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Betaglycan Knock-down Causes Embryonic Angiogenesis Defects in Zebrafish Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000). Jul, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26174808 Angiogenesis is an essential requirement for embryonic development and adult homeostasis. Its deregulation is a key feature of numerous pathologies and many studies have shown that members of the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) family of proteins play important roles in angiogenesis during development and disease. Betaglycan (BG), also known as TGF-β receptor type III, is a TGF-β coreceptor essential for mice embryonic development but its role in angiogenesis has not been described. We have cloned the cDNA encoding zebrafish BG, a TGF-β-binding membrane proteoglycan that showed a dynamic expression pattern in zebrafish embryos, including the notochord and cells adjacent to developing vessels. Injection of antisense morpholinos decreased BG protein levels and morphant embryos exhibited impaired angiogenesis that was rescued by coinjection with rat BG mRNA. In vivo time-lapse microscopy revealed that BG deficiency differentially affected arterial and venous angiogenesis: morphants showed impaired pathfinding of intersegmental vessels migrating from dorsal aorta, while endothelial cells originating from the caudal vein displayed sprouting and migration defects. Our results reveal a new role for BG during embryonic angiogenesis in zebrafish, which has not been described in mammals and pose interesting questions about the molecular machinery regulating angiogenesis in different vertebrates. genesis, 2015. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


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We're the Millers
Every once in a while during the 110-minute screwball comedy We're the Millers, you'll get the feeling that one of the four screenwriters stood up, grabbed hold of their shared laptop, and shouted, ''Okay, my turn!'' veering off in an entirely different direction with the plotline in tow. This year's answer to the Horrible Bosses of summers past doesn't exactly have the patience to be, in the most official definition of the word, a story, capping each of its 14 mini-acts in explosive conclusions that lead, abruptly, to new scenes built on madcap, quasi-humorous non sequiturs.
The ostensible synopsis follows drug dealer David (Jason Sudeikis) as he wrangles a fake family to transport a ton - quite literally - of marijuana over the Mexican/American border to square off with a Denver-based super criminal. Sounds like it could be a movie, right? Travails through the Mexican desert? Squabbles with the immigration officers? Anxiety over making it safely back into the States? Well, don't get invested in any of that - the border-cross goes off without a hitch approximately 20 minutes into the movie, leaving the rest of our time with the Millers (that's their false surname) to be spent embedded in quarrels, fight scenes, spider-bites, and some outlandish sexual misconduct.
David's false family is made up of a team of outcasts - an embittered stripper (Jennifer Aniston), a dopey, good-natured 18-year-old whose mother ran out on him (Will Poulter), and an acerbic runaway who lives on the streets (Emma Roberts). Interesting characters the lot of them, all worthy of the film's attention...though never quite awarded it.
Yes, we get a romantic arc brewing between Dave and Rose (Aniston), as anyone who read as far as the cast list for this movie might expect. We even get a turn of romance for young Kenny (Poulter), who earns a boost in self-esteem thanks to dad Dave and sister Casey (Roberts). But what about Casey herself? The rebellious teen whose home life was bad enough to result in her running away and living on the street? On paper, she's the most interesting character in the film. But we see Roberts contributing little more than a vehicle for Kenny's sexual maturation, a few R-rated gags, and your standard plot-forwarding exposition.
And why? Probably because she's a 20-year-old girl, which translates in Hollywood terms to set dressing and the occasional kiss. Aniston isn't dealt much better a hand, playing a stripper who, of course, is forced to strip. Several times throughout the movie. Hey, that's showbiz!
A few laughs do permeate through - Sudeikis, inscrutably becoming a less likable character as the film goes on (an interesting choice, if it is indeed a choice), manages some one-liners of note; Poulter is more over charming as the good-natured Kenny; cameos by Nick Offerman and Kathryn Hahn will appease all fans of the usual Nick Offerman and Kathryn Hahn routine. And if you're into pop culture references, there's one every minute. So it's not so much a deficit of jokes that'll drag you down to disappointment with We're the Millers. It's the conniving feeling of puzzlement that comes with every quick twist of events, every cataclysmic explosion of a scene, every convoluted thoroughfare from one unfounded bit of nonsense to another that'll getcha. It isn't that We're the Millers isn't funny. It just doesn't make any sense.
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British Sugar's seven beet sugar processing
factories are powered by CHP and have been since the 1920s. As
an intensive user of energy and with our output limited by the
beet sugar quota given to the UK under the Common Agricultural
Policy, it has always been in the company's interest to ensure
that our energy usage is as efficient as possible. CHP has been
an important component in our competitiveness and, until recently,
the company has been pleased to use and promote technology which
contributes significantly to the Government's international and
UK targets for CO2 emission reduction and for installed CHP. However,
the CHP industry is now facing a serious crisis largely as a result
of Government policies.
The Government is committed to doubling CHP
installation from 5 GWe to 10 GWe by 2010 as part of its sustainable
energy policy. Current CHP installation in the UK is only 4.7
GWea shortfall in the target of 5.3 GWe. So far from accelerating
to reach the target, investment has all but stopped as the economics
of CHP have deteriorated significantly in the last year as a result
Companies able and willing to invest in the
long-term future of CHP have been forced to shelve investment
plans and to reduce qualifying electrical exports (as defined
under the CHPQA scheme). In British Sugar's case, in the face
of serious losses in our new award-winning CHP plants in Wissington,
Norfolk, and Bury St Edmunds, we have been forced to abandon further
investment of some £100 million in new generation CHP. Our
experience is being replicated throughout the CHP industry and
we believe that in these circumstances the Government's CHP target
has no hope of being met. Furthermore, the country is losing what
has been an efficient and valuable energy industry sector.
In the light of the current rapid decline in
the UK's CHP industry, we would like to make a few comments specific
to the Committee's line of enquiry:
CHP-security of supply
CHP-a low carbon technology for today
CHP-energy efficient
CHP-a casualty of "unjoined-up Government"
We hope that this commentary will be of some
value to the Committee. In response to the specific questions
posed relevant to CHP, we would sum up our view as:
CHP schemes can play a significant role in ensuring
security of supply in the future, provided the economics of investment
are restored.
