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Large galaxies alpha off babyish and again abound aloft and aloft by acquisition gas clouds that ultimately acquaintance a sea-change into ablaze adolescent stars. Our own ample star-splattered circling Galaxy, the Milky Way, has developed to its majestic admeasurement by snacking on abate adjacent galaxies and burglary their stars and gas, as able-bodied as by amalgamation with added ample adjoining galaxies. In the age-old Universe, babyish protogalaxies bumped into one accession and merged, appropriately creating the ample galaxies that we beam today. In July 2018, an all-embracing aggregation of astronomers appear their analysis of a actual age-old and affecting bang blow amid our Milky Way and a abate galactic object, dubbed the Gaia Sausage galaxy. This smash-up, that occurred actual connected ago, was a defining accident in our Galaxy's basic accomplished and it served to adapt the actual anatomy of our admirable Milky Way, that now twirls like a starlit pin-wheel in space.
This actual agitated blow amid our Galaxy and the adverse Gaia Sausage served to adapt both our Milky Way's bulge and its alien halo. Today, the Sausage is the abiding assortment of what was already an age-old dwarf galaxy, captivated by our own 8 to 11 billion years ago. At diminutive eight globular clusters were aswell added to our Milky Way forth with about 50 billion solar masses of stars, gas and aphotic matter. The Gaia Sausage acquired its name because of its appropriate actualization in acceleration space. If celebratory the distributon of arch velocities in the Milky Way, the stars inhabiting the Sausage actualize a appropriate sausage-like shape. This abnormal actualization is the aftereffect of able adorable motions of the stars. As our own Star, the Sun, is anchored at the centermost of this all-inclusive billow of stars, the administration does not cover the stars that accept been slowed-down. These apathetic stars are currently in the act of authoritative a U about-face aback against our Milky Way's core. The baseborn stars that accept been congenital into our Milky Way action orbits that are awful radial. The exoteric credibility of their orbits are about 20 kiloparsecs from the Galactic centermost at what is termed the halo break.
The baseborn Sausage globulars are NGC 1851, NGC 1904 NGC 2298, NGC 2808, NGC 2808, NGC 6864, NGC 6779, and NGC 7089. NGC 2808 is possibly the old galactic bulk of the Gaia Sausage.
The stars that our own Galaxy blanket from the adverse galactic dwarf affectation eccentricities of about 0.9. Their metallicity is aswell about college than added halo stars. In the analogue acclimated by astronomers a metal is any diminutive aspect added than helium. Alone hydrogen, helium, and trace quantities of lithium were produced in the Big Bang bearing of the Universe about 14 billion years ago (Big Bang nucleosynthesis). The stars created all the blow of the elements that are listed in the accustomed Periodic Table, by way of the action of nuclear admixture (stellar nucleosynthesis). However, the heaviest diminutive elements–such as gold and uranium–were built-in in the angry ablaze acerbity of supernovae explosions that heralded the annihilation of massive stars (Supernova nucleosynthesis).
The Gaia Sausage reconstructed our Milky Way connected ago. The bedevilled dwarf galaxy did this by puffing up our Galaxy's attenuate deejay to change it into a blubbery disk. In addition, the gas that the Sausage agitated into the Milky Way set off a beginning new adventure of babyish ablaze bearing and replenished the attenuate disk. The dwarf galaxy did not survive the agitated bang collision, and it actual bound fell apart, abrogation it accident all about us. Indeed, this babble account accident of the bygone Gaia Sausage galaxy provides a lot of of the metal-rich halo of our Milky Way.
Elegant circling galaxies, like our Milky Way, are alike structures composed of a bulge, halo, and disk. The bulge is at the centermost of a circling galaxy and hosts primarily old stars, while the disk is area the spiral arms are located. Disks host stars of all ages. The halo contains both alone aged stars and clusters of aged stars (globular clusters). It aswell contains a ample bulk of abstruse non-atomic dark matter. Our Galaxy's halo may extend 130,000 light-years across.
"The blow ripped the dwarf to shreds, abrogation its stars affective in actual adorable orbits" that are connected and attenuated like needles, explained Dr. Vasily Belokurov in a July 4, 2018 Simons Foundation Columnist Release. Dr. Belokurov is of the University of Cambridge in the UK and the Center for Computational Astrophysics at the Flatiron Institute in New York City. The paths that the stars took backpack them "very abutting to the centermost of our Galaxy. This is a admonition assurance that the dwarf galaxy came in on a absolutely aberrant apogee and its fate was sealed," he connected to note.
What Goes About Comes Around
A ablaze host of stars ablaze up the added than 100 billion galaxies that cruise the ablaze absurd aural the appreciable Universe. The observable, or visible, Universe is that relatively babyish area aural the absolute unimaginably astronomic Universe that we can observe. This is because the ablaze that flows out from those limited altar has not had abundant time to ability us back the Big Bang bearing of the Cosmos about 13.8 billion years ago. This is because of the amplification of Space. Whatever altar may (or may not) abide aloft the cosmological border of our afterimage abide both hidden and mysterious. Indeed, the actual abstruse of our actuality may be ambuscade aloft our cosmological horizon.
Most galaxies abide in groups or clusters, with clusters getting appreciably added all-inclusive than groups. The galaxies themselves switched on actual connected ago, and began to afford their arresting new ablaze on the basic Universe beneath than a billion years afterwards the Big Bang. The a lot of broadly accustomed approach of galaxy formation, the bottom up theory, proposes that ample galaxies were aberrant citizenry of the age-old Cosmos, and they alone eventually accomplished their astronomic sizes if protogalactic blobs collided and again alloyed if our Universe was young. The a lot of age-old galaxies were alone about one-tenth the admeasurement of our Milky Way, but they were just as dazzling. This is because they were angrily giving bearing to countless ablaze babyish stars. These acutely beaming and almost babyish age-old protogalaxies served as the "seeds" from which the mature, ample galaxies of the Universe ultimately grew.
In the basic Universe, blurred clouds of aboriginal gas met up with one accession and converged forth the astronomic filaments of the airy and abstruse Cosmic Web. This all-embracing anatomy of the Universe is believed to be alloyed of alien particles of dark matter that are airy and transparent. This is because dark matter will not "dance" with ablaze or any added anatomy of electromagnetic radiation. Although scientists do not apperceive the character of the particles that compose the dark matter, they do apprehend that it is apparently not fabricated up of the alleged "ordinary" bulk that is the being of stars, planets, moons, and people–the actual that creates the Cosmos that we are accustomed with. Indeed, "ordinary" diminutive bulk (baryonic matter) accounts for alone 4% of the mass-energy of the Universe.
In the age-old Universe, blurred clouds of gas–which were composed mostly of aboriginal hydrogen–collected forth the abundant filaments of the airy dark matter of the Cosmic Web. The densest areas of dark matter absorbed the clouds of hydrogen gas with their able gravitational attraction. Although dark matter does not collaborate with electromagnetic radiation, it does collaborate with gravity, appropriately giving its apparitional attendance away. This is because the force of dark matter distorts and aeroembolism ablaze (gravitational lensing). Gravitational lensing is a abnormality proposed by Albert Einstein in his Theory of General Relativity (1915) if he came to the ability that the force of an article in amplitude could bastardize casual ablaze and accordingly accept lens-like effects.
The dark matter affective at the clouds of gas, and the gas eventually acquired into the cradles of the aboriginal bearing of stars to ablaze up the Cosmos. The force of the Cosmic Web tugged on its diminutive casualty until the captured clouds of hydrogen formed blobs like chaplet aural airy halos of dark matter. The blobs of gas than floated down into the aphotic base of these basic halos that were strung out forth the cosmological "spider web".
As time passed, the addled sea of aboriginal gases and the exotic, phantom-like non-atomic dark matter catholic throughout the age-old Universe, bond themselves up calm to actualize the audible and accustomed structures that we see today. Dense regions of the dark matter served as the "seeds" that affective at the basic gases that ultimately formed galaxies. The gravitational cull of those "seeds" boring pulled the gas into anytime tighter and tighter knots. If the "seed" was large, a ample protogalactic bond formed; if the "seed" was small, a babyish protogalactic bond formed. These age-old protogalactic knots began to "dance" calm gravitationally and again array together. The protogalaxies, both ample and small, swarmed calm like bees about a barbecue table on a hot July day. The protogalaxies accepted one accession in their age-old "dance", basic ever-larger and aloft galactic structures that became the galaxies we see today. Like assurance of adobe in the easily of a ceramics maker, the protogalaxies smacked into anniversary added basic abnormal masses. The basic Universe was babyish and crowded. The baggy protogalaxies were almost abutting to one another. For this reason, they frequently bumped into one accession and merged.
Our Milky Way Galaxy has not alloyed with accession ample galaxy for a actual connected time. However, the sad assortment of those ancient, abhorrent feasts can still be seen. The alarming accuracy about our Galaxy is that it still continues to absorb its abate kin. Ample galaxies, like ample fish, eat the abate associates of their kind.
Our Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy, which is accession big spiral, are the bigger galactic associates of the Local Group of galaxies. But as astronomic as our Galaxy is, there are added galaxies that are appreciably aloft than it is inhabiting the appreciable Universe. In accession to our Milky Way and Andromeda there are over 50 abate galaxies that are associates of the Local Group, and a lot of of them are dwarf galaxies that are about the aforementioned admeasurement as the blighted Gaia Sausage. The absolute Local Group is anchored abutting to the alien banned of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies, whose big, ablaze galactic affection resides about 50 light-years from Earth.
It is generally said that "what goes about comes around". In the abroad future, our Milky Way is bedevilled to bang and absorb with Andromeda. Technically, Andromeda will absorb our Milky Way, billions of years from now, because it is the added massive of the two spirals. If the two galaxies collide, the duo will abide a affecting metamorphosis. Billions of years from now, if this awe-inspiring accident occurs, the two spirals will absorb to become an absolutely new Galaxy. The new Galaxy, that is composed of both associates of the amalgamation duo, will apparently action an egg-shaped actualization instead of the affected and bigger organized circling actualization of both the Milky Way and Andromeda. The approaching behemothic Galaxy will acceleration from the accident of both bygone spirals. Astronomers accept already accustomed the approaching Galaxy a name–the abundant Milkomeda Galaxy.
Today, the Milky Way and Andromeda are aerial rapidly appear one accession through intergalactic space, at the absolutely amazing acceleration of 250,000 afar per hour. Astronomers accept doubtable for a actual connected time that the starlit circling duo are bedevilled to perish in a bang collision–and that this adverse accident will be rather messy. Indeed, the Andromeda galaxy is traveling beeline in our direction, and if it assuredly hits our Milky Way, it will eat it.
The approaching alliance amid the two ample spirals will absolutely adapt the actualization of our planet's night sky. If animal beings accept somehow managed to still be about 3.75 billion years from now, they will beam up at the starlit black and beam Andromeda actually bushing the absolute sky, as it comes agreeable appear us. For the next few billion years, or so, what may be larboard of activity on Earth, will see a sky accursed by the merger–which will activate a access of dazzling, ablaze ablaze birth.
In about 7 billion years, the ablaze affection of the bairn egg-shaped Milkomeda Galaxy will yield over the absolute sky aloft Earth. However, the adventitious that animal beings will still be about to attestant this amazing afterimage is rather slim. That is because (by this time) our Sun will accept acceptable undergone a alteration into a swollen, immense, red behemothic star. Our Sun will access its red giant appearance in about 5 or 6 billion years, and if it does so it will acceptable bake the quartet of inner, solid planets–Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
Our Milky Way and Andromeda are about the aforementioned age. Both spirals are actual age-old and, although actual similar, Andromeda is abundantly aloft to be the galaxy that prevails at the angelic feast.
The Milky Way's Endure Above Merger
Our Milky Way continues to bang with added galaxies, such as the tiny, and unfortunate, Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy. However, the Gaia Sausage Galaxy was appreciably added massive. The absolute accumulation of the Sausage in stars, gas, and dark matter was added than 10 billion times solar-mass. If the bedevilled Sausage accursed into the abundant added active Milky Way, its accurate acute aisle created a complete mess. The Milky Way's disk was acceptable aloof up or even burst during the commotion consistent from the crash, and would accept bare to regrow. Furthermore, bits from the Sausage was splattered all over the close regions of the Milky Way, appropriately basic the bulge now apparent at our Galaxy's centermost and the surrounding arch halo.
The paths that the stars took as a aftereffect of the baleful alliance becoming them the name Gaia Sausage. "We advised the velocities of the stars, and the sausage actualization just jumped out at us. As the abate galaxy bankrupt up, its stars were befuddled assimilate actual adorable orbits. These Sausage stars are what's larboard of the endure above alliance of the Milky Way," explained Dr. Wyn Evans in the July 4, 2018 Simons Foundation Columnist Release. Dr. Evans is of the University of Cambridge in the UK.
Numerical supercomputer simulations of the abhorrent galactic accident can carbon the actual appearance that are now empiric by astronomers, explained Dr. Denis Erkal in the aforementioned Simons Foundation Columnist Release. Dr. Erkal is of the University of Surrey in the UK. In the simulations run by Dr. Erkal and his team, stars from the Gaia Sausage access into all-inclusive orbits. The orbits are again even added continued by the growing disk of the Milky Way, which has been aloof up as a aftereffect of the collision.
Evidence of this Galactic adjustment is empiric in the paths of the stars that our Milky Way affiliated from the adverse dwarf galaxy, according to Dr. Alis Deason in the July 4, 2018 Press Release. Dr. Deason is of Durham University in the UK. These arch U-turns again acquired the Milky Way's halo of stars to badly abatement area the stars change directions. This analysis was abnormally adorable for Dr. Deason, who predicted the alternate blow in 2013. This new analysis explains how the stars entered into such attenuated orbits in the aboriginal place.
The new observations aswell articular at diminutive eight large, all-around globular clusters, which are all-around clumps of stars that were agitated into the Milky Way by the bedevilled Gaia Sausage. Babyish galaxies usually do not acquire a citizenry of globular clusters of their own. This agency that the aboriginal Sausage galaxy accept to accept been ample abundant to host its own aggregation of globulars.
Dr. Sergey Koposov of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who has advised the kinematics of the Sausage stars and globular clusters in detail, commented to the columnist on July 4, 2018 that "While there accept been abounding dwarf satellites falling assimilate the Milky Way over its life, this was the bigger of them all."
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Cappamore Show: The Annual Cappamore Show will be on Saturday 17 August. Entries for cookery, crafts, art etc. can be made on Thursday night from 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm and Friday morning 10 a.m -12 noon sharp at Show Office Moore St. Cappamore. Entries will be taken in Show Grounds, Portnard on Friday evening 5.30 - 9 pm. Gates open at 9 a.m. on Saturday morning. Jumping Competitions start at 10 a.m. Cattle, Horses and Pony Judging at 10.30 a.m. Entries taken for dogs at 10.30 a.m. and competition starts at 12 noon. Viewing of Exhibits open to the public and Carriage Driving at 12.30 p.m. Cookery Demos from 12 noon onwards. Dancing display at 2 p.m., Sheaf throwing at 2 pm. Bonny Baby at 2.30 p.m. and Fashion Show at 3.30 p.m. Removal of Exhibits at 4.30 p.m. and presentation of prizes at 5 p.m. Entertainment all day long. Live music on the field to Dermot Lyons from 3 pm -5 pm. Come along for a great day out for all the family. Visit our website at www.cappamoreshow.ie
Charity Cycle: Cliona's Foundation Cycle, now in its sixth year will take place on Saturday August 31 from the Honeyfitz Theatre in Lough Gur, just 20km from Limerick city.
With three routes including an 8km for family and funsters, the organisers have appealed to experienced cyclists with a challenging 90km route and a 40km less arduous route for leisure cyclists. Following the cycle there's a BBQ, face painting, music and a bouncy castle to keep the entire family entertained.
So popular is cycling that Cliona's Foundation has founded its own cycling club which is affiliated to Cycling Ireland and is gaining new members each week. Cliona's Foundation Sixth Annual Charity Cycle was launched in Limerick last weekend by three well known celebrities who were delighted to be part of the event. David Wallace, Leanne Moore and Joy Neville have carved national and international fame in their own right and have supported Cliona's Foundation over the years.
Register online by logging onto www.eventmaster.ie or on the day with registration starting at 8.30am in the Honeyfitz Theatre. Family Cycle starts at 9.45 a.m., Experienced Cycle starts at 10am & Leisure Cycle starts at 10.30 a.m. Entry is €30 for the Experienced and Leisure Cycles and €25 for the Family Cycle. Entry fee includes insurance, BBQ and entertainment on the day. Sponsorship cards are available by contacting Cliona's Foundation on 061 400640 and or 087 188 7700. Cards with €100 or more raised will be included in a draw for a €500 cycling voucher.
Bursary Award: Application forms and terms and conditions for the St Ailbe's Credit Union Michael Gill Bursary Award are now available in all offices and online at www.stailbescu.ie. The Bursary Award is €3,000 and the closing date is 6 September 2013.
GAA Lotto: Draw held on 4 August: There was no winner of the Jackpot this week. Numbers drawn: 10, 14, 18 and 24. Lucky Dip winners were Peggy Moran, Sean Kenny, Conor McCarthy and Dinny Laffan. The Jackpot is now €3,600. Tickets can be purchased from promoters, Scanlons shop or online at www.ballybrickenbohermoregaa.ie
St Joseph's Young Priests Society: A special mass will be celebrated on Monday, 19 August in the Assembly Hall of Caherelly National School at 7.30pm. In conjunction with the mass, we will have our Novena Prayers. So, all are very welcome to attend. The theme that night will be to thank all involved in the Society and all other organisations which reach out to others. Please attend well. There will be music and refreshments.
Craft Camp: A craft camp in ceramics and silver jewellery will be held in the Honey Fitz Theatre, Lough Gur on August 20 and 21 from 10am - 3pm for 8 year olds through to teens. Cost €55 all materials included. Ceramics: a hands on Play with Clay ceramic class where kids will learn pottery and design skills creating 2 pieces in either bowls or sculpture, Silver Jewelley: Using hand tools and ancient techniques kids will learn the skills needed to work metal and will make 2 pieces of sterling silver jewellery. All tools, materials and silver provided for both. Advanced booking required as places are limited. Contact: Clare Jordan 087 4169450, email firstname.lastname@example.com


