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|Horse Motels International
|Worldwide horse motel directory for the traveling equestrian
Big Iron Ranch, LLC
Kenlyn Stables
Sandy Creek Ranch, LLC, Marvin and Desirae Royer
L&M Ranch, Lindsey and Matthew New Listing
46911 Fields Road
Avondale, CO 81022
Tel: 719-439-0267
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Location on Google Maps (Confirmed)
Facilities: 8 stall barn with runouts on half, 50' round pen, corral, detached 3 stalls with runouts, riding area. More to come in the near future. Currently, we can accept up to 5 horses for overnight stays at one time if requesting to use the barn. Water will be available on site. $25 a horse a night and a discount for more than 2 horses. Feed and alfalfa are available for an additional charge if needed.
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Andersen Farms, John Andersen
1000 E 160th Ave.
Broomfield, CO 80023
Tel: 720-201-4672
E-mail: email@example.com
Web Site: http://www.andersenfarms.net
Location on Google Maps (Confirmed)
Facilities: Indoor box stalls 12' x 14', we will provide first bedding and have water ready. We also have roomy outdoor pens with shelters. Round pens, indoor and outdoor arenas for exercise. Indoor wash rack with hot water. Trailer parking and plug in available.
Location: We are just off of I-25, just 20 miles north of Denver. Hotels, restaurants and gas stations all within 10 minutes.
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JB's Horse Motel, Joan B. Chandler, Owner/Manager
Facilities: 5 indoor stalls w/runs, outdoor pens, pastures, feed available at extra charge, outdoor arena & camper hookup with electric and water and overnight parking. 3 bedroom, 2 bath 14' x 76' mobile home, new well, We are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We're 20 miles from Bonny St. Park. Advance reservations appreciated.
Cactus Creek Ranch, Ric and Sandie Noring
18550 Midway Ranch Road
Colorado Springs (Fountain), CO 80817
Tel: 719 382 5601 or 719 651 6677
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web Site: http://www.cactuscreekusa.com
Location on Google Maps (Confirmed)
Facilities: We have over 100 indoor 12' x 12' stalls, indoor and outdoor exercise areneas, RV hookups and plenty of trailer parking. We have a very nice bunk house with a hot shower.
Location: Midway between Pueblo and Colorado Springs, right next to I-25, exits 119 and 122, easy access.
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Kenlyn North, Katie Fisher
KGO Ranch and Tack, Kim Mills-Borchers and George Borchers
Don West Horse Hotel, Don West New Listing
Lost Miner Ranch and Equestrian Center New Listing
200 Homestead Road
Gunnison, CO 81230
Tel: 970-901-4900
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web Site: http://www.lostminerranch.com
Location on Google Maps (Confirmed)
Facilities: Safe, secure, spacious outdoor steel paneled pens. Easy access off the highway. Quality grass hay available for purchase. Pens are cleaned daily for no additional charge. Lighted, indoor arena, large outdoor arena, round pen, BLM trail access, 5 miles to town with numerous hotels and restaurants. Trailer parking is available. Advance reservations required. Horse motel is open April - October.
Location: 5 miles east of the charming town of Gunnison, CO. Located on the south side of Highway 50 between mile markers 162 - 163.
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M Lazy C Guest Ranch, Ron Heck
Gateway Stables, James Pearl
Laporte, CO 80535
Tel: 970-286-1626
E-mail: email@example.com
Location on Google Maps (Not Confirmed)
Facilities: 12' x 12' stalls with 12' x 24' runs, 120' x 60' indoor arena, 150' x 300' outdoor arena. New apartment for guests.
Location: Take Hwy. 287 north out of Fort Collins for 4 miles then turn right on Overland Trail, go 100 yards and turn left onto 56E. Our property is about 1 mile on the right. We are about 4 miles to CSU Veterinary Clinic
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WZ Ranch, Tom and Phyllis Ellis New Listing
Facilities: Our facilities are spacious, clean and horse-safe with large 25' x 25' indoor stalls, 50'x 50' paddocks with loafing sheds and 12' x 60' indoor-outdoor
runs as well as LQ trailer pads and hookups and 40 acres of weed free pastures. WZ Ranch also offers a round pen and a large indoor arena with excellent footing for
training, events, and riding activities year-round. Discounted rates at a local hotel.
Location: Between Colorado Springs and Larkspur and within easy access to and from I-25.
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| Owen Quarter Horses, Candy Owen
9477 CO Road 15 (Frontier St.)
Longmont, CO 80540
Tel: 303-910-1903
E-mail: email@example.com
Location on Google Maps (Confirmed)
| New Listing
Facilities: Safe and experienced horse boarding; overnight or monthly. 12' x 16' heated stalls, or 12' x 12' stalls, insulated barn with pipe runs. Huge outdoor and 150' x 220' indoor arenas. Bedding provided, feeding can be arranged. $25/35 per night includes bedding.
Location: Located 5 miles east of I-25, 30 minutes north of Denver. Exit 240, then go east on Firestone Blvd. 3 miles to Frontier St (baseball field on the right), turn south (right), go approximately 2 miles. Look for the big black, iron sign "Owen Quarter Horse" on the right. Follow the dirt road to the sign that points you left. Go to big the green barn straight ahead.
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Windy Creek Ranch, LLC
10500 N. 49th Street
Longmont, CO 80503
Tel: 303-877-4829
E-mail: email@example.com
Location on Google Maps (Not Confirmed)
Facilities: Covered box stalls with runs. Small turnout available. Use of indoor/outdoor arenas, wash rack. Hay/shavings available for purchase. Dry camping (no hook ups) available.
Location: We are located 15. minutes north of Boulder or 15 minutes west of Longmont. Many wonderful trails and shows nearby.
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Ceili Connemara Farm New Listing
Facilities: Large apartment with two queen beds, kitchen, satellite TV, private bath and covered patios. Freshly cooked breakfast included. LQ trailer parking with facilities to trailer. Four show barn
stalls, shavings and hay provided, turn out, and small arena.
Cimarron Stables, RaeAnne Hadley New Listing
67290 LaSalle Road
Montrose, CO 81401
Tel: 970-308-5311
E-mail: email@example.com
Location on Google Maps (Not Confirmed)
Facilities: Paddocks with misters, indoor and outdoor arenas, round pen, wash rack, owners on-site. 3.2 miles from the Montrose County Fairgrounds. 11 miles from The Black Canyon of Gunnison.
Location: One mile off of Highway 50. 3.2 miles from the Montrose County Fairgrounds. 11 miles from The Black Canyon of Gunnison.
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Pahgre Ranch, LLC New Listing
Winter Sage Ranch, Julia Seglund
862 66.00 Rd.
Montrose, CO 81041
Tel: 970-596-2861
E-mail: email@example.com
Web Site: http://www.wintersageranch.com
Location on Google Maps (Confirmed)
Facilities: Indoor stalls with 30 foot runs, arena, round corral, wash rack and hay. Room for RV's and trailers.
Location: 1 mile north off Highway 50 in the town of Montrose. Turn north on Hillcrest Drive at the first stop light coming from Gunnison. Centrally located in beautiful western Colorado. Close to the fairgrounds and plenty of mountain riding!!
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Greenhorn Horse Hotel, Gay Christie
Pueblo, CO 81004
Tel: 719-924-0341
E-mail: email@example.com
Web Site: http://www.greenhornhorsehotel.com
Location on Google Maps (Confirmed)
Facilities: Well lit and secure. Our barn has four 12' x 12' stalls w/30' runs, two 12' x 42' pens, plus a 40' round pen available for use. We are open 24 hours a day 7 days a week for stabling needs. Ride from our guest stalls into the adjoining countryside or leave your horses with us and enjoy the non-horsy attractions of Southern Colorado. Hook up your trailer or R.V. right next to your horses or stay in near by motels. Rates are $20.00 per stall with discounts available for multiple horses. Trailer hook-ups are additional.
Location: We are approximately 20 miles south of Pueblo on I-25. Exit #77 (Abbey Rd./Hatchet Ranch Rd.). We are on the west side of the Interstate. Entrance is on the sevice road. Look for sign.
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Facilities: New paneled runs (24' x 12'), outdoors with no cover yet, with fresh water (heaters for winter). Big rig accessible. Proof of negative Coggins test,
current health certificate and brand inspection (for out of state travelers) required. Rooms for the traveler are $35.00 per night and my pens are $15.00 per night. You can stay with us or not. We
have electricity and water for campers. I'm not an official bed and breakfast but can rent rooms and offer our guests breakfast (and dinner, if you arrive
around dinner time).
