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Me & the Lady Lou
I can honestly say that the past month has been the most stressfully beautiful 30 days of my life ever. It all started with this girl. We call her Louisiana.
Who would have thought a second child would be so immensely hard yet so adorable all bundled up into one amazing package? I guess everyone but the chef & I...
I remember how easy Catcher was. I don't know if it was all the pain meds I was on or the fact that the Chef stayed home for almost a month but he was an angel. I swear he was sleeping a full night by the time he was three weeks old. Lou is opposite Catcher. Evrything he loved she hates. The swing, the carseat, the bassinet, the mobile, etc. She just wants to be held or she just wants boob. Girl loves the boob. Wonder where she got that from?
The really difficult part is the combo of the both of them. The scheduling, the conflicts, the missed playtimes, the feedings, the lack of sleep, and the guilt of ignoring one child to tend to another. These things have all weighed heavily on me as well as on the Chef. Not to mention the fact that I can be uber moody and haven't been the nicest of nice this past month. Who would've thunk it?
Things have definitely been tense in our casa but there is a light shining past the dark and I must admit things are getting better & back to normal. The Chef & I have almost been having fun these past couple of days which has been really nice. I have to admit that I really do miss him. It seems as things are starting to settle and we are both getting use to the changes we have had to make in our lives. I think the more time passes the easier things will get although the chef is planning to open another restaurant which no doubt brings the stress but we won't jump the gun on that just yet.


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Exercise details
- Target muscles: Gluteus Maximus, Erector Spinae
- Synergists: Quadriceps (Rectus Femoris, Vastus Lateralis, Vastus Medialis, Vastus Intermedius), Hamstrings (Biceps Femoris, Semitendinosus, Semimembranosus), Adductor Magnus, Soleus, Latissimus Dorsi, Wrist Flexors (the latter two only if you lift heavy)
- Mechanics: Compound
- Force: Pull
Starting position
- Stand with your feet under the barbell, hip-width apart. When you look down, the barbell should run halfway over your feet.
- Bend down and grasp the barbell with a shoulder-width grip.
- Raise your hips a little, straighten your back, and lean backward so that your torso is upright.
- After taking a deep breath, stand and pull the bar up the front of your legs, driving with your legs.
- At the top of the movement, squeeze your glutes, pull your shoulders back, and exhale.
- To return the bar to the floor, push your butt backward, flex your hips, and lower the bar down the front of your legs, keeping your back straight.
- Once the bar passes your knees, bend your knees and lower the bar to the ground.
Comments and tips
- Keep your arms and back straight, your torso upright, and your feet and knees pointing in the same direction.
- At the top of the lift, do not hyperextend your back.
- Keep the barbell close to your body to improve mechanical leverage.
- Use gym chalk or wrist straps to improve your grip.
- Start light and add weight gradually to give your lower back time to adapt.
- When lifting heavy, wear a support belt to protect your lower back.
- The barbell deadlift is arguably the king of all major mass-building exercises, challenged only by the barbell squat. It is great for shocking your body into releasing testosterone, strengthening your legs and core, and building body-wide strength and mass.
Barbell deadlift video
Deadlift variations
Mixed-grip barbell deadlift
Using a double overhand grip for the barbell deadlift, as explained above, relies heavily on the forearms for grip strength, which means that it's a great workout for the forearms. The problem is that once you get to very heavy weights, you may not be able to lift the weight due to a lack of grip strength. In this case, you can perform the barbell deadlift using a mixed grip, where one hand holds the bar with an overhand grip and the other hand holds the bar with an underhand grip. The mixed grip makes it much more difficult for the bar to slip out of your grip. The only downside is that it doesn't train your forearms as well as the double overhand grip.
Deficit deadlift
The deficit deadlift involves performing the deadlift while standing on a 1–4-inch platform or a weight plate. In this slightly elevated position, you will put yourself at a disadvantage because the elevation increases the movement's range of motion and your time under tension, as well as prolongs the amount of time you will have to work through the first stage of the movement, which is the most challenging part of the lift. The reasons for using the deficit deadlift include making your standard deadlift stronger and troubleshooting problems with the first stage of the standard deadlift. The increased range of motion also recruits more of the quadriceps and posterior chain muscles (traps, posterior delts, lats, spinal erectors, and glutes).
Sumo deadlift
The sumo deadlift involves performing the deadlift with your legs spaced wide apart, thus mimicking the stance of a sumo wrestler. The wide stance brings your body closer to the floor and allows you to keep your torso more upright. The wide stance also changes the emphasis of the lift, placing more work on the hips and legs and a bit less work on the lower back. Depending on your body shape and build, the sumo deadlift may be easier to perform than the standard deadlift.
Trap bar or hex bar deadlift
The standard deadlift puts a lot of tension on your back, which poses a risk of back injury and limits the amount of weight that you can lift. Sometimes hexagonal, other times diamond-shaped, a trap (or hex) bar allows you to step inside it and make the lift rather than stand behind it like a regular bar, thus significantly reducing the amount of tension put on your spine.

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We got an update on Waterside–remember that ole thing?–this morning from Baltimore's Cordish Companies.
It's been a while since we've heard from them. We sat down with Reed Cordish some months ago for this column: Can new Waterside lead an Elizabeth River revival?
Here is the full update from Cordish:
The Cordish Companies and the City of Norfolk mark a major milestone in the evolution of Waterside when crews begin demolition on the exterior of Waterside District next week.
The annex building that was added to the project in the 1990's will be demolished, returning the building to its original footprint. The remaining multi-use lot will create a future site for an expansion of the Waterside District.
Crews have been preparing for the exterior work since the groundbreaking when the interior walls and ceilings were removed inside the 30-year-old building.
Waterside District is an integral part of Norfolk's urban waterfront.
The Cordish Companies will welcome a whole new generation to Waterside District when Norfolk's newest family-friendly destination opens in Spring 2017. The new Waterside District will be a crown jewel in Virginia's authentic, urban waterfront district that stretches from Fort Norfolk to Harbor Park.
The revitalization of the historic Waterside building fits into the landscape of downtown Norfolk – a walkable, livable, vibrant community. The Cordish Companies announced Starr Hill earlier this year. More exciting local and national announcements to come soon.


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2019 Countywide Reappraisal
The Iredell County Assessor's Office is in the process of conducting a countywide reappraisal of all real property in accordance with the provisions of NCGS 105-283 and 105-317. The effective date of the upcoming reappraisal is January 1, 2019. Iredell County is on a four (4) year reappraisal cycle, the last reappraisal had an effective date of January 1, 2015. The purpose of the countywide reappraisal is to equalize the tax burden among property owners and among all classes of property. The periodic reappraisal of real property equalizes the tax burden by ensuring all real property is assessed at the current, fair market value. The 2019 Reappraisal is being conducted by the County Assessor's Office. 2019 Reappraisal Notices will be mailed in February 2019.
A required component of the reappraisal process, per NCGS 105-317, is the development, public notice and review, and adoption by the Board of County Commissioners (Board) of Uniform Schedules of Values, Standards and Rules (Schedules). Two Schedules are being developed, one to be used in appraising real property at its market value and one to be used in appraising property at its present-use value. Proposed Schedules are expected to be completed and available for public inspection, in the County Assessor's Office and on this website, by mid-September 2018. Once adopted, the Schedules will be used to uniformly and equitably value all real property from 2019-2022. Required public notices will be published in local newspapers.
Notice is hereby given that on October 16, 2018 the Iredell County Board of Commissioners adopted the Uniform Schedules of Values, Standards, and Rules, (Market and Present-Use Value Schedules) to be used in the 2019 reappraisal of real property in Iredell County.
Notice is further given that copies of said Uniform Schedules of Values, Standards, and Rules are on file in the Office of the Tax Assessor, 135 E. Water Street, Statesville, NC and are available for public examination Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Notice is further given that a property owner who asserts that the Uniform Schedules of Values, Standards, and Rules (Market and Present-Use Value Schedules) are invalid may except to an order of adoption and appeal therefrom to the Property Tax Commission within 30 days of the date when the notice of the orders adopting the Uniform Schedules of Values, Standards, and Rules was first published. The final date on which the Uniform Schedules of Values, Standards, and Rules (Market and Present-Use Value) may be appealed is November 20, 2018.
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Very few treasure art. We have no power to influence our success. If you were born into a non-artistic family your road is tougher. You are likely to suffer from mental illness. And, by the way, you make way less than a part-time employee at Mickey Ds. Here is another problem. You are a reckless soul and you love ugly. I mean it. Art is about the different. You want to say things that no one is saying, and, listen here, everyone wants to hear the same old stuff. You are just part of the din. The voices that are heard aren't always the best voices. It's a luck driven world.
Art is one Pandora's box of trouble for the creator. So why do it? Because there is hope down at the bottom of the art well. Art soothes the soul. It inspires the imagination. It fuels the future. It dazzles the mind. It makes us more. Cling to that when all the naysayers are wagging fingers at you.
Yes, I know it's a tough world for most artists. We are a rickety lot but wonderful too. Keep creating.
Here is a doodle of hope:
Here is a quote for your pocket:
You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us. Sappho
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Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy: International Conference on Comparative Perspectives on the Right to Education for Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups. The conference is being hosted by Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, in collaboration with the Oxford Human Rights Hub and the Open Society Foundations.
14th and 15th January 2016
Seminar Halls 1 and 2, India International Centre, 40 Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi – 110003.
This conference aims to bring together a diverse group of participants from India, South Africa, UK and other countries, and engage them on the key challenges surrounding the enforcement of the right to education for minorities and disadvantaged groups.
The conference consists of four panels
The Role of Public and Private Actors: Challenges Facing the Right to Education
Gender Equality in Education: Moving Beyond Access to Primary Education
Measuring Quality and Enforcing a Right to Quality Education
Balancing the Right to Freedom of Religion and Culture and the Right to Education
The conference will conclude with a plenary session on 'The Role of Courts in Realising the Right to Education'.


