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His Inventions Could Save Lives in the World's Polluted Places
During almost two decades, Dr. Vladimir Vasilenko has being developing the theory and practice of application of infrared/red light and natural organic substances— humates in agriculture and food production and storage of perishable products. He possesses a unique knowledge, experience and technologies that have a real potential to bring a revolution to the market of healthy food and organic products. Thorough knowledge of the problems and his leadership abilities helped him to achieve the outstanding results.
Vladimir Vasilenko was born in the oldest Russian city- Novgorod in 1963 (www.novgorod.ru/english.php). His scientific career began in 1987 when he received his Master degree in Biology and Soil Science at St. Petersburg (former Leningrad) State University. He worked on his Doctorate at Timiriazev's Institute of Plant Physiology and General Physics Institute of Russian Academy of Science He recieved a Ph.D. degree (Plant Physiology and Biochemistry) at Moscow (Lomonosov's) State University in 1992 (www.msu.ru/en/).
Dr. Vasilenko has been a Research Associate of Nobel Prize Alexander Prokhorov (Nobel Prize for fundamental works on quantum electronics in 1964: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Prokhorov) in a period of his work at General Physics Institute of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow from 1990 till 1998. He travelled a lot during this time and conducted much research as a visiting scientist of Professor Harry Smith at the University of Leicester, England (www.le.ac.uk/biology/) in 1993 Centre de Cadarache, France (www.cad.cea.fr/fr/environnement/index.htm) in 1994 and New York State Agricultural Experiment Station of Cornell University, USA as a Visiting Scientist of Professsor Anwar A. Khan (www.nysaes.cornell.edu/hort/faculty/khan/khan_grads.html). He studied the effects of near infrared radiation, red light and natural growth substances on growth and development of plant and micro-organisms. Dr. Vasilenko presented the data of his research at seminars at Kennedy Space Centre of NASA in 1994 and 2000. He has also worked on his projects in private companies such as Crystal Heart Plant Raiser Ltd. (England), Wuhan Fermentation Equipment (China), Flora-Balt Ltd and PKP-GIT of QUANTUM MEDICINE ASSOCIATION, Russia (www.kvantmed.ru/engl/).
Dr. Vasilenko is well traveled and has scientific contacts in many organisations of the World including Canada, USA, the United Kingdom, China, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Russia, Poland, Japan and others. In 1998 Dr. Vasilenko settled with his family in Canada. He is now a citizen of that country. He has worked as a Research Associate of Prof. Emeritus R.Austin Fletcher and Prof. Mike Dixon of the Department of Environmental Biology at the University of Guelph, Ontario (www.envbio.uoguelph.ca/) from 1998 until 2002.
Dr. Vasilenko has 5 patents, 28 publications, and has presented papers at 9 symposia and conferences and shows, including First World Conference on Organic Seed (www.ifoam.org/events/reports/seed_conference.html) supported by FAO of the United Nations (Rome, Italy, July 2004) and CANADA BLOOMS (Toronto, March 2005). He has been awarded five grants and premia in the United Kingdom, France, USA, Russia, China and Canada.
His last position was Senior Scientist of CERES Environmental Solution Industries Incorporated ( August 2002- July 2005) www.perfectlynatural.com . Married with two children.
The technologies from Space to Earth
"TOMATOSPHERE" and NASA
Dr. Vasilenko's inventions have many links with Space Biology. He presented his research data in seminars at Kennedy Space Centre, NASA, in 1994 and 2000 (http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/). Dr. Vasilenko was a member of the working team of "Tomatosphere"- A National Education Event: Food for Sustaining Life in Space (website is http://www.tomatosphere.org/).
Dr. Vasilenko developed a red-light treatment for the tomato seeds using red and infrared light from part of the natural sunlight spectrum. This stimulates seedling growth and vigor. The researchers wanted to determine whether the red-light treatment would work on tomato seeds exposed to microgravity and cosmic radiation in space to help ensure healthy plants for extended space exploration in the future. Dr. Vasilenko developed a special apparatus for treatment of HEINZ tomato seeds.
Tomatosphere was a great opportunity for students to learn about the exciting world of science, space exploration, food and nutrition. This wonderful project was created for Canadian schools in order to help students learn about green plants and survival in space and on Mars. Canadian astronaut Marc Garneau took 200,000 treated tomato seeds into outer space on December 2000 and, as a result of this, students in 3000 Canadian classrooms had the opportunity to plant the seeds and compare them with seeds that never left earth. Watching these seeds grow helped to answer questions about the supply of life support requirements to space missions - food, water, oxygen and the need to consume carbon dioxide exhaled by crew members.
"Food availability and life support are major limiting factors in extended space exploration," says Prof. Mike Dixon, Plant Agriculture, who is leading the project with research associate Vladimir Vasilenko. "Plants will be needed to provide a source of fresh, nutritious food and to produce a vital life-support system. Scientists need to know if space travel affects plant germination and plant growth before these extended missions can take place."
"We are interested in your research and find that there is much common ground between our studies" – Dr. John Sager, Kennedy Space Center, NASA, Florida, an excerpt taken from an invitation letter to Dr. Vasilenko.
Dr. Vasilenko and Canadian Austronaut Bob Thirsk (left), University of Guelph, 2000.
Vasilenko's inventions and technologies
New natural products bring the most to your seeds, plants and soil and safe the freshness of the food
Seed enhancement with Natural factors:
The inventor offers innovative technology for seed enhancement using inexpensive natural materials. These technologies have been recently developed as a result of 15 years of research conducted by Dr. Vladimir Vasilenko on vegetable, ornamental, cereal, tobacco and other seeds for with a variety of uses. For example, his seed enhancement technology may be a perfect match for the principles of organic seed production and may also be useful for conventional seed technologies.
This seed enhancement technology pays special attention to both properties of chemical compositions and coloring of the seed. It can make film coating more efficient. Treating the seed with the light directly prior to coating is also beneficial (click on the images to enlage them). It allows consumers to avoid or decrease usage of artificial chemical protectants (e.g fungicides, etc.) when coating, in turn minimizing risk to the environment and people. Dr. Vasilenko's technology makes it possible to replace pesticide usage in film coating and pelleting processes with short-term light sterilization that is as effective as pesticide treatments but much cheaper and safer. The ingredients of organic-mineral compositions are also able to provide anti-bacterial and anti-fungal protection to the seed (http://doctorhumate.tripod.com/seedpower/index.html). Dr. Vasilenko has just completed a full-scale commercial trials at Dutch company-INCOTEC (www.incotec.com).
New Organic and Mineral Fertilizers and Soil Ammendments
PERFECTLY Natural is the next generation in environmental friendly fertilizers. Only PERFECTLY Natural products contain 100% food/feed-grade ingredients, guaranteeing cleanliness and safety. Each fertilizer and soil amendment has been scientifically formulated to "get to the root of the problem". These products promote the growth of beneficial soil bacteria allowing plants to process nitrogen and helping to make soil nutrients more readily available to the plant. Research at leading universities has proven PERFECTLY Natural products outperform other organics and even rival many synthetic products. Customers also report that PERFECTLY Natural makes their gardens more vibrant and healthier than any other product on the market. As an example, PERFECTLY Natural Tomato Fertilizer 1-2-10 provides tomatoes with strong healthy root system and an abundance of fruits, and the added calcium can protect tomatoes from blossom end rot. Dr. Vasilenko has created and tested this formulation on HEINZ tomatoes using the OMRI certified humic acids of U-Mate International Inc. (www.humate.com). He has also created several formulations of humate- based products (www.growingedge.com/magazine/back_issues/view_article.php3?AID=140164 ) for an application in hydroponics. The present stage of his work in this area are related to this company and it's President Dennis Yellowhorse Jones. Because his oustanding research with U-Mate international Inc since 2000, Dr. Vasilenko has been awarder the title "Dr.Humate (http://doctorhumate.tripod.com).
Last year (2005) "PERFECTLY Natural" Weed & Grass Killer was successfully launch in the U.S. through Wal-Mart (79.6% sell-through in less then seven weeks). As municipalities across Canada and USA continue to pass legislation banning chemical pesticides, PN Weed Killer will quickly begin replacing Roudnup on retailer's shelves. PN Weed & Grass Killer is the family and environmentally-friendly herbicide for all weed clean-up and edging application. Ingredients are all natural products. The weed killer gives a visible effects within 1 hour of application. The inventors are Dr. Vasilenko and Dr. Papadatos. Patent pending.
"In my 20 years of conducting research and based on the trials held at North Carolina State university, I have yet to see a product that acts more quickly…" – Dr. Yelverton of NCSU about Dr. Vasilenko's PERFECTLY Natural weed & grass killer.
