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Welcome to the daily updated info on the private lagoons project in the northeast of Brazil, at Camboas Beach (Praia do Camboas or Praia do Capim Acu).
Camboas is located between Lagoinha and Paracuru, about 1 hour drive from Cumbuco, or 1.5 hours from the airport in Fortaleza.
The wind blows almost daily between August and January, and in the off-season about 60% of the time.
The area now gets developed and will be very special, with up to 3 lagoons and exclusive houses.
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Strabismus happens when eye muscles don't work together, because of faulty development of the nerve pathway from one eye to the brain.
Q: I am tired of being embarrassed about my one eye that's misaligned. I'm 28, just moved to a new city for a new job, and I know it doesn't make a great first impression. Sometimes people assume I'm stupid, and trying to meet women is really frustrating and uncomfortable. What can I do?
— Alton G., Little Rock, Ark.
A: Strabismus (that's the medical term for eyes that don't align properly) happens when eye muscles don't work together, because of faulty development of the nerve pathway from one eye to the brain. When the condition is treated early in life (it's the most common cause of vision problems in children), chances are good that therapy will do the trick and surgery may not be necessary.
However, when left untreated, therapy alone might not work. Plus, you also may have to deal with lazy eye, or amblyopia. That happens when the affected eye's visual messages stop being fully processed by your brain. This can narrow your field of vision, affect depth perception, trigger double vision or even shut off sight altogether.
Fortunately, there's been a revolution in treatments for adults with your condition. That means you might be able to have your eyes realigned and possibly reverse some of your vision problems. There's now a surgery using adjustable sutures that allows the surgeon to tune the sinews of your eye muscles — like Yo-Yo Ma tuning his cello — into perfect alignment. Also, injections of botulinum toxin (Botox) can temporarily relax strong eye muscles, making the weak muscles work harder. The theory? When the drug wears off, your eye muscles will be balanced and your eyes will align. (If you try this, make sure you choose an expert in treating strabismus this way.) These techniques, coupled with an eye patch, glasses and drops, may mean that pretty soon you'll feel a lot more confident on the job and in your social life.
For a referral to an ophthalmological surgeon who specializes in treating adults with this condition, contact the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus: 415-561-8505, or www.aapos.org.
Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of "The Dr. Oz Show," and Mike Roizen, M.D. is Chief Medical Officer at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute. Submit your health questions at www.doctoroz.com.


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Return to 2010 Fellows Class listing.
José M. Almiñana, ASLAAndropogon Associates, Ltd.
José Almiñana, nominated in the Service Category by the Pennsylvania/Delaware Chapter, is an outstanding advocate for the importance of landscape architect involvement in planning and development. His groundbreaking projects, public service, and cross-discipline collaboration have positioned landscape architects at the core of the sustainability movement. His firm's work in rainwater management, bioengineering design, and the ecological remediation of urban landscapes weaves together the landscapes of man and nature for the benefit of both. As a key player in the Sustainable Sites InitiativeTM (SITESTM) and a frequent lecturer, Almiñana is among the leading landscape architects of his generation. He has bachelor's degrees in architecture from the Central University of Venezuela and construction review from the College of Engineers of Venezuela and a master of landscape architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.
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William D. Almond, ASLAWPL
Virginia Beach, VA
Billy Almond, nominated in the Service Category by the Virginia Chapter, has focused his skills as an articulate advocate for landscape architecture on the successful 12-year campaign for practice licensure in Virginia. As current chair of the Virginia Licensure Committee and a member of the national Licensure Committee, he continues the ASLA "50 by 2010" goal of securing licensure for landscape architects in all 50 states. By example and through his powers of persuasion, he inspires his fellow professionals to become engaged within their local and state government. In his own community service, Almond has assured that landscape architects are closely involved with planning and development projects that affect the Chesapeake Bay. Regionally, this includes tree-protection code requirements he inspired in states surrounding the bay. He received his bachelor of landscape architecture with distinction from Virginia Tech.
James P. Ballantyne, ASLA
Visions Landscape Architectural Services
London, Ontario
James Ballantyne, nominated in the Knowledge Category by the ASLA Council of Fellows, has integrated digital design into landscape architecture for the past 20 years through his practice, research, and teaching. Among his successes in transforming the way landscape architects conceive and configure space and objects are the establishment of the first ASLA bulletin board; a system to automatically convert 2-D conceptual plans to working drawings; and the ASLA CADdetails product information web site. Cross-platform interoperability remains the main focus of Ballantyne's research into object-oriented automation of the landscape architectural process. The tools he derives from his work make it possible to evaluate the life-cycle effects of design and specification decisions in the studio on the fly. He received his landscape architecture degree from the University of Toronto.
J. Robert Behling, ASLA
EDSA Inc.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Robert Behling was nominated in the Works Category by the Florida Chapter, which recognizes his body of collaborative work. He has advanced the state of the art of landscape design and educated the public through his many interpretive centers and resort destinations. With more than 300 projects in 40 countries worldwide, he has changed the face of tourism and interpretive centers with his outdoor learning spaces and living demonstrations and has dramatically improved the economies of countries in which his projects have been developed. Behling has created a resort-destination business model that embraces a philosophy of integrating the work of owners and builders to produce projects that are visually exciting, functional, profitable, safe, and sustainable. He earned his bachelor of landscape architecture and environmental planning from Utah State University.
Pamela M. Blough, ASLAP. M. Blough Inc.
Grand Haven, MI
Pamela Blough was nominated in the Leadership/Management Category by the Michigan Chapter. Her business acumen, applied through national and chapter leadership positions, effectively prepared ASLA to weather the recession nearly unscathed. She helped business owners plan for survival and growth and advised students on getting jobs in the profession. Further, her work as an arborist in Michigan has expanded the role of landscape architecture into forestry. For 20 years, Blough persisted to get a practice act passed in Michigan, and she shares the valuable lessons learned with colleagues and students at the chapter and national levels. She believes that the smallest of communities benefits from landscape architecture and universally accessible public accommodations. She earned her bachelor of landscape architecture and master of business administration degrees from Michigan State University.
