespeare, like his more famous older brother, is living in London and working in the theater. He's handsome (one of the things he chooses to emphasize to distinguish himself from William), and so far in his career he's been playing female roles. He wants to move up in the world and start playing men, but William is not being very helpful, for a variety of reasons.
If the book were just about Richard's travails in the brutal world of Elizabethan theater, it would probably be entertaining, but there's more going on: a priceless manuscript written by William has gone missing, probably stolen, and suspicion falls on Richard as the possible culprit. To clear his name, he needs to find the manuscript and the real thief. But this is, of course, easier said than done, and all Richard's skills, both legitimate and less legitimate, are going to be necessary as he navigates the world of betrayals and duplicity of the theater and of London itself, and at the same time the world premiere of William's most famous comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, is in the works.
Cornwell writes the best kind of historical fiction: well-plotted, with realistic characters and so strong a sense of place and time that you feel you're actually there. If you have any interest in Shakespeare or Tudor England or just want to immerse yourself in another world and time, check out Fools and Mortals.


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Shaxster reviews the latest Doctor Who episode, The God Complex. He then does a full episode roundup, where he collates all the story arcs featured in the episode, in anticipation of the finale.
FilmWatch is a community of awesome people posting and discussing the latest movie news. It's part of NewsBoiler, a network of social news sites covering today's pop culture.


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Sexual intercourse after giving birth may be the last thing on your mind at first. But as you get used to life with baby, you'll have questions about sex after pregnancy. Here's what you need to know.You will enjoy sex after pregnancy, but it will take time and planning. Issues like pain, bleeding, fatigue, breastfeeding, and your mood can all interfere with a normal return to pleasurable sexual intercourse after childbirth. After if you don't want to get pregnant again, you'll need to decide on a birth control method.
Whether you gave birth vaginally or by caesarian section, your body needs time to heal before you can have intercourse after childbirth. Pain and vaginal discharge take time to go away. Most doctors advise waiting three to six weeks before resuming intercourse after giving birth. This is because:
►Your cervix needs time to close.
►Vaginal discharge takes time to stop.
►Tears, incisions, and lacerations need time to heal.
Remember that everyone has different post-delivery physical issues to deal with. Once your doctor says it's safe for intercourse after giving birth, the ultimate decision is up to you.Here are some tips that can help:
►Rethink intimacy: Sexual intercourse is not the only choice for sexual intimacy. Work on communication, spend time together, and look for other ways to express affection before jumping into intercourse.
►Use artificial lubrication as needed: A certain amount of discomfort is normal at first. Dryness and changes in vaginal anatomy may require artificial lubrication for a while. Try using a water-based lubricant and experiment with different sexual positions if penetration is still painful.
►Pelvic exercises: The muscles that surround your vagina may need some help getting back into shape. Ask your healthcare provider about learning Kegel pelvic exercise techniques.
►Timing: Plan to have intimacy when you are well rested and won't be interrupted. This could be in the morning when you are fresh or during baby's naptime.
►Take good care of yourself: Getting back into your normal routine requires a healthy diet, regular exercise, good hydration, and as much rest as possible.
Being a new parent is a big responsibility and requires a tremendous amount of energy. It takes time for your body and your mind to recover from pregnancy. You need to have reasonable expectations and go at your own speed. With some patience and planning, sexual intercourse after giving birth can be an intimate and pleasurable experience again.


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First day of Fall sports is August 12, 2019 Dead week is Aug. 3-9.
On Tuesday, January 15, Kirkwood High School (KHS) senior Damien Loyd scored his 1,000th varsity point in the fourth quarter during a basketball game against Marquette High School.
Damien is a three-year varsity player for the Pioneers and earned All-State selection during the 2017-18 season as a junior.
Damien is the son of Shiela and Michael Loyd.
There are six former Pioneers who have scored over 1,000 points:
Alvin Miller (1980-83) 1606 Points
Drew Rogers (1969-72) 1393 Points
Shane Cotner (1972-75) 1380 Points
Bill Moulder (1970-73) 1228 Points
George Thornton (1965-1968) 1210 Points
Myles Artis (2008- 2012) 1125 Points
On Monday, January 21, KHS Head Basketball Coach Bill Gunn earned his 300th win as a head coach against Northwest High School. Prior to coaching at KHS, Gunn served as head coach at Northwest High School, Hillsboro, and Cuba.
Congratulations to Swim/Dive Coach Matt Beasley for being named the 2017 Boys Swim/Dive Coach of the Year!
In anticipation of the 2018 football game, KSD students and alumni will begin the "Turkey Day Game" countdown in November with special activities throughout the month and during Spirit Week. Please visit our Turkey Week 2018 section on the website for event information.


