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Threats, lies and Facebook taunts in Afghanistan
(Mohammad Shoaib Barakzai, left, Jalaluddin Saeed, center, and Rafi Ahmadi, right, say an American company fled Afghanistan without paying their construction companies more than $2 million for work on projects around the company.)
Mohammed Shoaib Barakzai wasn't so thrilled to drive into rural Kandahar Province to check on a $15,000 wall building project at FOB Ramrod, one of the many US bases that dot the southern Afghanistan countryside.
But Barazkai had been assured by the US firm that hired him that success at Ramrod would lead to $40 million more in business.
It was a gamble - and one that nearly cost Barakzai his life.
As he left Ramrod in a Toyota Corolla, Taliban insurgents on motorcycles attacked. Barazai retreated to Ramrod as bullets shattered the rear window and peppered the car.
Barakzai's risk led him deeper into a relationship with an American businesswoman named Sarah Lee who abruptly shuttered her Bennett-Fouch construction firm in Afghanistan last year and left behind a pool of irate Afghan businessmen who say she still owes them more than $2 million for work they did building US bases.
"Because of Bennett-Fouch we lost a lot of trust in the market," Barakzai told McClatchy. "If there is a $1 million project, 100 people work on it. Sarah Lee not only damaged the business of her clients, she hurt the hearts of hundreds of poor Afghans."
On Wednesday, nearly a year after Lee closed Bennett-Fouch and her related firm, K5 Global, the US military announced that it was temporarily blacklisting Lee's companies while they continue to investigate the case.
Since taking command of coalition forces in Afghanistan, US Gen. David Petraeus has sought to combat insidious corruption infused in the multi-million-dollar construction business in the country.
"With insufficient oversight, it is likely that some of those funds will unintentionally fuel corruption, finance insurgent organizations, strengthen criminal patronage networks, and undermine our efforts in Afghanistan," Petraeus wrote in special contracting guidelines he issued last fall.
But the Afghan businessmen still trying to get their money from working with Lee said the US military and US Embassy did little to help them until it was far too late.
"This is meaningless," said Jalaluddin Saeed, president of Associates in Development, an Afghan construction company that produced invoices showing that it's owed more than $1.3 million by the U.S. firms. "They already ran away with the money after committing the crime."
Bennett-Fouch touted itself in Afghanistan as an international construction company with 1,600 employees that was managed by disabled U.S. veterans.
K5 Global, which said it had secured more than $40 million in military contracts, vowed on its website to "become one of the U.S. government's most trusted and reliable contractors."
Afghan business records show that Bennett-Fouch and K5 Global are both owned by Lee, a 45-year-old U.S. businesswoman whose construction companies have worked for a few years in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The U.S. military said American laws prevented the government from paying subcontractors directly and suggested that the Afghan companies could pursue their claims in U.S. courts.
"It really reflects badly on the U.S. mission in Afghanistan," said Barakzai, head of the Barak Durani Construction and Logistics Co., which he says is owed more than $150,000. "It's 100 percent the U.S. government's responsibility to take her and hand her over to the Afghan government."
While Lee was sometimes slow to pay her bills, Barakzai said, the problems escalated in the fall of 2009 as rumors began to circulate that Lee was preparing to leave Afghanistan without paying her bills.
In e-mails given to McClatchy by the Afghan businessmen, Lee repeatedly blamed the U.S. military for not paying her so she could pay the Afghan subcontractors.
"I can never say I am sorry enough for this delay or the impact it has caused you or any of the operations," according to a Jan. 12, 2010, e-mail from Lee's account. "I am more than sure that US Govt will soon realize that the prices will jump exponentially due to the lack of payment in a timely manner from their side."
Suspicious of her claims, Saeed tracked down invoices proving that Lee had been paid by the U.S. military.
"We are all compromised by this inaction by the US military and it is very difficult to move forward," according to another e-mail from Lee's account.
Saeed warned Lee that his vendors were threatening to have him arrested or killed if the bills weren't paid.
"You have my solemn word that all debt shall be cleared that is owed to you and I do not have to run from anything," according to a Jan. 29, 2010, e-mail from Lee to Saeed.
Within weeks, Saeed said, Lee's offices in Afghanistan were shuttered.
Lee couldn't be reached by phone or e-mail. The U.S. military also said it couldn't reach Lee to discuss the allegations.
Saeed and two other Afghan businessmen who worked with Lee said they unsuccessfully sought help from U.S. military contracting officers, anti-corruption investigators and America's special inspector general in Afghanistan.
"Unfortunately, there's not a lot I can do to help you in the near term," one US military contracting officer wrote to Saeed in April.
In June, two of the contractors said they made a public appeal to U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry during an event in Kabul to highlight the U.S. government's "Afghan First" strategy of promoting Afghan companies.
"He promised us in front of everybody three times — 'I promise. I promise. I promise, I will solve your problem'," said Rafi Ahmadi, president of Ahmadi Group Construction, Logistic and Services, which is owed about $680,000. "But it was just a promise."
Ahmadi and Saeed said they gave an Eikenberry aide a sheaf of documents to back up their claims. But they never heard back from the U.S. Embassy.
A U.S. Embassy official declined Wednesday to discuss the matter.
At one point, Barakzai was humbled when his tribal elders were forced to intervene and pay $300,000 to one of the businessman's irate unpaid vendors. Angry over the shame of unresolved dispute, the elders instructed Barakzai to stop working with foreigners.
But since so much of his business was with international firms, the Afghan businessman refused.
"I was always saying that foreigners are better in business than Afghans," Barakzai said. "They asked me to not even talk to foreigners again. Don't do business with them."
When rumors started circulating that Lee was preparing to leave Afghanistan, Barakzai began repeatedly to press Bennett-Fouch officials to pay $750,000 his company was owed.
At one point, Barakzai said he threatened a Bennett-Fouch official based at the sprawling Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan on the outskirts of Kandahar City, the major city in the Taliban's spiritual heartland.
"I said, 'If you don't pay me by tomorrow at 4 p.m., I am going to take you to the city," he said. "Go with me. Stay with me. You will be my guest until I get my money."
It took the emergency mediation of one of Kandahar's most influential families — the Sherzais — to resolve the dispute.
In a last-ditch effort to secure his money from Bennett-Fouch, Barakzai said he wrote a Facebook message to Lee and said he was coming to the U.S. to settle the matter.
"Hello Sarah," he wrote to Lee last June. "You might remember me, this is Shoaib Barakzai from Afghanistan who still looking to receive the unpaid money. Could answer to this message or give me your phone number? I want to talk to you and shortly I will be seeing you in your state in the US."
"Come on over," came the reply from Lee's account. "Got a surprise for you when you get here . . . "
Barazkai said the failed business ventures could have a ripple effect in Afghanistan.
"We've really had good business since the U.S. has come, but that doesn't mean that the companies should take the money they make from Afghan businesses back to their countries," Barakzai said. "We are learning this. If they do corruption, then we can think that we will do the same corruption because we have learned from those that taught us."

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Kierra Mallard scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in leading Texas Tech to an 80-39 victory over Savannah State on Monday night at the United Spirit Arena.
The Lady Raiders (13-8) dominated from the opening tip and never looked back. They took a 16-2 lead in the first four minutes and a half minutes. The closest Savannah State (4-18) got was at 4-2 at the 18:37 mark. Tech's biggest lead of the half was 27 points at 46-19 on a three-pointer by Jordan Barncastle with 1:12 remaining. The Lady Raiders had a 43-23 advantage at the break. Tech shot 51.5 percent from the field in the first 20 minutes, connecting on 17-of-33 shots.
