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Contact: Eddie Miranda, 214-378-1541,
orAnthony Denning, 214-378-1548,
For immediate release — March 4, 2013
High-Achieving Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Students Receive Support Award, Mentoring and More for Transfer Success
(DALLAS) — Thirty-eight students have been named spring 2013 scholars for the Dallas County Community College District's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Institute by the DCCCD Foundation. The program focuses on retaining and encouraging top students among the seven colleges of DCCCD who are pursuing STEM-related majors; it also helps them to transfer seamlessly to four-year undergraduate degree programs in their fields. Those students are residents of Dallas, Carrollton, Farmers Branch, Garland, DeSoto, Duncanville, Mesquite, Grand Prairie, Irving, Plano and Waxahachie.
Established as a pilot program in 2009, the program involves a total of 80 students who are participating in the DCCCD STEM Institute during the 2012-2013 academic year. The institute provides students with a cash stipend, personalized faculty mentoring, help with negotiating their transfer to a four-year institution plus extracurricular research and internship opportunities. Students participate in industry- and career-related seminars throughout the year, as well as an annual STEM summit that has featured internationally renowned speakers such as ocean explorer Fabien Cousteau and astronaut Dr. Mary Ellen Weber.
The program's numbers exceed state and national averages for student success and completion: A combined 89 percent of last year's STEM scholars graduated with an associate degree, transferred to a four-year institution or are still enrolled in one of the system's individually accredited colleges. Although the institute initially focused on students who were pursuing STEM majors, an expanded focus now includes students who intend to teach subjects in those areas at all levels. Since its inception, the institute has served 343 students.
"The greatest driver of economic development in our community will be the quality and education of our workforce," says Hunter L. Hunt, who chairs the STEM Initiative for DCCCD's Campaign for Excellence and who assumes the chair of the Foundation's board of directors this month. "With more than 700,000 jobs in STEM industries forecast for Texas by 2018, these STEM scholars hold the key to the future success of our region."
The DCCCD STEM Institute pilot program has been supported by Citi, a U.S. Department of Education congressional appropriation, the Fluor Foundation, the Greater Texas Foundation, the Hillcrest Foundation, Hunt Consolidated, Margaret McDermott, and Hunter and Stephanie Hunt.
STEM scholars must maintain a minimum 3.0 grade point average, remain in good academic standing and complete at least 12 college credit hours. Students have transferred to four-year institutions including multiple University of Texas locations, Southern Methodist University, University of North Texas, Texas Tech University, Texas A&M University, Rice University, Texas Woman's University, Colorado State University, the University of Arkansas, Columbia University and Purdue University.
Spring 2013 STEM Scholars
The spring semester's STEM Institute scholars, their colleges in the DCCCD system, and their intended majors and hometowns are:
Brookhaven College
Miyoung Choi, astronomy/physics, CarrolltonJames Daniels, biology/neuroscience, Dallas
Ahmed Elhelw, petroleum engineering, DallasJoseph Florer, mechanical engineering, DallasCecilia Harris, mechanical engineering, Farmers Branch José Hernandez, engineering, CarrolltonBaohai Nguyen, electrical engineering, GarlandOmar Roa, computer science, Dallas
Cedar Valley College
Frank White, computer science, DeSoto
Eastfield College
Heather Clicque, astronomy/physics, DallasNancy Morataya, science, Mesquite
El Centro College
Ana Barrios, information systems, DallasLois Camacho, mathematics, DallasMatye DePaz, mathematics, DallasKelli Goree, biotechnology, GarlandVictoria Livingston, mathematics, DallasIris Romero, engineering, DallasGiovanni Rosas, biotechnology/biomedicine, DallasRachael Royal, environmental systems, GarlandAdam Ulissey, environmental engineering, Dallas
Mountain View College
Benjamin Carlton*, mechanical engineering, DuncanvilleAnya Reck*, mathematics, Grand PrairieJereamy Riggs, chemistry, Duncanville
North Lake College
Madhu Gautam, mathematics, IrvingOsaid Jaffery, mechanical engineering, Irving Uyen Ngo, mathematics, Irving Armin Riazlan, electrical engineering, IrvingChristian Smith, electrical engineering, IrvingLandon Swalberg, mathematics, Waxahachie
Richland College
Fawaz Ahmed Iqbal, electrical engineering, PlanoArmin Yousefzadeh Khiabani, petroleum engineering, Dallas Khoi Ly, aerospace engineering, GarlandPhuong Nguyen, biology, DallasQuynh Pham, biology, GarlandJonathan Reeder, biology, Dallas Duc Tran, chemistry, Dallas Khanh Vo, pharmaceutics, GarlandYaoxiang Xuan, actuarial science, Plano
* Returning STEM scholar from a previous year or years
STEM Citi Faculty Fellows
A major component to the STEM Institute is one-to-one faculty mentoring from outstanding science, engineering and mathematics professors from the seven colleges of DCCCD. These instructors are chosen through a rigorous selection process to work individually with students, participate in institute activities with them, and connect them with university and industry leaders. Funding for the Citi STEM Faculty Fellows program was secured in great part through the efforts of Debbie Taylor, a DCCCD Foundation board member who is southwest regional director for community relations at Citi.
The STEM Faculty Fellows Academy, initiated in fall 2012 in partnership with the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity, provides dedicated year-round enrichment for the continued professional and academic development of select mathematics and science faculty members who are teaching at the seven colleges of DCCCD.
Citi STEM Faculty Fellows include the following professors:
Dr. Claire Bambrough*, chemistryCharles Cadenhead, computer scienceJason Cates, mathematics
Sharon Johnson, mathematicsDr. Denise Race, mathematicsDr. Kendra Wallis, physics
Mike Panahi*, mathematicsMountain View College Jesse Fox*, chemistry
Dr. Rahman Ghamasaee, mathematicsJerry Mayfield, mathematics
Heather Appleby, physicsDr. Ricardo Azpiroz, biology and chemistryDr. Gene Garrett*, chemistryBryan Gibbs, geology and physics Dr. Polly Schulle, mathematics
* Second-year STEM Citi Faculty Fellow
For more information, contact Eddie Miranda, DCCCD Foundation director of marketing and communications, at (214) 378-1541; or Anthony Denning, DCCCD Foundation special projects coordinator, at (214) 378-1549.
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Chamomile, Roman Essential Oil
Latin name: Anthemis nobilis
- 100% Pure Natural Essential Oil.
