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ATLANTA (Reuters) - A national atheist group said it plans to donate enough books on its views to be placed in all Georgia state park cabins after the state's governor said Bibles should remain at the vacation properties despite an atheist's recent complaint.
But Ed Buckner, the atheist who objected after finding nine Bibles in the state-run lodge he was renting, said on Tuesday he is skeptical that Georgia can find a practical way to allow literature from all groups to be equally represented.
"The right answer, and it's the one I asked for from the very beginning, is to keep all types of religious books and literature out of state park cabins," said Buckner, an author and former president of the non-profit group American Atheists. "I don't know where you draw the line or how you draw the line."
After Buckner complained last month, Georgia officials temporarily removed the Gideons Bibles from state-run lodges and cabins. Governor Nathan Deal ordered them returned last week, saying he did not believe "that a Bible in a bedside table drawer constitutes a state establishment of religion."
The governor said any religious group was free to donate literature.
In response, the American Atheists said they would donate popular atheist books, including "Why I Am An Atheist" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair, "god is not Great" by Christopher Hitchens, and "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins.
"American Atheists does not believe the State of Georgia should be placing Bibles or atheist books in state park cabins; however, if the state is going to allow such distribution, we will happily provide our materials," the group's current president, David Silverman, said in a statement.
Whether those books will be placed in state lodges was not clear. Gov. Deal's spokesman Brian Robinson said on Tuesday the state is in the process of writing regulations on donated literature.
"We've not been in communication with any outside groups," Robinson said.
In response, Gideons spokesman Malcolm Arvin said: "We believe that the Bible is the truth and their literature is not. The truth speaks for itself."
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case that delves into the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment guarantee of separation of church and state. Two residents of Greece, New York, said the town endorsed Christianity by allowing members of the public, who were mostly Christian clergy, to open meetings with a prayer.
Buckner, 67, of Atlanta, said he will not file a lawsuit against Georgia on similar constitutional grounds if the state can develop a policy that treats all groups equally.
But he said there would be many practical and political challenges to creating an all-inclusive policy.
"I think they've opened up a can of worms, and they're going to have a tough time putting all the worms back in," said Buckner.
(Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Richard Chang)


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I am so sensible of the Difficulty of conveying Letters safe, to you, at I am afraid to write, any Thing more than to tell you that after the Fatigues and Dangers of my Voyage, and Journey, I am here in Health...
The Reception I have met, in this Kingdom, has been as friendly, polite, and as respectfull as was possible. It is the universal Opinion the People here, of all Ranks, that a Friendship between France and America, is the Interest of both Countries, and the late Alliance, happily formed, is universally popular: so much so that I have been told by Persons of good judgment, that the Government here, would have been under a Sort of Necessity of agreeing to it even if it had of been agreable to themselves.
The Delights of France are innumerable. The Politeness, the Elegance, the Softness, the Delicacy, is extreme.
In short stern and hauty Republican as I am, I cannot help loving; these People, for their earnest Desire, and Assiduity to please.
It would be futile to attempt Descriptions of this Country especially of Paris and Versailles. The public Buildings and Gardens, the Paintings, Sculpture, Architecture, Musick, &c. of these Cities have already filled many Volumes. The Richness, the Magnificence, and Splendor, is beyond all Description.
This Magnificence is not confined to public Buildings such as Churches, Hospitals, Schools &c., but extends to private Houses, to Furniture, Equipage, Dress, and especially to Entertainments. -- But what is all this to me? I receive but little Pleasure in beholding all these Things, because I cannot but consider them as Bagatelles, introduced, by Time and Luxury in Exchange for the great Qualities and hardy manly Virtues of the human Heart. I cannot help suspecting that the more Elegance, the less Virtue in all Times and Countries. -- Yet I fear that even my own dear Country wants the Power and Opportunity more than the Inclination, to be elegant, soft, and luxurious.
All the Luxury I desire in this World is the Company of my dearest Friend, and my Children, and such Friends as they delight in, which I have sanguine Hopes, I shall, after a few Years enjoy in Peace. -- I am with inexpressible Affection Yours, yours,

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Digital publishing seems like a great opportunity for independent magazines. Getting a new, highly focused print magazine onto the newsstand and into wide distribution is a huge challenge for independent publishers, especially on a tight budget. Being able to reach the public directly through digital technology would appear to be a great way to get around these limitations of print.
Some independent magazines have tried to do this kind of outreach by creating digital editions and even dedicated apps for their publications. But with new restrictions on subscription opportunities — and the large portion of income from them that will now be claimed by Apple (30%), in particular — some indie magazines are reconsidering their digital efforts, and wondering whether they're still worthwhile.
Outsourcing App Development
Independent magazines, unlike larger magazine companies, usually don't have the resources to build their own digital editions or dedicated magazine apps in-house. They may instead work with external companies to create these and make them available online, often through Apple's iTunes Store.
One example of this situation is The Bark, an independent magazine about "modern dog culture." The Bark's magazine app was created by the company BlueToad. The app allows non-subscribers limited access to the print magazine's content, while subscribers get full access.
Right now, The Bark pays BlueToad 20 percent of the subscription revenue it generates through the app. Under Apple's new plan for managing subscriptions through apps, an additional 30 percent will go to Apple. For The Bark, then, half of the money made by the app will go to Apple and the app developer.
The Bark's main focus, as a small magazine, is boosting its print circulation.
"We're using the app as an ad for the print magazine," said Claudia Kawczynska, editor in chief. "The reason that the apps are so appealing is that it's a newsstand, a platform where people can see this and try it out."
"People are so app-conscious these days — and I can see why — but it does hinder the development of good content to spread around," Kawczynska said.
Delaying the Digital Edition
Stephanie Wilkinson, publisher of Brain, Child, a literary magazine focused on motherhood, said that readers have asked for a digital edition of the magazine for Kindle or iPad. The magazine has been exploring possibilities, but hasn't yet created a digital version.
"When we see announcements like Apple's that look so punitive, it kind of disheartens us for jumping into the market right now," Wilkinson said.
Small publications also just don't have the staff, time, or resources to explore every digital option available. Larger magazines and their owners often have entire divisions or subsidiaries that are dedicated to handling digital development and strategy.
"Having so many different options for us to research slows us down," Wilkinson explained. "We can't devote one person full time to doing that kind of thing. If there was a clear path, it wouldn't be so much of a financial obstacle, but primarily a division-of-mind problem."
Knowing Independent Magazine Readers
It's critical for highly targeted, small magazines to know their readers well. Independent magazines finely hone their content and advertising to attract a specific readership.
That makes Apple's iPad subscription plan a particularly hard sell for small magazines. Apple requires readers to opt into sharing their personal data with publishers, and many readers will likely choose not to share. Indies need that information for marketing, promotions and customizing content.
"Subscriber data is our lifeblood. If they're going to shield that from us, it's not going to work," Wilkinson said.
Kawczynska doesn't think the value of having a presence as an app outweighs the loss of subscriber data.
"It's such a restraint of trade," she said. "The advantage is you're able to be on the app — isn't that sexy? But if you can't get the product out there, it's really quite worthless."
The Android Option
Google's One Pass program, announced soon after Apple revealed its subscription plan, seems likely to provide publishers more of that valuable information. It requires readers to opt out of sending their details to publishers, rather than opting into sharing. Plus, Google only takes a 10% cut of subscriptions.
But Google doesn't yet offer the slick shopping experience and familiarity of the iTunes Store. It also lacks the valuable, one-click access to the credit cards of the 160 million existing iTunes users.
The App Dilemma
Both Apple and Google's plans seem to offer an opportunity for independent magazines to be available to readers on new platforms and spread reader awareness of their publications. But the additional costs, demand on limited resources, and lack of subscriber data may outweigh these potential benefits.
"Those things probably are more advantageous to larger publishers than to smaller publishers like us," Wilkinson said. "The way we reach people is not a broad, scattershot approach."
Brain, Child's target audience of literary-minded mothers represents "the intersection of two markets that make a pretty small sweet spot. It's a challenge to try to reach those people," she said. "We would have to do a very careful calculation to see if the advantages outweigh the expense."
Both Kawczynska and Wilkinson are hopeful that additional competition will bring better alternatives for digitally distributing their independent magazines.
"We hope our readers are patient as we sort it out," Wilkinson said. "We have to see what makes sense for us as a business while maintaining our great connection with our readers."
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morddwyd 08:08 09 Dec 2011
I honestly don't think, in the long run, that he has actually acted in Britain's best interests.
As has been said by many on this forum, some with wide experience of commerce and business, we need the EU more than it needs us.
We cannot influence things by relegating ourselves to the sidelines.
This is just tribalism, at the heart of so many of the UK's inefficiencies (the MoD, the NHS, the coalition itself) and is something EU members must rose above if it is to survive.
If Germany and France can co-operate, with agreed differences, it should not be beyond the cornerstone of diplomacy and compromise, Britain, to do the same.