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Mike Chapman Campaign Event, April 13, 2011
At his April 13 campaign event near Leesburg, Mike Chapman, candidate for the Republican nomination for Loudoun County Sheriff in the November, 2011 elections, said that part of his leadership philosophy is "never ask anyone to do anything you wouldn't be willing to do yourself."
(Click here to see the complete photo gallery — thanks to Randy Sayles for some of these shots).
More than 70 local residents, including several elected officials and Republican candidates for office, attended through the course of the 2 1/2 hour fundraising event.
Guest speaker Asa Hutchinson, a former Congressman and DEA Administrator, said that he personally witnessed Mr. Chapman's work "in the crucible, and I can't imagine anyone could exceed his experience in law enforcement."
Mr. Chapman said "In 32 years I have enforced statutes at all levels, from local to federal."
As the only one of the three Republican Sheriff candidates who has worked in law enforcement during the past decade, Mr. Chapman stated that the changes of the past ten years – with increases in terrorism, drugs, gang activity and other crimes – require a Sheriff knowledgeable in the latest law enforcement methods and technology.
For more information on the Mike Chapman campaign, click here to visit his Web site.
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March of Dimes Signature Chefs Auction
When: Thursday, October 5, 2017
Where: The Ritz-Carlton
Join our Executive Chef Jason Ryczek at the March of Dimes Signature Chefs Auction, a benefit for babes, to raise funds for the campaign to end prematurity. Farallon's Live Auction Package includes a tasting menu for 12 guests with a wine pairing. Additionally, Farallon's signature tasting dish will be Octopus & Apple Aqua Chili, full of delicious braised octopus and fresh apples.


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In Sub-Saharan Africa, the most prominent activity is engineering and construction, with relevant projects in Angola and Mozambique. In these markets, NOV Group is also present in the fields of industry, real estate, automobile and environment.
In Angola, the real activity start-up was in 2006 with the acquisition of a group of companies established under the law of Angola. Currently, NOV Group has seven companies distributed by five business areas: Construction, Environment, Automobile, Real Estate and Industry. The main competences in the construction field in this market are related to communication routes and residential and non-residential buildings.
In Mozambique, due to a new dynamism in the engineering and construction field, NOV Group has been conquering portfolio, mainly in the last years. We highlight works at the level of residential and non-residential buildings. The growth of NOV Group in Africa confirms the rigour and professionalism
of the projects and the resulting trust from customers and
partners, which are an important lever for the affirmation of NOV Group. Businesses in other markets of the African continent are also expected.
International Markets
NOV Group Angola
Bairro da Madeira (Sector1) Cazenga, Luanda - ANGOLA
Angola is one of the most attractive countries for investors and furthermore, it is a country very rich in natural resources (oil, diamonds, fisheries, agriculture, and water resources, among others).
Using the same growth strategy applied in Portugal, currently the Group operates in the following sectors in Angola: Engineering & Construction, Real Estate, Industry and Automotive. Recently, the Group has also invested in the Environment sector, where there are some projects on the pipeline.
The established presence in 10 of the 18 provinces of Angola and important projects for the coming years highlight the excellent performance of NOV Group in this market.
The increase of its construction works portfolio and the services diversification stems from a remarkable and vibrant business strategy, allowing the Group to take part in large-scale projects in Angola:
- Rehabilitation of a road in the Province of Moxico
- Logistics base "Kaombo" for the Oil Industry
- Alvalade Premium building of 26 floors in Luanda
- Rehabilitation and extension of the Government Palace Luena
- Construction of a Drug Addiction Treatment Centre in Bengo
- Construction of a second building of the Provincial Government in M'Banzacongo
- Municipal Library of Huambo
- Agrarian Technical School of Mona Quimbundo;
- Several rehabilitation works at Catoca Mine
- Calulo and Luau water supply systems;
- Rehabilitation of the Samba - Bologongo Road, with a length of 81km, in Kwanza Norte
(Building construction and public works, Environment, Carpentry, Exploration of Sands and Inerts)
» NOV Engenharia e Construções, Lda
(Real estate development and sale)
» Angola Investimento Imobiliária, S.A.
» Jonasbel - Angola Empreendimentos, Lda.
(Vehicles maintenance and sale; short and long term car rentals, with or without driver.)
» TEC, Lda.
NOV Group Mozambique
Present in the building construction and public works sector, the Group began its first two real estate projects back in 1992 in Praça OMM, the continuation of Avenida Lenine.
In 1993 a company under the laws of Mozambique, based in Maputo, was incorporated. In 2012, a dedicated Executive Board was set-up for Mozambique, which triggered a new dynamism and strengthened the commitment of the Group, allocating more material and human resources with the objective of underpinning the position of NOV Group in the country.
The projects portfolio for 2012 and 2013 is a clear sign of a change and reflect a new business strategy, ensuring a sustainable operation in the Mozambican market. The establishment of a new company in the construction sector and the investment in other activity sectors is planned in order to strength the presence of NOV Group in Mozambique.
The Industry & Services business unit has already some projects planned for this market, particularly in which concerns woodworks and road marking, which reflect the NOV Group commitment to this market.
In the building construction sector, the following projects are noteworthy:
• Adaptation and rehabilitation of a workshop -Maputo
• Extension of the FIPGA Offices (Headquarters) - Maputo
• Construction of 10 houses, Lote III - Lichinga
• Rehabilitation of male dormitories in Maputo
• Road signs in the city of Maxixe
• Complex Chibia Village - Matola
» NOV Engenharia e Construções
Rua do Complexo de Escolas do Cazenga, n.º 25 (EDEL)
Distrito Urbano Tala Hady Bairro da Madeira (Sector1)
Cazenga | Luanda
Tel.: (+244) 222 395 601
Fax: (+244) 222 398 828
NOV Group Mozambique
Avenida Emilia Daússe, nº 474 R/C
Maputo | MOZAMBIQUE
Tel.: (+258) 213 294 68
Fax: (+258) 213 296 65


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You are getting on in years, are the founder of a successful business, and are starting to think about the next phase of your life and retiring. Maybe you are just getting tired of the daily grind and would like to travel or spend more leisure time with grandchildren. Or perhaps you or your business partner has had a recent, serious health issue, or an unsolicited offer to buy the business has been made, or worse yet, you have lost a partner or a key employee who you always expected would take over and buy you out when you were ready. Up to now, you haven't had the inclination or the time to give any serious thought to planning this transition. But now that events beyond your control have intervened and forced the issue, you feel unprepared and ill-equipped to address this pressing situation. If this is you, you are not alone.
The fact is that over ninety percent of business owners do not engage in any advance planning at all for the succession of their businesses. Rather, some external event like those listed above typically triggers a hastily executed plan resulting in unexpected, immediate and significant change that too often precludes the ability to transition the business in an optimal manner to the benefit of the business and you and your family, both from a personal and a financial perspective. A fire sale is never for fair market value.
The good news is that this scenario is completely avoidable with the assistance of a competent business attorney with the experience and skill needed to develop a succession plan that is tailored to your business and your needs so that you have peace of mind and a plan in place that will be ready for execution when the time arises – for whatever reason.
A team approach to the planning process is best, with the business attorney acting as the quarterback, assembling the working group consisting of your accountant, estate planning counsel, investment advisor, banker, insurance agent and other trusted advisors as required for your particular situation.
The first order of business is to understand your vision for your future and that of the business, and to value the business. Part of this process also will be to identify and address any deficiencies in the business's organizational structure and management team so that you and your business are optimally positioned for transition, whether by a sale of your interest to a family member, a key employee or management group, to all employees in an ESOP transaction or to an unrelated third party down the road.
The planning process includes an unbiased review of all aspects of the business to position it for transition, including its operations, finances and management, including identifying and fixing, well in advance of the intended transition date, all impediments to an optimal buy out for you as owner. In a family owned business, this process usually also includes identifying family members who are likely successors and providing experiential training and promotion strategies for them to assure that they will have the necessary skill set to take over when the time comes. The sooner this analysis is undertaken and implemented, the better – to make certain that you have the time to take advantage of existing tax planning opportunities to transfer ownership to your heirs at an affordable cost.
So take heart – you still have time. With proper succession planning, you can maximize your financial return for your life's work by positioning your business properly for an orderly transfer with the least disruption possible at the proper time; you can then leave the world of work secure in the knowledge that your business will continue to grow and flourish.
Carol Maue is a partner and chair of the Business Law Group at Boylan Code LLP, concentrating her practice in business and finance, intellectual property and employment law matters. She can be reached by email at email@example.com. Boylan Code offices are located in Canandaigua, Newark and Rochester. This article is not legal advice.
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The crisp autumn air rolls in, bringing with it nostalgic images of childhood Halloween events. Costume contests, apple bobbing, placing fake cobwebs just so in the bushes...as parents, many of us strive to provide the same aura of mystery and excitement that Halloween brought to us. This year, I headed to Savers to provide the full experience for my kids at a price that I could afford. Costumes
My 9 month old is off the charts for height, so the Cinderella costume that I purchased for her weeks ago is already too small. Luckily, Savers has an amazing selection of new and like-new costumes in her (ever-expanding) size. What a bargain- I was able to find dozens of BRAND NEW costumes for under $20! Here is what I selected for her- mainly because I was a witch for my first Halloween:
Savers has an amazing collection of brand new costumes, but you can also get creative and put one together from their gently used items as well! Find a great used costume for a few dollars? Create a character scarecrow! Stuff the costume with straw and add a pumpkin head. You can also create a generic costume using their extensive selection of masks and wigs. Want to be Daphne from Scooby Doo? Grab a red wig, a purple dress and a green scarf! A simple hockey mask could turn you in to Jason from Friday the 13th.
I tend to go for big impact, small investment decorations. I created a front door look for just a few dollars- simply measure and cut different lengths of "Caution" tape and wraparound your door. I added a few purple glitter bats strung at an angle and done!!
Find a lantern or hurricane at Savers? Line with real or fake leaves, add a glass votive wrapped in burlap and place a battery-operated candle inside. This is perfect for indoor or outdoor decor if you don't want to go the scary route. You can also layer two different size hurricanes and fill the space in between with leaves or pine cones.
I purchased large tubs of mums and wrapped them in burlap- a lot easier than transplanting them to other containers, and less expensive as well. Want another idea?Head to Savers and find flannel shirts or blankets- wrap the planters in different color flannel!
Want more ideas? Head to the Savers website where they have a ton of DIY decorating ideas!
Party Ideas
Want to create a photo booth for your Halloween party? Purchase a plastic Wall Backdrop and set up a tripod with a "selfie" remote. Put a few fun items from the Savers prop wall into a bin and let the kids get creative.
For drinks, you can purchase glassware and transform them into a set of creepy cocktailglasses! Simply turn them upside down and drip red glassware paint from the bottom to the rim to look like blood. You could also buy differen t sized plates and candle sticks. Spray paint them if you wish and use E6000 glue to assemble a custom dessert tier!
There are so many Halloween options at Savers, and by purchasing items here, you support local charities and community programs.


