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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- GeriJoy, a leading provider of avatar-based elder care services, and Pace University have been awarded a $100,000 grant from Pilot Health Tech NYC to introduce virtual senior care companions to Mount Sinai Queens Hospital.
GeriJoy provides virtual care services through the GeriJoy Companion, which appears as a lovable dog or cat in a specially configured tablet device, available to an elderly person round the clock. The pet talks with the older adult about topics including family photos, news and daily routines. The GeriJoy Companion reports back to caregivers to provide increased clinical insight and awareness of the patient's condition.
"We are honored to have been chosen by NYCEDC, Health 2.0, and their panel of experts for this award, and we are thankful for our continued partnership with the outstanding team at Pace," said GeriJoy CEO Victor Wang.
"This simple to use avatar-based technology is a one-of-a-kind 24/7 companion to older adults, especially successful for dementia and delirium patients as we found in our beta pilot studies," said Professor Jean Coppola of Pace's Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems. "GeriJoy has proven itself to have a major impact on quality of life for older adults," said nursing professor Sharon Wexler of the College of Health Professions at Pace. "We are very excited to bring this cutting edge technology to older adults hospitalized at Mount Sinai Queens."
"Victor Wang, whose genius created the GeriJoy, has been listening to our feedback and continuously improving upon his amazingly creative and insightful technology which uses a tablet computer to connect isolated older adults with live human responders 24/7," said nursing professor Lin Drury of Pace's College of Health Professions.


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Noteworthy Evening launches ASC music scholarship
A scholarship fund for Adams State College music students was launched with a unique fundraising event April 5, A Noteworthy Evening. The group of 100 music patrons first enjoyed performances by music department faculty in Leon Memorial, then danced to live jazz at a dessert reception in the college's Luther Bean Museum. The event garnered $1,325 to begin a scholarship endowment. Associate Professor of Music Tracy Doyle said, "Recruiting for any music program depends heavily on scholarship money. We hope to become more competitive financially with other music programs in the state, thereby increasing recruitment both for the department and the college as a whole."
Faculty performers included Dr. William Lipke, piano; Christine Keitges, mezzo-soprano; Beth Wagstrom, soprano; Joy Plesner, violin and viola; Matt Schildt, viola; James Doyle, vibraphone and snare drum; Jamie Van Valkenburg, euphonium; and Tracy Doyle, flute. Graduating senior pianist Charles Dickinson also performed, as well as piano accompanists Barbara Heersink and Cheryl Shults. A highlight was Lipke and Tracy Doyle's performance of Schildt's composition "Nocturnal Passage" for flute and piano, which was honored recently at Society of Composers, Inc., National Conference.
Wagstrom and Tracy Doyle also joined in with the reception's jazz combo, which featured James Doyle on percussion, Mel Lockhart on guitar, Johnny Gutierrez on bass, and Schildt on keyboard.
Tracy Doyle added the department plans to make A Noteworthy Evening an annual event. "We plan to continue raising funds and awareness for the study of music at Adams State College. The music faculty has been very proactive, generously devoting their time and talent to the cause."
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Flybe aids Ryanair's Aer Lingus bid
Airline Flybe has boosted Ryanair's hopes of a takeover of Aer Lingus by agreeing a plan to fly 43 of the Irish carrier's short-haul routes.
The proposal is part of Ryanair's attempt to persuade the European Commission that its planned 694 million euro (£596.7 million) takeover of Aer Lingus will not harm competition for Irish passengers.
Under the agreement, Flybe will receive a minimum of nine Airbus A320 aircraft and a cash injection of 100 million euro (£85.9 million) from Ryanair.
The newly created Flybe Ireland will operate from bases in Dublin and Cork, with many of the 34 European destinations served by the 43 routes already used by Flybe's UK business.
Ryanair will give Flybe the right to use the Aer Lingus brand for three years and will develop a business plan that should provide 20 million euro (£17.2 million) in pre-tax profits in the 12 months following the transfer.
The deal comes a month before the European Commission is due to give a decision on Ryanair's bid for Aer Lingus. Should the budget carrier succeed with its takeover, Flybe Ireland is expected to commence operations in time for the winter season.
Flybe chairman and chief executive Jim French said: "Flybe would be proud to have the chance to serve the Irish markets, and would be, as we seek to be throughout the rest of Europe, a good employer and corporate citizen.
"However, before Flybe Ireland can come into being there are many hurdles to overcome, not least the EC accepting the remedies offered by Ryanair in its offer to take over Aer Lingus, and then the shareholders of Aer Lingus accepting an offer from Ryanair."
Exeter-based Flybe, which flies from airports including Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster, Edinburgh and East Midlands, recently announced plans to slash costs by £35 million as it looks to stem recent losses. It has been hit by the high cost of fuel and the impact of air passenger duty hikes.


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Welcome to the DCA – Your Neighborhood Organization
The Dilworth Community Association (DCA) is a not-for-profit, all volunteer organization whose mission is to maintain the integrity of the Dilworth neighborhood. The DCA Board is comprised of eighteen members, each of whom serves a three-year term. Each year, six Board members rotate off, and six new Board members are elected to take their place. In addition, five officers are elected to lead the Board. The DCA meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm at the Tom Sykes Recreation Center at the corner of Euclid Avenue and Park Avenue. Meetings are open and all are invited. Attending a meeting is an excellent way to get involved and learn what is happening in both Dilworth and the surrounding neighborhoods, including vibrant South End. Opportunities for participation include serving on one of the DCA committees or otherwise getting involved with one of many ongoing Dilworth groups.
For more on the DCA and for meeting minutes click here. Other entirely separate groups which focus on historic preservation and with which we are often confused include: the Charlotte Historic District Commission, Preserve Historic Dilworth, and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission. Click here for an article on the difference between the HDC and the DCA.
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KALAMAZOO—For the fourth consecutive year, Western Michigan University has been named one of nation's best institutions for military veterans pursuing higher education.
In a Veterans Day release of its latest assessment, Military Times EDGE magazine has placed WMU on its 2014 "Best for Vets" list of colleges and universities. With a ranking of No. 80 among the schools rated, WMU is the only Michigan school to have appeared on all four years of the publication's annual list of the top colleges in the United States. This year, the University of Michigan joins WMU on the list, making its debut at No. 51.
In announcing the ranking that includes 86 four-year schools, 20 online entities and 14 two-year schools, the editorial group comprised of Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Times and Marine Corps Times noted that this year's assessment was driven by a focus on academic rigor in its analysis of each school's complete services for veterans.
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"As with all of the Best for Vets rankings, Best for Vets: Colleges is an editorially independent news project that evaluates the many factors that make an institution a good fit for military veterans," said Amanda Miller, editor of Military Times EDGE, in announcing this year's list.
The rankings factored in service member enrollment, percentage of tuition covered by the GI Bill, and availability of specific programs to help service members. This year's extensive evaluation process also factored in statistics commonly used to track student success and academic quality, including student loan default rates, retention rates, graduation rates and student-faculty ratio.
WMU has the largest number of veteran students of any of Michigan's public universities and has offered in-state tuition status to veterans since 2007 and veterans' dependents since 2008. In 2012, WMU and its two partner community colleges, Kalamazoo Valley Community College and Kellogg Community College, became home to a VetSuccess on Campus program for southwest Michigan. The designation, which was the first such Veterans Administration program named in Michigan, allows veterans to tap a wide array of services.