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author of Everything to Live For
Ten Terrifying Questions
1. To begin with why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled?
I was born in F'aaa, Tahiti. My dad was an Australian surfer, living in Tahiti and making surfboards. He fell in love with Mum who was sixteen at the time. They had Genji (my older brother) and I in Tahiti, and decided to move to Australia when I was two. We lived in Maroubra for a few years, before my family made the decision to move down the South Coast. My schooling years after primary school were disordered – I started at Ulladulla High and then moved to St Johns, which was an hour away by bus. One afternoon the bus crashed and one of the students died. My parents pulled me out of the school, a decision which I was not happy with. I then went to the Shoalhaven Anglican School but did not settle in at all. I then went back to where it all began – Ulladulla High!
2. What did you want to be when you were twelve, eighteen and thirty? And why?
When I was twelve, I wanted to be a doctor. As I got older, I realised this was what mum really wanted me to do – and when you're young, you have a tendency to rebel – so I changed to wanting to be a mining engineer.
When I'm thirty, I'll let you know what I want to be…
3. What strongly held belief did you have at eighteen that you do not have now?
I think the older I've gotten, the more confident I've become within myself, my appearance and my life journey. Being burnt in that ultra-marathon has actually made me even more determined and even more ambitious than I was before.
4. What were three big events – in the family circle or on the world stage or in your reading life, for example – you can now say, had a great effect on you and influenced you in your career path?
When we were kids, we asked our dad if we could fly, and he said yes. We spent the rest of the day jumping off the roof of the garage, and by the end of the day, we had convinced ourselves that we had flown. This has reinforced to me the power of positive thinking. When people say things can't be done, that's like waving a red flag in front of me.
Doing well in my HSC. When I went to pick my subjects, one of the teachers told me that I wasn't capable of doing the 'heavier' subjects like physics and maths extension. That teacher ended up doing me a huge favour – if you want me to do something, all you have to do is tell me that it can't be done!
The 2011 Kimberley Ultra-marathon. This was really a pivotal moment for me, and I'll always think of my life 'before the fire' and 'after the fire'.
5. Considering the innumerable electronic media avenues open to you – blogs, online newspapers, TV, radio, etc – why have you chosen to write a book? Aren't they obsolete?
No way! I've always been a reader, and the thing that I like about books is that they're a form of escapism – you enter a world constructed by your imagination only. Having said this – I have done other forms of media (such as TV, radio and blogs) to ensure that my story reaches everyone.
6. Please tell us about your novel.
Well, it's basically just the story of my life. I'm an independent and vivacious woman, who enters a 100 km ultra-marathon, unknowing that the event will change her life forever. It details my recovery, and how I've overcome my personal adversity. Everyone in the world has their own traumas and challenges – so I think everyone can learn something from my story – whether it be the importance of perseverance, how to stay positive or how not to take your loved ones for granted.
Publisher's blurb:
Everything to Live For is the story of one young woman's survival against extraordinary odds, a testament to the human spirit.
In September 2011, Turia Pitt, a beautiful 25-year-old mining engineer working her dream job in the far north of Western Australia, entered an ultra-marathon race that would change her life forever. Trapped by a fire in a gorge in the remote Kimberly region, Turia and five other competitors had nowhere to run. Turia escaped with catastrophic burns to 65 per cent of her body.
With too little unburned skin left for skin grafts, Turia was put in an induced coma in the Burns Unit at Sydney's Concord Hospital while her body fought life-threatening infections and her surgeons imported skin from California. She lost the fingers on her right hand and her fingers on her left are partially fused together. She needed a new nose. There have been numerous operation, yet there are many more to come…
7. If your work could change one thing in the world, what would it be?
At the moment, I'm working quite closely with a charity called Interplast. This organisation provides free reconstructive surgery to people (including other burn survivors) in developing countries. I actually found out about this charity through my surgeon, who volunteers for Interplast on an annual basis. And when I found this out, it just made me think, if this busy bloke can help out, then surely I can do something too. This is why I am so thrilled to announce that I will be fundraising for Interplast by walking a section of the Great Wall of China in June 2014.
So, to get back to my point! I actually feel very lucky to live in our great country of Australia, where I received the best medical treatment that's available. I am certain that I would have perished if I was born in a developing country – and if by some miracle I did survive, I would not have the quality of life that I do today. So, if by reading my story, people consider people living in developing countries, and that makes them grateful for their own circumstances – than I'll be a happy woman.
8. Whom do you most admire and why?
Sam Bailey. A quadriplegic living in rural NSW. After his accident, doctors told him that he wouldn't be able to be a farmer – a dream of his since a kid. He's now not only a farmer, but he's a motivational speaker, an ultralight pilot AND he's going to be the first person in the world to fly a helicopter! He's most definitely my hero.
9. Many people set themselves very ambitious goals. What are yours?
I've got so many things that I want to achieve during my lifetime. Win an iron man. Climb Mount Everest. Sail around the world. Have a family with Michael. Get my doctorate. I think achieving all these things will keep me busy for the next couple of decades…
10. What advice do you give aspiring writers?
Hmm. Well I'm not sure I can call myself a writer! I didn't physically write the book, I had a brilliant ghost writer to do that.
Turia, thank you for playing
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's campaign racked up 332 electoral votes and helped the president win a second term. Now it hopes to score legislative victories and build the president's legacy.
Throngs of campaign volunteers and staff members gathered Sunday at a Washington hotel on the eve of Obama's Inauguration for a conference that served as both reunion and planning session for the next four years.
Recounting the success of the 2012 campaign, campaign officials vowed to use a new nonprofit called Organizing for Action to marshal support behind Obama's legislative agenda. The arrangement is unprecedented for a sitting president — essentially transforming his re-election campaign into a nonprofit organization to back up his efforts in Congress.
"We know it is time to reform our broken immigration system, and we will get it done this year," said Jon Carson, a former White House official who will serve as OFA's executive director. "We are going to take it to them on reducing gun violence, on climate change. And we are going to take this network and finish some jobs that we started," he said, pointing to the sweeping health care law signed by Obama.
The conference, which took place as Obama was sworn into another term in a private ceremony at the White House, was the first gathering of activists who will form the backbone of the nonprofit group. The organization will be funded by grassroots donors and corporate money and function separately from the Democratic National Committee, the party's political arm.
For many volunteers and staffers, the conference and inaugural festivities also offered a chance to trade war stories and bask in the glow of Obama's re-election. Campaign manager Jim Messina walked onstage to a standing ovation, declaring to the faithful, "I see winners!"
Volunteers were asked to form local chapters of the group and take the organizing skills and technological know-how they learned from the campaign to support Obama's second term. Carson said the organization planned to make its mark quickly, previewing the upcoming fight over gun control in the aftermath of last month's deadly school shooting in Connecticut.
"There are dozens of districts in this country where Republicans have no business being proud of the fact that they're endorsed by the (National Rifle Association). And we will go to those districts, and we will run ads, and we will be on their Facebook pages," he said.
"We will go to those people in their districts who might not be too excited to hear that their member of Congress doesn't think we should pass an assault weapons ban or have background checks for everyone who wants to purchase a gun," Carson said. "We will take every lesson learned and create some new ones."
Campaign officials ticked off a series of numbers to emphasize their accomplishments — 332 electoral votes, the registering of 1.8 million voters and more than 150 million door knocks and phone calls from volunteers. But speaker after speaker said it was more than numbers that re-elected a president.
"We are the most powerful room in America," said Sara El-Amine, the campaign's national training director. "Our legacy is not an email list. It's not a tech tool. It's not an analytics model. Our legacy is you."
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About Dave Kaufman - Techlife
Just used the 12345 example in my syndicated column Techlife - How to Hide Your Password In Plain Sight - http://bit.ly/MlR3It
Care to weigh in on if it's strong enough?
In my recent syndicated column I linked to this article and I hope the readers read all the great comments. Feel free to pick apart my proposed solution to folks - How To Hide Your Password In Plain Sight. http://bit.ly/MlR3It


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gateway to books by
Michael Whitfield Foster
These books are not books of mere passing interest. "She'll be right at last" and its smaller supplement may well come to span the "age of oil". It is the use of oil that has fuelled the extraordinary development of technology through the 20th century, providing efficient and inexpensive transportation on a huge scale, including the huge development of aviation. There is now (2011) a real possibility that peak oil is on our doorstep and that the forces of supply and demand may bring that dynamic oil age to its knees, perhaps with political factors even over-riding the purely economic factors. It is not a good backdrop to the growing concerns about climate change. "She'll be right at last" ventures into all these topics. It is a book for our time.
Please click one of the following links. Each will take you to the full information on one or more of the various books. From those locations you can then return to this home page.
Background to the Comedy of Errors books
Prices and purchasing for Comedy of Errors
Comedy (1998) - summary of contents
"Comedy Act 2" - summary of contents
"That's Shell . . . ?
She'll be right at last - a new history of Shell in New Zealand
The Rise and Fall of Cook Strait (NZ tidal patterns)
A Shellman's view of the 2007 centenary history of the Royal Dutch Shell Group
Stormy Petrol - history of Marsden Point and the coastal tanker operation
Boer War histories (and more research on Karori people)
Minor books, genealogical indexes, reference books, etc
How green is our valley - the illustrated story of the return of two weka to the Karori sanctuary valley
These names are in our family tree. Are they in yours as well? If so, could we be linked? They may well have descendants that we are unaware of.
A brief bibliography


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David Bowie Reveals 'The Next Day' Video, Enlists Gary Oldman + Marion Cotillard for Gory, Religious Fun
David Bowie has dropped his video for 'The Next Day,' the title track off his latest album, and this one's a lot to unpack. It stars Gary Oldman as a sweetly coiffed priest, Marion Cotillard as a lady of the night and the man himself as a kind of rock 'n' roll Jesus. There's also booze, barely covered breasts and gushing stigmata wounds, all set to a sexy, glammy groove. Think the religious community will take offense?
Directed by Floria Sigismondi, who also shot Bowie's recent 'The Stars (Are Out Tonight)' clip, 'The Next Day' ostensibly makes some commentary on piety and hypocrisy, or maybe faith and desire, and it follows from a concept dreamed up and written by Bowie. View it a few times and see if you can decipher the meaning. Or just enjoy the cleavage and bloody eyeballs.


