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An ad in the November 1978 issue of Rolling Stone refers to the Gibson Les Paul 25/50 Anniversary model as "The Most Les: Les Paul's Silver Anniversary is Your Golden Opportunity." The ad prophesizes that "it's the kind of guitar they'll be talking about 25 years from now." It seems fitting, then, that we should explore the 25/50 in the year 2003, twenty five years after its introduction.
|The 25/50 model was issued to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Les Paul model (a year late, since 1977 was actually the 25th year), and the 50th anniversary of Les Paul's career in the music business. Gibson had learned that there was a market for anniversary model Les Pauls after the success of the 20th Anniversary Les Paul Custom in 1974. Thus, even though it sported a sales price of approximately $1,200.00 at the time, the Les Paul 25/50 model was a success, with shipping totals of 3,411 of these guitars during 1978 and 1979. It is reported that a few were also sold in 1980, but shipping records are not available for that year.
|The 25/50 model is a distinctive model in the Les Paul lineage for many reasons, including the unique and intricate pearl and abalone "25/50" headstock inlay design, creative use of silver and gold hardware combinations (e.g., the tuners are gold with silver buttons), abalone side dot marker inlays, beautiful flamed maple top, five piece flamed maple neck, split block parallelogram inlays (one of only two Les Paul production models to sport these inlays), large control cavity, gold truss rod cover inscribed with "Les Paul Anniversary", brass nut, and a coil tap mini-switch (one of the few production Les Pauls with a coil tap until the Jimmy Page Les Paul was introduced).
In addition to the above unique features, the 25/50 had multi-ply binding on the front and back of the body and the front of the headstock, a volute, Nashville bridge with TP-6 fine tuning tailpiece, black speed knobs, Schaller style "Gibson" tuners, and Series VII pickups. These Series VII pickups were potted with a black, rubber-like material that fills the gold covers and makes these pickups virtually impossible to remove from their covers for repair.
The Les Paul 25/50 was available in tobacco sunburst, natural, wine red, and black. Based on the resale market, it appears that tobacco sunburst was predominant, followed by natural. Wine red and black are very rare. There has been a report of a few 25/50s in white. There are photos of a few 25/50s in what appears to be a lighter honey sunburst color, but it could be a lighter tobaccoburst under bright photographic lighting.
|There is one 25/50 in Japan that has a flamed pickguard and pickup rings, but it is not known whether or not these are replacement parts or a special order. Despite its "limited edition" marketing image, it is ironic that some factory seconds of the 25/50 were released.
|All 25/50s were made in Gibson's Kalamazoo plant. The regular 8 digit serial number in "YDDDYSSS" format was used on the 25/50 (where "YY" is the year, "DDD" is the day of the year, and "SSS" is the production sequence number, with numbers below 500 used at Kalamazoo). In addition, the 25/50 has a four digit edition number, which presumably gave it that "limited edition" marketing image. The "Made in USA" stamp is also on the back of the headstock.
|The 25/50 was considered a "special order" guitar, and Gibson ads suggested that all orders had to be completed by December 31, 1978. For original owners, a belt buckle with the "25/50" logo was provided with the guitar. The 25/50 was shipped in a Protector case with red lining.
|The neck of the 25/50 is of medium to large thickness. Frets are wide and of medium height. The Series VII pickups are powerful. The rhythm pickup on most 25/50s is a bit dark sounding. The coil tap allows for a variety of single coil sounds, and makes the 25/50 a versatile guitar sonically. The 25/50s are known for their burden on the shoulder. The three 25/50s profiled in this article weigh between 10 lbs. 5 oz. and 10 lbs. 8 oz.
According to the 2003 Vintage Guitar Price Guide, Les Paul 25/50s in excellent condition are selling in the $1,700-$2,200. price range. Since many 25/50s were purchased by collectors, there tend to be more available in excellent to mint condition that other Les Paul models of the same era.
the Rolling Stone ad suggests, "the 25th Anniversary Les Paul looks like
a work of art." It is a very unique and ornate guitar in the history of
Gibson Les Paul models, and is sought by many collectors.
NOTE from the author: As a member of the Les Paul Forum, I am always interested in learning new things about the details and history of Gibson Guitars. Thus, I appreciate any additional information or questions that readers may have about the history of the the Les Paul 25/50s or any other Gibson model. Please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Mike Slubowski is a Gibson enthusiast, collector, player, and author, with a special passion for Les Pauls.
article and photos are property of Mike Slubowski.
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Socola Sets Up for Success: 3 Easy Ways to Make a Difference/
Socola Chocolatier is mainly in the business of making delicious artisanal chocolate treats but in addition to the confections, coffee, and yummy pastries, they also sell some home goods and branded merchandise like t-shirts and socks. Owner Wendy Lieu is a big fan of alpacas; she even incorporated one into her logo! Harriet the Alpaca is the company mascot and over the years Socola has accrued quite the collection of alpacas. These were scattered throughout the wall along with other merchandise which made it difficult for customers to know which items were for sale and which were on display.
When I first met with Wendy, one of her concerns was how to organize the merchandise wall to make it look more appealing and of course to get more customers to purchase the products. The wall had multiple cubbies with fixed shelves and her inventory was constantly fluctuating so sometimes shelves were empty and sometimes they had extra stock or supplies that they kept in a plastic bin. Because of the furniture arrangement, customers weren't able to easily access the merchandise wall. We were able to come up with a sustainable solution in three easy steps.
Step 1: The first thing we did was to rearrange the furniture so that customers could shop comfortably without disrupting other seated customers. We also tried to set up the tables and chairs to direct the line of people waiting to pay towards the merchandise wall. Placing product next to a line is a good way to entertain people while they wait and to incentivize them to make an impulse purchase.
Step 2: The next step was to give the Socola team a short tutorial on grouping and merchandising techniques. After showing Wendy and her staff a few tips, they quickly grasped the core concepts and were able to apply it each time their inventory changed. The team pulled the items which were not for sale and curated a select number of collectible pieces. These were placed on the top shelf so that the staff could easily let people know that everything on top were for display only. It's always better to display merchandise at the customer's eye level and within their reach. Creating a safer and more comfortable shopping experience for the customer will increase sales.
Step 3: Lastly, the merchandise wall needed a flexible way to store extra stock and supplies. I provided Wendy with a few options and she chose to use 4 seagrass baskets which matched her brand aesthetics and provided a great solution for her storage needs. If she had more inventory, she could remove the baskets and use the shelves to display merchandise. If she had less inventory, empty baskets could still make the wall appear fuller. Customers associate empty shelves with unkempt stores who are going out of business so avoid blank shelves as much as possible.
Here's a look at the subtle but striking differences before and after our consultation:
I'm so proud of the Socola team for soaking in the information and applying it to their business! Stop by their location at 535 Folsom St in San Francisco to admire their merchandise wall, try their famous truffles, and check out the brand new alpaca wall paper in their bathroom! (The chocolates are definitely worth the visit on their own though)

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Come see us in sunny San Diego at the Federal Government's West 2016 Conference for IT. Booth #1549 We will be exhibiting one of our Engineered Systems running OpenStack with Software Defined Networking.
We will also be holding a raffle for a new OnePlus X cell phone. Stop by and get a ticket for your chance to win!
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Can I be personally liable for debts of the business or company?
Sole trader
You are personally liable for any financial issues related to the business and solely responsible for any tax the business must pay.
Any debts or liabilities incurred by the business will ultimately have to be dealt with from your own pocket. There is no division between business assets or personal assets, which includes your share of any assets jointly owned with another person (such as co-owning your house or car with your partner).
Your liability is unlimited which means those personal assets you hold in your name can be used to pay business debts – so if your business goes into debt, your house could potentially be used to pay off the debt.
Generally speaking, if you comply with all of your legal obligations as a director of a company, the company will be responsible for meeting the debts or other liabilities of the company, not you personally. This means debts or liabilities of the company will be paid by the company, not you as a director. However, there are some exceptions so please read the information below carefully to ensure you fully understand your potential liabilities as a director.
If you have questions about your obligations or potential liability, seek professional advice from a lawyer, accountant or Advisory Service.
Breach of directors' duties:
However, if you breach your duties as a director, for example, you:
- fail to act in good faith
- fail to act in in the best interests of the company
- allow the company to continue to trade whilst insolvent (i.e. unable to pay its debts)
then regulatory action can be taken against you (for criminal or civil action under the Corporations Act 2001).
You can also be ordered by a Court to pay compensation to the company or the creditor.
PAYG and SGC
As a director, you are personally liable for unpaid Pay As You Go (PAYG) withholding and Super Guarantee Charge obligations (SGC).
If you are a director (or are about to become a director) of a company, you should find out if there are any unpaid and unreported PAYG withholding or SGC amounts. If the company has a PAYG or SGC debt, the Commissioner of Taxation may issue you with a director penalty notice (DPN) as a warning. If the company doesn't take appropriate steps within 21 days to pay the debt, the Commissioner can take action against you personally to recover the debt amount. If you receive a DPN you should immediately seek professional advice.
Other potential liabilities
Banks often require company directors to be guarantors against business loans. It's also important to understand that as a director, you may still be responsible for your conduct during the period you held that position, even after you have resigned from that role.
More information
- Read ASIC's Guide for Small Business Directors for more about your legal obligations as a company director.
- Check out the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) Small Business Hub.
- Seek professional advice from a lawyer, accountant or advisory services for more on your obligations as a director.