We look forward to changes that will encourage
the development of CHP so that it can play a serious role in meeting
the Government's environmental objectives as well as contributing
to security of supply.
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Setting Up PLEX Media Center - Windows Media Center HTPC Build - Part 7
Today going to talk about setting up Plex Media Center. See my previous post for setting up the Plex Media Server as you need that finished in order to connect the Media Center.
1. Download and install Plex Media Center
2. Follow install instructions
3. Open up Plex Media Center
4. From main menu click left arrow to bring up settings
5. Select Preferences
6. Select region and language
7. Under screensaver set your desired settings
8. Under theme music you can choose to play tv theme music. This option will play the theme music whenever browsing tv shows and you click on tv show (neat feature)
9. Under Advanced you can select skin
10. Now go to the left where you see 4 icons and go to Playback
11. You can make changes to subtitles
12. I left music and photos alone because I am not using them
13. Under advanced video, select off for adjust refresh rate to match video, video render method as software and MAKE SURE allow hardware acceleration (DXVA2) is unchecked - this is to get HD Audio working
14. Now go back to far left and select System
15. Under myPlex, sign in to your account you created on server (this will make sure when you load media center your files automatically show up), make sure remote libraries is checked if using plex away from home
16. I enabled remote control sends keyboard presses under input devices
17. Under audio output, select Audio output as HDMI, check box next to which codecs your receiver/computer is capable of playing (in my case I selected them all). You can find out what your receiver supports by going to control panel and selecting Sound. Then select device and hit properties. Click supported formats and at bottom you will see the list.
18. Under power saving, I chose to put display to sleep at 10 min and timer to 15 minutes (timer suspends computer)
19. Software update lets you search for new updates to plex
20. Under Services you can enable HTTP, control plex from clients, UPnP, and Airplay
21. Under advanced, I chose display mode as Fullscreen #1 and use fullscreen rather than true fullscreen
(notice below it shows windowed because I was taking screen shots). You can also calibrate video to make sure it fits your tv screen properly. Scroll down and change audio output channels to what you have (I have 5.1). Under audio output device select
..... and also the same for passthrough (notice mine is incorrect in screenshot below, must make sure its
WASAPI for both
. This will give you full HD playback with HD Audio (DTS, DTS Master....etc as long as your receiver supports it). If you find that video playback is really slow and stutters check sound settings. I would recommend following my entire guide when troubleshooting to fix as you must have same settings selected as I do.
22. Go back to far left and select Network
23. Under quality I set local video to direct play as well as remote video quality to direct play. You can change this option from each client you are using depending on network speeds. I have online video quality as 720p
24. Under media server you can manually set up ip address and port of server but this is unnecessary if you use plex's login functionality
26. Now go back to main menu and as along as Plex Media Server and your server is turned on it should automatically load your Movies/TV Shows that you set up under Plex Media Server in Part 6 (notice there will be slight delay for media center to find server when starting up)


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In the accessibility control panel Apple thoughtfully made all the text huge and bold to help people with visual disabilities. In the Time Machine preference pane they randomly decided your sight might be going a bit so they stuck in a giant on/off button. I'm kind of disappointed you don't have to flip up a little protective cover over the button and turn a key to activate it though. There should be flashing lights and sirens too, you know, just so you're sure it's on.


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Borderline (1930 film)
|Directed by
|Kenneth Macpherson
|Produced by
|The Pool Group
|Written by
|Kenneth Macpherson
Paul Robeson
Eslanda Robeson
Hilda Doolittle
(billed as 'Helga Doorn')
|Kenneth Macpherson
|Edited by
|The Pool Group
Release date
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Borderline is a 1930 film, written and directed by Kenneth Macpherson and produced by the Pool Group in Territet, Switzerland. The silent film, with English inter-titles, is primarily noted for its handling of the contentious issue of inter-racial relationships, using avant-garde experimental film-making techniques, and is today very much part of the curriculum of the study of modern cinematography.
The film, which features Paul Robeson, Bryher and HD, was originally believed to have been lost, but was discovered, by chance, in Switzerland in 1983. An original 16mm copy of this film is now held in the Donnell Media Center, New York City Public Library. In 2006, the British Film Institute sponsored the film's restoration by The George Eastman House and eventual DVD release with a soundtrack, composed by Courtney Pine. Its premiere at the Tate Modern gallery in London attracted 2,000 people. In 2010, the film was released with a soundtrack composed by Mallory Johns, and performed by the Southern Connecticut State University Creative Music Orchestra.
|Paul Robeson
|Pete Marond (an American negro)
|Eslanda Robeson
|Adah (Pete's wife)
|Gavin Arthur
|Helga Doorn (HD)
|Astrid (Thorn's wife)
|The Manageress
|Charlotte Arthur
|The Barmaid
|Robert Herring
|The Pianist
|Blanche Lewin
|The Old Lady
The film revolves around an inter-racial love triangle and its effects on the local townsfolk. The story is based in a guesthouse occupied by a set of liberal, hedonistic young people sympathetic to the emerging black American culture. In what would have been completely frowned upon at the time, the manageress has let out a room to a black couple, Pete Marond and his wife, Adah. Adah has an affair with Thorne, a white man, much to the dismay of the prejudiced townsfolk and Thorne's wife, Astrid. Pete attempts a reconciliation with Adah, but she eventually decides to leave him and the town. Astrid confronts Thorne on the affair and attacks him with a knife. In the scuffle, Astrid is killed. The film concludes with the aftermath of Thorne's trial for murder and the townsfolk's resolution of the issue.