Tech went on a 10-0 run to start the second half before the Lady Tigers scored their first point on a free throw by LaShara Smith. The Lady Raiders' largest lead of the contest, 41 points, came on the last basket of the game at 1:03 on a jumper by Barncastle to give Tech the 80-39 win.
Mallard's 23 points and 13 rebounds marked her fourth career double-double and her second straight. Dominic Seals added 15 points and Barncastle chipped in 13. Tiny Henderson collected four assists and Mallard finished with three blocks. Raven Fields led Savannah State with 13 points.
For the game, Tech shot 44.8 percent (30-67) compared to Savannah State's 29.2 percent (14-48). The Lady Raiders hit 15-of-21 free throws for 71.4 percent. Tech out-rebounded the Lady Tigers 44-33.
The Lady Raiders return to Big 12 action on Sun., Feb. 8, as they travel to Austin to take on Texas at 2 p.m.
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BEFORE I got my licence and car years ago, I was always walking everywhere. Sure, I did take the bus, taxi and train every now and then, but I had always preferred walking as it got me to my destination without the need to
worry about being confined in
a small room and inhaling random (usually unpleasant) body odours.
However, there was always one thing that was always at the top of my head whenever I decided to start my journey on foot somewhere: which reckless driver would I need to face that day?
If there is one thing that most people can agree on is that Malaysia, as much as I love my wonderful country, is not the safest for pedestrians in general. I can't even begin to count how many times I have almost been knocked down by motorists, who were either too preoccupied with their gadgets or too impatient to give way where necessary.
I promised myself that when I started driving, I would always remember to be sensitive to pedestrians and try my best to give way to them whenever I could. You see, we motorists have metal and glass to shield us from danger and the weather; pedestrians, on the other hand, have none of these and risk losing their limbs or lives if they aren't careful enough.
A few weeks ago, I had parked my car at the staff parking lot and walked over to campus to start my day at work. I waited patiently to cross the road, which had only one lane on each side as it was on campus grounds. Finally, when a kind driver stopped to give way to me at the zebra crossing, I raised my hand to wave at him and mouthed a silent "thank you" as I walked across.
Imagine my horror when just two seconds later, I was inches away from being knocked down by another car, which had appeared out of nowhere! The driver of this car, which looked like a sports car to me, had evidently overtaken the kind driver because the former had been too impatient to wait until I crossed the road. He decided to overtake on a road, which had only one lane and no room for overtaking.
I froze on the road and yelled at him. He stared blankly at me and waited until I moved before he zoomed off. I cursed at myself in anger, upset how some motorists could be so selfish and insensitive on the road.
I suppose I had been lucky.
Many pedestrians have lost their legs and/or ability to walk, and some have even been killed after getting knocked down by reckless motorists.
I simply cannot fathom this.
Are road rules difficult to obey? Is etiquette difficult to adhere to? Has common courtesy been thrown out of the window?
How many more limbs do we need to lose in order for people to understand the importance of abiding by road rules? How many more lives do we need to lose in order for people to learn their lesson?
We speak so greatly about teaching our children to listen to and follow rules and regulations.
We speak so greatly about teaching our children to be compassionate, respectful people.
We speak so greatly about teaching our children to become responsible, dependable adults.
Yet, our actions prove to be the complete opposite. How then can you expect to bring up these children and mould them into becoming sensible citizens?
It all begins with every one of us wanting to create an environment where anyone can feel safe no matter where they are, no matter what vehicle they may or may not drive.
It's not rocket science, yet it is something many people have trouble comprehending. Perhaps, it is egocentrism that stops us from caring about anyone other than ourselves, or perhaps it is apathy. I can't seem to figure out which one.
Be a little more considerate, show a little more kindness. Act a little more maturely, prove a little more sagacious.
Trust me, the world will be a better place to live in.
The writer, a lecturer at Sunway College, is a Malaysian-born Eurasian with Scottish/Japanese/Indian lineage. She believes in a tomorrow where there is no existence of racism and hatred.


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OK, so our 2nd Anniversary was actually on May 20th but that was my first day back from Portland so I don't think I was in any shape or mood to do much but sleep. So, here we are... better late than never, eh?
I have decided to celebrate our 2nd Anniversary by having a HUGE SALE on our Etsy store. I just finished listing several ready-made items and I have priced them really low. But the catch is that once they're gone, they're gone and there's only 1 of each design in small & large sizes.
As of right now, I have 92 sales on Etsy and I've been told that hitting your 100th sale is a big deal over there, so what I am gonna do is reward the buyer of my 100th item with a special matching surprise item. Since I don't know which will be my 100th item sold, this surprise item will be custom-made after the sale, so please allow an extra couple days for completion. :)
And since I am feeling happy & generous, I will also reward one lucky blog reader with a surprise package in the mail from moi. Since I know some of you don't have small children (or girls), I will give the lucky winner their choice of: a sewing/crafting care package from my extensive collection of fabric/notions OR a custom-made MODKID surprise item.
All you have to do is leave a comment below this post and let me know what your plans are for this Summer. Are you traveling, hanging out at home, taking on a new project, learning a new skill, sleeping a lot??? Tell me, tell me, tell me.
I will draw the winner in 1 week.
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Hi there! Let me start off by saying that I've admired your work for so long. I've seen your designs first on Ebay!! So, I'm commenting on here for your "prize"..lol. Well, I do have kids (five of them), and this summer I plan on just hanging out with them and keeping them BUSY! We are a homeschooling family, so this summer is a much needed break! I don't have anything scheduled yet, but the majority of the time will be outside!! Blessings, AliciaReplyDelete
Hey Patty! Congrats on your second year! LOVE your designs!! This summer for us will be spent not only working, but ex-Dh and I are getting remarried, so we will be doing a little remodeling to our home in preparation for the kids and I to move back in. Hoping that in between we can sneak in a few trips to the beach!ReplyDelete
Have a great summer!
Ohhhhh....love prizes! :) I plan on taking it EASY this summer! Mostly just spending time w/ the kiddos! :) Lots of crafts and days in the sprinkler!ReplyDelete
Congrats on your anniversary! I discovered MODKID last March and have been hooked ever since! I am currently not working and enjoying my free time with Emma*Cakes. :) We were in Indiana last week with family and this weekend is Emma's 2nd birthday party! Busy, busy! I just had an interview this week so my time at home may be coming to an end soon! I just pulled up the Etsy store and Emma's been going Ooh, ooh, aww over the skirts. lol I really want to get her the set so if its still there when Jon gives the ok to spend then its ours in the 3T! Thanks for another awesome sale and blog contest. You rock!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your anniversary. Your designs are always so beautiful. This summer I plan to practice my outdoor photography and hopefully take a lot of outdoor pictures.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the opportunity to enter your blog contest.
HI, I'm new to your blog and I'm thinking we must be kindred seamstresses (Smith's, The Cure)So here are my summer plans- Sleeping more? Yes please! Also maybe a little travel. Cleaning out the craft room and sewing (now that you've got me inspired)! Thanks for the opportunity.ReplyDelete
Only two years, it seems I have been following your career/designs forever. Such great work, congrats Patty.ReplyDelete
This summer has already flown past. I leave Sunday to counsel at a church camp (120 teenagers)this is my 8th year counseling. Then 4th of July, hometown festival, camping. Oh yeah, I am also taking a summer college course.