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- Contact
- Denise Gastaldo
- Location
- Rm HS 208, 155 College St., Toronto, ON
- Dates
- April 25, 2017 from 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Speaker: Dr. Azucena Pedraz Marcos, Sección Departamental de Enfermería,
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Abstract: Focus groups have provided insights into a huge variety of research questions from different disciplines, being widely used in health services research. Focus groups are the technique that dominates the field in the English-written scientific literature, but there are different approaches to data collection in groups in terms of style of the moderator, presentation of questions/topics, and the way data are analysed (Barbour, 2007). In this presentation, I will briefly introduce a series of group techniques utilized in qualitative research to later focus on discussion groups, following Ibañez and the Madrid School of Social Theory. The discussion group is a qualitative technique that aims at reproducing in a micro-social scale what would be the macro-social situation, through the interaction of its participants in order to enable the generation of discourses/texts, which analyzed, identify and organize the social meaning of a specific field or theme (Pedraz, 2014). Based on my research about midwives´ experiences dealing with late stillbirth delivery, my presentation will address some of the features of planning and setting up discussion groups: group composition, number and size of groups, sampling frames, decisions about the room, the moderator, the recording, transcribing and running group discussions.


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Perhaps you've read about the lawsuit filed against storage giant EMC by two of its former employees, charging the company with engaging in sexual misconduct and gender bias.
The suit was filed in federal court in Illinois three years ago, and in September a federal judge began hearing arguments about whether it can be expanded into a class-action lawsuit to include all saleswomen who worked at EMC between 2001 and 2004.
A story on the alleged misconduct was published in The Wall Street Journal on SeptEMBER 12, prompting EMC CEO Joe Tucci to write a letter to all EMC employees the same day to rebut the information in the article.
Now, I have absolutely no knowledge of anything on which to base an assessment of the merit of the allegations. I have no idea whether the two women who filed the lawsuit have a legitimate gripe, just as I have no real way of knowing whether Tucci's denial was anything more than the insincere, professionally spun blather of a corporate executive in damage-control mode.
So I'll offer a perspective that's intended to be considered strictly for what it's worth, which may or may not be much at all.
I live and work not far from EMC's corporate headquarters in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and over the years I've become acquainted with a fair number of EMC employees. I can tell you that the impression I've taken away from those encounters is that EMC is a company with an admirable corporate culture, and that it has a solid reputation as an attractive place to work. That's not a scientific conclusion by any means -- just one person's feeling based on anecdotal experience.
I'll also say that that impression was strongly reinforced last month when I met an EMC employee on a flight from San Francisco to Boston. The employee, Ed Van Sickle, was seated next to me, and we struck up a conversation when I saw he had a bag he'd gotten at one of our Storage Networking World conferences.
I learned that Van Sickle is an education consultant at EMC, and it was in that capacity that he'd been on the West Coast. What I discovered from our conversation, and from subsequent e-mail correspondence with Van Sickle, blew me away.
EMC is engaged in a farsighted campaign to train future storage technologists by helping colleges and universities to develop storage technology curricula and undertake a range of research projects. Known as the EMC Academic Alliance Program, the campaign is a collaborative effort involving more than 20 educational institutions in the US, 101 in India, 21 in China and four in Russia.
Before I get too far into this, let me stress that while I have my faults, naivete isn't one of them. I'm very much aware that EMC has a vested interest in winning the hearts and minds of the next generation of storage professionals, and that getting college kids in the US and other countries to drink the EMC Kool-Aid is smart business.
But if it were nothing more than a marketing gimmick, the program would not have enjoyed the success it has had. And it appears to be surprisingly broad and vendor-agnostic.
Consider that Quinsigamond Community College, which joined the program in September, will begin offering a course on the concepts and principles of information management and storage technology in January. Although EMC designed the course, it will be taught by Quinsigamond faculty members and will cover the management of systems from multiple vendors.
Moreover, according to Van Sickle, the EMC program is designed to conform to each institution's academic environment and the structure of its curriculum. "We also respect academic freedom," he said, "and encourage faculty to supplement a class with their own materials."
What all of this tells me is that EMC is a company that recognizes responsibility and acts accordingly. While I can't speak to the merit of those sexual misconduct and gender bias charges, I can say that that sort of dysfunction appears to be inconsistent with EMC's demonstrated identity as a responsible company.
Don Tennant is editorial director of Computerworld and InfoWorld. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com, and visit his blog at http://blogs.computerworld.com/tennant.


