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On January 26th, 2013, I lost one of the most important people in my life. My best friend and hero, Cianne Naji, lost her battle to Cystic Fibrosis, a critical and stupid lung disease. She was 21 years old. It is incredibly unfair that she was taken so young, but nobody can say that she didn't live her life to the absolute fullest. Please help us find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis by donating on her page at Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. I first met Cianne at Orlando Watersports Complex in the spring of 2007 when she was living in Orlando. Brought to the mecca by her love for wakeboarding, we had an instant connection. I met her at the tender and impressionable age of 15 and, although she was only a year older than me, I couldn't have asked for a better mentor.I was in complete and total awe of her. I thought I was cool having lived on three different continents by the age of 15, but she already had me beat. She was so headstrong and worldly, and I was like a sponge soaking it all in trying to learn the ways of the world. She was so different from anyone I had ever met. Anyone who has ever met her would agree. She is always buzzing with this energy that you can just sit in silence with her and be perfectly content. She had no regard for what other people thought about her and just lived her life exactly how she wanted to. That's a very rare thing to find in someone. She was as unique as they come.A couple of days after meeting Ci, she taught me how to drive. I had one of the best seasons of my career in 2008, my rookie year, and I bought a truck outright with cash. I can still picture the beaming smile on her face, and I knew that she was so proud of me. This also meant that I now had to drive 45 minutes out to Clermont to pick her up every day, but I didn't care one bit. We decorated the roof with glow in the dark stars and she covered my seat covers in sharpie with her amazing artwork. Shortly after obtaining my license, possibly even the day of, I drove into someone in a parking lot. I was so frightened and she just said, "Get in the car," and drove us to Walmart. She bought a hammer and some spray paint and she tapped it out and covered it up and we never said a word about it to anyone (sorry dad). This moment marked the beginning of what was going to be a long and beautiful friendship. The adventures that entailed that summer and the next few years were nothing short of amazing. Cianne didn't like to talk about her Cystic Fibrosis because she didn't want this disease to define her...and it didn't. The life expectancy for CF patients is 35 and she was entirely aware that her days were numbered. If you had met her and she didn't tell you, you would have never known. Her passion and love for life and adventure was so contagious. In the last couple months, her lung function dropped to around 70% and she was admitted to the hospital more and more frequently. In 2010, we were out surfing in Spain and a big set came through, forcing us to paddle out to get over it. Ci just made it over and started to cough up blood and, as I stared at her in horror, it dawned on me that my friend was really, really sick.Cianne had always known that a transplant was not an option as she had MRSA, a bug she only contracted a couple years ago from poor hospital care. This also means that she could never actually meet another CF patient face to face, as she was too much of a risk to infecting them. I know that this saddened and frustrated her tremendously as there were some dark times when I couldn't be there for her. She just needed support from others going through the same thing and I couldn't be that.A couple years ago, she decided that she wasn't going to live her life a slave to the copious amounts of medication that this disease demands and she just stopped taking them. She wrote an excerpt for the Irish Times that you can read here. She told me that she knew her time on Earth was limited and she just wanted to go everywhere and do everything. To this day I remember this indescribable mixture of pride for my best friend's courage and this heart-wrenching pain of knowing the inevitable. I remember thinking that she was superhuman. No one can look death in the face that calmly and with so much positivity. I hugged her for a long time and vowed to help her achieve that and be by her side as much as possible. I thought we had so much more time, and so many more adventures planned, but now you're gone and you didn't even make it to my 21st birthday.
Cianne was a fighter right until the end, and she went peacefully surrounded by her friends and family. I would have been there if I had known that it had gotten this bad, but that's another thing about Ci that tears my heart open - she was a natural protector. Even though she was the one in and out of the hospital going through chemotherapy or undergoing complicated surgeries, she never let me know just how serious things were. Although she moved back to Ireland and our friendship was long distance, we talked every day as if we had seen each other yesterday. ("No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.")She would one day nonchalantly mention that her lung collapsed a few days ago and she was back in the hospital, and then move on to asking me how my contest went the past weekend or what's the next trick I wanted to learn. Since day one she has pushed my riding and been one of my number one supporters. She was always the first to text me "Good Luck" before a contest or "YES BUTLER!!!" right after a win. She would stay up until ridiculous hours in the hospital to watch me ride online in a live contest, and I just love her so much for doing that and for being there for me. Her support knew no limits. When she couldn't wakeboard anymore, I like to believe that she lived a little vicariously through my riding. It makes me so incredibly happy to know that I could have done that for her and been there in that way.To have someone believe in you so wholeheartedly like that makes life so worth living. She is one of the few people that I know that would drop absolutely everything for me. Time, matter or money was not an issue. In fact, she did do this for me in 2010 when I was going through a breakup and I needed her wise words and a shoulder to cry on. She said we are going on a surf trip, I'll meet you in Spain next week. You came all that way for me when you were so incredibly sick. And even though the weather was horrible and you contracted pneumonia, which meant we spent most of the week in the hospital, it was one of the best trips of my life. Her best quality was motivating people to reach their full potential - to become the best of their ability. She didn't take mediocre as an option for her short life, and she certainly wasn't going to let you. As her CF worsened, she wasn't able to ride and compete anymore, which devastated her. But, of course, she found a way to turn the situation around. Last year she said, "I know I will never get back wakeboarding. I miss it every day, but it's a case of better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." She saw the positive side to every situation, no matter how grim. That's just how awesome she was. Shortly after this realization, she started Breathe Boardwear, a unique line of stylish apparel and footwear for girls like her that have a love of boardsports. I am so proud of her for being the founder and designer of this amazing company that gives a percentage of proceeds to help others fighting CF. Her spirit will continue to shine on through Breathe and she has a whole army of pro female riders helping to push her vision. This was her way of staying connected to the sport and community that she loved and felt so passionately about. Please go check out and support this amazing brand.