Bridle Bit, LLC, Steve & Amy LeSatz New Listing
1599 East County Road 82
Wellington, CO 80549
Tel: 970-978-9724
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web Site: http://www.bridle-bit.com Location on Google Maps (Confirmed)
Facilities: FACILITY: 4 -Indoor 12' x 12' stalls with 32' runs with automatic waterers - $25.00; 2- large corrals (1 with overhang shelter and 1 with windbreak shelter) and automatic waterers – will hold up to 4 horses each - $18.00 per horse; 1- 3 acre turnout pasture (fenced in smooth wire and electric wire) available with automatic waterers and windbreak shelter - $15.00. Grass hay and shavings available for purchase. Current Coggins and health papers required. Open from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. After hours fee - $50.00. Weekly Rates available!
OTHER AMENITIES: Hookups for LQ trailer or RV – water, electric and sewer, $35.00 per night. 2016 camper trailer, "The Bunkhouse," available for rent…sleeps up to 4 - $95.00 per night. ADM Animal Nutrition Dealer– in-stock Seniorglo, Moorglo, Mineral and other ADM Horse products. Days Inn in Wellington is 15 miles drive to the south. Hotels in Fort Collins are a 20 mile drive to the south and Cheyenne is just 29 miles to the north.
Location: Within minutes of many of the amazing Colorado trails and CSU Equine Hospital and half hour drive to Cheyenne Frontier Days!
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Interstate Stables, Marge Enke
Facilities: New metal horse-barn with 12' x 12' box stalls, outside runs, auto-waterers, outdoor
arena and round pen. Lots of room for trailer parking and 3 electric pedestals for LQ trailers so you can stay with your horses. Bagged shavings are available.
Reservations are appreciated but not required. Owner lives on site and we're open 24/7, so please call ahead if possible. Full services are available in
Wellington, including a newer Days Inn (970-568-0444).
Sunny L East L.L.C., Sarah Longchamps and John Daschle New Listing
24925 RCR 17, Box 330
Yampa, CO 80483
Tel: 970-638-1063
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web Site: http://www.sunnyleast.com
Location on Google Maps (Town of Yampa)
Facilities: Boarding facility with outdoor communal pastures, paddocks and round pen. Our pastures range in size, no shelter (as of now); mostly smooth wire/wood and year round creek access. Our paddocks are outdoor with shelter, mostly wood with some wire, one has access to creek, other has a trough, ideal for up to 2 horses each. Our large round pen is perfect for an overnight stay. We do not have trailer hook ups but you may dry camp overnight if requested. Large area for trailers and turning around. Please bring your own hay or ours can be provided for additional fee (please specify at time of reservation) We live on site of our 65 acre ranch.
Location: We are 5 miles north of the town of Yampa with easy access off of awell maintained county road. The small town of Yampa offers a hotel and a restaurant. We are very close to multiple trails and hunting access. The Flat Tops Wilderness and Dunkley Pass area is nearby. We are 5 miles from Forest access. We're approximately 30 miles south of Steamboat Springs and approximately 45 miles north of I-70 near Vail. Please call ahead for availability and reservations if possible.
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Pio Marmaï, Jérémie Elkaïm and Eddy Mitchell star in this French drama that follows the efforts of a man determined to find his own identity. With his cantankerous father Georges (Mitchell) having succumbed to a neurodegenerative disease after suffering a stroke, and his brother Luc (Elkaïm) afflicted by manic depression, Romain (Marmaï) has finally had enough of being the dependable 'rock' of the family. To this end, and with his 30th birthday rapidly approaching, he decides to grab the bull by the horns and confront his problems full on, in the hope that he will finally discover the man that he's always wanted to be.


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S.2194 - Pell Grant Protection Act113th Congress (2013-2014)
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Pell Grant Protection Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to set the maximum Federal Pell Grant for which a student may be eligible for an award year at a specified amount, increased for inflation each year, plus any additional amount specified in the last enacted appropriation Act applicable to that award year.
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Title: 맏이 / The Firstborn
Chinese Title: 老大
Also known as: Oldest / The Eldest
Genre: Melodrama, Family, Romance, Period
Episodes: 54
Broadcast network: jTBC
Broadcast period: 2013-Sep-14 to 2014-March-16
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 20:45
A drama about the firstborn of five siblings, taking care of the rest to become successful people in society after losing their parents early in the 1960s.
Main Cast
Yoon Jung Hee as Kim Young Sun
– Yoo Hae Jung as Young Sun (young)
Jae Hee as Park Soon Taek
– Chae Sang Woo as Soon Taek (young)
Oh Yoon Ah as Lee Ji Sook
– Noh Jung Ui Ji Sook (young)
Park Jae Jung as Lee In Ho
– Oh Jae Moo as In Ho (young)
The Five Siblings
Jo Yi Jin as Kim Young Ran
– Park Ha Young as Young Ran (child)
Kang Ui Sik as Kim Young Doo
– Kim Yoon Sub (김윤섭) as Young Doo (child)
Jung Yoon Hye as Kim Young Sook
– Han Seo Jin as Kim Young Sook (child)
Lee Joon Seo (이준서) as Kim Young Jae
– Kim Ye Chan (김예찬) as Kim Young Jae (child)
Soon Taek's family
Hwang Bo Ra as as Park Soon Geum
– Park Ji Won (박지원) as Park Soon Geum (teen)
Lee Dal Hyung as Park Jae Oh (Soon Taek's father)
Yoon Yoo Sun as Ban Chon Daek / Yoon Im Soon
Aunt's family
Kim Byung Se as Lee Sang Nam
Jang Mi Hee as Lee Sil
Jin Hee Kyung as Kim Eun Soon
Jo Seung Yoon as Jong Bok
– Lee Hyung Suk as Jong Bok (young)
Lee Jong Won as Gong Chang Rae (uncle Chang Rae)
Jun Won Joo as Choi Sa Yub (grandma)
Kim Jin Soo as Son Jae Shik (uncle Jae Shik)
Ra Mi Ran as Na Mi Soon (miss Mi Soon)
Kim Soo Mi as Shi Duk's mother
Cha Kwang Soo as Baek Ho
Ahn Jae Min as Lee Joon Soo
Jo Yang Ja as Seo Eun Ja
Min Ji as Eun Joo
Kim Gyu Sun as Jae Im
Ryu Han Bee as Kim Young Sun's friend
Moon Jung Hee as Park Jung Shim (Young Sun's mother)
Yoon Dong Hwan as Kim Ki Baek (Young Sun's father)
Im Hyun Shik as Goo Chang Bong
Goo Bon Im as Mrs. Pang
Lee Yong Yi as Goo Chang Bong's wife
Production Credits
Production Company: Lee Kwan Hee Production
Chief Producer: Jo Joon Hyung
Producers: Go Jung Ho, Park Jong Suk, Seo Jang Hyun, Kim Eun Kang
Director: Lee Kwan Hee
Screenwriter: Kim Jung Soo
Trailer I & Trailer II & Trailer III
Watch Online with English, Chinese & Other Subtitle (Coming Soon)
64 Responses to "The Firstborn"
51um really Says:
February 11th, 2014 at 7:30 pm
52jewles Says:
February 16th, 2014 at 5:40 pm
@48 Iris,
The rating should not matter so much if you enjoy the show. There are many great shows with low ratings anyway. I've enjoyed so many k-dramas that no one seems to watch or given low ratings…
This is a well done drama regardless of popularity, in my opinion. Hope you do too!
53maso Says:
February 19th, 2014 at 5:55 am
I love this drama. I really really like it, don't care about the ratings. I think that Yoon Jung Hee is one of the most dignified, classy, and elegant women in Korean Dramas. there are only two other women on her level.
54Panaitescu Luciana Says:
March 3rd, 2014 at 9:23 am
love this drama
55AjaAjaFighting! Says:
March 18th, 2014 at 5:43 am
Totally agree…ratings did not matter if one really appreciates this drama…I just finished 8th episode.
You have this feeling of sadness due to the misfortunes of the lead star and her siblings, and then become happy again when good things start to unravel because of her willingness to help other people and having a pure heart by taking good care of her younger brothers and sisters.
The first 7 episodes were really painful and heartbreaking. Acting of most stars are superb…If the ending would not let me down, I would be voting this as top drama for 2014.
Fighting!!! Really really good drama!!!
56AjaAjaFighting! Says:
March 20th, 2014 at 4:14 am
This drama takes me to where the characters are… the music is excellent! Just finished watching 12th episode….13th to follow tomorrow, fighting! 🙂
57flower Says:
March 21st, 2014 at 11:04 pm
@lady and everybody who want to know the complete ratings of this drama, come to The First Born soompi drama thread…
58aicy Says:
March 25th, 2014 at 8:30 pm
thanks to flower says that i was able to see the ratings of this drama which is indeed very low ,to think that this is a very nice drama .as jewles said. rating doesn't matter what is important is the storyline.that's right.i enjoy very much watching it and i have already finished up to the latest ep.which is ep.45.looking forward to the succeeding episodes.i am already very eager to see the ending so please whoever is subbing it, make it fast for our sakes.thanks
59sml Says:
April 1st, 2014 at 4:04 am
drama was over, but no progress for eng sub. Please eng sub till ep 54 ASAP. Thank you…
60AjaAjaFighting! Says:
April 11th, 2014 at 4:10 am
Now on 34th episode…cried a lot after watching 33rd…nunas and hyung reunited with the youngest…very moving…!!!
