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NETIZENS—directed by BULLY co-producer/writer Cynthia Lowen—exposes the proliferation of cyber harassment faced by women, spreading from the web to the most intimate corners of their lives. The feature documentary follows women who are targets of harassment, along with lawyers, advocates, policymakers and others, as they confront digital abuse and strive for equality and justice online.
NETIZENS challenges the notion cyber harassment is "only" online, depicting the repercussions on targets' lives: lost jobs, thwarted educations, damaged reputations, offline harassment and stalking, and countless hours devoted to containing attacks against a backdrop of mounting legal fees and psychological distress.
The internet as the "wild west"—where abuse is the price of admission—is quickly changing. As the web emerges as the most important public space in our communities, and equal access a civil right, a new generation of lawyers, advocates, technologists, policymakers and others are challenging the status quo.
Currently, 38 states plus DC have enacted laws against non-consensual pornography. Social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and reddit are revising their terms of use to prevent harassment on their platforms. Recently, Google, Bing and Yahoo announced they would de-index explicit images posted without the subject's consent. Meanwhile, as several high-profile privacy invasion and harassment cases make the headlines, the debate over free speech online has become a critical issue of our time.
NETIZENS bears witness as a courageous wave of individuals transform the web as we know it.
Director's statement from Cynthia Lowen
The internet today is a battleground.
It's also is the biggest public space in our communities, and one in which we all have a stake. NETIZENS is not only a film, but a movement to make the web just and accessible for all.
Since 2015, I've been filming with women across the United States, who've been the targets of online death and rape threats, privacy violations, stalking, impersonation, non-consensual pornography, and other forms of digital abuse. I've also followed as each woman has confronted cyber harassment in her own way. I've captured these stories with the belief documentary films have the power to transform our communities, and catalyze change.
Expanding on my work co-creating The BULLY Project - making measurable impact in preventing bullying - I'm building a coalition of partners fostering constructive digital citizenship and working to make the web a just, accessible and equitable space for all. NETIZENS will be a hub for tools, resources and community.
As citizens of the internet, we can shift culture and solve big problems when we all come together. I hope you'll join us!
The Team
Director/ Producer Cynthia Lowen is the co-producer and writer of the Emmy-nominated documentary BULLY, following five kids and families through "a year in the life" of America's bullying crisis, released by The Weinstein Company. Lauded by reviewers, BULLY was nominated for two Emmy awards. The film was awarded a prestigious Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Award for excellence in journalism, as well as the 2013 Stanley Kramer Award from the Producers Guild of America, among other honors. Drawing on BULLY's success, the filmmakers created The BULLY Project Social Action Campaign, a collaborative effort in partnership with multiple organizations, foundations, brands and corporate sponsors, sharing a commitment to ending bullying and transforming society.
The film and campaign have garnered support from such prominent voices as Anderson Cooper, Ellen DeGeneres, Kelly Ripa, Meryl Streep, Katie Couric, Justin Bieber, and many others. Featured at several summits on education and school climate, in April of 2012 BULLY was screened at the White House. The impact of this documentary and the associated social action campaign was recently explored in Anderson Cooper's 1-hour special, The BULLY Effect, premiering on CNN. Through her work on BULLY, Cynthia has lectured extensively on filmmaking, bullying and school climate and culture, addressing the Producer's Guild of America, the Middle School Presidential Inaugural Conference, Ideafestival, Open Society Foundations, New York Women in Film & Television, Texas Trailblazer Awards, the Tribeca film festival, among others.
Cynthia has also authored several articles and has appeared widely on television shows and radio programs to speak on the subject. Cynthia is also an award-winning poet and winner of the 2012 National Poetry Series for her collection "The Cloud That Contained the Lightning." Using the character of J. Robert Oppenheimer, known as the "father of the atomic bomb," as a jumping-off point, the collection explores the enduring legacy of nuclear weapons. Of these poems, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes writes, "No biographer in 600 pages has come closer to understanding him [Oppenheimer]–and the bomb–than does Cynthia Lowen in these subtle, resonant poems."
Executive Producer Abigail E. Disney is an award-winning filmmaker, philanthropist and the CEO and president of Fork Films. An active supporter of peacebuilding, she is passionate about advancing women's roles in the public sphere. Disney's 20+ films and series focus on social issues, sharing a quality of spotlighting extraordinary people who speak truth to power. Disney's directorial debut, THE ARMOR OF LIGHT, was selected for the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. Disney has also executive produced films on a wide array of social issues, including 1971, FAMILY AFFAIR, CITIZEN KOCH, HOT GIRLS WANTED, THE INVISIBLE WAR (Academy Award Nominee®, Best Documentary Feature), RETURN, and SUN COME UP (Academy Award® Nominee, Best Documentary Short).
Executive Producer Gini Reticker is an Academy Award nominated and Emmy Award winning director and producer with a distinguished career that spans more than 20 years. She recently directed THE TRIALS OF SPRING, which has played at Human Rights festivals around the world and was accompanied by six shorts that launched on The New York Times. Reticker previously won the Tribeca Best Documentary Award for PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL, the story of Liberian women whose actions helped bring an end to a brutal civil war. She co-produced THE BETRAYAL (NERAHKOON) ¬ nominated for both an Academy Award and an Independent Spirit Award and served as executive producer on THE ARMOR OF LIGHT, 1971, LIVE NUDE GIRLS UNITE, CAMERAPERSON, ALIAS RUBY BLADE, CITIZEN KOCH, HOT GIRLS WANTED and SHE'S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE'S ANGRY.
Executive Producer Barbara Dobkin is a leader in the social justice arena with a focus on the advancement of women. She is a supporter of diverse film and social change organizations including Chicken & Egg Pictures, and is a founder of Advancing Women Professionals and the Jewish Community and served on the boards of The Women's Funding Network, The White House Project, the Women Donors Network and Lilith Magazine. Barbara is executive producer to numerous award-winning documentaries including ANITA: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER, BUDRUS, HOT GIRLS WANTED, THE HUNTING GROUND, and others. A frequent speaker on women's philanthropy and leadership, Dobkin has been recognized by several organizations including the New York Women's Foundation, the Jewish Funders Network and the Council on Foundations for her innovative philanthropic work.
Cinematographer Cailin Yatsko is a New York City-based cinematographer and co-founder of Bicephaly Pictures. Cailin has shot over 100 pieces of digital content for a variety of brands including Bloomingdale's, Artsy, Gagosian, MoMA, and Paperless Post. She conceptualized and shot four web series for James Franco TV, Glamour, and Dailymotion.
