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The mother of a child in need of a lung transplant held a press conference on Saturday, two days before the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network(OPTN) will review their organ transplant rule.
Milagros Martinez, the mother of 11-year-old Javier Acosta, as well as her attorney, Stephen Harvey, spoke at a media briefing at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Saturday morning. Janet Murnaghan, the mother of 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan, another child in need of a transplant, was scheduled to appear at the briefing but did not attend.
"We're not trying to skip ahead of anyone," Martinez said during Saturday's press conference. "We just want him to have a fighting chance."
According to Martinez, the family only wants the availability of a transplant to be based on how sick the patient is, not their age.
"If someone is sicker than him then the lung should go to them," she said. "This should be based on the severity of his condition. That's all we're asking."
On Wednesday, the national organ transplant network complied with a judge's order and placed Sarah on the adult waiting list for a donated lung. Martinez, whose son is staying at the same hospital, also asked the court for the same relief. Her son was also placed on the adult waiting list on Friday.
The OPTN added Murnaghan to the list Wednesday night after U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson's ruling, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday.
Murnaghan also remains on the priority list for a lung from a pediatric donor, Sebelius said. Her family, through a spokeswoman, said Sarah's condition had worsened Thursday.
Martinez filed a lawsuit Thursday, asking a federal judge to add him to the list, saying he was facing death soon without a donated organ.
Acosta, who has cystic fibrosis, is currently in the intensive care unit at CHOP.
The lawsuit said his brother was Javier's age when he died while waiting for a lung transplant two years ago. A federal judge placed him on the official list to receive an adult lung transplant on Friday.
Sarah's parents had challenged existing transplant policy that made children under 12 wait for pediatric lungs to become available, or be offered lungs donated by adults after adolescents and adults on the waiting list had been considered.
The ruling applied only to Sarah, who has end-stage cystic fibrosis. An expert questioned the decision on medical and ethical grounds.
Sarah's family, who live Newtown Square, filed suit Wednesday. The Murnaghans say pediatric lungs are rarely donated, so they believe older children should have equal access to adult donations.
Baylson suspended the age limit in the nation's transplant rules for 10 days for Sarah, who has been at the Philadelphia hospital for three months. A June 14 hearing on the request has been scheduled for a broader injunction.
Nationwide, about 1,700 people are on the waiting list for a lung transplant, including 31 children under age 11, according to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.
Sebelius had declined to become involved in the case earlier this week, despite urgent pleas from several Pennsylvania congressmen.


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ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Gauchos are back where they belong.
The UC Santa Barbara women's basketball team completed its run through the Big West Tournament on Saturday by capturing its 14th tournament crown – easily the most in conference history – with a 63-54 victory over Long Beach State. UCSB receives the conference's automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament and will find out who it plays during Monday's selection show.
Santa Barbara continued its typical dominance in March by making an unprecedented run through the tournament, becoming the first No. 6 seed to ever win the title. UCSB (17-15 overall) defeated the No. 7 seed Long Beach State, and is now 5-0 all-time against the 49ers in Big West championship games.
"The Gauchos are back," UCSB's first-year head coach Carlene Mitchell said. "I am so proud of this group, I can't even tell you. I let a smile come out before the final buzzer and there were some tears in the locker room because only these young ladies in our small group know what we've gone through this year. But at the end of the day, this is why you play the game – for March Madness and the opportunity to cut down nets."
The victory was the Gauchos' ninth in its past 11 games as UCSB put the cherry on top of its run with another solid all-around game. Kirsten Tilleman was named the tournament's most valuable player after she led the Gauchos with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Melissa Zornig, who was named to the All-Tournament Team, had 12 points off the bench.
"The MVP? I wasn't expecting that," Tilleman said. "I don't even think about things like that. It's really more of a reflection of my teammates and my coaches because they make it possible for anyone on this team to step up on any given night. It's a great feeling right now."
A sluggish start from both teams might have been expected as the two squads split the regular season series and the winner never cracked the 50-point barrier. UCSB used a 10-0 run early to take a 16-8 lead but Long Beach powered back with a 9-1 run to tie things up. It was back-and-forth the rest of the first half as the Gauchos led, 21-20, at halftime.
UCSB, though, has been a second half team all season and didn't disappoint. The Gauchos shot 51.7% in the second half and jumped to a 30-24 lead on Angelei Aguirre's three-point play with 14:31 to go. The lead swelled to nine, 35-26, on Nicole Nesbit's fastbreak layup and it appeared the Gauchos would cruise to the title.
But Long Beach had one last push in them and sent a scare through UCSB. The 49ers went on a 13-3 run to take a 39-38 lead on Haillie Meneses' three-pointer with 8:36 left. Kelsey Adrian drilled a three-pointer from the top of the arc and Sweets Underwood's layup pushed UCSB's lead back up to four. The Gauchos led the rest of the way, but the 49ers kept it close.
After Underwood's 12-footer made it 57-52 with 1:42 remaining, LBSU's Lauren Spargo drove along the baseline and put up a wild shot. Underwood gathered the rebound and Long Beach head coach Jody Wynn was whistled for a technical when she vehemently argued that Spargo was fouled.