On this note, I just want to highlight some of her achievements in the short, yet amazing, 21 years she spent on this planet. (I say some because this memoir would turn into a best-selling novel if I were to list them all.) She lived in Ireland, Switzerland, Amsterdam, Orlando, Morroco and I wouldn't be surprised if you told me that at one time or another she had visited every single country on this planet. She spoke French, English, Arabic and she went to Art College in Holland for a year and learned some Dutch. She was such a talented artist and my shoes, car seats and arms were her constant canvases. She was an Irish National wakeboard champ and placed 9th in the world in Korea in the last contest she ever competed in. She was the founder, director and designer at Breathe Boardwear and her legacy and vision will forever live on through her company. Most of all, she was a beautiful, selfless, loyal and loving friend to hundreds around the world. She accepted everyone without judgement and she always seemed to have a smile on her face. She was so funny and she made me laugh so much. The kind of laughter where we laughed so hard that our sides felt like they were splitting and we couldn't breathe. We mostly talked in a language of inside jokes, the familiar speech of two best friends with way too much in common. Her lovely mom, Orla, put together an amazing birthday party for her 21st last June, inviting all of her friends to come celebrate from all around the world. Unfortunately, this fell on the same date as a Pro Tour stop in the U.S. I had a ticket booked to come right after for a couple of days and then fly straight back to another contest. Looking back I wish I had missed that contest to be there for her. She was worth so much more than any contest. She told me that she had such an incredible time at her party and was so overwhelmed by all the tremendous amount of love for her. Unfortunately, she contracted pneumonia from the exhaustion of the party and was readmitted to the hospital shortly after. I still wanted to come and just lay in the hospital and watch movies with her but she wouldn't let me see her like that. In July, I flew over to England for Wakestock and we knew that we were so close that we had to see each other. She couldn't fly because of her lung capacity, so she drove over with a friend from Ireland. That was the last time I saw her and I am so thankful that I got to give her my 21st birthday present - a scrapbook of all our photos and memories together. I wish every day that I had another chance to see her and say goodbye formally, but then I think, no, that's not how she would have wanted it. She would have wanted it exactly what it was; a weekend together where we were happy and free - a see you later, not a goodbye. Cianne, you are so loved and you have inspired so many people to dream bigger. I miss you so much and whenever I want to give up on something I know that I have to persevere to make you proud. From here on out, it's all for you. You are tattooed on my arm and etched into my heart for the rest of my days. Your death will not be in vain and we will find a cure for CF so no one else has to lose their best friend. I know you are finally breathing easy up there and watching over me with all the other angels. Rest in peace little wild one. A fan just sent me the most beautiful message and said that 'she can watch over you from a whole new perspective now. Right by your side forever. Every time I see one of your competitions or one of your awesome wakeboarding videos from now on, I will see them differently. You've got an angel on your shoulder'. She is so right :) xoIn memory of Cianne, anyone who makes a minimum donation of $10 to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will be entered into a raffle to win setups from CWB, O'Brien, Ronix and Liquid Force. You could also win BOOM Headphones, a Voda trampboard or Oakley product. Winners will be selected on March 17th, 2013.
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The good news is, the Mayans were wrong, and we get to start a brand new year. The bad news is, we will have to spend most of that year working. (Thanks for nothing, Mayans.)
To keep you from feeling too bummed out about the lack of an apocalypse, I'm introducing Workplace New Year's Resolution No. 1: Go get a doughnut.
Granted, this might conflict with some of your other New Year's resolutions, like "do not get doughnuts," but whatever. Doughnuts make people happy, and being happy at work is the right way to start 2013.
Sadly, happy employees do not live by pastry alone, so I asked workplace and career experts to share thoughts on other resolutions every boss and employee should consider.
Kathy Caprino, a career coach and founder of Ellia Communications, encourages everybody to take a step back and identify what she calls "the pain point."
"What is the one thing that, if you could change (it), would change your job or your career for the better?" she said.
Too often we know what this pain point is but are reluctant to address it — maybe you need to change jobs or have to step out of your comfort zone and ask for a new career path in your company.
Once you identify the biggest source of work dissatisfaction, Caprino said, map out reasonable, small steps to fixing the problem.
"People always think they have to play it safe — they say, 'Yeah, but I've got to pay the bills,'" she said. "This is true, but you can do what you must to stay afloat while planting the seed for your future self. You've got to break it down into bite-size goals."
Peggy Klaus, an executive coach and author of "Brag! The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing It," agreed that workplace resolutions shouldn't be too grandiose.
"If you've got a big goal, chunk it out so it's doable," she said. "Build some accountability into your system."
Klaus said a simple resolution for workers is: Don't assume — ask.
"That's the thing that I've been seeing a lot — people always assuming things," she said. "I think it's because we're all worried, we're all nervous about our jobs, we're all looking back over our shoulders."