61AjaAjaFighting! Says:
April 23rd, 2014 at 4:41 am
Done with this drama. The story ended beautifully. I had to agree, who cares if the drama did not do much in the ratings … am a happy fan. One of the best dramas so far in 2014. The acting of the young actors and actresses as well as the adults is superb.
I have seen Golden Rainbow but I believe Firstborn has a far better storyline.
Fighting, everyone! Aja Aja! 🙂
62Kimberly Says:
May 26th, 2014 at 3:06 pm
I hope there are More moviesto come for adorable Park Ji Won. Because we like her❤❤❤👍👍👍
63flower Says:
June 17th, 2014 at 10:03 pm
@aicy and all TFB fans…
The ratings of this drama are quite high since its broadcasted in cable TV which 1-2 % was considered as great ratings and popular drama…
Our drama even ever soared till 7+ % at peak…no wonder its got 4 episode extentions…
Just look at its following drama now…because its struggle to broke 1 % it has to cut from 50 to 26 episodes…my symphatize for all casts and production teams…
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October 3rd, 2015 at 2:14 pm
Could you share me the link of the song at the end of this film, plz! I really enjoy it!


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Strings in Spring
The next course takes place on Thursday 4 April to Sunday 7 April 2019. Details are still being finalised and will be posted here in due course. The following information relates to the 2018 course.
Thursday 5 April to Sunday 8 April 2018
The 2018 course is now full. To be added to the mailing list for future courses, please email Rachel Dyker.
Come to the beautiful and historic town of St Andrews and immerse yourself in four days of string chamber music making with the renowned Fitzwilliam String Quartet. Enjoy chamber music coaching, chamber music rehearsal sessions, a repertoire session and working with the Fitzwilliams in a united string ensemble. Additional activities include a public recital given by the Fitzwilliam String Quartet, an optional dinner at the Byre Theatre restaurant and a mix of organised and more casual, social and musical activities. Pre-formed string chamber groups and individual string players of a level equivalent to grade 6 or above are welcome to join this intensive course, combining the pleasures of great music, great company and a matchless location.
Course Programme
The main focus of this course is chamber music coaching, given by the members of the Fitzwilliam String Quartet and guest tutors. Individual applicants will be placed in chamber groups together with others of similar levels of ability and experience. Each chamber group will usually study two works over the duration of the course and repertoire will be allocated soon after the closing date in order to give everyone a chance to prepare their parts in advance. Pre-formed groups are welcome to make their own choice of repertoire. Each group will receive seven coaching sessions and these will be supplemented with formal rehearsal periods, a repertoire session, a string ensemble session playing alongside the Fitzwilliam String Quartet and also the opportunity for informal sight-reading. The Fitzwilliam String Quartet will give a public recital on the first night of the course and there will also be an optional evening meal at the Byre Theatre restaurant on the Saturday. For more details, please view the 2018 Course Programme (coming soon).
The closing date for applications is Thursday 14 December 2017. The course fee is £260 per person. This includes all group tuition and other organised musical activities, admission to the Fitzwilliam concert, refreshments on arrival, a complimentary pre-concert drink at the bar, and a light lunch on the final day. There are discounts available for those applying early and/or those applying as pre-formed chamber groups:
- Applications from pre-formed groups: discounted rate of £240 per person
- Applications received by Thursday 9 November 2017: discounted rate of £240 per person
You can apply online here. Alternatively you can download an application form Strings in Spring 2018 application form (Word, 799 KB)
Accommodation is not included in the course fee. Details of local accommodation providers can be found at standrewsbandbs.co.uk and stayinstandrews.com. Some of these may provide a 10-15% discount if you quote "University of St Andrews Music Centre" at the time of booking.
Food and Drink
The course fee includes refreshments on arrival, a drinks soiree on the Friday evening, and lunch on the final day. There is also an optional course dinner on the Saturday night, for an additional fee. For the remaining mealtimes, St Andrews is well supplied with cafés and restaurants serving a wide variety of cuisines to suit every pocket, all of which are within easy walking distance of the course venues. Course participants can also get a discount on drinks at certain participating University outlets on presentation of their name-badge.
"This was a memorable and enriching weekend. The members of the quartet were inspirational, each in a different way, and this made the experience all the more valuable. Perhaps one of them can sort out my bow arm!" - John Phillips
"The enthusiasm of the Fitzwilliam Quartet was contagious, their coaching was both astute and painless, and being in St Andrews (best ice-cream shop anywhere among other delights) was the icing on a very tasty musical and social cake." - Toby Lipman
"My abiding memory of Strings in Spring is that it not only boosted my confidence in playing chamber music, but also that it was enjoyable and great fun." - Frith Robb
"We got some great advice on playing Mozart and Beethoven, as well as the unforgettable opportunity to play the first movement of Schubert's 'Rosamunde' quartet with Lucy Russell playing second violin!" - Jessica Wyatt
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School of Mathematics Colloquium
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 11:00
1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Skiles 006
The classical Weyl equidistribution theorem says that if v is a non-resonant vector then the sequence v, 2v, 3v... is uniformly distributed on a torus. In this talk we discuss the rate of convergence to the uniform distribution. This is a joint work with Bassam Fayad.


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Fracture healing in a broken bone is quite a complex process that begins by hematoma formation, a collection of inflammatory agents which render the bone forming cells to form bone tissue to bridge the defect created by fracture.
How Does Fracture Healing Occur – An Overview
Bone is surrounded by a thin membranous layer of tissue called periosteum. Periosteum plays a vital role in fracture healing. The periosteum is the primary source of precursor cells which develop into chondroblasts( cartilage cells) and osteoblasts ( bone cells) that are essential to the healing of bone.
When a bone breaks, it bleeds from its torn ends due to injury to its vessels which supply the blood.
Injury to the vessels leads to the collection of the blood at the fracture site. The blood is collected at the fracture site. The collected blood is called fracture hematoma. [If a fracture is of open nature, then the blood comes out through the wound that communicates with fracture and hematoma is not formed. This is contemplated to be a major cause of poor bone fracture healing in open fractures.]
With a fracture, the periosteum may be completely torn or partially damaged depending upon the force of injury.
Due to loss of vascularity or blood supply adjacent portions of broken ends die. Inflammatory changes occur in the hematoma over next few hours. An inflammatory reaction by the body occurs whenever there is an insult to a part or structure. The basic purpose of the inflammation is to contain the damage and facilitate the healing and regeneration. Inflammation is responsible for redness, pain, warmth, and tenderness of the wounds and abscesses).
This inflammation brings in many cells that would help in regeneration of the broken bone.
As the time progresses, the fibroblasts ( A kind of cells which produce fibrous tissue in the body) get interspersed with small vessels and form a loose mesh like structure uniting the broken ends of the bone and on which the future layers of bone tissue would be added.
This structure is called granulation tissue.
Over the next few days, the cells of the periosteum replicate and transform. The periosteal cells proximal to the fracture gap develop into chondroblasts and form hyaline cartilage. The periosteal cells distal to the fracture gap develop into osteoblasts and form woven bone a kind of bone which is structurally different from the lamellar bone found in the body.
These two new tissues grow until they unite with their counterparts from other pieces of the fracture. This process forms the fracture callus. The callus is the first sign of union visible in x-ray and generally appears around 2-3 weeks after fracture. Eventually, the fracture gap is bridged by the cartilage and woven bone, restoring some of its original strength.
A picture like this is produced.
From here on slowly and steadily bone is restructured by a process called remodeling.
Detailed Description of Fracture Healing
This whole process can be divided into three phases. These phases are
- Inflammatory phase
- Repair phase
- Remodeling phase
It must be understood that actual fracture healing is a continuous process and the events of different phases may overlap with respect to their occurrence.
That means events of the preceding phase may continue into next phase and events of subsequent phases may begin in an earlier phase
Inflammatory Phase
As a result of the fracture, the soft tissue envelope [periosteum and surrounding muscles] is also torn along with the break in the bone, leading to rupture of blood vessels crossing the fracture line. A hematoma is formed within the medullary canal, between the fracture ends, and beneath any elevated periosteum. Due to loss of blood supply, immediate ends of fracture fragments undergo necrosis
Necrotic material leads to an immediate and intense acute inflammatory response which leads to dilation of vessels and exudation of plasma.
This brings acute inflammatory cells – macrophages, neutrophils, and platelets which release several factors such as plasma derived growth factor [PDGF], tumor necrosis factor –alpha, transforming growth factor-beta, IL-1,6, 10,12 etc. These factors are detected as early as 24 hours after injury.