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Vegetable Soup Recipes
Cream of Asparagus Soup Recipe
Cream of asparagus soup is a dish I recently served for a dinner party as a first course. The soup is packed with asparagus flavor. This is because I made the vegetable stock with the roots from the asparagus, then I blended in the asparagus that I roasted for a few minutes. The usual roux helps thicken the soup to which I then added St Félicien cheese, -one of my husband Lulu's favorite cheeses-, for extra creaminess.
This step is optional but if you want to be met with a round of "oohs" and "ahs" when the bowls of soup are brought to the dinner table, I suggest that you cover the bowl of soup with puff pastry. For decoration, top with a little saffron cream and an asparagus spear. It's a truly seductive way to start a meal.
Full Recipe...
Sambhar Recipe (Indian Soup)
Sambhar is a South Indian dish made of toor dal, vegetables, turmeric powder, curry leaves, tamarind, cinnamon sticks, whole dried red chiles, cilantro, roasted coriander seeds and other Indian spices. It resembles a soup; and is often served alongside idli (rice cakes) or dosa (Indian crêpe).
To make my version of sambhar, I start by boiling toor dal with a lot of vegetables, such as Indian eggplant, drumsticks, okra, carrots, turnips, pumpkin, sweet potatoes or Idaho potatoes and tomatoes, shallots and onions. Then I let the vegetables simmer until the lentils are cooked through.
If you've ever had sambhar at an Indian restaurant and wanted to make it at home, now you can. It's very easy, healthy and filling.
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Cream of Broccoli Cheese Soup
I made cream of broccoli soup (velouté de brocolis in French) as a cure for two of my girls' aversion to broccoli. Much of the flavor of the broccoli is concealed by gooey cheese (I used French Chaumes cheese) and a drizzle of heavy cream for richness.
To make the soup, broccoli is first boiled and then blended with vegetable broth. To thicken the mixture, I made a roux, which is a combination of flour, butter and liquid. The result is a beautiful, bright green soup.
I let the kids dip bread into the soup, and they loved it! Now that broccoli doesn't seem so awful to them, I can try and introduce it in other dishes. And of course, I'll share them with you so you can trick your kids (big or small) into enjoying broccoli as well!
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Cream of Tomato Soup Recipe (Soupe Tomate et Basilic)
Cream of tomato soup is a dish we make whenever I'm too lazy to go to the grocery store. It's flavorful, filling and easy to make. Best of all, the ingredients for the soup are usually available in our garden, pantry and refrigerator.
Because tomatoes are not fully grown in our garden yet, I used canned plum tomatoes and added heavy cream to give the soup a velvety texture. I also used a mirepoix of vegetables, which is a combination of coarsely chopped carrots, onions, leeks and celery. We usually eat tomato soup with a baguette, toast or a grilled cheese sandwich. Simple is beautiful!
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Vietnamese Fried Bean Curd Soup (Hu Tieu Chay)
Lulu calls hủ tiếu chay (fried bean curd soup in Vietnamese) the ultimate Asian comfort food. The hearty broth is flavored with bold Asian ingredients, such as ginger, garlic and mushroom seasoning salt. There are a couple of uncommon elements; I used Fuji apples and rock sugar to add a touch of sweetness to the broth, and a Vietnamese variety of cured daikon radish (củ cải khô) that provides the signature flavor of hủ tiếu broth.
The real treat though, is the addition of fried tofu skin. It's used throughout vegetarian Vietnamese cuisine as a substitute for fried pork or chicken skin in mock meat dishes. The texture is crispy, yet chewy, and really shows off the versatility of tofu.
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Back Fence PDX: RUSSIAN ROULETTE
Thu, Dec 12 at 7:30pm
- 21+
- ASL interpreted
FEATURING: The winner from our OCTOBER show and five other fantastic storytellers!
Hosted by B. FRAYN MASTERS & MINDY NETTIFEE
Music by DJ BOBBY D from XRAY.fm
ASL Interpretation by BLAKE WALES
$16-26 ADVANCE ⎮ $20 DOOR — Note: We will have walk-up tickets set aside for sale at the door. VIP ticket holders will receive $10 GC to Civic Taproom, two passes to Helium Comedy Club, two passes to The Siren Theater, two for one tickets to Front Porch Sessions Storytelling/Broke Gravy Improv coupon, tea and swag from The Jasmine Pearl, and specials from Popina and Skin by Marywynn. Plus have seats reserved in the front rows until 5 mins before showtime.
10% of Tickets Proceeds go to OREGON FOOD BANK. In 2018 our audiences provided 2500 meals!!!
More about Back Fence PDX: RUSSIAN ROULETTE…
How it works: each show begins with a full wheel of juicy story prompts. One of the 6 storytellers will be randomly drawn. They spin the wheel to decide the prompt for their story. They can play or pass. If they pass another teller can steal their prompt. Then the risky part…each storyteller has only 5 minutes to come up with a true 5-minute story based on that prompt! It's like we invented a new game called truth AND dare.
The audience votes for a winner at the end of the night who will receive over $250 of booty from our sponsors and partners including $50 from Skin by Marywynn, a Betsy and Iya $25 GC/pair of earrings, tickets to Helium Comedy Club, $20 to Powell's, a sexy lip treatment from Skin by Marywynn, $10 to Civic Taproom, a glass contained prize from New Deal distillery, tea from The Jasmine Pearl, two tickets to Portland Center Stage, a Finger Bang gift certificate, and bragging rights for life!
The winner also draws an audience winner to receive all of the above (minus the 50 bucks) PLUS $100 to Popina Swimwear and two VIP tickets to a RUSSIAN ROULETTE show!
*Storytellers subject to change without notice. Stories may contain explicit language and/or subject matter.


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Dan Abnett Pens GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Mobile Game
We once told you that you didn't have to wait for the Guardians of the Galaxy movie to experience the titular outer space anti-heroes, but now we really mean it!
Coming today to iOS, Android and Windows devices is Guardians of the Galaxy: The Universal Weapon from Disney Interactive. A 3D brawler sporting an animated, 'super-deformed' look and a cast of twenty-five playable characters from both the upcoming film and the comics it was based on.
The familiar Marvel game MacGuffin, ISO-8, plays a key role as the Guardians and the forces of evil race to assemble the five pieces of the immeasurably powerful Universal Weapon which is made from the meta-material. The story mode boasts special combo moves between particular characters and more than 60 levels of real-time combat that is controlled by touch-screen gestures. Outside the story mode, an arena survival mode will let you assemble your own team of upgradable Guardians from other unlockable heroes and villains.
When it came time to script the Guardians of the Galaxy: The Universal Weapon's story mode Disney Interactive called upon one of their in-(mouse)-house ringers: veteran Guardians of the Galaxy comic book writer Dan Abnett. Newsarama sat down with him to pick his brain about the game, and the movie!
Newsarama: First as a comic book writer and probably a big comic fan yourself, what did you think when you heard the news that the Guardians of the Galaxy were headed to the big screen?
Dan Abnett: Very excited. Very VERY excited. I think it's going to be amazing and I've been lucky enough to get a couple of set visits for a sneak peak preview!
Nrama:How did your involvement in the game come about?
Abnett: Disney approached me directly, because I wrote the 2008 run of Guardians which established the GOTG line up. Movie director James Gunn has been pretty open about that run of the comic being an influence on the film, hence the set visits. I guess Disney wanted to bring in somebody with 'previous' on his rap sheet [smiles].
Nrama: Is this your first game? How did you find the creative process differing for your work in comics and novels? What special challenges, if any, did you discover in writing for a game?
Abnett: No, I've worked (and am working on) others, for example [the upcoming titles] Alien: Isolation and Shadow of Mordor. It is a different discipline from writing prose or comics, but it involves the same creative processes. There's also a very nice, inclusive collaborative feel working with a team on a game. I got to work with some very talented people on this.
Nrama: Are fans of the 'Cosmic' corner of the Marvel comic book universe going to find material in the game, or is it solely sourced from the upcoming movie?
Abnett: Yes, they are. There are lots of treats and surprises.
Nrama: Either way, how did your work with Marvel's 'Cosmic' setting inform your work on the game?
Abnett: My cosmic background was really useful in linking elements together and contextualizing some of the characters and devices we're using. Disney was keen to have a very "Marvel Cosmic Universe" feel to it.
Nrama: Was it a struggle to adapt to the "movie" version of the characters?
Abnett: I didn't find it so...I hope we did the characters justice.
Nrama: Was there an element from your comic work with the characters you were excited to bring forward to the game?
Abnett: I think the sheer range of supporting characters, and the cool locations. It was really fun seeing how we could fit things in and thread the elements together.
Nrama: Finally, what Cosmic Marvel character(s) would you think would make for a great Marvel Cinematic Universe movie and why?
Abnett: The Silver Surfer, Nova, the Starjammers, Captain Marvel, Warlock... hang on, I can't think of a Cosmic Marvel character that WOULDN'T!


