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Director's Report: May 2016/
In the beginning, Transition Sarasota constantly few by the seat of its own pants. While this approach is not without its charms, we have gradually come to embrace the many benefits of careful strategizing and planning. So we are especially grateful this month for all our supporters who recognize that taking time now to prepare the soil will lead to an even bigger harvest in the Fall.
Education for Sustainability
A grant for $5,000 was recently submitted to the Florida Humanities Council to fund a new series of eight outdoor documentary film screenings with special guest speakers to be held between September 2016 and May 2017. We expect to hear back from the Council in early July.
The Local Food Shift
Volunteers donated 56 hours of their time to harvest approximately 2,500 pounds of produce for All Faiths Food Bank during five gleanings this May at Jessica's Organic Farm. Although the season at Jessica's is quickly coming to an end, opportunities to glean at other area farms have been occurring more frequently. This includes an invitation to pick six acres of blueberries at ALL Blueberries near Arcadia on June 2nd.
The first planning meeting for Eat Local Week 2016 took place on May 17th, and was attended by representatives from the Newtown Farmers Market, Green Path Veterans Farm, Slow Foods Kitchen, Whole Foods Market Sarasota, the Englewood Farmer's Market, This Spaceship Earth, Ringling College of Art & Design, the Tropical Fruit Society of Sarasota, Gecko's Hospitality Group, UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County, and All Faiths Food Bank. An online workspace has also been established to facilitate communication among group members in between meetings, which will take place once a month through the end of October.
While checks are still arriving every week, our 2016 Membership Drive is now effectively complete. So far this year, we have received $5,780 of annual gifts and $185 per month of recurring contributions from 43 generous donors (listed below). Together, we've raised $7,485 to date, far surpassing our goal of $6,200.
Grassroots Members: Francesca Lund, Anonymous, Bob Williams, Daphne Digrindakis, Nancy Moore, Marcelle Crago, Roxanne Williamson, Donna Hovanec, Felicia Tappan, Susan Shiffrin, Rebecca Blanco, Paula Knudsen, Mary Andrews, Pam Bournival, Vincent Dessberg, Erika Brigham, Susan and Matt McMillan, Ruth Nissley, Gail Leondar Wright, Diane Desenberg, Jayne Cobb, Ellen Teeter, Robert Landry, Camille Van Sant, Nancy Saum, Claudia Creason, Rebcca Searcy, and Gururas Khalsa.
Pollinator Members: Peg Tams, Terry Mackintosh, Sharon Scott, Pam Morrow, Donna Cubit-Swoyer, Heidi Mackintosh, Steve McAllister, and Malory Foster.
Sustaining Member: Pamela Behr.
Seventh Generation Members: Ward Pallotta, Anonymous, and Darryl McCullough.


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Tricalcium phosphate (Ca3(PO4)2) is a calcium salt of phosphoric acid. Containing both calcium and phosphoric acid gives tricalcium phosphate many positive health and pharmaceutical benefits as well as industrial uses. Below are only a few of the many uses of this marvelous product stocked by Bell Chem, your Florida chemical supplier.
- Cheesemaking and other industries employ tricalcium phosphate to regulate acidity.
- Baked goods often list tricalcium phosphate as an ingredient. When bread is baked, tricalcium phosphate causes bread to rise properly.
- Reduced fat liquids containing tricalcium phosphate are generally smoother and thicker.
- Many spices contain tricalcium phosphate because it deters caking and clumping. As a matter of fact, from baby powder and agricultural applications, thousands of products take advantage of tricalcium phosphate's anti-caking properties.
- When pharmaceuticals need to be routed directly to osseous tissue (bone), tricalcium phosphate acts as a delivery system, bringing the medication directly to the bone.
- In antacids, the basic properties of tricalcium phosphate act to buffer the acid environment of the stomach while supplying the body with calcium, an important component of every body system.
- Common medical practice utilizes tricalcium phosphate as a supplement or stand-alone bone graft agent.
- Home water filtration systems find tricalcium phosphate works well to remove fluoride from water.
- Fertilizers often contain large amounts of phosphoric acid, which is typically derived from tricalcium phosphate.
Your body cannot function without calcium or phosphate. Calcium is imperative for muscle contraction, heart rate regularity, and, its most well-known function, bone health. Phosphate is less well recognized but is essential in the formation of cellular membranes, nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), energy production within cells, and bone mineralization (hardening). Supplementing your diet with tricalcium phosphate will ensure you receive the correct amounts of both nutrients daily.
Read more about all the chemicals offered through Bell Chem by reading our blogs, and contact our team of experts at (407) 339-2355 (BELL) with any questions pertaining to tricalcium phosphate or any of the other chemicals on hand at your Florida chemical supplier of choice.

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Ken Fernald
Ken Fernald has been with AVRE since 1990. He began his tenure with the agency on the manufacturing floor, later overseeing Quality Assurance and then Manufacturing Operations. Prior to his current position, Fernald was the Vice President of Operations.
Fernald represents AVRE within the industry at the state and national levels, serving on the Boards of the New York Vision Rehabilitation Association (NYVRA), the National Association for the Employment of People who are Blind (NAEPB), and National Industries for the Blind (NIB). Within the local community, he serves on the UHS Foundation Board.
Fernald holds a degree in Business Administration from SUNY- Broome and through NIB's Business Management Training program he earned a certificate in Business Management from the University of Virginia's Darden School of Graduate Business Administration. Fernald has Juvenile Macular Degeneration and has been legally blind since he was a young child.
Jenn Small
Chief Operating Officer
Jenn Small has been with AVRE since 2006. She holds Bachelors' and Masters' degrees in Women's History from Binghamton University. She has a background in non-profit and business management. Jenn joined AVRE as its Director of Development and in 2015 became the Chief Operating Officer. In this position, she oversees the Business Division's manufacturing operations, offsite switchboard operations, and new business development. She also manages internal and external communications and marketing. Jenn is a certified Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma and facilitated AVRE's ISO 9001:2015 certification.
Jenn is the Chair of the Women's Fund Leadership Committee through the Community Foundation of South Central New York and chairs its Special Events Committee. She also serves on the Central NY/Southern Tier Regional Advisory Board for Excellus Blue Cross Blueshield. Past Board service includes holding the Chair position on both the Broome County Council of Churches and the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Finger Lakes Chapter.
Anthony Saccento
Chief Financial Officer
Anthony joined AVRE in 2015. His experience in Public Accounting includes tax, auditing, and general accounting. His Private Accounting experience includes senior positions in investment, publishing, oil and gas, architecture, and non-profit industries. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from St. John's University. He received both an MBA in Finance and an MS in Taxation from Fordham University. Anthony is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in New York, Pennsylvania, and California.
He periodically leads accounting seminars through a major financial newspaper and occasionally teaches accounting and finance classes at the university level. He volunteers on the Deacon Board at his home church and has performed certified audits for a children's mission in Kodiak, Alaska. He loves the outdoors and moved to Binghamton over a decade ago from New York City to pursue those opportunities.
Teri Chamberlin
Director - Health and Rehabilitation Services
Teri joined AVRE in 2014. She is a registered and Board certified psychiatric nurse. She holds a Bachelors' degree in Psychology from the SUNY Albany and a Registered Nursing degree from St. Elizabeth College of Nursing in Utica, NY. Over the past 20 years, she has worked at all levels of care for mental health and substance abuse. Before coming to AVRE she was the Director of Clinical Operations at a local employee assistance program. She currently serves on the Lourdes Auxiliary Board, the Mental Health Association of the Southern Tier Board, and is a Binghamton Breakfast Rotarian, where she serves as a member of the board.
Teri oversees all Vision Rehabilitation, Orientation and Mobility, and Employment Services staff.
Jaclyn Boushie-Bombard
Director of Development
Jaclyn has been with AVRE as Director of Development since 2016. After receiving a Bachelors of Arts in Economics and Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Geneseo State University, Jaclyn began her career as a Research Associate for the Center for Governmental Research in Rochester, NY. She launched her development career as Director of Development at Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation in Rochester before moving back to the Southern Tier to pursue positions within Binghamton University's Division of Advancement and the American Red Cross.
Jaclyn is originally from Windsor, NY, and currently resides in Binghamton, NY with her husband Scott. She volunteers on the Lourdes Auxiliary Board as Chair of Membership, Women's Abruzzese Club as Chaplin, and the Binghamton Noon Rotary Club as Treasurer.
Jaclyn is proud to be a part of AVRE's growing development initiative, and is eager to cultivate community and foundation partnerships while helping to educate the community regarding our agency, foundation, business, and mission.
Charles Gardner
Director - Manufacturing
Charles Gardner has been with AVRE since 1991. He started with the organization as the maintenance supervisor, working his way up to his current position in 2015. Charles oversees the day to day manufacturing and production operations, including shipping/receiving, and facilities maintenance. He is also responsible for managing capital improvements and new equipment installations. Charles holds numerous industry certifications offered through New York State and various private accrediting bodies. Charles is a certified Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma through Binghamton University.