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We've covered a lot of role-playing/ fantasy VR porn videos but this is the first time we've come across a sexy nun … oooh vicar! Check out Badoink VR's latest movie – BUSTIN A NUN.
Thankfully the nun in question isn't a bearded wrinkly old girl but a vivacious sexy red head called Blake Eden … and heaven help us she's horny as well.
This is one nun who can't take her vow of chastity any longer. Blake needs cock and she needs it now.
Filmed with a 180 virtual reality perspective watch as she saunters over to you in her full nun outfit. Slowly she reveals parts of her sexy body underneath that black gown. A quick glance of her tit there, a cheeky glimpse of her pussy. You're starting to get hard.
Soon the robe and habit comes off and you can admire those great breasts. She grabs your cock and soon has it in her mouth, giving you a blow job you won't forget in a hurry.
Once your hard and up for it its time to fuck a nun. From the front and from behind you're going to have sex with Ms Eden until you both orgasm.
Running for over 26 minutes you can download 'Bustin a nun' from Badoink VR today.
If you're into this fetish check out our resource on role playing virtual reality movies.


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Cabaret Artelis
Dance theatre Derevo and their performance KETZAL
Preparation for the Latvian award of the year 2008 for sports
The New Musical "La Luna" to Launch its Season at the "Palladium" Concert Hall in December
For a decade now, the creators of the "Cabaret" project have offered concertgoers a colourful musical, continually offering up unheard of and innovative surprises. This year is no exception, because "La Luna", a musical show rooted in the traditions of cabaret, is currently in production and is preparing for its debut.
During this new musical, the audience will be introduced to an emotionally-charged environment, prompting it to succumb to the power of freedom, its subconscious and visceral forces.
Under the moonlight everything becomes more beautiful. All that's needed is a touch or caress…
Why are people a bit frightened by the full moon? Maybe it's because it heightens your emotions and subconscious and arouses a fear of losing your mind that you were not previously aware of? Or perhaps it's because people get so stirred up at this time that their dormant memories awaken?
The team responsible for the musical show "La Luna" are currently studying perceptions of the full moon with the aim of showing that there is more than to the full moon than meets the eye. It's a time infused with magic and mystery. All will be revealed in December! It's the best time to liberate sexual energy, to succumb to the joys of love and a time to follow inspiration and open the storehouse which is bursting with new ideas. It's a time when the processes of life increase under the influence of powerful vibrations and we have the chance to draw additional energy and benefit from the blossoming of the forces of life itself.
"La Luna" invites you to embark on a mysterious nocturnal walk, to sense the breath of the moon—its exciting rhythm and vibrations—which prompt wolves to howl in praise of the full roundness of the moon.
An artistic and technical team of about 50 people are working on the project, creating an event that awaits its premiere performance in December. On stage, the cabaret atmosphere will be created by singers, musicians, dancers, actors, local and overseas circus artists, mime artists and a well-known stand-up comedian.
As usual, on "Cabaret" musical show evenings, there will be no shortage of rollicking fun, surprises or good-natured provocations!
The "La Luna" musical show evening would not be complete without the second act of the show. You and your team will have the chance to party until 3:00 a.m.
This year, food and beverages will be provided by the "Vairāk Saules" restaurant.
Table reservation:
Ticket prices from EUR 60–80 (price includes a glass of wine and snacks).
Please send group applications to the following e-mail address:


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National Poetry Month
National Poetry Month (April) is a time to honor the many contributions and achievements of poets throughout the world. The Bluegrass Community and Technical College Learning Resource Center is celebrating this important month with the following activities and materials:
Introductory Information about National Poetry Month
Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month (NPM) brings together publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, schools, and poets around the country to celebrate poetry.. Thousands of businesses and non-profit organizations pcelebrate this month with readings, festivals, book displays, workshops, and other events.
Selected Poetry Websites
A compilation of websites focused on poetry and the celebration of National Poetry Month.
A list of some of our many library items related to poetry.
Poetry Quiz
Test your knowledge of famous poets and poetry
Please share this information with your classes, and if there is anything else that we can do, let us know!