Zornig knocked down both of the technical free throws and UCSB was on its way to The Dance.
UCSB will learn its fate of where it will play in the NCAA Tournament on Monday during the NCAA Selection Show, which airs at 4 p.m. UCSB Athletics will hold a reception to watch the Selection Show in the Intercollegiate Athletics building on campus and it will be open to the public.


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Davos, Switzerland (CNN) -- Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said he was confident the UK would stay in the European Union, despite Prime Minister David Cameron's promise to hold a referendum on the topic.
"I am confident if there is to be a referendum, the UK citizens will decide to stay in the EU and continue to shape its future," Monti said during his special address at the World Economic Forum in Davos Wednesday.
Read more: UK warned against 'cherry-picking' EU policy
"The EU does not need unwilling Europeans -- we desperately need willing Europeans," he said, noting a referendum would crystallize the issue.
Monti said he was pushing to speed up the completion of the single market, which had lost pace after a successful launch 20 years ago.
"On this I agree with Prime Minister Cameron...that prosperity and growth be priority number one for Europe," he said.
Monti also used his speech to criticize the country's financial record under predecessor Silvio Berlusconi. "Italy in the past did not use the opportunities of the past to do reforms," Monti said.
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The country wasted its surplus and "lived under the illusion we could offer change without reforms," he added. "This is what one can call promising reforms, and ending up with taxes and debt and a sovereign debt crisis."
The government chose "the policy of status quo and procrastination," he said, and "the costs of inaction were dumped were dumped on our children and grandchildren until the moment of truth."
Monti's comments come as the union's relationships suffer the strain of nearly three years of crisis with the euro, the common currency to which 17 of the 27 EU nations belong.
Monti blamed "short-termism" for Italy's financial problems, which pushed the country's cost of borrowing above the crucial 7% level a year ago and put it in the center of the crisis.
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Monti is a technocrat leader appointed by President Giorgio Napolitano after the soaring borrowing costs -- and Berlusconi's colorful private life and tax scandals -- toppled the long-term leader.
Berlusconi pulled his support for Monti's government late last year, triggering elections due in February.
Monti implemented tough austerity measures and said his actions had pulled the country through the crisis, although more needed to be done.
"Today, the atmosphere around Italy has changed... I can feel Italy has gained back respect and confidence and respect for its ability to bounce back," he said.
"I think this change is a reward for the action taken by my government with the support of the parliament, most of all it must be a reward for all Italian citizens."
Monti said the "resilience and maturity" of the Italian people had helped the country emerge from crisis.
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Galor-class cruisers were the primary class of warship used by the Cardassian military during the latter half of the 24th century.
Technical data Edit
Design Edit
The Galor-class shared the same basic superstructure as their Keldon-class counterparts, but were used far more frequently by the Cardassian military. (DS9: "Defiant")
Commonly referred to as "warships" or "war vessels", this class was also designated by the Cardassians and the Maquis as "cruisers". (TNG: "The Chase"; DS9: "Past Prologue", "Defiant"; VOY: "Fury")
During the late 2360s, these warships had at least three sub-classes, with the Galor-class, Type-3 considered to be "top of the line." (TNG: "Ensign Ro")
During the Dominion War, these vessels were classified by Starfleet as "destroyers", in relation to their Dominion counterparts. (DS9: "Sacrifice of Angels")
Tactical systems Edit
The arsenals of Galor-class warships varied, though typically they were armed with numerous phaser arrays. Although the Galor-class vessels were considerably inferior to the Federation's Galaxy-class starships, they proved to be very effective against Miranda-class and other older Federation starships. (TNG: "The Wounded"; DS9: "Sacrifice of Angels", "Waltz")
In 2369, Captain Edward Jellico ordered a fleet of Galor-class starships to leave the McAllister C-5 Nebula one-by-one, ejecting their primary phaser coils. (TNG: "Chain of Command, Part II")
In 2370, Cardassian colonists living in the Demilitarized Zone modified Cardassian shuttles, which they equipped with Galor-class phaser banks to protect their colonial interests. (DS9: "The Maquis, Part I")
The Galor-class was also utilized in the mirror universe by the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance where they were described by Intendant Kira Nerys as being "quick and powerful". These vessels, however, were not without their weaknesses, specifically, their targeting systems could be easily fooled. (DS9: "Shattered Mirror")
Subsystems Edit
In 2367, the Cardassian warships lacked the ability to read Federation starships transponder codes, while the latter had that ability. The Cardassians were granted this ability when Captain Picard gave Gul Macet the Federation's codes to track the USS Phoenix. Federation starships also had superior terminal interface systems. (TNG: "The Wounded")
Ships of the class Edit
- Named
- Unnamed
Appendices Edit
Appearances Edit
- "Emissary"
- "Past Prologue"
- "Profit and Loss"
- "Defiant"
- "Through the Looking Glass"
- "Explorers"
- "The Way of the Warrior"
- "Shattered Mirror"
- "Call to Arms"
- "A Time to Stand"
- "Rocks and Shoals"
- "Sons and Daughters"
- "Behind the Lines"
- "Favor the Bold"
- "Sacrifice of Angels"
- "Tears of the Prophets" (LCARS display)
- "Shadows and Symbols"
- "Once More Unto the Breach"
- "The Changing Face of Evil"
- "What You Leave Behind"
Background information Edit
The Galor first appeared in "The Wounded", and was first identified by name in "Ensign Ro".
