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A special lady deserves a special meal, especially on Mother's Day. Unless you've practised home-cooking for many months, it's easier to bring your mother out for a treat on that special day. Plus no one needs to do the dishes.
Here's a look at the Mother's Day specials from five of our restaurants Resorts World Sentosa:
- Forest 森 (7 to 8 May)
- Tangerine (2 to 8 May)
- Ocean Restaurant by Cat Cora (2 to 8 May)
- Feng Shui Inn (2 to 8 May)
- Starz Restaurant (8 May)
- Bonus: Genting Hotel Jurong Malaysian Food Fest buffet
Forest 森
What to say: "Mum, you're an epicurean so here are 13 dishes."
Enjoy a special 8-course Mother's Day Lunch menu which consists 13 tasting portions of Celebrity Chef Sam Leong's finest creations, in the well-lighted, spacious and high-ceilinged Forest restaurant.
Begin by indulging in the decadent appetiser combos of foie gras and baby abalone, Vietnamese Roll with sliced lobster in X.O. chili sauce and king oyster mushroom, and chawanmushi with foie gras and shrimp ball.
The main courses include steamed king prawn with glass vermicelli and garlic in fish soya sauce, charcoal-grilled kurobuta pork in Hosin sauce, braised Ee-Fu noodle with dried scallop and crab meat, and Japanese pearl rice with prawn in chicken broth.
Comes with a complimentary glass of Altos Los Romeros Chardonnay.
Forest 森 Mother's Day 8-course Lunch Menu is available at S$78++ on 8 May. A separate 6-course Dinner Menu at S$148++ is available from 7 to 8 May.
What to say: "Mum, I know you want to eat healthy so we're here for spa cuisine."
Enjoy the 5-course spa cuisine menu in the calming environment of Tangerine.
Start with a cleansing salad bowl of cured salmon tartare and rich soup of roasted crème of Butternut. Choose between barramundi fillet or sous vide Sakura chicken breast as your main dish. Cap off the meal with the light lemongrass jello.
Tangerine Mother's Day Menu is available all-day at S$68++ from 2 to 8 May.
Ocean Restaurant by Cat Cora
What to say: "Mum, look at the view! And the food, of course."
Enjoy the 4-course lunch set at Ocean Restaurant by Cat Cora while admiring the spectacular view of the Open Ocean Habitat. There are three to four options for the appetiser, mains and dessert. We're highlighting some of our favourites here.
For appetiser, the sous vide Scottish salmon roulade retains the sweetness and moisture of the high-protein dish. The main course is French-style fish stew bouillabaisse cooked using fish from New Zealand, served with rouille on bread.
Satisfy your mother's sweet tooth with Vacherin, a dessert that features violet Pavlova with blue and black berries in sugar syrup, almond ice cream and a dash of mint juice.
Toast to your mum's health with a complimentary glass of Altos Los Romeros Chardonnay.
Ocean Restaurant by Cat Cora Mother's Day 4-course Lunch Menu is available at S$78++ from 2 to 8 May.
Feng Shui Inn
What to say: "Mum, you'll be young and healthy with these food."
Perfect for groups of four or more, Feng Shui Inn's special menu contains Cantonese dishes that not only leave you smacking your lips, they are also beneficial to health and beauty.
In the six-course Mother's Day menu, you'll find the double-boiled sea whelk soup with fish maw and almond which helps with complexion and invigorates blood circulation.
The braised farm chicken has herbs to build strength and immunity while the dessert double-boiled papaya has ingredients beneficial to the digestive system and can treat cough.
Feng Shui Inn Mother's Day 6-course menu is available for Lunch and Dinner is available at S$88++ (minimum 4 persons to dine) from 2 to 8 May.
Starz Restaurant
What to say: "Mum, I know you love buffets so here we are."
Perfect for mothers who want to try everything. For Mother's Day, the buffet spread at Starz Restaurant offers up to 50 different dishes from a large selection of Asian and Western food.
The restaurant is introducing new dishes such as braised seafood soup with tofu, oven-baked cheesy crab shell, wok-fried prawn with fresh Huai Shan
Stars Restaurant's Mother's Day dinner buffet is available at S$58++ for adult and S$29++ for child on 8 May.
To make reservations, call +65 6577 6688 or email to email@example.com
RWS Invites members enjoy Mother Dines Free promo with every 3 paying adults for the Mother's Day specials in the restaurants listed above.
Bonus: All-you-can-eat chilli crab at Genting Hotel Jurong
Although it's not specifically a Mother's Day special menu, don't miss the Malaysian Food Fest buffet at Genting Hotel Jurong which includes all-you-can-eat chilli crab, along with yummies such as Supreme Herbal Chicken, Hong Shao Fish and Penang chendol.
|Malaysian Food Feast Buffet @ Genting Hotel Jurong
Weekday Dinner: S$38++ Adult, S$19++ Child*
*Child – 4 to 11 years old
Tel No.: +65 6577 6688 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Commercial Skating Consultation
Commercial Skating Instructors - In the Royal Parks
Have your say
The Commercial Skating in the Royal Parks Consultation seeks your views on whether to allow commercial skating instruction in the Royal Parks.
The purpose of this consultation is to explain why The Royal Parks is considering allowing this activity and to seek views from all interested parties about the options presented here.
The Royal Parks are managed for the enjoyment of the public, balancing the interests of visitors, wildlife, the historic environment and conservation. As pedestrians comprise the majority of visitors and include potentially vulnerable groups, such as small children and the elderly, they have priority in the parkland and open spaces. The Royal Parks (TRP) seeks, however, to cater for wide range of other recreational activities in a way that does not interfere with the safety, comfort and convenience of other park users.
Skating is a popular activity that appeals to a wide range of people. TRP seeks to provide opportunities for skating in the Royal Parks without adverse impact on other park users and the park environment.
Royal Parks Regulations state that, by law, anyone running a business in the parks must have written permission. Specifically, regulation 4.6 states that unless the Secretary of State's written permission has first been obtained, no person using a Park shall carry on any trade or business in a park.
The Royal Parks has not previously allowed commercial skating instruction. Having introduced a registration scheme for professional dog walkers and personal fitness trainers, we are now consulting on whether to allow commercial skating instructors. Alongside this we are introducing a temporary registration scheme to help us gather information on the demand for and range of skating instruction; how we continue to balance the needs of increasing numbers of park visitors; and where instruction could reasonably take place.
Scope of the review
The review specifically relates to those teaching people how to skate in the parks, for commercial gain. It does not affect anyone who is skating in a non-commercial environment.
Skating policy
Alternatively, if you have requested a paper copy of this consultation document, the Royal Parks will attach their skating policy to this.
The Royal Parks are now consulting on two options
Option 1 - to allow commercial skating instructors in the Royal Parks.
This would mean that commercial skating instructors registered with The Royal Parks are operating within Royal Parks Regulations, in defined areas, and are appropriately qualified and insured to instruct.
Option 2 - Not to allow commercial skating instructors in the Royal Parks.
This would mean that all commercial skating instructors are operating in breach of Royal Parks Regulations. For anyone operating in breach of Park Regulations, the police are likely to take their details and may consider appropriate enforcement.
Responding to this consultation
This is a public consultation. It is open to anyone who wishes to comment or respond and all views expressed will be given full consideration. We welcome all responses.
The consultation can either be completed online, or paper copies can be downloaded and returned to:
Commercial skating consultation
The Old Police House
Hyde Park
London W2 2UH
Responses to, and enquiries about, this consultation can also be addressed to: firstname.lastname@example.com
Alternatively, please write to the address above to request a paper copy.
The consultation starts on 15 September 2014 and closes on 31 October 2014 at 5pm.
The Royal Parks will publish a statement outlining intended next steps after the closing date.
This consultation will be carried out in accordance with the published Consultation Principles
An Equalities Impact Assessment (EIA) will be undertaken at the same time as this public consultation. The EIA will consist of independent interviews with 20 pre-selected groups, including black and minority ethnic groups, religious/faith groups, groups of people from disadvantaged backgrounds, women's groups, older people's groups, younger people and people with disabilities.

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Our beautiful handmade Family Tree charm hangs with a small pearl and our Tiny Loved Initial charms. These fine silver charms are all hand-made and hand stamped here in our California studio. They are then carefully brushed to a pretty matte finish and hung on a sterling silver chain of your choice.
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Specac manufactures FTIR accessories, IR polarizers and pellet press products for Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy.