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Everyone has Spring fever, and it's for good reason! It has been an absolutely beautiful week here on the coast of North Carolina. The temperature has been hovering around 65-70 and the sun has been shining against a bright blue sky. Really, you can't ask for much more from Spring! The past several Springs here have been on the cold, wet side so I am just hoping this keeps up!
If you are new here, we bought a fixer upper in 2014, and with the house came a large yard full of potential and lots of work! It feels good to have one solid year of yard work done: last year we did a whole lot of "cleaning out", added multiple hydrangeas and ferns, and added some more bed space in our back yard. That might not seem like a lot, but trust me, it was!
This year our areas of focus are: the new front walkway {I'm saving a post on that until the grass is green and we have some plants to do it justice!}, our back patio's adjoining bed, and overall tidying of current beds.
There still are not a ton of plants available in the nurseries yet, but we of course have some new things on our wish list for Spring.
So, this is actually our sweet golden in front of a Chinese Snowball at our old house. Man, do I miss that thing! We had two of these giant shrubs and they just flourished. We bought one last summer and it just never did much- it is hanging on, but I am definitely getting more this Spring. They are a bit harder to find than your average hydrangea. Also, noted- one of our giant shrubs from the old house started out as a scraggly, barely surviving plant and we happened to put it in a spot it liked, watered it well, and it just took off! You can click above for my post on these...
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I have seen catmint in so many photos online and never knew what it was! After reading about it, I think it would make a great plant to line one side of our fence on our side yard. It is a tough perrenial that blooms well even with hot, dry weather...welcome to the south!
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We would really love to either expand our foundation bed to either incorporate more boxwoods, or remove the current plants {mostly indian hawthorne} and completely replace with boxwood. Our traditional brick home is just aching for a boxwood hedge!
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I can't go through a spring/summer with out adding a few! They are my addiction, it's a good one to have. It seems like they are adding new varieties all the time but a few of my favorites are the classic endless summer {rebloomers}, oakleaf, blushing bride, limelights, and peppermint twist.
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We were thinking we would line the new front walkway with some sort of low ornamental grass, but I haven't figured out just what yet. We would like something to soften the edges, that doesn't mound too much {don't want it spreading into the grass}....any ideas? We could use grass borders in a lot of our beds actually.
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My goal every year is to have gorgeous planters like you see at resorts and commercial areas. The meticulous care obviously pays off for them...maybe this year I will tend to them more and have planters I am proud of!
I'm sure my wandering plant eye will find loads more once things are really blooming around here and I cannot wait! Anything on your plant-list this Spring?


text: I wanted to ensure that my car would work with the supercharger network. I have read that some people could not use the network despite paying for access. I am traveling to Los Angeles this month so it was a good excuse to take a road trip and gather some data. I did not use any climate control, but did have the seat heater set at level 2. I was the only car there when I arrived at the Casa Grande supercharger, but was joined by another Model S about 10 minutes into charging. The other Tesla was metallic brown and I was surprised how much I liked the color! No change in charging rate when the other car started charging. Rated miles left upon arrival: 87 Rated miles kW/hr delivered Volts/amps 6:44am: 87 102 369/275 6:50am: 120 86 6:55am: 140 74 7:00am: 156 64 7:05am: 172 56 7:10am: 186 50 7:14am: 196 46 394/116 109 miles added in 30 minutes. Not bad, but not quite what the Tesla website indicates. Certainly enough to get you to the next supercharger though