Cinematographer Rachel Lears' most recent feature documentary, THE HAND THAT FEEDS, won awards and recognition at Full Frame, DOC NYC, AFI Docs, Chicago Latino, and numerous other festivals on the 2014-15 circuit. It was supported by Sundance Documentary Film Program, the Ford Foundation, Latino Public Broadcasting, Chicken & Egg Pictures, New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), Bertha BRITDOC Connect Fund, and the Cinereach Project at Sundance Institute.
Composer Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum has collaborated with filmmakers and musicians on scores that include Nikole Beckwith's STOCKHOLM, PENNSYLVANIA (Sundance), Deepti Kakkar and Fahad Mustafa's POWERLESS / KATIYABAAZ (Berlinale, Tribeca), Brittany Huckabee's AFTER FIRE (DOC NYC), Michael Urie's WHAT'S YOUR EMERGENCY, and Thabo Wolfaardt's JOBURG (Telluride). She frequently works with her spouse, composer Laura Karpman, co-scoring Nancy Kates' REGARDING SUSAN SONTAG (HBO, Tribeca), Amit Madheshiya and Shirley Abraham's THE CINEMA TRAVELERS (Cannes), Jeff Kaufman's THE STATE OF MARRIAGE, and Robin Reynold's CODE, as well as engineering Karpman's scores for UNDERGROUND, THE BEGUILED, PARIS CAN WAIT, and STEP. Kroll-Rosenbaum's commissions include the London Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music and fellowships from the Sundance Composers Feature and Doc Labs.
Editor Emily Williams' work has been show extensively on HBO, PBS, and MTV, and has screened at film festivals and museums around the world. She was series editor for each of the three Emmy-nominated season of HBO's MASTERCLASS, for the Academy Award-winning Simon & Goodman Picture Company, including the Emmy-winning episode "Alan Alda: The Actor Within." Ms. Williams recently completed the feature length documentary PULITZER AT 100 directed by Academy Award-winning director Kirk Simon. Williams has also worked with Emmy-winning director Ric Burns, editing AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE: A HISTORY for American Masters on PBS, and Peter Kunhardt, editing FREEDOM: A HISTORY OF US for PBS and THE KENNEDY TAPES for Bravo.
Co-Producer Rebecca Stern was the associate producer of "the bomb," an innovative installation and film experience supported by the MacArthur Foundation, airing on Netflix in the fall of 2017. Her previous work includes the Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning documentary CARTEL LAND, which premiered at Sundance, was broadcast on A&E, and released worldwide theatrically as well as on Netflix. She has directed and produced two short films. Her latest, WELL GROOMED, played at the Seattle International Film Festival, Traverse City Film Festival, in-flight on Alaska Airlines and is now being adapted into a feature film. She was previously a staff member of Picture Motion, the leading film impact firm, managing film marketing campaigns for acclaimed documentaries. She produces short and serial content for clients including Showtime, Vice and Oxygen, and is currently producing SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE INCARCERATED, a feature documentary exploring the lives of children affected by parental incarceration.
Associate Producer Steffie van Rhee is from The Netherlands, where she earned a BA in Journalism. She worked as a researcher and producer for various award winning Dutch documentary filmmakers before pursuing a graduate degree in Documentary Media Studies at The New School. She's one of the co-founders of #girlcrew collective, an artist collective that focuses on female empowerment and social justice. She's the director of A LIFE BEFORE THIS, a short documentary about a police shooting in the Bronx.
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The post-punk, new wave and electronic band "Escape with Romeo" was founded in 1989 in Cologne by guitarist and singer Thomas Elbern. For the year 2018, however, the band has announced their departure with their "The Final Escape" tour. But since there are already live dates for 2019, the farewell will probably be postponed a bit.
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"Putting Education to Work: How Cristo Rey High Schools Are Transforming Urban Education"
by Megan Sweas.
HarperOne (San Francisco, 2014).
272 pp., $24.99.
"Anointed Moments: Everyday Miracles While Transforming Two Schools, Thousands of People, and a Dog Named Blue"
by Dan Horn.
Dan Horn Books (Los Angeles, 2014).
321 pp., $16.95.
Catholic schools could be considered an endangered species.
According to statistics provided by the National Catholic Educational Association, enrollment in Catholic elementary and secondary schools has dropped from a high of 5.2 million students in the early 1960s to less than 2 million students today. Over the last 10 years more than 1,800 Catholic schools have been closed or consolidated, most of these in urban areas.
The situation isn't all negative, however. Forty-two new Catholic schools opened in 2013 in dioceses across the country, some of these in urban areas. Catholic schools now serve a more diverse audience than they did in earlier decades, with nearly 20 percent of students being racial minorities.
The books "Putting Education to Work" and "Anointed Moments" tell the stories of Catholic schools that have had success in serving these minority students in urban areas. "Putting Education to Work" provides an in-depth examination of the Cristo Rey network of schools, while "Anointed Moments" provides stories from the perspective of a Catholic school principal.
The Cristo Rey network of Catholic high schools is the bright light today for Catholic high school education. From 1996 when the first Jesuit-sponsored Cristo Rey high school was opened in Pilsen, Illinois, a Chicago neighborhood, the network has grown to include 28 high schools in cities throughout the United States.
Each school operates within "mission-effectiveness standards" created b the Cristo Rey national office. Several of these standards illustrate aspects that set Cristo Rey schools apart from other Catholic schools. For example, all schools in the network serve "only economically disadvantaged students" and each of these students is required to participate in an off-campus work-study program one day a week, with the wages from their work being paid to the school to subsidize the student's tuition.
According to author Megan Sweas, "More than 8,000 students collectively earn more than $40 million each year working for 2,000 companies."
In writing this book, Sweas interviewed students, teachers, administrators and board members from Cristo Rey schools in Boston, Houston and Los Angeles. Throughout the book Sweas uses these stories to "detail the structure of leadership in Cristo Rey schools, the logistics of the corporate work-study program, and effective teaching strategies." The Cristo Rey network of schools is indeed impressive and those engaged in Catholic education of all kinds can learn much from a close examination of the stories told here.
Sweas has written an intelligent, enjoyable and thought-provoking book, if one written to present the Cristo Rey story in its best light. One should not look here for a critical examination of the educational practices of the schools or an in-depth discussion of critical factors in Catholic schools in urban settings today.
Dan Horn is the president and principal of St. Genevieve High School in Los Angeles, a position he has held since 1999. Prior to that, he served as the principal of St. Thomas the Apostle School in the Pico/Union neighborhood of Los Angeles. Both of these schools are in urban areas and serve children whose families are poor.
Under Horn's leadership both schools thrived and won national recognition for their excellence. In "Anointed Moments," Horn recounts stories of the transformation of these schools from struggling institutions on the verge of collapse into institutions of educational excellence.