London-based Specac Ltd is a manufacturer of analytical equipment comprising the best of British quality and cutting-edge technology. Leading the way in scientific optics and more since the 1970s, Specac's experienced workforce of engineers, scientists and product specialists continue to innovate with new analytical technology.
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2014 EC Board & Sr. Advisors
理事會員 & 顧問
會長 President
盧 瑞 平 Ruey-Pyng Lu, Ph.D.
- B.S. in Mathematics, National Central University
- M.S. in Mathematics, North Dakota State University
- M.S. in Statistics, Virginia Tech (VPI & SU)
- Ph. D. in Statistics, Virginia Tech (VPI & SU)
Working Experience
- Statistics faculty at North Dakota State University & University of Minnesota
- Adjunct Faculty at Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
- Mathematical Statistician, Office of Energy Statistics, Energy Information Administration, US
- Department of Energy
- Specialization: Survey Designs and Analysis, Quality Assurance, and Time Series Analysis in Energy Statistics
Community Services
- Chinese School Principal
- Executive Director, Washington Metropolitan Association of Chinese Schools
- President, Association of Chinese Schools
- Program Director, STARTALK Program
- Chief Judge, Chinese Culture Jeopardy Contest
- Judge, Fairfax County and Virginia State Science Fair
副 會 長 Vice President
嚴 哲 仁 Robert Yan
Mr. Robert Yen is an IT Project Manager at US General Services Administration, in the Office of CIO, since 2005. His current professional responsibilities include program management, IT policy and procedures development and review, and IT system development and maintenance. Prior to public services, Mr. Yen has more than sixteen years of working experiences in private IT industry, at various capacities, including Java Web architect, software architect, and software engineer.
In addition to his professional career, Mr. Yen volnteered himself and involved in various local community services. He served as the president of Washington Area Chinese Tennis Association (WACTA) in 2008 and 2009. In his terms, he promoted youth tennis programs within local Chinese community, and built closer tie with US Tennis Association (USTA). Until now USTA still supports WACTA youth programs with various grants and funds to continue to promote local youth tennis.
In 2011, Mr. Yen served as a board member, of NTUAA-DC, and the president, in 2012. The primary focuse of his interests during this period, in addition to basic alumni functions, was to promote intra-organizational connections among several Taiwanese alumni organizations. He also continued to promote professional/career networking between senior alumni and young alumni.
Mr. Yen received his second MS in Computer Science, from ODU, Norfolk VA, in 1989; and his first MS in Food Science, from Clemson University, Clemson SC, in 1987. He received his bachelor degree in Animal Husbandry, from National Taiwan University, in 1984.
秘書 Secretary
王 宗 岳 Tom Wang, Ph.D.
Dr. Wang received his B.S. from Fu-Jen University, M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis. He continued his training on molecular biology as postdoctoral fellow at Biochemistry Department, Purdue University. After his postdoctoral training, he joined the Laboratory of Nutritional and Molecular Regulation, National Cancer Institute as tenure-track Investigator to work on molecular aspect of cancer prevention. He was recruited in 1999 to join Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center (BHNRC), ARS, USDA as Research Chemist to develop a program on diet and chronic disease prevention. Dr. Wang currently serve as Research Leader of Diet, Genomics and Immunology Laboratory, BHNRC and Lead Scientist on a USDA appropriate project title "Molecular and Cellular Bases of Health-promoting Food Components in Prevention of Chronic Diseases". Dr. Wang has more than 70 peer reviewed manuscripts and book chapters.
Dr. Wang serves as special member of the Nutrition graduate program at University of Maryland, College Park and mentor M.S. and Ph.D. students. Dr. Wang also has adjunct associate professor appointment with Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Wang also serves on editorial board of the journals Food and Nutrition Sciences, Food Sciences and Nutrition.
財務 Treasurer
李 成 蕊 Ruth Lee, Ph.D.
Dr. Ruth Lee was born and raised in HsinChu Taiwan. She graduated from HsinChu Girls High School and then from National Chung-Hsing University in Taichung, Taiwan with a major in Plant Pathology. Dr. Lee completed her Ph.D. in the same discipline on plant virus purification and in vitro plant virus infection mechanisms at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA.
Dr. Lee was the first to be able to purify Rice Transitory Yellowing Virus (RTYV), a Rhabdovirus, in Taiwan while working at Academia Sinica at Nangang, Taiwan. Her professional career was in the Immunodiagnostic field on human diseases and allergens. She developed and commercialized Human Herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) IgG antibody ELISA and Human Herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8 or KSHV) ORF73 latent antigen IgG antibody ELISA. She also collaborated, domestically and internationally, with researchers from UNC Chapel Hill, UCSF, Brigham Young Women's Hospital in Boston, University College London in England, and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva in Israel on epidemiological studies of the role HHV-8 plays in Kaposi Sarcoma (KS) with or without acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and on the role HHV-6 plays in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). She served her last post as the quality control manager for Calypte Biomedical. The Calypte team was developing a low cost rapid test, which did not require refrigeration, for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). This rapid test proved to meet the vast demands for HIV testing in the poorer HIV epic centers such as South and Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa where refrigeration facilities were extremely scarce.
Dr. Lee has volunteered in school PTAs and various community organizations. She is a firm believer of helping people in need and giving back to the community.
會籍 Membership
李 偉 智 Adam Lee, Ph.D.
Dr. Woei-jyh (Adam) Lee received BSE degree from the National Taiwan University, MS degree from the Courant Institute at New York University, and PhD degree from the University of Maryland at College Park (UMD). He worked on distributed objects and fault tolerance at the AT&T Labs - Research in 1997. He focused on network software and management at the Bell Laboratories Research from 1998 to 2000. He visited the University of Southern California specializing in continuous media streaming and multimedia networking from 2002 to 2003.
He contributed in protein domain parsing and boundary prediction at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 2004 to 2005. He was a fellow focusing on human genetics and genomics at the National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, NIH from 2009 to 2012. He became a special volunteer working on computational modeling for cancer progression and metastatic at the NCI, NIH from 2012 to 2013. He was also affiliated with the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology and the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies at UMD.
He is currently a faculty of Information Systems at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at UMD since 2012. His research interests include information integration, data management and mining, literature-based discovery, performance simulation and evaluation, bioinformatics and computational biology, human genomics and genetics, and cancer biology. He has two US Patents and is a member of the ISCB, the IAENG, and the CAPA.
公關 Public Relations
呂 學 明 Hseuh-Ming Tommy Lu, Ed.D.
Dr. Lu has been actively gathering and developing programs for Chinese community-based schools for many years. He works with Alliance of Heritage Program from CAL and featured his school, Chinese School of Delaware, in the Heritage Voice. He is interested in building a platform for all community-based schools using the community of practice approach so every community members can share and collaborate what they have learned and improve teaching and learning.
Tommy is currently serving as the Department Chair of Computer Information Systems at Delaware Technical Community College in Wilmington, Delaware. He is responsible for teaching, advising, and overseeing CIS, CNE (Computer Network Engineering), ISY (Information Security), and CSC (Computing & Information Science) programs along with several other school wide and campus wide committee assignments. When he served as a board member of Pencader Charter High School in New Castle, Delaware he provided assistance with the business curriculum and technology resources and assisted in developing Chinese language and culture programs. His advanced degree of education in curriculum design and education technology enabled him to continue providing a deeper understanding of the use of technology in operating a successful high school.
In addition to his computer teaching, Dr. Lu is actively involved with Chinese language teaching in the heritage school system in both teaching and administration positions. He has served as; a Chinese history teacher, a language teacher (8th, 9th, and 10th grade where most of his students received 5 on AP Chinese exam), a curriculum director where he developed and implemented aligned curriculum using ACTFL's language proficiency levels for both heritage and non-heritage tracks, a vice principal, and now the principal of Chinese School of Delaware. Throughout the years, Dr. Lu has made several presentations at international, national, and regional conferences and local schools regarding his research of Chinese heritage schools. Recently, Dr. Lu has been invited to join Asia Society serve on the advisory board of Chinese Early Language and Immersion Network (CELIN) initiative. He is a member of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), co-chair of ACTFL HLSIG (Heritage Language Special Interest Group), a Chinese advocate for Center for Applied Linguistic (CAL), a member of Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA) and a member of Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools (CLASS). Dr. Lu has served in several regional and national Chinese heritage school organizations such as the past president of Association of Chinese Schools (ACS) and past president of National Council of Associations of Chinese Language Schools (NCACLS). He is also active in several community organizations such as Lions Club International.