Near Infrared Light and Cold Pasteurization
Dr. Vladimir Vasilenko, being a Senior Scientist of CERES, Inc., has developed and filed two United States Patent Applications for a proprietary Cold Pasteurization (CP) and Shelf life extension technology that maintains the healthful qualities of various beverages and fresh produce. CP is a gentle process that retains higher levels of various beverages natural nutrients, enzymes and vitamins. It has been shown by the author that infrared light has an enormous impact on reducing bacterial growth and propagation and, as a result, the treated materials (water and juices and beverages) become free of infections in a very ecologically-friendly way. "Cold pasteurization and sterilization" or CP of food (dairy products, beverages, juices, etc.) with infrared radiation saves the natural quality of the products (vitamins, flavour, structures). The high penetration ability of infrared radiation allows treatment of liquid products (milk, juices, beverages) in plastic pipe-work and therefore could reduce the process time. It could be used for in-pack sterilization as well because near infrared light can easily penetrate the glass. Commercial application of CP technology is being evaluated in the following beverage categories: 1) Carbonated Soft Drinks, 2) Beer, 3) Milk, 4) Juices, 5) Other: Water, Dairy products, Wine and Solid food and packaging materials"
An early research shows the effect of near infrared light on pasteurization of beer has been ( www.mbaa.com/TechQuarterly/Articles/2001/38_4_211.pdf ) fulfilled by Vasilenko in 1997-2000. The trials at SILLIKER Lab. (South Holland, IL: www.silliker.com ) has shown that a low power laser infrared light was able to kill up to 99.9% and more of five important pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms such as E.coliO157:H7, Listeria, Penicillium, Leuconostoc and Asaia.
New technology increases Shelf Life of Fresh Produce:
According to the Food Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), crop output is projected to be 70 percent higher in 2030 than the current output. Fruits and vegetables will play an important role in providing essential vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber to the world, feeding populations in both developed and developing countries. However, post-harvest losses of fruits and vegetables are difficult to predict; the major agents producing deterioration are those attributed to physiological damage and combinations of several organisms.
In general, it is estimated that between 49 to 80% goes to consumers in the production of a particular commodity, and the difference is lost during the varied steps that comprise the harvest-consumption system. So, annual losses of fresh produce on the market is estimated close to a hundred billion dollars.
"Vegetation enhancement light"- VEGELI is the family of supplementary lighting systems designed by Dr. Vladimir Vasilenko ( This is a low power supplementary lighting system for household fridges and grocery departments of food stores http://vegeli.bravehost.com ). The "VEGELI" light properties are: Quality enhancement by maintaining an activity of certain metabolic processes which delay senescence and boost a cellular (turgor) pressure of green vegetables and fruits directly on the shelves; Enhancement of resistance to bacterial and fungi diseases (for example, blue mold growth suppression is another benefit of Vegeli-lamps); Kills spoilage and pathogenic micro-organisms such as the following bacteria: E-coli, Lysteria, Salmonella, Bacillus, etc. and fungi: Aspergillus (mold) Penicillum, and yeast.
Infrared and Red light Increases the Shelf life of Vegetables and Fruits in a Household Fridge.
Near infrared and red light of Light can be used in new non-destructive methods of "vegetation enhancement" and "sterilization" of vegetables and fruits and subsequently increase their shelf life. Near IR radiation is able to penetrate to a specific depth (depends upon optical density of a sample) in the plant tissues and activates some important physiological processes such as respiration in the cells. Infrared light increased shelf life of such produces as Carrots, Lettuce Iceberg, Tomato, Mango, Spinach, Green Beans, Pear and Brussel Sprouts from 4 to 10 days and more (see the chart below). Red light acts mainly through the pigment system of plants (chlorophyll and phytochrome) which help to support a number of physiological processes (such as respiration) related with "life" of detached organs of plants (fruits, leaves) for a certain period of time. Six months of trials conducted by Dr. Vasilenko in 2003 show the following results:
Effect of "VEGELI" light on shelf life of fresh produce:
Broccoli ( 8 days)
Brussel Sprouts (5 days)
Carrot (16 days & more !)
Lettuce ( ~10 days !)
Mango ( 4-6 days)
Pear ( 7 days & more)
Spinach ( 6 days)
Tomato ( 8-10 days !)
Two hours (1+1 hrs/ day) exposure of fresh produce with near infrared radiation in fridge crispers results in a shelf life increase for a period from 2 days up to 2 weeks and more (click on the chart to see the datailes). Red light possesses some positive effect on shelf life of mostly green vegetables and can be used as an additional light to near infrared radiation in new models of a refrigerato. The International patent application has been made in 2004 (http://v3.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=WO2004100684&F=0&QPN=WO2004100684)
Shelf life of cut flowers and VEGELI lighting systems.
The VEGELI project introduces a new approach to address the issue of cut flowers and produce shelf life loss. VEGELI light is a light composed of light emitting diodes (LED) assembled in a special irradiating panel. Experimentation on different kinds of cultivars of roses have been performed at CERES Inc. in order to formulate conclusions with respect to the ability of new lighting systems to lessen some of the costs associated with lost revenue due to spoiled goods. The application of VEGELI light resulted in an increased shelf life of tested cultivars of roses in four different trials. Average for all cultivars and trials (24 days storage period): VEGEL light increased visual quality scores to 15%. This means VEGEL lights can provide an average 2-3 extra days of longevity for cut roses while on the shelf. However, VEGELI light was able to increase the shelf life of white roses from 7 to 12 days and the shelf life of red roses from 3 days to one week. The loss of revenue from the shortened shelf life of cut flowers, etc., can be minimized through an application of a special supplementary lighting system, the "VEGELI".
Take an advantage of the huge market opportunities:
Light, Water and Natural organics are three building blocks used by Dr. Vasilenko in his numerous inventions. The principles of this conception and some results obtained in the research of Dr. Vasilenko have been published in the following magazines and newsletters: Acres USA- A Voice for Eco- Agriculture (June 2002, Vol. 32:6); The Growing Edge (September/October 2002, Vol. 14:1); Practical Hydroponics & Greenhouses ( May/June 2002, issue 64); TQ of Master Brewers Association of the Americas (2001, Vol. 38: 4) and Greenhouse Canada (2000, 2001, 2002) and others.
The proposed shelf life technology is applicable to the 40 billion ($US) market in fresh produce world trade. Most manufacturer brands of refrigeration (both commercial and household type) and storage equipment would be potential customers for the new shelf life technology that may ultimately come from 1 to 5 billion dollars ($US) per year in sales of the equipment. Additional benefits from licensing of the patents are expected as well.
The research and data collection that has been undertaken through the VEGELI project will enable Dr. Vasilenko to introduce another product - a lighting system for the commercial market that will benefit companies, science, and wholesale and retail businesses of cut flowers and fresh produce.
Dr. Vasilenko possesses a unique ability to take the practical advantages from his academic research and make the path from scientific inventions to lucrative technologies and products much shorter. Here is the list of his research and activity in the area of development of new products and technologies:
Research and Theoretic concepts:
· "Interaction between red light and growth retardants in the plants" (Ph. D. thesis, 1992);
· Effect of near infrared radiation upon seed germination and physiological process of growth and photosynthesis of green plants;
· Synergism and interaction between red light and fulvic acids in the processes of seed germination, plant growth and development;
· Effect of environmental factors on production and utilization of carbon monoxide (CO) by plants;
· Application of coherent radiations in plant breeding technologies;
· Principles of application of humic substances in hydroponics; and
· Development of selective and environmental friendly herbicides.
Products and Technologies:
· Seed enhancement technology with light and humic substances;
· Formulations of new organic- mineral fertilizers for vegetables, trees & shrubs and for indoor plants;
· New technology of storage of fresh produce and other perishable products based on application of near infrared and red light (Patent pending);
· Cold pasteurization of juices, beverages and water based on the usage of infrared light (Patent pending);
· New organic fast-acting weed killer (Patent pending).
DEAR READER: Dr. Vasilenko would be happy to receive a feedback from you. Your interest comments and business offers would be appreciated very much!
Contact Information:
Vladimir VASILENKO, Ph. D.,
10 Spring Street,
P.O. Box 582, Maxville, ON KOC ITO,
Telephone: +613- 527-7745;
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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This was a hard decision….I love all of your cakes!
Good thing we can't eat the monitor. 🙂
Beautiful, delightfully decadent looking cakes! Yum!
The cakes were all beautiful, but I liked the elegant simplicity of the 3rd cake.
They all look great! Hard decision.
These cakes look so good, I am ready to jump in the computer and eat one!
Those cakes are beautiful! Too pretty to eat.
Let them eat cake!
