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Once upon a time called Friday afternoon, a North Fort Myers resident Veronica Kiser returned home from work to find somebody parked in her garage, Lee County Sheriff's Office said. Kiser went inside to find that somebody had been sleeping in her spare bedroom and was still asleep on the spare bedroom floor.
And another teen was sleeping in the house as well, LCSO said.
Kiser recognized one of the teens — 14-year-old Sebastian Williams — through his interactions with her son. She called 911. LCSO deputies said they arrived as the foreign (to the home) car, a Cadillac SUV, started to back out of the garage. After stopping the car, they say they found Williams at the wheel and 16-year-old Anthony Edwards riding shotgun in a car that was definitely too hot — as in stolen.
After arresting Williams and Edwards, LCSO said it found the teenagers had stolen a Nissan Thursday night in Cape Coral and driven it 10 miles to the Moody River area. Once there, they pulled several burglaries and stole the Cadillac before heading to Kiser's house.
Williams and Edwards each have been charged with grand theft, grand theft auto, car burglary, home burglary, petit theft, misdemeanor marijuana possession and probation violation. Each was on juvenile probation that required them to be in school when they skipped school to play Goldilocks at the Kiser house.
No word on whether they sampled any porridge before going to sleep.
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Continuation of the Office of Community College Research and Leadership. Final Report (July 1, 1990-September 30, 1991).
Illinois Univ., Urbana. Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education.
The Office of Community College Research and Leadership project involves research, technical assitance, information dissemination, and leadership activities for postsecondary Illinois vocational-technical education target audiences, especially community college administrators. "Update" newsletters and "Research Briefs" reporting current research and information were developed and mailed to approximately 750 educators in November 1990 and May 1991. A survey of needs of Illinois community college vocational-technical education was conducted. The office concluded a technology transfer study in fall 1990 and distributed a final report and executive summary. It conducted tech prep research and development efforts for the Illinois State Board of Education's Department of Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education. Presentations were made at national meetings about research efforts. The office conducted two leadership graduate education courses. These products were delivered: Illinois Tech Prep Planning Strategies Handbook; Final Report; Update newsletter and Research Briefs; Executive Summary: Illinois Community College Vocational-Technical Education (ICCVTE) Survey; and Building World Market Competitors: Illinois Community Colleges Transfer Technology. (These appendixes--the bulk of the document--follow the 22-page report: Update newsletters and Research Briefs; Building World Market Competitors, Status Report Summary and Recommendations; Executive Summary, ICCVTE Survey; and two journal articles.) (YLB)
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Ugandan Youth activists to petition Parliament, to make contraceptive services universally accessible and affordable.
Youth health activists in Uganda have vowed to petition the chairperson of the health committee of parliament of Uganda over the need to priorities and increase investment for reproductive health services and supplies by making contraceptives services universally available, accessible and affordable to all young people.
This was during the 2016 Post World Contraceptive Day Community Activation held Saturday 15th October 2016 at the Kasangati Grounds in Wakiso district. The community activation was organized by Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum in partnership with Public Health Ambassadors Uganda, the Youth Equality Center Uganda and Naguru Teenage and Information Center under the theme; "Contraception; It's Your Life, It's Your Responsibility"
The community activation that gathered over 300 people and mainly adolescents and young people was aimed at; demystifying myths and breaking, stigma and the taboos surrounding contraceptive use among sexually active young people, increasing community knowledge on availability, accessibility and utilization of contraceptive services, increasing access to quality sexual reproductive health services including HCT services, Contraception services, menstruation hygiene information and products, Blood Donation, Cervical cancer and Breast cancer screening among others. The activation also aimed at Increasing community knowledge on the role contraception plays in reducing unsafe abortions and preventing maternal mortality and injuries.
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WordPress has an interesting way of handling user profile images – avatars. Let's see in more details how it works and how to improve it.
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Rise and Fall of the Chief Data Officer
With the rise of reliance on data and analytics, there needs to be someone whose focus is pinpointed on these numbers. In some cases, the Chief Data Officer (CDO) is the ambitious individual who is taking on this responsibility. In an article for InformationWeek, Lisa Morgan explores what precisely makes the CDO successful or a complete failure.
The most likely organizations to employ a CDO are those that are large in structure and operate in highly regulated industries. Smaller organizations can get away with dividing the responsibilities of the CDO's role to other positions, such as the CIO. A Forrester survey unveiled that 45 percent of the respondents appointed a CDO and that "top performing" companies were 65 percent more likely to appoint a person to the role. More mature companies tend to lack the right skills and tools to uncover all of the hidden data because they were not originally established to do so. A CDO is the key to leading them to the data minefield right under their noses. CDOs are the people who understand the business and the opportunities. They can translate the often complex mathematics and algorithms into items that can be understood by the business at large.
Currently, it appears as though CDOs are hired to do boardroom-level CIO tasks. This indicates that there is a skill gap in CIOs that needs addressed. This role is becoming a necessity for many organizations.
A great CDO will be able to effectively implement change, a task that is often difficult because humans resist the different. They need to have the authority and ownership to do this, or their position is a waste. Additionally, they should be seen as equal peers to other members involved in the C-suite.
Reaching competency in data-related issues is an arduous task, which is why so many organizations invest in CDOs. However, this will only prove effective if the CDO's position is clearly defined from the beginning. Additionally, do not just hire a CDO because you want the status in your organization. Maybe they are truly not needed and will only deter from more pressing affairs. Generally speaking, a CDO is hired to fill the gaps.
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MetaTrader4 is a powerful and convenient tool used for technical analysis and trading in the markets, it also happens to be one of the most popular trading platforms available today. The cutting-edge platform was developed and released by MetaQuotes Software Corp. in 2005 for online trading in the Forex,Contract For Differences (CFDs) and Futures markets.
