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Some bunny to love...
Since I'm still dreaming of more spring like weather I thought that today's card could take me faaaar away from the cold. You see, I had a new Konnichiwa paper pad looking all bright and fresh sitting on my table just begging me to take a trip with it. And who was I to disagree? All I could do was try to find the perfect traveling companion to help take me there. Luckily, I knew just the gal who would be right at home on this springy scene... little Akemi from Sister Stamps. Isn't she an absolute doll? I love her with her sweet bunny friend. And even though she is part of the Sister Stamps Easter release I think she works just as well for a less holiday themed card too. :)
The actual card itself was pretty quick to come together as I relied heavily on the paper to do the work for me. I even used it to paper piece her clothes... with a bit of shading added to the print with my Copics. And when I spotted that great pagoda sticker that came with the line I absolutely had to use it. I know that I tend to say this a lot but I really, really love how this one turned out.
Well, I suppose it's time for me to scoot and face the less than spring-like reality of the day ahead of me, LOL!
Later gators!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper/sticker- Basic Grey (Konnichiwa)
stamps- Sister Stamps (Akemi), Hero Arts (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and rich cocoa, Colorbox dark brown
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Kaiser Craft pearls and gems
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hair- W5, W7, W9
clothes- BG70, BG72, B52, R24, R29, E09, R00, R02, R32, YG95, YG97, YG23, E40, W00, R02
23 comments:
- Pöydän kulmalla näpertelijä said...
Wow! This is absolutely adorable Amy. Love the image, papers and the flowers.
- March 16, 2012 at 5:24 AM
- Mette said...
Really fabulous card Amy and those are some sweet papers. Love the cute image and her kimono.
Hugs, Mette
- March 16, 2012 at 5:55 AM
- Heidi Brawley said...
AWE this is so Adorable!!! I love that paper! What an Awesome pagoda too! love your paper piecing!!
Have an Awesome weekend!!!
hugs, Heidi
- March 16, 2012 at 7:16 AM
- tina said...
so cute! have a nice day,tina
- March 16, 2012 at 8:40 AM
- Rhonda Miller said...
How sweet. I love the flowers and the cute image.
- March 16, 2012 at 9:07 AM
- Mimi said...
so adorable! Akemi is so cute with Daba... love her kimono!The paper is gorgeous with all the perfect details! Have a fabulous weekend Amy! ;D
- March 16, 2012 at 9:14 AM
- Sudha - Art Admirer said...
So cute. LOve this.
- March 16, 2012 at 9:23 AM
- Lau W said...
Such a faboulous card again ! The image is so so cute !!!!
- March 16, 2012 at 10:04 AM
- Jenny said...
I saw this paper too- love what you did with it! And totally love how you did her hair! I'll have to try that. TFS!
- March 16, 2012 at 10:09 AM
- Danni said...
I've resisted that paper but man, it's calling me!
Such a sweet and darling card!!
- March 16, 2012 at 10:35 AM
- glowegal said...
Oh my goodness, this is beautiful!!! Great coloring and great use of paper! Stunning!
- March 16, 2012 at 11:04 AM
- Isa said...
You´re a great artist, Amy !! jajja
- March 16, 2012 at 11:55 AM
- Shari said...
Oh,my! I just love this card... It is just too, too cute. You are such an inspiration, Amy.
- March 16, 2012 at 12:49 PM
- Tracey Feeger said...
Oh that is so darn cute. I love those papers and the images are just too cute. Nice.
- March 16, 2012 at 2:29 PM
- Delphine said...
Absolutely gorgeous and super cute!!! WOW!!! Hugs Delphine xx
- March 16, 2012 at 3:50 PM
- Leanne said...
Wow Amy!! This is pretty & fabulous! The papers are gorgeous and I love how you paper pieced Akemi's kimono. Better than any Hallmark greeting card in my book.
Hope you enjoyed your day!
- March 16, 2012 at 5:30 PM
- gobeagirl said...
Hi Amy, This is just so cute! I love her with her little bunny and her stuffed bunny as well. Your coloring is amazing as always my friend. I hope you had a great Friday... My day went fast and the wind died down enough so that when I got off at 5pm we were able to get a quick walk in. Ahhhh makes my whole day and actually takes the tired out of you. lol.... I have work in the am, but hoping to have an awesome weekend all in all. Hugs, Lisa
- March 16, 2012 at 9:11 PM
- 1LuvnMama said...
Terrific Amy! :) I just luv what you did with Akemi and the Konnichiwa papers are perfect! I had to get me a bunch of these Asian papers myself and have yet to use them. I like hoarding them! Have a great weekend!
- March 16, 2012 at 9:22 PM
- Lola Azul said...
Lovely, lovely and ... lovely!!. :)
- March 17, 2012 at 12:38 AM
- RiNNE said...
Terrific!!!!! I love the scene!! How genius of you to shade your paper pierced clothes!! The pagoda is perfect and I looove all the little critters! Those cherry blossoms are so pretty!
- March 17, 2012 at 12:55 AM
- Tonje said...
Great card, Amy. The image is super cute and the paper is gorgeous!
- March 17, 2012 at 1:54 AM
- Hlora said...
it is lovely and ... more lovely!!. :)
- March 17, 2012 at 6:26 AM
- Aluap said...
Great card!! Absolutely gorgeous :) I love this stamp :D
- March 21, 2012 at 12:47 AM


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Matador Field, located on Lindley Avenue between Halsted and Lassen Streets, is the home for all Cal State Northridge baseball home games. With a current capacity of more than 1,000 fans, and dimensions of 325 feet down the left and right field lines, 375 feet to the power alleys and 400 feet to straightaway center field, Matador Field has been a staple of the campus since the first game played in 1961.
On March 4, 1961, the Matadors suffered a 10-8 setback to Claremont-Mudd, and had to wait until March 25 to claim their first victory on home soil with a 9-3 triumph in the second game of a doubleheader against Long Beach State.
Thirty-one years later, the Matadors celebrated their 500th win at Matador Field, defeating Southern Utah, 30-1, on April 18, 1992. Almost five years later to the day on April 22, 1997, Northridge outslugged Southern California, 18-17, to achieve win No. 600, with victory #700 at Matador Field taking place five years later on May 14, 2002 in a Northridge 9-6 triumph over Loyola Marymount. On April 11, 2010, the Matadors captured their 800th win over a 3-2 verdict over Cal State Bakersfield.
