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Will Zahran, pictured here receiving the Robert Wright Award at the 2018 ECU Commencement, was named one of four Presidential Scholars by UNC System President Margaret Spellings for the 2018-2019 school year.
Accolades and awards are not foreign to recent East Carolina University graduate, EC Scholar, and Robert Wright Award winner Will Zahran (class of 2018). Now, the biology major and business management minor from Fayetteville can add an appointment as one of the four UNC Presidential Scholars for the 2018-2019 school year to that list of awards.
UNC System President Margaret Spellings announced the appointment of the four new Presidential Scholars Tuesday, July 17. The Presidential Scholars were selected among May 2018 UNC system graduates who demonstrated leadership skills, strong motivation, intellectual curiosity, and independence, according to the release.
"The program is a win-win situation," said President Spellings. "The scholars help the UNC System do its work while they earn valuable experience in preparation for promising careers in public leadership."
Zahran learned about the program from the Honors College staff and through watching another fellow Honors College alumnus—Katie Stanley—experience the program after she was named to the 2017-2018 class of Presidential Scholars.
"It was an honor to be named among 3 other impressive recent graduates who are passionate about public service and have already accomplished so much in their respective communities," Zahran said.
The Presidential Scholars serve a one-year appointment and provide a wide range of professional functions for the UNC System Office. The scholars will regularly interact with senior leadership and members of the UNC System Board of Governors, helping to research, write, and implement policy.
With multiple experiences in higher education administration while at ECU, Zahran said he is interested to learn how big data and analytics are used to inform administrators and policymakers on how to increase student success.
"I hope that this experience will open doors to a number of new jobs and graduate programs across the state where I can plug in," he said. "Previous Presidential Scholars have found impressive opportunities afterwards, and it is humbling to walk in their footsteps."
Rising junior EC Scholar Ananya Koripella during her medical fellowship in Greece this summer.
"As you know, I stayed in Athens for three weeks as part of the Atlantis Program. I was shadowing doctors at three different hospitals. It was so much fun! I saw different things from a coronary artery bypass to a live birth and c-sections to orthopedic tumor removals to pediatric refugee patients who had measles and chicken pox! I met all kinds of different people too. There was a patient from Romania who had the most interesting stories and used to live literally 20 minutes from Count Dracula's castle and now I really want to go there so bad. He had pins in his hand because he crushed two fingers in an accident and didn't even flinch one bit when the doctor was pulling them out.
Rising junior EC Scholar Ananya Koripella enjoys some free time while in Greece for a medical fellowship.
I've had more gyros and souvlaki than I can count; Tzatziki Sauce in Greece >>>>>> Tzatziki Sauce in the USA! I got to go to a lot of different places too! Literally, a half hour after I arrived at my apartment in Athens, my project coordinator took us all the way up to the Acropolis to see the Parthenon. The program took us to Sounion, a coastal city where the Temple of Poseidon is located. They also took us to Delphi known for the Temple of Apollo and the Oracle. On our own, the other fellows and I went to Aegina, one of the islands of Greece and to the Mykonos. I had a wonderful, wonderful time! There is still so much left on my list of stuff I want to see and places I want to go to, I'm definitely going to go back to Greece when I can! I've got over a thousand pictures on my laptop that I took with my Canon camera, I'll definitely show you some more when I see you both in August!
Ciao for now!"
Rising junior EC Scholar Ananya Koripella in Greece this summer.
Written by: Brice Bowrey, Junior EC Scholar
I had the pleasure of travelling to Nashville, Tennessee on Nov. 15, 2018 as a Truth Initiative Youth Activism Fellow. This trip was the apotheosis of the work myself and several other Fellows completed for the last six months. During that time, we laid the groundwork for a large tobacco awareness campaign in the city of Nashville. This campaign was to be conducted among five high schools in the city and designed to further the Truth Initiative's goal of, "inspiring tobacco-free lives and building a culture where all youth and young adults reject tobacco."
While this is a laudable goal, I quickly realized it is much easier said than done. The process of recruiting high schools and high school students to be part of the campaign was arduous and riddled with rejection. Creating campaign activities involved the writing, rewriting and re-rewriting of our various ideas, only to realize that some legal or regulatory restriction made the concept completely unworkable. Adequately communicating and coordinating with my teammates and other branches of the Truth Initiative was, at times, nearly impossible. Nonetheless, my team and I persevered.
Upon arriving in Nashville I was fully equipped with determination and the communication, technical and leadership skills I had acquired while preparing for the campaign. After catching up with my teammates, we began the final preparations for the "Weekend Retreat" we would conduct. This Retreat was essentially a training day for the high school students that agreed to implement the campaign in their schools. We were to teach them about tobacco control issues, such as menthol and big tobacco's predatory advertising practices, as well as equip them with the skills necessary to enact the campaign activities we planned. We also intended to conduct planning sessions with each school to ensure that the students left the Retreat with a basic implementation strategy they could flesh out independently.
As someone who was never particularly extroverted or comfortable with younger people, I began to question my ability to pull this event off. Would I be able to adequately convey information to the students? Would I horrendously botch something in my presentations? Would we be able to adapt the campaign activities to fit the individual needs of each high school? Alas, these concerns were for naught. The students were strikingly mature and intelligent. They were accepting of authority, yet unafraid to express their views and opinions. Despite my original expectations, I found working with these students to be far easier than working with some adults. Unlike many adults, the students possessed a certain creativity and willingness to consider unorthodox solutions. They were willing to learn and adapt. Due to the quality of the students, the Weekend Retreat ran exceptionally smoothly and the breakout planning sessions were highly productive. Perhaps most importantly, the students reported that they enjoyed the day and felt prepared to put their plans into action.
Since the completion of the Weekend Retreat, my team and I have served as advisors to the students involved in the campaign implementation. Their efforts are largely self-sufficient, but we are available to answer any questions and serve as a liaison between the students and the Truth Initiative. Although this was not my first experience in the world of tobacco control, I learned some important lessons. Most notably, my confidence in my ability to work with young adults dramatically increased. I also learned a lot about what it takes to be part of a large, national organization where one must regularly work with people that may be on the other side of the country. I have no doubt these are lessons I will not soon forget. While I don't intend to pursue this line of work as a career, I have no doubt that being a Truth Initiative Youth Activism Fellow has prepared me well for my next foray into the world of tobacco control and public health advocacy.