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Family visits notice board
We aim to offer families a fun, educational time when they visit Rochester Cathedral.
Free Trail and Activity Sheets
A variety of free trail sheets are available at the Welcome Desk. Many of these change seasonally. Please feel free to download a copy of any of our sheets before or after your visit.
Cathedral I-spy Spot the furniture and decoration shown in the photographs and find out about the cathedral as you explore.
Memorials & Monuments I-spy Search out the memorial stones and monuments shown in the photographs to find out more about people linked to this building.
Heraldry Decode the coats of arms of the bishops of Rochester.
Beasts Explore the cathedral looking for animals and mythical beasts.
Pattern Look for patterns hidden in the decoration and architecture of the cathedral.
Junior word search A simple word search using words associated with a cathedral.
- Junior word search answers
Cathedral word search A more complex version of the above.
- Cathedral word search answers
Advent word search An Advent-themed word search.
- Advent word search answers
Lent & Easter word search A Lent & Easter-themed word search.
- Lent & Easter word search answers
Special Activities and Events
Brass rubbing Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during school holidays. 50p per rubbing.
Pre-school activity trail Follow the trail trying out a variety of activities. Various themes. Drop in event usually held on the first Thursday of the month 13.45 – 15.00 Check What's on or Facebook for details. No charge – donations welcome!
Meet a medieval monk or nun Our time travelling monks and nuns pop into the cathedral at various times during school holidays. Join them to try your hand at calligraphy or even join in with some monastic music. Check What's on for upcoming Fun Days.
School holiday fun Various activities throughout the year. Check What's on for upcoming School holiday fun.
20 minute family friendly tours Available at various times. Pre-booking essential.
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My To-Do List Strategy For Busy Times
I work. I'm a mom. I'm a wife. I have coaching clients. I make websites.
Keeping my to-do list from steamrolling me is something I'm constantly managing.
But sometimes things get clogged.
Take this week, for example. On Monday I had a tsunami of tasks whirling around my brain when I woke up:
- Don't forget to respond to Tiffani, Jaime, Hillary, Jen, Heide, Barbara, Pat, Kelly, and Marisa.
- Complete the CES site.
- Bake Isabel's birthday cake...and Moe's.
- Write the blog post.
- Review client homework before their sessions.
- Wrap birthday gifts.
- Send mom's care package.
- Get form notarized at the bank.
- Complete phase one of client's new site.
- Get with my programmer to troubleshoot an issue.
It went on and on and on.
I woke up at 6:45 and by 7:00 I was a basket case trying to run air traffic control for the thoughts whizzing around my brain.
Since I'm a life coach I've long since decided I'm not going to live a stressful life and I employ a variety of purposeful and conscious strategies to help me navigate times like this.
In today's video, you get a peek into my week's to-do storm and how I created a simple plan to navigate it.
Did I succeed?
Well, it's Thursday as I write.
Thanks to some unexpected things like: an impromptu sesh with a girlfriend on Tuesday, a sick kid on Wednesday, an opportunity to fly to L.A. in a couple weeks (that I needed to help organize), and a client who desired a little extra from me on Thursday, I'm a bit behind. I'm about 75% there.
But guess what! I'm okay with that.
Having a plan doesn't mean you'll do things perfectly.
Having a plan means you'll have structure to lean on so you can focus your energy on doing the best you can without compromising your happiness.
I showed up. I enjoyed myself. I accepted my human capabilities. I loved my family, friends, clients, and work with joyful enthusiasm.
Whatever doesn't cross the finish line with me tomorrow will be evaluated, and a new plan will be created.
A new plan grounded in reality. And love.
Just curious...how do you manage your to-do list? Do you use paper or an app? Normally, apps don't work for my visual brain, but perhaps I've not tried the right one. Got some suggestions for me? Let me know in the comments below. Thanks!