It is possible that the generic references made in later seasons to Cardassian warships, Cardassian battle cruisers and Cardassian destroyers were made in reference to the Galor-class starship. It is, however, as equally likely that those references were made with regards to the Keldon or yet unseen class of warship.
While there were never any specific references to the maximum speed of a Galor-class, an observation can be made in DS9: "Defiant", where the warship Kraxon chased the USS Defiant, which was traveling at warp 8 towards the Orias system. The display graphic featuring the pursuit depicted an even match, however, based on the events in the episode, the Kraxon was not moving fast enough to catch the Defiant before it reached its destination.
- For further information on the studio model, see Galor-class model.
According to the Starships RPG sourcebook, the Galor-class is named after a mythical Cardassian warrior.
Size Edit
Brandon MacDougall posted the real-world length of the LightWave model he built for the sixth and seventh seasons of DS9: "I loaded the 3D model up and she's around 368m [1207 feet]. I would've checked with Rick [Sternbach] at one time regarding the size when laying it out." [1](X) A camera test model from an auction contains a handwritten note: "Cardassian 1200 ft [366 meters]". [2] Visual Effects Supervisor David Stipes noted that the "Galor is about 1,200 ft." [3] When asked whether he had a definitive size, Rick Sternbach replied:
Definitive? Not really, but I can try to make a guess. I pegged it at ~371m in the DS9TM, and just now measuring a reduced xerox of my starboard elevation ortho (and assuming a humanoid-comfortable deck height of ~3.8m), I get 379.6m, not far off from what I thought for the book. Will there ever be an authoritative figure? Probably not, but the number I get could be considered "original intent," ... [4](X)
A couple of sources imply that the Galor was intended to be approximately ¾ as long as the Enterprise-D. An article in the magazine Sci-Fi & Fantasy Models #16 states that the Galor miniature was in scale with the four-foot miniature of the Enterprise-D. [5] Ed Miarecki also recalled such a consensus between him and Rick Sternbach. [6](X) If so, the overall length can be estimated at (~37 inches / ~49.25 inches) * 2,108 feet = ~1,580 feet (~480 meters). Larry Nemecek likewise wrote that "Rick S[ternbach]'s original length was 1,587 ft, or @ ¾ the length of the Galaxy-class." [7]
Technical Manual Edit
The following specifications, which describes this vessel as a Galor-class attack cruiser, comes exclusively from the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual:
- Production Base: Cardassia Prime Orbital Three Assembly Facility
- Type: Medium Cruiser
- Accommodation: 300 plus flight crew and troops
- Power Plant: One and possibly two M/A warp systems; three or more impulse systems
- Dimensions: Length, 371.88 meters; beam, 192.33 meters; height, 59 meters
- Mass: 1,678,000 metric tons (est.)
- Performance: Warp 9.6 (observed)
- Armament: Eight or more spiral-wave disruptors; one large aft disruptor wave cannon; possibly other weapons
External links Edit
- Galor class at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Variations and Re-Uses of the Galor Class Bridge at Ex Astris Scientia: a comprehensive look at the various appearances of the Galor class bridge


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"AJ is definitely one of my best signings of the year," said Handrigan, who has been at Coker since 2003. "He is going to have an impact right away, and I expect him to travel right away."
Handrigan and the Cobras were the only college interested in acquiring Sanders' services in golf.
"I really didn't have any other offers," said Sanders, who earned All-State honors this year. "I just wanted to go some where that I could play. I'd rather go to a small school and have an actual chance of playing, then walking on somewhere big, and not getting the chance to play.
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While Coker, surprisingly, was the only school that wanted Sanders' services, he is pleased to be a member of the Cobras' squad.
Handrigan feels that Sanders has the game that is ready to play on the collegiate level.
"He has an excellent golf game and swing," Handrigan said. "The one thing that he needs to work on is his short game and course management. Once he does that, he will be able to compete on the next level."
Sanders is the first Hartsville High golfer to play at Coker since Jeffery Johnson played for the Cobras a few years ago.
Handrigan says it helps the program when a local player elects to attend Coker.
"It helps having a player from Hartsville on our squad," Handrigan said. "The community knows him, and hopefully it will help get them more involved with our program."
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Sanders was ranked second at the acedemy.
"It really helped me a lot," Sanders said. "It helped me with my swing and my mental game, as well as practice."
Sanders feels the strengths of his game are his irons and putting, and that he needs to improve on his drives.
"I just want to get better at every aspect of my game," Sanders said.
While he doesn't know about the playing time he will see next year at Coker, Sanders just wants to go out and contribute.
"I am not expecting to step in a start right away, but I would like to help them out," said Sanders.
Sanders participated as an individual at the AAAA state tournament, finishing ninth, shooting rounds of 72-80-72.
Sanders recently represented Hartsville High in the annual North/South All Star Classic at
While the South squad struggled, losing 10-6, Sanders won two of his three matches.
Sanders hasn't decided on a major at Coker, a decision he is expecting to make over the summer.