MT4, as it is more affectionately called by traders & brokers alike, can be downloaded completely free of charge from www.metatrader4.com/en/download or through the majority of online brokers. The MetaTrader4 provides all the tools and resources that traders need in order to analyse price action, watch live streaming charts, manage trades and take advantage of the automated trading techniques offered. In 2010 MetaQuotes Software Corp released a successor, namely the MetaTrader 5, although in comparison it has been quite slow on the uptake and as of today the majority of traders still use the original MT4.
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Ensure that the "I agree to subscribe to your newsletters" box is selected/ticked in order to click the 'next' button and complete the process. Finally, once your account has been successfully created, the data will begin to update automatically and your new best friend (charts) will appear on your screen J
The MetaTrader4 will open with four chart windows, each one showing a different currency pair. The 'tool-bars', which is crowded with icons, are located at the top of your screen. Below the tool-bars, on the left side of your screen, is the Market Watch window, whicMT4 Platformh lists a variety of currency pairs along with the corresponding bid and ask prices. There are two tabs that are located at the bottom of the "Market Watch window: One is called "Symbols," which shows the list of currency pairs and the other is called "Tick Charts" which can be selected to show the current price activity of any of the listed currency pairs.
Below the "Market Watch" window is the "Navigator" window. Here, you can view your account, as well as a variety of indicators, "Expert Advisers" and "Scripts."
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Tens of thousands of Floridians were hunkering down in shelters for a direct hit from the monster storm, after more than 6.3 million ― nearly a third of the state's population — were ordered to evacuate, ALJAZEERA reported.
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Michael Hernandez, adviser to Miami's mayor, told Al Jazeera: "We've taken unprecedented measures to protect our residents.
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Doctors Medical Center took over operation of Stanislaus Behavioral Health Center on Thursday, ending 13 years of county ownership of the acute psychiatric hospital.
Stanislaus County sold the 67-bed hospital on Claus Road because of federal regulations limiting how the county could operate the center. The name will change to Doctors Behavioral Health Center.
Under a contract with the county, the hospital will still care for Medi-Cal patients and uninsured people who are having psychiatric episodes. County mental health staff will continue to provide emergency assistance to law enforcement and emergency rooms, said Denise Hunt, director of county Behavioral Health and Recovery Services.
"We are committed to making this work," Hunt said. "There will be bumps in the road the next few weeks, but we will be continuing to use the facility to place people."
Doctors Medical Center, which agreed to an $11 million sale price, is operating the hospital through a management agreement with Horizon Health Inc. George Rex of Horizon is the interim director.
As of Thursday, the hospital had enough psychiatrists on staff to accommodate patients in about a third of the beds.
"With regard to psychiatrists, we have enough coverage for 24 patients," said David Eich, a spokesman for DMC. "We have a plan in place to increase that volume by the end of the month. We will divert (patients) if necessary so we can stay within the guidelines."
Eich said the hospital has nurses and support staff for at least 45 patients.
With the sale of the hospital, county Behavioral Health and Recovery Services eliminated 115 positions, of which only 54 were filled. Twenty-eight chose to take other positions with the county and the others either went to work for the new owner, retired or took other jobs, Hunt said.
The hospital cares for mental health patients until they can be safely released. The average stay in the center is five days, Hunt said.
DMC officials said there are no plans to change the hospital's primary role. An agreement sets aside 35 beds for county patients; the remainder of the beds will be for patients with insurance.
The hospital was formerly owned by National Medical Enterprises, the previous name of DMC's parent corporation. The company sold the hospital to the county in 1994.
Bee staff writer Ken Carlson can be reached at email@example.com or 578-2321.


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Interview with Ilona Filipi: Moove AgencyTell us a little bit about your agency? Moove Agency has been established in the early 2010 and is almost 3 years old now and have 5 team members. We specialise in design & development of websites that run on the WordPress content management system. We believe that websites should be beautiful in & out so to speak. Just like the Apple philosophy Beautiful on the outside (front-end design), beautiful on the inside (content management system). Where did you study [...] Read more »
Catalin Petolea: Shooting full time while enjoying mountain trips!
Comments (3) October 5, 2011, Author: Lucie Navrátilová, Categories: Interview, PhotographerHow did you started with photography? Somewhere in 2005 I bought a Sony point and shoot and started to play with it. After that I replaced it with a Panasonic FZ20 which had a f/2.8 Leica lens (wow!) still point and shoot but this one was the camera on which I learned most of the technical aspects of photography. After that I realised it's the moment to get more serious, since it appeared that photography will stick with me for [...] Read more »
Interview with Natalia Lukiyanova – Microstocker from Russia (and no she doesn't drink Vodka)
Comments (1) August 22, 2011, Author: simon, Categories: Design, Interview, PhotographerI'd like to introduce Natalia Lukiyanova from Russia, a fab microstock content producer focusing on illustration. Tell me a bit about yourself I am 34 years old, I was born and live in Russia. I – a freelancer, I like that it gives you the freedom, you can plan your own work and leisure. I love to travel, yet not visited very many countries, but is still to come:) I love animals of all – from insects to whales [...] Read more »
Interview with Nice Monkey – Microstock Producer and Freelancer from EnglandI'd like to introduce Michael Travers from Nice Monkey. Along with producing fantastic microstock content, Nicemonkey.co.uk is an independent place to get advice on the stock photography and illustration workd, with a regular blog covering software review, latest technology, news about the industry and the lastest goings on of Nicemonkey.co.uk. Tell me a bit about yourself. I have worked in the print/design area since leaving school, doing such things as camera operator, past-up, final film planning and finally studio manager. [...] Read more »
Interview with Jo Ann Snover – microstock photographer