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Following a comment on Facebook from a US based Chiropractor who was interested on behalf of his friends, I decided to record this video...
I talk about why I chose to study Occupational Therapy and the pathway I have taken to speak so passionately about the unique skills that we [OTs] bring to healthcare and improving performance in whatever difficulties a person has in their day to day.
This follows the blog I posted recently about the privilege that healthcare professionals have, to share in the vulnerability that happens when asking for help
What does an Occupational Therapist do?
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Thanks to time travel playing a key role on The Flash, viewers of the series are getting a sense of how easy it is for those with super speed to change the course of history. We've already seen this directly unfold once when Barry inadvertently traveled back in time during his battle with Weather Wizard, and presumably Harrison Wells killing Barry's mother overwrote the timeline that the Flash originally came from. When the show returns for Season 2 later this year, alternate realities will be explored even further, both through time traveling and other means. Here's what series star Grant Gustin had to say about what's coming up in a recent interview:
What's fun about this show is that there's going to be multiple timelines as we move forward. I think we're going to start showing Earth-One and Earth-Two in the near future. There will be kind of different dimensions going on.
In the interview with TV Guide, Gustin mentions that not only will The Flash be exploring several different timelines, but the show will also delve into the DC multiverse. In case you're looking at Gustin's comments about different Earths with a blank stare, let me explain. The concept of parallel Earths in DC Comics was established in 1961's The Flash #123 when Barry Allen met Jay Garrick, the first Flash created in 1940. On Earth-One, Barry was inspired to become the Flash after reading a fictional comic book featuring Jay, but as he soon discovered, Jay was actually a real hero that lived on the parallel Earth-Two with the other DC Golden Age heroes, a.k.a. the Justice Society of America.
These worlds are among the many that exist in alternate universes and realties, which altogether make up the DC multiverse. Parallel universes have also been explored on shows like Star Trek and Fringe, in case you need a non-comic book reference point.
Between alternate timelines and alternate Earths, Barry Allen certainly won't be lacking in terms of seeing what life would be like if things had gone differently. He'll have to be careful with the time traveling, since it's not a guarantee that changing the past results in a better future, let alone being able to remedy any mistakes made. As for Earth-Two, that's just the beginning of the multiversal journey, as it opens the door to even more Earths being introduced. Take for instance Earth-Three, where all the DC hero analogues are actually supervillains. Barry facing down an evil doppelgänger (who would hopefully be named Johnny Quick) from another universe would be even better than when he fought that shapeshifter disguised as him. For me, I'd be happy enough if Barry got to team up with Jay Garrick and The Flash replicated that comic book cover above.
If the showrunners really wanted to go crazy, they could somehow cross an episode over with the original 1990 Flash series which starred John Wesley Shipp, who plays Henry Allen in the current series. Imagine how freaked out Barry would be to discover that on another Earth, there's an older version of himself that looks just like his dad! Then of course there's having TV Flash interact with the DC Cinematic Universe Flash, played by Ezra Miller, but we already know that's unlikely to happen.


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The overrated True Detective
At least based on the general critical reaction I've seen on the web, by far the most overrated show on TV is HBO's True Detective, so I'm somewhat too heartened that the great Emily Nussbaum stabs the show repeatedly with her quill, leaving it wounded and bleeding, if not dead (the finale has yet to air).
On the other hand, you might take a close look at the show's opening credits, which suggest a simpler tale: one about heroic male outlines and closeups of female asses. The more episodes that go by, the more I'm starting to suspect that those asses tell the real story.
This aspect of "True Detective" (which is written by Nic Pizzolatto and directed by Cary Fukunaga) will be gratingly familiar to anyone who has ever watched a new cable drama get acclaimed as "a dark masterpiece": the slack-jawed teen prostitutes; the strippers gyrating in the background of police work; the flashes of nudity from the designated put-upon wifey character; and much more nudity from the occasional cameo hussy, like Marty's mistress, whose rack bounces merrily through Episode 2. Don't get me wrong: I love a nice bouncy rack. And if a show has something smart to say about sex, bring it on. But, after years of watching "Boardwalk Empire," "Ray Donovan," "House of Lies," and so on, I've turned prickly, and tired of trying to be, in the novelist Gillian Flynn's useful phrase, the Cool Girl: a good sport when something smells like macho nonsense. And, frankly, "True Detective" reeks of the stuff. The series, for all its good looks and its movie-star charisma, isn't just using dorm-room deep talk as a come-on: it has fallen for its own sales pitch.
Also odd is that everyone is raving about Matthew McConaughey's performance. He does the most he can with dialogue that is largely hokum. I've rewatched entire scenes from the show with the subtitles turned on just to see if the script needs some decanting to release its profundity, but no, it is some hard-boiled, imitation Cormac McCarthy nothingness. Meanwhile, Woody Harrelson's Marty Hart is actually the more compelling character both on the page and on the screen, largely because he's the type of actor who never seems to be taking himself too seriously, even when he's in a grim serial killer drama, and even if that show is one of the more self-important shows in recent memory.
Marty may be a hothead and a philandering fool, but it all feels grounded. McConaughey's Rust Cohle feels like, as Nussbaum phrases it, a very conventional TV trope, the "heretic with a heart of gold," except in this case he has the verbosity of a TV writer in love with his own voice.
Not to say the show can't evoke a mood. The clenched, discordant music, the languorous camera moves and unusually low number of cuts in the editing, and HBO's signature top notch production design and cinematography all add up to one continuous feeling of dread. At the end of episode three [minor spoiler], Cohle intones, "And like a lot of dreams, there's a monster at the end of it." On screen we see, in a long shot set in some backwater swamp area, a man wearing only his briefs and a gas mask, holding a machete, lookin like Walter White framed as Bigfoot.
It's a creepy way to end an episode, but then last week, when we finally meet said man, Reginald Ledoux, he turns out to be another guy spouting some premium grade claptrap. "Time is a flat circle," he says to Cohle. Earlier in that episode, Cohle finally meets Ledoux's partner DeWall. Both Ledoux and DeWall look like the type of crazy backwoods mountain men who Raylan Givens would be slapping around in Justified, and yet DeWall takes one look at Cohle and proclaims, "I can see the soul at the edges of your eyes," he tells him. "It's corrosive, like acid. You got a demon, little man, and I don't like your face. It makes me want to do things to it." This is some pair of loquacious redneck murderers, maybe distant cousins of Anton Chigurh?
True Detective has not concluded yet, so it's possible that when we find out who the killer was, so much of the setup will end up paying off, rather than feeling, as in the plot of The Killing, like so much moody padding. Until then, though, the emperor has no clothes (nor do most of the women on the show).