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Events for Week of October 11, 2010
Written by Jess R.
A low key weekend began with a Dogfish Head Punkin Ale at Whisk(e)y Bar (my new favorite, local watering hole), several Firestone Walker Union Jack IPAs, a New Belgium/Elysian Trip III and several Fresh Hop beers (it was a rough week at work, ok). Other beer highlights include Port Brewing's Old Viscosity, an imperial stout worth a moment of silence and a couple of tall boys of Rainier. And now for your week in beer.
Monday, October 11, 2010
" I Love New York" Beer Week Begins: New York, New York
All week @ the Spring Lounge
Start spreading the news, its All New York, all week, with beer from Brooklyn, Ommegang, Captain Lawrence, Ithaca Brewing Co., Greenport Harbor, Coney Island, Sixpoint, Southern Tier, and more. Check out www.beermenus.com for details on the special events this week.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Green Flash Night: Whittier, California
7:00PM-9:00PM @ The Bottle Room
Not only will all patrons receive discounts on beer, the first 36 guests will receive a complimentary Green Flash Brewing Co. pint glass with the purchase of a regularly priced draft (minus $1 for LA Beer Week). From there, bring your pint glass in and receive a $1 off Green Flash drafts until the kegs are kicked. Green Flash flights will be available–4-4 ounce pours for $11. Expect some special Green Flash beers not available elsewhere to the public.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Avery Rumpkin Release: Boulder, Colorado
6:00PM-9:00PM @ Avery Brewing Co.
AN IMPERIAL PUMPKIN ALE AGED IN RUM BARRELS. Stop by Avery Brewing Co. (where the magic happens) and experience the release of what sounds like am amazing, seasonal brew. Imperial Pumpkin Ale brewed with pumpkin puree and a blend of five spices. Aged in extremely fresh Gosling's Rum barrels for six months. Consume fresh and often, preferably with a pumpkin pie and/or s'mores.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Unibroue Beer Tasting: Cincinnati, Ohio
6:00PM-8:00PM @ Catskeller
Just $10.00 and you get beer from Unibroue paired with small plates. What a deal! The menu reads as follows:
Maudite: with bruchetta
La Fin Du Monde: with bacon scallops
Ephemere: with brie and apricot phylo
Don de Dieu: with smoked turkey club with feta cut in fourths
Terrible: with sharp cheddar quiche
Trois Pistoles: with rich chocolate brownies
Friday, October 15, 2010
Cleveland Beer Week Begins: Cleveland, Ohio
From the website:
The second annual CLEVELAND BEER WEEK will take place from October 15-23, 2010. A celebration of craft and import beers, CLEVELAND BEER WEEK features plenty of tastings, dinners, activities and more at more than 100 venues throughout Cuyahoga County and beyond. We hope you will join us as we celebrate the world of craft and imported brews at CLEVELAND BEER WEEK.
This beer week will not disapoint with participating breweries such as Hoppin' Frog, Thirsty Dog, Great Lakes Brewing Co. and more. As if you weren't excited enough, 12 breweries who participated in the largest known collaboration of its kind in the world, creating six brews. Family members have already agreed to mail us a six pack. Oh man! For more information, visit the event site.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Great Pumpkin Beer Fest: Seattle, Washington
(Saturday and Sunday) 12:00PM – the beers get tapped and the place shuts down @ Elysian Brewing Co., Capital Hill Location
I know we already did a write up about this event, but I am so damn excited, I had to mention it here- click here for details about the event from bb.com. Expect a crowd, a well-deserved crowd of people thirsty for pumpkin beers from Elysian, Russian River, Jolly Pumpkin and so many more. Sour pumpkin beers, pumpkin stouts, spiced ales and possibly beer brewed in a pumpkin. Also, get there early and you might get a sweet little taster glass (at least we did last year).
Sunday, October, 17, 2010
Farmhouse Ale Dinner: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
5:00PM-9:00PM @ The South Philadelphia Taproom
All you can eat harvest foods and beers for $50.00 (includes tax and tip). Featured beers include: Ommegang Hennepin, Sly Fox Saison Vos, Saison Dupont, St. Feuillien and more!
If you go to an event, want to talk about an event or a beer you had at an event, leave a comment or email us at email@example.com. Cheers!
Events Week of March 22, 2010
Ok, we are back, wishing we weren't and jet lagged. But we are ignoring our heavy eyelids in order to bring you events for this week. Enjoy!
Monday, March 22, 2010
Mikkeller Single Hop Draft Bonanza: Washington, District Columbia
4:00PM-12:o0AM @ Birch and Barley
Come and enjoy 10, yes 10 different single hops by Danish brewery, Mikkeller on tap- MIKKELLER SINGLE HOP CENTENNIAL IPA; CASCADE IPA; AMARILLO IPA; NELSON SAUVIN IPA; EAST KENT GOLDING IPA; TOMAHAWK IPA; NUGGET IPA; WARRIOR IPA; CHINOOK IPA; SIMCOE IPA. This is a great event to truly learn about the various hops and their individual flavors.
Terrapin Kick Off Night: Mount Holly, New Jersey
7:00PM-10:00PM @ High Street Grill
Be one of the first in our area to get a try at the Terrapin Beer Co brews during this beer tasting at High Street Grill. Several beers from the featured brewery will be on tap for your pleasure and enjoyment. Report back!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Big Sky Brewing Co. Party: Grand Rapids, Michigan
6:00PM-12:00AM @ HopCat
Tonight Hop Cat will feature several Big Sky Brewing beers on tap, so come down and have a few with the men behind the brews.
Dogfish Head Triple Threat Tapping: Las Vegas, Nevada
5:00PM- 10:00PM @ Aces and Ales
Stop by and you shall receive Dogfish Head's 'Monster Limited Edition' beers in 12 Ounce Goblets of 'Burton Baton 10%; the Red & White 10% ABV' and the 'Black & Blue 11% ABV!
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Avery Experience: Shawnee, Kansas
7:00PM-9:00PM @ Barley's Brewhouse
Adam Avery with Avery Brewing is hosting the Avery Experience which will consist of 5 flights (15 beers) with food. Call Barley's at 913.268.5160 to reserve tickets! Tickets $35/person.
Stone Brewing Co. Growler Madness: Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00PM- 10:00PM @ Flying Saucer Draught Emporium, The
Available this evening will be 2 Litre commemorative Stone Brewing Co growlers full of their delicious and award winning IPA. Buy it, share it among friends, and then take your empty growler home for future fills of….BEER! Growlers are on a first come, first serve basis and are limited.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Big, Bad Beer Sampling: Indianapolis, Indiana
7:00PM- 9:00PM @ United Package Liquors
We always like to include free events, so here it is- enjoy a free tasting of Founders KBS,Nemesis and Double Trouble. Lots o' beers from Stone Brewing Co., Great Divide and more.
Founders Tasting and Meal Pairing: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00PM- 9:00PM @ Harris Grill
In keeping with our love of Mid-western beers and more importantly Founders' beers, we encourage you to stop by this event. This is a FREE beer tasting and food pairing where a special tasting menu will incorporate and highlight 4 Founders products, including an excellent rarity. Attendees will receive a ticket good for $1 off any forunders product on draft. RSVP is requested but not necessary.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Friday Night Flights: Florence, Kentucky
6:00PM-7:00PM @ Party Town
This event is only one hour, so plan to get there first! A weekly event were at least eight brews, a special barrel or two are poured to coincide with the event. This Friday from 6-7pm Party Town will be opening a selection of beers from the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company.
Troegs Firkin Tapping: Spring House, Pennsylvania
5:00PM – 12:00AM @ Drafting Room
Pouring tonight from the draft tower are special beers from Troegs (sounds cool)- Troegs Nugget Nectar; Troegs Pale Ale and Troegs Dreamweaver Wheat.
Saturday, March 28, 2010
Brooklyn Home Brew Tour: Brooklyn, New York
1:00PM – 5:00PM @ Brooklyn Brewery
A hands on experience to say the least. You will venture inside the homes of the city's finest amateur brewers to see their set-ups, discuss their craft and, most importantly, sample from their stashes of superlative beer–Rye IPAs, barleywines, saisons, Belgian pale ales and coffee stouts are all on tap. There will be three stops; bring a Metrocard. $25 pp includes samples.
Second Annual Cask Conditioned Festival: Bedford Heights, Ohio
1:00PM-4:00PM @ The Winking Lizard
The Cask Conditioned Ale Festival for 2010 will feature a staunch line-up of some hard to find or specially brewed ales such as Avery Dry Hopped IPA; Thirsty Dog Orthus with Cherries and many more! $30 per person ($25 for 2010 World Tourists) and will include a buffet!
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Help for Haiti: Hudson, Massachusettes
3:00PM – 6:00PM @ Bacon's Wine and Spirits
We have 4 tables of beer vendors and 6 tables of wine vendors, each paired with a restaurant matching food to beer/wine. Both sides (beer & wine) are joining forces for a good cause as all proceeds from the event will go via the American Red Cross to benefit Haiti. Beer vendors in attendance are Berkshire Brewing, Smuttynose Brewing, Mayflower Brewing, and Atlantic Importing. Tickets are $25 and are very limited.
So, its 6AM in Belgium and we are still awake/its time to attempt to get back on Seattle time. Much more to come on our Belgium trip this week on beerblotter.com. As always if you have been to an event, want us to post an event, have a comment about going to an event or just want to profess your love of beer, leave a comment or email us at email@example.com. Cheers!


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April 10, 2016 – Doris Simeon Revisits Marriage Crash: I Never Cheated On My Ex-Husband Daniel Ademinokan
Doris Simeon: I'm Not Dating ThisDay Editor Wale Olaleye, He Is A Married Man
See excerpts of Doris Simeon's recent chat with NAN
On Her Rumoured Romance with Journalist Wale Olaleye
This Wale you are talking about just got married last August. So if he got married to me, people will know and it will be all over the Internet, everybody knows his wife now.
So who is Wale to you?
He is just a friend.
You never dated?
No comment on that. You see, one will always have a relationship with a guy and people will want to build a story around it and even if Wale and I dated and I moved to his house, that was before he got married.
So if they say all those things about me, I'm not moved because it's a normal thing and I'm used to it.
Even if I'm walking on the street with another person I'm probably working with, people will still make out stories from it, so I'm not bothered.
That should be when they were rumouring that my husband left me because I was cheating on him and all that, it's not really new to me. I just felt it's one of those things they say, sometimes some will even say it as if they were there, but I'm not moved like I said earlier.
What about Stella?
I am not Stella's friend, she and I don't talk. We've never worked together before, so we are not friends, I don't have any business with her.


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It has been ten years since the single most talked about Super Bowl performance in history aired on CBS television network. The Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson performance over shadowed the winners of the Super Bowl in 2004!
Who were the winners?…..???
Super Bowl Sunday is really about the fireworks, ads, and drama, surrounding the actual game. Whether it's and controversial commercial, half-time show antics or some post-game dissing, footballs's biggest night has always been full of DRAMA.
You don't have to like football to like the Super Bowl. That's because any given year, the lights can go out, or someone's nipple can pop out, or a certain quarterback's wife can spew out a post-game rant. Without further ado, here are the Super Bowl moments from over the years that really stand out.


