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The ring is on my hand,
And the wreath is on my brow;
Satin and jewels grand
Are all at my command,
And I am happy now.
And my lord he loves me well;
But, when first he breathed his vow,
I felt my bosom swell-
For the words rang as a knell,
And the voice seemed his who fell
In the battle down the dell,
And who is happy now.
But he spoke to re-assure me,
And he kissed my pallid brow,
While a reverie came o'er me,
And to the church-yard bore me,
And I sighed to him before me,
Thinking him dead D'Elormie,
"Oh, I am happy now!"
And thus the words were spoken,
And this the plighted vow,
And, though my faith be broken,
And, though my heart be broken,
Here is a ring, as token
That I am happy now!
Would God I could awaken!
For I dream I know not how!
And my soul is sorely shaken
Lest an evil step be taken,-
Lest the dead who is forsaken
May not be happy now.
Poet: Edgar Allan Poe
Poem: Bridal Ballad
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Final Fantasy XIII Prologue Set for Print
No need to burn your CPU on that darn official site.
There's good news for Final Fantasy XIII collectors, as well as traditionalists who like their books on paper. A retail listing for the Final Fantasy XIII Episode Zero Promise novel recently popped up in Amazon.co.jp database. Yes, the Final Fantasy prologue is getting a print edition.
Final Fantasy XIII Episode Zero Promise serves as a prologue to the events of the main FFXIII game. For the past month, Square Enix has been gradually releasing chapters from the novel at the FFXIII official site. The official site is currently up to the fourth chapter of the third volume. Just three more chapters remain.
The print version of the book is hardcover and sells for ¥1,470 at Amazon. Pre-orders are now being accepted at the retailer.
This will probably be a great way to prepare for FFXIII's December 17 release.
The book won't arrive until December 24. This will probably be a great way to learn more about FFXIII following its December 17 release.
In other FFXIII product news, a retail listing for a product titled "Final Fantasy XIII Lightning Master Guide" recently popped up. Published by Jump publisher Shueisha, this book will arrive on December 17 and will sell for ¥1,155. The content of the book is unknown at present, but the retail listing does flag it as a strategy guide.


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Yellen: Keep Interest Rates Low
Janet Yellen is both vice chair of the Federal Reserve and widely considered to be the most likely successor to Ben Bernanke, so when she speaks as she did Monday morning at the National Association of Business Economists, it's important to listen.
Her key points are largely good. The labor market has been weak. Federal Reserve action, far from being dangerously inflationary, "has been running for some time now a little below the rate of 2 percent per year that the committee judges to be consistent with the Federal Reserve's dual mandate." What's more, the prolonged span of high unemployment creates "risk of longer-term damage to the labor market and the economy's productive capacity." Therefore the responsible stance for the Fed is a hawkish approach to the labor market and a grim determination to boost short-term growth, as the best way to preserve the economy's long-term capacity. Consequently, she emphasizes that the promise not to raise interest rates until unemployment drops below 6.5 percent or inflation rises above 2.5 percent is a floor not a ceiling. They'll think about raising rates if either of those triggers is met, but hikes won't be automatic. They'll depend on a larger assessment of the state of the labor market.
All excellent stuff and it leads one to believe she'd be at least as good as Fed chair as Bernanke and probably somewhat better.
What's disappointing, however, is that she continues with Bernanke's habit of describing current monetary policy as "highly accommodative." That's not a technical economics term, so it's difficult to say precisely that it's wrong. But it's certainly misleading. It is true that nominal interest rates are low. But what is being accommodated here? Not only is the labor market weak, it's been weak for a long time. And inflation, as Yellen herself emphasized, has been consistently below the Federal Reserve's target rate. Imagine giving the Fed a single mandate to target the price level at a 2 percent growth rate. You'd say that if that was the Fed's mission, then the Fed has consistently been running an excessively tight monetary policy. But the Fed doesn't have a single mandate. It has a dual mandate to address both price stability and the labor market. But adding the labor market into the picture only intensifies the conclusion that monetary policy has been consistently too tight. Perhaps among themselves the Fed's governors define "highly accommodative" in such a way as to be compatible with slightly too low inflation and much too high unemployment, but if so, they should spell out in more detail what they mean.