So you assume the boss will say no to the path you'd like to take. Or you assume nobody at the meeting wants to hear your unusual idea, and you keep quiet and plod along.
"People assume things about their colleagues and bosses, and they're usually not positive assumptions," Klaus said. "It gets you nowhere. Don't assume — ask."
After all, the worst you're going to hear is "No."
Pete Weaver, senior vice president of leadership solutions at Development Dimensions International, offered this pithy resolution for bosses: "Remember it's not all about you, not even close."
"Your job is to build better lives for the people in your workplace, to make your workplace a better place to be," he said. "We all want to have meaning in our lives, so the way to have that meaning is to understand that it's the people that count. The wonderful reverse result of this is, you will find that, as a manager, you will have huge success if you manage by keeping in mind that it's not about you, it's about your people."
Weaver offered another resolution: "Seek more than you tell."
Our tendency to shoot off our mouths without asking what others are thinking stifles ideas and makes it more difficult to find common ground.
"Make your seek/tell ratio at least 3-to-1, whether you're a leader or a team member," Weaver said.
I generally hate buzzwords, but "seek/tell ratio" is something I can get on board with because it's a reminder that it never hurts to shut up and listen.
I'll wrap up with a wonderful resolution from Anthony Cawdron, who teaches business etiquette and advanced service courses in Purdue University's hospitality and tourism management department.
"Bring back general courtesies."
"Really, it's little things like holding doors open for people and being aware of others around us," Cawdron said. "Be more aware of people and try to be more inclusive. Remember that a smile can make a huge difference. Thank people. If you've got some station in the office and somebody has done something nice to you, send them a note. Even a few lines in an email, rather than just saying, 'Oh, yeah, thanks' and zooming on. If you pass someone in the hallway and say, 'Hi, how are you?' don't just walk on before they even have a chance to respond."
These seem obvious, but ask yourself: How often have you ignored these common courtesies at work?
I bang the drum of niceness regularly in this column. Maybe that's why Cawdron's resolution rings so true to me.
I'll try to abide by it, and hope others will as well. Perhaps then there will be more to bring us workplace happiness than just that doughnut.
Happy New Year.
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Loyola hosts jazz, art summer camps
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In July, the College of Music and Fine Arts at Loyola University New Orleans will host two summer camps devoted to the arts. The 18th annual Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp will run its three-week term from July 2 – 20, and the art history-based KidsArt camp will run from July 9 – 20.
This is the third year for Loyola to host the Armstrong jazz camp, which will feature Grammy Award-winning Jazz tenor saxophonist, David Murray, as the 2012 artist-in-residence. Coined by The Village Voice as "the greatest tenor saxophonist of his generation," Murray began playing music in church with his parents and two brothers. He was introduced to jazz while a student in the Berkeley school system and is credited with creating a unique style that combines funk and gospel with his traditional jazz roots.
The Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp offers intense music education classes to young student musicians between the ages of 10 and 21 years old. Students must be actively involved in a music education program in school or through private instruction and have been studying music for a minimum of two years to qualify. The program focuses mainly on honing musical skills, but also implements a series of character building exercises.
"We are thrilled to have this successful partnership with the university," said Jackie Harris, camp executive director. "Being at Loyola, students not only have the opportunity to study in a state-of-the-art facility, but the kids also get to experience college life, which makes college enrollment a more realistic and attainable goal."
Sponsored by Loyola's Department of Visual Arts, KidsArt is an art program for children ages seven to 14. The curriculum is based on art history and provides authentic, hands-on experiences in painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics and sculpture. The courses are taught by experienced, certified teachers and studio artists, and the program will conclude with a student art exhibition open to family and friends.
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In filmmaking, the role of the film editor is critical in making a movie that tells a story and tells it convincingly.
It is editors who work in post-production to compose the final film by selecting the best shots and splicing them to most effectively capture the mood, pace, and drama of a particular production. Film editing that is done well is not noticeable because the cuts are seamless or done for artistic effects that move the story forward. The audience becomes so involved in the story that they do not notice the guidance of the editor.
Simply cutting and assembling images is not all there is to film editing, though that is the most basic skill. Film editors work with a variety of aspects in producing the final product -- layering sound, dialogue, music, and actor performances in a way that can enhance or even alter the original story. Film editors work very closely with directors to ensure the director's vision is met.
Before digital technologies became dominant, film editors used to work with the actual negative film -- cutting and pasting pieces of the film and then threading them through a viewer. Today, film and video editors usually use digital systems to edit the film. The negative is scanned into a computer and software like Final Cut Pro or Avid's Media Composer are used to manipulate cut lists. With the increasing use of digital film rather than celluloid all editing can be done digitally without the need to scan anything.
Film editors typically earn a bachelor's degree in film production, broadcasting, or visual communications. Some film editors get more theoretical and advanced training in master's degree programs in film and media arts.
Coursework should include practical film editing (including picture and sound editing); editorial theory covering "narrative film language", fiction writing, and documentary writing; technical skills; digital imaging; and animation. Your degree program should also give you access to the most common software tools used by professional film editors, such as Apple's Final Cut Pro and Avid's Media Composer.


