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SAN DIEGO (CNS) — "Pro-life" isn't a label that actor-director Nick Searcy would claim for himself.
"I think some pro-life people might consider me too pro-choice, and pro-choice people would consider me too pro-life," he said during a telephone interview in early January with The Southern Cross, newspaper of the Diocese of San Diego.
But what Searcy can't stand is obfuscation.
"It's absurd to say that it's just a clump of cells," he said of the unborn child, regardless of one's stance on keeping abortion legal. "Let's not pretend that it's something other than a human life."
Searcy, whose prolific career includes six seasons on the TV series "Justified," isn't shy about expressing his conservative views on contentious issues, as even a cursory look at his Twitter account proves.
Still, when he signed on to direct the 2018 film "Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer," in which he also appears in a supporting role as Gosnell's defense attorney Mike Cohan, he had no intention of turning the fact-based drama into a piece of propaganda.
Rather, he wanted to let the shocking story speak for itself and hoped it might inspire audiences to reflect on such questions as when life begins and what's the difference between killing a child mere seconds after birth as opposed to in utero.
The film, which opened in theaters last October, became available on video on demand Jan. 22 and will be out on DVD Feb. 5, was based on Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer's book, "Gosnell: The Untold Story of America's Most Prolific Serial Killer." It chronicles the investigation and trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, an abortionist in Philadelphia.
The FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration and local police raided Gosnell's clinic in early 2010, expecting to find evidence of the illegal sale of prescription drugs. But what they uncovered was much more disturbing.
In addition to extremely unsanitary conditions and astonishing laxity with regard to medical procedures, law enforcement also discovered fetal remains stored in containers in the lunchroom refrigerator, as well as jars containing severed babies' feet.
Among other things, the investigation revealed that the clinic had performed illegal late-term abortions and had even delivered live babies only to kill them by cutting their spinal cords with scissors.
In May 2013, Gosnell was convicted on three counts of murder for the deaths of babies and the involuntary manslaughter of a patient who died during a 2009 abortion. However, the film's press materials note, the death toll is believed to extend into the hundreds or thousands over the course of his three-decade-long career, thus earning him the moniker in the film's title. Gosnell is currently serving a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Searcy said that, in dramatizing these recent events, the film doesn't have a political axe to grind.
"We tried very hard to go straight down the line and do just the facts," he said, "because we thought that would be a stronger way to present the material than to do some preachy movie that tells you what to think about it."
"Let's not make up anything, let's not exaggerate anything, let's just tell the story as straightforwardly as possible," he said, summing up the approach he adopted when he came on board the project.
From the perspective of many in the pro-life community, the Gosnell case also exposed government officials, who had allowed a facility such as Gosnell's to remain in operation for so long, and the mainstream media, which initially appeared to have little interest in covering the story. A now iconic photo showed the rows of empty courtroom seats that were reserved for the press.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the film's subject matter wasn't something that interested major Hollywood studios. So, to bring the story to the screen, the producers launched a crowdfunding campaign through Indiegogo. The record-breaking campaign raised $2.3 million from almost 30,000 donors in a span of only 45 days.
In making "Gosnell," Searcy said his biggest concern wasn't being blackballed within Hollywood for his association with the project, but that after all of the cast and crew's hard work and the financial support of so many donors, the film would be ignored.
Those fears were well-founded.
"Most films that come in theaters, they get a couple hundred reviews," he said. "We got 12 reviews, because they did not want to acknowledge the film."
"They couldn't write a review about it and say that it was a partisan screed, that it was unfair to the pro-choice people," he said, because the film was content to stick to the facts. "They couldn't write that review, so they just didn't write one at all."
In effect, the media responded to the film in a way that echoed their early silence about the trial itself.
"They didn't want to talk about Gosnell because of what it meant (about abortion)," Searcy said, "and they didn't want to review the movie for the same reasons."
Grasska is assistant editor of The Southern Cross, newspaper of the Diocese of San Diego.
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Simon Cowell Announces New Reality Competition Show Amid AGT Drama
Simon is teaming up with Nicole Scherzinger from the Pussycat Dolls for a new show.
December 9, 2019 11:15am
Simon Cowell announces a new reality competition show in the UK amid America's Got Talent drama with Gabrielle Union in the states. The brutally honest reality show judge was auditioning talent with Nicole Scherzinger from the Pussycat Dolls. They've joined forces for The X Factor: The Band, which aims to find the next Little Mix, One Direction or Fifth Harmony.
Like in other franchises, the judges will receive assistance from industry heavyweights including X Factor champ Leona Lewis, Brit Award winner Ella Eyre, and producer Naughty Boy.
According to reports from Mirror, "It will be here that both the boy and girl band will be created by the judges – before the two groups go head to head in a live final." The winning boy band or girl group will win the prize of a record contract.
Meanwhile, back at AGT…
Simon's on-set behaviors were at the center of the five-hour meeting that Gabrielle held with NBC execs. In case you missed it, the Bring It On actress claims she was fired after complaining about a hostile set environment. If you've ever watched Simon on tv, 'hostile' seems to be an appropriate term.
According to Page Six, "the great part of the discussion" involved Simon's "acerbic behavior" and his "overlording." Additionally, "The ball is in NBC's court to see if they can get Cowell to agree to make some changes to the way things are done on the show."
Do you think Simon will make changes to his behavior to keep his America's Got Talent gig, or will he say Bye, Bye, Bye to AGT and focus on finding UK's next big boy band or girl group? Drop your opinion off in the comments!

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Krystal Keith's Boulder Rolls Towards July 13 Release
"Anyone Else" Streams Overflow; Shazam! Followers Grow; New Merch Line
Nashville, Tennessee (June 28, 2018) – Acclaimed Show Dog Nashville recording artist Krystal Keith continues to gain speed as the July 13 release of her sophomore project Boulder approaches With pre-orders underway, Keith is passing milestones and adding performances along the way.
Most recently, Keith enjoyed a busy CMA Fest in Nashville where she played several shows, visited with major market radio stations and sat for more than 20 media interviews. And interest in the project is growing, as marked by continued streaming growth for "Anyone Else," Keith's duet with label mate Lance Carpenter. Now well past three million streams, the song has also fueled rapid growth at Shazam. The title track will be available as an Instant Grat track with EP pre-order on Friday (June 29).