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WorkWild targets young people in Alberta's forest-based communities
EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Jan. 5, 2011) - Alberta's forest industry has launched WorkWild, the most comprehensive forestry career awareness program in Canada. Developed by the Alberta Forest Products Association and industry partners, the program targets youth in Alberta's forest-based communities.
The innovative program is designed to present a modern image of forestry and the diverse range of careers it offers. It includes the WorkWild Ambassador Team – a team of industry employees who visit community events, high schools and career fairs to share information about the industry. The team is supported by a website, WorkWild.ca. It features information about jobs, career opportunities, education, training providers and available financial support including a listing of scholarships valued at more than $180,000.
"With WorkWild, we're investing in the future and preparing for an economic turnaround by attracting young people to the industry," said Alberta Forest Product Association President and CEO Brady Whittaker. "We want Alberta youth to understand that they can build a rewarding career in forestry, continue to enjoy the lifestyle offered in their communities and work in an industry that is compatible with their values."
The program is designed to reach young people in popular venues and includes non-conventional advertising (such as bathroom wraps), contesting, social media, as well as the web content. A contest that will award three iPads and an iMac computer will encourage youth to access the website.
"Today's forest industry is both high tech and environmentally responsible, two factors that make it appealing to Alberta's youth," said Whittaker. Alberta's forest industry manages for long-term sustainability, harvesting at levels below natural growth rates and growing two trees for every tree cut. In Alberta, 61 per cent of the province's forestlands are third-party certified to a sustainable forest management standard, demonstrating the forest industry's commitment to sustainable forest management.
Alberta's forestry industry generates direct, indirect and induced revenue of more than $5.5 billion annually and providing total tax revenues estimated at $200 million.
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22 May 2008
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The sky blue field with a fruit and flower filled cornucopia entwined with a twisted serpent and pale pink ribbon beneath a radiating sun, all contained within an architecturally moulded frame with floral escutchons surrounded by pale blue ribbon and pastel-coloured scrolling acanthus leaves, localised moth damage, small spots of wear and repair, backed and framed
4 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 5 in. (130 cm. x 104 cm.)
Ordered by Louis XIV to furnish the Grande Galerie au bord de l'eau at the Louvre.
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The Savonnerie carpet offered here represents the flourishing of the woven arts in the 17th Century France and the unabashed, bold and powerful reign of Louis XIV. When Louis XIV ascended the throne in 1661, it was decided with his chief minister, Jean Baptiste Colbert, that a refurbishment of the Louvre was necessary to make a statement to the world manifesting the power of the King and the State. One aspect of this huge redecoration plan was to furnish the Galerie d'Apollon and the Galerie du Bord de l'eau, otherwise known as the Grande Galerie, with carpets of a calibre not yet executed in France. Both the Dupont and Lourdet families who had establised competitive workshops worked together and built new special looms on which a carpet could be woven lengthwise, whereby the looms were as large as the length of the carpet thus allowing more weavers to sit side by side and weave simultaneously, speeding the process and promoting the local industries (S. Sherill, Carpets and Rugs of Europe and America, New York, 1966, p.69.).
The first carpets executed for the renovation were thirteen carpets for the Galerie d'Apollon which were considered a trial run for the ninety-three carpets needed to cover the entire Grande Gallerie which at 1,460 feet by 32 feet was an intimidating project. Work began in both the Lourdet and the Dupont factories in 1667 after the last carpet for the Galerie d'Apollon was delivered. The weaving of the commission took approximately two years to complete, with carpets being delivered between the years of 1668 and 1669. From production and delivery records kept by Dupont, we know today that he was responsible for thirty-two of the Grande Galerie carpets and the Lourdet workshops for the remaining sixty (P.Verlet, 'The James A. de Rothschild collection at Waddesdon Manor', The Savonnerie, London, 1982, p. 179, notes 24-41).
Sadly, this magnificent suite of carpets was never installed in situ, as Louis XIV lost interest in the restoration of the Louvre and moved his court to Versailles in 1678. The importance of the Grande Galerie carpets, however, was neither forgotten by Louis XIV nor lost on his immediate descendants. For the seventy-eight years following Louis XIV's death, the carpets were stored virtually intact by the Grande Meuble. Occasionally, Louis XV and Louis XVI used some of the carpets from the series for ceremonies or events, underscoring the high respect with which they were regarded. Unfortunately, following the revolution of the Directoire, many of the carpets were dispersed and neglected, with many of the ninety-three carpets cut down to fit less palatial spaces.
The artistic vocabulary found in the present lot reflects that which was found in the carpets of the Galerie d'Apollon. It is extremely difficult to determine which carpet in the series this fragment is taken from although it is remarkably similar to one of the first carpets woven in the series which was to be placed in the middle of the gallery under the bay of the vault which was later painted by Delacroix in 1849. Both the present fragment and that carpet employed the Royal emblem of the crowned radiating sun although the majority of the crown above the present example is missing, P.Verlet, op. cit, London, 1982, p. 182-3, fig.114.
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As you can see from the photo, Julianne Moore was the center of attention a couple of hours ago atop the Noga Hilton for the cocktail party celebrating her new film, Savage Grace, the long-awaited second feature from "Swoon" director Tom Kalin. The words I keep thinking of to describe Moore's remarkable performance in the film are, "deliciously evil."
The true story has some astounding twists that are sure to leave some folks behind, but I really got into the spirit of the movie and enjoyed it. The film is beautiful to look at with an incredible attention to detail in its design. But in the end, its all about Julianne. Another great performance.
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El País had an article yesterday about "Spanish" Muslims who had been killed fighting against the Assad government in Syria. The Muslims were from Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in Africa, adjacent to Moroccan territory and inhabited by large numbers of ethnic Moroccan Muslims who are outbreeding the Europeans resident there. For more on Ceuta and Melilla, the Spanish exclaves in Africa, see here.
The article recounts the story of some Muslims from Ceuta who travelled to Syria and got killed there. (Nice one, Assad!) It's full of the usual stuff from family and acquaintances about how he "seemed so normal, he wasn't a fanatic". They came from the neighbourhood of El Príncipe, next to the Moroccan border, and travelled in the company of known Moroccan jihadists, flying from Madrid to Turkey and hooking up with jihad groups there who helped them cross the border into Syria.
Ceuta, with around 80,000 inhabitants, has the highest youth unemployment rate in Europe at 60%. There are also record-breaking educational failure rates. 38.8% do not finish the period of compulsory schooling, but El Príncipe beats even these records.Source: El País
..."We knew this was going to happen. No one is surprised by it. Young men have already travelled from Ceuta to Afghanistan and Iraq, so why wouldn't they go to Syria now? This problem is not just one of security. There is a very large element of social uprooting and marginality", according to an official of the intelligence services.
...The mosque of Las Caracolas is controlled by the Unión de Comunidades Islámicas de España (UCIDE), which is represented in Ceuta by Laarbi Mateeis, director of the movement Jamaat Tablighl. ...Thirty of the 32 mosques in the city are controlled by this hardline group which preaches peace but which has occasionally produced terrorists like Mohamed Atta, who directed the suicide attackers of 9/11. All the mosques in Ceuta have Moroccan imams and the majority are paid by the Moroccan Ministry of Religious Affairs.
No doubt it won't be long before the Muslims in Ceuta don't need to travel to do their jihad. I expect a Kosovo-style insurgency to break out there within a few decades.


