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Sometimes all you need to complete an outfit is the perfect accessory. We know what Coco Chanel said about removing one piece of jewelry before we leave the house, but these days, less isn't exactly more. When it comes to wearing jewelry, more is often more. This fun, chunky Paper Bead Charm Bracelet fits the bill perfectly!
I handcrafted this mix and match bracelet using seven of my own chunky hand rolled, layered paper beads, vintage abalone buttons, glass beads and pearls. All of the charm dangles are attached to a dark pewter chain with sterling silver wire and jump rings. You will love the workmanship, texture and detail of this trendy bracelet for women and girls! Makes a great gift for birthdays, anniversaries or any occasion!
Bracelet Length: Eight (8) inches
Colors: Ballet Pink, Ebony and Ivory Cream.
This design is one-off and unique.
The bracelet is ready to give. Will come packaged in a pink organza drawstring bag.
My original jewelry creations are handcrafted by me in my home studio with attention to unique design, workmanship and detail using upcycled, repurposed and new quality materials. I am inspired by Japanese, Victorian, Art Deco and Art Nouveau art and design.
Please visit my Etsy shop www.RobinsArtAndDesign.etsy.com and my Pattern site www.robinlaridocreations.com to see more of my original handcrafted jewelry designs.
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Buyers are responsible for any customs and import taxes that may apply. I'm not responsible for delays due to customs.
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This Privacy Policy describes how and when I collect, use, and share information when you purchase an item from me, contact me, or otherwise use my services through Etsy.com or its related sites and services.
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To fulfill your order, you must provide me with certain information (which you authorized Etsy to provide to me), such as your name, email address, mailing address, payment information, and the details of the product that you're ordering. You may also choose to provide me with additional personal information (for a custom order of jewelry, for example), if you contact me directly.
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Information about my customers is important to my business. However, I will not share your personal information, with the following exceptions only:
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I retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to provide you with my services and as described in my Privacy Policy. However, I may also be required to retain this information to comply with my legal and regulatory obligations, to resolve disputes, and to enforce my agreements. I generally keep your data for the following time period: 3 years.
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If you reside in certain countries and territories, including the EU, you have a number of rights in relation to your personal information. While some of these rights apply generally, certain rights apply only in certain limited cases. I describe these rights below:
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- Education
- EdD, International Educational Development, Teachers College, Columbia University
- MA, Latin American Studies, Stanford University
- BA, Sociology, Stanford University
- Expertise
- Education for Immigrant and Refugee Youth
- Human Rights Organizing and Education
- South-South Migration
- Research
- Education & International Development; International & Comparative Education
- Human Rights Education
- Peace Education
- Educational Innovation in the Global South
- Gender and Schooling
- Global Education
- Publications
Books, Edited Volumes, and Monographs
Bajaj, M. (2016). Peace Education: International Perspectives. New York & London: Bloomsbury.
Bajaj, M. (2011). Schooling for Social Change: The Rise and Impact of Human Rights Education in India. New York & London: Continuum. (Winner of the 2012 Jackie Kirk Outstanding Book Prize of the Comparative & International Education Society)
Bajaj, M. (Ed.) (2008). The Encyclopedia of Peace Education. North Carolina: Information Age Publishing.
Bajaj, M. (2003). Guía de Educación en Derechos Humanos. Santo Domingo: UNESCO.
Bajaj, M. & Brantmeier, E. Guest Editors. (2011). Special issue of the Journal of Peace Education on The Politics, Possibilities and Praxis of a Critical Peace Education. 8(3).
Refereed Journal Articles
Hantzopoulos, M., Zakharia, Z., Shirazi, R., Bajaj, M. &Ghaffar-Kucher, A. (2015). New Curricular Approaches to Teaching about the Middle East and North Africa. Social Studies Research and Practice,10(1), 84-93.
Bajaj, M. (2014, online; 2015, in print). [[{"fid":"14559","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_folder[und]":"172"},"type":"media","attributes":{"class":"file media-element file-default"},"link_text":"'Pedagogies of Resistance' and Critical Peace Education Praxis"}]]. Journal of Peace Education,12(2), 154-166.
Bajaj, M. (2012). Human Rights Education in Small Schools in India. Peace Review, 24(1), 6-13.
Bajaj, M. & Pathmarajah, M. (2011). En'gender'ing Agency: The Differentiated Impact of Educational Initiatives in Zambia and India. Feminist Formations, 23(3), 48-67.
Iyengar, R. & Bajaj, M. (2011). After the Smoke Clears: Examining Curricular Approaches to Environmental Education in Bhopal, India. Comparative Education Review, 55(3), 424-456
Bajaj, M. & Brantmeier, E. (2011). Introduction to The Politics, Possibilities and Praxis of a Critical Peace Education. The Journal of Peace Education, 8(3). 221-224.
Bajaj, M. (2011). Human Rights Education: Ideology, Location, and Approaches. Human Rights Quarterly, 33, 481-508.
Bajaj, M. (2011). Teaching to Transform, Transforming to Teach: Exploring the Role of Teachers in Human Rights Education in India. Educational Research, 53(2), 207-221.
Bajaj, M. (2012). From 'Time Pass' to Transformative Force: School-Based Human Rights Education in Tamil Nadu, India. International Journal of Educational Development, 32, 72-80.
Bajaj, M. (2010). Inter-Generational Perspectives on Education and Employment in the Zambian Copperbelt. Comparative Education Review, 54(2), 175-197.
Bajaj, M. (2010). Conjectures on peace education and Gandhian studies: Method, institutional development, and globalization. Journal of Peace Education, 7(1), 47-62.
Bajaj, M. (2009). Why Context Matters: the Material Conditions of Caring in Zambia. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 22(4), 379–398.
Bajaj, M. (2009). 'I have big things planned for my future': The Limits and Possibilities of Transformative Agency in Zambian Schools. Compare, 39(4), 551-568.
Bajaj, M. (2009). Undoing Gender?: A Case Study of School Policy and Practice in Zambia. International Review of Education, 55(5), 483-502
Bajaj, M. & Chiu, B. (2009). Education for Sustainable Development as Peace Education. Peace & Change, 34(4), 441-455.
Bajaj, M. (2008). Schooling in the Shadow of Death: Youth Agency and HIV/AIDS in Zambia. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 43(3), 307-329.
Bajaj, M. (2004). Human Rights Education and Student Self-Conception in the Dominican Republic. Journal of Peace Education, 1(1), 21-36.
Book Chapters
Bartlett, L. & Bajaj, M. (2015). Non-Formal Bilingual Education. In W. Wright, S. Boun & O. Garcia (Eds.), The Handbook of Bilingual and Multilingual Education (pp. 428-446). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Bajaj, M. (2014). Lanterns and Street-Signs: Effective Mentoring for Greater Equity in the Academy. In E. Martinez & S. Fryberg (Eds.), The Truly Diverse Faculty: New Dialogues on Diversity in Higher Education (pp. 235-256). New York: Palgrave MacMillan.
Russell, S.G. & Bajaj, M. (2014). Schools, Citizens & Nation-States. In E. Unterhalter & T. McCowan (Eds.), Education and International Development: Practice, Policy & Research (pp. 93-109). New York & London: Bloomsbury.
Bajaj, M. (2014). [[{"fid":"14560","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_folder[und]":"172"},"type":"media","attributes":{"class":"file media-element file-default"},"link_text":"The Productive Plasticity of Rights: Globalization, Education and Human Rights"}]]. In Stromquist, N. & K. Monkman (Eds.), Globalization and Education: Integration and Contestation across Cultures (2nd ed.) (pp. 51-66). Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Bajaj, M. (forthcoming). The Paradox and Promise of Children's Rights in Indian Schools. In Rajan, J. & O. Dwivedi (eds.) Human Rights and Postcolonial India.