- Soothing and Calming
- Use in skincare for lotions, balms and creams, known to be helpful in treating; dry, inflamed, sensitive or damaged skin and acne
- Considered to be effective in massage for; aching joints, sensitivity, tension
- Used in aromatherapy or vaporisors, thought to be beneficial for treatment of; restlessness and stress related complaints
- Popularly used in skin care preparations for dry, inflamed or sensitive skin.
The essential oil is extracted through the process of steam distillation using the flowers and buds. It is a pale to clear blue colour in appearance with a sweet fruit-like aroma. With origins of cultivation across the globe, particulary in european countries it is in abundance where there are sunnier climates.
Main Uses:
It is considered that it can help in skincare treatments for dry or itchy skin conditions. In aromatherapy treatments it has been known to help alleviate and ease symtoms associated with anxiety, nervousness and tension. It can be used in the bath and also as a blended massage oil.. Sometimes spelt camomile. Roman chamomile is less potent than blue chamomile.
Blends Well With:
Bergamot, clary sage, geranium, lavender, jasmine, grapefruit, lemon, rose, ylang-ylang and tea tree
Chamomile, Roman Essential Oil
INCI: Anthemis nobilis
Main constituents are:
a-pinene, b-pinene, camphene, myrcene, sabinene, y-terpinene, propyl angelate and butyl angelate
Store in a cool, dry place away from sunlight.
Note: For external use only. Do not ingest.
Care and caution: Should avoid using during pregnancy
Note from seller
We describe and promote our products in good faith. The information provided about the beneficial properties of all of our products are derived from the use and characteristics commonly attributed to it. The views expressed in the descriptions are not based on facts and benefits of our products may vary from person to person. It is always advisable to seek the opinion of a professional in the field.

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Hatton Diner
The food that is prepared at Sir Christopher Hatton Academy is done so with the following considerations and ethos:
- All food is freshly prepared each day for that days meals with fresh ingredients.
- Where possible local suppliers are used to ensure that the Academy is supporting the local economy and businesses.
- At every available opportunity a healthy alternative is used in the production of food products in the school such as low fat mayonnaise and low fat spread on sandwiches.
- 70% of all cakes and biscuits sold are produced and baked at the Academy fresh each day.
- Any special dietary requirements including religious needs are catered for when the catering manager has been informed of the requirements. (If you need any help with a special diet then please speak to the catering manager).
- Breakfast will be available each day from 07.30am with cereals and eggs available to ensure children attending the school have the opportunity to have a balanced lifestyle from the start of the day.
- Fried food (chips) will only available on Fridays to ensure the intake of saturated fat is kept to a minimum.
- Food will be prepared and cooked in accordance with the food safety (England) regulations 2006 and the healthy schools recommendations.
If you wish to discuss your child's food intake or requirements then please do not hesitate to contact me.


text: I am new to TextMate, and am using it for LaTeX, and finding it loads of fun. I can't seem to get cite completion to work, however. If I put the caret inside a \cite{} command, along with some text, and press escape, it does complete the citation and cycle through my bibtex database. But if I press option-esc, it gives me an error message in a tooltip. (The error declares that it cannot find my bibtex database.) I'm expecting it to give me a menu of citation choices. I have a standard MacTeX setup, running on a MacBook under OS 10.5.2. My bibtex database is found in ~/Library/texmf/bibtex/bib. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. Kyle


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Name: Jaaxy
Website: www.jaaxy.com
Price: 0 $ for 30 Free Searches
Owners: Kyle and Carson (The owner of WealthyAffiliate!)
Overall Rank: 98 out of 100
My last post was about "How to Use Keywords in an Article ". There I showed you a Keyword Tool named Jaaxy which I find pretty awesome. Here is my Jaaxy review with all information you need if you are thinking about buying Jaaxy.
If you want to know how to find the best keywords for a website, you should try Jaaxy. It has a lot of things to offer that might help you with your keyword research!
Who is Jaaxy for?
Working from home and making money online works pretty good with your own website. There are a lot of opportunities like affiliate marketing or online advertising out there that can be quite lucrative. However if you do not work with a Keyword Tool then your earnings might be small. As you know, my website is not about making a few bucks and being happy with it. My website is about making money from home and how to become a millionaire by that. So if you want to succeed you have to work with a great, accurate Keyword Tool.
You can find all kinds of Keyword Tools on the internet, but in my opinion Jaaxy is the most accurate Keyword Tool that you can find, since it gives you so much detailed information. Below you find all the information that Jaaxy gives you.
Tools of Jaaxy
- Keyword search with very detailed results
- Jaaxy shows you the number of searches your keyword has in a month and the approximate click that you could get if you rank under that keyword on page one of the search engines (Avg and Traffic)
- It shows you the number of competing websites that also rank under your particular keyword (QSR)
- It has a Keyword Quality Indicator that shows you if your keyword is fine (KQI)
- Jaaxy shows you a score based on traffic and competition for your searched keywords. The higher the score (1-100), the more likely you will rank for your keyword – That is absolutely great! (SEO)
- It even shows you possible domains for your keywords (Domains)
Here you can see how it looks in Jaaxy:
The next great thing about Jaaxy is the Alphabet Soup technique. You put in a keyword and Jaaxy will give you lots of keyword phrases from A to Z. So if you have a hard time to find good keywords, or if you do not know what to write about, this can really help you. Here is how it looks, my keyword was "Pancake" as you can see:
Besides all that you have the possibillity to save keyword lists with keywords you want to use in the future. You can run a search analysis to see the results of the first page for your keyword in Google, Bing and Yahoo as you can see below.
Jaaxy even has a brainstorm register that shows you trends on several search engines and social media platforms!
The downsides of Jaaxy
The product itself has no real downsides in my opinion. But…
Many Keyword Tools that you can find are for free. Google Keyword Planner for example is a very popular Keyword Tool that is for free and many people are happy with it, even if it is not as accurate as Jaaxy. So the only downside I can find here is that Jaaxy is not for free.
However the price is definitely not high as you will see below. I think the price is pretty low for the things which Jaaxy offers you, but some people might not be willing to pay for a product which they also can get for free even when the program is more detailed and will lead you ultimately to more success.
How is the support of Jaaxy?
The support for this product is as great as the support at WealthyAffiliate. Have a question or a problem? You will have an answer within 24 hours. That´s all I got to say here, really great.
How much does Jaaxy cost?