Lack of TNF-Alpha has been found to be associated with delay of both ossification [e.g. in HIV infection]
Fibroblasts and mesenchymal cells migrate to the fracture site and granulation tissue forms around fracture ends followed by proliferation of osteoblasts and fibroblasts.
NSAIDs are known to repress runx-2/osterix which is critical for the differentiation of osteoblastic cells.
Reparative Phase
The repair cells are of mesenchymal origin and are pluripotent cells [stem cells] probably of the common origin of bone, cartilage, and collagen.
The tissue formed eventually is determined by the microenvironment. High oxygen concentration and mechanical stability favor bone formation whereas low oxygen and instability leads to the formation of cartilage.
It is notable that blood supply of the extremity is increased as a whole after the fracture but the osteogenic response is limited largely to the zones surrounding the fracture.
The repair cells produce the tissue known as callus, which is made up of fibrous tissue, cartilage, and young, immature bone. This quickly envelopes the bone ends and leads to a gradual increase in stability of the fracture fragments.
Primary callus forms within two weeks. If the bone ends are not touching, then bridging soft callus forms.
Enchondral ossification converts soft callus to hard callus, a type of woven bone. Medullary callus also supplements the bridging soft callus
Amount of callus is dependent on the extent of immobilization.
As this phase of repair takes place, the bone ends gradually become enveloped in a fusiform mass of callus as noted in the picture above. Immobilization of the fragments occurs due to callus and is considered as on of the clinical signs of union.
Remodeling Phase
Remodeling about a fracture takes place for a prolonged period of time. In remodeling, osteoclasts resorb the woven bone trabeculae and new struts of bone are laid down that correspond to lines of force. Remodeling is thought to be modulated by electrical signals. When a bone is subjected to stress, electro-positivity occurs on the convex surface and electro-negativity on the concave, a current produced by a piezoelectric effect. Regions of electropositivity are thought to be associated with osteoclastic activity and regions of electronegativity with osteoblastic activity.
The cellular module that controls remodeling is the resorption unit, consisting of osteoclasts, which first resorb bone, followed by osteoblasts, which lay down new haversian systems.
Requirement for Normal Fracture Healing
- Viability of fragments (i.e. intact blood supply)
- Mechanical rest – Immobilization by cast or fixation
- Absence of infection
Duration of Healing of Fracture in Different Bones
Depending on the fracture site, normal healing may take from 3-12 weeks.
- Phalanges: 3 weeks
- Metacarpals: 4-6 weeks
- Distal radius: 4-6 weeks
- Distal Humerus: 8-10 weeks
- Humerus: 6-8 weeks
- Femoral neck: 12 weeks
- Femoral shaft: 12 weeks
- Tibia: 10 weeks
What is Primary and Secondary Fracture Healing
Primary bone fracture healing and secondary bone healing are two different types of healing in fractures depending on the rigidity of fixation of the fracture. The one described in the initial part of the article is a type of secondary fracture healing. But when the fragments are fixed rigidly by a plate or other gadget, the type of healing that occurs is primary.
Fracture stability dictates the type of healing that will occur.
When mechanical strain is less than 2%, primary bone healing will occur. When the strain is between 2% and 10%, secondary bone healing will occur.
Thus when fracture fragments are more stable, as fixed by plate and screws primary fracture healing would occur. If the immobilization is not rigid as in plaster cast or external fixator, secondary healing would follow.
Primary Bone Healing
In this kind of fracture, healing callus is not formed at all and it occurs with rigid stabilization with or without compression of the bone ends. For example, in a fracture fixed by plating, primary bone fracture healing occurs. It occurs when the mechanical strain on the fracture is < 2%. It is also called intramembranous healing and occurs via Haversian remodeling.
Rigid stabilization suppresses the formation of a callus in either cancellous or cortical bone.
Primary healing per se is rare and most of the fractures heal by secondary healing. This is so because management of most of the fractures allows some degree of movement.
Primary bone fracture healing can be divided into gap healing and contact healing. Union occurs in both types.
Rigid stabilization suppresses the formation of a callus in either cancellous or cortical bone.
Because most fractures are managed in a way that results in some degree of motion, primary healing per se is rare.
Primary bone fracture healing can be divided into gap healing and contact healing. Union occurs in both types.
Gap Healing
If internal fixation leaves a gap between fragments, the fracture heals by gap healing.
Gap healing occurs in two stages.
Firstly, the width of the gap is filled by direct bone formation. An initial scaffold of woven bone is laid down, followed by formation of lamellar bone as support. The orientation of the new bone formed in this first stage is transverse to that of the original lamellar bone orientation.
In the second stage, which happens after several weeks, longitudinal Haversian remodeling reconstructs the necrotic fracture ends and the newly formed bone to replace the woven bone with osteons of the original orientation. In the end, the normal bone structure results.
Contact Healing
Contact healing occurs where fragments are in direct apposition with [< 0.1 mm distance] and neutralization of interfragmentary strain so that osteons can grow across the fracture site, parallel to the long axis of the bone.
The process is initiated by osteoclasts forming cutting cones, that traverse the fracture line at 50-100 µm/d. This tunneling allows the penetration of capillaries and eventually the formation of new Haversian systems. These blood vessels are then accompanied by endothelial cells and osteoprogenitor cells for osteoblasts leading to the production of osteons across the fracture line eventually leading to regeneration of the normal bone architecture.
Secondary Fracture Healing
Secondary bone fracture healing occurs when there is no rigid fixation of the fractured bone ends, which leads to the development of a fracture callus. It includes an inflammatory phase, a reparative phase, and a remodeling phase as described above at the beginning of this article.
Secondary fracture healing occurs with non-rigid fixation, as fracture braces, external fixation, bridge plating, intramedullary nailing, etc.
Bone healing can occur as a combination of the above two process depending on the stability throughout the construct
Factors Affecting Fracture Healing
Both local and systemic variables influence the rate and degree of fracture healing.
Systemic Factors Affecting Fracture Healing
Young patients heal rapidly and have a remarkable ability to remodel and correct angulation deformities. These abilities decrease once skeletal maturity is reached.
A substantial amount of energy is needed for fracture healing to occur. An adequate metabolic stage with sufficient carbohydrates and protein is necessary. Studies have shown as high as 84% of patients with nonunion to have metabolic issues. More than 66% of these patients had vitamin D deficiencies.
Systemic Diseases
Diseases like osteoporosis, diabetes, and those causing an immunocompromised state will likely delay healing. Illnesses like Marfan's syndrome and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome cause abnormal musculoskeletal healing.
Calcium absorption is affected in gastric bypass patients leading to decreased Ca/Vit D levels, hyperparathyroidism (secondary) & increased calcium resorption from bone.
Diabetes mellitus affects the repair and remodeling of bone by decreasing cellularity of the callus and delayed enchondral ossification.
HIV infection has a higher prevalence of fragility fractures with associated delayed healing. Contributing factors are anti-retroviral medication, poor intraosseous circulation, TNF-Alpha deficiency and poor nutritional intake.
Bisphosphonates and systemic corticosteroids are associated with osteoporotic fractures in lon term use.
Use of NSAIDs is known to cause a 6.5% higher rate of intertrochanteric fracture non unions NSAIDs and prolong healing time because of COX enzyme inhibition.
Thyroid hormone, growth hormone, calcitonin, and others play significant roles in bone healing. Corticosteroids impede healing through many mechanisms.
Head Injury
ling nails head injury may increase osteogenic response
Local Factors Affecting Fracture Healing
Type of Bone
Calcellous (spongy) bone fractures are usually more stable, involve greater surface areas, and have a better blood supply than do cortical (compact) bone fractures. Cancellous bone heals faster than cortical bone.
Degree of Trauma
The more extensive the injury to bone and surrounding soft tissue, the poorer the outcome. Mild contusions with local bone trauma will heal easily, whereas severely comminuted injuries with extensive soft tissue damage heal poorly. This is due to a decrease both in the rapidity of differentiation of the mesenchymal cells and in their total number. The soft tissue envelope around the fracture in this situation, has to heal themselves as well as provide mesenchymal cells for fracture healing. In addition, the hematoma escapes into the soft tissues, leading to a diffusion of mesenchymal cell effort.
Vascular Supply
Inadequate blood supply impairs healing. Especially vulnerable areas are the femoral head, talus, and scaphoid bones.
In long bones also, studies have shown that un-reamed nails maintain the endosteal blood supply and reaming compromises of the inner 50-80% of the cortex
It is postulated that loose fitting nails would allow quick recovery of endosteal blood supply than canal filling nails.
Degree of Immobilization
The fracture site must be immobilized for vascular ingrowth and bone healing to occur. Repeated disruptions of repair tissue, especially to areas with marginal blood supply or heavy soft tissue damage, will impair healing.