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Fortune 100 Executive
I began my 30-year career with Best Buy during the company's early days as Sound of Music, a six-store electronics chain. I was hired as the accounts payable clerk in 1983 and worked my way up through college. Upon graduating from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, I became the primary communications strategist for the Fortune 100 company and held the role for nearly 25 years. Although I retired as the SVP & CCO in 2006, I remained the Chairwoman & CEO of the company's philanthropic foundation that I founded for the company. After 20 years of leading the company's philanthropic work, and a 30-year career with Best Buy, I retired in 2013.
Winery Proprietress
In 2004, I founded Fantesca Estate & Winery with my husband. While building our new winery business, I was eager to learn more about the industry internationally, so I earned my MBA at the Bordeaux Business School (now called KEDGE) in Talence, France. The executive program took me around the world studying in France, Chile, Australia, and the United States. Eventually, Napa Valley became our full-time residence and my husband and I are still enjoying all that this beautiful area has to offer while we continue to fulfill our entrepreneurial drive.
Fitness Pro
With a budding wine business underway and a new way of life in Napa Valley, my passion for health and fitness was able to transform into a whole new business adventure for me. In 2013 I became an NASM certified personal trainer to learn more about health and nutrition, which fueled my enthusiasm for lightweight bodybuilding. I now compete year-round internationally in the WBFF's Fitness Diva Category – consistently placing in the top of my division. In August 2015, I achieved an incredible fitness goal by earning my Fitness Pro Card at the WBFF's Worlds Competition. I am currently studying to become Precision Nutrition Certified and specializing in the Paleo lifestyle through the Primal Health certification. I'm working on growing SusanHoff.Fitness and sharing my tips and tricks with you to achieve a healthy, balanced life.
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Although I am proud of my successful professional career, I am fortunate and most happy to have built such a wonderful family alongside my husband Duane. I met Duane in college and the rest is history. We have been married for just shy of 30 years now and we are looking forward to the next 30! Together we have built not only amazing careers, but amazing children as well. We have strived to provide them with the same work ethic and entrepreneurial drive that we have and value. Today, I am proud to say they are both wonderful young adults embarking on exciting careers – one in engineering and the other in winemaking. One is going to change the world and the other will make it more fun to live in! When I am not at the winery or on a conference call you can find me at the gym working with my strength coach six days a week. I practice what I preach and believe in daily exercise and clean eating. My Pro Card has not stopped me from continuing on this journey. I am taking this accomplishment and using it to not only empower myself, but also to empower you. I have worn many hats so far in my life and I am always looking for new ones to put on… of course, as long as they look good on me!


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The Kentucky-Southeast Indiana Chapter works to improve the quality of life for people affected by MS in Kentucky and Southeast Indiana and raise funds for critical MS research. Join the movement toward a world free of MS.
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By serving as a District Activist Leader, you will drive change by deepening relationships between elected officials and the MS movement. Your story will create a personal imprint in the mind of the elected official about the impact MS has had on your life and within your community. The relationships you build and the stories you share will help to ensure that when an elected official hear the words multiple sclerosis, they feel compelled to take action.
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Build and foster critical relationships with your elected officials (in your legislative districts) that will help the MS movement influence policy issues at the federal, state and local level.
Serve as the liaison between Society government relations staff and your local MS community. This volunteer postion will provide opportunites to help grow our activist network, speak at community events about our policy priorities and help to identify issues to be addressed via advocacy.
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D.6 Local Grindz: Lanikai Shrimp Shack
There's something about the island food around here that's so intriquing. I haven't quite figured out how to describe it, but it's a mix of cultures and mystery (as in "why would they want to eat THAT?") and for an adventurous "foodie" like me, I never get tired of the options and interesting menus. The 'Plate Lunch' is an island staple, usually being a meat (Chicken Katsu, Spam, Pork) with a side of rice or potato salad. When we first moved, the most perplexing a la carte dish (other than the endless flavors of SPAM) was garlic shrimp with the shell still on. Served up with two scoops of rice, of course. It's funny, every time one of Marshall's friends come over for dinner they want rice! "They're all "where's the rice?!?!" and no matter how much I try to explain "We don't need rice, we've got other side dishes!" they still scurry around in my cabinets and pull out the rice cooker. It's just unheard of to have a meal without rice! I love the food around here, the customs, and trying out different cuisines. This particular shrimp truck roaming around Kailua is my current favorite, leaving me craving it all. the. time. Nothing beats sitting at a picnic table by the beach munching down on some local deliciousness. It's ONO! BROKE DA MOUTH! (All words for "yummy". Isn't that funny? HAHA).
Lanikai Shrimp Shack truck, filmed with the help of my great friend Marissa Rodriguez, who sadly did not partake in the eating festivities because she is cruelty and murder free. But she was kind enough to get video. I don't make fun of her, she knows I love her lots.
Ps: The shrimp was for dinner. STOCKIN' UP! I'm not that much of a heifer, although I did tell you I love the place.


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The Speyer Cathedral/
Five years ago, when Aaron and I vacationed in Germany after graduating from Michigan Tech, we visited a lot of cathedrals and drank a lot of German beer. We have since dubbed that trip ''The Beer and Cathedral Tour of Germany.'' On the Sunday after we returned from the Philippines, the tour continued. We visited the town of Speyer (pronounced Schpi-er), known for being an ancient city (founded by the Romans) and for having a very impressive Cathedral. Thankfully, it was close to home (only about 20 minutes from Mannheim). A few weeks ago, I had visited the city with work colleagues. I thought it was really cool and wanted to go back with Aaron, so we did.
Just a little bit of history of Speyer, because I think it's actually pretty fascinating. The city was first settled by Roman in 10BC (that's over 2000 years ago!) as a trade crossroads. For the next few hundred years, it existed as a Roman military camp and then as a town of Romans. Over the years, different Germanic tribes settled in an around the town. Around the year 500, there was a war fought (there were always little wars it seems like), and the town came under French control. In 1030, construction of the cathedral (shown on the left) began and was completed sometime in the 1100s, making this particular cathedral approximately 1000 years old. The city of Speyer developed into an important spiritual center and hosted many conferences of bishops and other from the Holy roman Empire. Sometime in the 16th century, at a gathering of these important people, a division in beliefs occurred. As a result of this ''protestation,'' Speyer is considered the birthplace of the Protestant movement. It was also around this time that the cathedral was badly damaged during a fire. Not to worry though, it was repaired and even added on to! Speyer remained under French control until the early 19th century, when it came back under German control. At the turn of the 20th century, another large, impressive church was built in remembrance of the Protestant reformation. Today, the city is in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and they celebrated the 2000th anniversary in 1990.
Phew, ok, that was a bit longer than I anticipated, but MUCH shorter than the full history according to Wikipedia. If any Speyer residents or interested Germans are reading this, I sincerely apologize if I left anything important out or got something wrong. Please let me know in the comments :)
Ok, now on to what we did with our afternoon in Speyer. The highlight of the city is the Cathedral (Dom in German); it is also a Unesco World Heritage Site, so, being good Catholics (just kidding) we headed there first. Three distinct building periods are visible from the outside. The oldest is the original building, the next is from the restoration after the Cathedral was badly damaged in a fire in the 1600s and the last is from another restoration a couple of centuries later. I can only imagine what those walls have seen over the years. If walls could talk....
The Cathedral is giant! In fact, it was the largest Cathedral in the world when it was built and had the second highest vaulted ceiling. We walked around the cathedral and made sure we lit a candle for each our our families. There are two small chapels on the right side of the church, somewhat stacked on top of each other. The bottom one houses the baptismal font and the upper one houses a number of saint relics. The second picture in the gallery is a relic from Blessed Paul Josef Nardini, who was a priest in the Cathedral in the mid-1800s.
We then headed into the crypt. Entrance to the Cathedral is free, but the crypt is 3 Euro per person. The crypt is one of the coolest parts of the Cathedral since it is relatively untouched since its original construction It contains the remains of 8 different German kings, some of which were crowned as Holy Roman Emperor, and some of their wives. The remains of Emperor Konrad II (he commissioned the cathedral) are also interred here. The soft sunlight drifting in through the small windows made this place particularly interesting to photograph.
Most of our time in Speyer was spent in the Cathedral, which is just beautiful. We did walk around the city a little bit, so check back next week to read about it!
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Customer has asked us to add a table to their bearing beam. The table must be functional but also offer support to lift the shafts when work on the bearing is needed. To guaranty this, we modeled the exciting condition and added a table. Then simulated the situation by adding a 30ton force to the table under the shaft as the point of contact when lifting. The simulation results are below. In conclusion the table will support the necessary load to lift the shaft and work on the bearings.
Displacement simulation
Displacement shows that we can expect a max deflection of 0.0216 inches
Stress & Strain simulation
Strain shows that we can expect a max of 0.445 ft-bls
Stress shows that we can expect a max of 27kpsi which is below the yield strength of 36kpsi.