Comments (1) July 26, 2011, Author: simon, Categories: Design, Interview, PhotographerWe;d like to introduce another of the many photographers who have recently joined Pixmac to offer their content – this time it's Jo Ann Snover - How long have you worked as a photographer, and how did you decide to start shooting stock photography/microstock photography? I've been taking photographs for about 25 years, but did not do it professionally prior to starting as a microstock contributor in 2004. I started submitting to microstock almost by accident following a radio program [...] Read more »
Interview with Ivonne Wierink – Stock photographer from the NetherlandsCan you please introduce yourself to our readers? I am Ivonne Wierink, 57 years, born and living in the Netherlands. For how long time you have worked as a photographer/photo agency, and how did you decide to shoot photography? For the past 4 years, I have been a full time stock-photographer. In 2007 I had a tough back operation, and was forced to lay on the bed for months. I had plenty enough time to surf on the internet with [...] Read more »
On the Couch with Damian from DesignersCouch.orgDesignersCouch is one of my favourtite resources for today's savvy designers. So I interviewed Damian Mandray it's founder to find out more about the ethos behind the website….. Tell us a bit about yourself, where you are based, and how DesignersCouch came about? I'm a designer from Guyana, lived in Toronto for 5 years and now I'm based in the USA. I'm not based in any specific location, I'm quite nomadic right now travelling around the US looking for my [...] Read more »
Interview with Hugo De Wolf – CEO of Core[pics]Tell me a bit about yourself. I like your name – 'Hugo de Wolf' sounds like a 1940′s movie star to me. A '40′s movie star? Nah. I'd rather spent time behind the camera, than in front of it, although 40′s sounds about right, age wise. An Industrial Design Engineer by experience, and after a side step in New Business Development, I've spent the last 5 years as a full time photographer. I'm also a husband and father. I enjoy [...] Read more »
Lisa F. Young: My Love Affair with Microstock Photography
Comments (0) April 25, 2011, Author: Vitezslav Valka, Categories: Interview, Photographer, ShowcaseLisa F. Young is one of the well known photographers actively participating in discussion forums. Her collections around various themes sell well in the marketplace and we're delighted to welcome her at Pixmac. We've already been discussing a number of topics relating to the microstock marketplace and Lisa now adds some of her thoughts around a few more of my probing questions. Read more »


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Ayurveda medicine is an ancient practice rooted in India. It bases its practice on the knowledge of the energies that rule the body and the relationships between the physical, intellectual and spiritual components of a person. The Ayurveda tradition teaches us that when the energies are unbalanced our health is compromised. In order to keep them in equilibrium, we need to have a healthy diet, have a fair amount of physical activity and meditate.
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Get To Know Globetrotting For Good
By Joseph Morgan, co-founder & executive director
Globetrotting for Good is an Austin-based nonprofit with a mission of spreading goodwill around the world by helping people conveniently make meaningful contributions to charitable organizations at home and abroad, making philanthropy a way of life, and turning world travelers into world changers one small act of kindness at a time.
Globetrotting For Good supports charities around the world through an innovative network, making it easier for caring people to get involved both at home and abroad. By simplifying the means through which you can contribute time, money, supplies, skills, and manpower to organizations in need, we hope to create a culture of giving back to your community and to those less fortunate everywhere. Our idea is that small contributions from many can outweigh large contributions from a few. Instead of just competing with other nonprofits for funding and resources we hope to assist them by bringing you to their cause and to their rescue. Our objective is to make contributing simple and available to as many people as possible and to expand the idea of philanthropy as a way of life and a way of travel.
It's Not Too Late to Join the Team! Bolivia Volunteer Trip August 18 - September 7, 2016
In August, we're heading to Bolivia with a small group of dedicated volunteers to partner with local nonprofit, Up Close Bolivia, in the renovation of three classrooms in the charming community of Mallasa. We'll also repair a playground in a remote village, stock several rural libraries with children's books, and donate hundreds of pounds of supplies to local organizations. Before, after, and between all the work, we'll visit some of the best sights this friendly, fascinating country has to offer. We'll spend a day as volunteer Zebras doing community work in La Paz, visit the beautiful "white city" of Sucre, tour the fascinating active mines of Potosi, cross the world famous surreal salt flats of Uyuni by jeep, and do a multi-day, eco-friendly trek of the beautiful countryside. As always, our volunteer trips are the perfect blend of hard rewarding work and genuine travel experiences. Spots are limited so please email ASAP.
If you're interested in supporting these much needed projects but don't have the time to join us, we have two excellent options:
Contribute to our supplies donation by August 10. We're bringing a trove of gently used goodies for the students and need Spanish picture books, smart phones, Kindle readers, ink cartridges, arts & crafts books/DVDs and more. Click here to see our full Wishlist.
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Sharmila Nicollet won the third leg of the Women's Pro Golf tour 2013 as she shot a one over 71 to beat Neha Tripathi by two strokes at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club,here today.
Sharmila who started off with a birdie on the first hole followed by a bogey played a par round till the 12th hole. Her
consecutive bogeys on 13th and 14th hole followed by a birdie on 16th helped her finish the final round at one over 71.
Neha Tripathi who was the only player today to shoot a par round,finished as the runners up to the tournament falling short by two shots from the winner. Her birdies on the first and 13th and two bogeys on the ninth and 14th helped her finish round three at par 70 and a total score of 213.
Veteran golfer Smriti Mehra had another disappointing day as she carded three over 73 and a total of 216 to finish third. Smriti had double bogeys on the first and sixth and a bogey on the 18th with two birdies on second and seventh holes.
Rani Sonti finished fourth with a final round score of four over 74 and a total of 222. Vani Kapoor finished fifth with a total score of 225 and Saaniya Sharma was placed sixth with 226.
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Whole beef tenderloin with dark thyme sauce (1 quart)
Serves 10 $195.00
Horseradish cream can be provided at $10 per pint
Beef Stroganoff
Goujons of beef tenderloin and button mushrooms in a white wine and brandy laced sour cream sauce
$18.75 per lb.
Beef Bourguignon
$14.95 per lb.