Intraarticular Fractures
These fractures communicate with synovial fluid, which contains collagenases that retard bone healing. Joint movement will cause the fracture fragments to more, further impairing union. When intraarticular fractures are comminuted, the fragments tend to float apart owing to loss of soft tissue support.
Separation of Bone Ends
Normal apposition of fracture fragments is needed for union to occur. Inadequate reduction, excessive traction, or interposition of soft tissue will prevent healing.
Infections cause necrosis and edema, take energy away from the healing process, and may increase the mobility of the fracture site. Local defenses, which should concentrate on fracture healing would have to wall off infection, thus affecting healing.
Local Pathology
Fractures through bone involved with primary or secondary malignancies usually do not heal unless malignancy is also treated.
In nonmalignant conditions, fractures may heal but in conditions likes Paget's disease or fibrous dysplasia, fractures heal slowly or not at all due to the failure of normal differentiation of mesenchymal cells and of ingrowth of capillaries.
The bone that has been irradiated heals at a much slower rate due to the patchy death of cells in the local region, to thrombosis of vessels, and to the fibrosis of the marrow.
Sometimes, one fracture fragment becomes avascular because fracture affects the blood supply of the fragment. Fractures associated with avascular necrosis of one fragment will heal, but the rate is slower. If both fragments are avascular, the chances for a union are very poor.
Exercise and Stress
Use of a fractured extremity promotes repair, and the recent development of weight-bearing techniques has confirmed this conviction.
How to Enhance Fracture Healing – Use of Stimulators
Enhancement of fracture healing is desirable where the healing is not up to mark. Though the exact mechanism and efficacy is not known, following methods of stimulation are feasible
Bone Stimulators
Bone stimulators enhance fracture healing by electrical stimulation. There are four main delivery modes of electrical stimulation
Direct current
Decrease osteoclast activity and increase osteoblast activity by reducing oxygen concentration and increasing local tissue pH.
Capacitively Coupled Electrical Fields
This supplies alternating current. These affect synthesis of cAMP, collagen, and calcification of cartilage.
Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields
cause calcification of fibrocartilage
Combined Magnetic Fields
They lead to elevated concentrations of TGF-Beta and BMP.
Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound (LIPUS)
The exact mechanism for enhancement of fracture healing is not clear but the alteration of protein expression, increase in vascularity and development of mechanical strain gradient are thought to be the reasons to accelerate fracture healing. LIPUS is also known to increase the mechanical strength of callus (including torque and stiffness)
Healing rates for delayed unions/nonunions have been reported to be close to 80%
Impaired Fracture Healing
Normal fracture healing can be disrupted in numerous ways:
Delayed Union
Fracture healing takes about twice as long as expected for a specific location
Fracture healing does not occur within 6-9 months. Sites with known predilection are scaphoid bone, femoral neck, tibial shaft
It means healing of the fractures in the wrong position. It may or may not be compensated to a certain degree by remodeling of the bone.
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Concrete Sampling (arrangement for derbekah and jackhammer) | A performance by Ilario Lupo and Joe Namy
29 March 2014Time: 7:30 pm
Event Type Performance
Location Construction site of plot # 450 CHECK THE MAP
When: Saturday, March 29 at 7.30 pm (duration 35′)
Were: Construction site of plot #450, facing Beit al Kataeb, Saifi, Beirut
Concrete Sampling (arrangement for derbekah and jackhammer) is an evening performance by a crew of workers in an excavation/construction site in Downtown Beirut. It is conceived as an interference in the urban soundscape, as the set up of a new rhythm within the existing one. The audience will experience the piece from above on the cusp of the location. The proliferation of construction sites in Beirut has inadvertently become a distinct ubiquitous sound-landmark. The performance attempts to deconstruct this soundtrack, creating a rupture to engage the space as the actual material of work.
The performance explores the inner nature of the space and its acoustic potential. It is based on the idea that a 'section' of the city (with a particular identity within the urban/historical landscape) will self-activate, turning its own sonic identity into a new autonomous composition. The sounds and rhythms of the site, collected over several months, serve as base material for the actual sound performance.
This sonic identity is partially constituted by the performers themselves – the actual builders of the space. They are Syrian nationals and, in Beirut, the construction sites are often their temporary homes. So far, their voice locally has the nature of a subterranean grumble. Lupo and Namy spent two months working with the crew. Every day the workers rehearsed new possibilities of creating sound out of their daily working tools. The final performance itself is a sound composition with processed samples culled from the research database of the project site, infused with live improvised performance of work tools and musical instruments performed by the workers, and broadcast with microphones placed strategically within the space to explore the resonant qualities of the site itself.
The project aims at hijacking the functionality of the daily normative, changing a passive reception into an active appropriation and introducing a subjective temporality – other than the day/night, work/rest, noise/silence dichotomies.
Click here to watch a teaser of the performance.
Ilaria Lupo is a Beirut-based visual artist, whose work focuses on public space practice. The public space itself becomes the actual material of work, as an organic platform, where the energetic interactions play a major role, putting into question official narratives and social boundaries. Her projects have been supported by several organizations in the Middle East and in Europe, such as Ashkal Alwan, The Beirut Art Center, 98weeks, PlanBey, Al-Mahatta Gallery, The Middelheim Museum, AIR Antwerpen, FARE/Open Care, Archiviazioni. She is currently developing the research platform Public noisance.
Joe Namy is a Beirut based artist/composer using a variety of media to investigate aspects of identity, memory, power, and currents encoded in music/organized sound. He was a participant in the Ashkal Alwan Home Workspace program and received a MFA from New York University. His work has been exhibited/amplified/screened at the Brooklyn Museum, Beirut Art Center, Detroit Science Center, the Queens Museum, and artonair.org.
This project is made possible with the generous support of the Heinrich Boell Foundation and Ashkal Alwan.
Special thanks to Mayor of Beirut Nassif Kallouch, Bernard Khoury, MP Robert Fadel, Tony Asmar, Gaby Nicolas, Elie Khalife, Joumana Asseily, Romain Hamarad, Karam Ghossein, Roy Dib, Zico, Nagi Abou Eid, Mounir Ghaith, Mirna Bamieh the Ashkal Alwan team, and Heinrich Böll Foundation MEO, the workers on site.
Saifi 450 excavation site Opposite Beit Kataeb, Saifi Beirut


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The first of the trio is T-Mobile's new Simple Starter plan. Available beginning April 12, the Simple Starter plan includes unlimited talk and text, 500MB of 4G LTE data and tethering support. T-Mo says that there are no data overages associated with its new plan. Instead, consumers will be alerted when they hit the 500MB threshold and then will be given the option of buying a 1-day data pass with 500MB of usage for $5 or a 7-day data pass with 1GB for $10.
The Simple Starter plan is compatible with T-Mobile's early termination reimbursement offer that it launched back in January. Simple Starter customers can also enroll in Magenta's JUMP early upgrade program.
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This dish melts in your mouth. The credit goes to my future mother-in-law. Each fillet should be approximately 2.5cm thick.
I love this receipe and play with it each time I make it. My suggestions: (1)Timing is everything so I have all sauce ingredients pre-measured in small dishs ready to go. (2) Use more heavy cream in the sauce. Don't think you can use too much. (3) Use very fresh chives. (4) I prefer to finish the fish on the grill, versus the broiler. To do so, this is a 2 person receipe, so the fish and sauce finish at about the same time. (5) I'm partial to Jasmine rice on dishes with great sauces and it works well here. Just be sure to add some other vegetables for serving "color" to balance the appearance of the plate. Finally, don't worry about fat and calories. I do a long workout the next day everytime I make this! - 25 Oct 2002 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
I used fat free half and half because I had a little left in the fridge that I didn't want to go to waste. Delicious!!! Looking over the recipe I was a little intimidated, but it really was pretty easy. What I did to make it easier for myself was to separate out the ingredients. In one section were the ingredients to make the sauce, then in another section were the ingredients to finish the sauce, and in the last section were the ingredients to bread/crust the fish. Working through the recipe in sections like this made it way easier... Also, before turning any stoves or broilers on, or even before taking anything out of the fridge - mince your almonds and shallots. Oh, and follow the part where it says only one or two minutes in the broiler.. I left mine in longer and burned some of the breading. - 04 Jul 2006 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
To be honest, I couldn't figure out what all the fuss was about when I read this recipe - it seemed pretty bland. Well, I made it tonight and my husband and I could not believe how incredible it was. I used Chilean Sea Bass and served it with rice pilaf and steamed cauliflower. Next time, I will double the sauce to serve over top of the vegetables although that will send the caloric content of this one over the top. But it will be worth it! DO TRY THIS! - 15 Feb 2002 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)


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Look who got officially born on Friday! They know how to speak and everything! They told me their whole story and that they wanted a book. So, these two guys got a book written about them. And it only took three years of them swimming around in my head to figure out how they sounded and what they wanted to say.