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Winter is a dangerous time for some of our older and vulnerable neighbours, with more than 13% of households in Devon living in fuel poverty compared to 10.5% in England overall. Fuel poverty causes serious health problems including heart attacks, strokes and pneumonia and last year alone over 1,000 older people died unnecessarily due to the cold.
Each year many are faced with the stark choice each week: fuel or food?
Devon Community Foundation is asking you to consider donating your Winter Fuel Payment, or whatever you can, to those who desperately need extra support during the winter. Donations will help to support those most in need of help, making sure they can afford to stay warm, eat well, remain mobile, as well as helping them in practical ways such as ensuring they can make doctor's appointments, get to the shops and maintain an active social life and stay healthy throughout the winter.
If you feel you could afford to forego your Winter Fuel Payment to the Surviving Winter Appeal, or would like to help in any way, please do and help those who may be left out in the cold this winter.
You can also donate by Post - Send a cheque made out to Devon Community Foundation to: Surviving Winter, Devon Community Foundation, The Factory, Leat Street, Tiverton, EX16 5LL
"The cold winter months are an extremely dangerous time for older people, especially those who live alone. We help by providing a warm safe environment and a hot two-course nutritious meal and signpost the more vulnerable older people to services helping with their fears about heating costs." - Young At Heart Club received £2,000 last winter
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By Jonathan Allen
NEW YORK, May 29 (Reuters) - The former Rutgers University
student convicted of bias crimes for spying on his roommate's
gay encounter plans to begin his 30-day jail sentence this week,
he said on Tuesday, even though an appeal meant he could have
delayed his surrender.
Dharun Ravi, 20, issued a statement apologizing for "the
wrong choices and decisions" he made and said he had "decided to
accept and hopefully complete the sentence as soon as possible."
"It's the only way I can go on with my life," he said in a
statement issued through his lawyer.
He also admitted to "thoughtless" behavior in September
2010, when he used a computer-mounted webcam to look at an
encounter in his room between his freshman roommate, Tyler
Clementi, and an older man, and later used social media in an
unsuccessful attempt to encourage others watch a second date
between the two men.
The incident made international headlines after Clementi,
18, committed suicide a few days later by jumping off the George
Washington bridge. Although the suicide overshadowed the case,
Ravi was not charged with playing any role in Clementi's death.
In March, a jury at Middlesex County Superior Court in New
Jersey found Ravi guilty on all 15 counts with which he was
charged, including invasion of privacy, bias intimidation and
witness tampering.
Judge Glenn Berman sentenced him this month to 30 days in
county jail, three years of probation, counseling and 300 hours
of community service, and fined him about $11,900.
Bruce Kaplan, the Middlesex County prosecutor, filed an
appeal against the sentence, saying it was too lenient. That
meant the start of the sentence would be delayed until the
appeal was decided unless Ravi chose otherwise.
Ravi's most serious convictions typically carry a sentence
of between five and 10 years in state prison, although a judge
is allowed to reduce a sentence in "extraordinary
circumstances," according to state sentencing guidelines.
"I accept responsibility for and regret my thoughtless,
insensitive, immature, stupid and childish choices that I made
on September 19, 2010 and September 21, 2010," Ravi said in his
statement on Tuesday.
"My behavior and actions, which at no time were motivated by
hate, bigotry, prejudice or desire to hurt, humiliate or
embarrass anyone, were nonetheless the wrong choices and
decisions. I apologize to everyone affected by those choices."
The Middlesex County prosecutor's office could not be
immediately reached for comment on Tuesday. Ravi is due to tell
the judge his decision in court on Wednesday, and expects to
report to the Middlesex County Jail to begin his sentence on
Thursday, his lawyer said.
(Editing by Cynthia Osterman)


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Whether you're a former ballerina, still practice or just love following those en pointe on Instagram, you'll appreciate for the new Repetto Eau de Toilette. So much so, that yes, you'll want to own it. As I was reading through the press materials for the pointe shoe company's first fragrance, I realized how carefully crafted it actually was and fell in love before I even smelled it. I blame it on my former days with the satin ribbon tied around my ankles. Yes, I once wore Repetto's famous pointe shoes and tutus myself – back in the day.
Even though rose and orange are the strength of the fragrance, what stood out to me most was powder, which is the base. It dries down with vanilla pod, and amber wood, creating an interesting feminine combination. Refreshing and light, it's something a sophisticated, graceful woman would wear. "A musky powdered rose, real quintessence of feminity," perfumer Olivier Polge explains. The way he captured rose makes it wearable for everyone but your grandmother, which is unique.
I don't normally review the packaging on of beauty products, because it's what's inside that really counts, but let's just say I have a weakness for this fragrance. Blame it on my former ballerina days, but I get it's careful construction and again, appreciate it. If you dance or danced, you will too. The edging of the bottle is powder pink, the same shade of a Repetto pointe shoe and has a satin ribbon around it's neck, which needs no explanation. What's really interesting though, is the way the bottle is carved, "as if it's in perpetual motion like a choreographed body." Beautiful.
You can find Repetto Eau de Toilette at Sephora for $55.


