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Compact modules are now available for the Pilz decentralised I/O system PSSuniversal.
Modules are available with 16 digital standard inputs and 16 digital standard outputs; there are also modules with digital inputs and outputs.
The three new compact modules are also compatible with the electronic and base modules in the system PSSuniversal.
Fewer components are needed when using compact modules, enabling savings to be made. The new compact modules represent an economical solution; with 16 channels, only one compact module is needed, instead of the four individual modules that used to be required.
Various connectors are available, so that the modules are suitable for 1, 2 or 3-wire connection technology.
The high packing density of the compact modules reduces the assembly area by up to 40 per cent. What's more, replacing four individual modules with one compact module reduces the number of components required substantially, saving a considerable amount of space in the control cabinet.
Fewer modules, combined with an extremely simple connection technology, guarantee that PSSuniversal compact modules are simple to handle. Thanks to plug-in terminals which can be pre-assembled, the compact modules are ideally suitable for series applications.
In practice, the large area available for labelling the equipment identifier for each signal, plus the clear visibility of the signal and status LEDs, all make handling of these compact modules considerably easier.
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Swanage is a lovely Victorian seaside town with plenty to see and do for all the family. It has an award winning beach. You can take a trip on one of the pleasure boats along the Jurassic coast, (England's first world heritage site) or visit Brownsea Island, Poole or Bournemouth. There are plenty of shops to browse, restaurants and pubs. Other local attractions include Swanage Steam Railway (for young and old alike). Punch & Judy (usually for kids) or, for the more adventurous, why not take a walk along the cliff edge to Durlston Country Park.
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The Mayo Clinic recently released the results of a 45-year study that basically found that women are fatter these days because we spend more time watching TV and browsing websites and less time cleaning our houses, cooking, folding laundry, and chasing after our kids.
Naturally, some women are totally annoyed by this conclusion and believe this kind of thinking belongs back in the '50s. It leaves out a host of other reasons why obesity is more prevalent these days. A rise in two-income families means less time spent cooking healthy meals simply because the time isn't always there is just one of many examples.
But the study shouldn't be thrown out the window, either. As a former working mom who now works from home, I can assure you: house and mommy duties keep you active and in good shape.
I worked for several years outside of the home and I've never been more exhausted than I have in these past few months when I made the switch to caring for my toddler and working from home. A typical day as a working mom was no picnic, but I was able to sit still for most of the day, stare at a computer screen, and even (ssshh) shop online during my lunch break. At lunch, I could visit one of a million eateries and munch on ridiculously delicious food. And my husband and I didn't feel guilty about ordering dinner three nights a week because we were "stressed" from our duties as working parents.
My baby's caretakers changed most of her diapers and, by the time I arrived home at 5, she had already run out of steam. It left me with three hours before she was in bed and I could turn on the TV.
When you work from home or stay at home with the kids, things are very different. There is no downtime. I wake up an hour before everyone else so I can get a head start on work. Then I make breakfast, wash dishes, tidy up, throw a load of laundry in, attempt to work while continually fielding my child's questions and needs, make lunch, take her out somewhere so she can get some exercise, put her down for a nap and work some more, attempt to complete an exercise video while my toddler jumps all over my back, start dinner, clean up, give her a bath, read stories, put her to bed, work another hour.
And this is my schedule on days when I'm not grocery shopping, picking up things we need at various stores, and trying to really clean my apartment -- you know, old-fashioned vacuuming, dusting, and mopping, the fun stuff.
My husband could and does help. But he also works hard outside of the home so that I can stay at home and we do not have to spend an exorbitant amount of money on daycare. So yes, most of the household responsibilities fall on my shoulders, and it makes sense to me that they do right now.
There are few things I can think of that will keep you moving more than raising small kids and keeping your house in order, which is why the results of this study make total sense to me. I can't even imagine having to use a washboard to clean our clothes or helping out on the farm, like my grandmother did. No wonder she could eat three bowls of pasta a day and still weigh 100 pounds.
Do you think there's a link between obesity in women and a reduced amount of housework?
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It's almost that time. The question will be uttered over and over and over again. " Where do you want to watch the AFL Grand Final ? " Take your pick. There are so many choices. Bars in Melbourne all hope and pray you choose them.
A "Where to watch the game in a pub, bar or restaurant" checklist
There's no science here. Few places sell out before the big day so you'll be able to wait until the very last minute. The Grand Final Eve public holiday changes everything too. The likelihood of an accidental big night beforehand is very high. Stay nimble.
Here's what you need to know to decide where to watch the AFL Grand Final in Melbourne.
Drinks package or no drinks package?
There are few days of the year that provide more opportunity to get a great value drinks package. But don't be fooled. There's often a catch. Limited range or tricky start and finish times. If the games close you tend to drink less too. Don't be a rookie.
Big venue or small venue?
It's great to be in a big room, with lots of people. That's what you call atmosphere. It's also what you call a pain if you can't get to the bar to buy a drink. Choose wisely. If you don' know what the venue looks like be wary. It pays to go with what you know.
A little rough or a little classy?
Fine dining is not likely to be what you're after on Grand Final day. That said some places are a little classier than others. You'll get a different vibe in bars, pubs and restaurants. Do you want a safer bet? Check out the menu of the venue before you go. If it's a nice place, with nice choices you're likely to get a nice crowd.
Indoor area or outdoor area?
Weather matters. If it's cold and miserable you need to get comfortable and settle in. If it's sunny then chances are you'll get bored with the game after the first 17 minutes. Plan accordingly but don't forget the drinks package (see above) could sway your decision here.
Should I stay or should I go?
The game ends quickly. So plan ahead. Is the venue playing the big game going to be a fun place when the siren goes? Is there music, a DJ or do you expect a crowd to fly in as soon as the winners step up to grab their awards. Have your phone charged. This is where the drunk dialling commences.
Subtle? That's my middle name…
Did I mention we've got the AFL Grand Final 2016 on at HONEY? No? Silly me.
You can see the poster below. We're keeping it simple too by the way. Free entry and drink specials will do the job. If you're included you can grab a little footy food too.
Where should I watch the AFL Grand Final in Melbourne? At HONEY.
Let me know if you're coming.
I'll see you at the bar.


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Friday, November 26, 2010
It's Not the Whistle Stop Cafe...
...but we do have some green tomatoes waiting for us to enjoy.
J.'s family recipe of Kosher Green Tomatoes, ready in another month or so.
What family recipes did you enjoy this Thanksgiving??
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Can't Stop the Cuteness...
Some of my attempts over the last month to catch L.'s gorgeous smile on camera.
Just when I was beginning to fear he was losing patience with me...
He lights up a room, I tell you.
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
November O. & N. Speak
N: "Mommy, L. looks like a
is a cute
N. (Refusing to put barrettes in her hair): "But I don't want to be cute like L.!!"
N.: "It's no use!"
N.: "Mommy, what I like best about L. is everything."
N. (Finding the pink sugar stars cereal in the back of the cupboard where I have hidden it): "Mommy, you told me there was no more pink! HA! (laughs hysterically in a very dramatic, exaggerated way) That was FUNNY!"