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OECD: Switzerland Tops 34 Nations For Life Expectancy At 82.8
PARIS (UPI) — Switzerland leads a study of 34 nations for life expectancy at 82.8 years, followed by Japan at 82.7, Italy at 82.7, Spain at 82.7 and Iceland at 82.4.
Health at a Glance, a report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, analyzed data from 34 countries and found the OECD average life expectancy was 80.1 last year.
Higher health spending per capita tends to be associated with lower mortality rates and higher life expectancy, but this is not the case for the United States. The relatively low life expectancy of Americans is particularly striking given how much they spend on their healthcare.
The United States spends much more on health per capita than all other OECD countries at $8,500 in 2011, two-and-a-half times greater than the OECD average at $3,322 and 5 percent higher than Norway and Switzerland — the next biggest spending countries, the report said.
The United States life expectancy was at 78.7 years in 2011, an increase of almost eight years since 1970, but significantly less than the 10-year gain across OECD countries. Life expectancy is now more than a year below the OECD average of 80.1, compared with one year above the average in 1970.
The gap between the United States and leading countries has also widened. For example, the life expectancy for U.S. men in 2011 was 4.2 years shorter than in Switzerland — up from less than than 3 years in 1970; for U.S. women, it was 4.8 years shorter than in Japan in 2011, while there was no gap in 1970, the report said.
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Turn off the SyFy channel and tune in to the real deal; Bubonicon 42, Albuquerque's largest convention for all things science fiction and fantasy, lands this weekend at the Albuquerque Grand Airport Hotel (2910 Yale SE). For three days, unleash your inner nerd and get your fill of artists, authors, filmmakers, screenwriters and vendors. The theme for this year is based on Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, so wear a bathrobe and bring a towel. Admission is $15 for Friday and Sunday and $25 for Saturday, or you can snag a three-day pass for $42. It's $20 for the entire weekend if you're 14 to 17. And children 14-and-under are free but must be accompanied by a parent or guardian, or risk being vaporized on the spot. For more information and a complete schedule of events, visit bubonicon.com.


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The Circle Volleyball Team went 2-0 in their own triangular on Tuesday defeating Winfield and El Dorado.
In non-division play, the T-Birds needed only two games to defeat Winfield 25-9, 25-10. Circle went on to earn victory over El Dorado 22-25, 25-20, 25-16 to move to 3-1 on the season.
"The El Dorado match was competitive one. It took us a set to start attacking the way we're capable of," said Circle head coach Shelly Nibarger.
El Dorado opened up solidly earning a 3-0 lead in the opening game.
The Wildcats maintained their lead throughout the first game and earned a 25-22 victory.
Both teams battled back and forth throughout the second game and Circle built an early lead and never relinquished it to beat El Dorado 25-20 sending the match to a third game.
"I thought our outside hitters Erin Schiesser and Leslie Geist started seeing the floor better in sets 2 and 3 and began to take advantage of the weaknesses in El Dorado's defense," said Nibarger.
In the third and deciding game, Circle sprinted to a 6-2 lead over El Dorado to begin the contest and the T-Birds never looked back. Circle maintained a 5-6 point lead throughout the game and won 25-16.
"Our setter Katie Frankenbery mixed up her sets well and did a nice job running our offense. Middle blocker Jamie Wright also had a nice match with 5 kills and 6 very timely blocks," said Nibarger.
The Lady T-Birds travel this weekend to participate in the Ark City Tourney on Saturday.
Attacks – Leslie Geist 24 Kills, Erin Schiesser 10 Kills, Alexis Wiebe 9 Kills
Assists – Katie Frankenbery 50
Digs – Taylor Adlesperger 17
Serving – Frankenbery 18-18 with one ace
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JONKER, Gert and SWANZEN, Rika. Intermediary services for child witnesses testifying in South African criminal courts. Sur [online]. 2007, vol.3Selected edition, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1806-6445.
Efforts to reduce the trauma in an adversarial court system are complicated by the arguments that the prosecution of sexual abuse cannot take place in disregard of the rights of the alleged perpetrator. The questioning of a child witness is a very specialised task, and the prosecutors and defence counsel are not trained in these methods. Therefore, intermediary services to the child witness in court are important to reduce the trauma experienced by the child. This article aims to highlight that crimes against children and the subsequent criminal proceedings where the child is required to testify as a witness occurs frequently enough to warrant intermediary services to all child witnesses. Practical implications will be highlighted in order to improve the current intermediary process, regionally, provincially and nationally. Firstly, it will reflect on the intermediary services provided for child witnesses in some areas in the western suburbs of Johannesburg; secondly, it will discuss practical experiences and supportive literature, as well as the Bethany House's experience with the project Child in Crisis Foundation (SA).
Keywords : Child witness; Rights of children; Judgements; Intermediary system; Sexual violence; Victims; Court process; Prevention; Family violence; Assistance to victims.


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Release Date: July 25, 2013
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Plato's Academy, North Tonawanda Campus (PANTC) Reading Group and the UB Department of Philosophy will present the conference "Bioethics and the Philosophy of Medicine" Aug. 2-3 on the University at Buffalo North Campus.
The conference, which will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in 280 Park Hall, will address four principle areas: death, brain death and the human identity problem; intention, consent and responsibility; health, development and disease; and harm, autonomy and policy.