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From Iron Curtain to Green Belt
The New Scientist magazine's environmental blog posted this fascinated tidbit last week about an initiative to turn the long Cold War frontier between east and west into a nature haven, complete with parks. "The coolest part of this has got to be the fact that tanks and snipers used to patrol this corridor, and now it has become a strip of greenery and wildlife," the writer notes. While the piece says the initiative has been in the works for years, I can't recall ever reading or hearing about it anywhere, ever. It would seem to have the makings of a great feature story, and I hope one or more of the major publications will tell us more about it soon. This effort is highly reminscent of the "rails to trails" movement, which works to convert the right-of-way from thousands of miles of de-commissioned rail lines into nature-friendly trails for hiking and biking.


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Peace Out (And Why You Should Take a Break, Too!)
Hola, amiga! I'm actually on vacaaaaation in Wisconsin (yep, the GORGEOUS midwestern state that I know you all dream of visiting), but I wanted to share a quick tip with you via video anyway.
I know that, when you're running a business, it's GO ALL THE TIME! GO! GO! GOING! KEEP GOING! DON'T LOSE STEAM!
And that shit? Is exhausting.
So today, I'm taking my own dang advice and resting after this huge event that I just pulled off. Why?
You'll see if you watch today's video.
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Midwest to be "Plagued" By "Locusts" This Year!
According to the Wall Street Journal:
Over the coming weeks, federal officials say, grasshoppers will likely hatch in bigger numbers than any year since 1985. Hungry swarms caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage that year when they devoured corn, barley, alfalfa, beets—even fence posts and the paint off the sides of barns.
A federal survey of 17 states taken last fall found critically high numbers of adult grasshoppers in parts of Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. Each mature female lays hundreds of eggs. So "the population could be very, very high this year," said Charles Brown, who manages grasshopper suppression for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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To complement yesterday's disturbing Dairy King clown, today's entry is a 1950s Dairy Queen sign:
This sign is less creepy than yesterday's, but there's still something about it that bothers me. Is that the clown's own hand on the lower right, pointing to the restaurant name? If so, he has an abnormally long arm. If it isn't....well, I don't even want to think about that possibility.