Earl Broussard, ASLATBG Partners
Austin, TX
Earl Broussard was nominated in the Leadership/Management Category by the Texas Chapter. He is a teacher, mentor, advocate, elected official, and founder of one of the largest landscape architecture firms in the Southwest. The firm's landscapes encompass the iconic entirety of the Texas cultural landscape, including the state capitol, the governor's mansion, and the Alamo. As a six-term city councilman, he is the first landscape architect in Texas to hold an elected public office. During that time, he established landscape preservation codes for West Lake Hills and advanced public appreciation of the value of landscape architecture. Broussard co-led the campaign to bring Texas a landscape architecture practice act. Broussard earned his bachelor of landscape architecture from Louisiana State University and his master of landscape architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Ignacio F. Bunster-Ossa, ASLA
Wallace Roberts & Todd LLC
Ignacio Bunster-Ossa was nominated in the Works Category by the Pennsylvania/Delaware Chapter. An architecture graduate fascinated early in his career by the value of landscape design, he stands today as one of the most respected landscape architects in the United States, with a focus on public places and their integration into the urban realm. Among the many notable urban landscapes, new communities, university campuses, waterfronts, parks, and civic spaces that have benefited from his planning and landscape design expertise are the Georgetown Waterfront Park and Anacostia Waterfront in Washington, DC; Nashville's Public Square; the Trinity River Corridor in Dallas; and Palisades Park in Santa Monica, CA. Bunster-Ossa earned his bachelor of architecture degree from the University of Miami and master of landscape architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.
Jon Bryan Burley, ASLA
Michigan State University
Perrinton, MI
Jon Burley was nominated in the Knowledge Category by the ASLA Executive Committee. He is one of the most accomplished landscape architect researchers in the country, with more than 250 scholarly papers based on his award-winning studies on topics as diverse as landscape reclamation after mining activity, visual quality in the landscape, urban sprawl, roadside ecology, wildlife habitat modeling, GIS, and landscape architectural history. Burley serves as an international ambassador for the profession, with his lectures, published papers, and research collaborations reaching scholars and practitioners in more than a dozen countries around the world. He earned his bachelor of landscape architecture with distinction from the University of Minnesota, master of landscape architecture from the University of Manitoba, and PhD in landscape architecture from the University of Michigan.
Susan Cohen, ASLASusan Cohen Landscape Architect
Riverside, CT
Susan Cohen was nominated in the Leadership/Management Category by the Connecticut Chapter in recognition of her considerable energy, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial skills and the programs she develops to give the public a better understanding of how landscape architects shape our environment. One notable example is her Landscape Design Portfolio Series, in which she brings together renowned landscape architects and the public through well-publicized and -received presentations in New York City. This program, held in conjunction with the New York Botanical Garden, has drawn standing-room-only crowds for all of its 12 years. She also worked with Smith College to re-establish its Landscape Studies Program after a 50-year hiatus. She earned her BA in English from Smith College and BS in urban landscape architecture from the City College of New York.
Diane M. Dale, ASLA
William McDonough + Partners
Charlottesville, VA
Diane Dale was nominated in the Works Category by the ASLA Executive Committee. Her skills in analysis, strategic thinking, and communication are highly effective in addressing the challenges of community planning. Her firm's approach is to translate architectural and engineering strategies into a language that focuses on the integration of spatial planning, site systems, and built form. As a landscape architect/lawyer, she commands the multidimensional insight necessary to direct cross-discipline community-planning work globally. Dale has been recognized often for her work and is a frequent conference speaker. She earned her bachelor of landscape architecture from SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, her master of landscape architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, and her JD from the University of Virginia.
George F. Dark, ASLAUrban Strategies
Toronto, Ontario
George Dark was nominated in the Leadership/Management Category by the ASLA Council of Fellows. In his career, he has led new community plans, urban regeneration strategies, campus master plans, open space master plans, and streetscape designs. He regularly coordinates large groups of diverse professionals and excels at guiding projects through complex approval and consultation processes. Dark is well known for his unique style and skill at facilitation and his ability to forge consensus among various stakeholders. Among the many community master plan projects he directed are the award-winning University of Toronto Open Space Master Plan and the Downtown Ottawa Urban Design Strategy 20/20. He earned his bachelor of landscape architecture from the University of Guelph, Ontario.
Harry S. Fuller, ASLA
Carol R. Johnson Associates Inc.
Wellesley, MA
Harry Fuller was nominated in the Leadership/Management Category by the Boston Society of Landscape Architects. As president and managing partner, he has maintained his firm's high level of design quality while guiding its growth and geographic expansion as it approaches its third generation of management. Beyond technical proficiency, he balances poise with empathy. He exemplifies the human side of running a business, from ethics to hard decision making, and emphasizes a culture of lifelong learning and accomplishment. Among the large, complex projects on which Fuller has demonstrated his collaborative skills are the Central Artery/Tunnel Project in Boston, the American University in Cairo, and the Upper Charles River Reservation Master Plan and Implementation. He earned his BA in art history from Princeton University and master of landscape architecture from Harvard University.
Joseph Geller, ASLA
Stantec Planning & Landscape Architecture
Brookline, MA
Joseph Geller was nominated in the Leadership/Management Category by the Boston Society of Landscape Architects (BSLA). Through great vision and ingenuity, he developed a solo practice into a diverse design and engineering enterprise encompassing athletic facility design, graphic design, and visualization, ultimately making his firm a key component of a large international corporation. As a Brookline, MA, town selectman, he also set a precedent for involving landscape architects in town planning, economic development, and the approvals management process. Geller demonstrates the power and influence of landscape architecture on a grand scale. While president of the BSLA, he focused on education of all levels of students, from fellow professionals to third graders. He earned his bachelor of landscape architecture degree from the University of Toronto.
Jim Gordon Hagstrom, ASLA
Savanna Designs
Afton, MN
Jim Gordon Hagstrom was nominated in the Works Category by the Minnesota Chapter. One of Minnesota's top landscape architects, he has developed a client-appealing approach to native plantings for corporate campuses, parks, and residences. An important element of successful implementation with clients is his "neatness factor" of sharp edges and strong shapes to native plant areas, organized foreground plantings, native flowering plants massed around entrances, and minimized lawn areas. He believes that sustainable design is only as good as its details and ongoing management. He therefore works closely with landscape contractors and installers to teach the principles of sustainable landscaping. This model has resulted in vast acreage that previously was lawn to become biologically diverse landscape. He earned his bachelor of landscape architecture at the University of Minnesota.
Michael S. Hamm, ASLA
The Portico Group
Michael Hamm was nominated in the Works Category by the Washington Chapter. He has been an integral force in the development of an international multidisciplinary design firm known for close integration of site and building. His dedication to the profession and projects that connect people with nature has resulted in many iconic landscapes. Projects that highlight his focus on research, education, and conservation include such national parks and historic monuments as Pearl Harbor and Golden Gate Park. In his work he blends his abilities to work efficiently with diverse groups and his great sense of timing, flexibility, professionalism, and enthusiasm. His work meets the test of time as exceptionally responsive to the site and users. He earned his bachelor of landscape architecture from the University of Oregon.
Douglas Hays, ASLA
Michael Vergason Landscape Architects Ltd.