A new merchandise line is available now, led by Boulder-themed items including a shirt and koozie bearing one of the EP's song titles, "Resting Beach Face." Merchandise bundles are also available on her website, www.krystalkeith.com, with autographed EPs included in the first 100 of those purchases.
And her itinerary continues to expand as well, with performances for top radio station listener shows now booked for Aug. 14 in Tulare, California, Sept. 15 in Colorado Springs, and Oct. 9 in Pittsburgh.
Additionally, she's opening for her father Toby Keith at his July 13 performance in Hinckley, Minnesota. She and Carpenter will perform at Toby Keith shows in Lincoln, Nebraska and Cheyenne, Wyoming this month as well.
Boulder follows Krystal's celebrated debut album Whiskey & Lace as well as a two-year hiatus in which she welcomed her first child. Produced by chart-topping songwriter/producer Bobby Pinson, the EP highlights Keith's range as vocalist, writer and artist, from the expansive title track and cinematic "Then It Started Raining" to the energy and fun of "I Got You" and the aforementioned "Resting Beach Face."
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KPMG in India
My Message
Dear colleagues,
As we celebrate Independence Day, we can take pride in India's journey over the last 70 years. We have made progress in almost every dimension of human development alongside 40-fold GDP growth and 25-fold growth of per capita income over this period. But as a country we have many challenges ahead, much more to do. While the percentage of people living in poverty has declined from 50% to under 20%, in absolute terms the number of poor people is higher by 50 million than in 1947. Given the energy and innovation potential of India's young people and the commitment of political leadership at the centre and most states, I am strongly optimistic about India.
KPMG in India is a proud partner in India's progress. We are engaged in every one of Prime Minister Modi's programs and we work with the leadership of a number of states. We are a firm of some of the smartest and most highly motivated people in India. The trust that our clients have in us is testimony to the quality of our work. Bound together by our KPMG story and our higher purpose of Inspiring Confidence and Empowering Change, our motivations are strongly aligned with India's needs.
On this special Independence Day, I thought it would be fitting to reflect on the leadership principles of Mahatma Gandhi. We have so much to learn from his timeless example and lessons. Let me share with you a few aspects of Gandhi's leadership that particularly apply to our journey.
First, Gandhi was a seeker of truth. This is core to what we do in our work, and we do this well. Taking a larger view, we must remember that Gandhi's concept of truth and integrity is a profound one, where even laudable ends cannot be justified by ignoble means.
Second, Gandhi preached the value of beliefs, causes and commitments that transcend narrow and personal interests. We call this our higher purpose and it motivates us beyond our paychecks. And he showed how our country, our people, our organization and our teams must come before ourselves.
Third, in his actions, Gandhi exemplified the concept of transparency. He conducted his life in public view, prolifically recording his thoughts and actions for everyone to observe. He espoused unity of thought, word and deed: speak as you think and act as you say.
Fourth, Gandhi provided enormous priority to clarity of communications. He constantly shared not only his intentions and actions but also his motivations, and he did so with people who disagreed with him just as much as with his followers.
Fifth, he was a disruptor before the term was invented. Imagine taking on the might of a colonial empire, on which the sun did not set, with the concept of non-violence, fighting an armed power not with weapons but just a belief in truth and justice!
Sixth, Gandhi was a practical idealist. He did not pursue ideals or a higher purpose as a means of individual salvation. He had a very practical focus – to get things done, to achieve his objectives. This is an important lesson. Ideals must also be instruments to achieve one's mission.
India has been blessed that its foundations were laid by exceptionally thoughtful and high-calibre leaders. I remember telling the former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright that this is a characteristic that India shares with the United States. While the U.S. had formidable figures like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and James Madison, India had founding giants in Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Dr BR Ambedkar. The leadership of these men of intellect created nations that have endured and will endure. This is in stark contrast to so many countries that did not have such leadership, some right in our neighborhood, whose polities and sense of nationhood are fragile.
Great leadership helps create great nations. Similarly, I am sure leadership has a major role in advancing great firms. And it is not the leadership of just one individual, but of many talented people working together complementing one another, as the examples of India and America show.
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To the Beat of the Drum
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Even though the world is currently in turmoil and we are unsure of what the future will hold, at SOUNDBOKS, we're always looking for the silver lining–and we're seeing it. All around us people are finding entirely new ways of connecting, of enjoying life and of sharing their passion with the world. And one of those people is our very own Hannah Johnson, who for the past 6 weeks has been lifting spirits in her neighborhood in Copenhagen.
Every night at 7 PM, Hannah and her fiancé Ben set up their SOUNDBOKS on their patio, pick a catchy tune, turn up the volume, and start dancing. Why? For starters, it doesn't hurt that Hannah has been dancing since before she could walk and that her parents are both musicians. She also has a trusty SOUNDBOKS has been longing to show off its full potential. But more importantly, she was itching to do something that would cheer people up. To create a way for people to come together - at a distance. The result? A daily 10 minute dose of social dis-dancing!
"We may be stuck inside, but that doesn't mean that we can't still come together"-Hannah Johnson, Organizational Development Lead at SOUNDBOKS
For the first couple of nights in early March, it was just Hannah and Ben and their closest neighbors - who also happen to be their best friends - shaking their money makers. It was already dark when the tunes started bouncing off the walls of the apartment buildings, and the neighbors seemed to think they were having a private party. But when daylight savings hit and people could actually see, and connect, with the two couples dancing and enjoying the music - something changed. People started joining in. And for each day and week that has passed, more and more people have joined. Balconies in the neighborhood are full, and passers-by are stopping to share in the fun. Even people far outside the walls of the neighborhood apartment buildings can hear the music blasting from Hannahs SOUNDBOKS.
