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One of my very favorite things about the Cozy Mystery genre is how authors of cozies blend charming hobbies into the backdrop of their books. Because I'm a knitter, I have a soft spot for cozies about knitting.
Just in time for Christmas, I stumbled across A HOLIDAY YARN, the fourth book in Sally Goldenbaum's Seaside Knitters series. In this series, a group of knitters in the small New England town of Sea Harbor solves mysteries as they knit up a storm of simple squares, which are sent to South Africa to be made into blankets for orphans. At the end of A HOLIDAY YARN, Sally Goldenbaum includes a pattern for a simple 8-inch knitted square so that her readers can make the same project as the characters that they have read about. Plus there is a call to action to send the squares to the KasCare Knit-A-Square Project. KasCare collects these squares from knitters all over the world, then makes them into blankets to keep South African AIDS orphans warm during the winter.
This holiday season, Brandi (also a knitter) and I decided that we wanted to contribute to the project. We wanted to invite the knitters amongst the Book Country community to join in, too. With permission from KasCare, Obsidian (which publishes the Seaside Knitters books), and Sally Goldenbaum, we're posting the Knit-a-Square pattern below. This easy pattern is a cinch for knitters of all experience levels! Continue reading


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There are many anecdotal and hearsay claims that drinking tonic water, which contains quinine, can help alleviate the symptoms of arthritis. Unfortunately, there is little, if any, scientific proof that drinking commercially available tonic water is effective. In fact, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has limited the legal amount of quinine in tonic water to 83 parts per million. That is only 25 to 50 percent of the amount used for therapeutic purposes.
Before turning to supermarket shelves for arthritis treatments, it is important that you consult a rheumatologist or other healthcare professional with experience in treating arthritis. This is because you will want to obtain the best advice and treatment based on scientific evidence.
Quinine is still used because it is the chemical basis of hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil), which is used for treating malaria and lupus.
Michael E. Weinblatt, M.D. reviewed the history of arthritis treatments and medications in "Rheumatoid Arthritis: More Aggressive Approach Improves Outlook," his 2004 article for the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. He noted that some remedies used in the past are now considered to have limited value or to be harmful. For example:
• Gold injections • Open air bed rest • Iodine • Arsenic • Colonic lavage • Gin or whiskey at dinner • Quinine
Most of these treatments are no longer in use. However, quinine is still used because it is the chemical basis of hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil), which is used for treating malaria and lupus.
Hydroxychloroquine is also a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD). According to the Mayo Clinic, DMARDs can keep rheumatoid arthritis from getting worse by preventing permanent tissue damage around joints. Side effects of DMARDs might include lung infections, liver damage, and suppression of bone marrow.
Hydroxychloroquine may improve symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis symptoms in roughly half a year. If you use this medication and your symptoms don't improve in that time window, or if they get worse, experts at the National Institutes of Health recommend that you discontinue the medication and call your physician. They add that if the drug does improve your condition, your symptoms will return if you stop taking it. Therefore, you should talk to you doctor before you stop using it.
Remember, though, that tonic water is not a substitute or alternative to hydroxychloroquine. Tonic water only has a fraction of the quinine used for therapeutic purposes.
About the Author
Dean Haycock holds a Ph.D. in Biology from Brown University and received a fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health to study at The Rockefeller University.
His neuropharmacology research has been published in the Journals of Neurochemistry, Biological Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and in Brain Research.
Haycock is the author of The Everything Health Guide to Schizophrenia, The Everything Health Guide to Adult Bipolar Disorder, 2nd edition, and co-author of Overcoming Complications of LASIK and Other Eye Surgeries.
Is This an Emergency?
- Hydroxychloroquine. (2010, September 1). National Institutes of Health. Retrieved October 8, 2012
- Rheumatoid arthritis. (2011, November 2). Mayo Clinic. Retrieved October 8, 2012
- Weinblatt, M.E. (2004, May). Rheumatoid arthritis: More aggressive approach improves outlook. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 71(5), 409-413. Retrieved October 8, 2012

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Construction works in our rooms are under way since 6th of January. We are refitting the rooms according to the official needs, like additional sanitary facilities. You can find more information on this topic in our blog.
A reopening date will soon be scheduled. Keep in touch!
Unfortunately, we cannot host any events at our venue until further notice.
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About Quälgeist Berlin e.V.
Quaelgeist Berlin e.V. is a non-commercial association of SM and Fetish enthusiasts. We maintain our own space where our members can practice and enjoy their fetishes and preferences and live out their fantasies. With approx. 300 sqm. we have a great variety of play options with St. Andrew's Cross, cages, a rack, wall bars, hoists & pulleys, a hanging cage, slings and many other play-tools available. Be sure to bring your own favourite personal toys with you.
Quaelgeist is "your playroom". Our goal is to provide a safe and secluded space for you and your play partner(s). We are not the usual Berlin cruising venue, nor do we have a classical "Darkroom". While the majority of our guests come with their play partners, there's also much opportunity to get in contact with new people at our bar. If you are a newbie or visitor to Berlin, please just ask the bar staff, they will be happy to help you.
Quaelgeist Berlin organizes events regularly on the weekend and on every other Monday and Tuesday. The majority of the parties are for gay men, many are open to all varieties of SM/fetishes, while others are themed for specific fetishes (see the events calendar). We also host theme weekends which allow extended SM play and SM training (Bondage, SM and Slave weekends). There are also special events for women and/or trans* and inter* people.
At all Quaelgeist events safety is of number one priority. All sexual acts are only allowed with the mutual consent of all participants. We also provide consultation with regard to questions about SM, safety, and health issues. We meet once a month at our MoM-Sitzung (meeting) to discuss program and organizational topics. These meetings are open to everyone and offer a good contact point for people who are interested in learning more about us. Between these meetings the executive board manages the association's affairs.
Our program lives and thrives through the participation of our members. At our events, you will always find the community members behind the bar and at the entrance. Quaelgeist Berlin's activities are financed through membership fees. Newcomers and visitors to Berlin can become a temporary member for an evening. Regular visitors to our events are encouraged to consider becoming club members. We are happy to send membership information and application form if you are interested.
We look forward to your visit and wish both you and us lots of fun with the "rough times" in life.
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By combining decades of collective experience, the highest certification standards, cutting edge techniques and equipment we are able to offer unparalleled service to our commercial clients. Mountain environments are extremely challenging for production teams and it is of paramount importance to have the best possible team managing these problems. Whether it is high altitude, technical terrain, extreme temperatures & weather, avalanche hazard or a production team unfamiliar with mountain travel, Alpenglow's guides will facilitate an efficient and safe production. All Alpenglow guides are certified through the American Mountain Guides Association which ensures that we conform to industry best practices effectively adding another layer of security and risk management to productions.
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Course Description
Jazz band is the 7th-12th grade elective band course offered to those students who have advanced beyond the beginning and intermediate instrumental playing level. The repertoire includes jazz and blues charts, sacred music set to a contemporary feel, as well as come concert band repertoire and pep band pieces. The band performs at Horizon concerts as well as the spring band festival as well as select home basketball games as the pep band. Students will learn to expand their horizons, possibly play new instruments, as well as learn advanced music theory, music history and musicianship. There is a Q & A section at the end of this page.
Required Performances
Christmas Concert
Northwest Christian Band Festival
Spring Concert
Other Performance Opportunities
OMEA All-State Honor Band
MENC All-Northwest Honor Band
Mid-Columbia Honor Band
Music in May Honor Band
District and State Solo and Ensemble Competitions
Application of Learned Music and Techniques
The student will be presented with new music and musical techniques for playing each quarter. The student will apply these techniques to the music as well as learning the pitches, rhythms, and styles of the music. Techniques will include posture, breathing, articulation, blending, tone, and others as needed.
Books and Materials
Folders - The student will be issued a folder to keep their music in. They are yours to keep, however you need to take care of it since it is merely paper. Normal wear and tear on your folder will be tolerated to a certain extent as decided by the instructor. Should you lose your folder or damage it beyond repair, you will be allowed to have one more folder, free of charge. Any folder that must be replaced after that will be a $1.00 replacement fee. You cannot, however, go without a folder.