Horn's stories are spell-binding. Under his leadership, the students of his schools have visited with Nancy and Ronald Reagan and Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter. Singer Helen Reddy has headlined a fund-raising concert, and Chuck D and Edward James Olmos are regular contributors to a Distinguished Speakers series that both parents and students are required to attend. Each year the faculty takes a week's retreat in some faraway place, and students have had amazing experiences of their own.
"Anointed Moments" is a self-published book and suffers from the lack of a strong editorial hand. Horn's stories would benefit from strategic paring and an editor's questions may have helped Horn to tell more about how he accomplished so much in such difficult situations. Nowhere does Horn tell how he succeeded, only that he did.
The one thing that emerges from both books is the importance of character formation: If Catholic education is to be successful, it must form the whole student to put faith into action. Both books are worth the read.
Mulhall is a catechist. He lives in Laurel, Maryland.
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Our March Meetup is at Chocolates By Kelly's new production facility. Nicknamed the Chocolate Lab, it's located in Manchester in one of Philip Morris's old laboratory facilities. Come on out to see the space and learn about the science of chocolate! Look for signs with our new logo to help you get there.
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Welcome to this week's blog. Here's a roundup of your comments and photos from last week, including great Great American Novelists, fantastic short stories to read out loud and odes to music in written form.
SydneyH has finished The Spectator Bird by Wallace Stegner:
The first thing I'll say is that Stegner can write. I like him more than Pynchon, Delillo, Roth, any number of reputable American novelists. His first person is a bit like VS Naipaul's in the sense that it is gentle and elegant, but he searches for brilliant metaphors in a way that I think isn't present in Naipaul's work. The novel isn't what you would expect. If you have heard of Stegner being described as a major Western American writer, it might surprise you that a significant part of the novel is set in Denmark. I don't want to say too much about it, because it would spoil the experience for people who are planning to read it. I'll just say that I'm planning to read more by him – he may become my go-to writer this year, which John Banville was about this time last year – and I'll leave you with a sentence I was taken with. Joe Allston's experience of revisiting old memories is "a little like taking the top off the jar and letting the tarantula out".
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Sometimes my wife and I read to each other. Tonight was The Music Teacher by John Cheever.
Pure and simple, an absolute master of his craft, Cheever takes you to the edge of the cliff and when he pushes you over and down into the dark, dark void you willingly succumb because his gift as a writer is so quietly overwhelming. Yes, there are other great short story writers, but there is none better. I believe The Stories of John Cheever is the only book to have ever won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. If you don't have this book in your collection you are missing something very special.
WebberExpat praised How Music Works by "the great, odd greatly odd David Byrne":
A joyful book, a little bit all over the map, but it reads as a romance to music and its power to transform. A little bit memoir, psychological treatise, cultural study, braggardly name dropping ode to music and music theory. As with David Byrne himself, the book seems to pull in myriad influences from the most unexpected of places, but again like the author, it gets synthesized into something unique. I would have preferred to hear more about his writing process or how he went from noodling to creating, but the digressions were almost as interesting. Byrne certainly has retained the open-mindedness that characterized his music, he halts at passing judgement where others fail to do so.
marosc is reading "and thoroughly enjoying" last year's Booker Prize winner A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James:
It does take quite a bit of getting into. It starts with two murders and a brutal beating, so I thought If it carries on like this then I'm not going to read much of it (it doesn't - well, not entirely). It's very dense and stylistically challenging to read but is more than worth the effort. I can fully understand the praise it's got as it's a dazzling and fearless rollercoaster ride through the street-life of Jamaica. I'm only just about two thirds of the way through but it's already very high up on my list of favourite reads. Highly recommended!
Interesting links about books and reading
- How Chris Jackson Is Building a Black Literary Movement: "One of the publishing industry's only black editors is transmitting ideas fromwriters on the margins to the mainstream readers who need to hear them" and...
- Fighting Erasure: "To engage with the lives of others, white audiences would have to encounter something far more frightening: their irrelevance. They would have to reckon with the fact that the work will not always speak to them, orient them, flatter them with tales of their munificence or infamy, or comfort them with stereotypes." Both in the New York Times Magazine.
- The Year of Black Memoir: "Memoir, the offspring of the slave narrative, is not simply a form within the Black literary tradition; it has thoroughly shaped that tradition. From personal essays to bildungsromans, stories of becoming and remembering are essential to it." In Public Books.
- What Makes Great Detective Fiction, According to TS Eliot: "Well before detective stories came into literary vogue, T. S. Eliot had become one of the genre's most passionate and discerning readers." In the New Yorker.
- Bracketology for the 2016 Tournament of Books: thanks lljones for flagging up this fun literary tournament from The Morning News, with matches including Fates and Furies v Bats of the Republic or A Little Life v The New World.
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If you're on Instagram and a book lover, chances are you're already sharing beautiful pictures of books you are reading, "shelfies" or all kinds of still lifes with books as protagonists. Now, you can share your reads with us on the mobile photography platform – simply tag your pictures there with #GuardianBooks, and we'll include a selection here.
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A friend recently changed jobs, leaving the workplace after more than a decade. For his going-away present he received an engraved hip flask, some limited-edition gin and a sizable box of Lego.
The Lego was due to the fact that for years his work monitor was adorned by a parade of Lego characters. This was even more unusual given his age, having recently celebrated his 40th birthday.
On receiving the gift at a farewell lunch (pre-food) he jokingly asked if "may he be excused, so that he could assemble the Lego".
At least he pretended to be joking. I'm fairly sure there were a number of people at the table (myself included) who were keen to build it, even if it meant skipping lunch.
That's why I think Lego is the greatest toy in the world; entertaining to almost all ages, and has replay-ability that lasts a lifetime. It has small, durable components whose assembly options are only limited by your imagination (and, the size of your bank account).
I'll admit that I've wasted many hours building things on Lego Digital Designer in the last few years. I think the attraction is how I, who have no actual building skills, are able to "engineer" something. (It is of course a skill so small as to be molecular in size, but it's all I have). If I were a millionaire I'd have a giant Lego room and build epic-sized medieval kingdoms and spaceships. Just because it's fun.
Below are my designs for a two-man fighter spaceship. It features retractable wings (for easy storage), weapons for both pilot and copilot and a small storage bay (for their lunch, if nothing else). The ship also features a symmetrical design allowing three points of being "fixed" to a docking bay.
My hat also must come off in a sign of respect to the Lego brand who have now expanded into movies and computer games. The computer games are fun for all ages and they've really tapped into what makes games enjoyable (low entry point, forgiving game play, a sense of progression, humour and a multitude of achievements). Another aspect I really like is that the games are full co-op on a single device. (Using a single Playstation my wife and I can sit in the same room and play through the entire game together).
With my software engineering background I marvel at the code reuse they would achieve. New games can use basically existing mechanics and just need some new art. The Lego company has basically worked out how to print money.