- Liliana9:37 AM
Wow...2yrs already? Congrats, I discovered you about 1 yr ago & now with the blog...I check it at least every other day!:) I don't have much plans for the Summer but I do want to spend alot of time with my 2 kids...whether it's just hanging out at home or going to the movies, swimming, park, zoo, etc...ReplyDelete
Thank you to all who have commented and shared your Summer plans so far! It has been so much fun to read them all. It's so nice to see some new faces accompanied by old friends. Welcome all!ReplyDelete
Happy anniversary! I've been following your work almost from the beginning & just love what you do - such great color combos and fun designs! My summer is pretty packed with grad school classes, full time work, shuffling little girl to montessori school and less little girl to various art, gymnastics, & church camps. And of course, sewing & designing whenever (and where ever!) I can fit it in!ReplyDelete
Thanks for being such an ispiration!
Karen G.
Hmmm this summer I am hoping to sew a lot and spend time around home. With the cost of everything going up we are planning to do a lot more in the local area. Oh and strawberry picking there must be strawberry picking!ReplyDelete
Congrats on your Anny Patty!!!! So exciting! I am heading over to etsy to check out the items today!! Can't wait! You go girl!!ReplyDelete
Oh, I totally forgot to tell about our Summer plans! We put in a pool this past Winter, so LOT'S of swimming! I have three princesses who loooove to swim!! We are also taking a trip to Disney for the 500th time, the girls just love it so much, we have had a hard time talking them into anything else the past few Summers :)ReplyDelete
Hopefully a few weekend trips to some NEW places too, lol!!!
Thanks for letting me share!!
Happy Anniversary! My girls and I are hanging out and one of them is sewing with me and putting things in her Etsy store as well! We are trying to stay cool too since this heat is so bad. Have a nice summer yourself!ReplyDelete
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- Amy12:32 PM
We're going to rent a cabin in Gatlinburg for a few days at the end of the month. We've never been there, but were looking for a place with activities for our kids who range in age from 3 months to 15.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for the ceviche instructions. My husband's been asking me to make it and I was a bit intimidated, but I think I will try it now. Thanks for the inspiration!
- Lisa Tseng4:30 PM
Hello Patty! Congrats on your 2nd anniversary!! I'm so glad to see you being so successful over the past year, so happy for you too! Kyle is going to Kindergarten in the fall and Ava is 90% potty trained!! Nothing big or special has been planned for the summer yet, but you know, with 2 little ones around, everyday is special and fun!! Congratulations again! You ROCK, girl!! Have a great summer!!ReplyDelete
-Lisa :)
- Anonymous1:13 AM
Congrats on the aniversary! I just wandered over here from JCaroline. What a cute shop you have! Plans for the summer...well, I just finished one of them, which was a long overdue painting of our bedroom. Other plans include gardening, hopefully camping and lots of catching up with sewing.ReplyDelete
Patty, I cannot think of anyone else who has earned their success more!ReplyDelete
This summer we are doing a big, fat NOTHING! Lol! I may take the kids to an amusement park or something but with gas prices so high, we most likely will just be hanging out at home and at the beach :)
we're playing ball, playing ball and playing ball. All 3 kiddos are on teams and so we have practices, league games and weekend tournaments. We love it! We'll work in a couple of camps, a couple of trips back home to KS, and a little time of sorting through drawers, cabinets, under beds, etc......so we can repaint their rooms.ReplyDelete
Woohoo!!! on reaching the 2 year mark! It is only the beginning for you my dear, you are going to go great & far.ReplyDelete
Okay, summer...ugh! we will spend most of our time at the illustrious "cheer gym" and many weekends on the lake. We go to Gulf Shores, AL every Oct for Shrimp Festival (YUM!). I know, can't hardly stand the excitment but there it is, our summer :)
PS, can I tell you how much I would LOVE to be the lucky winner and how jealous of the winners I will be if I'm not one?? AND that I will have to pout for DAYS!
Love ya Mz Patty!
Thanks again to everyone who's submitted a comment so far. I am having such fun reading about your Summer plans. And I greatly appreciate all the warm wishes too!ReplyDelete
Happy Anniversary! :D Love the new blog makeover and CONGRATS on MM girl! WOOHOO! I can't wait to see your fabric!ReplyDelete
We are just chillin for the Summer... We may wind up going to the beach but for the most part, just chilaxin'... :D
Toni :D
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Happy 2nd Birthday to your blog! Our summer includes a trip to Colorado for the week of July 4 and then my kids' school is on a year 'round calendar, so they'll be starting back up on 7/14. It actually has been nice - 3 weeks off in the fall, 2 weeks at Christmas, 2 in the spring and 7 for summer. We went to Flagstaff last weekend for my cousin's wedding, so the kids are getting used to road trips.ReplyDelete
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We are headed to Telluride for the 4th. We are so excited since it's over 110 degrees here. I am planning on knitting more but haven't had the time. In July I should be free to do a lot more. I also just reserved a lot of Photoshop books at the library to pick up some new skills. I just got my Nikon D300 and having a blast with it.ReplyDelete
I love your work. I have 3 girls and they love when I knit their hats. Thanks for your inspiration!
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Congratulations on Two Years! I've not been reading quite that long, but have enjoyed the inspiration! :)ReplyDelete
This summer, I plan to enjoy our backyard with my five children. I want to cook with them (a different supper "helper" each evening) and encourage their creativity with craft/sewing projects of their choosing.
And, I hope, once everyone is down for the night, to spend a little time on my own projects, mainly quilting.
Here's to summer! Blessings!
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A Holo New World...5:00 AM
So today the Digital Dozen challenge of Fairy Tales continues and the 31 Day Challenge was hologrpahic. I don't own a ton of holographic polishes so I was a little worried about squeezing it in there but I think I managed to make it work! I can't reiterate enough how much I love Disney films so Aladdin was an easy choice for me. While ALL Disney movies aren't necesserily fairy tales, this one definitely is! It's based on the Arab folktale, Aladdin and the Magic Lamp which is part of the book One Thousand and One Nights. The book is sort of like Aesops Fables in a way. It contains ten volumes (and six supplemental volumes) of Asian folklore. So I think I can safely include these nails in my fairy tale week! ;P I hope you all enjoy them!
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Beautiful manicure :)ReplyDelete
What polish did you use as base on your middle finger and pinkie? It's gorgeous!Replies
Thank you!! It's Color Club Angel's Kiss!Delete
Very cute! The tiger's face is so good, it could be mistaken for a stamp at first glance lol. Side note: I could not stop thinking of 'Eye of the Tiger' while I looked at these, haha.ReplyDeleteReplies
lol thanks! It IS a stamp! But I'm flattered that you think I could achieve that! :)Delete
This is amazing! GREAT JOB!ReplyDelete
This is so fabulous!!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful manicure! I love this!ReplyDelete
I love all the different colors that this manicure contains!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you! I tried to stick with mostly shades of blue!Delete
Aladdin is one of my favourite Disney movies! You did a great job here representing it!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks! It's my husbands favorite too!Delete
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A holo new world! hahahaha the title cracked me up! Love it (and the art, of course)ReplyDeleteReplies
lol thank you! :)Delete
These are fantastic!! That holo is gorgeous!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you! It's a super easy one to apply. No aqua base needed!Delete
I'm absolutely loving the holo nails!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks! I don't use much holo but I loved it too!Delete
I love that tiger nail!!ReplyDelete
I love that tiger stamp! So pretty!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks! I've been waiting for an excuse to use it!Delete
This is gorgeously done!ReplyDelete
What what wha? Don't own a whole lot of holo polishes? I can't imagine! Although it does seem that there are so many versions of purples, blues, etc., only need a couple in your stash!ReplyDeleteReplies
Lol I think I own between 5 and 10 of them! That's like...one percent of my collection! They're pretty enough but I never use them!Delete
Haha, perfect post title for this mani!! Gorgeous.ReplyDelete
This is fantastic!ReplyDelete
is it wrong that I don't remember a tiger from Aladdin? love the holo nails tho xxReplyDelete
I really love this one, Bee! I think it's a great mix of finishes and to me, you really captured the 'feeling' of Aladdin with this. There is an easy beauty to it, like Jasmine and Rajah both have :)ReplyDelete
I especially like the gold rimmed one.ReplyDelete
I love the title of this post! I love that flower stamped over the holo, beautiful!ReplyDelete
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Moving from the shadow of The British Open into the shadow of The Olympics, the hard luck John Deere Classic remains an exciting, well run PGA Tour event.