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An overzealous fan arrested at John Cusack's Los Angeles home on Tuesday (03Sep13) has been charged with stalking and harassing the movie star.
Elizabeth Pahlke has been hit with felony counts of stalking with a restraining order and attempted burglary.
The 45 year old was held by cops after she was allegedly caught trying to break into the actor's Malibu property by climbing through a window and scaling a fence.
According to TMZ.com, prosecutors are demanding her bail be raised from $150,000 to $200,000 .
Pahlke faces four years and eight months behind bars if convicted.

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Classic in all cases is the key to eternity. There are many elements that create a classic wedding album, in which some of them come back in trend this year. However, being classic doesn't mean being boring. On this blog, Bythuongtran will reveal 4 little tricks to bring classic style to modern wedding album
1. Mono-Chrome effect
Black and white photos always scream out Classic in the most obvious way. Using mono-chrome effect on wedding photos is the simplest way to have a classic-looking album that will last forever. To spice it up a little bit, you can mix black and white photos with coloured photos to make your album more up-to-date.
Photo: Vera Wang on Weddings
2. Using both film camera and digital camera
Film photos bring out the vintage effect. A dreamy film photo says oldie itself. This actually is one of the trend makes a comeback this season according to The Knot. A wedding that has both digital and film photos is kinda nice, isn't it?
Photo: Film shoot - Jul and Dan's Wedding, Bythuongtran, Photo by Mr Phan Huu Lap
3. Classic shoot
Plenty of shoot can be clarified as "classic". We believe that every wedding album need having one or all of the shoot below
- Bride getting ready for the ceremony, aka, the preparation shoot
- Walking down the eye
- I do
- First dance
- Father-daughter dance
- Throwing the bouquet
For Vietnamese brides, there are some specials as following:
- "Ăn hỏi" shoot
- "Xin dâu" shoot
Taking picture from the top is a great way to bring the modern touch to this shoot. Especially, all dance shoots are highly recommended for this style.
Photo: The Knot
4. Wear a smile all the time
Smile is the single outfit that surely never goes out of style. A smiley photo will be forever young so please, don't forget to show your happiness in every single moment of your wedding.
Photo: Jul and Dan's Wedding, Bythuongtran, Photo by Mott Visuals
Have you updated this year wedding photography yet? Here is an interesting article we found on The Knot. Let's give it a look, shall we?


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Schooled by the Monsters University script
Spoilers ahead.
Scriptic Clues is intended as an educational site, not a collection of reviews. Like a good student, I'm going to expect that you've come prepared; all of my analyses will assume that you've seen the film already. If you haven't, or the film isn't fresh in your memory, I strongly recommend you go and watch it first to get the most out of this site.
Why I chose this script
I made a conscious choice not to talk too much about what makes for a good story on this site and focus more on the technical details of screenwriting. For that reason, I won't bore you with my thoughts about the Monsters University script's role in the meta-narrative of children's stories for the post-millennial generation. I won't bore you with them, but they are a large part of what made me pick up this script.
It's a good thing, then, that the Monsters University script had plenty more learnings to offer, or else this would've been a very short post. So, without further ado, let's see what is worth talking about.
Should we be reading and writing animated film scripts?
This was actually the first script for an animated film that I've ever read. In my ignorance I must have been expecting it to be slightly different from live-action film scripts because page one came as a bit of a surprise. It looked just like any other film script I've ever read. Other than the fact that it opens on a scene starring a two-headed bird, there was nothing to indicate anything unusual was afoot.
This led me to my first questions. How do writers indicate that their stories are intended to be animated? Do people actually write animation on spec? After all, the big animation houses are renowned for their in-house development.
On doing a bit more research, there's a lot of advice out there that says writing animation on spec is a bad idea. As such I'm guessing the answer to my second questions is: not really.
The advice makes sense, even if it is a bit disheartening if you've got a great animated film idea kicking about in your head. If that's you, then you might be interested in this counter-point by John August.
I have no horse in this race as none of my ideas would lend themselves to animation (or even be remotely interesting to kids), but given the astronomical odds against a spec sale of any kind in Hollywood these days I tend to think John could be right. If you've got a great animated film in you, knock it out and see where it takes you.
Directing voice actors on the page
When I started reading the Monsters University script the one of the first things that struck me was the abundance of parentheticals. Some writers use them more than others so at first I attributed their profusion to a stylistic quirk on the part of Scanlon, Gerson and Baird. It actually took me 30 odd pages of reading to figure out what was going on.
The writers didn't just use parentheticals for the proverbial ships and giggles, they were actually providing direction for the voice actors on the page. It never dawned on me that the detached nature of voice acting would require that added context.
This is when I finally got wise to what was happening:
Mike rides Archie through a dance party.
He collides with a guy playing football and falls off the pig.
(impact voc)
Sulley leaps over Mike as he's down and continues after Archie.
One of the things that threw me on the early pages was the frequent use of 'walla' in parentheticals. Of course I was aware of the concept of background vocals / crowd noise (although I didn't know 'walla' is the technical term for it in American radio, TV and film) but this was my first time seeing it explicitly scripted:
Welcome to the scare floor.
The students are in awe as they see the scare floor.
Usually a general reaction like that will be covered in scene description rather than dialogue. An action like Mike's laugh in the following excerpt would usually be covered in scene description too:
A student on a skateboard whizzes by as a giant monster steps over Mike and moves to catch a frisbee.
(ground shaking vocs)
Woo hoo!
(excited laugh)
But it seems that Scanlon, Gerson and Baird were keen to lay out a very robust blueprint for the voice acting in the Monsters University script. I'm keen to pick up more animated film scripts in future and seeing if this is commonplace.
Being funny on a page
The Monsters University script was also the first comedic script I had ever read. I'm more of melancholic drama type of writer and I mostly pick up scripts that are in a similar vein.