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Hollywood has faced no shortage of scandals and controversies, but nothing rocked the town quite like the AIDS epidemic in the 80s. In a time when panic was widespread and support was scarce, silver-screen royalty joined forces with the fashion industry to create a fundraiser fashion show, bringing hope and benefiting those living with the disease. It evolved into a series of fundraisers spanning the next ten years — a monumental effort that is the subject of a new documentary that needs your help in order to bring it to life.
Filmmaker Alfonso Salcedo has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund his movie There Was Magic, which looks back at those beyond glam AIDS benefits that took place each year in Los Angeles from 1986 to 1996. Inspired by the book Heavenly Bodies: Remembering Hollywood and Fashion's Favorite AIDS Benefit, which was written by the event's founder Michael Anketell, the film chronicles how the two industries came together in the midst of a crisis. Featuring rare archival footage of Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, and more, There Was Magic without a doubt promises to be glamorous and fun — with a heart.
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Aberdeen and my favourite library
It is not that long time ago when I was a citizen of the Granite City. It's hard to believe that now I visit it only as a guest researcher. It is my first 'adult home', away from my family and friends, place where I made new friendships for a lifetime, place where I started my PhD journey, place where I found a very different myself.
People love it or hate it. You can hear complaints on weather, parochialism, monotony, dullness. What I always see instead is the city sparkling like silver, condensed with the warmest and kind people I have ever had a chance to meet. I've learned how to drink whisky and don't care about the rain at all, how to prepare fish soup on milk and reply to my neighbours when asked far div ye bide?
Now, every time I come back, I point out one thing I miss specially, and this time I'll write about the library: The Sir Duncan Rice Library. The most modern and adjusted to the needs of students library I had a pleasure to study in. I always thought that I'm not a kind of 'library' person. I found it more comfortable to stay at home in my pj's, allowed to listen to some music and have a snack while studying my notes. The truth was that libraries I've been to simply didn't give me the possibility to feel comfortable. They were either too dark, had no place to sit, not enough sockets for students to plug in their laptops, no space for a discussion or cafeteria to grab an espresso and get a break. The Sir Duncan Rice Library is finally a 21st century space for learning and research I've been looking for. It was officially opened the day after I arrived in Aberdeen, almost as if Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth gave me a very personalised gift.
Except of the great collection of books, the study space includes interactive areas for collaborative projects. No more: 'so where do we meet' when it comes to a join project. There are also informal areas, such like The Hardback Cafe and the 'Break-out Room' where you can enjoy a beautiful view over the city. Each of the seven floors of the library includes sufficient number of PCs and sockets to plug in your own laptop, as well as number of comfortable armchairs and tables. Whenever I'm in Aberdeen I look for few hours to spend in the library, as there is simply no other place like this where I can truly focus and enjoy the fact I can study.
Monday, 16th of March
We have finished the first round of workshops conducted as a part of Science Fair in Fraserburgh. We are positively exhausted and look forward for tomorrow's groups at the Aberdeen Biodiversity Centre. The biggest surprise of the day was how well behaved kids are and how easy it was to work with them.
Tuesday, 17th of March
Groups in Biodiversity Centre were just terrific! Actively participating in question session, interested in the topic. We would love to have more groups like that!
Saturday, 21nd of March
It's hard to believe that this is the end! Today we have participated in a Discovery Day at Aberdeen Science Centre. We hosted together dozen of pupils who investigated with us how plants adapt to changes in their environment. Five volunteers even performed an osmosis experiment. Here you can see the picture of their experimental set up from 2 pm. Unfortunately the time was not sufficient to allow the colour to pass through the xylem to the pellets. We encourage you to repeat it again at home!
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The session with children will be initiated with a short presentation introducing children to the world of plant biology, highlighting the importance of plants for our existence. We will broaden the awareness of 'dependencies' through the examples of the food chain and hunger, and their impact on our existence. Next, through discussion and experiments, we will learn together how plants produce oxygen, how they grow, and what we can do to ensure good growing conditions for our plants. We will demonstrate how plants direct themselves to a light source, which light colours and intensities they require, and how the needs of plants are the same as ours: eat, drink, breath and grow. These needs will be presented in the way to appreciate how many physical laws are obeyed by plants in order to grow towards the sun and protect themselves against damaging conditions, such as extensive light.
We designed a range of public materials that educate and promote these topics. These include our 'open access' presentation (available for after the workshops) and a 'keep-sake' flyer (available for download) detailing experiments we performed together.
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On Monday, 16th of March we will be conducting workshops as part of the Fraserburgh Science Fair [pdf, width=75%, height = 75%]http://biomatematyka.pl/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/NSEW_2015_Fraserburgh.pdf[/pdf]
On Tuesday and Wednesday, 17-18th of March we will be hosted by Aberdeen Biodiversity Centre.
On Saturday, 21st of March we will support Discovery Day in the Satrosphere Science Centre in Aberdeen.
A personal manual to your own plant lab
Plants in our life
Did you know that plants are our main source of life? They filter our air by consuming toxic CO2. Together with the water they drink from the ground, plants can convert energy captured from sunlight into sugars, for us to eat, and oxygen, for us to breath.
This process is known as photosynthesis:
Besides serving us as the main source of energy in the form of fruits or vegetables, plant products are essential resource for human well-being. They include wood, oils, pigments, fibers. Even our technology is driven by plants as coal and petroleum are fossil substances of plant origin.
Sensing the surrounding
Plants live in an ever changing and, at times, a challenging environment, which can dramatically interfere with the process of photosynthesis. Within one day sunny dry conditions can become dark and wet. It is fascinating how plants are able to sense and adapt to such changes. When water becomes available, plants quickly take it up, and when sunlight becomes too intense, plants protect themselves. You have probably also observed that plants grow towards light. However, did you ever wonder what mechanisms govern their behaviour? Have you ever wanted to see plants produce oxygen? Here we suggest a few experiments you can do at home to enable you to witness and understand the science of how plants sense their environment.
Experiment Nr 1: Osmosis
Like us, plants need water to survive. They use osmosis to absorb it together with nutrients from the soil. By definition, osmosis is the movement of water molecules from an area of high water concentration to an area of low water concentration through a partially permeable membrane.
The cell membrane of the root hair cell acts as partially permeable membrane and because the cell sap inside the vacuole has low water concentration water passes from the soil into the root hair. The concentration of the sap in the vacuole is now weaker as there is a high concentration of water. Water will now pass from this area to the next cell with lower concentration and will continue to move along the cells of the root up the xylem to the leaf.
By colouring the water in which the plant sits in, we can observe how petal turns colour and that water in fact travels up a plant's xylem.
Experiment Nr 2: Fluorescence
Since plants need light to carry out photosynthesis, if we provide the plant with light, it should be able to make more oxygen and sugar, right? Not at all!
Actually, plants cannot cope with too much light! To deal with the excess light energy, they release the surplus energy by re-emitting tiny red signal called fluorescence, which is normally invisible to our eyes.
In an experiment, we show how plants protect themselves by re-emitting a part of the UV-light shone on them in the darkness, where photosynthesis process was blocked.
Experiment Nr 3: Gravitropism
It is a general feature of all higher plants that roots grow in the direction of gravitational pull (i.e., downward) and stems grow in the opposite direction. When the seed is in the soil, it is dark and not easy to find where the surface is. Plants can sense gravity to help the germinated seeds change shoot growth to the 'upwards' direction and root growth 'downwards'. Growth movement in response to gravity is called gravitropism.
To investigate gravitropism in shoots and plant movement towards the light you can built the onion tower that at the end of the experiment may serve as a supply of onion greens for whole family.
Experiment Nr 4: Oxygen production
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Would you like to witness how plant absorbs CO2 and produces oxygen, using quite similar set up as famous scientists Joseph Priestley?