Method - The student may be issued a method or practice book to use for the duration of the year. The book will coincide with your particular instrument and will be numbered. The student is expected to maintain the book in the condition that it was issued in, or it will be required to replace it. This also means that all marks should have been made in pencil and erased prior to turning book back in.
Various sheet music - The student may be issued sheet music for various pieces that we will be performing throughout the year. Your music will coincide with your particular instrument and will be numbered. You are expected to maintain the music in the condition that you were issued it in, or you will be required to replace it. This also means that all marks should have been made in pencil and erased prior to turning music back in.
Instruments - Each student is encouraged to rent or purchase their own instrument. A wonderful rent-to-own opportunity is available for Horizon students for this purpose. If you are not able to obtain your own instrument, Horizon has a limited number of instruments available for rental through the school. All students will be expected to bring their respective instrument to and from school each rehearsal day.
Grading Practices
A quarterly grade will consist of concert attendance (if applicable), participations in rehearsals, application of learned music and techniques, practicing, and tests or quizzes at instructor's discretion. Approximate grade breakdown is as follows: school concerts, 25%; practicing checkpoints, 30%; daily grade, 40% (participation and application in rehearsal); and tests or quizzes, 5%.
Practicing for concert band is still required, however there is no need to fill out a practice record or journal. You will be called upon to play as a full band and in sections throughout rehearsal. On occasion, you may be called upon to play individually. Your participation grade is reflected in warm-ups, exercises, and all playing. The participation grade also takes into consideration your attitude and behavior in class. Students are expected to arrive to class on time with their instruments and music.
Attendance - Classroom and Concerts
Please refer to the school policies on absences and tardies for detailed information. Absences and tardies in excess of school policy may result in a grade reduction.
The student is part of a very important ensemble. EVERY concert will be considered mandatory. If you have a personal matter that arises and you cannot attend, PRIOR arrangements must be made with Mrs. Wade and the student will be required to complete a make-up assignment. We must act as a "team" and when one "player" is missing, the team does not play as well.
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When does Jazz band meet?
The Jazz Band currently meets four days a week (Monday through Thursday) from 1:15 to 2:05 pm. Note: This time is subject to change each school year.
Does Horizon provide the instruments to play?
Horizon has instruments for the students to rent, but they are not provided free of charge. There is a $10.00 monthly fee for school instruments and the student's family is responsible for maintenance of that instrument during that time. We recommend, however, that each student obtain their own instrument, or rents his or her own instrument from Columbia River Music in The Dalles, Oregon. Columbia River Music is very helpful in providing our students with excellent quality instruments at a reasonable price.
Is there a rental program available?
Columbia River Music in The Dalles, Oregon provides an excellent rent-to-own instrument program. This rent-to-own system includes general maintenance of the instrument.
Are there concerts that my child will participate in?
Yes. There are at least 2 and up to 4 concerts that the band will perform in throughout the school year. Attendance of these concerts if considered mandatory and the dates are set by the beginning of the school year. Rarely, special concerts are added and, depending on the notification given, attendance may be optional. We like to give the students adequate opportunities to apply the things they are learning in class as well as be able to bless an audience with the talents God has given them. Generally, there is a concert in early winter, a festival in the spring, and a final concert just before the end of the school year.
How do I sign my child up?
The class is an elective. Students will sign up for electives prior to the first day of class and they need sign up for band on the respective sheet. Students not enrolled in jazz band may not be able to perform with the group.


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Downtown Pittsburgh is tight and compact, featuring many skyscrapers, 9 of which top 500 feet. U.S. Steel Tower is the tallest tower at 841 feet. The Cultural District comprises a 14 block area of downtown along the Allegheny River. It is packed with theatres and arts venues, and is seeing a growing residential segment. Most significantly, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is embarking on Riverparc, a 4-block mixed-use "green" community, featuring 700 residential units and multiple towers between 20-30 stories. The Firstside portion of downtown borders the Monongahela River and the historic Mon Wharf. This area is home to the distinctive PPG Place gothic glass skyscraper complex. This area too, is seeing a growing residential sector, as new condo towers are constructed and historic office towers are converted to residential use.


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After a long hiatus, Z2 has brought back the P-79 Spectre, one of the best agility class planes that they've ever produced. At +6% Damage, the Spectre is second in class only to the Reaper (Reaper is +7%). Similar with Agility - the Spectre is second in class only to the Reaper (Reaper is +15%). Agility class planes are always a bit low on energy, but the Spectre compensates with +12% which is second only to the Zephyr and is quite a bit higher than most other agility class planes. Speed is at +12% for the Spectre which is again second in class to the Reaper.
So - should you buy the Spectre? At 228 coins, it is expensive. The closest equivalent plane that is comparable is, as mentioned, the Reaper. The Spectre has significant more energy than the Reaper which will help when you are doing all those rolls and accelerations although Reaper has an edge in damage, agility and the +5% armor which is invaluable for the thin-skinned agility class. Before the Reaper was released, the Spectre ruled the agility class, but now I have to If I had to choose between the two, I would have to go with the Reaper. Make no mistakes though, the Spectre is no slouch and if you think that extra bit of energy will help your fighting style, then the Spectre might be for you.
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Martin Pearson is a very funny satirical performer. He has been amusing, even thrilling audiences around the globe for ages now, and if you haven't seen him live - you're missing out. Martin tickles the funny bone. The act is full of scintillating satire and all round gutbusting hoots. In common with great comedians like Connolly, Jerry Seinfield and Bill Cosby, he has an ability to take current events and observations of everyday life, and turn them into side splitting comedy routines. Comments by critics include: You will love Martin for his quick wit in his political and social satire, some of which is a vehicle for his easy folk singing, self-accompanied on guitar. Pearson is a seasoned trouper of the folk festival circuit and he reveres few sacred cows, neither Prime Minister nor Pope, all are grist to Pearson's musical mill and get the treatment from his creative pen. He is a good yarn-spinner, and time passes quickly, as it does when you're having fun.
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Digging in: Dragons forward Jack De Belin against Wests Tigers in round one. Photo: Christopher Chan
Digging in: Dragons forward Jack De Belin against Wests Tigers in round one. Photo: Christopher Chan
Digging in: Dragons forward Jack De Belin against Wests Tigers in round one. Photo: Christopher Chan
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Belief is the buzz word within the St George Illawarra camp. The Dragons, flying high with three consecutive wins, have shocked most league pundits following their Charity Shield disaster.
Just moments after their heavy pre-season loss to the Rabbitohs, coach Steve Price ripped in with a few home truths to his playing group.
"Pricey told us to go and have a good hard think about our performance and to come to training ready to face the music," prop Jack De Belin said. "He wasn't beating around the bush. If you didn't do your job he'd let you know."
From the outside looking in, the penny seemed to have dropped for the Dragons sometime after that final siren at the Charity Shield and the kick-off to round one against the Tigers. But insiders within the Dragons camp knew they were building strongly well before that.
Gone were the old heads in Nathan Fien, Matt Cooper and Michael Weyman who had served the club with distinction, highlighted by the 2010 premiership. They were replaced with youthfulness and a pre-season where combinations were able to gel and places for spots were competitive with the bulk of the squad featuring in every training session.
"There weren't people who were injured and everyone was ripping in," De Belin said. "We were training hard and everyone was on the paddock. It wasn't easy."
The coach is now angling for a fourth consecutive win for the first time in his career against Brisbane on Friday night.
Price was under pressure heading into this season. The attention grew following the Charity Shield.
"Everyone talks about that game," Price said. "It's a trial and you don't get two points for a trial. I wasn't concerned one bit. We were in a high phase of training. People were tired leading into the game. I had the upmost confidence in the boys being able to rebound.
"It's been great to have virtually our full squad in the pre-season who were nearly able to do every session. We structured our pre-season a lot different to what we have done in previous years. We changed how we go about our offence and different skill sets used on different days. We did a hell of a lot more collision-based training."
The Wayne Bennett era is well and truly behind the Dragons now with only four players; Brett Morris, Jason Nightingale, Ben Creagh and Trent Merrin having played in the 2010 premiership win. While De Belin made his NRL debut under Bennett, he didn't find his feet in the top grade until Price took over.