My single biggest take-away from the Monsters University script on this point is a respect for the foresight it takes to write a funny film. I think I've mentioned before on this site how I have respect for somebody who can see right through to the end product while staring at a blank page and blinking cursor. That seems to be especially true with jokes.
Here's an example of what I'm talking about:
(big laugh)
No! And what about you with all your shedding!
I don't shed.
Mike punches the bottom of Sulley's mattress, and blue hair comes cascading down off the mattress.
Now let's see the on-screen version:
It's a solid joke which, if I remember correctly, got a good chuckle from the audience. But when you read it on the page it's pretty flat. The page doesn't give you the timing, which is such a huge part of what makes the joke. If it's tough for us to imagine that as a reader, it must be even tougher to have to come up with it from scratch.
That said, I find I have a sense for the dramatic which I can't quite explain rationally, so maybe it's the same with a sense of humor. Maybe when the joke is right, comedy writers just know. I think this is the stuff that cuts writers from one type of cloth or another.
I know, from my time in theater, that I have the ability to deliver a comedic performance. I also think I could do a decent job of writing a comedy. But I think I have a much better chance of being a great drama writer than being a great comedy writer. That thought comes from the inexplicable connection that I have with the material when I'm writing drama.
So ask yourself this, do you have a sense for when your writing is hitting the spot? If not, have you tried mixing up the genre and seeing if you get a different result?
Scripting versus ad-libbing in background dialogue
One last point to finish up, and one which is related to the take-away on voice acting that I mentioned above. I mentioned how it is unusual to see crowd reactions and background conversation scripted so thoroughly where a bit of scene description would normally suffice.
I attributed it, in this case, to the atypical requirements of voice acting, but when you think about it it's unusual that it doesn't happen more often. Anybody who's ever tried to get a clear dialogue recording knows that it doesn't happen without a lot of effort by very experienced technicians. That being the case, why aren't we expected to be very explicit whenever a human voice is intended to be a part of the final scene?
My guess is it's because much of this audio is added in post either from stock audio or by recording a "walla group" separately and layering them over the audio recorded during principal. As long as the character is in the scene, they're likely to be micced up and so any ad-libbing can be coordinated between the actor and director on the day.
I just find it odd that, on the surface, voice acting and live-action audio recording might appear to be sufficiently different that you would have to write to accommodate one or the other, but really the differences are only skin deep. Yet you would never see a live-action screenwriter consider a fragment like this in their script:
Slow and steady.
Slow and steady.
Slow and steady.
Slow and steady.
Slow and steady.
The misfits relay the exact message down the line to Sulley the exact way Mike did. They continue to move really slowly as Sulley is increasingly frustrated.
Sulley can't take it. He bolts forward, leaving his teammates behind.
Mike's eye goes wide.
(gasp, whispered)
Mike shushes the misfits.
But they shush him back exactly as he did.
In summation
Hollywood basically doesn't buy any spec animation scripts, but if you write a blindingly good one it might have other benefits, like attention. Writing for voice-actors seems to require much more direction in parentheticals than you would normally provide for actors performing with a scene around them. That feeling of confidence when you know your writing is hitting the mark is a good sign that you're writing in the right genre for you. Isn't it a little odd that we're not as specific about vocals in live-action scripts as animations scripts seem to be? After all, the process of recording them isn't that different.


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Dissolve Calcium Oxalate Kidney Stones
Why r my calcium levels normal, while my ionized calcium levels are high? I have bone pain, fatigue, kidney stones. I don't know pth level, or vit. D.
Half if calcium: In the blood is bound to proteins and inactive. The other, active, half is the ionized or free calcium, which is what really does the heavy lifting and is more accurate cllinically. You really need the other lab and a good endocrinologist. ...Read more
Kidney (Definition)
The kidneys are paired organs that lie on either side of the vertebral column. Part of their critical functions include the excretion of urine and removal of nitrogenous wastes products from the blood. They regulate acid-base, electrolyte, fluid balance and blood pressure. Through hormonal signals, the kidneys control the ...Read more
Ionized Calcium 4.65, PTH 133, Calcium 10.3, Vitamin D 7, Phosphorus 4.9, recurrent Kidney stones. Thyroid lobe, two parathyroids removed in 2004.
Uncertain: These test results don't add up to a straight forward answer. However, I would be concerned about the possibility of recurrent primary hyperparathyroidism. You should take Vit D to eliminate Vit D deficiency as a cause for high PTH levels. Once this is done, if you still have high PTH with high calcium levels, you have recurrent primary HPTH and will need surgery again. ...Read more
Can baking soda dissolve calcium oxalate and urid acid kidney stones?
Not your best choice: Don't get your hopes up. Sodium bicarbonate (sodium bicarbonate) (baking soda) is a poor alkalinizer of the urine as the body turns it into carbon dioxide (which is exhaled) and table salt; all you've done is sodium-load yourself. You'll have trouble getting calcium oxalate to dissolve in anything, but your urologist may try some other alkalinizer to perhaps help a uric acid stone; don't get your hopes up. ...Read more
How do I manage calcium oxalate kidney stones. Had been diagnosed with oxaluria 0.93 mmol/1.73m2/24h?
Stones: Current Ca-oxylate renal stones cannot be dissolved but may be successfully treated with shockwave lithotripsy. Prevention of future stone formation should be guided by a urologist (or nephrologist possibly). The cornerstone of prevention is hydration to the point of producing 2 liters of urine daily. This, you can start on your own. ...Read more
If I have calcium-oxalate kidney stones, what diet should I follow to prevent the formation of more stones?
It depends: There are several causes for calcium oxalate stones. If the problem is due to high calcium in your urine, about 50% of the time, limiting calcium intake will have an effect. If you have renal leak hypercalcuria, then diet changes won't help but thiazide medications will. Some people have hyper parathyroid disease and diet changes won't help. ...Read more
What do you advise if I had calcium oxalate kidney stones and I would like to have a diet guide sent on preventing them from reoccur?