The Coker golf program has enjoyed success the last two years.
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Enjoying outdoor activities with a refrigerator can be achieved by using this type of appliances. These devices are designed in a compeletely different way, in comparison with indoor units. Placed outside they are required to work harder, in order to maintain proper temperature, plus they should operate safely and, of course, they should be weatherproofed. They are compact and reliable, as they go through a battery of tests, before actual sale.
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Basically all you wack rappers is who I'm gunning for
India Jones, nice with mine plus the punchline
On the lunch line I munch mines when it's crunch time
Dumb rhymes, flows for days, yes I got several raps
Mixtape was just us but now we work with several cats
I still live off severance cash, self aware and reverent cats
Das Racist is running rap
Run with that or run it back
Run with that or run it back
Run it, run it back
[Kool A.D.]
How come EBT cop Cheetos but not hot coffee?
Same reason Biggie and Pac got shot, probably
Ocky, box with a ox, jokes, not me
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The head of the Internal Revenue Service refused to apologize Friday for lost emails in the scandal over the improper screening of conservative groups and denied more widespread computer failures.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., grilled IRS Commissioner John Koskinen about why Congress wasn't informed earlier that a computer hard drive failure had compromised Lois Lerner's email records. She headed the exempt organizations division that acknowledged last year inappropriate scrutiny of tea party groups.
"I have never seen an IRS so broken," Camp said in his opening statement, adding that average Americans find it hard to believe that the never-popular tax-collecting agency can just lose records. "How far would the excuse of, 'I lost it,' get with the IRS?"
Camp asked for an apology for being kept in the dark about the hard drive failure.
"I don't think an apology is owed," snapped Koskinen, a management turnaround specialist tapped by three presidents to fix troubles in government.
At times, the contentious hearing lost all decorum.
"I don't believe you. That's your problem, no one believes you," Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., told Koskinen.
Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, called the agency Koskinen leads "the most corrupt and deceitful IRS in its history."
Koskinen, sworn in two days from Christmas last year, was taken aback.
No one has ever questioned his integrity, he countered, noting the agency has a long history. That was a not-so-veiled reference to President Richard Nixon, whose misuse of the IRS against opponents became one of the articles of impeachment that forced Nixon to resign.
Republicans argue that's not far off from the unfair treatment of applications for tax-exempt status by conservative organizations. The IRS maintains the scrutiny was to ensure the groups in question were educational organizations, not political ones funneling money into campaigns.
The central focus Friday was when Koskinen knew about missing emails and when he decided to tell Congress about them. Camp and other top Republicans argue that the Treasury Department and the White House were aware of the hard drive failure in April, yet the IRS told Congress on June 13.
Koskinen tried to explain that in fact this information already had been provided to Congress, that lawmakers were told back in March that the date sequence of emails suggested something was awry.
Koskinen said he was unaware of communication between his legal department and other branches of the federal government. In any event, he insisted, it didn't affect anything the IRS was doing.
As to lost emails, Koskinen disputed the term, saying about 24,000 have been recovered from accounts to which Lerner had emailed. By the end of the month, 67,000 Lerner emails will have been provided to Congress.
"A hard drive crash does not mean the emails are lost forever," the IRS chief said.
It was Lerner, he added, who pushed her information technology department to try to recover lost emails in April 2011. The effort was eventually pushed up to the criminal division of the IRS, which has high-level forensic specialists trained in recovering lost data. They could not recover any data.
A backup tape designed to store IRS emails only does so for six months _ industry practice _ and the missing emails from a period between 2009 and 2011 disappeared from IRS computer servers. It wasn't clear whether the email of IRS executives is stored differently than that of the roughly 90,000 rank-and-file IRS employees.
Taking responsibility for the decision to delay the release of information to Congress, Koskinen said the delay was meant to provide more complete information to lawmakers.
"If we provide incomplete information, people sometimes tend to leap to a conclusion," he said.
Once Congress learned this week that six other IRS officials have had hard drive issues, at least one lawmaker leaked to the media that Nikole Flax also had lost emails. Flax was chief of staff to Steve Miller, the IRS chief fired by President Barack Obama last spring at the start of the scandal.
In fact, Flax's damaged hard drive operated in tandem with the hard drive on her work computer and the same information was on both hard drives, Koskinen said. Flax lost no emails, the IRS chief said, and incorrect information was disseminated widely.
The IRS media relations office for days has refused to answer specific questions from McClatchy and other news organizations. The press office did not correct the information about Flax once it was in the public realm.
Asked if he supported a special prosecutor, Koskinen said there are six government investigations are now under way and a special prosecutor would be a "monumental waste of taxpayer money."
Next week isn't likely to be much friendlier for Koskinen. He's been called to testimony in a rare Monday night hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.


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There are numerous maid of honor duties that have to be catered to and if you thought being a matron of honor or a bridesmaid is only about having fun then you would be pleasantly surprised. In many cases, maid of honor duties make a maid of honor or matron of honor busier than the bride herself. The maid of honor duties can be classified into pre-wedding, wedding and post wedding stages. Here we shall take a look at all the maid of honor duties during the pre wedding phase.