N. (Every single time I drop her off at preschool): "Is everyone going to be here the same?"
N. (One day when I pick her up at preschool and ask her how her day was): "Awesome fun!"
N. (Laughing at the fact that her baby brother's crying has stopped because he loudly relieved a gas bubble): HA! O.! L. tooted! He had a goose bubble!"
N. (Anytime she is caught in a naughty act of some sort and asked what she's up to): "
N. "Don't tell me I am cute. I am beautiful."
O. (walking once again to the bus stop): "What if we had buttons on us? We could just press them and swoop! Be there!"
O. (upon hearing a dinner plan on a night J. is out of town): "Is it going to be
?? Yeah! We want pancakes and cereal!"
O. (playing some sort of 'pretend we're animals and chase each other around' game with N.): "Bite me!!"
O. (putting the dog outside on a woodsmoke air scented fall evening): "It smells like barbecue chips out there!"
O. (watching baby wildebeests get eaten by crocodiles on Great Migrations): "Doesn't God even care that they get killed?"
Some overheard conversations:
N: "We can do adopt, O."
O: "Do you even know what adopt means?"
N: "Yes, it means when you are sick."
O: "No. It means when you get a pet. You adopt a pet."
N.: "Who will play Prince Eric and Ariel with me?
O. (not in the mood to play along): "You can be Belle when she was by herself."
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Friday, November 19, 2010
Nickname Needed
So, little L. has been on the scene for two months now. (Eight weeks on Monday, two months tomorrow -- weird how that gets out of whack so quickly!)
He couldn't be cuter, especially since he's started to smile for real. You know, when you can actually see it in their eyes, lit up and glowing just for you. At times it's almost a full blown laugh, and last night I noticed a dimple! I've been trying to catch the smile on camera, but haven't been quite successful yet, or I'd share a photo with you.
Of course, all this cuteness and desire to make him smile more encourages the ridiculous sort of baby talk that before you had babies you promised yourself you would never engage in. Makes you want to coo, babble, and throw all sorts of silly nicknames at the baby, as if their own carefully chosen name just doesn't fit this bundle of sweetness.
Problem is, since he's baby number three, I find we've run out of nicknames. I pick him up out of his swing and say "Hi there, Bud!" and my five year old says "Hi, Mom!"
He cries, and I croon "It's okay, sweetie pie, you're okay. Mommy has you," and my three year old comes running. "I'm okay, Mommy. I not
So. We're in need of some nickname suggestions, because we seem to have used all the obvious on our older two, and they are pretty possessive of them.
What's been used?
O. truly does go by O. as it's an obvious shortening of his name. He also answers to Bud, Buddy, Monkey and Chief. My pet name for him is Boo.
N. has a nickname that's a combo of her first and middle names. She also responds to Sweetie Pie, Sweet Girl, and Sweet Pea.
Unfortunately, I'm not a fan of shortenings or
of L's name, though O. has taken to calling him Leo (not his real name, though it was in the running). I'm looking for something that comes naturally, but doesn't sound strange. I'm leaning a little towards Bug.
Neighbors of ours growing up had a "P" nickname for each of their kids:
, Peanut, and Peaches. I like this sort of tradition, and now am wishing we'd started something similar. Oh well, too late.
Perhaps I'm making too big a deal of this? All I know is, J. has started calling him Booger. Please, some better suggestions before this sticks???
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Monday, November 15, 2010
Most readers of this blog know that I am a former high school English teacher, and thus a huge proponent of all things literary. More importantly, I've been a voracious and enthusiastic reader since birth, practically. There has never been a time in my memory that books have not been among the most important items in my world.
Therefore, when my firstborn son came on the scene, I devoted much of my attention to developing those same interests in him.
I read him Goodnight Moon, Snugglepuppy, The Little Train and all the other big name titles while he was snuggled in his pumpkin seat.
Which is bigger, Mom? A million or a thousand?"
We have bookshelves in every room in the house except for the bathrooms and the dining room. And there used to be one in the dining room until we got bigger furniture in there.
"What comes after twenty again? And then what? And then? And then?"
We just recently cleared out the shelf under the coffee table because it had gotten so overflowing with books that you couldn't walk past it without upsetting the delicate balance of stacked piles of board books.
"Hey Mom, that's a pattern!"
J. and I read at least two books a night to each kid at bedtime. Lately, I've been sharing my favorite chapter books from childhood with O. (The Mouse and the Motorcycle, The BFG, Rabbit Hill) as well as introducing him to new series (The Magic Tree House, Dinosaur Cove).
"I can count to infinity in a minute, Mom. Want to hear? One, infinity!"
We make weekly trips to the library, participating in story time and carting home overflowing bags of books and books on tape at each visit.
"How long is five minutes, Mom?"
J. and I read the newspaper every morning. I carry my Kindle from room to room in the house, have at least two books I'm reading on my nightstand at all times, and subscribe to upwards of five magazine titles. I very clearly model reading behavior.
"Hey Mom. There are more boys than girls in our family now. Unless you count Scout, but she's a dog, right?"
I carry alphabet and sight word flash cards around in my purse.
"At school today, we played with attribute blocks! Attributes are like thick and thin."
So tell me, how did I end up with a math kid??
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Friday, November 12, 2010
How to Build a Catapult
You know, in case you ever find yourself in need of one.
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
This is Where J. Would Mention "Your Tax Dollars At Work."
I'm always up for something new to watch on TV, especially something that I think J. and I might enjoy together. So, I often set the DVR for a new series purely on speculative hope. It's only rarely it actually results in a winner.
Surprisingly, it's been PBS that's been rewarding in the last couple of weeks. I'm planning to spend most of my evening planted in my leather chair nest watching Fringe, but since one of the shows I'd like to recommend is on tonight, thought I'd pop in and share.
The first show that I'm digging right now is
, a new series produced as part of Masterpiece Mystery. It's a Sherlock Holmes reinvention, featuring the character as he might be if he lived in modern day London. It's like a good procedural police show, only with one of my favorite characters of all time.
I love all the reincarnations of Sherlock Holmes, literary and film-wise.
Young Sherlock Holmes
ranks right up there among my all time favorite movies, and I enjoyed seeing Robert Downey Jr. take on the role (even if I fell asleep for part of the actual movie). I'm always recommending
Laurie R. King's
excellent series of books featuring
Mary Russell
, protege and eventual wife of Sherlock Holmes. In fact, one of the classes I imagine myself someday teaching, when and if I get my dream job being able to invent thematic based literature courses*, would be to explore all these different versions of the great detective. You can bet we'd watch some episodes of House.
I'd also be adding this new series to the syllabus. Sherlock, as played by Benedict Cumberbatch, is almost a sociopath, and solving cases is his way of staving off boredom and keeping his savant-type brain exercised. He's almost uncomfortable to watch, but fascinating. Watson, played by Martin Freeman (who will also supposedly be playing Bilbo Baggins in the upcoming Hobbit!!), is the character you end up relating to, as he's pulled into Holmes' world and cases nearly against his will, purely because he can't wait to see what will happen next. Anyhow, it's a series well worth checking out. It's on Sunday at 9:00 on PBS, and you can catch up on the first two episodes online.