Having missed the round-two clash with injury, De Belin is yet to win three consecutive NRL games in a season despite nudging the 50-match mark. He said his NRL initiation had been "tough".
"It's a great feel in the place at the moment," De Belin said. "There is a real calmness in the joint that hasn't been there in previous years. It's refreshing.
"When you're so young you don't see the bigger picture and you're just focused on the individual performances. As you get older it's more than just yourself and the team. It was really hard there for a while."
While they sit at the top of the ladder, Price's future is far from secured. He is off-contract at the end of this year, with the club having an option in their favour to extend his time at the helm.
"It's all about the team," Price said. "I was focused on nailing the pre-season and creating an environment where everyone wanted to have a crack and enjoy themselves. That's the standard as a coach that I set myself.
"I want players to believe in themselves and back themselves. There is a good feel around the place. There is a good confidence and good belief amongst the playing group. The boys have been playing some good footy."
De Belin said Price had maintained calmness despite the constant pressure.
"He knows how to coach," De Belin said. "At times it was definitely tough with the media scrutiny. He was one of the top candidates to lose his job, but it's a credit to him because he has stuck solid and never backed down.
"Pricey would never show or let us know that he was under the hammer. He is very good like that. He keeps it together very well."
The Dragons will face the Broncos without Josh Dugan at WIN Stadium after Price confirmed the fullback was close to returning from a knee injury but is at least another week away.
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This is the kind of BS, we are talking about. Beckett Media is being sued by Summit Entertainment regarding the release of a 'Twightlight' fanzine, DESPITE being issued a cease and desist letter PRIOR to publishing a second issue.
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Whether you intend to buy a piece of land for hobby farming or to build a new home, buying it from the owner seems the best thing to do. Most property buyers don't like it when most agents are involved in the buying process. They instead prefer dealing with the real owner. Although the land buying process is different from the home buying one, you consider similar factors when buying either of the two. The process of buying a piece of land for sale Sunshine Coast has to offer requires you to mind about:
Real estate attorney
There are usually many things that require thorough research when buying land. Sometimes, the land buying process may require legal intervention that may fail if you don't have a real estate lawyer. In most cases, the lawyer determines the rights and ownership of the minerals and water the land contains. On matters of contingencies, you won't go about it the right way without a real estate lawyer. If there are restrictions, covenants and other conditions on that property that may hinder future developments such as building houses for sale Golden Beach has today, the lawyer would spot them in good time.
Need for a survey
It's often not an aspect to think about since a survey is involved in any land buying process. Whether you are purchasing a development lot or a plot from a neighbor, you need a professional survey to indicate where landmarks should be. Even if you are buying a one hundred acre piece of raw land, you need to have permanent lot lines perfectly outlined. Some of the plot lines issues that may occur when buying land for sale Sunshine Coast has today revolve around the actual land size, encroachments, and unrecorded easements.
Flooding zone issues
Buying a piece of land in a flood zone may seem cheap at the beginning, but it may cost you later when developing it or building a home there. In fact, the cost of insuring a house in a flood zone is always high and some buyers only come to know about it when starting their home building project. It's good to find out if the land is down the hillside or even swampland since such places may be considered unsuitable for any structure. If the land for sale is in a flood zone, building houses for sale Caloundra has today there would be a big challenge. Visit their website at Henzells
Making an offer
Now that you have found the land the owner is selling is suitable for you in all aspects, the next step should be making an offer. Avoid making full price offer where possible since every dollar you save on discounts would eventually affect the down payment in a great way. Adding a contingency for financing would be advisable if you intend to make a single payment for the land for sale Sunshine Coast has today.
It's wrong to enter into any property buying process blindly or with inadequate information on some aspects. The land is a prime property especially for those who want to invest in building houses for rent Sunshine Coast has to offer. Remember, any other development project you may intend to carry out on the land would highly depend on how well you thought through the four points above.


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Tag Archive | Eric Northman
True Blood DVD Release & behind the scenes clips
It wouldn't be right for us not to mark the final True Blood DVD releases coming next week, we've managed to hold on through everything else life in this fandom has thrown at us, and this will surely be the last time there will be anything new to report regarding our Viking Vampire God, Eric Northman. […]
The One Where I Went MIA
*Wonders into ESL Headquarters, takes a look around and sees that nothing has changed. Her tea mug is in the same place she left it however many days ago. The whiteboard used to jot down ideas for future posts, is still in the same spot,along with our favorite color dry erase markers. The board is […]
JMFO: Dreading The Mourning
It has been a while since there has been a FANGPINION on the blog and right now is just a good time as any. It may or may not be the last one but just in case, we are going to make it a good one.
True Blood Promo: Episode 7.10 "Thank You"
This is it…the VERY LAST True Blood promo we'll EVER see! If you haven't watched tonight's episode yet…this WILL contain spoilers! Watch at your own risk!
Alexander Skarsgard hopes fans will be happy with Eric's True Blood ending
Alexander Skarsgard has finally been talking to the media over the last day or so, combining his publicity work for "The Giver" with a last chance to talk about "True Blood".
Love Is To Die Clip
Eight episodes down and only two more to go and we have the 9th episodes clip for you. Well, it still seems to be all about Bill! Do you need a pick me up after watching that? You are in luck then!


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Become a Member
Individual Yearly Membership Dues are $25
Why join us?
- Your dues are used to help elect pro-Choice, pro-ERA women to public office in areas outside major cities in Missouri.
- You can keep informed about progressive women running for office and how to support them.
- You can follow our posts about legislative activities in Jefferson City that affect women and learn how to weigh in on issues of concern.
- you can stay up to date with our Missouri events updates.
- You can make a difference by connecting with others working to promote women's causes.
Who are we?
The Missouri Women's Leadership Coalition was founded in 2001 to achieve political gender equality in Missouri by recruiting and helping elect pro-Choice, pro-ERA women in cities, suburbs, small towns and rural areas outside of our two major cities: Kansas City and St. Louis.
We do this by providing candidates with professional, emotional and financial support.
We are a nonpartisan organization.
While our focus is outstate, we work closely with other organizations that are working to get progressive women elected in the cities.


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Computational Biology
Contact person: Pawel Winter firstname.lastname@example.com
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology are interdisciplinary fields that apply techniques of computer science, applied mathematics, statistics, and biochemistry to solve biological problems. Following the definitions of National Institute of Health (USA), bioinformatics is ''research, development, or application of computational tools and approaches for expanding the use of biological, medical, behavioral or health data, including those to acquire, store, organize, archive, analyze, or visualize such data.'' Computational biology is concerned with ''development and application of data-analytical and theoretical methods, mathematical modelling and computational simulation techniques to the study of biologial, behavioral, and social systems.''
[Protein Folding] [Computational Geometry and Proteins] [Evolutionary Trees]
Protein Folding and Structure Prediction
The protein folding (PF) has mesmerised researchers all over the world for decades. Proteins are relatively large molecules made of linear sequences of amino acids (small molecules, 20 different kinds). Proteins typically consist of 100-500 amino acids. Upon creation, linear sequences of (known) amino acids fold into 3d structures with their surfaces determining the functions. Normally, identical sequences of amino acids fold to the same 3d structures. Folding is extremely fast (within milliseconds to seconds). Even though a considerable knowledge of molecular dynamics governing the folding of amino acid sequences ia available, researchers have not been able to completely understand the folding process. Complex energy interrelations between amino acids (including amino acids far apart in the linear sequences) also make it very difficult to simulate folding for all but very short proteins.
Instead of investigating PF, many groups are currently working on protein structure prediction (PSP). Here, the research focus is on predicting final folded 3d structures of proteins while disregarding folding processes. The vast number of degrees of freedom in linear sequences and in amino acids, makes also this problem very difficult. The reason for this is of course that the number of ways a chain of amino acids can twist and turn around each other is so vast that finding the correct 3d structure is indeed like looking for a needle in a hay stack. Reducing the number of degrees of freedom (by simplifying the linear sequences, by limiting the positions of amino acids to prespecified apropriately chosen grid positions, and by simplifying the objective functions), various optimization techniques have been applied.