Calcium oxalate: Calcium oxalate is most common among adults; reasons include: dehydration; excess calcium in urine; excess oxalate in urine; low citrate in urine. Diet: avoid spinach, rhubarb, strawberries, nuts, chocolate, tea, wheat bran, and all dry beans; increase orange juice 8 oz twice daily; add ReaLemon extract: 5 tblspns per day; increase fluid 4 liters/day; only 4 oz meat/day; low salt; 4-5 fruits/day. ...Read more
With uric acid and calcium oxalate kidney stones at what pH level should you work towards?
Not the key: For uric acid stones, you will want to look at ways of managing uric acid production, perhaps with medication. For both stone types, keeping the urine dilute is more important than trying to adjust the pH. Acid urine promotes uric acid stones while alkaline urine promotes calcium oxalate stones. Don't make this your focus. ...Read more
What do you suggest if I have calcium oxalate kidney stones and I am very skinny. Which weight gain supplement is good for me?
Citrate, Diet: Potassium citrate (brand name Urocit-K) but you should be monitored for dose & pot. In bld. 4 ounces lemon juice mixed with 2 liters water. Sip on lemon juice but do not add too much sugar. Citrate in the urine lowers chance of oxalate stone. Low oxalate diet. Look up food high in oxalate and avoid them as much as possible. If your urine is dark yellow, you are not drinking enough fluids. Good luck. ...Read more
Is there any food to help break calcium oxalate dihydrate kidney stones?
2.5 litres of fluids: Most important is to drink 2.5 litres of fluids daily, avoid high doses of vitc, restrict foods containig oxalate, increses calcium and less than 2 grms of sodium daily and in case of recurrent stones restrict amount of proteins. ...Read more
What's proper diet for a person who has kidney stones of calcium oxalate?
Diet for Ca oxalate: Avoid dehydration; Follow Diet: avoid spinach, rhubarb, strawberries, nuts, chocolate, tea, wheat bran, and all dry beans; increase Citrate: orange juice 8 oz twice daily; ReaLemon extract: 5 tblspns per day; increase fluid 4 liters/day; only 4 oz meat/day; 4-5 fruits/day; maintain low salt; egg white 2 per day as protein; 25 mg HCTZ (hydrochlorothiazide) daily to reduce Ca in urine - you can do it. ...Read more
What's to be done to prevent recurrent kidney stones (calcium oxalate)?
Urine analysis: Most people who have passed on stone will pass another stone in their lifetime. If the stones are of a certain type (calcium oxalate), certain changes in behavior or medicines can be helpful. In all cases, the focus should be producing large amounts of dilute urine by drinking water (at least two liters). This makes it less likely for small stones (gravel) to form into bigger stones. ...Read more
My urine test shows calcium oxalate (+). Do I have kidney stone? What Diet to follow and what to avoid? Is it serious?
Kidney stones:
Symptoms that may suggest kidney stones are : pain one side of the belly, nausea, wanting to urinate frequently, pain in lower part of belly, blood in urine etc. Do you have any symptoms? Just presence of oxalate in urine might mean that your diet is high in oxalate.
Visit this page to know about oxalate content in food.
https://regepi. Bwh. Harvard. Edu/health/nutrition.html ...Read more
How do we treat kidney stones after realizing they are calcium oxalate stones & what food regimen should one follow to prevent appearance of new ones?
85% of US stones: The majority of kidney stones in United States or of calcium oxalate composition. Contrary to popular belief, intake of dietary calcium has little to do with the rate of formation. In fact, restricting calcium in one's diet may increase the rate of formation. One should strive to drink enough fluid to make 2 l of urine per day. Restricting hi oxalate containing foods is also helpful. ...Read more
If my kidney stones are made of calcium phosphate & calcium oxalate, what foods should I avoid?
Stones: You should avoid oxalate rich foods such as spinach, black tea, nuts, etc, you can find list online, however more importantly you should increase your intake of citrate rich foods (lemonade). However more importantly you should increase your water intake to at least 2 l a day, also this might sound contra intuitive but you should increase your dietary calcium intake (milk and milk pyoducts). ...Read more
I have 4mm kidney stone. Report says calcium oxalate content is little high. Still my doc prescribed Vitamin C. is Vitamin C advisable in this situati?
Stone: Recommend 2nd option with me so we can figure out best plan. ...Read more
11weeks aog with traces of calcium oxalate and ketones in urine, (-)glucose, WBC are 4-10hpf, many epith. Cells. Do I most likely develop kidney stones?
No: The epithelial cells indicate there's some contamination from your vagina, where there are always some white blood cells also. Calcium oxalate in solution is not a problem; some of it precipiates as the urine cools. Stop worrying. ...Read more
What are high oxalate containing foods one can avoid to reduce calcium oxalate stones in my kidneys? Plz send me list to avoid such food in my diet
Oxalate: Although many foods contain oxalate, only nine foods are believed to increase importantly in the urine and then promote kidney stone formation. They are: beets, spinach, rhubarb, strawberries, nuts, chocolate, tea, wheat bran, and all dry beans (fresh, canned, or cooked), excluding lima and green beans. It is best to avoid these foods. Drinking 3 to 4 liters per day of fluid is essential. ...Read more
If eating a meal high in oxalates, should I take calcium citrate supplement to minimize a kidney stone from forming?
Oxylic acid: Providing dietary calcium to bind with the oxylic acid in the GI tract can limit the amount absorbed and excreted in the urine thereby decreasing your risk of calcium oxylate crystals forming in your urine. A better strategy would still be limiting oxylic acid consumption. ...Read more
I have calcium oxalate stones in my two kidneys and I have pkd, autosomal recessive kidney disease, please advice what type of food I should eat!
Oxalate stones: Studies show high intake of lemon citrate is essential. High intake of magnesium and potassium is essential. Low intake of salt and animal protein is essential. Take 5 teaspoons of ReaLemon extract per day. Eat tropical fruits such as mango, melons, kiwi, tomato. Drink 3-4 quarts fluid per day. Avoid caffeine. ...Read more
I have +2 calcium oxalate in my urine and ph of my urine is 5. but my ultrasound report found no stones in kidney or bladder. Is it mean I m normal?