Beef Wellington
Tenderloin topped with mushroom duxelle, truffle mousse pate & encased in puff pastry, dark thyme sauce
Whole ( serves approx 10 ppl ) $245.00
South African curry beef & chutney pie- topped with cinnamon custard
$58.00 Serves 10 ppl
Dijon Crumb Crusted Roast Rack of Lamb
Served with rosemary garlic jus ( 8 ribs per side)
$44.50 per rack
Lamb Curry
Tender pieces of braised leg of lamb in an aromatic curry sauce garnished with diced apricots, potato and carrots
$ 18.00 per lb./ 5 lb. Min. order, Condiments additional
Shepherd's Pie
Ground Lamb simmered with onions, peas & fresh rosemary topped with creamy mashed potato
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Roast Pork Tenderloin
Whole marinated with a green peppercorn sauce
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Pear, Ginger & Cranberry Stuffed Pork Loin
With Dijon bordelaise sauce $14.00 lb./ 4lb. min. order
BBQ Pulled Pork
We can provide slaw, corn bread & buns (priced separately)
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Lundy's Mustard & Molasses Glazed & Sliced Ham
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Winona LaDuke is an internationally renowned Native American Indian activism and advocate for environmental, women's, and children's rights. She is founder and Campaign Director of the White Earth Land Recovery Project, preservation-based land acquisition, environmental advocacy, and cultural organization, and founder and co-chair of the Indigenous Women's Network.
As one of northern California's most exceptional literary gatherings, the Geography of Hope Conference brings together leading writers and activists to the coastal village of Point Reyes Station for a three-day feast of readings, discussions, and activities to inspire and deepen an understanding of the relationships between people and place.
We interview presenters, Lauret Savoy and Wendy Johnson, and Steve Costa, co-founder of Black Mountain Circle, a co-sponsor of Geography of Hope.
Tracing memory threads Lauret Savoy's life and work: unearthing what is buried, remembering what is fragmented, shattered, eroded. A woman of African American, Euro-American, and Native American heritage, she weaves together stories we tell of the American land's origins and the stories we tell of ourselves in this land. Her latest book, Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape, won the 2016 American Book Award. It was also a finalist for the PEN America Open Book Award among other honors. Lauret is a professor of environmental studies and geology at Mount Holyoke College, a photographer, and pilot.
Wendy Johnson leads meditation retreats nationwide as an ordained lay dharma teacher in the traditions of Vietnamese teacher Thich Nhat Hanh and the San Francisco Zen Center. She co-founded the Organic Farm and Garden Program at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in Marin County, which inspired her book Gardening at the Dragon's Gate. Since 2009, she has served as a founding instructor and mentor at College of Marin's Indian Valley Educational Organic Farm and Garden.
As native people here in West Marin and throughout the world have taught us, we can best care for the land by knowing its history, by cherishing its stories, and by actively working to protect it. The Conference hopes to stimulate conversations honoring ancestral connections to this and other landscapes—whether Native American, European, African, Asian, Latino, or elsewhere—that will lead to dialogues between generations and cultures to help us reconnect to place and restore balance to Mother Earth.
"This is a time of unprecedented threats to clean water and air, national parks and forests, and to productive farmland," conference founder Steve Costa says. "Clearly in the coming months and years, we will be called upon again and again to act to protect our fragile ecology. We will be called upon to decide what kind of ancestors we will become."
David Morris, a part-time local resident of Point Reyes Station, and long-time activist who co-founded the Institute for Local Self-Reliance in 1974, then gave a short overview of "the big picture." He observed that we were seeing an unprecedented centralization of power and the monopolization of the media in the Trump administration, where the President is governing as a CEO. He warned that the merging of corporate and political realms is dominated by the corporate goal of increasing earnings. This is the definition of fascism. He also pointed out the ominous trend toward privatization of the public sector and the pre-emption of the state by the federal and the city by the states through conditions attached to vital funding.
We talk to Sharon Weil about her new book, ChangeAbility: how artists, activists, and awakeners navigate change, which is so very relevant in these times in which we have a regressive President and his administration, whose intentions are to take us backwards eradicating all the progressive gains we've made over the years for economic and social justice, and protecting the environment, and our Mother Earth from climate chaos.
Claire Hope Cummings is an award winning author, broadcast journalist, and environmental lawyer. Her stories are about connecting people, place and plants and respect for the ancient wisdom of traditional land based cultures. She is author of Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds. She is a member of a group called Wise Words that is searching deeper in these turbulent times, and HOW we do community.
Kerry Nelson, author of One Small Difference: Step Into Action for a Better World. This is an eight week workbook for people who want to change the world and serve in the world. It's for those who think about volunteering but never make the call; for activists looking for a group of like-minded citizens; for parents overwhelmed by the climate crisis and seeking ways to respond; for recent graduates seeking meaningful work in their communities. This workbook helps guide people who have good intentions into first steps into action.
KWMR Epicenter featuring Charles Nichol, immigration attorney, who talks about Protecting Immigrant Rights in the light of Trump's deportation policies and the ICE raids. Eleanore Despina of the Immigrant Protection Committee of the local group resisting Trump is also on the show.
President Trump recent actions maybe overwhelming, but they have also inspired a tsunami of activism. Starting here in West Marin and Sonoma counties, how do we coordinate our work with national efforts to first thwart, and then overcome existential threat to our planet, the Constitution, and our daily lives? Hear from local activists capturing this wave of activist energy and strategic thinking to help us direct our efforts to the maximum effect in both the short and long-term. And finally, Norman Soloman will cover the national perspective.
We have a conversation with Norman Solomon and Dennis Cunningham on what they see happening now that Donald Trump is President, and how we can take back our democracy. Is it possible to reform the Democratic Party? What are different kinds of organizing, and what to advocate? - Protest, vigil, direct action, lobbying, issue campaigns, or electoral politics. Playing offense? Or just defense? Where should our organizing focus be: local, regional, state, national, or international? And why? And a run down and wrap-up events over the weekend.
Groups in communities all over the country are coming together to protect their communities and resist the Trump Agenda to repeal ObamaCare, to deport Mexicans, start a Muslim registry, roll back environmental, labor, and financial regulations. We talk about a new local group forming to protect the West Marin community.