The John Deere Classic had for many years been one of the real doormat tournaments on The PGA Tour. Hot and humid in Iowa - or in Illinois where it is now held - in mid July, and for the last 20-years, always coming the week right before The British Open. It was a real no man's land of a location on the Tour schedule. Not a part of The West Coast Swing, nor The Florida Swing.. nothing.. just in the middle of the country, in the middle of the Summer, and in the middle of most player's prep for the next week's Major Championship. But the event has garnered some steam in the past handful of years. With popular and big name players like Steve Stricker, Zach Johnson, and most recently, Jordan Spieth, all having tremendous success at the tournament, The John Deere Classic was gaining some momentum. With each passing year, another player or two that was scheduled to play the following week at The British was deciding to make the trip to TPC Deere Run.
And then they decided to bring golf back to The Olympics. I feel it hurt The PGA Championship, The Travelers, and now it has hurt The John Deere Classic, which was moved to August this year and will host just eight players from the Top-100 in the world rankings - half of what was on the field last season. Adding insult to injury, the defending champion, Jordan Spieth, who decided to skip The Olympics, is not playing The Deere this year either. But The John Deere Classic takes its lumps and plays on with tremendous community support and large, enthusiastic crowds. It is a very well run event and I trust that next year it will get back to the positive groove it had been enjoying.
As far as what it takes to win at TPC Deere Run, it first helps if your name is Stricker or Johnson. In the last seven years, Steve Stricker and Zach Johnson have a combined ten Top-5 finishes including four wins. Interesting to note that Stricker is from nearby Wisconsin and attended the University of Illinois while Johnson is from Iowa, the tournament's former home, and went to Drake University.. so having some Midwest roots seems to pay dividends at The Deere. It will also take hitting greens in regulation and holing putts for birdie. The tournament really is a scoring fest and there is not much to be gained by either distance or accuracy off of the tee. Scrambling, work around the greens, putting, getting on the surface in regulation, and keeping pace by converting a lot of birdies will be a good formula to sign up for this week in Silvis, Illinois.
The Favorites
Zach Johnson +700 at BetVictor - No surprise here. Has anybody ever demonstrated such at any one tournament? Tiger at Bay Hill and Firestone, Davis Love at Harbour Town. Zach is no slouch though with just one finish lower than 3rd place here in the last seven years, including a victory in 2012. Incredible horse for this course. Gotta expects that he'll be right there again.
Steve Stricker +1200 - Not too far removed from Zach The Great is Stricker's case. Just months away from The Champions Tour, Stricker is making the most of his Summer with a 4th at The British, a 21st at The Scottish Open, and a 2nd at The St. Jude.. and at The Deere, he won it three straight times between 2009 and 2011 before stringing together three straight Top-11 finishes to follow that up.
Jon Rahm +1200 at William Hill - Right here in this column last week we spoke about the fast track to recognition the very talented Jon Rahm is experiencing - and here he is now fast tracking to the role of 2nd Favorite. Tough to argue. Despite a 25th last week at The Travelers, Rahm has three Top-10 finishes in seven events this season. This is his first time playing The John Deere Classic.
The Contenders
Kevin Na +2000 at 888Sport - Like Steve Stricker, Kevin Na has been on a very nice run this Summer and is the 2nd highest ranked player in the world in the field this week. 7th at The U.S. Open, 27th at The Bridgestone and a couple of 22's at The British at The PGA. Na finished 13th here last year.
Gary Woodland +2000 - Gary Woodland is one of the longest hitters on Tour but his distance won't necessarily be an advantage this week and if you look at past winners here, very few qualify as bombers. I feel that Gary is a contender though with a good enough short game, a lot of greens in regulation, and is riding what has been an excellent season - with only three missed cuts since November.
Ryan Moore +2000 at Ladbrokes - The UNLV Rebel has a very strong history at this course and is on a run of five straight cuts made, including three in Majors. He should be in the right place at the right time here this week.
The Long Shots
Jerry Kelly +3000 - A real home game of sorts for the Wisconsin native and he always seems to show up for the local supporters, having finished outside of the Top-25 just twice in ten visits to the tournament.
John Senden +4000 At BetVictor - A past winner here in 2006, Senden is a ball striker who hits a lot of greens in regulation and has improved his putting quite a bit recently. Just two weeks ago, he finished 18th at The PGA Championship.
Adam Hadwin +8000 at Skybet - The young Canadian is in just his second full season away from The Tour and has racked up nearly a million dollars in earnings with just two missed cuts in the last four months. Hadwin finished 18th in his debut here last year.
The Pick
A very impressive season for The BYU Cougar as he has recorded a 23rd at The Players, an 8th at The U.S. Open, a 3rd at The PGA, and was 11th just last week at The Travelers. This week he comes to a place in which he has finished 8th, 13th, and 4th in his last three trips. He's done so with excellent putting, hitting greens, and making birdies. The John Deere Classic has been home to many first time Tour winners - and I think Summerhays adds to that list this week for you betting picks.
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The First Four of the NCAA Tournament has now concluded, which means that today marks the beginning of the Free NCAA Brackets Contest at SBR, so do not miss the 11:00am ET deadline to enter! More importantly, we are taking one final look at our Final Four and predicted NCAA Basketball Champion, as the selection committee forced us to make one change from our original selections.
Three of the four teams we originally had in our Final Four are still good to go, but we must amend the fourth participant because the committee placed two of our selections Louisville and Duke in the same Midwest Region.
You will see which of those two teams is our choice in a minute, but more importantly, we had to go in an entirely different direction in the West Region, where Gonzaga is the number one seed. We feel that the West is the weakest of the four regions and our selection of a low seed to advance out of it and proceed to the Final Four bears that out. We think this is the region that will make a lot of brackets if picked correctly, as we see Gonzaga being the first one-seed out.
So without further ado, here are our final official Final Four, Championship Game and National Champion selections. The odds provided are to win the NCAA National Championship, courtesy of 5 Dimes.
Florida Gators (+700): We are not backing down from our original selection of the Gators winning the national championship despite them losing 66-63 to Mississippi in the SEC Championship Game. Even with that loss, Florida remains second in the country in defensive efficiency and fifth in offensive efficiency. To give you an idea of how remarkable that is, no other team in the country is even in the top 10 in both categories. Florida has also changed its culture, as while it is still a very good three-point shooting team ranking 23rd in the country in that department, it no longer relies entirely on it like it used to as it is ranked an amazing eighth in two-point shooting and this is the best Florida defense in recent memory. The oddsmakers have certainly taken notice as the Gators are actually the favorites to win the South Region on the future odds despite being the three-seeds.
Louisville Cardinals (+475): We also still have Louisville as Florida's opponent in the National Championship Game, so the Cardinals obviously get the nod over Duke in the Midwest Region. And why not? Louisville has only further strengthened its position since we first made our original Final Four selections a few weeks ago, bullying it way to a Big East Conference Championship by winning every Big East Tournament Game by double-digits, culminating with a 17-point win over the Syracuse Orange in the Final! The Cardinals dominated despite playing in a powerful conference that ranked second as a whole on the Pomeroy Ratings, and they did it with aggressive, suffocating defense, leading the entire nation in defensive efficiency and ranking second in defensive turnover percentage. That great defense did cover up some offensive weaknesses though, and we think that will be Louisville's downfall it does indeed get matched up with a Florida team that can shoot over the defense.