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Gently removes eye and face makeup, eye shadows, mascara and eye liner with eyes and skin looking fresh and young.
Best Eye Make-Up remover for sensitive skin. Formulated and designed to be similar to tears in order to prevent stinging or drying to the delicate tissue around the eye area.
Quickly dissolves eye make up with no irritation. Can be used all over the face to remove foundation.
Hydrates sensitive skin around eye area. Will also take off dark lipstick. Suitable for all skin types including sensitive skin and contact lens users.
Fragrance free, Sulfate free, Oil free, Paraben free, Cruelty free, Made in USA.
How To Use: Apply a liberal amount on a cotton pad. Gently wipe across the closed eye area without any pressure. Allow the formula to dissolve your make up. Repeat if needed. Can be used all over the face to remove foundation. Will also take off dark lipstick. Follow with facial cleanser.
Key Ingredients:
Cocamidopropyl Betaine – Gentle cleansing and conditioning properties. Very mild and is used to decrease irritations.
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How To Use: AM. Apply daily over moisturizer or by itself, as needed. Wear alone or under foundation for additional coverage. Re-apply every 3 hours for sun protection.
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Eye Make-Up Remover by Florencia, 4 oz
Made in USA; Cruelty free; No sensitizing artificial fragrances are used; Paraben free; Natural ingredients; Natural Color; Natural scent.
Skin types: All skin types.
Contains cucumber, vitamin E, and a variety of other ingredients formulated at a pH close to natural tears. Gently and effectively removes waterproof and non-waterproof eye make-up.
How To Use: Shake well before each use. Dampen cotton pad and gently wipe the eye area to remove make-up.
Key Ingredients:
Euphrasia Officinalis (Eyebright) Extract - Helps to remineralize the delicate skin around the eyes; anti-inflammatory and astringent properties.
Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Extract - Tones, softens, moisturizes, cools, hydrates, and soothes.
Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E) - Derivative of tocopheryl; a stabilizer and emulsifier.


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Routes : North America : United States : Washington : Eastern Washington : Pullman Rocks
Pullman Rocks
About Pullman Rocks:
|Located in the outskirts of Pullman, WA, the Pullman Rocks offers fun bouldering and top rope climbing. These 30 foot high columnar basalt outcroppings have climbs a beginer will find enjoyable, as well as diffuclt routes for more advanced climbers. A Great training crag. The rock is incredibly solid, with sound holds most everywhere. It has Southern exposure, making it good for early and late season climbing. It is also in a nicely forested area with plenty of shade to be found.
|Nearest town or city:
|From Pullman, drive towards Spokane. Make a left from a stoplight on to the Davis Highway (follow Spokane signs). Turn right in less than one block on STATE STREET. Drive about 100 yards and park near the grain silos to your right. At this point walk West down a well worn tail (driveway/alley) and in 100 feet the crag will be on the uphill side.
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With an impressive background in television, both in entertainment programming at Entertainment Tonight as well as in hard news at NBC in New York, and her experience in the fashion industry in places such as London and Italy as an international fashion journalist, Anna Jensen brings a unique perspective to her clients in the performing and pageant worlds. Her longtime career as a competitive national horseback rider and experience being a finalist in the highly coveted Miss Dallas USA pageant system add to her understanding of a winning mindset and the pressures actors and pageant contestants are under. She strives to bring out the very best in her clients by getting to know them on a deep level. Once she knows what makes them tick she has the ability to make their image and performance coherent with who they truly are and who they dream of being.
PAGEANT COACHING: Image, Wardrobe, Modeling, Interview and Bio/Resume
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Headshot Handled: Consultation and referral to appropriate photographer, pre-shoot styling of wardrobe, day-of hair styling and makeup. $480
Branding Bootcamp: In-depth consultation, personal brand development and goal-setting, Pinterest inspiration and branding board development with shopping list creation and personalized style guidelines to follow. $480
Walk and Talk: One-hour runway and pageant modeling basics lesson and a one-hour pageant introduction and interview basics lesson. $240
Ultimate Pageant Prep: Consultation, goal setting, creation of Pinterest inspiration and branding board, 3-hour wardrobe shopping trip, hair and makeup lesson, 1-hour bio/resume consultation, 1-hur modeling/walking lesson, 1-hour introduction and interview lesson. $1200
"Anna's professional dedication and experience are unparalleled. Combine those with her commitment to exposing the beauty, power and personality that lies within all of us and success is imminent." - JENELLE REYNA, parent of pageant client
"I'm blown away by the professionalism and dedication Anna provides to her clients. Not onlydoes her enthusiasm and keen eye for design provide for just the right look, but she takes the time to understand just what you are looking for. I recently worked with Anna and photographer Frances Marron on a photo shoot. They were thoughtful, gracious and worked tirelessly to make sure the experience met my expectations. Anna made sure that the style and colors reflected my personality and Frances made the process fun and engaging. Hands-down, no better person to have as your fashion and style go-to than Anna Jensen. She's the best!" - KATIE CRONIN-CESAFSKY


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Understanding the emotions of bankruptcy
How do you get past the emotions of bankruptcy which are holding you back? Making a decision and then sticking with the decision despite adversity is hard. If it wasn't hard, life would be easy. One of the most difficult decisions to make is the decision to file for bankruptcy. It's difficult for many reasons, but one of the biggest reasons that make it hard is what we think about ourselves. I often wonder: why is that the case?
I think it's because we have taught our ourselves that we can't admit that we need help. That we are supposed to be independent and be a millionaire by age 19 1/2. And since we realize that we haven't achieved that unrealistic goal, we feel like by making a decision to file for bankruptcy we are admitting that we are a failure because we are admitting that we can't pay our bills. This is what society teaches us. Our society says that you aren't supposed to admit that you can't pay your bills. Society says that if you do file bankruptcy and by default admit that you can't pay your bills, you're admitting that you are a failure. When I was considering filing, I remember feeling like I was being looked down upon because I thought about bankruptcy. I remember worrying that I wouldn't be able to get student loans if I filed for bankruptcy and I would therefore never be about to obtain a college degree. This was not true. You can get student loans after bankruptcy. I did get them. Even though I knew it was true that I could get student loans, I still worried that I wouldn't be able to get one. It's funny the mind games we play on ourselves. I look back and now realize that the mind game I was playing wasn't trying to help me move forward in life, it was intentionally holding me back. The emotions I felt were intentionally keeping me trapped in a vicious cycle of debt for which there was simply no way for me to get out. In other words, the worry I felt about being a "loser" was making me one. How's that for a mind twist?
I remember the shame I felt about considering it. Here's what's funny: I felt no shame afterwards. All of the shame I felt about bankruptcy was before I actually filed for bankruptcy. What I didn't realize was that this shame wasn't being projected at me by others, but was being reflected by me by myself. That's an important point and I hope you understand it because it can make the difference between living a good life and staying in a perpetual cycle of misery. We all have preconceived notions or ideas of what we think is right and what we think is wrong. Our attitudes about filing for bankruptcy are no exception to this rule. Some of our ideas are nurtured and some aren't. The feeling of wanting to repay a debt isn't a bad emotion. But, when we let that emotion take over ourselves and start to let it control our lives, causing us to feel hopeless, that's when we've let it go too far. One of the hardest lessons to learn when growing up is that there aren't that many people that really care about us. Most people out there are just living their lives. They don't think about us at all. They don't think about you and they don't think about me. They think about themselves. So when we let the emotion of "feeling like a loser" dictate how we respond to severe adversity like overwhelming debt, we aren't really letting what others think about us control us; instead, we we are letting what we think others think about us control us. In other words, we are letting our own preconceived notions rob us of our happiness, peace of mind, and sense of dignity.
In many ways, us "debtors" are no different than an alcoholic or smoker who finally admits that he has a problem and can't quit. We fight our inner self and sense of self-worth because we feel that we aren't living up to our own expectations. In other words, the shame we feel about bankruptcy isn't about what others think about us, it's what we think about ourselves.
How do you get past the feeling of guilt and shame?
You must first recognize it for what it is. An emotion run amok that is now negatively controlling your life and preventing you from achieving happiness. You must see it for what it really is: something that is just holding you back and keeping you trapped. This allows us to accept our decision to break free from the cycle of debt with dignity and a self validation.
Is it worth it? You bet it is. Going bankrupt and starting over a privilege few the world get to undertake, but you do. It's not going to set you back. Instead, it will set you free. Look what happened to Donald Trump. He filed for bankruptcy at least four times and it hasn't stopped him from running for President, has it? It didn't stop him from being rich. So the question we ought to ask ourselves is that if it is good enough for rich people like the billionaire Donald Trump, isn't it good enough for us? Pulling the trigger and hitting the giant reset button will provide you a tremendous sense of relief. I'll guarantee you'll sleep better than you've slept in months if not years. And this relief is yours for the taking if you but make the decision to let go of your own preconceived notions and begin to think about this process differently.
How long does it take to get over it? Usually not long. After I filed for bankruptcy, I quickly emotionally accepted it and moved on. I was over it by the next day. It's amazing how fast our "emotional mind" gets behind us when we finally make a decision and start moving forward. Have you filed for bankruptcy and would you like to share your story with us? Feel free to drop us a letter, fax, or email or call us at 214-377-0166.