A New Outlook
Before all of this, the extent of neighborly interaction was, at best, a polite "Hello" in the courtyard, at the bike racks, or in the stairwell. But thanks to social dis-dancing, the community is flourishing. Week by week, it is getting stronger and more deeply rooted. Neighbors have started dropping by to leave notes and homemade treats for Hannah and Ben as a thank you for what they are doing. Literal strangers are meeting up for drinks at the docks after the music settles. There is even talk of throwing a big "release" party in the communal courtyard after the lockdown is over. And the neighborhood facebook group is no longer focused just on admin, but on song requests and ideas for how to keep the social dis-dancing spirit alive once life returns to normal. People from all walks of life are coming together in a whole new way - and it's all thanks to some sweet, pretty loud tunes
"If the neighbors are down, I'm happy to keep this going - for forever"-Hannah Johnson, Organizational Development Lead at SOUNDBOKS
Happily Ever After
Hannah and Ben are supposed to get married this summer, but with everything that's going on in the world, that probably won't happen. But instead of admitting defeat, they have come up with a new plan. A quick and easy courthouse affair followed by an upscale version of social dis-dancing. A "first dance" in the courtyard, with the whole neighborhood joining in and cheering from their balconies - everyone dressed to the nines. An idea that wouldn't have crossed the couples minds a few weeks ago, let alone would it have seemed plausible. They didn't know anyone in their neighborhood. But after just 6 weeks, this outlandish idea seems almost normal. A simple and beautiful homage to the power of community and bringing people together.
Get out there and take a page out of Hannah's playbook and get your own social dis-dancing party going. Even if all you do is put a smile on one person's face - you've made a difference.
Hannah is 28 years old and originally from Kentucky. Early 2019, she jumped at the opportunity to move halfway around the world to join her fiance at their new home in Copenhagen. Hannah has been working at SOUNDBOKS for about a year now and is leading organizational development initiatives out of the Copenhagen office. What excites her the most about working at SOUNDBOKS is the unique culture and the deep rooted values that shape the company - Always Aspire, Be Brave, and Champion Community.
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Kan man arrangere sin egen festival? Det drømte 18 årige Frida om, da hun skrev ind til Prøv dig Frem.
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Creative exchange at eye level with a whole lot of feeling!
This was Audi Nines 2021
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[Danish] Prøv Dig Frem.
Der er brug for mere plads til, at den danske unge kan prøve sig frem. Hjælp os med at hjælpe dig og resten af den danske ungdom.
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Byron is 27 years old and heads up our creative team in the US as the Creative Lead.
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Community Member of the Month | April
This month we caught up with Gary Allen - undisputedly one of the biggest SOUNDBOKS supporters we have yet to come across.
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Stephen is 30 years young and the designated Copywriter (and self-proclaimed Chief Linguistic Bodyguard) here at SOUNDBOKS.
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Stephan joined the SOUNDBOKS team two years ago and is a Project Specialist as a part of our Supply Chain Team.
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Meet the Team | Rasmus H.
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Meet the Team | Michelle
Michelle is 27 years old and our Digital Media Specialist for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
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Meet the Team | Rene
René, 28 years old, is the Brand & Communications Lead here at SOUNDBOKS, and a self described "old man media junkie."
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FightCamp - Inspire the Fighter Within
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Sounds + Feels Like You're There
Bring your community together with the power of immersive music.
A tribute to Danish LGBT+ music
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Community Member of the Month | March
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Alfred is one of the OG's of SOUNDBOKS. He joined the team after graduating high school in 2016 and is now our head designer.
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Emil, the second of our three Emils, is 28 years old, from Faaborg, Denmark, and is a Repair Coordinator at SOUNDBOKS.
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Winning the Global Startup Awards
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At SOUNDBOKS we always strive to fill the world with music and joy, but our mission also runs a little deeper than that.
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Hans is 27 years old, half Danish, half Finnish and is the Chief People Officer here at SOUNDBOKS.
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David is one of our trusty SOUNDBOKS developers working on both the app software and the firmware inside the speaker.
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Jesper is 25 years young and one of the three original founders of SOUNDBOKS.
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When you are on the road with a camper van the options are endless...
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Philipe started in a Customer Support role in 2016 and is now leading the way as our Paid Media Specialist in our LA office.
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If you haven't heard of Future Female Sounds - not only is it about time, but you've come to the right place!
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There would be no SOUNDBOKS if it weren't for the awesome community that guides and motivates us in everything we do.
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Traveling parties - a safe, simple way to get people together. Something that has been really difficult over the last few months.
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Meet the Team | Emil D.
Emil takes care of all of our inbound shipments from China to Europe and the US and oversees all of our B2B shipments.
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Sabah is currently working full time at SOUNDBOKS as our Accountant whilst studying business controlling full time at university.
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To help me reimagine my home and workouts, I've partnered with SOUNDBOKS to turn my workout into a personal concert.
Katie Leonard
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This week's Checkout Session featuring Mulay and Charm is presented by Berlin-based DJ duo Kikelomo and Melis.
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Christopher is 28 years old and from the wet, cold northeast of England and is the Inside Sales Coordinator at SOUNDBOKS.
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Gesche is 26 years old and is another of our German imports, working on our Brand Experience & Partnership Team.
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Feeling it deep in her bones that music was her path, J.Lamotta has been hustling since a young age to make her dream come true.
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Stran 456 - Nothing short of independence, it appears to me, can possibly do. A peace on other terms would, if I may be allowed the expression, be a peace of war. The injuries we have received from the British nation were so unprovoked, and have been so great and so many, that they can never be forgotten.
Stran 381 - ... makes me willing to close with the desire you express of burying them hereafter in silence, and, as far as future events will permit, oblivion. My temper leads me to peace and harmony with all men ; and it is peculiarly my wish to avoid any personal feuds or dissensions with those who are embarked in the same great national interest with myself, as every difference of this kind must, in its consequences, be very injurious. I am, sir,
Stran 51 - ... their abilities and their long and arduous services, they esteem most deserving. Their promoting junior officers to the rank of major-generals, I view as a very civil way of requesting my resignation, as unqualified for the office I hold. My commission was conferred unsolicited, and received with pleasure only as a means of serving my country. With equal pleasure I resign it, when I can no longer serve my country with honor. The person, who, void of the nice feelings of honor, will tamely condescend...
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Professor Louis de Koker holds a chair in law at the La Trobe Law School (Australia). Louis is the program leader of the Law and Policy research program of the Australian government-funded Data to Decisions Cooperative Research Centre. This program considers the legal and policy aspects relating to Big Data analysis and Australian national security objectives. He is also a senior financial crime policy consultant to the World Bank-based Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP).