Our previous Post Carbon Radio show on Nov. 28, 2016, we talked about Emerging New Technologies: Synthetic Biology & Gene Drives - Should We Be Concerned? We now have the ability to alter the code of life creating new and novel forms of life not found in the natural world. These new discoveries give us unprecedented power over the natural world but raise troubling ethical issues.
On this show, we focus on genetically modified trees. Our guests are:
*Anne Petermann, Executive Director of Global Justice Ecology Project. Anne is also the Coordinator of the Campaign to STOP GE Trees. She has been involved in movements for forest protection and Indigenous rights since 1991, and the international and national climate justice movements since 2004.
*Claire Hope Cummings is an environmental journalist specializing in stories about the environmental, health, and political implications of how we eat. For six years she produced and hosted on KPFA, a popular weekly public radio show on food and farming in Northern California. She regularly reports on agriculture and the environment for public television in San Francisco. Claire also writes for periodicals, webzines, and news services. She is author of Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds.
Both Anne and Claire were featured in Synthetic Forests: the Dangers of Genetically Engineered Trees, a video documentary on the risks of irresponsibly introducing genetically engineered trees into the environment. http://asilentforest.info/
*Mark Dowie, West Marin author and journalist in the studio. He is a former publisher and editor of Mother Jones magazine. His recent works include Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year Conflict Between Global Conservation and Native Peoples and American Foundations: An Investigative History. He has written and published over 200 investigative magazine articles and has won 19 journalism awards including four National Magazine Awards. Mark retired recently from The University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism where he taught science and environmental reporting and foreign correspondence.
We interview Helen Cane, who is a 21 year-old senior at Barnard College, a private women's liberal arts college affiliated with Columbia University in New York City. She is here in Point Reyes Station during the holiday season visiting her mom, Sarah Cane and aunt, Pamela Wright. Helen is a co-founder of the fossil fuel divestment campaign at Barnard College, called Divest Barnard, an effective year-long student campaign to convince Barnard's administration and Board of Trustees to consider divesting its endowment from fossil fuel companies. She was instrumental in the research and writing of the 60-page Presidential Task Force on Divestment report to enable the Committee on Investments and, subsequently, the Board of Trustees, to make an informed decision about whether to seek divestment from companies that extract, process, distribute, and sell fossil fuels. Over the course of nine months, the Task Force weighed the financial and fiduciary responsibilities of the Board to grow the value of Barnard's endowment and the moral and ethical issues surrounding Barnard's responsibility to do its part to address the climate change issue.
Our other guest is Will Parrish. A quote from a CounterPunch article by Cal Winslow: "Will Parrish is a young journalist in Mendocino County. He's a rare type in his field these days. He is fearless, he takes on the hard targets, the biggest ones he can find, and he writes with passion and commitment. If we still have muck-rakers, literary crusaders in the best sense, he's one." In October, Will wrote an article in the North Bay Bohemian about SPO Partners in Mill Valley and other Bay Area financial institutions that are invested in the Dakota Access Pipeline
On Defending Our Environment & Protecting Our Progress on Climate Change. Recorded on December 19, 2016 at San Rafael High School.
- Congressman Jared Huffman, 2nd District of California
- Bruce Riordan, Climate Readiness Institute
- Michael Wall, Natural Resources Defense Council
-Drew Caputo, Earthjustice Attorney


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Kelly W., Dental Assistant/Front Office Manager
Kelly is a registered dental assistant who joined Dr. Patel's team in 2015. Prior to becoming the front office manager Kelly had many years of experience working in the back office as well.
In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her family, cooking, crafting, and watching funny cat videos.
Carmen B., Dental Assistant
Carmen has been working in the dental field for over 10 years when she joined Dr. Patel's team in 2014. Her favorite part of her job is getting to know the patients and helping provide them with a positive dental experience.
In her spare time she enjoys cooking for her family as well as the Fullerton Craft Smiles team.
Maria V., Dental Assistant
Maria joined Dr Patel's team as a Registered Dental Assistant in 2017. She enjoys providing patients with the best care possible and make sure there's a safe environment around them.
During her spare time she enjoys to go to the movies with her husband and spending time with her family.


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- September 24, 2018
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Why Not Try Narrow Boating for Your Next Vacation?
If you are looking for that vacation with a difference, why not consider hiring a narrow boat for a week or two and hitting the British canal routes? With a stunning network of intricate canal paths, all looked after and cared for by the superb workers of the British Waterways, this is most certainly a trip with a difference.
A few years ago, I was invited to speak at a conference in Birmingham, England. A few yards from the sizeable convention arena I was due to be appearing at, stood Birmingham Gas Street Station, the heart of the Birmingham Canal Navigation. For those of you who are unaware of the location, Birmingham is home to a staggering 100 miles of canal routes – with many who sail these courses even claiming the number is on a par with Venice!
While this is perhaps the hub of this canal route attracting a vast number of tourists per day, I had heard that the Birmingham canal route took in some of the most rural waterway routes and many were off the beaten track. Just my type of vacation, I finished my scheduled talk and headed to the main junction to pick up my vibrantly colored narrow boat, or as the British like to call it, a barge. I then traversed the locks to move away from the hustle and bustle of Birmingham, the UK's second largest city, and within a couple of hours, it felt as though I was in another world.
Experiencing a Different Kind of Holiday
When you first take a narrowboat vacation in the UK, you aren't just left to get on with it on your first day. Far from it. The helpful and friendly operators who organize these types of holidays will take you through a morning of training and then guide you out to a training section of the canal way before you are unleashed on your own!
I have taken a narrow boating vacation before so I could skip this process this time, but it is always offered to you alongside mandatory safety instructions should you ever need to fall back on them during your trip. In fact, if you book in ample time before collecting your dedicated narrowboat, you are sent a link to an information pack which has a 40-minute video detailing everything you will need to know during your trip, so you arrive fully prepped before even boarding!