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I've said it before, and it's pretty believable during summer months, but sunshine literally makes us happy. Think back to the last time you spent some time in the sun. When you step into the natural light and feel the warmth on your face, how do you feel? Do you feel content, maybe even blissful? I sure do!
As it turns out, this happiness we get from spending time in the sun isn't just psychological. The presence of sunlight actually physically makes us happier! Here's how.
Sunlight helps us produce serotonin, which is the chemical in our brains responsible for keeping us positive and happy. In many people who experience depression, serotonin levels are lower than normal, which results in a lower level of happiness. This also explains the phenomenon, SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), where people seem to be more depressed in the winter. What don't we see a lot of during the winter? That's right, the sun! Sunlight can help us all to produce the right amount of serotonin to keep our spirits high and our smiles wide.
Based on studies across the world, sunlight can actually help to combat certain diseases, like high blood pressure, diabetes and even cancer. Of course, spending TOO much time in the sun can actually lead to skin cancer, but getting natural Vitamin D in smaller doses can help prevent certain cancers. In addition, being in warm sunlight can loosen the body's muscles and tendons, which can be helpful in easing the pain of certain conditions like arthritis.
Sunlight gives us more energy. Spending time in the sun also affects another of our brain's chemicals, melatonin. If you've never heard of it before, melatonin is the substance our brains release when it's time to calm down and go to sleep. The sun suppresses this chemical, making us feel more energized, and therefore happier!
There are countless other perks to spending time in the sun, but it's very clear that one huge benefit is that natural sunlight can make us happy. In fact, without it, many people tend to become depressed and suffer from low energy, so it seems that the sun is actually an integral part of our happiness. So get outside and soak up some healthy rays!


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Just a reminder that the Conflux Virtual Mini-con "Prepare to Dream" will take place this weekend on the Conflux website: http://www.conflux.org.au/forum
For a full list of guests and appearance times visit this page. (I'm on at 4pm AEST.)
AEST = Australian Eastern Time
Simon Haynes is the author of the Hal Spacejock and Hal Junior series (Amazon / Smashwords / other formats)


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We are thrilled to announce that the Albumism family continues to expand with the key addition of Stephan Wyatt, whose passion for music and penchant for the written word fit seamlessly within our evolving content platform. "Music provides the soundtrack for every social undercurrent in societies worldwide," Stephan explains. "Keeping record of the effect those sounds have on the culture they impact is necessary. Albumism provides a forum for in-depth analyses of music in the past, present and future."
We look forward to Stephan's contributions and perspectives in the future, and encourage the Albumism community to check out his great work, including his recently published reviews of Aphex Twin's Cheetah EP and Róisín Murphy's Take Her Up to Monto.
More about Stephan:
Once lurking between the dwellings of Daniel Johnston and Jandek, Stephan Wyatt wrote 80-plus albums and EPs under the suspicious moniker Illegal Wiretaps. An educator, parent, husband and writer, he enjoys writing about Houston's historic noise and hip hop scene, the birthplace of Red Krayola and screwed and chopped music (DJ Screw RIP). He also writes for Salt Lake City's oldest music magazine, SLUG. When he is not listening to or writing about music, he dads, he husbands and he teaches high school and adults. Follow Stephan on Twitter via @IllegalWiretaps.
Stephan's 5 Favorite Albums of All Time:
The Cure | Disintegration
Fugazi | Repeater
Joy Division | Unknown Pleasures
Charlie Parker | Charlie Parker with Strings
The Velvet Underground | White Light/White Heat


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San Francisco 49ers
Jonathan Martin to start in Dallas; Boone to be activated
***UPDATE*** Anthony Davis indeed is out for the upcoming game. Jim Harbaugh also said Alex Boone would be activated Saturday. He did not say whether Boone would start the game against the Cowboys.
SANTA CLARA -- It appears Anthony Davis will miss his third straight practice with a hamstring injury, making it likely that Jonathan Martin will start at right tackle for the 49ers in Dallas on Sunday.
Martin played every preseason game at the position, and he played a little left tackle as well. He's gotten progressively better -- and stronger -- the further he's gotten from his bout with mononucleosis that sidelined him in the spring.
"I think he's definitely made strides there," offensive coordinator Greg Roman said Thursday. "He lost a bunch of weight and a lot of the gains he had put together, he had to start back at square one once he got over that little illness."
Davis' absence also would mean that Alex Boone likely would be in uniform for the game on Sunday. That's because Boone can play both guard and tackle and would be the fill in if either Martin or left tackle Joe Staley is hurt. Boone also could start at right guard or he could be held in reserve while Joe Looney starts at right guard.
The team currently has a roster exemption for Boone; if he plays Sunday they would have to cut one of the players on the squad to make room for him.
Meanwhile, Ray McDonald was on hand for the start of practice. The team's starting left defensive end had been a late arrival -- no explanation given why -- for Wednesday's and Thursday's sessions. Michael Crabtree (calf), Chris Culliver (ankle) and Vance McDonald (hamstring) also were present for the start of practice.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Generations of Ohio State and Michigan fans will debate the latest episode of one of college football's most impassioned rivalries, a 30-27 Ohio State victory in two overtimes on Saturday, the Buckeyes' fifth straight win over the Wolverines.
What if Michigan quarterback Wilton Speight — who generally played well, completing 23 of 36 passes for 219 yards and two touchdowns — had not fumbled the ball away at the Ohio State 1-yard line early in the second half? What if Ohio State kicker Tyler Durbin, a senior who entered the game 16 of 16 on field-goal attempts this season, had not missed two attempts, one from 37 yards and one from 21?
And of course: What if, with Ohio State on a do-or-die fourth-and-1 play in the second overtime, the officials had not ruled that quarterback J. T. Barrett had made a first down?
In that last instance, the debatable first-down call stood up to a video review. And on the next play, halfback Curtis Samuel ran the ball in 15 yards for the win.
The upshot was that the No. 2 Buckeyes (11-1, 8-1 Big Ten) had beaten the No. 3 Wolverines (10-2, 7-2) on a crisp autumn afternoon — the most consequential matchup in a decade for a rivalry contested 113 times.
No. 8 Penn State (10-2, 8-1) also won on Saturday, beating Michigan State, 45-12, in State College, Pa., a result that denied Ohio State a spot in next Saturday's Big Ten championship game versus No. 5 Wisconsin (10-2, 7-2). Nonetheless, the Buckeyes remain a prime candidate for the four-team College Football Playoff. If they make it, it will be their second appearance since 2014, when the playoff format began. The loss very likely eliminated Michigan from contention for the playoff.
Ohio State won, but the scoreboard is an unreliable narrator. The Wolverines outplayed Ohio State in many respects: on offense, converting 9 of 19 third-down attempts; on defense, sacking Barrett eight times; and over all, keeping the game close despite a turnover margin of minus-two.
And then there was that crucial rush by Barrett. Needing either a field goal to force a third overtime or a touchdown to win, Ohio State elected to go for it from the 16-yard line on a fourth-and-1. Barrett took the snap in the shotgun, faked a handoff to Samuel running right and then took off to run over the left guard. Safety Delano Hill hit Barrett well behind the 16; Barrett fell forward into a scrum and landed … somewhere. It could just as easily have been called short; a replay review would most likely have upheld either call.
"When I got hit, I wasn't 100 percent certain, to be honest with you," Barrett said.
Michigan Coach Jim Harbaugh held his hands about a half-yard apart and said, "My view of the first down is it was — that short."
Harbaugh also pointed to a pass interference call on Hill ("a gift") and one noncall on an incomplete pass to Michigan wide receiver Grant Perry, saying, "I'm bitterly disappointed with the officiating."
Michigan committed seven penalties that cost it 59 yards; Ohio State committed two that cost it 6.
Ohio State Coach Urban Meyer is 2-0 versus Harbaugh, a former Wolverines quarterback whose move back to Michigan before last season put many in mind of the so-called Ten-Year War between Ohio State's Woody Hayes and Michigan's Bo Schembechler from 1969 to 1978.
On Saturday, it became apparent early on that Ohio State's high-flying offense, which entered the game averaging a conference-best 43.8 points per game, would be stymied by Michigan's defense, which entered the game as the best in the Football Bowl Subdivision in yards and points per game.
Both teams punted four times and tried for a field goal in their first five possessions. Michigan tried to get the star linebacker Jabrill Peppers, a top Heisman Trophy candidate, involved on offense with a direct snap on the first drive. Barrett ran and scrambled.
"J. T. didn't start out very good," Meyer said. "We had some misfires."
Barrett finished 15 of 32 for 124 passing yards, no touchdowns and one interception, but he added 30 rushes for 125 yards and, in overtime, a touchdown.
Michigan's first touchdown came on a goal-line handoff to fullback Khalid Hill, who also scored its second touchdown, on an 8-yard pass from Speight.
In a game steeped in tradition, Michigan was more traditional, moving up the field with stately huddles and between-the-tackles runs, while Ohio State's tempo offense tried passes and runs outside the hash marks. (Michigan also wore its distinctive winged helmets while Ohio State wore relatively unfamiliar charcoal.)
Ohio State's best offense was its defense.
With a little more than four minutes left in the first half, the Buckeyes had no points and 83 yards. A 60-yard punt pinned Michigan at the 6-yard line, and on the first snap, a delayed blitz forced Speight into a bad throw. The ball dropped into the hands of Ohio State safety Malik Hooker, who ran it 16 yards for a touchdown.
Another interception, by Buckeyes linebacker Jerome Baker, put Ohio State at the Michigan 13-yard line near the end of the third quarter and led to a 1-yard touchdown run by Mike Weber, Ohio State's second and final touchdown in regulation.
That was all in a day's work for the Buckeyes' defense, which entered the game ranked fourth in the F.B.S. and whose 17 interceptions through 11 games had them ranked fifth. Ohio State's seven interceptions returned for touchdowns are by far the best total in the F.B.S.
Ohio State also forced Michigan into three-and-outs in its last two full possessions, giving the offense enough time to march down the field twice. The first drive resulted in a missed field-goal attempt, the second in a 23-yard field goal by Durbin that tied the game at 17-17 with one second left.
The Michigan-Ohio State series has retained its status in recent years, with the teams refusing to say each other's names and seeming to put nearly as much stock in the outcome of this game as they do in their seasons as a whole, in spite of an indisputable dynamic: its lopsidedness. Ohio State has now won 14 of the last 16 games.
Referring to a redshirt senior offensive lineman and to the small charms that Ohio State players receive for beating the program they call That Team Up North, Meyer said, "Pat Elflein just got his fifth pair of gold pants."