Alone in a sealed jar, with no source of oxygen a burned candle would produce hot carbon dioxide that would accumulate at the top of the jar, pushing down other gases like oxygen and eventually stifles the flame.
Remembering that plants breath the CO2 and produce oxygen in turn, place a plant and candle under a large jar and after a month light up the candle inside to observe that level of oxygen produced inside is sufficient to allow the candle to continue to burn.
Heard in the seminar room
My seminar/conference notes does not always include only scientific comments. Sometimes they just capture a nice quote, funny parafrase or situational joke. Selection of the recent below:
Answer on the question "Will that work" during the talk on understanding development and diversity of leaf shape
Well, parafrasing Gramsci, thake the "Pessimism of the intellect and optimism of the will" and it should.
About Flux Balance Analysis:
How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? [Sherlock Holmes in The Sign of the Four]
Model of acclimation publicly available
Institute for Quantitative and Theoretical Biology made available on-line the old photosynthesis model for model organism alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and you can now easy download it and play with it! All you need is a working python and scientific packages. I suggest to download Anaconda distribution that comes with all packages needed to smoothly run the model.
We share Python files reproducing the mathematical model described in the paper published by Ebenhoeh et al. 2014, originally developed in MATLAB. The model comprises a set of seven coupled ordinary differential equations and captures the temporal evolution of: PQ, PC, Fd, lumenal H, ATP concentration, NADPH concentration and cross section of PSII.
You can access the model from git repository.
You now have two options: either you download the model as a zip file and use it directly on your computer, or you setup git. Second option is preferred if you would like to be anyhow involved in the development. In this case, I would suggest signing in (free of charge) and cloning the model. So for those who would like to know how to use git, a few simple steps:
If you're on a Debian-based distribution like myself, try apt-get:
[code language="bash"]
$ apt-get install git
If you are using Windows, an easy way to get Git installed is by installing GitHub for Windows. The installer includes a command line version of Git as well as the GUI and can be downloaded from http://windows.github.com.
If you are using Mac, there are several ways, like simply try to run git from the Terminal the very first time. If you don't have it installed already, it will prompt you to install it.
If you wish to start tracking an existing project in Git, create a new directory of choice, then go to this project directory on your computer and type:
[code language="bash"]
$ git init
You clone a repository with git clone [url]. In our case we copy the url from the right hand side of the website:
[code language="bash"]
$ git clone https://github.com/QTB-HHU/petcmodel.git
You should notice that in the selected directory on your computer you have now all files from the on-line repository. Now, you can construct a branch of the project, for instance named with your name:
[code language="bash"]
$ git checkout -b Giulio
and edit files within this branch. Whatever you will change in the file you need to /add and further /commit. Without going to too many details, we have three stage path from the changing the file to uploading to the github, which helps avoiding publishing mistakes.
You can change a parameter in a file, you can add some simple plotting function. You can do whatever. But whatever you wish to change, you need to type:
[code language="bash"]
$ git add [name-of-the-changed-file]
$ git commit [name-of-the-changed-file] -m "here-you-can-put-message-with-information-what-you-changed"
And what is the coolest part, later you can share it with the others, by sending your project back to the github:
[code language="bash"]
$ git push origin Giulio
Actually, all you need to know is described in the README file in the repository. The equations are implemented in petcModel.py and their origin is explained in detail in the electronic supplementary material of the publication. If you wish to reproduce for instance the PAM experiment in the darkness, you can easily type:
[code language="bash"]
python dld.py >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
You can also investigate the steady state change in the redox state of the reductant pool under different light conditions, like on the figure below or write your own protocol for an experiment in silco!
I hope that some of you will be interested in playing with the model. Have fun!
Are plants like scientists?
In a collaboration with Dr Ahmad Mannan from the University of Aberdeen, with the support from the European project AccliPhot, CEPLAS Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences and Aberdeen Biodiversity Centre, we have prepared a project inviting children to the exciting world of plant biology. We blur the lines between different scientific fields so as to raise awareness of the ubiquity of the laws of physics. Through presentations and live experiments, we will demonstrate how plants adapt to various physical perturbations for survival. Moreover, to encourage continued interest outside the classroom, we have designed a set of simple plant experiments that children will be able to repeat on their own.
The objective
of our project is to encourage cross disciplinary thinking, share knowledge, and inaugurate an interest in biophysics. As interdisciplinary researchers we believe that there is no simple division across the fields of science. As such, we wish to disseminate this thought to the next generation of potential scientists by inviting them to view different aspects of life and science in a combined way. In particular, blurring the lines between biology and physics will show how these disciplines intertwine. We believe we can achieve this goal by introducing children to the basic laws of nature, using plants as our examples.
We would like to thank
Yashka Smith, Marie Fish, Heather Doran, Leann Tait, Mark Paterson, Peter Nurick, Adam Price, Stephanie Schelder and Andreas Burkart for their support, valuable comments and ideas altogether allowing us to present the project to more than 200 children.
If you would like to leave us some comment regarding the project or give us a feedback after one of the sessions please contact don't hesitate to contact one of us: Anna or Ahmad.
Download educational materials
Follow step by step experiments we performed together during the workshop
CEPLAS association
I am happy to share the news that last month, as the first PhD student in the history, I was accepted to become associated with the Cluster of Excellence on Plant Science (CEPLAS) Graduate School.
Becoming a part of this cluster raises new challenges but also gives new opportunities for collaboration. CEPLAS mission is to contribute new paradigms to solve urgent problems in plant performance and production through exploitation of natural variation and biodiversity. My research project on photosynthetic electron transport chain matches the research programme of Area B of CEPLAS and I believe that I can bring a valuable insight to increasing our understanding of differences between existing types of photosynthesis.
I would encourage you to watch this short video by NationalGeographic, where you can learn why plant science, especially related to breading, is crucial in solving present global challenges.
Scotland, there is still no umbrella for you!
When I moved to Aberdeen, Scotland, I didn't have big expectations regarding the weather. I imagined dark, rainy days, and I got them (no complains on that, people and whisky compensate weather conditions, but I will write about that some other time). Therefore it's no surprise that I immediately bought an umbrella. Feeling save and equipped in 'rain-protector' I went for the first time to the city centre. The very same day my umbrella got broken. By the wind, of course. Without giving that too many thoughts, I bought my second umbrella. My walk from home to the university lasted for about 40 minutes. My umbrella didn't survive even half of the way as after 10 minutes it turned inside-out and fabric frigged. When I reached university, soaked in rain, looking truly miserable I have learned the most unbelievable fact from a colleague of mine: 'Oh, didn't you know that only tourists carry umbrellas here? That is exactly how we distinguish Aberdonians from the rest!' And that was actually true. I dig up that there exists dozens of expressions Scots use to describe their windy weather, like 'Gab o' May', to describe stormy weather at the start of May or 'skirl' which corresponds to the sound of strong wind (you can read more about that here). I finally realized that there was simply no point of buying another umbrella.
Up until today. Scientists from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China, had designed an umbrella that instead of relying on a metal pole and attached to it fabric, wants to use advantages of an air flow to provide shelter and keep users dry (source) . As the team is currently rising money on the kickstarter website to fund their further research on invisible umbrella (you can take a look into their demo video below), I thought it might solve the problem of carrying an umbrella under heavy rain and wind. Unfortunately, authors inform on their FAQ site that if the speed of wind is high, the natural wind will oppress the air flow generated by the air umbrella and will decrease the scope of sheltering and affect its performance. Also, the market price of the product is predicted to be about $200 and the battery currently lasts only for about 30 minutes, which significantly narrows group of possible clients.
So sorry Scotland, there is still no umbrella that would help Scots to stay dry during the gandiegow.