Indiana Hoosiers (+550): Indiana had a surprising early exit in the Big Ten Tournament, losing to the Wisconsin Badgers for the second time this season. That did not prevent the selection committee from still giving the Hoosiers a number one seed though, and we agree that they have done enough over their full body of work to merit advancement to the Final Four. Indiana leads the country in offensive efficiency while ranking eighth in effective field goal percentage, a figure enhanced by ranking second in three-point shooting at a blistering 41.1 percent, although they are just fine thank you on two-point attempts also at 52.2 percent. Of course it helps to have not one but two Player of the Year candidates on the same team in Cody Zeller and Victor Oladipo. Perhaps most importantly, the Hoosiers play defense too, ranking 19th in efficiency at that end of the floor and an identical 19th in effective field goal percentage allowed.
Pittsburgh Panthers (+5500): We decided to go bombs away in the West by picking the eighth-seeded Panthers to advance to Atlanta, and the Panthers could actually have a fairly easy path in a weak region if they do get by Gonzaga in the third round (round of 32 this Saturday) as we expect. Believe it of not, Pittsburgh is one of only four teams in the entire country ranked in the top 20 in both offensive efficiency (9th) and defensive efficiency (17th) and the Panthers are actually ranked ninth in the country overall on the Pomeroy Ratings! That bears repeating, as a team that is only seeded eighth in its own region is ranked ninth in the entire country on Pomeroy. That alone gives Pittsburgh sick value at 55/1 to win the national title, and at the very least it can set up some great hedging opportunities should Pitt continue advancing.
Final Four
Florida over Indiana
Louisville over Pittsburgh
National Champion
Florida Gators
NCAA Tournament Betting: Final Four, Championship Picks & Odds
The First Four of the NCAA Tournament has now concluded, which means that today marks the beginning of the Free NCAA Brackets Contest at SBR, so do not miss the 11:00am ET deadline to enter! More importantly, we are taking one final look at our Final Four and predicted NCAA Basketball Champion, as the selection committee forced us to make one change from our original selections.


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We have all wondered how old is Miley Cyrus. According to her official Wikipedia page at the moment of writing this article She's actually born or 23 November, 1992 in Tennessee. She was a child in Franklin, on her family's 500 acre farm. Not sure of what would happen to her life, her name is thought to come from her parents' thinking she would achieve great things. As she was smiled so much as an infant, she was given the nickname 'Smiley'. Cyrus is not the only one in her family to enter the entertainment business, with four of her siblings going into entertainment as well.
When she was just eight years old, after going to the theatre with her father, Billy Ray, she knew that was what she wanted to do:
This is what I want to do, daddy. I want to be an actress.
Miley Cyrus was only 14 years old when she had her first hit. This was in 2006 with Hannah Montana, a program following a teenage schoolgirl who is also a pop star. Although only auditioning for a side role, she got a response asking her to audition for the lead. This was her first big breakthrough on television. Hannah Montana is ranked with the best series on cable.
Soon after the second season of Hannah Montana had finished showing, she then signed a four-album record deal with Hollywood Records, which is also owned by Disney. After selling 326,000 copies in its first week, the Recording Industry Association of America awarded it as 'triple-platinum'. Since then, she has also released other albums, although them not being as successful as her first.
In 2007, she toured in United States and Canada, with the Jonas Brothers, Everlife and Aly & AJ to promote the joint album. Here, it only took minutes for tickets to be sold out.
Her career is not limited to the big screen though, when in 2008, she started a YouTube channel with her friend, posting videos called 'The Miley and Mandy Show', before negotiating deals for The Last Song, and another season of Hannah Montana.
Cyrus was also subject to a teenage hacker, who leaked shots of her in underwear and in her swimwear, after accessing her emails.
Her success with Hannah Montana continued, with the release of Hannah Montana: The Movie, which was another big success for her. She was also involved in charity concerts in support of research for cancer and training programs.
In 2009, she also decided to launch a clothing line, which was featured across Walmart.
After 'Can't Be Tamed', she decided to pause on singing so that she could concentrate on her acting career. Throughout the following couple of years, she appeared in a number of different shows, however, none of them as famous as Hannah Montana.
In 2013, Larry Rudolph, who'd worked with Britney Spears, was picked by Cyrus to be her manager. This was when she decided to continue singing for a short while, with some success, one single hitting number 2 in the US. After a variety of collaborations, another single, 'Wrecking Ball', then hit number 1 on the US charts for the first time.
More recently, Cyrus was the guest curator for the Art for Freedom, which was in hope of fuelling free speech across the world.
Forbes has also placed Cyrus number 17 on the list of mist powerful celebrities, at the age of 23 and she is just in front of Taylor Swift and Mariah Carey. This return was made after 4 years of being off the list.


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We've got a delicious and guilt-free way to enjoy apple coffee cake! This recipe comes from our new diabetic-friendly cookbook, Guilt-Free Comfort Favorites. Don't worry, we're not sacrificing any of the taste. In fact, just one bite, and you're going to be hooked! Don't be surprised when family and neighbors are lining up outside your kitchen for a taste of our Guilt-Free Apple Lovers' Coffee Cake!


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The 2nd Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning at CNM, which is free to all participants, was held February 21, 2014, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
The Online Conference Program includes information about the conference venue, schedule, and content.
This year's conference was led by a keynote by Dr. James Lang, the Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts.
The theme of the conference was "Cultivating Reflective Practice." Through reflection, educators become more aware of the relationship between their instructional decisions and student learning; this awareness then underpins self-directed professional development aimed at improving student learning. During this conference, participants moved through and beyond the acquisition of new knowledge about teaching and learning towards identifying and creating opportunities to engage in enduring, sustainable professional growth.


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Viola Davis & Glenn Close: Academy Awards Nominations Luncheon
Viola Davis rocks a bright Juan Carlos Obando dress at the Academy Awards Nominations Luncheon held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Monday (February 6) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The 46-year-old The Help actress (who finished off her look with Jimmy Choo heels) was joined at the event by fellow Best Actress nominee Glenn Close, who was recognized for her work in Albert Nobbs.
The 2012 Academy Awards airs live, February 26, on ABC. Billy Crystal will serve as host for the evening!
FYI: Glenn is wearing a Hawaiian print coat, stretch leggings, blue crepe top, a fuchsia "Falabella" clutch, and wooden platform pumps all by Stella McCartney.
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Casino gambling suddenly has new life on Beacon Hill with the departure of House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi, who makes his resignation official at 5 p.m. today.
BOSTON — Casino gambling suddenly has new life on Beacon Hill.
House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi makes his resignation official at 5 p.m. today, after he gives a farewell speech to the House.
Last year, DiMasi was credited with orchestrating the defeat of Gov. Deval Patrick's proposal to license up to three casinos, including one in Southeastern Massachusetts.
Rep. Jeffrey Davis Perry, R-Sandwich, who supports casinos, said three factors were building anew for casinos: a change in speaker; an economic downturn that has led Democrats to consider tax increases; and the passage of a ballot question that bans dog racing in 2010.
"All the signs seem to be aligning to bring back a proposal, which I'll support, as I've supported in the past," Perry said.
DiMasi was criticized by casino supporters last March for offering a procedural vote on casinos that did not allow amendments.
"I'm hopeful that whoever the new speaker is, that they will allow a real debate and a real vote on the issue," Perry said.