Dr. Lu earned his Bachelor's degree from National Chung-Hsin University, Taichung, Taiwan in 1979. When Dr. Lu pursued his master's degree in Computer Science in Mississippi, he also joined The Association of Chinese American Professionals (美南國建會) and became one of the chairs in presidium of student chapter in 1985. Dr. Lu was inducted as a member of CAPA in 2013. He was conferred with doctor of education degree from University of Delaware in 2009 and his dissertation was about curriculum improvements on community-based Chinese schools.
企劃 Planning
林 伯 睿 Bor-Ruei (Ray) Lin, Ph.D.
Dr. Bor-Ruei (Ray) Lin was graduated from Agricultural Chemistry Department of National Taiwan University. He received his Ph.D. degree from Georgia State University in Biology. In his graduate study, he successfully applied the electrophysiological techniques, such as voltage clamp and patch clamp majored used in neuroscience filed, to measure the channel opening in E. coli membranes microinjected into frog's oocytes and characterize the functions of the protein-conducting channels.
After his graduate study, Dr. Lin moved to the Washington D.C. area and works in Leidos Biomedical Research as a Post-doctoral Fellow. His projects are involved in human immunodeficiency virus type-1 in human T cells, Oct-1 protein regulation on human U6 promoter, and a tumor suppressor protein LZTLF1 function in immunosynapse and calcium signaling pathway. He has published many papers in highly competitive journals throughout his research career. Bor-Ruei is currently studying the MBA program in Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and combines his knowledge and background in biotechnology into the healthcare management concentrate.
In his spare time, Dr. Lin is actively volunteering in the Taiwanese community services in the Washington D.C. area. He has been participating the CAPA events for three years and assisted the Annual Symposium as an organizer. He became a CAPA member 2012 and continued his efforts in communicating and networking with the professionals in the D.C. region. He served in the board of director of National Taiwan University Alumni Association in the Washington-Baltimore Area as the treasurer and membership director, and also of Hakka Association in Washington Metropolitan Area as the secretory. He organized numerous events such as Dragon Boat Festival, tennis event, six-school picnic event, Hakka opera and crab festival for Mid-Autumn Festival in promoting the development of local Taiwanese Communities.
顧問 Sr. Advisor
徐 惠 迪 Hei-Ti Hsu, Ph.D.
A graduate of Chung-Hsing University (B.S), the University of the Philippines (MS), and the University of Illinois (PhD), Dr. Hei-ti Hsu actively involved in plant virology and immunology research for 38 years. During this time, he has published more than 160 refereed journal articles, invited reviews, and book chapters on various aspects of plant virology and immunology including virus-vector interaction, virus characterization, virus and disease detection, monoclonal antibodies, and induced immunotolerance. His studies on vector cell monolayers set the standard for investigation of virus-vector interaction. He was the first to demonstrate synchronous infection of a plant rhabdovirus and the first to show cell fusion induced by a plant virus. He was a pioneer in the application of immunology in plant sciences demonstrating the first successful production of monoclonal antibodies to plant viruses in the United States. He introduced a unique and novel approach to inducing immunotolerance in neonatal mice to enhance production of hybridomas secreting target-specific antibodies. He also introduced a tissue blot immunological method for investigation of plant pathogens in infected tissues. His work on monoclonal antibodies enables the development of new, rapid, precise, and sensitive methods for detection of plant viruses. The identification of Cucumber mosaic virus and Tomato spotted wilt virus which previously required several hours can now be accomplished in just 10 to 20 minutes.
Dr. Hsu served on Editorial Boards for the American Phytopathological Society (Plant Disease from1980 to1982 and Phytopathology from 1988 to 1990) and three terms (1978-81; 1981-84; 1984-87) on the Plant Virus Subcommittee of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. He is recognized world-wide for his expertise on viral diseases of ornamental plants and as an international authority on utilization of monoclonal antibodies in plant sciences. He has been invited to participate in numerous national and international conferences, has organized symposia and workshops. He played an official role as a US collaborating scientist in several Taiwan COA-US Department of Agriculture research projects since the program was implemented in 1986. He has served as a consultant on United Nations-sponsored programs to the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China, providing expert advice and guidance in establishing the Biotechnology Research Center in the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing, and in Asian Development Bank-sponsored programs to southeast Asia including the Philippines, India, and Malaysia. He has assisted international agricultural institutes including The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), The Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC) and The International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in establishing hybridoma and monoclonal antibody research facilities and their scientists in conducting hybridoma research for crop improvements. Dr. Hsu was a visiting scientist (1990-91) at The National Agriculture Research Center, Tsukuba, Japan, twice a visiting Professor at National Chung-Hsing University (February-August, 1997, and again February-August, 2003), Taichung, Taiwan, and an Adjunct Professor of the University of Maryland (1986-1999), College Park, Maryland. Dr. Hsu is an Honorary Professor of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (since 1986), Beijing, China and an Honorary Professor of Shanghai Landscape Research Institute (since 1999), Shanghai, China.
顧問 Sr. Advisor
鄧 德 成 Apollo Teng
Apollo Teng is currently the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Manager with the Montgomery County Government. He started the management position with GIS, a division of the Department of Technology Services, in January 1993; and in 2006, received the Award for Exceptional Service along with three co-workers. Mr. Teng has also taught part-time at Columbia University (Statistical Methods for Planners), Alabama A&M University (Quantitative Methods and GIS), and Montgomery College (Introduction to GIS). Mr. Teng is a member of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS). He held three positions with the APRS Potomac Region (1,000 members): Secretary/Treasurer (1996), Vice President (1997), and President (1998). The Potomac Region was selected by the ASPRS ExecCom as Region of the Year for 1998.
Mr. Teng was CAPA Secretary for 2007 and VP for 2008. He holds degrees of Bachelor of Architecture (1965) from Chung Yuan University, Taiwan; Master of City Planning (1972) from MIT; and is an "ABD" (All But Dissertation) from Columbia University, New York City. Mr. Teng attended the 1973 中華民國國建會and the 第二屆北美華人學術研討會, (俗稱「海外國建會」,1987 年在 Houston 舉行).
"Apollo" used to be his pen name. He used it while applying for his ROC passport and US visa back in the 1970's and the name has stuck with him ever since. Mr. Teng is married to Lily Huang (黃麗梅).
顧問 Sr. Advisor
李 敏 珠 Min-Chu Chen, M.S., R.Ph.
Min Chen is currently the Acting Director of the Division of Pharmacovigilance, Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology at the Food and Drug Administration in White Oak, Maryland. Prior to joining FDA, Ms. Chen practiced as a clinical pharmacist and joined the FDA over 25 years ago. Since then, she has been involved in all aspects of postmarketing safety activities and has led the withdrawal of numerous harmful drugs off the market. For the past 9 years, Ms. Chen has chaired international pharmacovigilance conferences with regulatory authorities from EMA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. She is an advisor to the Chinese American Professionals Association of Metropolitan DC (CAPA), consults to the Taiwan FDA on their regulatory process and has been a speaker at the World Health Organization.
She has received over 25 awards during her time at the FDA, including the highest citation award from the FDA Commissioner. In addition, Ms. Chen is only one of two Asian American women at the FDA at her position.
Ms. Chen is a graduate of the National Taiwan University College of Pharmacy, holds a Master of Science in Pharmacology from the National Taiwan University and a Pharmacy degree from the University of Missouri, Kansas City. She currently lives in Potomac, Maryland, has three adult children and is an avid tennis player.
顧問 Sr. Advisor
吳 東 麟 Thomas Wu, Ph.D.
Dr. Wu received a B.S. in chemistry from National Taiwan University, a M.S. in chemistry from New Mexico Tech, and a Ph.D. in chemistry from University of Rhode Island. Dr. Wu worked for Smithsonian Institution at its Environmental Science Center as a research chemist. He then worked at Georgia Tech and came back to Maryland and worked in the University of Maryland system as a chemistry professor of Coppin State University.
Dr. Wu retired from his chemistry career in 2007. He has been active in community activities and served as 2008 president of CAPA.
顧問 Sr. Advisor
萬 宜 生 Edward Wan, Ph.D.