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Our mission is to provide the best custom furniture + upholstery service in Houston, period.
The local company Custom Designs & Upholstery came to life in 1976 thanks to a beloved Houston business man, Ernest Jaster. Ernest passed on after operating a successful custom furniture and upholstery company for 20 years. The company then transitioned to Houston interior designer Gayle Greenwood and her husband John in 2004. Having worked with Earnest for years to create gorgeous furnishings for Gayle's clients, both Gayle and John had gotten to know and love his team. With their help, a new company emerged called Custom Designs by Greenerobin. The business grew for 10 more years until John Greenwood passed on in 2016.
Laura Umansky, another Houston interior designer, trusted Custom Designs with her client's upholstery needs since she started her design firm in 2006. Not only did she want this Houston custom furniture and upholstery company to continue, Laura knew many of the artisans who crafted the beautiful custom pieces. In effort to help the company and the craftsmen flourish, she and her husband, Michael, acquired the company in 2016.
During this process at Laura U, INC., Fabian was given the task of supporting the new business venture of House + Town alongside a sales and production team. However, after six years under Michael and Laura's mentor-ship and employ, House + Town was sold to their very own former employee - Fabian, in the summer of 2018.
This means forging stronger bonds with our artisans, as well as cultivating current relationships with the architectural and design community that has supported the work of Custom Designs for over 40 years. In the tradition of new ownership, Custom Designs was renamed House + Town and Fabian has elected to maintain the new name. Our goal is to connect clients in search of the perfect custom furniture with the local or regional artisans who consistently craft one-of-a-kind pieces. Let House + Town help reflect yourself, and your city, in your own home.


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What is the GPA requirement for the Honors Degree?
The Honors Degree requires a minimum 3.40 cumulative grade point index at the time of graduation. This is an absolute requirement; we cannot round to the 3.400 index. (Please note that the more credits you have earned the more difficult mathematically it becomes to improve your cumulative grade point average.)
What is the difference between the Honors Degree and the Honors Degree with Distinction?
The Honors Degree with Distinction has the same requirements as the Honors Degree, but it also requires the completion of an Honors thesis and the two semester thesis courses, UNIV 401 and UNIV 402 for 6 credits total—typically 3 credits each.
Do UNIV 401 and 402 count towards the Honors credits for the Honors Degree with Distinction?
Yes. They also count as 6 credits at or above the 300-level, and UNIV 402-080 counts as the Honors Degree Capstone Requirement, if taken for at least three credits.
If I have two majors, can I pursue Honors Degrees in both?
If both majors lead to the same type of degree (i.e. a BS, a BA, etc.), you would be pursuing a double major. Examples of this would include: Finance and Accounting majors; International Relations and Economics (BA); History and English; Neuroscience and Psychology (BS); etc. In the case of a double major (two majors leading to one degree, even if the majors are in different Colleges at UD), it is only possible to earn one Honors Degree since you are only earning one diploma. Since you would only earn one Honors Degree, you would need to choose which major you want to complete your major specific Honors requirements and would need to complete one honors capstone course. You must fulfill the 12 honors credits in the major in one of the two majors.
If both majors lead to different types of degrees (i.e. a BS and a BA, etc.), you would be doing a double degree (or sometimes referred to as a dual degree). Examples of this would include: Chemistry (BS) and FLL-Spanish Studies (BA); Communication (BA) and Marketing or Economics (BS); any Engineering degree with any other major; etc. In this case, it could be possible to earn Honors Degrees in both (i.e. 2 Honors Degrees) since you would be earning 2 diplomas. Or you could decide to earn Honors in just one and not the other. If you want to earn 2 Honors Degrees in the case of a double degree or dual degree (two majors leading to two different degree types–a BA and a BS), you would have to complete 12 Honors credits in each major (with no overlap—i.e. no less than 24 Honors major credits between the 2 majors) and you would have to complete two separate Honors capstone courses. In this case, it could also be possible to earn an Honors Degree in one and an Honors Degree with Distinction in the other.
Do individual departments have specific Honors Degree requirements?
Many departments do have specific requirements for the 12 Honors credits in the major needed to earn the Honors Degree or in some cases a major GPA requirement needed for the Honors Degree. These specific requirements are listed in the University catalog under the Honors Degree in the major. See the UD catalog for more information.
Some examples of specific requirements include the following:
- For the HD in Economics, both ECON301 & 303 must be taken Honors
- For the HD in English, 9 of the credits in the major must be in Honors ENGL courses at the 300-level or above and must include an Honors ENGL480
- For the HD in Psychology and Neuroscience, 6 of the Honors credits in the major must be in courses at the 300-level or higher
- For the HD in Art History, students must have a major GPA of a 3.5
As a result of the examples above, it is important to check the catalog to see if there are specific requirements for the Honors Degree in your major. If the Honors Degree requirements are listed as generic in the catalog, there are no specific major requirements for the Honors major.
What counts as an Honors capstone course for the Honors Degree?
The list of courses approved to fulfill the Honors capstone course requirement is available via our Capstone Chart.
When do I take the Honors capstone course?
An approved Honors Degree capstone course must be taken in one of the last two semesters before you graduate. Courses taken too early will count as Honors credit toward the Honors Degree but not as capstone courses.
What if there isn't an Honors capstone course in my major?
In some cases, there is an Honors course that is available within a student's major(s) that has been approved to fulfill this requirement. In many majors, however, this is not the case. If there isn't an approved Honors capstone course in your major(s), you are free to take any course on the approved list which is not designated as only open to majors and for which you meet the pre-requisites. This means that if there is an approved Honors capstone course in your minor(s) you can take that course to fulfill your Honors Degree capstone course. If there is still nothing that applies for you, the Honors Program offers capstone courses which are interdisciplinary and designed for students in any major (similar to the colloquium but at the senior level). These courses are UNIV490 the Honors Tutorial and UNIV495 the Honors Degree Seminar. Topics for these courses vary each semester depending on the faculty member teaching the course. In general, UNIV490 Tutorials tend to be focused on great books and the Honors Degree Seminar is an interdisciplinary seminar with a focus on the intersection between the sciences and humanities. Students must fill out the registration request form for these courses.
Is the General Honors Award a requirement of the Honors Degree?
No. The 18 or more Honors credits earned for the GHA, however, may apply towards the total Honors credits needed for the Honors Degree.
Is the first-year Honors colloquium course a requirement of the Honors Degree?
No. It may be counted toward the 30 Honors credits needed for the degree, but may not be counted toward the 12 credits needed at the 300-level or above because it is a freshman-level course.
Can the 12 Honors credits required at or above the 300-level be Honors courses in my major?
Yes. In fact, we strongly encourage you to take upper-division Honors courses in your major, although 300-level Honors coursework outside the major also will satisfy that requirement. When double counting 300-level Honors courses in both the Honors major requirements and the 300-level requirements, please note that you still must meet the 30 honors credit total required to earn and Honors Degree.
Can pass/fail Honors courses count towards the Honors Degree?
The only pass/fail courses that can count toward the Honors Degree are courses only offered on a pass/fail basis (like in the case of BISC100, for example).
Do 600-level courses count as Honors courses?
In most cases, a 600-level course can count as an honors course only if the 600-level course is not a major requirement for every student completing that major. When a 600-level course is part of the major requirements for the degree (such as the 600-level lit requirement for the BISC (BA) major or the 600-level courses required in NSCI, PHYS (BS), CHEM (BS) etc.), only additional 600-level courses beyond those requirements would count as Honors courses.