Only when you are comfortable and feel ready to navigate the waters on your own, do you sign off to confirm you are all systems go, yet if you would like further help, guidance or training you can request the services of an attendant with you for a part way of your trip.
Life on Board a Narrowboat
What always makes this type of vacation stand out is not only the beautiful routes, which many people drive over or around without even knowing of their existence but the superior quality of the boats themselves. My choice was a thoroughly modern 44-foot-long narrowboat with all the amenities you would expect from a newly renovated apartment!
With a very quiet diesel engine, there was a sizeable stern deck with ample space to stand outside and admire the scenery taking some of the views in, sat on a typically British deckchair at many of the stops! Having chosen such a large boat, there was also a small seating arrangement of the front of the boat which I liked to sit out on each evening and watch dusk fall while parking perfectly in between the sway of the many weeping willows around me. Many a night I spent witnessing pheasants going about their evening across the tremendous breathtaking pastures of the many UK farming counties, all from the comfort of my home upon the water!
What tends to put most people off with a narrow boat is the living arrangements. Yet, each boat I have hired has offered better and more comfortable living space than most luxurious hotel rooms. My choice came complete with heating, two adequality size bedrooms, a fully fitted kitchen which included an oven and fridge, as well as a full-sized shower room. And yes, there was also a proper toilet which flushed very well!
A Narrow Boat Vacation Can Be Enjoyed by Everyone
This trip, I was on my own and consequently sailing through the UK canal paths on my own. While I do like to do this time and time again, just to disconnect and completely switch off, I have taken a similar trip to this with a larger group of friends before. I can, therefore, say that if you are a larger group or even a family with younger children, this is perhaps one of the most exciting types of vacations you may ever experience.


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Mapping AutophagyUK papers
Who and where AutophagyUK researchers are is shown here.
But where are most of the autophagy papers in the UK coming from?
By retrieving from scopus the papers published with the keyword "autophagy" and with at least one author from the UK together with the affiliations of their authors we could map the number of papers published to their location in the UK.
You can see that the AutophagyUK network is quite spread around the country with the top 10 autophagy institutes being: University of Cambridge, UCL, Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, King's College London, University of Oxford, University of Manchester, University of Edinburgh, Imperial College London and the University of Glasgow.
At present 1730 UK articles have been published on autophagy, with the earliest from 1968, when 2 papers were published: one, an electron microscopy study of the gut of the locust Schistocerca gregaria, and the second a study on the effects on short-term starvation on a portion of the mouse kidney. [EDIT: Apparently there is an even older paper, published in 1965 describing cytolysosomes, the then alternative terminology for autophagosomes, in erythrocytes. See the discussion below]
Until 2000 only an average of 2 papers per year were published on autophagy, after which the rate steadily increased, reaching an average of 230 papers published each year between 2010-2014.
Also available in the metadata is the country of origin of the other co-autohors in the selected publications, which can give an indication of the international collaborators of the AutophagyUK researchers. Again, very few countries were not involved in at least one study, with the winning collaborating countries being USA, Italy, and Germany with 383,143, and 128 collaborative papers respectively.


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50 kilometers away from Holguin is where you'll find Guardalavaca Beach. It's considered to be one of the most beautiful beaches in Cuba, ahead of even of Valadero! This area has numerous hotels, so that the supply of accommodation is extensive. Bariay is the beach where Columbus came to the Americas from Europe.
Villages in Holguín
During our journey from Guardalavaca to Camaguey our bus broke down and we had to stop at Holguin and wait while it was repaired. The village was not part of our planned route, but we were pleasantly surprised to discover this town, which you can see in the photos. Holguin is protected by a ring of mountains which surround it, and that are also worth exploring. It is a modern city which does not have too many tourist services. However, in my opinion, it is worth visiting. The best starting point is the Plaza Calixto Garcia, the most important square in the city. Near the square, is the birthplace of Calixto Garcia.
Abbeys in Holguín
The Loma de la Cruz
I describe it as a penance, because it is. There are 465 steps leading up to a hill 275 meters above Holguin, a staircase built in 1950. But it became a must-visit spot in the city in 1790, at which time a cross was erected in hopes of ending the drought, and it's also a pilgrimage destination where annually on May 3rd a mass is held at its summit. Walking up takes about 20 minutes from the city centre, and I highly recommend buying water along the road, particularly in the small park with the plant remains of hurricane "Ike". A 1.5 litre bottle of water will disappear by the time you reach the top. I similarly recommend going first thing in the morning or late in the afternoon, when the heat is more bearable. But of course, there is another option, and you can go by car up the road that gradually comes to the summit, just like the architects responsible for overseeing the reorganization of the city did. But, of course, going by car just isn't the same.
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Holguín beach
The trip we took from the island of Havana, was fantastic. We headed from Holguin to the small town of Velasco. It was a very charming Cuban village, with fabulous beaches, Horseshoe Beach is fantastic, clear and calm water, with very few tourists. From there we traveled to Santiago another charmingly beautiful and hospitable Cuban place.
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Sunset at BeachPesquero
A beautiful beach, its surroundings and the tranquility
Nightclubs in Holguín
Casa de La Musica Holguin
Of Touristic Interest in Holguín
Dolphinarium, Cayo Naranjo
Cities in Holguín
Islands in Holguín
Cayo Saetia Island


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Rich and Dee take a closer look at the DUP and their alliance with the Tories. Ian was stuck in Cornwall because his car was broken.
We're back with something of an election special. Actually, we're considering a weekly show covering whatever election is being inflicted on the British people that week.
Honesty time. I didn't know I hadn't posted this episode. I knew there was one that really needed posting, but this one was there too. I'm really sorry to you all that we've gone this long without releasing anything. Hopefully this episode will help.
In times where there's nothing to talk about that isn't depressing, just review X-Men movies.