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The Price is Right Live! Stage Show
February 21, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
- Cost:
- $50, $40, $30
- Swiftel Center
- 824 32nd Avenue, Brookings, SD 57006 United States
Additional Information
The Price is Right Live! is an interactive stage show that gives contestants from the audience the chance to "Come On Down" to win appliances, vacations and even new cars by playing your favorite games from the show like Plinko to Cliffhangers to the Big Wheel, and even the Showcase!
The event will not be taped or televised and is not a try-out for a broadcast episode, but will still feature the atmosphere and games of the TV show.


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What he says is absolute truth. If you deny provable fact, you are ignorant.
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The fourth option is lying.
You could say the same for the 4.5+ billion year old earth (and in fact once one has accepted evolution, they have to accept an old earth anyway).
He looks a bit peeved in that one.
No surprise. I can't imagine how he makes it through the 1,245,344 time of having to explain to some tard that evolution is not 'by accident', we did not descend from chimpanzees, etc.
And oh yes "please go to the museum the evidence is there" answered by ".. you haven't shown me the evidence because there is none."
I used to work with an asshole who had convinced himself that Evolution didn't exist, Fossil Records proved Evolution was wrong, and most scientists actually agreed that Evolution was wrong.
I was once told by an old lady at a church when I was little that fossils were put here by satan to try and stray us away from god. Oh My, the stupidity.
Come on now! Would you call someone who believed 2+2=5 stupid, ignorant, or insane? Maybe he/she just had a lousy math teacher. Likewise maybe someone who doesn't believe in evolution simply had an American science teacher, if you get my drift.
Only if they have not been educated on the subject. Of course if you gain all your knowledge from the bible or understand Evolution but try to suggest intelligent design should be taught instead then yes, RD is correct. Evolution is knowledge based and is not a matter of faith. It is a fact whether or not a theists "believe" it.
Ignorance is still ignorance if your schooling was fallacious.
Dawkins violates critical thinking with that statement. It is easily falsiable, I am sure that he is just peeved.
Easy? OK Big Guy "falsify" it. And since it's so easy I imagine your response will be brief.
(By the way "falsifiable" simply means it's disprovable in principle if some hypothetical piece of evidence were to turn up, not that it's false. I am assuming you really meant "easily disproved." You may be wondering what the difference is. Well to take an example, evolution is falsifiable, because there is all sorts of hypothetical evidence that would disprove it instantly if that evidence actually turned up, such as the famous example of rabbit fossils in the Cambrian. There are countless things you could come up with, but none has actually been seen. But since that evidence has not turned up, it is not false, it is not disproved.)
Or: ignorant, stupid, AND insane.


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Faculty: I forgot my password. What should I do?
Please remember that your password is case-sensitive (i.e. this password Pa$sT3!E is not the same as pa$st3!e).
If you do not remember your password or it is not working, you may be able to set a new password over the Web. When your UH Username was activated, you were asked to select two questions and provide answers to these two questions. If you know the answers to these two questions, you may visit the UH Username Management page and select the Forgot Your Password link to set a new password.
In Person
You may visit any campus representative and show an official government issued photo ID (i.e. driver's license, state ID, or passport). They will assist you. The new password could take up to 5 minutes before it is ready to be used.
By File Drop or By Fax
Documents that you will need to provide for File Drop or fax if on campus:
- One official government issued photo ID (i.e. driver's license, state ID, or passport)
- Subject: Requesting UH Username password change
- Legal Name (first, middle, last) of account holder
- UH Username of account holder
- UH Number of account holder
- Month and day of date of birth
- Campus telephone number of account holder
File Drop copies of the required documents to email@example.com OR fax copies of the required documents to the ITS Help Desk (808) 956-2108 along with a campus telephone number where you can be contacted with the new password.
Faculty out-of-state, abroad, or those with medical hardships
Faculty who are out of state, abroad, or otherwise unable to fax in their request from a campus fax machine should ask their department to file drop or fax a copy of the SAMPLE MEMO with your information (Legal name (first, middle, last), UH Number, UH Username, and month and day of date of birth). In addition, the request must include a phone number for the requester (not the department) and the memo must be signed by the department's dean or director. This memo should then be faxed to the ITS Help Desk at (808) 956-2108.
File Drop Procedures
Memos must be signed by Dean/Director/Department Chair in ink, scanned, then sent via File Drop.
- Request must be sent directly to email@example.com as recipient.
- Authentication must be enabled; it is disabled by default.
- The comment/description section should include the user's name, reason for the request, and the SIMP ticket number.
- The comment/description section should NOT include any personal identifying information such as UH number or MM/DD of date of birth.
- Go to https://www.hawaii.edu/filedrop to file drop the signed memo.


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Pricing for iPhone EMR App
John Lynn is the Founder of the HealthcareScene.com blog network which currently consists of 10 blogs containing over 8000 articles with John having written over 4000 of the articles himself. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 16 million times. John also manages Healthcare IT Central and Healthcare IT Today, the leading career Health IT job board and blog. John is co-founder of InfluentialNetworks.com and Physia.com. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can also be found on Twitter: @techguy and @ehrandhit and LinkedIn.
The other day I was browsing the EMR Update forum (where I started my EMR education) and found this interesting comment about the e-MDs iphone app.
EMDs is charging $250 to "install" it even though the phone does the installation for you and then they are charging $35 a month per device for "support". I guess they are trying to lose all of their long term customers to other EMRs that are free like Practice Fusion. I find these charges to be outrageous.
Note: I tried to verify this pricing on the e-MDs website, but it's conveniently not listed on their mobile page. Although, they do have a "free trial." Is that a $250 install to get the free trial? I also found their website tagline ironic: "Affordable EHR software"
I find this comment really interesting on a number of levels. First, it comes from someone who has indeed been a long time e-MDs user and long been a fan and vocal spokesperson for the e-MDs EHR software. The above seems like such a small amount of revenue to alienate your happy EHR users over.
Second, $250 to help the user install the EMR iPhone app? Really? That just feels wrong on every level.
Third, $35/month for support? Of course, this is on top of the doctors existing e-MDs support contract. Such a terrible plan by e-MDs. If they felt like they needed to get some money for the support that would be required for their iPhone EMR app, then they should have rolled it into the existing support contracts. Then, no one would complain. At least not as loudly.
Now I'm starting to wonder what other EHR vendors are charging for their apps. Let me know what you've been charged for your EHR app. A while back I posted about all the various EMR Android apps. All of them were free.


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Lodi, CA
Dorothy Perry
Aug. 19, 1931 - Jan. 20, 2013
Dorothy Perry passed away on January 20, 2013. She was born on August 19, 1931, in Los Gatos, California. Her parents were Italian immigrants Basilio and Julia Maffei. She was the youngest of four daughters. Dorothy grew up in Stockton and attended St. Agnus grammar school and graduated from St. Mary's High School. She married the love of her life, Joseph Perry, in 1951.
Dorothy is survived by her
beloved daughter, Susan (Bob) Bishofberger; cherished grandson, Andrew "Andy" Bishofberger; as well as loving nieces and nephews and many friends. She and Joe lived in Stockton when they were first married, then moved to Lodi in 1955, where Joe farmed for over 40 years. Dorothy loved being a farmer's wife and volunteering as a 4-H leader and PTO president during Susan's school years. She was a "second mother" to many of Susan's friends and "Nonie" to all of Andy's friends.
She was preceded in death by
her parents, husband, Joe, and sisters, Elsie DelCarlo, Evelyn Nomelini, and Norma Muzio.
Dorothy loved being with people and making them smile! She was a member of Town and Country, TOPS, U.P.P.E.C., St. Anne's
Seniors, and St. Anne's Catholic Church.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Dorothy's name to the Lodi Memorial Hospital Foundation, 845 S. Fairmont Ave., Ste. 3, Lodi, CA 95240 or to the charity of the donor's choice. The family of Mrs. Perry wishes to extend their thanks to the caring staff of Senior's Choice, Fairmont Rehabilitation Hospital, and Lodi Memorial Hospital, as well as a special thank you for years of loving care from their dear friend, Dr. Annie Marie Santos.
Friends are invited to visit on Wednesday, January 23, from Noon until 8 p.m. and Thursday from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. at Lodi Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, January 25, at 10 a.m. at St. Anne's Catholic Church. Committal will be private. Lodi Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements.