Cinematic Techniques[edit]
Macpherson was particularly influenced by the cinematic techniques of G.W. Pabst and Sergei Eisenstein, whom he first met in 1929. In Borderline, he uses avant-garde experimental film-making techniques, blending Eisenstein's montage innovation and Pabst's psycho-analytical approach, to identify the emotional and psychological states of the film's characters. These techniques called for unconventional post-production editing, the use of light and shadow, and exaggerated movement on the part of the actors. "Macpherson's brilliance lies in his ability to photograph small movements as nuanced, meaning-producing gestures".[1]
"Taking heed from the Soviet montage school of thought, Macpherson incites action and reaction through a bravura demonstration of editing that wilfully distorts the viewer's grasp of his visual rhetoric. The film bemuses with its expeditious cutting rates and its excisional framing – the latter's reduction of human figures to dissected body parts powerfully accentuating the characters' physical detachment from their internal desires. Together, these core tenets invoke an overwhelming tsunami of kineticism that obliterates the audience's understanding of the film's spacial [sic] and temporal dimensions until all that's left for us to cling to is an immediate, raw visceralism; the ultimate purification of the cinematic experience."[2]
"Judged on its own merits, Borderline is a ground-breaking work, dealing as it does with issues of race and sexuality at a time when such subject matter was still largely taboo and had only been previously tackled cinematically through oblique inference".[3] It would be decades before the cinematic community would once again tackle the subject matter raised in Borderline. At the time of its release, Borderline was a film that confused and bewildered critics leading the London Evening Standard's Clive MacManus to advise Macpherson "to spend a year in a commercial studio" before attempting something as difficult again. Deeply upset by its hostile reception, Macpherson archived his film and withdrew from film directing. Macpherson's work would go on to influence future film-makers such as Nathaniel Dorsky and Robert Beavers.
Film and legacy details[edit]
For many years, Borderline was largely inaccessible to film scholars, with rare copies in a few archives around the world. It was seldom screened in public. Many film historians of avant garde and experimental film-making, feel that it represents one of the last examples of modernism of the 1920s, when many artists had hoped that artistic experimentation and commercial viability need not be mutually exclusive.
A booklet that Macpherson and HD wrote to accompany the film concentrated not on narrative coherence but on psychological metaphors. The booklet was later published in the Pool Group's literary journal, Close Up.[4]
- ^ "Richard Deming". Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
- ^ "Distant Voices – Reehan – Top 100 Films". Reehanmiah.wordpress.com. 2010-12-26. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
- ^ "AllVoices – Close up Look at Kenneth Macpherson's ''Borderline''". Allvoices.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ Close up, 1927-1933: Cinema and Modernism – James Donald, Anne Friedberg, Laura Marcus [1]
Further reading[edit]
- McCabe, Susan (Spring 2002). "Borderline Modernism: Paul Robeson and the Femme Fatale". Callaloo. 25 (2): 639–653.
External links[edit]
- Borderline on IMDb
- 1930 films
- English-language films
- 1930s drama films
- Bisexuality-related films
- British black-and-white films
- British avant-garde and experimental films
- British drama films
- British films
- British LGBT-related films
- British silent feature films
- Films about race and ethnicity
- Paul Robeson
- Swiss silent films
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Hi all,
I am 31, my wife is 37, expecting twins (currently 22w) after our 3rd ICSI and several miscarriages... At the 12 week scan, we declined a NT test that would indicate risk rating for Downs etc, so I don't know what the thickness was at 12 weeks.
Now at the 22week scan, the NT thickness is came in at 3.6mm and 4.0mm. Even if there was something at 12weeks, I thought they were meant to disappear over time. Now we are worried sick and dread to think of the consequences. The sonographer checked for anomalies and she said they were both fine (so far?).
Has anyone come across this before? Can someone point me in the right direction of websites that provides info on NT thickness at various stages of pregnancy?
Just looking at my notes.
At my 12 week scan the NT was 1.6mm and then at 20 week scan it was 3.1mm.
No reason to think we are high risk
Just found through search engines that it should be no more that 3mm for your first scan and no more than 6mm for your second.
Sounds like everything is fine but I am sure someone will be along soon to confirm
Isn't the window for using NT to test for Downs etc incredibly small (Something like between 11.5 and 13.5 weeks) so at 20 week scan I think you're beyond time where you can read anything re downs etc.
See here [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuchal_translucency
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Thanks for the reply everyone. This is noted in the wiki link provided...
"The translucent area measured (the nuchal translucency) is only usable to measure between 10 and 14 weeks gestation, when the fetal lymphatic system is developing and the peripheral resistance of the placenta is high. After 14 weeks the lymphatic system is likely to have developed sufficiently to drain away any excess fluid, and changes to the placental circulation will result in a drop in peripheral resistance. So after this time any abnormalities causing fluid accumulation may seem to correct themselves and can thus go undetected by making a nuchal scan."
I don't really understand the section referring to 'peripheral resistance'...but does it all just mean that normally the thickness should decrease as the fluid is drained? I've read a lot of threads about the thickness disappearing altogether. Just worried sick
I can only add that my DS2 had a very very high NT measurement at the 12 week scan and I was re-assured by mid-wives and consultants that it can be high and not be an indicator of an issue. I was told of some cases where NT is high right through to birth. Pregnancy is a real minefield full of incertainties so I really feel for you. But the measurements dont sound high and at least you were not given any warnings at teh 20 weeks scan. Perhaps your wifes mid-wife could help wiht sources of info??
There are other signs of DS such as 3 out of 4 babies dont show a nasal bone.
Found this on midwivesonline:
a. Nuchal translucency (NT) which is done at 10-14 weeks gestation and involves measuring the subcutaneous fluid at the back of the neck of the baby. The increased NT in combination with other factors such as mothers age can be used for detecting genetic abnormalities such as Down syndrome.
b. Nuchal fold scan is a measurement of skin and fat at the back of fetal neck, which is done at about 20 weeks gestation. This is also used as a marker to screen for possible abnormalities in babies such as Down syndrome. These are used in combination with other risk factors (such as NT) to identify possibility of chromosomal abnormalities.