Edward Wan, PhD is the 2013 CAPA Sr. Advisor. Previously, he also served as the 2010 and 2012 CAPA Sr. Advisor and was the 2011 CAPA President. In 2010, he help prepared a winning proposal to secure $13 k funding from the National Science Council in Taiwan to finance a successful 2010 CAPA Annual Symposium, in which he also played the role of Chairperson for organizing an Energy Session. During his tenure as the 2011 CAPA President, he was instrumental to raise $18k to fund the publication of a CAPA 36th Anniversary Commemorating Book. In 2012, he served as the overall coordinator to organize the first "Asian Job Fair" which was supported by CAPA and four other Chinese American community organizations (i.e. MJ-DC, OCA-Dc, CCACC and TCCGW). Again, in February 2013, he served as the principal organizer for a successful Asian "Internship Seminar", which was supported by the same five organizations plus TECRO and TSA. For the past three decades, Dr. Wan has been actively involved with several Chinese and American organizations including serving as the first treasurer of the Gaithersburg Chinese School and the past President of Chien Chun Alumni Association (CCAA) during 2009-2010. He supported the equal rights and justice for all Asian Americans and was the past President of OCA-DC and an Executive VP of OCA National. He also served on the Board of Leadership Montgomery and currently is a member of Board of Visitors at the University of Maryland. Professionally, Dr. Wan has been engaged in energy & environmental consulting business for over 35 years.
He was the founding President of STR Pacific Corporation, an international energy and environmental consulting company, which has done businesses in the US, Taiwan and China. Prior to starting his own company, he worked for Bechtel, SAIC, and MITRE Corporation. Dr. Wan received BS from Chun Yuan University and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, all in Chemical Engineering.
顧問 Sr. Advisor
Martin Lo
Dr. Y. Martin Lo is a well published food biopress engineer at the University of Maryland (UM) until 2012, with renowned research programs in value-added bioconversion of food and agriculture byproducts as well as development of food safety strategies. His research interests include intervention strategies for microbial control in fresh cut and processing facilities, recovery of protein from tobacco for non-smoking applications, reduction of trans fatty acids in food, creation of soy-based products for humanitarian purposes, assessment of nano-safety in food, and fermentation optimization. Dr. Lo has a special contract with UM as a scientist devoting his efforts towards helping developing countries. Dr. Lo is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, a position he has held since 2007.
Dr. Lo is the Process Authority for the state of Maryland and has helped regional food companies and the farming communities develop new quality products. He served as the President of the Chinese American Food Society and the Chair of Food Engineering Division in the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), and was selected as a Distinguished Lecturer for IFT. Dr. Lo serves as the Maryland Food Safety HACCP Coordinator for USDA-FSIS and is one of the leading instructors for the Commercially Sterile Packaged Foods (CSPF) international training program for the Joint Institute of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) while serving as a trainer for international workshops on Good Agriculture Practices (GAPs).
顧問 Sr. Advisor
程 育 甫 Frank Y Chen, Ph.D.
B.S. Nuclear Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, 1969
M.S. Ph.D, Nuclear Engineering, Kansas State University, 1973, 1975
5 years (1975 – 1980) Bechtel Power Corp. Architecture engineering design of nuclear power plants
1.5 years (1980 – 1981) Consolidated Edison of New York, Nuclear Power Plant Operations
10 Years (1981 – 1990) Toledo Edison, Nuclear power plant modifications and safety reviews
3 years (1990 – 1993) U.S. Department of Energy, New Production Reactor engineering and design
16 years (1993 – 2010) U.S. Department of Energy, Nuclear safety inspections of nuclear facilities
顧問 Sr. Advisor
莊 德 茂 De-Maw Chuang, Ph.D.
Dr. Chuang is the Chief of the Molecular Neurobiology Section of the Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He received his B.S. degree from National Taiwan University School of Pharmacy, and Ph.D. degree from the Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, State University of New York at Stony Brook. He did his postdoctoral training at the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology in Nutley, New Jersey.
Dr. Chuang's current research centers on the neurobiology of mood stabilizing drugs, notably lithium, valproic acid and lamotrigine, which are used to treat bipolar mood disorder. His pioneering work demonstrated that treatment with lithium robustly protects cultured CNS neurons from glutamate-induced NMDA-receptor-mediated excitotoxicity, which has been implicated in a variety of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases. His recent research provided evidence that lithium and valproic acid, by inhibiting glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) and histone deacetylases (HDACs), respectively, elicited neuroprotective, neurotrophic, anti-inflammatory and mood stabilizing effects, among others. His laboratory also reported the downstream mechanisms mediating these actions. His past and current work shows that lithium and valproic acid have beneficial effects in multiple animal models of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders. His research goal is to explore the possibility that mood stabilizers have utility in treating neurodegenerative diseases in addition to bipolar disorder.
Dr. Chuang has received many honors and awards, including the NIH Director's Award in 1997 in recognition of "his superb leadership and innovative research which advances the understanding of basic mechanisms involved in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders". He is the recipient of the 2002 NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award. He was also inducted into the Academia Sinica in Taiwan in 2006. He received the NIMH Director's Mentor Award in 2010, and the NIMH Intramural Research Program Outstanding Mentor Award in 2011, and honored as a Distinguished Alumnus of National Taiwan University in 2012. Dr. Chuang is an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, and a member of many scientific societies including the ACNP, FASEB and the Society for Neuroscience. He has published over 250 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals including PNAS, Science, Nature Medicine, J Neuroscience, Mol Psychiatry, J Biol Chem, Trend in Neurosciences, Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Pharmacological Reviews.
顧問 Sr. Advisor
吳和仁 Herren Wu, Ph.D.
Dr. Herren Wu is Vice President of R&D, Global Head of Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering in MedImmune, the global biologics R&D arm of AstraZeneca. In this position, he is responsible for global technology, antibody discovery, antibody/protein engineering, therapeutic peptides, protein scaffolds, protein sciences, and structural biology. He leads a global organization of ~200 scientists. He was also the founding department head for Biosuperiors R&D and led this organization for three years (2010-2013). He is actively involved in developing MedImmune's clinical- and preclinical-stage product candidates for infectious diseases, cancers, autoimmune diseases, inflammation, respiratory diseases, CV/metabolic diseases and CNS/pain. In addition, he also has the responsibility in co-leading MedImmune's Asia biologics R&D strategy.
Dr. Wu has about 20-year experience in antibody/protein drug discovery and development. He started as Director, Protein Engineering and Structure in MedImmune in 2002. He was promoted to Senior Director, Head, Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering in 2004 and Vice President in 2007. Prior to joining MedImmune, he served as Head, Molecular Biology Department at Tanox, Inc. (acquired by Genentech in 2007). Before joining Tanox, he held a variety of research positions up to Associate Director, Antibody Engineering and Discovery at Applied Molecular Evolution (now a subsidiary of Eli Lilly & Co.). He is the recipient of the Senior Technology Fellow Emerald Honors award presented at the 2006 Minorities in Research Science Conference. He is also an inventor on 39 issued patents and 36 patent applications related to antibody/protein therapeutics and technologies
Dr. Wu received his bachelor's degree (1986) in chemistry from the National Taiwan University and his doctorate (1993) in molecular and cellular biology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He completed his postdoctoral training (1995) at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California.
Special Assistant
沈 芳 敏 Charlie Sheen, Ph.D.
After receiving his PhD in genetics, he did seven-year postdoctoral research in Drosophila and human genetics. He started working for the biotech company Promega for 12 years as technical service scientist and field application specialist.
He also spent three years in a Taiwan biotech company as R&D and Marketing Director.
Special Assistant
潘 志 中 Charlie Pan, M.S.
Charlie Pan received his MS degree in Civil Engineering from National Taiwan University and MS degree in Computer Science from University of Minnesota. He currently works at NASDAQ as a senior system specialist.
He is currently the web master for the following organizations:
- Hakka Association in Washington Metropolitan Area 大華府區客家同鄉會
- Chinese-American Professionals Association (CAPA) 華府國建聯誼會
- BEINU Alumnae Association of Greater Washington Area 大華府區北一女校友會
- Washingtion School of Chinese Language and Culture (WSCLC) 華府中文學校


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Fantasy sports tournament proving popular with poker aces
Ray Coburn won this past weekend's DraftKings "Millionaire Maker" for one million dollars, another poker professional who hit the winning combination in the fantasy sports tournament.
InfoPowa readers will recall a report on poker professional Matt Smith who took the million dollar prize in the DraftKings tournament just last week (see previous InfoPowa report).