The two legislators vying to replace DiMasi are both seen as more open to expanded gambling. The leading candidate, Rep. Robert DeLeo, D-Winthrop, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, supports slot machines at the race tracks. His district includes part of Revere, the city that hosts the Wonderland dog track.
DeLeo's camp has put out a list of 93 state representatives who back him, easily enough to claim victory when Democrats meet at the Statehouse tomorrow morning. But supporters of his rival, Majority Leader John Rogers, D-Norwood, are seeking a delay.
Legislators aligned with Rogers want assurances that DeLeo will not be swept up in the same ethics scandals that ultimately pressured DiMasi to step aside.
Patrick would not say whether he would refile casino legislation now that DiMasi was leaving. He told reporters outside his office that DiMasi's opposition to casino gambling was clear.
"You know what's changed, or what's about to change," Patrick said. "Whether that's enough to assure its passage, I don't know. There's no bill. We've been talking about it. We've been talking about it with the speaker and the Senate president and whether it makes sense and whether it is appropriate. We'll do that with the speaker's successor."
Gambling lobbyists were cautious in their remarks yesterday.
Dennis Murphy, who lobbied for Donald Trump last session, said casinos "have the potential of becoming a front burner issue" with the change in speaker.
"But that only happens if the next speaker comes in and strongly advocates for it, aggressively advocates for it," Murphy said.
Murphy doubted the state would be able to get anywhere near the licensing fees casino operators would have offered last year, though he thought Massachusetts was still a strong market.
"We are looking at a very different picture than we did at this time last year," Murphy said. "With the economy crashing, it's affected all aspects of life and it has most certainly affected the gaming industry."
Paul Pezzella, who lobbied for Suffolk Downs last session but currently represents no gambling interests, said it was premature to speculate.
"I think it's too early to predict any outcome of legislative action until a new speaker is actually elected and that speaker puts his or her team together," he said.
Former House Speaker Thomas Finneran, a casino critic, predicted on his WRKO radio program that approval of casino gambling was now inevitable.
"I think you can rationally and comfortably predict that casino gambling will come to Massachusetts," Finneran said, according to State House News Service.
A number of legislators said individual issues like casino gambling have not come into play in talks to succeed DiMasi.
Rep. Robert M. Koczera, D-New Bedford, who has filed casino legislation, backs Rogers. On casinos, Koczera said it was "reasonable for me to assume he would be open to that. There's no quid pro quo for me."


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|Viacom Co-President Les Moonves pulled no punches at the CBS upfront. Here, he is shown at the CBS after-party at the Tavern on the Green.
May 20, 2005
Start of ABC Deals Is Surprisingly Swift
May 20, 2005
Upfront Presentation Stresses Hold on 18-34 Demographic
May 18, 2005
Network Cuts Include 'Extreme Makeover' and 'Blind Justice'
May 17, 2005
'The Contender,' 'Law & Order: Trial By Jury' and 'American Dreams' Get Axed
With his co-president and head of Viacom's MTV Networks, Tom Feston, in attendance, Mr. Moonves bashed cable, saying broadcast network TV is the only place to reach 20 million to 30 million people in one shot, a message aimed at the advertisers and media buyers who will decide on which CBS programs to buy commercial airtime.
"Network TV is a hit-driven business. ... There's not a lot of hype about cable shows. You'd need to buy 81 spots on Bravo's Queer Eye to reach as many people as one CSI spot. But if you must buy cable, support MTV Networks," he said.
Cable network Bravo is owned by NBC Universal, part of General Electric Co., while CSI is a major hit for CBS, Viacom's main broadcast network.
Hammered NBC
Turning to broadcast rival NBC, Mr. Moonves, who also heads CBS, hammered the network relentlessly during the two-hour presentation in Carnegie Hall. He took aim at NBC's claims that it offers a more upscale audience than its rivals, which also include News Corp's Fox and Walt Disney Co.' ABC. "No matter what the other guys tell you, we have more [$100,000-plus] adults than anyone else." After praising ABC's new hits and the continued strength of Fox's American Idol, Mr. Moonves continued the tough pitch: "A word of caution -- you're not buying one or two shows, you're buying the entire schedule."
CBS -- which industry observers predict will take the largest share of upfront advertiser dollars this year, between $2.4 billion to $2.6 billion, according to early estimates -- repeatedly touted its No. 1 status in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic in regularly scheduled programming, though Fox holds that honor overall season-to-date.
Unveiling the new schedule, Mr. Moonves stressed that the network was looking to get younger, but would program for everybody -- red states and blue. CBS axed the controversial 60 Minutes Wednesday, which aired the flawed report on President Bush's National Guard service. Also leaving the schedule are Judging Amy, Jag and Joan of Arcadia.
Six new prime-time shows
CBS is adding six new shows to prime time, and among the most-talked about were How I Met Your Mother, a sitcom airing Monday at 8:30 p.m., and Close to Home, a Jerry Bruckheimer show about a female prosecutor. (Mr. Bruckheimer is behind the highly rated CSI franchise.) CBS is also adding Criminal Minds on Wednesday at 9 p.m., about a team that pieces together portraits of killers.
While the schedule was widely praised by media buyers at the upfront presentation, there was some concern about the number of police procedural dramas one schedule could carry.
Research from media agency Magna Global supported CBS's claim that major hits on other networks have barely touched CBS as much as other rivals. Still, Magna Global's morning report on the schedule predicted a possible weakness on Monday nights now that Everybody Loves Raymond has ended its popular run. Two and a Half Men is taking over the Raymond time slot.
"We'll see if it can stand on its own without a lead-in," the report said.
Another major buyer said CBS should have focused its presentation more on the main prime-time schedule rather than emphasizing its sports coverage and improved ratings for its morning show.
The new CBS prime-time schedule:
8 p.m. The King of Queens
8:30 p.m. How I Met Your Mother
9 p.m. Two And A Half Men
9:30 p.m. Out of Practice
10 p.m. CSI: Miami
8 p.m. NCIS
9 p.m. The Amazing Race
10 p.m. Close to Home
8 p.m. Still Standing
8:30 p.m. Yes, Dear
9 p.m. Criminal Minds
10 p.m. CSI:NY
8 p.m. Survivor: Guatemala
9 p.m. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
10 p.m. Without A Trace
8 p.m. Ghost Whisperer
9 p.m. Threshold
10 p.m. Numb3rs
8 p.m. "Crimetime Saturday"
9 p.m. "Crimetime Saturday"
10 p.m. 48 Hours Mystery
7 p.m. 60 Minutes
8 p.m. Cold Case
9 p.m. "CBS Sunday Movie"


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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A years-long effort by state officials to help create South Carolina's next high-stakes tests for public schools may become moot, leaving uncertain how students will be tested next spring.
More than 350 schools were slated to conduct a trial run this spring of the "Smarter Balanced" tests that will determine student proficiency in standards known as Common Core. The practice run for 2015 began March 25 in South Carolina and 21 other states that helped develop the tests.
But legislation approved by the House on Thursday would force the state to withdraw from the consortium and ban use of the tests.
The pending legislation prompted the state Education Department to notify districts of its intent to withdraw. But the state Board of Education refused Wednesday to support the move.
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> would at least reach thousands, so fetching all keys is quite demanding My suggestion may well be the wrong path to take, but I'd like to point out that fetching thousands of keys is nothing. Getting 16 kbytes of data takes a few ms. And internally couch has all the keys already sorted and ready to dump when you ask for it. It's not like this 16K is going across the wire to the client. I use this kind of query all the time. However, using a reduce would be much better. You could keep a list of the ten lowest values found so far. That is a finite amount of data and legal for a reduce.
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Despite objections from animal lovers, 17 cats taken from the home of the West Palm Beach ``cat lady`` have been put to death by county officials who said the animals suffered from an incurable and contagious disease.