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Game of Thrones 204: Garden of Bones
SPOILER WARNING: All events that have occurred in the TV show up to and including yesterday's episode are fair game. I have read the books but I will not go any further beyond small hints that only fellow book-readers will catch on to. You've been warned.
I don't think there's any question that "Garden of Bones" is the best episode of the second season so far. There's so much to discuss, so let's just get right into it.
"Game of Thrones" has the best opening sequence on television. Not only is it awesome, it's educational. We all know that the show has the potential to be very, very confusing. So it's only fitting that its intro shows a map to help get our geography in order. Each week, any new locations are added into the sequence. This week there was Harrenhal and Qarth, "the greatest city that ever was or will be."
This intro lets all us fans know that after a week-long wait, it's finally "Thrones" time again. Sometimes it feels like it would be more appropriate if this was the show's opening.
The Battlefield
"Garden of Bones" opens with a fart joke… or does it? There was all that buildup just so the guy could "break wind," or so we thought until another kind of wind, Robb's direwolf Grey Wind, pounces on them. We see Robb with a number of his men, the screen fades to black and we hear cries of "The King in the North!"
There will be those who complain that many, in fact most, of the battle scenes occur off screen (we all remember Tyrion getting knocked out before the Battle of the Green Fork towards the end of last season). This is going to be a fact of the show, and I'm here to tell you why the haters are wrong.
In the books, Robb is not a point of view character. All we see of him is through Catelyn's eyes and thus many battles are not witnessed firsthand. Battles are handled similarly in the show, and it's not an issue. David Benioff and Dan Weiss, the showrunners, are working on a limited budget in terms of both money and time. Let's consider how much the CGI for the dragons and direwolves must have cost. Do we really want them blowing that money on every little fight? Plus, Weiss and Benioff have 10 episodes to adapt a 1000-page novel. This show is driven by characters, not action or plot. We can't be wasting valuable screen time on action scenes. I can promise you this: there is only one battle that you need to see this season, and you'll get every brutal second of it. The author of the books, George R.R. Martin, wrote that episode and they spent a month (as opposed to the standard 10 days) filming it.
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Influence of mismatch repair status on the response of colon carcinoma cells to the topoisomerase I inhibitor SN-38*
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Introduction: The cellular mismatch repair (MMR) system plays an important role in surveillance and repair of damaged DNA. The protein hMLH1, a crucial component of the MMR system is mutated in approximately 50% of MMR-defective tumours. Our previous work showed that the hMLH1 status influences the extent of CPT-11-induced tetraploid cell cycle arrest in colon carcinoma cells (Magrini et al., Int. J. Cancer. 2002). Here, we generated an isogenic system of HCT116 cells differing only in hMLH1 status. Our aim was to investigate the effect of hMLH1 on the response of colon carcinoma cells to the CPT-11 and its metabolite SN-38.
Materials and methods: Stable mock- and hMLH1-transfectants were generated by introducing the hMLH1 cDNA into MMR-deficient HCT116 cells. HCT116 and HCT116+chr3 (MMR-proficient) cell lines were also used as a reference. Sensitivity to the MMR-activating compound methyl nitrosourea, (MNU) or to SN-38 was determined by clonogenic assay. The cell cycle distribution was analysed by FACS. To determine the response in vivo, tumour xenografts were generated from HCT116 and HCT116+chr3 cells in nude mice.
Results: The HCT116+chr3 cells were more sensitive to MNU in clonogenic assay confirming that the MMR proficiency increases sensitivity to MNU. The hMLH1-expressing clones were also more sensitive to MNU than the hMLH1-deficient ones thus showing that the MMR system in the clones was functional. Treatment with MNU led to a G2/M arrest only in the hMLH1-expressing cells. In response to SN-38, the hMLH1-transfectants underwent a long-term tetraploid cell cycle arrest and showed a slower rate of cell proliferation as compared to the mock-transfectants. Treatment of tumour xenografts with CPT-11 led to a longer delay in the exponential growth phase of the hMLH1-proficient tumours as compared to the hMLH1-deficient ones.
Conclusions: 1. The MMR system is functional in the HCT116 transfectants which we have generated. 2. The presence of hMLH1 sensitizes cells to SN-38. 3. hMLH1 lowers the rate of cell proliferation in response to SN-38 treatment. 4. The experiments with tumour xenografts confirm the in vitro data and show that hMLH1- tumours are more resistant to CPT-11 than hMLH1+ tumours. This isogenic system is suitable for the investigation of the role of hMLH1 in response to other chemotherapeutic agents.
*This work has been supported by the Ernst von Leyden Stipendium from the Berliner Krebsgesellschaft to Mandar Bhonde.


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Hey, Daniel. Could you tell you the res of the team that tonight's home game starts at 7 o'clock.
No. SEVEN. Yeah, I know. Weird, eh?
(Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images)
Game Day Recon: Game #10 – Blues @ Canucks
The Canucks don't get much of an opportunity to sulk and wallow about their loss last night, as they face the St. Louis 24.5 hours after the start of their last game.
The Canucks have already have one set of back-to-back games this year. In game 1, they lost by one goal, then got shellacked in game 2 (the score line was not representative of the tilt in play). Vancouver is looking to seal a different fate tonight and maybe a return to Rogers Arena is what they need.
Broadcast Info
Game Time: 7:00 PM PT
The Setup
The Vancouver Canucks need to set their alarms about 90 minutes earlier than normal because they've been sleepwalking through the first 30 minutes of most of their games this year. Last night, in Edmonton, the Canucks waited until they spotted the Oilers a 3-spot and Luongo was yanked from the net before they showed up to play.
But they face some far more physical competition tonight in the St. Louis Blues. Maybe being physically jolted is the wake up call that the Canucks need, especially in front the home crowd. The Blues are in a similar situation as the Canucks are. They're 4-4-0 to start the year (the Canucks are 4-4-1), they're scoring about the same number of goals per game (VAN 2.67; STL 2.75), and they're letting in a slightly higher number of goals per game (VAN 2.78; STL 3.00).
All that being said, I am pretty sure that Blues fans are not throwing themselves off bridges, or crucifying their goaltender. And I'm pretty sure that the editors of the Post-Dispatch are not approving editorials where they suggest that Jaroslav Halak should be shipped out of town. Canucks fans and media have a unique ability to assume the Titanic just hit an iceberg when in reality, the boat just hit a bad wave. And some point, and we all know this (Titanic anology, notwithstanding), there WILL be smooth sailing ahead.
The Canucks haven't announced their starting goalie yet, so the Twitterati continue to debate who should start. The Blues. however, have announced their start – Brian Elliott. Elliott is currently 3-0 with a 2.06 GAA and a .935 Sv%. Great, right? Elliott is playing WAY out of his shoes right now and frankly he's due to crash back down to Earth any moment. And the Canucks would be a great team to shoot down his missile. Against the Canucks lifetime, Elliott is 1-3 with a 2.80 GAA and a .909 Sv%. And surprisingly, his GAA and Sv% against Vancouver are actually slightly HIGHER than his career average. If the Canucks want an opposing goalie to use as a whipping boy, Brian Elliott is the perfect candidate.
As I write this, though, we learn that one of the two referees for tonight's game will be none other than Stephane Auger. Auger, he of the bitter and bizarre encounters with Alex Burrows, refs his first game involving Vancouver since Burrows accused him of calling him out on-ice, telling Burrows he was going to exact revenge for making him look bad in an earlier game. While this may be tongue-in-cheek, Roberto Luongo may be saying a little prayer about this. With Auger vs Burrows slated to be a MAJOR storyline tonight, this could actually take some of the heat off of Luongo and the goaltending "controversy". Of course. if Luongo does play tonight and he does crap the bed, then all the reffing battles in the world won't save Bobby Lu from the headlines tomorrow. But it's a possible reprieve tonight.
The Three Keys
Here are the three keys for the Vancouver Canucks tonight:
- Please show up to play 60 minutes. Please. We're begging now because it's getting to be ri-goddamn-diculous! The Blues are a hard-working, hard-hitting team. Another lackadaisical effort from the Canucks tonight will bury the home club quickly.
- To the Vancouver Canucks defence – WAKE UP! You are the primary reason the Canucks are losing games. So who am I looking at? Rick Bowness. If Bowness doesn't shake up this defence and get them going soon, the Canucks have to seriously look at sacking him. With the amount of talent and money on the blue line right now, it's high time that they showed their value. Very specifically, Kevin Bieksa and Dan Hamhuis. So part of the problem is the defence in general, but Hamhuis and Bieksa have to be singled out for their deplorable play so far this year. They need to get going fast. Gee… how about tonight?
- Get. The. First. Goal. This is beginning to sound like a broken record, isn't it? Play 60 minutes… defence needs to play… score first… When you're an elite team and you're 4-4-1 to start the year and you've played 1 or maybe 2 solid games so far, the same problems can be easily seen from game to game. So far this year, when they score first, they're 2-0. Wha?! Last season they were 41-2-6 when they scored first. GWAH?!?! Yeah. It is the Canucks #1 ingredient to success and they've only done it twice this season.
The Links
Here are your top 5 links for today's game:
- Tale of the Tape (Vancouver Canucks)
- Lapierre has the chops to back up the chirps (The Province)
- Luongo under fire as Canucks host Blues (CBC Sports)
- Canucks Look To Bounce Back with Win Against Blues (TSN.ca)
- Canucks look to trump the red-hot Blues (Sportsnet.ca)