Bajaj, M. & Kidwai, H. (forthcoming). Human Rights and Education Policy in South Asia. In K. Mundy, A. Green, R. Lingard & A. Verger (eds.) Handbook of Global Policy and Policy-Making in Education. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Bajaj, M. (2014). The Productive Plasticity of Rights: Globalization, Education and Human Rights. In Stromquist, N. & K. Monkman (eds.) Globalization and Education: Integration and Contestation across Cultures (2nd edition). (pp. 51-66). Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Brantmeier, E.J. & M. Bajaj. (2013). Peace Education Praxis: Select Resources for Educators and Researchers. In S. Totten & J. Pedersen (eds.) Educating About Social Issues in the 20th and 21st Centuries: A Critical Annotated Bibliography. Volume 2. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishers.
Bajaj, M. & B. Kuruvila. (2012). Rights and Resistance: The Limits and Promise of Human Rights Education in India. In Kapoor, D. Barua, B., & A. Datoo. (eds.) Globalization, Culture, and Education in South Asia: Critical Excursions (pp. 123-138). New York: Palgrave.
Bajaj, M. (2009). Sugar Daddies and the Danger of Sugar: Cross-Generational Relationships, HIV/AIDS and Secondary Schooling in Zambia. In Wiseman, A. and Baker, D. (Eds.) Gender, Inequality, and Education from International and Comparative Perspectives. (pp. 123-143) Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science Ltd.
Bajaj, M. & Valera, C. (2009). The emergence of human rights education amidst ethnic conflict in the Dominican Republic. In McGlynn, C., Zembylas M., Bekerman, Z., & Gallagher, T. (Eds.) Peace education in conflict and post-conflict societies: comparative perspectives. (pp. 43-57) New York: Palgrave MacMillan.
Bajaj, M. (2009). Innovation and Transformation at a Zambian School. In Cohan, A. & Honigsfeld, A. (Eds.) Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization: Innovative and Successful Practices for the 21st Century. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Valera, C. & Bajaj, M. (2009). Perfil de la Educación en Derechos Humanos en la República Dominicana. In Magendzo, A. (Ed.) Ideas fuerzas y pensamiento en educación en derechos humanos en América Latina. (pp. 312-330). Santiago, Chile: UNESCO.
Bajaj, M. (2008). Introduction and "Critical" Peace Education. In Bajaj, M. (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of Peace Education. North Carolina: Information Age Publishing
Online Curricular Resources
"Rethinking the Region: New Approaches to 9-12 Curriculum on the Middle East and North Africa". A funded project of the Social Science Research Council and the British Council's Shared Past Initiative. [Principal Investigator: Maria Hantzopoulos; Co-Investigators: Monisha Bajaj, Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher, Roozbeh Shirazi, Zeena Zakharia].
"In the Face of Xenophobia: Addressing the Bullying of South Asian and Muslim Youth in U.S. Schools and Communities." In collaboration with SAALT: South Asians Leading Together. (2013, with Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher & Karishma Desai)
"Online Encyclopedia of Peace Education," (2008), 50-entry Resource


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Built for a great crested flycatcher, the birdhouse features a 1 3/4" wide entrance hole 7" high, and a over hanged landing for the bird. Moreover, the birdhouse is an exploration of materials, technique, and ideas. The idea behind the birdhouse was to express form through lines, negative space, and angles.
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It's gonna get sappy up in here.
Listen, we all know ladies' hair is fraught with all kinds of MEANING and IMPORTANCE. We spend hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars a year on it ($50,000 over our lifetimes, according to a Tresemmé poll). American badass and role model Hillary Clinton once famously said, "If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle."
And I haven't even touched on the time, effort and money that go into different cultural ideations of "good hair," because I am so ill equipped to tangle with that. Suffice it to say that hair is an issue for all of us.
That's why I'm going to make a bold statement. I am suggesting that instead of shelling out assloads of money at the salon, we all make ourselves well acquainted with our local beauty school. Yes, friends: I think you should let a non-professional cut and style your hair.
I've reached this realization after nearly three years of city grooming, during which I went from one stylist to another, shelling out upwards of $50 plus tip for a simple haircut. (Yes, I know this is nothing compared to what a lot of people pay for a haircut.) Things were going fine with my first stylist, a handsome hetero dude who talked hockey with me. But then the DC summer hit and surprise! Apparently I have wavy hair in the humidity. Who knew?
"What can we do with all this?" I asked, gesturing at my poufy head.
He ran his fingers through it once, then said, "Throw it in a ponytail. I'll see you in the fall." Oh, dude, you really won't.
I had another stylist I liked who worked with the waves, but she moved out of town and frankly I couldn't see dropping $60 and making the commute to a stylist. It just wasn't in the cards.
So, for almost a year I just let everything grow out in a sad, shapeless way. I was mad at myself for succumbing to the sloppy bun so often. It was time to get my shit together. And then one of my beautiful friends got the cutest, shortest curly cut I have ever seen.
"Where did you GO?" we all asked, touching her head as if it were a baby rabbit or fuzzy sale sweater at Zara. When she mentioned the local Aveda Institute, everyone scoffed, "NO!" And I whispered, "YES!" like a creepy Gollum, and made my appointment.
Some tips, if you yourself would like to save some cash (to blow on products or the iTunes store or whatever it is you spend your money on. I splurge at Trader Joe's because FOOD, you guys):
Know what you want. You need to go in with a strong idea, and communicate it clearly to your stylist. They are students, so if you tell them to go wild, they will push themselves -- sometimes awesome, sometimes disastrous. I watched a friend get a $5 faux hawk that became a Mohawk in college because he told his student, "Go nuts with it." It wasn't what he wanted at first but it looked good after, trust.
If something doesn't look or feel right, speak up. You're still a customer, after all. You're paying to get what you want. So if you are not thrilled about the angle of your stylist's scissors, say so. My only horror story in the last nine months of getting cheapo cuts involved a girl who was clearly overworked and bored with my hair who did not listen to me or herself when she asked "Straight bangs or swoopy?"
I said, "Swoopy!"
She said, "OK, swoopy," and then went SNIP right straight across my face. I should have said, "SWOOPY SWOOPY SWOOPY!" as she was closing in for the kill but I was afraid that would be rude. It wouldn't have been, because I have to live with the hair on my head and if I learned anything from ages 3 through 14, it's that straight across bangs are not good for me.
Prepare to spend a lot of time there. I mean a LOT. My haircut is super simple (I think), and it takes about two hours from butt-in-chair to payment. If you're getting color done, expect to spend even longer, maybe half your day or so. This is OK! You can chat with your stylist if that's your bag or fiddle with your phone if it's not. My stylist, Lizz, and I talk about growing up in the punk scene, comic books and gender. Obviously she is amazing.
Don't be afraid of the n00bs. Your instinct might be to ask for a student who's close to completing his or her program, which is fine -- it was mine, too. But if you get someone who's early in their program, you're able to build up a relationship with them, and maybe follow them to a salon after they move on.
I normally went with students who were about to graduate, but when I got Lizz I knew we'd get on famously, since she looked like a green-haired Christian Siriano and cracked jokes immediately. Apparently I'm not the only one who likes her. She's booked up for appointments a few weeks in advance.
For the love of god, tip. Student stylists aren't making money cutting your hair. They're spending tuition money to stand there and primp you. They've gotta pay rent and buy Gummy Tummies just like the rest of us. Throw them some cash.
If it's not right, pop back in. Just like with any other stylist, if things aren't sitting right, show up and explain it. It's better to talk things through with your stylist than it is to sit quietly glowering, writing a terrible review or chucking them under the bus when their instructor comes through. Let your feelings be known.
I know we all want to look fancy, but we don't have to SPEND fancy to get there.
Do you have tips on how to save bucks on your hair (besides "Not cutting it," like that's even an option for some of us)? Have you had an amazing experience with a student stylist? Are you more of a Hair Cuttery kind of gal? Let's talk about it.
Lindsey is flipping her hair on Twitter and Instagram: @lindseywoho.


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Jack Spence is an experienced defense attorney practicing in Federal, State, and Municipal courts in the State of Georgia. We handle felonies, misdemeanors, traffic offenses, and appeals. If you have been charged with a crime, call for a free consultation. If you have any other legal question, call and we will see if we can help.