Recent Theses
Glennie Helles
Searching for the native structures of proteins
Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Copenhagen (2010)
Rasmus Fonseca
Ab initio protein structure prediction using Bezier curve representation
M.Sc. Thesis, Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Copenhagen (2009)
Best Danish Computer Science M.Sc. Thesis Award (2009)
Martin Paluszewski
Algorithms for protein structure prediction
Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Copenhagen (2008)
Ranking Beta Sheet Topologies of Proteins
Abstract: One of the main reasons why ab initio protein structure predictors do not perform very well is their inability to reliably identify long-range interactions between amino acids. To achieve reliable long-range interactions, all potential pairings of beta-strands (beta-topologies) of a given protein are enumerated. The beta-topologies are enumerated such that it is certain that the native beta-topology is among the enumerated. [full abstract]
Rasmus Fonseca, Glennie Helles and Pawel Winter
Protein Structure Prediction Using Bee Colony Optimization Heuristic
Predicting the native structure of proteins is one of the most challenging problems in molecular biology. The goal is to determine the three-dimensional structure from the one-dimensional amino acid sequence. De novo prediction algorithms seek to do this by developing a representation of the proteins structure, an energy potential and some optimization algorithm that finds the structure with minimal energy. Bee Colony Optimization (BCO) is a relatively new approach to solving optimization problems based on the foraging behaviour of bees. Several variants of BCO have been suggested in the literature. We have devised a new variant that unifies the existing and is much more flexible with respect to replacing the various elements of the BCO. In particular, this applies to the choice of the local search as well as the method for generating scout locations and performing the waggle dance. We apply our BCO method to generate good solutions to the protein structure prediction problem. The results show that BCO generally finds better solutions than simulated annealing which so far has been the metaheuristic of choice for this problem.
Rasmus Fonseca, Martin Paluszewski and Pawel Winter
Improving Search for Low Energy Protein Structures with an Iterative Niche Genetic Algorithm
In attempts to predict the tertiary structure of proteins we use almost exclusively metaheuristics. However, despite known differences in performance of metaheuristics for different problems, the effect of the choice of metaheuristic has received precious little attention in this field. Particularly parallel implementations have been demonstrated to generally outperform their sequential counterparts, but they are nevertheless used to a much lesser extent for protein structure prediction. In this work we focus strictly on parallel algorithms for protein structure prediction and propose a parallel algorithm, which adds an iterative layer to the traditional niche genetic algorithm. We implement both the traditional niche genetic algorithm and the parallel tempering algorithm in a fashion that allows us to compare the algorithms and look at how they differ in performance. The results show that the iterative niche algorithm converges much faster at lower energy structures than both the traditional niche genetic algorithm and the parallel tempering algorithm.
Glennie Helles
Predicting Dihedral Angle Probability Distributions
BACKGROUND: Predicting the three-dimensional structure of a protein from its amino acid sequence is currently one of the most challenging problems in bioinformatics. The internal structure of helices and sheets is highly recurrent and help reduce the search space significantly. However, random coil segments make up nearly 40% of proteins and they do not have any apparent recurrent patterns, which complicates overall prediction accuracy of protein structure prediction methods. Luckily, previous work has indicated that coil segments are in fact not completely random in structure and flanking residues do seem to have a significant influence on the dihedral angles adopted by the individual amino acids in coil segments. In this work we attempt to predict a probability distribution of these dihedral angles based on the flanking residues. While attempts to predict dihedral angles of coil segments have been done previously, none have, to our knowledge, presented comparable results for the probability distribution of dihedral angles.
RESULTS: In this paper we develop an artificial neural network that uses an input-window of amino acids to predict a dihedral angle probability distribution for the middle residue in the input-window. The trained neural network shows a significant improvement (4-68%) in predicting the most probable bin (covering a 30 degrees x 30 degrees area of the dihedral angle space) for all amino acids in the data set compared to baseline statistics. An accuracy comparable to that of secondary structure prediction ( approximately 80%) is achieved by observing the 20 bins with highest output values.
CONCLUSION: Many different protein structure prediction methods exist and each uses different tools and auxiliary predictions to help determine the native structure. In this work the sequence is used to predict local context dependent dihedral angle propensities in coil-regions. This predicted distribution can potentially improve tertiary structure prediction methods that are based on sampling the backbone dihedral angles of individual amino acids. The predicted distribution may also help predict local structure fragments used in fragment assembly methods.Glennie Helles and Rasmus Fonseca
Predicting dihedral angle probability distributions for protein coil residues from primary sequence using neural networks
BMC Bioinformatics 10, No. 338 (2009) 13 p.
A Comparative Study of the Reported Performance of Ab Initio Protein Structure Prediction Algorithms
Protein structure prediction is one of the major challenges in bioinformatics today. Throughout the past five decades, many different algorithmic approaches have been attempted, and although progress has been made the problem remains unsolvable even for many small proteins. While the general objective is to predict the three-dimensional structure from primary sequence, our current knowledge and computational power are simply insufficient to solve a problem of such high complexity. Some prediction algorithms do, however, appear to perform better than others, although it is not always obvious which ones they are and it is perhaps even less obvious why that is. In this review, the reported performance results from 18 different recently published prediction algorithms are compared. Furthermore, the general algorithmic settings most likely responsible for the difference in the reported performance are identified, and the specific settings of each of the 18 prediction algorithms are also compared. The average normalized r.m.s.d. scores reported range from 11.17 to 3.48. With a performance measure including both r.m.s.d. scores and CPU time, the currently best-performing prediction algorithm is identified to be the I-TASSER algorithm. Two of the algorithmic settings--protein representation and fragment assembly--were found to have definite positive influence on the running time and the predicted structures, respectively. There thus appears to be a clear benefit from incorporating this knowledge in the design of new prediction algorithms.
Glennie Helles
Glennie Helles
Protein Structure Prediction Using Tabu Search and Half-Sphere Exposure Measure
|Here, we study the reconstruction of a protein's C_alpha trace solely from a CN vector or a pair of up/down vectors (HSE vector). This problem could become important for de novo structure prediction when the vectors are predicted. We define potential functions based on the HSE- or CN-vectors and minimize them using two metaheuristics: Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) and tabu search (TS). MCS has been widely used for protein structure prediction, and TS has been applied with great success to many optimization problems, but has rarely been used for protein structure prediction.
Martin Paluszewski, Thomas Hamelryck and Pawel Winter
Branch and Bound Algorithm for Protein Structure Prediction Using Efficient Bounding
|We propose a new discrete model which makes use of secondary structure information and propose a novel branch and bound algorithm for finding global minimum structures. The energy function is very simple while structures obtained are of very high quality compared to the native structure of the protein. The model only depends on the position of C_alpha-atoms and is based on predictable contact and half-sphere-exposure numbers. The success of the branch and bound algorithm comes from the simplicity of the energy function which allows for efficient lower bound calculations of the energy.
Martin Paluszewski and Pawel Winter
Computational Geometry and Proteins
Adjustable Chain Trees
A modified version of chain trees that adjust themselves to the changing conformations of folding proteins is introduced. Computational results indicate that the number of intersection checks of bounding volumes is substantially reduced both in connection with the clash tests and the free energy calculations.
Pawel Winter and Rasmus Fonseca
Protein Packing Quality Using Delaunay Complexes
Rasmus Fonseca, Pawel Winter and Kevin Karplus
Protein Packing Quality Using Delaunay Complexes
Proc. of 8-th Int. Symp. on Voronoi Diagrams in Science and Engineering, ISVD'11, Qingdao, China (2011)
Alpha Shapes and Proteins
Abstract: We provide a unified description of (weighted) alpha-shapes, beta-shapes and the corresponding simplicial complexes. We discuss their applicability to various protein-related problems. We also discuss filtrations of alpha-shapes and touch upon related persistence issues. We claim that the full potential of alpha-shapes and related geometrical constructs in protein-related problems yet remains to be realized and verified. We suggest parallel algorithms for (weighted) alpha-shapes, and we argue that future use of filtrations and kinetic variants for larger proteins will need such implementations.