All the cakes are beautiful. However, being a traditional girl at heart, I had to go with cake #1.
beautiful cakes!
Hard to choose just one.
i like your coloful one very different not so traditional
Yummy! Just coming down from the holiday sugar rush.
Just beautiful!
That was hard. They all are great!
I love the simplicity of the cream cake with ribbons!
Obviously, cake number 1 is the best: the prettiest, most artistic, and tastiest. whomever you made that cake for most have been one special bride! 🙂
The 4th one, the chocolate ribbon really impressed me! Oohhh, aahh!
I guess I am more traditional than I thought because two was a clear winner for me. All were beautiful, though.
All your cakes are Beautiful!
they are all such beautiful cakes.
These cakes are gorgeous. Wish I still lived in NJ — I'd be at your shop every day — even if it was just to admire the wonderful work you do!
They are all well done. My favorite by far is #1 with all the beautiful flowers. Too pretty to eat!
Beautiful all, but I picked number 1. I bet they taste as good as they look.
Number one
simple casual elegance
reminds me of my daughter first birthday cake
simply fab
Wow! Beautiful cakes!
I love them all! Wish I were getting married!!!
These look fantastic.
Extremely beautiful cakes. I admire anyone who has the ability to decorate cakes in this way. #1 is in my opinion the winner.
All look beautiful.
I just stumbled upon your site and your blog and must say I'm now obsessed! I love your purse cake with the martini glass and want to try my own "strawberry Dacari" version for a more simplified dessert and rim the glass with pink sugar.
I love the simplicity of the 4th cake. The pearlized fondant and color of the ribbon fit perfectly.
BEAUTIFUL work.
All of your cakes are amazing. True art. They all look so yummy!
I like the one I voted for the best, by far.
I was surprised that I loved the second cake best. Its traditional/ simple and gorgeous. All things of which I am not.
They are are so beautiful it was hard to choose!
Dang, this made me hungry! They all look so yummy.
Wow, some good looking cakes here! For me the 3rd was my favorite, but I had a hard time seeing it as a wedding cake…so I voted for the classy yellow!
They are are so beautiful
To bad you have to get married for such a tasty looking cake.
I voted for the second one because it is very sophisticated looking but simplistic.
They're all beautiful, hard to tell which to pick (especially with the small picture). Found out I'm more traditional than I thought, and I voted for the cream colored one with the ribbons.
Tanya: You can click on any of the thumbnail cake images to get a larger view
Yummmm…..hard decision!
mmmmmmmmmm…………….they all look good
Beautiful cakes!
They all look beautiful but I voted for #1!!!
This looks so GOOD!!!!
Now all I need is the wedding!
I need a second wedding now! I really love the cakes!
Six o'clock in the morning and now I want a piece of wedding cake! They all look scrumptious!
I love the classics! The first one is extra elegant so it received my vote.
If I had to make a second choice , that 60's "Mod" style cake is just vibrantly awesome!
They are so beautiful it almost makes you want to get married again.
Bright cake is cool!
I am in awe of those who have the talent to create a cake of such beauty. I think back to my own wedding (in 1984) and I laugh at our cake. My mom picked it out and I think it cost $50. I know, what a big spender…lol!
These cakes are SO beautiful!
they are so beautiful!!! how talented the bakers must be!!!
Teh pink and green cake is so unique and so vibrant–I love it!
That first cake is so traditional and so lovely, how could ANYONE like any of the others as much?
Love them all, but could only choose one.
Wow, they are all so Beautiful!! It was a tough choice, but I am old fashioned…so I picked #1 traditional!
Wow, these are great looking cakes. The green one is the best though.
All the cakes are beautiful in a different way. I choose number#1 for it's perfect balance of color, decoration and use of flowers.
can you put a fork on there so I can eat the cake? LOL
I chose the first cake as most people would love that but actually my personality calls for the gorgeous bright and colorful one. That is what I would have chosen for MY wedding. Do they taste as good as they look?
Beautiful……………I will take them all!!!!!!!!!!
Any bride would LOVE any of these cakes!
simply beautiful
I love flowers on a wedding cake
I am about to divorce my hubby so he will marry me again..just to have a reason to buy one of your cakes
absolutely gorgeous !
YUMMY looking cakes. And just beautiful. Graet work you do.
very nice!!
Hope I win the sweepstakes! Check out P CB's darling cookies, too.
I love the brightness of the one I voted on. I`m a big sweets fan,thanks for letting me enter. May the biggest CRAVER win.
i hope i win something that has the potential to look as cute as all of these cakes!
mmm…now i'm really hungry! 🙂
I wonder what filling is in all of these beautiful cakes…
Can't wait to get married just for the cake! I'm drooling.
The cakes are beautiful. I think they all look delicious and fabulous in their own way.
The first cake is my favorite but the 3rd cake looks sooooooo fun!!!!
here i am again choosing the one no one else did….geez…..
It was hard to pick between the lst cake and the 2nd cake. They both looked delicious . In fact they are were beautiful cakes.
The cakes are beautful
The last cake looked so classy to me, that was my favorite.
What wonderful looking cakes. I love the colors in the third cake.
beautiful cakes….hard decision
I'm with Darby, simple but soooo elegant is best!
love the traditional cake – gorgeous
So great! Makes me want to get married again….LOLLOLLOLLOL!
They all look beautiful and delicious. Hard decision.
They all look YUMMY
When can I meet you!!??
All the cakes look amazing. I voted for the one I would've chosen to have at my reception.
I loved the look of cake no. 1
I am so impressed by all of your work. I stumbled upon your website and am now hooked!! I can not wait to show off your cakes at all of my parties!!!!!
#1 is my FAV
loved the 3rd cake just beautiful,,,but than again i'm a great fan .it was my dayghter-in-law's 30 bithday that you made the purse cake!!!!! absolutely amazing!!! everyone was very impressed.so to all the people out there looking at pictures ,i can tell you real thing is unbelievable beauty,,,,,i'm sure my family and friends will be ordering from the PINK CAKE BOX,
Catherine – Thanks so much. You are right, the cakes sometimes look even better in person. We are still working on perfecting our photography skills.
The cakes are beautiful. I love it all. Yummy Central !
Yummy, they all look so good!!
Yummy yummy I love them all
Beautiful cakes especially #1 and #4.
Magnificent, a work of art. Wouldn't want to cut into it
I like very traditional cakes too, and don't like 'colors.' For me it would have to be cake #2, although #1 in ecru and white with flowers instead of ribbons would be OK also.
I liked 4 too, althought I would never have a brightly colored cake for ME.
The Grey Bow one has a cool effect wit the twist. LOVE IT!
i LOVE #1
Kudos to the decorator…mouth-watering confections! Like so many others it was a difficult decision but I finally had to go with your traditional wedding cake (#1) because it is magnificent. #4 is a "fun" cake and would be great for a birthday party or some spring/summer event.
I think they all look great, hard decision.
They all are very beautiful.
wow nice!
I love the second one it is so pretty
They are all beautiful but I really like the use of the flowers on number 1. Number 3 is also a favorite of mine. I love the way the icing drapes round the cake.
I vote for the first cake, the one with the flowers. Nice cake.
Pretty cake!
I am almost glad I am not getting married any time soon – The desisions for which cake and the choices for cookie favors make my head spin. Your creations are gorgeous!!! I voted for the first cake. Magnificent!!! The greatest part is that they are delicious, too! Thank you for sponsoring this contest! It is very generous of you!!! Wishing you continued success!
Very difficult decision, but I tend to go with the most traditional.
Need the classic cake so try Number 2.
Beautiful cakes for such a special day!
The first cake is gorgeous!
I like the first one. Very pretty!
My daughter, 13, is an aspiring pastry chef and we find everything you do to be extremely inspiring!
Gorgeous everything. The first cake, with the flowers, is just stunning and perfectly executed. Beautiful!
These cakes are all beautiful! Wonderful talent!
All cakes look delicious!
The 1st one is the best!!
Thank you – first one is prettiest.
All very nice
My favorite is number 1. What a beautiful cake.
These cakes look so magnificent that I almost want to get married all over again (same husband of course) just to serve the first one to my guests!
The cakes are beautiful, a lot of work is put into them.
Wow, you do great work. They are all so beautiful!!!!
wow, those are so beautiful. I want one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love the cakes!
They are all amazing, my favorite was #4, very colorful and outside the box.
The cakes are all beautiful but #1 is absolutely gorgeous.
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Your beautiful site has photos that just jump out at me. So tempting and gorgeous!
I just love the first cake but I agree that they are all beautiful!
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lol. I caved as well. I kind of went in thinking I would just get a whole bunch of tea and not worry about where I was going to put it all before my Dad came home and saw that I bought yet more tea.