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Have we not been here before ? Memories from over a decade surface once more as many areas of Carlisle flood.
For more than a week rain has batted the Cumbrian fells and has now overwhelmed the flood barriers built to protect the city after it flooded in 2005.
People stand in disbelief along the waters edge in Caldewgate to the west of the City. Stunned, silent and passive that history has repeated itself.
Willowholme electricity station
Hidden behind trees from our vantage point overlooking the Willowholme Industrial area water can clearly be made out lapping around the pylons and machinery of the electricity substation.
Despite the risks of failure, the power has so far remained on to many areas. Overnight breaks in supply did happen but normality was restored in time for breakfast. Well done to the electricity people who appear to have learned lessons from the Carlisle City floods: 10 years on.
Nearby the Waverley Bridge is a great reference point to show how high the River Eden has become following weeks of rain.
The Environment Agency Sheepmount monitoring station measuring station previously recorded the highest river level recorded at this location as 7.23 metres on Saturday 8th January 2005 at 2:30pm.
Currently, 12:30 on 06/12/2015, the river level at Sheepmount is 7.48 metres. More than 20cm higher or about 8 inches.
100 year flood every 10 years?
Back in 2005 One estimate put the resulting damage to property and infrastructure in Carlisle at £400m.
Following millions of pounds of flood defence works, massive building and restoration projects and the belief that this could not happen twice, the City and the rest of Cumbria is going to take a very long time to recover.
Many questions have been raised as a result of the last 24 hours.
- Will key factories and businesses close or move out of the City?
- Will the City face massive disruption as flood defences are torn down and rebuilt higher?
- Will families be able to get insurance against flooding in the City?
- Will history repeat itself for a third time?
One thing for certain, is the City of Carlisle is not going to be the same again.
Until next time our thoughts are with those colleagues displaced or in need of help wherever you are in the county.
Licks and wags
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When Hannah Teter tells the assembled media to check out sweetcheekspanties.com, she is serious. At least, as serious as Hannah Teter can be.
For a smart-mouthed Vermonter who manages to get a reference to her family's maple syrup business into every conceivable answer, what is serious and what is thinly veiled mockery of the straight-laced media is always open to interpretation.
These are facts:
After Thursday's women's halfpipe finals, she is a two-time Olympic medalist – with a gold from Turin and Thursday's silver behind Australian Torah Bright – and she is starting her own line of women's underwear (hence the website).
But that doesn't begin to tell the story.
For every pair of Teter's Sweet Cheeks underwear, $5 will go to Doctors Without Borders. Since the earthquake in Haiti, she has donated all her winnings to the relief effort – and will do the same here in Vancouver.
And, being a famous Vermonter, she has her own Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor, of course – Maple Blondie, from which part of the proceeds go to her charitable foundation, Hannah's Gold.
Olympics a path to broader action
To be sure, snowboarding has been very good to Teter – to the tune of $1 million a year in prizes and endorsements, according to Forbes magazine. But Teter belongs to that family of Olympic athletes for whom sport and the Olympics have merely been the means to engage in a much broader sphere of action.
Her efforts might not yet have matched those of Norwegian speedskater-turned-humanitarian Johan Olav Koss, who founded Right to Play, or American speedskater Joey Cheek, a Darfur activist, but her charity work is a motivating factor in her life.
Her Hannah's Gold foundation, in association with the charity World Vision, has adopted a town in Kenya and raised $178,000 to help establish access to clean drinking water.
Even her much-discussed maple syrup supports a cause, with the proceeds going to orphans of AIDS in the Kenyan community she has adopted.
"I'd just like to see athletes awake. And aware," she told the Los Angeles Times. "There's so much going on and so much to know. . . . We stay in our little boxes and don't think much about the outside world."
On the slope, she doesn't immediately give the impression of the budding philanthropist. She is a snowboarder through and through, and her press conferences almost seem rehearsals as much as interviews.
Teter is always on and rarely predictable. While bronze medalist Kelly Clark talked about how her medal was a token of the hard work she had put in, Teter talked about how she "ate it" in every practice run and was grateful just to land upright on her jumps.
The youngest of five children and the only daughter, Teter speaks of growing up in a world where she just wanted to follow her brothers snowboarding. Family values were shaped by collecting maple syrup together – "maple syrup makes you strong!" – and eating from the family's organic garden.
To this day, that homespun Vermonter background still animates her character: she is still a vegetarian and one of her brothers is her coach.
She'd love to go to Russia for the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014: "I've never been to Russia."
But she'd also like to keep winning to keep that prize money coming. "I'm motivated to keep going to keep making a difference in people's lives," she said.
Follow Mark as he tweets throughout the Games.


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Garden Party
Is anything peak summer more than warm tomatoes and cucumbers fresh off the vine? Combine that with just picked basil and some Asian flair, and you've got my favorite salad of the summer. What gives this salad it's Asian panache? Yuzu Kosho. It's a traditional Japanese condiment that packs a powerful salty-spicy-citrusy punch, and I'm completely obsessed with it thanks to Alison Roman and her book Dining In. Anyway, this is my own recipe and I hope you love it.Read More