Carlisle, PA
Douglas Hays, nominated in the Works Category by the Potomac Chapter, has provided design services for presidents and a pope. Early in his career he worked as the National Park Service landscape architect assigned to the White House during the Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Clinton administrations. He also worked on the Mass on the Mall for Pope John Paul II. In private practice, his works span from the National Zoo master plan in Washington, DC, to the Normandy American Cemetery Visitors Center in France. His creative solutions are a blend of established principles and the latest technologies. He is equally comfortable in the public or private sector, and the range of his skill reaches from regional planning to construction detailing at full scale. He earned his bachelor of landscape architecture from Virginia Tech.
Frederick T. Hume, ASLA
Frederick Thomas Hume
Laguna Beach, CA
Frederick Hume was nominated in the Leadership/Management Category by the California Southern Chapter. In the 1980s, he wrote and administered the California Section of the Landscape Architects Exam and repeatedly fought to maintain licensure in California. He served on the Southern California Chapter executive board and as its president. In practice, his longstanding leadership in planning for thousands of acres of park, recreation, and open space has inspired millions of visitors. As a lecturer and adviser, he has for decades helped prepare students to enter the profession. Hume is also a member of the USC School of Medicine's Healthy Communities Research Team studying how community development and land development affect obesity in America. He earned his BS in landscape architecture from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo.
Heather Kinkade, ASLA
Forgotten Rain LLC
Heather Kinkade was nominated in the Knowledge Category by the Arizona Chapter. She has published research and advocated extensively for the conservation, collection, and reuse of water. Also an internationally recognized authority on low-impact development, alternative water supplies, and using water as an energy source, she excels at turning research into reality. She gets the best information available into the hands of the right decision makers across the design professions and with the general public. With National Geographic, she is starting a general-circulation rainwater harvesting magazine. And with Engineers without Borders she has undertaken a five-year project to install rainwater systems in schools in Honduras. She earned her bachelor of landscape architecture from the University of Arizona and her master of environmental planning from Arizona State University.
Steven E. Koch, ASLAKoch Landscape Architecture
Portland, OR
Steven Koch was nominated in the Works Category by the Oregon Chapter, which noted his ability to develop gardens and urban spaces that evoke the historic and cultural landscape of the Northwest. He is a master of urban context and scale, and his work is crisp, restrained, and responsive to social, ecological, and programmatic objectives. His richly tactile surfaces, unexpected juxtaposition of materials, dramatic lighting, artful stormwater conveyance, and layered plant palettes create environments that refresh and delight. Koch advanced the founding principles of landscape architecture that he learned while working under Ian McHarg and Lawrence Halprin. His designs speak to the opportunities and values inherent in the Northwest. He earned his bachelor of landscape architecture at the University of Oregon and master of landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvania.
Tadd B. Kreun, ASLA
Tadd Kreun was nominated in the Works Category by the Minnesota Chapter. His success in design implementation is his ability to take design concepts and develop the complex details needed to build projects seamlessly. His design sensibility and rigor to face the complexity of making things simple are the basis of a practice that has received two national and 17 local ASLA awards. As a mentor, he teaches, encourages, and critiques to develop the next generation of creative thinkers. His ability to create the big idea collaboratively and then have the construction knowledge to craft the perfect details to ensure its final form, all with a humble and friendly demeanor, consistently draws the praise of his colleagues. He earned his bachelor of landscape architecture from the University of Minnesota.
Stephanie V. Landregan, ASLAUCLA Extension Landscape Architecture Program
Glendale, CA
Stephanie Landregan was nominated in the Service Category by the California Southern Chapter for her outstanding efforts to protect public health, safety, and welfare through the practice licensure of landscape architects in California. She has appeared before state, county, and community groups to advance these professional goals, and her service with the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards includes an appointment as chair of its Communication Committee. She teaches and mentors in the evenings. And, through her many volunteer activities at the community level, Landregan continues to share her message that the quality of design is a determinant of the quality of life. She earned her BA from the University of Kentucky, master of instructional design from the University of New Mexico, and landscape architecture certificate from UCLA.
Robby D. Layton, ASLA
Design Concepts CLA Inc.
Boulder, CO
Robby Layton was nominated in the Leadership/Management Category by the Colorado Chapter. His leadership in sustainability includes new ways to analyze and plan for healthier communities. He is well known for his water-wise, drought-tolerant landscape design. And his writing, speaking, community service, teaching, and mentoring have advanced the visibility of the profession. He has developed new public infrastructure planning, taught the business of landscape architecture at the university level, created a culture at his firm of lifelong learning, and devised a program to teach elementary students the value of landscape architecture. Layton's involvement in Learning Landscapes has moved that community-development program to the national stage. He earned his bachelor of landscape architecture from Texas Tech University and his master of landscape architecture from the University of Colorado at Denver.
Marsha Lea, ASLAAECOM
Alexandria, VA
Marsha Lea was nominated in the Works Category by the Potomac Chapter. Her landscape designs are creative, recreational, and educational. Her commitment to sustainable practices and respect for the culture and character of each project are evident in her designs for museums, parks, and botanic gardens. Her work on the National Mall and for the Smithsonian includes the sensitively interpreted native landscape surrounding the National Museum of the American Indian. Her work also encompasses traditional educational settings such as K through 12 schools and university campuses. She developed master plans for American University, the Catholic University of America, and George Washington University's Mount Vernon Campus. She understands how to make a place real, resonant, and memorable. Lea earned her BS in landscape architecture from the University of Wisconsin.
Todd Marshall McCurdy, ASLAMorris Architects | Morris Terra
Orlando, FL
Todd McCurdy was nominated in the Works Category by the Florida Chapter for his dedication to the art and craft of landscape architecture. He is inspired to preserve and integrate elements of local culture into his designs as he translates those stories into creative and responsible design solutions. By working closely with the client and community members, he takes the time to understand each project's goals and challenges so that his landscapes educate, generate revenue, and protect our natural resources. His is a landscape architecture that improves as well as beautifies the lives of people who experience his work. McCurdy has focused this passion in locations as diverse as Saudi Arabia, China, Vietnam, and the Americas. He earned his BS in landscape architecture from Ohio State University.
Alistair T. McIntosh, ASLA
Sasaki Associates Inc.
Watertown, MA
Alistair McIntosh was nominated in the Works Category by the ASLA Executive Committee. His landscape design philosophy is based on three interrelated concepts: the historic and geographical circumstances of the particular site, which is the starting point for the process of placemaking; the forms of human use and how they shape the occupation of civic spaces; and the act of construction, which achieves the tangible reality of meaningful landscape design. His range of key projects includes the Indianapolis waterfront park and open space system, the Hudson River Park in New York City, and Schenley Plaza in Pittsburgh. He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Graduate School of Design and earned his master of landscape architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.