Smith and Coburn bested a field of 92 400 contestants by accruing points through the correct selection of players in their fantasy choices for just a $27 buy-in.
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ASAP is delighted to announce that Newcastle will be the first port of call for its much-expanded regional events programme this autumn when it returns to the city on 20 September to host its second members networking event, following on from its successful inaugural event last year.
James Foice, ASAP CEO comments:
'I'm delighted that our autumn series of regional networking events will take us first to Newcastle on 20 September. This will be an excellent opportunity for serviced apartment operators and agents in the North East – both members and prospective members of our Association – to come together and meet with our ASAP team, exchange ideas, debate regional trends and find out more about our rapidly growing sector and the work of the ASAP.
'I am especially grateful to Vivien Herrera-Lee, Managing Director of Properties Unique, for very generously hosting our 2017 event at the wonderful BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art. Properties Unique have been a pioneer of serviced apartments in the North East and have been longstanding members of the ASAP for over 8 years. It's fantastic that Vivien and her team have been such strong champions of our ASAP Quality Accreditation Programme and this event is a great opportunity for us to witness how the sector is thriving in the North East'.
Vivien Herrera-Lee, Managing Director, Properties Unique Ltd
'Properties Unique are very much looking forward to welcoming all ASAP Members to the North East meeting, at the inspiring BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art. The venue was originally an old Flour Mill, from which you can enjoy spectacular River views across the bridges, which include the famous Millennium Bridge.
'We do hope you will join us to experience the warmth and hospitality that Properties Unique boast and that the North East region are renowned for, enjoying complimentary drinks from the bar and English style 'tapas', with background music from local string quartet North East Soiree."
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As President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey applies his strongman tactics to the economy, the country faces a crisis that could reverberate through global markets.
Tag: turkey
👓 Murdered man's body found after fig tree grew from seed in his stomach | The Mirror
Ahmet Hergune was killed during the conflict between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in 1974
Prepping a turkey stock from the remains of yesterday's feast.
Turkey for Easter
I must say this turkey in my car smells delicious. Must get an air freshener like this.
Happy Thanksgiving to Me Can't wait to start experimenting.
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A very common problem arises when during the calls, an incoming call arrives. In the absence of any appropriate mechanism, it will not be possible for the mobile users to know about the incoming calls.
Android has a feature to inform the users about the incoming calls while they are busy with some other user. You may activate the feature at your own but if you feel any problem, you may see the instructions.
1: Tap the icon of the 'Phone Dialer' on the Home screen of your Android 5.1 Lollipop device to open up the 'Phone Dialer' app screen.2: Tap the settings button, placed at the top right corner of the 'Phone Dialer' screen. It will open up a popup menu.3: Tap the 'Settings' in the popup menu.4: At the 'Settings' screen, tap the 'Calls'.5: At the 'Call settings' screen, tap the 'Additional settings'.6: At the 'Additional settings' screen, see the 'During the call, notify me of the incoming calls' is not checked, i.e. not activated and enabled.7: Tap the 'During the call, notify me of the incoming calls' to check and activate.From now onward, a beep or vibrate will inform you about the incoming call, depending upon the Android device.
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San Francisco: Monterey & Carmel Tour with Optional Aquarium
Duration: 11 hours
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We booked with different tour. But ended up with another one Very confusing with out notice to us plus took extra time and travel Fortunately our guide was great and made up for some of it Carmel stop was a waste of time


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Visitors to the 2016 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals were presented with a huge array of priceless dream cars few people can afford. After seeing rows of these cars, much of it seemed to blend together. But one car stopped visitors in their tracks: The "Paint Chip Cuda."
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Hot Dozen: The Most Collectible 1980s Muscle Cars
Like music, movies, and television shows, cars imprint on us at an early age. Generally, they form impressions in the years leading up to the milestone day you're granted a driver license, solidifying with the experience of your first car and those of your friends and peers.
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19-year-old Mustang driver hits 208 mph fleeing police
Police chases often involve high speeds but rarely do we see reports of speeds in excess of 200 mph. But that's exactly what happened last weekend in Oklahoma.
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Why Car Enthusiasts Should Swap Each Other's Cars More Often
Being a car enthusiast is always about wanting more. If you're like me, every day you're itching to drive cool cars you randomly see like a Nissan GT-R, Acura NSX, or a Toyota Previa. (I really want to drive that egg.) It's a torturous feeling as there's no easy way to get your hands on different kinds of cars unless you're rich enough to own them all or have rich friends who do. I have neither. But there is another way.
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Introduction: Simple Sword Dagger Cardboard Prop
So this my first instructable and I really like swords and sorcery type games so here is how to make a card board dagger/swoard.
Step 1: Materiales
You will need scissors, glue, cardboard and glue/tape (I prefer glue)
Step 2: Cutting Out
For cutting out you will need to trace out a main blade and two small ones, then you will use your hand to measure out the handle which is made of three pieces take one and cut a indent.
Step 3: Glue It
First glue the indented handle pice to one other, then glue the main blade as pictured. Then glue the small blades to the edges of the main blade. Then glue the last handle pice to the handle section. Finally you glue the finishing details to the handle.
Step 4: Painting
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really cool i will make a few
Looks like fun. It's amazing what you can make with just a bit of cardboard and some imagination! :)
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Let's face it. We're addicted to our smart phones and the entertainment they offer us. They let us check out email while listening to our favorite Pandora station and checking for the latest game updates. They also let us practice our skills at launching Angry Birds while waiting in line at the checkout.
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Apr 6 | Google Analytics
Monday, April 6, 2020
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This immersive training teaches you the foundation of Google Analytics.
About the Training
Navigate the platform through the lens of a real business, taking you through how to track, evaluate performance, and draw insights to improve your business.
Learn to answer questions about whether to invest in mobile, which market you should launch in next, and what campaigns are driving revenue.
- Understand who is on your website, how they are arriving at your website, what they do when they get there, and what impact it's having on your business
- Identify the metrics that matter to your business and how to measure these in Google Analytics
- Create and import custom segments to analyze your business from different perspectives
- Find out which marketing campaigns and pages on your website create the most business value
- Learn the basics of tracking goals, campaigns, conversions, and events
- Learn how to export, share, automate and trigger reports
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Leyda Hernandez is the founder and CEO of C'EST DU LUXE, a luxury lifestyle-focused research, marketing, and digital PR firm based in New York. She's also an adjunct professor, teaching marketing and luxury at New York University, the Fashion Institute of Technology, and LIM College. Leyda gives keynotes and speaks at conferences around the world on trends and the future of the luxury market. In 2017, she was recognized by Forbes' 30 Under 30 list, and her work has been quoted and featured in media outlets around the globe including Forbes, TIME, Inc., 7 Entertainment Paris, New York 1, and Yahoo Finance. www.leydahernandez.com
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Things You'll Need
- Measuring tape
- Pencil
- Paper
- Ruler
- French curve template
- Circle templates
- Right angle or T-square
How to Make a Bra Pattern. Designing and pattern making for lingerie is one of the more difficult areas of fashion due to the many curves, angles and odd measurements. Also your ability to be precise is tested during each step of the process. Make your own pattern for a bra that fits you just right.
Take your measurements
Measure around your center bust line. Start at the side seam, go around the center of both breasts to the other side seam, and then around the back at the same level holding the measuring tape taught, but not indenting the flesh.
Get your bust point. Measure your bust point by holding the measuring tape tight from the center of one breast to the center of the other breast.
Figure your cup size. You want to measure from the middle of the shoulder to the bust point. Remember to do this for each breast as each one is a slightly different size even on the same person.
Measure your chest next, holding the tape taught from one arm pit to the other above the breast.
Take your underbust measurement the same way you did your bust line only at the underwire level.
Draft your pattern
Draw your larger sections with straight lines first. Use your ruler, right angle, and French curve template to set your measurements to paper. Add seam allowance to each line after you sketch each section.
Draft the cups next. Since the cups are the most rounded pieces, a template with various circle sizes can help give you the shape. Also use your French curve and right angle together to get the proper curve angle for each cup of the bra.
Sketch and re-sketch. There is a lot of room for error with so many curves and angles, so it is wise to draw, measure, re-draw, and measure again until you are confident your pattern is precise.
Test your pattern. Always create a mock-up of your pattern and see how it fits before using it with your final fabric. Designers have fittings for a reason and it all starts with the mock-up and adjustments are made from there. The same holds true here.