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Gavin Waters & Steven Daigle in Men Hard at Work
Synopsis: Steven is helping Gavin study for an upcoming exam. He even came up with an acronym to help him remember some of the content; A-S-S. That should be easy to remember especially when he's getting some!
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US Labor Department's EBSA to re-propose rule on definition of a fiduciary
Sep 19, 2011, 12:32 ET
Additional time ensures strongest possible protections for retirement savers, business owners
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration will re-propose its rule on the definition of a fiduciary. Consistent with the president's January executive order on regulation, the re-proposal is designed to inform judgments, ensure an open exchange of views and protect consumers while avoiding unjustified costs and burdens. When finalized, this important consumer protection initiative will safeguard workers who are saving for retirement as well as the businesses that provide retirement plans to America's working men and women. The decision to re-propose is in part a response to requests from the public, including members of Congress, that the agency allow an opportunity for more input on the rule.
"We have said all along that we will take the time to get this right to ensure that we provide the strongest possible protections to business owners and retirement savers in plans and IRAs," said EBSA Assistant Secretary Phyllis C. Borzi. "Investment advisers shouldn't be able to steer retirees, workers, small businesses and others into investments that benefit the advisers at the expense of their clients. The consumer's retirement security must come first."
Today's decision to re-propose means that this important consumer protection initiative will benefit from additional input, review and consideration. The agency agrees with stakeholders and lawmakers that more public input and greater research will strengthen the rule. This extended input will supplement more than 260 written public comments already received, as well as two days of open hearings and more than three dozen individual meetings with interested parties held by the agency.
Consistent with the president's executive order, the extended rulemaking process also will ensure that the public receives a full opportunity to review the agency's updated economic analysis and revisions of the rule. EBSA will continue to coordinate closely with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to ensure that this effort is harmonized with other ongoing rulemakings.
Specifically, the agency anticipates revising provisions of the rule including, but not restricted to, clarifying that fiduciary advice is limited to individualized advice directed to specific parties, responding to concerns about the application of the regulation to routine appraisals and clarifying the limits of the rule's application to arm's length commercial transactions, such as swap transactions.
Also anticipated are exemptions addressing concerns about the impact of the new regulation on the current fee practices of brokers and advisers, and clarifying the continued applicability of exemptions that have long been in existence that allow brokers to receive commissions in connection with mutual funds, stocks and insurance products. The agency will carefully craft new or amended exemptions that can best preserve beneficial fee practices, while at the same time protecting plan participants and individual retirement account owners from abusive practices and conflicted advice.
The agency is seeking to amend a 1975 regulation, which defines when a person providing investment advice becomes a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, in order to adapt the rule to the current retirement marketplace. The proposal's goal is to ensure that potential conflicts of interest among advisers are not allowed to compromise the quality of investment advice that millions of American workers rely on, so they can retire with the dignity that they have worked hard to achieve.
The new proposed rule is expected to be issued in early 2012. Learn more about the importance of providing protections for retirement savers by visiting EBSA's website at http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/regs/cmt-1210-AB32.html.
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U.S. Department of Labor news materials are accessible at http://www.dol.gov. The information above is available in large print, Braille, audio tape or disc from the COAST office upon request by calling 202-693-7828 or TTY 202-693-7755.
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What Makes a Great Novel? Analyzing Student-Selected Free-Choice Books
Lesson 3 of 3
Objective: SWBAT analyze a free-choice book based on a set of criteria for determining what makes a novel great.
Big Idea: "A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth." Tim O'Brien in "The Things They Carried"
We are near the end of the year. In fact, today is the last day for seniors. In years past my district has required me to give a common assessment, but this year I was able to create my own. I decided to have students write about their final free-choice reading book. Since students have just finished their Literature Circle Unit, I capitalized on this by using a passage from Yann Martel's Life of Pi and asking them to respond to their books by analyzing them against Martel's criteria for a good book. Criteria for a Good Novel .docx I offer some insight to my practice as it relates to preparing the assignment in Criteria for a Great Novel.mp4 screencast.
Prior to their arrival in class, I reminded students daily to finish their books and have them in class on the day of the final.
In this lesson, I
- introduce students to the assignment,
- read through the assignment with students,
- give students time to compose their responses.
The lesson here does two things that often result in plagiarized papers when we ask students to take a more traditional approach to writing:
- Students analyze a text using close reading strategies grounded in formalism and New Criticism.
- Students review a book, much like one would when writing a review on Amazon or on Good reads or for a blog.
Just for fun, here's a pic of my favorite reader this year. Kashish was in my class one trimester but I saw her often as she came to borrow books. When my copy of The Fault in Our Stars failed to find its way home, I purchased a copy for Kashish to read this summer before the movie comes out. She may be the last teen to have read the book! My Favorite Reader This Year: Me w/ Kashish
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I pass out the document Criteria for a Good Novel to students as they enter the room. First I check to see that they have supplies: book, paper, pen.
Next, I read through the assignment and field questions. It's important to emphasize addressing all the criteria, and it's important to remind students that they need details and quotes from their books, including parenthetical citations in their responses.
After we finish discussing the assignments, students take time to write. Most need all the available time as they are deeply engrossed in their books and in their responses.
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I gave students the choice of composing an essay or of addressing the criteria Martel establishes in responses similar to those they would use for a typical essay response.
One student wrote about Where Angels Fall and used an informal letter format for her "essay." She begins with a quote to hook other readers into the book: "Where Angels Fall" p 1 shows this. Then she begins the letter and takes care to address each of the criteria Martel establishes. This is important because it's part of the grading criteria. "Where Angels Fall" p 2 and "Where Angels Fall" p 3 show the student's approach to the assignment. The really cool thing about this end-of-the-year response is that this student began the year unable to indent a paragraph. When we wrote our Macbeth responses, she did not show paragraph divisions. Two things contribute to the improvement in her writing: My insisting that she paragraph and constantly reminding her; the student getting to write about a book of her choice.
The second student featured in this lesson took the approach of addressing each of the criteria as separate essay responses. Her paper ended up being five pages handwritten. I love that she includes a diagram in her discussion of plot. She wrote about A.S. King's Ask the Passengers, a beautifully crafted book about a young girl identifying with her sexuality. Here's the student's response: "Ask the Passengers" p 1 and "Ask the Passengers" p 2 and "Ask the Passengers" p 3 and "Ask the Passengers" p 4 and "Ask the Passengers" p 5.
And here I am with A.S. King at the 2013 NCTE Annual Convention in Boston. She graciously signed my copy of Reality Boy and posed for a picture after her signing time ended. A.S. King and Me at NCTE 2013