Jana Dewey McKenzie, ASLA
Fort Collins, CO
Jana McKenzie was nominated in the Works Category by the Colorado Chapter for her design of public parks and recreational facilities, transportation facilities, and military installations and her resource management, community planning, and redevelopment plans. Her strength as a landscape architect is in her leadership of multidiscipline teams for complicated projects. Her clients have ranged from cities and counties to the federal government and private developers. Her award-winning projects are a testament to the quality of her work. She is committed to educating the public and allied professionals about the critical role that landscape architects play in designing healthy, livable communities. Long a leader in sustainability, McKenzie was an originator of the Sustainability Sites Initiative. She graduated cum laude with a BS in landscape architecture from Colorado State University.
Hitesh Sukhlal Mehta, ASLA
HM Design
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Hitesh Mehta was nominated in the Knowledge Category by the Florida Chapter. His work is at the forefront of environmentally and socially responsible tourism planning. He is a leading author, researcher, and practitioner on sustainable tourism, and National Geographic named him one of the five sustainable tourism pioneers for 2006. His work to protect endangered flora and fauna reaches to equatorial Africa, China, India, and the United States. His holistic landscape architecture embodies four principles: sustainability, finance, environment, and the spirit of society. In addition to his teaching, his experience encompasses environmental planning, architecture, photography, and being a hall of fame cricket player for Kenya. He earned his bachelor of architecture from the University of Nairobi and his master of landscape architecture from the University of California, Berkeley.
Dennis J. Mersky, ASLA
Floyd Browne Group
Tallmadge, OH
Dennis Mersky was nominated in the Service Category by the Ohio Chapter. For 40 years he has continuously supported the profession—locally through his practice and volunteer community service, regionally through leadership in the Ohio Chapter of ASLA and the Ohio LA Examiners Board, and nationally through the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB). He was instrumental in establishing continuing education standards in Ohio and nationally and expanding licensure in Ohio. He raised the standard of practice for the profession. His current service as CLARB's treasurer is creating a new model for financial strength and will ensure CLARB's ability to serve the profession into the future. He is a tireless advocate for quality-of-life issues and the value of landscape architecture to the built environment. He earned his BS in landscape architecture from Pennsylvania State University.
James T. Penrod, ASLA
Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards
Potomac Falls, VA
James Penrod was nominated in the Leadership/Management Category by the ASLA Council of Fellows for his outstanding efforts to promote the licensure of landscape architects and strengthen the licensure laws across North America. He has been instrumental in conducting scientific studies of the profession to determine the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to protect the public health, safety, and welfare. With contributions from hundreds of landscape architects, he has developed the Landscape Architect Registration Examination (LARE) and has shared his knowledge with numerous state legislatures. Penrod is active on the ASLA LARE Exam Prep Committee to help emerging landscape architects gain licensure. He continues to inform and encourage emerging professionals to get licensed and thereby strengthen the profession. He earned his BS in landscape architecture from Ohio State University.
April J. Philips, ASLA
April Philips Design Works Inc.
San Rafael, CA
April Philips was nominated in the Works Category by the California Northern Chapter. Her portfolio showcases public landscapes, urban development, green roofs, residential communities, affordable housing, schools, and private gardens. Her designs blend her skills in illustration and sustainability. From her work developing San Francisco's Union Square, she honed her interest in urban design with a concentration on public and private infill projects. Her recent works focus primarily on integrated systems for urban, high-density, mixed-use, transit-oriented residential, urban park, and institutional infill. Her leadership in launching the Sustainable Sites Initiative at the grassroots level will also have a lasting impact. As a national lecturer, she tirelessly promotes awareness of sustainability and the revitalization of degraded environments. She earned her bachelor of landscape architecture from Louisiana State University.
James P. Richards Jr., ASLA
Townscape Inc.
Fort Worth, TX
James Richards was nominated in the Leadership/Management Category by the Texas Chapter. His creative range spans professional and community contributions, firm and interdisciplinary leadership, award-winning work, writing and drawing for publication, university-level teaching, and public outreach. He has influenced scores of young professionals and continues to lecture and jury design, drawing, and creativity workshops. In publication he has championed the merging of rapid freehand sketching skills with digital design processes. The current freehand renaissance is a mark of his success in these endeavors. Richards has raised the public profile of the profession, shown landscape architects as design leaders, and inspired students and fellow professionals internationally. He earned his bachelor of landscape architecture from Louisiana State University and master of landscape architecture from the University of Texas at Arlington.
Lucinda R. Sanders, ASLAOLIN
Lucinda Sanders was nominated in the Works Category by the Pennsylvania/Delaware Chapter. With an emphasis on social purpose and ecological sensitivity, her restorative landscapes combine her talents in urbanism with her interest in social and natural systems, philosophy, and art. Her design and management ingenuity has drawn design commissions from the Battery Park City Authority, GSA, and Carnegie Hall. Her firm is also developing the new master plan for Philadelphia's Delaware River waterfront. On the University of Pennsylvania faculty she has created an ambitious urban design studio that addresses real-world design problems along the East Coast. Her service to the profession has raised the profile of ASLA and the profession. She earned her BA from Wells College and master of landscape architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.
Troy D. Sibelius, ASLAKeller-Lowry Insurance Inc.
Troy Sibelius was nominated in the Service Category by the Colorado Chapter. His impact on the promotion of landscape architecture to the public, within the profession, and to the allied green industries has been significant. Through his ASLA leadership, Sibelius has become the most readily recognized member of his chapter. Among the continuing education opportunities he has developed for his chapter are an annual green conference, national insurance programs, risk management seminars, and grant funding for college students. His participation in lobbying efforts helped significantly in the passage of a Colorado practice law and establishment of Colorado Landscape Architecture Week. He was instrumental in making the Colorado Chapter Professional Design Awards Program a model for ASLA chapters everywhere. He earned his BS in landscape architecture from Colorado State University.
Greg Smallenberg, ASLA
Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg
North Vancouver, British Columbia
Greg Smallenberg was nominated in the Works Category by the ASLA Council of Fellows Executive Committee. As a dynamic, influential leader of landscape architecture in Canada, he is a tireless promoter of the profession's duty to take a strong urban leadership role culturally, environmentally, socially, and politically. His award-winning parks, streetscapes, urban designs, memorials, waterfronts, plazas, historic renovations, campuses, and gardens have generated considerable public dialogue on public spaces as systems. His landscapes, wholly urban or partly natural, emerge as centers of a multidimensional experience and demonstrate integrated design thinking. In his plans, he effectively leverages the landscape as the element that best connects the various urban functions of resource management, civic gathering, work, and recreation. He earned his bachelor of landscape architecture with honors from the University of British Columbia.