I don't have as much to say about the other series, which is on tonight at 9:00. It's
, and it's a really well done documentary/reality show following a smaller one ring circus based in New York called the Big Apple Circus. It follows all of the major acts and the people who make the show happen first as they prepare for their touring season and then as they go on the road. I really enjoyed the plotline involving a clown just starting out with the show, and the tremendous pressure the other clowns put on him to get his act right. Also fascinating was the ringhand (circus version of construction worker/stagehand) who left his home in Iowa to join the circus, then apparently threatened to bomb the circus which landed him in jail. I'm intrigued by the fact that it seems you are either born into the circus, and continue a generations old tradition, or you come to the circus to completely reinvent yourself and your past. I think you'd also enjoy this show.
If you decide to take me up on these recommendations, and you need to get caught up, you can watch the
full episodes of Circus here
and of
Sherlock here.
*Yes, this is the sort of geeky thing I fantasize about. It turns out this is what I miss about teaching. That and the way that high school kids are truly funny and can make you laugh out loud every single day (with, not AT them). Course, they also make you want to cry most days.
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
I Still Don't Intend to Become a Regular at Big Boy
Early today, I moved the Halloween candy from its spot on the kitchen counter to the top of the refrigerator. I was hoping to avoid further screaming tantrums from N. for not allowing her to eat an entire Hershey's bar after lunch. (Which for her, consisted of a corner of a slice of American cheese, half a container of yogurt and two Triscuits.) I found the Frisch's coupons they got at the zoo trick or treating, each good for a free kids meal.
At one o'clock this afternoon, taking the kids to Frisch's sounded like a good plan. J. is out of town, so it would be just me, but that should be no problem. Nice little outing, the kids might actually eat something, it will be marginally healthier than a Happy Meal, and I would save some cash.
By about five o'clock, this plan was sounding less and less attractive. O and N were sliding around on the kitchen floor, fighting over Skittles and a toy plastic egg, and picking up a nice coating of crumbs and dog hair. L. was ramping up for a session of wailing, and I was nearing the end of my patience.
Dinner in an actual restaurant, even one as casual as Frisch's, was sounding a little beyond my means. I had visions of myself hissing at O. and N. to get up from under the table, stop ripping up napkins into one thousand pieces, and just take turns with the orange crayon for god's sake, all while trying to cut up food on three plates and hold a pacifier in L's mouth. No way.
However, cooking these days requires some forethought. As it is next to impossible to chop or spread anything while holding a baby, I have to do those sorts of preparation while a nap is underway, or L. is at least happy in his swing for a while. I had not done any of that.
Even the idea of throwing some chicken nuggets in the oven or making eggs or frozen waffles seemed a little too much. The floor sliding and wailing would only increase as I did even those simple tasks. Besides, I was hungry. A bowl of Rice Chex for me at 6:00 just means I'll be hitting the Cheezits at 10:00.
So. The alternatives were these. Order a pizza. Get takeout from somewhere. Drive-thru.
And here's the thing. All three of these options still involve me actually plating food and putting it on the table. Even a happy meal involves dividing up the fries and apple dippers, squeezing out the ketchup, and making the milks less spillable. Take out means I still have to traipse all three kids into the restaurant, back out to the car, and still plate the food.
I decided to give Big Boy a try. L. had finally given in to sleep and was sucking on his pacifier in the car seat like a champ. The big kids* were thrilled and promised to behave. On the way in, we met our babysitter coming out. She's currently unavailable to us on weeknights, as she has play practice every evening. I was tempted to offer her double the usual pay to skip it tonight and come sit with us, but I am stronger than that.
Do you know what? We got through the meal pretty well. O. and N. ate about eight bites of his pancakes, but shared his bacon with his sister. N. was confused by her pizza sticks, but ate all of her applesauce. L., of course, woke up just as my patty melt arrived and proceeded to cry pretty much unconsolably. O. and N. stopped eating at this point and started playing peek a boo with each other under the table, and it all started to go downhill.
But guess what else? I did not have to make that food. And everyone got something different to eat, exactly what they wanted. It got brought right to our table. The waiter gave them both the same color twisty straw because he knew they would fight over different colors. When a fork fell on the floor, I didn't have to get up to get another one. There were napkins for everyone. And the best of all? The kind woman manager (maybe a grandma?) noticed that L. was not being soothed by his pacifier anymore and offered to hold him for me so I could finish my dinner. She put him up on her shoulder and walked him around the salad bar, and he stopped crying and looked around.
We got out of there with suckers for each kid that could eat one, and one hour of my long evening was gone.
Maybe the staff at Frisch's tonight was just feeling pity for me. Maybe it's a little sad that my interactions with adults today consisted of this meal and an exchange with the cashier at Kohl's. I don't think so, though. It probably would have been easier to do the drive thru tonight, but I'm happy we chose instead to interact with the world even just a little.
*I find it really strange that I suddenly find myself thinking of my family as consisting of two "big kids" and a baby. Aren't they ALL babies??
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Monday, November 1, 2010
Time to Call It
I've decided it's time to put an end to the garden. Here's the last of the harvest:
Used about half of these and the baby zucchinis to make my favorite raw tomato/olive oil sauce for linguine and we had it for dinner last night. Saving the rest for some last BLT's with my own tomatoes. I think the yellow tomatoes were my favorites this season, so I'll be planting more than one of those next year.
It seems it ended up being mostly a cucumber/tomato garden this year, and really, that's okay. The zucchini never got going. The plant was healthy looking enough, and produced a lot of blossoms, but only about four actual squash, and you can see how big they got. The research I've done suggests my problem was poor pollination, so I guess I'm a victim of the bee crisis too. I guess I could have pollinated by hand, but I'm just not sure I'm there yet as a gardener.
This was the only watermelon. N. enjoyed it on Sunday. This ended up being a good thing. I planted the seeds for these when I thought O. had outgrown his melon allergy, but then it resurfaced about halfway through the summer with hives after eating both watermelon and cantaloupe.
And here are the green tomatoes. Decided to go ahead and pick them. I am amazed at how many the plants just keep producing. Evidence of just how hot it's been this fall. If it weren't going to frost this week, we'd probably continue to have red tomatoes until Thanksgiving! I just got the recipe for Kosher Green Tomatoes (pickled hot tomatoes) from J.'s aunt and uncle, so we may have one more canning adventure ahead of us. If not, anyone for fried green tomatoes??
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Coming Down from the Sugar High
Here are my gecko, pumpkin and princess riding a unicorn getting ready for Trick or Treating.
Even after sorting for nuts, still plenty of candy to keep them happy until Easter.