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Untiltled WIP
Acrylic abstract painting
50x60cm on panel
Day 21 of Jan 2017 30 paintings challenge
Click Here to see Day 20's painting
I started this similar to yesterday's painting but coated the support with the flow medium first (I'm determined to find a good use for it). I used ceruleun blue, alazarin crimson and white. Due to the flow medium the paint was very 'squidgy' as I rolled and the imprint of the rollers was apparent. I decided to go with this and leave the pattern to take me forward. This was how it looked:
I added more paint keeping with the general shapes formed
So far not too bad - but then it went hay wire and resulted in the painting you see at the top. Not good at all, I somehow lost the way on this one. I shall see if I can save it as there are some elements in it that I like. I shall wait a awhile before I look at it again. Or maybe I will cut it up into smaller paintings and go from there.
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Interview: Serving as an EMT in the Gulf
In April of this year, the largest ocean petroleum spill to date occurred in the Gulf of Mexico as a result of an off-shore oil rig which exploded, killing eleven workers and injuring 17 others. Although the well was finally capped on July 15th , the damage had already been done. Not only was the wildlife heavily impacted, but it's affects also reached the coasts of many tourist locations. BP, the responsible party, sent crews to the site who are attempting to clean and contain the area by releasing dispersant into the water.
Also in April of 2010, Charles Richards (a former police officer with a knack for medicine) enrolled in the EMT 14-Day boot camp* at Unitek Education. "In all honesty, I think that the boot camp was, if not the best, one of the best programs in the country. I normally wouldn't recommend a two week boot camp if you don't have experience.. but the staff there just have a knack for getting the information across. It's almost downloaded into your brain. I learned more in that two week class than I did in the traditional nine month class that I took the first time at a different school."
Growing up in the Tallahassee area made Charles want to do his part in this major disaster and on July 1st, a mere 3 months later, he was confidently assisting scores of clean up crews; who are still threatened by this almost subtropical environment. It was only a couple weeks ago that the spill site was completely evacuated to make way for Tropical Storm Bonnie.
Charles decided to look for jobs in the Gulf on a Sunday, and by Monday morning he was receiving a call to report in Pensacola on Tuesday morning. EMTs are stationed at a variety of locations, including the beach and on boats. Charles even worked on the base for the first two weeks. "They don't really have enough EMTs. There were days when it would just be two of us for a team of sixty people. The goal was for one EMT for every ten people."
Driving up and down the coast on a 4-wheeler, Charles ensured that teams were using proper safety procedures and remained hydrated, while also keeping alert for signs of heat exhaustion. A secondary concern is foreign objects lodged in the eyes. But EMTs were also responsible for for people who, when pushed to their limits, may exhibit symptoms of preexisting conditions.
In order to keep the EMTs themselves protected, they were not allowed to cross into "the hot zone", which was literally a line drawn in the sand. If an emergency situation arose, it was necessary to get the individual through to the "cold-zone" for additional treatment. Everyone is also equipped with personal protective equipment, such as shoe covers, gloves and glasses. To compensate for these less than ideal working environments and the urgent demand for competent and certified EMTs, people such as Charles were earning 7-8,000/a month.
"In my opinion, from what I've seen, it's probably going to be a couple years or so before they really stop needing people there." Despite the claims that the oil is dissipating quickly, the truth of the matter is that the oil is seeping underneath the visible surface. "You can still see it underneath… it's kind of like an iceberg; what you can see is only a fraction of what's really there. And as far as on the beaches, there is quite a bit that is being covered up."


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Fabricator for Mara Marcu at the University of Virginia
Summer 2012
Sambo'_[Reconfigured investigates applications in architecture, tectonic details, interior furnishings and the realm of production. Designed with CATIA software, this installation pushes a 3-axis router to its limits with a unique undercut and variable module. Eight sheets of high density foam were flip milled and joined to create the final product. After fabricating the first wall, we were able to revisit the module slicing and tolerances in order to facilitate the second round of the fabrication process.
The first of the two walls was fabricated by splitting each module with non-orthogonal planes. This gives more fidelity to the intended form, but significantly exacerbated the final assembly process. Through this learning process, the second wall split the modules into simple planes, and used a much smaller step-over to facilitate sanding. However, some undercuts were unable to be routed because of the CNC's limits. This project pushed the limits of the 3-axis router, as well as experimented with post-processing required after machining.


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Giving it a go is where Paula Alexander comes in.She is organising the MTB Beginner's Ride on Sunday, February 14 and is one of the team behind the Mountain Biker's Ball, which is the night before at one of Rotorua's iconic venues, The Blue Baths."I want to open the mountain bike world to the locals. I want to attract the non-mountain biker, those who wanted to give it a go but didn't know where to start," she said.She said the more women involved behind the scenes the more appealing it will be to others. "Just like we are seeing today, I feel future events will cater more to the non-competitive side of mountain biking, which will open the activity up to everyone."The ball, while not featuring any riding, was the chance to socialise with others and support a good cause."All money raised goes towards the James Dodds Memorial Fund which supports current and future mountain biking developments."You can get your tickets from the What's On page at www.bluebaths.co.nz and you don't have to be a mountain biker to attend. A love of life is a good pre-requisite."The Festival features a range of non-competitive, family-friendly events including Sport Bay of Plenty Go-by-bike, Tykes on Trikes and Family Fun Ride, Frocks on Bikes and QE Health Ride the Runway."This variety is the heart and soul of what we are about," said Craig Corbett from the Charitable Trust that oversees the Festival. "And all the team are extremely proud of that."
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Gorilla Monsoon was one of the most quotable, and most frequently quoted, wrestlers of all time, and many of his regular lines have endured through time. A sampling:
- "Lower Occipital Protuberance"
- "Conspicuous by his/her absence..."
- (Regarding two opponents who visibly hate each other) "No love lost between these two"
- "second turnbuckle on the inside"
- "singing soprano in the Vienna Boys' Choir"
- "doesn't know a wristlock from a wristwatch."
- "Gimme a break!"
- "Oh, please!"note
- "What a miscarriage of justice!"
- "The crowd is going bananas!"
- "...went to the well once too often."
- Possibly an Ascended Meme per a conversation that Joey Styles & Cyrus had while they were commentating in ECW.
- (Regarding a fat heel): "This guy hasn't missed too many meals."
- "Doesn't have both oars in the water"


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The NNFC-Drexel Nano2 Co-op Center, will investigate fusion technology between top-down and bottom-up nanofabrication for the development of world best 1D/2D materials synthesis platforms. In collaboration with researchers in NNFC and KAIST, Drexel's professors will work on 1D nanostructured materials for nanopore fabrication and nano-discovery platform and develop new 2D nanostructured materials for energy storage and desalination applications. In addition, we will work to establish world best co-op program for educating and training graduate students in the multidisciplinary perspectives for rapid progress in nanotechnology.
Learn more about our world class center here.
April 2018 – Our team of four undergraduate Co-Op researchers travel to Korea to pursue individual research projects co-advised by Drexel faculty and faculty at NNFC-KAIST and KIST.
February 2018 – Congratulations on the team for their most recent joint publication
S. J. Kim, H.-J. Koh, C. E. Ren, O. Kwon, K. Maleski, S.-Y. Cho, B. Anasori, C.-K. Kim, Y.-K. Choi, J. Kim, Y. Gogotsi, H.-T. Jung, Metallic Ti3C2Tx MXene gas sensors with ultrahigh signal-to-noise ratio, ACS Nano, 2018
July 31 – Aug. 4th, 2017 Prof. Yury Gogotsi and Drexel students participate in the International Workshop on Energy, Environment, Water, and Sustainability (EEWS 2017) at KAIST. Prof. Gogotsi's talk was titled, "2D Metallic Carbides and Nitrides (MXenes) and Advancement of Technology." View the full meeting program here.
July 10-13, 2017 Drexel PhD students, Kathleen Maleski and Christine Hatter, visit NNFC-KAIST and present at NANO KOREA 2017.
July 13-15, 2016 Drexel students join NNFC-KAIST researchers at NANO KOREA Meeting. PhD student, Christine Hatter is awarded one of the Best Poster Awards.
Feb 25-26, 2016 Drexel welcomes KAIST-NNFC Colleagues for a two-day meeting on research exchanges. Read the news item here.
March 9, 2016 Drexel University has released the President's report for 2015. Prof. Yury Gogotsi and the new KAIST-NNFC Partnership in the report. View the full report here.
April 13, 2016 Team members from the A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute, Deakin University, and KAIST publish their first joint publication under the NNFC-KAIST Drexel Co-Op Program, published in the Journal of Power Sources.
-A. Byeon, A. M. Glushenkov, B. Anasori, P. Urbankowski, J. Li, B.W. Byles, B. Blake, K.L. Van Aken, S. Kota, E. Pomerantseva, J.W. Lee, Y. Chen, Y. Gogotsi, Lithium-ion capacitors with 2D Nb2CTx (MXene) – carbon nanotube electrodes, Journal of Power Sources (2016)
April 14, 2016 – Provost Brian Blake and Vice Provost Julie Mostov, along with Prof. MinJun Kim visit NNFC on April 13th. They attended the KAIST Forum and had a meeting with JaeYoung Lee, President of NNFC, Dr. Ahn, and Prof. HeeTae Jung, Director of KINC(KAIST Institute for Nano-Century). They also had an unveiling ceremony to celebrate the start of the center.
June 7, 2016 – Read the latest publication resulting from the research collaboration between Drexel and NNFC-KAIST. The publication is available in Applied Materials & Interfaces and here.