Findings....average NORMAL pH
NOT TO WORRY. .... in general it's a good idea to drink a lot of fluids in any case!
Hope this helps!
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I get 2 to 3 kidney stones a months, what can I do? Urologist put me on uriocet k (sp) but still have the problems. The ly are calcium oxylate
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Sir, can I take protein diet like egg, chicken? I had a calcium oxalate stone but not now. Will protein diet harmful for kidney or cause a stone?
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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made ... Who Me?
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
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Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. —Psalm 139:13, 14 NLT
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. —Psalm 139:13, 14 NLT
When my eyes first gazed on the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, I gasped, "Poetry in marble!" But when I caught the first glimpse of our newborn (prior to the days of parents getting ultrasound pictures) and my hands touched our beautiful, responsive, precious firstborn, Dena, my soul found no adequate words to portray my wonder and praise.
Psalm 139, written many centuries before the discovery of the science of anatomy, has been described by some Bible commentators as one of the most sublime songs of praise for our omniscient, omnipresent Creator. David addresses his Creator with profound gratitude and awe as he meditates on God's purposeful, intimate, attention in his life prior to conception and onward.
How much more should we! Now, imaging technology allows us to view with our eyes what David could only do with his Holy Spirit — inspired imagination. Now, we know that we each are made up of many trillions of cells (the estimate stretches from 10–100 trillion, depending on what source you're reading) and that our three-pound brain has approximately 86–100 billion neurons, and that each neuron connects to 5,000–10,000 (and possibly many more) other neurons. And that tiny dendritic spines, bulging like tiny light bulbs, are where synapses get input from nearby neurons.
Friend, did you know that the trillions of synapses in your pink-grey, three-pound brain (which possess a consistency of soft gelatin or soft tofu) represent millions of miles of wiring between neurons?1 And that there are approximately a half-billion synapses per cubic millimeter?2 And if 100,000 neurons are wired up to that many other cells, it means that quadrillions of messages are zipping each day through your electro-biological brain grids! It's no wonder we're tired at night! But are you fearfully and wonderfully made, my friend?
Neuroscience has discovered that our brain's very design makes it sociable and that we are, as author Daniel Goleman wrote in his book, Emotional Intelligence, inexorably drawn into an intimate brain-to-brain linkup whenever we engage with another person. Friend, did not God give us these amazing brains to connect with Him and with one another? So that, as the apostle Paul says, "you yourselves are God's temple" (1 Corinthians 3:16, NASB)?
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Friend, view the amazing imaging of the development of a fetus in a TED talk given by Alexander Tsarias by clicking here. —Donna Jackson
1. Website: http://www.Livescience.com/6192-effort-map-human-brain-faces-complex-challenges.html, accessed Sept. 30, 2012.
2. Changeux, J. P. and Ricoeur, P., What Makes Us Think, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2000, p. 78.
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Jill Manthorpe discusses an updated review of the impact of the 2014 Care Act on social work in England.[read the full story...]
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Social support from friends and family and protection from depression: systematic review
Mike Clark looks at a systematic review of the evidence on the role of social support in preventing depression at all ages.[read the full story...]
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Moral distress among social workers: Disconnects between values and practice
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Social work students and evidence-based practice
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The Rise of the Virtual AI Assistant
Monday 24 April 2017
It might sound like something James Bond has when he's on the road, but in modern life nearly every one of us will at some point come to interact with an AI assistant.
A virtual AI assistant isn't a new phenomenon, they've been talked about by technology futurists since AI first came to light and they've been in practise without us realising it for nearly as long. In fact many of us, weather we use them or not, will be carrying a virtual assistant in our pocket every day in the form of Apple's Siri, Google Assistant or Microsoft's Cortana on our digital devices.
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By Amanda Becker and Emily Stephenson MANCHESTER, N.H./COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton made the prospect of her being elected the first woman U.S. president a centerpiece of her campaign, then lost a critical nominating contest to a 74-year-old man in part because women preferred him. NBC News exit polls showed Clinton, a former secretary of state, U.S. senator and first lady, won 44 percent of the women's vote in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary to 55 percent for her Democratic Party rival, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders. Young women contributed significantly to Clinton's loss, and the candidate acknowledged that she struggled with young voters.
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Saturday, 11 April 2009
another project
well I am hooked on altering, so here is begining of an altered kitchen whisk. Not sure where to go from herte but will sleep on it and come up with an idea lol Look out forks, knives and spoons
Posted by sparkles at Saturday, April 11, 2009
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- Nicks said...
you nutter, and people think my brain works in odd ways
- 11 April 2009 at 21:49
- DF - Heidi said...
blimey if i have known i would have asked for this - i need a new one for my new house!!! mind you this looks darn awesome and better than using it with batter lol mad mad mad
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Genoa Principe Station
– 15-minute walk direction Porto Antico
– Bus: 10 minutes, lines n^ 1 or 9, direction Caricamento / Acquario (From: Marittima / Principe; To: Caricamento / Acquario)
– Subway: 5 minutes, direction Brignole
Genoa Brignole Station
– 30-minute walk, direction Porto Antico
– Bus: 10 minutes, lines n^ 12 or 13 direction Turati / Metro S. Giorgio (From: Duca d'Aosta / Brignole FS; To: Turati / Metro S. Giorgio)
– Subway: 5 minutes, direction Brin (From: Brignole FS; To: San Giorgio)
Exit at Genova Ovest and take "Sopraelevata" direction "Foce"; after 3 km exit at 1st turnabout; at the end of the road continue 50m, then turn right at 2nd intersection to access Porto Antico.
Taxi service
During the event, a service for booking taxis will be available. The service is manned by a hostess at a desk near the main entrance in the Foyer Maestrale. The service will be available in the following times:
- Mon, 14:30 – 18:30
- Tue, 17:30 – 21:30
- Wed, 10:30 – 14:30
- Thu, 14:30 – 18:30
- Fri, 10:00 – 14:00
In the other hours, participants could use the Genova radio-taxi number (+39 010 5966) and eventually ask support and information to the reception.