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Six Dutchmen named to KSAC all-star teams
Six members of the St. Marys Area Flying Dutch football team were named to the Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference (KSAC) all-star teams for the 2010 season.Senior Robert Rollick was named to the first team offensive line and first team defensive line.Junior Justin Quiggle was named to the first team offense as a slot back, while senior Kyle Schneider was named to the first team as a linebacker.Receiving second team honors were senior Kevin Hoy at fullback, junior Jimmy Werner at defensive end and junior Brian Merritt at corner back.Dutch head coach Joe Schlimm said, "I am very proud of the student-athletes from St. Marys that have been recognized by the league coaches. They have been great representatives of our school and our program. Robert, Kevin and Kyle have had great careers and have a lot of great memories to take with them. Justin, Jimmy and Brian will hopefully provide our program with strong leadership as they return for their senior season."The KSAC first team offensive line consists of Rollick, Ian Matson of Clarion, Jordan Smith of Moniteau, Devon Luzell of Punxsutawney and Madison Shobert of Brookville.At the slotback position are Quiggle and Zach Kemmer of Clarion-Limestone. Zach Sloan of Moniteau is the tight end.The wide receivers are Zak Dickey of Punxsutawney and Jared Heschke of Brookville. Caleb Delp of Redbank Valley is the fullback.The running backs are Kris Burkhart of Clarion, Jason Fallara of Punxsutawney and Ryan Kerr of Brookville, with Kyle Armagost of Moniteau as quarterback.The defense consists of defensive ends Brandon Bowser of Redbank Valley and Ben Blazevich of Punxsutawney.The defensive linemen are Rollick, Ian Matson of Clarion and Devon Luzell of Punxsutawney. The linebackers are Schneider, Caleb Delp of Redbank, Ian Weaver of Clarion and Jared Heschke of Brookville.The safeties are Kyle Armagost of Moniteau and Logan Weaver of Punxsutawney. The cornerbacks are Ethan Pry of Moniteau and Zach Dickey of Punxsutawney.Armagost is the punter and Brandon Bain of Redbank Valley is the kicker.The second team consists of the following:Offensive line: Jake Gezik of Union, Zach Kepple and Dylan Frieters of Karns City, Clay Kennemuth of Redbank Valley, Jacob Shiock of Punxsutawney and Mike Crane of Brookville. Ethan Pry of Montieau and Keaton Delp of Redbank are the slotbacks. The wide receivers are Taylor Port of Clarion and Brady Pollock of Union.Hoy is the fullback with Austin Davis of Union, Dustin Geagan of Moniteau and Alex Ford of AC Valley as the running backs and Logan Weaver of Punxsy as the quarterback. Josh Frondek of Brookville is the tight end.Werner and Frondek are the defensive ends, with Nate Ealy of Karns City, Jacob Shiock of Punxsy and Madison Shobert of Brookville as the defensive line. The linebackers are Austin Davis of Union, Dan Walters of Clarion, Jordan Smith of Moniteau and Ryan Kerr of Brookville.The safeties are Trent Corle of Union and Keaton Delp of Redbank.Merritt and Cam Yard of Brookville are the cornerbacks. Bain is the punter and Yard is the placekicker.


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UK biz needs fattening up on gov IT contracts, says No10 bod
Downing St adviser wants to spread wealth - as long as it stays in Blighty
Tim Luke, a policy adviser to Number 10, wants Blighty's government IT contracts spread more broadly and punting more money towards companies that don't to sell out abroad. He also thinks kids should be taught to code like real men.
Luke advises Downing Street on business and enterprise, and was speaking to silicon shippers and related companies at this year's Future World Symposium at Wembley Stadium. His focus was, unsurprisingly, on how the government is supercharging the domestic electronics industry, and despite briefly boarding the teach-children-to-code bandwagon, much of what he said was remarkably sensible.
One could tell he was being serious as he didn't mention Tech City nor Silicon Roundabout, only oblique references to "developments in the east of London" which were listed in conjunction with burgeoning tech centres in Cambridge, Oxford, Bristol and somewhere in Scotland.
There are, apparently, something in the region of 200,000 people involved in delivering electronics in the UK, with components being manufactured the length of the country if not the breadth, and the government is keen to see more of it too.
That means nurturing new companies, but also stopping them from selling out at the first sign of foreign dosh. UK success story Picochip was mentioned - the femtocell leader bought up by an American outfit in January. The problem is, apparently, endemic.
UK companies can raise seed cash easily enough, but when it comes to scaling then it's easier to sell out than find more investment or launch onto the public stock exchange, and the government thinks that's a loss to the British economy. Sadly there's no easy fix; government cash isn't always the answer, and changing the character of risk-adverse European VCs is probably beyond even Whitehall's capabilities.
Small companies can be allowed to fire deadweight employees under the new "no fault dismissal" currently being drafted and highlighted by Luke. But that only applies to companies with fewer than ten staff where recruiting mistakes are less common, and dismissed staff can still claim racism, sexism and half a dozen other exemptions that already account for half of employment tribunals, so the new rules won't make a huge difference.
Equally moot is the promise of lower tax on patent revenues. Fees levied on UK-filed patents will only attract ten per cent tax from next year, a move designed to encourage research and development from large companies as well as small. While such a cut might encourage Qualcomm and its ilk to ramp up UK operations, it won't help British SMBs unless they decide on patent licensing as a business model.
What would really help Blighty's small firms are fat government contracts. 85 per cent of government IT spending is split between five companies, we're told, and Luke reckons that has to change if the government is serious about encouraging the development of UK businesses.
He also couldn't resist the call for better teaching of IT, saying that children should be taught to "code and create, not just use PowerPoint". That's something of a populist war cry these days, despite the fact it denies the possibility that PowerPoint can be used creatively - the fact that PowerPoint is so often abused surely calls for more education in idea presentation, not less, but your humble hack digresses.
Other than that Luke's thoughts showed greater insight into the problems facing UK businesses than we've come to expect from a government that seems to prefer hanging around social network events to addressing proper issues. The solutions might be far from perfect, or even non-existent, but recognising the problems has got to be a good start. ®