Shanghai Orchid $7.50 (I hope I don't fall in love with this tea, as it is to be discontinued. )
Lavender Dreams $7.50
Precious White Peach $7.50
Peach Tranquility $3.40
Caribbean Calypso $3.90
Berry Basil Blast $6.00
Watermelon Mint Chiller $7.00
German Rock Sugar $26.95
Oval Tin (3) 7.95 (each)
Twiggy Tea Scoop $12.95
Citrus Lavender Sage $5.00
Opus Rouge $4.00
Matcha Whisk $12.95
Two Ounces on Most every tea except the Peach Tranquility and the Shanghai Orchid
Final Amount: $147.96
Sadly, for some reason I am in no mood to have tea:( Maybe once I come in from shoveling snow.
Not sure, maybe because I got so much tea and stuff they they added additional discounts? Shot in the dark as I havn't a clue
Lord Grey
English Breakfast
Apple Delight
Mango & Passionfruit
Green Tea with Spearmint leaves (nana)
Green Tea with wild berries and Passion Fruit
Green Tea with Lemongrass and Verbena
Fruit Galore
Wildberry Nectar
Rose Hip and Hibiscus
Chamomile Honey
Masala Chai
Jasmine Green Tea
Strawberry Burst
for 2.99 each
Rooibos Tea – Cinnamon and Vanilla for 3.25
The Leaves Collection – Amaretto Almond Tea for 7.99
got a 10% discount coupon
total: $50.48
I've got THREE orders on the way…
David's Tea #1 — this is waiting at the post office for me to pick up tomorrow! (It was closed today for boxing day)
- Perfect Tea Infuser
- 100g Red Velvet Cake with tin
- 50g Ceylon Star
- 50g The Earl's Garden
David's Tea #2 (Boxing Day sale!)
- Blue Bird perfect mug
- Cocktail Collection
Del Terra Tea — 1oz of each
- Blueberry Creme
- Earl Grey Creme
- Lemon Chiffon
- Cafe Vanilla
- Mother of Pearl
2oz each
My Morning Mate
White Ayurvedic Chai
Azteca Fire
CocoCaramel Sea Salt
Wild Orange Blossom
Samurai Chai Mate – 4oz
total $16.71 (including shipping)
Couldn't pass up the Della Terra and DavidsTea boxing day sales! Can't WAIT to get my paws on the goodies.
Della Terra Teas:
2oz Cafe Vanilla
2oz Earl Grey Creme
1oz Blueberry Creme
1oz Oatmeal Raisin Cookie
1oz Saveur de Paris
Mostly restocking some favourites I'm running low on, and I had to try Saveur de Paris because I've heard it's the owner's favourite tea.
Mesh Tea Ball with Charm – Rainbow
2 packs of 100 discontinued t-sacs
Mugtail Cup – Hedgehog
FORLIFE Tea for One – Teal
Curve Asian Style Teacup – Peppermint
2 Double Wall Glass Travel Tumblers – Teal, Green (can't believe these are only 12 bucks, regular price!)
I've been wanting to get some new teaware for a while now and this was the perfect opportunity. Yay for some awesome deals!
i love my asian syle teacups. i have three! …ya know…in case of company. :)
I've been tempted to get some for so long, and couldn't resist with the sale. Now I'm kicking myself for not getting two..as you said, just in case! ;) glad to hear you like em.
totally picked up too many samples to mention along with a few for Indigobloom and Kittenna from Upton since they had an extremely good price on brew baskets. If you're going to have to pay a flat rate on shipping, you might as well load up and make it worth while!
blue basket:
Finum® Stainless Steel Brewing Basket (Med.)
black basket:
Finum® Stainless Steel Brewing Basket (Large)
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Yunnan Rare Grade
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"Wu Yi" Water Fairy Oolong
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Special Production Formosa Black Tea
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Season's Pick Hattialli Estate GBOP
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China Congou Wu-Yi Golden Monkey
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New England Harvest Blend
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Christmas Tea; Mélange Noël
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Creme Caramel
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Season's Pick Vietnam CTC Black Tea
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No.1 Tippy Orthodox GFOP Darjeeling
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Pu-erh Loose Jia Ji
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Finest Russian Caravan
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Tippy Orthodox GFOP Assam
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Lapsang Souchong Black Dragon
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sounds lovely!
i'm embarrassed by how much i just spent on tea so here is just a list of the flavors…
stocking up on my favorites!!
Chocolate Orange 100g
Glitter & Gold 100g
Buttered Rum (organic) 100g
Santa's Secret 100g
North African Mint (Organic) 100g
Peppermint Amour (Organic) 100g
Midsummer Night's Dream 100g
Stormy Night (Organic) 100g
Pumpkin Chai 100g
Chocolate Cake 50g
Bubbly 50g
Gyokuro Yamashiro 25g
Davids Tea Filters (Cup Shape)
winter tree bubble teacup
"Russian blends" Assortment
Della Terra:
Custom Try Me Pack
( S'mores, Eight Candles, Dubbele Chocolade, Winter Nog, Orange Brulee
Taste Of Fall Try Me Pack
(Autumn Leaves, Gandma's Pumpkin Pie, The Black Cat, Chocolate Chai Pu-Erh, Classic Apple Pie)
i've never had kusmi or della terra teas before!
Ohh yum, so many great picks from David's! We really do have similar tea-tastes :)
And Kusmi is pretty awesome too. They have some really nice blends and of course I'm always suckered in by the pretty tins, hah.
Look, I'm not even embarrassed…
During Teavana's sale, I ordered online
2 lbs of Azteca Fire
2 lbs of My Morning Mate
1 lb of CocoCaramel Sea Salt
and 20 8oz oval tins.
with a gift card, this cost me about $40 of my own money.
Using up the money I got for Christmas and just made another order from the online webstore: www.notjusttea.com. I'm addicted to their teas. Just ordered:
Butter Cookie
Autumn Sunset
Sassy Strawberry
Coconut Vanilla Chai
Each of the these were 4oz. and included free tea bags for $11 each.
I ordered 2 tea ballers with the cutest little tea cup and teapot on them. They were 2 for $10.
My final purchase, for now, was a tea thermos @$20.
I'm out of money right now, but I'll be back.
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Arcade Fire: Mirroir Noir DVD
Who will be the next U2? Spike and I discussed it the other day, and even three years ago, the Arcade Fire were the only serious contender; Mirroir Noir cements it. They have uplift, they have bombast, and now they have the requisite artistic film-document thing. I did not come right out and say that they were the next U2 in this Neon Bible review, but read between the lines.
Wasn't Neon Bible, like, so 2007? To be reminded of it now by this DVD is to force a reassessment. I was interested in its haunting quality. In hindsight, I don't understand what the album's uncertainty was all about. Wasn't uncertainty, like, so 2002?
Love how her feet manage themselves when she plays the pipe organ. Think that the band is giving Bjork a run for her money in the "everything is music" department. Magazine ripping is percussion, and it is done together! Everything is done together! We dance in the studio! We dance backstage! Two people beating on a cymbal is better than one!
No song is completed all the way through. People walk across parking lots. People swim in the 1920s. The illusion of falling. Hypnosis. When your eyes are half-closed, distant lights become circles. People call in and hypothesize about the meaning of "neon Bible." On and on. What it means is religion is chintzy. No uncertainly required.
Dear Arcade Fire: The longtime host of The Price Is Right is Bob Barker.
"Power Out" and "Rebellion (Lies)" happen at the end, reminding you that Funeral was way better. My favorite Neon Bible moment was one that didn't happen on the album, nor did it happen in this DVD. It happened when Bruce Springsteen gave his approval by covering "Keep the Car Running" at a show in Ottawa, and when a fan in the crowd was completely overcome with joy, surprise, happiness, confusion, elation and disbelief all at once.
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This job title is starting to appear in public library service as well.
I believe it is a good idea if only to cut down on the duplication of
effort either between departments and branches, or in overlap of content
in competing on-line reference service contracts. Entry level makes no
sense to me because the nature of the position should require some field
knowledge of user needs and electronic services options.
Combining funtional responsibilities is just a fact of life - the
question is which area will get the short end of the stick. I know
librarians in public libraries who "supervise" the non-mediamobile
(bookmobile), children's services and non-media by mail programs at the
same time. So combining electronic services with media/av services is
not a big leap.
I'm a little amazed that as the need for this kind of position is
recognized, the powers-that-be even consider a librarian for the
position (job title not withstanding). They could ignore the content
issue (thanks Gary) and treat it purely as a spin-off of IT
responsibility and contract purchasing. Of course then they would
actually have to spend some real money for the position since a CNE
beats an MLS for entry level pay every time.