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Ro Klingele met two of the most significant women in her life at nearly the same time a quarter century ago.
One was her newborn daughter, Stephanie. The other was Oprah Winfrey.
From that day on, Oprah was constantly a part of her life — for 25 years she watched obsessively, never missing a single episode. Oprah helped Ro get through the death of her beloved husband; she was with her at her home as her children grew up; and in the classroom as she taught arithmetic to hundreds of kids.
Yesterday, in the living room of her Staten Island home, she watched the last Oprah show through tears, and reminisced about the best friend she'd never met.
"I was in the hospital giving birth, and one of the nurses came into my room and asked, 'Would you mind if we turned on this new show?' I said, 'Go right ahead,' and I was hooked," the retired math teacher said.
"Oprah has been one of the few constants in my life," said Klingele, whose husband, Edward, 56, died in 2008 of a heart attack before he could realize a lifelong dream.
"He was always trying to get me tickets," she said. "We never did, but, you know, she was in my living room anyway."
In 2007, she recalled fondly, "My husband surprised me with a trip to Chicago to get tickets. But the window of opportunity is so small. We passed the studio and couldn't get in the show. But we had a great time in Chicago, anyhow."
After Edward died, Klingele's daily dose of "Oprah" helped her overcome her grief.
"So there's Oprah at 4 p.m. helping me get through this," she said.
She had a real connection with the daytime talk queen.
"Oprah's one of the few people who truly understood what it means to be a teacher," said Klingele, who taught at a Catholic school for 15 years.
Klingele cried frequently during the show — the hardest when Winfrey thanked her own fourth-grade teacher in the audience.
"It's 25 years of my life, but I have to move on, just like Oprah," Klingele said. "She'll be fine — I don't know if her fans will be fine."
During those eventful years, Klingele watched both her kids grow up. Stephanie is a nurse, and her son, Michael, an accountant.
She invited some 20 friends yesterday to her home, which was decorated with dozens of yellow paper stars, each featuring an Oprah fact like: "Her best friend is Gayle King," or "Oprah starred in 'The Color Purple.' "
Near her front door, she placed a life-sized cardboard cutout of Winfrey.
"She was just a down-to-earth person, and I realized how much good she did for the world," Klingele said.


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- Christopher Jones February 12, 2016
Since publishing the original article asking whether Wiggle is buying out Chain Reaction Cycles, Wiggle has confirmed the merger with CEO's of both companies commenting that their product ranges 'complement' each […]
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Pro-Lite Oz importer Deon Attard has carried the Pro-Lite brand for six years, the value-for-money wheelsets have been the real highlight for the brand that also has bikes and accessories. The Mackay, […]
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Australia's long standing Bicycling Australia magazine along with Mountain Biking Australia and the Bicycling Yearbook have been sold by founder Phil Latz and wife Catie to Yaffa Publishing who publish […]
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On the same day, the announcements for two cycling conferences arrived in my inbox. While these events compete somewhat with one another, as they are six months apart the also […]
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Unless you have been sleeping under a log, you will have noticed the trend in shopping online from local and overseas businesses. You will have also noticed that traditional retailers […]
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The legendary Italian bike manufacturer Bianchi has announced they are buying a minority stake in their Australian distributer; Sport Outdoor Leisure Australia (SOLA). SOLA Sport, previously known as Netti Atom, […]
The Cycling Promotion Fund gets an industry boost
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- Christopher Jones February 6, 2012
The Cycling Promotion Fund (CPF) is the peak advocacy and political lobby group for cycling in Australia and they have just announced a significant boost as six large Australian cycling […]
Avanti buys Pacific Brands Bicycle Division
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- Christopher Jones August 18, 2011
On 1 September the Avanti Bicycle Company Ltd officially take over the bicycle division of Pacific Brands.
mybikeREGO launches in OZ
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The mybikeREGO 'anti-bike-theft' concept has now been officially launched in Australia.
German Derby Cycle (Focus, Raleigh) now in Aus
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Germany biggest bike manufacturer (in revenue) with Kalkhoff, Focus, Raleigh, Univega and Rixe sets up in Australia.


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EVENT DATE: Nov 17, 2013
This inaugural IRONMAN fundraising event, in partnership with The IRONMAN Foundation, will raise money for the Desert States Charitable Foundation. DONATE NOW and help us make a difference to children in need in the greater Tempe area.
The Desert States Charitable Foundation provides scholarships for higher learning and assists underprivileged children in the community. The Foundation also raises money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, which funds medical research to find cures for blood cancers and provides assistance to families affected by leukemia, lymphoma, non-Hodgkin's disease and myeloma. The society's commitment to cutting-edge science has contributed to an unprecedented rise in survival rates for persons with these diseases.
On Nov. 17, athletes from all over the world will compete in Tempe, Ariz. for the prestige of becoming an IRONMAN.
This competition is not for the light-hearted. It is a grueling course that pushes the limits of the human body.
First, athletes will swim a 2.4 mile loop around the Tempe Town Lake, followed by a 112-mile bike loop through Tempe. Athletes will then run 26.2 miles and finish at Tempe Beach Park. Did we mention this all needs to be done in about 17 hours?
Mark DeVincentis, an executive with Crescent Capital and five-time IRONMAN finisher (U.S. Championship, World Championship in Hawaii), initiated this fundraiser for the Desert States Charitable Foundation to provide scholarships for higher learning and assist underprivileged children in the community.
Joining DeVincentis on this tremendous task to raise money for the charity is Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema, who represents Arizona's 9th congressional district.
Help us help those in need, All contributions are tax deductable in the U.S.
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Kelsey Lundy
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Oxton Artists – The Oxton Art Fair is a wonderful showcase of art, craft and design from local artists within four of galleries of the Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead. Café available and fully accessible.
Each artist can submit up to six pieces of work.
A friendly group of people who are no longer in full time employment and wish to carry on learning and being active. At the U3A meetings over a cup of tea or coffee they listen to a variety of interesting and informative speakers. Their activities do not end there as they have lots of interest groups and two walking groups.
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Organic transistor improves with age
Ageing may be as important to electronics as it is to good wine. A plastic transistor doubles its performance if simply left to sit at room temperature for a week.
Cheap to mould, pentacene transistors are a promising candidate for organic electronics. However, when they are being built, molecules can misalign to form defects, which trap electrons and slow the transistors down.
Now Wolfgang Kalb's team at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich has found that if a newly made pentacene transistor is left to sit in a vacuum, the defects disappear naturally (www.arxiv.org/abs/0711.1457).
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LOCK IN is a claustrophobic thriller about justice, family and revenge. Set in a run-down Birmingham boozer ready for regeneration, it sees hard-working barmaid Lucy and her landlord father Richard intimidated and threatened by a local thug seeking protection money. Trapped in their own pub the pair struggle to escape the violence around them and the secrets of the past. The film has a criminal element, but is not a gangster film – it's less Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, more Mystic River. In terms of style and tone it is inspired by Roman Polanski's British pictures like Cul-De-Sac, Repulsion and The Tenant.
LOCK IN will be directed by Nev Pierce, whose debut short, BRICKS - starring Jason Flemyng and Blake Ritson - is currently in post-production. Pierce is Editor-At-Large at Empire, the world's biggest movie magazine. During more than 15 years as a film journalist, he has interviewed everyone from Brad Pitt to Jack Nicholson, Christopher Nolan to David Fincher. You can read articles at nevpierce.com.LOCK IN has been written by Jamie Russell, author of acclaimed books Generation Xbox: How Videogames Invaded Hollywood ("fascinatingly detailed and revealing," the Guardian) and Book Of The Dead: The Complete History Of Zombie Cinema ("The definitive history of the living dead," according to American Werewolf in London director John Landis). He co-wrote Bricks and has several feature scripts in development.The producers are Lee Brazer and Chris Hainsworth of Cinescope Entertainment – with experience of working for the likes of Working Title, Pathé and FilmFour – and Matthew James Wilkinson, who was previously a development executive at Working Title and recently produced his feature debut as producer, The Call-Up (currently in post-production).The team has a good deal of industry knowledge and experience to call on, without yet being established enough to pull ten grand out of the air to tell a story... Hence, we are after your help.