A 50% discount in selected Porto Antico parking areas will be available for attendees at the following parking lots (here the directions):
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DOVER – State lawmakers planned to introduce Thursday a bill to repair financial and enrollment issues threatening the sound operation of Sussex County's largest high school.
Four years ago, the leaders of Sussex Technical High School began a dramatic increase in the school's enrollment. The student body jumped from 1,295 in Fiscal Year 2011 to 1,545 today.
Meanwhile, the growth of the school's tax base – Sussex County property evaluations – slowed dramatically and failed to support Sussex Tech's aggressive expansion. According to a report issued in late 2013 by the Sussex Tech Tax Rate Review Committee, annual growth of the county's property valuations dropped from 7.7 percent in 2006 (the highest rate in more than 20 years) to an annual average of less than 1.6 percent from 2010 through 2013.
The amalgam of higher expenses and slack revenue growth led to a sharp decline in the school's cash reserves as administrators tapped the surplus to balance the books. In FY 2011, Sussex Tech had $5.17 million in unencumbered cash. By the end of the current budgetary cycle on June 30th that reserve is expected to be less than $1.25 million.
Sussex Tech's expansion came on the heels of 19 percent property tax hike phased-in over three years*, culminating in FY 2010 with a new rate of 23.5 cents per $100 of assessed value – the highest levy allowed by law.
"The numbers speak for themselves," said Speaker of the House Pete Schwartzkopf, D-Rehoboth Beach. "The flagging economy, combined with the overly optimistic decisions made by Tech's leadership, created a financial imbalance, requiring them to burn through about $1 million in reserve cash annually over the last four years. That is not sustainable and it needs to be fixed. Our bill will do that."
Sussex Tech officials' vision was for the school to serve 20 percent of the county's high school-age students by 2020. Based on population and demographic projections, meeting that goal would have raised the student population to 2,120.
"The school's leadership was pursuing a goal of their own making," said State House Minority Leader Danny Short, R-Seaford. "There was no directive from the state. There was no plan approved by county residents. Sussex Tech officials set out on their own quest for their own reasons. They pressed ahead, even when the financial implications of their decisions made it clear they needed to take their foot off the gas."
District officials responded to the school's growing fiscal disparity by pressing the General Assembly for authority to hike taxes again. This time, Sussex Tech wanted an increase of more than 114 percent over six years, topping out at a new rate of 50.5 cents per $100 of assessed value.
Additionally, according a recent report commissioned by House Concurrent Resolution 2, Sussex Tech's growth would have required the construction of new facilities costing between $280 million and $316 million. Under a plan on file with the Department of Education, Sussex County property owners would have been saddled with additional tax hikes to finance the local share of the project, estimated to be $112 million to $126 million.
The consensus legislation being filed in the State House of Representatives today seeks to restructure the school's finances and enrollment, giving the district's leaders time to make further needed adjustments.
The measure will grant the district a 5.5 cent tax increase beginning July 1st. The following year (FY 2017), the district will get an additional one cent bump, raising the overall rate to 30 cents per $100 of assessed value. The tax hike will cost the average homeowner $8.86 in the first year, rising to $10.47 the following year.
The property tax increases would then disappear July 1, 2017 (FY 2018), with the rate resetting to the current 23.5 cents.
The legislation also proposes reversing course on enrollment. It would reduce the student population by 295 over the course of the next three academic years, cutting 100 students in 2015-16; 100 students in 2016-2017; and 95 students in 2017-2018.
According to the HCR 2 report, if no action is taken, Sussex Tech's expenses will exceed income by $2.53 million in the upcoming fiscal year and by more than $3.34 million the following year.
"The combined steps we've proposed in our bill will make the school whole and temporarily stop it from incurring further deficits over the next two years," Speaker Schwartzkopf said. "This will give Tech's superintendent and school board the breathing room they need to make substantive changes so the school can avoid operating in the red when the temporary tax hikes vanish in two years."
Rep. Short said the main focus of the Sussex delegation's work on a bill was ensuring the continued, effective operation of the school. He said they also saw an opportunity to address several inequalities that have long drawn criticism from the county's other public school districts.
Three of the bill's reforms impact how students are selected to attend Sussex Tech.
The first requires a lottery to be held when applicants exceed the number of available slots for the new freshmen class. The available openings would be filled in the order the applicants are drawn. **
The bill would also prohibit Sussex Tech from excluding from consideration any freshman class applicant eligible for promotion to the 9th grade.
If Sussex Tech administrators wish to return a student to his or her original school district for disciplinary reasons, the bill would prohibit them from doing so without the consent of the student's parents and officials in the home district.
Lastly, the bill seeks to eliminate one aspect of so-called "legacy" selections. Currently, the sibling of any current or prior Sussex Tech student is given preference for admission. The bill would only allow such a preference if the sibling of an applicant was currently enrolled at the school.
Both Reps. Schwartzkopf and Short stressed an existing labor contract with the school's teachers prevented legislators from any consideration of altering Sussex Tech's salary structure, which is among the most generous in the state. In fact, Sussex Tech teachers will receive a three percent raise in the upcoming year, the last year of the labor agreement.
While conceding the bill will not please everyone, Reps. Schwartzkopf and Short said it does provide a reasonable path for returning the school to a firm financial footing.
"This bill protects students' futures while giving the superintendent and school board the time they need to consider carefully the difficult choices they will be weighing," Rep. Short said.
The sponsors say they intend to work quickly to enact the proposal. There are reportedly more than 700 applications pending for admission to the next fall's freshman class. Consideration of those applicants, as well as other decisions that need to be made in advance of the new academic year, have been in limbo pending resolution of the school's difficulties.
The chair of the House Education Committee, State Rep. Earl Jaques, D-Glasgow, said his group will hold a hearing on the measure April 29th.
* Jumping from 19.71 cents per $100 of assessed property value in FY 2007 to 23.5 cents in FY 2010.
** While observing existing state law that ensures students from any one of the county's public school districts are not disproportionally represented at Sussex Tech.
The Sussex County Post delivers news from Georgetown and southern Delaware. Follow @SussexPost on Twitter.


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I had an electrifying experience last night that made me wonder if there are others out there who share my enthusiasm for the eclectic written word.