• Maid of honor duties commence from the moment one gets a confirmation from the bride that she is going to be the maid of honor or matron of honor. The first few maid of honor duties would be to work with the bride and her family to get the list of invitees' right. Making suggestions, pinpointing those who have been missed and also trying to organize the entire exercise are integral to maid of honor duties.
• Shopping with the bride is mandatory for a matron of honor. Not only would shopping for the bride or herself be one of the maid of honor duties but also ensuring that the dresses, jewelry and all accessories are in place for all the bridesmaids and the entire bridal gang.
• Playing an active role during the phases when the cake is being ordered, the cards are being selected, the invitations are being sent out and all such activities are significant maid of honor duties.
• One of the most important maid of honor duties is to organize a bridal shower. Now, a matron of honor can organize it herself or one can team up with a few bridesmaids to do the same. The latter is less hassle and most maids of honor opt for that.
• Throwing a bachelorette party is also one of the maid of honor duties. A matron of honor may or may not be obligated to do the same but if one has a perception that because of being married, a matron of honor cannot organize a bachelorette party then you can rest assured that it is perfectly alright.
• Handling logistics is often a part of maid of honor duties. A matron of honor may have to be completely available during the pre wedding days when guests are arriving and putting up at hotels or at the house of the bride and attending to all of them are also among the maid of honor duties.
• Attending all pre wedding parties are also integral to maid of honor duties.


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What Are Local Governments Doing to Adapt to Climate Change Impacts?
Cities around the world are becoming increasingly aware of the need to prepare for climate-driven changes, including greater variability in temperature, precipitation, and natural disasters. However, since systematic studies have not been conducted, there is limited understanding of climate adaptation planning in cities. What is the status of adaptation planning globally, what approaches are cities taking to prepare for climate impacts, and what challenges do they face?
To answer these questions, Professor JoAnn Carmin, aided by research assistants Nikhil Nadkarni (MCP '12) and Christopher Rhie (MCP '13), conducted a global survey of members of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability. The analysis reveals that 68% of cities worldwide are pursuing adaptation planning, with many of those cities at the earliest stages of information gathering. Regionally, Latin America has the highest percentage of cities engaged in climate adaptation, while the U.S. has the lowest.
Cities in all regions report that they are encountering numerous challenges. A lack of financial and staff resources are some of the most prevalent barriers to advancing adaptation worldwide. Many cities also note that it is a challenge to gain the commitment of local government officials and departments, and that national and regional governments do not appreciate that cities need to take action to prepare for climate impacts. Communicating the nature of adaptation and generating interest among stakeholders were also common challenges.
A summary of the survey results will be launched this Sunday at ICLEI's Resilient Cities Conference in Bonn, Germany. This link will automatically download the full report (PDF).
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It's the final day of Apple Week and this last recipe is especially apt for the wintry months ahead. It'll cozily fill your kitchen with the scent of cloves, citrus and cinnamon as it simmers. This series has been such fun - I really enjoyed experimenting with photographing food and I hope you've enjoyed these simple classic recipes. Next week I'll be back with the usual crafty, photographic fare. Until then!
4 cups cider
1/2 an orange, sliced
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon whole cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1-2 tablespoons brown sugar, to taste
Combine ingredients in medium saucepan and stir over medium heat until sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil then reduce heat a little and let simmer for about 20-30 minutes more, stirring occasionally. Strain before serving.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Apple Week: Apple Cider
Labels: Entertaining, Styling, Tutorial
19 comments:
- Polly R said...
Sounds perfect for these cold winter months!
This apple week has been perfect as we went apple picking a couple of weeks ago...
We're currently making cider and I'll use this recipe to make it even more tasty!
Beautiful images by the way x
- November 13, 2009 at 1:54 AM
- cindy said...
i thought your food photography was wonderful and loved all of your recipes. enjoy your weekend!
- November 13, 2009 at 6:40 AM
- nicole said...
all the photos in this apple series are lovely....and the recipes look tasty!
- November 13, 2009 at 6:59 AM
- Ash said...
I must make me a cup of this!!
- November 13, 2009 at 7:04 AM
- Lisa - Handmade Evolution said...
Hmm, sounds delicious! It is similar to one of my favorite recipes for a 'bourbon furnace.' Minus the bourbon of course!
- November 13, 2009 at 2:13 PM
- Livy said...
Courtney from Two Straight Lines has a really cute apple placemat tutorial! See it here
- November 13, 2009 at 8:39 PM
- Anonymous said...
Apple week is the best! It's been so fun to see all of your ideas :) and taste them, of course!
- November 13, 2009 at 10:58 PM
- Maggie said...
I gotta try this.
- November 14, 2009 at 3:55 AM
- Brit said...
Great pictures! It all looks sooo delicious! I'm definitely going to try the apple crisp!
- November 14, 2009 at 3:18 PM
- Heather Grace said...
I am definitely going to have to try this as soon as the temperature drops in Mississippi! Hopefully by Thanksgiving :)
- November 14, 2009 at 8:36 PM
- Hazel said...
I absolutely love your photos. Colours are just lovely.
Have a nice day;)
- November 15, 2009 at 12:13 PM
- Juli said...
The whole week recipes and pictures are sooo lovely :)
It definitely made my day!