On my notes the 12 week is called Nuchal Transluncency and on the 20 week it is called Nuchal Fold thickness.
Double check your notes. Does it def say NT on the 22 week scan?
Did the sonographer point out the nuchal fold as being in anyway concerning? I am a little confused by your post, as to what drew your attention to the nuchal fold in the first place. I really do think it's better for you and/or dw to insist on speaking to a midwife, if not a doctor tomorrow to ask for an explanation, rather than trying to google.
Agree with Totalchaos - what is the reason for your concern? Who suggested this was a problem to you?
NT of under 6mm is perfectly normal at 22 weeks!
The sonographer just did her job by taking measurements and just mentioned "they're fine" and did not draw any attention to anything specific. the consultant was too busy to look thru the scan results in detail but wife is pretty upset as she expected the 'neck fat' to be non-existant. is this just paranoia? I too thought nuchal fold/NT was a good indicator for abnormaly risk.
>Millarkie - >6mm at 22 weeks - is that something your doctor mentioned?
i will definitely take your advice and try to speak to the consultant this week as the next scan is 4 weeks away.
TotalChaos - sorry, to clarify the 3.6mm and 4.0 measurements were for Nuchal Fold Thickness.
Is there such thing as 'normal range' for Nuchal Fold Thickness at 22 weeks?
I can't say I know anything about nuchal measurements, but I had my 22 wk scan recently and there are lots of things the sonographer checks for that are "markers" for Down's syndrome. I am sure that the sonographer would have pointed these out to you and sent you to talk to a midwife/doctor if there had been anything to concern him/her.
Not an expert but agree with mollymawk. As I remember, the later scan indicators are different to nuchal measurements. Nose bone and (little) finger (I think) - and these things are reasonably apparent at 22 weeks - therefore (and I am assuming) that if these were indicative of a problem, then the sonographer would have referred you at that point for further investigation / amnio (obviously if you wanted that)- I don't think they would have left you to wait until your next normal scheduled scan.
If you are worried, I would pay for a private scan (don't know where you are but google your area)- they can fit you in asap and would put your minds at rest.
aren't there other markers as well? sandal toe? i think there's about 6 things, my friend had an anomaly scan and mentioned them. it's entirely possible you're getting upset over nothing, but you should call them tomorrow so you can relax.
We had a 12 week Nuchal at the FMC (see link Poppy 34 posted. They were very professional and we chose them through recommendations on mumsnet. They measured other things in combination with the fluid such as the nose bone measurements and a blood test. So I agree with Mum1369 on the results being taken in conjunction with the Nuchal information.
The next scan we are booked in is the Anomaly scan at 20 weeks one (£200):
I agree that should ask for more answers than they have given you. Even if they were busy they should have made time to discuss any of your concerns and made it clear to you if they were concerned with the measurements.
If you need further investigation then they should make it clear what possible scan, blood test and amnio readings could tell you
at your current stage of pregnancy and the associated risks.
If it is an option to you I would contact the FMC to see what private scan/blood tests are available to you as they have a lot of experience in this field. Even if you don't plan to have a scan there I think they would be very helpful in telling you your scan/test options over the phone and then you could pursue these locally.
I hope it works out.
NUchal measurements tell you nothing at 20 odd weeks.
Yurt - nuchal oedema at 20+ weeks, giving a measurement of over 6mm, would be an indicator of Turner's syndrome, trisomy or undiagnosed heart problems.
Shininghero - if you haven't spoken to your consultant yet - try searching on pubmed.com for clinical papers.
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Thanks for all your replies. I still haven't been able to catch our consultant so I will keep trying this week for his feedback.
At the moment I am slightly relieved to hear that 3.6mm and 4.0mm at 22weeks isn't detrimental. I have been searching the net for medical papers on this topic but the majority of them only posts data on 11-14 weeks so I will keep searching for this too. Thanks again for your input, i will sleep easy tonight
Shininghero- what you are describing is a normal finding. Up to 6 mm is a normal finding at the 20 week anomaly check (we normally aim to do it 20-23 weeks round here). Only speaking to the people caring for your wife (Dr/midwife/possibly the sonographer, depending on the centre)will truly be able to reassure you, but they would have said if there was anything to worry about.Skin oedema at the back of the head would be a significant finding, not just for downs but for other things, so it would have been mentioned had there been any cause for concern. You will always have some thickness there, as, after all it is a measurement of the skin thickness- so it would not be right for it to dissapear completely. (Some places will not quote measurements for you though, as they only measure it if it looks abnormal).
Hope you get to speak to someone soon- you shouldn't need to speak to just your consultant as anyone clinical at your centre should be able to reassure you on this one (just don't want you to wait unneccesarily just to speak to one person when others may be able to help).
I'm a sonographer in Yorkshire, so not just trying to give you completely random advice!
Many thanks for your reply. it is extremely comforting to hear from a practicing professional. i guess all this came about as we declined the 12week check hence we didn`t know the actual measurement. we`ve had several miscarriages before so i guess we are ever more conscious of the well being of the developing babies. thank you very much!