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Hello friends! How's it going!? It's been a while and I apologize. I've been doing holiday things! A lot of the time during the holiday's we eat lots of things that we wouldn't normally eat and we just get out of our normal routines, which is all totally okay!! But sometimes it leaves us feeling not so great and that's why I'm here with a great smoothie to help you feel your best.
I drink a smoothie pretty much everyday. They're one of my favorite things and the possibilities for them are endless! So much smoothie excitement in my life each day. I hope that you guys get just as excited about smoothies as I do. Make it fun!
Post Holiday Green Smoothie
serves 1
2 fresh bananas
1 frozen banana
2 large handfulls of spinach
1 mango
1/2 cup almond milk
1 tablespoon hemp seeds
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Each week in the Pipeline Podcast, I go over the list of new releases and pick ten items to talk about from them. Since a small percentage of you listen to the podcast and since some ideas could use some fleshing out in writing, here are some of those points from last week's podcast:
- Humanoids released a deluxe edition hardcover of the John Cassaday-drawn "I Am Legion" last week. It's the same height as a standard American comic, but they widened the pages to fit the art better. This way, you won't see the extra white margins like you do in Marvel's Soleil line of titles. It's nice that they got the aspect ratio right, but I'd still rather see the larger page size. Baby steps...
The bigger problem this brought to mind is that I had completely forgotten about Humanoids USA. When's the last time you thought of them? I was very excited to hear they were coming back earlier this year. Their digital comics initiative was excited. Eventual promises to do limited edition oversized editions were heartening.
And then - silence.
Giving credit where credit is due, others saw this coming. I think it might have been Brian Hibbs, in fact. He said that the bigger problem would be marketing. Turns out, he's absolutely right. There's no awareness in the comics market for these SKUs. Aside from the occasional though informative blog posts of the Humanoids editor-in-chief, Bob Silva, there's nothing out there on the web about these books. They're being released into a black hole.
Heck, when I saw this title on the release list for last week, I went to the Humanoids website to learn more about it. The web page for this book is shockingly bare. There's the standard one paragraph tease for the storyline, and that's it. There's no information on what the volume is collecting or what size the pages are. You get a price ($29.95), page count (176), and ISBN number. I think this volume collects the entire story, but I'm not 100% sure of that. There's no answer to that simple, basic question.
Maybe it's not exclusively Humanoids' fault. Maybe the mainstream American comics press doesn't want to cover this book, lumping it in with all the previous failed English translations of Franco-Belgian material. But with John Cassaday art inside and Humanoids' inability to inform anyone about what material they're offering on their own website, I'm beginning to think it isn't that simple.
Sadly, Humanoids is doomed to die again.
There we go. It only took me, what, four months to sour on this initiative? That might be a record, even for me.
- "Scratch 9" #1, which I reviewed here a couple of weeks back, is now available in stores. Its publisher, APE Entertainment, also published "Shrek" #1 at the same time.
- "Daytripper" #10 completes the well-received miniseries by everyone's favorite Brazilian brothers, Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba. It's a title whose every review has been glowing, each burning brighter than the month's before. Honestly, it's a title that I've been looking forward to reading in a collected edition for months. And DC already has it on the schedule. All we have to do is wait another five months.
Five months?!?
Way to capitalize on the good word of mouth for the title, DC. By the time the trade paperback - not even a hardcover, but a trade - comes out in February, it's going to take a few lengthy reminders to get people excited for the book again. And don't tell me that my local retailer has issues #1-#10 sitting on their shelves for me to read if I don't want to wait. Nor do I think any of the issues ever went back for a second printing. I don't think demand was ever that high. But once you've got a finished property like "Daytripper," I think it behooves you to capitalize on it with a quick turnaround. The people who read the first eight issues aren't about to skip issues 9 and 10 because they know they can buy a collection a couple of months later. And those who read the reviews along the line and heard many people mention it over the course of ten months are going to want their instant gratification. In February, they'll be talking about some other book.
I think DC is squandering an opportunity here.
By the way, "Joe the Barbarian" is slated for a hardcover collection in February as well, though I bet that gets delayed due to the monthly's tardiness. Of course, just as I say that, I see that the next issue is due in comic shops this week. Theoretically, it could make a February ship date. If the last issue ships that late and they still make a February publication date for the collection, then we'll know that DC is only beholden to the bookstores that they have to plan more than six months out in advance for. If "Daytripper" requires a five month waiting period, why shouldn't "Joe the Barbarian?"
- I liked this listing: "Tarot Witch Of The Black Rose #63 (Deluxe Edition), $19.99"
The jokes write themselves here, don't they? Take your pick: Foil embossed, or die-cut cover? Which one raises dirtier thoughts in your mind?
- "Image Firsts: Liberty Meadows" #1 is part of Image's comics-for-a-dollar plan. I've been told that those trades of Frank Cho's comic strip still sell, but I'm not sure I believe it. The comic strip is dead. Cho hasn't done much work in comics lately, and the work he has done has been on superhero properties, not funny bawdy talking animals. Is the improbably-titled "Ultimate New Ultimates" really enough to relight the "Liberty Meadows" fire? What is Image promoting with this dollar comic? Is there a warehouse somewhere at Diamond with far too many "Liberty Meadows" trades piled up in it? I don't see it.
I half expect to see a "Liberty Meadows Omnibus" in the next Previews catalog now.
- "Alison Dare" made her return to book publishing, with Tundra Books doing the honors. The two volumes collect her adventures from the Oni Press days a few years back. I'm afraid to look up just how long ago the stories first came out. I suspect it's about 7 or 8 years ago now. "Alison Dare: Heart of the Maiden" and "Alison Dare: Little Miss Adventures" are slim trades for $11 that are fun for the whole family. J. Torres wrote the stories and J. Bone handled the art. Wonderful books. If you missed them the first time out, or just happen to have a daughter during this go-around, give the books a shot.
- On the other end of the spectrum, Dark Horse reprinted Adam Warren's "Empowered" Volume 1 in preparation for that series' sixth volume to show up in stores this week.
- Slightly related to the previous two bullet points, I was amused to see NBM's blog pointing out its December solicitations, posting their Eurotica releases just above "The Smurfs." Awkward!
Let's travel back in time now, to Pipeline #431 for September 13th, 2010.
I was in the middle of the "Short Box Chronicles," a time when I was attempting to clear out the unread comics by reviewing as many of them as quickly as possible. 2005 was an interesting period.
"The Walking Dead" was up to issue #21. I not only reviewed that issue, but also an original graphic novel about zombies, "Dead West," and a short-lived Image reprint/remake (?) zombie series, "Dead World" #1.
Brian Bendis was ending his run on "Daredevil" with Alex Maleev. Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Grey did a six part miniseries, "The Twilight Experience," at WildStorm.
Coincidentally, I reviewed one of my convention purchases of the year, Enrico Casarosa's "The Adventures of Mia" #2. Casarosa later did the wonderful autobiographical original graphic novel, "The Venice Chronicles," which I reviewed a couple weeks back.
JMS' "Amazing Spider-Man" run was in full swing, as Peter Parker was moving into the Avengers headquarters, and Mark Brooks was doing some nice fill-in art work.
And I had just added the Top Ten format to the Pipeline Podcast, which was only nine months old at that point.
Five years from today, I plan on chuckling over my wishes for larger comics and faster comics. So blows the winds of time, kicking sand up into my face.
- Alan Moore might be a bit conspiratorial (or he might be dead-on right), but I don't blame him one bit. Good for him for walking away from it all. Personally, I'd take all of the money Warner Bros. wants to give me just to punish them. Moore is a bit more high-minded, though. In the meantime, Tom Spurgeon wins. I'm a bit disappointed by how quickly the collected wisdom of the internet ignored many of Moore's basic points, chose to pick on a couple of phrases, and let DC slide. Thankfully, Spurgeon cleared the muck.
- Sold a big pack of "Walking Dead" comics on eBay last week for big (related to comics) money. I'm past the collector's mentality for my comics, so it didn't hurt to let them go. I have all of those stories in hardcover format, and I can live with that. I'll miss the letters columns in the back, though, just for historical purposes. This also marks the first time I've ever gotten rid of a comic that I had a letter printed in. That was issue #7.
- Top Shelf is having an insane sale. Jeff Lemire's "Essex County" trilogy is collected for only $20 softcover/$25 hardcover. That's a ridiculous value for those books and I'd highly recommend them. "Three Fingers" is a classic for only $10. The Owly hardcovers are only $10.
- Pardon me while I squeal with delight at seeing Ken Knudtsen's "My Monkey's Name is Jennifer, Volume 2" is now listed on Amazon. I loved that first series. The release date they list is August 10th, so maybe it's already available at both of the comic shops that ordered it?
Next week: More Pipeline!
Meanwhile, at VariousAndSundry.com, it's a week long photo essay on my trip to shoot the World Trade Center Memorial Lights.
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Keynote to Present at Two Investor Conferences in May
Keynote to Present at Two Investor Conferences in May
SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Keynote® (NAS: KEYN) , the global leader in Internet and mobile cloud testing & monitoring, is scheduled to present at two investor conferences:
- Curtis Smith, CFO, will present at the 12th Annual JMP Securities Research Conference on Wednesday, May 15th at The Ritz-Carlton hotel in San Francisco.
- Umang Gupta, Chairman and CEO, will present at the B. Riley & Co. 14th Annual Investor Conference, May 21st at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel in Santa Monica.
The investor presentation will be available at Keynote's Website www.keynote.com in the Investor Relations section.
About Keynote
Keynote® (NAS: KEYN) is the global leader in Internet and mobile cloud testing & monitoring. The company maintains the world's largest on-demand performance monitoring and testing infrastructure for Web and mobile sites comprised of over 7,000 measurement computers and mobile devices in over 275 locations around the world that enable companies to continuously improve the online and mobile experience. Keynote currently collects over 700 million mobile and Web performance measurements daily and in 2012 was recognized by Forbes as "One of the Best 100 Companies in America" with under one billion in revenue. Known as 'The Mobile and Internet Performance Authority™,' Keynote offers three market-leading product platforms:
Keynote Perspective ® provides on-demand performance monitoring for enterprise Web and mobile sites including online portals, e-commerce sites and B2B sites. Over 2,000 customers rely on Keynote Perspective services to know precisely how their websites, content, and applications perform on actual browsers, networks, and mobile devices.
Keynote DeviceAnywhere ® is the industry's leading cloud-based software platform for automated QA testing and monitoring of mobile applications and websites on real smartphones and tablets. DeviceAnywhere is used by over 1,000 mobile enterprises and developers to assure the highest quality experience of their connected mobile users.
Keynote SIGOS ® offers active end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) testing and monitoring solutions for mobile, fixed and VoIP communications. Its SITE and Global Roamer products are used by over 200 network operators, content providers, carriers and regulators in over 100 countries worldwide.
Keynote's 4,000 customers represent top Internet and mobile companies and include AT&T, Disney, eBay, E*TRADE, Expedia, Google, Microsoft, SonyEricsson, T-Mobile and Vodafone. Keynote Systems, Inc. is headquartered in San Mateo, California and can be reached at http://www.keynote.com/ or by phone in the U.S. at 1-800-KEYNOTE (1-800-539-6683).
The trademarks or registered trademarks of Keynote Systems, Inc. in the United States and other countries include Keynote®, DataPulse®, Keynote Customer Experience Rankings®, Perspective®, Keynote Red Alert®, Keynote WebEffective®, The Internet Performance Authority®, MyKeynote®, SIGOS®, SITE®, keynote® The Mobile & Internet Performance Authority™, Keynote FlexUse®, Keynote DeviceAnywhere®, Keynote DeviceAnywhere Test Center®, Keynote DemoAnywhere® and Keynote MonitorAnywhere® All related trademarks, trade names, logos, characters, design and trade dress are trademarks or registered trademarks of Keynote Systems, Inc. in the United States and other countries and may not be used without written permission. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. © 2013 Keynote Systems, Inc.
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Happy Friday everyone! For this arts and technology round-up we decided to try and hone in on a few of the awesome projects that we saw at the Museums and the Web conference last week. Up first are our picks of some of the best and most innovative projects. After that, the winners of the Best of the Web 2011 awards from the conference.
Technology In The Arts Picks
Zooniverse - This group marries together the researching needs of the scientific/historical communities and the power of crowdsourcing. By creating a series of interactive web portals, Zooniverse creates communities of "Citizen Scientists".
PhilaHistory - Philly based GIS firm Azavea worked with the City of Philadelphia to create a platform for linking historical photos of the city to their real world locations using geo-location and augmented reality.
One To One with the Artist: Ai Weiwei - A simple idea with a great effect, this project from the Tate allowed museum visitors to record and upload a video in the gallery and have a video dialogue with the artist Ai Weiwei.
The WALL - The Museum of Copenhagen's giant multi-touch multimedia screen installed in one of the central squares of Copenhagen.
ARTfinder - A new recommendation engine for artwork, this site works very much like Last.fm, taking your current interests and using them to introduce you to new works.
The Collective - Sounding a little bit like a bad 50's sci-fi flick, The Collective is the Denver Art Museum's interactive website/online programming space and a new way of connecting and bringing in the Denver community.
MoMA Learn - An extremely in-depth arts education web portal, the Museum of Modern Art's education department went all out on this one.
ARtours - The Stedelijk Museum's innovative augmented reality program.
The Best of the Web 2011
Education & Best Overall: The ACMI Generator
Mobile: The AB EX NY iPad app
Exhibition: Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century
Innovative: Nationnaal Historisch Museum / Museum of National History
Museum Professional & People's Choice: Smithsonian Web and New Media Strategy Wiki
Long-Lived: Exploratorium.org
Research/Online Collection: Portable Antiquities Scheme
Audio/Visual/Podcast: Access All Areas podcast
Project by a Small Institution: ASI: Archaeology Scene Investigations in North County Louth