Louis, the former director of the Centre for the Study of Economic Crime of the University of Johannesburg, has worked with CGAP, the World Bank, the Alliance for Financial Inclusion and regulators and financial service providers on integrity and inclusion over the past decade. He has advised on a range of laws and regulations and his research on anti-money laundering laws and their impact on financial inclusion has been cited in publications of the various international bodies including the World Bank, IMF, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Labour Organisation. He was a member of a World Bank team that researched financial crime controls relating to mobile money, a member of the core team that designed the World Bank tool for national money laundering risk assessment and a member of the FATF project group that drafted their guidance papers on aligning financial inclusion and financial integrity.
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Jonathan Sapir from "Powerinthecloud" recently reviewed the Forrester Report on Platform-as-a-Service. His review is very interesting, read below:
Forrester Research has an interesting document out called "Platform-as-a-Service is here; Can it help you?" Their answer is that PaaS products "are providing value to application development and program management teams". Indeed.
Some of the products mentioned in the document I am very familiar with - including Allrounds, which we at SilverTree Systems helped develop, and of course Coghead, where we were responsible for building pieces of the platform. I was surprised to see Magic Software on the list - I personally started working with Magic Software back in 1989, and still have clients using Magic applications we built many years ago. Nice to see Magic entering the 21st century!
There were some new players I had never seen before, like Orangescape, which appears to be something along the same lines as Wolf and Longjump.
The document uses the term "4GL", which I haven't seen used in quite a long time. PaaS products are broken down by 3GL, 4GL and Business Analysts, then by content-oriented versus transaction business applications. Here are some other ways to break it down:
Complete credit for this post goes to Jonathan Sapir: http://www.powerinthecloud.com/blog/2009/2/19/forrester-report-on-platform-as-a-service.html
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The senior project will be offered in the spring semester of senior year. The course provides the opportunity for Uni High seniors to explore alternative learning experiences outside the traditional classroom. As a self-directed learning experience, the senior project enables students to build upon the rigorous classroom-based curriculum they have experienced at Uni High and to make creative decisions about their education that are based on their own choices and interests. The students selected to work on a senior project will work with University of Illinois faculty, Uni High faculty, and/or members of the Champaign-Urbana business, cultural, or activist/charity communities to develop and pursue an original, self-directed project of their own design. The intention is that students will take this opportunity to build upon their Uni education to pursue further research in an academic or laboratory context, to explore a possible career path with hands-on experience in the field, to conceive and develop and ambitious creative or artistic project, or to contribute significantly to their wider community. Students who participate in the Senior Project will be encouraged to see learning as a lifelong, real-world process not limited to the classroom, over which they have a significant measure of control. It will contribute not only to their preparation for college but to their career development. Information regarding the Senior Project proposal process is maintained and distributed to students/parents by Dr. Karl Radnitzer.
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The first cookbook from America's premier chocolate makers, filled with recipes, kitchen tips, and dazzling photographs.
As Americans have become fascinated by chocolate, and especially high-quality chocolate, one name has risen above the rest: Scharffen Berger. Founded in 1996 by Robert Steinberg, a physician and amateur chef, and John Scharffenberger, an award-winning vintner, the company's confections have won a following among food professionals and home cooks alike. Now, in their first cookbook, the duo shares their passion with the world.
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Man arrested for marijuana didn't realize weed is still illegal in his statey
As far as Lon Victor Post was concerned, nothing he was doing Wednesday morning was illegal. He was just sitting in his car, playing music and smoking a little marijuana.
The only problem? Post was in Mohave County, Arizona, where recreational marijuana is still illegal.
So when police officers arrived at his car after reports of an intoxicated man playing music loudly at 1:30 a.m., Post's behavior was more than a little odd at first, according to an arrest record published by the Mohave Valley Daily News.
When deputies asked him to turn the music down, Post did. The officers then noticed an odor of burnt marijuana and a small plastic bag in his shirt pocket, per The Daily Miner. They asked him to remove the bag, which he did, and asked him what was in it. Post admitted freely that it was weed and that he did not have a medical license to possess marijuana in the state of Arizona.
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For the second time in a month, a marijuana grow in north Boulder has been cited for violating odor regulations and now owes $14,000 in fines.
Dandelion Grow, which is owned by the same group representing Native Roots Dispensary, the largest pot chain and license holder in Colorado, was given two-months to address the issue, but the business "elected not to make the necessary changes to come into compliance," said city spokeswoman Sarah Huntley.
Boulder's enforcement of marijuana odor regulations, which state that no odor should be detectable from the outside a pot business, is based purely on citizen complaints. In Dandelion's case, there were many. The aging facility's air control is so poor that neighbors say its emitted skunky odor often wafts a block or more away into homes.
Read More:http://www.denverpost.com/2016/11/07/boulder-marijuana-grow-fined-for-smell/
High Fries?!? Ohio Mother Allegedly Finds Marijuana in Wendy's Order
Some employees of a Wendy's restaurant in Ohio could soon find themselves standing in the unemployment line, and possibly even face charges, after a Huber Heights woman reportedly discovered her daughter's french fries had been seasoned with a little Mary Jane.
According to a report from WDTN News, Dezeray Risner pulled into a local Wendy's earlier this week to get her 4-year-old daughter an order of fries. However, minutes after leaving the drive-thru, her little girl began screaming from the back seat about how her food "tasted funny." Upon further inspection, Risner says she found that the fries had come with a side of marijuana.
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Mexican Police Find Bazooka Shooting Pot Over the Border
If Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump really wants a wall to prevent illegal drugs from being smuggled into the United States, he's going to have to build the damn thing pretty tall.
Over the weekend, Mexico's Policía Federal stumbled onto a panel van modified to haul a massive homemade cannon that they believe was used had been used to catapult illicit substances across the U.S./Mexico border. The van was discovered in the city of Agu Prieta, Sonora, just over the border from southeast Arizona. It was was found with its doors wipe open and without licenses plates.
A press release issued by federal authorities said the nearly ten foot long "homemade bazooka" was equipped with a small gasoline engine and an air compressor that was likely used in conjunction to blast drug shipments across the border.