Instead they will advertise:
MLS librarian with 3-5 years of experience in on-line & electronic
reference services management, working knowledge of network
architectures, HTML and Java scripting. Experience in user needs
assessment and evaluation of electronic content. Demonstrated increasing
levels of job responsibility. A complete functional knowledge of
electronic resources contracts and purchasing requirements. The ability
to interface productively with vendors, supervisors and line personnel,
prepare contracts, install database management systems at the server
level, edit FORTRAN and C++, and be available to cover reference
services every other weekend and one night a week. Salary: Entry Level
- Non-Tenured
Just my opinion, of course I could be wrong.
Barb Bergman wrote:
> A colleague not on Videolib asked me to query you experts. This question is
> part practical & part theoretical:
> Have you seen or heard about libraries blending together media/AV duties
> with the newly emerging position of "electronic services librarian" (i.e.
> database guru) at academic libraries?
> What do you see as the feasibility of doing so? What are the pros & cons?
> (i.e. why you think it's a bad idea or why it might be a good one.)
> Background information: their media librarian position needs to be filled,
> but the library also needs to add an electronic services position. The
> administration is unlikely to provide funding for a new position plus two
> job searches. They would prefer to hire both, but one of the brainstorming
> suggestions was to essentially advertise "Wanted: Electronic Services
> librarian with experience/interest in AV media. Salary: entry level."
> Thanks as always for your knowledge and opinions,
> Barb
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> Giles: I'll have you know that I have very many relaxing hobbies.
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New DOE secretary promises Hanford cleanup plan by end of summer
HANFORD, Wash. -- The EPA report and the missed deadlines both set an interesting backdrop for the first visit to the site by the new secretary of energy. Ernest Moniz visited Hanford a little more than a week ago. And it was the day after his visit that workers found it was likely AY-102 is now leaking into the soil.
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My Alter Ego Has No Shame: Monica Orozco in conversation with Savannah Spirit
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Lillian Bassman's work as a photographer may have never been noticed by the art world if it weren't for a trash bag full of her negatives that were found when she was already in her 70s. Bassman got her start as an art director under the tutelage of Alexey Brodovitch at Harper's Bazaar. Working on a spin-off of the magazine, she showcased the work of photographers like Richard Avedon and Robert Frank, artists who inspired her to explore the medium herself. She developed a signature style, capturing dreamy black-and-white portraits of graceful models through experiments in the darkroom—cropping, toning, bleaching, and using gauzes and tissues to manipulate images until they took on the look of mysterious fashion illustrations.
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Orb, Jul 2001, 13.95, 304 pp. ISBN: 0312879105 When the name General is first mentioned on American TV, no one has heard of him and very few people can locate his nation Turkiston. His country happens to be a small central Asian country boarded by China and Russia. Not long after making the news for the first time, Arslan decides to begin his plan to save the planet from the spiral of corruption and destruction that its leaders seem to des...


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Simple Patterns in Veneer
Part 3: Make a 4-way match panel in veneer using mirrors, a knife and a straightedge.
By Marc Adams
Pages: 48-51
From the December 2010 issue # 187
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Veneer can be used to embellish any project. For furniture making, veneer offers three advantages: Panels can be made to any size or shape, exotic woods can be incorporated into your work, and veneer offers great design potentials. If a specific style of furniture, such as Shaker or Arts & Crafts, gives a piece of furniture a voice, then adding veneer can give that same piece of furniture a story to tell. Veneer can create strong visual elements with smooth surfaces that can make any furniture piece a showcase. The bonus to working with veneer is it's fun and easy to do.
Veneer panels can be cut to look just like boards glued up edge to edge or matched in ways to create mirror images that reflect the figure in the wood. What might seem to be more advanced veneering techniques include arranging pieces of veneer to create geometric arrangements known as parquetry, or to make recognizable images known as marquetry. Both parquetry and marquetry are relatively simple cutting techniques. Ian Kirby once said that "(F)urniture making with solid wood is like whittling: You chip away at the tree until you end up with the pieces you need. Working with veneer is just the reverse: You stick the bits together to build up furniture elements of the exact size and shape you want."
Sometimes it's more fun (and educational) to do woodworking projects that are practice pieces. You know, those projects, samples or test cuts that end up as showcase pieces that hang on the wall in your shop. This veneering project will be one of those. This simple wall panel involves the entire process of veneering from edging to pressing.
Video: Visit the David R. Webb veneer mill with Marc Adams.
Blog: Executive Editor Robert W. Lang takes you on a detailed trip through the Atlantic Veneer slicing operation and the Veneer Tech splicing plant.
Web site: Explore Veneering classes at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking.
To buy: Purchase excellent veneers from Certainly Wood.
In our store: " A Woodworker's Guide to Veneering & Inlay: Techniques, Projects & advise for Fine Furniture" by Jonathon Benson.
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Track of the Day: Forest Fire
Posted on 9/16/2013
Forest Fire - "Alone With The Wires"
"Alone With The Wires" from Forest Fire's upcoming album, Screens, has premiered on Stereogum. According to writer Claire Lobenfeld, the track "maintains the same hot and cold vibes of "Waiting In The Night" except here, the synths are what give the song its chill."
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is a group of genetic disorders that affects movement and feeling in the limbs. The disease progresses slowly and causes damage to the peripheral nerves. These nerves control muscles and transmit sensation.
CMT is classified as follows:
- Type 1 (demyelinating)—This type affects the coating of the nerve called the myelin sheath, causing nerve impulses to travel more slowly. It usually occurs in childhood or the teen years. It is the most common type of CMT.
- Type 2 (axonal)—This type affects the part of the nerve called the axons. Although the speed is normal, the size or amount of impulses is less than normal. This type of CMT is less common and occurs after the teen years.
- Type 3—Also called Dejerine-Sottas disease, this is a rare, severe, early onset form of CMT. It is sometimes considered to be a subtype of CMT Type 1.
- Type 4 (demyelinating autosomal recessive)—This is similar to Type 1, but often less severe. It is less likely to be inherited by an affected individual's children.
CMT is caused by defects in genes that produce proteins involved in the structure and function of the nerve axon or the myelin sheath. The mutation is usually inherited. Some forms occur when only one copy of the abnormal gene is inherited while other forms occur when both copies are inherited. Some other forms are inherited due to an abnormal x-linked chromosome.
Symptoms and symptom severity depend on the type of disease. Symptoms usually begin before age 20. The first sign of CMT is often a high arched foot or difficulty walking. Other symptoms may include:
- Flexed toes
- Difficulty holding the foot up in a horizontal position
- Slapping the feet on the floor when walking
- Muscle cramping, weakness, and wasting in the lower extremities—can spread to the upper extremities later in life
- Decreased sensation in the feet and legs
- Problems with balance
- Type 3 symptoms:
- Delayed ability to walk due to weakness of the leg muscles closest to the trunk
- Severe sensory problems
- Hearing loss
You may be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
You may have nerve and muscle functions tested. This can be done with:
Your doctor may need to test your DNA. This can be done with a blood test.
Although there is no cure for CMT, treatment may help to improve function, coordination, and mobility. Treatment is also vital to protect against injury due to muscle weakness and reduced sensation. Treatment may include:
- Physical and occupational therapy
- Moderate exercise
- Braces on the lower legs
- Shoe inserts to correct foot deformity
- Foot care and routine exams with a foot specialist
- Orthopedic surgery
There are no known ways to prevent CMT. If you have CMT or have risk factors, you may want to talk to a genetic counselor before deciding to have children.
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Embrace Spiritual Contentment, Stride Forth to Years of Good Fortune
The first sign of hope in 2011 silently repelled the darkness of the chilly winter in 2010, bringing afresh brightness and energy to everyone. In welcoming the beginning of a new year, Dharma Drum Mountain sincerely wishes everyone is "Content with a Blessed Life", living a joyful life of dedication and gratitude in the year 2011.
In his blessings, the Abbot President of Dharma Drum Mountain, Venerable Guo Dong, explained that Dharma Drum Mountain's theme for the New Year, "Content with a Blessed Life" is a continuation of last year's theme "Peace, Harmony and Abundance", in hopes that through practice we can embrace others, cherish our blessings, be content and happy. Furthermore, we can share our gratitude and happiness with others by contributing to society.
What is "Content with a Blessed Life"? The Abbot President quoted the late Venerable Master Sheng Yen's wisdom saying that fortune, health, status and power for which most people wish for do not equate to happiness. The true meaning of happiness is "Peace is Blessing". Whether one is at peace may well be linked to the external environment, yet the decisive factor lies in one's subjective, self-centered mindset. A mindset that is insatiable will never obtain happiness, it is like finding a needle in the haystack.