Thank you!
- November 16, 2009 at 2:55 AM
- CJ McColl said...
Looks delicious :p I've enjoyed all your beautiful photos during apple week, and can't wait to try out the recipes! Yum!
- November 16, 2009 at 4:03 AM
- sodapop said...
I must try this. The pictures are really lovely. Greets from Germany
- November 17, 2009 at 3:04 AM
- thea said...
OOOH! this looks scrumptuous!! LOVVVVE, thanks!
- November 17, 2009 at 7:04 AM
- Anonymous said...
I really love the classy, historical style of this blog. Your pictures and recipes are so inspiring.
- November 17, 2009 at 7:08 AM
- ed hardy said...
Nice Drink. Thanks.
- November 18, 2009 at 12:52 AM
- Boracay hotel said...
I haven't tried eating apple cider yet but because you posted the ingredients and how to make it, I am now happy because at last, I could have a chance to taste it already. Thanks!!!
- December 1, 2009 at 5:28 PM
- Joanna Goddard said...
looks delicious! i love your gorgeous layouts.
- December 14, 2009 at 9:36 AM


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Saturday, August 13, 2011
The Value of Special Needs Therapy
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One of the things I find really frustrating is that we have funding (the 'helping children with autism' funding) which provides $6000 of therapy a year (as long as the child gets the diagnosis before they turn 6 - this is Australian Commonwealth funding)but the availability of therapists is so ad hoc, we have the $$ but no provider! The waiting lists are long...are there so many kids getting diagnosed now that getting a therapist is as difficult as getting a tradie to show up!!?
- August 13, 2011 at 6:27 PM
- Lisa Quinones Fontanez said...
Great post! It's interesting to hear your perspective.
- August 16, 2011 at 5:29 AM
- Martianne said...
I am so hoping the OT and Behavior Mod we are doing with my son helps in the long run and he can look back over time and be grateful for it.
Thx for your perspective.
- August 16, 2011 at 9:52 AM
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For days since the Boston Marathon bombings, people have been searching for the mysterious "Misha," the friend with the thin red beard who supposedly tutored bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in the ways of more pious Islam.
Also hot on his trail was the FBI, which wondered whether "Misha," described by Tsarnaev family members as an Armenian who converted to Islam, could have known something about Tsarnaev and his brother's alleged plans to plant homemade bombs at the marathon finish line on April 15.
It appears the mystery is over – solved by no less a heavyweight news organization than the New York Review of Books.
Acting on a tip from someone who knows the Tsarnaevs, writer Christian Caryl traveled to Rhode Island to interview the man: Mikhail Allakhverdov, 39, who is of Armenian-Ukrainian descent.
The FBI had beaten him to to it, having reportedly already interviewed the man described in news accounts all over the world.
"I wasn't his teacher. If I had been his teacher, I would have made sure he never did anything like this," Allakhverdov told Caryl, who wrote a blog post for the book review.
Allakhverdov said he had known the elder Tsarnaev brother in Boston, where he lived until about three years ago, but had not had contact with him since.
"I've been cooperating entirely with the FBI. I gave them my computer and my phone and everything. I wanted to show I haven't done anything. And they said they are about to return them to me. And the agents who talked told me, they are about to close my case," he said.
Interest in "Misha" – a common nickname for Mikhail – began when several relatives of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, said the young man had seemed to fall under the influence of a man they could remember only as Misha. Tamerlan Tsarnaev died in a shootout with police.
As outlined in a profile of the two bombing suspects in the Los Angeles Times, the two would talk for hours about religion. Tsarnaev's mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, said she and her son met Misha at the home of Armenian friends and she saw him as a positive influence on her son.
"We liked him a lot at first glance, and soon invited him home," she said. "Misha had a talent to speak about things, especially Islam, in a manner that made you sit still and listen to him with an open mouth. And Tamerlan looked up to him the same way too."
When he moved to another state – apparently Rhode Island – he visited only occasionally. "We were all very sorry that Misha was gone," she said.
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Author Notes: My dear aunty Clare always made this divine cake for special family events.
Then I took over this tradition. A few years ago I was looking in my recipe notebook for a cake for Passover, and there it was the perfect one, my favorite Shant-éclair.
I think the name of the cake came because the filling is the same pastry cream as in éclairs.
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Ingredients for the crusts:
• 12 large egg whites room temperature
• 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
• 4 cups fine ground walnuts
• 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
• Zest of 1 lemon
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• 6 egg yolks
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons corn or potato starch
• 2 teaspoons good quality pure vanilla extract
• Zest of 1 lemon
• 3 tablespoons butter
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Ingredients for the crusts:
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees..1. Carefully separate the eggs while they are cold into two bowls.2. Set the bowl with egg whites and lemon juice over a pan of barely simmering water and whisk until it is warm to the touch, about 3 to 5 minutes (the bottom of the bowl shouldn't touch the simmering water).3. Take off the bowl and continue whisking until soft peaks form.4. Add vanilla, gradually add sugar, and beat until stiff peaks form.5. In a separate bowl combine the walnuts and lemon zest.6. Gently fold in the fluffy egg whites in four additions.7. Divide the batter in 3 equal portions.