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Discussion in 'CycleChat Cafe' started by Bigtallfatbloke, 12 Aug 2007.
...so what is cool to do and what is uncool these days?
Not cool ... trying to pull a wheelie on my Sirrus ...
Cool ... flying along with a moster back wind, and riding no-hands!!
anything on Langsters, not cool.....
I'd like to see someone do a wheelie on a tandem!
wheelsucking is def uncool!
Hear that Mr Evans?
Running reds is not cool and makes you a to$$er.
Explosive diahorrea on a bike is not cool...
snot rockets over the shoulder before checking if another cyclist is there...definatly uncool!
I've started doing "no hands" again.
I Cant quite change my shirt whilst still riding, like I did as a teen!! I doubt that would be cool or pleasant for anyone nowadays anyway.
I too have been doing "no-hands" again.
1.2 miles along the TPT . I think it was cool. I'll try for the full 2 miles but it will be very difficult. (I won't be trying to get dressed at the time as it may make it a wee bit trickier)
Being courteous and gracious to other road users is cool.
That's a nice thing to read at the start of the week - thank you.
Yep, that's cool but how many can say they practice doing it.................all of the time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anything that is cool today will be uncool tomorrow.
and anyone over 30 that considers themselves cool is in for a great disappointment…
A playing card attached with a clothes peg to the back wheel spokes is def cool.
Drop 'racing bars' turned up the wrong way are really hip!
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Most children do not inherently fear going to the dentist. Understandably young children may have a fear of the unknown as well as fear of medical environments. Older kids may be fearful if they have had bad experiences with previous dental treatment. Or some children may just be more anxious or sensitive. We have found the following tips useful in helping kids be more prepared and less fearful with their visits:
- begin dental care early. By following a preventive strategy you can hopefully prevent your child from developing cavities at a young age, when treatment is usually more challenging. Studies show that children who visit the dentist early generally are less anxious than those who start later.
- practice good oral hygiene and dietary practices in front of your children so they learn to value those behaviors
- read books about dental health and visiting the dentist. Some of our favorites are, "Dora Goes to the Dentist", "Sugar Bug Doug", "Maisy, Charlie, and the Wobbly Tooth", "How Many Teeth?", and "Elmo Visits the Dentist."
- never discuss your own fears or anxieties about visiting the dentist in front of your child. Your child will pick up on even subtle vibes you are putting out. Strive to make all discussions positive.
- do pretend play with your child and allow him or her to brush your teeth and be the dentist. Amazon carries play dentist kits as well as dentist Play Doh kits that will help remove fear of the unknown.
We have found that, for the vast majority of kids, the less they know about the technical details of dental treatment, the better. We don't use words like "shot", "hurt", or "pain." Some children are even scared of the word "cavity." Instead, we talk about brushing out cavity germs that are trying to make their tooth sick. We sometimes describe a cavity as a brown spot that needs to be brushed out. We also find that if it is necessary to talk about technical details of treatment it is better to talk about it outside of the child's presence. We welcome you to join your child while he or she is having the treatment done. We ask only that you support our terminology and maintain a mostly "silent partner" presence. This will avoid confusing your child with too many voices speaking at once.


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I followed the instructions to the letter and when the microwave stopped ... I opened the door and found the edges of the Bacon Wave Tray curled upwards, the bacon wasn't cooked completely nor did appear as if it was getting crisp. Had to remove the bacon and finish it in the oven. Will never purchase a product like this again! It's better to lay a sheet of aluminium foil on the oven rack with its edges turned up. Bacon will be done and crisp in 8-10 minutes and cleanup only requires that you dispose of the aluminium foil. Tks and BEWARE OF THIS SORT OF GARBAGE! Please check back tomorrow ... will upload a picture this evening so you can see what happened.


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Rik and Heather met in 2008 while working at the Apple Store, SoHo, in NYC. They were both on the Theater Team giving workshops on software and products. They realized that they only lived four blocks away from each other at the time. They became friends...and several years later, realized there was much more then friendship blossoming! Rik proposed to Heather in Central Park at "their spot" with his grand mother's ring. Heather accepted the proposal among tears and laughter! They chose to wed on St. Petersburg beach, the same beach Heather's parents met on. They had an Apple Inc, fall themed wedding. It was fun to see how they told their story through out the night. Their cake was topped with them in an Iphone, apple centerpieces, a real time slideshow of images guest's loaded. Rik is an illustrator by trade and another unique touch was he custom designed coloring pages for the kids and created mad libs for the all guests to fill out. How fun will it be, to go back and read them all when they get home from their honeymoon! They were such an amazing couple and I wish them many years of happiness! I hope you enjoy their
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...is like apples of gold in a setting of silver. ~Proverbs 25:11
The letters our children receive from you are gifts—for many of our One Life kids, your letters are their connection to a family they don't have at home. The effort you take to connect with your child goes far beyond the time it takes to write the letter. Your interest, love and encouragement have a lasting impact.
THANK YOU to those who write regular notes to your child. Keep them coming. We make sure all your letters are hand delivered and for the children who can't read English, we include a translation in their language.
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When you lie down, you will not be afraid...when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet. ~Proverbs 3:24
Most of our One Life children do not have bedrooms or even their own beds. Many of them face insurmountable challenges at home with whole families living in tiny, cramped, one-room shacks. The children come to school each day after long nights of little sleep.
Many of these families, some of which are child-headed households share one twin mattress. The kids can't get the rest they need and they struggle to stay awake during their school day. One Life would love to provide all our children at Wells Estate and Walmer with healthier sleeping conditions which will go a long way to ensuring a safe and restful night's sleep for each child. If you're interested in contributing to this project, please contact us at email@example.com.
One Life in the Jungle | Phakam Village, Thailand
One Life is excited to announce that we've expanded to a new site in Thailand. Phakam is a remote hill tribe village with little access to commerce or regular resources, leaving the community desperate for food, education and basic infrastructure.
We currently sponsor 30 children in Phakam. These kids, along with having their basic needs met, will now have access to education and healthcare and will get regular spiritual and emotional support.
Grace House Director, Saman Jantawong is overseeing the Phakam site. His team started an 'Egg Project' for the malnourished children in the village and now each child receives an egg a day.
Saman says "Every three months our team checks their height and weight. We are also instructing caregivers on basic health and hygiene along with teaching the good news about Jesus to both the children and their parents."
Thank you to our sponsors who signed up to sponsor our Phakam children at the recent sponsorship drive.
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As long as our children are receiving an education, they remain a part of our One Life program.
Pictured above is Ice, from New Hope Home in Chiang Rai, Thailand. Ice was struggling with traditional schooling but has found a passion for repairing motorcycles. He is currently completing a year-long mechanics course in small engine repair which will give him the skills he needs to find a job and become independent. One Life cares for its children holistically, ensuring them success when they leave the program. Your sponsorship allows children like Ice to eventually become leaders and contributors in their communities.