Read More:http://hightimes.com/news/mexican-police-find-bazooka-shooting-pot-over-the-border/
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From Orlando, Florida, comes the maddening case of Daniel Rushing—who was literally arrested, handcuffed and charged with methamphetamine possession over a tiny flake of donut glaze on the floor of his car.
The Orlando Sentinel reports that Rushing was driving home after dropping off a neighbor at the hospital for a chemotherapy session—something he did every Friday—when he stopped at a 7-Eleven to give another friend a ride home. The 7-Eleven was being staked out for suspected drug activity, and Rushing was stopped by police for failing to come to a full stop while pulling out of the parking lot.
Read More:http://hightimes.com/news/florida-man-busted-for-donut-glaze-yes-really/
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CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — A central Pennsylvania man was charged Thursday after police say he sprayed fluid used to embalm a human brain on marijuana that he then smoked.
State police in Carlisle charged 26-year-old Joshua Lee Long with abuse of a corpse and conspiracy.
Court records indicate Long's aunt contacted detectives on June 21 after finding a human brain in a department store bag under a porch while cleaning out a trailer.
Read More:http://hightimes.com/news/police-say-man-used-brain-preserving-fluid-to-soak-marijuana/
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"In my life there are so many questions and answers that somehow seem wrong. In my life, there are times when I catch in the silence the sigh of a faraway song."
-Les Miserables
On Facebook, I was challenged by several people (I always forget whom) to post a list of ten books that have changed me in some fashion. Generally, I leave such tags alone because who really wants to hear the list? But after being tagged at least twice, perhaps three times, it was beginning to look like Ignoring. So I bent to the will of the people and formulated my list. Unfortunately, ten is much too brief an amount to allow for all the books I might have added. Thus, this list is not exhaustive. Also, it might be a point of interest for some of you to realize that some of these books are not necessarily ultimate favorites, but have made it into the top ten for reasons of how much they have affected me. The books that do count as favorite, must-read titles are highlighted in blue.
1.) A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken
2.) The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
3.) The Wind in The Willows by Kenneth Grahame
4.) Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
5.) Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
6.) Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
7.) The Help by Kathryn Stockett
8.) Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
9.) Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
10.) Henry V by William Shakespeare
A Severe Mercy: I first read this book at the prompting of my mother, who had long told me bits and pieces of trivia about this book. Together, my parents read the book in their first year of marriage, and I think it was a good choice. You will never read about a couple more sincere or a love more true. This book, perhaps more than any other, has caught and changed my concept of the bond between two souls.
The Silver Chair: I think Lewis' reputation stands for itself, but on the outside chance that you're a stranger to the tales of Narnia, I think that you will like this book. I like it because it is more than half fairy-tale and more than half true...if you know what I mean. Also, you don't have to have terribly much prior acquaintance with the characters to enjoy the book, though a good friendship would enhance the experience for you. I think I like it best because of how it makes me ache with hearing "that sigh of a faraway song".
The Wind in The Willows: As I've mentioned before, I am a late-comer to this party. For some odd reason, I boycotted it until the age of twenty-one when I read the book and it caught me across the throat with its beauty. I don't know what it is...the charm of the prose, the idea of mucking about in boats, or the feeling of home-yness about it, but it is pure verbal comfort. Read it.
Winnie-the-Pooh: I don't have to tell you about this one. You know how much I love it and what my mission in life (regarding it) has been.
Orthodoxy: Feeling things keenly but not being the best at common-sensical arguments, I adore books that argue my case with finesse and humor. Chesterton is king at this. There is barely a page on which I didn't underline a quote that struck me. Fine stuff here.
Unbroken: You will never in your life read another book that makes you feel this brave and inspired. The true account of an Olympian-turned-WWII-soldier will erase every concept of what you thought determination and grit were. I am so excited to see the film directed by Angelina Jolie (???) which is set to release on Christmas Day. It'll be hard to watch, but it will be worth it. Louis Zamperini was a hero of heroes.
The Help: A One-liner Description: You will never feel proud of your debut novel again. Honestly, I don't know how Kathryn Stockett did it. This book is gold. I would not be able to believe that it was her debut novel except for the fact that Harper Lee had done it before with her To Kill a Mockingbird. The plot stuck with me because it is similar in setting to stories I have heard from my mother about their help, Laura Bullock, and how she took care of my mother and her siblings while my grandmother worked during the day. Excellent story, execution, and writing.
Steal Like An Artist: I think I'll always remember this little book as the one I cram-read in half an hour while hoping my brother (who owned the book) wouldn't say he needed to leave before I'd finished. If you're looking to be inspired in your art, challenged, and uplifted, this is the book for you. It's like an IV of espresso to the sagging inspiration.
Anne of Green Gables: It's weird to think what sort of person I would be today if I had never read this book. I am being perfectly honest when I tell you that I was greatly affected by the character of Anne Shirley. Avonlea comprised much of my childhood, from setting the stones for my great love (and somewhat expertise of) the Victorian era, to cementing my long-held woe that I was not born a ginger, to the fact that I deeply appreciate the beauty of nature, to introducing me to some grand poetry and much literature. It and I are inextricably combined.
Henry V: Another book for when I want to be brave, all I have to do is read Henry's speech at Agincourt, his St. Crispin's Day admonishment, or the proposal scene and I'm suddenly a lioness. Shakespeare is (TRUISMS) a genius.
What are your favorite books? And yes, I'm smiling evilly because I know you guys can't resist. I do so love starting fads.


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José Rufino (advised by Paulo Verissimo, Guilherme Arroz)
Ph.D. dissertation, Technical University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, Jul. 2002
Abstract: Standard fieldbuses are nowadays a cost-effective solution for distributed control systems. However, the efficient implementation of fault-tolerance and real-time mech- anisms on fieldbus environments is far from being a plain engineering task. Rather, it poses a comprehensive set of non-trivial problems whose solution requires a systemic approach, taken here in the context of CAN, the Controller Area Network. One key point is that fault-tolerant distributed systems may take advantage from the availability of reliable communications. In this regard, we dismiss the misconception that CAN native mechanisms guarantee reliable message broadcast. Then, reasoning about the reliability of CAN communications and their weaknesses, we discuss a suite of low-level protocols providing: reliable and atomic broadcast; node failure detection and site membership; clock synchronization. Refuting a common belief that bus media redundancy is too complex to be im- plemented in the CAN infrastructure, we present an innovative and extremely simple mechanism that makes such an approach feasible, using off-the-shelf components. This secures resilience against permanent partitioning of the CAN infrastructure. In addition, we discuss a problem often disregarded in many analysis of CAN timing properties: temporary partitions (inaccessibility). We explain how to secure CAN real-time operation in the presence of temporary network errors.