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John Cushman, Ph.D.Foundation Professor, Biochemistry Graduate Program Director
Contact Information
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: (775) 784-1918
- Ph.D., Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 1986
- M.S., Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 1984
- B.S., Ursinus College, 1982
- 2009-present Leader, Biofuels/Biomass Group, UNR Renewable Energy Center
- 2005-present Director, Graduate Program in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- 2003-present Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno
- 2000-2003 Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Nevada, Reno
- 2013 UNR Outstanding Researcher of the Year
- 2013 ASPB Fellow
- 2011-2014 Foundation Professor, University of Nevada, Reno
- 2003 CABNR Outstanding Researcher of the Year
Research Interests
Functional Genomics of Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM): CAM is water-conserving photosynthetic pathway that helps plants survive in seasonally arid climates or those with intermittent water supply (e.g. epiphytic habitats). Our research objectives are to understand how the expression of CAM is controlled by environmental stress (salinity, water deficit) and the circadian clock. Our approach is to conduct integrated transcriptome, proteome, and metabolome analyses using a model facultative CAM species called the common or crystalline ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum).
Evolutionary Origins of Crassulacean acid metabolism in Neotropical Orchids: Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) has evolved multiple times in 33 families and 328 genera comprising more than 6% of all vascular plant species making it the second most common mode of photosynthesis among vascular plants. Our goal is to understand the molecular mechanisms responsible for the evolution of this important photosynthetic adaptation. Our approach is to survey foliar carbon isotopic composition (delta13C) to map the occurrence of CAM in closely related species within the Oncidiinae, a subtribe within Orchidaceae, and then identify molecular genetic changes specific to plants that exhibit CAM.
Gene Discovery in Resurrection Species: The long-term goal of this integrated research-education-extension project is to use resurrection plants as models to develop and enhance course offerings in Plant Breeding and Biotechnology and related topics, to develop an integrated research and extension project using Sporobolus as a forage grass, and to gain a basic understanding of the unique gene and gene regulatory networks that are necessary and sufficient for vegetative tissues to withstand dehydration and then rapidly recover upon rehydration that will serve as a case study for advanced teaching modules for crop improvement strategies.
Improved Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Camelina: The long-term goal of this research program is to improve the drought tolerance and other production traits of Camelina so that is might serve as a biofuel crop within the northern Nevada and the Great Basin. The goals are to test different varieties of Camelina to determine which might be suitable for regional growing conditions, develop improved traits such as heat, drought, and salinity tolerance, herbicide resistance, and shatter resistance of pods, using various genetic approaches, create a transcriptome database for all tissues under abiotic stress conditions, and provide educational outreach to inform stakeholders about the utility of Camelina as a regional biodiesel feedstock.
Development of Opuntia (Prickly Pear Cactus) as a Low-water-input Oleogenic Biofuel and Biomass Feedstock: The long-term goals of this research program are to enhance existing transcriptome resources for Opuntia ficus-indica, generate oleogenic cactus that accumulates lipids within vegetative and fruit tissues, evaluate such cactus for increased accumulation of lipids and other feedstock characteristics, and provide educational outreach to inform stakeholders using an educational display on biofuels production.
Engineering CAM Photosynthetic Machinery into Bioenergy Crops for Biofuels Production in Marginal Environments: The long-term goal of this research program is to enhance water use efficiency (WUE) and adaptability to hotter/drier climates of C3 species by introducing Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) thereby developing new capabilities for biomass production on marginal or abandoned agricultural lands while minimizing water and nitrogen inputs. The specific goals are to define the genetic basis of a set of CAM modules in eudicot and monocot species using network modeling data derived from 'omics data sets, characterize the regulation of carboxylation, decarboxylation, and stomatal control modules using comparative genomic, network/molecular dynamics modeling, and loss-of-function testing, deploy advanced genetic engineering technologies to enable stacking of large numbers of transgenes to improve transgene persistence, and to transfer fully functional CAM modules, and analyze the effects of different CAM modules on stomatal control, CO2 assimilation and transpiration rates, water use efficiency, and biomass yields in Arabidopsis and Poplar.
Courses Taught
- BCH 705 - Molecular Genetics
- BCH 706 - Functional Genomics
- BCH 718 - Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
- BCH794 - Biofuels/biomass Colloquium


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Just 11 weeks to go until the start of the London 2012 Olympics. This week I made some London keyrings inspired by these over at Sarah Ortega.
I have never had Jenga so couldn't use Jenga blocks to make these key rings. Instead, I used 7 x 2 x 1.2 cm blocks of wood. I bought a 1.5m long piece of 2cm wide, 1.2cm deep wood from B&Q and used a saw to make the 7 cm blocks. Make you sand the raw edges where you sawed and then you are ready to go!
7cm x 2cm x 1.2cm wooden blocks
Screw Eyes
Key Ring
Wrapping paper/maps etc.
Mod podge (or I use a mix of PVA and varnish)
1. Draw round all four sides of your block plus the bottom. Cut these out.
2. Using the hammer and a nail, make a small guide hole in the top of the block by gently knocking the nail into the top. Attach the key ring into the screw eye and screw into the guide hole you just made.
3. Modpodge the first side and stick the corresponding piece of paper on. Repeat with all four sides and the base. Cover the whole key ring with modpodge and leave to dry (I hang them by the key ring on a paintbrush which is suspended from two cups)
These technique is versatile an adaptable to creating keyrings for any occasion!
For my London Olympic keyrings I used...London tube map, Union Jack wrapping paper and crown wrapping paper (left over from the Olympic Storage Boxes).
You could also use magazines, wallpaper or scrapbook paper to create a totally unique keyring
So have a look in your stash and see what great papers are waiting to be transformed into cute keyrings
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Tonight I went for a walk to the grocery store. Just the regular ol' neighborhood Lucky, where fluorescent lighting glares, the cashiers are all union, the clerks and baggers all have special needs, but their customer service is extra special. I needed to get the most mundane of items: ant traps, insecticide, and some paper towels. I have a lot of ants to kill, so I could have driven and disposed of this task in 15 minutes instead of 45, but I wanted to walk. I needed to walk.
Since my injury odyssey started over a year ago and I have been unable to run or hike regularly, I have been in a kind of mild mourning. Perhaps I have just been giving my focus to trying to diagnose and heal my body, but I think I have been sad too about losing the routine that brings me so much joy and balance and clarity and vitality. (Losing Duke in March also compounded my detachment from how much I truly love a regular walk or run… it just felt terribly lonely without him or Rocco. I am healing from their loss.) But tonight, after having a really good cry over this tender and funny remembrance of Tony Gwynn by Keith Olbermann, I laced up my shoes, threw my debit card and house key in a well-worn Lululemon bag and headed to the grocery store.
I live in a little town, among several other little towns, that are all part of the near-idyllic Marin County. I like my little town; there is still a bit of plain charm and a lack of pretension that balances out the Tesla people and their unvaccinated children wearing $200 sneakers. The Lucky is the epicenter of plain and normal and humble, the living example of what politicians strain to describe in endless stump speeches.