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Schools consider ways to deal with mental health disorders
After Newtown tragedy, educators consider how to reach troubled students
Educators across the state and the country are rethinking, after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, how best to reach the increasing number of children who are struggling with emotional or psychological needs.
The shooter, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, had social integration issues and an uneven school attendance history related to his problems. The morning of Dec. 14, he killed his mother at home, then went to the school and killed 20 first-graders and six adults before killing himself.
In the aftermath of the tragedy, schools are likely to be pushed to help identify and treat students who, like Lanza, showed evidence of mental health problems or socialization issues.
"It's all educators are talking about," said Joyce Emmett, Danbury's retiring director of special services. "`What is our role in identifying youngsters and getting them services?'"
But the notion of asking educators to shoulder this burden alarms many experts, and even those who support stronger treatment and counseling programs say it would require a major increase in training and funding.
Whether the state and country actually have the will and commitment to spend more is a concern.
Experts say the approach must be multi-faceted -- new gun laws, education for parents about mental health issues, collaborations between schools and community mental health services, and more training for staff.
"It's a real wake-up call. It's so close to home and the age of the children who were killed was startling," Emmett said.
Prevention is key
Although the tragedy has added impetus, efforts toward intervention have been in the works for years. But more are needed, experts say.
The Connecticut Department of Education in recent years has instituted a couple of programs -- Scientific Research-Based Interventions and Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports -- to provide schools a uniform system to identify and intervene early with children who have special needs and to provide guidance on implementing behavior remedies.
"There are a number of beefed-up, overlapping approaches, but there needs to be the availability of services for students that can be held harmless (not be cut) in the budget process," said Jonathan Costa, director of the School and Program Services for the western Connecticut regional education support group Education Connection.
"Prevention is incredibly less expensive than the cure. If you get behind on a problem, you'll spend more to correct it than if you stay ahead," Costa said. "We have seen that districts are trying to do their best to keep their students at home, but the depth of the issues is so great that it is very difficult for a school district to help some of these kids."
Districts already are working on changes even as Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's commission on Sandy Hook looks at mental health services available in schools and communities with the charge of recommending what else is needed.
"We'll be looking to add resources to make sure our children are emotionally available to learn," Emmett said. "There is a community-based counseling program that is helpful for kids and families that is being looked at to pilot in a few schools.
"It was in the works before the tragedy in Newtown, and now it's getting more attention."
Parents need clarity
Evan Pitkoff, a former special education teacher and Newtown superintendent from 2002 to 2007, during Lanza's schooling, is executive director of the Cooperative Educational Services, which serves as a resource to 16 school districts in lower Fairfield County.
"There will need to be more professional development for all staff to help them better identify early signs of emotional problems and then for making recommendations," he said.
While Pitkoff would not speak about Lanza, he noted that Lanza was removed from school and acted after he left the system. Lanza's mother, Nancy, let him leave Newtown High School before graduating.
"As a school system, we have mechanisms to identify, treat or to refer out students, but that requires the cooperation of parents," Pitkoff said.
"Teachers are trained to see many early signs of problems, and there are remedies in place, but school is only one aspect of a child's life."
Emmett agreed.
"When we do identify youngsters who are having problems, it requires helping parents to see the same problems that educators see. Parents often feel guilty that their children have problems," she said.
"One issue is helping parents acknowledge small problems so the school and parents can team up to provide help."
Mental health problems on rise
The number of children with mental health disorders is increasing at an astonishing rate, as noted in the "Future of Children" Spring 2012 issue.
"The measured prevalence of disability for children under age 18 in the National Health Interview Surveys doubled from 3.8 percent in 1981 to 8 percent in 2009," wrote author and Princeton professor Janet M. Currie and author Robert Kahn in their introduction.
"In 2008--09, the top five limiting conditions of children were behavioral or developmental," the authors said.
But while the disabilities have been shifting from physical to mental health, services have not adjusted accordingly, they said.
"One indication of the severity of the problem is that even as mental disabilities make up a growing share of children's disabilities, a disproportionate share of services for the disabled is still targeted at physical disabilities.
"Likewise, systems set up to deal with medical problems such as clinics for children with disabilities, or public insurance programs, are not coordinated with services at schools."
In a telephone interview, Currie said she thinks the most urgent task in the aftermath of the Newtown shootings is to develop a greater coordination between schools and medical professionals.
While privacy concerns are used as the reason for the lack of coordination, Currie said, that does not serve the students.
"It's not clear how you can help people if you don't know what they have," she said.
Currie said it will be very difficult for schools to address the medical and mental health issues of children without bigger budgets.
"Personally, I think gun control would have more effect than reforming school services," she said. "There are many, many students who are growing up with mental health issues that are not being addressed by the schools, and they will continue to have problems that will not be addressed as they become adults," Currie said.
"We shouldn't only care about the mental health issues of students after this kind of tragedy. We should always care about them getting the services they need."
Schools reflect society's stresses
Stamford schools are rethinking their services in the aftermath of Newtown, but the district already had begun to make changes raised in the report.
For instance, it hired an additional social worker who will be the point person for a student going from a hospital or incarceration back to school.
"We want to be able to communicate with our health services providers outside of school -- with parent permission, of course," said Mike Meyer, director of special services and director of the office for community and family engagement for the Stamford schools.
Stamford's superintendent has added $500,000 to her budget for school safety and to increase supports for behavioral health issues in the district, Meyer said. His staff reports an increase in students who are hospitalized for psychiatric problems.
The district plans to educate all the groups in the school, from staff to students, about how they can help struggling students get the help they need. Families, too, will be taught about available community services.
Greenwich public schools have a full complement of mental health support staff, including Spanish-speaking psychologists, said Mary Forde, director of pupil personnel services.
"We have the mental health support we need," Forde said, as well as staff trained in behavior supports and how to teach social skills.
She emphasized that a discussion of violence must be kept separate from that of special needs, but said the Newtown tragedy can offer an important spotlight on schools.
"As with other large, horrific events, there is always a reaction. Hopefully, people will look at what they are doing, and it can spark a conversation," she said, "whether it's having a larger class size so you can hire more medical staff, or other things."
The talks must focus on what is in the best interest of kids, she said.
Newtown definitely has raised awareness of the need for mental health services, Costa said.
"We have seen problems become more complex, more challenging to deal with," he said. "Schools are always a reflection of the society they serve.
"As more of society has increased stress, as economic resources are stressed, the pressures reach down to the most vulnerable, and children are the most vulnerable."
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Semiconductor Electrochemistry and Photocatalysis Attempts at developing efficient and stable photoelectrochemical (PEC) conversion systems have more recently led to exploring the potential and power of PEC methods for non-energy related research. Topics under study include novel in situ diagnostic tools for semiconductor film formation, and spectroscopic probes of charge and mass transport at semiconductor/electrolyte interfaces. We are also investigating the mechanisms of heterogeneous photocatalysis for toxic waste treatment and disinfection. A recent area of interest is solar hydrogen production. Conducting Oxides and Polymers In this area, our interests lie with charge and mass transport mechanisms, the development of novel in situ analytical probes of ion transport, and the chemistry/materials aspects of device applications including sensors, fuel cells, and capacitors. Environmental Electrochemistry We are interested in novel electrode materials for toxic waste treatment and chemical sensing of pollutants.
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Journal Articles
M. F. Brugmera, K. Rajeshwar and M. V. B. Zanoni, "Bisphenol A Removal from Wastewater Using Self-Organized TiO2 Nanotubular Array Electrodes," Chemosphere 78, 569-575 (2010).
N. R. de Tacconi, K. Rajeshwar, W. Chanmanee, V. Valluri, W. A. Wampler, W-Y. Lin and L. Nikiel, "Photocatalytically Generated Bimetallic (Pt-Au/C-TiO2) Electrocatalysts for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Applications," J. Electrochem. Soc. 157, B147-B153 (2010).
S. Ham, S. Jeon, M. Park, S. Choi, K-J. Paeng, N. Myung and K. Rajeshwar, "Electrodeposition and Stripping Analysis of Bismuth Selenide Thin Films Using Combined Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microgravimetery and Stripping Voltammetry," J. Electroanal. Chem. 638, 195-203 (2010).
N. G. Fazleev, M. P. Nadesalingam, W. Maddox, S. Mukherjee, K. Rajeshwar and A. H. Weiss, "Oxidation and Thermal Reduction of the Cu(100) Surface as Studied using Positron Annihilation Induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy (PAES)," Surface Science 604, 32-37 (2010).
L. H, Dall 'Antonia, N. R. de Tacconi, W. Chanmanee, H. Timmaji, N. Myung and K. Rajeshwar, "Electrosynthesis of Bismuth Vanadate Photoelectrodes," Electrochem. Solid-State Lett. 13, D29-D32 (2010).
C. de Arruda Rodrigues, N. R. de Tacconi, W. Chanmanee and K. Rajeshwar, "Cathodic Electrosynthesis of Niobium Oxide One-Dimensional Nanostructures with Tailored Dimensions," Electrochem. Solid-State Lett. 13, B69-B72 (2010).
C. Janaky, G. Bencsik, A. Racz, C. Visy, N. R. de Tacconi, W. Chanmanee and K. Rajeshwar, "Electrochemical Grafting of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) into a Titanium Dioxide Nanotube Host Network," Langmuir 26, 13697-13702 (2010).
U. Lee, S. Ham, C. Han, Y. J. Jeon, N. Myung and K. Rajeshwar, "Mild and Facile Synthesis of Ag2S Nanowire Precursor Using Mercaptoacetic Acid as a Reductant/Stabilizer and its Subsequent Conversion to Ag2S or CdS Nanowires," Mater. Chem. Phys. 121, 549-554 (2010).
H. K. Timmaji, W. Chanmanee, N. R. de Tacconi, and K. Rajeshwar, "Solution Combustion Synthesis of BiVO4 Nanoparticles: Effect of Combustion Precursors on the Photocatalytic Activity," J. Adv. Oxid. Technol. 14, 93 (2011).
J. A. P. Castro, R. Quinterro-Torres, N. R. de Tacconi, K. Rajeshwar and W. Chanmanee, "Anodic Growth of Titania Nanotube Arrays on Titanium Substrate: A Study by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy," J. Electrochem. Soc. 158, D84-D90 (2011).
N. Myung, S. Ham, S. Choi, Y. Chae, W-G. Kim, Y. J. Jeon, K. J. Paeng, W. Chanmanee< N. R. de Tacconi and K. Rajeshwar, "Tailoring Interfaces for Electrochemical Synthesis of Semiconductor Films: BiVO4, Bi2O3, or Composites," J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 7793-7800 (2011).
M. Aboushabana, N. R. de Tacconi and K. Rajeshwar, "Photoelectrolysis of Aqueous Lignite and Carbon Black Slurry Suspensions," Electrochem. Solid-State Lett. 14, E31-E33 (2011).
N. R. de Tacconi, W. Chanmanee, B. H. Dennis, F. M. MacDonnell, D. J. Boston and K. Rajeshwar, "Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Using Pt/C-TiO2 Nanocomposite Cathode," Electrochem. Solid-State Lett. 15, B5-B8 (2012).
C. Janaky, N. R. de Tacconi, W. Chanmanee and K. Rajeshwar, "Electrodeposited Polyaniline in a Nanoporous WO3 Matrix: An Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Exhibiting Both n- and p-Type Photoelectrochemical Activity," J. Phys. Chem. C 116, 4234-4242 (2012).
B. Stamos, L. Loredo, S. Chand, T. V. Phan, Y. Zhang, S. Mohapatra, K. Rajeshwar and R. Perera, "Biosynthetic Approach for Functional Protein Microarrays," Anal. Biochem. 424, 114-123 (2012).
K. Rajeshwar, N. R. de Tacconi and H. K. Timmaji, "New-Generation Oxide Semiconductors for Solar Energy Conversion and Environmental Remediation," J. Nano Research 17, 185-191 (2012).
N. R. de Tacconi, W. Chanmanee, K. Rajeshwar, W-Y. Lin, L. Nikiel and W. A. Wampler, "Photocatalytically Generated Trimetallic (Pt-Pd-Au/C-TiO2) Nanocomposite Electrocatalyst," J. Electrochem. Soc. 159, F226-F233 (2012).
M. Aboushabana, N. R. de Tacconi and K. Rajeshwar, "Chemical Pre-Treatment of Coal and Carbon Black: Implications for Electrolytic Hydrogen Generation and Electrochemical/Thermal Reactivity," J. Electrochem. Soc. 159, B695-B701 (2012).
N. R. de Tacconi, H. K. Timmaji, W. Chanmanee, M. N. Huda, P. Sarker, C. Janaky and K. Rajeshwar, "Photocatalytic Generation of Syngas Using Combustion-Synthesized Silver Bismuth Tungstate," ChemPhysChem 13, 1-12 (2012).
C. Janaky, N. R. de Tacconi, W. Chanmanee and K. Rajeshwar, "Bringing Conjugated Polymers and Oxide Nanoarchitectures into Intimate Contact: Light Induced Electrodeposition of Polypyrrole and Polyaniline on Nanoporous WO3 or TiO2 Nanotube Array," J. Phys. Chem. C 116, 19145-19155 (2012).
S. Choi, Y. Chae, S. Ham, W. Lee, N. Myung and K. Rajeshwar, "CdSe/ZnO Composite via Galvanic Displacement Followed by Photocathodic Deposition: Hybrid Electrosynthesis and Characterization," J. Phys. Chem. C 116, 20146-20153 (2012).
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A. Heller, D. Kolb and K. Rajeshwar, "The Life and Work of Heinz Gerischer," ECS Interface 19 (3), 37-40 (2010).
K. Rajeshwar, "Solar Energy Conversion and Environmental Remediation Using Inorganic Semiconductor-Liquid Interfaces: The Road Traveled and the Way Forward," J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2, 1301-1309 (2011) (Guest Commentary).
K. Rajeshwar, N. R. de Tacconi and W. Chanmanee, "Combustion Synthesis of Oxide Semiconductors for Solar Energy Conversion and Environmental Remediation," Chem. Soc. Rev. 38, 1984-1998 (2009).
K. Rajeshwar and W. Chanmanee, "Bioinspired Photocatalyst Assemblies for Environmental Remediation," Electrochim. Acta 84, 96-102 (2012) (Invited Review Article in Special Issue on the Year of Chemistry).
Monographs/Edited Volumes/Book Chapters
K. Rajeshwar, R. McConnell and S. Licht, editors, Solar Hydrogen Generation: Toward a Renewable Energy Future, Kluwer Academic, New York (2008).S. Brankovic and K. Rajeshwar, "Electrodeposition for Energy Applications," ECS Transactions, Vol. 13, No. 10 (2008) (149 pages).
M. Tao, C. Claeys, L. Deligianni, J. G. Park, K. Rajeshwar and M. Sunkara, "Photovoltaics for the 21st Century, ECS Transactions, Vol. 41, No. 4 (2011) (248 pages).
K. Rajeshwar, R. McConnell, K. Harrison and S. Licht "Renewable Energy and the Hydrogen Economy," in Solar Hydrogen Generation: Toward a Renewable Energy Future (edited by K. Rajeshwar, R. McConnell and S. Licht), Chapter 1, pp. 1-18, Kluwer Academic, New York (2008).
K. Rajeshwar, "Hydrogen Generation from Irradiated Semiconductor-Liquid Interfaces," in Solar Hydrogen Generation: Toward a Renewable Energy Future (edited by K. Rajeshwar, R. McConnell and S. Licht), Chapter 7, pp. 167-228, Kluwer Academic, New York (2008).
T. E. Schlesinger, K. Rajeshwar, and N. R. de Tacconi, "Electrodeposition of Semiconductors," In Modern Electroplating (edited by M. Schlesinger), Chapter 14, 383-411, Springer, New York (2010).
D. J. Boston, K-L. Huang, N. R. de Tacconi, N. Myung, F. M. MacDonnell and K. Rajeshwar, "Electro- and Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2: The Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Worlds Collide?" in Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: Issues and Perspectives (edited by H-J. Lewerenz and L. M. Peter), Royal Society of Chemistry, London (in press).Patents
K. Rajeshwar and C. S. C. Bose, "Conducting Polymer Films Containing Nanodispersed Catalyst Particles: A New Type of Composite Material for Technological Applications," U. S. Patent 5,334,292 (issued August 2, 1994).
K. Rajeshwar, C. Wei and S. Basak, "Redox Polymer Films for Metal Recovery Applications," U. S. Patent 5,368,632 (issued November 29, 1994).
V. S. Agarwala, P. Pole and K. Rajeshwar, "Process for Removing a Coating from a Substrate," U. S. Patent 7,229,953 (issued June 12, 2007).
K. Rajeshwar, N. R. de Tacconi, C. R. Chenthamarakshan, W. A. Wampler, T. Carlson, W-Y. Lin, "Photocatalytic Deposition of Metals and Compositions Comprising the Same," U. S. Patent 8,143,185 (issued March 27, 2012).
B.S. University College, Trivandrum, India (1969)
M.S. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India (1971)
Ph.D. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (1974)
Postdoctoral Fellow:
St. Francis Xavier University (1975-1976);
Colorado State University (1976-1978)
Senior Research Associate: Colorado State University (1979-1983)
Wilfred T. Doherty Award, American Chemical Society, Dallas-Ft. Worth Section, 1994
Editor, The Electrochemical Society Interface magazine, 1999-present
Fellow of the Electrochemical Society, 2002-present
Charter Member, UT Arlington Academy of Distinguished Scholars and Researchers, 2004-present
Energy Technology Division Research Award of the Electrochemical Society, 2009