Hi Everyone i hope my story helps someone out there as all i did was search the net for answers...
i found out i was pregnant in feb 2012 and we was so excited and happy, we had our fist 12 week scan which was great and choose not to have the downs test, at 20 weeks we where deverstated as at the scan we were told the nucal fold was measuring 7.2 and it should not measure more that 6mm and that this was a marker for Downs, we where sent to a specialtist senogrpher who confirmed the measurment, we then was sent home with an appointment at 32 weeks!!!! as you can imagine we where worrying all the way through the pregnancy looking up how to look after a downs baby and planning just incase, we went back at 32 weeks and was told he had no more markers just the nucal fold and to try not to worry as there is only a 3% chance as he had no othere markers.. to bring some good news we decided to find out the sex that day and we was told we where having a gorg little boy, we came to terms that he may be downs and couldnt wait for him to arrive... WELL he did arrive safe and sound on his due date which was amazing in itself but he was totally healthy and not downs he just has a bit of a fat neck for some reason which is cute xxxx but you know what!!! that day was amazing and i tell you somthing ... it really doesnt matter downs or not you will love them just as much, the day they arrive is out of this world and it will be the last think on your mind, your just glad to see them and touch them xxxx
i no its hard but please try to not worry and have a lovley pregnancy as i let it spoil mine and i wish i hadnt x ( to be honest i think if you opt out of the injection for downs at 12 weeks they shouldnt tell you about 1 marker as you have already said you dont want to know)
good luck and be strong im sure you will have a healthy little bundle of joy to cuddle after all this stress xxxxxxx
I am always confused when they say 'high risk'... actually their 'high risk' is often quite low risk.... 1:150 is considered high... but when it comes to doing an amnio, that is counted as low risk when 1:100 miscarry.... so that is certainly not low risk if the nuchal 1:150 is high!
We had friends who were given a 1:5 extremely high risk of downs.... well, that is an 80% chance that all is well - and it was all fine. It is easy to over-worry and get things out of perspective.
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Last week I wrote about the common confusion between New Zealand and Tasmanian ngaio, and how in New Zealand the latter is sometimes planted unintentionally in place of the former. Our native ngaio, although prone to self-seeding in gardens and capable of fast growth, is never really a weed here. But it is a pest plant in California, along with some others of our native flora, like pōhutukawa and cabbage trees. This is the story of the rise and fall of ngaio in California, as told in a recent research paper by Jon Sullivan of Lincoln University (Sullivan 2013).
Ngaio was introduced into California as an ornamental tree and widely planted around the middle of last century, mostly using a California-derived cultivar, M. laetum 'Carsonii'. It's the 18th most common street tree in San Francisco and is valued for its fast growth and salt tolerance near the sea. From widespread plantings in Southern California, ngaio has spread into many wild and semi-wild communities from Sonoma County southwards to Baja California in Mexico. It forms a dense canopy that shades out other plants and the dry woody centres of the trees are considered a fire risk. The trees even re-sprout after fire or herbicide spray treatment, so they're hard to get rid of.
The core of Sullivan's paper describes the effects of the chance introduction of a tiny insect, a kind of thrips (the singular and plural are both thrips). This thrips, Klambothrips myopori, feeds on the leaves and shoots of plants of Myoporum and seems to have got there from Australia, where New Zealand ngaio isn't native, but where other species of Myoporum are. Although it was first described and named from Californian collections, later a small population was discovered on boobialla in Tasmania. And its closest relative is also in Australia, so it's likely the insect is a dinkum Aussie and a newcomer to California. Most likely, Myoporum thrips got accidentally introduced to California, maybe via the airline routes that converge on Los Angeles. It probably wouldn't have become established there, except that there were already large populations of planted and weedy ngaio for it to feed upon.
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Sullivan, Jon J. (2013-08-24) Inadvertent biological control: an Australian thrips killing an invasive New Zealand tree in California. . DOI: 10.1007/s10530-013-0532-x


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As all Configuration Manager customers know, security is challenging and often requires complex setup configurations. Setting up a Certificate Authority, issuing certificates, and maintaining them can be a herculean task, and in most cases involves interacting with multiple teams in an organization.
It is the price we pay to have a highly secure environment, where the administrators, executives, and employees don't have to worry about their data being compromised.
Configuration Manger leverages an existing PKI infrastructure to enable secure communication between clients and site system roles.
Before System Center Configuration Manager 2012, Configuration Manager 2007 had concepts called native mode and mixed mode: The philosophy behind native mode was to secure the site server and all its site systems, in addition to securing all site-to-site communication. This involved configuring a site signing certificate on all installed sites, plus there was an added restriction that a native mode site must always report to a native mode site.
During the planning phase for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, we listened to customer feedback and revisited this native and mixed mode model, and debated our previous concept of securing the site. The result was client computer communication.
Key concepts for client computer communication:
- Client computer communication is about securing end points. The two end points in this case are the client and the site system roles that the client talks to.
- A client can communicate by using either the HTTP or HTTPS protocol. HTTPS requires the client and site system roles to be configured with valid PKI certificates for mutual authentication.
- Intelligent client behavior: This enables the client to select the most secure communication option available:
- If the client is configured with a valid PKI certificate and there are HTTPS site system roles available, the client uses HTTPS.
- If the client is configured with a valid PKI certificate and there are NO HTTPS site system roles available and the client is configured to use HTTP, the client uses HTTP to communicate with site system roles.
Let's take a couple of example scenarios to see how this new model works.
Scenario 1: Extending Client Management to the Internet without Installing a New Site
Woodgrove Bank currently has 20,000 intranet clients. These clients never leave the corporate network. Management recently made some changes in corporate policy to address the employee concerns about work life balance and the request for more flexible working arrangements. With the new policy in effect, 30% of the task force will be issued new laptops and they are allowed to work from home.
When the Configuration Manager administrator first read this memo, his first thought was "I have a lot of extra work to do before I can manage these laptops on the Internet!"
Currently all the clients are managed by a single System Center 2012 Configuration Manager primary site (PR1). All the site system roles are configured to communicate over HTTP.
Being aware of how native mode and Internet-based client management worked in Configuration Manager 2007, the administrator's first assumption was that he would have to install a new native mode primary site. He doesn't currently have a central administration site, so he thought this would mean either having two hierarchies to manage, or redesign his existing hierarchy.
However, when he investigates the changes in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, he realizes that he does not need an additional site. Instead, all that's needed are a few Internet-based roles that are configured for HTTPS communication:
Here's a comparison of how the two solutions might look for this scenario, to support Internet-based client management in Configuration Manager 2007 and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager:
*Red halo around the site system roles represent sites and roles that are capable of HTTPS communication.