It was a hot night, fitting for only a few days from the start of summer. I decided to walk on the main road rather than the bike and running path so I could walk through town. I passed the baseball field where families were packing kids up after practices, and boys were still playing ball with shouts of, "No! Then we are adding another rule! You can't do it like that!" I walked past the Presbyterian church, no crowd of smokers on a break from the AA meeting. I smiled at my favorite house and pretended I lived there. I thought of how Duke and Rocco stopped in certain spots to pee on this route. I got to the redwood stand where a historic restaurant is undergoing repairs from a fire a few months ago. I made a mental note to find out when they will be re-opening. I got to a crush of people outside the very popular pizza place, little girls doing dances to songs they mumbled to themselves, moms pulling them by the arm out of my way. I stopped to meet a very sweet dog, who let me scratch her back and licked my face in gratitude. I went past the library, the fire department, the Catholic church and its thrift store, the hair salon, the dive bar, the empty space where the original gift shop/stationery store/office supply local once stood. There were workers painting the facade of the Italian bakery. I could smell the paint and turpentine. It reminded me of my dad's jobs sites. I cut through a parking lot, deliberately walking on a patch of dirt and grass in a diagonal from the sidewalk to the next walking path, because it shows love to your town when you use her shortcuts. I got to the Lucky and was greeted by a clerk with a big smile and an aura of confidence in his job. It made me happy.
I found the insecticide aisle. I took my time reading the ant killer ingredients and claims of effectiveness, made my selections based on promises of highest insect death count, and headed to the cashier. The woman in front of me had olive oil. I needed olive oil too! I gathered my items off the conveyer and went to grab the oil, and when I got back the line was two deep. I was behind an older man wearing a lot of Disney paraphernalia: a jacket – covered in buttons and pins, a hat – covered in buttons and pins, and he paid for his frozen dinners out of a ziplock bag filled with cash. Rather than feel sad or sorry for him, I decided to listen to what he was telling the cashier and the clerk. He needed the plastic bag please because his Disney bag was full, including new books, and that he was reading H.G. Wells 'The Time Machine" and "The War of the Worlds" again rather than just watch the Disney videos he likes so much. Reading is good for you. The woman behind me was wearing a "Low Density Marin" tee-shirt, sensible capri pants, and purple nail polish on her toes. I was glad she was working on keeping Marin sustainably growing.
My walk home was also lovely. At one point I could hear a clicking noise in the trees and thought it might be crickets, but when I stopped to look and listen, I discovered it was dried seed pods falling to the ground, clattering all the way down. This also made me happy. I walked back past the baseball field, a sweet little school, and on to the shortcut stairs to my street. I walked up my hill, with a fair amount of effort, being as out-of-fitness as I am. It felt so good.
I was happy.
I am happy.


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Today I walked a few blocks to the Loring Greenough House in Jamaica Plain to see the garden just after it had rained. They recently won a first prize in the Mayor's Annual Garden Contest in the category for organizations.*
It was a pleasure to stroll along the two long beds extending from the back door of the house and take pictures of the flowers with rain drops on them in the cool gray light. We've needed the rain so badly, although what we got wasn't nearly enough. I worry about the farmers in Massachusetts in this drought, especially since I know some of them from the farmers markets where I've bought my produce for many years.
The Greenough House garden was looking green and lush, though, and most of the flowers were in the pink-lavender-purple range which is my favorite. I wish I knew the names of all the flowers, but alas… I don't.
It's nice that in recent years the Tuesday Club, which owns the house, has invited the public in to enjoy the grounds. There are chairs placed under the old apple trees, and it's a delightful place to sit a spell and relax among the greenery and flowers right in the busy center of Jamaica Plain.
* It must be mentioned that Andrew Hatcher, a board member, is the one who devotes countless hours to this garden, and I believe he has made it what it is. I heard him speak movingly about gardening at an event at the house last spring.


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All aboard! Queen Elizabeth proved she's almost like the rest of us common folks boarding a passenger train to Norfolk on Thursday, where she will spend Christmas at her country Sandringham estate.
Unlike the other train commuters, England's longest reigning monarch was, but of course, given VIP treatment. Her Majesty along with her husband Prince Philip were given a first class carriage cordoned off for themselves.
As they've done in previous years, the royals took the 10:44 a.m. train from King's Cross in North London to King's Lynn in Norfolk. The small train station is located just a few minutes away from Sandringham.
The Queen boarded the 10:44am train from King's Cross Photo: Getty Images
Eager to kick off the Christmas holidays, the Queen was all smiles as she arrived at King's Cross in the morning. The 89-year-old monarch kept warm from the winter chill in a blush pink coat and carried her favorite black leather handbag.
The royals were believed to have purchased first class tickets for $81.80 in advance, traveling with a few protection officers who will have stopped other passengers from entering their part of the train.
Prince Philip took a book for the 1 hour 37 minute journey Photo: Getty Images
After arriving at King's Lynn, Her Majesty, wearing a floral headscarf, left the platform via a side entrance – which was renamed the Queen's Gate when the station was given a refurbishment three years ago. She was then led to a waiting Range Rover for the final leg of the journey to Sandringham.
Every year, the Queen and Prince Philip spend the festive holiday season in their country estate and invite members of the royal family to celebrate Christmas with them. Prince William and Kate Middleton and their two children Prince George and Princess Charlotte live nearby at Anmer Hall, also located on the estate.
The Queen arrived at King's Lynn, just a short drive away from Sandringham Photo: Getty Images
In keeping with tradition, the royals attend a Christmas Day service at the parish church of St. Mary Magdalene, before returning to the Queen's 20,000-acre estate for their Christmas lunch.


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In Part I of the Insecurity of Social Security, found here, the recent revelation of the upcoming, and entirely foreseeable, insolvency of the Social Security disability fund was discussed to some extent. With a sense of compassion for the reader, this subject was divided into two parts to prevent snoring and glazing of the eyes. So now, with eyes and minds refreshed, we delve into Part II.
The fiscal dilemma in which the trustees of the disability fund find themselves is essentially, very basic economics. Not enough money, no supply, to meet the needs of the people, high demand. You can find direct info on this fund at the website here. As noted, "the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income disability programs are the largest of several Federal programs that provide assistance to people with disabilities. While these two programs are different in many ways, both are administered by the Social Security Administration and only individuals who have a disability and meet medical criteria may qualify for benefits under either program."
So that's the stated, basic purpose. To financially assist those citizens with disabilities. As previously stated, I believe this to be a worthwhile goal for any advanced society and from what I have found, so do others. It is an issue that in its most basic form, truly crosses party lines. There will be those who need financial help and there are those who can, and more importantly, will be willing, to help those in need.
To be perfectly honest, I find the notion of citizens helping citizens, of their own free will, to be an entirely plausible notion. And it is not a position that rests solely on faith. There have been and will continue to be organizations devoted to helping and providing assistance in all forms. Financially generous millionaires and generous middle and lower-class members who give what money and time they can. We do not need government compulsion to direct our benevolence or generosity.
Case and point: Grover Cleveland is not widely known as one of our foremost presidents. But in his day, he was able to hold a firm line regarding the appropriate extent of government involvement in the lives, and charitable activity, of the American people. In a piece from the Independent Institute, "Cleveland believed in keeping government expenditure at the minimum required to carry out essential constitutional functions."