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Pearl Walker, 84, formerly of 319 S. Beech St., St. Marys, died at 8:40 p.m. Friday, March 9, 2012, at Golden Living Center – Valley in St. Marys.
She was born April 26, 1927, in Pruden, Tenn., to Mary (Adkins) and Elvin Orick.
Services are at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Miller Funeral Home in St. Marys. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memory Gardens near Moulton.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
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Mokuhanga Wrap Up
It's been interesting to see what individuals and organizations find their way to the Drachen Foundation's doors and it proved out again as interaction at the Foundation led Ali Fujino and I to participate in the first International Mokuhanga Conference (IMC) in Kyoto, Japan. Ali, in learning more about mokuhanga (traditional Japanese woodblock printing on damp paper) attended classes taught by Richard Steiner of KIWA (Kyoto International Woodblock Association), who suggested we take part in IMC.
Kite by Nobuhiko Yoshizumi
Never the one to miss an opportunity, Richard convinced Ali, KIWA should have a kite component and the first KIWA kite exhibit was born. With sponsorship help of McClain's printmaking supplies, Cullom Gallery, and Hiromi Paper International, artists were solicited to submit woodblock prints that I would make into kites for the exhibit. Over twenty works were accepted and sent to Japan, where they were tastefully and expertly displayed by Steiner and Kyoto kite maker, Nobuhiko Yoshizumi.
In the words of Richard Steiner: "Happy faces were the rule for the kite display. Everyone knows about kites, but no one had every seen a display of them in a major exhibition like this. So many visitors had their picture taken with the kites as a background. We had a little over 1,200 visitors, a museum record for this kind of exhibition."
This exhibit ended prior to the beginning of the IMC, but the kites were shown to the IMC participants during an "open portfolio" session scheduled within the conference.
As for the Mokuhanga Conference, here is a group much like our kite world; small, international, and passionate about their art. It is a group that has a variety of linkages within; teacher-student relationships, country-to-country relations, and personal friendship to name a few. But from my observation, it is a group that does not actively look outward for new participants. So here was an opportunity for the Drachen Foundation to talk about kites – not only as a possible artistic pursuit for these artists – but as a real object, made in Japan throughout the history of mokuhanga techniques. For novice printers like Ali and myself, it was an eye-opening experience where new techniques were discussed and demonstrated, but for experienced members of the group there were numbers of workshops, valuable for topics covered – teaching mokuhanga in school art curriculum, making this art accessible in remote areas, and publicizing the value of this art to the public. All of these are discussions similar to those that might take place at an AKA Convention.
With our artist friend Chris Yuengling Niles, from Los Angeles, the Foundation will continue to offer workshop opportunities to learn mokuhanga and kites. A workshop is currently scheduled at Hiromi Paper International on September 11, 2011 led by Yuengling and myself for students, teachers, kite makers and the public.
Special awards of McClain Printmaking and Hiromi Paper International gift certificates for ten artists were awarded to:
Annie Bisset, Northampton, Massachusetts
Erin Curry, Gainesville, Florida
Mark Rice, Providence, Rhode Island
Peter Russo, Portland, Oregon
Erin Schiedler, Seattle, Washington
Ellen Tavolacci, Redding, Connecticut
David Thompson, New Haven, Connecticut
Binky Walker, Seattle, Washington
Jean Womack, Richmond, California
Christine Yuengling Niles, Los Angeles
Kites by Scott Skinner
The kites are now safely back in Seattle, and will be exhibited in the Cullom Gallery this fall. A catalog of the kites is in the works and will be released with the exhibition. Cullomgallery.com
Thank you all for making this kite print project a successful one!
Scott Skinner and Ali Fujino, Drachen Foundation, Seattle, Washington


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Karl dismayed at length of Garnett's suspension for throwing punch
By Chris Tomasson, Rocky Mountain News
January 22, 2007
Carmelo Anthony and J.R. Smith combined to get 25 games. Kevin Garnett got one.
To George Karl, the math didnt add up.
The Nuggets coach questioned the NBA for suspending Garnett, the Minnesota star, for one game for a punch that didnt connect. Meanwhile, Anthony was suspended for 15 Nuggets games for throwing a punch that connected in a Dec. 16 brawl and teammate Smith 10 games for his role in the brawl.
"I just thought it was kind of unique that everything that J.R. and Melo were blamed for, Kevin Garnett did in the same incident," Karl said. "He escalated a fight, he threw a punch, he threw a ball, and gets one game. As where J.R., I didnt think threw any punches (on replay it appears he threw one that connected). He got abused. He might have escalated the fight.
"I think its kind of unique, the interpretation. I know its a hard job, but it doesnt feel like it was a fair evaluation, especially a competitor for the division in a playoff situation."
Garnett, whose Timberwolves are battling the Nuggets in the Northwest Division, was ejected with 5:18 left in last Fridays game against Detroit after he threw a ball and a punch at Detroits Antonio McDyess. In announcing the suspension, which Garnett served Sunday at Phoenix, the NBA made no mention of the thrown ball.
"Obviously, if you land it, its 14 (more) games," Karl said. "Throwing one is one, and hitting one is 14 (more). Right now, thats the equation I read. Im just a simple guy. I couldnt pass calculus."
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The mobile space is one of the fastest-evolving in all of the technology world and because of that, it's no surprise that many companies are struggling to keep up.
From the smallest business struggling to figure out how to build a mobile-friendly website to the largest consumer internet brands struggling to build compelling mobile experiences, mobile offers just as many challenges as it does opportunities.
That begs the question: in many cases, isn't a wait-and-see approach the most sensible path forward? When it comes to mobile payments, some experts are suggesting that companies can't wait.
According to CMO.com's David Gardner, estimates peg the value of mobile payments at some $600bn within the next four years and given the near-ubiquity of mobile phones in the developed world, the rise of mobile payments would appear to be a when, not if, question.
As Dr. Siddharth Shah, Adobe's director of business analytics, sees it, "It's safe to say that mobile transactions are the wave of the future." For that reason, he suggests that "Right now the focus of CMOs should be [which] device is most appropriate for making mobile transactions better."
Mobile: it's complicated
Unfortunately, that's not an easy task. As Gardner points out, the mobile payments space looks like a "minefield." Case in point: while NFC is gaining a lot of traction, Apple has chosen, at least for the time being, to stay proprietary with its new Passbook application.
The lack of standards is just as confusing for consumers as it is for businesses, and while mobile payments are becoming more visible to consumers thanks to deals like the one forged between Square and Starbucks, until the dust has settled, there's no reason to believe that consumers are going to rush to jump on the mobile payments bandwagon. There's simply too much uncertainty.
Even so, Shah and his colleagues at Adobe argue that companies need to start making decisions now so that they're prepared when the train starts to leave the station.
But is this realistic? CMO.com's Gardner points to IAB research showing that half of the Fortune 500 doesn't even have a mobile site, which begs the question: how can companies begin to develop a mobile payments strategy when they don't even have a mobile website strategy in place?
Obviously, mobile payments and mobile websites are logically two separate discussion for many companies, but there's still the issue of whether they are ready to tackle complicated mobile decisions before they have a firm grasp on the direction of the market and what it means for them.
The only constant is change
Unfortunately, predicting the direction of mobile markets is all but impossible. The innovation cycle is simply too rapid and there's no reason to believe that this is going to change any time soon. Hardware is getting better more and more quickly, and overall capabilities are growing at an incredible rate.
With this in mind, a wait-and-see approach, however logical it may seem, may not be viable. Instead, we should consider that decisions will need to be made before there are standards and obvious winners, and that in some cases, there may never be standards and winners, at least for long. In other words, for the foreseeable future, when it comes to mobile, making some decisions before there are answers is the only way to move forward as uncomfortable as it is.
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A lot of companies are utilising mobile and others have yet to make the transition on whatever scale they deem appropriate. In time, more companies will consider the impact of mobile and start to see its real value and potential. Failing to keep up with current technological trends will only restrict your company in the long run as it's inevitable that there will soon be an even greater focus on mobile. However, you need a worthy strategy and campaign in place in order to monitor exactly how you will integrate mobile. In the case of NFC this might take a little longer as a proportion of customers need to work out the benefits first before using it as a common form of payment.
Hi! I have Samsung Galaxy and I have never heard of such app. before. But I have downloaded some app. in my phone. After reading your post the apps. you have mentioned sounds really interesting. I think it's the time I should give a try to all the above mentioned apps. Thanks for sharing and making us aware of it.
There is definitely a battle on the horizon for mobile payments. My friend has written a good blog on this subject and he talks about similar issues.
I think that the two main players are going to be Apple and Google and where Apple has so many millions of customers billing information they may have a big advantage to begin with. Is this the VHS and BETAMAX war of mobile payments maybe?
A very readable, and sensible, analysis of the mobile payments landscape here from Jerome Cle CEO of Swiff https://www.goswiff.com/documents/swiff_talk_v1_sept_2012.pdf