But, in what sets them apart from many other money-making ventures, they're able to do it by producing immense amounts of clean, harmless, fun for the customer. And the customer's children (because the bricks last so long).


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Athletic Recovery
If you are a triathlete, runner, cyclist, basketball player, football player, or any other type of athlete looking for maximum recovery and performance, the Sequential Pulse Technology behind Normatec can help ensure you're your muscles are at their healthiest. Normatec was developed by a physician bioengineer (MD, PhD) in order to improve upon existing external dynamic compression tools as a natural healing therapy. By replacing older compression-pump type therapies with patented Sequential Pulse Technology, the Normatec Recovery System became a key tool in treating soft tissue injury and accelerating recovery time. As little as 20 minutes of treatment after a workout can greatly accelerate the soft tissue healing process.
Though highly effective as its own treatment method, Normatec can be combined with Whole Body Cryotherapy to achieve an even higher level of soft tissue recovery and performance. WBC causes the body to transport blood to the core in order to heat and purify it. When followed by Normatec, Normatec can ensure that this purified blood is transported and circulated throughout the entire body as efficiently as possible.
Light therapy is the application of wavelengths of light to tissue to obtain therapeutic benefits. Celluma emits photons which are absorbed in the mitochondria and cell membranes causing an elevation of ATP synthesis and these increased ATP causes a cascade of metabolic events resulting in biochemical & cellular changes.
Benefits of Celluma:
Tissue Repair
Are you looking to lose weight as quickly as possible? Are diet and exercise not enough to get you past a weight loss plateau? Lipotropic injections are an excellent addition to boost your metabolism and weight loss!
These injections are specifically focused on burning fat by stimulating liver function, boosting metabolism, and delivering antioxidants that help the body break down fat cells. Lipotropic shots are highly effective when paired with a healthy eating plan and fitness routine but they can still make a significant impact when you do not utilize these healthier habits.
• Increase in metabolism to help you burn fat faster.
• Boost in energy.
• Increased thought process and mood.
• Helps with transforming carbohydrates into energy.
• Neutralizes toxins in the body to keep skin, hair and nails strong.
• Increased breakdown of fat in the body.
• Minimizes unwanted water gain.
• Helps suppress appetite
Glutathione is an essential antioxidant for optimal health and wellness.In fact, it is found in every cell in the body. The job of glutathione is to neutralize free radicals, thereby preventing damage to the cells. Glutathione is a critical component to reducing inflammation and enhancing the functions of the immune system.
Many detox supplements and programs are not a magical way to enhance the body's natural detoxification process. It's important to note that the liver's job is to detoxify the body. Glutathione injections enhance this process, providing a valuable assist to the liver as it performs its natural function. Before a toxin is excreted from the liver, glutathione will bind to it.
Toxins can be ingested or absorbed from the environment — through the food we eat and the air we breathe.
As previously mentioned, antioxidants such as glutathione are also essential to preventing inflammation and boosting the body's natural immune system. When the body undergoes oxidation, many organs and tissues can be affected, including the brain. Some studies show that people diagnosed with Parkinson's disease may have lower levels of glutathione in their body than people without the disease.
When a virus or bacteria circulates within the body, you can become sick. With added glutathione into the system, the immune cells naturally produced by the body can do a better job of fighting off the virus or bacteria.
Many people can benefit from injecting glutathione directly into the bloodstream, including:
Uses for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
• Some non-healing wounds
• Carbon monoxide poisoning
• Necrotizing soft tissue infections
• Complications of radiation therapy / radiation tissue damage
• Osteomyelitis
• Air or gas embolism
• Clostridal myositis and myonercrosis / gas gangrene
• Exceptional blood loss / anemia
• Decompression sickness (The Bends)
• Thermal burns
• Skin grafts and flaps
• Crush injury
• Intracranial abscess
• Arterial insufficiencies
• Traumatic brain injury
• Closed head injury
• Bell's palsy
• Cerebral palsy
• Parkinson's disease
• Myocardial infarction
• Stroke
• Coma
• Chronic fatigue syndrome
• Mascular degeneration
• Cancer
• Chemotherapy recovery
• Amputation recovery
• Treatment of limb / digit injuries
• Reattachment surgery recovery
• Plastic surgery recovery
• Arthritis
• Multiple sclerosis
• Migraines / headaches
• Staph infection
• Dementia
• Epstein-Barr
• Lyme disease
• Hansen's disease
• Tuberculosis
• Autism
• Conditioning therapy
• Spider / snake bites
• Near drowning
Hyperbaric oxygen essentially kick-starts the body's natural healing capabilities. As a result, it is often used to treat slow-healing wounds,as well as sports injuries, auto accident injuries, brain trauma, burns,strokes, and much more.
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*disclaimer: Cryotherapy is an effective treatment for athletic recovery, pain management, inflammation reduction and skin improvement. Numerous peer-reviewed studies have confirmed the benefits of cryotherapy. It is not a medical procedure, and all clients of CryoCareUSA should first check with their medical professionals to confirm whether the treatments we offer are appropriate for their health. The Contour Light System is not intended for use in the diagnosis of a disease or any other condition or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, and is not intended to affect the structure or function of the body. This product is cosmetic in nature and does not claim to impart any health benefits. The statements on this web site have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.The Contour Light System is not intended for use in the diagnosis of a disease or any other condition or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, and is not intended to affect the structure or function of the body. This product is cosmetic in nature and does not claim to impart any health benefits. The statements on this web site have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.


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Peter Murchie has announced four players for Slaters Menswear Player of the Month for Feb/March, selecting; Tommy Spinks, Steven Longwell, Harry Warr and Danny McCluskey.
With both months merged due to the International window, Ayr were in action four times over the course of Feb/March and notched up three wins, including progression to the Tennent's Premiership Final and Scottish Cup final.
The only action of February was a Scottish Cup Quarter-Final victory over Currie Chieftains at Millbrae. March started with a 22-12 defeat to Watsonian FC, before Peter Murchie's men ended on a high with back-to-back victories over Melrose in the league and cup semi-finals.
Tommy Spinks - The past two months have seen the flanker at his stunning best in pink and black, starting all four fixtures. Spinks kick-started proceedings with a try against the Chieftains, and led by example in the further three outings with his usual grunt and physicality. His stoppage time leap to steal Melrose ball in the league semi-final ignited a historic winner to keep Tennent's Premiership dreams alive. He was named Slaters Man of the Match shortly after.
Harry Warr - Since snatching his chance to start following injury to David Armstrong, Harry Warr's game has gone from strength-to-strength. The youngster started all four games over Feb/March and proved to be a cool head in some of the tightest performances of recent years. He has quickly became integral piece of the Ayr attack.