Pawel Winter, Henrik Sterner and Peter Sterner
Henrik Sterner and Peter Sterner
Evolutionary Trees
Evolutionary trees, also called phylogenetic trees show the evolutionary interrelationships between various species. In recent years, due to the explosion of available data, species are typically represented by appropriate DNA- or protein sequences.
There is surprising number of diiferent methods that have been used to determine evolutionary trees. They can be subdivided into four main groups. Parsimony methods are based on the Occam's razor principle: Whem given the choice between two explanations, choose the simpler one. In evolutionary trees, this usually amounts to looking for a tree with fewest number of evolutionary changes between interrelated species. Maximum likelihood methods are based on probabilistic models of evolution. Given such a model, the likelihood that a tree with given topology is the sought evolutionary tree, can be calculated. The tree with the maximum likelihood is of course selected as the evolutionary tree. Consensus methods attempt to find evolutionary trees for all species using trees for (usually small) subsets of species (which are much easier to determine for biologists)). Finally, distance methods are based on appropriately defined distances between species (for example appropriate edit distances between pairs of DNA- or protein sequences). Once distances are given, the problem reduces to that of determining a minimum cost tree satisfying some side constraints.
Research on evolutionary trees at DIKU focused so far on distance methods. In particular, our group suggested a novel distance-based approach. Species are represented by points in an appropriately chosen high-dimensional space such that the distances beetween points correspond to distances between DNA- or protein sequences. Multidimensional scaling is used to determine the locations of points. Once located, the problems reduces to that of finding minimal Steiner tree for the points (possibly with appropriate side constraints). Initial work suggests that the approach has some potential. Exploiting our in-depth knowledge of the Steiner tree problem here at DIKU may prove essential for making this approach a useful alternative to such distance methods as neighbor joining. This ongoing research has been carried out in cooperation with Dorin Thomas and Marcus Brazil from the Dept. of Engineering, Univ. of Melbourne.M. Brazil, D.A. Thomas, B.K. Nielsen, P. Winter, C. Wulff-Nilsen and M. Zachariasen
A novel approach to phylogenetic tress: d-dimensional geometric Steiner trees
Networks 53 (2009) 104-111 [doi] [pdf]


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Sunday, 31 July 2016
99th anniversary: Passchendaele
He was one of 6,525 who died on that day, including 91 from his battalion according to www.cwgc.org. Like 70 others of his battalion his body was not recovered and his name is on the Menin Gate.
He was awarded a posthumous Military Cross which was donated to Queen's College, Cambridge, where he had been a student.
The Third Battle of Ypres eventually cost a quarter of a million British Empire lives.
Read more about Edward Cohen at http://theyserved.wikia.com/wiki/Edward_Cohen
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- Celia Lewis said...
So many of us have great-uncles who died in the Great War - I have three. So many lives with great potential, lost forever. Incredibly sad.
- 31 July, 2016 14:35
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As far as Nintendo leads us to believe, Mario is a hero. He risks his life to save Peach time and time again. But if you look closely at his actions and compare them to Bowser's, there may be some important details left out.
This video that appeared on Cracked for their "After Hours" web series features four friends who take a look at the huge span of media that Mario appears in to debate the issue.
Are we so sure, for instance, that Mario's intentions with Peach are so gentlemanly as we'd like to believe? What about poor Bowser? His kingdom gets shred to pieces without a second thought just so Mario can get his girl. Maybe Bowser really is just a lovestruck romantic, granted with a terrible way of expressing his feelings for Peach. Kidnap isn't exactly the ideal form of courting.
Each side makes a pretty convincing argument, but take a look and see if you're willing to change your opinion about Bowser.
Why Mario is Secretly a Douchebag [Cracked]


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Pier Giorgio Frassati was dedicated to social justice issues and joined several charitable organizations to better aid the poor and less fortunate living in his hometown of Turin. He was a modern day Robin Hood who passed away just after his 24th birthday. He reminds us to reach out to others who aren't as fortunate.
He signed things VERSO L'ALTO which means TO THE HIGHEST in Italian. A reminder to all of us to be the best version of ourselves while reaching for the heavens.
Enjoy the comfy Gildan 4.5 ounce softstyle shirt in heathery military green with white ink.


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[Image above] Blue-rayed limpets are fingernail-sized snails with brilliant blue-striped shells. Credit: Chris Moody; Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0. Title credit: That annoying late-90s song.
Nature is inspiring—see exhibits A, B, C, D, E, and F.
The latest creature to inspire materials science research? Limpets.
Although their name may sound more like a baked breakfast good, limpets are mollusks. More specifically, they're a kind of gastropod, i.e., a snail. And limpets are somewhat notable, as scientists recently discovered that their teeth are the strongest natural material known to man.
MIT researchers recently discovered another unique feature that these unassuming gastropods are hiding within their shells. Their work revealed that some limpet shells contain unique biological photonic structures that are the first known to be made from inorganic, mineralized structures. The researchers published their findings in Nature Communications.
The research zoomed in on one particular variety of fingernail-sized snail, the blue-rayed limpet. Blue-rayed limpets feature a drab shell that is adorned with brilliant blue stripes, which make the tiny snails stand out even in murky water of the kelp beds they call home along the coasts of Norway, Iceland, the United Kingdom, Portugal, and the Canary Islands.
While other creatures—such as beetles, butterflies, and birds—also display bright hues, those colors come from photonic structures within the creatures' shells, scales, or feathers that are composed primarily of organic materials.
"The majority of structurally diverse, functional biophotonic architectures in different species are mainly comprised of highly ordered organic materials, including chitin, guanine, collagen, keratin, reflectin, pterin, melanin, or carotenoids," the authors explain in the paper. "Being the most prominent example of a biologically produced mineral-based iridescent material, nacre's diverse colour palette originates from light interference within its layered composite structure of microscopic aragonite tablets. The structural colour is only apparent in the interior of the shell with little to no external visibility."
Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); YouTube
To investigate the interesting color of blue-rayed limpets' stripes, the researchers first examined the shells from the outside. Scanning electron micrographs of the shells' surface showed no structural differences in the striped regions, so the researchers dug deeper.
Using focused ion beam milling, they cut out a cross-section of the shell and examined the underlying nanoarchitecture using 2-D and 3-D structural analyses.
Their findings show that about 30 micrometers below the shells' striped surface, the shell-standard uniform composition of stacked calcium carbonate platelets changed. There, the researchers found wider zigzagged layers of calcium carbonate that were underlaid with randomly arranged spherical colloidal particles.
Further analysis of the zigzags' spacing and angles revealed that they were optimally arranged to reflect blue and green light, acting as an optical interference filter. And the colloidal spheres served to "absorb transmitted light that would otherwise desaturate the reflected blue color," according to an MIT press release. So the zigzags reflect only blue light, while the remaining light spectrum travels through the shell, where it is absorbed by the colloidal particles, making the blue look bluer.
"Therefore the absorbing particles underneath the limpet's multilayer architecture are not the direct origin of the blue colour, which is caused by the multilayer architecture," the authors write in the paper. "The particles rather provide an absorbing background for the multilayer filter to enhance the spectral purity of the reflected blue light."
According to the paper, the chemical composition of the colloidal particles remains unknown.
In addition to representing the first known biological photonic structures that are composed of inorganic structures, the authors make another interesting point: the limpet shells are able to incorporate photonic structures without compromising structural integrity.
"It's all about multifunctional materials in nature: Every organism—no matter if it has a shell, or skin, or feathers—interacts in various ways with the environment, and the materials with which it interfaces to the outside world frequently have to fulfill multiple functions simultaneously," Mathias Kolle, co-author and MIT mechanical engineering professor, says in the press release. "[Engineers] are more and more focusing on not only optimizing just one single property in a material or device, like a brighter screen or higher pixel density, but rather on satisfying several … design and performance criteria simultaneously. We can gain inspiration and insight from nature."
The researchers speculate that their findings could be used to develop similar smart architectures in custom-designed materials.