Confused? Lemme 'splain.
It all started with my husband when he was not my husband, my boyfriend. Heh. That term sounds so stupid when you are in your thirties. His father used to call me his 'lady friend'. So he was my 'man friend' I guess. But off I go on a tangent.
Back to the story! My sweet husband is a worrier. He worries about everything that could possibly go wrong and prepares for it. He is a software developer and apparently they need to imagine every possible scenario and outcome that could POSSIBLY happen and account for it in computer code. So he is wired that way. I? Am not.
Then there is me. He calls me a butterfly that just flits about not worrying about anything. I wear the rose-colored glasses and can't possibly imagine anything that could go wrong with the life long plan for success I came up with just now while I was brushing my teeth.
Our conversations go a little like this:
Me: We should TOTALLY do "X"! It will be amazing and brilliant and our lives will be PHENOMENAL!! Let's DO "X"!!!!
Husband: Um, have you thought about what happens after we do "X"?
Me: Huh?
Husband: Well, what if "X" does not work out? What if "Y" happens?
Me: Man!! You are such a pessimist!! The chances of "Y" happening are like, a billion to one!! You worry too much!
Husband: First of all, I am not pessimistic, I am REALISTIC. And second of all, the chances of "Y" happening are pretty high. It happens all the time.
Me: But..but…It would not happen to US because we are such good, happy people! And dude! Karma!! Hello!!! Let's do "X"!!!!!!
Husband: So you want to risk our whole futures on karma, huh? Hmmm. How about we think about it? Prepare a bit. See what other options there are. But we will keep thinking about it, promise – it could work.
Me: God! It would totally work! It is foolproof! Geez, just trust me!!!
Husband: And have you even thought of the possibility that "Z" could happen?
Me: "Z"????????? Who would ever even THINK "Z" could happen???? How did you even imagine a "Z" scenario????? Does it hurt in your brain? Is there some sad, mean man in your brain telling you that you can't have any fun????
Husband: Fine. You are right! I do worry too much. Let's do 'X'!
Me: Really??? YIPPEE!!! Just wait! you'll see! "X" will be AMAZING!
Husband: It will!
The next day we do "X". And within moments "Y" and "Z" happen simultaneously. And we are SCREWED.
Me: Huh. Hmm. Well lookit that. You were right. And we are totally screwed now, aren't we?
Husband: No. Because I stayed up all night and figured out back up plans for all of it when "Y" and "Z" happened like I thought they would. And you should listen to me more, you crazy, crazy lady. Butterflies need to think more.
Me: Hmmmm. What did you just say? OMG! I just had the most amazing idea for us to do!!!! Wait until you hear it! It is BRILLIANT! ……………………..
So um, yeah. That is pretty much our life. Heh. One day after some discussion we had, I painted a little character on a tiny canvas for my husband. While I have learned that thinking things through and preparing are REALLY GOOD ideas, I also know he sometimes, needs to lighten up and take a few risks sometimes – even if they are somewhat calculated. So when he got home one day 3 years ago I presented him with this:
That is the Whatif Monster. And he sits at my husband's desk at work and when those voices get too gloomy anbd loud in his head, he can look the Whatif Monster in the eye and tell him to take it down a notch. Simmer down there, killjoy.
And so that guy has been in my head. I call him the Whatif Monster. Then last summer a little curly-haired, red-headed boy popped up. And I just knew he was friends with the Whatif Monster. And I had a vague idea for a story. But I could not get it down on paper. Only images would come. And so I painted them. Over and over. And I tried to figure out what his name was. He would not tell me for several more weeks. I tried to write their story, but nothing. I was stumped. I finally put them on the fireplace mantle and let them play. Eventually the boy told me his name was Jonathan James. But nothing else. Then little by little they would call my name. Wanting me to try to figure them out. But I was busy. I had cats and dogs to paint! And I ignored them. But the past few weeks they have gotten louder and louder.
Then last Thursday I was working out to a DVD in my living room at 5:45am and I glanced over at Jonathan James and the Whatif Monster and DAMN if the Whatif Monster didn't tell me six lines in his voice! I was overcome with excitement!! Suddenly I knew how to write the book! All at once, 3 years of swimming in my head, they were ready! I had to work that day, normally my day off , so that was really annoying. But I got to work and wrote the six lines down. I was ECSTATIC!!
Then Friday I dropped Sophie off at school, came home, made a pot of coffee and sat down to write. And DAMN if their story did not come pouring out of me. And DAMN if it is not the most favorite thing I have EVER written. I am really proud of it!! I know exactly how to illustrate it too! I emailed the text and a few sample pics to my agent and am waiting to hear.
And that is how Jonathan James and the Whatif Monster got born. 🙂


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Thanks mate, i should have realised it was wasnt real, i just took it on face value.
It come from my Mum probably the main generation for getting dupped so easy


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NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Emmanuel College Saints posted several incredible performances at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday at The Armory. Overall, the Saints collected ten All-ECAC honors and set five new Emmanuel records at the Championships.
Junior Nathan Bruno (Lenox, Mass.) couldn't have been better on Saturday morning, as he tore up the track in the men's 500 meters. Bruno's time of 1:03.77 earned him 1st place in the event and he crossed the line more than two seconds ahead of his nearest competitor, a Hamilton College sophomore, who finished in 1:05.80. Bruno's All-ECAC performance broke his own EC program record. Bruno finished 2nd in this event at the ECACs in 2012 with a time of 1:04.75. He is just the second EC student-athlete to win an ECAC Championship. Emmanuel's Chris Conway won the ECAC 55m hurdles championship back in 2009. Bruno's flawless ECAC 500m performance will conclude the indoor season, as NCAA does not run a 500m race at nationals.
Sophomore Adam Julien (New Orlean,s La.) sprinted to a 7th place in the men's 400 meters. Julien's one-lap time of 49.25 broke his own EC program record in the event. After just missing All-ECAC honors with his 9th place finish (49.80) as a rookie, Julien's top-eight finish earned him All-ECAC honors for 2013.
The Emmanuel men's 4x400 meter relay team placed 4th overall in a new Emmanuel record time of 3:19.93. Finishing behind Cortland State, University of Southern Maine and Coast Guard, the Saints team of Bruno, Julien, Ryan Thomas (Wakefield, R.I.) and Ben Perdue (West Springfield, Mass.) earned All-ECAC honors with their top-eight finish.
The Saints 4x800m relay squad also earned All-ECAC honors. The team of Abdi Ibrahim (East Boston, Mass.), Chris Baker (Holden, Mass.), Thomas Tallo (Lincoln, R.I.), Patrick Callan (Pawling, N.Y.) cruised to a 7th place finish in a time of 8:00.29, breaking the program record they set two weeks ago by six and a half seconds.
The Emmanuel men's Distance Medley Relay, featuring Baker, Thomas, Bruno and Ibrahim, raced to a 10th place finish in a time of 10:30.09. As a team, the Emmanuel men scored 19 points to finish in 17th place overall out of 51 competing teams.
The Emmanuel women qualified for the ECACs in the 4x800 meter relay. The Saints team of Molly Metivier (Keene, N.H.), Chloe Egan (Burlington, Vt.), Julie Young (Derry, N.H.) and Meaghan Mauer (South Hadley, Mass.) finished in 9:59.71 for another new program record. The squad cut five seconds off the record time they set just two weeks prior.
This was a historic weekend for the Saints' Track & Field program. The ten All-ECAC performances was Emmanuel's best showing ever at an ECAC Championship, surpassing the previous high of five all-star performances at the outdoor ECACs in 2012.
The Eastern College Athletic Conference has nearly 200 members in Division III alone, making the championships among the largest such meet in the nation. The Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships have been contested, both men's and women's, since the mid-1980s.


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The U.S. Judicial Conference on Tuesday declined to consider an impeachment recommendation against U.S. District Judge Thomas Porteous but referred the matter to a five-member disciplinary committee.
Meanwhile, a purging of the Metairie judge's docket in the Eastern District of Louisiana this week raised questions among lawyers about whether the embattled judge has taken another extended leave from the bench while he defends himself against the misconduct allegations.
The Judicial Conference, the policy-making body for the federal court system, met Tuesday in Washington, D.C., for the first time since the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans issued an extremely rare order in December calling for the ultimate discipline for a federal judge serving a lifetime appointment.
The Dec. 20 order stripped Porteous of his criminal docket and any cases involving the government after an investigation by the appellate court found he committed numerous ethical lapses that it said amounted to an impeachable offense.
If the federal conference agrees with the 5th Circuit, it would forward the case to the House of Representatives to initiate impeachment proceedings.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan, chairman of the conference's executive committee, said the judges referred the case to a five-member disciplinary panel.