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Know Your Nation spent time with 12 Kwinana locals to find out about where they grew up and what brought them here. Know Your Nation has broken down the material gathered into a series of short stories. The result is a beautiful, eclectic collection illustrating the luck of the modern community. Of course, sometimes the stories illustrate the fortune of the individual. But overall the collection speaks to the luck of the community collectively.
The most dynamic communities are those made up of people with different experiences, backgrounds and skillsets. It is clear from this cross section of people in Kwinana that our community has the potential to be one of the most dynamic in the region. How lucky we are.


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With basic funding in place and a variety of artifacts to be displayed, the Iron Mission Park Commission began searching for a museum location. Cedar City and Iron County offered a 12 acre site northwest of the Coal Creek Bridge, just off Main Street. The Park Commission had something grander in mind—the Union Pacific Depot. The Iron County Record reported: "This proposal would preserve the depot as a Travel Center, provide for complete storage and display of the Gronway Parry carriage collection, the restoration of Coal Creek Iron Mill, and would offer a Bazaar, Shopping Mall, carriage roads, and a formal English garden. The objectives would be to preserve and illustrate with authenticity the Iron Mission as it was pursued by the early pioneers. By setting the historic events in a recreational setting and making them more enjoyable to the general public, the Commission feels they will have the added benefit to the community of encouraging and fostering tourism in the area."
However, the Park Commission was unaware that negotiations between Union Pacific and a group of local businessmen had been going on for nearly a year. The developer's plans included: "a complex of businesses – department store, smaller stores, pottery shops, local handcraft shops, and probably a theatre. Offices will be part of total package as well. It would be a two-level structure, the lower level being constructed mainly on the lower sloping northern piece of the 14-acre plot."
Both parties, the Iron Mission Park Commission and the local developers sought the support of the public as evidenced by the displayed letters to the editor. The battle over the museum location began in earnest.