"Let's imagine a window surface in a car where you obviously want to see the outside world as you're driving, but where you also can overlay the real world with an augmented reality that could involve projecting a map and other useful information on the world that exists on the other side of the windshield," Kolle says in the release. "We believe that the limpet's approach to displaying color patterns in a translucent shell could serve as a starting point for developing such displays."
The open-access paper, published in Nature Communications, is "A highly conspicuous mineralized composite photonic architecture in the translucent shell of the blue-rayed limpet" (DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7322).


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2 Bedroom Apartment / Flat for sale in Ghodbunder Road area, Thane
Kasarvadavli, Ghodbunder Road, Thane - 400615 (Maharashtra)
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Price Trends Ghodbunder Road area, Thane
Apartments / Flats for sale in Ghodbunder Road, Thane
Locality Reviews Ghodbunder Road area, Thane
Amazing Development area with wider roads inside Brahmand and connectivity to BKC, DADAR, SEEPZ directly. Good for family as all the amenities within Brahmand without touching Highway. Highway is closeby, but everything is available within Brahmand. Star daily also started. Close to Hiranandani Estates, Thane. Chances for metro connectivity. Beter connectivity to BKC, Dadar, Seepz, Borivili ( Western suburbs) and thane Train station and bustand.
- Amazing Development area and connectivity to BKC, DADAR, SEEPZ directly
- Very good layout and Tuesday open market
- Euucational Hub is having 5 schools within the area
Ghodbunder Road or G.B. Road, runs entirely through the district of Thane. It is one of the major roads leading out of Thane city and connects to the Eastern Express Highway, becoming National Highway 3. It is approximately 20 km long and links the two main arterial roads of Mumbai, the Eastern Express Highway and the Western Express Highway. Local economy has increased recently due to the entry of Lodha builders and Rustomji. The Lake City Mall and Cine Wonder are at walk able distance from Maijiwada, some of the larger retailers and restaurants occupying the mall include Big Bazaar, McDonalds and Woodland. Majiwada has a church, Hanuman temple, Sai Baba Temple, Changai Devi Mandir, Lord Shiva temple, Durga Mata temple, the famous Asha Pura mandir and also a Mosque. This locality is dedicated to TMT Thane Municipal Transport bus service is provided, last stop name is Majiwada Village. Thane started emerging as a preferred destination for living. People belonging to the middle and upper middle class started to flock here. Thane witnessed growth in the number of residential towers that provided facilities and amenities that were once exclusive to South Mumbai's realty market.
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Fans of The Eloquent Woman on Facebook see links to good reads, resources and ideas from other sources there, in addition to posts from the blog. But you won't miss a thing, since I'm summarizing that extra content and putting it here on the blog for all readers to see. Here's what I shared in the week just past:
- TED and popcorn? The TED conference is this week, and is offering affordable options to stream it live or on-demand in your livingroom. Will you watch?
- Board magic: Women directors change how boards work shares that when you have at least 3 women on a board of directors, they dig deeper into issues, seek more opinions, and make sure more people get in on the conversation.
- Basics rule: Most people "learn" public speaking by watching others, but the hidden power of mastering the fundamentals is a good reminder that you should set about to learn the basics in speaking, as in other topics.
- When women speak: An official at the Illinois State Supreme Court shares how you can interrupt the gender bias of speaking. An important read.
- About the quote: Great advice for newbie speakers from a seasoned one: Hillary Clinton. From our Pinterest board of great quotes for public speakers.


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Join Maxim Jago for an in-depth discussion in this video What you can do without picture lock, part of EPK Editing: 2 Creative Editing and Fine-Tuning.
…It's worth noting, of course, that not only is it rare for…us to have picture lock as a workflow these days,…we actually don't have a picture lock mode within Premiere Pro.…And we've got the option to turn off and on linking.…We can do snapping.…We've got controls for the way we nest or do not nest sequences.…But we don't have a way of locking the position of our clips.…A very common solution to this problem is to lock whole tracks.…And so, here, for example, I know that I don't want to…change the contents of the audio for the music or for the music video.…
I know I'm not going to want to make changes to the music video contents.…So, I can just lock my audio two and lock my video three.…And now, no matter what I do, I'm not going to make any adjustments.…I can't even select these items.…Now, this is a great solution, but you do have to be a little bit careful.…I'll illustrate what I mean.…If I select a big chunk of the timeline.…I'm just going to use the i and…the o keys on my keyboard to select the whole region here.…
In the previous installment of EPK Editing Workflows, Maxim Jago showed you how to ingest media and build a basic assembly edit from your favorite shots. Here you'll take that rough cut and fine-tune it using a number of industry-standard trimming techniques that work in just about every nonlinear editing system. You'll learn how to take your edited sequence from an assembly to a precise cut, with temporary effects and transitions that will help you nail down the final visual look of your video.
- Establishing the starting point
- Stripping out content from the assembly cut
- Editing quickly with keyboard shortcuts
- Advanced trimming techniques
- Trimming with the JKL technique
- Adding placeholder transitions and effects
- Achieving picture lock


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Month: February 2012
The not bummer road trip adventure
Have you seen the movie Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer? It's a great movie. And it's kinda freaky because it is totally my kids and sister. Red headed, adventurous, unique little girl. Blond headed pesky little brother. Amazing, crazy, coolest aunt in the world.
So a week and a half ago we had a not bummer road trip adventure with my sister. She lives three hours away and so we drove an hour north and she drove two hours south and we met up for an overnight stay. This town also has an awesome children's museum and we had planned to spend some time there. Pat decided to come along which we were super excited about because he's been very busy with work lately!
Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures for the first half of our adventure. We met my sister there around 2:30 pm on Thursday. After checking into the hotel the kids went on a tour of the hotel with Aunt Nellie. Also along for our adventure was friends of my sister and their 2-year old son. All three kids had such a fun time playing together.
We decided to go to the museum on Friday morning and so went swimming Thursday before supper. Unfortunately the hotel didn't have a hot tub but the pool was really nice. Angel LOVES to swim and Caleb actually wanted to swim too. Usually he doesn't want to but we all had fun swimming together.
Around 6:30-7:00 pm we headed out for dinner. We decided to go to a place we hadn't been to; it was sort of a "fine dining" restaurant. We had looked up the menu online and it wasn't too expensive so we thought we'd give it a try. We had a super fun time and got completely stuffed!
The kids were pretty wiped out by the time we got back to the hotel and so we just played for awhile before heading to bed. Poor Caleb got stuck sleeping with mom and dad because there wasn't enough room for him in the other room with Aunt Nellie.
Friday morning we enjoyed a continental breakfast and we might have been the only people with bed head, in bare feet and in pj's. We eventually got packed up, ran a few errands and were at the museum by about 11:00 am. The kids were super excited and we all had tons of fun!
(You can tell Patrick had the camera most of the day because there are way too many pictures of me!)
Grocery shopping…
Climbing in the clouds. This thing was a little scary (for the moms)…
Oliver, Angel and Bubba hiding in a tree…
Children of the corn (hee hee)…
Once a band geek, always a band geek. I had to stop in the The Pride of the Dakotas room and take a picture. I was in the Pride when I was in college and despite the fact that I am now a Coyote, I will forever be a Jackrabbit!
(Ok band geek, move along.)
Caleb working on a car…
Pat and Caleb building…
Mama is ready to go home. This was at the end of the day, I promise. (This picture makes me laugh so hard because I was trying to be really creepy and I realize that I was very successful! HA!)
The water room…
Caleb threw this kitty and made that little girl cry.
The best part of the day. For the kids. My best part of the day was when we got cupcakes on our way out of town. Anyway. We went outside and saw the dinosaur.
(Gunner, Lisa, Oliver, Me, Angel, Caleb, Aunt Nellie)
And then the dinosaur got hungry and tried to eat me.
(That was weird.)
It was way past our normal lunch time by the time we got through the museum and so we walked a few blocks to downtown and enjoyed hamburgers at the famous Nick's Hamburger Shop. Pat has always wanted to eat there and it was super good. My sister had to head for home after that but the rest of decided to do something really crazy and we went back to the museum to let the kids play a little more!
adults kids didn't last long and within about 30 minutes we were on the road for home. It was a great little road trip and the kids can't wait for our next not bummer adventure with Aunt Nellie!