Dennis Moore, director of the county`s division of Animal Regulation, said the cats that were killed Saturday and Monday were suffering often-fatal feline leukemia virus.
``We were put in a catch-22 situation,`` Moore said. ``Certainly we didn`t want to destroy them (but) we didn`t want to put them back into the community.``
Trini Fahy, the 70-year-old West Palm Beach woman who had been caring for the cats and about 83 others before 43 were removed from her home on Dec. 5, called the county`s action murder.
``I can`t believe there was any reason to kill them,`` she said. ``This was done deliberately.``
Fahy and others who worked with her fought to keep the animals from being killed but last week lost a court battle.
``This is basically her life,`` Fahy`s attorney Bertram Shapero said on Monday after learning the cats had been killed. ``So you`re cutting out a part of her life.``
Fahy agreed that cats suffering from feline leukemia should not be allowed to contaminate other cats but said they should not be put to death.
``They should be allowed to live their lives out,`` she said.
Fahy said she does not believe the cats were suffering and said she wanted a second opinion from an independent veterinarian before the cats were killed.


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- v. Present participle of fringe.
- n. The appearance of false colours in an image as the result of poor registration of component monochrome images
- n. Any anomalous electric or magnetic effect at the edges of a region
- adj. that fringes
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There's some edge enhancement and just a little purple fringing, which is noticeable upon close inspection, but isn't too distracting.
Again, the Samsung Highnote captures more detail in the shade than some of the worse cameraphones we've tried, but the fringing is a problem.
I bound it off last night, wove in ends this morning, and am slightly more than halfway through the fringing which is easy, but tedious.
"fringing" around the orange objects that's quite noticeable on either of mine, that I don't see on yours.
The sweeping tall palm trees fringing the edge of the beach, seemingly bowed toward the sea, as if trying to dip their frowns over the white sands to reach the ocean for a refreshing drink of its cool water.
When rock-chic designer Isabel Marant produced '70s-inspired suede-and-leather, knee-high wedge boots in white with fringing £970, the press response was frenzied, which suggests that some of the bloggers in the front row may have been too young to have witnessed the decade first-hand.
The river was wide there, a pool of black water with purple loose-strife fringing its banks and a few swan feathers scattered about on the grass.
The rising slope of the field was clad in dull golden stubble and great rolled stooks of corn marched up it, a grey stag-headed oak reared up on the low horizon and leaned against the great clouds and silver fringing western light of evening, the dark birds of the mind swooped and poured and circled through the darkening air.
In many places it ran wide open, with precarious rim-ice fringing it on either side.
Have you ever noticed that if you look at leaves on trees or anything against a bright sky background, you see color fringing on the edges?


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Author: Michèle Nardelli and Adam Joyce | published: 6/06/2017 9:30:00 AM
This year, the University lost one of its most influential leaders and champions – Dr Basil Hetzel.
Dr Hetzel, aged 94, died peacefully on 4 February 2017, leaving a positive and indelible mark on communities around the world.
His collaborative work as the head of Medicine at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and with the Papua New Guinea health research department, zeroed in on the relationship between iodine deficiency and brain damage. This made conditions such as cretinism totally preventable with the simple inclusion of iodised oil or salt in the diet of pregnant women.
That research (published from 1969 to 1971) and his tireless work with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization and national governments has transformed the health outcomes of billions of people at risk of iodine deficiency disorders from more than 130 countries. The work of the organisation he founded, the International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD), was also central to this.
Speaking about Dr Hetzel's contribution, UniSA Vice Chancellor Professor David Lloyd said Dr Hetzel made a truly significant impact on world health.
"His breakthrough research into iodine deficiency, his lifelong commitment to public health on a global scale but also here at home, has been enormous.
"Basil was a man whose belief in humanity and the intrinsic dignity of mankind drove innovation and excellence in his career but also genuine care and compassion for everyone he encountered.
"He truly was a scholar and a gentleman and he will be missed by us all."
In a post-truth world, the value of universities is startlingly clear.
UniSA honours Adelaide-based painter Sydney Ball, who passed away in March at the age of 83.


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"No matter how good Google Plus is, it won't be fun if my friends aren't there!"
In my last post I listed 21 reasons why you should ditch Facebook and switch to Google+. 21, folks. That's a lot of reasons. The issue, of course, is how good a platform/service has to be to get you to give up Facebook, when Facebook is where nearly all of your friends are, and the main reason you use Facebook probably isn't all the geeky technical reasons I listed in that post, but to have online fun with your friends. That's valid, and I want to address that in this post.
On a certain level, there is no persuasive argument against this. If your friends are not on a social network, it is not very social, and there would seem to be little reason to use it. So why would you want to switch to Google Plus if you don't have friends there?
1. Chances are good you have more friends there than you think
I am not suggesting you have scores of friends there (although it's possible), but perhaps more than you think. In response to my previous post, someone told me they didn't "know anyone" there except for me. One of his friends then responded to him, "What? You're on Google Plus? I didn't know that, so am I!" Google Plus, right now, has roughly 1/5 as many users as Facebook. But 1/5 of 900 million is still 180 million people, more users than Twitter. Google Plus is the number two social network, and it has only been around for a year and a half. Chances are decent that you know a few of its 180 million users.
2. Out of all of your Facebook friends, how many of them regularly post things that interest you?
How many have you muted so you never see their posts at all? How many would you be okay if you never heard from again, but you just haven't wanted to hurt their feelings by unfriending them? If you could take a subset of your Facebook friends with you to G+, how many would suffice to make it an interesting place to be, especially given the frustration and garbage you'll lose by ditching Facebook? I still don't have enough on Google Plus to make it as fun as I'd like, but that's partly because…
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April 13, 2007
Time: 2:00pm-3:00pm
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Hosted by: Columbia Integrated System Laboratory (CISL)
Speaker: Arjang Hassibi, University of Texas at Austin
The biotechnology industry has greatly matured in the in the past decade, a credit to recent scientific discoveries enabled by the new detection platforms. However, the performance of current detection platforms in biotechnology is still far from the ideal and thus there is a huge room for improvement. Their specificity (SNR), throughput, and dynamic range are even unacceptable for demanding applications such as point-of-care molecular diagnostics. Today, many of the researchers in electrical engineering and its related fields find this as a unique opportunity. Accordingly, we see a significant growth in the number of collaborative research projects between electrical engineers and biotechnologists to address the fundamental challenges of high-performance biological detection, i.e., biosensors.
The recent efforts in engineering, broadly defined, to address challenges of biotechnology have been mostly technology-driven. Unfortunately, it is very common to find many biotechnology-related engineering projects which attempt to force an existing engineering solution onto a biological application. Our goal in this talk is to look at the problem of detection (and biosensing) by using an application-driven approach, and examine the imperative and performance-limiting aspects of existing biosensor platforms. Our main focus will be on the affinity-based biosensor array technology (i.e., microarray platform) which is among the most powerful and widely used detection technologies in Genomics and Proteomics.
Initially in this talk we will examine the underlying physics of bio-molecular interactions which result in measurement uncertainty in affinity-based biosensors. Subsequently, we will introduce the concept of biological shot-noise and formulate the quantum-limited SNR of biosensors and microarrays, followed by the affects of non-specific binding (interference) and probe saturation (nonlinearity) on the limits of detection. The rest of this talk involves the methods which we have developed to increase the performance of microarrays. On the biochemical side, we demonstrate how real-time detection significantly increases the minimum-detection-level (MDL), while making probe saturation irrelevant. One the sensor implementation side, we demonstrate how standard CMOS processes can be used to integrate the microarray platform into a true system-on-a-chip (SoC) real-time integrated microarray system.