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Throughout the last 10 years, crochet has finally made a name for itself amongst the sea of knittery in the modern craft world. A multitude of resources are now available for all levels of experience, but scouring through how-to books at your local library, craft store, or book store can be overwhelming. Here's a go-to list of resources that I trust and would recommend to any hooker!
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Special Edition of Congotronic by Shane Book
At once original, strange, funny, and unnerving, Shane Book's Congotronic takes the reader into unstable territory, where multiple layers of voice, diction, and music collide. Some of these poems have the sparse directness of a kind of bleak prayer; others mingle the earthbound rhythms of hip-hop with the will-to-transcendence of high Romanticism.
Harnessing techniques of the cinematic and audio arts, Book's poems splice, sample, collage, and jump-cut language from an array of sources, including slave narratives, Western philosophy, hip hop lyrics, and the diaries of plantation owners.
A limited-edition hardcover printing of fifty of this book was printed and bound at the Coach House on bpNichol Lane in Toronto.


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CMO Close-Up: Tell us a bit about your market and what's underscoring your new campaign?
Martha Willis: At OppenheimerFunds, we have a high conviction in the funds we're managing and are always trying to outperform the market. We've traditionally tried to sell through our sales organization, but that can cover only about 20% of our customers. I'm trying to broaden our thought leadership, make it more public and get more credibility in the marketplace for what we do.
What we're trying to do right now is manage all our investment strategies with a global view. That's increasingly important as the world is changing, especially in emerging markets. The biggest growth opportunity for investors is to capitalize on that, investing in companies that can benefit from this trend.
CMO Close-Up: Why focus on emerging markets?
Willis: There have been very few asset-management firms that have fully capitalized on that. As consumers, we all buy products from around the world. But very few asset managers have taken a global perspective in regard to investment strategies.
Our campaign is called "Globalize Your Thinking," to help make people aware of this investment change. The fact is, investors need a macro-global view. It's no longer just the U.S. that's your hunting ground. It doesn't mean the end of U.S. investment opportunities, but rather going anywhere in the world for the best investment opportunities. We're trying to inform people, educate them and globalize their thinking.
CMO Close-Up: How are you getting the word out?
Willis: We're using traditional print publications that target financial advisers, such as Registered Rep., Financial News and Investment Advisor.
In addition, we're going to more of the mega-financial publications, such as The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Bloomberg News and Dow Jones. On this front, we're developing integrated partnerships and using a lot of their elements. One example is placing ads opposite the column by Tom Keene, a highly respected economist, in Bloomberg Businessweek.
Also, there are about 150,000 Bloomberg terminals used by financial advisers, and our ads are all over those terminals, like Flash online advertising. In addition, Bloomberg is launching a new mobile site as well as one for the iPad, and our ads are a part of that as well. And we were a lead sponsor of the Bloomberg Link conference in New York last month.
CMO Close-Up: What kinds of calls to action does the campaign feature?
Willis: All this advertising drives viewers to our site, GlobalizeYourThinking.com, where we provide information for advisers—"snackable" pieces of content that advisers can send on to their end-customers. They include white papers and investment ideas, but also multimedia. So instead of handing the customer a brochure, the adviser can share these little streaming infomercials instead. And all our videos are on our YouTube channel as well.
Sharing—syndication of this material—is big; and we're hoping advisers will put these on their sites. The idea is graphical, how to enable people to more easily digest this material. We think there is long-term opportunity here.
CMO Close-Up: We understand you're using quick-response codes to good effect. Please tell us more about this?
Willis: Whenever you see a QR code in one of our print ads, you can scan it with your smartphone and pull up a video of a fund manager talking about investment opportunities. From my perspective, an adviser looking for an asset manager wants somebody on the forefront of knowledge. If they're using dated instruments or tools, they don't look like they're on the forefront of knowledge.
Also, in the past we'd invite advisers to New York to meet our fund managers, bringing in about 1,000 advisers each year. Recently, though, we did a test with a print QR code, and we also promoted it on our website. We had 20,000 people overall who downloaded our video on the site, and the print QR code alone was responsible for 1,000 views in 2½ months. It ordinarily would have taken us 20 years to get this kind of exposure using the in-person model.
CMO Close-Up: It sounds like part of your strategy is to be extremely helpful to financial advisers in doing their jobs, right?
Willis: Yes. Advisers are looking for unique stories to share with their clients to help with their investments. This global effort will do that. This is a trend that will change the investing world over the next 30 years.


text: If all of a sudden God spoke to you and asked your opinion if the human race deserves to exist, what would you tell him. In all the years that we have existed, have we shown the potential to be better people? Or do you think that were falling into a tales spin of destruction. When I came up with this question, I wasn't really thinking about the religious aspects. I was thinking more about human nature and the way we treat each other. The way we as humans think about society and act towards it. Also how personal interests play a role in our decisions. What would you tell God? Do you think that Humanity has an upside? Or should God wipe us out of existence?


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Kim Kardashian FINALLY Granted Divorce From Kris Humphries
Kim Kardashian is free to marry Kanye West any time she pleases now that her divorce from Kris Humphries is official.
The judge presiding over the case dissolved the marriage in today's court hearing and Humphries, who originally demanded $7 million from his estranged wife, will walk away with nothing. The New Jersey Nets player also dropped his demand for an annulment based on fraud and had to pay his own attorney's fees. Showing benevolence and wanting to get the entire ordeal over with, Kim also asked the court to drop a financial penalty Kris was facing for not showing up to a hearing last week.
The judgement is a huge win for Kim (mostly thanks to her Hollywood-famous lawyer, Laura Wasser). Even though official papers are still to be signed (if Humphries decides to drag those out, Lord have mercy) the case is closed according to the judge, who even said to Kim "Congratulations on your dissolution."


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Heather Morris Is Back on Glee — and We've Got Your First Look
Here she is hosting "Fondue for Two."
Tonight, Fox airs the 100th episode of Glee (boy, these kids sure have been through a lot), and the main reason we care? Brittany S. Pierce (Heather Morris) returns! New Directions' comedy and dancing superstar left at the end of season four after gaining early admission to MIT (and because in real life, Morris was expecting). To mark the occasion, there will be singing, dancing, and another episode of "Fondue for Two." No, we don't see Lord Tubbington in this clip, either, but we're sure he'll turn up, because otherwise, MAJOR OVERSIGHT!