Jerry A. Smith, ASLA
Smith\Green Health Consulting LLC
Columbus, OH
Jerry Smith was nominated in the Service Category by the Ohio Chapter. In addition to his formative work in designing healing environments, he has transformed market processes through evidence-based design. From the outset of his career, he has demonstrated the proactive effectiveness of serving on committees and boards of nonprofit organizations committed to great change. He has long been the sole landscape architect on the Environmental Standards Council of the Center for Health Design and serves on the Green Guide for Health Care Steering Committee and the SITES Technical Core Committee. In those capacities, he has established that therapeutic landscapes are necessary for healthful, sustainable design solutions. He earned his BS in botany, bachelor of architecture, and master of landscape architecture degrees from the University of Oklahoma.
Whitney A. Talcott, ASLATalcott & Associates
Old Lyme, CT
Whitney Talcott was nominated in the Service Category by the Connecticut Chapter. As president of that chapter and in his other volunteer leadership roles throughout his career, he has promoted education as fundamental to the advancement of the landscape architecture profession. His work has resulted in accreditation for the University of Connecticut landscape architecture program and Connecticut's landscape architecture practice act. The Connecticut Chapter has recognized him for his writing and continuing activity in advancing the body of knowledge on sustainable design. Talcott always finds time to advocate and mentor for the profession and continues to promote sustainable development, food and energy security, and livable communities. He earned his BA from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and master of landscape architecture from NC State.
Elizabeth Thomas, ASLA
Center for Planning Excellence
Baton Rouge, LA
Elizabeth "Boo" Thomas was nominated in the Leadership Category by the Louisiana Chapter. Since her appointment as the first executive director at the Baton Rouge Mid City Redevelopment Alliance, she has taken the initiative to make better communities, beginning at the neighborhood level. In the process of revitalizing downtown Baton Rouge, followed by successful planning efforts throughout the state, she has promoted the value of landscape architecture throughout the region and nationwide. Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, her leadership at the Center for Planning Excellence created new approaches to storm protection, transportation planning, economic development, and housing that promote a more sustainable future while preserving the Louisiana culture. Her efforts have turned incredible challenges into visionary achievement. She earned her BS and master of landscape architecture from Louisiana State University.
Robert E. Truskowski, ASLA
Robert E. Truskowski Inc.
Laguna Beach, CA
Robert Truskowski was nominated in the Works Category by the California Southern Chapter. He has amassed a body of award-winning garden designs and restorations that has gained international recognition. His renovation of the Villa Torre Clementina earned national landmark status from the French government. Through his many lectures, he continues to share his insight into garden history and how he incorporates modern sustainability concepts into renovations so that gardens serve as places to enjoy as well as centers for research and education. From castle gardens in the Austrian Alps to lagoons and grottos on the Red Sea, Truskowski's pursuit of design excellence constitutes an outstanding contribution to the profession of landscape architecture. He earned his BS in environmental design/landscape architecture from California State Polytechnic University in Pomona.
Donna Walcavage, ASLA
AECOM Design + Planning
New York City
Donna Walcavage was nominated in the Works Category by the New York Chapter. She has had a lasting impact on the social and physical fabric of New York and the practice of landscape architecture as a whole. Her focus on streetscapes, urban waterfront redevelopment, bikeway and pedestrian facilities, and recreation spaces transcend the idea that landscape architects only plant undeveloped sites. In projects such as Stuyvesant Cove and the Greenpoint Williamsburg Open Space Master Plan, Walcavage has recast the public perception of the profession. Through her work, people see landscape architecture as an element for social change and expanded access to recreation for underserved communities. She is an advocate and educator on translating public interest into built reality. She earned her BS in landscape architecture from Pennsylvania State University.
Barbara E. Wilks, ASLA
W Architecture and Landscape Architecture
New York City
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National and international reflection involving a small number of volunteer "inner-core" participating countries and the OECD. This has now begun, with dialogue using the OECD scenarios and focusing on a number of "laboratory of change" initiatives.
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A Forum on Schooling for Tomorrow to which all OECD countries have been invited. This will take place in Poitiers, France to reflect on the lessons so far drawn from the above collaboration, as well as the analytical work operationalising the schooling scenarios.
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Intensive dialogue and activity within each country on forward-looking educational reform and the "laboratory of change" initiatives, and reflective collaboration between them. There will be a first compilation of the "toolbox" in this phase, followed by a further International Forum.
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WASHINGTON, March 4 (UPI) -- President Obama took steps to fill holes in his second-term Cabinet Monday, introducing his nominees for budgetary, energy and environmental positions.
Obama presented Walmart charity head Sylvia Mathews Burwell as his nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, MIT physicist Ernest Moniz to run the Energy Department and Environmental Protection Agency official Gina McCarthy to lead that agency.
The three nominees, he said, "will help us tackle some of our most important challenges."
Burwell held several top economic-policy posts during President Bill Clinton's administration and brings corporate experience from running the Walmart Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's global development program.
Burwell, a Greek-American West Virginian who graduated from Harvard and Oxford universities, was picked to replace Jeffrey Zients at the OMB. Zients has been acting budget director since January 2012, when just-confirmed Treasury Secretary Jack Lew left the OMB directorship to become White House chief of staff.
"Sylvia knows her way around a budget," Obama said.
The administration's goal, he said, "is not just to make numbers add up" but to re-energize the middle class as the country's "true engine of economic growth."
Obama said Zients saved taxpayers "lots of money" when he twice served as acting OMB director and expressed confidence that Burwell is "the right person to continue Jeff's great work."
The president, speaking of his selected successor to Steven Chu as head of the Energy Department, said Moniz "knows his way around" the department because he was an energy undersecretary during the Clinton administration.
"Ernie knows that we can produce more energy and grow our economy while taking care of our air, our water and our climate," Obama said.
Obama said McCarthy was a top environmentalist in Massachusetts and Connecticut in renewable energy before being an assistant administrator in the federal agency.
McCarthy has "a reputation as straight-shooter [who] welcomes different points of view,"Obama said.
He said McCarthy and Moniz would work to do "everything that we can do to combat the threat of climate change" while creating job opportunities.
After thanking the three nominees and their families, Obama said he hoped the Senate would confirm them as soon as possible because "we've got a lot of work to do and can't afford further delay."


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"I was probably 12 when I trashed my first electric guitar," Diego Stocco says. "I totally disassembled it, and I wasn't able to put it back together."
It wasn't Stocco's first such experience; a year or two earlier, he'd been dismissed from music conservatory after sawing his violin in half.
Youthful rebellion wasn't to blame. Instead, Stocco was indulging a budding curiosity in the more unconventional ways music can be made — one that would lead him to his current occupation as a composer and sound designer with a mad-scientist streak.
Speaking with Guy Raz of weekends on All Things Considered, Stocco says he finds much of his inspiration in the mundane sounds of everyday life — for example, the ones he hears walking past his local dry cleaner in Burbank, Calif.
"Every day I hear these steam sounds, these clicks and mechanical things, coming out of the front door," Stocco says. "One day, I just went in and asked the owners if I could record a piece of music by using their equipment and the sounds that I could hear in that room as musical instruments. They didn't really understand very well what I was trying to do, but I promised them I wasn't going to break anything."