The program can be found on the PhilEvents website: http://philevents.org/event/show/10807
PANTC is the real, but somewhat facetious name of a Western New York reading group in bioethics and the philosophy of medicine that has been meeting every month for the past few years in the back room of J.P. Bullfeathers restaurant on Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo. It is funded by the Hourani Fund in the UB philosophy department; most of the speakers at this conference are regular attendees. They include faculty members and graduate students from UB and faculty members from the philosophy departments of Fredonia State College, Niagara University and Canisius College.
The conference's keynote address, "Abortion and Thomson's People vs. Seeds Case," will be presented at 4:30 p.m. Aug. 2 by John Martin Fischer, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside. Fischer teaches ethics, philosophy of law, theories of distributive justice and philosophy of religion, and serves as president of the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association.
He is the author of many papers and essays on moral responsibility and free will, including "Abortion and self-determination" (1991) and "Abortion, autonomy and control over one's body" (2003).
His talk will address the arguments made in "A Defense of Abortion," a famous essay first published in 1971 by moral philosopher Judith Jarvis Thompson in which she employs thought experiments to argue for the moral permissibility of induced abortion. Her imaginative examples and controversial conclusions have made the paper what philosopher William Parent calls perhaps "the most widely reprinted essay in all of contemporary philosophy."
Speakers from the UB Department of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences, include:
In addition, Stephen Wear, PhD, UB associate professor of medicine, will speak about "Informed Consent: Theory and Practice." Wear teaches the philosophy of medicine and is co-director of the Center for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care.
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L, by assignment.
Distinguishing features
Plants perennial and densely tufted. Culms no more than 70 cm tall. Leaves filiform, about 0.5 mm thick when dry. Inflorescence with some spikelets radial to the rachis.
Plants perennial, densely tufted. Culms 40-70 cm tall; lowest internode 0.5-1.3 mm thick.
Leaves filiform, to about 0.5 mm wide or diameter.
Inflorescence spikelike, with a tough rachis, 4.5-6.5 cm long, with 6-12 nodes, with solitary spikelets, some or all radial to the rachis; lowest internode 6-10.5 mm long; middle internodes 5-6 mm long.
Spikelets 10-24 mm long, with 3-5 florets. CHECK PEDICELS
Glumes elliptic-oblong, 6-10 mm long, subequal or the upper about 1 mm longer than the lower, hyaline margins about 0.1 mm wide,5 tips acute, not awned.
Lemmas 7.5-12 mm long, lower lemmas awned, awn 2.5-5.5 mm long, upper lemmas not awned. Paleas >>. Lodicules >>. Anthers 3-3.5.
There is only one species, F. serpentii, in the genus.
Festucopsis is endemic to Albania.
Alternative interpretations
Festucopsis has been interpreted as including Peridictyon sanctum (Janka) Seberg, Fred. & Baden. The two were placed in separate genera in 1991. Cytological evidence supports their placement in separate genera.
Type species
Festucopsis serpentii (C.E. Hibb.) Melderis
Known problems
Linde-Laursen, I., O. Seberg, S. Frederiksen and C. Baden. 1996. The karyotype ofFestucopsis serpentini (Poaceae Triticeae) from Albania studied by banding techniques and in situ hybridization. Plant Systematics and Evolution 201:75-82.
Seberg O., S. Fredriksen, C. Baden, and and I. Linde-Laursen I. 1991. Peridictyon, a new genus from the Balkan peninsula, and its relationship with Festucopsis (Poaceae)


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Sonitus Medical, Inc., a medical device company that manufactures the world's first nonsurgical and removable hearing prosthesis to transmit sound via the teeth, has received FDA clearance for its SoundBite™ Hearing System.
"Over the coming months, we look forward to introducing the product to the U.S. market in partnership with otologists and ENT physicians with an audiology practice, with a focus on good clinical practice and giving patients with single-sided deafness the choice of a new and nonsurgical treatment option," says Amir Abolfathi, CEO of Sonitus Medical.
The SoundBite Hearing System was found to be safe and effective in two pivotal clinical trials. One study evaluated the safety and efficacy of the system for 1 month in 28 patients. A second study evaluated the long-term safety of the device over a 6-month period in 22 patients.
Principal Investigator for the studies was Michael Murray, MD, an otologist with Camino Ear Nose and Throat of San Jose, Calif. "My patients were extremely happy with the SoundBite system in terms of how well it addressed their hearing problem without requiring them to undergo an invasive surgery," says Dr. Murray. "This new approach gives me a great new treatment option for my patients with single-sided deafness—patients who until now have chosen to go untreated due to the lack of an acceptable alternative."
Key safety and efficacy measures evaluated in the studies included the system's benefit and impact on auditory performance, improvement in speech intelligibility, oral health, and overall comfort. The company reports that: • 95% of patients were either satisfied or very satisfied with the performance of the SoundBite device after 6 months of wear, • 95% were also either likely or very likely to recommend the device to a friend with the same hearing problem, and • The device was found to be safe for long-term use, as there were no medical, dental, or audiologic product- or procedure-related adverse events after 6 months of wearing the SoundBite system. The removable In-The-Mouth (ITM) device showed no long-term effects on dental or periodontal tissues and was determined to be safe for long-term dental wear. It was worn on patients' natural teeth, as well as on those with fillings, restorations, crowns, root canals, and dental implants.