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Editor's Summary
Organizations using controlled vocabularies are highly diverse, but they all rely on using a terminology list that is internally standardized, commonly understood and widely applied for metatagging. The basic steps for creating a controlled vocabulary, taxonomy or thesaurus are the same for each case, starting with determining the scope to be covered and identifying representative content sources. This step is followed by gathering and organizing terms, enhancing them with synonyms and relationships and often by subject-matter-expert review. Using a dedicated taxonomy management tool is recommended to facilitate management, visualization and export in machine-readable format such as OWL or SKOS. Posting the controlled vocabulary to a registry or data warehouse enables sharing and may stimulate broad acceptance. The MITRE Corporation has followed this process in developing taxonomies consistent with the Department of Defenses Net-Centric Data Strategy, which bases shared understanding within and among DoD programs on the use of controlled vocabularies and crosswalking equivalent data elements.
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Building Controlled Vocabularies for Metadata Harmonization
by Marcie Zaharee
What do IBM Watson, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS) website and the Department of Defense (DoD) have in common? The answer is a controlled vocabulary (CV)! Watson has roughly 200 million pages of natural language content (equivalent to 1 million books), a library of facts and a hierarchy of terms [1]. NOAAs NWS glossary contains information on more than 2,000 terms, phrases and abbreviations used by NWS forecasters to communicate with each other [2]. The DoD has a 553-page Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms [3] that presents approved terminology for use by all DoD components. Watson, NOAA NWS and the DoD benefit from CVs because these tools
- provide a standardized list of terms used to tag data and information;
- provide a shared, commonly understood language to enable communication and knowledge exchange among stakeholders;
- build a common community of interest (COI)-wide terminology resource; and
- define content and other document types, the fields that will describe attributes and the actual values (metadata) [4].
The term CV is often used interchangeably with taxonomy and thesaurus, but technically they are different. CVs, taxonomies and thesauri represent increasing levels of complexity, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Structure of controlled vocabularies. Redmond-Neal, Alice, 2006 [5]. (Reprinted with permission)
- CV A specific list of terms for a specialized purpose. It is controlled because only terms from the list may be used for the subject area covered [6]
- Taxonomy A collection of controlled vocabulary terms organized into a hierarchical structure with parent-child relationships [7]
- Thesaurus A controlled vocabulary arranged in a known order and structured so that the various relationships among terms are displayed clearly and identified by standardized relationship indicators [7]
Several standards govern the development of CVs. The most common is American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Z39-109.2005 Guidelines for the Construction, Format and Management of Monolingual CVs [6]. This standard focuses on CVs used to represent content objects in knowledge organization systems such as lists, synonym rings, taxonomies and thesauri.
Developing a CV or Taxonomy
Figure 2 outlines a suggested approach for creating a CV or taxonomy:
Figure 2. Suggested approach for developing a CV/taxonomy
- Determine Scope. Taxonomists assert that there is no one right way to create a CV and that taxonomies are always evolving. This assertion is true. However, it is important to meet with stakeholders to determine the project scope up front. This step may lead to production of a business case document or scope statement [8] that captures the activities covered by a project and, equally important, defines the elements that are out of scope.
- Identify Sources. It is essential to review a representative collection of content and to have access to subject matter experts (SMEs) in the relevant domain and to use literature from the COI domain to identify common terminology. Sources include books, journals, department terminology, databases, web resources and search logs (the latter are sometimes referred to as behavior-based taxonomies) [5]. These sources will help determine core areas for the CV/taxonomy. A key decision at this point is whether to build or buy. Can you use or modify an existing taxonomy? It is a good practice to survey existing taxonomy resources for your domain and then compare against terms gathered to-date.
- Plan for Maintenance. A CV/taxonomy is never finished, unless it is no longer used for indexing or its database is no longer being updated. Plan for maintenance as part of development. A poorly maintained CV/taxonomy quickly becomes a liability rather than an asset [9]. Maintaining a CV/taxonomy includes changing terms, changing status of terms, deleting terms or relationships, adding new terms/relationships and even changing the structure of the CV/taxonomy [10].
- Gather Terms. There are two main methods for building a CV/taxonomy: top down or bottom up. A top-down approach might be to convene a group of SMEs to decide on the scope and categories of terms to be included. A bottom-up method would be to assemble a set of representative, already indexed documents and use the indexed terms as a preliminary term list [9]. You can maintain list of terms in a flat or relational database.
- Categorize Terms. Next, you should organize terms into major categories such as parent/child relationships to include related terms, preferred terms and non-preferred terms. ANSI/NISO Z39-19.2005 is an excellent resource for learning and understanding common terminology associated with organizing CVs and taxonomies.
- Manage Terms. It is beneficial to use a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) taxonomy management tool or database to manage terms. While there is no authoritative list of taxonomy software, many taxonomy management tools can maintain terms, their associated relationships and other attributes [6]. They include single-user desktop software, large-scale thesaurus systems, free and open source software and other software with taxonomy management components [6]. The nature of the taxonomy project determines what software product is needed.
- Visualize Terms. A graphical representation of the taxonomy facilitates SME review and validation of subject categorization. Mind-mapping software can graphically display the categorization of a CV/taxonomy. Ontology tools can also provide a visualization capability; however, these tools require expert knowledge of ontology [11].