Danny McCluskey - The club vice-captain has a reputation for consistently delivering and once again receives a player of the month nomination. McCluskey's value to the squad on both attack and defence is unparalleled and the strength of Ayr's midfield has been a key contributor to keeping both league and cup dreams alive. Also starting in all four fixtures, McCluskey bagged a try against the Chieftains.
Steven Longwell - Perhaps the most devastating area of Ayr's game this year has been scrum-time and the 28-year old deserves the plaudits for that. Recently described as 'ultra-durable', the tight-head has become one of the first names on the team sheet. His ability to seamlessly change to the left-side of the scrum is testament to his versatility. He notched his sixth try of the season against Watsonian FC.
Voting closes tomorrow (Wednesday) at midnight with the winner announced on Thursday...
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Doing Business Index
The Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 189 economies and selected cities at the subnational level.Measuring business regulations. Economy data is provided for the following countries:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, The Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep. Congo, Rep. Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt, Arab Rep. El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia, The Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong SAR, China Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran, Islamic Rep. Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, Rep. Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyz Republic Lao PDR Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia, FYR Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico (U.S.) Qatar Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Samoa San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovak Republic Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan, China Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela, RB Vietnam West Bank and Gaza Yemen, Rep. Zambia Zimbabwe
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Social media can be great. You reach residents you don't normally connect with. Of course, the flipside of social media is that can you get shouted at in your own time as this heartfelt blog says.
by A Local Government Officer
It's a Sunday afternoon and I'm working. It's raining – fair enough – but I still probably shouldn't be working. I've got a toddler who is demanding attention (and some housework that could do with some, too), but instead I'm at my laptop.
I'm working because I'm part of a tiny (reduced) communications team for a council. I am working on a Sunday because if I don't, I won't get everything done that needs to be done during a working week. I think this type of working is known as 'doing more with less', but I digress.
While I wait to be allowed into the IT system, I pick up my iPhone to check the council's Twitter account We don't officially monitor Twitter out of office hours, but in reality, we do. We all check in from home so we can stay on top of any evolving issues and keep in touch with what's being said to us/about us, at evenings and weekends.
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Born For Love: Why Empathy Is Essential and Endangered, my co-author, child psychiatrist Dr. Bruce Perry, and I tell the story of a wealthy child who was parented by multiple sequential nannies. When the child seemed to become more attached to a nanny than to his mother — which was inevitable because the nanny spent the most time with the child in this family — that nanny was fired. The family went through 18 different nannies, subjecting the child over and over to the stress of abandonment, and the boy grew up to be a sex offender. Dr. Perry has also seen other cases of severe consequences of this kind of disrupted care-giving in wealthy children.
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Young and energetic city with incredible transportation connections.
Atlanta is a great place for consumer E-Commerce! We like to say "git r done".
Local investing for everyone
SparkMarket is a local investment marketplace where everyday residents can connect with small businesses in need of capital. Don't just get a return on your investment. Make your hometown awesome, too.


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As such, the Kim regime says that it will retaliate-potentially even engaging U.S. Air Force bombers flying around the Korean peninsula over worldwide waters.
President Donald Trump gave a joint press conference today with Spain's prime minister – in which he directed more threats toward North Korea in an attempt to slow their nuclear efforts.
South Korea has said sanctions and diplomacy are the appropriate response to what it calls ongoing provocations by North Korea.
The move comes in the wake of Trump's recent controversial statements against North Korea, including a tweet in which he suggested that the country "won't be around much longer". He died a few days later.
Both governments have said "all options" are on the table in dealing with the tensions.
In 1969, President Richard Nixon considered tactical nuclear strikes after North Korea shot down a US reconnaissance plane, according to documents declassified in 2010 and published by the National Security Archive.
North Korea has responded to each round of United Nations sanctions with additional weapons tests, including a nuclear explosion – its most powerful so far – in early September that caused an quake with a magnitude of about 6.3. After seeing Warmbier's parents on television Tuesday morning, Trump cast previous concerns aside.
Analysts said China is not a reliable partner on the North Korea issue, but at least one analyst said the coal purchases may have been made prior to the ban being implemented in February.
The missive came just hours after South Korea-whose densely-populated capital Seoul is just 35 miles from the demilitarized zone dividing the Korean peninsula-asked its USA ally to take the heat out of the situation.
South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-ha also said continued co-operation between Seoul and Washington was vital in the current climate.
Fans of impending nuclear destruction will take heart from the latest twist in the escalating North Korean crisis. "We don't think there's an easy military solution to this problem", he said.
China's role in enforcing sanctions, including against North Korean banks, continue to come under worldwide scrutiny. Dunford said Pyongyang will have a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile "soon", and it was only a matter of a "very short time".
On Sept. 22, Kim issued an unprecedented statement for a North Korean leader aimed at Trump, using the first person in several parts to attack the US president.
Further, Pyongyang is limiting the participation of foreigners at major events, according to a report released Tuesday by the South Korean Ministry of Unification.
Trump, in his debut speech to the UN General Assembly on September 19, threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea if it attacked the us or its allies. Kim hit back with a personal attack of his own, branding Trump "mentally deranged" and a "dotard" and warning he would "pay dearly". In other words, Twitter has implied that it will never censor Trump. "He declared a war on our country". "Frankly the suggestion of that is absurd", White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters.
South Korean lawmaker Lee Cheol-uoo, briefed by the country's spy agency, said North Korea was bolstering its defences by moving aircraft to its east coast and taking other measures after the flight by USA bombers.


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In the second photo, Mrs. Stevenson aimed her camera at the back of IPS #57. Were children in session on that day or did she take the photo on a weekend? The home at the far left was a double at 25-27 South Irvington Avenue. Verner E. Sprouse lived on one side while Bernard and Mary Callon dwelled on the other.
|Beautiful Snow: Mary Stevenson snapped this photo from her home at 56 South Irvington Avenue of the 5400 block of Julian Avenue in the winter of 1937.
|The rear of IPS #57 and part of 25-27 South Irvington Avenue can be seen in this photo snapped by Mary Stevenson (56 South Irvington Avenue) in the winter of 1937.
The historic images are courtesy of Ted Lollis.


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Market time is here again!
Come join us this Wednesday (and every one after until October) to celebrate Spring with your community & local producers!
We'll have a full market with local greens & spring veggies, plant starts, fresh dinner options, baked goods, meat, honey & so much more!
New vendors to discover & past favorites to support.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Every Wednesday 2pm - 7pm from May 3rd until October 18th


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In 2006, one of the largest water reclamation facilities in northern Virginia needed to expand the facility from 18 to 24 million gallons per day (mgd) to support future growth in Prince William County, Va. At the same time, new regulations necessitated an upgrade to improve the
nutrient removal capabilities of the plant. The new waste load allocations for total nitrogen (TN) were based on permitted discharge flows on 31 December 2010 with a 3 mg/L TN concentration. The Prince William County Service Authority (PWCSA) recognized the need to simultaneously increase flow and nutrient removal capabilities. At the same time, they needed to replace their plantwide data acquisition and control system (DACS) with a new modern supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system.