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DENVER, CO, March 02, 2010 -The Board of Directors of the Intermodal Transportation Institute (ITI) at the University of Denver has elected William (Bill) J. Shea, Jr., Founder and President of Kelly Transportation, to the Board. The ITI Board is comprised of more than 50 transportation industry leaders throughout the U.S. and abroad. William (Bill) G. Stewart, previously Vice President, Procurement & Logistics for MeadWestvaco Corporation, recently retired from the ITI Board and has been elected to ITI Board Emeritus status, which carries a life membership and honors his service to ITI and the ITI Board.
ITI also announced that it is recruiting management professionals for its ninth class, which will begin this Fall Quarter and continue for six, consecutive quarters. ITI offers an Executive Masters Program that awards a fully accredited Master of Science in Intermodal Transportation Management from the University of Denver. The academic program consists of 60 quarter-hour credits; a six-day, on-campus residency each quarter for five quarters; and an international travel seminar in the sixth quarter to gain increased knowledge of global transportation in the 21st century. The program is designed for full-time, working professionals who may be based anywhere. Students from the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Europe, and Australia have attended the program.
"We are very pleased with the success that the ITI Executive Masters Program has achieved," said ITI Founding Chairman of the Board Gil Carmichael. "We structured this coursework to be a joint academic-transportation industry venture, aimed at educating the next generation of transportation leaders, and it has been very well received by the numerous transportation industry leaders who support our program. To date, the industry-academic partnership at the University of Denver has graduated more than 135 people, many of whom have been promoted within their companies while attending the program or following graduation. Some graduates now serve on the ITI Board of Directors. The ITI graduate program has become an important part of the management development and key employee retention efforts for many transportation and supply-chain organizations."
This year, the curriculum of the graduate program includes an additional course on supply-chain management and the two legal studies courses were consolidated into one course. The ongoing curriculum improvement of this graduate program is a direct result of transportation-related industry input received from students, faculty, and the ITI Board.
The ITI Office is currently accepting applications for the 2010 program.
More information on the graduate program can be obtained by calling Cathryne C. Johnson, ITI Executive Director at: 303.871.4702 or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com or by calling George C. Woodward, President of the ITI Board of Directors at: 215.247.2162 or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
About ITI
The Intermodal Transportation Institute at the University of Denver offers an Executive Masters Program that awards a Master of Science in Intermodal Transportation Management from the University of Denver. This graduate degree program prepares transportation industry managers for the increasingly complex, global business environment where knowledge of finance, quantitative processes, supply chain, transportation law, and public policy issues as well as freight, passenger, and intermodal transportation operational strategies are critical management tools for success. For more information on the ITI Executive Masters Program call:
303-871-4702 or visit: www.du.edu/transportation.


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Has anyone else found themselves spending a full day trying to put together an ambitiously fancy dinner party only for it all to be a little disappointing? To wonder why you didn't just go a bit simpler? Six months ago I spent two hours putting together fiddly, fancy canapés- crositini with ridiculous things like fried sage leaves, and mini yorkshire puddings. They were met with polite compliments, but not much more. Two hours making canapés? I don't have the time, nor the patience to spend two hours making canapés! This Christmas I decided to keep it simple. Tasty and simple.
Now, my disclaimer is that they're not the prettiest of biscuits. Especially after you've added the Za'atar, but the taste is SO good that these may disappear before you get the opportunity to try one yourself. Use a star shaped cookie cutter if you have one. That'll pretty them up. And of course, put on a sparkly dress and everyone will be looking at you, not your food!
To continue on my theme of experimenting with local ingredients, I've added Za'atar to these traditional sharp, cheesy biscuits. Mum used to throw these biscuits together for Christmas Eve drinks parties. You can make them several days before as they'll last for up to a week. I promise they won't take you more than 10 mins prep.
Za'atar Cheesy Biscuits
200g strong grated English cheddar
50g soft unsalted butter
100g self-raising flour
1 tbsp za'atar
Preheat your oven to 180°C/ gas mark 4/350°F.
Put all ingredients in a bown and mix together until a dough forms.
Bring the dough together into a ball. Wrap in cling film and put in the fridge for 15 minutes.
Roll the dough out on a floured surface to half an inch thick. Use a cutter to cut out stars or rounds. Keep rolling, cutting and re-rolling until all the dough is used.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and arrange your biscuits on top.
Bake for 12-15 minutes until the biscuits are golden. Remove from oven and transfer to a wire rack until cool.


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Living your life with a chronic condition or caring for someone with an on-going illness is perhaps one of life's greatest challenges, demanding significant perseverance and genuine support. Whether you are a patient, caregiver, family member or advocate - doctors offer medical assistance, loved ones provide empathy for a short period - but who really understands the daily struggle and the questions you live with; "Why me?" or "What can I do to help make it stop?" or "Why won't the pain just go away?" The answer: ONLY you and those who share your condition and experience! The good news, at Treatment Diaries, no matter what the condition or situation - YOU are no longer alone.
Why Treatment Diaries?
Founder Amy Ohm says "We want people to make authentic, quality, lifelong, and if they wish anonymous connections, and inspire others to live life to the fullest, no matter what their condition." If you are searching for on line support checking out http://www.treatmentdiaries.com/ might be both comforting and uplifting.
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Name of the Posts:
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2. Engineer (IT/ CS) – 01 Post
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Age Limit: Candidate should have 26 years as on 31-10-2012.
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Saturday, 31 August 2013
My stash is currently compromised of an abundance of Rico Design yarns that I purchased last year when Olly and I had just moved to Somerset, and I was still unemployed. I made a wholesale bulk buy with the intention of keeping some of the lovely stuff for myself and selling some on ebay for a little bit of pocket money. This was not a successful endeavor due to starting full-time work very shortly after, moving house and generally being too lazy to keep the ebay posts updated. Pocket money is no longer an issue, but this stash is. I'm still quids out and knee-deep in unopened packets of yarn, and 18 months later, I'm getting kind of tired of looking at these yarns. I bought entirely too much cotton instead of wool blends, which is just no fun now that we're approaching "knitting season" and the new autumnal colours are coming out. I will say though that the cottons have come in terribly handy for babies.
So many babies. My cousin's wife gave us beautiful baby John Henry this spring. Another cousin delivered the delightful little Sunny this summer. My friend Julie gave us adorable little Lucy. Sarah had her third in a line of what might be many - baby Ava. Our friends in London just greeted a humongous little boy into their lives this week. It's all very exciting, and I owe them all tiny little knits.
I had intended to go to the Glastonbury Wool Festival last Saturday but found myself absolutely paralyzed with "lady pains" and couldn't so much as leave the sofa once I made my way there. So there I sat all day, dreaming at 10AM about the sheep run down Glastonbury High Street, wondering at 2PM about the fashion show, and generally feeling sorry for myself. I was in good company as Olly was in a good deal of man pain after a late night out. So we watched a several hours of Netflix rubbish that afternoon, and I managed to knock out nearly a whole entire baby cardigan.