The next challenge is to how to manage Internet clients when they move back into the intranet. Our administrator does not want to change the existing hierarchy and does not want to configure all the clients and site system roles on the intranet to have PKI certificates. The answer to this is enabling intelligent client behavior, one of the new key concepts mentioned previously.
To enable this behavior, simply select this check box from the property page in the previous screenshot:
When selected, Internet clients on the intranet can communicate with HTTP site system roles on the intranet.
Scenario 2: Transitioning a Site from HTTP Communication to HTTPS
Trey Research has 5,000 clients that are managed by a single primary site (PR1). After the recent security push, the Configuration Manager administrator was instructed that all clients must communicate over HTTPS by using PKI certificates for mutual authentication.
If the site had been running Configuration Manager 2007, this would require migrating the whole site from mixed mode to native mode. This would involve checking that all clients had a PKI client certificate, reconfiguring IIS for all the site system roles, configuring the site to use the site server signing certificate, automatically reinstalling site system roles to operate in native mode, and waiting for the site server to resign all the client policies. This "big bang" approach requires a lot of careful planning to make sure that clients are not unmanaged after the migration, with the recommendation to make this change during a quiet period.
Because Trey Research has System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, the administrator doesn't have to take this risk and work over the weekend. Instead, he does the following:
- On the site properties, Client Computer Communication tab, he selects HTTPS or HTTP:
This allows the site system roles to use either HTTP or HTTPS communication.
- He then configures the following to enable the intelligent client behavior:
This check box allows clients that are PKI-enabled or not PKI-enabled to co-exist and be managed in the same site at the same time.
- He can start moving one site system role at a time from HTTP to HTTPS, and do a gradual rollout of PKI certificates for client computers. This provides a safe opportunity to check whether the site system roles and clients work with the HTTPS configuration. Because the site system roles still accept HTTP connections, all the clients remain managed:
- If a client has a valid PKI certificate and there are HTTPS site system roles available, these clients communicate over HTTPS.
- If a client does not have a valid PKI certificate, the client falls back to HTTP communication.
I hope that this information and example scenarios throw some light into the changes we made for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, and how you can benefit from the flexibility they provide to manage clients over HTTPS – whether this is to manage client on the Internet or to provide greater security on the intranet.
For more information, see the following in the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Documentation Library:
- The Planning for Internet-Based Client Management section of the Planning for Communications in Configuration Manager topic
- The Planning for Certificates (Self-Signed and PKI) section of the Planning for Security in Configuration Manager topic
- PKI Certificate Requirements for Configuration Manager
- Step-by-Step Example Deployment of the PKI Certificates for Configuration Manager: Windows Server 2008 Certification Authority
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On this episode of West Texas Talk we hear from the Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva. Together the two have created hundreds of stories for public broadcast. Most recently, they made "The HiddenWorld of Girls", a series on NPR that explores the lives of girls and the women they become.
The Kitchen Sisters are also involved in education and training new voices for public media. On this episode they talk about their start in radio, their short series Hidden Kitchen: Texas, and the magic of small public radio stations.


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Not everyone in Woburn is happy with the settlement. First, there was the issue of a vacated verdict; many, including Reverend Young, believed that Grace was probably holding a celebration about it and that corporate America had been taught nothing. In Young's mind, "...Schlichtmann had botched the first part of the trial - the easy part - and then he'd sold out when things began to look risky." (p. 452) Some of the families felt that Schlichtmann's cut of the pie is too much. Realizing that they had all signed an agreement giving him a specific percentage of the compensation and damages, they protest instead the expenses being charged to the settlement funds. They hire an attorney and an accountant to review all expense charges, and Schlichtmann eventually agrees to return eighty thousand.
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Learning how to properly use social media allows business owners to tap into the power of word-of-mouth advertising.
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Building a successful online business necessitates utilizing multi-platform marketing. This includes a mix of traditional marketing methods, online marketing strategies, and interactive social media techniques which encourage consumers to promote the brand.
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Business owners often find integrating social media into their marketing plan to be confusing and overwhelming. When they don't get the response they expected they either give up or continue experimenting with various techniques.
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Removing Chrome Plating
by Jerry Ben
Anyone who has ever built a model car has run into chrome plated parts. These parts are usually very heavily plated, obscuring most of the detail, and are so shinny that they look out of scale. Also, they are difficult to glue together without scrapping the chrome plating off the gluing surfaces. Painting chromed parts is another difficult thing to do since model paint does not adhere well and will chip off easily. To achieve a painted finish or a different metallic finish, the best thing to do without losing any detail is to remove all the chrome down to bare plastic. I have found that regular laundry bleach (scented or unscented) is the best chrome remover. It dissolves the chrome in front of your eyes and it won't harm the plastic beneath it.
Before you begin, you will need to follow some safety precautions. Bleach will irritate your skin and if splashed will burn your eyes. Please wear safety eye wear, disposable rubber/latex gloves, and a respirator while working in a well ventilated area.
Please read the following steps when using bleach to remove chrome plating from model parts: Place chrome plated model parts in a small container filled with bleach. Container should be deep enough to fully immerse chromed parts. Depending on how thick the chrome is, I allow the parts to soak for at least a few minutes. You can literally see the chrome dissolve in front of your eyes. Remove your parts from your container when all the chrome plating is gone. Then rinse your parts under running water. At this point all your chrome will be removed exposing the bare shinny plastic part. That shinny stuff is a sprayed on clear coating that helps the chrome to adhere to the part. It has to be removed so you can have a bare plastic part. To remove this shinny coating, please refer to Tips & Tricks "Model Paint Remover". After removing the shinny coating, you will see all the detail that was covered up by the chrome. No additional sanding or scrapping will be required.
Remember to wash, rinse, and dry parts thoroughly before proceeding to model building and painting.
Materials required:
Laundry bleach (scented or unscented)
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'Special' times ahead for more nursing homes, and that's not good
James M. Berklan
As spring blends into summer, some nursing home operators are going to start feeling more heat — and it will have nothing to do with the weather. They will be given places on the proverbial hot seat. Well-earned seating arrangements, as it were.