This design-build project enhanced nutrient removal and increased capacity, doubling the existing aeration basin volume and reconfiguring to allow operation in either four-stage Bardenpho or modified Ludzack–Ettinger (MLE) modes. It implemented 14 new deep bed denitrification filters for a total of 24, and methanol feed to the filters was automated to be nitrate load paced and controlled by a proprietary software calculation algorithm. Furthermore, PWCSA installed an additional online analyzer for controlling the methanol feed to the filters for redundancy.
The proprietary software calculation algorithm for control is feedforward/feedback based upon flow and influent and effluent nitrate concentrations. This enhanced the operation and reliability of the process and also reduced the risk of methanol overdose by more closely matching the methanol feed to the actual demand. Consistent methanol dose control is challenging when trying to meet low effluent TN and simultaneously maintain a low effluent carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand (CBOD).
This plant is currently in full operation and in compliance with the effluent requirements.
Process enhancements
Before the expansion, the plant operated with 10 denitrification filters that had insufficient surface area to process the full plant capacity of 18 mgd in denitrification mode. When the filters were operated in the denitrifying mode, flows beyond 12 mgd bypassed the filters to prevent hydraulic overloading. Even though the filters were capable of hydraulically passing the full plant flow, denitrification could not be achieved at higher flows. Based on the processing limitations and operational cost savings, the filters were often operated seasonally, with methanol added only during the winter for the additional denitrification needed to meet effluent TN requirements. During summer, the plant had sufficient denitrification capability in the secondary treatment (aeration basins) to meet effluent TN requirements, and the filters operated in a polishing mode without methanol addition to remove suspended solids.
During the design phase, the MLE and four-stage Bardenpho processes were selected for implementation based on a wide range of criteria, including capital cost, overall cost, net present value, land requirements, effluent quality, operability, maintainability, and schedule.
The plant was also required to reduce effluent total phosphorus to 0.18 mg/L. Phosphoric acid addition capability is provided in the filter's area if the filters become phosphorus limited. It was anticipated that any phosphorus allowed to bleed through to the filters or added to the secondary effluent will be removed by the denitrification filters and permit limits will not be exceeded. However, provisions were provided for future implementation of phosphoric acid feed.
The number of denitrification filters was increased from 10 to 24 to meet the new projected demands and to be able to handle when filters are offline for backwashing, bumping, or maintenance/repair.
Plant-wide control system replacement
As part of this design-build project, the existing plantwide DACS was replaced. It was obsolete, with key components of the system no longer available from the manufacturer.
The facility transitioned the existing DACS to a modern SCADA system as part of the overall implementation, including designing a system with both new process area control panels and upgraded existing control panels. The final system has about 5,000 I/O points, 25 programmable logic controllers (PLCs) with a self-healing fiber-optic ring, an object-oriented human-machine interface (HMI) system, and a historian interfaced with reporting software that integrates the SCADA and laboratory databases.
The engineer of record managed construction and did quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) for the new SCADA system and the field instrumentation portion of the project. Some of the activities included QA/QC for the new instruments, startup coordination between PWCSA and the subcontractor, onsite response to design/implementation questions and clarifications, development of maintenance of plant operations (MOPO) plans for transitioning existing and in-service systems to the new SCADA system (with the objective of minimizing the effect on plant operations), and developing and continually updating the SCADA project schedule.
Furthermore, toward the end of the project, the engineer of record also guided, witnessed, and approved the testing procedures and results for the SCADA system as a whole. This activity included network testing, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) testing, software testing, and PLC programming testing. The subcontractor performed loop testing (operational readiness test) and the functional demonstration test with coordination from PWCSA, witnessed and approved by the engineer of record.
Click here to continue reading Taking Denitrification to the Next Level at InTech magazine.
Jaime A. Alba, P.E. is a senior process control engineer at DC Water with 11 years of experience in the water and wastewater industry. His experience includes SCADA, HMI, and PLC design, implementation, startup and commissioning, as well as execution of QA/QC procedures and construction management.
Peter Loomis, P.E. is a senior project manager at CDM Smith with 25 years of experience in the water and wastewater industry. His experience includes treatment plant planning, design, construction, and startup/commissioning.
Robert Litzinger is the operations manager at the H. L. Mooney advanced water reclamation facility with a Virginia class I wastewater operator license and 40 years of experience in the wastewater field. His experience includes the initial commissioning of the plant more than 30 years ago as well as the most recent upgrade in 2010.
Bruce P. Stevens is a regional manager with ASA Analytics/ChemScan of Waukesha, Wis. He is based in Atlanta, Ga. and covers the southern U.S. working with municipalities and industrial clients.
Paul A. Miller is a process engineer with 23 years of experience in the municipal and industrial water and wastewater industry. His experience includes operating pilot studies, biological gravity, and pressure filter designs, metals removal technology design, and startup and commissioning of more than 90 treatment systems.


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In the sustainability industry we clearly know that climate change is a huge factor impacting the future of our planet. So why does it seem like there are many people who would rather pretend we aren't damaging our world each and every day?
In a piece last fall by Art Markam, he explored the reasons that people don't seem to be motivated to address climate change. Perhaps if we can understand these issues it will be easier to find a way to get those who don't want to make any changes to their behavior to truly understand the dangerous road we are on.
What Markam admits is so strange about this circumstance is typically people are pretty concerned about avoiding imminent danger in their lives. Need to walk down a dark alley? You are likely to move quickly. Passing an aggressive looking dog? You may cross the street. So why don't people realize the magnitude of global climate change and how pressing it is to make a difference?
Because it is easier to ignore it. By pretending that climate change isn't real or not that big of a threat, a person can continue to drive a gas guzzling SUV, buy an enormous home that they don't really need or shop without regard for the impact their carbon footprint has on the environment. For companies, turning a blind eye could very well mean cheaper processes, despite the fact that investing in greener efforts would likely lower costs in the long run.
We are a right here, right now type of society that doesn't seem to have a lot of concern for the long term. Markam notes that there are a few others reasons holding people back. Including that climate change isn't a linear issue. Take spending money — if you go out to eat lunch every day, you are going to see a clear impact that this expense has on your bottom line. But by deciding to make changes to you routines in order to benefit the world around you, well, that impact isn't as obvious.
Another reason people may have a hard time accepting that climate change is a real problem is that most of us aren't directly feeling the impact in a tangible way. Even with extreme weather, it is relatively intangible so most people don't make the connection to the bigger picture. As a society we also tend to view the future as less predictable than the present — so who knows what's going to happen with the environment down the road?