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I've had a somewhat dormant blog at Tumblr for several years, but when the news came out that Yahoo had purchased the platform I decided to go back and take another look. WOW!
The best way I can describe Tumblr is Twitter on steroids. Tumblr is designed for short updates – but without Twitter's character limits. It supports including all kinds of rich media. Like Twitter, it's a reader and conversation center as well as a content manager. Yes, you will create a "normal" blog site with your choice of design themes, but you and your followers will seldom spend much time looking at it. Tumblr's Dashoard (web) and it's mobile apps are more like Twitter in that you can read, reblog, comment, post and discover – all in one place.
This image gallery gives you a peek at some of Tumblr's features. Click an image to view it full size.
So how does Tumblr fit into geneablogging? Although its editor is quite sparse and there are limited archive organization options, it could make a good ephemera blog for posting a photo or scan of an item with a description. You might use Tumblr's bookmarklet to capture web content into a research notes blog. It's also an easy and effective tool for curating a news blog. If you are looking for a way to get the younger members of your family interested in their ancestry, a photo/ephemera blog on Tumblr might be just the thing.
For more inspiration, take a look at these Tumblrs:
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- Greatest Generation
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- Grave Matters
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|You are working with the text-only light edition of "H.Lohninger: Teach/Me Data Analysis, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-New York-Tokyo, 1999. ISBN 3-540-14743-8". Click here for further information.
|Table of Contents Statistical Tests Comparing Distributions Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test
|See also: survey on statistical tests, test for normality, chi-square test, power of a test
Note: Do not confuse the Kolmogorov-Smirnov one-sample test with the two-sample test, which tests whether two independent samples are from the same distribution.
The objective of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test is to test whether a sample of a random variable belongs to a predefined distribution. The null hypothesis must therefore specify both the type of distribution function and its parameters (the null hypothesis states that the sample belongs to the distribution specified). The alternative hypothesis is that the assumed probability distribution function does not match the underlying one (type of function and/or are parameters wrong). The idea behind the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test is quite simple: the maximum difference between the assumed cumulative pdf and the random sample to be investigated is used to decide whether the random sample belongs to the distribution or not.
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Cheryl Zlotnick, RN, DrPH has worked as a clinician, administrator, evaluator and researcher. Her interests in creating approachable health and social services began when she worked with the homeless population as the Team Coordinator and Clinical Nurse Specialist for one of the original 18 Health Care for the Homeless Projects (Chicago, IL) in 1984. Since then Dr. Zlotnick and her team's studies have examined:
Current health service and public health studies have dispelled any doubt that income level is the most important predictor of health status in the U.S. today. Yet, even among impoverished populations, certain subgroups suffer disproportionately. Racial/ethnic status and transitional living situations, such as homelessness or living in foster care, have additional effects on health status, and demonstrate the continuing health inequities among certain subgroups in the U.S. population. Our studies focus on transitional families and health status inequities. We have examined the connections between the transitional living situations of homelessness and foster care in childhood, adolescence and adulthood; and have identified risk factors that increase the likelihood that children and their families will enter the cycle of homelessness. Other investigations by our team have started exploring the impact of different services and opportunities to intervene which have the potential to improve the child's health status or family situation. We also have examined the connections between adulthood morbidity and childhood history of homelessness and foster care. In addition, we are beginning the work of identifying the evidence-based health care practices that have been effective for children living in transitional families.
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We speak with emeritus professor Frank Stilwell of Sydney University on the historic Greek referendum rejecting harsher austerity economics. Professor Stilwell was previously a colleague at Sydney University of the (now previous) Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.
Following is some editorial comment on the Greek situation from Perth Indymedia presenter Alex Whisson…
"There's literally thousands of words one could write on the Greek crisis. This is a moment of true historical importance, one that demands deep and thoroughgoing analysis. Three brief interconnected thoughts for now however.
1) It's painfully clear, as it has been for some time now, that Alexis Tsipras has no plan B beyond 'boxing clever' around the negotiating table. He now intends to use the "No" result as leverage to secure what he thinks will be a better deal from the troika, not as a jumping off point for a so-called rupture from the Eurozone and a total renunciation of all sovereign debt, a strategy advocated by Stathis Kouvelakis and other leaders of Syriza's Left Platform.
2) Because the banks have not been nationalised, because there is no talk of issuing a new currency, and because capital controls were implemented very, very late in the piece, the Greek financial system is now on the brink of total collapse. As I write this, the Greek banks are down to their last few hundred million euros in hard currency. If they haven't run out of money already, they will within the next 24 to 48 hours save for an emergency injection of funds by the European Central Bank. Without money in the banking system, all imports will be frozen, and wages, pensions and allowances cannot be paid. Given these dire circumstances, it doesn't take a political genius to recognise European capital will continue to hold the whip hand in any so-called negotiations that might result in this post-referendum environment.
3) I'm struck by the foolishness of anyone who thinks now is the time to celebrate, or let us say overly-celebrate. Yes of course at one level the referendum result is a magnificent victory, a breathtaking moment of defiance against 30 years of capitalist onslaught (ie. neo-liberalism), a moment that the left across the world can rightfully embrace and reflect on. But reflect in haste comrades! Reflect in haste, for this historical moment is also one of great danger. European and world capital remains on the offensive, remains determined to crush the green shoots of resistance rising from underneath the feet of those proud warriors of Syntagma Square. It was the 18th century French revolutionary Saint-Simon who said, "He who carries out half a revolution succeeds only in digging his own grave." The situation we have in Greece is not yet even a quarter of a revolution. It's very important we keep things in perspective in that respect. We have a long, long way to go before socialist revolution in southeastern Europe, or anywhere else for that matter, becomes a truly realistic prospect. However make no mistake. The ruling classes will be watching Greece as closely as our side. They will try to learn lessons from it as we will, and despite the broken nature of their system – have a look at the current state of the Chinese markets for yet further proof of that – their resolve to destroy any human alternative to future barbarism remains as strong as ever. In fact, getting back specifically to Greece, there is now every chance of a coup d'état, be it in the technocratic or outright military form. It is apposite to remind comrades that it was only 40 years ago Greece had a military dictatorship, only 40 years ago that tanks rolled onto Greek campuses and murdered Greek students. Speaking of murder, let us also not forget the thousands upon thousands of Greek people who will die this winter for lack of heating if this crisis continues, the thousands upon thousands of Greek brothers and sisters who will be thrown into the streets if this crisis continues. This is life and death. The Greek battle will determine the short term, if not the medium term prospects of the war to come. All power to the Greek people and the international working class!"