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Yesterday was one of those days where I just wanted to stay in bed all day long, curled up under a big fluffy blanket with a chick flick marathon. I was exhausted, tired, and achy, and the pouring rain and snow didn't help my spirits.
I wasn't in the mood at all for my lunch time workout, and I considered taking the Body Pump class at 5:30, but instead, I sucked it up and went on my lunch hour because I knew the workout would feel good, even if I did have to sprint in the downpour to get to the gym!
I'm so happy I went because I honestly had a heart-pumping workout. I started with a 1.5 mile run. I was only going to go for a mile, but I got caught up in my Fall Out Boy playlist that I just kept going. Hello high school flashback!
After my run, I completed my Weekend Leg Burner workout, and by the end of my 4th round of forward and backwards barbell lunges across the fitness room, I was drenched in sweat.
Even though I got a great workout in, I was still craving a boat load of chocolate and an indulgent dinner, so I went for my Jack Johnson Pancakes.
I altered the recipe a little, and instead of 2 eggs, I made it with 1 egg and 1 egg white, and doubled the chocolate chip amount. It was definitely necessary. These pancakes were fluffier then the other night's batch, so with 1 egg and 1 egg white is the way to go. Such a filling and healthy dinner!
I spent the rest of the night playing and cuddling with Lanie bug, while watching CSI:NY and Grey's Anatomy. This whole house/puppy sitting thing has really allowed me to catch up on the months of shows I'm behind on!
I've definitely felt off today, I think my lack of veggies and clean eating is catching up to me, so I've made it a point to try to bring some balance back into my life.
I started my morning with a 4 mile run, and downed a protein shake to feed my muscles. I haven't had a major appetite at all today, so it was a struggle to enjoy my apple and pb.
I started getting a tension headache around lunch time, which I knew was a result of a lack of food. I forced myself to eat, even if I wasn't overly hungry. I enjoyed a 1 egg and 3 egg white microwave scramble with my fav kind of veggies ever. Mixed veggies always reminds me of 4-year-old food. Can't live without it.
I'm taking another group exercise class this afternoon and refuse to walk out, even if the teacher sucks. I'll be taking a Body Blast class at 4:30, followed by half of the Zumba class at 5:30. I'm so nervous for the Body Blast class that I might shart myself! I watched a clip on YouTube of what it entails, and holy crap, I might have to log roll everywhere tomorrow!
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text: Last week's economic news was slim due to the Labor Day Holiday. Scheduled releases included the Fed's Beige Book Report and weekly readings on mortgage rates and new jobless claims. Beige Book Cites Concerns Over U.S. Auto Industry Federal Reserve Board members shared anecdotes from their respective regions; of note were concerns about U.S. automakers. Auto production was more than 16 percent lower year-over-year in Cleveland, Ohio. Fed business contacts said that automakers are no longer … [Read more...]


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Through her multidisciplinary practice, Maya Rochat handles photography and plays on multiple media, from collage to performance through video, to create new and enigmatic images. For the limited editions of the Centre, the artist proposes two variants: ShowerPower with Bermudaa and ShowerPower with U5.
ShowerPower with Bermudaa depicts the performance by the electro musician Bermudaa (AB Records) which took place during the first of the exhibitions conceived by Maya Rochat in the Project Space, A Plastic Tool.
Using the same principle, she reused a photograph of the work of the artist's collective U5 in the exhibition Protein Fix at the project space for ShowerPower with U5.
Trying to blur the boundaries between reality and fiction, the artist uses the shower curtain – on which she printed these images – as media for these limited editions. The strangeness of these colourful photographs transfigure this everyday object, giving it a new aesthetic dimension.
Print on shower curtain.
140 x 200 cm
Edition of 5 (+1 AP)


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Jay Silver Joins CBC REalta Group, Leading New Brokerage Team in Long Island
Commercial real estate veteran and expert Jay Silver has joined Coldwell Banker Commercial REalta Group as vice president of leasing.
Based in Garden City, Silver will serve as the lead broker for one of the largest commercial property portfolios in Long Island, comprising more than 3.6 million square feet of industrial, office, retail, warehouse and R&D properties throughout Nassau and Suffolk counties.
"We are delighted to add Jay to the CBC REalta Group team," says Brad Pincus, principal of CBC REalta Group. "Jay brings an outstanding knowledge and understanding of the overall Long Island marketplace and will play an integral role on our brokerage team. His hands-on approach will continue our deep commitment to the success of our clients and he will be working directly with Long Island Industrial to ensure that their properties are prominently represented in the market."
Born and raised in Brooklyn, Silver is a 22-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry specializing in landlord and tenant representation. He began his career at Studley and spent the last 13 years at Real Estate Strategies, Ltd., based in Long Island.


text: On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Ben Laurie wrote: > Tim O'Reilly wrote: > > People keep saying sourceExchange (RIP). But collab.net is alive and well, > > and doing a lot of this interfacing. Openoffice.org, netbeans.org, > > openadaptor.org, helix.org, gridengine.sunsource.net are all very successful > > projects managed by Collab.net. > > Collab.net is not SourceXchange, and you know it. Its a commercial > cousin to it, but it is by no means the same thing. To be clear, SourceXchange was a *service* that CollabNet the *company* ran. Dunno what called for the "and you know it" phrase; nor is it a "commercial cousin", in my view. ObDisclosure, Tim and I are both CollabNet board members. > SourceXchange was an interesting idea (and I have my views one why it > died if anyone cares), and may perhaps flourish in some guise once more, > given changing attitudes to free software. I believe I posted before why we decided to shut down the business, but don't have the time right now to find the post. Long and the short of it: we tried to be a heavy intermediary (taking responsibility for collecting & disbursing payments, and guaranteeing code quality), and the overhead of that didn't pay for its costs. Being a lightweight intermediary who just makes introductions between developer and sponsors might have worked, but we would have meant a much smaller number we could charge as a fee. The overall size of the market of companies looking to fund open source work as an outsourced project was just too small. A matching service might work if it was run by an org that didn't need to break even on it and where the labor involved could be volunteer (e.g., the FSF, or ASF). Affero is taking another interesting stab at the issue of compensation for open source dev work. Brian