Well, we do know what is happening and despite these challenges there is hope that we can influence change. Try exploring the values your colleagues or peers hold in terms of the world they'd like their children or grandchildren to experience. Or bring up a way in which human behavior is really is impacting climate change. Markam's suggest that if your peer indicates a lack of regard for this human impact follow up with a specific question like "would you give something up today that would allow you to invest in research that could help your great-grandchild in the future?" they are likely to say yes. Using this logic, how can they continue to turn a blind eye to climate change?
By putting our values on the table, we can connect with those who continue to disregard their impact on the future of our planet and help them see the immense benefit in making changes to their personal live or business practices.


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Information for International Postdocs
Rutgers, one of the most culturally diverse universities in the United States, offers many avenues of support for international students, faculty, and staff.
If you are an international postdoc, be sure to visit one the offices below. They are your first point of contact and your home away from home. Through one-on-one orientations, international postdocs receive important information about their visas and how to navigate the campus and state. You'll also learn about upcoming events and opportunities to connect with other international scholars.
- New Brunswick: Center for Global Services
- Newark: Office of International Student and Scholar Services
- Camden: Office of International Students
- Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences: International Services
Impacted by the Executive Order?
Several journalists want to interview foreign-born scientists who have permanent resident status, work in the U.S., and were outside the U.S. when the executive order was signed. If you know any such individuals, please contact one or more of the following journalists directly:
For Rutgers' updates on the Executive Order, visit Rutgers' Global Services and RBHS' International Services.
Upcoming 2018 Spring Events for international faculty/Scholars (j1-visa)
Postdoctoral researchers on J1-visas are welcomed to participate in the International Faculty/Scholar Programming Spring 2018.
American Football 101
Date: January 31, 2018
Time: 4 PM - 6 PM
Location: High Point Solution Stadium
Coffe Hour
Date: February 20, 2018
Time: 3 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: Busch Student Center, Room 120
International Pot Luck Dinner
Date: March 23, 2018
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: Christ United Methodist Church of Piscataway, 485 Hoes Lane Piscataway
Coffe Hour
Date: April 20, 2018
Time: 3 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: Busch Student Center, Room 116
Spring Trip
Date: May 25, 2018
Time: 9 AM - 5 PM
Location: Details to be announced!
For questions about these upcoming events, please email email@example.com
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For the most up-to-date Seminar Schedule see the Calendar
For the seminar archives, click the years listed below
08-09 | 09-10 | 10-11 | 11-12 | 12-13 | 13-14 | 14-15| 15-16 |16-17 | 17-18 | 18-19
Seminars are held on Tuesdays at noon in Med-Dent NE401 (The Pharmacology Library), unless otherwise noted.
July 13, 2017
Erika Raven
"Reproducibility And Use Of Myelin Imaging Methods For The Study Of Adolescent Brain Development"
1:00 PM - Research Building Auditorium
Mentors: John VanMeter and Jeff Duyn (NIH)
August 23, 2017
Carrie Leonard
"Distinct Roles for EphA7 Isoforms in Cortical Dendritic Elaboration and Synapse Formation"
11:00 AM - MedDent SW107
Mentor: Maria Donoghue
August 24, 2017
Valerie Darcey
"Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Adolescent Brain Development"
10:00 AM - MedDent SW107
Mentor: John VanMeter
August 29, 2017
Benson Stevens
"Genetic Influences of Dopamine and GABA on Adolescent Cognition"
1:00 PM - MedDent SW107
Mentor: John VanMeter
September 19, 2017
Veronica Tom, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy
College of Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Host: Nathan Neckel, PhD
Title:"Let's not get too excited: the role of soluble TNFa in autonomic dysfunction"
September 21st
Summer Rozzi
"Mechanisms Of Tat Neurotoxicity: The Role Of Mitochondria"
2:00 PM - MedDent NE401
Mentor: Italo Mocchetti
October 3, 2017
Ella Striem-Amit
Post-doctoral fellow in cognitive neuroscience at Harvard University
October 10, 2017
Scott Thompson, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology
University of Maryland, School of Medicine
Host: Kathy Conant, MD
Title:"Excitatory synapses get the blues: plasticity of excitatory synaptic transmission in the genesis and treatment of depression"
October 24, 2017
Kimberly Byrnes, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Physiology & Genetics
Uniformed Services University
Host: Mark Burns, PhD
October 31, 2017
Jyothi Arikkath, PhD
Assistant Professor, Developmental Neuroscience
Munroe-Meyer Institute, Durham Research Center II
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
Host: Italo Mocchetti, PhD
Title:"Cellular and molecular aberrations in autism and intellectual disability"
November 21, 2017
James Morris
Host: Adam Green
December 12, 2017
Drs. Colton and Vitek
Carol Colton: professor of Neurology at the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
Dr. Vitek: adjunct associate professor in neurology at Duke University
Host: Kathy Maguire-Zeiss
January 9, 2018
Anjan Chatterjee
Host: Dr. Grzywacz
January 16, 2018
Mick Rugg, PhD
Distinguished Chair in Behavioral & Brain Sciences
Director, Center for Vital Longevity
University of Texas at Dallas
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Hosts: Max Riesenhuber, PhD & Alumit Ishai, PhD
January 23, 2018
Zderic/Van Batavia
Host: Stefano Vicini
February 20, 2018
Patel Ortinski
Host: Barry Wolfe
February 23, 2018
Scott Miles
"The Relationship Between The Perception Of Unexpected Harmonic Events And Preference In Music"
March 13, 2018
Maryam Faiz, PhD
Host: Sonia Villapol, PhD
March 20, 2018
Ann Ragin, PhD
Host: Xiong Jiang, PhD
March 27, 2018
Jeff Yau
Host: Max Riesenhuber
April 10, 2018
David Brody
Host: Mark Burns
April 17, 2018
Darcy Reisman
Host: Nate Neckel
May 1, 2018
Cameron Craddock
Host: John VanMeter
May 8, 2018
Beau Ances
Host: Xiong Jiang
May 14, 2018
Mackenzie Fama
"Studies Of The Subjective Experience Of Inner Speech In Aphasia"
1:30PM - MedDent SW107
May 15, 2018
Lauren Dobbs
Host: John Partridge
May 22, 2018
Melissa Herman
Host: Bill Rebeck
June 13, 2018
Brittany Aguilar
12PM - New Research Building Auditorium


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We are fulfilling a life-long desire to serve overseas. We moved to Costa Rica in 2012 and volunteer with AeroVital.
We fly for your life
We fly for your life
AeroVital is a humanitarian endeavor providing the only helicopter emergency medical flights in Costa Rica, while additionally offering airlift cargo transport services. Its purpose is to make subsidized services accessible to the isolated and economically disadvantaged in order to share the love of Christ with them.