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8th Jan. '61
My Dear Andrew,
Yr message is
clear, strong, & right.
I feel happy that Mass.
at last has found
her voice.
I deplore every back-
ward step, whether here
The cotton states are
doomed. Even the com-
promisers, who have been
here from New York, ad-
mit that nothing can
be done to arrest them.
They are trying on the
tobacco states; I think
in vain. They will
Therlow Weed came
to see me Sunday evng
with Seward. He
admitted that he was
"alone", -- found that
he was "not wel-
come here"-- & that
the Republicans had
made up their mind
to have no compromises.
Good! I always like
but he is a politician
-- not a statesman. I
think we are in too
deep water for him.
True; we are now
away from shore, &
can only steer by the
sun & stars -- God
given guides.
The President's change
of policy disorganizes
him as a "black Repub-
lican." Genl. Scott
says the President's
change occurred on
the "2nd Jan"; -- "yes
sir, since the 2nd Jan
the Presdt has done well."
If possible, we
must avoid civil
war; indeed to
avert this dread ca-
lamity, I will give
territory & state; but
I will not give up
our principles.
But the slave masters
hurry to their doom.
Charles Sumner
The sense of insecurity
here seems to have passed
away. Had not some-
thing been done, I do
not doubt that the
capitol could have
been taken -- like the
other posts in Southern
Virginia will go
& will carry with her
There is intestine
unrevealed trouble
in Tennessee which
I do not yet com-
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January 8. 1861


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Biofuel for Jets Could Cut Carbon Emissions Over 80 Percent
By Marcia Goodrich | Published
The seeds of a lowly weed could cut jet fuel's cradle-to-grave carbon emissions by 84 percent.
David Shonnard, Robbins Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering, conducted an analysis of jet fuel made from camelina oil to measure its carbon dioxide emissions over the course of its life cycle, from planting to tailpipe. "Camelina jet fuel exhibits one of the largest greenhouse gas emission reductions of any agricultural feedstock-derived biofuel I've ever seen," he said. "This is the result of the unique attributes of the crop--its low fertilizer requirements, high oil yield, and the availability of its coproducts, such as meal and biomass, for other uses."
Camelina sativa originated in Europe and is a member of the mustard family, along with broccoli, cabbage and canola. Sometimes called false flax or gold-of-pleasure, it thrives in the semi-arid conditions of the Northern Plains; the camelina used in the study was grown in Montana.
Oil from camelina can be converted to a hydrocarbon green jet fuel that meets or exceeds all petroleum jet fuel specifications. The fuel is a "drop-in" replacement that is compatible with the existing fuel infrastructure, from storage and transportation to aircraft fleet technology. "It is almost an exact replacement for fossil fuel," Shonnard explained. "Jets can't use oxygenated fuels like ethanol; they have to use hydrocarbon replacements."
Shonnard conducted the life cycle analysis for UOP LLC, of Des Plaines, Ill., a subsidiary of Honeywell and a provider of oil refining technology. In an April 28 release, it cited Boeing executive Billy Glover, managing director of environmental strategy, who called camelina "one of the most promising sources for renewable fuels that we've seen."
"It performed as well if not better than traditional jet fuel during our test flight with Japan Airlines earlier this year and supports our goal of accelerating the market availability of sustainable, renewable fuel sources that can help aviation reduce emissions," Glover said. "It's clear from the life cycle analysis that camelina is one of the leading near-term options and, even better, it's available today."
Because camelina needs little water or nitrogen to flourish, it can be grown on marginal agricultural lands. "Unlike ethanol made from corn or biodiesel made from soy, it won't compete with food crops," said Shonnard. "And it may be used as a rotation crop for wheat, to increase the health of the soil."
Tom Kalnes is a senior development associate for UOP in its renewable energy and chemicals research group. His team used hydroprocessing, a technology commonly used in the refining of petroleum, to develop a flexible process that converts camelina oil and other biological feedstocks into green jet fuel and renewable diesel fuel.
As to whether we will all be flying in plant-powered aircraft, his answer is, "It depends."
"There are a few critical issues," Kalnes said. "The most critical is the price and availability of commercial-scale quantities of second generation feedstocks. Today the cost for camelina, and other second-generation feedstock options like jatropha and algae, remains higher than the cost of crude oil, and there are still only limited amounts available. Further technology development is needed to drive down the costs and ramp up to commercial-scale harvesting. We are seeing great momentum in this area and believe that biofuels made using camelina will be commercially available for blending into the diesel and jet fuel supplies in the next three to five years. This is much sooner than many imagined."
Additionally, more farmers need to be convinced to grow a new crop, and refiners must want to process it.
"But if it can create jobs and income opportunities in rural areas, that would be wonderful," he said.
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.


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Ten of the 11 city councilors are supporting a motion authorizing City Manager Michael V. O'Brien to negotiate a host agreement with the group that wants to develop a slots parlor on the 14-acre Wyman-Gordon property on Madison Street.
In a statement released today, Mayor Joseph M. Petty said the order, which will be voted on by the City Council at its April 23 meeting, is not an endorsement by the council of the proposed slots parlor.
Instead, he said, the intent of the council action is to get a host agreement negotiated so it can then be put "before the people of this community so that they may exercise their right to be educated and to vote on this all important topic."
The mayor said the order is endorsed by himself, District 1 Councilor Tony Economou, District 5 Councilor William J. Eddy, Councilor-at-Large Michael J. Germain, Councilor-at-Large Joseph C. O'Brien, District 2 Councilor Philip P. Palmieri, District 4 Councilor Sarai Rivera, Councilor-at-Large Frederick C. Rushton, District 3 Councilor George J. Russell and Councilor-at-Large Kathleen M. Toomey.
Councilor-at-Large Konstantina B. Lukes, the lone councilor not endorsing the order, is the only member to publicly come out against the slots parlor proposal.
"This order is to request the city manager to negotiate the best host agreement on behalf of the residents," Mr. Petty said in his statement. "It is not our purview to decide if gaming is right or wrong or should or shouldn't happen.
"Gaming is coming to Massachusetts - that is a fact," he added. "What is our purview is to make sure the developers who have selected Worcester as their preferred location have a full understanding of our community.
"This decision will not be one forced down upon anyone. Nor will it be without significant public participation and nor will it be anyone but the voters who ultimately decide if we have a slot parlor in the City."
The mayor said the City Council does pledge to fight for the best agreement the city can get. He said it also pledges to make sure that every voter in the city has the accurate information to make an informed decision at the polls.
Mass Gaming & Entertainment LLC, one of four applicants for the only slots license that will be awarded by the state, recently announced its selection of the Wyman-Gordon property as the location for its "destination gaming facility."
The $240 million project, which would include a 120,000-square-foot building that would also house two restaurants, a food court, a bar and possibly a day spa, is viewed by some as an economic boost that would bring as many as 600 jobs to the city.
Meanwhile, the hotel, which would be built on a yet-to-be disclosed downtown site, would include restaurants, meetings rooms and a ballroom.
The council Tuesday night set into motion a vote to authorize the city manager to negotiate a host agreement.
Mr. Eddy introduced an order to have the council take such a vote, which would in effect set the stage on whether the slots proposal would proceed, or possibly be stopped in its tracks.
But the council vote never took place. Mrs. Lukes exercised her right on the council's rules to hold the item until its next meeting, which will be held April 23.
Based on information it received from the city administration the previous week about the process that has to be followed regarding the gaming issue, the council was under the impression that it had no say on the matter as a collective body.
Instead, members believed the first thing that had to be done was to have the city manager negotiate a host agreement with the developer. That host agreement would then be put before the voters in a referendum election.
But Mr. Rushton said he asked for clarification of the council's role after reading a newspaper story regarding a casino proposal in Milford. The board of selectmen has indicated that it might choose not to move forward or enter into a host agreement with a casino developer there because of unresolved issues.
City Solicitor David M. Moore told the City Council Tuesday night that the city manager is responsible for negotiating and signing the host agreement. It also does not require council approval.
But the council can take a vote on authorizing the city manager to move forward with the negotiations.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Lukes, who referred to the council discussion on the matter Tuesday night as nothing more than "gobbledygook," said city councilors are failing to provide leadership on the issue by not taking a stand one way or other on the gaming issue.
She said she held Mr. Eddy's motion Tuesday because the council was taking a stand on the issue by using "convoluted language."
In addition, Mrs. Lukes said Wednesday afternoon that the statement by Mr. Petty has prompted her to file an open meeting law violation complaint with the city clerk's office.
"When 10 people sign onto this statement, what that means is they were deliberating but it was not done in an open meeting," she said. "It counts as a deliberation because 10 people were acting in unison."
Mrs. Lukes said no one asked her whether she wanted to endorse the order.
"This is getting much more heated as time goes on," she said. "This will be combative and emotional until the election is held."
Bob Kievra of the Telegram & Gazette staff contributed to this report.