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My son is new to the pump for this year's soccer season. I recently purchased a pump band from Pump Wear. The band we purchased fits on his leg instead of his waist as he thought this would be better. Do you think this is a good choice or do most kids disconnect?
A great question indeed, whether to disconnect or not for sports. Disconnecting does not mean that he's without insulin; insulin can last in the body for several hours, so disconnecting for brief periods of time is okay. But, that does mean that the longer he's disconnected from his pump, the greater the chance he'll be deficient of insulin eventually. So, it's a delicate question. You'll meet many who do one or the other and swear that their way is the best way - I don't believe that either one is. The real question is, "Is it right for your son?" Things that might help you make your decision might be: What does this kind of activity do to my child's blood sugars?; how long does insulin last in his body?; and how long is the activity? You might also want to talk online with others, possibly at our site's Sports and Athletics Forums or our Chat Rooms.
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Riot in a Jam Jar
James Cauty makes miniature scenes of riots and protests in empty jam jars. As you can see at the video link, some of them even feature flashing lights on the police vehicles.
You may remember Cauty from his musical career. He was a member of the band The KLF during the late 80s and early 90s. Gallery Link and Video Link -via Nerdcore
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I liked the KLF or the Orb better, but this this guy has talent!
Maybe he could do the "burning 1 millions pounds in a jar"?
Maybe he could do the "burning 1 millions pounds in a jar"?
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Artificial Intelligence Goes Mobile to Create Context-Aware Business Users' Assistants by ClickSoftware
Join ClickSoftware's Seminar at Mobile World Congress to explore the synergy between Enterprise Mobility and Artificial Intelligence, including enterprise apps, context-aware business assistants, HTML5 and the evolution of mobile and cloud
Jun 07, 20100, 01:42 ET
BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, February 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. (NasdaqGS : CKSW ), the leading provider of automated mobile workforce management and optimization solutions, invites attendees of Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona to register for The Power of Enterprise Mobility. The seminar, addressing the latest trends and challenges in enterprise mobility, will focus on how the convergence of mobile, cloud and artificial intelligence is driving customer service and productivity goals by putting predictive technologies and mobile assistants into the hands of consumers, mobile workers and managers alike.
The Power of Enterprise Mobility seminar will feature ClickSoftware and mobile industry experts, and will provide attendees useful tips on how to deploy an enterprise mobility strategy that takes advantage of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence.
WHO: ClickSoftware and Industry Analysts
WHAT: The Power of Enterprise Mobility Seminar
WHEN: Tuesday, 26 February, 15.00-19.00
WHERE: Hall 8.0 Seminar Theatre A
REGISTER: Register Online
Discussions include:
- ClickButler: AI-basedPersonal Assistants for Business Users - Dr. Moshe BenBassat Chairman and CEO, ClickSoftware
- The Power of Enterprise Mobility: convergence of mobile technologies - Kevin Benedict, Head Analyst for SMAC, Cognizant
- Evolution of Enterprise Mobility, market trends and what to expect next - Nick McQuire, Vice President Enterprise Mobility, IDC
- Portugal Telecom: Using Mobility to Transform the Business and Achieve Strategic Growth Plans - Paulo Rocha, IT Manager, Portugal Telecom
- Is HTML 5 ready for prime-time? - Gil Bouhnick, Associate Vice President of Mobility, ClickSoftware
"The time for artificial intelligence in everyday life is now," said Dr. Moshe BenBassat Chairman and CEO, ClickSoftware. "The convergence of mobile, social and cloud provides all the building blocks for service organizations to become real-time service organizations. By adopting mobile personal assistants, which are context aware, anticipate user's needs and act on them proactively, organizations can more quickly react to everything from a scheduling change to a natural disaster, all while keeping management and customers informed."
The mobile eco-system is fast evolving, and businesses need to stay current to remain competitive. Join ClickSoftware and more than 70,000 attendees at Mobile World Congress 2013 to explore the New Mobile Horizon.
Those that register for ClickSoftware's seminar will receive free tickets to Mobile World Congress, and attendees will have the opportunity to win one of 10 iPad Mini's or one of 40 iPod shuffles.
To find out more information about The Power of Enterprise Mobility, or to register for the event, please visit clicksoftware.com.
About ClickSoftware
ClickSoftware (NasdaqGS : CKSW ) is the leading provider of automated mobile workforce management and service optimization solutions for the enterprise, both for mobile and in-house resources. As pioneers of the "Service chain optimization" concept, our solutions provide organizations with end-to-end visibility and control of the entire service management chain by optimizing forecasting, planning, shift and task scheduling, mobility and real-time management of resource and customer communication.
Available via the cloud or on-premise, our products incorporate best business practices and advanced decision-making algorithms to manage service operations more efficiently, in a scalable, integrated manner. Our solutions have become the backbone for many leading organizations worldwide by addressing the fundamental question of job fulfillment: Who does What, for Whom, With what, Where and When.
ClickSoftware is the premier choice for delivering superb business performance to service sector organizations of all sizes. The company is headquartered in the United States and Israel, with offices across Europe, and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit http://www.clicksoftware.com. Follow us on Twitter.
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ASD On The Go is a multi-component intervention for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The intervention focuses on improving social communication, organization/planning, and problem-solving skills, and can be individualized to the user. Features of ASD On The Go include: a) learning through modules (available for free online), b) coaching support, and c) self-monitoring.
The ASD On The Go intervention is most appropriate for individuals with ASD who are working to become more engaged in work, school, and community settings, and can be accessed by a special education teacher, school counselor, behavioral therapist, parent or guardian, or the individual with ASD.
Recent Publications
- "Incorporating a Peer-Mediated Approach Into Speech-Generating Device Intervention: Effects on Communication of Preschoolers With Autism Spectrum Disorder" in the Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing. Authored by Kathy Thiemann-Bourque, Sarah Feldmiller, Lesa Hoffman, and Stacy Johner (2018).
- "Student and Teacher Outcomes from a Multi-Site Randomized Replication Trial," in the Elementary School Journal. Authored by Howard P. Wills, Debra Kamps, Paul Caldarella, & Joe Wehby. (In Press).
- "Web-based Support for Data-based Decision Making: Effect of Intervention Implementation on Children's Communication," in the Journal of Early Intervention. Authored by Jay Buzhardt, Dale Walker, Charles Greenwood, Fan Jia, Alana Schnitz, Susan Higgins, Debra Montagna and Christine Muehe (2018).
- "Automated Language Environment Analysis (LENA): A Research Synthesis," in the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Authored by Charles Greenwood, Alana Schnitz, Dwight Irvin, Shu-Fei Tsai, and Judy Carta (2018).
- "An eco-behavioral analysis of child academic engagement: Implications for preschool children not responding to instructional intervention," in the journal Topics in Early Childhood Special Education. Authored by Charles Greenwood, Connie Beecher, Jane Atwater, Sarah Petersen, Jeanie Schiefelbusch and Dwight Irvin (2017).