As president, he famously vetoed a bill that would have provided government assistance to Texas farmers suffering from drought. Upon his veto he wrote: "I can find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution; and I do not believe that the power and duty of the General Government ought to be extended to the relief of individual suffering which is in no manner properly related to the public service or benefit. A prevalent tendency to disregard the limited mission of this power and duty should, I think, be steadily resisted, to the end that the lesson should be constantly enforced that, though the people support the Government, the Government should not support the people." Cleveland also stated that, "the friendliness and charity of our countrymen can always be relied on to relieve their fellow citizens in misfortune."
Nevertheless, there are detractors who raise some issues with the more privatized notion of charity. Here is an article from the Atlantic with just such a position. Check this piece out and see how it stands in comparison to current events. As stated, "the government's footprint has always grown alongside the rest of society." Yes, it has. And what good does it do when that foot, causing the print, has the welfare of our society under it?
I am not so idealistic as to assume that the Federal government will pack up shop, say "Well, we gave it a go" and leave the entitlement system in the hands of private citizens. But the fact remains, they have tried and are currently, by their own admission, failing miserably. Meanwhile, an unintended consequence of compulsive "giving" to the state in order for that state to "give" to others is that the people will not have that money to give away, as they would choose, to those who need it most. The middle-man gets it first and it seems that many monies are lost along the way. Unless people find a way, independently of the ineffectual bureaucratic hands, through churches and private institutions, money will always be lost, wasted and therefore, incapable of helping those for whom that money is meant.


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I can remember two years ago; I'd only been blogging for a few months and I was just a shy little blogger hoping to make a few friends and learn more about the blogging industry. So, when I first read about #DerbyBloggersBrunch, I jumped at the opportunity to get involved!
#DerbyBloggersBrunch was my first ever meet up so it's always held a special place in my lil blogger heart. I went along to the first #DerbyBloggersBrunch at The Cosy Club (you can read all about it here) but since then there's been three more. I missed out on two of them, but the fourth took place a couple of weeks ago and I was determined to make it!
As always it was hosted by Monet from Munching With Monet but this time it took place at BEAR. BEAR is an independent coffee shop, kitchen and bar that hasn't been open long in Derby's Cathedral Quarter. BEAR had been on my radar for a little while as I read about their launch event a few months ago, I'd just never actually visited them.
I ordered the All American Pancakes which came with streaky bacon, butchers sausage, fried egg and maple syrup. I'd never had American pancakes before so I was excited to see how I'd feel about the sweet maple syrup with the savoury bacon, sausage and egg.
I thought I would like it (let's be honest, there's not much I don't like!) but I didn't expect to like it as much as I did. The sausage was great quality and the egg was perfectly cooked. I'm desperate to go back and order it again but, at the same time, there's so many other dishes I'd love to try!
Most of the other bloggers had their pretty, Instagram-worthy coffees, teas and hot chocolates and I had my basic orange juice. Don't get me wrong, I love orange juice, but it doesn't have quite the same effect. Especially when the fabulous BEAR baristas have put so much care and expertise into the hot drinks. I took advantage though and made sure to snap a few pics of Emma's drink (from The Emma Lifestyle).
After we'd finished our food we all had the opportunity to experience a home brew coffee masterclass. Ben, one of the wonderful baristas at BEAR, gave us a demonstration on how to use an AeroPress coffee maker to get the purest coffee possible. Unfortunately, I don't like coffee but I gave it a try anyway! I found it fascinating to watch someone so passionate about what they do give so much care and attention to a single cup of coffee.
Unfortunately Monet is moving up to Inverness to live with her boyfriend so this #DerbyBloggersBrunch was the last of it's kind. Maybe someone will carry on organising these events regularly, but it won't be the same.
Leave me a comment and let me know if you've ever visited BEAR before. Have you ever had American pancakes? What did you think of them? Where's your favourite place to go for brunch?


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A Chamber of Commerce is a federation of business, industrial and professional firms and interested individuals working together to enhance the economic and socioeconomic health of their community.
The Richfield Chamber of Commerce is the only organization in the city of Richfield whose sole purpose is to bring together the business and professional people of the city to create a better business climate. We are dedicated to helping the business community succeed by providing quality information, services, and community leadership. We have been developing business, sharing best practices and building relationships since 1955.
The Chamber is a non-profit 501(c)6 that must raise 100% of our funding through sponsorships, advertising and membership dues; we are not a social club, a charity or the city.
We always welcome new members – are you ready to take your business to the next level? And…
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Set to premiere in theaters this Friday is Margin Call, a film that follows a crucial day at an investment firm just as the 2008 financial crisis was getting started. Based on the subject matter, and this clip we have to show you,movie-goers should probably expect a fairly tense tone from the film.
Part of the description for the movie states that an entry-level analyst uncovers information that could bring down the whole firm, resulting in major more and ethical decisions needing to be made by the people involved. Among the excellent cast are Demi Moore and Simon Baker, both of whom are featured in the clip below (originally posted by Apple), which shows them sharing words in a very tense scene that takes place (for the most part) in an elevator.
I like that, while Moore and Baker's characters barely seem to notice that the cleaning woman is standing between them, the camera is focused on her for most of the scene, even zooming in enough to crop out part of Moore and Baker's heads. It sort of makes you wonder how much information that woman, and other people on staff in that building hear on a daily basis.
Margin Call opens in theaters on Friday, October 21st. More on the film here


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Summer in six words
Fabregas, Nasri going; Charlton defender signed
Last season
Finished 4th
Top scorer Robin van Persie (18)
Bad boy Laurent Koscielny (2 red cards, 6 yellow cards)
In Gervinho (£11m, Lille) Carl Jenkinson (£1m, Charlton)
Out Gaël Clichy (£7m, Man City), Denilson (loan, Sao Paolo), Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (£1.1m, Ipswich), Mark Randall (free, Chesterfield)
Most likely phone-hacking victim
Tomas Rosicky, if only to find out where he spends all his time
What Joey Barton might tweet
The Roman playwright Plautus once said: 'To mean well is useless unless one does well'. And if Plautus saw this Arsenal side, he'd tell them to swing in a few pigging crosses.
Tabloid headline of the season
Water bottle: my years of abuse at the hands of Wenger
What are they made of?
- 50% Arsène Wenger's selective field of vision
- 31% Veneration of possession statistics
- 18% Groundless belief that Gervinho will solve everything
- 1% Trophies
Who should own them?
Apple - Pretty products that are timed to break down just before the new model is due to come out.
Summer in six words: Star player exodus, manager nobody wants
Last season
Finished 9th
Top scorer Darren Bent (9)
Bad boy Ciaran Clark (9 yellow cards)
In Shay Given (£3.5m, Man City), Charles N'Zogbia (£9.5m, Wigan)
Out Stewart Downing (£20m, Liverpool), Ashley Young (£16m, Man Utd), Brad Friedel (free, Tottenham), John Carew (free, West Ham), Nigel Reo-Coker (free, Bolton)
Most likely phone hacking victim
Emile Heskey, to pick up those salacious phone calls from Sven
What Joey Barton might tweet
I almost signed for Villa. Then I remembered the words of Hemingway: "Never confuse movement with action." That's not why I didn't move, mind. They didn't offer me enough money.
Tabloid headline of the season
Agbonlahor found alive after two-year search
What are they made of?