The great thing about Jaaxy is, that the owners of Jaaxy want you to try their product first before you buy it. That means you can sign up for free at Jaaxy and you will get 30 free searches for that. You can test the Keyword Tool and you can see what it can do for you. If you like it and you want to buy it, you have two choices:
Premium – If you are just getting started I recommend you to subscribe for "Pro", that is more than enough to get a great Keyword Tool. It will cost 19$ per month.
Enterprise – If you are more advanced in that whole online business thing, it might be an option for you to sign up for "Enterprise" to even have more, faster and more detail results. It will cost 49$ per month.
But in my opinion you will be totally fine with "Pro".
My opinion on Jaaxy
In my opinion Jaaxy is one of the best, if not the best Keyword tool out there. Yeah it might cost you a few dollar monthly but it is worth it. This Keyword Tool will give you so accurate results for your keywords. It will increase your chances to rank on the first page on the search engines a lot and we all know that ranking on the first page of the search engines means that you will get money sooner or later! Therefore I am willing to pay a few dollars a month.
Want to try it yourself? Go ahead and type in your keyword here.
Further I think it is great that the owner of Jaaxy give you first the opportunity to perform 30 free searches with their Keyword Tool before you buy it. It shows me that the owners of Jaaxy are very confident abou their product. Besides that, the owner of Jaaxy are the owner of Wealthy Affiliate and Wealthy Affiliate is one of the best training platform for affiliate marketing. So it means that you will get a high quality product if you decide to buy Jaaxy.
Is Jaaxy a scam? Nope! Absolutely legit! A great keyword tool for everyone who wants to get serious on making money from home. If you are a little bit insecure about it, no problem! Sign up here at Jaaxy and try it yourself. Don´t worry, you can perform the 30 searches absolutely for free.
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So this is my Jaaxy review. I hope it is helpful for you!
If you have any questions about Jaaxy, please ask! As always, I will reply as soon as possible!
All the best,


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What is The Van Gogh Blues about?
For more than 25 years I've been looking at the realities of the creative life and the make-up of the creative person in books like Fearless Creating, Creativity for Life, Coaching the Artist Within, and lots of others. A certain theme or idea began to emerge: that creative people are people who stand in relation to life in a certain way—they see themselves as active meaning-makers rather than as passive folks with no stake in the world and no inner potential to realize. This orientation makes meaning a certain kind of problem for them—if, in their own estimation, they aren't making sufficient meaning, they get down. I began to see that this "simple" dynamic helped explain why so many creative people—I would say all of us at one time or another time—get the blues.
To say this more crisply, it seemed to me that the depression that we see in creative people was best conceptualized as existential depression, rather than as biological, psychological, or social depression. This meant that the treatment had to be existential in nature. You could medicate a depressed artist but you probably weren't really getting at what was bothering him, namely that the meaning had leaked out of his life and that, as a result, he was just going through the motions, paralyzed by his meaning crisis.
Are you saying that whenever a creative person is depressed, we are looking at existential depression? Or might that person be depressed in "some other way"?
When you're depressed, especially if you are severely depressed, if the depression won't go away, or if it comes back regularly, you owe it to yourself to get a medical work-up, because the cause might be biological and antidepressants might prove valuable. You also owe it to yourself to do some psychological work (hopefully with a sensible, talented, and effective therapist), as there may be psychological issues at play. But you ALSO owe it to yourself to explore whether the depression might be existential in nature and to see if your "treatment plan" should revolve around some key existential actions like reaffirming that your efforts matter and reinvesting meaning in your art and your life.
So you're saying that a person who decides, for whatever reason, that she is going to be a "meaning maker," is more likely to get depressed by virtue of that very decision. In addition to telling herself that she matters and that her creative work matters, what else should she do to "keep meaning afloat" in her life? What else helps?
I think it is a great help just to have a "vocabulary of meaning" and to have language to use so that you know what is going on in your life. If you can't accurately name a thing, it is very hard to think about that thing. That's why I present a whole vocabulary of meaning in The Van Gogh Blues and introduce ideas and phrases like "meaning effort," "meaning drain," "meaning container," and many others. When we get a rejection letter, we want to be able to say, "Oh, this is a meaning threat to my life as a novelist" and instantly reinvest meaning in our decision to write novels, because if we don't think that way and speak that way, it is terribly easy to let that rejection letter precipitate a meaning crisis and get us seriously blue. By reminding ourselves that is our job not only to make meaning but also to maintain meaning when it is threatened, we get in the habit of remembering that we and we alone are in charge of keeping meaning afloat—no one else will do that for us. Having a vocabulary of meaning available to talk about these matters is a crucial part of the process.
Could you explain more about the importance of creating a life plan sentence/statement?
If you agree to commit to active meaning-making, you need to know where to make your meaning investments, both in the short-term sense of knowing what to do with the next hour and in the long-term sense of knowing which novel you are writing or which career you're pursuing. Having a life purpose statement or life plan statement in place serves as an ongoing reminder of the sorts of meaning investments that you intend to make, both short-term and long-term, and helps you make the right "meaning decision" about where to spend your capital and how to realize your potential.
You list a number of core questions relating to creativity and making meaning in our lives. Do you feel that over time we will alternate between which question applies to us? Or is finding one question that applies to an artist is permanent, not changing over time?
There is no one question, just as there is no one meaning. The meaning-making process is a process of constant re-evaluation and ongoing analysis as we not only provide answers to our own questions but also provide ourselves with the right questions. For one period of time the questions may center on productivity, creativity, career, and the like, and during another period of time they may center on relationships, service, and the interpersonal sphere. Even on a single day, we might switch from asking ourselves one sort of question (about what project to tackle) to asking ourselves another sort of question (about how to help our addicted child or what to do about a community problem). Meaning shifts; and so do the questions that we pose to ourselves about how to make and maintain meaning.
What I hear you saying is that when creative people in particular maintain a connection to their mission or purpose (you call it a Life Purpose Statement in VGB), a connection to the value of their work, and their own value as creative people in the culture, they will be stronger in their work and in their lives. Is that a fair way to put it?
Yes. Even before you can make meaning, you must nominate yourself as the meaning-maker in your own life and fashion a central connection with yourself, one that it more aware, active, and purposeful than the connection most people fashion with themselves. Having some ideas about purpose is not the same as standing in relationship to yourself in such a way that you turn your ideas about purpose into concrete actions. Self-connection—understanding that you are your own advocate, taskmaster, coach, best friend, and sole arbiter of meaning and that no one else can or will serve those functions for you—is crucial.