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X3D Technologies GmbH, the leading creator of "glasses-free" 3D display screens, uses Mathematica for almost all of its product development. The company designed a 3D projection wall display with a diagonal screen size of over 15 feet (4.5 meters), which is believed to be the world's largest ever and has been featured in the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi, Japan. Mathematica was essential to the realization of this technological breakthrough and the timeframe in which it was accomplished.
Development and Testing
"Glasses-free" 3D means that viewing aids such as glasses or virtual-reality helmets are not needed—the lifelike images can be seen by the naked eye at wide viewing angles and arbitrary positions. These stereo images consist of multiple, layered, 2D images or perspectives, and a key problem is to find the best distribution of perspectives that correspond to create a high-quality 3D visualization. Mathematica enables X3D Technologies GmbH to study the optical properties of these 3D images and systems, and to quickly check the effects of possible modifications. It also allows development and testing of the proprietary algorithms the company uses to produce 3D projection displays.
"The success of our 3D-display technology was due to using Mathematica from the beginning," said Dr. Ingo Relke, author, developer, and manager of the 3D projection system. "The combination of symbolic and numeric evaluations with the ability to produce image processing has allowed us to obtain fast, high-quality results and correctly inform the direction of subsequent development."
Future Applications
The creation of a large-scale glasses-free 3D display has very exciting implications for future projects in a broad array of fields, including the computer and film industries, engineering, and environmental sciences, to name a few. X3D Technologies GmbH also produces and tests other screens—all developed using Mathematica evaluation technology—ranging in size from ones for cellphones and PDAs, to midsize screens for medical imaging and gaming devices, to larger LCD and plasma screens of up to 50 inches for advertising and entertainment purposes.
- Read an abstract of a presentation by Dr. Ingo Relke on creating stereo images for 3D displays.


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If you're feeling out of sorts because of the economy and you're wondering where to turn for help, you can find it in the online Special Report on the Economy section we've posted on our Web site.
Consultants Rick Caro, Casey Conrad and Karen Woodard-Chavez have written articles on cost cutting, marketing and selling in today's economy. Stuart Goldman, managing editor, spoke to industry veterans to see what they are doing to boost ancillary revenue, and I spoke to AJ Mushtaq, CFO at Titan Fitness Holdings, about financing options in today's market. In addition, the section includes a previously printed article about how four clubs maintain their high retention rates.
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text: With all this talk about alternative vs. established sales schemes in the motorcycle industry, it seems fitting that we hear now that Kawasaki has decided to take its Costco sales referral program nationwide. We reported a while back that Kawasaki was teaming up with Costco, in a program that saw the wholesale supply chain acting as a sales lead for local dealers. At the time, the program was only in the trial phase, but it seems now Team Green liked the results, and has decided to take the program across the US.


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2011 Toy Drive for children with cancer
Dr. Christine J. Coke of Allen is once again collecting new, unwrapped toys and gift cards from Toys R' Us, Target or WalMart to donate to the Children's Cancer Fund to benefit children undergoing treatment for cancer.
Donations can be dropped off at Dr. Coke's office, 107 Suncreek Drive, Ste. 200 in Allen by Saturday, Dec. 17. You can also arrange to have donations picked up by calling Dr. Coke's office at 214-383-1380, or by calling Linda Lucky any time at 214-632-9271.
Cocktails for a Cause Red Ribbon Bash
The Cocktails for a Cause Red Ribbon Bash, benefiting Resource Center Dallas, begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, at Central 214 at Hotel Palomar, 5300 E. Mockingbird. Admission is $25.
Hardy Candy Christmas benefit show and auction
Miss IGRA Victoria Weston, Trisha Davis and Donna Dumae host the 25th annual Hardy Candy Christmas benefit show and auction, presented by TGRA-Dallas and the United Court of the Lone Star Empire on Saturday, Dec. 10, starting at 8 p.m., at Dallas Eagle, 5740 Maple Ave.
Proceeds benefit TGRA and UCLSE and the organizations they have chosen as beneficiaries.
Other events coming up at Dallas Eagle include the Stocking Stuffers Auction benefiting PPF on Dec. 16 and UCLE's Jingle Ball Golden Rings 5 benefiting Youth First Texas on Dec. 17.
Christmas Stocking Auction at The Round-Up
The Round-Up Saloon, 3912 Cedar Springs Road, will hold its annual Christmas Stocking Auction on Sunday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m., and preview baskets will be on display in the bar on Saturday, Dec. 10.
Proceeds benefit Legacy Counseling Center and Legacy Founders Cottage.
Black Tie Dinner check distribution party
The Black Tie Dinner committee will distribute checks representing proceeds from its 30th annual dinner, held last month, to the Human Rights Campaign and the dinner's 17 local beneficiaries on Thursday, Dec. 15, at 6 p.m. at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood. Those attending will also have the chance to visit the exhibit The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, now on display at the museum.
Go online to BlackTie.org for information.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition December 9, 2011.