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If you want to make it rain in wine country, you can try the usual magic rituals—like washing your car, planning a sunny picnic or forgetting your raincoat.
Or you can simply decide to write about the impact of drought on the wine industry.
The sky was clear when I started thinking about water and wine, as I drove up the bone-dry Interstate 5—desert dry, crispy dry, whispy dry—in late January. I'd been jarred by stark images from NASA's Terra satellite, showing a swath of tan mountains reaching up along the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valley, juxtaposed with a 2013 shot of a snowy white Sierra Nevada.
Gov. Jerry Brown declared a drought emergency in California on Jan. 17. A few days later, state health officials released a list of 17 communities and water districts—from Mendocino County to Kern County—that could run dry before summer if no action was taken.
Then in early February came rain—up the coast from Monterey to Crescent City, in Napa and Sonoma, on the coast and in the foothills. It snowed over Lake Tahoe and the Sierra. Even here in SoCal, we had a couple of overcast days and a few rain sprinkles.
Ahh. The sweet smell of hydration.
Of course, the drought's still on. Just as record freezing spells in the Midwest don't negate the reality of global warming, a nice soaker isn't going to make up for several months of missing precip. California's still having the driest year ever, according to state climatologist Michael Anderson. Anderson noted in January that, statewide, only 1.53 inches of rain were recorded from October through December, the lowest aggregate total since record-keeping began in 1895. The average for that period is 7.87 inches.
From the narrow perspective of a grape-lover: That's a lot of thirsty vines.
Did I say narrow? I meant it. Obviously, so much more is at stake than delicious fermented grape beverages. Several species of fish, including salmon and steelhead populations, are at risk. Farmers' livelihoods are on the line. Worse, the wealthy could end up washing faces with Evian, like that reporter tweeting from a crappy hotel in Sochi.
As usual, the less-affluent would be screwed.
What are folks in the wine biz thinking on the topic of drought?
One of my favorite Sierra Foothills winemakers, Ted Bechard has a plan for this season's challenges, which includes savvy pruning around the vernal equinox and earlier-than-usual irrigation.
When I talked to him, Bechard was in his winery, putting foil tops and labels on bottles. Rain was drizzling over his small vineyard in Somerset, Calif., about an hour east of Sacramento.
"We're still quite a ways behind," Bechard says. "But it's not unlike this area for us to get some rain in April and May. We may make up the difference at that point."
Like many others in the wine industry, he's thinking that 2014 might not be the most-prolific year for grapes. But with the generous harvests in 2012 and 2013, California's not going to run out of wine anytime soon. Unless some unforeseen new demand kicks in, the sizable wine inventory at many California wineries should be sufficient, says Ben Drake, president of the Temecula Valley Winegrowers Association.
"We've come off two good years," Drake says. "I think we're going to be in good shape."
Drake's in a good position to know. He runs Drake Enterprises, a farm-management company that handles avocado- and citrus-farming, as well as vineyards. He's also on the state's Drought Task Force.
Drake attended the Unified Wine and Grape Symposium in late January in Sacramento and drought was absolutely on the agenda. Farmers are worried, and rightfully so. Northern California's water supplies are on-stream, from rivers to reservoirs—and that requires government officials to make hard choices about who gets water and when. Sound like a political football? Yeah. Stay tuned.
Drake notes that Southern California wineries are in the enviable position of having the chock-full-o'-water man-made Diamond Valley Lake. The 800,000-acre-foot offstream reservoir near Hemet contains the Colorado River harvest. Between Diamond Lake and other water resources for Southern California, Drake predicts that 2014 won't be a problem.
But 2015? That's another story.
Here's something for winos to appreciate: When it comes to efficient use of water, wine grapes are much better than other popular Southern California crops. Growing wine grapes requires less than half the water needed to grow most citrus trees, and about one-fourth of the water required for avocados.
Let them eat wine!
Drake suggests that the governor's suggestion for Californians to reduce water use by 20 percent is an important step toward change. We need to evaluate how we live and what we grow—rethinking luxuries like lawns and landscaping, for starters.
"Realizing the climate is changing, we're going to have to look at a new pattern for what we're doing in our households—and by changing crops," Drake says.
I was heartened to read that the state government plans to lead the way on efficient water use, turning off decorative fountains and not washing government vehicles as often. Those moves are mostly for show, true. A bigger water-saver will come from not irrigating highway vegetation. That saves 6 billion gallons of water annually, as much as a year's supply of water for a city of 30,000.
At Bechard's winery in Somerset, winemaker Ted reminds me it's too early to predict what the year will bring.
"Who knows?" he says, "Maybe it will sort itself out and be a wonderful year."
Did I mention a prolific wine supply? Here's a chance to taste it all: The Temecula Valley's World of Wines Barrel Tasting Weekend runs Saturday and Sunday, March 1 and 2 with barrel-tastings and more exciting shin-diggery at 35 wineries along Rancho California and DePortola Roads in Temecula. Tickets are $99, with various discounts. And for much less than the price of a DUI attorney, you can hire a VIP shuttle or wine tour guide to drive you around. For more information, visit www.temeculawines.org/events/index.php?events_id=51.


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When I started telling people our next assignment overseas was Tbilisi, Georgia, I usually got one of two responses:
- Is that near Atlanta?
- Where's Georgia? Is that like, Russia?
No. And no.
Even Google was confused when I tried to figure out the time difference to Maryland. When I searched "Georgia time to EDT" it gave me this response:
Gee, thanks.
The Republic of Georgia is a small country in the Caucasus region of Europe. It boarders Turkey, Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and the Black Sea. In 1991, Georgia declared independence form the Soviet Union and maintains a complicated relationship with it's northern neighbor. It is one of the oldest wine making regions in the world, and the capital city, Tbilisi will be our home for the next two years.