Rather than dive straight into aforementioned stash and reach for a fresh ball of yarn, I decided to unravel the beginnings of what was probably never going to be a cotton top. That's the picture you see above. It's a lovely open fan stitch from a vintage 80's pattern that I lost interest in almost immediately after starting and was honestly never going to complete. It felt good to get rid of a dead WIP and empty the project bag, freeing up some space in my ever more-stuffed desk drawers. It felt good to rewind the ball of cotton yarn and make something new. It felt good to practically finish the project in one day! More about the FO and the Glastonbury Wool Festival to come...
Friday, 19 July 2013
Report Back: Somerset Fleece Fair 2013
Last month Olly and I drove down to the Hatch Beauchamp village hall for the annual fleece fair organised by the Somerset Guild of Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers. I missed last year's event so was extra excited to go along this summer, and I can't believe how my husband indulges my new fleecy obsession. Now, I'd reckon a guess that I've spent twice as much time spindling that knitting in the last few months, but somehow my fluff stash just keeps growing! I'll admit that I'm saving a 400g bag of merino top that I got for Christmas. It's simply too lovely and fine and abundant to attempt to spin without a wheel, which I don't own!
I knowing that my stash was well past what Annie over at knitsofacto calls SABLE (Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy), I sort of promised myself that I wouldn't buy any wool products at the fair. It was accessories that I was after. At a recent one-day spinning course that I took in Wells, local teacher Mary Stanbridge recommended looking out for a distaff. For those not in the know (which I wasn't), a distaff is a freely-hanging gizmo worn around the wrist that holds your fiber to keep it from getting caught up in your spinning. I bought the one in the foreground of the photo above, and let me tell you, it's a revelation!
We stopped to chat with a few of the wool suppliers, but it was darn near impossible to ignore the two gargantuan wheels prominently displayed on stage at the far end of the village hall. When curiosity got the better of us, we sauntered over and allowed ourselves to be lured up on stage to have a go at spinning on them. Tracy and Trevor Miles taught us how to turn the great big wheels slowly around while drawing the wool out into lace-fine lengths. Tracy regaled us with the history of the Georgian Great Wheel, the product of her research and her father's fine carpentry skills. Owning one of these great creations is aspirational spinning. When I win the lottery, I'll buy a big fat house and a Georgian Great Wheel to put in it.
I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but Olly is an enthusiast and collector of vintage bicycles. Turns out his fascination with anything that has wheels and bearings translates to crafting devices, which is great for me because I'm sure by Christmas I'll be gently nudging an Ashford catalogue under his nose. But all of this is to say that we talked poor Tracy and Trevor's arms and legs off about their wheels, and we were practically tossed out of the village hall around closing time. But not before I finally caved and bought, not wool, but an alpaca fleece! I haven't done anything with it yet. I'm quite intimidated by owning half of an animal's coat, and I just haven't had a day to think about processing it in the last month, what with Glastonbury festival and then the E5 festival in London. We're off to the Godney gathering tomorrow, but hopefully I can pull out my fluffy treasure on Sunday!
Sunday, 7 July 2013
Knitting in the Sun
It's been a while friends. I feel the need to apologize for my long absence from the blog. I seem to have disappeared just before Christmas, inevitably when I became too absorbed in finishing gift projects to write about them. The bustle of the season came and went, leaving behind the long cold winter nights that are simply not conducive to taking and posting photos after office hours. Spring refused to show its face here in south west England until at late May. And it felt like it would never again be too hot for woolly knitting.
In the last few months I've taken a spinning workshop, spun at least 200g of top on a drop spindle, visited Barcelona, started a new job with a new organisation, and I'm just about recovered from volunteering at Glastonbury Festival. Perhaps I've just been enjoying life too much to document it on my blog. Perhaps its just that I needed a break.
Today is the hottest day on record so far. At last. And I'm off to the park to sit in the sun... with my knitting.
Friday, 7 December 2012
Stella's Shawl
Today is my mother's birthday, and I wanted to share her gift with you on the blog. This is the very popular Revontuli pattern found as a free Ravelry download. I used one ball of Rico Design Superba Poems in the Denim colourway. The pattern calls for 800 yards, and at 459 yards one ball is far from enough to complete the last 20 or so rows of the pattern. Nonetheless, my finished object is plenty big to wear as a scarf through the mild Texas winter.
I have read a lot of complaints about the unevenness of this yarn, and I can attest that it varies from so thin that you think it might break to almost chunky at times. I lucked out with this ball, which was a pretty consistent fingering weight throughout. It's incredibly soft, and the colours and price point are pretty hard to resist. So if you come across at your local shop, I'd recommend it for any garments other than socks. The unevenness would drive a fussy sock knitter mad.
The Revontuli pattern is super easy to follow and memorize, although it took me at least two hours to knit the first five rows! After that, the whole shawl knit up in a couple of weeks. I had fun showing it off to my coworkers as I knit on my lunch break in the canteen - although I have to concentrate on lace knitting and just make too many mistakes if I try to converse and knit lace at the same time! The result of public display of knitting addiction has led to many wonderful things though. One coworker asked me to teach her to knit, and she's already made two gorgeous chunky scarves and a hat. Another has picked up her needles after 23 years and trumped the rest of us by knocking out a cabled hoodie in three weeks! And one of our cooks asked me to knit her granddaughter an aran cardi for Christmas.
It's so nice to reflect on how knitting has brought me new friends over the years. It also allows me to send a piece of myself across the ocean, all the way to Houston. Each time my mom wraps herself up in her new shawl, she is wrapping herself up in my love. Happy Birthday Mom! xoxo
Friday, 30 November 2012
Sweater Heaven
Someone once told me that they would never buy me a sweater (say, for an all important holiday that happens to be coming up soon) because they know I could knit something similar or better. I was so saddened by this because while I could probably knit any of these yummy sweaters above, it would take ages and cost a fortune. I find myself thinking the same thing when I'm browsing shops, and the result is that I have maybe three sweaters in my entire collection. I have set down my cabled aran jumper that I'm so hoping will be finished by the holidays to work on a baby cabled cardi for a coworker. And as long I have projects on the go for other people, my sweater knitting need will go unfufilled. So friends, family, dear husband... feel free to buy away!
1. Acorn Intarsia Jumper
2. Proenza Schouler Sweater
3. Komodo Crema Cardigan
4. Marsha Animal Print Jumper
5. Lottie Sweater by A.L.C.
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Knitting + Stationery // Two Loves
1. Knit Thanks by besty
2. Knit Notes by Papersheep
3. Cable Knit Letterpress Folded Cards by redbirdink
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
Crochet Peter Pan Collar
Detachable collars. A thing of the 80's? And the 60's before that? Perhaps. But they're back. And I just made one! I'm not sure how I'll style this yet. Not being a huge fan of crew neck anything, I don't have many of the right tops that could be accessorized with a collar. But now I have something to watch out for in charity shops. The pattern is by Emma Escott and is available as a free Ravelry download. I used some leftover Debbie Bliss DK cotton in a soft champagne colour that I picked up at Loop in London a few years ago. This isn't exactly a stash busting project, but it's a good way to use up about 20 grams or so. And it's quick! Incidently, those the last photo is of the curtains in my bedroom. I wasn't sure about them at first. They were put there by my landlord. But I'm really loving them and their vintage funkiness right now. I find myself staring at them blanking while I daydream and scheme more crafting projects, so they must be calmly inspiring.
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Residential Bulky Item Pick Up
Help us keep Huntington Park clean! Bulky item collection is available for customers living in all single and multi-family dwellings (where less than four dwelling units exist on a single premises). Bulky items will be collected on an on-call basis. Residential customers are entitled to one bulky pick appointment per week with up to four items per scheduled pick up.
All bulky items must be placed at curbside for collection before 6:00 a.m. on your appointment date. To schedule a pick up or if you have any questions please contact customer service. There is a maximum of four (4) items per scheduled pick up per week.