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Laurie Hernandez & Val Chmerkovskiy To Dance to 'Duck Tales' Theme on DWTS!
Laurie Hernandez and Val Chmerkovskiy just revealed their song and dance for next week's Dancing With The Stars in a cute new video.
The duo — known as Team Valaur — teased the performance on Instagram in between her practice for the Kellogg's Tour, which kicks off tonight in Washington.
"We… As in…. @lauriehernandez_ and I present to you ….. Duck Tales this Monday Night !!" Val captioned with the vid, which showed off a little of their dance and unveiled their song. "#GoldMedalproductions #quackattack #TEAMVALAUR thanks to you guys for the incredible support from last Monday night! Thank you."
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License agency closing permanently in Kernersville
A Kernersville license plate agency is permanently closing its doors at the end of Thursday.
The agency is located at 1325 Highway 66 South. That's off Plaza S Drive.
The contractor for the agency recently died, NC DMV officials said. The contractor had been in business for more than 35 years.
The DMV is looking for a new contractor, though it normally takes about four months to set it up.
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This lampshade is handcrafted from Japanese "yuzenshi" which is imported from Japan. It has a strong, specially sourced backing material and standard Australian wire rings top and bottom, making the shade extremely durable, while still featuring the beauty and delicacy of the "yuzenshi" paper. The brushed chrome lamp base has a black cord and is produced by an Australian manufacturer. A 40W globe is all that is required to give a strong, yet warm reading light.
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Rosewood shuts down Union, advances to 2nd round
By Andrew Stevens
Published in Sports on October 31, 2012 1:49 PM
Slowing down Thanh Truong can be difficult for most teams at full strength.
Containing the speedy Truong while playing two men down is virtually impossible.
Truong scored four goals and Rosewood defeated Union 4-0 on Tuesday night at Branch Pope Field in the first round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 1-A state playoffs.
The Eagles visit Wallace-Rose Hill (20-1-1) in the second round on Saturday. The Bulldogs defeated Rosewood 9-0 on Aug. 21.
The Spartans played the majority of the second half down two players after Yoni Martinez and Michael Pineda both received red cards.
Union controlled the possession early and earned three corner kicks in the first 10 minutes.
The Eagles (14-6-0) began to generate possession of their own and Reed Howell's free kick missed just wide in the 15th minute. Rosewood keeper Daniel Herring made a point-blank save on Martinez's shot in the 22nd minute to keep the game scoreless.
The Eagles' defense and midfield began to work passes forward and Truong won the ball from a defender and beat keeper John Dominguez in the 28th minute. Truong gathered a loose ball inside the 18-yard box and slipped a shot past Dominguez in the 32nd minute to increase Rosewood's lead to 2-0.
"In the first 10 or 15 minutes we couldn't really get control of the game," Eagles' head coach Eddie Maldonado said. "They were kicking balls into our half of the field and then I think after Thanh scored his first goal, it kind of settled us down.
"He was on a roll tonight. We know if we can slip a ball through and he can get on to it then good stuff tends to happen."
Union displayed little resistance for Truong in the second half as he received a pass from Dee Mabry and raced past multiple defenders before scoring in the 49th minute. A minute later, Martinez and Pineda both received red cards leaving the Spartans two men down.
Truong capped his offensive outburst with an unassisted goal in the 52nd minute.
"Thanh and his brother Sy, they are so quick on the ball," Maldonado said. "It is tough for teams to handle. I'm just glad we don't have to play against it. We see it enough in practice. To prepare for that is tough."
Three more Union players received yellow cards in the second half and Rosewood's Reed Howell picked up a red card. The Spartans' Eduardo Fajardo missed high on a penalty kick in stoppage time.
Herring finished with five saves and earned the shutout in goal.
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Brad Pitt and his sons, Maddox and Pax Thien arrive in Venice for the 2008 Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy on Tuesday.
Maddox, 7, and Pax Thien, 4 1/2, seem to be enjoying their time with dad as they hop onto a boat in the beautiful city of Venice!
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Brad will reportedly be making two red carpet appearances between Aug. 27th and Sept. 6th.
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Orlando Bloom has some father-son bonding time with his two-year-old son Flynn on Saturday afternoon (July 6) at Central Park in New York City.
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If you think that Official Publications are dull transcripts of parliamentary debates, you are wrong. Items in our collection include:
- A European Commission Report on Raspberry Ice-cream
- 'Wall Paintings of the Western Himalayas'
- Findings of The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry
- 'Legacy of a President': memorable words of JFK
- 'Formal Investigation into The Loss of the Titanic'
…and these are just the tip of the iceberg!
Our collection is very strong in British, US Federal, Intergovernmental (including European Union) and worldwide material, particularly for Parliamentary and departmental items.
Use the links below to find more about our Official Publications holdings.
Still can't trace an item? Then send us a speculative request using one of our document delivery services.
Our collection is very strong in British, US Federal, Intergovernmental (including European Union) and worldwide material, particularly for Parliamentary and departmental items.
Use the links below to find more about our Official Publications holdings.
Still can't trace an item? Then send us a speculative request using one of our document delivery services.
- British Official Publications
- Intergovernmental
- European Union
- United States Federal
- Worldwide
- Ordering Official Publications from the British Library
British Official Publications
A broad sample of the material in our collection:
- Since 1962 the British Library Document Supply collection has received all publications from The Stationery Office (formerly HMSO) on selected subscription. All HMSO publications 1922-61 on 2,500 rolls of microfilm.
- British sessional papers from 1801-1921 on microfiche, and up-to-date held in hard copy.
- Extensive collection of departmental published material and additional donated material.
- Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Assembly publications received.
- The Stationery Office Belfast, Statutory Rules and Acts, Parliamentary material and Censuses.
- Parliamentary Debates and journals from the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
- A microfiche collection from 1980 of parliamentary and departmental monographs & serials published by Chadwyck-Healey from 1980 onwards.
- Acts of Parliament from 1685, plus a retrospective collection dating back to King John and the Magna Carta.
- "Soldiers who died in the Great War", "History of the World Wars", "Trial of Major War Criminals" .
- Nautical Publications, Investigation of Railway Accidents, Highway Code (the most demanded single item), etc.
- It is worth noting that we do not hold Law cases.
Many British Government publications are published as reports. Further information can be found on our Reports page.
Our collection of HMSO/TSO material is so vast and the staff so experienced in identifying and locating Official Publications that The Stationery Office Ltd themselves use us to provide them with copies of their own out of print material.
We can copy in its entirety any HMSO/TSO material over 2 years old.
When asked about the service provided by the Official Publications department, The Stationery Office representative enthusiastically responded "Good - well it's excellent in fact!"
Our Parliamentary material is not catalogued and therefore does not appear on Explore the British Library. So we may hold an item even if you can't find it. When you can't find it in the Integrated Catalogue, don't assume it isn't held here. We use a number of databases and catalogues to identify Official Publications. If you can't find it, perhaps we can!
An Intergovernmental document is published by/or on behalf of an International organisation funded either independently or by the governments of more than one country.
Of over 3,000 Intergovernmental organisations fewer than 200 publish a significant amount of material, of which the majority is held in our collection. The largest Intergovernmental collection is that of the European Union.
We hold significant collections of the principal organisations:
- United Nations
- FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) over 800 monographs and nearly all publications since 1976 on microfiche
- OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) all monographic publications since 1960
- IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)
- WHO (World Health Organisation)
- ILO (International Labour Organisation)
- CAB (Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau).
European Union
We have received all EU material since 1966 and some additional items dating back to the early days of the EEC in the 1950's.
We have:
- The Official Journal of the European Communities, 'C', 'L', and 'S' series including directives, legislation & tenders.
- Commission Documents (COM DOCS) covering proposals for new EC legislation.
- The Bulletin of the European Communities - activities of the commission.