"The conference is moving forward on that issue," Hogan said.
The disciplinary committee is expected to review Porteous' case and make a recommendation to the full judicial conference. Hogan said the conference could render a decision by ballot or hold off until its next scheduled meeting in September.
Purge not explained
Attorneys in dozens of civil suits in Porteous' court, meanwhile, learned Monday that their cases had been sent to other divisions.
The transfer order signed by Chief Judge Helen Berrigan did not include reasons for the purging, unlike a similar transfer in May 2006 when Berrigan ordered all cases on Porteous' docket to be distributed to other judges while he took medical leave.
Neither Berrigan nor Porteous could be reached for comment.
Joe St. Amant, appellate conference attorney for the 5th Circuit, said he had no new information in the case to release publicly since the Dec. 20 order.
The six-page document suggested a scenario where Porteous would leave the bench while he defends himself against the impeachment findings, but it does not specify who would tell him to go and when.
"The Judicial Council further orders that pending a decision by the Judicial Conference of the United States, no bankruptcy cases or appeals or criminal or civil cases to which the United States is a party will be assigned to Judge Porteous, and he may continue his civil docket and administrative duties until it is determined that he must devote his time primarily to his defense," the order said.
The 5th Circuit outlined several areas of judicial misconduct that a majority of the panel found to rise to the level of impeachment. The allegations include numerous false statements under oath during his joint bankruptcy proceedings with his wife, Carmella. The judge concealed assets, hid gambling losses and violated court orders against taking on more debt when he continued to get credit from various casinos, the Judicial Council said.
In seeking protection from creditors under Chapter 13 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, Porteous and his wife filed the case using the names G.T. Ortous and C.A. Ortous. They later amended the papers to use their real names.
The council also determined that Porteous "engaged in fraudulent and deceptive conduct'' in dealing with a Regions Bank debt he owed before the bankruptcy.
The judge also accepted gifts and other things of value from lawyers trying cases in his court and failed to report them for six years, from 1994 to 2000. And, the council said he filed inaccurate financial disclosures.
It's unclear whether Porteous will continue to collect his $165,200 salary, as he did for more than a year while on medical leave.
Limited precedents
The federal conference's Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability is headed by Judge Ralph Winter Jr. of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. None of the other four members of the panel is from the 5th Circuit, the court that recommended that Porteous be impeached.
Chief Justice John Roberts presides over the full 27-member conference, which includes the chief judge and a district judge from each judicial circuit and the chief judge of the Court of International Trade.
The conference has never overturned an impeachment finding in the three similar recommendations made under the current statute enacted in 1981. But unlike the targets of the previous prosecutions -- Harry Claiborne of Nevada, Alcee Hastings of Florida and Walter Nixon of Mississippi -- Porteous has not been indicted under a criminal charge.
At its meeting Tuesday, the full conference voted unanimously to accept a slate of binding new rules to standardize the much-criticized patchwork system for judicial discipline around the country. The new rules, which take effect in 30 days, allow anyone to file a complaint alleging wrongdoing by a judge.
Complaints also can be lodged alleging that a judge is unable to perform normal duties because of mental or physical disability. Winter said that unless a "private reprimand" is meted out to a judge, all other sanctions will be made public.
Porteous was a judge in Gretna's 24th Judicial District Court from 1984 until 1994, when President Clinton nominated him to the federal bench.
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I started using twitter on the INTECOL conference in London 2013. In the beginning very sporadic and mainly for direct message chatting. However, my twitter bubble started growing and I got curious, if I can visualize it. Here I show a R script for visualization and community analyses of the twitter accounts I follow and their interconnection and I was really surprised, what I learned about my own interests and how clear they emerged simply by analyzing the meta-data of my twitter bubble.
After my last post on twitter friends and followers I got curious, if I could find a way how to visualize the people/organizations I follow on twitter. I call this my "twitter bubble" according to the term "filter bubble". However, on twitter I can at least a little influence this bubble by following who ever I like and with a personalized search (e.g. in Google) I do not know the algorithms of, that is not possible.
For analyzing my twitter bubble, I use the R packages twitteR, igraph and viridis. The later one is optional, since that is only for colorization and less pretty, standard ones can also be used. Although I didn't use the temporal part, "temporal networks with R and igraph" served as my template. Furthermore, I searched the web-pages stack overflow or r-bloggers to obtain help.
The first part just gathers the information about my twitter "friends". Note that the twitter-API access is restricted and it to almost 4h 30min (of which the script was sleeping >3:15), to get the information of ~270 friends! I wrote a function, which sleeps until the access limit is reset, for that the system clock has to be set correctly.
library(twitteR) ## insert the keys derived at apps.twitter.com consumer.key <- "<consumer.key>" consumer.secret <- "<consumer.secret>" access.token <- "<access.token>" access.token.secret <- "<access.token.secret>" setup_twitter_oauth(consumer.key, consumer.secret, access.token, access.token.secret) ## have a break, to satisfy the Twitter API rate limits sleep.on.rate.limit <- function(sleep.time=0, resource=c("account", "friends", "followers", "users")) { rate.limit <- getCurRateLimitInfo(resource) if (any(rate.limit$remaining == 0)) { cur.time <- Sys.time() dtime <- max(c(0, difftime(rate.limit$reset[rate.limit$remaining==0], cur.time, units="secs"))) sleep.time <- sleep.time + dtime message(paste("*** Sleeping for", round(dtime), "seconds ***")) Sys.sleep(dtime) } rate.limit <- getCurRateLimitInfo(resource) while (any(rate.limit$remaining == 0)) { sleep.time <- sleep.time + 1 message("*** Sleeping an additional second ***") Sys.sleep(1) rate.limit <- getCurRateLimitInfo(resource) } return(sleep.time) }
Next, I set my twitter name and a rate limit of friend's friends to fetch. I guess if people have more than 5000 friends, they do not really follow them (and it would have taken even longer to run the script).
my.name <- "JoergSteinkamp" friends.threshold <- 5000
Now comes the working part. which collects the information on my "friends" and their "friends" with some time counters.
me <- getUser(my.name) my.friends <- me$getFriends() my.friends <- twListToDF(my.friends) my.followers <- me$getFollowers() my.followers <- twListToDF(my.followers) ## initialize with my "friends" twitter.bubble <-data.frame(friend=my.friends$screenName, follower=my.name, N=me$followersCount, loc=me$location, stringsAsFactors=FALSE) skipped.friends <- NULL sleep.time <- 0 ## loop over all my friends screen names ("@...") for (friend.name in my.friends$screenName) { sleep.time <- sleep.on.rate.limit(sleep.time) ## get the friends data friend <- getUser(friend.name, retryOnRateLimit=180) ## skipping those that follow more than 5000 others (I don´t believe they really do) if (friend$friendsCount > friends.threshold) { message(paste("*** skipping", friend.name, " (too many friends) ***")) skipped.friends <- append(skipped.friends, friend.name) next } else { message(friend.name) } sleep.time <- sleep.on.rate.limit(sleep.time) ## get the friends of my friend friend.friends <- friend$getFriends(retryOnRateLimit=180) ## evaluate only those, that have any friends if (length(friend.friends) > 0) { friend.friends <- twListToDF(friend.friends) ## insert connection for those friends also present in my friends + myself common.friends <- intersect(c(my.friends$screenName, my.name), friend.friends$screenName) if (length(common.friends) > 0) twitter.bubble <- rbind(twitter.bubble, data.frame(friend=common.friends, follower=friend.name, N=friend$followersCount, loc=friend$location, stringsAsFactors=FALSE)) } } end.time <- Sys.time() message(end.time - start.time) message(paste("Slept for", sleep.time, "secs"))
Since it took so long to get all the data due to the Twitter API rate limitation, I saved the data.frames, adding one more including the number of followers.