You mention that intimacy and personal relationships are as important to alleviating depression as are individual accomplishments. What is the link between the two and are they forged in similar ways?
It is important that we create and it is also important that we relate. Many artists have discovered that even though their creating feels supremely meaningful to them, creating alone does not alleviate depression. If it did, we would predict that productive and prolific creators would be spared depression, but we know that they have not been spared. More than creating is needed to fend off depression, because we have other meaning needs as well as the need to actualize our potential via creating. We also have the meaning need for human warmth, love, and intimacy: we find loving meaningful. Therefore we work on treating our existential depression in at least these two ways: by reminding ourselves that our creating matters and that therefore we must actively create; and by reminding ourselves that our relationships also matters, and that therefore we must actively relate.
Do you think people creating in American culture have a more difficult time holding/making meaning for themselves and their work than creative workers in Europe, let's say?
Yes. The very construction of European society, where people have more days off and more freedom to sit in a café and write, draw, dream, or chat, makes it easier for people to deeply consider how they what to represent themselves and how they want to make themselves proud. That is why European movies are "more meaningful" than American movies: our culture is dominated by the idea of happy endings and by clichéd and superficial examinations of the facts of existence. Because of our insidious pop culture, mass media, and bottom line-driven dynamics, it is harder for a creative person here to feel motivated to do the kind of meaningful work that is in his or her heart to do.
Do you find any difference between creative media in how the process of losing meaning can happen? Do painters and writers or musicians and actors have a substantially different experience, or is the core of the experience the same?
There are many angles to this question, but let me focus on just two. Visual artists often produce one-of-a-kind products and have a hard time finding it meaningful that just one person will own that product, whereas writers can reach multiple "customers" with their creations. So the visual artist has to make personal sense of this issue and figure out how to let it "still be meaningful" that her painting may end up on the wall of a doctor's waiting room or as one among many paintings in a collector's back room. On an entirely different note, re-creative artists like actors and musicians often have to deal with the feeling that they are "only" serving the meaning needs of others—the composer, the screenwriter, the director—and often decide that they must also create as well as re-create: put on a one-woman show, put out an album of their own music, etc. These are just a few of the differences that arise among the different genres and disciplines.
You mention some of the difficulties that can occur in creative communities when creators attempt to come together and connect with one another. You also refer to "marvels of relating," a phrase I love. What are some steps we can take to improve our chances of giving and receiving these "marvels of relating" within creative community?
The most important internal movement is toward the belief that other people exist and that other people count. It is very easy to drift from taking sole responsibility for your meaning-making efforts, which is good thing, to a grandiose, arrogant, selfish, and narcissistic place where "only you count." On the other side of the coin, if you grew up in an environment where the messages you received were about being seen and not heard, about blending in and not standing up for yourself, and so on, then you need to find the courage to stand up for yourself, to maintain healthy boundaries, and to exert your power as the meaning-maker of your own life. One artist may have as his central task treating others better; another artist may have as her central task standing up taller.
You write about the difference between busyness and action. Could you give my readers a sample of the self-talk an artist needs to being thinking when she steps boldly into action?
The first step is to completely stop—not to slow down but to completely stop. Learning how to do this (and it isn't easy, especially in our culture that promotes speed, fracture, and a short attention span) makes all the difference in a creative person's life, as internal busyness is completely eliminated if in fact you actually stop, quiet your mind, and allow yourself to calmly grow present. The self-talk is exactly "I am completely stopping," followed by the idea that you intend to calmly create without worrying about outcomes—that you are just intending to be present and to do your work. If a doubt or a worry intrudes, you dispute it by saying "I'm not interested in that doubt" or "I reject that worry," return yourself to deep silence, and continue "just working."
When she feels the blues descending, what questions could an artist ask herself to locate the source of her discontent?
A medical work-up is a good idea, especially if her depressions in the past have been severe or long-lasting, as the coming depression might possibly be avoided with antidepressants (if it the "right" sort of depression). She can also engage in some simple "home remedies": exercise is a depression-fighter, as is getting out in the sun. From an existential point of view, what she wants to ask herself is if her current creative work matters to her—if at some level it doesn't, she will need to reinvest meaning in it by telling herself that she and it do matter; or, if she can't imbue it with meaning, she will need to turn to other, more meaningful work.
Eric Maisel, Ph.D., is America's foremost creativity coach and is widely known as the creativity expert. His most recent book is The Van Gogh Blues: A Creative Person's Path Through Depression.


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Microbiology and prevention of infection
microbiology terms
- Created by: Jonathan
- Created on: 22-09-08 17:07
A group of microorganisms which lack a distinct nuclear membrane and may be unicellular.
Some parasitic bacteria causes diseases by producing poisons.
A minute particle that can replicate but only within living cells.
They can effect animals plants and microorganisms.
Arrising from outside or part of the body.
Applied from substances in the body derived from the diet rather than built up by the bodys own process of metabolism.
Why handwashing is most effective method of reduci
- Reduces number of microorganisms on hands
- Reduces risk of transmission of microorganisms to patients.
- Reduces risk of crosscontamination amongst patients.
- Reduces the risk of transmission of infectious organisms to onesself.
Chain of reaction
- Ateiological (agent)
- Resevoir (source)
- Portal of exit from resevoir
- Method (mode) of transmission
- Portal of entry to host
- Susceptable host
Chain of infection cont.....
- 1 Person with flu
- 2 Resevoir = respiratory system
- 3 Portal of exit = Upper respirotory system ( mouth and nose)
- 4 Mode = Airbourne (sneeze)
- 5 Portal of entry =Upper respiratory system (breathe in)
- 6 People who are immunocompromised such as the elderly or people with immunocompromising diseases such as HIV
Ways a nurse can reduce spread of infection
- Clean uniform-Change of clothes to and from work.
- PPE's (personal protective equipment) eg use of gloves and aprons when dealing with bodily fluids.
- Correct disposal of infected equipment eg clinical waste bags and sharp bins.
- Cleaning steralising and disinfecting equipment.
- Isolation precautions.
A microbe that is/are normally in the body but do not usually cause infection
eg those in the bowel.
In micro biology flora (plural floras) refers to collective bacteria and other microorganisms in an ecosystem.
Usually an animal host or a single part of its body.
Microorganism that parasitises on an animal, plant or human and produces a disease.
An infection whose development is favoured by a suitable environment such as a hospital where a patient acquires a HAI (Hospital Acquired Infection) such as MRSA.
Such infections include fungai and bacterial.