That's because the federal government is moving to reclaim some form of "normalcy" after sequestration cuts lopped funding for many things, including its "very bad boys" list. That might be putting it a bit too lightly, however.
To get on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' "Special Focus Facility" list, you have to have been a bad performer for many, many months. "Special" in this case is just a synonym for lousy, frankly. You have to have been really bad for more than year, according to surveyors. Even then, you will have had numerous chances to clean up your act for further surveyor visits.
Some of those check-ups went by the wayside due to the sequestration cutbacks. But slowly the temperature is rising again. States were allowed to start adding to their SFF lists at the beginning of this month; in fact, they have until July 31 to have fully beefed them up.
Let's be clear that this is not going to affect a vast majority of nursing homes. In fact, it's almost a joke how few facilities nationwide are put on the SFF list. If you've heard of the phrase "the cream of the crop," well, this is the total opposite. No fellow operator should want these rotten apples sullying the profession — if said apples have repeatedly flunked chances to clean up their act for good.
Currently, the number on the SFF list is 48 — or an average of less than one facility per state. Under new projections, there will be 88 in "Required SFF slots" by July 31.
How did regulators come up with that number? They assigned each state a "candidate list" and divided by five. So there are 435 facilities nationwide that could be wondering if they'll be on the list soon, if they aren't already on it. (That big number is startlingly close to the number of Representatives there are in the U.S. Congress, but we'll have to leave for another time.)
There are 26 states that don't have their "required" number of slots filled. Illinois (the worst), Florida, Indiana, Minnesota, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas all needed to add multiple facilities to the ignominious SFF list.
On the other hand, two states — Mississippi and Oklahoma — each already have one more facility enrolled than is required by CMS. They seem to be more intent on cleaning up messes. But then again, are these two states tougher about making providers toe the line, or is the quality of care in those areas just that much worse than others? That simply brings us back to the ages-old problem of non-uniform surveyor assessments and enforcements among the different states.
Nonetheless, it seems that while some really lousy performers have been able to enjoy a sequestration-induced break from needed scrutiny, that could be slipping away.
Still, the new, bigger target is just 88 of some 16,000 Medicare and Medicaid accredited facilities out there. That's just one-half of 1%, so it seems likely that numerous shady characters will continue to get a breather.
But maybe not for too long. Tucked away at the end of the CMS letter that we first reported on in April is a relatively innocent-sounding two sentences. In convoluted government-speak, it's easy to gloss over them:
"We will also be developing several pilot programs in various CMS Regions and may be making additional policy process adjustments to the SFF program. The pilot programs are designed to evaluate other interventions for the SFF program." (Emphasis added)
In other words, be prepared for more friction. "You might be sitting comfortably now despite your terrible record," CMS seems to be saying, "but we're going to keep working on better ways to uncover and discipline you."
James M. Berklan is McKnight's Editor. Follow him @LTCEditorsDesk.


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This page attempts to explain how to write a Master's Thesis at NPS: the process, timelines, content, style, and format. I compiled it with the help from Susan Sanchez, Mike McCauley, Cynthia Irvine, John Powers, Amela Sadagic, Neil Rowe, Kevin Squire, Daphne Kapolka, and Sam Buttrey. Thank you! Mathias.
First and foremost, check the official NPS thesis requirements, currently at http://www.nps.edu/research/research1.html. That web page also lists many useful resources, including workshops, document templates, and guidelines. The following links and tips are grouped by their main content, but most documents cover more than one topic.
The CISR has some excellent advice for good practices throughout your degree, from proposal to thesis and from advisor interaction to writing: http://cisr.nps.edu/downloads/thesis_guidelines.pdf
An OR memo, but it is quite specific to OR.
I highly recommend reading and following Prof. Gerald G. Brown's advice in How to Write About Operations Research (local copy, possibly outdated), even if your thesis is not in OR. Do it.
Prof. Neil Rowe makes suggestions for topics by thesis chapter:
http://faculty.nps.edu/ncrowe/thesisoutline.htm (In my experience, the typical page counts are generally not sufficient for a Master's Thesis. Ingenious theoretical results might be described in such brevity, but not experimental and systems work.)
John Power's guidelines for ECE theses are excellent, please follow them!
Some individual style issues:
See the guidelines at the official NPS thesis page, currently at http://www.nps.edu/research/research1.html.
The choice between LaTeX and Word/OpenOffice is yours. I write most of my technical papers in LaTeX and prefer it generally, but I've also had some 10 years of getting used to it. If you decide to use LaTeX, use the following style and templates: npsthesis.sty, sf298.tex, mycover.tex, myrepdoc.tex.
Our very own Rudy Darken has compiled a long list of helpful resources for grad students <broken link> in general, including tips for doing research and help for technical writing.
A great set of tips, particularly for international students, was created by NPS Instructors Ron Russell and Beth Summe.
The Dudley Knox Library has a web page with NPS thesis resources, including books and RefWorks.
For citations, you can use RefWorks for which NPS has a license, then there's EndNote (commercial) and Zotero (free).
book: Introduction to Academic Writing (Second Edition) by Alice Oshima, Ann Hogue, ISBN-10: 020169509X
book: Writing Academic English (Fourth Edition) by Alice Oshima, Ann Hogue, ISBN-10: 0131523597
Ron Azuma's famous computer science graduate school survival guide.
David Patterson's talk on How to Have a Bad Career In Research/Academia is amusing and instructive. He has other useful information on that webpage.
William D. Shoaff's guide on How to Write a Master's Thesis in Computer Science.
Prof. John W. Chinneck's guide on How to Organize your Thesis
Another meta list: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mleone/how-to.html


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(19th Jan 2006) MerLion Pharmaceuticals Pte Ltd Announces Drug Discovery Collaboration with Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases.