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Diane Addonizio 7/19/2004 5:39:25 AMVery nicely done! #149363
Patricia Marroquin 7/19/2004 7:34:36 AMSpectacular, Imran! And it's so appropriate for the monthly theme. Good luck, I expect to see this one again in the winner's circle! #658081
Imran Khan 7/19/2004 10:00:58 AMThankyou DIANE & Patricia for lovely comments. #658506
Isabel L 8/15/2004 1:04:42 AMWonderful photograph Imran! Very creative and interesting!!! Congrats on your win!!! :) #711289
Gunther Allen 8/15/2004 9:09:11 AMCongratulations on a wonderful entry and winning photo! This would be a great entry at Photoshowdown.com and the Patriotic Theme Category there! -G #712291
Imran Khan 8/15/2004 9:33:01 AMThank you Isabel and Gunther, much appreciated! #712330
Ahmad Imran 8/15/2004 12:12:34 PMNice attempt Imran - Keep it Up - Liked the photograph #712647
Patricia Marroquin 8/15/2004 10:22:25 PMI did predict we'd see this in the winner's circle. A big congratulations on a wonderful image, Imran! #713637
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Ed Isaacs 8/16/2004 4:21:20 PMGreat photo, Imran. Congratulations on your win. #715792
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Robert A. Simpson 8/19/2004 10:03:53 PMWin well deserved on this great work! Nice Job! #722441
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If you've been thinking of refinancing, mortgage experts say now is the time to take action.
Improving economic conditions, potential rate increases, and expected changes to government programs means you may soon find it more difficult and expensive to refinance your mortgage.
"People who are still waiting to refinance will realize that rates might never be this low again in our lifetime," says David Lazowski, branch manager at Fairway Independent Mortgage in Boston, MA.
Still not convinced? Read on to learn why mortgage experts say you should refinance before spring arrives.
Reason 1 - Changes to Mortgage Insurance Premiums (MIP)
Is your mortgage more than 80 percent of your home's value? If so, upcoming changes by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development could increase your refinancing costs if you wait to refinance.
In fact, effective April 1, 2013, the Federal Housing Authority's (FHA) mortgage insurance premiums are set to increase.
Currently, lenders require mortgages greater than 80 percent of the home value to be covered by mortgage insurance, and the homeowner pays the premium cost.
Richard Booth, a certified mortgage banker, explains how the increased premiums affect homeowners:
Borrowers with less than 20 percent equity will pay more, he says, impacting their budgets and ability to borrow funds. "The result will be higher monthly costs and thus borrowers will have their borrowing capacity reduced," Booth adds.
But that's not all: "Included in the many changes is the removal of the provision which permitted borrowers to drop their MIP once they reached a 78 percent Loan-to-Value (LTV), and the five year threshold," says Booth. This means that "many will be required to carry MIP for the life of the loan."
Reason 2 - Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) May Be Ending
If you qualify for a HARP refinance but haven't taken advantage of it yet, you may soon be out of luck. Our experts believe the HARP programs may be discontinued.
"The Home Affordable Refinance Program, designed to help homeowners who have lost value in their homes refinance into lower rates, has been rumored to be coming to an end," advises Booth.
Wade Lovell, a California mortgage broker, agrees that if you feel you are a candidate for a HARP refinance, don't wait to give it a shot.
"HARP 2.0 and other programs make it possible to refinance even if you are underwater by as much as 25 percent and some lenders will go even higher," Lovell says. "Without these programs, homeowners whose houses are now worth less than they owe would be unable to refinance their primary residences. These programs may be short term. Take advantage of them now."
Reason 3 - Benefits to Refinancing During Tax Season
This may come as a bit of surprise, but yes, there are some perks to refinancing during the tax season.
"One benefit of refinancing during tax season is that you will need many of the same documents needed to file your taxes," says Lazowski. "So while in the mind set of doing taxes, it makes good sense to get into the mind set of refinancing."
If you wait until after tax season to refinance, however, you may be in some trouble. For example, if you have a rate lock or guaranteed mortgage rate for a specified period of time, you may have to wait longer for the verification of your paid income tax, which is often required in a mortgage refinance application.
"After April 15th it will take you longer to get an IRS verification of your taxes being filed through a third party because of everyone filing their taxes on the due date," explains Lazowski. As a result, "This backs up the process and can take four to six additional weeks, causing rate locks to be tested."
Reason 4 - Impending Rate Increase
How would you feel if you discovered your decision to delay refinancing cost your family thousands of dollars in interest?
If rates rise, you could face just that situation. And unfortunately, you could be facing this dilemma sooner rather than later. In fact, according to Freddie Mac's "Weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey," the interest rate for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage is already on the rise from 3.34 percent on January 3 to 3.56 percent on February 21.
It is data like this that is leading experts to anticipate a continued rate increase.
"Rates have started to move off of all time lows," Lazowski says. "With the economy improving it will come as no surprise that rates will move a bit higher. With that being said, rates moving a bit higher will help to spur both purchase and continued refinance activity."
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The Waco Downtown Farmers Market brings together the best that Waco and its surrounding communities have to offer. Every Saturday morning year round, from 9 am to 1 pm, and Tuesday nights during the summer from 3-7 pm, a variety of agricultural, artisan, and culinary vendors gather next to the Brazos river to offer their wares to locals and visitors alike. Located on the grounds of an old RV park right off University Parks Dr, just down the road from the Cotton Palace Bed and Breakfast, a visit to the Waco Downtown Farmers Market is the perfect way to spend the morning. Grab a bite to eat, browse the vendors, listen to some live music, meet new friends as you enjoy the local fare, let the kids play in the grassy area, let the pups make new friends too and just soak in the best of #Wacotown.