Have someone measure you instead of measuring yourself. Stand up straight in bare feet holding your arms to the side, and wear only a bra or nothing on top. Many patterns are simply adjustments of existing patterns. Another way to draft your bra pattern is to dismantle your existing bra, trace each section and make appropriate adjustments from there. This method is easier and quicker and it can give you an excellent starting point for drafting your bra pattern from scratch. Another method is to use drafting software. You type in the measurements and it draws your pattern for you. This is a good idea if you plan to make many bras for several people.


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Hey you, happy new year. I am currently typing this is 2012 and it I can't believe how quickly 2013 has crept up on us. However I am definitely looking forward to the new year and to everything that is in store for me. Some of you may already know that I have been on a beauty cosmetics shopping ban for a little while after splurging way too much over the summer and I am proud to admit I have been very good and sticking to it. I think I will manage to stay at it for a while (fingers crossed) however bans usually tend to make wish lists longer and this post is a peek at mine!
I've decided to limit myself to 5 products, but 5 rather luxurious products (another word for expensive products). The first item is something I've had my eye on for a while and I think is my most lusted for out of all the items. This is the Urban Decay Vice Palette, packed with 20 beautiful shades and I have to say, in general as a whole, Urban Decay's eye shadow quality is pretty much the best in the market. Beats MAC shadows hands down, the UD ones are more silky and apply and blend much better especially their matte colours. I've had Urban Decay Book of Shadows before but they are quite bulky which means they get neglected, however this palette is sleek and not too bulky and I think I'd use it lots. You can pick up for £42 which works out to be £2.10 per shadow (I'm clearly attempting to justify the palette to myself here!)
Second luxury lust item is a YSL lipstick simply for the reason it is a YSL lipstick and I want one in my collection. I haven't even swatched any but I would probably go for a classic red colour as I feel I can never go wrong with a red. I know it's such a silly thing to want, I have no justification for it other than I love the packaging and the weight and have heard lots of good things about YSL lipsticks but the heart craves what the heart craves right? I don't know which range of the lipsticks I'd go for, probably something in the matte category as a matte red lip in one of my all time favourite lip looks. These lipsticks retail for around £23 so quite a bit of a splurge, maybe I might treat myself to one if I do well in an assignment?
Now the third item (in no particular order) is a product I swatched in Space.NK over a year ago, and absolutely adored. It's the NARS duo in Hungry Heart which is a lovely gorgeous highlighter duo. Do I need another highlighter, most probably not but this post isn't really about need, it is all about want. I want this, it's as simple as that. From what I remember from swatching the duo has two shades of… glitter. A lot of people are disappointed in this product as a highlighter, it's either too glittery or not enough colour pay off however I personally know that I will use it lightly and like how it's a glittery highlighter but there are no chunks of glitter, instead it is finely milled. This is definitely a love it or hate it product and is down to personal preference but I think I would absolutely love it for the summer and Asian wedding events. The duo is priced at £29.00
A Dipitique candle is another one of my lust items and I know I will need a huge celebration/special occasion to give in and splurge on one of these. Speaking about needing and wanting products, this is definitely something I do not need in my life however I do lust after it regardless. I think from everything in my list this is the item I would buy last simply because I'd probably get the least use out of it but I still have to admit, I'd love it in my life. I'm not sure what scent I would go for, possibly rose or jasmine and I know I'd probably go for the £38.00 190g but like I said this, I would need a really good occasion to purchase one of these babies. I can already envision myself in a bubble bath with this burning away by my side…
Finally we are on to the fifth item, I'm really glad I limited myself to five products because this list can go on and on. I have a new skin care routine that I've planned out for 2013 and I'm not sure where this item will fit in but nevertheless it's on my list. I'm talking about the Elizabeth Arden Original 8 Hour Cream which I've heard so much good things about. I definitely need to try this out, apparently it is great for chapped lips and I'd love to compare it with my much loved Dr.Lipp balm ( review here). This promises lots of moisturising goodness and for someone like me who will always believe that they have dry skin, it is perfect. It's £25 which isn't too bad I think! As I probably won't use this as a daily moisturiser, I think the 50ml size will last a while.
Okay so that is it for my lust list, or is it? I have just remembered one more item that I really really am lusting after so can I please include it? Pretty please? I can hear you saying very loudly 'of course Tanzina, go right ahead, we forgive you for exceeding the five item limit!' You guys are just too good to me
This is the Aromatherapy Associates Ultimate Bath & Shower Oil collection. 2012 has definitely bought to me the art of deep relaxing pampering bath time and it's something I hope to carry on well into 2013,14,15… however long I live for really. Now I've heard quite a lot of good things about this collection, and the bottom line is… I want it. This isn't cheap, it is priced at £50 and you have 9 vials which approximately hold 3 baths worth each. It is without doubt something that has earned its place in my lust list and fingers crossed one day it will find its way into my bath tub.
That is it, this time for real. I'd love to know what you all are lusting over, so feel free to leave a comment. Happy 2013 everyone, hope it is a great year for us all and lots of dreams are accomplished. Thank you for being there throughout 2012 and I've really appreciated all of your support! – Tanzina xx


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There are many options when staying on Straddie - resorts, cottages, apartments or holiday houses, including pet friendly options.
Minjerribah Camping (previously Straddie Camping) has several parks and foreshore camping grounds to choose from. Each ground has unique features and various accommodation options.
Trawler-fresh seafood, island-style pizza, hearty club and pub meals, classic fish 'n' chips or homemade gelato are just a few of the choices on Straddie to delight your taste buds.


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Medicine Leaves
- Artist
- Abie loy Kemarre
- Price
- $2,200
- Size
- 600x1450
- Medium
- Acrylic on Canvas
- Region
- Utopia
- About
Year: 2017
This painting depicts Bush Medicine leaves. The leaves are collected by the Aboriginal women, boiled, kangaroo resin added and mixed into a paste, which is used by Aboriginal people as bush medicine to treat a variety of ailments. It is also celebrated in their Awelye ceremonies
Painting comes with a COA and photo of artist holding competed work


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The next meeting will be on July 25th, 2014 at 8pm in the FamiLAB Meeting Room. We will be learning about radio waves, signal jamming, and potential denial of service using these methods from Motsu.
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ADAMS TOWNSHIP — Flat state funding since fiscal year 2010, combined with not passing an operating levy in 30 years, have made Clinton-Massie delay or pass on capital projects, reduce staff and remove offerings for students, said the superintendent.
The school board is proposing a 0.5 percent (in other words, ½ of 1 percent) earned income tax rate for the purpose of current expenses. The tax question is on the Nov. 6 ballot for voters residing within the school district territory.
"This money is not for extravagance. It is certainly not for a stadium bleacher or lighting project; it is to stop cutting good people and useful programs," Clinton-Massie Local Schools Superintendent Matt Baker told the Wilmington News Journal.
The Clinton-Massie school district has been "a good steward of the taxpayers' money for decades," said Baker.
He points to the district having cut $3.7 million in spending since fiscal year (FY) 2010.
"In order to continue our storied tradition of high academic achievement and strong student offerings, we are asking the taxpayers to increase their support through an earned income tax," said the superintendent.
The earned income tax would not be levied upon retirement income (pensions), Social Security benefits, disability/survivor compensation, child support, unemployment compensation, welfare benefits, interest, dividends, or capital gains.
Under the proposed earnings tax, taxable earned income would include wages, salaries, tips, and other taxable employee pay. It also would include self-employment net income, including income from partnerships.
"We are a gold-rated, 5-star district when it comes to being audited by the state. We are spending money wisely and efficiently," Baker said.
After noting that state funding has been flat since FY 2010, he told the News Journal that district officials do not predict an increase in the foreseeable future.
The earnings tax issue on the November ballot has a five-year term and then it would have to be renewed by voters or be removed. If passed, it would go into effect beginning New Year's Day 2019.
"I went through a classroom the other day while the students were working on political cartoons. Two students stopped me to show their cartoons. These two students had chosen their subject matter to be the school district's financial debt symbolized by a large weight hanging over a falcon mascot, the levy, and the possibility of losing programs like band and art.
"I thought to myself, 'How sad.' We have tried to shelter the students from this levy grind but it is being talked about in the public so much that they cannot help but react to the conversations," said Baker.
"What are the reasons for passing the earnings tax? I can think of 1,800 of them who walk through our doors every day," the superintendent concluded.
Reach Gary Huffenberger at 937-556-5768.