Stocco has also found his muse in the natural world. In one piece, he conjures rhythm and even melody by exploring the different parts of a tree: banging the trunk, shaking the leaves, stroking the skinniest twigs with a string bow. In another, he works exclusively with sand: pouring it, slapping it, swirling it in glass bowls. When he does use traditional instruments, it is as fodder for his invented ones — like the Experibass, which incorporates a double bass, a cello, a violin and a viola into one body.
"Experimentation with instruments is vital. It keeps music growing and changing and becoming something else," Stocco says. "There was much more creativity going on 2[00], 300 years ago. But then, somehow, the industry focused on specific instruments, and those are the ones that became mainstream."
That hard-line philosophy hasn't kept him from getting mainstream gigs. Stocco worked with Hans Zimmer on the soundtrack for the 2009 Sherlock Holmes remake, and some of his sounds are featured in the score of the new film Contagion.
"I really love creating a sound first, and the music after," he says. "It's the instrument that tells me what music I can play with it."
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One day a few years ago, Diego Stocco was sitting under a tree in his backyard, and he got an idea. Stocco is a composer and sound designer based in Burbank, California, and it didn't take him long to think: maybe I can make some music with this tree.
DIEGO STOCCO: So I went inside the house, I grabbed my double bass bowl, and I approached the tree, found one twig that looked like a string, basically, and started to bow it. And I found that it worked, so I decided to put together an entire piece of music out of those sounds.
DESIGNER: I started with a rhythm by hitting the cortex and shaking the leaves.
DESIGNER: After I had that element, I started recording the bass drum...
DESIGNER: ...which physically was made by a customized version of a stethoscope where I connected a microphone to it. So I was able to capture these very low frequencies, and then I went on with the twigs.
DESIGNER: And then I added and added until I felt I had enough takes that I could basically create a piece of music out of it.
RAZ: Trees aren't your only organic instruments. You've also made music with sand, which is incredible. I want everybody to listen to this for a moment. This is music from sand.
RAZ: Is this all made from sand?
DESIGNER: Yes, 100 percent from sand.
RAZ: How is that possible?
DESIGNER: And let me - well, basically, the first thing was to record one note from the sand. And to do that, I put a contact microphone in the sand, and then I was either robbing or moving my hand inside this glass bowl filled of sand. Then I took that note...
DESIGNER: ...and I mapped it on a sampler. At that point, I was able to play multiple notes like you would do in a piano.
RAZ: It's actually an incredibly beautiful sound. And it just makes you wonder what else is out there, I mean, the possibilities. You could, in theory, record anything, which I guess you've done. You even went to a dry cleaner and made this beautiful sound from a dry cleaner. And let's listen to some of that.
DESIGNER: Basically, everything came from sounds that I either created by moving the machines or just by recording sounds that were happening in that environment. For example, the press machines have pedals and levers. It looks like a weird drum kit that you can play.
RAZ: You grew up in Italy, Diego, and you actually went to a music conservatory. I mean, you were accepted at the age of 11, and you attended, right?
DESIGNER: It was a very brief appearance at the conservatory because they made me study the violin. I didn't want to study it. And so one day I got fed up with it and I sawed my violin in half. I put in the - yeah.
STOCCO: And so I went back to the school and the teacher asked me, so did you study today? I said, well, there was a problem with the violin. So I opened the - you know, the case of the violin, and he went, what happened to it? Well, I said, you know, I kind of sawed it in half, you know? And so they made me basically - there's a test that they made you go through. And they can confirm you or not and they just wanted to make me go through to kick me out, basically.
RAZ: Diego Stocco, you now live in Southern California near the center of the movie industry. And some of your work has been featured in movies. You worked with Hans Zimmer on the soundtrack for "Sherlock Holmes," and some of your work is actually, I understand, on the new film "Contagion."
DESIGNER: Yes. But in the specific case with Hans Zimmer, I got featured as a feature soloist because I was playing an instrument that I built and it's called Experibass.
DESIGNER: It's a combination of a double bass, a cello, a violin and a viola, all together in the body of the double bass.
RAZ: It's like a Frankenstein instrument.
DESIGNER: Exactly. Yes.
DESIGNER: I really love creating a sound first and the music after. So basically, it's the instrument that tells me what music I can play with it.
RAZ: That's Diego Stocco. He is a composer and a sound designer based in Burbank, California. That's where he's been speaking to me from. Diego, thank you so much.
DESIGNER: Thanks. Thanks so much.
RAZ: You can watch how Diego makes these sounds at our website, npr.org.
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They may also pick up on anxiety in loved ones around them, according to Mental Health America, a nationwide advocacy organization on mental and substance use conditions.
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•Encourage children to talk about their concerns and express their feelings.
•Talk honestly about your own feelings regarding school violence. It is important for children to understand they are not dealing with violence alone.
•Validate the child's feelings and let him or her know that serious school violence is not common.
•Stress that schools are generally safe places.
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Local ad agency NYCA aims to inspire golfers worldwide to book tee times online through a campy resurrection of golf pioneer Old Tom Morris and a sidekick cast of farm animals. The broadcast campaign is for their client GolfNow.com, a division of The Golf Channel. Six spots will be running throughout the rest of 2012 in a heavy weight of 2,500-3,000 units, according to a press release.
With more than 4,000 golf courses to choose from, all featuring discounted tee times, NYCA was tasked with developing a campaign concept that ignites and excites golfers to book their games online and live up to the tagline "Go Play!"
"We wanted to make a campaign for GolfNow that was as fun as the service" said Michelle Edelman, president at NYCA. "The travel industry has offered consumers one-stop access to comparative inventory for years. Golf tee times should be no different. What better way to promote this service than with a look back to the sports' first true golfing icon, Old Tom Morris."
The agency launched a series of commercials featuring the 19th century golf pro in an effort to show how far the game has evolved through the ease of booking tee times, anywhere, online.
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Walt Zable was a California treasure, an innovator whose business, philanthropy and volunteer work benefited legions for more than 60 years. But this self-made "man's man" never forgot the small Virginia college where he was a football All-American, served on the Board of Visitors and met his bride.
Zable died last weekend. He was 97 years young, but his legacy will endure far longer at the College of William and Mary.
"Throughout all these years, Walt's annual support of the college, and especially football, was very significant," said Bobby Dwyer, William and Mary's lead fundraiser for athletics. "At our times of greatest need, that's when Walt would be the most generous. … He would always step forward and say, 'Tell me what you need, and I'll do the best I can.' "
That he did, and then some. Moreover, Zable's generosity extended far beyond annual giving.
In 1990, he bequeathed the school $10 million, $5 million to endow football scholarships, $2.5 million for graduate fellowships and $2.5 million to be used at the board's discretion. Hence the name: Zable Stadium.