## prepare a dataframe for the colorscale followersCount <- twitter.bubble[!duplicated(twitter.bubble[, c(2,3)]), c(2,3)] ## also include those not evaluated so far (due to too many friends) for (friend.name in setdiff(my.friends$screenName, followersCount$follower)) { friend <- getUser(friend.name, retryOnRateLimit=180) followersCount <- rbind(followersCount, data.frame(follower=friend.name, N=friend$followersCount), stringsAsFactors=FALSE) } save(file=paste("/path/to/twitter_bubble_", format(Sys.time(), "%Y%m%d"),".RData", sep=""), my.name, my.friends, twitter.bubble, skipped.friends, followersCount)
The part to analyse my twitter network is now done with a second script, which loads the previously saved data. For coloring I use the viridis library, which has nice colors and is colorblind safe. However, I to avoid extra dependencies I could have also used "rainbow" or any other standard color palette. Light colors mean less followers and dark colors mean many followers. The distribution of followers is almost log-normal distributed, as can be seen in the histogram.
library(viridis) library(igraph) load("/path/to/twitter_bubble.RData") followersCount <- followersCount[with(followersCount, order(N)), ] followersCount$color = rev(magma(nrow(followersCount), alpha=0.7)) ## "colorsnake" plot(followersCount$N, col=followersCount$color, pch=16, cex=2, log="y", ylab="count", xlab="") ## histogram + density curves log.followersCount <- log10(followersCount$N) hist(log.followersCount, freq=FALSE, col="grey", xlab=expression(log[10]~followersCount), main="") lines(density(log.followersCount), col="black", lwd=2) curve(dnorm(x, mean=mean(log.followersCount), sd=sd(log.followersCount)), add=TRUE, col="red", lwd=3)
Now the network analyses with the igraph package is coming. The graph object and layout has to be created and the colors have to be reordered, then the network can be plotted.
g <- graph.edgelist(as.matrix(twitter.bubble[,c(1,2)]), directed=FALSE) ## create a named vector and reorder it according to node ordering node.color <- setNames(followersCount$color, followersCount$follower) node.color <- node.color[V(g)$name] ## layout layout <- layout_with_lgl(g, maxiter=1000, area=length(V(g))^3.5, repulserad=length(V(g))^5.5) ## create the plot plot(g, layout=layout, vertex.label="", vertex.size=0.1+0.75*sqrt(graph.strength(g)), vertex.color=node.color, vertex.frame.color=node.color, edge.width=0.01, asp=9/16, margin=-0.1)
It is worth to run the layout and plot commands several times, the bubble always looks somewhat different and interesting patterns occur. For example, it looks as if there were "sub-bubbles" on the left and the upper-right side, which attracted my interests, since I wanted to know, if I can identify those "sub-bubbles" numerically. It turned out, that those "sub-bubbles" are called communities and igrah can also analyze networks to find those communities.
First, I removed myself from the twitter.bubble, since through me everything is connected, then I used the walktrap algorithms, to find the communities. There exists also several other algorithms, however, that one gave the most distinguished result. And I was seriously surprised, how clear the communities were detected. I was able to find out quiet a lot about the interests of myself,… Here is the code:
twitter.bubble <- subset(twitter.bubble, friend!=my.name & follower!=my.name) g <- graph.edgelist(as.matrix(twitter.bubble[,c(1,2)]), directed=FALSE) E(g)$weight <- edge.betweenness(g) twitter.communities <- walktrap.community(g, steps=31) print(communities(twitter.communities))
I was a little bit shocked, how clear one can build a profile of me, simply by analyzing my
network, which is often called "meta-data". The interesting parts were not the large scientific communities, which there were 3 of in my analysis (I'm not exactly sure why). The interesting communities were the small ones (moved to the upper right in the above picture), which gave a clear insight into my personal interests.
Now I can image a bit better, how simple profiles for advertisements (or by governments/intelligence agencies) can be build to classify people. If you use twitter, it is worth running the above scripts for your own account and play a bit with the options. By commenting out the line 'vertex.label=""' above, even names a printed on the nodes (but the font size should be reduced with the command 'V(g)$label.cex=0.25' before 'plot').
I think I will follow some additional accounts, out of my interests and mute them,…


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Gone are the bathroom jokes, violent condiment squirts and most annoying sounds in the world, instead focusing in on the relationship between Jim Carrey's Lloyd Christmas and Lauren Holly's Mary Swanson. Instead of Carrey playing a guy whose idiotic enough to travel across the country in a shaggin' wagon because he's too stupid to realize how creepy that is, he's a normal guy who travels across the country in a shaggin' wagon, fully aware of his stalker status. We just hope that sloppy, beautiful kiss makes the final cut.
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Immigration Reform
Worker eligibility fraud is the enemy of good immigration policy.
Creating a path to citizenship for the over 11 million undocumented workers is certain to boost the American economy, as it will undeniably expand the pool of legal workers. The question on everybody's mind, however, is once we overhaul our immigration system, how do we prevent a replay of the 1986 amnesty that saw a new, stronger wave of undocumented aliens? You do it by verifying and authenticating who is eligible to work.
Unfortunately, the current E-Verify and paper Social Security card system is a deeply flawed way for the nation's seven million employers to realistically determine an individual's identity and status. E-Verify is over reliant on flawed databases and susceptible to identity theft and fraud. In fact, a 2009 Westat study found that 54 percent of all unauthorized workers were found to be eligible for employment through E-Verify—largely because "many unauthorized workers obtain employment by committing identity fraud that cannot be detected by E-Verify." As the Social Security card is extremely easy to counterfeit—and the number itself easy to pass off—a security hole is created in the system that renders all attempts at meaningful verification useless.
Plugging the security hole: an electronic, tamper– and fraud-resistant card.
The most secure method to preserve the employment verification system – and bring exceptional value to all citizens – would be to issue all authorized US workers an upgraded, electronic, Chip-and-PIN Social Security card. By doing so, it would:
Ensure that only authorized workers can find work.
Workers with an upgraded Social Security card along with their secret PIN number would prove that the cardholder is who they say they are, and are eligible to work. This makes it easy for citizens and legal immigrants to get work.
Give employers peace of mind that workers are who they say they are.
The cards are authenticated when inserted in the employer's inexpensive card reader, and the employee is verified when they input their PIN. Because this is a Chip-and-PIN transaction, it is a high-assurance operation. This cannot be done with easily counterfeited paper or mag-stripe cards. It also eliminates the need for employers to be document experts.
Allow workers to provide solid proof of their right to work.
The current Social Security card is a piece of paper with an individual's Social Security number typed on it. In the real world, it proves neither the holder is who they say they are or that they are entitled to work in the US, as it could be stolen, forged, or passed off. Because the upgraded Social Security card is electronic and verified as authentic every time it's used in the system, it authenticates the holder of the card as legitimate when they type in their secret PIN, allowing the worker to prove their right to work.
Discourage future undocumented workers.
More than 1 million new legal permanent residents come to America (as well as more than a half-million illegal immigrants) every year for one compelling reason: they want to work. As the Washington Post Editorial Board put it in 2013, we need to "make it easy for companies to detect and reject undocumented job applicants and for the government to prosecute employers who flout the law. If illegal immigrants can't get jobs, they won't come to this country. An effective solution would be to issue tamper-proof, biometric ID cards – using fingerprints or a comparably unique identifier – to all citizens and legal residents." Only an electronically verified, chip-and-PIN Social Security card does that.
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The Five Things IoT Manufacturers Can Do To Future-Proof the Industry
If there's one thing that we've learned over the past few days since the Internet of Things (IoT) distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) attack gave the Internet brain freeze last Friday is that (1) IoT devices are insecure, (2) we have a really good idea what needs to be done to make them more secure, yet (3) it's hard to get everyone on the same page in dedicating the resources to actually make them more secure.
While that might seem like a stark truth, it only makes sense given how our economy and legal system works. Since no one company or device was responsible for allowing the attack, there's no specific organization to shame or blame. Plus, it's way too easy to point fingers at everyone else in the room and say there was nothing that could've been done, as everyone is responsible. Further, security costs money, and at the moment, companies want to pour their resources into grabbing IoT market share, not plugging holes that may or may not cause problems downstream. Unfortunately, this kind of thinking invites regulators and legislators to step in and attempt to dictate technology standards and best practices to address harms, both real and imagined.Read more...
Patient Identity: Getting Back to Basics for National Health IT Week
Monday kicked off National Health IT week! While the United States has made progress in moving towards a more modern healthcare system, significant work remains. There's no disputing that our medical device and health technology companies are the most advanced on the planet, developing the solutions that are diagnosing diseases earlier, expanding treatment options, and improving quality of life. However, when it comes to healthcare and identity—making sure that the correct data is associated with the right patient, and ensuring that that information is able to be shared, analyzed, and acted upon in a timely fashion—the United States lags woefully behind many other developed nations.Read more...
SIDC Announced New Action Center to Push Medicare into the 21st Century!
The Secure ID Coalition is thrilled to announce the launch of its new Action Center to build grassroots support for the Medicare Common Access Card Act (H.R.3220/S.1871), a bipartisan measure in Congress that will upgrade the current paper Medicare card with the same secure, electronic smart card trusted by the Department of Defense to authorize access to its most secure IT systems and facilities—including the Pentagon.
Members of Congress have begun to recognize that if we are going to get serious about stopping Medicare fraud, we have to start by modernizing the current paper Medicare card. Last week Bloomberg BNA reported on the latest efforts by members of the House Ways & Means Committee to bring Medicare into the 21st Century by upgrading the Medicare Card. The article summarized efforts in last week's House Ways & Means Committee hearing in which Rep. Peter Roskam highlighted the Medicare Common Access Card Act (click here to watch Rep. Roskam tackle the issue head on).Read more...