Tbilisi is a city that has many different flavors, at least upon first impression. It feels Eastern European, ex-Soviet, and distinctly Georgian. Built along the banks of the Kura River, the city is beautiful and sprawling, ancient and modern. Tbilisi's cobblestone streets of old town reflect a complicated history, with periods under Persian and Russian rule. The beautiful old buildings of downtown Tbilisi are being meticulously maintained and restored as Georgia develops and makes a name for itself in today's modern world.
The climate in Tbilisi is fairly similar to Dushanbe, hot summers and mild winters, with no particular wet or dry season. It's currently 102 degrees Fahrenheit, and I am thankful for my air conditioning units. At night, the wind picks up in a way that would suggest an approaching storm but so far I have yet to experience any rain. The dogs are not the biggest fans of this nightly phenomenon.
At the moment I find myself experiencing periods of excitement, sadness, uneasiness, and relief upon arriving at our new assignment. Excitement because I already like Tbilisi and I can't wait to keep exploring. Also, wine tastings in grocery stores are a thing. Sadness because 11 months in the U.S. is not enough time, and I watched the house we bought and made a home become simply a house again in roughly two days. Uneasiness because we need to learn how to live in a new foreign country (oh and Ren's not here yet but that's another story for another time). And relief because that's just how it feels when you travel for 29 hours with a cat after two weeks of packout and stress and selling a car on Craigslist and living in hotels and fast food and then you finally arrive in your new home at 5:00 am and you smell and submit the very nice DAO driver to your putrid stench and even though everything seems awful and out of control, you get to watch the sun come up over your new city.
Gamarjoba, Georgia.


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Layla and Jenna don't often get a special lunch, but today was a very special day, a very sweet day! Today, one of the best things on Earth was made even better...Chick-Fil-A debuted their Sweet Potato Waffle Fries!!! Apparently, they are only available in a VERY LIMITED area, so I viewed this as an opportunity for Layla and Jenna to have a unique experience that many children in the United States would not be able to have (at least not yet anyway). Okay, so maybe their mother is obsessed with all things sweet potato and just had to give them a whirl. Nonetheless, they did not disappoint!
"Hang on, something seems different here."
Layla: "Is this what I think it is?"
Jenna: "Ah, the moment I've been waiting for!"
Now there's only one thing better than sweet potato fries...that's right...the container they come in!
Layla: "Maybe if I hide my blueberries in here, no one will notice I didn't eat them."
Those little fry boxes provided hours of entertainment!
Well, Chick-Fil-A, you've done it again. The fries (and the boxes) will have us coming back for more!


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42.9 x 52.3 x 26.7 inch (H*L*W) approximately 440lbs
109 x 133 x 68 cm (H*L*W) approximately 200kgs
Contemporary Sculpture, Wildlife, Activist Art
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Musiara's Story
This tiny calf was first observed by a film crew on the plains of the Maasai Mara and after hours of observation it became clear to them that something was definitely not as it should be, as the calf was very weak, and appeared a stranger to the herd. While the herd he was trailing were certainly curious of him, with one female in particular paying special attention, there were no lactating females present in the herd, and soon they left him behind while they moved on with their browsing. It was at this point the film crew first alerted the authorities and Warren Samuels called Angela and sent through photographs of the baby suspecting he was an orphan and might require rescuing.
This is a sculpture that represents more than orphaned calves. This is a yearlong celebration of hope and strength for the generation who will grow up into the healthy and supported elephants of tomorrow thanks to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. The future of their species in the wild relies on this young generation being strong. Strength we can all help to provide. Because by December next year, when this sculpture leaves London, they'll have only 19 years left to defy the odds with another generation to follow. This is a sculpture for positive change. One we won't let become a memorial.
Musiara is part of Gillie and Marc's exhibition - The Orphans.
If you purchase him, 30% will go directly to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.
> You can also adopt Musiara here
The elephants of tomorrow...
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Gillie and Marc love working in bronze for many reasons. Bronze is a very hardy material and will last forever. As experts in coloring bronze, Gillie and Marc enjoy experimenting with their sculptures, adding a splash of color to brighten the work, making it even more unique. > Read more
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text: Back Clinical Genetic Testing Does this test have other names? Genetic screening, DNA test or testing, chromosomal test, gene testing, DNA-based test What is this test? Genetic testing is usually done to screen newborns, children, or adults for inherited diseases or genes that put them at increased risk for a certain disease. Some parents choose to be screened before or during pregnancy to see whether they are carriers of a certain disease, such as hemophilia. Your genes are like a road map: They hold the blueprint for all of your inherited traits, from the color of your eyes to how tall you will grow. But your genes can also tell you whether you're at risk of inheriting a disease, such as cystic fibrosis or Huntington disease. They can even help tell your doctor how to tailor the right drugs for your condition. A genetics test can find out whether you have damaged, missing, or overactive genes that can cause certain diseases. This test scans the pattern of your genes, or DNA, in your blood or other fluids, such as saliva or urine. These are types of genetic testing: Gene tests, which examine individual genes or fairly short strands of DNA or RNA Chromosomal tests, which test entire chromosomes or long strands of DNA Biochemical tests, which look at protein and enzyme activities Why do I need this test? You may have this test, even if you don't have symptoms, if your doctor suspects you have inherited a certain condition. This test can also find out whether your biological child might have inherited a disorder from you or the other biological parent. If you belong to an ethnic group in which a certain inherited disease is more common, your doctor may order a test to help determine your risk. Genetic testing is used in the following ways: To help your doctor find out the cause of your disease or disorder To find out whether you are a carrier of a gene for a disease before or after you have symptoms To aid parents in finding out whether an unborn child has a gene for a disease To help parents find out whether their newborn baby has a damaged gene that can cause a disease To help determine your risk for a certain disease To help your doctor find out which medicine or therapy might be best for you Genetic testing can ease your mind about your or your child's inherited risk for a certain disease if you get a negative result. Finding out you are predisposed to developing a certain disease could lead to your getting more regular screenings or making lifestyle changes to help prevent the disease. Even learning that you have an inherited disease, painful as the news may be, can help you plan treatment and take other important steps. In some cases, though, positive findings might force you to make some unwelcome choices, so it is your right to choose or turn down genetic testing. What other tests might I have along with this test? If you or your newborn has symptoms of a particular disease, your doctor will