The world has gone to poo. Can we do anything about it? I should also mention that I wouldn't have used the word Poo if I wasn't scared of getting thrown off podcast directories.
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Friday, December 30, 2016
A Christmas-y Screencap Game {Answers}
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Whoa! I actually got 8 right! I was completly quessing. Ah, Little Lord Faunteroy, in a version I haven't seen, such a great pick! Thanks again, this was so fun!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Seriously? Wow. I would never have guessed it! ;) You certainly sounded like you knew these movies. You must be an expert guesser, or something! :)Delete
Oh, really? Which Little Lord Fauntleroy have you seen?
Thank YOU, MovieCritic! It was so fun having you play. :)
I guess so!Delete
I have seen a 1936 version which has Mickey Rooney, as a side character. I should rewatch it, it's been awhile.
Aww! Thank you! You always have such fun games!!
Oh I know that one! We saw that version years ago. Only we never actually got to finish it because the DVD was scratched part way through. :(Delete
Thanks I'm glad you enjoy them. :)
Oh! That is never fun. Not to metion annoying. I hope you are able to see the whole thing sometime!!!Delete
I do!!!!
Exactly. So frustrating. :P Yes, indeed. Someday hopefully! :)Delete
Ha! Can't believe I placed!ReplyDeleteReplies
Wonders never cease, eh what? Haha. ;) Seriously, though, you did an excellent job. Thanks so much for playing! :)Delete
Lovely game Miss March!!! I am so sorry that I didn't played it. I really am sorry.ReplyDelete
I was busy with school and everything. They were planning everything around christmas, on school. :)
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I hope school is going well for you. Did you have a good Christmas?
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Well today has turned out to be rather fantastic to say the least! I say today, if being pedantic I mean yesterday but I can promise you I will forget to say that so let's just pretend it is still Saturday for now.
First up – a trip to pick up a stair lift for my Mum in our beloved LDV Convoy. We had lent it out to one of my sisters in law to move and it had been gone over a week, was great to have it back – Bert and I love a day out in it. So, off to get the stair lift we go, from a house where my Mum is a private Nurse.
Now, not that I expect anyone to be able to confirm, but these things are hellishly heavy!! I really wished I had been able to help Bert get it into the van but half an hour later, and with a combination of ratchet straps, boards and sack trucks it was safely installed in the back.
Just over the road is a Supermarket with a household section so we thought we would pop over as Mum phoned in the middle of it all with the most random request possible – dishwasher tablets! So, dishwasher tablets duly acquired we had a gander round the home wares section. It is our first Christmas in our new home as a married couple so we decided to buy the kitchen table a present – a table cloth and mats. Oh I tell you, I know how to live the high life now I am married!! If someone had told me 3 years ago I would be with married to Bert picking out table cloths I would have laughed in their faces. Yes, it is official. I am, to borrow a term, turning into a 'smug married'! The only thing they didn't have was a table runner so Bert came out with the fantastic idea of going to B&Q for one?? Methinks ulterior motive and was proved right!
Up we go, and yes, most definitely an ulterior motive! We decided when we moved we were going to get a new Christmas tree as both ours were a bit tatty. God, they had some really nice ones up there but after much debating on his side and even more compromise on mine, we agreed on a nice traditional green (fake because a real tree would give me an asthma attack) tree of the alleged Scandinavian Pine Variety. Ok, I am being harsh, it is a lovely tree, just not my taste. I have seen so many friends who have been pure in love before their weddings for it only to go tits up as soon as they are married as neither seems to think they should budge. I think I am going to use this blog to document my first year of marriage too, with regards to compromise etc. Bert does so much for me, I can hardly put more on him, so if he wants a green traditional tree as opposed to the conical pop up black one that had caught my eye, I can more than live with that. His will still be in fashion when the one I wanted will be relegated to the civic amenity site within a couple of years due to it ageing!!
Oh god let this have worked as I am now pulling what is left of my hair after radiotherapy out!!! Anyway, my idea of a nice slimline 6′ conical tree were dashed for something along the more traditional line, but it makes Bert Happy and that is the main thing. So all 7′ off Christmas tree (the box was BIG) safely ensconced into the back of the van, it just so happens that 'Pets At Home' is at the other Industrial Park, about a 2 minute drive away, so off we went to go and have a look. I think I was being placated at this point, only to find when we turned the corner a bit Curry's and PC World staring ame at the face – I need to get out more!! I had no idea it was there.
So, I dismounted (half pike, twist and somersault) from the van into Lilith and was duly wheeled in. Honestly, when I get better I am going to go into planning – I would have had to be on steroids to have the strength to push myself across that car park! Well, Pets At Home finally helped me out with something I have been wanting for a while. I had wanted to get a pet, just for myself. The kids have dogs, Bert has tropical fish and I genuinely fancied a corn snake some time after Christmas as company for me when I am sat in bed for days after a bad bout of fits. The reason I wanted a corn snake is that they very easy to take care of, need feeding once or twice a week and, after the initial setup of vivarium, bulbs, furniture etc, would cost about £4 a month to both feed and keep warm and looked after.
I met a lovely guy up there who was buying stuff for his pet collection and he gave me some valuable information. He also gave me a borderline 'interview' to see if I had really thought properly about the cost involved and was more than satisfied that I had. All this time, Bert was off looking at the fish so when I asked him to come over and have a look at this beauty

the look was as plain as the nose on his face. It was going to be a no. God love him he tried, but I can read him like an open book. So, I have decided that once I have got my driving license back I will rethink it. It is a shame, but I have to contemplate who would look after it if I was taken into hospital and the suchlike and I don't think he would be up for it. I know we have only been married a month today but the only way this is going to work is compromise every step of the way, and I am more than prepared to compromise on this one.