- Over 1,200 serials of which 400+ are currently received, including statistical material published by Eurostat.
- Over 18,000 EU sponsored research reports covering a wide range of topics, the first being published in 1961. This collection is supported by approximately 15,000 microfiche.
- Access to many EU databases.
United States Federal
The United States Government Printing Office (USGPO) is the world's largest publisher of government material. In addition to our own collection we have access to the USGPO depository collection held at the British Library London. These can be borrowed for library use in the UK and can be photocopied for use worldwide. We are able to provide whole copies of US government documents.
There is a vast microfiche collection:
- CIS (Congressional Information Service), this includes House Documents, Hearings and Public Laws and dates from 1970.
- ASI (American Statistical Index), 'statistical' meaning any numerical data. This complete collection dates from 1974, but we do have a retrospective collection.
- A large NTIS collection contains PB & AD Reports.
- US Geological Survey – various reports held both in fiche and paper copy.
- EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) – reports held as fiche and paper copy.
- NIOSH Publications – held in paper copy and fiche.
- US Army in World War 2 – held in paper copy.
- US Censuses – covers the period 1870-1964, but with some reprints from as early as 1790.
Our collection of USGPO material has mostly been purchased on demand, or when considered a valuable acquisition, for example:
- The Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster
- The Iran Contra Hearings
- The Watergate Hearings
- The Accident at Three Mile Island
- The Assassination of President Kennedy
- The Roswell Report
- Conduct of the Gulf War
- The Solar Eclipse of 1883.
Worldwide includes anything not British, Intergovernmental, or US Federal, but does include material from US and Australian states and Canadian provinces. Most of the worldwide Official material has been purchased on demand, donated or purchased as 'special interest', for example:
- Sharks and Rays of Australia
- Wall Paintings of the Western Himalayas
- Soviet correspondence in relation to World War Two
- The Bhopal Aftermath.
The British Library Document Supply service has access to the collections held by the British Library in London, loans for UK customers and photocopies supplied worldwide. We also have:
- A good collection of French and Canadian monographs.
- A limited number of Irish monographs, some Parliamentary material and Censuses.
- National development plans for various countries and years are held on microfilm.
- Australian Parliamentary and census material.
- Over the years the Australian and Canadian collections have been built up.
- In the early 1980s the 'MICROLOG' collection commenced (Canadian Federal Official Publications on microfiche).
Ordering Official Publications
- Much of our Official Publication material is not catalogued and therefore does not appear on Explore the British Library. So we may hold an item even if you can't find it there.
- You will not be charged for any requests we cannot satisfy!
- There are no copyright restrictions on US material.
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TDG is leading the first downtown project funded by the 8-80 Vitality Initiative, the Capital City Bikeway and Jackson Street Reconstruction Project. This project sets the standard for implementation of re-envisioned streets, placemaking, and bikeway design in Saint Paul's urban core. The Capital City Bikeway connects downtown Saint Paul to regional and state trail systems on the edge of downtown. TDG led the effort to identify routes and develop typical cross sections that include an improved pedestrian realm along with protected bikeways.


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After comments by Police Commissioner Ray Kelly last week suggested the NYPD was readying to scale back their efforts in the search for missing 14-year-old Avonte Oquendo, it appeared on Sunday that the NYPD was eager to make clear that they were by no means giving up.
Avonte is autistic and cannot speak. He went missing from his school in Queens over three weeks ago on Oct. 4.
Chief of Police Philip Banks III pointedly held a press conference at the site in Long Island City where Avonte was last seen, despite the fact that the press conference was called at least in part due to a murder that occurred in Brooklyn late Sunday night.
Banks pleaded with the press to keep attention on the missing boy, and emphasized that the police search is still on.
"We are continuing our efforts to find this young man and to bring him home to his family," Banks said.
He pressed the importance of the public's assistance in the search as well.
"We have eight million people in the city," Banks said. "We want to get as many eyes as possible in the hopes of finding this young man."
Banks acknowledged that "it's been quite some time now" since Avonte went missing, and said there are no real updates.
"We don't have any new leads to report, we don't have any new information, but we're still using all of our resources," the police chief maintained.
Those resources include aviation, K-9 officers, daily patrols of the Long Island City area where Avonte went missing. The harbor unit is also involved, Banks said, including scuba divers "who are diving every single day." The school where Avonte was last seen is right by the East River in Queens.
The police are still continuing to do sweeps of the transit system as well, Banks said. Avonte is autistic and had a fascination with trains and the subway. He has run away three times before, and each time was found on or near the subway.
"We're still looking," the police chief insisted. "We still have our resources dedicated to this."
Banks said many members of the NYPD have grown emotionally invested in the search for Avonte.
He denied that the NYPD is scaling back their efforts at all, but said there is constant discussion of how best to proceed, and based on those discussions, adjustments are sometimes made.
"We evaluate the totality of the circumstances and we make adjustments," he said. "Adjustments could mean we put more detectives on it and less patrol cops, we put more aviation — that's a discussion we have, it's almost a daily discussion on how we're going to shift our resources but to keep the focus on how we're going to find the young man."
As for Kelly's controversial comments last week suggesting Avonte might not be found alive, Banks allowed that beliefs regarding Avonte's status may vary person-to-person.
"That's an individual decision everybody has to make," Banks said. "I'd like to think that he's still alive and we're going forth like he's still alive."
The Oquendo family's lawyer, David Perecman, who organized a press conference near the same location on Friday, said he was happy to hear that the police were not going to scale back the search, but believed they already had to some degree.
"Initially I heard 100 detectives, last time I heard 80," he said. "Eighty's still a lot, but it's not 100."
The NYPD did not immediately respond to an attempt to confirm the number of detectives, though Banks had earlier specifically said tweaking the numbers of officers and detectives involved in the search was something considered while making adjustments to the search strategy.
Perecman believes the NYPD's press conference on Sunday was in part because of his press conference on Friday "and perhaps some other things that happened behind the scenes."
NYPD spokesman John McCarthyconfirmed Kelly met with Avonte's father Saturday and Perecman said the police commissioner apologized for his statements expressing doubt over Avonte's well-being.
The reward being offered for Avonte's return is now up to around $90,000, Perecman confirmed. The reward is not being offered by the NYPD, but by private funding, largely through donations. Perecman said the family has stopped accepting reward donations, however, out of concern that if someone has abducted Avonte, they might be keeping him longer in the hopes that the reward amount will continue to rise.
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Mary Landrieu's cousin works for Shell Oil and she's more than happy to help him out.
As you may recall from the issues about Landrieu's residency, Mary's parents are Moon and Verna (nee Satterlee) Landrieu. Verna, Mary's mother is the daughter of Kent Satterlee, Sr.
That makes Kent Satterlee, III the cousin of Sen. Mary Landrieu.
Why does this matter?
Kent Satterlee, III is also the manager for "offshore regulatory policy" for Shell Upstream Americas.
This July 2014 Press Release from Landrieu's office and follow-up article detail a hearing held by Landrieu to increase offshore drilling. Satterlee testified at the hearing as a representative of Shell Oil.
Landrieu Press release:
[Source: http://www.landrieu.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=4525 ]
From The Advocate:
[Source: http://theadvocate.com/home/9662585-125/landrieu-oil-gas-officials ]
Here is Youtube video of Satterlee saying he's related to her…[Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cqctBFao0M&list=UUeck4eodpa1uwIeFSbWjmsw ]
Shell Oil has a lot of interest in Louisiana:
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When preparing for treatment of cancer you may have many concerns on your mind. Hair loss is associated with many cancer treatments and is a natural concern for most people. We are here to help you look good and feel able to cope, should you be affected.
Before we help to introduce you to this topic please be aware of the following - Unlike the type of hair loss caused by chemotherapy (which usually affects the hair on the entire body) hair loss caused by Radiotherapy, if it occurs, is "Area Specific". In other words hair loss would only occur around the treatment area. For example if you are being treated on the breast area then only this area of your body could be effected and this may not cause you concern where hair loss is concerned. Whereas if you are being treated on your head you may be concerened about hair loss in this area.