To live with contentment is to be "content with plenty, with very few or with nothing" This is a requirement for finding peace and happiness. If one always works hard regardless of one's possessions, there is no need to compare with others, the past or the future.
A truly content person has a stable mind because he knows when to advance or retreat. He does not complain when he needs to retreat and is always grateful for the good times. He always works in a steadfast manner, makes things right or even better through repentance and reflection. A truly blessed person is one who lives with contentment and few desires.
Eternal blessings lie in a contented mind. Dharma Drum Mountain extends its blessing to all Dharma upholders and everyone in the world. In welcoming the year 2011, may everyone stride forth to a year of "Content with a Blessed Life".
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I can hear the collective groan gathering on the horizon, but I'm going to report on this, anyway. "The Grudge: White Ghost" and "The Grudge: Black Ghost", the latest installments in the long-running series, is headed to Region 2 DVD on April 19th. Who knows? It might be good. I'm just kidding.
Almost as soon as the movie was over, genre-friendly distributor Magnet scooped up North American rights to Gareth Edwards' buzz-heavy creature feature "Monsters". Here's hoping the flick receives a healthy theatrical release later this year.
Rumor has it that there's a strong possibility that Frank De Felitta's made-for-TV chiller "Dark Night of the Scarecrow" is headed for DVD. VCI Entertainment is behind the project. If you haven't had a chance the see the movie yet, you're definitely in for a treat. Creepy!
If you're excited about Timur Bekmambetov's "The Last Witch Hunter", you'll be pleased to learn that a plot synopsis has finally hit the web. Spoilers abound, so tread carefully. Very, very carefully.


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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's governing African National Congress political party says that nationalization of private businesses is "off the table."
Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba made the announcement Thursday at the party's Mangaung conference, being held in the city also known as Bloemfontein.
Addressing a news conference televised live, Gigaba said: "There shouldn't be from here, forthwith, any expectation that the ANC will move out of here and start deciding who and where we are going to start nationalizing."
There have been calls from the ANC's youth league for the mines to be nationalized as the only way to equitably share the country's rich resources. There also has been recent unrest, wildcat strikes and violence at the nation's mines, one of the country's main economic engines.


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Pamela Anderson is facing a new lawsuit – from her own legal team.
The former Baywatch bombshell is being sued by law firm Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro over an unpaid bill.
The suit was filed at Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday and claims Anderson owes the company more than $66,134 in fees plus interest.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the petition claims the firm's lawyers engaged in transaction work for the model/actress in 2011.
Last year, she was sued by a Las Vegas realtor for $22.5 million for allegedly failing to honor an agreement to help him promote a condominium development. The case was settled out of court last month.


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Mandelstam, who died in a transit camp in Vladivostok in 1938, has been called the greatest Russian poet of the modern period. Jean Valentine reads and discusses his work, with an emphasis on the late poems.
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The San Ramon Valley Unified School District Technology Standards and Benchmarks define the essential knowledge and skills that students should acquire: basic operations and concepts, social and ethical issues; and productivity, communication, and research tools. The strength of these standards is the cohesion they bring to the K-12 curriculum. This standards document is not a curriculum guide. It does not reflect the order, method, or time spent teaching any topic at a grade level. Instead, these standards reflect the nature of the discipline and are intended to drive curriculum and assessment decisions. The technology skills in this document are intended to be an integral tool for learning and communicating within the context of the academic areas, not skills to be taught in isolation. Technology is a powerful tool with enormous potential to provide learning opportunities to all students. The wise use of technology can enrich learning environments and enable students to achieve greater skills and learn in ways not previously possible. Technology should become an integral part of how the classroom functions - as accessible as all other classroom tools. Because of the rapid evolution in technology, this document must remain dynamic.


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About Hideaki Kawashima
Hideaki Kawashima has developed a distinctive representational style characterized by exaggerated proportions, androgynous and sensuous figures, and monochromatic or minimal palettes—a result of the artist considering himself to be "bad at colors." Many critics have suggested the possibility that all of Kawashima's works are versions of self-portraits, but Kawashima is careful about this association: "It was not an ideological thing like a self-portrait. I think it was more like painting a character. Instead of being someone's likeness, it was my own character." His works touch upon themes of spirituality, mythical narratives, anxiety, depression, and isolation.
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Democratic lawmaker and would-be governor of Kansas Paul Davis speaks directly about what he thinks of Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's income tax cuts.
He sees them as a failed ideological experiment that is bleeding state government while endangering public education and many other services.
Ask him what he would do about those tax cuts if he's elected, and Davis' answer is softer, more ambiguous.
"Right now, I'm just spending a lot of time talking to business leaders and community leaders about how they believe we ought to grow the economy," the state representative from Lawrence said last week.
As the governor's race gets into full swing, Davis faces tough questions about those tax cuts: Would he repeal them? Chop the budget? Split the difference by delaying cuts scheduled to phase in over the next several years?
Political analysts say Davis' tone reflects his electoral bind. Leaving the tax cuts in place would undercut his criticism of the incumbent. Reversing them would make him vulnerable to charges of raising taxes.
Finally, suddenly shifting tax rates up and down could signal to investors that the Kansas business climate is too hard to predict.
"It looks pretty close to a no-win," said Chapman Rackaway, a professor of political science at Fort Hays State University. "It's a huge dilemma."
That may be why Davis — for now, at least — won't say what he would do about the Brownback income tax cuts.
"Most political consultants at this point would be advising him to avoid answering that question," said Michael Smith, a professor of political science at Emporia State University. "It doesn't have easy answers."
Davis turns the issue immediately to Brownback. He said the governor is responsible for the approaching budget storm created by the tax cuts.
The state is burning through hundreds of million of dollars in cash reserves and could be in the red by as early as next year. Voters want to hear what the candidates will do to make the economy grow, Davis said.
"What they've seen from the Brownback plan is something that is clearly not working," he said.
The Brownback campaign is quick to label Davis a tax-and-spend liberal. While Davis may not have a plan yet, the Brownback campaign says the challenger's record speaks for itself.
"The only Paul Davis tax plans we've seen are the tax increases he voted for in the past," said Mark Dugan, Brownback's campaign manager.
Dugan points out that Davis this year could have voted for an amendment — criticized at the time as political gamesmanship — to repeal the tax cuts. The amendment was rejected unanimously in the House.
A spokesman for Davis said the amendment was nothing more than election-year "political theater."
"This isn't a game," spokesman Chris Pumpelly wrote in an email. "Paul is committed to finding common-sense solutions to the problems facing our state."
Rackaway said Davis can't win the race by being "Dr. No" — a candidate who opposes everything Brownback supports.
Davis has said he will roll out specific plans later in the campaign, although he has already given some hints.
In April, Davis told the Pittsburg Morning Sun that he wanted to shift the "tax conversation" to property taxes.
Davis pointed out that two years ago he had a plan to use surplus state revenues toward property tax relief. The plan died in the Republican-controlled Legislature.
Some strategists said it makes sense for Davis to bide his time before getting too specific on taxes. Voters aren't focused on the race, and Davis doesn't want to give Brownback months to hammer away at a proposal.
Meanwhile, the governor has been set back by a series of gloomy headlines: A bond rating downgrade partly because of his tax cuts, an FBI investigation of his associates and lagging poll numbers.
"Right now, Brownback's on the defensive. Why take away the spotlight from that?" said Bob Beatty, a political science professor at Washburn University.
Eventually, Davis will have to take on the tax cuts, political experts say.
If Davis decides he wants to repeal the cuts, he would have to persuade a Legislature controlled by conservative Republicans who favor the current tax policy.
Then there's a larger question of what kind of message radically changing the state's tax structure would send to the business community so soon after cuts were enacted.
"That would never be considered a positive note by business in general," said Mike Mullis, the president of J.M. Mullis Inc., a Memphis, Tenn.-based business location consultant. "It's sending a mixed signal about long-term business cost stability."
Mullis said businesses look at their costs spanning 20 years based partly on state laws and regulations. He said political debate calling for reforms can influence how a state is measured for a potential business site.
"What businesses want is stability to do whatever they can to decrease risk," said Adam Bruns, the managing editor of Site Selection Magazine, an economic development trade publication. "Anything that's a dramatic change would certainly risk being a red flag to a corporate prospect."
Others think reversing the tax policy might scare off some businesses in the short term but probably wouldn't do any long-term damage to the state's ability to recruit.
"You certainly run the initial risk of whatever business interest there was to move to Kansas because of those low taxes suddenly running away like they're on fire," said Chris Kuehl, an economist with Armada Intelligence in Kansas City.
Kuehl said that while that might sting for a few years, businesses know they are always one election away from new policies.
Kuehl said he wouldn't expect Kansas — as stable as it has been over the years — to become an economic development pariah if the Brownback's tax cuts were canceled.