I was chatting on-line with a friend who once had a life altering experience. In 1992, while on a fishing trip in East Texas, he had an encounter with what he now believes was Bigfoot. Yes, you read it right. Large, hairy, stinky dog smelling, "Harry and the Henderson's" type of primate, also known as Sasquatch, Bigfoot.
Though I am skeptical about anything I can't see, feel, taste, or touch, my interest was piqued. Maybe it was the writer's curiosity in me, or maybe it was the "OMG! I don't live far from that area!" thought rolling through my head that had me spellbound, but regardless, I was anxious to learn more.
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I could feel my heart rate increase, just as I could feel his excitement sizzling through cyberspace. All I could think was, "Wow. That's exactly how I feel about writing." Of course, now that I was cruising in overdrive, too, our conversation became so convoluted that it would have taken a team of decoders to follow us. I was throwing a list of my favorite authors at him, which he caught quite nicely while he was gushing about meeting Smokey Crabtree, the man behind the movie The legend of Boggy Creek. I was waxing poetically about character development while he was talking about campfire friends and Animal Planet's six part series that is set to air June 5th. I was trying not to think about the possibility that the Boogie Man could be residing in the dense trees behind my house while I rambled on about cutting scenes and building suspense. He was teasing me with the knowledge that one of the national forests near my house had the most Bigfoot reportings in the state of Texas while admitting that he likes reading romance novels, too. The whole conversation was like…one…giant…headrush.
Guess you had to be there to fully understand the impact.
A couple of hours later, when my blood pressure was back within an acceptable range, and I was relaxing in the afterglow, I began to wonder if there were others out there who were equally passionate about books and writing. Even I, a normally "gotta see to believe" kind of person, felt somewhat apprehensive when I visited the site my friend referred me to and listened to the audio footage researchers have gathered on these "manimals". So I don't find it unusual for someone who has actually had one of these hair raising experiences to grow a little excited when they recount the event. But is it normal to get an adrenaline rush when you go to the mailbox and discover the latest issue of Writer's Digest? Or answer in run-on sentences, afraid you might leave something out, when someone asks you how you got the idea for your latest project?
How about helping me out here folks? Am I the only writing junkie out there?
If you'd like to hear more about my friend's Bigfoot encounter, go to Texlaresearch.com.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
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2 comments:
Well, I certainly wouldn't put my feelings about writing on par with a bigfoot encounter. Holy cow, that would be fantastic.ReplyDelete
I enjoy writing, talking about writing, hanging out with writers and so forth. I am enthusiastic but not to the point that my blood pressure goes into the danger zone.
You made me smile, Vicki, thanks.
I'm glad I made you smile; that's what I was going for. But encountering Bigfoot fantastic? Must be a guy thing. lolReplyDelete
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George Gimarc
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George Douglas Gimarc (born 1957) is an American disc jockey, record and radio program producer and author based in Texas. He is known for his extensive and authoritative knowledge about the classic rock radio format, recorded music in general, and specifically the era of punk rock. His broadcast programs have been heard in various formats in the US, Europe and New Zealand, via licensed stations and unlicensed pirate radio transmitters.
Early life[edit]
After attending Wallace Elementary School in Dallas, George Gimarc graduated from Lake Highlands High School in the Class of 1975.
DJ career[edit]
Gimarc began his career as an intern at WRR AM in Dallas, then worked at college as a disc jockey on the University of North Texas radio station KNTU. In the spring of 1977, he started a new weekly show, that eventually became known as The Rock & Roll Alternative. This was one of the first regular new wave or punk radio shows in the United States.
The Rock & Roll Alternative program was responsible for introducing acts such as R.E.M., The Go-Go's, U2, The Psychedelic Furs, The Sex Pistols, Devo, The B-52's, XTC, The Smiths, The Cult, and hundreds of others to the listening audience of the Dallas and Fort Worth metroplex listening area from 1977 onwards. It went through three different theme songs, but its most familiar was the one provided by new friends The Bangles when they were recording their first album.
The Rock & Roll Alternative program moved to commercial radio on May 18, 1980 and continued for 14 years until it was retired. Along the way, it was heard on four different licensed stations throughout its run in Texas - KNTU / KZEW / KNON/ KDGE. After the show moved to KZEW (The Zoo) in Dallas, George Gimarc in association with John England began to promote the ideology of free radio (as opposed to government censored radio) within the show. Gimarc announced the show as being heard on the flagship station KZEW and the Four Freedoms World Service (4FWS) which relayed the program via recordings for retransmission by a network of unlicensed pirate radio stations that transmitted on AM, FM and shortwave in Europe, and shortwave from New Zealand via KIWI Radio, to Australasia. A Texas network of Public-access television cable TV channels called 4FTN, also aired special editions of Gimarc's programs.
While Gimarc was hosting The Rock & Roll Alternative on KZEW-FM, in 1982 he also became music director on its sister AM station KRQX (K-Rocks) and turned it into a new format designed to be the flipside to the AOR sister station KZEW. While the Zoo was playing Kansas, The Eagles and Eddie Money, this new station played the older items they could no longer fit into the playlist - the Beatles, CCR, and Hendrix. Gimarc called it 'Classic Rock' and soon the format would spread to many other stations.
In 1987, after both KZEW and KRQX changed ownership (from Belo to Anchor) and formats, he began a new program called Back Pages on KZPS in Dallas. This was an eclectic classic rock show combining rare records, intriguing stories and listener requests.[1]
In 1989, Gimarc was the first official hire of the new station KDGE (The Edge) where he developed the new commercial alternative format along with Wendy Naylor. He was on air daily in the afternoons and served as Music Director as well as doing the R&R Alternative for another year or so. He, and several other key members of the staff were shown the door in 1993 when the station decided to take a more mainstream (chart) approach to music, and was no longer as keen on breaking new acts, as they were of following new trends.[2][3]
After years of music radio, Gimarc ventured into talk radio via the several appearances he'd made in the 1990s as a regular guest in Dallas with Mark Davis and Kevin McCarthy. He got his own show on the Texas State Network on Saturday nights and it was called The Lost Tapes. Again, it was songs and the stories behind them, with frequent guests and off-beat topics. The program even had one of the last interviews with Buddy Ebsen discussing his long and unknown singing career.