So IF you are worried about hair loss on the AREA of your body that is being treated, please continue reading.
We say this because unlike when chemotherapy causes hair loss, with radiotheraphy you simply won't lose hair on other (untreated) areas of your body. So this piece of information alone may be enough for you.
A guide to understanding Radiotherapy and possible hair loss or thinning
We understand that you may have many concerns about losing hair. First take a look at a few key points:
A few key points:
• Radiotherapy does not always cause hair thinning or hair loss. This depends upon the type, dosage and quantity of treatments
• If hair loss does occur, this is only in the area that is exposed to treatment and not the entire body. This means that your scalp hair may not be affected at all unless you are treated around the head and neck
• The hair commonly grows back again but some people can be left with an area of permanent baldness or thinner hair on the treatment area
• If hair loss or hair thinning does occur there is plenty that can be done to help you feel good about your style
The best person to offer you individual advice is always your radiologist.
This section is written in a logical sequence, starting with finding out if hair loss will affect you then running through various topics that may be helpful. Either read through the entire section or click on the topic of interest to you. A host of ideas, inspiration and support is just a click away. You really won't have to give up on looking good because it's all here waiting for you.
Let's get started to helping you look good and feel better about hair loss during radiotheraphy treatment, knowing facts and making a plan will help you to take control.
Why not make a cuppa and take your time to fully understand if hair loss will happen to you.
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• There are different types of radiotherapy treatments. Which ones cause hair loss?
• What causes hair loss?
• Will I lose my hair – talking to your radiographer
• What is the area of treatment?
• Will my hair grow back?
• Is there anything I can do to prevent hair loss?
• Changing my hair style to disguise hair loss
There are different types of radiotherapy treatments. Which ones cause hair loss?
Whether or not you will experience hair loss as a side effect of radiotherapy all depends upon the type of radiotherapy treatment (external or internal) you are having as well as the area being treated, dosage and number of treatments.
There are several different types of radiotherapy including external treatments such as X ray and internal treatments including brachytherapy (the placement of solid radioactive material) and radioisotope (a radioactive liquid).
If hair loss or thinning occurs it is external radiotherapy treatment which is more likely to cause the hair loss as a side effect, but this is not always the case. If hair loss does occur, this is only in the area that is exposed to treatment and not the entire body. This means that your scalp hair may not be affected at all unless you are treated around the head and neck.
Internal radiography in the form of brachytherapy very rarely causes hair loss and radioisotope never causes hair loss.
So for clarity:
External radiotherapy -Very likely to cause some hair loss/thinning in area treated
Internal radiotherapy (brachytherapy) - Not likely - very rarely causes hair loss
Radioisotope - Never causes hair loss
For complete assurance you are best advised to discuss this with your radiographer as each case is so very specific to you.
The hair follicle which holds the hair root in place is very sensitive and easily damaged. If the hair follicle is damaged by the radiotherapy the hair can reduce in thickness leading to hair thinning or fall out leading to hair loss. But unlike chemotherapy, which travels around the blood stream and can cause hair loss anywhere on the body, radiotherapy ONLY causes hair loss in the area being treated.
So hair loss is a result of a disruption to your hair's growth system from the radiotherapy. The disruption is that the skin is often damaged (a bit like serious sun burn to the skin) and this makes the hair fall.
Most of the time hair will grow back. - it may different than before in texture and colour or can be just the same. Sometimes the skin is effected long term so the hair may not grow back, or be thinner than before. Your radiologist is the best person to explain if new hair growth will be affected.
If you are affected there are many ways to help adapt your look.
Will I lose my hair – talking to your radiographer
Radiotherapy ONLY causes hair loss in the area being treated . This area is very specific to you. So it is best recommended that you talk to your medical team about hair loss as normally, your radiologist will be able to tell you before you start your radiotherapy treatment, if hair loss may occur.
For clarity it is important to ask your radiologist (doctor or nurse) if your radiotherapy treatment will cause hair loss and where exactly this is going to happen on the body.
Talking to your radiologist about hair concerns may be something totally new to you, but most cancer doctors and nurses understand that hair loss can be a very emotional, physical and practical concern for you. So don't feel uncomfortable about discussing your concerns about how you will look with your care team because they are used to it and talk to people about their hair concerns every day
Below are some suggested questions for your radiologist, nurse or specialist care team. It may be a good idea to write down any questions for your care team on a note pad. You can then make a note of their response so that you are clear about hair loss. Please remember that if you are having more than one treatment, such as chemotherapy, you will need to ask questions related to that treatment as well.
Treatment to the head area
• Can you give me an indication of the size and location of possible hair loss – for example larger than a 10p piece? You may wish to ask them to draw a diagram to be really clear.
• Should I prepare myself for total hair loss? At what stage in my treatment do you think this will occur and will my hair grow back?
• Will my eye brows, eye lashes or (men facial hair) be affected?
• Is there anything that you can suggest to help minimise hair loss?
• If necessary will I be offered a referral letter for an NHS hair piece or wig
• If hair loss is upsetting me can you make any other suggestions to help me?
Treatment to the body (Not head)
• What is my "treatment" area?
• Can you please define this for me?
• Will my radiology treatment cause hair loss? If yes, will the hair loss be complete hair loss leading to baldness or patchy hair loss or hair thinning?
• Will the hair grow back in the area affected?
• Can you give me an indication of how long the hair may take to grow back?
• If hair loss concerns me can you offer me any advice?
Hopefully your care team will provide you with the answers you need. You can then read the advice topics that are most helpful to your specific needs.
Because your treatment will be so individual there are not really any other ways of finding out information on hair loss other than asking your care team.
IF YOU ARE HAVING A COMBINATION OF TREATMENTS – Remember to read the other relevant sections. Once you know how you may be affected you can read the chapters that appeal to you and your needs
What is the area of treatment?
For exteranl radiotherapy this simply means the specific area being treated.
Your radiologist will define the exact areas. The area being treated is very specific down to a millimetre as to where treatment will start and end.
As the body is a three dimensional mass this is an example of how it is most likely to be effected:
In the area to be treated a radiotherapy ray will enter into one area, pass through this specific area into the body and then exit into a surrounding area. This is the area being treated and if hair loss does happen, it will be in these areas only.
Here are some examples of "External radiotherapy treatment areas"
Breast area
If you are being treated in the breast area then a ray may pass in through your breast and exit via your arm pit. So hair loss may occur around these areas (breast, chest and arm pit only) and will not occur on other areas of the body. Hair loss may not occur at all.
If you are being treated on your face, for example your jaw, then the rays may pass in through the cheek and jaw area, through your mouth and exit via your head (scalp). Therefore hair loss may occur at these specific areas on your face and scalp. But remember that if hair loss or thinning occurs it may be on a very tiny area that may be unnoticeable or can be easily disguised and may not occur at all.
Best idea is to talk to your radiographer and ensure that YOU understand where you are being treated so you know if hair loss is something that concerns you
Will my hair grow back?
Your radiologist needs to offer you advice which is directly related to your dosage and treatment type as sometimes hair does grow back and other times you may be left with areas of thinning or baldness. Should this happen to you we will offer you lots of help and ideas on looking good.
If told your hair will grow back then it can take a little while. But most hair will grow back between 6 – 12 months. Re-growth is likely after treatment is complete and the skin and surrounding area has healed.
Re-growth does depend on where the hair loss has occurred and the quality of the skin surrounding this area. Hair growth varies but it is common for the hair to be thinner or sometimes patchy after radiotherapy. It may also have a different texture, colour and feel to before.
After a few months you are likely to see a light covering of hair as an indication the hair will grow back. Remember that on the scalp even an inch of hair is enough to have a very short style. There are lots of clever ways to disguise areas of hair loss on the head and we will go into more details in later categories.
But occasionally the hair loss can be permanent which can be upsetting as this means that the hair in the affected area will not grow back at all. However this could be as small as a few millimetres or cover a larger area. We will help you with ideas and options if you need to find a more permanent solution.