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DIY: Vertical Herb Garden
I started with supplies I picked up at Lowes (plants being the only exception). I used: 1 wood planter box, 1 pre cut board (24x48), 3 pieces of precut 2x1 trim (2 48in long and 1 24in long), nails, glue, 1 brick, screw in hooks, 9 small terra cotta pots, soil and plants.
Trim out the big board using glue and small nails (since I bought precut, I didn't have to use the saw but if you are using scraps, you'll have to cut to size first). Place the brick into the planter and sit the big board on top. Screw the big board into the strongest part of the planter.
Spraypaint in whatever shade floats your boat. In this case I went with a blue base and a gray top coat to tone the blue down a bit. Measure out where you want your pots to hang on the board and mark. Add your screw hooks.
Now that your planter is ready, its time to drill a hole in those terra cotta pots. They are delicate so I added some tape for stability and then drilled a pilot hole followed by a larger hole in each using masonry bits. I'm not sure if all this was strictly necessary but it did the job.
Plant to your hearts desire. (I planted english peas, brussel sprouts and lettuce in the base along with my favorite herbs in the pots.) Hang the pots on the hooks.
Finally, I added the names of the herbs using a paint pen on the board. Voila. A vertical garden!
I liked it so much I made two. Now I just need more pots and plants!
The backyard still needs a little more TLC but its coming together just in time for the warm weather.
Do you have any backyard projects you want to share?
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- Elizabeth9:52 AM
I love it. OoO I will have to try and make one of these for myself in the future. I love herbs enough as it is, but to have cute little pots of them suspended on a paintable board...fabulous. =O And then to write their names above them all cafe-style! It just can't get any better. Thanks for sharing this!ReplyDelete
This is so pretty and perfectly Brooklyn! Last year I tried to grow herbs on my fire escape but realized that I was grossed out by the BQE one block away.ReplyDelete
This is a fantastic idea! I love it!ReplyDelete
what a great project! I may have to try it myself... I wonder if I could even make it into a bench like the Applaro bench with wall panel at IKEA!ReplyDelete
- StayAtHome -ista2:34 PM
Very nice! I pinned it so I can use this tutorial for my yard. I might do chalkboard paint on the back so as I change the plants I can change the names behind them. But it might wash off in the rain, so...ReplyDelete
Wow, Stefanie, these are gorgeous! I love the color you chose and how you wrote the names of the plants on the board. I might have to make some of these for my (suburban Denver, CO) backyard. I think I have just the spot, too. Thanks!ReplyDelete
I love this! Seriously love this. And I'll probably have to pay you the highest compliment by copying it in some form.ReplyDelete
It was nerve wracking! But I didn't crack one so this method seems to work.ReplyDelete
Oh, this is awesome! I wish we got enough sunlight (and patio space!) for something like this. We might need to figure out how to make a mini herb garden this year.ReplyDelete
- Bonnie Banters1:03 PM
This is beautiful and extremely clever. I've had a problem with herbs that are in an open space getting too much water...do you have any suggestions along these lines? It seems each herb is different in how much water or rain it needs. I'm just getting into herb gardening. Thanks!ReplyDelete
This is the nicest vertical herb garden I have ever seen. I love how it looks like furniture and that there's extra space at the bottom for larger plants.ReplyDelete
Pinning so that I can persuade my husband that this is an awesome idea :)
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Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch
King Arthur and His Knights
Chapter XVI. Sir Palamedes
While Sir Tristram and the fair Isoude abode yet at La Joyeuse Garde, Sir Tristram rode forth one day, without armor, having no weapon but his spear and his sword. And as he rode he came to a place where he saw two knights in battle, and one of them had gotten the better and the other lay overthrown. The knight who had the better was Sir Palamedes. When Sir Palamedes knew Sir Tristram, he cried out, "Sir Tristram, now we be met, and ere we depart we will redress our old wrongs." "As for that," said Sir Tristram, "there never yet was Christian man that might make his boast that I ever fled from him, and thou that art a Saracen shalt never say that of me." And therewith Sir Tristram made his horse to run, and with all his might came straight upon Sir Palamedes, and broke his spear upon him. Then he drew his sword and struck at Sir Palamedes six great strokes, upon his helm. Sir Palamedes saw that Sir Tristram had not his armor on, and he marvelled at his rashness and his great folly; and said to himself, "If I meet and slay him, I am shamed wheresoever I go." Then Sir Tristram cried out and said, "Thou coward knight, why wilt thou not do battle with me? for have thou no doubt I shall endure all thy malice." "Ah, Sir Tristram!" said Sir Palamedes, "thou knowest I may not fight with thee for shame; for thou art here naked, and I am armed; now I require that thou answer me a question that I shall ask you." "Tell me what it is," said Sir Tristram. "I put the case," said Palamedes, "that you were well armed, and I naked as ye be; what would you do to me now, by your true knighthood?" "Ah!" said Sir Tristram, "now I understand thee well, Sir Palamedes; and, as God bless me, what I shall say shall not be said for fear that I have of thee. But if it were so, thou shouldest depart from me, for I would not have to do with thee." "No more will I with thee," said Sir Palamedes, "and therefore ride forth on thy way." "As for that, I may choose," said Sir Tristram, "either to ride or to abide. But, Sir Palamedes, I marvel at one thing,--that thou art so good a knight, yet that thou wilt not be christened." "As for that," said Sir Palamedes, "I may not yet be christened, for a vow which I made many years ago; yet in my heart I believe in our Saviour and his mild mother, Mary; but I have yet one battle to do, and when that is done I will be christened, with a good will." "By my head," said Sir Tristram, "as for that one battle, thou shalt seek it no longer; for yonder is a knight, whom you have smitten down. Now help me to be clothed in his armor, and I will soon fulfil thy vow." "As ye will," said Sir Palamedes, "so shall it be." So they rode both unto that knight that sat on a bank; and Sir Tristram saluted him, and he full weary saluted him again. "Sir," said Sir Tristram, "I pray you to lend me your whole armor; for I am unarmed, and I must do battle with this knight." "Sir," said the hurt knight, "you shall have it, with a right good will," Then Sir Tristram unarmed Sir Galleron, for that was the name of the hurt knight, and he as well as he could helped to arm Sir Tristram. Then Sir Tristram mounted upon his own horse, and in his hand he took Sir Galleron's spear. Thereupon Sir Palamedes was ready, and so they came hurling together, and each smote the other in the midst of their shields. Sir Palamedes' spear broke, and Sir Tristram smote down the horse. Then Sir Palamedes leapt from his horse, and drew out his sword. That saw Sir Tristram, and therewith he alighted and tied his horse to a tree. Then they came together as two wild beasts, lashing the one on the other, and so fought more than two hours; and often Sir Tristram smote such strokes at Sir Palamedes that he made him to kneel, and Sir Palamedes broke away Sir Tristram's shield, and wounded him. Then Sir Tristram was wroth out of measure, and he rushed to Sir Palamedes and wounded him passing sore through the shoulder, and by fortune smote Sir Palamedes' sword out of his hand And if Sir Palamedes had stooped for his sword Sir Tristram had slain him. Then Sir Palamedes stood and beheld his sword with a full sorrowful heart. "Now," said Sir Tristram, "I have thee at a vantage, as thou hadst me to-day; but it shall never be said, in court, or among good knights, that Sir Tristram did slay any knight that was weaponless; therefore take thou thy sword, and let us fight this battle to the end." Then spoke Sir Palamedes to Sir Tristram: "I have no wish to fight this battle any more. The offence that I have done unto you is not so great but that, if it please you, we may be friends. All that I have offended is for the love of the queen, La Belle Isoude, and I dare maintain that she is peerless among ladies; and for that offence ye have given me many grievous and sad strokes, and some I have given you again. Wherefore I require you, my lord Sir Tristram, forgive me all that I have offended you, and this day have me unto the next church; and first I will be clean confessed, and after that see you that I be truly baptized, and then we will ride together unto the court of my lord, King Arthur, so that we may be there at the feast of Pentecost." "Now take your horse," said Sir Tristram, "and as you have said, so shall it be done." So they took their horses, and Sir Galleron rode with them. When they came to the church of Carlisle, the bishop commanded to fill a great vessel with water; and when he had hallowed it, he then confessed Sir Palamedes clean, and christened him, and Sir Tristram and Sir Galleron were his godfathers. Then soon after they departed, and rode towards Camelot, where the noble King Arthur and Queen Guenever were keeping a court royal. And the king and all the court were glad that Sir Palamedes was christened. Then Sir Tristram returned again to La Joyeuse Garde, and Sir Palamedes went his way.
Not long after these events Sir Gawain returned from Brittany, and related to King Arthur the adventure which befell him in the forest of Breciliande, how Merlin had there spoken to him, and enjoined him to charge the king to go without delay upon the quest of the Holy Greal. While King Arthur deliberated Tristram determined to enter upon the quest, and the more readily, as it was well known to him that this holy adventure would, if achieved, procure him the pardon of all his sins. He immediately departed for the kingdom of Brittany, hoping there to obtain from Merlin counsel as to the proper course to pursue to insure success.