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You could probably be able to use rectangular-shaped LEDs. You cram more into that space with LEDs that fit together nicely, rather than just leaving a space between them like regular LEDs. Remember that this means that there's no lens, so if you want the beam to be directional, you may need to wrap the sides with aluminum tape and stick a lens, (super-thin plastic Fresnel lens, perhaps?) on the front.
what is the brightest RGB combination of leds that won't need a heat sync? Answered
I need to fit a red green and blue led on a <1inch diameter circle. It has to be EXTREMELY bright.
BUT I can't give it a heat sync.
Do I have any options whatsoever? It needs to be RGB. And REALLY friggin bright.
It will basically go inside a dead glowstick.
I really wanted to use high power leds, but this is looking like it will get to hot... Is there any way to almost get as bright as a high power led?
What are my options?? Please help me! I've spent all day today looking online.


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This is a weird one that only shows up on some pages.
It's with WPMU 2.6.5
Write a new post and highlight a word, click on the link editor button and the little link window comes up but is just white and empty.
This member has other sites that are working fine.
This site was domained mapped but I removed them so it is sub-domain type site.
When the site was created, it did have mixed cased naming ie "Nautical-Stuff.maindomain.com" but having read stuff on how this can sometimes cause problems, I logged in as admin and changed all of the references to
"nautical-stuff.maindomain.com" but that made no difference.
If I remove domain mapping, logout, clear cache, login again, and I can post links again.
If I add a domain map WITHOUT logging out, the domain map shows and the link works again.
If i logout, clear the cache, login again, the links stop working :slight_frown:
I test in both FF and IE7.
Firefox gives no error, but IE7 gives the following error:
Line: 48
Char: 3
Error: 'this.params' is null or not an object
URL: http://floridagatorXXXXXXXX.info/wp-includes/js/tinymce/themes/advanced/link.htm?mce_rdomain=mymasterXXXXXXdomain.com&ver=311
Anybody else handle (and hopefully solve) this problem?


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Well, February 5th finally came along and my surgery is done. Yahoo! I only stayed in the hospital one night after surgery and came home yesterday. Very sore, a bit nauseous but only occasionally and concentrating on sipping my protein shake and getting in my water. Just dont feel like eating at all but I know I need to get in my water/protein shake or Ill end up back in the hospital from dehydration.
I keep telling myself that it will get better each day just as you folks on this site have noted and hanging onto every word you share since youve all been through it already.
Thanks everyone!,


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A Content Overseers policy assigns a group of users to act as overseers for messages in the on hold queue. Content overseers don't require access to the Administration Console. Instead they can review, release, or reject messages by logging on to Mimecast Personal Portal, Mimecast Mobile, or Mimecast for Outlook. Once configured, they can oversee all messages held due to spam scanning, content examination, or attachment management policies.
This is useful in the following circumstances:
- A personal assistant requiring access to a manager's (or a group of manager's) hold queues, but who don't have access to their Mimecast accounts.
- A Help Desk assisting in reviewing and releasing messages in the administration hold queue, but who don't have access to the Administration Console.
- A Compliance Team reviewing messages triggering a content examination policy configured to hold outbound mail that contains company sensitive information.
Usage Considerations
Consider the following before creating a policy:
- We recommend using the Moderator Group options in spam scanning, content examination, or attachment management definitions, as these offer the same functionality as a Content Overseers policy.
- If multiple users are to be overseers, a group is required prior to configuring this policy. This group can be a local Mimecast group or a directory group.
- A Content Overseer policy takes effect on the next messages that match the content examination, spam scanning, or attachment management policy.
- If notifications are required for the overseers, these must be configured in the same policies mentioned above. If the policy is triggered, a content alert notification is sent to the members of the Content Overseers group. This notification can be amended using a notification set. See the Configuring a Notification Sets Policy page for full details.
Configuring a Content Overseers Policy
To configure a Content Overseers policy:
- Log on to the Administration Console.
- Click on the Administration menu item. A menu drop down is displayed.
- Click on the Gateway | Policies menu item. The Gateway Policy Editor is displayed.
- Click on Content Overseers. A list of policies is displayed.
- Either select the:
- Policy to be changed.
- New Policy button to create a policy.
- Complete the Options section as required:
Option Description Policy Narrative Provide a description for the Policy to allow you to easily identify it in the future. Select Oversight Group Use the Lookup button to select the group of users to act as overseers.
- Complete the Emails From and Emails To sections as required:
Field / Option Description Addresses Based On Specify the email address characteristics the policy is based on. This option is only available in the "Emails From" section. The options are: Option Description The Return Address (Mail Envelope From) This default setting applies the policy to the SMTP address match, based on the message's envelope or true address (i.e. the address used during SMTP transmission). The Message From Address (Message Header From) Applies the policy based on the masked address used in the message's header. Both Applies the policy based on either the Mail Envelope From or the Message Header From whichever matches. If both match the specified value the Message Header From is used. Applies From / To Specify the Sender characteristics the policy is based on. For multiple policies, you should apply them from the most to least specific. The options are: Option Description Everyone Includes all email users (i.e. internal and external). This option is only available in the "Emails From" section. Internal Address Includes only internal organization addresses. External Address Includes only external organization addresses. This option is only available in the "Emails From" section. Email Domain Enables you to specify a domain name to which this policy is applied. The domain name is entered in the Specifically field. Address Groups Enables you to specify a directory or local group. If this option is selected, click on the Lookup button to select a group from the Profile Group field. Once a group has been selected, you can click on the Show Location field to display the group's path. Address Attributes Enables you to specify a predefined Attribute. The attribute is selected from the Where Attribute drop down list. Once the Attribute is specified, an attribute value must be entered in the Is Equal To field. This can only be used if attributes have been configured for user accounts. Individual Email Address Enables you to specify an SMTP address. The email address is entered in the Specifically field.
- Complete the Validity section as required:
Field / Option Description Enable / Disable Use this to enable (default) or disable a policy. If a date range has been specified, the policy will automatically be disabled when the end of the configured date range is reached. Set Policy as Perpetual If the policy's date range has no end date, this field displays "Always On" meaning that the policy never expires. Date Range Use this field to specify a start and / or end date for the policy. If the Eternal option are selected, no date is required. Policy Override This overrides the default order that policies are applied. If there are multiple applicable policies, this policy is applied first unless more specific policies of the same type are configured with an override. Bi-Directional If selected the policy is applied when the policy's recipient is the sender, and the sender is the recipient. Source IP Ranges (n.n.n.n/x) Enter any required Source IP Ranges for the policy. These only apply if the source IP address used to transmit the message data, falls inside or matches the range(s) configured. IP ranges should be entered in CIDR notation.
- Click on the Save and Exit button.
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