Treatment to the head area
If permanent hair loss is going to happen, your radiologist will normally inform and advise you prior to treatment. In particular if this is in an area such as the head and scalp, as this is most likely to cause you concern - the exact amount and location of any permanent hair loss should be explained to you.
Remember that there is plenty that can be done to help disguise permanent hair loss. It all depends on how you feel about the area where hair loss has occurred. We will go into permanent hair loss and all of the options available to you in great detail in Wigs & Hair Replacements.
For many people the hair will grow back - take a look in New Hair Growth for more on how to manage new hair.
Is there anything I can do to prevent hair loss?
Unfortunately there is nothing that can prevent hair loss IF it occurs due to radiotherapy.
It is important to know that the "Cold Cap" treatment that can sometimes be used with Chemotherapy to help prevent hair loss simply does not work with radiotherapy.
Remember- because any hair loss or hair thinning is specific to the area being treated it may not give you any cause for concern at all.
Most concern occurs if the area being treated is on the scalp or head area, so you can see how important it is to be clear about the area being treated and if hair loss will happen to you. If effected there are plenty of options available to help you look good through hair loss and sometimes this may mean altering your style for just a short period of time.
It is normal to be anxious about hair loss to the head. When it comes to radiotherapy it is so very specific to your individual treatment. Please be sure that you have talked to your radiographer and be sure to fully understand where you may be effected.
If you are being treated on the scalp, you may experience hair loss on the head – either in a small or larger area dependant on the size being treated. If you are affected and worried about this there is plenty that can be done to help you manage your new look.
You should be clear on the following:
• Understand how large the area of baldness or hair thinning may be and if the hair will grow back
• Been given a time frame on when this is likely to occur
• If necessary offered a referral letter for an NHS hair piece or wig
Changing my hair style to disguise hair loss
Sometimes a clever change of style can help to disguise thinning hair and areas of baldness. You won't have to give up on looking good as there are so many ideas on how to cover up, blend in your style and many more ideas.
You may find that your regular hairdresser can help or that you need to speak to an experienced hair loss specialist.
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So, I figured this would be a topic for the Scifi/Fantasy forum even though it's a problem any genre could possibly face. It seems particularly prevalent here.
I'm writing a fantasy novel. I'm not going to say it's an epic fantasy because I don't know that for sure, but I've come upon a problem. My MC and her companion are about to set off on the journey to another part of the world, kicking off the travelling. But how does one make travelling interesting? Particularly at first where it seems ill-advised to throw every adversity the character's way?
I'm well versed in Lord of the Rings and could take that as an example, but I find those passages can be quite long and, unfortunately, boring, particularly in Two Towers when the book focuses on Sam and Frodo. I and many of my friends tend to gloss over much of that. But here I am in a similar (sort of) situation. No, my characters aren't wandering through a wasteland, but there are only two of them. More will eventually join, but just two means it's less opportunity for varied interaction. Which can be good, lead the readers into a sense of familiarity with the base two, but I worry about making it boring.


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As therapists, when we talk about Mentalization (or Mentalizing) we often realise that the people we're discussing it with are not necessarily aware of what the concept actually means. So here's an outline – in layperson's terms (hopefully!) – that accompanies the video we recently put together on the same subject. (http://artofmentalizing.org/mentalization-arts-psychotherapies).
A Definition of Mentalizing
The feelings, thoughts and experiences that underlie the behaviours of ourselves and others.
To expand on this definition:
Mentalizing tells us that we should not assume that we can attach a specific meaning to a particular behaviour, without looking into it further and trying to understand the other possible motivations behind it. This includes both the way we perceive the reasons for the behaviour of others, and the way we interpret the reasons for our own behaviour.
Mentalizing in Practice
People are Mentalizing all the time. When emotions run high, however, we stop properly Mentalizing and allow assumptions to take over. This is when we need to reintroduce Mentalization (this reintroducing process also being known as the "reflective function") – for example through the "stop and rewind" method of reviewing how events unfolded that have led us to where we are now.
So the first step in the process of Mentalization is to Stop and Think.
Essentially this means we need to step back from our assumptions about what we are experiencing, in order that we can be more curious as to the possible reasons and motivations behind these experiences.
Whether we are Mentalizing the experience of what we are feeling for ourselves, or Mentalizing the experience of what someone else is feeling, we need to stop and question our assumptions, asking ourselves "maybe I have this wrong?" and wondering whether our interpretation of things as they currently are is actually a correct one.
One of the key points here is that people are often very quick to attribute meaning to behaviour, without actually knowing whether the meaning they have assigned to the behaviour is actually true. So the process of Stopping to Think can make people step aside from their hastily-made assumptions and allow them to consider alternative motivations for behaviours.
Mentalization within Therapy
A primary goal of any therapy session will be to allow the patient to feel safe enough to be able to explore their own thoughts and feelings through the process of Mentalizing.
With the therapist remaining calm throughout the session, it can help the patient to slow things down in their own mind, giving them time to Stop and Think about their own thoughts – thus allowing them to wonder if maybe they have got things wrong in the way they are interpreting their own thoughts and feelings.
This process of stopping to think also helps the patient to wonder if perhaps they have misinterpreted the motivations of others around them.
With the therapist displaying empathy with the patient, it also allows the patient to realise that the therapist is "on their side" and is using the therapy as a means of understanding them, as well as helping the patient to understand themselves.
The Essence of Mentalization
The kind of empathy that occurs during therapy can be expressed in a manner that gets to the very basic essence of Mentalization, through the therapist expressing a thought such as:
"I get your point of view. I understand where you're coming from".
This allows the patient to feel validated (through having the therapist Mentalizing with them).
Arts Therapies and Mentalization
When Mentalizing is used in conjunction with arts therapies, it allows the patient to gain deeper insight into their own feelings through the use of art, rather than other therapies which will use other methods for introducing a Mentalization intervention into the therapeutic process.
Drama Therapy, for example, can enable the patient to see themselves how others might see them, and help them understand more about other people's assumptions about their own behaviour.
Mentalizing the dramatic action can thus give the patient a better idea of why other people might behave the way they do, based on this deeper understanding of the possible motivations for their own and other people's behaviours.
For the type of Art Therapy that involves the creation of something tangible, such as a drawing or painting, the actual physical process of creating the artwork can help the patient to feel safe. One of the reasons for this is that the patient is able to concentrate on the artwork, rather than perhaps feeling they are being scrutinised by the therapist through maintaining eye contact.
This feeling is enhanced by the fact that the artwork is "out there" rather than remaining internalised, which allows for a discussion to develop, based on the fact that the artwork has "released something" from within the patient. This artwork can act as a kind of shorthand for their feelings during the discussion, as well as providing something for them to focus on whilst they Mentalize their thoughts.
For all types of art therapy, of course, the patient must be allowed to Mentalize the idea that they don't have to be especially good at the artform involved (ie it doesn't matter if they don't feel they can act, dance, draw etc particularly well). This occurs through the act of their feeling safe, which allows them to feel they have been "given permission" to simply let go and "see what happens", thus leading to a more rewarding experience for both patient and therapist.
Hopefully the above outline has made things a little clearer regarding the basis for using Mentalization within Arts-based Psychotherapies.
For a much more detailed examination of the issues, you might be interested in the 2016 Arts in Health Care Conference – The Art of Mentalizing: Communicating the Unknown.


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This book presents a selection of papers presented to the Second Inter- national Symposium on Semi-Markov Models: Theory and Applications held in Compiegne (France) in December 1998. This international meeting had the same aim as the first one held in Brussels in 1984 : to make, fourteen years later, the state of the art in the field of semi-Markov processes and their applications, bring together researchers in this field and also to stimulate fruitful discussions. The set of the subjects of the papers presented in Compiegne has a lot of similarities with the preceding Symposium; this shows that the main fields of semi-Markov processes are now well established particularly for basic applications in Reliability and Maintenance, Biomedicine, Queue- ing, Control processes and production. A growing field is the one of insurance and finance but this is not really a surprising fact as the problem of pricing derivative products represents now a crucial problem in economics and finance. For example, stochastic models can be applied to financial and insur- ance models as we have to evaluate the uncertainty of the future market behavior in order, firstly, to propose different measures for important risks such as the interest risk, the risk of default or the risk of catas- trophe and secondly, to describe how to act in order to optimize the situation in time. Recently, the concept of VaR (Value at Risk) was "discovered" in portfolio theory enlarging so the fundamental model of Markowitz.