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Department 56 Suggestions for Village Decorating
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Department 56 Snow Village Display
Materials needed to build a basic 4x8 display:
The displays are made from materials that are easily acquired. The boxwood hedges and fencing are can be easily replicated or you can choose to use fabric, bead board or other materials that suit your style. Here are the basic supplies you will need:
2 pieces - 48x96x1/2 (thick) plywood
15 pieces - 2x4 studs measuring 36 long
3 pieces of 4 thick - 48x96 styrofoam
Floral pins to hold down cords from each building
18 Floral picks to hold styrofoam layers together
Power strips; quantity will vary based on the number of buildings and accessories you have in you diorama. Village Multi-Outlet Plug Strips are available with 6 outlets. In the dioramas shown, you will need a minimum of 10 and up to 25 strips for each diorama.
Extension cords as needed (3 prong grounded)
Boxwood Hedges and Fencing:
The boxwood hedges and fencing wrap around the display. The display is 4x8. The boxwood hedges or materials of your choosing need to be slightly larger than the display measuring 41x81x41. The fencing needs to be slightly larger than the boxwood hedges measuring 42x82x42. The boxwood hedges can be dusted with flat white spray paint with additional accents as desired. You can be creative and pick up materials at any home improvement store to reproduce the look and feel we have achieved here.
Finishing touches:
Use General Village Accessories, trees, lights, animated products, backdrops, mountains, landscaping, platforms, roads and snow to create the season you are trying to portray.
Creating the Foundation
Lay one of the 48x96 pieces of plywood on the floor. If on a hard floor, cut 4 square pieces of old carpet and staple on all four corners and center to help slide the display and avoid scratching the floor.
Attach the 2x4 studs to the 48x96 plywood so it looks like an upside down table. Each corner should have two 2x4 studs meeting at a right angle for additional stability. Place one 2x4 stud in the middle of each side 24 in from the back). Evenly space three 2x4 studs along the front 32 apart). Finally, place two 2x4 studs in the center for support and to attach the power strips (24 in from the back and 48 in from the sides.).
Attach the other piece of 48x96 plywood onto the 2x4 studs, creating the top of the display.
Cut random holes in the top of the plywood for easy access to the power cords.
Attach power strips to the center (and back if needed) 2x4 studs for easy access after the display is complete.
Place the first piece of 4 thick Styrofoam on top of the plywood to start elevation. Cut holes for the power cords matching the holes you cut in the plywood. Add the next piece of 4 thick Styrofoam, placing it 1/4 of the way back to add the next level of elevation. Again, cut holes for the power cords. Place the last piece of 4 thick Styrofoam towards the back of the diorama for the last layer of elevation. The power cords can be drawn the back to the last layer.
Attach the boxwood hedges or other material to the front and sides leaving the back open. Dust the boxwood hedges with flat white spray paint to give it a snowed-on look.
Adding Buildings and Accessories
Before adding the buildings and accessories, youll want to cut the foam into glaciers, mountains, ice blocks or anything else you can imagine to add to the creativity and dimensional depth of the display.
Add the buildings and accessories. Position the buildings in a way that they interact with each other to help tell a story. A Main Street might have shops, diners, pubs and the accompanying accessories showing people shopping, dining or enjoying the city streets. A neighborhood might have houses, schools, churches and the appropriate accessories showing family fun.
Next add some General Village Accessories, Trees, Lights, Animated products, Backdrops, Mountains, Landscapes, Platforms, Road and Snow to create the season you are trying to portray.
Youre Almost Done!
Slide the display into a fitting location. Assemble the fencing, if appropriate, and paint as desired. Once dry, place the fencing on the front and sides of the boxwood hedges. You can attach the fencing using 3 1/2" drywall screws if you choose.