Invasion of the body by harmful organisms (Pathogens) such as fungai, bacteria and viruses (protozoa).
The bodys response to injury (defensive reaction) of tissue injury and may be caused by infection, chemical or physical agents.
The complete absence of bacteria, fungai, viruses or other microorganisms that could cause disease.
The ideal state to perform patient interventions.
Arrising within or derived from the body.
Such as that created by the process of metabolism.
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Yesterday, the DOJ announced (see here) the unsealing of an indictment (see here) against Joel Esquenazi, Carlos Rodriguez, and Marguerite Grandison which charges (among other things) conspiracy to violate the FCPA and substantive FCPA violations for an alleged scheme to bribe two former employees of Haiti Teleco, the alleged "state-owned national telecommunications company."
Esquenazi and Rodriguez are former executives of a privately owned, Florida-based telecommunications company and Grandison was the President of Telecom Consulting Services Corp., a Florida based company which served as an intermediary.
The unsealed indictment is the latest chapter in this matter; in May 2009, the DOJ announced (see here) the guilty pleas of Juan Diaz and Antonio Perez in connection with the same scheme.
This matter is also yet another example of an FCPA enforcement action in which the "foreign official" is an employee of an alleged state-owned or state-controlled entity.
That, however, is not why this enforcement action is noteworthy.
It is noteworthy because DOJ also indicted Robert Antoine and Jean Rene Duperval - the alleged "foreign officials." According to the indictment, Antoine and Duperval both served as the "Director of International Relations of Haiti Teleco" and were responsible for negotiating contracts with international telecommunications companies on behalf of Haiti Teleco.
Of course, the charges were not FCPA charges, because the FCPA only covers "bribe-payers" not "bribe-takers" (see here, here, for prior posts on this subject).
Rather the charges against Antoine and Duperval were money laundering conspiracy and/or substantive money laundering charges.
According to the DOJ release, Antoine is from "Miami and Haiti" and Duperval is from "Miramar, Fla. and Haiti." Further, according to the indictment, both individuals had bank accounts in the U.S. and these accounts were used in connection with the bribery scheme. (I wonder if Washington Mutual, Wachovia, or Miami Federal Credit Union were aware that Haitian "foreign officials" were among its customers!)
To my knowledge this is the first time "foreign officials" have been specifically charged as defendants in connection with an FCPA enforcement action. This indictment of "foreign officials" comes on the heels of AG Holder's recent speech (see here) in which he stated that the U.S. government was committed to recovering funds obtained by "foreign officials" through bribery.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Indicting a "Foreign Official"
Posted by Mike Koehler at 2:39 PM
Labels: Foreign Official, Haiti
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Hey BookLovers!
This is a weekly feature I have decided to start this year. It will include the books I read in the past week and my thoughts on current book trends and topics (including movies/series based on books) and the books I want to read. I also want to talk about what other book bloggers are sharing or their opinion on anything bookish. I just felt like as a book community it will be nice for everyone to gather around once in a while and share what they love so much – books!
One of the things I wish I was good at is listening to Audiobooks. I think it would save me a lot of time and help me multitask and keep up with my book tracking. Yet for the life of me I haven't been able to complete even one Audiobook. Now I do think a slight ear pain while I listen on the headset that leads to a headache is a contributing factor, more often that not I end up falling asleep or at least half asleep which really frustrates me as I am neither listening nor sleeping!
Another thing is I really loose my attention and end up thinking about something else. I love getting lost in my thoughts and for better or worse Audiobooks help me do just that. These days my mom constantly complains am hardly listening to her and even though I did "hear" her it just passes by me. Like a ghost that glides through you and its pretty much the same with Audiobooks.
I would love to listen to Audiobooks and its something am really looking forward to, I tried my best with Ready Player One but I got too excited to keep pace and began reading. I almost made through a lot more on The Wife Between Us but as the story progressed I couldn't wait to finish it asap. Sometimes I do try to simultaneously listen to the Audiobook and read the ebook where I do make slight progress but I have never reached the finish mark.
So how do you do it? Are you a fan of Audiobooks? What would you recommend to help listen to one patiently? Which is the book that hooked you? What would you recommend? I would love to hear from you. Please share in the comments!
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Having had this idea of a site called "heinsight2010" for many years, even when "2010" the year was still in the distant future, that year having come and gone, I have had many ideas for what that site would hold and I am finally inaugurating it in 2014! Venturing into the world of blogging, as I approach the writing of the book that has been in my head and building, at last, the artist's studio I have envisioned for many years. Also planning to set forth on at least one "bucket list trip" this year and get to planning ahead for more.