We bribe our kids to get them to sleep
Disclaimer: This post is so long it might put you to sleep.
Some time long ago our kids wouldn't sleep through the night. Oh wait. They have never slept through the night. Well anyway, I think at Angel's 3 year (or maybe it was her 2 year?) well baby check up the doctor recommended the book Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems. We thought it was fabulous and helped tremendously in getting the kids to sleep in their beds.
Shortly after we started potty training and the kids were never able to make it through the night without waking up to go potty. And Angel is a crazy light sleeper and her legs always hurt and she always needs to be close to mom and dad. We kinda just surrendered and allowed them to get in bed with us when they woke up thinking that we didn't care where they slept as long as they slept. Unfortunately Angel is also the world's most restless sleeper. A few weeks ago I awoke to feel her legs wrapped around my neck. And I am totally serious.
Also a few weeks ago in our couple's Bible study group we were talking about this and how the lack of sleep negatively affects our marriages. We received great encouragement from our friends and we also decided that we needed to get back to being mean parents who make their kids sleep in their beds all night. Since both kids are able to hold it all night long most nights we brushed up on the suggestions from the sleep book and started a new routine a week ago Sunday night.
I worked Sunday night and got home about 12:45 am. At about 1:00 am they started waking up. One of the tools from this book is to use a baby gate so that the kids still have their own space – they don't necessary even have to stay in their beds – but they need to understand that they stay in their "space" after bedtime. The first night was tough. I would go down and console them and give hugs and kisses and then go back upstairs. You are supposed to let them cry for a certain period of time depending on how old they are and then go back down and do the whole routine again. Eventually they get the hint that you are serious. It only took us about 2 hours for them to finally realize mommy was serious and they fell asleep about 3:30 am.
Monday night we sat down with the kids and Pat explained to them a little more about the gate. He told them it wasn't because they were naughty but that it's important that everyone sleeps in their own beds. And sometimes when we wake up in the middle of the night that it's easy to forget to stay in our bed. So when they see they gate they can remember and go back to their bed and go to sleep.
We also thought we needed a few more tools to help encourage them. With the kids help we talked about everything we do before bedtime and I made each of them a poster. 1. Go potty. 2. Brush teeth. 3. Put pj's on. 4. Have devotion and prayer with mommy and daddy. 5. Read books in bed. 6. Lights out. Sleep all night in bed. 7. Get present in the morning!
It was pretty fun Monday night because we would ask them what was next and they'd run over to their poster and tell us. It definitely made bedtime more fun for them then us yelling about what they need to do.
The present thing was something I thought of when I went to Wally World Monday night to get dog food. They had a bunch of their
junk accessories and small toys on sale for $.25. So I decided to create a bribe present box and we told the kids that every morning they'll get to pick out a prize if they stayed in their room all night. I ended up spending about $25 and we have enough stuff to last at least two weeks so I think that was a pretty good investment. The presents are things like stickers, candy, small toys, glow sticks, jewelry and lip gloss for Angel, trucks for Bubba, gum, etc. And of course I let them look at and admire every thing before putting it up on the counter.
Another thing with the book is that while you are "training" the kids to learn to sleep in their room all night you move back their bedtime so they are super tired and fall asleep right away. At 9:00 pm we started getting ready for bed and were done with our list by about 9:45 pm. When I asked them what number 6 was Angel yelled, "Lights out!", turned off her light and by the time I finished tucking in Caleb she was already asleep. Caleb wasn't far behind. It was certainly later than normal for bedtime but so much more peaceful than normal also.
The kids slept until 4:00 am! OH. MY. WORD. I seriously do not think we've gotten 6 straight hours of sleep in 4 years. Except I couldn't sleep so didn't go to bed til 11:30 pm. But still, even 4.5-5 hours is amazing! At 4:00 am they both woke up and called to me from the gate. Surprisingly they weren't crying. Caleb needed a kleenex and Angel asked if it was time to get up. I explained that it was too early and that we would tell them when it was morning. They both went back to bed and Angel slept til 6:30 am and Caleb til 7:30 am.
Tuesday night was again a pleasant bedtime ritual as the kids were excited to tell us what was next on the list. They both slept until 3:00 am and then woke up and yelled for me at the gate. I went down and gave them a kiss and reminded them they need to sleep in their beds if they want a present in the morning. Angel ran back to her room. Caleb wasn't so sure and it took a little coaxing but eventually he went back. They both slept until 7:30 am. WOW!
A few days prior to our deciding to get back into kids sleep in own bed mode, I purchased this clock for Angel. A friend had told me about it last year but it's pretty expensive and so we didn't buy it. Well I broke down and bought it and it arrived on Wednesday. Angel was pretty excited about it and we showed her how it's yellow during the day, turns blue when it's bedtime and then in the morning when it's time to get out of bed it turns yellow and sings a wake up song.
Wednesday night was similar to Tuesday night. They woke up once around 3-4 am but went right back to bed. Again, Caleb struggling a little more than Angel. I'm not getting too worked up about it though because he's been so sick lately and he's just an emotional wreck! Thursday morning her new clock was set to go off at 7:00 am. At 7:40 am she finally came upstairs so excited that her clock had turned yellow. I can't believe it took her 40 minutes to wake up!
The best news of all? Thursday night she slept straight through the night. Not one little peep. I'm not sure if she was just extra tired or what. But she did tell Daddy, "I layed there and layed there and layed there with my eyes open all night!" She's so funny.
Unfortunately Caleb had a pretty rough night Thursday night. He woke up at 3:00 am and again at 3:30 am and climbed over the gate. Little stinker. I broke down a little and let him sleep on the couch then but he knew he wasn't going to get a present in the morning and he chose the closeness of mom and dad over the present. Again, I hope it's all because of him being sick because usually he's a really sound sleeper.
Friday night was a little rough. They were both up quite a few times. The other thing with this clock is it has music or music/white noise or white noise. We put it on white noise and I think that has helped Angel. Well I worked Friday night and Pat didn't realize I had set it on the white noise. He went down and heard it and thought it was static and not working and so he unplugged it! I'm not sure if that was why she was up so much Friday night or not.
Saturday and Sunday nights Caleb slept all night but Angel wet the bed both nights. Saturday night it was at 5:00 am so I just let her come to our bed. Sunday night when it happened I changed the sheets and made her go back in her bed. I'm wondering if she's doing it on purpose so she can come to our bed? I hate to think that but she is one smart cookie.
We cannot yet declare that our kids are sleeping through the night. But we are doing so much better than a few weeks ago. I'm so thankful for the extra sleep. I can't believe what a difference it makes. Not only in me but also in Angel. Did you notice her amazing smiles in this post? I know we'll have setbacks but I'm hopeful that we're at the beginning of a really good thing!
Snow day, silly day, paint with celery day, and my dad almost cut his arm off day
First things first.
Yes, my dad tried to cut his arm off today.
Well I suppose tried isn't the right word. He was trying to cut a trophy column and I guess he kinda missed. My mom sent all us kids a text saying they were at the hospital cause dad cut his arm with a saw but he's ok. Praise Jesus. Yes. Praise Jesus indeed. Angel was quite distraught about Papa cutting his arm. In fact when Pat got home from work she told him that Papa cut his arm off! So I had to ask my mom to send a picture so we could assure Angel that Papa still had his arm.
If you don't think big cuts are cool, you might want to turn away.
Whew. Arm intact!
Ouch. That's gotta hurt. Thankfully it all turned out ok! I guess that's easy for me to say, I'm not in excruciating pain, huh. Well, if you don't mind, say a prayer for my dad!
In other non-life threatening news, we had a busy day today. I was suppose to work but since there were two Call Reps scheduled I was able to call in and use vacation time. We're all still not 100% healthy and so I thought it'd be good to have a night of good rest.
It was silly day at Angel's school. She rocked silly day.
And here she is actually being silly. Cause I guess dressed up silly isn't enough!
After school we went out to eat for lunch. We might have gotten a few weird looks.