- 44% A belief that sixth place constitutes underachievement
- 33% Darren Bent's goals
- 13% Birmingham City schadenfreude
- 10% Relief at Nigel Reo-Coker's departure
Who should own them?
Wimpy - Perfectly serviceable fare, but not as big as they were in the 80s.
Summer in six words: Uncertainty, failed bids, excruciating chicken adverts.
Last season
Finished 15th
Top scorer David Hoilett, Nikola Kalinic, Jason Roberts (5)
Bad boy Michel Salgado (10 yellow cards)
In Myles Anderson (free, Aberdeen), David Goodwillie (£2m, Dundee Utd).
Out Phil Jones (Man Utd, £16.5m), Frank Fielding (£400,000, Derby
Most likely phone hacking victim
Chris Samba, rumoured target for Arsenal and Tottenham.
What Joey Barton might tweet
I still can't believe they fired Big Sam. There's an old Hopi Indian phrase: "You never know what you have until it's gone." Oh, hang on, that's Joni Mitchell, isn't it?
Tabloid headline of the season
Kean: every team needs a Goodwillie
What are they made of?
- 47% Chicken
- 12% Modified starch
- 11% Breadcrumbs
- 9% Water
- 21% Emulsifiers, flavourings and preservatives
Who should own them?
Go Compare - Their advertising is, unfortunately, far more memorable than the product itself.
Summer in six words: Broken legs, underwhelming signings, Cahill staying
Last season
Finished 14th
Top scorer Johan Elmander (10)
Bad boy Kevin Davies (10 yellow cards)
In Nigel Reo-Coker (Aston Villa), Darren Pratley (free, Swansea), Chris Eagles, Tyrone Mears (£3m, both Burnley)
Out Ali Al-Habsi (£4m, Wigan), Matt Taylor (£2.2m, West Ham), Johan Elmander (free, Galatasaray), Joey O'Brien (free, West Ham), Tamir Cohen, Jlloyd Samuel (both released)
Most likely phone hacking victim
Sam Ricketts, given his racing and showjumping connections.
What Joey Barton might tweet
Owen Coyle has ruled out a bid for me. He's scared of my truth, that's why. As FDR almost said, "the only things we have to fear are fear itself. And Joey Barton".
Tabloid headline of the season
Davies: only 99 caps to go
What are they made of?
- 55% Spirit of Sam Allardyce
- 9% Impression made by Owen Coyle
- 24% Successful Championship players
- 12% Failed Premier League players
Who should own them
Dixons. Rebranded under new management, but still largely the same outfit.
Fantasy Football: Who will make your team? telegraph.co.uk/fantasyfootball


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Immerse yourself in art and music at the Sunday Afternoon Concert Series. Local area musicians give a special performance during our art openings at the Mansion. Take in the breathtaking art exhibitions while enjoying some of the best Rockville has to offer.
Concerts are scheduled only on Sundays with an art opening.


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Social Worker LMSW FT (Kansas City)
Social Worker - LMSW
Asana Hospice - full-time
Asana Hospice is seeking a detail-oriented, LMSW to support our hospice organization. We are interested in a seasoned, dynamic professional who is ready to embrace our culture which fosters innovation, clinical excellence, and integrity. As a member of our team, you will thrive in a smaller organization that offers great growth potential and the ability for creativity within this role. Although you enjoy working with a close-knit team that facilitates a great work environment for all involved, you excel working autonomously.
As a Social Worker you will:
- Conduct initial psychosocial and pre-bereavement assessment of patient/family/caregiver
- Function as a support person for the patient/family/caregiver on an ongoing basis
- Function as expert and facilitator of obtaining community resources
- Conduct pre-bereavement and bereavement visits or contacts and/or support groups
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It is with great pleasure that I announce that Tracy A. Kepler will be the recipient of the 2018 NOBC President's Award.
As we have all seen throughout the many years that Tracy has dedicated her time and considerable talents to NOBC, Tracy has been a tireless advocate for NOBC, our mission, and our primary goal of assisting our Members. Tracy has also been at the forefront of ensuring that NOBC keeps up with the myriad changes facing the legal profession in general and regulation in particular. Now, as Director of the Center for Professional Responsibility, Tracy is continuing her hard work on behalf of all of us, faced with considerable challenges that Tracy, in her typical way, is confronting with determination and incredible optimism.
Tracy's accomplishments and accolades are far too numerous to list here. Suffice it to say that Tracy embodies the spirit that underlies the NOBC President's Award.
Please join me in congratulating Tracy, who will be accepting the award in Chicago in August, 2018.
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A couple of the items in this guide I have chosen as they are more suited to mums but let's be real, any gift ideas can be suited to anybody can't they?
Sunday, 29 November 2015
Christmas Gift Guide for Her
A couple of the items in this guide I have chosen as they are more suited to mums but let's be real, any gift ideas can be suited to anybody can't they?
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This is such a good gift guide - I love the variation of gifts! That chalkboard is ever so cute! I seriously need to start Christmas shopping asap! xxReplyDelete
Jasmine || blogsallbeautyyReplies
Thanks girl, I tried to include a little something for everyone! OMG get your shopping started, I'm almost finished! xDelete
Gift guides are my all time favourite things to read right now, and I think yours are my favourite to be honest! I love the pandora reindeer and the watch, such beautiful pieces xxxReplyDelete
Sam // Samantha BetteridgeReplies
Mine too! I love seeing what ideas everyone has.Delete
Awh that means a lot, thank you! *monkey over eyes emoji* xx
Those wine glasses are great! hahaReplyDelete
Angie x | Chocolate & Lipstick || UK Beauty and Lifestyle BlogReplies
Aren't they just? HAHA!Delete
Lovely gift guide! I'm actually getting a Daniel Wellington watch for Christmas and I'm super excited! Love the Pandora Charm and Chalk Board too! xReplyDelete
Jordan | www.jordancourtney.co.ukReplies
Ooh you lucky thing! The pandora charm is one of my favourites. :) xDelete
how cute are the slippers? they are amazing and i would love to receive them.ReplyDelete
They're lovely, they look so warm and cosy too. xDelete
These are great ideas:)ReplyDelete
Emily xo
Thanks, glad you liked them!Delete
I saw the reindeer charm the other day - it's so cute! LOVE the wine glass as well!ReplyDelete
Jodie @ Jodetopia xReplies
They'd both make such cute little gifts wouldn't they? xDelete
I love the chalkboard, I have a terrible memory so this would be perfect, fabulous gift guide xxxxReplyDelete
Zoe ♥ MammafulZoReplies
Thanks lovely! I'd love a chalkboard like that in my room I think. xxDelete
I love that chalkboard so much!ReplyDelete
And thank you for the little shout out lovely! :DReplies
It's no problem, sharing the blogger looove! xDelete
wish someone would buy me a daniel wellington watch but i don't think thats gonna happen hahaReplyDelete
Hannah at HNNHVNBLSReplies
Guilt trip someone! >:)Delete
Love those watches, so timeless! <3ReplyDelete
Great guide and blog x
Katie Loves ~ Fashion Blog | Bloglovin' | Instagram
Haha I love those wine glasses. Totally ideal! I really need to get Christmas Gift shopping!! xReplyDelete
Jasmin CharlotteReplies
Good aren't they? Haha!Delete
I seriously love those wine glasses, I need one in my life! Personalised presents like that make such a nice touch, anything from Not On The Highstreet is perfect. xReplyDelete
Megan | http://www.meganjean.co.ukReplies
NOTH is so good for presents, I can't believe I haven't looked at it sooner. xDelete
I love the heart shaped chalk board, may buy that as one of my mums presents!ReplyDelete
The Velvet Black | UK Style & Beauty BlogReplies
I'm sure she'll love it!Delete
I did a gift guide for her over on my blog containing a giveaway if your interested!? This was a lovely post, love the watch!ReplyDelete