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Mathematics 320 (4 credit hours)
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|A grade of C or better in Mathematics 252. (This means that you are expected to remember how to integrate and differentiate! You must recall basic trigonometry.)
|Vectors and analytic geometric in space. Vector-valued functions of several variables. Differentials, gradients, and extrema of functions of several variables. Multiple integrals and their applications. Introductory vector analysis including line and surface integrals.
|Calculus: Early Transcendentals (8th Edition, www.stewartcalculus.com), Loose-Leaf Edition, Stewart. ISBN: 978-130-527235-4. (We will not use MyMathLab.) You must have access to a copy of the text to do the homework for each class day--but it can be hardback, soft-back, electronic, loose leaf, ... (just make sure it is the 8th edition)
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90-100% A, 80-89% B, 70-79% C, 60-69% D, 0-59% F.The grade of I is given very rarely and only in cases of true emergency, never to just temporarily improve your GPA.
|There is no way to pass a real mathematics class without doing the homework. So to help you focus on the homework, we will start most days with a brief "quiz" (usually less than five minutes). This will be a problem similar to a problem from the previous night's homework. You will be allowed to use your personal handwritten notes; but not your book, computer or printed notes. If you have attended class and done all the homework, you should earn 100% on the quizzes.
These quizzes will be graded on a four-point scale: one point for your name, four points for the correct answer, and two or three for a partially correct answer. If you are late, you will get a one. If you cheat, you may get a zero or negative score.
If you miss the day, then you will get a zero. Exceptions will be made for appropriate excuses, but you must let me know (and provide documentation) within two weeks. Being excused from an absence does not excuse the next day's quiz. If you miss class for any reason, you should still do your homework and be ready for the quiz.
The four lowest quiz scores will be dropped (other than "earned" zero or negative scores, see above). All of your remaining quiz points will be added, then converted into a percentage score.
Quizzes and tests will usually be returned the next class meeting. Those that are not picked up will be tossed out a week later.
|Tests & Final:
|The homework, quizzes and classroom examples indicate the type of problems that will be on the tests, though some (probably the final) may be changed to a multiple-choice format. No make-up tests. If you miss a test, you will be given the average of the following tests and final. The final will be comprehensive. Review for the final by studying the hour tests, homework and quizzes. (Check also to see if there is a practice final online.) You may not leave the room (and your phone... must not be visible) during any test or final.
|This course requires a graphing calculator (we strongly recommend any TI 83+ or TI 84), and those with algebraic operating systems are not allowed. TI-Inspires must be used with a TI 84 face plate. Students may not share calculators during tests. Check your batteries before tests.
|The Department publishes a syllabus for each of its courses which may be viewed on the web.
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My husband and I are getting ready to head over to Italy on vacation and after seeing all the perks we are getting at the hotels we booked through a company named SmartFlyer I thought it was blog worthy.
Previous to SmartFlyer I never used a travel agent. I was more of an Expedia girl. Which worked well as long as u were going to one destination. Bit if you plan on moving around it's not as good of a deal.
Enter SmartFlyer. They booked all of my hotels, plane tickets train tickets and activities such as tours. They represent some of the most amazing hotels of the world, you get fantastic rates and the deals are what make it worth their weight in gold.
This trip we're getting ready to head out on were staying at three different hotels. And here's the list of perks we get that each hotel we check into.
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How do all these perks happen??? Bribery? kickbacks? Sexual favors? I have no idea but frankly I don't care As long as I don't have to pay more. This is my second trip with them and it won't be my last.
Last but not least, my other reason for telling you all about this is that my good friend Scott Solsvig just informed me that he recently joined Rob Merlin's SmartFlyer team! ( Rob is the travel agent that helped me book this trip :) So any of you brides that are still looking to plan your bachelorette parties or better yet your honeymoon give them a call and they will bust their rump to send you off in style.
Here is Scott's information. Happy Traveling!
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I am a historian of Modern South Asia, with a broad interest in the social and cultural history of colonial India in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. I am particularly interested in gender, the body and its practices, and visual culture.
In 2016 I was awarded a PhD in History from the University of Cambridge, with a dissertation on the global connections of the Indian princely state of Baroda ("Baroda, the British empire and the world, c. 1875–1939"). After my PhD, I held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi, as a member of the M. S. Merian–R. Tagore International Centre of Advanced Studies: Metamorphoses of the Political (ICAS:MP). In 2017, I obtained a Juan de la Cierva Fellowship from the Government of Spain.
As a Juan de la Cierva Fellow, I am a member of the Department of Humanities at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. Besides doing research, I teach modern global history at the undergraduate and graduate levels and I co-convene the seminar of the Research Group on Empires, Metropolises and Extra-European Societies (GRIMSE).
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A friend, a professional engineer, asked me for tips on establishing a "web presence." This is what I wrote:
Before you jump into creating a "web presence," you first need to figure out who are the people and organizations you'd like to "hang out with" on the web. Then, research them to see what you can find out about where they already are — which companies have blogs or forums (that you can post comments and discussion items on), which people have blogs of their own or memberships in networks like Linkedin and Facebook, etc.
This research will give you lists of people and organizations you will want to interact with - potential customers, potential employers, potential gatekeepers, and just plain friends. Study the people and organizations and the presence they have on the web — what you like, what you don't like, etc.
You might consider, initially at least, to concentrate this research on your geographic region. Be prepared to be flexible about that since, as you may already have found, web based networking can easily lead you to form relationships around the world.
Then you can start deciding what your web presence(s) should be, perhaps a professional looking and sounding blog (basically, a personal web site) with ancillary memberships in various networks, plus a list of web sites and blogs that you will visit regularly (or subscribe to) to see about posting comments in order to initiate and respond to conversations.
You should also have a list of people and organizations you subscribe to, either via newsletters, via stored searches (e.g., Google Alert searches), or "news feeds" you can subscribe to and read using a special feed reader (e.g., Google Reader).
Perhaps your professional association already has a site or discussion forum where you can discuss topics of interest. This also is part of your web presence. Whenever you leave a comment somewhere on the web you should also leave a link for your web site so people can link back to your blog.
Keep in mind that a blog is an interactive device. You can post ideas and text and audio and video items in the blog. There are also "comment" features which means that people can leave comments and discuss the items that interest them. It's not like you're hanging out a static resume; it's an opportunity to interact with people based on the series of individual items that you'll be posting.
Join as many online networks related to your goals as you want. Keep in mind that your membership in these organizations will only work if you actually participate and it's easy to spread yourself thin. (To see what I mean, see A Map of My Online Networking Tools: Part 1.)
There are many different ways to start a blog, and some are free. I have a monthly paid account with Squarespace and I don't accept advertising. Squarespace is a remotely hosted service. I can update my blog from just about any web browser on any internet-connected computer without installing any extra software on the computer.
I recommend giving some thought to the image you want to promote and how what you write will contribute to that image. Your blogging vendor should be able to supply a set of different templates that you can customize to fit your preferences. My advice: keep the blog simple structurally, content-wise, and appearance wise.
Three more items relevant to "web presence" are also available.
The first is a list management or contact management system that you can use to keep track of people and your outgoing and incoming communications. Perhaps you already use gMail, Outlook or something like that. I use DabbleDB, which is a very flexible password-controlled web based database management system that I can access from any web browser.
The second is a way to bookmark and tag pages and sites you come across that you find useful. There are several available. I mostly use del.icio.us which is one of the bookmarking sites that you can get at from any internet connection and web browser. I also use del.icio.us to keep track of comments that I make on other web sites and blogs. (You can, if you like, mark selected del.icio.us bookmarks as "private" so that they cannot be viewed by others.)
The third is a way to get regular news about topics, people, or organizations. You can store Google Alert searches, for example, and have the results emailed to you whenever something occurs in a web based news story about a person or company you are tracking. Another way to get news is to use a service such as Twitter which enables you to send and receive brief (140 character) text messages to and from selected groups of people. This usually works best when the people you're interested in following — and who might be interested in following you — are part of the service.
This should be enough to get you started. If you have comments or questions, send me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com or use the comment space below. Hope this helps!
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Kamilche NotionBy Web Ruble
Web writes: "Sometimes when I travel old routes of the United States' Pacific Northwest that I have traversed many times, I wax nostalgic and sometimes it is enough for memories to come back quite vividly."
It finally had happened.
Or, at least I thought it had.
You see I was a little groggy at the time and sort of day gazing. Almost napping. So, in my self-centered sinfulness, I can't be sure.
At first gasping notice, it would appear that the past came up to smack me in today's kisser during a mid-afternoon downpour.
'Twas a rainy day and I was driving my Chevy Aveo Grays Harbor-ward on the New (actually old) Kamilche. However, when I was but a pup yay those many years ago the road was known as the Kamilche Cutoff. Now folks refer to it simply as "the Kamilche" or (Washington) State Route 108, linking U.S. 101 near Shelton with McCleary on State Route 8.
In practical analysis, years ago it was a short cut -- a cutoff -- between Shelton and Elma, eliminating the necessity of Bremerton- born traffic going around through Olympia to access the highway to Elma and Aberdeen.
There is nothing particular about it. The bucolic route, with but few changes over 60 years, meanders peacefully through soggy, fogbound timber-and-pasture country, partly skirting sluggish Kamilche Creek. It is not spectacular; nor is it a fast route. Rather 'tis just a comfortable way of getting from Bremerton and Shelton area on Puget Sound down to Aberdeen on the coast.
Though I had traveled it many times, the route always seemed a peaceful cut through a mysterious redoubt. "Strange things could happen here," I often said to myself, because to me this cutoff seemed so oddly gray and remote -- kind of like a surface tunnel from Bali Hi to Shangri-la had they ever existed.
So on this particular September day in 2006 I was drifting along, vaguely minding my own business, when I began to realize I was casually searching for something. Through vague crackpot legend, I had heard -- and even partly believed -- that there were certain pockets in rainy western Washington that when you drove through them on stormy days, you could experience a time warp.
I had traveled to many ends of the state, plus Oregon, and contiguous fringes of northern California, expecting to see either at roadside, or along the road itself, something profoundly from the past. It had happened once, I think, but even though I was looking for it -- sometimes consciously and sometimes not -- it happened to me again in the many years since.
Until this day.
After so many years of foolish hoping and searching, I had almost given up. No biggy. Just a flirtation with the cosmic.
First came the aforementioned notion. Then -- within a few minutes of that -- it (gasp) happened.
'Twas raining. Visibility was poor. The two-lane road, seemed narrower. The car's windshield wipers looked a little different. So did the gear shift lever. Hmmm. I was getting dopey. Sleepy. Perhaps tired. I didn't know squat. It wasn't alarming, but I knew I had to find a wide spot and get off the road so I could doze or at least rest my eyes for a few minutes.
I tried to remember the road. But recent memory eluded me. Perhaps there was a wayside just around the next curve up ahead. But no. There wasn't. A few cars came by. But they didn't look modern -- as if belonging to this century. My eyes were dim. I could not see much. But through my warped vision, the on-coming cars looked like something out of the 1940s or 1950s.
I rounded another corner and there loomed a wayside on the south side of the road -- obviously to be used by traffic headed the other way, eastbound.
I crossed the center line and pulled into the wayside. Now the rain was a cascading downpour. I was desperately sleepy. I turned off the engine and dozed.
The hard-drumming rhythm of rain on the car's metallic roof soothed my savage beast, and aided my drift from a dreamy half existence to a dervish slumber. I kept waking as if being rocked by the seabeat of ocean waves to drifting to a foreign exotic shore. Back and forth like a yo yo.
At one point I felt chilly. I reached into the backseat and extracted an auto robe that I seldom used. I tucked myself into it and drifted off again. I awoke once more. The rain had eased somewhat and I could see out the front windshield and through a mist a miniature chalet-like sign post the Forest Service had once used to post messages to travelers such as don't toss matches or cigarettes, or next month in Olympia will be a hearing on the disposition of this property.
What? That jerked me wide awake. I threw off the robe and sat straight up.
Memory exploded into my cold bones. I was about 14 years old in 1948 when myself and me da and ma traveled this road to visit relatives in Bremerton. Our old 1937 beater had stalled and we had pulled off the road in hopes someone would see us and stop to help.
I don't remember how that event was resolved. But I remember the miniature chalet-like Forest Service sign post. It had finally happened! I had drifted into the past and was reliving part of it!
Now alert as a nocturnal owl, I threw the car into gear, turned around, and pulled back onto the road and sped toward Aberdeen.
After a few minutes, everything looked normal again. The cars, pickups and occasional odd vehicles were of ultra-modern vintage, as one would expect.
Now well alert, it wasn't long before I grated over the Wishkah Bridge into Aberdeen. Still rested but wondering.
I went back over that road several times in subsequent weeks, looking for that wayside, and signboard chalet. I couldn't find them. What's more, I couldn't find anything even remotely close.
Was I going nuts?
I called up my old friend, the Rev. Harold Saymire, to make arrangements for chats over morning coffee. I dropped by the First Presbyterian Church at about 10 a.m., the following Tuesday. Over steaming brimfulls, I told him my weird story. "No," he said. "That couldn't happen. Once things are over in Christ's world, they are over. We can't reclaim the past. And No -- you're not going nuts."
"Sometimes your mind plays tricks on you. Especially if you're exhausted and disoriented. Secretly -- even if you won't admit it - you were looking for that event 60 years earlier to reoccur and when you were so exhausted...well...know that all you have to do to stay mentally healthy is to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ."
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Women who stop taking antidepressant medications during pregnancy are at a five times greater risk for recurrence of depression than are women who continue taking their medication throughout their pregnancies, according to a multi-institutional study published in the February 1 Journal of the American Medical Association. The findings, from the first systematic clinical study of depression relapse during pregnancy, run counter to a common belief that pregnancy's hormonal changes can prevent psychiatric problems.
"Clinical lore has held for decades that pregnancy protected women from mood disorders," says Lee Cohen, MD, director of the Perinatal and Reproductive Clinical Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), who led the investigation. "What drove this study was a divergence between that belief and what many of us were seeing clinically, that many women who stopped using antidepressants during pregnancy appeared to be relapsing."
Many published studies have supported the safety of antidepressant drugs taken during pregnancy, although there have been some reports that prenatal exposure to the popular selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) might cause transient agitation or distress in newborns. Most recently, some preliminary unpublished data suggested a potentially increased risk of cardiovascular defects in infants exposed to the SSRI paroxetine. The current study was designed to examine risk for recurrent depression in pregnant women who chose to continue or to stop antidepressants during pregnancy.
The study enrolled 201 women treated at women's mental health centers at MGH, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine, and Emory University School of Medicine. All participants were less than 16 weeks pregnant when entering the study, had a history of depression and had been successfully treated with antidepressant medications for at least three months before they became pregnant.
The women were provided with audiotapes outlining what was known about the risk of birth defects associated with antidepressants and about the possible risk that their depression could recur if medication was discontinued. They then made their own decisions whether to maintain or discontinue antidepressant medication during pregnancy. A total of 82 chose to maintain their medication dosage; 65 discontinued antidepressants; 34 decreased dosage and 20 increased dosage during their pregnancies. Out of all participants, 43 percent experienced relapse of depression symptoms during pregnancy, half during the first trimester. But while 68 percent of those who discontinued medication relapsed, only 26 percent of those who maintained their prepregnancy dosage had recurrence of symptoms.
"We know that women who become depressed during pregnancy may not take appropriate care of themselves or even make it to prenatal appointments, and there is evidence that maternal depression itself has an adverse effect on fetal and neonatal well being," says Cohen. "While this report does not offer explicit guidelines for individual patients, the study unequivocally suggests that women taking antidepressants who anticipate pregnancy need to address with their doctors not only potential risks to their babies if they continue taking the drugs but also the risk that their disease may recur if they stop antidepressants. Only by considering both sides of this risk/benefit equation can patients make informed decisions."
Members of the research team are currently analyzing additional data from these study participants to look for characteristics that may indicate who could safely discontinue treatment and who would be at risk for recurrence. They also are planning to examine the factors women used as a basis for deciding whether to continue medication as well as other information that could be helpful to patients and physicians.
The group at Emory was led by Zachary Stowe, MD, and the UCLA team was led by Lori Altshuler, MD. Other coauthors of the JAMA study are Ruta Nonacs, MD, PhD, Adele Viguera, MD, and Alison Reminick of MGH; Rita Suri, MD, Vivien Burt, MD, PhD, and Victoria Hendrick, MD, of UCLA; Jeffrey Newport, MD, and Ada Loughead of Emory; and Bernard Harlow, PhD, and Allison Vitonis of Brigham and Women's Hospital. The study was supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Massachusetts General Hospital, established in 1811, is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. The MGH conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the United States, with an annual research budget of nearly $500 million and major research centers in AIDS, cardiovascular research, cancer, cutaneous biology, medical imaging, neurodegenerative disorders, transplantation biology and photomedicine. In 1994, MGH and Brigham and Women's Hospital joined to form Partners HealthCare System, an integrated health care delivery system comprising the two academic medical centers, specialty and community hospitals, a network of physician groups, and nonacute and home health services.