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ABUJA, Nigeria, April 16 (UPI) -- Muslims aren't safe from the latest campaign in Nigeria, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said.
MEND spokesman Jomo Gbomo, in a statement e-mailed to Bloomberg News, said a campaign would begin May 31 to "save Christianity in Nigeria."
MEND last week attacked an oil well in Bayelsa state that belonged to Royal Dutch Shell. It ramped up its militancy in the Niger Delta after leader Henry Okah was sentenced last month in South Africa to 24 years in prison on terrorism-related charges.
"The bombings of mosques, hajj camps, Islamic institutions, large congregations in Islamic events and assassinations of clerics who propagate doctrines of hate will form the core mission of this crusade," Gbomo said.
MEND has waged a militant campaign against oil facilities in the Niger Delta region. Several companies, including Shell and Chevron, have joint ventures with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp.
Gbomo said militants from Boko Haram were called on to stop their campaign against Christians in Nigeria, a country divided along religious lines.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Cobra women's volleyball team lost its South Atlantic Conference match against the Queens University of Charlotte Royals 3-0 on Friday (Sept. 20) night.
The Royals swept past Coker with scores of 27-25, 25-12 and 25-6.
Cassandra Nagel led the Cobras with seven kills, while Loren Hill had five kills. Amanda Harris and Mindy Morris led the team in digs with eight and seven respectively, and Samantha Celek handed out 17 assists and had six digs.
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I am reading the news this morning and there is this article about a man in Florida who was supposed to be executed but the Supreme Court decided to suspend the execution in extremis
It's always the same news (except when the person actually gets executed) and I am wondering.
Why does the Supreme Court always waits the last day, even sometimes the last minutes, to make its decision ?
I know that justice takes time and everything, that you had a frist decision, then an appeal and then the Supreme Court. But it is people making a decision. Not stopping a bomb in five minutes...
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I received an email today from my friend, Janell Vasquez, about her new news aggregator program targeted at the Online Record Collection News called GenVines.com. More about the program a little later in this post, but first I need to explain news aggregators.
News aggregators or readers, as they are commonly called, have been in the news lately with the move by Google to discontinue it Reader program. This move has already opened up new possibilities for other programs to step up and take over the job of aggregating the news. Additionally, there is a need for specialized aggregators to provide content to those with specialized needs. Technically, a news aggregator can do its job without becoming a reader program. Although the two are almost identical in their function, a reader is designed to allow the user the option of selecting the sources or feeds they wish to aggregate.
Simply, a news aggregator is an online program that searches the web for specific content and provides the user with a stream of updated headlines about a certain topic or from a particular source, that can can be expanded into connections with the original content. The reason behind this type of program is obvious, it can be extremely time consuming to individually review websites for updated content. Let's say you want to read a particular blog or want to keep informed about a particular topic. Searching the web or clicking on links to all the sites you want to follow could become impossible. But by using a news aggregator or reader program, that type of activity not only become possible, it keeps all of that news from becoming overwhelming.
This whole process is enabled by a feed reader. The most commonly used program is referred to as an RSS Feed. RSS is an acronym with several different interpretations, usually it is said to signify "Really Simple Syndication." Syndication is an old news term that implies the aggregation of news stories into one consolidated outlet. There are a host of news aggregation programs and there was flurry of activity in rearranging the use of these programs due to Google's announcement of the demise of Reader. The process of connecting to the RSS feed is called subscribing to the feed. Once you subscribe in the reader, any additions or changes show up in your stream or list of changes.
When Google made its announcement, I had already moved to another program. I presently use the most popular feed reader alternative, Feedly.com. I presently follow over 200 separate blogs and websites using Feedly. But if you are a news hog like me, you never seem to get enough. I am always missing something. This is where a program such as GenVines.com comes in. I can subscribe to GenVines.com and add that to my reader and then I get the benefit of all of the syndication from GenVines.com's sources. Voila! More concentrated news on a specific subject I am totally interested in learning about, that is, new genealogical collections. Fortunately, unlike some websites and blogs, GenVines.com makes the process of adding their site to your RSS feed obvious and simple.
Many websites also give you the option of adding notifications to your email stream. Unfortunately, this is the case with sites such as Facebook.com, Google+ and Pinterest.com. With just those two sites, my email traffic has gone out of sight. I am getting dozens of emails a day. I will have to look into an alternative to getting so much email or start cutting off contact from those websites.
I immediately found useful news from GenVines.com that I had missed in all my feeds. This will undoubtedly become a useful way to watch the huge amount of data going online every day. Take a look at GenVines.com.
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