"We have seen so many states in the country make radical shifts from one policy to the next," Kuehl said. "Companies kind of get used to that whiplash. They're not surprised by it."
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Papers were debating the use and placement of next week's strips by cartoonist Garry Trudeau, whose sarcastic swipes at society's foibles have a history of giving headaches to newspaper editors.
"We've heard from a handful of papers that are uncomfortable with running the series," said Sue Roush, managing editor at the Universal UClick syndicate. "Garry has provided us with substitutes in case anyone asks."
The Texas series features a woman who goes to an abortion clinic and is confronted by several people who suggest she should be ashamed. Among them is a doctor who reads a script on behalf of Texas Gov. Rick Perry welcoming her to a "compulsory transvaginal exam," and a middle-aged legislator who calls her a "slut."
One panel equates the invasive procedure to rape and describes the device used to perform it as a "10-inch shaming wand."
"Our readers are accustomed to pointed political and social commentary in strips like `Doonesbury' and `Mallard Fillmore,"' Tom McNiff, managing editor of The Gainesville Sun and Ocala Star-Banner in central Florida, said in an emailed statement explaining his papers' decision not to run the series. "But the language the author used to make his point in two of the strips was quite graphic for a general readership."
Texas' law does not specify the type of sonogram a woman must receive, but an invasive transvaginal ultrasound is necessary to meet requirements that the doctor show the woman an image of the fetus, describe its features and make the fetal heartbeat audible in the first trimester. The procedure uses a wand inserted in the vagina to yield an image instead of a wand rubbed over a woman's belly.
Asked for a comment on the "Doonesbury" series, Perry spokesman Catherine Frasier said, "The decision to end a life isn't funny."
Several newspapers that already publish "Doonesbury" on opinion pages said the Texas series still would run, while others said they would move the series from the comics to op-ed pages.
Steve Shirk, manager editor of The Kansas City Star, said his paper would use the replacements in the comics section.
"We felt the content was too much for many of the readers of our family friendly comic page," Shirk said. "We felt that (op-ed) page was more appropriate for that story line."
Chris Mele, executive editor of the Pocono Record in Stroudsburg, Pa., said the paper will run the replacement strips during the week, but the Texas series will appear March 18 on the front of its op-ed section.
He said the paper would explain why it decided to do so and try to "have a dialogue" with its readers about the debate.
Universal UClick president Lee Salem said he wouldn't be surprised if 20 to 30 of the 1,400 newspapers that carry "Doonesbury" decided to opt out and run the replacements.
"Once every five or six months there's usually something in `Doonesbury' that causes a stir. Every two or three years there's something that causes a bigger stir. This is probably one of those times," Salem said. "Historically, that's par for the course with `Doonesbury' because Garry explores topics on comics pages that are not normally there."
Six installments of "Doonesbury" satirizing the anti-abortion movie "The Silent Scream" were canceled in 1985 when the syndicate decided they were too controversial to be distributed.
States other than Texas recently have enacted laws requiring pre-abortion ultrasounds, although Virginia removed a provision from its measure that specifically called for the invasive exam. The measure in its original form had become a target of national political columnists and the word "transvaginal" was mocked and parodied on "Saturday Night Live" and "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart."


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Directed by Luis Buñuel and released in 1953, this black and
white film, in Spanish with English subtitles, tells the story of
the jealous relationship between Francisco and his wife Gloria.
Filmed in only three weeks, during Buñuel's years in Mexico, it is
based on the memoir of an abused wife. Buñuel is quoted as saying
"It may be the film I put the most of myself into", identifying
himself with the protagonist Francisco, something that is confirmed
by his wife Jeanne, who in her own memoirs wrote about her
husband's jealousy. Later in his life, Buñuel was friends with the
psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, who is said to have shown El
to his training analysts in order to teach them about paranoia
(This and further information can be found in the book Luis
Buñuel The Complete Films by Bill Krohn/Paul Duncan Ed. Published
by Taschen).
The film opens in church where Francisco, a rich bachelor, is
the water bearer for a priest who is washing the feet of a line of
boys. During a moment of distraction, Francisco finds himself
focusing on the feet of a woman, who we find out is Gloria as the
camera pans up to her face slowly. Francisco becomes instantly
attracted to her, chasing her out of the church in an attempt at
conversation but failing to meet her until another visit to church
brings the opportunity to talk. Gloria's lack of interest in
Francisco is clear and she tells him that they cannot speak again.
However, he follows her to a restaurant, where he sees her meet
with a friend of his called Raúl. When Francisco subsequently meets
with Raúl, he learns that Raúl and Gloria are engaged to be
married. This appears to increase Francisco's determination to woo
Gloria and so he arranges a party to which the couple are both
invited. Although Gloria is initially wary, she finally falls for
his charm and we next find out that Francisco and she are married
at some time in the future. We then observe Raúl driving through
the city streets where he meets a distraught Gloria, who gets in to
his car in panic and recounts the story of her unhappy marriage. It
is this 'flashback' that forms the next part of the film.
During their honeymoon Francisco takes Gloria to see some
property, once owned by his family, that he believes should still
rightfully belong to him. We learn that Francisco is fighting a
lawsuit to regain the property, but is struggling to find a lawyer
willing to take on his case and defend his view that he is being
wronged. This is the first sight that we are given of his paranoia.
At this early stage in their marriage, Gloria remains calm and
non-judgmental, even when she begins to experience Francisco's
jealousy on the honeymoon when she meets an old male friend. From
this point on, Francisco's suspicions that Gloria is behaving in an
over familiar manner with other men grow and he begins to accuse
her in a critical and unreasonable way. She feels misunderstood by
others, who continue to view Francisco as an upstanding member of
the community and becomes increasingly isolated. After he finds out
that she has spoken with the priest about the matter, Francisco is
angry and decides to frighten her in to submission by firing a gun
with blank bullets at her.
`After further escalating threats and then actual aggression,
Gloria finally runs away. It is at this point that she encounters
Raúl driving through the city. He suggests that she must leave
Francisco, but she returns once again to her marital home, not
realising that Francisco has seen Raúl bring her home. That night,
Francisco enters her room as she sleeps, carrying rope and sewing
implements, possibly to bind her and stitch her up so that no one
can enter her, or perhaps to murder her. Whatever his intention,
she wakes in time to scream and escape from the house. Francisco
sets off in pursuit with a gun, mistaking other people for Raúl and
Gloria, but is unable to find her. When he reaches the church where
his friend the priest is delivering a service, he experiences some
frightening paranoid visual hallucinations that suggest the whole
congregation is laughing at him. Suffering from an acute paranoid
psychotic episode, he tries to attack the priest and is restrained
by the crowd. Some period of time later, we see Gloria, Raúl and
their young son visiting a monastery, where Francisco now lives in
the care of monks.
This film provides a brilliant opportunity to consider the topic
of morbid jealousy, a symptom rather than a diagnosis, related to a
number of underlying mental disorders and often co-existing with
substance abuse. Morbid jealousy refers to the abnormal
preoccupation that a partner is being sexually unfaithful. The
strength of this belief may take the form of an obsessional
rumination, an overvalued idea or a delusion. This may arise de
novo as a delusional disorder or it may be associated with an
underlying mental disorder such as schizophrenia, depression, and
substance misuse or arise in the context of a personality disorder.
The temporal relationship between the symptoms of morbid jealousy
and any other illness are crucial in determining the cause and
thereby informing the treatment.
As in the case of Francisco and Gloria, the symptom
of morbid jealousy usually carries significant risk of violence to
the partner suspected of infidelity or to the third person accused
of involvement with them, but there is also a risk of suicide. It
is for this reason that forensic psychiatrists are often involved
in the management of such patients.
An excellent review article entitled Aspects of morbid
jealousy, by forensic psychiatrists Michael Kingham and Harvey
Gordon, is available in full in the journal Advances in Psychiatric
Treatments (Advances
in Psychiatric Treatment (2004)10: 207-215). A
reading of this alongside a viewing of El would provide a
very good foundation for learning about this very important
Of additional value to students learning about mental health is
the scene near the end of the film when Francisco experiences
terrifying paranoid visual hallucinations in the church. Buñuel
manages to recreate the experience for viewers of the fear and
confusion that those suffering from such paranoid psychotic
symptoms might feel, by using point of view camera shots.
Although this film is more difficult to obtain than my usual
recommendations, I highly recommend a viewing for anyone interested
in working in the field of forensic psychiatry.
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A Cleveland woman who was missing for a decade and was found with two other missing women has told police she was kidnapped but is "free now."
On a recorded 911 call Monday, Amanda Berry said she had been taken by someone and pleaded for police officers to arrive at the home on Cleveland's west side before he returned.