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In 1981, a clubhouse equipped with lockers for the players and coaches was built and attached to the Matadors' dugout. In 1993, the university decided to renovate the infield at Matador Field at a cost of $26,000. The project was completed by Mike Wilson Landscape Services in Yorba Linda and included an excavation of the existing turf, installation of sod in the infield area and along the perimeter of the baselines, grading and leveling of the infield itself, with a timed irrigation system also installed.
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If you are interested in joining us at Montreal, and have any questions about the workshop and registrations, please contact me at Rutgers (908-445-4906) or e-mail (akay at gandalf.rutgers.edu). Note that EARLY REGISTRATION is encouraged since we can only accommodate a limited number of attendees. Sincerely, Metin Akay, Ph.D. Workshop Chair 17th Annual International Conference of IEEE EMBS WORKSHOP NEW ADVANCES IN BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL AND IMAGE PROCESSING Time-Frequency, Wavelets, Wavelet Packets in Biomedical Engineering Organizing Committee Tom Brotherton Patrick Flandrin Dennis Healy Andrew Laine Mohsine Karrakchou Yves Meyer Janet Rutledge Banu Onaral Tim Olson Malvin Teich Ahmed Tewfik Nitish Thakor Michael Unser Victor Wickerhaus William Williams Andrew Yagle In this workshop, we will focus on the tutorial presentations of advanced signal and image processing methods. These will include new advances in time-frequency and wavelet transform and wavelet packets. In addition, biomedical and image processing applications will be presented. The invited speakers are experts in the areas of signal processing, medical imaging, computers science and applied mathematics. We encourage engineers, medical researchers, computers scientists and applied mathematicians to learn about recent developments in signal and image processing and their applications in biomedical engineering. FUTURE TOPICS AND INVITED SPEAKERS 1. Time-Frequency and Wavelets in Signal and Image Processing: Algorithms and Implementations Yves Meyer 2. The generalized sampling and the design of discrete/continuous signal processing algorithms Michael Unser 3. The survey of the time-frequency analysis method from Wigner to the Modern approaches William Williams 4. Epileptic Seizure Detection Based on Wavelet Analysis of EEG Banu Onaral 5. Wavelet and Point-Process Analysis of Fractal Neural Firing Patterns in Audition and Vision Malvin Teich 6. Modern Methods in Neurological Signal Processing Applications to Detection of Brain Injury Nitish Thakor 7. Wavelets and Neural Networks in Maturation Metin Akay 8. The adapted waveform de-noising for medical signals and images Victor Wickerhauser 9. The noise reductions and spectral shaping as a combined processing strategy for hearing aids Janet Rutledge 10. New Signal Processing Techniques for Physiological Data Analysis Mohsine Karrakchou 11. Multiscale wavelet frames for contrast enhancement of digital radiographs Andrew Laine 12. Waveform and beamform design for range and 2-D Doppler ultrasound imaging Ahmed Tewfik 13. Reducing the imaging time in MRI Dennis Healy 14. Non-linear stabilization of ill-conditioned linear inverse problems via adaptive subspace decomposition Tim Olson 15. Inversion of the radon transform under wavelet constraints Andrew Yagle 16. The Application of Wavelets and Fuzzy Logic Based Neural Nets to Medical Data and Image Processing Problems Tom Brotherton ABSTRACTS: 1. Time-Frequency and Wavelets in Signal and Image Processing Algorithms and Implementations Yves Meyer Y.M. will provide a panorama on a variety of tools in image and signal processing, ranging from time-scale algorithms (i.e. traditional wavelets) to time-frequency algorithms like the Wigner distribution and the so-called "Malvar-Wilson bases". A new and unexpected result is the fact that, in many cases, using a Wigner distribution amounts to decomposing the signal (or image) into orthonormal localized chirps. The location of these atoms in the time frequency plane yields a crucial information displayed in a geometric picture. 2. Generalized sampling and the design of discrete/continuous signal processing algorithms Michael Unser Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD 20892-5766 Sampling is the process of representing continuous-time (or space) functions by sequences of numbers (discrete signal representation). Traditionally, both the signal and its representation are assumed to be bandlimited. Here, we lift this hypothesis and present a general procedure for the approximation of arbitrary finite energy signals from their sampled measurements at the output a given analog prefilter (e.g., non-ideal acquisition device). The approximation spaces that we consider are generated by translation of a generating kernel $\phi$, a special case being the conventional sinc interpolator. This function may also correspond to the impulse response of a display device, or may be selected to specify a certain spline or wavelet representation space. We show that a consistent signal approximation can be obtained by appropriate digital filtering of the discrete measurements. This approximation is essentially equivalent to the initial signal in the sense that it would result in exactly the same measurements if it was re-injected into the system. We present the conditions under which this scheme yields the optimal least squares solution and provide general error bounds. The theory is illustrated with the design of two algorithms. The first is a spline-based procedure the minimum error scale-conversion of images (with an arbitrary scaling factor). The second is a digital filtering algorithm for the improvement of image display. 3. Time-Frequency Signal Analysis from Wigner to the Modern Approaches W. J. Williams, Professor of EECS University of Michigan Time frequency signal analysis will be presented from classical representations such as the Wigner distribution and the spectrogram. The concepts of Cohen's class of distributions will be introduced and used as guides in developing and understanding a variety of new time-frequency analysis tools which have appeared during the past five years. The original concept of design for reduced interference distributions (RIDs) will be presented. It will be shown how high resolution in both time and frequency with sharp reductions in the often troublesome interference terms associated with the Wigner distribution can be achieved. A number of modern approaches which provide improved results and avoid the window trade-offs inherent in spectrograms will be discussed. The desirable properties of time-frequency distributions such as proper time and frequency marginals, proper time and frequency support among others will be discussed in terms of their realizability and the tradeoffs inherent in gaining these properties. Adaptive time-frequency distributions will be discussed in terms of their benefits and computational complexity. Discrete practical time frequency distributions such as the Binomial distribution will be discussed and guidelines for practical realizations of real-time applications will be presented. Time-frequency filtering and signal inversion from time-frequency distributions will be discussed briefly. Finally, similarities and differences between Cohen's class of distributions and wavelet transforms will be highlighted. 4. Epileptic Seizure Detection Based on Wavelet Analysis of EEG Samir Mehta, Richard W. Koser, Banu Onaral Scaling Signals and Systems Laboratory Biomedical Engineering and Science Institute & Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Drexel University College of Engineering 32nd and Chestnut Streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 Phone:215-895-2247 Fax: 215-895-1695 Banu_Onaral at cbis.ECE.Drexel.EDU The inverse power-law attenuation of the normal EEG spectrum suggests that EEG exhibits self-similar fluctuations over a multiplicity of scales. Such behavior is best characterized by measures which capture the scale-invariant nature of the signal. We investigate the use of discrete wavelet transform as a multi-scale decomposition tool to monitor the statistical scale-invariant properties of the EEG in long-term monitoring aimed to localize epileptic foci. The objective is to detect the onset of seizure marked by loss of scale-invariance over clinically relevant scales. We develop a scheme which monitors changes in the scaling properties of EEG independent of waveform morphology. Results obtained by processing clinical data are presented. 5. WAVELET AND POINT-PROCESS ANALYSIS OF FRACTAL NEURAL FIRING PATTERNS IN AUDITION AND VISION Malvin C. Teich Columbia University New York, New York The existence of long-duration temporal correlation (i.e., memory) in the spike trains of peripheral auditory neurons is well established. Such correlation, extending to time scales at least five orders of magnitude greater than the refractory period, has been shown to be present in all primary afferent auditory neurons of the cat, chinchilla, and chicken. The upper limit of the observed correlation time is imposed by the duration of the recording. More proximally, correlation has also been found in the firing patterns of lateral superior olivary auditory neurons inthe cat. Recently, we have examined the response variability and correlation properties of spontaneous and stimulated spike trains at three loci in the cat visual system: retinal-ganglion cells, lateral-geniculate-nucleus cells in the thalamus, and striate-cortex neurons. We have also investigated the response of an insect visual interneuron, the descending contralateral movement detector of the locust. The Fano-factor time curves, and wavelet analysis, reveal that long-duration temporal correlation is also present in the firing patterns of these visual-system neurons. The spike trains generated by all of the visual-system neurons, as well as those generated by primary auditory neurons, can be discribed by a refractoriness-modified fractal stochastic point process. Malvin C. Teich, Professor Department of Electrical Engineering Columbia University 500 West 120 Street New York, New York 10027, USA Tel: (212) 854-3117 FAX: (212) 932-9421 EMAIL: mct2 at columbia.edu 6. Modern Methods in Neurological Signal Processing: Applications to Detection of Brain Injury Nitish V. Thakor, Xuan Kong, David Sherman Biomedical Engineering Department Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, MD 21205, USA Tel: 410-955-7093; Fax: 410-955-0549 email: nthakor at bme.jhu.edu Brain injury resulting from events such as hypoxia or ischemia have important clinical correlates such as asphyxic injury in neotates and stroke in adults. Similarly, in high risk neurological surgeries or neurological critical care unit there is a need to rapidly detect possible incidence of brain injury. This presentation will review the origins and responses of neurological signals such as electroencephalogram and evoked potentials during experimental studies of brain injury. Four different methods of analysis of neurological signals will be presented. Results obtained using five methods (adaptive Fourier series modeling, adaptive coherence analysis, wavelet analysis, time-frequency analysis, and bispectral analysis) will be presented. Theoretical innovations and new experimental results will be discussed. 7. WAVELETS AND NNs in MATURATION Metin Akay Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08855 Spontaneous breathing movements in the fetus tend to occur intermittently and do not become continuous until after birth. In both the primate and the ovine species, breathing movements have been observed with a high degree of variability in instantaneous breathing rates. Previously, the analysis of fetal breath signals is limited to statistical description of the time intervals, or a measure of short-term and long-term fluctuations using the fast Fourier transform. In this study, use of the wavelets and NNs revealed that fluctuations in instantaneous fetal breathing rates were much more complicated than previously thought. 8. Adapted Waveform De-Noising for Medical Signals and Images Ronald R. Coifman Mladen Victor Wickerhauser Yale University Washington University We describe some new libraries of waveforms well-adapted to various numerical analysis and signal processing tasks. The main point is that by expanding a signal in a library of waveforms which are well-localized in both time and frequency, one can achieve both understanding of structure and efficiency in computation. We briefly cover the properties of the new ``wavelet packet'' and ``localized trigonometric'' libraries. The main focus will be applications of such libraries to the analysis of complicated transient signals: a feature extraction and data compression algorithm for speech signals which uses best-adapted time and frequency decompositions, and an adapted waveform analysis algorithm for removing fish noises from hydrophone recordings. These signals share many of the same properties as EEG traces, but with distinct features that are easier to characterize and detect. 9. Noise Reduction and Spectral Shaping as a Combined Processing Strategy for Hearing Aids Janet C. Rutledge Assistant Professor EECS Department Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208-3118 Persons suffering from sensorineural hearing loss experience an elevated threshold of hearing and reduced dynamic range of hearing. Therefore hearing aids must incorporate amplification plus some sort of amplitude limiting. In addition, frequency and temporal resolution are normally reduced which causes an increased sensitivity to background noise. Hearing aids, which generally amplify all incoming sounds, exacerbate this problem. Techniques employing multi-channel amplitude compression have been proposed to compensate for the elevated threshold and reduced dynamic range of hearing. We show that wavelet parameterization methods can be used for time-varying, frequency-dependent amplitude compression which adapts to the incoming signal on a frame-by-frame basis. In addition, we propose a wavelet-based noise reduction system which distinguishes between speech and noise using a single-microphone input that can be used as a front end to this amplitude compression system. 10. New Signal Processing Techniques for Physiological Data Analysis Mohsine Karrakchou Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Tel:(4121) 693 26 05 Signal Processing Lab Fax:(4121) 693 76 00 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology e-mail: mohsine at ltssg3.epfl.ch CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland www: http://ltswww.epfl.ch/ The aim of this paper is to present and validate algorithms allowing the bedside estimation of the effective pulmonary capillary pressure. The method should be automatic, i.e. should require no user intervention beyond inflating the balloon. It should be usable even if the pulmonary arterial pressure signal is distorted by respiratory pressure variations, (provided that the distortions are not massive). In this way, the estimation of $P_{mv}$ will no longer require that the patient be paralyzed and apneic, thus it will be more generally applicable. To achieve these requirements, three points are intensively investigated, namely, the cancellation of respiratory interference, the determination of the occlusion point and finally the estimation of the model parameters. New algorithms have been developed for each of these different topics. For the cancellation of respiratory interference, the approach consists in using an adaptive interference canceller scheme in which the auxiliary signal employed is the right atrial pressure signal. The latter can be recorded simultaneously with pulmonary artery pressure using the same catheter. New structures for subband adaptive filtering based on wavelet packets have been developed for this purpose For the determination of the starting point or more generally for singularity detection, the continuous wavelet transform as well as the orthogonal wavelet transform have been investigated. An original nonlinear scheme for multiscale analysis has been proposed to achieve the same objective improving the performance. The latter is inspired from continuous wavelet transform and is based on morphological operators. Concerning the parameter estimation, the underlying model of a double exponential and the peculiar nature of the present artifacts made the classical least square fitting method inappropriate. Therefore, an entirely new method for estimating the parameters of a linear combination of decaying exponentials has been developed. The core of the method is the Hough transform usually used in image processing. The developed algorithms were tested and validated on AO data obtained in an experimental model of lung injury and in intensive care patients presenting pulmonary hypertension. Excellent results have been obtained for the estimation of $P_{mv}$. Beside the important step forward that has been made for the $P_{mv}$ estimation, the newly developed algorithms are not only useful for the present application but also for many others. -- 11. Multiscale Wavelet Frames for Contrast Enhancement of Digital Radiographs Andrew Laine Computer and Information Sciences Department 301 Computer Science and Engineering Builiding P.0. Box 116120 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 Email: laine at cis.ufl.edu Phone/Fax: (904) 392-1239 This talk shall describe a novel approach for accomplishing mammographic feature analysis by overcomplete multiresolution representations. We show that efficient representations may be identified within a continuum of scale-space and used to enhance features of importance to mammography. We present methods of contrast enhancement based on three multiscale representations: (1) The dyadic wavelet transform (separable), (2) The phi-transform (non-separable, non-orthogonal), and (3) The hexagonal wavelet transform (non-separable). Multiscale features identified within distinct levels of transform space provide local support for image enhancement. Mammograms are reconstructed from wavelet coefficients modified at one or more levels by local and global non-linear operators. In each case, multiscale edges and gain parameters are selected adaptively by a measure of energy within each level of scale-space. We show quantitatively that transform coefficients, modified within each level by adaptive non-linear operators, can make more obvious unseen or barely seen features of mammography without requiring additional radiation. Our results are compared with traditional image enhancement techniques by measuring the local contrast of known mammographic features. 12. Waveform and Beamform Design for range and 2-D Doppler Ultrasound Imaging Y. Kadah and A. H. Tewfik Dept. Of Electrical Engineering, Univ. Of Minnesota We consider the problem of producing an "optimal" range- 2-D Doppler image in a finite amount of time. A range- 2-D Doppler provides estimates of the transverse and line-of-sight flows as a function of range. By optimal image, we mean the closest image in a 2-norm sense to the actual the transverse and line-of-sight flows distribution as a function of range. We show that to obtain that optimal image we need to adjust both the beamform and waveform of the transmitted ultrasound field to the flow distribution. We propose a beamform and waveform selection strategy that leads to a progressive refinement of resolution of the produced image along the range, line-of-sight and transverse flow axes. In this approach, the operator can at each step select the parameter for which maximum improvement will occur. We discuss imaging scenarios in which the returns due to the optimal beamforms and waveforms can be "synthesized" from those corresponding to a standard beamform and waveform and scenarios where one actually needs to generate different beamforms and waveforms to improve the quality of the final image. We have developed a solution to thsi problem that allows simultaneous estimation of both components by properly selecting a sequence of waveforms (which happen to be wavelets in the frequency domain). 13. Reducing the Imaging Time in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Dennis Healy Dartmouth College I will describe two approaches to the problem of reducing imaging time in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). First we consider the advantages and disadvantages of using a Karhunen-Loeve (K-L) expansion of a training set of images to reduce the number of encodes required for a Magnetic Resonance (MR) image of a new object. We evaluate the error likely to be achieved as a function of the number of encodes and two technical problems: reduced SNR in the images and smoothing of theK-L functions in practice. We propose the use of localized trigonometric bases developed by Coifman et. al. as an alternative to the K-L basis. The localized trigonometric bases approach the error achieved by the K-L basis, but they are easier to use with existing methods for fast acquisition. Next I'll summarize some recent work concerning the imaging of time-varying objects from a sequence of projections taken during the evolution of the object. Reconstruction of coarse features, corresponding to low spatial-frequency data, can be made nearly instantaneously in time from the evolving data. A temporal sequence of these low spatial-frequency reconstructions can be used to estimate the motion of the object. Once the motion is estimated, we may use the estimate to compensate for some of the motion of fine scale features. This enables accurate reconstructions of the time varying fine structure in several cases. The algorithm is demonstrated for a joint motion case study. In general, this technique shows promise for a wide variety of applications in MRI, and fast imaging using x-ray CT. Clinical applications should include both functional MRI such as dynamic imaging of oxygen usage and blood flow in the brain, and motion imaging of joints, angiography in the lungs, and heart imaging. 14. Non-linear stabilization of ill-conditioned linear inverse problems via adaptive subspace decomposition" Tim Olson Dartmouth College We will investigate methods to stabilize ill-conditioned linear inverse problems. 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We propose a wavelet-based restoration algorithm given some approximate a priori knowledge about the edges that lie parallel to the missing view angles. We use this approximate partial edge knowledge to restore certain affected high-resolution wavelet domain images. The low-resolution image is restored using interpolation, and the wavelet transform is used to combine the low-resolution and high-resolution images into a complete reconstructed image. Numerical examples illustrate the improvement achieved in both applications. 16. The Application of Wavelets and Fuzzy Logic Based Neural Nets to Medical Data and Image Processing Problems Tom Brotherton Pat Simpson ORINCON Corporation Fuzzy logic and neural network techniques have been gaining popularity in the processing of medical data. 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PARIS (Reuters) - Europe is heading toward a large wheat harvest this year but concerns are mounting that much of it could only be fit to feed animals after heavy rain earlier this month.
Damage levels are unclear for now with farmers and analysts still assessing the state of crops as harvesting resumes in many countries, but there is little doubt there be will less wheat meeting milling standards than initially thought.
"In light of the good yields expected we can still hope to see a good milling wheat output but we are certainly heading toward a lower quality than average," Benoit Fayaud from analysts Strategie Grains said, adding it was too early to have a clear picture of the European crop's quality.
The quality issue mainly concerned western Europe, Romania and Bulgaria, he said.
The consultancy last week again raised its monthly estimate for soft wheat production in the European Union to 140.5 million tonnes, now 4 percent above last year's crop.
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Average Hagberg could fall as low as 140-160 seconds in France this year, against 99 percent of the crop meeting the key level of 220 seconds in 2013, traders said.
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Germany's farm cooperatives association on July 7 pegged the 2014 wheat crop of all types would rise 1.8 percent on the year to 25.46 million tonnes.
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crazymilkshake5 wrote:Can you post a small version so i can get the coordinates for the small?
They are mainly strait and angly, but not like in the states where all roads are in equal rectangles its more randomly.RedBaron0 wrote:How are the roads in Copenhagen? Are they angly like you have drawn or are then curvy/swurvy?
Done.RedBaron0 wrote:the minor bridges is on top of the background image so it oddly cuts off detail from the underneath image. Integrate those color layers into the other layers so the opacity allows for the back image come through everywhere.
RedBaron0 wrote:Did you just scale the small map? It just seems a shade blurry to me.
RedBaron0 wrote:I'm wondering if it might be best to switch out the color for Christanshavn for something else. The red of the flag is really blending together with it.
RedBaron0 wrote:"Sights" in the legend should be "Sites" and the water is impassible too, yes? Should be mentioned in the legend with the roads.
Flapcake wrote:RedBaron0 wrote:"Sights" in the legend should be "Sites"
Sites seem to more correct.
iancanton wrote:Flapcake wrote:RedBaron0 wrote:"Sights" in the legend should be "Sites"
Sites seem to more correct.
the map title is copenhagen sightseeing, so it's sights, meaning things that tourists go to see.
some of the names sound a bit strange when translated to english. perhaps use the danish names for north harbor (nordhavn) and yacht harbor (i don't know this one, as my danish isn't good enough)? http://www.visitcopenhagen.com refers to assistens cemetery instead of assistant cemetery.
http://www.visitcopenhagen.com/media/me ... s/norrebro
a capital S is needed for Natural Science Institute and a capital Q for Langelinie Quay.
the cemeterie dont lies same locasion as the church, but it will be closeiancanton wrote:with so many cemeteries, the map is unnecessarily depressing! i suggest replacing our saviour's cemetery by our saviour's church, whose distinctive spiral tower is visible from christiania.
iancanton wrote:yacht harbor (i don't know this one, as my danish isn't good enough)?
isaiah40 wrote:Everything looks good, I have no problems with anything. Stickied, if anybody has any concerns then speak up. If not, then this can be stamped in about 48 hours.
y2manypbr wrote:Just a color blind guy looking it over, looks great, east to see and understand. I am just one fellow that has trouble with colors but I would give this map a thumbs up. Nice job, would love to visit Copenhagen one day!
isaiah40 wrote:This post is now blue!!
koontz1973 wrote:crazymilkshake5, remember, as soon as it is done, post it in the correct thread. If you have any starting positions or coded neutrals on the map, make sure flaps works up that image as well.
Nice work flaps by the way. But what are the winning symbols. I can see a statue, ballet, graveyard but what are the flag and soldiers?
You have a glow around crazys name but not yours. Can we have the same for both please?
koontz1973 wrote:Looked in the first post and did not see it, do not want it on the map but just curious. Flag and Soldiers represent ???
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Doctors can see more patients and provide better quality care with better outcomes and greater satisfaction on both sides if they follow a team care model. That's the message that family practitioner Peter Anderson is spreading to any doctors who will listen.
In 2003, after two decades as a family practitioner in Newport News, Anderson had hit bottom.
"I pretty much hated medicine. I was too old to change professions. I had my back to the wall, it was bleak," said the University of Virginia-trained physician, now 60.
His distress was caused by patient overload, diminishing reimbursements, and longer working hours. These issues are not particular to Anderson as the medical profession wrestles with an aging population, millions living longer with chronic illnesses, and cuts in health spending. Anderson describes it as "a perfect storm" brewing over the next decade, particularly in primary care which fewer and fewer doctors are choosing.
After 12 years in independent practice, Anderson joined Riverside in 1994. Almost a decade later, he told administrators, "There's nothing that's working." The switch to electronic medical records in 1998 precipitated the problem, resulting in a 35 percent drop in Anderson's productivity. "I type at six words a minute," he volunteered. "The benefits of having all that data were dramatically negated by time."
He and his patients were equally frustrated by lack of access, he was working all the time, and he rarely got to see his family.
Something had to change.
Cathi Pope, his long-time nurse, provided the catalyst when she asked for a raise and gave in her notice. He surprised her by asking her to give him six months, Pope, a 27-year employee, recalled.
Anderson duly developed and implemented the state's first patient medical home recognized by the National Committee on Quality Assurance. The heart of the system relies on a team-based approach in which nurses, doctors (providers), and support staff work to the capacity of their training. In making the change — including hiring more trained staff — Anderson turned his life and practice around. His work week dropped from 70-plus hours to 45, he saw up to 40 patients daily — 17 more than previously — and patient satisfaction and quality measures "went through the roof." And the practice turned a profit again.
In 2005, at the urging of his wife, Laurie, a registered nurse, Anderson wrote a handbook, "Liberating the Family Physician," to walk primary care providers through the process. Now, with his consulting company, Team Care Medicine, Anderson trains others in how to deliver care both more efficiently and effectively and with greater satisfaction for both patients and providers. Though it's primarily geared to primary care physicians, he believes the model is applicable to most specialties.
Eighteen months ago, Anderson landed a $1 million contract with the Army to train primary care providers at 21 new clinics. In January 2012, he moved into full-time consulting, taking on commercial customers. Some of his staff, including Pope, followed him. "He's a visionary. He's always looking for the best way to deliver care," she said. To date Team Care has trained about 200 doctor-nurse teams. "It has been fun, though I miss the patients," Anderson said.
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On Wednesday, Team Care Medicine provided a free one-day training in the medical home model to staff and administrators from several of the Peninsula's free clinics. Using a tag-team approach, Anderson and Ron Chapman, a professional trainer, presented the essential elements of the patient home model.
They ran through the four elements of a clinical visit, starting with data gathering, then analysis of the data and the physical exam, followed by decision-making and the development of a plan, and finally implementation of the plan and patient education.
The key is in staffing and having staff fill appropriate roles, explained Anderson. The ideal set-up is for a doctor/provider to have three trained TCAs (team care assistants), who might be medical assistants, registered nurses, or licensed practical nurses, along with appropriate support staff. He assured that though it sounds counterintuitive to hire more staff when trying to cut costs, the investment is rewarded quickly. According to Chapman, doctors see a 100 percent return within six months. Just seeing two more patients a day pays for one TCA, he said. And, using this model, practices can expect to see between 30 and 80 percent more patients. The model can also work for a provider with two TCAs and support staff.
With more staff involved in a visit, the division of labor changes, freeing up the doctor to focus exclusively on the patient. "I went to medical school, this allowed me to use my education effectively," said Anderson. And, despite a doctor's contact with a patient being reduced from about 30 minutes to 10, a patient's perception is that they've received more time according to patient satisfaction surveys, said Chapman. Nurses do the time-consuming work of obtaining and recording patient histories, then deliver the key information in just 1 to 1 1/2 minutes to the doctor in the room with the patient. Anderson emphasizes the importance of the latter protocol. "I'm stunned by how many providers collect data outside the room," he said. The doctor then refines and fills in any information for the final report on the patient.
Another change involves the nurse staying in the room throughout the visit, taking the preliminary information, observing and recording the diagnosis and treatment, and closing out the visit with instructions and patient education. "It takes the administrative burden off the doctor. It improves the quality because doctors aren't as rushed. Being more relaxed gives them better insight into a patient's needs," said Chapman.
Nurses like the system too, Pope assures. "I like it. First, there's co-workers. It's like a dance, getting the rooms ready. Ideally, he's walking directly from one room to the next. It's more of a team environment with layering. You see the whole process, not just one part of it." She added that the notes are more complete in the records, which allows nurses to help those who call in more effectively. "An electronic medical record used correctly is perfect," she said.
Attendee Ralph Robertson, medical director of the Lackey Clinic in Yorktown, found the presentation encouraging. "I've been enthused about it all along, but concerned about how to fit it into a system with our multiple volunteers," he said. "This is a quantum leap kind of thing. It's all or nothing." He thought it could possibly be implemented by adjusting the role of nurses in the team and using scribes as assistants. Pre-med student Myung Bae, a scribe at Lackey and Mary Immaculate Hospital, also thought it could work at the clinic. "Without the billing and liability issues there, we could make all the documentation," he said.
For Jeff Black, program manager at Angels of Mercy Medical Clinic in Norge, the presentation prompted him to rethink the role of its volunteer pre-med students from the College of William and Mary and how they could help reduce the burden on providers. "We can get them more involved in patient data," he said. "We need to redesign health care to a team-based model in this country. It's the only answer."
For some, technology is an impediment. Jackie Galloway, a physician with Newport News Pediatrics, affiliated with Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, is working on adapting Anderson's handbook for pediatricians. However, a fix to CHKD's electronic medical records is necessary before she can implement the model in her own practice; currently, their design separates nurses' notes from physicians' notes. That needs to change to accommodate the staff's overlapping roles in the data-driven patient medical home model.
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The purpose of this document is to harmonize further Member State legislation concerning VAT refunds to taxable persons outside the EEC.
13th Council Directive 86/560/EEC of 17 November 1986 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover tax arrangements for the refund of value-added tax to taxable persons not established in Community territory [Official Journal L 326 of 21.11.1986].
A taxable person not established in the territory of the Community is defined as someone who has not had a business address, or a permanent place of residence in a Member State during a period of time to be determined by the Member State, and has not supplied any goods or services in that Member State with the exception of transport services or those on which tax is payable by the customer alone.
In general, Member States will refund any VAT paid by a non-EC taxable person on goods or services supplied by a taxable individual in the territory of the Community. Such refunds may be made conditional on third countries agreeing to take comparable measures (reciprocity).
Refunds have to be applied for by the non-EEC taxable person. Member States will determine the practical arrangements for claiming these refunds, e.g. time-limits or minimum amounts. They may also require the appointment of a tax representative. They will take all necessary steps to prevent fraud.
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The words tropical vines conjure up many image
s–Tarzan swinging though the jungle, warm islands with lush vegetation, brilliant flowers attracting butterflies and birds–but always plants that are exotic, colorful, and king-size. However, if you don't live in Hawaii, parts of coastal California, or southern Florida (humid parts of USDA Climate Hardiness Zones 10 and 11), you've probably dismissed the possibility of growing tropical vines. But think again: provided you have a greenhouse or large south-facing window and are willing to give these plants a little extra care, these breathtaking beauties can be yours. Grow them in pots, and you can move them outdoors for the summer in many areas.
Here are 10 choices, all but one grown for their showy flowers over a long period, and one grown for its unusual leaves. Try one or two, and you may want to try more. See below for planting and care.
* Golden trumpet vine (Allamanda cathartica). This vine from the South American tropics bears 4-inch-wide sun yellow flowers at the branch tips. The funnel-shaped flowers are produced from summer to fall. This vine is easy and almost pest-free, perhaps because the leaves are poisonous. Left unchecked, it may reach 50 feet, but spring pruning can keep it within bounds.
* Bougainvillea. This vine, native to tropical South America, thrives throughout the tropics and subtropics and is probably the best known of the ones listed here. In cooler regions, it does well under glass and makes an especially spectacular pot plant outdoors in the summer and indoors when temperatures begin to fall. The inconspicuous flowers are surrounded by three brightly colored bracts in shades of red, pink, and purple as well as white, orange, yellow, and bicolored. Dwarf varieties, more suited to indoor cultivation, are also available, though they're not as spectacular. It is best to buy plants in flower, because nurseries often sell the same plants under different names. Some favorites are deep red 'Mrs. Butt' (similar to 'Crimson Lake') and 'Scarlett O'Hara' ('San Diego Red'), brick red 'Latertitia', pink-and-white 'Mary Palmer', orange-to-pink 'Miss Manila', double purple-red 'Mahara', and deep purple 'Sanderiana'.
* Cup and saucer vine (Cobaea scandens). This native of Mexico has 3-inch-long bell-shaped flowers with a green ruff at the base; they are greenish when they first open but change quickly to a beautiful violet-purple. In the tropics, plants can reach 40 feet, but pruning will keep the stems under control.
* Climbing lily or glory lily (Gloriosa superba 'Rothschildiana'). This tuberous perennial is not a true lily, despite its resemblance to the Turk's-cap lily (Lilium superbum). It climbs to 6 feet by tendrils at the ends of the leaves. The large eye-catching flowers 1 to 4 inches across are usually red and yellow and have six backswept, often crinkled, petals and protruding stamens. The stems (which die down in winter) grow from a tuber that should be planted on its side about 2 inches below the ground surface. Bloom time is summer to fall.
* Mandevilla. Among these natives of Central and South America are several conservatory and garden vines with dark green glossy leaves. M. laxa from Argentina has 2-inch white flowers on vines to 15 feet, while the somewhat larger flowers of M. 'Alice du Pont' and the Brazilian M. splendens are brilliant pink on 20- to 30-foot plants. A recent introduction called M. 'Tropical Delight' has bright yellow blooms. These plants grow well in pots in a greenhouse and flower over a long period. Mandevillas are related to Allamanda, and you can see the relationship in the mandevillas' similar but narrower flower shape. Nurseries often sell mandevillas as Dipladenia.
* Passion flower (Passiflora). Most people know blue passion flower (P. caerulea), which grows in temperate latitudes. The tropics, however, provide a wealth of other species that need warmer conditions. Some are far too large for the average garden, climbing by tendrils to 20 to 30 feet, but smaller, more manageable ones make ideal greenhouse plants. The fascinating flowers come in a range of colors from purple, pink, and white to scarlet and yellow, and vary from 1/2 inch to 6 inches across; most flower in summer. Some species, such as P. edulis, are grown for their fruit. Be warned — growing passion flowers can be addictive, and before long you may find yourself building a collection that will take over your life. Try P. citrina, which bears abundant bright yellow flowers; P. phoenicia, with red and purple flowers smelling of fruit; P. quadrangularis, with very large flowers (about 5 inches across) in green, red, purple, and white; or P. vitifolia, with scarlet blooms.
* Flame vine (Pyrostegia venusta). Aptly named, this evergreen vine produces curtains of brilliant orange tubular flowers from fall to spring. This South American beauty climbs by tendrils to 30 feet or more but is easily controlled by pruning.
* Bridal wreath (Stephanotis floribunda). This native to Madagascar has thick dark green leaves and from spring to fall produces clusters of five-lobed waxy white flowers about 2-1/2 inches long. They are strongly fragrant and long-lasting and therefore a favorite for bridal bouquets. Vines can reach 10 to 15 feet.


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I haven't updated this in quite some time. In large part it was procrastination as defined by perfectionism. As in, I had plans to do a post early in 2009 that I have yet to do, so I haven't done anything. Silly, but the way my brain works at times.
Instead of doing that, I am going to update you on some cool news. I started a twitter feed specifically to tweet about the goings on in space, the space community and the space business. That feed is called @moonrangerlaura.
In the first week I got an amazing response, in large part to many of my fellow twitter friends who helped spread the word. I would love to list them all here, but I am sure I would miss some. To all of you, THANKS. Just when I thought everything was going great, it got even better.
Wired.com's Geek Dad Blog created the list of 100 Geeks You Should Follow on Twitter. If you follow the link and scroll down the list you see names like Phil Plait (@badastronomer), Will Wheaton (@wilw), Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) and Astronaut Mike Massimino (@Astro_Mike). At the very bottom of the list, you see @moonrangerlaura!
I was flabbergasted. I appreciate all of the support everyone has given me. If you are on Twitter and are interested in space, please give me a look.
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Redknapp leaves dealings to chairman
Harry Redknapp has washed his hands of all involvement in QPR's transfer negotiations because of the "gang warfare" among agents which he compared to Glasgow's infamous "Ice Cream Wars".
Redknapp has been largely frustrated in his bid to sign new players this month, with Tal Ben-Haim and Loic Remy the only two fresh faces to arrive at the west London club during the transfer window.
Redknapp felt a large part of the problem for QPR has been the actions of football agents, who are scrapping to get the biggest pay day possible before the window shuts. "This transfer window, I have never seen anything like it. Every agent seems to be trying to screw each other," the QPR boss said ahead of Tuesday's game against Manchester City.
Although Redknapp pipped Newcastle to the signing of Remy, he lost out in his bid to sign Yann M'Vila, who moved to Rubin Kazan, and Moussa Sissoko, who looks set to move to St James' Park. The Rangers boss also sounded pessimistic about the prospect of signing targets Rolando, Peter Odemwingie, Etienne Capoue and Mohamed Diame before Thursday's 11pm deadline.
"It's like gang warfare out there - it's scary. If you're trying to get a player another agent will try to scupper that deal if he's not involved in it to try to get you to have one of his. It's unreal, unbelievable. They're all fighting for big money - that's the problem."
There was a big smile across his face when he compared the situation to the so-called Ice Cream Wars - a deadly 1980s turf war that broke out between rival gangs in Glasgow who used to sell drugs and stolen goods from inside ice cream vans.
"It's a bit like ice-cream sellers in Glasgow," said Redknapp, speaking of the 1980s conflict which cost six lives. "If someone has nicked their pitch, someone's gonna' shoot them or something!
"It's not just the person who deals with the players, it's dealing with the person who controls the player, who wants to be in on the deal as well. I have left it to the chairman, it was doing my head in. It's crazy."
The Rs boss thinks players are also out to get more than their fair share this month. M'Vila, a tough-tackling France international, has been coveted by several Premier League teams, but his decision to move to Russia, where huge wages are on offer, dismayed the QPR boss.
"It was money in the end, that was the key," said Redknapp. "I think this would have been the best move for him - to come and play in the Premier League. He was up for coming here and it looked like we had him, but they (Rubin Kazan) came in late and blew us out of the water with the money they offered him.


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Stocks closed higher in thin, choppy trading Wednesday ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, after a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, but some mixed economic reports and worries over Greece put a limit on gains.
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Villas-Boas not getting carried away
Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas knows there is still work to do before his side can feel comfortable about securing Champions League football - but feels Sunday's 2-1 win over Arsenal will send their arch rivals into a "negative spiral".
First-half goals from Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon proved enough to hold off the Gunners, who had started the game well and rallied after Per Mertesacker's header on 51 minutes but failed to find an equaliser. Spurs moved back above Chelsea up into third place in the Barclays Premier League and crucially opened up a seven-point gap on Arsenal.
"Obviously it doesn't mean nothing because last year when Arsenal won to shorten the gap to seven points it felt that everything was possible for Tottenham's qualification and it shifted very, very quickly, so it is not a big margin yet for us to be completely safe," former Chelsea manager Villas-Boas said.
"What we think is it can have a direct effect on their motivation - on ours too, obviously. But particularly on them because the difference from last year is we are on an upward spiral in terms of confidence and they are in a negative spiral in terms of results - and to be out of that negative spiral is extremely difficult."
Tottenham are now within striking distance of second-placed Manchester City, ahead of their game against strugglers Aston Villa on Monday night.
Arsene Wenger admitted Arsenal now faced a "massive" task to get back into the top four, but insisted they were not about to throw in the towel.
"It is frustrating because we put so much effort in and lost the game when we were on top," the Frenchman said. "We were 2-0 down when we should have been 2-0 up. After, it gave them confidence to defend well, which is what they did for the rest of the game.
"It is difficult to understand how you lose a game like that. We had a great attitude and came out with no points because we were not efficient where it matters - at the front and in the back."
Wenger added: "It will be a massive challenge. I said before the game that we could not afford to drop points. It happened to us many times this season and only in big games. It's difficult to say why - there's no common thing. In all the games there is a different problem, but after you make it difficult for yourself.
"I cannot fault the attitude or the effort that the team produced, or the spirit the team has shown, but you give yourself a mountain to climb every time in a game of that magnitude."


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This is part two of a three-part series on Kurdish efforts toward statehood, and that potential state's future relations with Israel. If you have not done so already, we recommend first reading Quest for an Independent (Israel-friendly?) Kurdistan - Part I and Quest for an Independent (Israel-friendly?) Kurdistan - Part II
Concerned about the ramifications of a divided Syria, the US seems to tilt towards its regional allies, opting to support the Islamists rather than the Kurds. "For the past two years I have been working with
the State Department advocating a solution for the Kurdish people," said Abbas, currently living in Washington. "All I heard was that I had to join the SNC," he complained.
"While the Obama administration won't solve the Kurdish problem, Republicans have already indicated that they are willing to promote and support a federal Syria. Some European countries
have also showed some readiness to cooperate on the matter. This is the only way out," he added.
According to Abbas' vision, Syria would have five regions, each with increased power over legislative, political and economic affairs; while the central government – based in Damascus – would be limited to handling foreign policy, monetary issues and national defense. According to Abbas, the Druze would take the South, the Kurds would settle in the North and Northeast, Sunni Muslims would get Aleppo and Damascus, and the Alawites would concentrate along Syria's Mediterranean coast.
Abbas maintains that such a partition would benefit all of the parties involved. The US and its allies
would retain influence over the Arab regions of Syria, whereas Russia – which has been clinging to
the Assad regime for the past 17 months – would be allowed to keep its foothold in the region by maintaining its naval base in the port of Tartus.
Addressing fears of a looming Islamist threat over Israel, Abbas stated: "Kurds are natural allies of Israel and the West. They are moderate Muslims, who are tolerant towards other minorities".
In the past, when relations between Turkey and Israel were at their peak, Israel refrained from showing much support for the Kurds. Now that the raging Arab Spring has reshuffled the Middle East, Jerusalem's attitude seems to be changing and taking into greater account the geographically important location of the Kurds.
"A Kurdish state in the North will block the spread of Sunni Islam, encouraged by such countries as Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. On the other hand, it will weaken Iran and its proxy, Hezballah, and will put an end to Turkish, neo-Ottoman ambitions," summed up Abbas.
Experts agree, saying that Kurds are likely to establish close connections with the Jewish state. "In Iraq, Kurds have been called the second Israel since 1960s. Kurdistan will be West-oriented, more
democratic, and definitely more stable," charged Bengio.
"Even though some factions of the Kurdish people might have mixed feelings towards the Jewish state, like the PKK, which has blamed Israel for its alleged involvement in helping to track down one the organization's leaders, the general perception of Israel will be positive," summed up Eppel.
Israel might also explore an alliance with the Alawites. "They won't have any problem with Israel and will be willing to cooperate with the Kurds," reassured Abbas, who stressed that peace would be possible only if Iran's influence is eliminated from Syria.
According to the leader, Tehran controls Syria's economic sector, something that influences
Damascus' domestic and foreign policy. "Now, however, the Alawites seem to realize that they
will need to sacrifice their ties with Iran in order to stay afloat," he concluded.
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Taylor Momsen is a leather-wearing, middle finger-waving, hard-partying rock star and not the preppy, Upper East Side, social climber she played on The CW's "Gossip Girl," so get used to it.
That's the message Momsen repeatedly — but politely — tried to stress while speaking over the phone Monday from Winnipeg, Canada, where her band, The Pretty Reckless, was performing. The Pretty Reckless will take the stage Sunday at the House of Blues.
"It's certainly challenging breaking out of a character people know you as and see you as," Momsen said. "They see you as a character so long that when they see you on stage, they think you're acting. I've had to overcome that challenge, but it hasn't been too bad. It's gone away over the years. People aren't asking about (my acting career) at shows. I also haven't acted in four years."
More like she hasn't acted regularly in four years. Momsen, who you may remember as Cindy Lou Who in the 2000 film, "The Grinch," did appear on the "Gossip Girl" series finale in December. She left the show after Season 4 to concentrate on a music career that has seen her band perform at Lollapalooza in 2011 and open for Guns N' Roses, Marilyn Manson and Evanescence.
In other words, she has managed to go further with her music career at age 20 than most actors-turned-musicians — even if there is the occasional eye-roll over her rock star persona.
"I was always listening to rock and writing rock songs," Momsen said. "It wasn't a transition for me. It was a transition for everyone else."
The Pretty Reckless expects to release "Going to Hell," the follow-up to its 2010 debut, "Light Me Up," in early 2014. The goth music video for the first single, "Going to Hell," released last week, features a priest, a snake and a bunch of bodies writhing around together.
Momsen said the album will be heavier than "Light Me Up" and described it as a more back-to-basics "band album," with less production. She wrote one of the songs while at the Hard Rock Hotel in Chicago, she said. The single, "Going to Hell," was written after Hurricane Sandy.
"We lost most of our gear, amps and computers," Momsen said about Sandy, which flooded the Hoboken, N.J., studio where the band was recording the album. "We had to go back and rebuild. It took longer than expected.
"We had to find a new studio and get everyone back in the mindset. Everyone was pretty beat. We had been really flowing when it happened and the hurricane flowed through the studio and stopped that. But we finished and conquered, it just took a lot longer."
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When: 6:30 p.m. Sunday
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