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Diplo drops a dope moombahton mix for your summer parties. He included a fair bunch of exclusives, perhaps heard for the first time, such as the Heartbreak & Toddla T track. He even included tracks by both the Bangles & Breeders who I've been reminiscing about recently on my FB page 🙂
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Moombahton Is so mad and buzzy and wıerd and crazy . We are on Its dıck here at Mad Decent. We just put out a comp of It. I thought It best to make a summer mıx for your house partıe where I can put ıt ınto a context for all you fıne radio subscrıbers. Have fun and get that que que record I did wıth Dillon and Maluca!!
DJ shaun d (its about to go down) (maddecent)
ludachris -the potion (gta mix)
dillon francis- masta blasta
N2deep "last night a dj saved my life"
dj shadow – organ donor extended overhaul
Diplo & skrillex – amplifire
cassius slay – based
Heartbreak & ToddlaT – that jeffery
Dillon Francis & Diplo – Que que(torro torro mix)
Dillon Francis & Diplo – Que que(alvaro mix)
south rakkas crew get mad again ()
missy elliot – get your freak on (alvaro and punish bootleg)
MIA – pull up the people
MIA – galang
Adele – rolling in the deep (jammie xx / heatwave mix)
Heartbreak and Munchi – Face off
Bangles – walk like an egyptian
Beastie Boys vs Major LAzer -"dont play no games"
Breeders – cannonball
Flippa mafia -majorlazer dub
metele bellaco – (munchi mix)
La Factor – papi chulo
Shalimaresde Ahora (?)
Jwls – bashin
Gwen stefani- hollaback girl
Boyfriend – Vodka House
Diplo – Horsey
cecile ft General Degree – nananana
YYY – heads will roll (Amac edit)
Alex clair- up all night (nadastrom mix)
Localocalo- Miguelito Crack
Time Takers – she blows (dillon francis mix)
Dj Ayres – Hip hop/ warzone
Black keys – tighten up
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Wednesday at 7:50 p.m., meets Montpellier Nantes, in a duel of round number 19 of Ligue 1, the last round.
Nantes is ranked 19th, second last with 16 points, but has the weakest offensive in Ligue 1 with 11 goals. That has not prevented a 2-0 win last round match against Angers, thus "canaries" have reached four wins this season, only one of them coming in disputes at home, instead it is going to evolve and Wednesday night. In front of their supporters, Nantes managed to be better than Bastia, who defeated 1-0, getting six points accumulated, contrary offensive fragile, who did duty in three rows.
Info lot: There is absent in group hosts the only uncertainty hanging over his Abdoulaye Toure and Alexander Kacaniklic.
Montpellier has big problems to grow steadily in the last round but took advantage of his land and was won 4-0 in the confrontation with Bordeaux, exploiting the maximum field advantage. Moreover, Sansone & Co. are almost insurmountable disputes on their own land, which does not happen and away, where Montpellier is a modest team. Thus, HSC is one of four teams that have not yet passed into account first victory in team viztatoare role. 4 points earned in nine games, Montpellier is one of the weakest teams in away from here and that earned the most goals in this position 24.
Probable teams:
Nantes (4-4-2): Riou – Dubois – VIZCARRONDO – Carlos – Lima – Hoki – Gillet – Toure – Harit – Sala – Stepinski
Montpellier (4-4-1-1): Pionnier – Deplagne – Hilton – Saint Ruf – Congre – Lasne – Skhirate – Sanson – Camara – Sessegnon – Mouna
Nantes – Montpellier is episode number 2 this season, the first time the two have battled, was in the League Cup, "canaries" imposing 3-1. Perhaps this score will not repeat, but I think Nantes is the first chance, counting on the fact that Montpellier has problems with travel disputes, Zimbru thing I can speculate.