Though the vendor line-up seems to change from week to week, you can always be assured of finding the freshest local produce and the tastiest treats. It would be impossible to include every amazing vendor in this post, but here are a few local favorites not to miss when you check out the Waco Downtown Farmers Market:
As you enter the Farmers Market, you'll probably smell them before you even see the Co-Town Crepes booth. Serving up hot, made-to-order crepes, both sweet and savory, this popular booth is always busy. With creations like peach cobbler and jalepeno popper, you won't be sorry you waited! Flavors vary from week to week check out their Facebook page for the most current info.
Cuppa offers a fresh spin on comfort food - they serve it in a cup! The menu changes but they usually offer a choice of two amazing dishes at the farmers market. You can expect to find things like homemade bacon ramen and cheese grits and Spring Salad with kale, beet greens, arugula, yellow squash and a bacon vinaigrette. Cuppa's creations are always made with about 90% of ingredients bought from a local Waco producer or farm, so you can be sure they are amazing!
Rancho Martinez Tamales are hot and fresh, featuring non-gmo corn in tasty flavor combinations of cheese & jalapeno, pastured chicken, cheese & black bean, and grass-fed beef. Great for breakfast, lunch or anytime, they offer tamales by the pair, the half dozen, or dozen, but be sure to grab a fork, because you probably won't be able to wait until you get home to try one!
Luna Juice Bar invites you to "Get All Juiced Up" with their fresh-squeezed juice combinations. Their Liquid Sunshine juice (grapefruit, orange, organic apple, ginger) is not to be missed!
Cheddar Box combines fresh local ingredients in new and interesting ways to bring you gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches that are perfect for lunch or dinner. With ingredients like Vitek's Barbeque Brisket, fresh produce, and even balsamic marinated peaches combined with mounds of gooey, melted cheese on homemade bread toasted to a perfect golden brown, this is definitely not your average grilled cheese!
For the freshest fruit around, check out Lightsey Farms. They are especially known for their peaches, figs, pears, melons, blackberries and persimmons (largest crop in the state). And fall also brings fresh creamer, purple hull and black eyed peas. Yum!
Richardson Farms are proud to be conservation minded in all their endeavors, and they offer grass fed beef, pastured chicken and pork, and free range eggs. Everything they produce is free from growth hormones and antibiotics. If you're enjoying the Farmers Market with your four-legged friends, this booth is a must - they have great dog biscuits too!
So much to see, so much to eat, so much to enjoy! The Cotton Palace Bed and Breakfast always includes fresh, local ingredients in every delicious gourmet breakfast, and the Waco Downtown Farmers Market makes it easy for you to do so as well.
What is your favorite booth at the Waco Downtown Farmers Market?
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Let's face it, the stock lights on the C6 Corvette leave much to be desired. Luckily, we have our friends at CorvetteMods.com who have searched the globe to bring us the best LED lighting replacements just in time for Christmas. Give your Corvette a lighting makeover for a unique look while improving the safety of driving at night.
One of the easiest ways to set your Corvette apart from the crowd are these super bright Eagle Eye LED Tail Lights. These are direct plug and play lights that require no modifications. The intense red LEDs offer greater illumination over the stock C6 tail lights and they can be paired with a sequential tail light harness for even a more sequencing look. Regularly priced at $449.99, they are now on sale for $299.99.
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- Date, time, and wireless service provider
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The theme that users select on their BlackBerry device determines the design of the Home screen banner.
Although you cannot add a banner to your application, you can add an indicator to the banner to provide a notification or to communicate important information about the status of your application. For example, you can include an unopened message indicator and count to provide users with new message information.
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- If you want to add an icon to the title bar, consider adding the icon only to the title bar that appears on the first screen in an application. This approach allows you to add a branded element to the title bar as well as help users differentiate the top screen in your application.
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IBM and NV Energy Team on Large Scale Smart Grid Deployment
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ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it is the systems integrator for NV Energy's Advanced Service Delivery project that includes smart grid technology, advanced meter infrastructure and meter data management. NV Energy, serving 1.4 million electric and gas customers in Nevada, is leading a comprehensive deployment of smart grid technologies, with support from the Department of Energy's (DOE) $138 million stimulus grant.
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IBM is teaming with NV Energy by providing expertise in systems integration, system architecture, business process and business analytics. In addition, NV Energy will use IBM software products to integrate new advanced metering, meter data management, and demand response systems with existing applications including customer and geographic information systems.
IBM joined with NV Energy yesterday at its 'Envision' education event to discuss the consumer benefits of smart grids, referred to as Advanced Service Delivery in Nevada, including more detail on how consumers can become active participants in managing their energy use.
"Teaming with NV Energy to support its smart grid deployment will give customers more visibility and control in managing their energy use and transform the electric network into a robust, secure and intelligent system," said Guido Bartels, General Manager, Energy & Utilities Industry at IBM and Chairman, GridWise Alliance. "Our participation in the NV Energy Envision event demonstrates our commitment to educating consumers about the opportunities and benefits of smart metering and smart grid technologies."