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July 16, 2013
Designer We're Digging: Alexander Lewis
In need of a fresh designer muse? Look no further than up-and-comer Alexander Lewis, whose pre-fall collection is just right for the summer-to-fall transition. Influenced by the culture clash he experienced after moving from his hometown of Brazil to London, The globe-trotting designer's pre fall lineup brings together both old and new school style to reflect ultra-chic, modern femininity. Browse some of our favorite looks from his collection for wearable outfit ideas to rock all season long.


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Warm flannel pajamas and cozy slippers on a brisk December afternoon. Pizza and pretzels, cookies and lemonade. Face painters, costumed characters, crafts. The giddy abandon of parading around a place more typically associated with culture and refinement while blowing on kazoos.
A play based on a favorite childhood book. A cast of characters clearly devoted to the excellence of their craft. And the company of two young children who have become very dear to me in the two and a half years I have known their family.
A few blocks away, a group of graduate design students near the end of a semester-long project. As I sit with two wide-eyed children in a darkened theater at Tempe Center for the Arts, these students prepare for a performance of their own. Their final review is Tuesday and the stakes are high. Not just for them, though this project will likely be part of any future career-related discussions and job interviews. More pressing than that are thoughts of a trusting, grateful community in a remote Ethiopian village where a lot of people are counting on them.
Their task: designing a campus where 2,500 children — some who walk to school each day from up to 10 kilometers away — will be educated. The process has been exhilarating, agonizing, exhausting. The hard work and long hours have been full of frustrating uncertainty, conflicting opinions and the challenges of team dynamics. The determination to persist came from a place of higher accountability than grades or degrees. Unlike most graduate-level design studios, where final plans remain theoretical, these plans will be used to build a school.
A school that the parents of my two young theater companions have pledged to build.


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Craig surprised me by making this very delicious, and healthy salad, to bring to my brother's BBQ for the 4th of July. The recipe is posted at the very bottom of this page.
Before I share the recipe-- and I think it's worthy of being shared with all of you-- I have to say that I drew some interesting reactions from guests who met me for the first time. Someone asked why I was taking a picture of a salad. My brother's girlfriend, Susan, quickly explained that I'm a "Foodie" and I have a food blog.
Fred's friends took it in stride, and eventually started teasing me when it was time to eat dessert. I was asked if I had photographed it, before they started serving themselves. Can you fellow food bloggers relate to this?
My brother made his wonderful grilled shrimp. Fred butterflies the shrimp and marinates it in olive oil, lemon, garlic, herbs and salt and pepper.
He grilled these with sausages and some beef, for the carnivores...
But, I only had eyes for the shrimp ...
This tasted great with Craig's salad and the Garlic Cheese Bread that I made. I have a confession to make-- I did not make the Texas Sheet Cake, like I said I would. My brother said that they had plenty of desserts, and they were right. These were two of my favorites:
Thanks, Ashley, for bring this beautiful tart from Gayle's Bakery--filled with pastry crema and fresh berries and whipped cream!
I tell you the truth-- it was delicious! It reminds me of key lime pie, but a lighter more chiffon texture to it. Ilene says she'll give me her top secret recipe, but I had to promise I would not post it. It's top secret. Sorry. Has anyone ever made this? So, here's a photo of it. I'll have to recreate this, because it was light and very refreshing.
My brother is a life-long musician and a darned good photographer. He's getting ready to market his private collection of photographs-- including the Monterey Pop Festival 1967 (yes, I was there). He has beautiful black and white photos of Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, Brian Jones (one of the original members of the Rolling Stones) and many famous musicians of the '60's, 70's and 80's.
Pictured: Craig and a few of Fred's own photographs. If you're a "Dead Head" then, you'll recognize Jerry Garcia on the lower left, Dizzy Gillespie.I took a few shots of his small dining room that he has converted into his music equipment room. If you're a fan of groups like the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Doobie Brother, Moodly Blues-- and so many other groups-- Fred has all of his backstage passes mounted on the wall. There are so many. He has signed drum sticks from "The Who", a piece of Jimi Hendrix guitar, autographed... Rock & Roll memorabilia! This is truly, a bachelor musician's home.
Of course, a visit to my brother's house always ends up with his friends plugging in one of his vintage collection of guitars and the singing and music starts up. I've grown to love this. Pictured on the bottom right is Peter Cor, who has written several songs for Earth, Wind & Fire (and is very low key about telling you). He's from New York and I adore his infectious laugh and sense of humor.
Yes, I had a lot of fun. Susan and I got caught up in photographing each other!
I so would love to have that camera, but I think my brother would notice it was gone.If you find yourself in Santa Cruz on July 26th for the "Wharf-toWharf race", keep your eyes peeled for his group "The Noisy Neighbors". Every year, there are dozens of bands who set up along the runner's route (which is right where my brother's house is"). If you like to hear true rock 'n roll, request any song and I guarantee they can play it. You never know which celebrity or studio musician will be playing music-- Santa Cruz is known for surfing, music and a lot of "earth muffins". It's an interesting place to visit.
Enjoying Life,


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David Magier Appointed Director of New Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research
NEW YORK, April 23, 2007 David Magier has been appointed Director of the Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research (CHRDR) at Columbia University Libraries, an international documentation center for the global human rights movement.
The Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research was formed as the result of three prominent Human Rights organizations choosing Columbia University to house their vast collections of documents. The archives of Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International USA, and the Committee of Concerned Scientists are administered by Columbia's Rare Book and Manuscripts Library, and several other important organizations, including Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights) and Physicians for Human Rights have indicated a strong interest in depositing their archives at Columbia as well. This remarkable body of material (spanning more than 3,700 linear feet) details each organization's decades of human rights work, making CHRDR the most extensive compilation of human rights archives available anywhere. The CHRDR archives complement Columbia's existing human rights programs, many of which will draw on these new resources for teaching and research.
"It is impossible to overestimate the importance of learning from our past. This is especially true of the life-saving work in the human rights field, which has advanced so rapidly over the last 40 years. We are very grateful to the Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research at Columbia University Libraries for preserving the history of our crucial global work," said Larry Cox, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA.
As Director, Magier will manage the activities of CHRDR. Along with the core archives of human rights NGOs, the Center maintains a professional archiving staff, a depositor advisory board, and is developing ongoing programs of human rights lectures, exhibitions, conferences, publications, and other activities.
Columbia University Libraries is one of the top ten academic library systems in the nation, with 9.2 million volumes, over 65,650 serials, as well as extensive collections of electronic resources, manuscripts, rare books, microforms, and other nonprint formats. The collections and services are organized into 25 libraries, supporting specific academic or professional disciplines. Columbia Libraries employs more than 400 professional and support staff to assist faculty, students, and researchers in their academic endeavors. The Libraries' website at www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/ is a gateway to its print and electronic collections and to its services.
The Rare Book and Manuscript Library owns over 600,000 rare books in some 20 book collections and almost 26 million manuscripts in nearly 2,600 separate manuscript collections. It is particularly strong in English and American literature and history, classical authors, children's literature, education, mathematics and astronomy, economics and banking, photography, the history of printing, New York City politics, librarianship, and the performing arts. Individual collections are as eclectic as they are extensive. For additional information about the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, please call 212-854-5153.