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text: Digital The New Facebook Groups: All You Need To Know Today Facebook announced a revamped group products as covered during our live feed. However most people are either still not aware about what this means or aware of what all the features are. This guide will answer all of your questions.By Nick O'Neill|October 6, 2010 Share By Nick O'Neill|October 6, 2010 Share Today Facebook announced a revamped group products as covered during our live coverage. However most people are either still not aware about what this means or unaware of what all the features are. This guide will answer all of your questions. What's Different About The New Facebook Groups? If you haven't heard about it yet, Facebook has completely revamped their groups product. Previously, Facebook groups were a less integral component of Facebook. The new groups has a number of new features and is completely redesigned. The primary idea behind Facebook groups is that it's a form of ongoing collaboration product. If you want to have a simple way to communicate with your family members, you can use the groups product. Ultimately there are countless purposes for creating groups. The main purpose of groups is to help Facebook users socialize around any topic or community. You can watch Facebook's own video below which provides a brief 2 minute overview of the product. How Do Groups Compare With Pages? At this point, as it applies to brands, Facebook groups should no longer be used by brands. While I'm sure there are organizations that will attempt to create public groups for socializing around their products (and users that will create similar groups), all brand-related conversations should remain on Facebook Pages as far as Facebook's concerned. While there are some additional features in groups that many page administrators would like (such as group chat), Pages are going to remain as-is for the immediate future. My guess is that Facebook will still continue to have some issues with making the distinction between groups and pages as websites could theoretically implement groups just as well as Facebook Pages. For example I have an AllFacebook.com page, but does that page define our community or should we have an AllFacebook.com community group for that? How Do Groups Impact Friend Lists? As articulated by Mark Zuckerberg and Chris Cox at Facebook's announcement of the groups product this morning, groups are, in the company's opinion, a more effective representation of the groups of our life that we interact with. For example, we could set up a group for our family, and then based on how often we interact with our family group, Facebook would theoretically be able to determine how important family is to us. Alternatively, you could create a group called "Class of 2010" for your high school and then you'll be affiliated with that group. In the abstract, Facebook is letting users define their own groups and based on your level of interaction with that group, Facebook could theoretically determine how strong that relationship is over time. While it's not yet a feature, Facebook could theoretically let you filter through your friends based on the groups that they are members of. Rather than letting users define affiliation groups (as defined by their "Friend Lists", a feature that Facebook is slowly reducing the importance of if not eventually phasing out completely), why not provide them legitimate groups that they can join or leave? An Integral Component Of Facebook That's exactly what the new Facebook Groups accomplishes: a more structured way of defining our affiliation groups or our personal social networks. Groups help define who you are on Facebook, socially. While people used to just join any group they were invited to, Facebook's promotion of groups to the sidebar will make users more conscious of the groups they are members of. Less Emphasis On The Administrator In the past, being the owner of a group was a powerful position because you could message the members. Now, all updates to a group generate notifications and result in emails to members (if they haven't opted out of the messages). This is a substantial improvement in that all the members of the group have control over that group, except in the case of closed groups where the administrator must approve all members. What Are The Various Features Of The New Facebook Groups? If you've been on Facebook for a while, there's no doubt that at some point you interacted with the old Facebook Groups product. There were benefits as well as a lot of lacking features from the old Facebook Groups product. However, there are a number of features that should hopefully make the new groups product a more integral component of the overal Facebook experience. Group Notifications One of the most significant features that Facebook groups used to have was the ability for administrators to message members of the group directly. Now Facebook has made it so that all messages (or any other objects) posted to the wall in within groups will generate notifications. These notifications drive users back to the group, however users can also opt-out of these notifications by clicking on the "Edit Notifications" as highlighted in the first image below. Group Chat Group chat is probably one of the most significant features of the new Facebook Groups product. All members of a group have the ability to engage in a single chat window. The one downside of this is that it group chat rooms can become pretty noisy. This is a major upgrade however in that Facebook now has "chat rooms", something that the classic AOL was infamous more. Don't call it that though! The primary difference between a traditional chat system and the Facebook group chat system is that unless your group is "Secret" (and undiscoverable in search), your real identity is being used. In AOL Chat, IRC, and other open chat platforms, users would use their aliases as a way to mask their real identity. According to some developers who were chatting during the announcement, it appears as though there is an unofficial limit of 250 people in a chat room at any given point, although we've yet to confirm that. Docs One other feature of Facebook's new groups product is the ability to post "Docs": basic text documents with a minor amount of markup available (bold, italics, and lists). Documents also have a revision history which users can navigate back through. While this is no Google Docs product in terms of robustness, it's definitely a useful feature. What Does This Mean For Developers? In the abstract, Facebook Groups are essentially the "ningification" (please excuse that word … it's a reference to Ning.com) of Facebook. Users on Facebook are now defined by the groups they are members of. While Facebook Pages are useful for defining our commercial affiliations, Facebook Groups help define who we are socially. As part of that concept, Facebook has turned Facebook Groups into a Platform of its own. The company has added a few graph API elements but has suggested that there will even be the ability to extend features of groups and the design. For the time being, Facebook groups are simply another object in the graph that developers can access. Accessing a group object via the Facebook Graph API will return the following values: id, owner, name, description, link, venue, privacy (the visibility of the group), and updated_time. 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George: Actually, there is one area I would like to talk to you about but I will sit pat till I have finished reading your book… It has to do with the thing you said in Spain about me living someone else's karmic leftovers… Coming to grips with the fact that there is no "George" soul or little bundle of objective energy with "George" in it is the thing I want to ask about… I am not hung up on "George," I just want to understand a little more…
It seems there is a not-too-subtle message in non-Vedantic spiritual teachings that there is a soul and it is a "George" soul, and it has a karmic account, so I must have a "George"account somewhere? From Vedanta's point of view I would like to understand what happens when the object "George" dies. Do I come back as another object jiva, a "Bruce" or "Susan" living out someone else's karmic leftovers? What about my karmic leftovers?
James: There is only a "George" soul when you are thinking of a George soul. Most of the day you have other thoughts occupying your mind: shopping, watching videos, serving at the BK Ashram, etc. This "George" thought – to which you have given much attention over the years – is not real in the sense that it only exists sporadically. But when it is there in your awareness, you believe that it refers to "you." Insofar as you take the George thought to be you, there is George karma. We say that George is apparently real. He exists but he is not permanent. You can't be George because you are aware of George. He is an object known to you. Insofar as you exist as George there is a karmic account in the causal body. It is managed by Isvara, just as the bank manages George's account. When the George object dies, that's it for the present George. But the karma created by the George person continues and at some point it starts motivating a new George. But this new George is not the same George as the previous one because the old George's karma is working out in a different time and in different circumstances. It is a new George. Even if it is the same old George it doesn't mean anything because Isvara cuts the memory cord when It delivers the old George's karma to the next life.
George: When the jiva dies as a droplet of water It falls back into the ocean. As a "George" droplet of water I drop back into the ocean of awareness… seems the hard sell is as objects there is no soul, no karma, no karmic leftovers… no "George" anything… I am just awareness and once the "George" experiential jiva, reflected awareness, dies… end of game. I am eternal but as awareness… the ultimate zero-sum game, as you say.
James: There is no karmic leftover if the jiva droplet has realized that it is awareness, but if it hasn't it is subject to reincarnation as described above.
George: My question relates to souls, jivas. Karma, karmic leftovers, accepting as awareness I am eternal, but as awareness the subject only, what is awareness for "me" as awareness once George is not an object? Do I have the awareness of awareness I have now?
James: Yes, you have the same awareness. "Have" is not the right word, actually. You are the same awareness you are now. If you say "have" the answer is no because you are the one that "has" the awareness, not the awareness you have, i.e. the reflected awareness, the subtle body. The problem with your statement is revealed by the word "once." You are the same awareness before, during and after any event. You statement implies that you will be a different awareness when George is not an object. Actually, George is always an object known to you. Or if the word "George" refers to you, the subject, then George is never an object, even when the George thought appears in you. The problem here is a confusion between reflected awareness (the moon) and you, pure awareness (the sun). It is very difficult to distinguish a reflection from the surface on which it reflects, a mirror, for example. The reflection is not the same as the mirror but it does not stand apart from the mirror either so it is easy to confuse the mirror and the reflection. You can only do so when you think about the relationship between the reflection and the mirror. Similarly, you can only separate you from George when you think about it because you and George seem to be non-separate. You are separate from George but George is not separate from you, just as the moon's light is not different from the sun's light. It is the same light reflected. So George is awareness, but awareness is not George. When you understand this you are free of George, yet you get to enjoy George. It is a win-win.