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For a long time, I resisted crocheting dish cloths. All that effort, just for something to clean dishes with? Something that could be ruined by grease and staining foods? It seemed wrong somehow.
Lately, though, I have been thinking so much about making things rather than buying them that I am much more into the idea. Plus, if we have to wash dishes anyway, why not do it with something pretty? It is also much more comfortable on a hot summer day to make a small dish cloth than to work on a large blanket.
So, I have two new dishcloths to add to my collection:
I got the patterns from (where else?) Pinterest: Cloth 1 and Cloth 2 They are so quick, I will probably be adding more, especially since I bought a bunch of cotton thread when the Ben Franklin in my town went out of business. I am thinking these might make nice spa cloths for my Christmas pampering baskets, too.
What are your thoughts on making this sort of practical item–the kind that gets dirty? Is it a great way to be less of a consumer and more self-sufficient? Or, do you prefer to make pretty things that won't see such hard use?


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DeVon Franklin was on track to become a mover and shaker in Hollywood when he hit what he calls "development hell." For a time, his upwardly mobile career path was stalling, if not dying altogether. His employer, MGM, was about to be sold, and Franklin, then a junior exec, thought he'd lose his job.
When Sony Pictures bought MGM in 2004, Franklin survived the sale and continued his climb. He's now vice president of production for Columbia Pictures (a division of Sony), where he has overseen such projects as The Pursuit of Happyness, The Karate Kid, and this summer's Jumping the Broom. Franklin, 33 and single, chronicles his story in Produced by Faith: Enjoy Real Success Without Losing Your True Self (Howard Books, 2011). His book encourages fellow Christians to use "faith as a professional asset," with chapters on "Writing the Script," "God's Green Light," and, yes, "Development Hell."
Actor Will Smith, one of Franklin's oldest friends in Hollywood, says Franklin "lives his life the same way he makes his movies: with commitment, humility, and a work ethic that demands respect." Director Tyler Perry says Franklin lives his faith "beautifully and without compromise" while staying "true to God." Next on Franklin's to-do list: Turning bestseller Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back into a film.
Question & Answer
Why did you write this book?
I've seen so many people struggle in their life and career, [partly due to] a lack of dependence on their faith—or not seeing the relevance of faith. Faith has played a tremendous role in my career, so I wanted ...1