likely run specific tests for that disease. Before you go through any genetic test, your doctor will ask you to get pre-test counseling so that you can understand what the test involves, how accurate it is, how you will get the results, and how results will be shared with your health care provider. You may also want to ask about emotional and psychological support. What do my test results mean? Many things may affect your lab test results, including the method each lab uses to do the test. Even if your test results are different from the normal value, you may not have a problem. To learn what the results mean for you, talk with your health care provider. If your doctor is looking for a particular gene, your results will be either negative or positive for that gene. Even if you were born with a gene that puts you at risk for a disease, it doesn't necessarily mean you will ever have it. The findings from a genetic test may not be simple to understand. Your doctor may refer you to a genetic counselor, who can represent your interests and help translate the results for you. Genetic counselors can help you understand the science behind genetic testing and the emotional response you may have to the findings. They can also help research your family history and look at your medical records. How is this test done? This test can be done on samples of your skin, blood, hair, urine, or other tissues. You might be asked to give a blood sample or a swab from the inside of your mouth. Does this test pose any risks? Taking a blood sample with a needle carries risks that include bleeding, infection, bruising, or feeling dizzy. When the needle pricks your arm, you may feel a slight stinging sensation or pain. Afterward, the site may be slightly sore. Although this test poses no major physical risks, it can affect your emotions, your job, and even your health care coverage. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act was passed in 2008 to protect insurers and employers from using the results of genetic testing to drop your health care coverage or to fire you. Consumers can get genetic testing done with kits that are available on the Internet. This can be a risky move, however. Different laboratories can have results that are difficult to understand, and the results can vary. Doctors caution against getting tested without speaking with a genetic counselor first. Because of the emotional impact of genetic testing, you may want to consider how you will feel if you find out that you or someone you love has a gene that can cause a physical disorder or disease. This may be especially true for a disease such as Alzheimer's, which has no known prevention or cure. What might affect my test results? Different kinds of genetic tests yield different information, and results may vary by laboratory. Your results are based on a test of your genes, so lifestyle choices will not affect the findings. How do I get ready for this test? You don't need to prepare for this test.


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The DAA is a voluntary and open organization of research-data-storage providers and is being developed in collaboration with the Dataverse and Globus projects as a pilot of National Data Service. The DAA has two aims:
The development of DAA has been guided by Merce Crosas and Ian Foster. Quarterly meetings with advisors and directors of DAA Centers are scheduled on quarterly basis. For more information about the DAA, please see our 2016 Nature Communications article.
Although it is expected that DAA membership and architecture will evolve rapidly, in its current state the DAA framework already provides a global solution for data dissemination. DAA centers in Europe, Asia, North America and South America replicate the entire SBDB collection and provide local access to members of regional communities. There are four DAA centers:
Harvard Medical School in the USA - coordinating director: Dr. Piotr Sliz, technical lead: Pete Meyer
Uppsala University in Sweden - coordinating director: Philippe Maia
Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences in China - coordinating director: Ming Lei
Institut Pasteur de Montevideo in Uruguay - coordinating director: Alejandro Buschiazzo
As a secondary service, DAA centers can provide local, direct access to data sets for their institutional research groups. For example, Harvard Medical School hosts the entire collection and provides direct access to all data from its computing center.
The DAA infrastructure is further extended by the DAA satellites, which replicate fractions of SBDB data sets in their local storage for direct access by members of individual institutions. This mode of participation provides an attractive option for research institutions to develop local archives of all primary data generated by the local community.
We are planning to deploy satellite distribution mode across all 99 institutions that currently participate in SBGrid Consortium.
Currently two satellite sites are in operations:
NE-CAT (Northeastern Collaborative Access Team; sector 24-ID) synchrotron beamline at the Advanced Photon Source, in Argonne, IL, replicates all SBDB data sets that originate from NE-CAT beamlines and makes them available to beamline staff and users.
Yale University, replicates all data sets from Yale laboratories on its institutional storage and makes them accessible to structural biology workstations through the Network File System.
We anticipate that, as research storage infrastructure catches up with the capacities required to archive larger collections of diffraction data sets, some DAA satellites will elect to replicate a larger fraction of SBDB archives and make them available to the general community.
If you are interested in joining the DAA, please contact us.


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Wed, 22 February 2017
Hi there folks,
It's an all new ep of Gather Around Me with ya mates Ben & Cam. In this edition, we discuss the following current events: Weary Dunlop, the Garden of Eden and Milo Yabbadabbadoo.
Enjoy. (Subscribe on iTunes)
Direct download: gatheraroundme309.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:03am EDT
Sat, 11 February 2017
Selamat datang, gentle listeners, to another edition of Gather Around Me - the 308th in a series of 1000, to be precise.
In this audio newsletter, ya mates Ben Pobjie dan Cam Smith take a closer look at those mischievous fetus demons nicking stuff from our neighbours to the north, the Toyol, including a recap of the film Tuyul Part 1.
Direct download: gatheraroundme308.mp3
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Mon, 6 February 2017
G'day folks, it's an all new ep of GAM about this crazy week that was.
Executive Orders, Billy Thorpe, Dirty Harry, misremembered Indonesian ghosts - the only thing this is more than current is affairs.
Direct download: gatheraroundme307.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:55am EDT


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Arizona StarNet: "Nearly 9,000 illegal border crossers took free flights home to Mexico City this summer in the eighth annual edition of a binational Mexican Interior Repatriation Program aimed at saving lives. The 8,893 people who participated are the fewest since the program was launched in 2004. At least 10,500 had participated each year, with a record 23,384 taking the flights in 2010, government figures show.
The decrease in participants this summer is likely attributable to a precipitous decline in Border Patrol apprehensions. Officials reduced the program this year to one flight a day, instead of two, because of that decrease. Under the voluntary program, non-criminal Mexican illegal immigrants caught by the Border Patrol in Arizona are offered free flights to Mexico City. From there, they are given bus passes to return to their hometowns.


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A collection of 120 drawings of breasts depicted with typography. Various letters, numbers and punctuation signs, in an array of typefaces, are arranged on the page to form a gestalt image of a female torso.
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