She told the dispatcher: "I've been kidnapped, and I've been missing for 10 years. And I'm here. I'm free now."
Police say Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight have been taken to a hospital to reunite with relatives and seem to be in good health.
Police say a 52-year-old man was arrested. There's no immediate word on charges. Police plan a news conference Tuesday.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Police say a third woman found at a Cleveland home also had been reported missing and a man has been arrested.
Police say Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight were found Monday and seemed to be in good health.
Berry and DeJesus disappeared as teenagers in 2003 and 2004, respectively. The Plain Dealer newspaper reports Knight had been missing since 2002.
Police say a 52-year-old man was arrested. There's no immediate word on charges.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
Two women who went missing as teenagers about a decade ago were found alive Monday in a residential area just south of downtown, within a few miles of where they disappeared.
Cheering crowds gathered Monday night on the street near the home where police said Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and a third woman were found earlier in the day. The identity of the third woman hadn't been confirmed.
Police didn't immediately provide any details of how the women were found or what conditions they were in.
Berry disappeared at age 16 on April 21, 2003, when she called her sister to say she was getting a ride home from her job at a Burger King. DeJesus went missing at age 14 on her way home from school about a year later.
In January, a prison inmate was sentenced to 4 1/2 years after admitting he provided a false burial tip in the disappearance of Berry, who had last been seen the day before her 17th birthday. A judge in Cleveland sentenced Robert Wolford on his guilty plea to obstruction of justice, making a false report and making a false alarm.
Last summer, Wolford tipped authorities to look for Berry's remains in a Cleveland lot. He was taken to the location, which was dug up with backhoes.
Berry's mother, Louwana Miller, who had been hospitalized for months with pancreatitis and other ailments, died in March 2006. She had spent the previous three years looking for her daughter, whose disappearance took a toll as her health steadily deteriorated, family and friends said.
Two men arrested for questioning in the disappearance of DeJesus in 2004 were released from the city jail in 2006 after officers did not find her body during a search of the men's house.
One of the men was transferred to the Cuyahoga County Jail on unrelated charges, while the other was allowed to go free, police said.
In September 2006, police acting on a tip tore up the concrete floor of the garage and used a cadaver dog to search unsuccessfully for DeJesus' body. Investigators confiscated 19 pieces of evidence during their search but declined to comment on the significance of the items then.
No Amber Alert was issued the day DeJesus failed to return home from school in April 2004 because no one witnessed her abduction. The lack of an Amber Alert angered her father, Felix DeJesus, who said in 2006 he believed the public will listen even if the alerts become routine.
"The Amber Alert should work for any missing child," Felix DeJesus said then. "It doesn't have to be an abduction. Whether it's an abduction or a runaway, a child needs to be found. We need to change this law."
Cleveland police said then that the alerts must be reserved for cases in which danger is imminent and the public can be of help in locating the suspect and child.


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New rules would increase opportunities for sportsmen and women as bobcat population expands
Under Gov. Andrew Cuomo's "Open for Hunting and Fishing" initiative, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is proposing changes to regulations that would provide increased hunting and trapping opportunities for sportsmen and sportswomen for the growing bobcat population. DEC Commissioner Joe Martens has announced that rules related to a five-year bobcat management plan are now open for public review and comment.
"Regulation changes are needed to implement several strategies in the recently adopted bobcat management plan," he said. "The changes to the bobcat hunting and trapping seasons will increase opportunities for New York sportsmen and women, accompanied by rigorous monitoring requirements to ensure that harvest levels are sustainable."
DEC adopted the bobcat management plan in October, following extensive public input. Comments submitted on the draft were important in finalizing the plan and developing this rulemaking proposal. DEC will accept public comments on the proposed regulations through April 8.
The bobcat population has increased over the past several decades throughout upstate New York.
"DEC's bobcat management plan provides for the continued well-being of this unique species," Martens said. "The proposed regulations will allow for some additional harvest with controls to ensure that populations are not adversely affected."
Observation reports and analysis of harvest data have made it clear that bobcats have increased in abundance over the past several decades throughout upstate New York, although they are rarely seen in the wild due to their secretive behavior and nocturnal habits. DEC estimates New York's bobcat population to be approximately 5,000 animals and growing, even in areas where regulated hunting and trapping seasons have been in place since the 1970s.
In accordance with the management plan, the proposed regulations simplify season dates in areas where hunting and trapping seasons have been open for many years. The plan also establishes new hunting and trapping opportunities in several wildlife management units across the Southern Tier.
As part of the state's "Open for Fishing and Hunting" initiative, this year, Cuomo's executive budget proposes that hunting and fishing licenses be simplified and fees be reduced. For more information, go tohttp://www.governor.ny.gov/press/02202013-ny-open-for-fishing-and-hunting.
The specific regulatory proposals can be seen atwww.dec.ny.gov/regulations/propregulations.html. The proposed rule can also be viewed in the Feb. 20 publication of the New York State Register, which is posted on the DEC website atwww.dos.ny.gov/info/register/2013.html. Citizens who wish to make formal public comments may do so by writing: Mr. Bryan L. Swift, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233; email:[email protected].
For more information about bobcats in New York, including the recently adopted management plan, visit www.dec.ny.gov/animals/9360.html.


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MEXICO CITY -- Sandra Avila Beltran, the so-called Queen of the Pacific, arrived in Mexico City on Tuesday, transported from the United States after serving time there for drug trafficking. She was being dispatched to another jail in central Mexico, authorities said.
A rare woman in the upper echelons of Mexican drug cartels, Avila still faces money-laundering and related charges in Mexico, according to her attorney.
Pictures of Avila, under a police escort at the airport, showed a woman far different from the sexy, vivacious one usually seen in older photos. Now 52, she looked much chubbier, and her hair was slightly graying.
Originally, federal authorities said she probably would be transported to a women's prison in the state of Jalisco, where the money-laundering charges were filed. That, coincidentally, is the state where drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero walked out of prison this month after a court ordered his release on a questionable technicality. Caro Quintero, convicted of the 1985 killing of U.S. narcotics agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena, had served 28 years of a 40-year sentence.
However, a spokesman for the attorney general's office later said Avila was being sent to a federal maximum-security women's prison in the neighboring state of Nayarit; the one in Jalisco is a medium-security state prison. Mexican media reported seeing two helicopters escorting a federal airplane taking Avila to Tepic, Nayarit.
Avila was arrested in Mexico in 2007 but acquitted of drug charges in a Mexican court. Last year, however, she was extradited to the United States. There, in a plea bargain, she admitted guilt to a lesser charge of aiding a drug-trafficking boyfriend and, last month, was sentenced to nearly six years in prison.
Almost immediately, a court ordered her release for time served.
Avila's exploits, whether real or mythologized, made her the subject of movies, books and narcocorridos, or songs about flamboyant denizens of the drug trade.
"My story is completely detached from the power that they say I've had for a very long time," she told El Universal newspaper after her 2007 arrest.
Authorities beg to differ. Two of her husbands were corrupt police officers killed after they joined drug-trafficking gangs, and she is the niece of one of Mexico's giants in the cartel business.
Among more than 200 properties seized from Avila that were suspected of being used to launder money were several tanning salons in Jalisco that go by the name Electric Beach.
At one point, U.S. law enforcement officials accused Avila of being a key link between Colombian cartels producing cocaine and their Mexican counterparts who assumed control of nearly all transport of the drug to the United States.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Financial markets are sliding after the Federal Reserve said it could end its huge bond-buying program by the middle of next year.
U.S. stocks fell sharply in midday trading and the yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to the highest point since August 2011. Gold led a rout in commodity prices.
The Dow Jones industrial average was down 209 points, or 1.4 percent, at 14,902 in midday trading Thursday.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index was down 25 points, or 1.5 percent, to 1,603. The Nasdaq composite fell 51 points, or 1.5 percent, to 3,392 points.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note climbed to 2.41 percent.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday the central bank could end its bond purchases by mid-2014.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City subway construction worker who got stuck chest-deep in mud for nearly four hours says he's looking forward to having a beer, relaxing and golfing after he gets out of the hospital.
Joseph Barone of Lyndhurst, N.J., told the New York Post (http://bit.ly/XqJ3LJ ) it got extremely cold the minute the mud sucked him in.
He's being treated at Weill Cornell Medical Center following Tuesday's ordeal. He's in serious but stable condition.
Barone was working on the Second Avenue subway in Manhattan when he became stuck in the tunnel 75 feet below ground.
More than 150 firefighters helped to rescue him.
Barone says the rescuers kept reassuring him. He says he remained calm but did worry who would provide for his family if he didn't make it.
Information from: New York Post, http://www.nypost.com