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(Despite another round of misleading headlines — kicked off by The Telegraph's Nov 5, 2015, declaration that "women are either bisexual or gay but never straight" — researcher Meredith Chivers' findings on the fluidity of female sexuality are far more complex./Photos by Zoonar RF and Marili Forastieri/Digital Vision/Thinkstock)
Poor Meredith Chivers just can't catch a break.
If you recently read that "women are either bisexual or gay but never straight," you heard about her research. Except she never said that. Never, ever, ever.
Chivers, a researcher at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, is one of the world's most discussed sex researchers, but also the most consistently misunderstood. And now she's being misquoted from a study she didn't even publish.
Here's how it happened.
Back in 2004, Chivers published some groundbreaking research on female sexuality. In brief, she used a device called a plethysmograph to measure physiological arousal in men and women while they watched videos of couples having sex. She found while men showed patterns of arousal in line with their sexual orientation, women were aroused when watching nearly any sexual activity, gay or straight, man or woman. She concluded that women's arousal patterns — what makes blood flow to the vagina — do not match their sexual orientation, or the kind of sex women actually want. (Read a more in-depth explanation of Chivers' research here.)
What Chivers did not conclude was that all women are really pansexual.
Genital arousal testing is not a polygraph for the vagina — it doesn't reveal some hidden "true" sexual orientation about which straight women are ignorant. It just shows female sexuality is complex and multi-layered, and that women who only want to have sex with men can still react to female visual stimuli.
Chivers' preferred metaphor is a vegan who salivates at the smell of bacon. Salivation doesn't show she "really" wants to eat bacon, just that her body is preparing for the possibility.
Unfortunately, that's a very subtle distinction. Since Chivers published, her research has been used by well-meaning writers to suggest that women don't have a link between their minds and genitals, straight women are into gay sex, or that women are carnal sex machines.
In November 2015 it got worse. Chivers' former research partner Gerulf Rieger, now at the University of Essex, published a new study building off her research. Despite having heard Chivers complain about being misquoted for years, Rieger made a tactical error.
In the press release he wrote along with the university public relations department, he began, "When it comes to what turns them on, women are either bisexual or gay, but never straight."
Chivers could probably have told him what would happen next.
The Telegraph ignored the qualifier "when it comes to what turns them on" and led with the headline "Women are either bisexual or gay but never straight." Yahoo News followed with "New Study Claims Women Are Bisexual or Lesbian — Not Straight." Twenty thousand social media impressions later, the damage was done.
"I think I now understand Meredith better," Rieger says ruefully. "Why she's so stressed about people wanting to believe she said straight women don't exist. It hadn't happened to me until now. We clearly don't say that in the paper. I would never endorse such a statement."
When Daily Xtra reached Chivers, she was busy on Twitter, fending off erroneous interpretations of her theories.
"It's really frustrating because nobody's actually read the paper. They have no idea what they're commenting on," she says. "People have completely missed the point. History is repeating itself, basically. People are making pronouncements that I would never, ever say. Making pronouncements about people's sexual orientation based on their arousal patterns is just ludicrous."
What's most tragic is that in the back and forth about whether straight women exist, the substance of Rieger's research has been mostly ignored. That's too bad, because it's actually quite interesting.
Rieger studied whether masculine-presenting lesbians experience arousal more like men. As Chivers' research has already shown, lesbians have more gender-specific arousal patterns than straight or bisexual women. In other words, like men, lesbians are aroused more by one gender and not the other. Research also shows lesbians, on average, present more stereotypically masculine than straight women. Wouldn't it make sense, Rieger thought, if the more masculine a gay woman presented, the more masculine her arousal pattern?
It turned out, however, that Rieger was wrong. After collecting more data, this time using a pupil dilation test to measure arousal, he discovered there was no relationship between how a lesbian presents and how she experiences arousal. Rieger says the finding lends some credence to a saying he heard from lesbians in his lab: "Butch on the streets, femme in the sheets." How gay women appear in public does not necessarily tell us about their sexual arousal.
But, having learned the hard way, Rieger cautions to take his results in context. "The way I see it, there are two different worlds when it comes to female sexuality," he says. "One is what they perceive, see and feel, and will be absolutely true to them. But then their lower body has its own function, and seems to work independently. When we talk about sexual orientation, we have to be careful what level we're talking about."


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five hundred and fifteen days and nights later
the generation is still doomed to watch its fate.
flash on a screen, inevitable blinding horizon,
on high alert for terror this has to be a dream.
have you ever wondered what its like
to feel the earth crash into you?
have you ever wondered
what it would be like to feel
theres nothing you could do?
this sky cant hold us all, so just set it ablaze.
swallowed by the fire, laid to rest in the bowels of humanity.
winters coming,
please tear me away from this.
just let them keep itching each others trigger finger.
its all a matter of who will blink first.
when its all over where will we go?


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To expedite the check-in process. Please fill out our Online Waiver before coming to snow tube!
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- You will need a valid email address to complete the Online Waiver.
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- At check-in, all we need is your last name to verify participants.
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Wetsuit Wearhouse is having a blow out sale and that means you can get one hell of a deal on the best wetsuits and gear from last year.
Click on the banner or this link below, and you can check out what they have to offer:
50% OFF Closeout Items at Wetsuit Wearhouse.com!
Here are some of the wetsuits and discounts Wetsuit Wearhouse has included in this sale:
- 2mm Men's Rip Curl DAWN PATROL Shorty Springsuit– 14% Off
- 3.5/2.5mm Men's O'Neill PSYCHOFREAK Full Wetsuit – 10% Off
- 4/3mm Men's Billabong PLATINUM X Full Wetsuit – 25% Off
- 5/4/3mm Women's Body Glove Stormtrooper Hooded Wetsuit – 54% Off
This is a great time of the year to buy wetsuits because surf shops and online stores are doing their best to get rid of their overstocked suits before the new 2011's start hitting the shelf (which many already have).
And it's not like these are sub par wetsuits or anything; usually there are minor changes from one model year to the next. So, it's like your getting a 2011 suit or gear for below 2010 prices.
But make sure you check this out ASAP. The supplies and sizes are limited and when they are gone, they are gone. If you've been in the market for a new surfing wetsuit or a new wetsuit for your next triathlon, then now is the time.


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Practical Legal Training (PLT)
Practical legal training (PLT) is an essential study requirement for any person wishing to practise law in NSW.
How to become a lawyer
- Admission to practise as a lawyer is based upon the successful completion of a law degree (or equivalent qualification) and an accredited course of PLT.
- Completion of PLT is a requirement of the NSW Legal Profession Admission Board (LPAB) for admission as a legal practitioner to the Supreme Court of New South Wales and by mutual recognition to the Supreme Courts of other Australian states.
UTS Practical Legal Training
UTS was the first university in Sydney to offer an accredited PLT program, the Graduate Certificate in Professional Legal Practice. We offer students:
- University-standard qualification accredited by the LPAB
- Practical Experience, ability to concurrently accumulate Practical Experience hours with academic studies
- Flexible delivery, 3 intakes per year (Summer, Autumn and Spring), on-campus and online study subject delivery, full-time and part-time options
- Work-based assessments that reflect legal practice, such as client files, letters and document drafting, court appearances, interviewing, negotiating, trust accounting and ethical problem-solving
- No exams
- Competitive Fees based on 18cp of studies, all LLB and JD graduates receive an automatic 6cp exemption.
Overseas Practitioner Programs
We also offer a range of courses designed for international law graduates seeking admission to legal practice.


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A new feed intervention is poised to help improve biosecurity and may even prevent transmission of viruses including Seneca Valley virus (SVA) and African swine fever (ASF) that may survive in feed.
Pipestone Veterinary Services shared their research and their new strategic partnership with Alltech at the 2019 Alltech One Ideas Conference.
In 2014 Pipestone veterinarian Scott Dee first identified that Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDV) could survive in feed. Armed with the knowledge that feed can move viruses, Pipestone is turning their attention to China and ASF.
To understand China and their challenges with ASF, first you must understand China's farm structure. For perspective, Pipestone veterinarian Dr. Gordon Spronk says China's sow population is estimated at roughly 25 to 35 million sows, while the U.S. is roughly 6 million sows. About 20% of farms practice large production techniques like North America and Europe, while the other 80% are traditional smaller farms.
Second, China is a fresh market, and ASF lives in red blood cells.