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Physician-assisted death divides Canadians, medical panel hears
Everyone should discuss end-of-life wishes with their families and loved ones, doctors say
Canadians are divided on physician-assisted death and other end-of-life care issues that need to be discussed with families and loved ones, a national tour by the Canadian Medical Association has heard.
The medical group released its final report from its end-of-life tour in Ottawa on Tuesday, based on the findings of town hall meetings in five Canadian cities.
"We had been concerned that assisted death was sucking up all the attention from the crying need for palliative care in this country," CMA president Dr. Louis Hugo Francescutti said in a release that lauds last month's unanimous, non-binding federal resolution calling for a pan-Canadian strategy on palliative care.
During a news conference, Francescutti said that this Saturday is the one-year anniversary of his own mother's death. She "was going through hell" before she was transferred to a palliative care residence in Kirkland, Que. While the family grieved the loss, they were reassured she had the best possible death, which all Canadians should be afforded, he said
"The main driver is that baby boomers will not accept the level of care in terms of end of life that they see their parents and loved ones getting right now. My generation is a boomer and when I talk to boomers they say to me off the line that 'Doc, this isn't good enough. What I just experienced with my father or mother is not something that I expect.'"
A common thread was that people said they don't want to die in pain, die alone or be a burden to their loved ones, Francescutti said. Better palliative care would go a long way toward addressing those concerns.
Fewer than 30 per cent of Canadians who die this year will have access to palliative care, which the medical group said.
Many participants at the town hall meetings decried a lack of comprehensive palliative care services, particularly outside major cities.
The group's conclusions include:
- All Canadians should discuss end-of-life wishes with their families or other loved ones.
- All Canadians should prepare advance care directives that are appropriate and binding for the jurisdiction in which they live.
- A national palliative care strategy is needed.
- All Canadians should have access to appropriate palliative care services.
- Medical students, residents and practising physicians need more education and training about palliative care approaches and greater knowledge about advance care directives.
- Should Canada change laws to allow physician-assisted dying, strict protocols and safeguards are needed to protect vulnerable individuals and populations.
At the CMA's town hall in St. John's, Donna Walsh recalled asking her elderly mother to prepare an advanced care directive — instructions in case she became sick.
A year ago, Walsh's 83-year-old mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and she died recently. Walsh was grateful to know what her mother's wishes were.
"It helped tremendously. I didn't have to make a decision, she did it."
Last week, Quebec's Bill-52, also known as an act respecting end-of-life care, passed in a free vote.
Quebec Health Minister Gaeton Barrette said he believes doctors across the country will have to answer the will of the public on physician-assisted death.
"I think it is the easiest path for doctors to say, 'Well, this is something we cannot do.' That to me falls into political correctness."
The CMA didn't provide figures indicating the level of support for physician-assisted dying, saying there wasn't unanimous support on one end of the spectrum or the other on the issue.
- Quebec passes landmark end-of-life-care bill
- Quebec's end-of-life-care law may violate Criminal Code: Ottawa
- Quebec end-of-life-care law means new era for health providers
- Doctor-assisted suicide ban upheld in B.C.
- Assisted suicide debate needs constructive dialogue, doctors say
The Supreme Court of Canada is scheduled to hear a key appeal on end-of-life care in October. If the top court strikes down the laws prohibiting physician-assisted death when it hears an appeal by the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, the family of Kay Carter and others, doctors could be left in a legal vacuum, according to a commentary in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
The federal government has said it has no intention to change the criminal law against physician-assisted dying.
"It's certainly not our intention as a Parliament, as a federal government, to reopen the debate," said Justice Minister Peter MacKay.
The CMA's town halls were also held in Vancouver, Whitehorse, Regina and Mississauga from February to May. Online comments were also considered.
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In early July I made a trip to a northwest Indiana location to see a thistle. "Why would anyone travel to see a thistle," you ask? Thistles are common weeds in almost every old field, right?
Not this one. To the untrained eye, the plant in these photographs may look a bit like Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare), but you can see at the bottom of the above photograph that the stem below the flowering head is not winged and spiny, as it would be in Bull Thistle. In addition, this thistle would be dwarfed by Bull Thistle, as it grows to just over half a meter tall at the most. No, I didn't make the hour-plus drive to see a weed; I was visiting a known site for one of the rarest thistles in North America, a Great Lakes endemic, Hill's Thistle (Cirsium hillii). I had planned my trip for early July because Hill's Thistle should have been in peak bloom, but as a result of the weird weather year that was 2012, all but one of the plants in the small population had finished blooming, and the one that still was flowering was well past its peak. Hill's thistle was first collected back in 1890 by Rev. E.J. Hill, not more than a few miles from the location where I saw it in 122 years later.
Hill's Thistle is only known from six states and one Canadian province surrounding the Great Lakes; it is listed as endangered or threatened in three of them and special concern in others, but more importantly, it is considered globally vulnerable. Not only is it already rare, but populations of Hill's Thistle are declining as a result of habitat loss, in part due to fire suppression and the litter accumulation and succession from prairie to shrubby habitat that comes as a result. In addition, Hill's thistle is a short-live perennial species, with a life span of two to five years, and it only produces flowers in the final one to three of those years; if the seed isn't successful in germinating in those years, the plant simply doesn't reproduce. Aside from locations close to the lakes, Hill's Thistle is focused in counties along the Mississippi River. This rare thistle has been found in habitats including prairies, savannas, barrens, and open woodlands, as well as in limestone pavement alvars. Hill's Thistle is sometimes treated as as variety of Pasture Thistle (Cirsium pumilum), a plant of the eastern (mostly northeastern) United States.


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A team of researchers, including Texas State University's Qingkai Yu, have developed a method for creating a single-atom-thick material that someday could replace silicon in high-performance electronic devices.
The nanotechnology study was the result of work done at Texas State, Purdue University, the University of Houston, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratories and Carl Zeiss SMT Inc.
Findings are detailed in a research paper co-authored by Yu that appeared online this week and will be published in the June issue of the journal Nature Materials. It first was reported by Purdue.
The process involves creating single-crystal arrays of a material called graphene, one-atom-thick layers of carbon that conduct electricity with little resistance or heat. An array made with graphene could be used to make high-speed transistors and integrated circuits that consume less energy than today's silicon electronics.
The new findings represent an advance toward mass production of single crystals of the material.
The hexagonal single crystals are initiated from graphite "seeds" and then grown on a copper foil inside a chamber containing methane gas with a process called "chemical vapor deposition." Yu, an assistant professor in the Ingram School of Engineering, invented the seeded growth method.
"Using these seeds, we can grow an ordered array of thousands or millions of single crystals of graphene," said Yu, the author of the research paper. "We hope that industry will look at these findings and consider the ordered arrays as a possible means of fabricating electronic devices."
Other researchers have grown single crystals of graphene, but no others have demonstrated how to create ordered arrays, or patterns that could be used to fabricate commercial electronic devices and integrated circuits.
"Graphene isn't there yet, in terms of high quality mass production like silicon, but this is a very important step in that direction," said Yong P. Chen, a corresponding author for the new study and Miller Family Assistant Professor of Nanoscience and Physics at Purdue.
The paper was authored by Yu and Purdue graduate student Luis A. Jauregui, Houston graduate student Wei Wu, Purdue graduate student Robert Colby, and Purdue postdoctoral researcher Jifa Tian, along with 12 other researchers including Stach and Chen.
The research was supported through a variety of funding sources, including the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Department of Homeland Security, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, IBM Inc., the Welch Foundation, the Miller Family Endowment and Midwest Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery.