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RICHMOND — Federal funding uncertainty and the failure to land a lucrative research project have not dampened expectations that Richmond will be the site of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory's planned expansion to a new campus.
Cuts from sequestration have halted about $130 million in funding for a biosciences complex planned as part of the new Richmond campus. Then, in late July, it was determined that the lab did not meet the requirements to secure a $1.5 billion contract from the U.S. Department of Energy to build a sophisticated X-ray microscope, freeing up space in the Berkeley hills lab that officials had hoped to use for the cutting-edge research. A recent story in the San Francisco Chronicle reported that the Richmond expansion plan could be on hold now that additional lab space is available in Berkeley.
However, lab officials said last week that the setbacks will not jeopardize the new campus in Richmond, which was selected as the preferred site after a competitive process last year.
The X-ray technology, called the Next Generation Light Source, "is independent of the Richmond Bay Campus," lab spokesman Dan Krotz said in an email. "Our commitment to Richmond Bay Campus hasn't changed. We are partnering with UC Berkeley to secure space for our long-term growth."
The lab is managed by the University of California, but it receives much of its funding from the Department of Energy.
The University of California Richmond Field Station was selected in January 2012 and immediately was hailed as the largest potential new development project in the East Bay in decades, capable of turning the region into a hub of innovation and sending economic ripple effects through the city and beyond. The 100-acre site is expected to house up to 5.4 million square feet of modern research and development facilities and more than 1,000 scientists, researchers and other staff.
The partnership with UC Berkeley is key and has been largely overlooked, City Manager Bill Lindsay said. Far from solely a lab project, the university's need for additional research space ensures diversified demand for the new site to weather funding interruptions at the federal level.
"The one thing that seems to have changed a bit since the beginning of the process is that there is more participation by UC Berkeley," Lindsay said. "They're not just the contract land provider, but they are developing more facilities because they see the site as one for growth as well."
Lindsay said he has been in regular contact with both lab and university officials in light of the recent setbacks.
"The fact is that we believe nothing that has happened puts the Richmond campus in any jeopardy," he said.
Still, in response to the Chronicle report, Lindsay issued a memo to the City Council seeking to allay concerns.
"Both LBNL and UC Berkeley officials have downplayed the importance of the Department of Energy's decision to not award the microscope project to LBNL," Lindsay wrote. "They are still working on Richmond Bay Campus project entitlements despite a very difficult federal funding environment, and have indicated that this new campus remains an important part of their long-term plans."
UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof said Friday that the university hired a development manager in recent days to devise a financing strategy for the Richmond site.
"The university has significant needs for additional research space that this project will address," he said.
Mogulof said UC Berkeley hopes to build a larger "ecosystem" of research, innovation and investment around its Berkeley and Richmond sites in the East Bay, not unlike those surrounding Harvard and Stanford.
"We want to create more partnerships with entrepreneurs and private sector enterprises to speed the translation of our research breakthroughs to beneficial goods and services for the public," Mogulof said.
A draft environmental impact report is scheduled to be released for public comment next month. The UC Board of Regents is expected to consider the site's Long Range Development Plan and the EIR in May. If approved, construction could begin as early as 2015.
Contact Robert Rogers at 510-262-2726. Follow him at Twitter.com/SFBayNewsrogers.

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The National AIDS Strategy: An Opportunity for Activism
Spring 2011
In July 2010, the White House Office of National AIDS Policy released the first National HIV/AIDS Strategy to address the epidemic in the U.S. It outlines an agenda for reducing new infections, increasing access to care, and reducing HIV-related health disparities. The goal of this strategy is expressed in its vision statement:
This statement mentions the many different factors that AIDS advocates have been talking about since the beginning of the epidemic. Although this first national AIDS strategy was not announced until 30 years later, it does represent a breakthrough.
For advocates, it is important to understand how the Strategy understands "the problem." In 1982, the CDC stated that homosexuals, hemophiliacs, heroin users, and Haitians were most at risk for HIV. Almost 30 years later, similar groups of people -- African-Americans, Latinos, and men who have sex with men (MSM) -- continue to be at the center of the epidemic. Also emphasized in the Strategy are people struggling with addiction, injection drug users of all kinds, and people located in certain "hot spots" such as the Northeast, the South, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The Strategy notes that "by focusing our efforts in communities where HIV is concentrated, we can have the biggest impact in lowering all communities' collective risk of acquiring HIV."
After 30 years, why do many of the same groups continue to dominate new HIV infections? The Strategy acknowledges that there have been several significant medical advances in HIV treatment and care that enable people with HIV to live much longer lives. So what obstacles prevent all affected groups from getting them?
High-Risk Groups
First, the Strategy outlines a plan to reduce new HIV infections, particularly among "gay and bisexual men of all races, Black men and women, Latinos and Latinas, people struggling with addiction, including injection drug users." Along with this, the Strategy states in bold that "not every person or group has an equal chance of becoming infected with HIV." In fact, gay and bisexual men of all races are the only group where HIV infections are increasing.
The Strategy notes that gay and bisexual men made up the largest portion of the epidemic in the 1980s and in the U.S., they still do.
Second, the strategy aims to increase access to care and improve health outcomes for people with HIV. Although there have been significant medical advancements in HIV treatment, many obstacles to care remain. People with HIV must also deal with other conditions, such as heart disease, mental health problems, and substance use. Social factors like poverty, unemployment, domestic violence, homelessness, hunger, and lack of access to transportation are also listed as barriers. Finally, race, gender, and geography are significant factors that influence the outcome of treatment. The Strategy notes that
Third, the Strategy outlines a need for a reduction in HIV health inequalities. For example, HIV diagnoses among Black males are the highest of any group, a figure seven times higher than that for White males. Diagnoses among Latinos are three time higher than among White males. The Strategy notes that although overall deaths have declined due to new treatments, not all groups have benefited equally:
In order to support this bleak reality, discrimination and stigma are cited as cofactors. The Strategy recognizes that certain people, particularly African-Americans, Latinos, and MSM, face a much more difficult reality than others. Discrimination in housing, employment, health care, and other social services presents an obstacle to reducing health disparities. To this end, the Strategy boldly claims that:
To clarify what kind of discrimination the Strategy is referring to, the Implementation section specifically refers to "discrimination based on HIV status."
The Strategy's Significance for Advocates
It is clear that the disproportionate impact of HIV on African Americans, Latinos, and MSM is a priority for the Strategy. The statistics are shocking and the acknowledgment is welcome. But the expectation that the Strategy will end the epidemic or provide significant changes to the U.S. response to HIV is misguided. After all, the Strategy doesn't provide any additional funding, only a guide for the use of already existing funds -- funds that are threatened by recent budget-cutting moves at all levels of government.
It's tempting to praise any instance where co-factors are mentioned by government agencies, since they have been ignored in the past. But to grasp the impact of the Strategy, we must understand the overall political landscape. In 2010, the Latino Commission on AIDS released a report titled New York State Responds to the Latino HIV/AIDS Crisis and Plans for Action. It approached the issue of HIV and Latinos in New York by acknowledging the issues that affect transmission, testing, and treatment in the Latino community.
For example, fear of deportation often prevents undocumented immigrants from seeking services. One of the sources of this problem comes from "Secure Communities," a U.S. immigration policy that calls for "the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice to quickly and accurately identify aliens who are arrested for a crime." As long as states continue to comply with this policy, HIV services targeted at immigrants will face obstacles. The Strategy makes no mention of this problem or any solution, nor does it address the other issues cited as creating disparities. The Strategy recognizes that disparities in treatment, infections, and deaths exist, but it fails to consider their causes.
U.S. budget cuts will disproportionately affect the same communities already most affected by HIV. As a result, the most vulnerable people will face even harsher realities, as their government has decided that adequate services for certain groups are too expensive. This issue is not outside the scope of the Strategy -- if the U.S. cannot support basic human needs, the HIV epidemic will continue to grow, regardless of advancements in medical care.
This article was provided by ACRIA and GMHC. It is a part of the publication Achieve. Visit ACRIA's website and GMHC's website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.
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Last month when gold became a hot money favorite, I started turning near-term bearish. My theory is also based on the idea that the banks and the Fed likely want gold prices here or lower — they certainly don't want gold prices heading higher anytime soon.
That doesn't mean that I'm selling any of my own holdings of physical gold and silver coins and bullion. Far from it. I'd welcome yet another opportunity to scale into more physical gold /quotes/zigman/698029/realtime GCM4 if there were to be another near-term crash in its prices. I plan to own my own physical gold basically for the next 10 to 50 years. And by the way, for the month of April, I'm going to open up and offer a free trial to my TradingWithCody.com service (a $99 value) for ALL Scutify members. Just send a direct message or a scuttle to @renemooshy and we'll work with you to set it up. Let's jump in.
We know that the developed world's governments here and around the world are actively engaging in broad-reaching currency wars, mostly trying to keep their currencies weak in the name of spurring export growth and helping transnational conglomerates maximize their reported earnings. We know that the Fed is in way uncharted (and frankly, un-"chartered") territory using all kinds of tools like 0% interest rates and QE and so on to artificially repress interest rates and force people to take on excess risk in search of yield.
I've been spending a lot of time lately helping retirees try to figure out how to maximize their returns and yield on their money — and trying to find anything safe, which historically yields a measly 5%, is keeping me up at night. These people for whom I'm doing these deep dive analysis on their portfolios, are the real-life examples of investors being forced to take on excess risk in search of yield.
$GOLD doesn't give any yield, and therefore it's probably shouldn't be a huge part of most retirees' portfolios. And as the fool Keynes once rightly noted as he lost his shirt once again in the markets, "Markets can stay foolish longer than most people can stay solvent," which means we don't know when the long-term imbalances and bubbles that the policies of today will finally hit. But I am extremely confident that before I die sometime in the next 40 or 50 or whatever years, that the relative value of physical gold and silver will be up many orders of magnitude when this all unwinds at some point in coming years or decades.
So I do think some physical gold and silver holdings are key to every portfolio, even for retirees, though they would probably want to allocate a much smaller fraction of their portfolio than younger investors, in general.
I prefer gold over silver for the long-term, as I think gold-backed state currencies are likely to make a comeback in future decades, probably at China and/or Russia first.
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2. Buy some Market Vectors Gold Miners fund /quotes/zigman/420125/delayed /quotes/nls/gdx GDX common or some GDX long-dated calls. $GDX is an exchange-traded fund comprised of actual gold mining company stocks.
3. Avoid SPDR Gold Trust /quotes/zigman/41663/delayed /quotes/nls/gld GLD and "iShares Silver Trust /quotes/zigman/417006/delayed /quotes/nls/slv SLV . I don't think there's nearly as much actual access to physical gold for all the promises of access to physical gold that GLD's banking industrial complex lets on. That is, there are probably hundreds of paper promises to real physical gold in ETFs and other paper securities for every ounce of actual physical gold they could redeem. A paper gold ETF/securities "Run on the bank" is probably in the cards at some point in the future, perhaps this or next year or in 5 to 20 years. $SLV $GLD
And finally, I'm happy to send anybody who wants a copy of my ebook, Everything You Need to Know About Investing in Gold and Silver, if you just ask in a comment below (I'll need your email address to send it to), by emailing me at email@example.com or by posting a Scuttle requesting one from me on Scutify. And to ask me questions about any of this stuff, come sign up for free on Scutify.com and send me a Scuttle.
Cody Willard writes Revolution Investing for MarketWatch, posts the trades from his personal account at TradingWithCody.com, which is not affiliated with MarketWatch, and is the largest shareholder in Scutify's parent company, Wall Street All-Stars. At time of publication, Cody was net long physical gold and silver. Follow Cody on Twitter at twitter.com/codywillard.


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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Favourite Tomato Recipes
Have you been the feeling the heat as much as we have here in Toronto? It's been incredibly warm and humid these past few days, the kind of temperatures that make you want lighter meals paired with a ice cold drink!
As the full swing of summer is making its way, I thought I would do a little roundup of my favourite tomato recipes to enjoy all summer long!
- Pita Sandwiches with Flank Steak, Tomato and Avocado and Lemony Yogurt Sauce
- Homemade Tomato Sauce
- Roasted Tomatoes with Garlic-Infused Oil and Goat Cheese
- Fresh Tomato Tart with Goat Cheese Cream and Oregano
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Tomatoes are one of favorite things about summer. Even the ones at the supermarket, which usually taste like cardboard, are sweet and flavorful.
- July 19, 2011 at 11:05 PM
- Torviewtoronto said...
these tomato recipes look fabulous and refreshing
yes it has been hot and we need these types of cooling dishes and smoothies :)
- July 20, 2011 at 9:39 PM
- delphcotecuisine said...
very yummy, thanks for sharing
- July 21, 2011 at 6:16 AM
The photos are amazing!!!! I love cooking with a tomato base, esp red curry, the pita bread looks divine!
- July 21, 2011 at 10:22 PM
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- July 28, 2011 at 1:35 AM
- Muneeba said...
There are such beautiful tomatoes at the farmers market these days - thanks for sharing some great recipes to help me use them up!
- August 16, 2011 at 10:56 AM
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I have enjoyed couple of recipe from tomatoes. Just last week, I have enjoyed sun rise tomatoes with pasta. A sounds of tomato tart with goat cheese cream are really delicious.
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What does game theory and cancer have to do with each other. I am not sure but this interesting workshop hosted by the Princeton Physical Sciences-Oncology Center and Johns Hopkins University might help you figure that out.
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Registration is now open for the Workshop on Game Theory and Cancer, scheduled on August 12-13 in Baltimore, MD, and jointly hosted by our Princeton PS-OC and Johns Hopkins University. The main goal of this workshop is to provide a dialogue between leading basic researchers and clinical investigators that would help make headway against the very stubborn problem of cancer, and to jolt the oncology community into confronting the serious clinical problems that have previously been avoided.
The flyer is pretty cool, too. Check it out here.
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Peter Robinson, Ph.D., associate professor of history at the College of Mount St. Joseph, will speak on the U.S. role in World War I at the Delhi Township library on Saturday, February 22 at 1 p.m.
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County's 'On the Same Page' book club's selection this year is A Star for Mrs. Blake by April Smith, a fictional novel about a group of Gold Star Mothers who travel to France to see their sons' graves who were killed in World War I. Smith will be in Cincinnati from March 7-8 to meet with readers and sign her book.
Robinson's talk, 'The War to End All Wars? America, World War I, and the 'Mother Half of Humanity,'" will discuss the origins of World War I, the U.S. role in it, and the debates over American involvement, including antiwar efforts of many American women, calling themselves the 'mother half of humanity', who fought to keep American sons from having to fight.
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Foothills' Latest Winery Takes Root at Established Vineyards
MORGANTON, N.C. – Silver Fork Winery, newly opened in the rolling foothills of Western North Carolina, offers wine aficionados the best of both worlds.
That's because the well-appointed facility itself is brand new, while the vineyards supplying grapes for its eight Bordeaux-style wines are more than two decades old.
Owners Jennifer Foulides and Ed Wisnieski opened the winery April 6 in a bucolic setting at the confluence of Silver Creek and White Fork Creek. The 32-acre parcel includes five-plus acres of established vineyards planted and maintained by former owner Larry Kehoe.
The new owners relocated to Morganton from the Northeast, leaving the hectic life of New York City to cultivate second careers in North Carolina's burgeoning wine industry.
The couple acquired the property three years ago during an exploratory trip to the area. They responded to a listing for Kehoe's property, saw its potential, and purchased it on the spot.
"We just had a good feeling this was the place," says Wisnieski. "And things couldn't have come together any better. The vines have been here for 21 years and Larry is still with us today. He comes by once a week. We couldn't have done it without him."
With guidance from the former owner and a lot of hard work on their part, Foulides and Wisnieski have succeeded in the first phase of their new venture.
A rustically elegant tasting room was built as the centerpiece of the operation, offering indoor and outdoor seating, a lounge area and expansive views of the vineyards.
Meanwhile, an aging structure was gutted and repurposed into the winery, while the cellar to the main house was converted into a conventional wine cellar.
Foulides, a chemical engineer by trade, handles most of the winemaking. Wisnieski leads the way on the viticulture side.
"We had to divide and conquer," he says.
Silver Fork Winery's first vintage includes eight varietals. There are two Chardonnays, plus a Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chambourcin, dry Rosé, and a blended red wine.
"We're doing all dry wines – no semi-sweet or sweet wines," Wisnieski says. "All have been very well received. The response has exceeded our expectations."
The winery also offers a full slate of activities. There's a regular schedule of live music, food pairings catered by local restaurants, and even a summer movie series under the stars.
Tasting room hours are: noon to 7 p.m. Wednesday-Friday; and noon to 6 p.m. weekends.
For info on Silver Fork Winery, call (828) 391-8783, or visit: www.SilverForkWinery.com.


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Four people from different companies stopped at Tony's for lunch yesterday. They'd heard about this fabulous new sandwich shop and opted to give it a try. While each worked for a different company, the four had been friends for years and so stayed to eat lunch together at Tony's shop, rather than returning to work to eat alone. Determine the name of the company each friend worked for, the type of sandwich and the bread each ordered, and what each friend had to drink.
1. Sara didn't work at Archway. The women didn't order fruit juice.
2. The four friends could be described as the person who worked at JasperNet, the person who ate roast beef, the person who drank iced tea, and the person who got oatmeal bread.
3. The vegetarian sandwich, which wasn't on white bread, was ordered by the person who worked at Archway.
4. The person who worked at BMD got his sandwich with wheat bread. Mike didn't work for JasperNet and didn't drink iced tea.
5. The person who worked at JasperNet didn't get water to drink. Bob, who didn't drink milk, had his sandwich on a bagel.
6. The ham & cheese sandwich was ordered with the milk. Amy got a pastrami sandwich. The person who worked at Twixt had a sandwich on oatmeal bread.
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If everyone is so concerned with the chest freezer vs back thing, why not use wine coolers for each fermenter?
There is a guy in this thread from another forum demoing racking from a Speidel from inside a chest freezer using CO2. http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showpost.php?p=5824124
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The teams behind President Barack Obama's 2012 social media election campaign and Justin Bieber's fragrance launch were among the nominees on Tuesday for the annual Webby Awards, which honor excellence on the Internet.
Tom Hanks, Lady Gaga, Tiger Woods, Alec Baldwin and Charlize Theron were among many other celebrities whose high-flying careers provided fodder for innovative Internet campaigns.
The annual Webby Awards honor websites, online video and social media as well as apps and interactive Internet advertising.
"Every year we are constantly amazed by the innovations Webby Nominees push forward and this year is no exception," David-Michel Davies, the awards' executive director, said in a statement.
Last year's "Obama for America: For All Campaign" received two nods in the social media campaign and interactive advertising and media categories. "Girls" TV writer and director Lena Dunham also picked up an individual nomination for her tongue-in-cheek 2012 video "Lena Dunham for Obama for America, 'First Time.'"
The 2012 campaign for Bieber's "Girlfriend" fragrance, in which teens sent in their own video versions of his hit single, won a nod in the interactive advertising field.
In the mobile and apps category, champion golfer Woods' instructional "Tiger Woods: My Swing, Tiger Woods Foundation" was nominated. The comedic Internet production "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," which features Jerry Seinfeld, Ricky Gervais, Larry David and Alec Baldwin, scored three nominations for online film and video.
Hanks' "Tom Hanks' Electric City" was nominated for drama, online film and video, and Lady Gaga's "Gaga's Workshop" 2011 holiday promotion with New York store Barneys is a finalist in the social category.
The international hit TV series about zombies, "The Walking Dead," picked up three nominations in the online content and mobile or apps categories.
The awards are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Winners, who are selected by a panel including Arianna Huffington, David Bowie and Instagram founder Kevin Systrom, will be announced on April 30.
In a nod to character limits imposed by social media like Twitter, winners deliver five-word acceptance speeches, such as Al Gore's "Please don't recount this vote."
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Despite worries that iPhone 5 production is struggling due to design and component issues, new reports suggest that Apple's latest smartphone's capacity is improving, and an analyst has predicted that Apple will sell 46.5 million phones in the December quarter.
Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu told investors in a note on Thursday that his checks with Apple's supply chain have shown that Apple has improved its iPhone 5 production capacity since its launch in September.
Wu predicts that, with the iPhone 5 supply problems on the mend, Apple will sell 46.5 million total iPhones in the December quarter. That's 19.6 million more iPhones than Apple sold in the September quarter.
Apple manufacturer Foxconn's CEO Terry Gou said this week that the company was finding it difficult to meet Apple's requests to supply more iPhones, because of design and production issues.
Apple sold more than five million iPhone 5s within the first three days of its launch in September. The overwhelming demand for the device is also likely to be contributing to Foxconn's struggles.
In October, it was reported that Apple could be looking to extend its manufacturing capabilities for the iPhone 5 by signing up another Foxconn factory.
See also:
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The Popol Vuh, which has been translated as Book of the Council, Book of the Community, Book of the People, and The Sacred Book, is the creation account of the Quiché Mayan people. It contains stories of the cosmologies, origins, traditions, and spiritual history of the Mayan people. It is considered by many Mayans as their equivalent to the Christian Bible and is held in deep reverence by them. The Newberry's manuscript of the Popol Vuh is one of the most widely known and possibly the earliest surviving copy. Quiché nobility probably wrote the original manuscript of the Popol Vuh in the mid-sixteenth century, in the Quiché language, using Latin orthography. The Newberry's Popol Vuh was most likely copied from this original manuscript (now lost) in 1701-03, in the Guatemalan town of Chichicastenango, by Dominican Father Francisco Ximenez. In an effort to make it more widely available and reduce non-essential handling of the text, the Newberry has worked with Ohio State University to make this invaluable text available online to researchers.
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christmas music by the muppets is on heavy, heavy rotation in our home as we gear up for the big day. ruth's favorite? "the christmas queen" with miss piggie. royalty is mentioned- and ruth loves royalty- but miss piggie also says the forbidden "shut up" and ruthie, who loves being naughty, gets giddy each time she hears it (and then whispers it to herself about five times to see how it tastes). topping eve's charts (literally. charts. lists. visual aides of any kind. she's all about them): "zat you, santa claus?" by dr. teeth and the electric mayhem band. perfect for swaying hips through the house while snapping- her latest achievement.
as awesome as the muppets are, chip and i sourced the more traditional carols for our christmas decorating. a far cry from the simplicity and ease of last year, but we're now almost certain we love it just as much. and eve can sound out "wondrous" so, win win. chip, once again, deserves the high five with this decorating scheme. he concocted the plan, brought home the paper and didn't complain once when i stopped cutting after three lines.
four more days. amazing. and to start our celebratory week off in the most perfect way, a big snow storm came through town last night. with church cancelled we spent the day with friends, watching the girls make snow angels in the freezing wind, visiting the life of christ exhibit at the brooklyn museum, returning home to drink deliciously rich hot chocolate, listen to heavenly angels (and muppets) sing our favorite songs of the season while the snow melted off our boots. a pretty decent start to what will undoubtedly be one of the greatest and jouyfully busiest weeks of the year. merry christmas everyone!
-added- how we do it: cut out letters- freehand in all different sizes make it especially charming, i think. get long strands of bakers twine (any thin string will do, i just have an absurd amount of bakers twine). using scotch tape, tape the letters to the string, folding each piece of tape from the front of letter, over the string and to the back of the letter. secure string of words to walls. done.


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Marika Wilkarah was a female Bajoran Starfleet engineering officer in the 24th century. She was married, and she and her husband both served aboard the USS Excalibur. Wilkarah was one of the many individuals to be assimilated by the Borg, but was eventually freed.
The Excalibur survived an attack by the Borg during a night shift sometime prior to late 2368. Several members of the crew, including Wilkarah, were assimilated in the encounter. As a Borg drone, she was a member of Seven of Nine's unimatrix, where she was assigned the designation of Three of Nine, Auxiliary Processor of Unimatrix Zero One.
In 2368, a Borg sphere crashed on Planet 1865-Alpha, an uninhabited planet in the Delta Quadrant. The drones Two of Nine, real name Lansor, Three of Nine, Four of Nine, real name P'Chan, and Seven of Nine, were the only survivors. Their link to the Borg Collective was temporarily severed, allowing them to regain their individualities.
P'Chan, Lansor, and Marika intended to hide so that they would not be found when the Borg came to retrieve them. They went their separate ways. However Seven of Nine, terrified of her new-found individuality, hunted each of them down and forcibly interfaced with each of them using her assimilation tubules. She caused the left parietal lobes of their brains to be transformed into interlink nodes that linked them together in an ad hoc collective, then erased the act from their memories. She then led them back to the crash site, where the Borg retrieved them.
Eventually, P'Chan, Lansor, and Marika escaped the Collective, but could not break their ad hoc link, and thus were denied true individuality. In 2376 they sought out Seven of Nine on the USS Voyager in the hopes that she could help them, and discovered her responsibility for the link. While retrieving their memories, P'Chan, Lansor, and Marika fell into a coma.
The Doctor, Voyager's holographic chief medical officer, found that to wake P'Chan, Lansor, and Marika from their coma they needed to be reintegrated into the Borg Collective. The only way to wake them up was to break the link by removing their interlink nodes. However, this would kill them within a month. Seven and The Doctor decided to perform the procedure, knowing that they would prefer a short life as individuals to rejoining the Borg Collective as drones. Marika, glad to be aboard a Federation vessel again, decided to spend her remaining time aboard Voyager. She told Seven that while she cannot forgive her actions, she does understand why she did it. (VOY: "Survival Instinct")
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Marika Wilkarah was played by Bertila Damas.
The spelling of her name comes from the script, which is also spelled as "Willkarah" in the Star Trek: Voyager Companion. In an earlier draft of the episode's script, this character was originally a Human by the name of "Marie Wilkerson".
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Marika is the main character of the story "Brief Candle" By Christopher L. Bennett, in the Star Trek: Voyager 10th Anniversary short story anthology, Distant Shores.
Her capture by the Borg is seen in the short story "Making a Difference" in the New Frontier anthology No Limits, but does not explain her survival of the destruction of the Borg cube. "Making a Difference" erroneously places Marika's assimilation in 2369, the year after she was seen as a drone in "Survival Instinct".
External linkEdit
- Marika Wilkarah at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works


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The new priest at a Chinese mission takes an unorthodox approach to spreading God''''s word.
In 1947, American priest Peter John O'Shea makes the torturous journey to reach a Catholic mission in a remote province of China. O'Shea is nearly drowned and loses his possessions but finds the mission, where he is greeted by Dr. Dave Sigman and his wife Beryl, who, along with nurse Anne "Scotty" Scott, run the mission's hospital. Anne, who is Catholic, is thrilled about O'Shea's arrival, but the following morning, Sigman tells the priest that he thinks the mission should be closed. Sigman states that because O'Shea's predecessors died, the locals from the surrounding seven villages are reluctant to attend the church, and that pressure from warlord Mieh Yang makes the area too dangerous. O'Shea vaguely addresses Sigman's concerns, then goes to the nearest village with Anne, who is impressed by his respectful treatment of the village elder. Parishioner John Wong asks O'Shea to say Mass, but the priest protests that he cannot, as he has lost his vestments. John persuades O'Shea to preach, and on Sunday, the priest reads from a book of sermons. Anne, who has dresssed up for the occasion, shrugs off Beryl's supposition that she is attracted to O'Shea. At first, Anne is disappointed, but then smiles when the priest speaks in Chinese to the congregation and explains the lesson. After the service, however, a disreputable-looking stranger arrives, and when he spits at O'Shea's feet, the priest violently strikes him. Soon after, Anne attempts to comfort O'Shea, who is disappointed in himself for his lack of control. When O'Shea states that he wants to close the mission, Anne protests, asserting that he has accomplished a great deal of good. As they talk, Anne reveals that she came to China because her pilot husband crashed in the mountains during World War II, and she was hoping that he would be found. Having realized that her husband was dead, Anne stayed on, and has become dedicated to helping the poor villagers. Later, Beryl comments to Sigman about O'Shea's odd demeanor, claiming that there is something "wrong" about him. Sigman, who has warmed to the priest, despite O'Shea's inexplicable concern over the delay of the usual trade caravans, defends him, although he agrees that Anne, who is falling in love with O'Shea, should return to the United States. Concern for Anne prompts Beryl to approach O'Shea and suggest that he talk with a man who could understand what he is going through. O'Shea agrees and sets out for the Protestant mission of Reverend Thomas Marvin, which is several days away. Upon reaching the mission, O'Shea startles Marvin by revealing that he is not a priest, and that his name is actually James Carmody. Carmody relates that he was an American pilot during the war, and after being shot down three years earlier, was rescued by Yang. Although he was a virtual prisoner, Carmody served as Yang's second-in-command. Carmody then describes how he came to his present situation: One day, as Carmody leads a raiding expedition, he hears a shot from the scouting party ahead. When he rides up, Carmody sees that the insolent Pao-Ching, who is the stranger that came to the mission, has shot and wounded a priest. Carmody lashes Pao-Ching for disobeying his orders not to fire, then takes the priest to Yang's mountain fortress. Carmody and Yang engage in their customary crapshoot for Carmody's salary, after which Yang upbraids Carmody for reproving Pao-Ching and tells him that they will have to kill the priest. Word then comes that the priest, named Peter John O'Shea, has died, and Carmody goes to see Jan Teng, the Buddhist doctor who was tending to O'Shea. Knowing how desperately Carmody wishes to escape Yang, Teng hints that a man disguised as a priest could possibly elude Yang's spies. Carmody finishes his story by stating that he assumed O'Shea's identity and traveled to the mission in the hope of joining a trade caravan destined for the coast. Amazed, Marvin instructs Carmody to write to the bishop in Sinkiang, and urges him to return to the mission. Carmody demurs, insisting that he cannot carry on with the charade. As they are talking, the men receive word that Yang's men, alerted by Pao-Ching about Carmody's presence at the mission, are attacking the seven villages. Marvin again tells Carmody that "his" people need him, but the flyer refuses to don the priest's collar again. Soon after, terrified villagers attempt to flee but are stopped by Yang's soldiers, who begin mercilessly beating men and sending them to the mission in an attempt to provoke O'Shea into revealing himself. After three days, during which they are baffled by "O'Shea's" absence, Anne and Sigman are arguing when Carmody appears, again clothed as the priest. Without revealing his identity, Carmody continues to act as O'Shea and tells Sigman that the simple villagers could never outfight Yang's men. Carmody urges Sigman, Beryl and Anne to trust him, but soon the mission is overflowing with refugees. Determined to end the situation, Carmody meets with Yang alone. Carmody urges Yang to depart, and when Yang asks him to return to his service, Carmody proposes a game of dice to determine his fate. Yang agrees that if Carmody wins, he will leave the villages, the mission and the American alone, but that if he wins, Carmody must return with him for five years. Carmody acquiesces, and is deeply relieved when he wins. Yang then proposes to roll for the fate of the Protestant mission, wagered against three years of Carmody's life, and the American again wins. Yang sighs about the legends that will arise from his retreat, then warns Carmody that two priests from Sinkiang are coming. After Yang departs, Carmody returns to the mission and hears John telling a story about Carmody convincing Yang to leave by filling him with fear of the Holy Ghost. That night, Carmody tells Anne that he is an imposter, and she is relieved to learn that she had not fallen in love with a real priest. In the morning, Fathers Cornelius and Joseph Keller arrive and question Carmody about the letter he sent to the bishop, detailing his adventures. Cornelius doubts Carmody's sincerity because of the stories about the "miracle" of his defeat over Yang, and Carmody reveals that it all lay in the toss of the dice. Despite himself, Cornelius is impressed that Carmody was willing to risk five years of servitude in order to save the mission, and states that the bishop wants him to continue impersonating a priest and go to Sinkiang, where his punishment will be decided. Cornelius explains that as the parishioners have not been hurt by his imposture, it would only destroy their faith to learn the truth about their beloved "Shen-fu," the Chinese term for priest. The following day, Carmody bids farewell to John, Beryl, Sigman and his parishioners, while inside the mission, Anne tells Cornelius that despite his deception, Carmody was a good priest. Surprised by the devotion Carmody has inspired, Cornelius tells Anne the pilot's real name as they watch him ride away.
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Really good movie. I rank it a 5 star
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - MIT capped the indoor regular season with a solid performance at the Co-Ed Invitational at Shobrys and Aronson Track on Saturday. Stephen Morton paced the effort with his best meet of the year as he notched three impressive individual victories.
MIT won nine events in Saturday's non-scoring meet, including two superb wins for Morton in the jumps. The sophomore delivered the second-best long jump in school history with a leap of 23'1.75" and authored the third-best triple jump with a mark of 47'1.75". Morton picked up his third win of the day on the track, as he ran 22.53 in the 200-meter dash.
Omari Stephens and Greg Tao each cleared 14'2.75" in the pole vault although it was Stephens who led an MIT sweep of the top four places after clearing the winning height in fewer attempts. Stephens picked up a third-place finish in the 55-meter hurdles later in the afternoon with a time of 7.93.
Junior James Oleinik also showcased MIT's strength in the field events after securing a convincing win in the shot put. Oleinik won the event by over one foot and fell just short of his career-best with a throw of 47'11.5".
The Engineers picked up four more victories on the track, sweeping the top spot in most of the middle distance and distance races. Freshman John Granata won the 400m with a time of 51.55, David Reshef grabbed first-place in the 600m with a clip of 1:24.55 and rookie Kevin Kleinguetl split 1:58.42 to win the 800m. Jack Bourbonnais pulled away from Brandeis' Jack Schwartz to win the 3000-meter run in 8:56.28.
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When we saw that Supernatural was bringing back the Ghostfacers, one of the show's many nerd parodies, we weren't optimistic — but yeesh, this was a good episode. The Winchesters investigate an internet meme called #thinman that's apparently killing people, and the results are fascinating.
Spoilers ahead...
As you can see for yourself, there's a few interesting things going on in this episode:
1) The notion that #thinman derives his power from internet fame — which the episode seemed as though it was going to make literal, by having this be some kind of monster that derives its power from having people believe in it or talk about it. Hence the huge online following for #thinman. But no — instead, it's purely metaphorical, and #thinman is just trying to get lots of attention to provide cover for a regular murder spree.
2) This week's juxtaposition of someone else's problems with Sam and Dean's is surprisingly subtle. It turns out that Ed made up #thinman because his best friend Harry was finally going to quit the Ghostfacers and settle down — so Ed photoshopped a creepy killer and started an online urban legend, which then grew out of control. Ed's deception of Harry is explicitly compared to Dean's deception of Sam — but the interesting part is that Dean deceived Sam in the name of "family," which is Dean's own personal mythology. The hint that Dean's obsession with family and his willingness to do anything for family is as random and cultlike as the internet obsession with a fake supernatural killer is sort of fascinating.
3) I've been wondering for a while if this show would ever have a purely human killer who's pretending to be supernatural — forgive me if we had that already and I somehow forgot. The fact that #thinman turns out to be just a couple of disaffected wackos in a small town, killing people who annoyed them, is actually kind of brilliant and a nice spin on the show's usual theme of people dabbling in magic or mysticism and causing misery.
All in all, a pretty great episode, in which the nerd humor actually works to tell a surprising story and the Sam/Dean conflict is thrown into a new and somewhat unflattering light. Rock on.


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On Feb. 19 at about 9:20 p.m., a 2009 Toyota driven by a 17-year-old Ross School student, Gabrielle Ment, was hit head-on by a 2012 Jeep headed the wrong way on Montauk Highway in Sagaponack, according to Southampton Town police. The driver of the Jeep, Renee J. Despins, 68, of Bridgehampton, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated. Both cars were totaled.
Ella Stoloff, 17, of Montauk, a fellow Ross student and a friend of Ms. Ment's, was in the passenger seat of the Toyota. "Me and Gabby were driving east on 27 between Bridge and East," she said Tuesday. "We were headed to a friend's house when suddenly the car in front of us swerves to the side and all I see is headlights coming right at me. There was no time to react. There was nothing we could do."
"I don't remember the impact," said Ms. Stoloff, who had a broken shoulder and facial lacerations. "The next thing I knew, I was looking through the shattered glass."
Police said Ms. Despins, an associate real estate broker who deals in luxury properties for Corcoran Group, told them that she didn't remember what happened and was not aware that she had struck a vehicle.
"I don't believe she was intoxicated, based on my preliminary investigation," Theodore M. Scharfenberg, an attorney representing Ms. Despins, said. Regarding her apparent failure to remember striking another vehicle or the events leading up to the crash, he said, "She was injured. She was knocked out cold. She broke a leg, a fractured sternum."
After the accident, Ms. Ment could not get the driver's door open.
"Gabby looked at me and saw the blood," Ms. Stoloff said. "She climbed out of her window and ran to the other side of the car to help me out." With the aid of a passer-by, they were able to pull Ms. Stoloff to safety. All three women were taken to Southampton Hospital for treatment.
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"This is a good person," Mr. Scharfenberg said on behalf of Ms. Despins. "I don't think she was intoxicated."
Ms. Stoloff intends to be present at Ms. Despins's appearance in Southampton Town Justice Court on Wednesday.


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Aaaand Limp Bizkit just undid all the awesomeness that George Clooney's hot ex-girlfriend did for Pirates hats.
One thing I will say about Fred Durst and the hate he inspires is that a lot of the "haters" per se are all a bunch of liars. People pile on and like to say they always hated Limp Bizkit. Which is a lie. Late 90s, EVERYONE listened to that stuff. Sure, our tastes may have matured over time and it is way easy to talk crap on the blend of music Durst put out. Doesn't change the fact that a billion people bought Significant Other. The general hate for Limp Bizkit is more of a self-hate that we willfully listened to their music. So don't make excuses.
Aside from that, Fred Durst sucks and is getting a CBS show. Staggering. My sister saw the pic in the corresponding article about the show and Durst is wearing a Pirates hat. So this is where we're at now.
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Bad Weather Press (since 2004) is a north catalan zine distro, was founded by Robert Roura and Pere Saguer in a summer of 2004 at the town of Cassà de la Selva, Catalunya. After some years, we have published ourcollective and individual work. Robert focused his publications in comics and psicology and Pere works with the graphism and photozines.
Actually the distro is open to other zines from other zinesters and specially focusing to collaborations for small press projects.
Zines Published
- All is full of plastic by Pere Saguer
- Tom's Fanzine by Robert Roura
- The unsolved crime of Moixina by Pere Saguer
- Sweet Duck by Robert Roura
- Deixeu morir els líders by Pere Saguer
- Sea Bridge, published by Pere Saguer
- Lands speak record, by Pere Saguer


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On the Water: The Meaning of Life
When it comes to fishing, this is the time of year when anglers put their ears to the railroad tracks — metaphorically speaking, of course — when ears become radar, eyes become sonar, noses become bloodhounds, when rumors grow like Jack's beanstalk, when even the slightest indication that the finned ones have arrived on their annual migrations gives meaning to life.
"Bass are in the ferry slip," is an example of how just a few words can make hearts soar like eagles. That would be the South Ferry that connects North Haven to Shelter Island, where, for unknown reasons, striped bass appear early.
"I saw a seagull with a fluke on the beach near Devon," is another sign from above, in this case from the Tackle Shop in Amagansett where the first few sales of sandworms indicated that the search for porgies has begun.
"Nothing in the ocean, but there's bluefish around Bonac Creek" is surfcasting jargon for where best to begin casting for striped bass and blues — Bonac Creek referring to Accabonac Harbor, where small bass are often found early in the harbor's shallows, ideal light-tackle and fly-casting. Good idea to check for early bass around tributaries to Three Mile Harbor and Lake Montauk, where alewives might be drawing them. Alewives were reportedly seen in Little Reed Pond, a tidal pond that feeds in and out of Lake Montauk. The herring are a good sign not witnessed in some time.
And, don't forget to look up for fish. By all accounts, the ospreys that winter as far south as Brazil, Costa Rica, and Trinidad have returned to their nests. It's not unusual to see an osprey pecking at a flounder on top of a telephone pole or flying overhead with a small bass in its talons. Up to us to figure out where they got 'em.
Paul Apostolides of Paulie's Tackle shop in Montauk reported the absence of squid. "It's a little late," he said of the spring run, which not only draws larger predators to the waters around Montauk, but has, over the past several seasons, provided tons of inky fun to the fishermen fishing by nighttime lamplight in Fort Pond Bay.
The squid should be here soon, and given a reasonably strong wind, the near-shore presence of their schools can often be detected by sensitive noses as a sweet smell.
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You can practically hear the chants of "USA! USA!"
On Wednesday's July Fourth holiday, Joey Chestnut captured his sixth consecutive Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, New York. The 28-year-old Vallejo, California native inhaled 68 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes, capturing $10,000 in the process.
Chestnut has solidified his status as the Tiger Woods of competitive eating — becoming a near-household name — and, perhaps a national icon. Really, is there anything more American than hot dogs and overeating?
Tens of thousands of spectators showed up to see Chestnut outpace his closest rival, Tim Janus, by 16 dogs, and tie the world record, as well. Apparently Chestnut was aiming for an even 70, but he'll surely take the win and the thousand dollars per every minute of work.
"I had a really bad minute four and five, but I almost caught up at the end. I'm a little bummed out that I didn't get to 70," Chestnut said.
For the record, Chestnut's most famous rival in the sport of competitive eating, Takeru Kobayashi, did not compete in the event this year. However, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg did grace the contest with his presence, taking the opportunity to drop some bad puns in rapd fire — you can watch the video of his speech below.
Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Vinnie Pestano apparently attended the Bobby Valentine School of Fashion.
"It's easy to kick the guy in the balls when he's down, but you look at the map, at the picture of the game, that kid gave up only two runs and one hit. People [treat] him like he's a villain. How about all the guys that pitched from the first inning to the ninth before that kid got there. I'm not protecting the guy, but it's unfair."
— Ozzie Guillen protecting the Miami Marlins closer, Heath Bell
This doesn't seem all that surprising.
Since 2007, Joey Chestnut has had more hot dogs (377) than the #Pirates have wins (370)
— Jeremy Lundblad (@JLundbladESPN) July 4, 2012
If you consider competitive eating a sport, then this seals it. Politicians really need to stop commenting on sports.
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Meanwhile, I made a final exam for my students, changed my dissertation topic somewhat, and spent as much time as possible out in the spring weather. Also, there was a fire in my building yesterday, which was exciting, except for the people whose apartments were destroyed. Our apartment is fine; it just smells like smoke. I feel bad feeling grateful or lucky when other people weren't so lucky, but I can't help it.
In the interim -- hold that thought -- I just made up a new fake prescriptivist rule:
*It is wrong to say 'in the interim' since 'interim' means 'inside' in Latin [it doesn't]. It is redundant to say 'in the inside.'
Not bad, eh? It's based on a flawed etymology and bad logic, and it sounds plausibly intimidating. Even better, Shakespeare uses the forbidden phrase twice (Othello V, ii and Much Ado II, i). Man, if this rule finds itself in the wrong hands it might one day be used to make natuve English speakers feel like they don't really know their own language.
Where was I? Right - "in the interim."
In the interim I have thought about several topics, none of which seemed to merit a full post. So instead I will make this a kitchen sink post of sorts (what's a sink post?) with brief thoughts on each topic.
1. In a radio piece I heard about the recent death of the Satmarer Rebbe, an interviewee commented on what one of the speakers at the funeral was, as he put it, "giving over." This is a calque of the Yiddish verb ibergebn, 'to communicate'. I've heard this Jewish English verb a number of times, and I was delighted that it found its way onto NPR. The use of English is widespread among contemporary Yiddish-speaking communities (i.e. Hasidim), suggesting to some that English may come to replace Yiddish. This may prove to be true, but the English that replaces Yiddish will not be the English spoken by non-Hasidim. I think that there will be countless instances of calquing, especially of complemented verbs, since English and Yiddish complemented verbs are so deceptively similar. This will replicate the phenomenon by which Yiddish used Germanic verbs and adverbial prefixes to produce calques of Slavic prefixed verbs.
2. Amidst all the flap about Katie Holmes and Tome Cruise's new baby's name, Suri, there were various hints and allegations of a Yiddish connection, which in fact does exist, though it is coincidental. Languagehat basically gets it right, amplifying on Ben Zimmer's discussion of the name, saying
I can only add that Suri looks to me like a dialect variant of the name Sarah, which I believe is Sore in standard Yiddish.But what dialect? There is an isogloss that runs roughly along the Ukraine/Belarus border, north of which the name is Sore and south of which it is Sure, but who says 'Suri'? The answer? Americans and Israelis, who have adopted the English and Israeli Hebrew custom of making diminutive forms of names ending in /i/. Among Hasidim, in fact (most of whom speak a southern dialect of Yiddish, this new diminutive ending has almost entirely replaced the older Yiddish diminutive suffix /-l/ with names. Thus Suri joins a large group of Suris in Brooklyn and Bnei Brak. I find this funny.
3. What I don't find funny is all the Scientology bashing that this birth has generated. I grew up hostile to religion, but, though I myself remain staunchly irreligious, I have grown hostile to hostility towards religion. Why? Well, for one, certain religions, chiefly Scientology and Mormonism, are often condemned for being secretive and eerily ritualistic, and there are intimations of conspiracy fueled by lists of the prominent individuals and companies associated with these religions. These are the same charges that, when leveled at Judaism, are rightly considered offensive. So why should Mormonism and Scientology, and Catholicism for that matter, be any different? I'm just sayin'.


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The DLA SMD 5962-8947702Kxx is a highest reliability level (Class K) single channel hermetically sealed voltage/current threshold detection optocoupler in an 8-Pin ceramic DIP package. Gold plated leads, solder dipped leads and various lead form options are also available. See the datasheet for details.
The product is capable of operation and storage over the full military temperature range and may also be purchased as either commercial grade or with full MIL-PRF-38534 Class H Level testing from the same DLA Standard Microcircuit Drawing (SMD).
The 5962-8947702Kxx is manufactured and tested on a MIL-PRF-38534 certified line and included in the DLA Qualified Manufacturers List, QML-38534 for Hybrid Microcircuits. Each device contains a light emitting diode, a threshold sensing input buffer IC, and a high gain photon detector to provide an optocoupler which permits adjustable external threshold levels. The input buffer circuit has a nominal turn on threshold of 2.5 mA (ITH ) and 3.6 volts (VTH ). The addition of one or more external attenuation resistors permits the use of this device over a wide range of input voltages and currents. Threshold sensing prior to the LED and detector elements minimizes effects of any variation in optical coupling. Hysteresis is also provided in the buffer for extra noise immunity and switching stability.
The buffer circuit is designed with internal clamping diodes to protect the circuitry and LED from a wide range of over-current transients while the diode bridge enables easy use with ac voltage input.
These units combine several unique functions in a single package, providing the user with an ideal component for computer input boards and other applications where a predetermined input threshold optocoupler level is desirable.
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For single seniors. Get together with others to attend events, shop, go sightseeing, dine out and more. 301-596-6385.
The Bain Center
5470 Ruth Keeton Way, Columbia. 410-313-7213.
•Acting Up! Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. A theater club. Call center to confirm attendance. Free.
•American Indian Experience. Mon., Nov. 19, 10 a.m. Free.
•Another Way to See It Laughter Club. Mondays, 9 a.m. $2 instructor fee at class each week. Ages 55 and older.
•Arthritis Lunch and Learn Event. Fri., Nov. 16, 11 a.m. Nominal lunch donation.
•Beginner Soul Line Dance Class. Thursdays, through Nov. 29, 2:45 p.m. $23.
•Bid Whist. Mondays, 1 p.m. Free.
•Brain Fitness-Neurobics. Tue., Nov. 20, 10 a.m. Call center to register. Free.
•Bridge. Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. $2.
•Bridgeway Community Church Kid's Choir. Wed., Nov. 21, 10 a.m. Call center to reserve a seat.
•Bunco. Nov. 30; Dec. 21, 10:30 a.m. Free.
•Canasta. Mondays, 1 p.m.
•Chess. Wednesdays, 1 p.m.
•Computer Seniors of America. Day classes available for basic, advanced and specialized courses.
•Duplicate Bridge. Tuesdays, noon. Free.
•E.S.L. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Help improve your conversational English. Participate in small groups with tutors. 410-313-7213. Free.
•Fall Line Dance Extravaganza. Nov. 30, 6 p.m. This is a free event, however in support of the Domestic Violence Center of Howard County, the center requests that you bring in an unwrapped holiday gift for children ages 1-16. Register by Nov. 26.
•Friday Documentaries. Nov. 30, "Sunset Story," 1 p.m.
•Gathering of the Arts. Mondays, 1 p.m.; and Thursdays, 9 a.m. Drop-in class, bring your own supplies.
•Health Insurance Assistance. Weekdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Information and counseling services. Medicare beneficiaries, people age 60 and older, and those with disabilities age 55 and older. 410-313-7391.
•Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids. Tue., Nov. 20, 11 a.m. Informational seminar on hearing loss. Free, with refreshments.
•Jim Ellis Book Club. Third Thursdays, 1 p.m. free. 410-313-7213 for reservation information.
•Let's Walk and Move. Tuesdays, 1 p.m.
•Mah Jongg. Wednesdays, 1 p.m.
•Murder Mystery Luncheon. Nov. 27, 11 a.m. Play detective at this interactive mystery dinner. $5.
•Music Appreciation. First and third Fridays, 9:30 a.m. The 30 Greatest Orchestral Works. Free. Call center to reserve a seat.
•Nutrition and Arthritis: What is the Latest? Nov. 28, 10:30 a.m. Call to reserve a space.
•Parkinson's Support Group. First Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. For individuals with a diagnosis of early onset Parkinson's disease. Malcolm Wolf, 301-490-7288 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
•Ping pong. Call center for availability.
•Qigong. Thursdays, through Dec. 20, 10 a.m. $59.
•Red Hatters. Tue., Nov. 20. Ginny Russ, 410-313-7279.
•Reflexology. Second Friday. $53 for 55 minutes. Experience foot massage as a form of stress management. 410-313-7213 to schedule an appointment.
•Scrabble. Tuesdays, 1 p.m.
•Sixty-Plus Wills/Legal Screening. Third Wednesdays, 1 p.m. Services include simple wills, powers of attorney, living wills, small estates and deed changes. 410-313-1400 to schedule an appointment.
•Thursday Afternoon Movies. Nov. 15, "Juno."
•Toss Across. Fri., Nov. 16. Free.
•Wii Club. Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Improve hand-eye coordination and get exercise while competing against peers. Free.
East Columbia
50+ Center
6600 Cradlerock Way, Columbia. 410-313-7680.
•Agewell Aerobic Strength and Stretch Class. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. $35 for eight-week session.
•Authentic Latin Jam Dance. Mondays and Thursdays, 1 p.m. Monthly fee.
•Belly Dance. Tuesdays, 1 p.m. Monthly fee.
•Box Lunch Book Club. Mon., Nov. 19, noon. "Drawing in the Dust," by Zoe Klein.
•Caregiver Support Group. Third Mondays, 7 p.m. For adult caregivers of other adults. For information, Karen Hull, 410-313-7466 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Free.
•Chess Club. Thursdays, 1 p.m.
•Floral Design for the Holidays. Fri., Nov. 16, 10 a.m. $5 materials fee.
•Harmonize Exercise. Mondays and Wednesdays, 9 a.m. Monthly fee.
•Holiday Tea Luncheon. Nov. 28, 12:30 p.m. Suggested donation, $6.
•Latin Jam Dance Movement. Thursdays, 1 p.m.
•Mah Jongg. Mondays, noon; Wednesdays, 10 a.m.
•Tai Chi beginners. Mondays, 6 p.m.
Elkridge Senior Center
6540 Washington Blvd., Elkridge. 410-313-5192.
•Age Well Exercise. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m. Low-impact exercise for any fitness level.
•Book Club. Second Tuesdays, 12:30-1:30 p.m.
•Cards and games. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
•Chair Yoga. Tuesdays and Fridays, 10:30 a.m.
•Computer Seniors of America. Day classes available for basic, advanced and specialized courses. Stop in or call for description and offerings.
•Golden Corral Bingo Breakfast. Second Fridays, 8:30 a.m. Breakfast for $7.95; free bingo.
•Free Bread Day. Wednesdays, all day.
•Just Bead It. Second Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Make a craft with beads. $6 per craft.
•Legal Aid Help and Assistance. Second and fourth Fridays, 10 a.m. Free.
•Line Dance. Wednesdays, 2-3 p.m.
•Rummikub. Second Tuesdays, 1:30 p.m.
•Walking Club. 9 a.m.
Ellicott CitySenior Center
9401 Frederick Road, Ellicott City. 410-313-1400.
•Al and Anne 'Plus and Us.' Tue., Nov. 20, 11 a.m. Music and song with Al Callahan.
•Ask the Pharmacist. Nov. 26, 11 a.m.
•Blood Pressure Screening. Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-noon.
•Friday Flicks/Documentaries. Fridays, 1 p.m.
•'Hearts Away, Bombs Away' with author Vincent Gisriel Jr. Nov. 29, 12:45 p.m.
•History with Brad Beger: Arlington National Cemetery Post WWII. Thu., Nov. 15, 12:30 p.m.
•Insighters Group. Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m.
•Mah Jongg. Tuesdays, 9 a.m.
•Monthly Bingo. Nov. 27, 1 p.m. $3.
•Needlework Club. Wednesdays, 1 p.m.
•Pinochle. Mondays and Fridays, 10 a.m.
•Sixty-Plus Wills/Legal Screening. Fourth Wednesdays, 1 p.m. Services include simple wills, powers of attorney, living wills, small estates and deed changes. 410-313-1400 to schedule an appointment.
•SPRING Mens Forum. Thursdays, 10 a.m.
•SPRING Insighters Group. Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m.
•Table Tennis. Mondays and Fridays, 1 p.m.
Gary J. ArthurCommunity Centerat Glenwood
2400 Route 97, Cooksville. 410-313-5440.
•Ask the Pharmacist. Mondays, 9 a.m.
•Billiards. Weekdays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
•Blood Pressure Screenings. Tuesdays, 9 a.m.
•Civil War Series: Human Interest at Antietam. Wed., Nov. 21, 10 a.m.
•Drop-in Basketball. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9 a.m.
•Drop-in Painting. Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-noon. Free.
•Duplicate Bridge. Mondays and Wednesdays, 1 p.m.
•Gifts from the Kitchen. Nov. 30, 10 a.m. $6.
•One Stroke Painting Workshop. Thursdays, 10 a.m.
•Paint Your Santa Red. Wed., Nov. 21, 1:30 p.m.
•Pinochle. Mondays and Fridays, 10 a.m.
•Retirement Quest. Tue., Nov. 20, 11 a.m.
•Rona's Nutrition Talk. Nov. 29, noon.
•Silver Sneakers Walking Club. Weekdays, 8 a.m.
•Tai Sophia Herbs. Fri., Nov. 16, 11 a.m.
•WWI talk with Brad Berger. Thu., Nov. 15, 10 a.m.
•Waffle Bar. Tue., Nov. 20, 9 a.m.
Jewish Federation
of Howard County
Century Plaza 1000, Suite 400, 10630 Little Patuxent Pkwy., Columbia. 410-730-4976.
•jGroup. Second and fourth Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m.-noon, at the at the Bain Center; and Wed., Nov. 21, 11:30 a.m., at the federation office. Talk and presentation by Michael Meyerson, the author of "Endowed by Our Creator: The Birth of Religious Freedom in America." Sophie Novinsky, 410-730-4976, Ext. 103, or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Kiwanis-WallasRecreation Center
3300 Norbert's Way, Ellicott City. 410-313-7311.
•Bingo. First Fridays, 1 p.m. Ages 55 and older.
•Community Knitting and Crocheting Group. Second and fourth Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m. Knit and crochet afghans, blankets, baby wear and more for local charities, hospitals and senior centers.
•Duplicate Bridge. Wednesdays, noon-3:30 p.m.; and Fridays, 9:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Drop in for a few hours of duplicate bridge. Bring a bag lunch; coffee, tea and treats will be available.
•Mah Jongg. Wednesdays, 1 p.m. Ages 55 and older. Free.
•Pinochle. Wednesdays and Fridays, 9:30 a.m. Ages 55 and older.
•What to be Alert to After Signing up for Medicare. Learn how to get the most out of coverage and reduce problems or confusion. To register, call 410-313-7391.
Longwood Senior Center
6150 Foreland Garth, Columbia. 410-313-7217.
•Art Therapy. Second and fourth Friday, 11 a.m.-noon.
•Coffee and Game Social. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
•Computer Classes. Monthly, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Call center for dates and description.
•Group Exercise. Wednesdays and Fridays, 9-10 a.m. Free.
•Line Dance. Mondays, 1-2 p.m.
•Yoga. Most Wednesdays, 10-11 a.m. Call center to confirm dates. Donation.
North Laurel50+ Center
9411 Whiskey Bottom Road, Laurel. 410-313-0380.
•Agewell Exercise Class. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. Sixteen classes for $35.
•Billiards. Weekdays, 9 a.m.
•Blood Pressure Screening. Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m.
•Computer Classes. Call for descriptions of offerings.
•Enhance Fitness. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11:15 a.m. Sixteen classes for $51.
•Exercise Counseling. Second Thursday, 10 a.m. Call for an appointment.
•Handbuilding with Clay. Mondays, 1 p.m. Four classes for $42.
•Line Dance Drop-In. Tuesday, 11 a.m. $1.
•Mah Jongg. Fridays, 12:30 p.m.
•Open Art Studio. Mondays and Wednesdays, noon.
•Pets Are Us, Explore the Connection. Tue., Nov. 20, 6 p.m. Explores the human/pet relationship, caring for pets and pet bereavement (a pet honoring ceremony is planned). Local speakers — including Karen Brewer, Animal Advocates of Howard County; Noreen Javornick, Acupuncture for Animals; and Dr. Kristine Covert, DVM, North Arundel Animal Hospital; and others — will present. Sponsored by Pets On Wheels and SPRING: Senior Peer Resources, Individuals, Networks and Groups. Karen Hull, 410-313-7466 or email@example.com for more information, or register at the center. Free.
•Power over Pain. Wed., Nov. 21, 1 p.m. Open to anyone living with chronic pain. Sponsored by Senior Peer Resources: Individuals, Networks and Groups. To register, Carmen Faye, 410-313-0380 or firstname.lastname@example.com. For more information, Karen Hull, 410-313-7466 or email@example.com. Free.
•Sit, Stitch and Give. Fridays, 11 a.m.
•Sittercize. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 12:30 p.m. Sixteen classes for $36.
•Spring Bereavement Group. Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Find comfort in this short-term group for anyone mourning the loss of a loved one. Nominal fee. Karen Hull, 410-313-7466.
•Tap Aerobics. Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. Six classes for $33.
•Walking Club. Weekdays, 8 a.m.
•Zumba Gold. Mondays, 10 a.m. Eight classes for $43.
Office on Aging
6751 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia. 410-313-5980.
•Maryland Access Point (MAP) — Part of the Howard County Office on Aging, is an information and assistance gateway for older adults, people with disabilities, family members, caregivers and professionals. Information on respite and home care, long-term care, in-home evaluation, aging in place/home modifications, retirement/planning for the future, Medicare and health insurance, chronic disease management, housing, transportation, income management and legal services. Appointments are conducted at the Columbia office, at senior centers or in your home, weekdays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Contact MAP at the number above, email@example.com or http://www.howardcountyaging.org.
Social GroupFor Singles 50+
Sundays, 11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Complimentary coffee and snack. Oakland Mills Interfaith Center, 5885 Robert Oliver Place, Columbia. 410-997-0739.
Village Crest Social Committee Holiday Bazaar
•Sat., Nov. 17, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Villagecrest Senior Center, 8165 Cyprus Cedar Lane, Ellicott City. firstname.lastname@example.com.
Sponsored by Howard County Recreation and Parks, unless otherwise noted. 410-313-7275 or 410-313-7279.
•American Music Theatre and Shady Maple. Nov. 29, 8:30 a.m. An early lunch at Shady Maple Smorgasbord for an all-you-can-eat Pennsylvania Dutch feast, then off to the American Music Theatre in Lancaster, Pa., for its 2012 Christmas Show. Ages 55 and older. $125.
Second and fourth Saturdays, 2:15-3:15 p.m. Volunteers needed to sing or play an instrument to perform for the elderly at the Lorien Health Center. All ages welcome. Tim Belton, 410-730-6006, 410-908-7805 or email@example.com.


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Medical Physics Web
October 1, 2012
The ability to quantify tissue oxygenation during radiotherapy could allow treatment conditions to be optimized during the radiation course. Current methods for measuring oxygen partial pressure in tissue are invasive, however, so [Brian Pogue's] research team headed up at Dartmouth (Hanover, NH) is investigating an alternative: using Cerenkov emission generated by the treatment beam to provide information on tissue oxygenation (Biomed. Opt. Express 3 2381).