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|September 4, 2009 04:45 PM EDT
I'm a big fan of Dana Gardner (Dana Gardner's BriefingsDirect on Ulitzer), and he recently took a stab at discussing how organizational roles and their importance are likely to change with the growing adoption of cloud computing. Specifically, Dana focuses on the role of the Enterprise Architect, and he correctly assesses their increased prominence in tomorrow's organizations.
While that represents an important incremental change, I see a much more transformative change on the horizon for organizations embracing cloud computing technologies. Before I tell you what this more radical change is likely to be, let me tell you a true story; a couple years ago we were working with a customer to replace a number of legacy systems by migrating them on to a single platform as a service (PaaS) architecture. I heard a customer say something to me that I realized was previously not something one was likely to hear; they said "I've never been in a situation where the developers are consistently standing around waiting on the business analysts".
That's when it hit me that the new critical path involved proper business analysis, NOT the writing of code. The "development" of the application was trivial, fast and done almost as an afterthought to the proper definition of how the business really wanted to operate. Since that time several years ago, I've been witnessing this phenomenon over and over again. Using a 5GL PaaS an entire company can be automated from scratch in just a matter of weeks, but ONLY if there is an effective identification of the desired process, a description of the specific needs of that process and finally an aggressive review and testing of the completed functionality with the actual users.
In short, I've been seeing firsthand how there has been a significant shift of burden onto a point person in the business analysis department. This person needs to be able to gather requirements quickly, communicate higher and better ideas to business leaders helping them to think beyond the confines of "how it has always been done", and they need to be able to work with users to evaluate, test and deploy functionality. They need to be part visionary, part technocrat and part communicator. They need to be a great leader. And they need to be smart. If they can do all of this, they possibly hold more power to increase the organization's bottom line than any other position in the company. I repeat; this person may be able to do more for an organization's bottom line, then anyone else in the company. That's worth something, right?
Let me tell you what skill these people don't actually need to have. They don't need to be able to write a formal spec document, and they don't need to memorize any standards. Yes, you heard me right. What I've seen time and again is that there is simply little point in writing up a formal specification document, when the actual construction of the application functionality is so trivial. It's faster and less ambiguous to give the builder what he or she needs to build, and then to use the resulting functionality as the living breathing spec document that is taken back to the users. Believe me; we've tried it both ways many times. In the end, the specification document is complex, misleading at times, and rarely brings the business person's best ideas into the process the way it is intended to. Don't get me wrong…new types of standards may evolve that more closely align with emerging cloud technologies, however to date, I've only see that level of effort slow things down.
So, embracing cloud technologies means that everything is going to move a lot faster then what we are used to. You will spin up hardware faster, you will build solutions faster and you will deploy them faster. But one step remains missing…requirements definition and communication! Cloud technologies do very little for making that aspect faster. It's still visionary, it's human and it requires a lot of thinking and a lot of communication.
The people who can deliver all of that with excellence, in my opinion, are going to be the next wave of key value drivers in an organization.
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By Alex Dapp
UC-B Properties, a local Kansas City development firm, and Milhaus, an Indianapolis-based developer, have plans to transform a now parking garage-dominated five acre lot in Crown Center into a thriving residential and commercial space. The duo revealed details of the plan with the KC Downtowners on Wednesday.
"Joyce Hall had a plan back in the 60s to make Crown Center a place where you could live and work and entertain in the same neighborhood," UC-B Properties President John Hoffman said. His goal is to make that plan come full circle.
"We've never done anything this big," he admitted. "We interviewed a couple of different developers in Kansas City, and they just didn't get it." That's where Milhaus comes in. The partnership between UC-B and Milhaus formed over a mutual goal: to further encourage downtown and urban population growth.
Milhaus is currently working on development projects in over five different cities and has an impressive portfolio of past and current projects. What made Kansas City stand out, according to Milhaus President Jeremy Stephenson, were the historically low unemployment rate and the strong technology growth found in the Kansas City area.
"You've got to look for opportunities where there's going to be a lot of growth. There's really solid tech growth that's occurring here," Stephenson said. "Kansas City was just announced as the second best market for women in technology and that might not seem important, but to us that is because it shows a progressive culture. Those are the kinds of places where urbanization of the core is going to happen. People are interested in living in those kinds of environments."
The development site is located at 27th Street, with McGee Street to the West, 27th Terrace to the South and Gilham Road to the East. The proposed development plan includes 350 for-rent apartments, 53 condominiums, 14 for-sale townhomes and over 8,000 square feet of retail space.
In addition to UC-B and Milhaus, the project team includes HOK as master planner, as well Dwell Design Studio and Kaw Valley Engineering. DRAW Architecture and Urban Design is the architect designing the townhomes and condos.
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'I know I'll find him in October or November': The SINGLE woman who has planned and paid for her April wedding – but is yet to meet the groom
19:42 GMT, 6 August 2012
A single woman has planned and paid for her wedding in April – despite having no potential groom.
Anita Chakra Burtty, a 42-year-old astrologist from Sydney, Australia, believes that she will find her perfect match in October or November of this year.
She told A Current Affair that 'it's not going to be a huge issue' if she doesn't get married in April of next year, but she 'knows' that she will.
Looking for love: Anita Chakra Burtty, an astrologist from Sydney, Australia, has planned and paid for a wedding in April of next year – but is yet to find a groom
She added that she is '100per cent' convinced that she will meet a man and has even purchased her wedding dress, booked the florist and locked in a barbeque reception in the beach suburb of Coogee.
Ms Burtty, whose horoscope is unknown, is yet to respond to MailOnline's interview request.
The bubble brunette, who rather ironically worked as a risk manager for eight years, has also invited friends and family from England over to Australia to join her on her special day.
'Hopefully, once he meets me, he'll realise I'm very fun and very generous and I'm a very kind and loving person and he won't mind that I'm only a tiny bit insane,' she said with a laugh.
On the look-out: The 42-year-old hopes her future husband doesn't mind that she's 'only a tiny bit insane', however, extremely kind and generous
Ms Burtty is so convinced that she will find a groom that she even asked her best friend Jeremy to change his own wedding date in order to avoid a clash with hers.
Jeremy told the TV news program: 'We were just planning dates at the time so you know, I wouldn't be a good friend to Anita unless I believed in her and supported her'.
He acknowledged that his friend's behavior is rather unusual.
'Obviously, it's a bit out there but the world's a strange place and I've seen weirder things happen so I guess we'll find out in six to eight months,' he said.
'Hopefully, once he meets me, he'll
realise I'm fun… and he won't mind that I'm only a tiny bit insane'
Mr Burtty added that if she doesn't find Mr Right by the end of the year, the stars show that January is 'going to be another very active time in terms of astrology'.
'Obviously, it can happen at any point in time now and that's what I hope,' she said.
Ms Burtty now runs her own naturopathic business titled Anita Natural Lifestyle.
It specialises in 'women's health, pre-conception care, pregnancy, fertility and menopause' issues.
She also holds a Master of Science from Salford University in Manchester as well as a Bachelor of Naturopathy, Natural Sciences from the Nature Care College.
She told Sydney's Balmain Village Voice last year that flower essence cured her fear of the dark, which she had suffered ever since she was a child.


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Samsung, Apple Chip Buys Topped $50 Billion in 2013
The big keep getting bigger and demanding more.
Samsung Electronics and Apple together bought more than $50 billion worth of semiconductor chips for the first time in 2013, says research firm Gartner.
The two global tech giants and powerhouse smartphone makers consumed $53.7 billion worth of semiconductors last year, up 17%, or $7.7 billion, on the previous year's figure of $46 billion.
While the two companies have topped the semiconductor-consumption table for three years running, their share of the market has risen to 17% in 2013, up five percentage points on 2011.


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Wearing Jewelry
Jewelry is worn by millions of people every day, but few recognize how they can preserve their treasures by using some simple advanced planning and thought. Here are some basic guidelines to consider when wearing jewelry:
- Remove Jewelry During Tasks – When performing manual tasks, remove your jewelry to prevent physical damage or exposure to chemicals or cleaning fluids. Some tasks that should be avoided when wearing jewelry include kitchen work, gardening, cleaning the house and other common tasks.
- Put Jewelry On After Applying Makeup – Cosmetics, hairspray, perfumes and lotion can contain chemicals that can often damage jewelry. Putting jewelry on after applying these materials will limit exposure to jewelry and any potential damage.
- Don't Wear Jewelry In Swimming Pools and Spas – Chlorinated water can react with the metals found in jewelry causing color changes and even structural damage. As a result it's a good idea to remove jewelry before entering the pool or spa.
Cleaning Jewelry
For those that wear jewelry regularly, keeping their jewelry clean and looking good requires regular effort. Here are some general guidelines that may help:
- Use Jewelry Polishing Cloths for Best Results - Polish silver or gold with a jewelry polishing cloth for best results. You can use a svelte or an old diaper, but the professional cloths are the best. Use of tissue or paper towels can cause scratches because of fibers in these products.
- Clean Your Jewelry With Care - Cleaning your own jewelry regularly can keep it looking good, but be careful. You can either purchase commercial cleaners from a jeweler or make a cleaning a solution yourself. Rubbing alcohol can work wonders, but bleach can literally destroy jewelry so avoid it at all costs.
- Use Warm Water to Clean Jewelry - Using warm water is the best bet when cleaning your own jewelry. How water can cause reaction with the cleaning fluids resulting in discoloration and Sterling Silver is especially susceptible to this problem. Should this occur, this problem can be remedied by buffing and the application of a tarnish remover.
Differences between gold plated, gold filled, sterling silver, and vermeil jewelry
Gold-plated: A base metal such as steel or brass is dipped into a bath of electroplating solution, with a lump of solid gold. When an electric current is applied, a thin layer of gold is deposited on the metal. Since the plating is quite thin, the plate (and hence the color) on findings can wear off.
Sterling Silver: is a mixture of pure silver and some other metal, usually copper. The resulting alloy gives the silver strength. The standard is at least 92.5% silver. Hence the .925 stamp you see on some sterling silver items.
Vermeil: (Pronounced: Vermay) is sterling silver that has been gold-plated. Most of our vermeil is plated with 22K-24K gold. This is a good combination for those with allergy to normal, plated jewelry items. The difference between vermeil, and gold-filled, is in the thickness of the gold and the base metal used. In vermeil, the base is sterling silver.
Gold-filled: also called rolled-gold. These jewelry items are not actually filled with gold. They are made of a base metal (usually brass or copper) covered by sheets of gold in a mechanical bonding process. Effectively a thick coat of gold: the gold content is 5% or 1/20 of the total weight. Use gold-filled items for your top-of-the-line jewelry. Usually made with 14k gold, it is hard wearing. With reasonable care it will not peel or flake, and should last as long as solid 14k gold jewelry. It is safe for most people with sensitive skin
Gold jewelry reacts with chlorine. Never take your gold jewelry into a pool or spa.
Allergies: Some people have allergic reactions to some plating.
The most common is nickel-plating- possibly up to 10% of people react to nickel. Unfortunately nickel is used to color gold, as an alloy, and sometimes in the electroplating process. If allergy is a problem, most jewelry makers like to use surgical steel, sterling silver, vermeil, or gold-filled items. The plating on plain electroplated items is usually too thin. A product called "Jewelry Shield" by Newall, which comes from the USA, claims to provide protection for jewelry allergy suffers.
Gold Purity – Karats: The karat is a very old measure of how much gold is in an alloy, or gold-blend. A measure of 1 Karat is where there is 1 part of pure gold and 23 parts of metal alloy - or 4% gold. So 24K is 100% pure gold. 9K is 37%, 14K is 58%, 18K is 75%