A decade later, he donated more than $3 million toward the Laycock Center, the $11-million football support complex rightfully named for long-time coach Jimmye Laycock. The building opened in 2008.
"Just something you have to have," Laycock said. "Kind of like your profession. If you didn't have a computer, you might be in trouble. It enables us to be able to do the business we need to do."
Zable jetted in from his San Diego home for the dedication, holding court with any and all who cared to talk. Laycock keeps a picture of him from the event in his office.
"He appreciated what we did," Laycock said. "He appreciated the way we did things. He was very proud of his relationship with William and Mary, and William and Mary football."
A 93-year-old traveling across the country? We should all be so lucky.
But Zable was, by all accounts, a marvel, nearly as active in his mid-90s as he was a half-century earlier. He exercised daily and continued to head Cubic Corp., the technology firm he founded in 1951 and turned into a billion-dollar business that, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune, employs 7,800.
"Exercise is the best medicine," Zable told the paper in 2006. "But it's hard and takes effort. It's easier to just stay in bed. But once you start exercising, and that blood starts flowing, you feel great."
Laycock knows first-hand how sharp Zable was.
They played golf together — the San Diego paper reported Zable shooting a 79 at age 71 in a round with Arnold Palmer at San Francisco's renowned Olympic Club, site of last month's United States Open. Zable also delighted in talking football with Laycock.
"He and Sid Gillman were really close friends," Laycock said, referencing the late Hall of Fame coach. "He knew football, and of course like a lot of guys, he had his pet peeves. Poor tackling was one of his."
A 1937 William and Mary graduate, Zable played well before the advent of mass substitutions and spread offenses. His football was more about the basics.
"He was a man's man," Laycock said. "Self-made and smart and tough."
Those traits were evident in Cubic, an industry leader in combat training systems for the military and in automated fare collection for mass transit. Such products seem natural for someone who studied math and physics — he also found time to court Betty Virginia Carter — at William and Mary.
"He was fascinating to listen to, how he started the company and all the different things they were involved in," Dwyer said. "Any time I go through the E-ZPass when I'm driving, I think of Walt. Or, if you get on the subway in New York, D.C., or Boston, the fare cards, that's Cubic.
"His company under his leadership was so innovative and impacted so many."
A Boston native, Zable was also an activist. He was a trustee at the University of San Diego, and a theater at the city's Air & Space Museum carries his name. He volunteered for the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame.
"Why would I retire?" Zable said in a Union-Tribune story marking his 90th birthday. "What would I do."
Zable turned 97 on Father's Day and hosted a party at his home. He was in "great spirits" and "his mind, as usual, was sharp as a tack," a friend, Robert Sullivan, told the San Diego paper.
That is precisely how Laycock, Dwyer and the William and Mary community remember Walt Zable.
"He left a lasting impression," Dwyer said, "on America as well as William and Mary."
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— State university students who plan to receive many forms of federal or state financial aid in the 2011-2012 academic year must fill out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) online form in order to comply with existing and new requirements.
A student's FAFSA is critical because it is required to apply for any federal student aid, such as Pell grants, federal loans, and work-study programs. In addition, the FAFSA is also utilized across the State University System of 11 institutions to apply for most state and university-specific aid, in addition to most scholarship applications. The State University System has a total of 321,503 students across all degree-seeking programs as of the academic year starting Fall 2010.
"The Florida Board of Governors devoted much of its time in January conducting a student financial aid workshop, and the financial aid directors all agreed and informed us that the timely submission of the FAFSA is key is ensuring that students take advantage of all opportunities for financial assistance," said Board of Governors Chair Ava L. Parker of Jacksonville.
Some of the emerging and growing circumstances requiring a FAFSA that can occur outside of a traditional federal aid determination include:
• Eligibility for a student loan by another public source, or a private bank or credit union;
• Meeting documented "need" as part of merit-based scholarships; and
• Special work-study opportunities may mandate the form.
"In addition to now being a legislative requirement for some financial aid, the FAFSA is quickly becoming the primary tool for assessing financial aid eligibility beyond its traditional usage for federal aid options such as grants and loans – so we are today sending out that message loud and clear," said State University System Chancellor Frank T. Brogan. "Further, it is a significant process in order to prepare the completed application to be reviewed by the federal government, so we want to especially ensure any family or student who may qualify for a myriad of financial aid options has completed the application properly and on time."
Any student wanting to acquire federal loans during the summer term 2011 should fill out an "error-free" FAFSA before the corresponding June 30, 2011, deadline. Financial aid offices also recommend filling out the FAFSA as soon as possible for the new academic year – of July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012 – in order to be considered for the maximum amount of federal aid for which they may qualify. The student must have an "error-free" FAFSA prior to receiving any federal aid.
"The form, once completed and processed with federal confirmation called 'error-free,' will provide valuable information to university and college financial aid offices about student eligibility for many types of aid," said Lynda Page, associate director in the Office of Academic and Student Affairs at the Board of Governors office for the State University System. "It is to the student's benefit to submit FAFSA as soon as possible, since aid is generally on a 'first come, first served' basis, especially with federal dollars available for disbursement."
If a student is separately anticipating scholarship funds for the upcoming academic year during 2011-2012, it is recommended by financial aid officers at universities that students verify whether the FAFSA is needed to receive scholarship funds. If so, they must make sure to complete an "error-free" FAFSA by the time of their scholarship disbursement so that there are no surprises or challenges.
Page urged students to make time to see a financial aid adviser or counselor on their campus: "They are busier than ever, but they are experts in assisting students through the process and want to ensure as many State University System-enrolled students are fully aware of the FAFSA."
For more information, see the federal government program's web site at www.FAFSA.ed.gov as well as your local state university financial aid office. Some of the many documents needed include the following: the student's Social Security card; a driver license, if applicable; previous tax year's W-2 forms and other records of money earned; the student's (and spouse, if married) previous year's Federal Income Tax Return; and any foreign tax return, or tax return for certain U.S. territories, such as Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and others as specified on the site. Additional information required will be the student's parents' most recent Federal Income Tax Return (if you are claimed as a dependent); a student's current bank statements; and any of the student's current business and investment or mortgage information, business and farm records, stocks, bonds and similar records.
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When planning a pregnancy, it is important to know if an egg is released from your ovaries each month. It also is important to know when the egg is released. That way, you can plan to have sex during that time. This will increase your chances of becoming pregnant.
Since your body temperature rises after you release an egg (ovulation), if you chart your temperature, it can tell you when you're most fertile.
A basal body temperature (BBT) chart is a record of your temperature from day to day. To complete a BBT chart, you will take your temperature every morning at the same time using a special thermometer. Then you will mark your temperature in your chart.