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About Umbilical Cord
Along with banking the cord blood itself, families now have the option to also bank a section of the actual tissue that makes up the umbilical cord. Umbilical cord lining is the membrane that covers the umbilical cord. As with cord blood, the collection process for Cord Lining is fast, easy, and painless.
What is Umbilical Cord Lining?
The umbilical cord lining is the connecting cord from the developing embryo or fetus to the placenta which allows blood to carry oxygen and nutrition to the baby in the womb. After the baby is delivered, the umbilical cord is cut and normally discarded with the placenta as medical waste until researchers became aware of its medical potential.
What are Umbilical Cord lining Stem Cells?
Your baby's umbilical cord lining contains high numbers of Epithelial (EpSCs) and Mesenchymal (MSCs) stem cells which have shown immense potential in aiding the repair of injured tissues and organs and the treatment of various diseases. EpSCs form the soft tissues that connect, support, or surround other structures and organs of the body including cornea, skin, and liver. MSCs are the building blocks of structural tissues of our body such as bone, cartilage, muscle, fibrous tissues and fat.
Medicine is advancing steadily. Stem cell research has been the foundation of regenerative medicine which has the potential to transform medicine. It is estimated that 1 in 3 people may benefit from regenerative medicine 1. The optimal conditions to isolate and treat MSCs for clinical use are still being developed.
Scientists believe that the umbilical cord lining also contains other types of cells which may be useful but have yet to be discovered.
1. Perry, D. Patient's voices: The powerful sound in the stem cell debate. Science 2000, 287, 1423.
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Upward Facing Bow Pose
Sometimes, it is requested of me to make an announcement. I've announced the "upcoming teacher training" at the various studios I've worked for many years now. Occasionally, after class, someone will come up to me and say something like, "I'm interested in the teacher training, but, how many of the poses do I need to be able to do?" First of all I don't even know how many poses there are; BKS Iyengar's extremely informative book Light on Yoga lists 602 poses, but I'm not convinced that's all of them. I've been practicing yoga for 14 years, teaching for 6 and I have no idea how many poses I can do, the point is, that's not the point. When a potential teacher trainee asks me that question, I assure them to the best of my ability that they'll find out "the poses" don't really have that much to do with it. I encourage them to do teacher training to deepen their awareness of themselves, reality and yes, the practice of yoga.
I remember once though, I was also concerned with that question. Before I started teacher training, I thought often of how I had never done upward facing bow pose, also known as full wheel. I had never even tried to do it, I was too scared to even try. I came to yoga seriously when I was 21 because I had a pretty serious back injury and even after years of doing yoga, back-bending still felt dangerous and frightening. When I finally did my first full wheel, it with the help of all of my yoga school classmates. Our beautiful and very backbendy teacher taught us how to help someone into full wheel with the use of straps; she knew I had never done full wheel, so I was the guinea pig. I'll never forget the feeling of coming down out of the pose for the first time and not being in pain; I started crying I was so happy. On the way home, I caught a glance of myself in the reflection of the subway window, the person who was looking back at me was someone who could do full wheel pose, full wheel pose you guys, full wheel. Even though I could do full wheel, for years, I chose to skip it; just because I could do it didn't mean I wanted to.
Lucky for me I had a sleepover last night with the coolest animal on the planet, Smokey. Nothing beats spending time with Smokey, but I did miss the yoga class I usually go to on Tuesday mornings. It shocked me a little to realize why I missed going to class. See, at the end of this weirdo cool class I take, the teacher has us do full wheel for about a minute and while we do it, he tells us to relax. When I started taking the class and doing so much full wheel, I became aware of the voice inside of my head telling me how hard it was, and how much harder it was going to get the longer we stayed there. Then, somehow, I remembered that I don't have to believe everything the voice inside of my head says and that I can actually change what the voice inside of my head is saying. "This is so fun," I started silently saying to myself, "and easy too. God this is easy." Kids, I kid you not, now it is fun and easy. Hanging out in full wheel for a whole minute is actually one of my favorite things I do every week, goes to show I can change, anyone can. Goes to show the poses are just the beginning.
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- Flossie23 January 2018 at 22:03
I really like this outfit and think the dress suits you. Without a doubt the handbag is certainly an excellent purchase as the contrast with the dress is great. I feel that yellow accessories also lift an outfit. Yellow and bright like the sun!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks so much, Flossie! Yellow accessories definitely lift an outfit, don't they?! XXXDelete
Now that you mention it, I haven't got a yellow bag either. Must do something about that, although I doubt that it's the season for yellow bags here ... I can feel a trip to the charity shops coming on ;-) I love your dress, which is looking great on you, Sasha! xxxReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks so much, Ann! I really appreciate your lovely comments :) Good luck on your hunt for a yellow bag! ;) XXXDelete
The spotty lining is fabulous, and I LOVE that bright yellow! What a fun find!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks so much, Sheila! I just love the colour: it makes me so happy! XXXDelete
I love black and gold together so I really like your top! Your yellow bag is awesome too - I've been loving mustard yellow lately and have been buying a lot of it, more than any other colour. I love the couple of little yellow bags I have, such fun pops of colour, as you demonstrate so beautifully here! :)ReplyDelete
Hope that you are having a good week so far! Busy week here for me now that I'm back at work after my break.
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Commissioning your existing building is like taking care of your own personal health. If you were to ask someone on the street if it was a good idea to get an annual check-up they would say, "Yes". Why is that? It is unlikely the person that was stopped was a doctor, but even without medical knowledge people know deep down that it is the right thing to do for a couple of reasons.
First, it's good to know that your body is healthy and that you can have the doctor verify that there isn't something wrong that you didn't notice. In other words, you want a baseline to make sure that you are staying on track. This is also true for your buildings. You want to make sure that you have an established baseline to determine if your building in the future is performing better or worse. Also if you think your building is operating well you want a professional to assure you that something isn't going wrong that you just hadn't noticed.
Another reason that a periodic trip to the doctor is a good idea is that if you know something is starting to give you an issue, addressing something small early is better than fighting a big problem further down the road. As a manager of a building, the last thing that you want is an emergency. These types of problems are a drain on your time, are more expensive, and always happen at the worst time. Nothing ruins a great time with family and friends more than an unexpected trip to your facility because something important just broke.
We can help avoid these situations. Let us commission your building on a regular basis. This will not only give you a baseline for performance, but it will also help save you from unexpected breakdowns. So like a regular trip to the doctor, a regular visit from ECO Commissions is something that you know is just the right thing to do.


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The Peters Park Graffiti Art Wall Project surfaces at a critical time when safe, creative spaces and programs for urban youth are fast-disappearing and being defunded. Through a crowdfunding campaign, local graffiti artists , Marka27 and Problak, along with South End community organizations reached a $12,000 fundraising goal for materials, supplies, artist fees, and stipends for youth who repainted the Peters Park Graffiti Art Wall with a new mural by artist Genaro Ortega, selected through a Request for Proposal and announced by Mayor Walsh's office.
Ortega, a Boston-based visual artist, painting mentor at South Boston's Artists for Humanity, and Mural Curator for Madison Park High School, continues the 30 year tradition of graffiti artists telling their stories on the Peters Park Graffiti Art Wall, with a new mural that pays homage to current equality movements.
"[This] is how we were talking to each other, how we communicated. That's the most important thing. We weren't holding rallies or having conferences… this wall was our stage and it gave everybody the ability to see what was going on in the minds of young people who lived in the area and how we were reflecting what we wanted to say" -- Rob "Problak" Gibbs, Co-founder Artists for Humanity
The Peters Park Graffiti Art Wall is the only wall in Boston that has served to be a voice for the voiceless-- an outlet for social commentary in the form of imagery that unify, inspire, and uplift the community.


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If you live in Texas, you might be familiar with HEB's new line of boxed meal kits. I picked up a couple over the weekend because I didn't have a handle on this week's meal planning. One of them was Turkey Stuffed Green Bell Peppers and it was a hit and SO easy to make. It's so easy, I probably won't buy the kit again and just make it myself. It was so much of a hit my daughter asked for seconds and she has never asked for seconds before - she cleaned her plate TWICE! I feel a little dumb for spending $18 bucks on it but it did save me a lot of time and brain space. So, here's a hack recipe I came up with.
Turkey Stuffed Green Bell Peppers - Serves 2 plus 1 toddler with extra filling
- 2 large shallots
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1 jalapeno pepper
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 1 cup of cooked brown or white rice
- 1/4 c of water or chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon of ranchero seasoning
- 2 large green bell peppers
- 1/4 c shredded colby cheese
- Frozen bag of your favorite veggies
Preheat over to 400 degrees. Filling mixture: Dice shallots, garlic and jalapeno. Saute shallots and garlic and some jalapeno (to taste) in a large skillet with 1 tablespoon of oil. Once shallots are translucent add the ground turkey and brown. Add 1/2 tablespoon of ranchero seasonging. Then add the cooked rice and 1/4 of water or chicken broth. Cook until water has mostly evaporated. Salt and pepper to taste.
Line a baking sheet with foil and lightly grease. Cut bell peppers in half and scoop out seeds. Stuff peppers with filling mixture and top with cheese. Bake for 20 minutes. Serve along side your favorite veggie mix. Garnish with fresh jalapeno. I gave my daughter the filling only because she's not a big pepper fan.
You'll have lots of filling leftover. Try it with a baked sweet potato!