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The X Factor Australia – Starts Sunday
The X Factor Australia is kicking off earlier this year in the middle of July and will be going head to head with The Voice Kids. The auditions will be screened Sunday, Monday and Tuesday night. Which led to the inevitable story about Kylie and Dani Minogue going head to head in a ratings battle.
What The X Factor has that The Voice has not is successful winners. Samantha Jade, Reece Mastin and Dami Im have successful ongoing careers, whereas The Voice winners have not.
Even Joelle from last year has released a single and has a slick video clip but not sure it is getting airplay on radio.
Check it out below:
This could change this year with a more marketable singer likely to win The Voice Australia.
The X Factor Australia starts Sunday 13 July at 6.30pm on Sunday.
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- 1 Trent { 07.09.14 at 11:42 am }
Love Samantha Jade.. have not heard much from Reece Mastin the last year or so, i guess cockiness can only get you so far.
Think the winner of the voice will be (And should be) who ever is last out of Ricky's team of Sabrina/Jackson.
- 2 Eliza { 07.09.14 at 2:34 pm }
Totally agree with your statements, Trent.
Only thing that disappoints me about SJ is that I would like to hear her voice in a more down tempo/power ballad song at some point. I know dance/pop is the trend at the moment but I feel as though her vocals are too good for the songs she is given – same with Dami Im.
Agree that The Voice have the chance to crown a more marketable winner this year. This is why I have always liked X Factor more. I think it should be Jackson or Sabrina.
- 3 Georgie { 07.09.14 at 5:30 pm }
"X Factor makes superstars" it says?
Okay Ch7, name one!
- 4 brain dead dave { 07.09.14 at 5:38 pm }
Altijan Juric? Ronan said he was an international superstar.
He'd been drinking with some leprechauns when he said it.
I'll give X Factor a whirl again.
- 5 Georgie { 07.09.14 at 5:42 pm }
He must have gone back to his cave bdd?
- 6 Andrea { 07.09.14 at 9:09 pm }
I much prefer The X Factor over The Voice, more entertaining.
Dami Im was great last year.
- 7 Twinkle { 07.10.14 at 1:34 am }
So NZ will see it two weeks behind … as we did House Rules (we're into the finals week at the moment) … but I know who won as I looked online – ha!
The adverts for X Factor have been playing over here in NZ for a good few weeks, with promises that it's 'coming soon' … I guess it's going to take the place that House Rules currently has on TV3 (Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights).
- 8 Twinkle { 07.10.14 at 1:37 am }
Oh yes, Altian Childs – wow, what a disappointment he turned out to be. Mind you, there were hints of what he would become during the auditions when he went walkabout.
- 9 JK { 07.10.14 at 11:55 am }
The guy in the joelle's video is cute
- 10 John { 07.10.14 at 1:28 pm }
It will be interesting to see if my audition makes the edit this year. I was goaded by producers to say stuff I didn't mean, but I didn't give them much material to work with. One of the judges got some pretty big boos about the comments they made about me, so I am thinking if they are going to be a "nasty" judge this year then they will definitely show my audition. I have done reality before and know that the edit can be brutal, so just waiting to see how it goes down this time around.
- 11 Twinkle { 07.10.14 at 4:28 pm }
@John – oh wow! You'll have to let us know if you do see yourself on screen. Disappointing that they have to be the 'mean one' … probably in the spirit of ratings more than anything else. Good on you for giving it a go though!
These shows seem to be a curse for the majority of the winners – you hardly ever hear of them again. The ones who finish anywhere from 2nd-6th place are usually the ones to watch out for.
- 12 DamiArmy { 07.11.14 at 10:24 am }
maybe ,u can share the Music Video of the WINNER from last year,who is "joelle"? anyway,damis new single Super Love,is out now and is on chart since MAY, her NEW single is out in 1 month,and her album this year,BIG NEWS!!


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Elder companions are an increasingly common form of help for family caregivers. Mostly unskilled labor, they don't provide nursing care, though they usually assist with some activities of daily living, such as toileting or dressing, and will also do light housekeeping, meal prep, or laundry. What they're really great at: keeping your loved one entertained through conversation, pursuing shared interests (cards, arts and crafts, gardening), and driving your loved one on errands such as getting hair appointments or going to the barber. Your loved one gets important social stimulation -- and you're freed up to tend to other responsibilities and to recharge.
Many local volunteer organizations, including churches and other religious groups and local senior centers, offer programs that match seniors with other seniors. The healthier adult visits the other for meals, card games, conversation, and other social time. You can also find paid elder companions through local home health agencies.
Some older adults readily welcome a hired companion, while others harbor more resistance. Try these approaches to the subject:
Concede your loved one's perspective. Sometimes you can disarm objectives by stating them empathetically: "I know you dislike having people come into the house, but since your surgery, things have changed a little."
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Don't be shy about describing your own needs and shortcomings. Say, "Mom, I wish I could spend every minute with you, but I just can't." Or, "I'll worry less about you on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons if I know you have someone to hang out with while I'm working."'
Tout the benefits your loved one might appreciate most. An elder companion gives you respite, but that doesn't have to be the main benefit you talk up to your loved one. Express that the companion is there to help with housekeeping or to assist your loved one in getting ready in the morning.
Consider calling companion care something else. You know your loved one best. She may like the idea of "a driver" (someone to drive her to appointments) or a "gardening helper" (to putter in the yard with her), for example. If your loved one has dementia, you don't need to let on to what extent the companion is there as an extra set of eyes and ears to keep the person safe. Instead, let your loved one perceive the companion as "someone who wants you to teach him how to play cards" or the person who helps with laundry.
Mention a friend who's using one. Some people decide changes are OK if someone they know and respect is doing the same thing. "Aunt Bessie has someone come in to read aloud to her in the afternoons, since her daughter isn't so good at that." Or, "I heard [Celebrity X] hired someone to play Scrabble with her!"
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Ubisoft Announces Panzer General Online
Ubisoft's Blue Byte Studio is celebrating its 25th anniversary by bringing back the Panzer General franchise. Now before I go into more detail, let's all take a moment to congratulate Blue Byte on the anniversary, with so many studios shutting down it is nice to see someone continuing to go strong in the industry.
Panzer General Online is being developed by Ubisoft's Blue Byte studio, in close collaboration with Funatics Software. It will be a turn-based strategy browser-based game. There will be single player and multiplayer modes, with single player being an advanced tutorial and allowing the player take part in battles including the Battle of Omaha Beach and the Battle of Monte Cassino. Multiplayer will be a much more strategic affair but no less intense we're sure.
Panzer General Online provides comprehensive control of all the elements involved in the theater of war including airplanes, infantry, tanks and more. The game allows players to command units based on historically-inspired battles. Panzer General Online also incorporates elements of trading card-based games: players can collect and trade virtual miniatures of tanks, infantry and artillery to create their own personalized army.
Panzer General Online is scheduled to go into closed beta this year. Players can pre-register for the game at www.panzergeneral.com.


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Green Knoll Golf Course is a regulation, 18 hole, 6,443 yard course a challenge to the experienced golfer, as well as the novice player. Green Knoll is known for its tight fairways and rolling contours. The facility also operates a 9 hole par three Pitch and Putt Course. A golf shop and snack bar are available.
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This,is one,of the best county courses in NJ that I have,played. The course layout is at par,with many private courses. Friendly staff is their best asset.
Round started out beautifully, cruised through the first nine in less than two hours, only to find that the starter had put HS golf teams in front of us on the 10th hole. I'm not kidding when I tell you that these kids were playing at a 5 hour pace if not slower.. We talked with the starter and he stated that there was nothing he could do. Ruined the round.
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Green Knoll Pitch & Putt can be found at Garretson Rd 587. The following is offered: Golf Courses. The entry is present with us since Sep 9, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Bridgewater there are 3 other Golf Courses. An overview can be found here.


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Alright guys, it's that time again! Thanks to all your donations last time we had a whip around I had enough in the kitty to cover over a year and a half of the domain costs. The well has run dry though and renewal for 2017-2018 is up in 30 days. Rather than faff around at the last minute and risk the site going down again (not that I'd let that happen), I'm getting in with the request early this year.
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