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1985. Ronald Reagan was beginning his second term as Commander in Chief. Germany was still divided into East and West. A gallon of gas cost about $1.25 per gallon, which was considered high. Microsoft was releasing it's first version of Windows, with the unveiling of Version 1.0.
For the Bangor Rams boys basketball team, they were making pilgrimages to Presque Isle and Caribou. Stearns, now a class D program, was on the schedule as well. The Rams finished the 1984-85 season with a 14-4 record, seeded fourth headed into the tournament. Bangor defeated cross-river rival Brewer in the quarterfinals before falling to eventual state champion Waterville in the semis.
Fast forward thirty years. Barack Obama is the first African-American president in U.S. history. Germany is once again one nation. The price of gas has more than doubled, and at one point had nearly quadrupled. Windows has released, well I've lost track.
Bangor boys basketball is coming off their first losing season since 1986. Brewer will likely be their only remaining common opponent from thirty years ago. A familiar face, although a bit more seasoned, will grace the sidelines as Carl Parker returns to mentor the Rams.
While much has changed in the world since Coach Parker last coached the Rams, so has been the case with Carl himself. Since his previous stint at Bangor, Parker has coached at the high school level at Foxcroft Academy, Maine Central Institute, and most recently, Nokomis. He has served as an assistant under veteran coach Max Good with the prep program at MCI, while also directing the post grad fortunes at Lee Academy.
Perhaps Parker is best known for helping institute A.A.U. basketball in Maine during the early 90's. Many of Carl's players have gone on to earn scholarships at either the Division I or II levels.
One characteristic that hasn't changed with Carl Parker is his ability to inspire young people. How does he accomplish this? First of all, Coach Parker is one of the most passionate people I've ever come in contact with. The young people who play for Carl will be challenged, not through fear or intimidation, but because they will know he has their best interests at heart. He has a way of showing that he truly cares about students. I've heard a number of coaches say that player's don't care how much you know unless they know how much you care. He relates with kids better than most anyone I've dealt with.
Another attribute that endears Parker to his players is his honesty. Bangor High School is getting a coach that won't sugar coat an answer. Ask him a question and there will be no canned, scripted, politically correct, don't want to hurt feelings or step on toes response. You may not like the answer given but he will give you his true feelings. Kids, or most people for that matter, detest mind games. With Parker there is no guessing, you know where you stand.
Carl Parker is also honest about who his is. He will admit he has made mistakes in the past, we all have. He doesn't gloss over his faults, there are no false pretenses here. He certainly does not come across as holier than thou and for that I greatly respect him.
Coach Parker has a presence about him like few people I've come in contact with. I knew of Carl and spoke with him a few times casually while a student at Bangor High School during the late 80's. I really started to get to know him while working Roger Reed's summer programs during the early 90's during college break. I remember going into the coaches office during lunch time. In the room would be Reed, Randy Dunton, who was an assistant coach at Liberty University at the time, Jim DiFrederico, who was at Nokomis, and a few others. Holding court amongst them all was Parker. He just had and has that larger than life personality.
I remember how Carl encouraged me to not be bashful about my views during our daily sessions, that I could contribute. This seemed strange to me as I was a twenty year-old college student in a room filled with coaching mentors. Through Parker's influence I gained confidence not only in that setting, but I would eventually go on to coach myself. In fact, we faced each other on occasion, as I was coaching the freshman boys team at John Bapst while he was in the same role at Nokomis. He has always been gracious to me during our encounters on and off the court.
The players fortunate enough to play at Red Barry Gym for Parker will experience his tough love. They will play for a coach, who is knowledgeable for sure, and will bring out a level of play from them they weren't sure they could give. They will play for a coach who will teach life lessons. They will learn that failure is not final, to learn from your mistakes and move on, just as coach has done.
Obviously, to be able to coach the game of basketball one must know the game. What separates Parker from many others is that not only does he know the game but he can connect with young people in a way few others can. He has a way of having players believe in themselves with an infectious passion.
Carl Parker is known throughout the state as someone who can develop great players into even better players. While Bangor draws from Bangor itself they also accept tuition students from outlying areas. Hiring someone of Parker's renown should also help in attracting quality players from those areas. He is also a tireless ambassador of the game and should spark interest in Bangor's youth, as well.
While Coach Parker grew up in Lincoln and attended Mattanawcook Academy, he has lived most of his adult life here in Bangor. He is a Bangor man. He has finally come home and the good people at Bangor High School are fortunate to have a man of his caliber in charge of the basketball program. Best of luck to my friend, Carl Parker, and the Bangor Rams.


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Yes, I figured it was time for another acronymific interview series here on the blog. Welcome to the SNOB - Second Novel Omnipresent Blues. We all like to hear about the journey to publication, and hopefully other people's success stories help bolster the confidence of those still slogging through the query trenches. But what happens after that first book deal? When the honeymoon is over, you end up back where you were - sitting in front of a blank Word document with shaky hands. Except this time, there are expectations hanging over you.
Whether you're under contract or trying to snag another deal, you're a professional now, with the pressures of a published novelist compounded with the still-present nagging self-doubt of the noobie. How to deal?
Fellow Class of 2k13 member Kate Karyus Quinn is my first volunteer for the SNOB. Kate's debut ANOTHER LITTLE PIECE was one of my favorite reads of 2013, and her upcoming release (DON'T YOU) FORGET ABOUT ME, sounds incredible.
Is it hard to leave behind the first novel and focus on the second?
Yes, it was actually really much more difficult than I thought it would be. One because OMG this was my debut novel! That means that I seeing my book on shelves for the first time(!) and reading reviews for the first time(!) and hyperventilating over all of it for the ninety-ninth time. BUT while all of this was going on, I had to also write a totally separate (stand-alone) novel and even work on edits for this other novel the very same week that my debut novel came out. It was more than just an exercise in time-management (although yes, I could've been better with this) but also in mental headspace management.
At what point do you start diverting your energies from promoting your debut and writing / polishing / editing your second?
Ummm… never? Was I supposed to divert? I sort of see my books as two treadmills sitting side by side. Sometimes I run on one and then hop over to the other. At other times, I try to run with one leg on each treadmill and just hope I don't faceplant. When it's time for my third novel… well, I will probably have to change this to a juggling analogy.
Your first book landed an agent and an editor, and hopefully some fans. Who are you writing the second one for? Them, or yourself?
Both my debut and second novel are standalones, so while I knew that readers wouldn't come back expecting the same characters or stories, I did want to be able to offer them a book that had a similar creepy atmosphere, but that was still unique and a fresh reading experience.
Is there a new balance of time management to address once you're a professional author?
Yes, absolutely. I actually quit my day job the same month that my debut novel was released because between promoting Another Little Piece, revising (Don't You) Forget About Me, and making sure the two kids, two dogs, and husband all got a piece of my time as well – I was just not able to keep up with everything.
What did you do differently the second time around, with the perspective of a published author?
I wish I could say that I was so much more confident while writing my second novel, but for some reason this book was just elusive and really hard to pin down from the very first scene I wrote for it. While writing (Don't You) Forget About Me I often had a feeling like there was something really great here, but I wasn't quite sure what it was. With the help of my amazing editor, Erica Sussman, I finally figured it all out – but it took me a long time to get there and the piece definitely took a lot longer to fall into place than they had with Another Little Piece. Maybe the third or fourth or fifth book is when I'll start gaining perspective and feeling like "Yes! I really know what I'm doing here."
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I know, I know – I haven't posted in ages. Just a quick one for today, since I'm about to leave to help with Mr. Batman's class party, but I wanted to share a little Valentine with you all. Actually, it's for my #1 bestest friend and the man I am lucky enough to get to spend the rest of eternity with, but you can pretend it's for you. ;)
Quickest tutorial in the history of blogland: Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies, very carefully sliced in half on a diagonal (it's best to score it on both sides and then keep going a little deeper on each side). You might need to shave the edges just a bit after you're done. Stick 'em together with frosting of your choice. Mine is powdered sugar, milk, a teensie pit of mint extract and melted white chocolate chips. Spread some more frosting on the top. Leave a cute note for your Valemtine and smile. BAM! Done. Enjoy!