Gimarc continued innovation with Radio Sass (Short Attention Span System), a new protocol for music radio allowing a broadcaster to play up to twice as much music in an hour as was previously possible, by cutting out parts of the song, time-compressing the music and other electronic "slice and dice" techniques. Gimarc is so proud of this new form of "radio formatics" that he has successfully received a pair of U.S. Patents on the technique, the first to ever apply to a radio format. Gimarc promotes the method as "groundbreaking in its approach to streamlining radio for modern listeners", despite the contention of his critics that what Gimarc calls "streamlining" is really "butchering" and "dumbing down". At this time, there is great enthusiasm among corporate radio interests and conglomerates that this may be the future path for Top 40 and CHR formats. Gimarc was pleasantly surprised to find that listeners in research groups did not detect the edits, although very familiar with the music. He says that the shortening parallels what listeners already do by punching from station to station, a behavior even found with iPods and personal devices. This protocol is now in use under the name 'Quick Hitz." [1]
While at KDGE, Gimarc produced and financed the twice-annual Tales From The Edge CD releases, eventually producing eleven volumes. All were loaded with unsigned local acts from North Texas, and many groups found this to be their first ever release on CD. The CDs typically sold out in a month or so. In all, over 100,000 Tales From The Edge CDs hit the streets of Dallas.
After leaving the station Gimarc also produced the Edge Home Movie, a music video collection hosted by Edge DJs, that was a free video rental via Blockbuster outlets in DFW. 1,000 units were produced each month, and there were about a dozen issues before the station lost interest in promoting videos from alternative bands that weren't necessarily on their playlist yet.
In addition to his on-air work and CDs, Gimarc became the sole writer for Rotten Day, a nationally syndicated radio program starring John Lydon, which aired in over 50 markets. When the radio show, distributed by Album Network, concluded its run, John Lydon and Gimarc moved on to VH1 with the show 'Rotten Television' While doing the irreverent program for VH1, Lydon also got to be a live host on the red carpet for the Grammy Awards, with Gimarc helping along with special material and props for the guests. Gimarc acted as consultant for the Time/Life and The History of Rock and Roll series, compiled several record collections and written liner notes for many record labels. He has also written several books, including Punk Diary 1970-1979 'Punk Diary 1980-1982 and Hollywood Hi Fi.
As a result of being a voracious record collector and remaining in Dallas for his entire career, Gimarc has amassed an enormous archive of Texas music stretching back over 100 years. On many occasions North Texas alt bands have had long lost recordings presumed lost, returned to them in clear, digital restorations. His expertise in Texas Music has gained him a seat on the advisory board of the new Texas Musicians Museum [2].Many items from his collection are on display there, including a field recorder used by Library of Congress historian Alan Lomax.
Despite his past reputation as a punk-rock maverick and alt-culture guru, Gimarc recently surprised his 1980's listeners and fans by helping a long time friend set up a successful radio program for fundamentalist Christian TV personality and former Republican presidential hopeful Governor Mike Huckabee.
In 2008 Gimarc began developing an All-Comedy radio format for AM & FM with a partner launching it in Riverside, CA. in September 2010. In the two years that followed, 24-7 Comedy Radio grew to 20 affiliates across the US and Canada. In July 2012 it was purchased by Clear Channel M+E and was rolled out on even more stations bringing the total by years end up to nearly 40 stations. Gimarc is Comedy Brand Manager for Clear Channel and runs the operation from Dallas with a small, tight staff. It can be heard on stations in Austin [3], Atlanta, Dallas, Hamilton ON, Toronto, Denver [4], and many others, or via the iHeart mobile app, or through its website at www.247Comedy.com.
Published works[edit]
Punk Diary 1970-79: "The beginning of punk in 1970. There are over 2,000 music news entries and 1,000 recordings detailed. Rare records are annotated with details."[4]
Post-Punk Diary 1980-1982: "The mutation of punk into the thrash and Oi! movements, the rise of the New Romantic movement with groups like Duran Duran, Visage and Spandau Ballet. America heard new music from Boy George, R.E.M., 10,000 Maniacs, and The Bongos. Although it only covers three years in music, this complete day-by-day diary includes over 900 bands and in excess of 3,300 records."[5]
Punk Diary 1970-82: The above two books combined into one publication.[6]
Hollywood Hi Fi, (with Pat Reeder), St. Martin's Press: "An overview of 125 recordings by singing celebrities who really should never have been allowed into a recording studio. You wouldn't believe the songs sung by Jerry Mathers, Joe Pesci, Clint Eastwood, Leonard Nimoy, Bette Davis, Hogan's Heroes, Joan Rivers, Rex Reed, Mae West and others."[7]
- ^ Perkins, Ken (January 16, 1988). "GEORGE GIMARC SWITCHES TRACKS Cutting-edge DJ to air older sounds". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
- ^ "Study up on punk with George Gimarc". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. January 11, 1998. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
- ^ Crain, Zac (July 22, 1999). "Radio Free Dallas, 10 years ago, The Edge actually lived up to its name". Dallas Observer. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
- ^ Gimarc, George (August 1994). Punk Diary: 1970-1979. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-11048-2.
- ^ Gimarc, George (October 15, 1997). Post Punk Diary: 1980-1982. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 978-0-312-16968-8.
- ^ Gimarc, George; Pat Reeder (July 1, 2005). Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970-1982. Backbeat Books. p. 343. ISBN 978-0-87930-848-3.
- ^ Gimarc, George (May 1996). Hollywood Hi-Fi: Over 100 of the Most Outrageous Celebrity Recordings Ever!. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-14356-5.
External links[edit]
- George Gimarc at Wallace Elementary School, Texas, reunion.
- George Gimarc moves his show from North Texas State University campus station to KDNT during 1975.
- George Gimarc's show was aired on shortwave to the South Pacific over KIWI Radio, New Zealand.
- George Gimarc teams up with Johnny Rotten (ex-Sex Pistols) for syndicated radio show