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We give 4 weeks free insurance cover with Petplan to all puppies and kittens at the time of their vaccinations. This provides you with peace of mind for the first month, whilst you choose a policy that is suitable for you and your pet.
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As I say goodbye to one old friend, I say hello to another, older friend.
I've decided to switch my blog back to WordPress. MODx has served me well, but my site has different requirements now, and WordPress has proven to be the better candidate.
Is MODx more flexible than WordPress? Oh, most definitely. Is MODx more powerful. I would say so. So what does WordPress have that MODx doesn't? A few small but important things.
First, with MODx, if I want to create a post, I have to find the right folder for it to go into in its document tree. In WordPress, you just hit "Write", and you're off to the races. Maybe you'll put it in some categories later, maybe you won't. When you're done writing, hit "publish", and the post gets put on your site. That's it.
Second, the community of developers behind WordPress is staggering, far greater than MODx. For me, this means that WordPress has been extended to meet the needs of a larger variety of people, so it's more likely that someone has already met some particular needs of mine. And in fact, some very specialized needs of mine have been met.
Which leads to my next and final point. With WordPress, I can write in many different contexts, with many different tools. For example, I installed a plugin called WPhone, which simplifies the WP control panel and allows me to write from my portable device. I also have an application on my Macbook called ecto, which allows me to write and publish new content on my WP site without even opening my site in a browser. This makes it very easy to produce content.
This is something I've been wanting with MODx ever since I switched to it. I'm not saying that it's hard to produce content on MODx; quite the contrary. But it's far easier with WordPress, and the easier the better.
I decided to use a free theme called The Morning After. I made this decision because 1) I didn't want to spend weeks designing another completely custom template, which is what I did for my MODx template, and 2) this theme is positively stunning. I love it.
I've moved pretty much everything that was on my old site onto the new site. My photoblog needs a lot of work. All my comic strips are moved over, and I think they look way better in this template, since I can span them across the whole template, instead of constraining them to a single, narrow column. I haven't moved any of the comments over, but I plan to in time.
Believe me, I'll still be using MODx for many other sites, most particularly client sites, who need to do more than just write, and who will always have very differing needs for which only a highly flexible framework like MODx will fit the bill. But WordPress is awesome in its own right. I've missed it, and I'm looking forward to using it again.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the new look and feel. And hey, who knows, maybe I'll write more often.
Thanks for the mention! Hope you're enjoying WPhone.
-Doug Stewart WPhone Admin plugin developer
Hey Joey,
thanks for crediting my WordPress graphic and welcome back to WordPress :)
And great choice with your theme, Morning after is one of my favorite too.


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Bastow most recently appeared in the miniseries Harley and The Davidsons for The Discovery Channel, which hit record numbers in viewership. He can also be seen in Man in an Orange Shirt based on the novel by Patrick Gale on BBC2 and will next appear in a starring role playing Marshall in ABC's The Crossing, opposite Steve Zahn, Natalie Martinez and an ensemble cast.


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You can find rising number of individuals who only call mobile locksmiths when they need replacement of Chevrolet lost key to get inside of their units. These service providers offer other services apart from providing you Dodge key replacement and these are further discussed in this write-up.
Usually, we hire only these mobile locksmiths when we have the immediate need to get inside our cars. Only these reputable mobile locksmith have the credibility, experience and tools to give you the duplicate of Chevrolet lost key. Since there are plenty of options of car locksmiths operating in the marketplace, how will you know who to hire? Prior to experiencing being lockout from your unit, it is best that you know their other services. Knowing their other services is beneficial as you might find it useful in the future.
There are some men and women out there who purchased vehicles that have advanced safety mechanisms that operate using transponder chips or keys. Whenever these transponder chips are lost, then surely they will experienced varied complications. Given the high costs of ordering and customizing another transponder keys for their vehicles, the most cost-efficient alternative available is to hire a dependable and trustworthy mobile locksmiths. These locksmiths can produce transponder Dodge key replacement. These service providers can duplicate similar system to get your unit running again. Apart from the ones detailed awhile ago, there are other services that you can get from these tradesmen and you will know it further underneath.
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2. You can depend on these people in mending or improving the keys of your vehicles which are tattered or broken. No matter what type or brand of car that you own, they can mend its broken keys.
3. These tradesmen can be hired to repair and to restore the compromised locks of your cars.
4. You can also ask their services if your encountered sticky keys inside your vehicles. In certain occassions, you can find yourself having keys stuck inside the locks due to your intent of opening your vehicles' locks. Apart from removing the damaged keys, these service providers can be depended upon in creating replacement keys.
5. You can hire them to install brand new alarm and surveillance devices in your vehicle.
6. Aside from cars, they can be called to duplicate and repair damaged keys of other vehicles such as motorcycle, motor boats, trucks and etc.
Now that you know the different kinds of locksmithing services offered by mobile locksmiths, you are now aware who to call should you experienced any of these problems.
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Apple has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to do some new things with the iPad, including a dual-iPad notebook and a magnetic iPad stand for cars, treadmills, and more.
The patent application, first spotted by Patently Apple, was filed back in August 2011 and details "a way for securely attaching a tablet device to a stand where it can be removed and replaced with ease." As the iPad sometimes hard to mount and easily remove it from that mount, a magnetic stand specifically for the iPad could open it up new uses.
One of the most interesting uses for the magnetic attachment would be for attaching two iPads. Once together, two iPads could be used for reading books, playing games, and things we haven't thought of yet. The idea is reminiscent of Microsoft's failed Courier project.
Outside of the dual-iPad concept, the magnetic stand is also shown off inside of a car, on top of a treadmill, and being used as a music stand. Additionally, there's a drawing of an iPad being used on an all-purpose stand that might be good for photographers, restaurants, and more.
Check out a few more uses of the iPad magnetic stand in the photos below.