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In June of 2017 I was commissioned by Teachers2Teachers Global to travel to the Galapagos Islands. T2T Global sends teams of skilled educators to countries all over the world to work with and learn from local teachers, helping to provide innovative, evidence-based education strategies with culturally relevant applications, and I was there to document their work.
I spent a week on the island of Santa Cruz working with T2T at several different schools. It was hot, muggy, and also just down right beautiful. The people, the colors, the landscape...it had my photographer's mind blown and I was relentless at trying to capture it all. It was a truly magical place and I met some really amazing people along the way. This gallery of images showcases the excellent work of T2T Global.


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I started painting full time in 2011. I am also a astrologist,priest and Vedic scholar . Even I spend lot of time as a trainer, and travelled various part of India. These travels given me a variety of experiences, memories . These travels given me a solid foundation for my fine art. These travels opened a variety of ideas in my mind and opened whole new world of fine art. Now I'm able to make pictures of the things that matter to me. My art flows the recent realities in life, society and it tells about the present life around us. To me, good painting has always been as much about how the artist handles the paint, as it is about the painting's message. Hopefully, when you look at one of my paintings, you can feel my mind.
Hi I am Dileepan Narayanan Namboodiir, grewn up in the small town of Kerala, a country blessed with nature, various culture and festivals. I find endless variety in the landscape, festivals. When painting, I feel alone and in a different world , my mind travel through a different level of sense.
I Feel free to email me with comments or questions. Your feedback is always welcomed and much appreciated.
Thanks for looking, Thantri
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At least it's what they're promising. I ran into Acme today to get some food, just in case, and it was like a war zone in there. Doesn't anyone have any food in their fridges? At least enough to survive through one day? They're only promising snow for tomorrow. Ah well, who am I to talk - I was there just like everyone else, panicking about what we'll all eat on a snowy Saturday. Just watch - there'll be no snow. No, wait. It's a weekend and we have fun things planned, so we'll probably get snowed in. It's only when they promise snow during the week, with the prospect of getting a day off from work, that they always fail to deliver.
Anyways, my parents were here today and we all went out to a Chinese buffet. They have sushi bar there (all you can eat as well), where they make the fresh sushi right in front of you. It's a great deal. I love that place. Even Morgan, my very picky 5-year-old has managed to become so used to it that she actually fills up. Chinese food is one thing you'd never think she'd eat. I guess we were there so often, she had no choice. And I'm already getting my nine-month-old accustomed to it :)
Working on a report for work again. No time to scrap tonight.
Friday, December 18, 2009
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Total elbow replacement can be indicated when either elbow osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis has significantly eroded the joint and you're experiencing a great deal of pain and loss of function in the elbow.
In a healthy elbow joint, the surfaces of the bones are very smooth and covered with a tough protective tissue called cartilage. Elbow arthritis causes damage to the bone surfaces and cartilage where the three elbow joint bones rub together.
The goal of elbow replacement surgery, performed under general or nerve block anesthesia, is to restore functional mechanics to the elbow joint by removing scar tissue, balancing muscles and inserting a joint replacement prosthetic in the place of the destroyed elbow.
One part of the artificial joint is fixed to the inside of the humerus (arm bone) and the other part to the inside of the ulna (one of the forearm bones). The two parts are then connected using a hinge pin that gives the joint stability.
Total elbow joint replacement is a highly technical procedure and is best performed by a surgical team who performs this surgery regularly.
Your physical therapist will teach you exercises to get your new joint moving and to strengthen the surrounding muscles. You'll begin the exercises in the hospital and continue them once you get home.
It will take three to six months before you get the full benefit of the surgery, and you may have to reduce some normal activities such as driving. You should feel a noticeable improvement by about six weeks after your elbow replacement and steady improvement from then on.
On average, your elbow replacement will last about 10 years and give you a much improved quality of life.
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Dissociation is basically memory loss or "amnesia" related to your sexual abuse. It is a protective function performed by the brain.
"Dissociation" according to wikipedia, is:
"certain thoughts, emotions, sensations, and/or memories are compartmentalized because they are too overwhelming for the conscious mind to integrate. This subconscious strategy for managing powerful negative emotions is sometimes referred to as as these split off from the integrated ego."
What does that mean to you and me?
Well, basically, dissociation can take on different forms. Many women describe feeling in a dream state at times...but most describe that they have lost large chunks of their memories, sometimes good along with the bad, meaning the abuse. The "splitting" can be to different extremes. Just because you dissociate does not necessarily mean that you have multiple personality disorder. That is the extreme. It does happen, but not as often as pure dissociation.
Dissociation is like a protective mechanism that your brain performs for you. If you are in a situation that is too painful or too traumatic, your brain realizes this and automatically removes it from your conscious mind.
This does not mean that you will never recover your memories.., in fact, many memories come through in dreams, or when "triggered" by outside circumstances or things that remind you of your abuse. You can regain memories through all of your senses, olfactory (smell), tactile, (touch), visual, auditory. (hearing)..
Many abuse survivors are what you call "hypervigilant" which means, you are hyper-aware. Ready for attack, as I used to view myself. Your senses are keen..on the alert.
For example, one of my sexual assaults ocurred after a party. For a long time, the smell of alcohol would make me feel anxious and tense. It took me awhile to connect the two together. My nose remembered. :)
I am sure for many of you, your memories are triggered by some type of sense. If you are working in therapy, your memories probably will start surfacing..a bit at a time..sometimes the flood-gates open up.
For some women, they are left with holes in their memories..even after remembering some of their abuse.
You can still dissociate even years after your abuse. When you are in a stressful situation, or if something triggers your abuse. Friends may describe you as "spacing out". You may feel like you lost some time. It can be frightening to dissociate..for you and your family.
It is good to keep a journal if you find that you are dissociating frequently. Write down your daily activities. If you "space out" or dissociate, look at what you were doing prior to the episode. What was the trigger?
It is also good to be in therapy if you are having difficulties with dissociating, especially if it is disrupting your everyday life.
A therapist or counselor can work with you in figuring out your triggers and help you to regain your memories in a safe setting.
A website I found that has a forum for people who dissociate is:
Depersonalization Support Community
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April 15th, 2014
Bickham had the pleasure of hosting The Hall of Fame's Combat Tournament last weekend. This was a great success, despite all the wind and sand that most of us are still finding in various locations! There was some excellent softball played from both the men's and women's teams from around the country. Thanks for all the supporting elements that made this a success: The Hall of Fame Ground Crew, Umpires, and Concessions. We look forward to hosting many more tournaments at our new Edmond 66 Park in the near future.
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April 3rd, 2014
We had a meeting with the Edmond City Officials yesterday. We left this meeting very optimistic. EASA was informed that the city will be coving the children's play grounds with safety netting. The new water well has been put on priority, and the second bid to install lights went out this week as well. Unfortunately we are not opening the Spring 2014 season at our new park, but we appreciate your patients. Good luck to all teams this season.
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June 6th, 2013
Pics from Thursday, June 6 2013.
September 19th, 2012
Groundbreaking cerimonies were held today, Sept. 19, for the new Route 66 Softball Complex and Park. Construction should begin Sept. 24, with a completion date sometime in Sept. 2013. Below are a few pictures from this morning.
September 19th, 2012
This weekend, Sept. 21-23, 33 teams from across the United States as well as teams from Canada, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico will descend on the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) Hall of Fame Complex in Oklahoma City for the 2012 Special Olympics North America Softball Invitational Tournament. With over 400 athletes in attendance, competition will kick off at both the ASA Hall of Fame Complex and Bickham Park in Edmond, Okla. on Friday, September 21 with the medal rounds concluding at ASA on Sunday, September 23.
"On behalf of the entire ASA and USA Softball community, we are thrilled to welcome the Special Olympics North America Softball Invitational to OKC and our facility," said ASA/USA Softball Executive Director Ron Radigonda. "What an amazing opportunity for us to share and experience our sport with these athletes and welcome them to our world-class venue where champions play."
Qualified teams represent 16 states including Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Vermont and three countries as mentioned above. All athletes will arrive to OKC on Thursday and celebrate on Friday night with Opening Ceremony beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the ASA Hall of Fame Complex. A special parade of athletes is planned for the Opening Ceremony as well as a series of speakers including Master of Ceremonies and USA Softball's Olympic Gold Medalist Amanda Freed (Cypress, Calif.). The passing of the Special Olympics torch, lighting of the cauldron and a firework celebration will conclude the evening.
"Softball emphasizes team work, physical fitness and strategic thinking – benefits and skills found on the playing field that people with intellectual disabilities can use to become active, contributing members of their communities," said Bob Gobrecht, President and Managing Director of Special Olympics North America, "We see continued growth in softball, with more than 78,000 Special Olympics athletes participating in the sport globally."
Both traditional Special Olympics teams and Unified Sports teams (people with and without intellectual disabilities playing on the same team) will be represented throughout the weekend and medals will be awarded for each division. Each of the 33 competing teams.
March 30th, 2011
Please remember that the fields will be open on Saturday's if the weather is good and closed on Sunday's for another league that rents the fields from us. They will also be open during the week as long as the maintenance guys are not working on them at that time.
Please also remember that if the gates are locked for some reason please do not jump the fences to get on the fields. All that does is damage the fence and the fields and we have to take the extra time to get those fixed.
Again we are looking for a great 2011 season and are almost full at this time, so if you have not registered please do so. Our last registration is This Thursday, March 31, from 6:30 to 6:45 at the Edmond Downtown Community Center on 28 E. Main.
We will also have our Classification/Coaches Meeting that same night starting at 7:30, this is were you can find out your nights for sure and what league you will be playing in and ask questions about the new rule changes to the Head Umpire.
If you have any questions or comments please let us know, our email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
March 18th, 2011
Hello, and welcome to our first blog post on our newly overhauled website! While it looks basically the same, it's now much easier for us to update quickly.
We're also excited that the new website backend T&S Web Design set up for us is much easier to update on an ongoing basis. That means we'll be able to keep all our players much more up-to-date on everything. Not only will the blog be updated, but the rest of the site will have current information as well.
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Entomology Review - Autumn 2014
After ploughing a lone furrow for so many years the two stalwarts of the Section have been astonished and delighted to have had nearly a dozen new recruits come forward and ask to join in some of our studies. Two or three came on the scene a year or so ago but all others are relatively recent.
This is very helpful indeed for maintaining continuity of our activities although - but we are not complaining - extra work is involved in some areas. We hope the results will begin to show quite soon - watch Entomology Section Reports in the Annual Bulletin.
This brief note, as well as spreading the good news, is also a reminder or request to other members to come and join us to see what we do and discover the vast amount of studies still in need of attention.


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|Publication Date
|RI79 Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport in Eastern Sussex County, Delaware With Emphasis on Impacts of Spray Irrigation of Treated Wastewater
|He, C., Andres, A.S.
|OFR50 Database of Quaternary Coastal Geochronologic Information for the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America (additional information for sites in Peru and Chile)
|Wehmiller, J.F., Pellerito, V.
|GM20 Geologic Map of the Millsboro and Whaleysville Quadrangles, Delaware
|Ramsey, K.W., Tomlinson, J.L.
|GM19 Geologic Map of the Frankford and Selbyville Quadrangles, Delaware
|Tomlinson, J.L., Ramsey, K.W., Andres, A.S.
|GM18 Geologic Map of the Bethany Beach and Assawoman Bay Quadrangles, Delaware
|Ramsey, K.W., Tomlinson, J.L.
|GM17 Geologic Map of the Harbeson Quadrangle, Delaware
|Ramsey, K.W., Tomlinson, J.L.
|GM16 Geologic Map of the Fairmount and Rehoboth Beach Quadrangles, Delaware
|Ramsey, K.W.
|RI76 Stratigraphy, Correlation, and Depositional Environments of the Middle to Late Pleistocene Interglacial Deposits of Southern Delaware
|Ramsey, K.W.
|RI73 Analysis and Summary of Water-Table Maps for the Delaware Coastal Plain
|Martin, M.J., Andres, A.S.
|GM14 Geologic Map of Kent County, Delaware
|Ramsey, K.W.
|RI72 Geology and Extent of the Confined Aquifers of Kent County, Delaware
|McLaughlin, P.P., Velez, C.C.
|RI69 Geology of The Old College Formation Along the Fall Zone of Delaware
|Ramsey, K.W.
|GM13 Geologic Map of New Castle County, Delaware
|Ramsey, K.W.
|RI68 Estimation of the Water Table for the Inland Bays Watershed, Delaware
|Andres, A.S., Martin, M.J.
|RI67 The Cat Hill Formation and Bethany Formation of Delaware
|Andres, A.S.
|GM12 Geology of the Lewes and Cape Henlopen Quadrangles, Delaware
|Ramsey, K.W.
|RI65 Wellhead Protection Area Delineations for the Lewes-Rehoboth Beach Area, Delaware
|Duffy, C.A., Costas, E.M., Andres, A.S.
|HM12 Ground-Water Recharge Potential Sussex County, Delaware
|Andres, A.S.
|HM11 Ground-Water Recharge Potential Kent County, Delaware
|Andres, A.S.
|RI63 An Evaluation of Sand Resources, Atlantic Offshore, Delaware
|Ramsey, K.W., McKenna, K.K.


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We started with a heavily hand-hammered raw bell and drilled 6 holes around the cup. Why? Not only do the holes isolate the bell from bow for pure, strong bell tone, they also allow it to sound lighter than it is. So you get the sizzle of a Thin model with the strength, volume and projection of a Medium-Thin.


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Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
Textile waste is a significant obstacle to sustainability in the fashion industry, and AMASSMENT confronts the problem squarely by using discarded, pre-determined forms (deadstock) and upcycling them into objects of design. The collection explores innovative ways of making sustainable fashion. Menswear archetypes — shirts, suits, polo shirts and jeans — are transformed into desirable, high-end, womenswear garments. Castro's techniques turn the ordinary and utilitarian into the unique. AMASSMENT draws on the design principle that one single everyday object is banal, whereas an accumulation of them, in specific and voluminous configurations, reaches a critical mass which is aesthetically compelling.