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Narrator - Dr. Ysaye M. Barnwell
Dr. Ysaye M. Barnwell PhD, MSPH is a native New Yorker who has lived in Washington, DC since 1968. Dr. Barnwell studied violin with her father for 15 years beginning at age 2 1/2, and majored in music through high school. With this background, she went on to earn the Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Speech Pathology (SUNY, Geneseo, 1967, 1968), Doctor of Philosophy in Speech Pathology (University of Pittsburgh, 1975), and the Master of Science in Public Health (Howard University, 1981).
Dr. Barnwell has been awarded four Honorary Doctorate Degrees, and the 2014 Humanitarian Award from the Washington Choral Arts Society. For over a decade, Dr. Barnwell was a professor at the College of Dentistry at Howard University, after which she administered health programs at Children's Hospital National Medical Center and Gallaudet University in Washington, DC. Dr. Barnwell joined Sweet Honey In The Rock® in 1979 and recently retired from the ensemble after 34 years.
Dr. Barnwell has been a commissioned composer on numerous choral, film, video, dance and theatrical projects. Dr. Barnwell is the Curator/Composer of the FORTUNE'S BONES: THE MANUMISSION REQUIEM® which began as a year on project culminating in two performances at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center of the University of Maryland in 2012. She has, for the past thirty years spent much of her time offstage working as a master teacher and choral clinician in African American cultural performance.
Her workshop "Building a Vocal Community®: Singing in the African American Tradition" has been conducted on three continents, making her work in the field a significant source of inspiration for both singers and non-singers, and a model of pedagogy for educators, cultural activists and historians.
In May of 2016, President Obama nominated Dr. Barnwell for membership on the National Committee on the Arts which the Senate must confirm. Four axioms have proven significant in Barnwell's life. To whom much is given, much is required. As one door closes, another door opens. Everything matters. Say YES!
Featured Performers
Brandie Sutton, Soprano
Hailed by The New York times for her "warm, ample voice" and "distinctive earthy coloring," and by Opera News for her "sumptuos, mid-weight soprano," Ms. Sutton first embraced classical music during her undergraduate studies at Oakwood University where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music with a concentration in voice. She now holds a Master in Music degree from The Benjamin T. Rome School of Music at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
John Wesley Wright, Tenor
Tenor John Wesley Wright, D. M. A., is known for his artistic and soulful interpretations of music from baroque to Broadway. Holding degrees from Maryville College and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Wright has performed as a soloist throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan and is the winner of the American Traditions Competition 2000. A native of Rome, Georgia, Dr. Wright is coordinator of the voice and opera workshop programs at Salisbury University in Salisbury, Maryland.
Alvy Powell, Bass
Alvy Powell knew he'd be a bass baritone when his voice changed around the age of 16. Like most young men, he explored various hobbies, noodling on the clarinet for 15 years, running track, playing some basketball and singing in church. "I really didn't know [how I felt] about being a singer until I got to college," he says. Powell, who grew up in Cheriton on the Eastern Shore, discovered that he had an operatic voice while studying music at the University of Maryland at College Park, where the curriculum demanded classical singing.
Gregory Watkins,
Marked by an effervescent trademark that is his gorgeous smile, his infectious charm, and his upbeat energy on and off stage, GREG WATKINS is a born and bred Washington, DC native. He is considered by many to be a well-respected artist and virtuoso of his generation. Influenced by such greats as Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Sammie Davis, Jr., John Legend, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Quincy Jones, Greg is a delectable one-man show! Singer, pianist, musical director, composer and arranger, actor, voice talent, and a brilliantly-pure entertainer. He never ceases to amaze his audiences!
Damon L. Foster,
Freelance Dance Artist
and Choreographer
Has performed with the Dissonance Dance Theatre from 2012, and continues to assist with the company's management, community affairs and external communications. As a contributor and editor of the Ngoma Reader Magazine, Damon enjoys capturing the "life pulse" of the dance community through various interviews and special performances.
Kehembe V. Eichelberger,
Mezzo Soprano
Native of Chicago, Illinois, completed Bachelor and Master of Music at Howard University. Vocal studies with LeRoy Dorsey, Frederick Wilkerson, McLean Bosfield, Hilda Harris, Grady Tate, and coached with Sylvia Olden Lee; performs as soloist, ensemble, studio vocalist on all Kennedy Center stages, Wolf Trap Farm Park; opera companies include Washington Opera, Metropolitan Opera, and Victoria Opera - Australia; appeared on radio, television, recordings, European Classical, Jazz, Spirituals, including Folkways "Wade in the Water" series and the recent release of the recording "Hold On" recorded by the group PAUL. Roles in opera, oratorio, or musicals include Carmen, Carmen Jones, Harlem Nocturne, Jelly's Last Jam, Verdi's Requiem Mass, Handel's Messiah, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Rossini's Stabat Mater, Bach's St. Matthew Passion and B Minor Mass. Other performances where she is a featured soloist include the United States Supreme Court before the Justices, a concert marking the works of artist/composer Shelton Becton, a Choral Arts Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King at the Kennedy Center's Concert Hall. Kehembe is on the faculty at Howard University.
Lester Green,
Music Director
Collaborative pianist, vocal coach, and conductor is a member of the SINGTEAM Faculty (Scholars Invested, Nurturing Greatness, TeachingExcellence, growing Artistry and building Musicianship) in the Morgan State University Department of Fine and Performing Arts and serves as the music director for the Opera@Morgan.
Dr. Green has coached and conducted internationally including Studio Lirico in Cortona, Italy, has served as assistant conductor for the 2005 production of Porgy and Bess with the Washington National Opera; apprenticed at the Houston Ebony Opera Guild with Maestro Willie Waters.
In 2012 Green assisted the musical preparation for the documentary film, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and His Music in America 1900-1912 with Angela Brown, Roderick Dixon, Robert Honeysucker and members of the Longfellow Chorus. The film enjoyed a limited release in theaters in March 2013 and is being edited for television and film festivals.
A native of South Carolina, Green earned a B.M. in Piano Performance from the University of South Carolina; a Master of Music Degree and Graduate Performance Diploma in Piano at Peabody, and a D.M.A.


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Working Class Songs of the US-Mexican Borderlands
Just been listening to some music from famed Chicana idol, Lydia Mendoza (1916-2007).
This twelve-stringed guitarist sang popular and sentimental Mexican songs often of the struggles of working class people who lived in the borderlands of the US and Mexico. Hence 'La Alondra de la Frontera' (The Lark of the Border).
Particularly haunting I think are, first, her early 'Collar De Perlas' ...
... and then, later in life, 'Tango Negro' ('The Black Tango') ...
Just keen to share, as usual!
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Warren Bickel spoke as a panelist on opening night of "The Ice Cream Man"
Warren K. Bickel, Ph.D.
Warren Bickel, a professor and director of the Addiction Recovery Research Center at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, was one of three panelists featured during the opening night of the play, "The Ice Cream Man," on March 10.
Roanoke Children's Theatre produced the play with the aim of starting a conversation about teen substance abuse, a critical problem in the Roanoke area.
The play runs March 10 through March 13 at the Dumas Center. The play is free to attend, but patrons are encouraged to reserve their seats in advance by visiting the Roanoke Children's Theatre website.
The March 10 panel also included Terrence Engles, a treatment consultant at the American Addictions Center, and Trish White, the executive director of Choices Recovery Center, Inc.
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