NV Energy's Advanced Service Delivery (ASD) project will enhance demand response to manage power load from the electric grid in order to maintain system reliability and improve energy efficiency. In addition, ASD will provide customer service improvements including new digital meters, enhanced self-service options and access to a customer portal to manage energy use.
IBM software includes WebSphere and Data Power products.
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Halloween-Inspired Bento Box Lunches
Forget decorating the house - after seeing these Halloween-inspired bento box lunches we just want to decorate our food for this weekend's festivities! These bentos are so colorfully spook-tacular that we'd be hard-pressed to mess them up by eating them:
What a neat way to incorporate some bright Halloween fun into food without going overboard with sweets! These lunches are full of healthful ingredients like purple cauliflower, "carved jack-o-lanterns" of mini bell peppers, and nori "spider webs". See more at Gamene's Flickr page.
Related: Halloween Cocktail: The Jack-O-Lantern
(Images: Flickr member Gamene, licensed for use under Creative Commons)


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So my supply is so-so to ok when I'm on Fenugreek, and pretty pathetic when I'm off it. I had accepted that maybe I was going to need to stay on it until summer break when I can be home fulltime with dd. However, the last few weeks I've been awoken with stomach aches. Pretty nasty ones - I've had salmonella before and it was similar.
So I have ruled out everything and it seems Fenugreek is the culprit. When I'm off it, no aches (also no real milk supply), when I'm on it I'm miserable.
So my question is has anyone found that fiddling with your dosage helped the aches? Or am I just in trouble?


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Okay, it's cute and it's lightweight and takes HD that'll play
on your home tv. Its USB plugs right into your computer so you
can edit and polish your movie you made with a camera that
fits in your pocket. Okay, I get it.
I'm a film guy who's worked with every big camera there is,
and Heaven help me, I have one of these.
Let me know how you like yours.
Flip MinoHD Camcorder
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A solitary goal from the midfielder was enough to wrangle top spot in Group B from Diego Simeone's men who were distinctly average on a chilly night in the Czech Republic
The game-winning goal was scored midway through the first half, as Vaclav Prochazka took advantage of some poor defending to stab the ball into the net from close range.
Atletico were rarely in it, as they were bettered for large periods of the encounter. Diego Costa would compound their misery with a red card in the 90th minute as they ultimately suffered their second European defeat in three games following a 15-game winning run in the competition.
Diego Simeone's side retained only three players from the side that lost 2-0 to Real Madrid, as his second-string side graced the Europa League once more, with the likes of 18-year-old Javi Manquillo handed his European debut.
The Czech side started favourably in below-freezing conditions, as they carved out the first real chance of the game. Frantisek Rajtoral skipped past his marker with ease, before sending a lofted ball into the box, as Marek Bakos headed somewhat tamely at Sergio Asenjo.
The visitors were distinctly second best in a closely fought opening period, though Juanfran's mazy run down the right flank saw Adrian fail to seriously trouble Matus Kozacik with a poor finish.
Viktoria did take the lead though, a testament to their comfortable opening in the Czech Republic. Atletico failed mark Vladimir Darida's inswinging corner adequately, with Prochazka latching on to a deflection to fire home after 26 minutes and seal his first goal in European competition.
The Spanish side were struggling to penetrate a resolute Viktoria defence, though when the chance presented itself, Simeone's men just couldn't capitalise. Radim Reznik allowed Diego Costa to expertly control a through ball in space, though his angled effort was well saved by Kozacik as the first half ended in the hosts' favour.
The second half began in an equally scrappy manner, as the Czech league leaders continued to frustrate their opponents and assert their authority. Emre's free-kick in a promising position deflected off the wall, as the visitors continued to seek an equaliser.
Atletico did demonstrate signs of resurgence, as Simeone opted to bring on Koke, and within seconds, the 20-year-old had a telling impact as he evaded the challenge of Reznik, before launching a fierce strike which only just cleared Kozacik's bar.
Pedro Martin bundled in an equaliser with a minute to play, before the goal was ruled out due to a foul in the build-up. In the ensuing aftermath, Diego Costa was shown a red card for pushing over a player as Simeone's side ensured it would be a night to forget.
Viktoria would hold on to seal the victory which would confirm them as Group B winners, one point ahead of Atletico, with the draw for the last 32 scheduled for next Friday.


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Timely use of antibiotics can improve the treatment of pneumonia caused by bacteria.
Antibiotics are used to treat adults with pneumonia caused by bacteria. Early treatment with antibiotics can cure bacterial pneumonia and reduce the possibility of complications.
The chart above indicates the percentage of patients who were given their first dose of antibiotics within four hours of arrival at the hospital. Patients who get pneumonia during their stay at the hospital are not counted in this measure.


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The stars did not disappoint.
And the most-celebrated closing night in NBA regular-season history not only lived up to expectations, it might have exceeded them with two performances that will be talked about for years to come.
Golden State became the first team to win 73 games in a season, Warriors guard Stephen Curry scored 46 points and topped the 400 three-pointer mark to cap what will almost certainly be his second straight MVP campaign. Kobe Bryant's career with the Los Angeles Lakers ended in most surprising fashion — a 60-point game, the first time he's gotten to that plateau since 2009.
"I think this has been an amazing day for sports fans, basketball...