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Yesterday, during my lunch hour, I drove to my favorite clothing store. They were having a sale I couldn't resist and I always find something that I like. I was chatting with a sales woman, and I kept noticing a woman with a very friendly smile who kept looking at me. At first, I thought it was my fresh hair cut (short and sassy), but then... she finally walked up to me and asked if I have a food blog!
Paula Deen, Ina Garten, Rachel Ray-- eat your heart out! I was tickled pink that a total stranger recognized my photo on my humble little food blog!
It didn't take long for me to narrow down that a mutual friend of ours sent my blog link to this lovely woman. I jokingly asked if she wanted my autograph-- I think, for a moment, she thought I was serious. Monterey, California is a small town, indeed. Still, our interaction made me smile for a long while... and, darn it, I forgot her name! Psssssssssst, if you're reading this, would you email me privately and remind me?
Speaking of Food Network celebs-- and this is my segway for mentioning Food Network's newest star, Melissa d'Arabian.
I admit that I did "Tivo" this season's competition and that I watched most of the episodes in fast forward. I had a feeling that Melissa would win, because she is so "relatable" to home cooks (that would be me) who want to learn how to make meals that are budget conscious but have a touch of "gourmet" to them. Melissa shares useful tips so that viewers shouldn't feel intimidated about making her recipes. I thought Melissa had promising talent and she sure seemed to impress the judges with her pastry skills. I do question Food Network's wisdom in naming her show "Ten Dollar Dinners". I'm curious to see how she can pull off meals for under $10.00 that are nutritious and healthy...and don't come in a can or package mix like that other show...you know, the Semi-Homemade one with the gaudy tablescapes...
Her pilot show featured a recipe for a Potato-Bacon Torte. This recipe certainly isn't low in calories, but might be worth a try on a cold and rainy day.While Melissa seemed very nervous (and I winced at her digs about her mother-in-law), I think she did a pretty good job in showing how to make a butter based pie crust. I made a mental note to try this recipe, or at least just the crust... someday...
Lo and behold, I had another busy day at the office right after watching this show. I had not prepared a meal plan (which I usually try to do) and I didn't have time to shop. So, I thought of Melissa's recipe and I improvised a fast meal loosely based on her recipe.
Forgive me, but I didn't take a lot of photos and I really don't have a recipe to share. (Truthfully, I wanted to post something, because I miss having free time to post more often.) Anyway, here I go...
I had russet potatoes, onion, bacon and eggs in the fridge. It was already 6:30pm and I was starved (having just finished 30 minutes of after work swimming).
Using a technique from Cook's Illustrated, I peeled 1 large russet potato and sliced it fairly thin with a mandoline. I microwaved the potatoes for about 5 minutes and then set them aside.
In the meantime, I chopped and cooked the bacon in a cast iron skillet and then minced one small yellow onion. I pushed the bacon aside, in the skillet, and proceeded to caramelized the onion until lightly brown (about 5 minutes or so). Using a slotted spoon I removed the bacon and onion and left just a small amount of bacon fat in the skillet.
The potatoes were layered, seasoned with kosher salt and pepper and then I spread the bacon and onion. I almost added sun-dried tomatoes, but my son doesn't like them.
I found a leftover wedge of Cotswold Cheddar cheese with chives and grated that on top. Gruyere would work really well, too.
NOTE: I wish I had thought to pick a bell pepper from my backyard. I think it would have kicked up the flavors.
I whisked 6 eggs with a little milk and poured this on top and let this cook on a medium-low heat for about 5 minutes...
Then, under the broiler until lightly golden brown and until the eggs seemed set. Set that aside for a few minutes. I decided to put a dollops of low-fat sour cream on top (what the heck...)
It was quick and filling, and very inexpensive. My boys hungrily polished it off. My son raved about it being one of the best things I ever made. Men! Give them bacon and the smell of caramelized onions and they're happy...
Hmmmm... could I be the next Food Network Star?
Not in your life! I could never make it past the first challenge. It's brutal! I admire any contestant who is willing to have their food criticized by Chef Royalty on national television. As long as my family is happy with what I serve them, I feel like a Home Cook Star. That's all that matters to me.
What do you think of Melissa d'Arabian? Who's your favorite celebrity chef?
PS: I'm going to do some serious cooking and baking this weekend. I have way too many tomatoes to eat, so I see tomato basil soup on my food plan! I promise to have my camera ready and I hope I post some new recipes that you will enjoy. It's such fun being a food blogger!


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Two months later, Science and Dryad are publicly releasing a data set of 28 million download request records from 1 September 2015 through 29 February 2016, timestamped down to the second. Each includes the DOI of the paper, allowing as rich a bibliographic exploration as you have CPU cycles to burn. The 3 million IP addresses have been converted into arbitrary codes. Elbakyan converted the IP addresses into geolocations using a database I purchased from the company Maxmind. She then clustered each geolocation to the coordinates of the nearest city using the Google Maps API. Sci-Hub users cluster to 24,000 unique locations.
The big take-home? Sci-Hub is everywhere. Most papers are being downloaded from the developing world: The top 3 countries are India, China, and Iran. But the rich industrialized countries use Sci-Hub, too. A quarter of the downloads came from OECD nations, and some of the most intense download hotspots correspond to the campuses of universities in the US and Europe, which supposedly have the most comprehensive journal access.
But these data have many more stories to tell. How do the reading habits of researchers differ by city? What are the hottest research topics in Indonesia, Italy, Brazil? Do the research topics shift when the Sci-Hub night owls take over? My analysis indicates a bimodal distribution over the course of the day, with most locations surging around lunchtime, and the rest peaking at 1am local time. The animated map above shows just 2 days of the data.
Something everyone would like to know: What proportion of downloaded articles are actually unavailable from nearby university libraries? Put another way: What is the size of the knowledge gap that Sci-Hub is bridging?
Download the data yourself and let the world know what you find.
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Gallo George
Although the tower broken and discontinuous, the route is pleasant and the difficulties continuous throughout, apart from the second short pitch. The exit onto the summit is particularly beautiful. Rock quality tends to be good but in some places it can be tricky and requires attention. The difficulties (max 5 +), length (240m), bolts, fast approach (1 hour) and easy descent are all factors which make this route well worth repeating, especially in unstable weather.
Take the road which leads from Cortina to Passo Giau, park on the left, circa 100m after the signs for "Muraglia di Giau". From here an obvious path leads to Torrione Marcella.
Cross the alpine meadows towards Torrione Marcella to the col and the obvious path used to descend from the route Nikibi.
Full rack. The route is bolt protected. Take some Friends and slings. 1 x 60m single rope or 2 half ropes. 12 quickdraws.
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Salmonella outbreak at Holiday Inn Bordeaux restaurant sickened 100
Salmonella outbreak at Holiday Inn Bordeaux restaurant sickened 100
State health officials have identified the source of a salmonella outbreak that made at least 100 people sick in Cumberland County.
The Fayetteville Observer reports that the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services identified the source Tuesday as the All American Grill in the Holiday Inn Bordeaux. Officials couldn't identify the specific food source of the salmonella bacteria, but said the bacteria was likely spread through cross-contamination of food products and restaurant surfaces.
The outbreak occurred in May.
Cumberland County and state health investigators also said some employees continued working after contracting salmonellosis and may have contributed to the spread of the bacteria and contamination of food products.


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