- Export Terms. Terms should be extracted into a machine-readable language such as Web Ontology Language (OWL) or Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS).
- OWL is designed for use by applications that must process the content of information rather than merely present information to humans. The language facilitates greater machine interpretability of web content than eXtensible Markup Language (XML), Resource Description Framework (RDF) and RDF Schema (RDF-S) by providing additional vocabulary as well as a formal semantics. OWL has three increasingly expressive sublanguages: OWL Lite, OWL DL and OWL Full.
- SKOS provides a standard way to represent knowledge organization systems using the RDF [12]
- Review/Validate. SMEs can offer invaluable assistance in reviewing terms. Develop a SME review process for reviewing both the terms and the categorization of terms. The RDF/XML from exported files should also be validated. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) serves as a reference source.
Post to a Registry or Data Warehouse. Finally, you should find a registry or data warehouse where you can post content for knowledge sharing and reuse. Your colleagues will be grateful.
Use Case
The DoD Net-Centric Data Strategy (NCDS) the DoD guide to enabling data sharing in a net-centric environment seeks to promote shared understanding within and among DoD programs. According to the strategy, the key to understandability is to create and maintain a CV.
The MITRE Corporations Tactical Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Integration Metadata Harmonization (MDH) effort serves as an example of a project that directly supports the NCDS vision by developing a method for making data accessible and understandable to users within the intelligence community and the broader DoD. As a part of this project, MDH SMEs identify key data assets entities composed of data, to include databases, documents and web pages for harmonization and map the elements of these assets to elements in the DoD Discovery Metadata Specification (DDMS). This process is referred to as performing a crosswalk. The SMEs then prepare a crosswalk package documenting results of the harmonization process and post it on the DoD Metadata Registry for reuse. Ontological products, such as a CV, taxonomy and thesaurus, complement each crosswalk to ensure that the package meets the NCDS goal of ensuring understandability.
As illustrated by Watson, NOAA NWS and NCDS, CVs/taxonomies are key to making data assets widely and unambiguously understandable. Users of CVs and taxonomies benefit by having common terms for metadata, enhancing communication between COIs and increasing discovery of information.
Developing CVs/taxonomies is time consuming; thus, a repeatable process is a key factor in efficiency and success. The approach proposed in this article can serve as a guide to building useful CVs and/or taxonomies.
Resources Mentioned in the Article
[1] IBM Systems and Technology. (February 2011) Watson a system designed for answers: The future of workload optimized systems design. (IBM White Paper). Retrieved October 19, www-03.ibm.com/innovation/us/engines/assets/9442_Watson_A_System_White_Paper_POW03061-USEN-00_Final_Feb10_11.pdf
[2] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. National Weather Service. (n.d.). National Weather Service glossary. Retrieved September 10, 2012, from http://w1.weather.gov/glossary
[3] U.S. Department of Defense. (Original publication November 8, 2010). Dictionary of military and associated terms. (JCS Pub 1-02 Nov 8, 2010 (as amended Aug 15, 2012)).
[4] Earley & Associates. (August 2012) The business value of taxonomies [webinar].
[5] Redmond-Neal, A. (May 21, 2006). Building taxonomies [Powerpoint slides]. Enterprise Search Summit. Retrieved October 18, 2012, from www.accessinn.com/library/presentations/buildingtaxonomies/buildingtaxonomies05-displaysanduses.ppt
[6] Hedden, H. (2010). The accidental taxonomist. Medford, NJ: Information Today.
[7] ANSI/NISO. (July 5, 2005). Guidelines for the construction, format, and management of monolingual controlled vocabularies. (ANSI/NISO Z39.19-2005, July 5, 2005).
[8] Breininger, K., & Whittaker, M. Developing a taxonomy. Presented at Internet Librarian 2007 Track B: Enterprise Trends. Retrieved September 13, 2012, from www.infotoday.com/il2007/Presentations/B205_Breininger_Whittaker_Handout.pdf
[9] American Society for Indexing. (n.d.) How do I build a thesaurus? About Indexing. Retrieved September 10, 2012, from www.asindexing.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3623
[10] Hlava, M. (2010). Taxonomy creation Experts or not [Powerpoint slides]. http://wiki.sla.org/download/attachments/54264068/Subj_Expertise-Hlava-SLA2010.pdf
[11] Lanzenberger, M., Sampson, J., & Rester, M. (2010). Ontology visualization: Tools and techniques for visual representation of semi-structured meta-data. Journal of Universal Computer Science 169(7), 1036-1054.
[12] W3C. (February 10, 2004). OWL Web Ontology Language: Overview. Retrieved September 10, 2012, from
Marcie Zaharee currently works in the MITRE Center for Integrated Intelligence Systems (CIIS) where she is the lead for developing a controlled vocabulary, taxonomy and thesaurus for the intelligence reconnaissance and surveillance (ISR) community. Marcie joined MITRE in 2005 as the associate department head for information management and practice where she worked to advance knowledge management in MITRE, championing efforts that support staff collaboration, knowledge sharing and strengthening MITRE's knowledge base. She can be reached at mzaharee<at>mitre.org
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