George: Is it that we are all only awareness and we need to get over hanging onto anything else?
James: Yes.
George: What about Isvara and the gunas he used to create me as a jiva? Isvara gave it his best shot on the day… zero-sum game for Isvara too?
James: Isvara just keeps recycling the gunas. Yes, zero-sum game for Isvara too. In fact, Isvara invented the zero-sum game.
George: I risk any semblance of credibility writing this maybe… still, I am happy to do so with you. I do not even know how to ask the question, it would appear. I will give it more thought as I read your book then come back with hopefully a more straightforward question.
James: It was a thoughtful question, George. It is the essence of a jiva's ignorance. Everyone has this doubt because maya creates the idea the sun and a reflection. And unless the intellect is subtle and has been taught, it is always difficult to separate you awareness from George-awareness.
George: Now the afternoon sun has passed… the book and the chair have less life… as does the room… and the village in the distance… the day is closing…
I'll get back to you once I have read the book… hopefully, with a little more clarity.
Thanks, James. Forgive me creeping up on this…. I have enjoyed writing to you… best let this one go through to the keeper for now.
James: You are welcome, George.


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Facebook Co-Founder Renounces U.S. Citizenship, Will Get Tax Break
Facebook is looking to raise about $100 Billion, and one of the co-founders, Eduardo Saverin, has renounced his U.S. citizenship to avoid paying a hefty taxes on the upcoming gold rush. The Brazilian born soon-to-be billionaire has moved to Singapore to keep more of his near $4 Billion. Saverin says the move was planned awhile ago, before the IPO.
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Some neighbours objected to our green burial planning application because they thought --- incorrectly --- that Lord's Wood was some sort of community "amenity." It is, in fact, our private property, and contains no public footpaths. To demonstrate this, we have reluctantly put up an electric fence and gate at the entrance.
Lord's Wood Fence and Gate
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Our insurance company has asked us to please keep folks out of the woods. We have tried to do so gently, but some people have felt we were somehow in the wrong. "I've walked my dog here for 25 years," was a typical response. Alas, if you run red lights all the time, the policeman will still give you a ticket if he sees you doing so.
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Marjorie Entering Wanganui
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Do you really think Wanganui, New Zeland is the "Gateway to Adventure?" Of course, Wanganui is the home of the Happy Hen contest --- almost 30 years ago. To guess Marjorie's weight in eggs, click here. Please remember to guess her weight in number 6 eggs only.
Bab Al Shams Desert Resort - Dubai
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On the morning of our departure, the front desk manager called Marjorie outside to show her the rising sun. [url=http://www.jumeirahbabalshams.com/]Bab Al Shams[/rl] means Gate of the Sun, and we could see why the hotel got its name.
Whitecroft Lawn, Daffodils and Gate
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We had to have this gate replaced because people walking down the public footpath would "peer" over the gate.
The Compost Heap and Kissing Gate
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This is in the corner of the farm, along a public footpath that runs on our property. As it's now sunny we're removing the accumulation of compost and using it to fill holes and valleys on our various fields.
Marjorie in the Yorkshire Hotel
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Playing on the bed (don't worry, the mattress was pretty hard and there were no box springs to damage).
Marjorie and Cathy
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Enjoying a drink in The Yorkshire Hotel in Harrogate, January 2007.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Poster Revealed
The official poster for Star Wars: The Force Awakens has just dropped with a notable character missing.
The new poster features the new characters: Kylo Ren, Captain Phasma, Poe Dameron, Rey, Finn, BB-8 and Maz Kanataand, as well as classic characters such as Han Solo, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, R2-D2 and C-3PO. Unfortunately Luke Skywalker is absent from the poster.
Star Wars fans will also get a new trailer Tuesday morning (AEST) with tickets going on sale the same day- two months before the release date.
Twitter's reaction to the new poster:
The new #StarWars poster got me so excited, I reacted as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.
— Dane Cook (@DaneCook) October 18, 2015
This poster erases the existence of Jar Jar #StarWars pic.twitter.com/GXwGzkzeha
— Paul Scheer (@paulscheer) October 18, 2015
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The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more.
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A state funeral was held in Germany for 31 victims of the May 29 Deutschland incident.
Cuban band Orquesta Casino de la Playa record "Bruca maniguá", Arsenio Rodríguez's first hit.
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Ashland cop amends lawsuit
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ASHLAND - Three lawsuits against the town and former Police Chief Roy Melnick still are working their way through the court system.
According to court documents, veteran Police Officer Charles Garbarino filed an amended complaint last week in his suit in U.S. District Court.
The update adds the state Whistleblower Act to a list of civil rights and discrimination laws Garbarino claims the town and Melnick violated when he was investigated and disciplined on "sham" charges in 2005.
The Whistleblower Act protects public employees from retaliation when they report an action by an employer that is illegal, according to the Massachusetts secretary of state's Web site.
Garbarino's complaint says he was retaliated against because he complained to town officials and brought to public attention that Melnick allegedly made racist and religiously biased remarks.
The updated complaint says Garbarino also filed complaints with the State Ethics Commission in 2004 about the investigation and charges against him.
Garbarino seeks damages and back pay for a six-month suspension he received in 2005 after an independent hearing.
The suit names the town, Melnick and Town Manager John Petrin as defendants. Garbarino's attorneys could not be reached for comment yesterday, and both he and Petrin declined to discuss the case.
A related case brought by former Detective Matthew Gutwill also is still in the works.
Gutwill's suit says he was pressured to resign or be fired after telling town officials Melnick used terms like "token Jew" and "token black" to refer to an officer and former dispatcher.
Court documents say in March, Gutwill and the defendants were considering mediation in the case. A trial date was set late last year for Oct. 29.
Another case brought by former auxiliary volunteer officer Robert Stetson in 2003 is still in early stages, said Charles Pappas, an attorney for Stetson.
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Rolling Stone publisher Matt Coyte said: "We've had feedback from a lot of readers who have suggested it might be cool to have a soundtrack to the magazine so they could listen to the music while they read the issue.