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Product details
- Hardback | 404 pages
- 181.9 x 233.7 x 23.1mm | 907.2g
- 01 Nov 1999
- Springer
- Dordrecht, Netherlands
- English
- 1999 ed.
- XXII, 404 p.
- 0792359631
- 9780792359630
Table of contents
Preface. Part I: Extensions of Basic Models. 1. The Solidarity of Markov Renewal Processes; R. Pyke. 2. A Generalization of Semi-Markov Processes; M. Iosifescu. 3. Quasi-stationary Phenomena for Semi-Markov Processes; M. Gyllenberg, D.S. Silvestrov. 4. Semi-Markov Random Walks; V.S. Korolyuk. 5. Diffusion Approximation for Processes with Semi-Markov Switches; V.V. Anisimov. 6. Approximations for Semi-Markov Single Ion Channel Models; S.M. Pitts. Part II: Statistical Estimation. 7. Log-likelihood in Stochastic Processes; G.G. Rousas, D. Bhattacharya. 8. Some Asymptotic Results and Exponential Approximation in Semi-Markov Models; G.G. Roussas, D. Bhattacharya. 9. Markov Renewal Processes and Exponential Families; V.T. Stefanov. 10. On Homogeneity of Two Semi-Markov Samples; L. Afanasyeva, P. Radchenko. 11. Product-Type Estimator of Convolutions; I. Gertsbakh, I. Spungin. 12. Failure Rate Estimation of Semi-Markov Systems; B. Ouhbi, N. Limnios. 13. Estimation for Semi-Markov Manpower Models in a Stochastic Environment; S. McClean, E. Montgomery. 14. Semi-Markov Models for Lifetime Data Analysis; R. Perez-Ocon, et al. Part III: Non-Homogeneous Models. 15. Continuous Time Non Homogeneous Semi-Markov Systems; A.A. Papadopoulou, P.C.G. Vassiliou. 16. The Perturbed Non-Homogeneous Semi-Markov System; P.C.G. Vassiliou, H. Tsakiridou. Part IV: Queueing Systems Theory. 17. Semi-Markov Queues with Heavy Tails; S. Asmussen.18. MR Modelling of Poisson Traffic at Intersections Having Separate Turn Lanes; R. Gideon, R. Pyke. Part V: Financial Models. 19. Stochastic Stability and Optimal Control in Insurance Mathematics; A. Swishchuk. 20. Option Pricing with Semi-Markov Volatility; J. Janssen, et al. Part VI: Controlled Processes & Maintenance. 21. Applications of Semi-Markov Processes in Reliability and Maintenance; M. Abdel-Hameed. 22. Controlled Queueing Systems with Recovery Functions; T. Dohi, et al. Part VII: Chromatography & Fluid Mechanics. 23. Continuous Semi-Markov Models for Chromatography; B.P. Harlamov. 24. The Stress Tensor of the Closed Semi-Markov System. Energy and Entropy; G.M. Tsaklidis. Index.
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CW renews 'Supernatural,' 'Vampire Diaries,' 3 others. Will Kripke be back?
The CW network has given early renewals to 5 of its series: "Supernatural," "Vampire Diaries," "Gossip Girl," "90210" and "America's Next Top Model."
UPDATE: When I asked a CW representative whether creator/executive producer Eric Kripke would return for "Supernatural's" sixth season, I got a three-word reply: "Yes, he's back."
UPDATE 2: I sent a note to "Supernatural" executive producer Sera Gamble when I heard about the show's renewal for a sixth season. I said I was happy to hear that the show would be returning, but I had to be a little cheeky and ask if viewers would be getting "The Apocalypse 2: The Squeakquel" next season. Here's her response:
"No, you will not be getting Apocalypse, The Squeaquel in Season 6 (that's hilarious)," Gamble wrote. "We're climaxing that story this season. We've been working on the Season 6 storyline for quite some time, and we're very excited about it. We have lots of ideas, and are grateful for the chance to keep the show going.
"Please tell the fans that the writers say thank you! We so appreciate the support."
Remember when Kripke said he had a five-year plan for the show? However, as he said last summer at Comic-Con, Kripke has re-thought that plan and has stated various times in the last year or so that he could see how the Winchesters' story might last longer than five years. And based on Gamble's comments, it's looking like we'll get a whole new story line when the Winchester return in the fall of 2010
(Update 3: EW reports that Gamble will be the show's day-to-day showrunner for Season 6, but Kripke will still be involved with the show and "working very closely" with Gamble and the show's creative team. I'm certainly interested to see where Gamble takes the show in Season 6, and given that she's been with "Supernatural" since Season 1 and has written many excellent episodes, in my opinion, the show's in good hands. By the way, it's worth reading Alice Jester's post on Winchester Family Business on this not-unexpected situation.).
So, my fellow "Supernatural" fans, the Winchester chronicles will get a Season 666. Wait, I meant Season 6 -- my fingers slipped on the keyboard. Or maybe the Devil made me do it?
Not on the CW's early-pickup list: "Melrose Place" or "Smallville." But there is a chance those shows, especially "Smallville," could get renewals later in the season (things aren't looking quite as good for "Melrose," but you never know). IGN's Eric Goldman recently talked to CW president Dawn Ostroff and it looks like a "Smallville" renewal is likely.
Also, the CW's "Life Unexpected" isn't on this list but I very much hope it gets a second season. It's a sweet show that you may really enjoy if you liked "Gilmore Girls."
By the way, I hope to post my thoughts on "Supernatural's" "My Bloody Valentine" soon -- sorry that review is abominably late. A weekend out of town got in the way of me posting those thoughts in a timely fashion.
The "Supernatural" and "Vampire Diaries" renewals aren't unexpected, but I want to hear your thoughts on all these shows. Are you excited to get more "Supernatural" or are you wondering how they'll top Season 5's Apocalypse? Are you digging "The Vampire Diaries" as a guilty, blood-soaked pleasure or do you think it bites?
Do tell in the comment area.
Here is the Tuesday release from the CW on the renewals:
Freshman Hit "The Vampire Diaries," "Gossip Girl," "90210," "Supernatural" and "America's Next Top Model" To Return Next Season
February 16, 2010 (Burbank, California) ─ The CW Network has given early pickups to five series for next season, including four signature dramas and the reality hit AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL. All five shows will return in Fall 2010.
The series receiving early renewals include this season's breakout hit THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, The CW's most-watched show (4.6 million viewers) and the network's number one show among adults 18-34 (2.5/8). THE VAMPIRE DIARIES premiere generated the largest audience in network history for a series debut (5.7 million total viewers). THE VAMPIRE DIARIES has improved The CW's performance Thursday at 8:00 p.m. by 114% among women 18-34 this season. The network also renewed fan favorite SUPERNATURAL, which will enter its sixth season next year. SUPERNATURAL has one of the most loyal audiences of any show on television and does heroic work in a perennially tough time period. It has improved over last season among women and adults 18-34 (29% and 8%, respectively) this season, a remarkable accomplishment for a fifth-year show. \
Also given early pickups for next season are The CW's Monday night sensation GOSSIP GIRL, which is The CW's number one show among its target demographic of women 18-34, and Tuesday's trend-setting drama, 90210, which sees some of TV's largest percent increases from DVR playback, nearly doubling its women 18-34 live-only ratings once live+7 data is included. Wednesday anchor AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL will also be back for cycles 15 and 16 with superstar Tyra Banks and new groups of aspiring models. TOP MODEL continues to rank second in the competitive Wednesday 8:00 p.m. hour among young women 18-34 (3.4/10).