"ASF is one of the most severe viruses that infect our pigs because of the mortality rate. And the risk of feed ingredient contamination is high," Spronk says. "So we quickly concluded that interventions need to be considered to add to the biosecurity portfolio we've already put in place."
Dr. Jon De Jong, president of Pipestone Nutrition, says extensive testing has shown ASFV is present in raw materials in China. Dust samples drying on ground from bulk feed ingredients were tested. Several thousand samples were collected at a rate of 250 samples a day. Results showed 1% to 2% of complete feed and ingredients tested positive for ASFV DNA. Positive ingredients included corn, soy, rice, wheat and distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS).
ASFV DNA was also detected in dust. Sources included the feed mill environment, feed trucks and trailers, complete feed in bins, personnel's hair and soles of shoes and the fresh market environment.
"The North American market imports a lot of feed ingredients from Asian countries and other countries that could have infections of African swine fever," De Jong says.
With this framework, Dee began to explore the survivability of various viruses during transpacific travel.
"Dr. Dee focused on a number of different ingredients," De Jong says. Two specific areas of focus were Seneca Valley virus as a surrogate for foot-and-mouth disease and ASF virus. Both of these viruses survived a simulated 37-day trip across the ocean in materials that ranged from conventional soybean meal and soy oil cake to choline, moist dog and cat food and complete feed with control.
Once they established the viruses could survive the trip, De Jong says the second question was whether the virus could still infect pigs. Recently completed research by Dr. Megan Niederwerder at Kansas State University shows ASFV is transmitted through feed and water.
"Quality control becomes critical. You can make sourcing decisions. Are you going to source ingredients from countries with ASF?" De Jong asks. "So the question becomes can we mitigate the viral load that could be in those feed ingredients?"
Simply put, research points to yes. Alltech has partnered with Pipestone and Cornerstone to develop the dietary intervention product APC (Alltech, Pipestone, Cornerstone), designed to improve the farm's biosecurity platform. APC is a proprietary blend of organic acids and essential oils. When added to feed, APC has shown efficacy to prevent the transmission of PRRSv, PEDV and SVA in feed. The product is under registration now and will be available in the U.S. within the next 30 days.
Mitigation of virus in animal food may prove a critical biosecurity link to prevent ASF, as the disease mortality is near 100%. The virus moves slowly in and between populations, and De Jong says biosecurity interventions, including feed, may help stop the movement.
Find a complete guide to ASF, from how the disease spreads to how to prevent it, at porkbusiness.com/ASF.
Learn more about how lessons learned from PEDV could keep ASF out of the U.S.
Read how Dr. Sánchez-Vizcaíno, DVM, of Madrid, Spain, eradicated ASF from Spain.
Also read determining the risk of African swine fever in vitamins.


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Jim Nepple and I presented a half day seminar on LLC and S corporation tax issues on May 15, 2018. My part focused on what pass-through entities are, and how Illinois LLC operating agreements should be modified to define agency authority (e.g., who can sign contracts for the company) and manager rights, if the company has managers besides the members, as a result of the 2017 Illinois limited liability company act amendments. I also briefly mentioned the 20% federal gross income deduction for pass-through entities in the 2017 federal tax act, which is more completely described in Jim's presentation. My slides are available at ISBA LLC and S Corps Talk May 15 2018
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Hey guys,
That time has rolled around again for me to unbox my monthly Birchbox subscription and give you my thoughts on it!
So without further ado, let's jump in and see what I got this month! ❤
~ Packaging ~
The packaging of this months Birchbox was simple yet effective. It has a nice brown box with the products inside which really does remind you of a package you would receive.
The covering that the box came in was also lovely, it was designed like an envelope which added to the theme of signed, sealed, delivered.
I do like the packaging this month overall, it is basic but it does work with the theme they are following for the month of March.
~ Products Received ~
This month I received a lovely mix of products and I am pretty happy with what I got! There is only one product that I will probably give away as I don't use products like that but the others are lovely!
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
1. Batiste 2-in-1 Invisible Dry Shampoo and Conditioner {RRP £4.49}
2. Vita Liberata Ten Minute Tan {RRP £29.95}
3. Benefit They're Real! Double The Lip ~ Lusty Rose {RRP £16.50}
4. Balance Me Instant Lift Primer
5. Bobbi Brown Radiance Boost Mask {RRP £33}
I love the variety of the products I have received this month and the only product I wouldn't use is the fake tan as I generally avoid them like the plague. This isn't a bad mark against the box generally as who would know? Haha. The box overall with the variety of products is really nice though!
~ Thoughts Overall ~
Overall this month I did really like the box. The packaging this month fits in well with the theme. I wouldn't say it is the most beautiful packaging I have ever seen with Birchbox but it does work well.
The products received this month are such a nice variety and of brand, uses and prices for full size products so I can get more of an idea of what I would want full size!
Minus the fake tan I love all of the products I have received and overall generally really like this months box!
So there we have it guys, another month, another Birchbox. If you would like to sign up to Birchbox you can click here and try them for yourself!
Let me know what you guys got if you received a box this month, I would love to know!
Talk soon,
Laura xo


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In an evening of glitz and glamour, the achievements of some of the Jewish community's greatest personalities were celebrated in style.
With a high-profile guest list featuring cabinet ministers, parliamentarians, community leaders, business moguls, and others, the event drew people from all walks of life. Guests descended upon the venue dressed to the nines, with men sporting finely-cut suits and women resplendent in evening dresses filling the foyer. Walking down the red carpet to the hall, one couldn't help but feel like a genuine movie star, a feeling enhanced by the cameramen snapping photos from every angle.
Upon arrival, guests were treated to refreshments, ranging from artisanal cocktails to more traditional spirits, all accompanied by savoury canapes. While waiting for the hall doors to open, introductions were made, interviews conducted, and an abundance of photographs taken. The excitement was certainly catchy, and anticipation mounted steadily.
Once the guests were seated, the ceremony began with a musical spectacle. Wearing a flowing white dress, violinist Cristina Rodrigues was raised gracefully above the stage at the front of the room, missing not a single beat on her violin while beams of light strafed the room. On her return to earth, guests were officially welcomed by Howard Sackstein, the Chairperson of the SA Jewish Report.
"We rejoice in a community that has thrived on freedom and contributed so remarkably to the development of South Africa in every possible sphere," Sackstein said. "The shadow of our impact looms large here."
He said that while it is easy to fall into despair on examining the daily issues which confront our country, a healthy dose of perspective can lend clarity to reality. "Today, we are filled with more hope, more opportunity, and more promise. The process of rebirth has begun."
It is for this reason, he said, that the theme of this year's ceremony was "The Re-Generation".
"It speaks of our triumph as a nation, our emergence from a bitter winter of hopelessness. Today, we celebrate a new dawn, a season of new leadership, one that that brings with it new hope.
"These awards recognise talent, determination, and tenacity. But most importantly, they create role models for our community, and South Africa as a whole."
Selected by four panels of diverse judges, the stars of the evening included Lifetime Achievement Award winner, hotel mogul Sol Kerzner; Art, Sport, Science, and Culture Award winner Hazel Feldman; The Chevrah Kadisha's Colin Datnow, the recipient of the Kia Community Service Award; and Professor Bonita Meyersfeld, the winner of the Europcar Women in Leadership Award. Marketing visionary Jason Xenopoulos was bestowed the Creative Counsel Entrepreneur Award; while two organisations, Freedom under Law and the Helen Suzman Foundation shared the Bunnahabhain Humanitarian Award. In the category of Absa-sponsored awards were Judge David Unterhalter with the Professional Excellence Award; Mike Abel with the Business Award; and Investec Chief Executive Stephen Koseff with the Business Icon Award.
Accompanied by entertainment from master of ceremonies Alan Committie and muso Ian von Memerty, the evening paid tribute both to individual greatness and communal achievement.
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Are you looking for a great way to spend your summer and meet new friends?
Serving on camp staff is one of the ultimate Scouting experiences. Every summer Camp Wakpominee hires between forty to fifty staff members to serve as instructors, area directors, lifeguards, trading post staff, kitchen staff and health officers.
The staff arrives at camp a week earlier than Scouts to set up the camp and get it ready for the over 1,400 Scouts and adults that will attend Wakpominee over the six week camp season. Anyone sixteen and older is welcome to apply for paid positions. No Scouting experience is required!
If you're interested in becoming a part of one of the best camp staffs in the State, please fill out the application below and send it in to the address on it. Positions are currently being filled.
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