So, with my new found need of having a pet dissipated, we headed off to PC World (some where we would both love) for a look. WOW was it full of rubbish and highly inflated prices!! Windows 8 was a huge let down, so off I wheeled to the accessories section. Now I am an apple fangirl and not ashamed to say so. I have the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 (would have a Mac Air but finances do NOT allow that kind of spending!!). I had tons of fun in there looking at all the stuff.
Bert and I went to have a look at the televisions. Now, a couple of years ago when 3D first started rearing its ugly head again, we had the discussion as to whether or not 3D or Internet TV was the way forwards. I have always been on the Internet TV side of the fence and our current setup is a 40″ Toshiba TV and the latest 500GB PS3 (the last one they are releasing before the PS4). I use it primarily for Netflix, LoveFilm, iPlayer – you get my drift. I am not a huge gamer but that is only because I haven't found one I want just yet. So with hitting on vouchers, flash deals etc, we managed to get a 40″ Internet TV setup for £500. Wow am I glad we did considering the prices of the stuff in there! Bert was convinced that 3D was the way forwards but had to agree, the only place it really works is at the cinema. The TV's just aren't a patch on what we have come to expect.
Talking of flash deals – I did a really good thing yesterday morning. Amazon had a Black Friday flash deal on for the Kindle Fire which Myles has asked for for Christmas. Oh yes, you guessed it!

This little beauty is now winging its way to us at a saving of £70. God I am on the ball this year!!! And this was at 6am so I am rather proud of myself to say the least.
Not going to lie, I was a little disappointed that Bert didn't share my enthusiasm for a corn snake so I consoled myself with a half price pair of these little beauties
so not all bad at all. I have been using 'in ear' headphones since I was in hospital so as not to annoy my fellow ward mates, but I find them very uncomfortable – well comfort be damned, I adore these new ones! They are fantastic and as I am completely deaf in one ear, I can fiddle round with them to get the volume just how I like it.
Unfortunately that did kind of bring our shopping and mooching trip to a stop as yep – Captain Epilepsy struck so we came home to WW3 breaking out. Now, I am a bit hazy on what happened but Elizabeth had been home sick yesterday and let Myles in at lunchtime. He had forgotten his key so left her asleep in the house all afternoon with the door unlocked. She went back to her Dad's, Myles came home and locked the door. Unbeknownst to me, Bert had popped out to get Myles' prescription from the chemist and had been inadvertently locked out so I am in bed (I am not allowed out if Bert pops out for 5 mins), Myles is in his bedroom and Bert is ringing the doorbell. I asked Myles to go and open the door but he misheard me and the doorbell kept going which can cause me to fit so I went down to unlock it, only to trip over my own feet on one landing as Myles got to the front door.
Much yelling between Bert and Myles ensued which set me off into a simple so I had to try and get the words out that I wanted Bert to apologise to Myles as it was ME that had tripped over my own feet, NOBODY else had caused it!!! Oh god, never a dull moment I tell you!!
This is what I mean about me being over sensitive. I felt awful for hours about it all when I know there was no need, but it caused about 4 seizures. I so need to try and get this sorted, but it doesn't help when the neurologist doesn't want to see me until October next year.
Right, according to my reckoning it is coming up to 5.30am so I am going to go and get coffee, and put the news on and try and start the day in the hope that it will be seizure free – wish me monsters!


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Will service robots replace service dogs?
It's not exactly huggable, but researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have engineered a robot that they say can perform all the duties of service dogs, and more.
"Service dogs have a great history of helping people, but there's a multi-year waiting list. It's a very expensive thing to have. We think robots will eventually help to meet those needs," said Professor Charlie Kemp, of the Georgia Tech Department of Biomedical Engineering.
They could also be cheaper, Kemp says, costing a fraction of the $16,000 it takes, on average, to breed and train a service dog.
And, even better, it can do all that without getting distracted by food, seeking affection or relieving itself.
At 5 feet, 7 inches, with wheels and prongs instead of paws and a tail, "El-E" (pronounced "Ellie") doesn't look anything like a real dog, smell anything like a real dog, or act anything like a real dog.
But the focus of the project is to duplicate the helpful physical actions of service dogs, such as opening doors, drawers and retrieving medication — not the emotional support they bring (at no added charge) to their owners.
Kemp presented his findings this week at the second IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics – BioRob 2008 – in Scottsdale, Ariz.
The robot service dog responds to verbal commands, issued in conjunction with use of a laser pointer. If a person needs an item fetched, that individual would issue a command and aim a laser pointer at the desired item.
Kemp and graduate student Hai Nguyen worked closely with the team of trainers at Georgia Canines for Independence (GCI) in Acworth, Ga. to research the interaction between individuals and service dogs, according to a report in Science Daily.
"The waiting list for dogs can be five to seven years," said Ramona Nichols, executive director of Georgia Canines for Independence. "It's neat to see science happening but with a bigger cause; applying the knowledge and experience we have and really making a difference. I'm so impressed. It's going to revolutionize our industry in helping people with disabilities."
In total, the robot was able to replicate 10 tasks and commands taught to service dogs at GCI – including opening drawers and doors, according to the Science Daily article. Other successes included opening a microwave oven, delivering an object and placing an item on a table.
"As robotic researchers we shouldn't just be looking at the human as an example," Kemp said. "Dogs are very capable at what they do. They have helped thousands of people throughout the years. I believe we're going to be able to achieve the capabilities of a service dog sooner than those of a human caregiver."
Kemp got started on the project after his wife brought home an energetic goldendoodle named Daisy about a year and a half ago.
Ultimately, Kemp and co-researchers plan to train El-E to do things not even highly skilled service dogs can do, such as dial a cellphone for help or relay information about its companion's condition to a doctor.
"A lot of people have looked at robot dogs for entertainment and companionship," Kemp said. "But we said, 'Hey, what about looking at this in terms of physical assistance?'"
Posted by John Woestendiek November 2nd, 2008 under Muttsblog.
Tags: assistance dogs, biomedical, command, dogs, El-E, georgia tech, handicapped, laser, robot, robotics, service dogs, technology
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