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Food Rendezvous at Sparc in Venice. It's a chance to taste everything from the Full of Life Flatbread we visited last week, to Mark Stambler's Backyard bread to Morning Glory Confections and popsicles from The Pop Shop. Authors like Martha Rose Shulman and Amelia Saltsman will do talks and cooking demos, and there's also movies, gardening workshops and more. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door.
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J.I. Packer, in a rare extended lost-and-found interview from 2008:
I produced a catechism book of a different sort titled Growing in Christ, published by Crossway. Once it was called I Want to Be a Christian and was published by Tyndale, but Tyndale couldn't sell it because the title—so they assured me—misled people about what sort of book it was.
It's actually a catechism book and gives 800 words on each clause of the Lord's Prayer, the Apostles' Creed, and each of the Ten Commandments, and general stuff about Christian obedience and on the baptismal covenant. I go over all the New Testament teachings on that standard. There are biblical passages to study and questions with which to work. It would be very straightforward for clergy to use it as a course for people who want to join the church.
And it's still available? Yes, it's still available from Crossway and it's not sold very well, because this type of instruction doesn't ring bells with the majority.
"…it's not sold very well, because this type of instruction doesn't ring bells with the majority"??
Let's prove Packer wrong.
Through tomorrow, Growing In Christ is available (e-reader only) for $1.99.
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New govt in Iraq's Kurdistan pushes for long-awaited constitution
Hundreds of displaced Iraqis transferred from camp
Turkey starts filling huge Tigris river dam, activists say
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Thirty years after Saddam Hussein starved them of water, Iraq's southern marshes are blossoming once more thanks to a wave of ecotourists picnicking and paddling down their replenished river bends.Straddling Iraq's famous Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the Mesopotamian marshes are a rare aquatic ecosystem in a country nearly half of which is covered in cracked desert.Around 90 percent of the once-expansive marshes were drained, and the area's 250,000 residents dwindled down to just 30,000 .In the ensuing years, severe droughts and decreased water flows from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers' source countries -- Turkey and Iran -- shrunk the marshes' surface from some 15,000 square kilometers to less than half that.Heavier rains this year have filled more than 80 percent of the marshes' surface area, according to the United Nations, compared to just 27 percent last year.A day in the marshes typically involves hiring a resident to paddle a large reed raft down the river for around $25 -- not a cheap fare for the country.
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The Rwandan genocide is more than a backdrop for the ensemble drama "Kinyarwanda." It puts a face on the victims and their oppressors with an earnest desire to work though the country's demons — if not attempting to expel them, then at least coming to terms with the human component on both sides of the conflict. That's a feat that even the voluminous genre of Holocaust stories has yet to achieve, and it distinguishes the movie despite its flaws.
First-time director Alrick Brown explores the interlocking, time-spanning experiences of warring Hutu and Tutsi with a solemn mood more consistent than any narrative thread. The effect is like group therapy, a purging of national strife, rather than an attempt at narrative cohesion.
Using a broad canvas to deconstruct vast historical events has been tried in films ranging from "Intolerance" to "Crash," with varying results. The frequent problem with the anthology approach is that it diffuses the emotional connection with a constant shifting of places and times. In the case of "Kinyarwanda," some fragments work better than others, but the links are more valuable than any individual thread.
Propaganda spewed on Hutu Power Radio connects various scenes, as do actors that come and go. A brief story of marital infidelity (simplistically introduced as "He's Tutsi, She's Hutu" in a title card) takes on renewed value when the feuding couple is revealed as the parents of the teenager who discovers them murdered in the first sequence. But many other stories lack focus and make the basic themes of acceptance and reconciliation define the events rather than emerging from them.
The movie does contain regular characters tied to three interlocking plots: A tale of conflicted soldiers in the Rwandan Patriotic Front; villagers, including the aforementioned teen and a beleaguered priest, dodging Tutsi attacks; and a series of reconciliations between victims and oppressors at a "Re-EduKation Camp" in 2004. As Brown moves between these periods, the contrast grows tiresome and the sentimentalism redundant.
At the same time, the filmmaker's dedication infuses the movie with purpose that occasionally manages to excuse the bleeding-heart approach. Despite its reliance on a cast of unknowns, "Kinyarwanda" contains generally credible and at times even naturalistic performances that sometimes create a documentary value to the proceedings.
But those bits come and go. The title refers to the national language, the single component that connects each individual regardless of their ethnic allegiances. That's a heartfelt point made too bluntly several times, including the definition of the word in the opening credits. It might have served a better purpose at the end — but then "Kinyarwanda," with its cumbersome score and preachy monologues, emphasizes a desire to tell instead of show. "It is more about the legacy for those who come after us," a soldier fighting the Tutsi rebellion says, as if participating in a panel discussion on the movie's themes.
Whenever it falls prey to overstatement, "Kinyarwanda" loses some of its pull, but Brown intermittently regains it. A haunting late scene finds the war-scarred teen confronting the Tutsi who murdered her family. The exchange only works because the film has kept her around long enough to make her predicament seem real. "Kinyarwanda" balances many of its obvious ingredients with more involving scenes that put words into action. While the flimsier moments prevent it from being a major achievement, it still maintains a few minor ones.
criticWIRE grade: B-
HOW WILL IT PLAY? Having won the Audience Prize at Sundance and other festival awards around the world should help put "Kinyarwanda" on the radar of those interested in its topics when AFFRM (the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement) opens the movie today in eight cities around the U.S. While not set to do great business, it should tap into the niche community it aims to address.
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How do the nutrients we consume regulate our growth and homeostasis? Answering this question will help us understand not only how we develop, but also how we age and why we become susceptible to diseases as diverse as cancer, diabetes and neurodegeneration. After decades of research, we know surprisingly little on how nutrients are sensed within cells, and how nutrient-derived signals remodel the cell and enable it to adjust to changing metabolic requirements. Many intracellular compartments, bearing exotic names such as mitochondria, lysosomes and autophagosomes, specialize in storing, releasing and processing metabolites that range from amino acids to sugars, lipids and nucleotides. But how does each organelle sense the quality and quantity of the metabolites it carries? And how is this nutrient and energy information of each organelle communicated to other compartments in the cell?
To tackle these questions, we focus on the lysosome as our model system. Using advanced live cell microscopy, in vitro biochemical assays, and high throughput protein and metabolite profiling, we are discovering wonderful new properties of this organelle, which has traditionally been viewed as a metabolic end-point. Instead, the lysosome is emerging as a key signaling node, which relays nutrient availability to important signaling molecules such as the master growth regulatory kinase, mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 (mTORC1).
The connection between the lysosome and mTORC1 has important implications for understanding the logic of metabolic regulation. mTORC1 drives biosynthetic processes such as ribosome biogenesis, mRNA translation and lipid synthesis. In turn, the lysosome mediates the breakdown of superfluous or damaged cellular components, thus providing a source of fuel and quality control for the cell. Our findings suggest that localized mTORC1 activation at the lysosome may provide a means for the cell to integrate biosynthetic and catabolic processes in space and time. Thus, elucidating the connection between mTORC1 and the lysosome may point the way to novel approaches for pathologies in which mass accumulation and cellular quality control are deranged, primarily in cancer and protein misfolding diseases.
We are investigating the lysosome as a metabolic 'command and control' center that i) functions as a signaling hub for nutrient sensing and signaling and ii) controls the storage and delivery of key substrates to the cell's metabolic pathways. Exploring these exciting directions poses significant challenges. We do not yet have a comprehensive list of the lysosomal resident proteins and internal metabolites. Moreover, we do not understand how the lysosome's many parts work together to regulate biophysical properties of this organelle such as its internal acidity and membrane potential. We will meet these challenges by developing novel techniques to probe organelle function both in vivo and in vitro, and by integrating them with advanced live cell microscopy and high throughput approaches.


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Rooted in Rights welcomes contributions by guest authors from across the globe to enhance understanding about the rights of people with disabilities. This video is brought to you by Chioma Iwelumo, a senior student at Duke University in North Carolina double majoring in Global Health and African American Studies. She worked in Belfast, Northern Ireland with the Centre for Health and Wellbeing during the summer of 2015, where she met Katy Megahey. Chioma hopes to pursue a career in health.
Employment in Northern Ireland – Katy's Story
Featured in this is video is Katy Megahey from Belfast, Northern Ireland. She is a complementary therapist at The Centre for Health and Wellbeing and has been for a couple of years. Her therapies provide relief to clients suffering from physical, mental, or emotional stress. Katy has also been blind since she was in her mid-twenties. This has not stopped her from having a very successful career as a complementary therapist.
When I met Katy, I was drawn to her ambition, persistence and independence. I think you will enjoy hearing Katy telling her story and explaining how she taught those around her not to place any limits on her capabilities. Because she was not born blind, she had to learn how to live her life in a new way, but that did not mean her ambitious personality changed in any way. She focuses on her journey to become a complementary therapist and how through her current position, she found a new level of independence.


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Be The Match's Be The Guy Digital Campaign
Saving Real Lives In A Digital Way
Be The Match, a nonprofit on the front lines of curing cancer through bone marrow transplantation, is facing a critical business problem: low-quality donor registrants mean patient lives are at stake. Specifically, the registry was largely lacking the biologically ideal donor type: young guys age 18 to 24.
Flipping The Script
Our strategy was simple: flip the classic cancer marketing script and focus on what the opportunity to donate means for the donor. In a first for the non-profit, it began to share the message across a range of digital properties and engage young guys.
Innovative Partner Strategies
We brought the Be The Match brand and campaign message to these young guys through integrations and activations across four integral partners—Nitro Circus, Reddit, Snapchat and Twitch—allowed us to capitalize on the best ad products and formats each channel had to offer, including new dynamic units from Snapchat and Reddit.
50% Increase In Crucial Young Male Donors
In the end, we got young guys to DO something. In three short months, we got more than 18,000 new donors to join the Be The Match registry, and increased the number of 18-24 year-old young guys on the registry by over 50%. In addition, the campaign was featured on advertising, marketing and nonprofit publications for its innovation.