19th January 2006 - MerLion Pharmaceuticals Pte Ltd (MerLion), the Singapore-based natural products drug discovery company, announces a collaboration with Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD, Singapore). The collaborative research will focus initially on identifying compounds for the treatment of Dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral infection. The agreement also contains options for the development and commercialisation of discoveries in other therapeutic areas.
"We are very pleased to be working with the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases" said Dr Tony Buss, CEO of MerLion. "Novartis has a strong tradition of developing natural product based medicines and consistently demonstrate excellence in this field."
"Dengue fever is a widespread disease and has no known drug treatment. Naturally derived compounds offer an important opportunity to discover therapies for this infection, which affects 50 million people per year, with two-fifths of the world's population at risk of the disease."
Within the collaboration MerLion will screen their natural compound collection against high throughput screens developed at NITD to identify new therapeutic compounds against a specific molecular target of dengue fever. NITD has recently published some of its detailed work in profiling such molecular targets+.
As part of the agreement, NITD may license in potential drug candidates from MerLion, developing them as part of a portfolio of treatments for neglected tropical diseases endemic in developing countries.
NITD or its designee, which include Novartis affiliates, have the option to licence compounds identified within the collaboration for alternative therapeutic areas and markets. Should such an option be exercised, MerLion will receive an undisclosed amount in licensing fees and milestones
Singapore has suffered its worst outbreak of dengue fever in 2005, with over 13,000 cases reported: double those of 2004, which was in itself a record year for new cases. Although environmental steps are important in controlling mosquito populations new drug therapies are vital in the control of the condition and for the reduction in mortality from dengue haemorrhagic fever. Dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF), a potentially lethal complication, was first recognized in the 1950s during the dengue epidemics in the Philippines and Thailand, but today DHF affects many other Asian countries and has become a leading cause of hospitalisation and death among children in several of them*.
+(J Biol Chem. 2005 Jun 1).
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|Chris Molloy, Business Development Manager
+65 6829 5606
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MerLion Pharmaceuticals
MerLion Pharmaceuticals Pte Ltd is a privately-held Singapore based pharmaceutical company, focusing on the discovery and development of new drug candidates from natural sources. MerLion Pharma collaborates with leading pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies and research institutes to identify and develop new drug candidates for a wide range of molecular targets.
MerLion Pharma has a strong pipeline of pre-clinical candidates displaying novel chemistry and modes of action. It plans to accelerate development of these compounds towards the clinic whilst maintaining a productive discovery engine, supplying new leads and candidates via collaboration and independently. MerLion Pharma is staffed by over 65 employees and occupies 28,000 square feet of laboratory and office space in the Singapore Science Park. Further information about MerLion Pharmaceuticals can be found at www.merlionpharma.com.
Dengue is a mosquito-borne infection which in recent years has become a major international public health concern. Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical regions around the world, predominantly in urban and semi-urban areas. The first global pandemic of dengue began in Southeast Asia after WWII. But over the past few decades, the mosquito-borne virus has spread dramatically and now infects about 50 million people each year, killing at least 12,000. Dengue is now endemic in more than 100 countries in Africa, the Americas, South-east Asia and the Western Pacific. The most seriously affected areas are Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. Presently, there is no known cure or vaccine for this disease.
Dengue fever is an acute viral illness characterised by sudden onset of fever for 2-7 days, severe headache, muscle ache, joint pain, pain behind the eyeball, abdominal discomfort and rash. Dengue infection may also present in the more severe and potentially fatal form, with severe bleeding and shock, known as dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome. It is caused by four types of dengue virus – dengue-1, -2, -3, and -4. Dengue infection is transmitted from an infected person to a susceptible individual through the bite of infected mosquitoes, principally Aedes aegypti. Recovery from infection by one dengue serotype provides lifelong immunity against that serotype, but confers only partial and transient protection against subsequent infection by the other three serotypes. This means that a person can acquire the dengue fever more than once. There is good evidence that sequential infection increases the risk of more serious disease resulting in DHF.
* Source: World Health Organisation (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs117/en/)


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Lemony Rice Pilaf
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"This takes plain ol' rice to a new level. Goes particularly well with chicken. If you don't use chicken stock, this side dish is vegetarian/vegan."
Lemony Rice Pilaf
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- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil, preferably canola oil
- 1 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 1⁄2 cups long grain white rice
- 3 cups chicken stock (vegetable stock makes this vegetarian/vegan)
- 1 grated lemon, rind of
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1⁄2 cup coarsely chopped flat-leaf Italian parsley
- fresh ground pepper
- In a heavy saucepan, heat oil over mediumheat and cook onion for 5 minutes, or until softened.
- Stir in rice, then stock, and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and cover; let simmer for 20 minutes, or until rice is tender.
- Stir in lemon zest, lemon juice, and parsley; taste and add pepper if you wish.
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Blessing of the Brains: Join in prayer and enjoy dinner before finals week.
Faith and Healing Speaker Series: Mercy College of Health Sciences will again host four national speakers during the 2016-17 academic year as part of the third year of the Faith & Healing Speaker Series, an award-winning educational program designed to address these important topics, promote discussion with members of the healthcare, health policy and wellness communities in Iowa, and instill a love for learning. Speaker Series lectures and group discussions are free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served prior to the start of each session. Advanced registration is requested. Events are scheduled on September 29, November 10, February 9 and April 6. For more information, visit our Faith and Healing page.
Stations of the Cross: Every Tuesday at Noon in the Brennan Hall Chapel, join us for Stations of the Cross. Afterward, stick around for a simple meal of soup and bread.
Hour of Mercy Devotion: Every Wednesday during Lent, join us in Brennan Hall Chapel for the Hour of Mercy Devotion. In this Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis has called us to reflect more intensely on the Mercy of God--what better time to do so as we prepare for the coming of Easter!
Midday Prayer: Tuesdays at Noon in the Brennan Hall Chapel. Unwind from stress with a laidback time of prayer and faith sharing. All are welcome!
Holy Mass: Mondays at 4:30 pm in the Brennan Hall Chapel.