A woman's temperature is lower during the first part of her menstrual cycle. It rises sharply around the time an egg is released (ovulation) and stays relatively high for 2 weeks. A rise in temperature of 0.4 to 0.6 degrees or more in a 24-hour period usually means an egg has been released. Seeing this rise on your chart will let you know that you are fertile at that time. You may need to chart for a few months to see your ovulation pattern.
It is important to note that your BBT chart is not always a reliable way of telling if you have released an egg. Other factors, like illness or stress, can affect body temperature and ovulation. BBT charts work best if your body has very regular cycles.
If it is very important that you know if and when an egg is released, a urine test kit, called an ovulation predictor kit, works better. BBT also is not a reliable way to prevent pregnancy.
According to the sample chart below, this woman ovulated on day 16 of her cycle (notice rise in temperature on day 17). The egg has only 24 hours to be fertilized, but sperm can live for 6 days in the uterus and fallopian tubes. This woman's most fertile days would have been days 10 through 17. She had intercourse on 5 of those days, so her chances of becoming pregnant are good.
BBT charting can be difficult to understand. If you have any questions, be sure to ask your doctor or nurse.
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Humane methodsNo method of slaughtering or handling in connection with slaughtering shall be deemed to comply with the public policy of the United States unless it is humane. Either of the following two methods of slaughtering and handling are hereby found to be humane:
in the case of cattle, calves, horses, mules, sheep, swine, and other livestock, all animals are rendered insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or an electrical, chemical or other means that is rapid and effective, before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast, or cut; or
by slaughtering in accordance with the ritual requirements of the Jewish faith or any other religious faith that prescribes a method of slaughter whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of the brain caused by the simultaneous and instantaneous severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument and handling in connection with such slaughtering.
(Pub. L. 85–765, § 2, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 862; Pub. L. 95–445, § 5(a), Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1069.)
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HARTSVILLE, S.C – After chasing down other teams with bull's-eyes on their backs, the Coker men's golf team has earned a target of its own. Conference championships will do that for a team.
Coker brought home the 2012 Conference Carolinas trophy after erasing an 18-shot deficit on the final day to win by one stroke. The victory earned the Cobras a berth in the NCAA Regional tournament, their first trip to the event in three years.
"Last year we really set the pace," said head coach Tommy Baker, who enters his sixth season at Coker. "We struggled through the middle of the season but clicked towards the end. Winning the conference was a wonderful, exciting occasion. It was a prime example of how we can really grind out a tournament."
The Cobras carried the momentum from last spring to the fall season. They finished in the top five in all four events, including two third-place finishes. The strong fall also earned the team some national recognition – a No. 8 ranking in the country by Golfstat and No. 14 in the Golf World/Nike Golf Division poll for Division II.
"I thought the fall was a big boost for the guys heading into the spring," said Baker. "It showed us where we could be and where we could go."
Despite the label of conference champions, the league coaches voted Coker third in the preseason polls. Baker doesn't mind that, though, because he uses it for some added motivation for his team.
This year, Baker's lineup card is arguably as versatile as it's been in his six years at the helm. He has nine players, so there are options for the five starting spots each time out.
"We have great depth on the roster," Baker said. "It gives us options and also brings some very healthy competition in practice. It's good motivation to beat your teammate to get that spot and hold on to it."
Coker lost four-year players Diego Polo and Jared Crane to graduation from last season. First team all-conference player Jake Murphy returns and is the team's lone senior. Along with Murphy, juniors Josh Clay and Matt Kreider, and sophomores Aaron Beebe, Luke Coates and Christopher Fuga return. The newcomers are sophomore Andrew Taske, a transfer from Northern Kentucky University, and freshmen Blake Baysden and Nicklaus Kennedy.
The tone was set with the conference title in 2012. How the Cobras follow it up this season may come down to how they handle being prey instead of hunters. To repeat they must remain patient and take it, literally, one shot at a time.
"We definitely have targets on our backs," Baker said. "The bull's-eye has shifted. I tell them all the time – if you're going up the stairs, you go one at a time. When you start skipping steps that's when you start falling on your face. We have to go through the process each and every shot.
"Repeating is certainly a goal, but we have many, many checkpoints that we need to hit before we get there."
The men's golf season begins Feb. 11 at the Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate in Orange Park, Fla.


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I'm happy to say that Killing the Hydra, Eagles and Dragons Book II, is going to be released in the next few weeks.
It's been a long haul and I'm grateful to those who have hung in there with me. I know many of you who enjoyed Children of Apollo have been more than patient. Thank you for that.
For those of you who have not read Children of Apollo, but are interested, there is going to be a special offer on that around the launch of Killing the Hydra. So stay tuned.
This week I received the final cover designs from artist Derek Murphy at Creativindie. There is a lot going on in this book, so finding the right images to convey the story proved challenging.
I love the process of cover design, and it's always a treat to get that final version in your inbox.
Today, I wanted to share the cover images with you (e-book and paperback). First, here is the story outline:
Killing the Hydra – Eagles and Dragons Book II
In Killing the Hydra, Lucius Metellus Anguis returns to North Africa, determined to investigate the death of his centurion and root out the treason that has infiltrated the ranks of his cohort. With his wife, Adara, safe in Athens, Lucius finds himself alone on a dangerous road back to the legionary base at Lambaesis. Praetorian spies and other unknown enemies are hunting him, and it is only with help from the Empress, a Punic prostitute, and an ancient group of warriors that Lucius is able to survive.
But the Sibyl's prophecy haunts Lucius's dreams, and he clings desperately to the hope that he is making the right decisions for his men, for himself, and for his family.
As his world is ravaged by pain on all fronts, Lucius Metellus Anguis must decide whether or not to make his move against the enemies that have plagued his family for far too long, including the most powerful man in the Roman Empire.
How far will the Dragon go to protect his family and avenge the spirits of the dead?
Only the Gods know…
There you have it! For me, as an author, sharing this for the first time is very exciting. It is also nerve-wracking because, in a sense, the die is cast. I'm crossing my Rubicon.
In the description you'll notice that a lot is happening to Lucius. The Empire is in turmoil and two of the main political forces are the people whose faces you see in the clouds on the book cover - the Empress, Julia Domna, and the Prefect of the Praetorian Guard, Gaius Fulvius Plautianus. Once again, Lucius is back in Africa to investigate the death of one of his centurions, while his heart is on the other side of the Middle Sea.
I won't say anything else because I don't want to spoil things for those of you who have not read Book I. Suffice it to say, that Killing the Hydra will throw you headlong into the passion and pain of the Roman world.
Prior to launch day, I'll post some short excerpts from the book. In the meantime, if you would like to read an excerpt of Book I, you can do so HERE.
As ever, thank you for reading. Do spread the word about the series, and keep watching this space. There is a lot more coming in 2014!


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