And it snowed today! The kids were so excited. Around 4:00 we were going a little stir crazy and so I thought I'd try my hand at snow blowing the driveway. Pat had shown me how to use the snow blower before but I've never actually done it. Thankfully I didn't hurt anyone and the kids had a blast playing outside. And I did wonder if it was a good idea to go outside with all of us still getting healthy, but considering how sick everyone has been the past few months, I'm thinking there's more germs in my house than outside!
Hi Jo Jo. He loves the snow!
Brrr. Time to go inside and have hot chocolate!
Today was also paint with celery day. On Monday when we were in the doctor's office for Caleb, I read in the Family Fun magazine about paining flowers with the bottom of celery. You cut off all the stalks and the shape looks exactly like a flower. Well turns out we made supper for church on Wednesday night and we used celery and so I just kept the ends.
It didn't turn out as good as I thought. Probably because I didn't have a big thing of paint so we had to first brush the celery and then press it on the paper. The kids had fun though.
We had a busy, fun and somewhat scary day today. It was a really good day though because I got almost 8 hours of sleep last night! But you'll have to come back next week to learn more about that!
Let's do everything
Music soothes my soul. When our life is chaotic and everyone is frazzled I often turn on the radio to KNWC or KLOV and it brings calm. It brings my focus back to God and His Word and Truth.
I heard Do Everything by Steven Curtis Chapman the other day for the first time. I seriously love this song. Not only is it a good dancing song, but most of all, the message is amazing.
Especially the first verse. Except for the coloring the lips part. I can't remember the last time I wore lip stick. Too busy kissing my husband ya know, so what's the point.
Well anyway, as I was saying, this song is such a great encouragement to me. I think regardless of what our role in life is, it's easy to get discouraged that we're not doing enough. Or we can be tricked into thinking that if we're not doing something really "flashy" then it's of less importance.
I know that when I'm washing the kids sheets for the fourth day in a row or making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch again, I sometimes wonder if there isn't more to this thing we call life. Shouldn't I be doing more? Isn't there something more important? And I think back on my days and most days I feel like I have accomplished absolutely nothing. And yet all that stuff I consider nothing, is everything God can use.
Everything we do, we can do it to bring glory to God. Every decision I make and every person I come in contact with and every single minute with my husband and my kiddos is an opportunity to be used of God.
So today, let's do everything. No, not everything. In fact, let's stop doing everything. But everything we do, let's do it for the glory of God! (Wow, that was a little confusing and totally awesome all at the same time!)
Your picking up toys on the living room floor for the 15th time today
Matching up socks
Sweeping up lost cheerios that got away
You put a baby on your hip
Color on your lips and head out the door
While I may not know you,
I bet I know you
Wonder sometimes, does it matter at all?
Well let me remind you, it all matters just as long
As you do everything you do to the glory of the One who made you,
Cause he made you,
To do
Every little thing that you do
To bring a smile to His face
Tell the story of grace
With every move that you make
And every little thing you do
Maybe your that guy with the suit and tie
Maybe your shirt says your name
You may be hooking up mergers
Cooking up burgers
But at the end of the day
Little stuff
Big stuff
In between stuff
God sees it all the same
While I may not know you
I bet I know you
Wonder sometimes, does it matter at all?
Well let me remind you, it all matters just as long
As you do everything you do to the glory of the One who made you,
Cause he made you
To do
Every little thing that you do
To bring a smile to His face
Tell the story of grace
With every move that you make
And every thing you do
Maybe your sitting in math class
Or maybe on a mission in the Congo
Or maybe your working at the office
Singing along with the radio
Maybe your dining at a 5-star
Or feeding orphans in the Myanmar
Anywhere and everywhere that you are
Whatever you do
It all matters
So do what you do
Don't ever forget
To do everything you do to the glory of the One who made you,
Cause He made you
To do
Every little thing that you do
To bring a smile to His face
And tell the story of grace
As you do everything you do to the glory of the One who made you,
Cause he made you
To do
Every little thing that you do
To bring a smile to His face
And tell the story of grace
With every move that you make
And every little thing you do
In every little thing you do
In every little thing you do


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How to create more value using LinkedIn
At the recent APSMA conference, one of the most practical sessions held was 'Clever ways to create more value using LinkedIn.'
We all know how to create a basic LinkedIn profile and it's likely that most professionals have one. Your LinkedIn profile and how you use LinkedIn can deliver a range of benefits for you, particularly if you take a proactive approach to your personal branding.
The reality is that you're already branded. Your colleagues, staff, customers, investors and all of your stakeholders already have a perception of you. And it's the sum of those perceptions which make up your reputation. Without taking a deliberate and considered approach to what you want to be known and valued for, you may be allowing your personal brand to waiver or vary among stakeholder groups. Don't let your personal brand manage itself.
Kirsten Hodgson, author of LinkedIn for Lawyers: Connect, Engage and Grow your Business and LinkedIn for Accountants presented the breakout session to a packed out audience of leaders, CMOs, business development and sales managers.
Here are three practical takeaways from this session:
1. LinkedIn has powerful SEO potential
Publishing articles as a post on LinkedIn (i.e. using LinkedIn's publishing platform) results in higher Google rankings.
Kirsten found that some of her posts were reaching larger audiences and discovered that it was a result of Google ranking her LinkedIn posts higher than her other articles. In fact, when you Google 'how to view someone's LinkedIn profile without them knowing', her LinkedIn post is ranked #1.
This is the direct result of benefiting from LinkedIn's high search engine optimisation. An added benefit is that articles tend to have a longer shelf life than those on your own blog – because of both the SEO benefits and the fact that LinkedIn members can search published posts directly within LinkedIn.
Kirsten's advice included:
- Publish relevant content with a long shelf life. It can take up to two or three months before Google starts recognising your post.
- She found very little adverse impact when articles from the blog were republished as a post on LinkedIn.
- Posts with very little content or which direct audiences to another website can disengage your readers as many don't want to leave LinkedIn – making them click away means you will lose a lot of prospective readers.
- Make sure you understand the difference between LinkedIn updates and posts.
For a walk-through of how Kirsten improved her SEO and drove increased sales, read her blog post Improve your SEO by publishing to LinkedIn.
2. Increase your engagement by understanding personality
Kirsten introduced a tool called Crystal Knows.
Crystal's mission is to make relationships healthier and happier. It's a social science tool (and Chrome extension) which assists you to take an empathic approach to your communication and engagement to reach mutual understanding and increase productivity.
How Crystal does this is phenomenal, and for some, eerie. Crystal forms a personality profile for you based on your public profile and interactions anywhere online. It does the same for people you interact with. Using a huge database of data from across the internet, Crystal provides tips as to how to best communicate online with people whose personality you wouldn't have experienced in real life.
As far as accuracy goes, it's been spot on for our personalities. We're also already seeing benefits as we communicate with more empathy with our audiences and stakeholders in mind.
To find out more about how it works, visit Crystal Knows.
3.Get around LinkedIn's search limitations by using Google to x-ray into LinkedIn
LinkedIn's 'advanced search' feature is incredibly helpful but it can be frustrating when you can only see limited results information. Instead of upgrading to a paid LinkedIn account, you can use tools (developed for the recruitment industry) such as Recruit'em (www.recruitin.net) to find people you're looking to reach on LinkedIn.
By using this tool, you can see LinkedIn public profile information for those who fit the criteria you're searching. You're not limited to the first 100 results because you're viewing the results through Google or another search engine – just make sure you're logged out of LinkedIn when you perform your search!
While some people do lock their public profiles, the vast majority of LinkedIn users don't, so it's really easy to see the majority of their profile info. Plus if you have installed the Crystal chrome extension you can take a look at people's personality types here too, which is hugely helpful.
In conclusion
LinkedIn isn't a tool that should be used in isolation.
It can help you to achieve your objectives more quickly and easily and increase the success of existing initiatives. When you're next considering the best way to approach something or someone, think about how you could use LinkedIn to help you.
If you would like to read case studies of how lawyers and accountants have used LinkedIn successfully to grow their practices, Kirsten has compiled a variety of reference material you can access and download at LinkedIn for Accountants and LinkedIn for Lawyers.