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Growing up in a Latinx household has its pluses and minuses. You likely grew up in a fun, colorful household that celebrated every life event with flair. You might have learned to speak another language or, at the very least, have mastered Spanglish by now. But there's a dark side to growing up Latino, and that's the machismo that is still prevalent in our culture.
As Alex Porteé wrote in mitú's Fierce, every woman has a moment when she realizes that the cards are stacked against her and she is facing sexism. For her, it was a moment that many little Latina girls probably know well:
"I clued into this reality back when I was a kid watching TV on the couch with my twin brother (a.k.a my same aged brother who had no reason for being treated any differently than me). My mother had been in the kitchen when she called me over to clean up. It wasn't the first time she'd asked for my help with cleaning, but it was the first time I realized I was the only one asked, and that it was total caca that my twin hadn't been asked as well."
I remember similar examples in my own childhood. Growing up, I was the older sister who was always tasked with cleaning up and doing everything. When I didn't (which was rarely), I was grounded and not given my allowance. My little brother, though? He never had to do the dishes night after night or make the bathroom spotless every weekend. In fact, when he did something "bad," he never had his allowance or video games taken away—it seems that in my machista household, only the girls received punishment. There are other signs, too, such as family always asking about your relationship and pressuring the girls in the family to settle down early (but never the boys).
As an adult, I now realize that this is just how things were and I've been able to forge a fierce, independent identity as a proud Latina woman and certainly one who will not allow these same mistakes to happen with my own kids. As my friend Mary Ann recently put it to me: "The good thing is that growing up with [my machista dad] taught me the importance of being in charge of my body and finances. I'm trying to teach my daughter and my son to take care of themselves and to respect the bodily autonomy of others."
If you suspect that you grew up in a machista household, too, here are 15 ways to tell.
When your father controls all the money.
"He gave my mom an allowance of $100 a week, for groceries and anything else a household of eight might need. He was also a drunk and gambled a lot, so he forced my mom to be frugal but he himself was not. I still can't wrap my head around that one." — Charles
"Dad was an alcoholic with poor impulse control who spent money faster than he made it, but yelled at my mother for not doing a better job at keeping the bill collectors off his back." — Mary Ann


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The Nemean Sub-Dermal Armor implant can be purchased for 8000 bottle caps at the New Vegas medical clinic from Doctor Usanagi, a member of the Followers of the Apocalypse. It adds 4 points to your total Damage Threshold.
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I first met contemporary artist ERIN CURRIER a year ago at her BLUE RAIN GALLERY opening. What struck me immediately was the dichotomy between her powerful and exuberant collage portraits and the ethereal demeanor of this beautiful, smart, soft-spoken woman. Like an actor stepping onto a stage and assuming a character, Erin's passionate inner voice unfurls onto her canvases, a vibrant chronicler of the human struggle - both tangible and philosophical.
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Q. What 'triggered' the Saint series - BEATIFIED FROM BELOW - and what do you like best about this body of work?
To recognize and honor through painted collage portraits individuals who embody timeless spiritual qualities, is the raison d'etre of my art. By using "post-consumer waste" gathered from the world's streets, I transform profane materials into sacred art. My quest to highlight the extraordinary within the ordinary individual life, has led me to portray Bodhisattvas, civil rights workers, and, ultimately, (mostly female) Catholic saints.
In the same way that I attempt to transform humble materials into aesthetic works; these women often led humble and quietly compassionate lives that were, nonetheless, admirable enough for their peers to pressure the church on behalf of their transformation into sainthood. In this sense, the saints I have portrayed were "beatified from below".
Q.Who was Santo Toribo Romo and why did you choose him for this portrait. Can you explain the recycled inclusions, why were they chosen and how do they add dimension to the work?
I was working on a series focused on immigration, and came across Santo Toribio Romo: the Patron Saint of Immigrants. He was a priest in Mexico in the early 1900's. He was said to have been extraordinarily faithful, fearless, austere, and compassionate to the point of depriving himself of basic necessities in order to alleviate the sufferings of others. In 1927, religious persecutions began with the onset of the Cristero War; Romo was killed at dawn on February 25, 1928 by government troops.
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Much of the materials in the piece reference Romo's life: there are pieces of old maps from the Mexico/US border; club cards from Berlin on which is written Soul Explosion; the gasoline can has multiple significances: it references the gas cans used by immigrants crossing the Sonora Desert border to carry water; it is a reference to the gasoline can as an insurrectionary weapon against an oppressive state; it is also references fuel/ the spirit needed to alight a thousand votive candles, or to ignite a revolution…
Q Books are everywhere in your home and in your Saint Series. Tell me the importance of books in your life?
First and foremost: I love to read! Stylistically, I have intentionally placed an emphasis on books in recent series of works. The books that appear in my portraits are an extension of the subjects' individual biographies, and an homage to literature itself. I also see my use of books as an act of resistance against the demise of the written word in our digital age.
For me, this has been an exciting couple of years in that I was fortunate enough to have my own work published in book form: in "The Paintings of Erin Currier" (a monograph of 150 or so of my collage paintings), and "Carnet d'Asie" (one of my travel journals—this one from journeys through Asia in 2005), both published by CSF Publishing; thus the value of books is especially important to me. A book is a mosaic of intellectual power as well as spiritual labor—it is a vital expression of the human imagination.
Q. You travel six months out of the year and are leaving soon on a 3 month journey to Southeast Asia. Will this trigger another series? Do you sketch each day and do these trips effect you or your work?
Yes and yes! The more I travel the world, the more people I meet from places so distinct from my own world, the more my interactions with people reveal a depth of human nature that I find profound— profound in the fact of our similarities.
I try, in my work, to transcend as much as I can such things as borders, religions, ideologies, and show what I have found again and again to be true: that most of us have, beneath our conditioning, substantial links; our shared curiosity, our tendencies toward inquiry, our spirit of struggle, our ties as brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, daughters and sons.
The dark side of humanity is very real to me, but I've met many warm, intelligent people in my travels. This warmth is where I feel the strongest affinity as an artist to Latin American muralists like Rivera, and those who continue to work in this lineage.
Final Question...
Bob Dylan! In his songs and in my paintings, you hear the ballad of the subject—not the singer and the painter. I like to think that you would hear music "from below"—ie, the music of immigrants, exiles, workers: border corridos, Columbian cumbia, Argentine tango, gospel from the Deep South, old Appalachian folk songs, gypsy ballads, hip-hop, soul—music that is often born of poverty but is rich in heart and spirit.
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Erin - center holding her parents as babies. Love it!


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