Hello, I have just found your blog and I am in love! Your design is so pretty! I'm now going to binge read your posts xxReplyDelete
Hello, I have just found your blog and I am in love! Your design is so pretty! I'm now going to binge read your posts xxReplyDelete
amazing ideas!! Obsessed with that wine glass! great post :)ReplyDelete
Amanda | amanda-speroni
Such a great gift guide! Gemma xxReplyDelete
I love this! Such unique ideas on here, I think the To-do list and wine glass are my favourite!ReplyDelete
Hannah xx
I'm glad you approve of them! ;) xDelete
My fave product is the clinique set, I think you should buy me it, love your best pal xxxxReplyDeleteReplies
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I need them slippers in my life so bad. I love them! xxReplyDelete
Ashton | Beauty, Books and Babble
Great post. xReplyDelete


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Peter Ojiambo is a native of Kenya. He received a B.S. degree in agriculture with first class honors in 1994 and his M.S. degree in plant pathology in 1997, both from the University of Nairobi. He received his Ph.D. degree in plant pathology from the University of Georgia in December 2004. Following a 2-year post-doctoral fellowship at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, Nigeria, he was appointed as an assistant professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at North Carolina State University in 2007. Ojiambo gained considerable insight into a variety of fungal, bacterial, and viral diseases of potato during a 4-year assignment at the International Potato Center, Sub-Sahara Africa Regional Office in Nairobi, between his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. That experience laid the foundation for an exceptionally productive early career in plant pathology. That research resulted in 14 publications in applied research for controlling diseases of potato through cultural practices, resistant cultivars, and chemical control. His doctoral thesis complemented those skills with research integrating ecological, mathematical, and statistical tools to understand the epidemiology of Septoria leaf spot of blueberry.
Since receiving his doctoral degree, Ojiambo has made significant contributions as an independent post-doctoral fellow and then as an assistant professor. His efforts from the two positions resulted in 25 publications. As a post-doctoral fellow at IITA in Nigeria, he conducted multidisciplinary research on diseases of maize, cassava, banana, and soybean. From that experience, he published fundamental contributions to our understanding of the population structure, diversity, pathogenic variation, and epidemiological dynamics of Phakopsora pachyrhizi on soybean. Further, he published on the genetic diversity of Mycosphaerella species and resistance to those organisms in banana and plantain in Nigeria. He also was a contributor to publications elucidating the potential of atoxigenic strains of Aspergillus species to serve as biocontrol agents for toxigenic Aspergillus species.
Since his appointment at North Carolina State University in 2007, Ojiambo has provided leadership to the IPM-PIPE for downy mildew on cucurbits in the United States. He coordinated the efforts of 26 cooperators throughout the eastern United States and Canada to monitor downy mildew in the field, to provide advisories to growers, and then to refine epidemiological models. The goal of these studies was to develop predictive models that could provide advisories for growers when the risk of downy mildew becomes high enough to warrant treatment as well as to identify when spraying was not warranted. Early on, he and his colleagues published a description of a web-based tool for the management of downy mildew and for extension outreach. The tools continue to evolve for delivery on mobile devices. So as to not lose sight of the need to link the model with the actual management of the disease, he has conducted fungicide trials to validate findings from a meta-analysis of fungicide efficacy for cucurbit downy mildew to ensure that management recommendations are optimized with information on the latest available registered fungicides. This system is widely recognized by growers and industry alike. Its success has been the subject of many articles in the popular press and it has also received praise from grower organizations and the agricultural chemical industry. In addition to his role as coordinator, Ojiambo has also made fundamental contributions to further our understanding of the downy mildew-cucurbit pathosystem. He and his graduate student and a visiting scientist have developed quantitative models for germination and infection of Pseudoperonospora cubensis as influenced by temperature, leaf wetness, and host species. Ojiambo and his post-doc associate have also determined that solar radiation can impact the survival of sporangia during transport in the atmosphere. These findings have been used to improve the effectiveness of the IPM-PIPE forecasting system. Ojiambo has provided the high level of leadership to the IPM-PIPE program for downy mildew on cucurbits that is required to develop a management tool that is valued not only by the cucurbit growers of North Carolina but across all of the eastern United States. In addition to his publications on downy mildew, he has advised or coadvised two graduate students who have published on the epidemiology of Stagonospora nodorum and P. cubensis. He also continues to collaborate and publish on soybean rust with colleagues from his position at IITA. Ojiambo is an excellent citizen in the Department of Plant Pathology, serving on the Departmental Advisory Committee and teaching and mentoring students. He is particularly active in The American Phytopathological Society, serving as a section chair on the Annual Meetings Board, and has previously served as vice chair and chair of the Epidemiology Committee. He currently serves as an editor of the Plant Pathology.
Ojiambo's list of accomplishments is one of the most distinguished for an early career scientist. His program will serve as a model for other young scientists developing programs in plant disease control. First, his program is well grounded by an enviable record of publications related to the epidemiology of soybean rust, cucurbit downy mildew, and Stagonospora blotch on wheat. Second, he has provided leadership to a regional program (PIPE) that has directly impacted the cucurbit growers of the eastern United States. Many scientists far more senior than Ojiambo have become consumed by such leadership responsibilities, allowing the rest of their program to falter. Thirdly, he is an excellent citizen and colleague in the department and makes a substantial contribution to APS via the Annual Meetings Board and to the community as an editor for Plant Pathology. It is this combination of a high level of productivity and collegial nature combined with the balance of leadership and commitment to his work and to the discipline that distinguish him from other scientists. His accomplishments and contributions to disease control are deserving of the William Boright Hewitt and Maybelle Ellen Ball Hewitt Award.


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You would think all was wonderful in this sweet land
On November 3, 1946, my grandfather, Lou Hartman, was on a bus from Davis, California, to Berkeley, returning from an apparently blissful weekend with his fiancée and her family. The next morning, he wrote to my grandmother, Blanche:
We drove on through the night. Across the aisle an old gentleman and a soldier changed views on the country here and in Wichita. The old man gave the kid a cigar and you would think all was wonderful in this sweet land. But then they got on the Jewish question, repeating all the old lies about wealth and power, Hitler did one good thing etc. etc. In the past, when such things have happened in public and I was not immediately concerned, I would writhe and suffer—and say nothing. I was lying down on the cross seat and suddenly I was talking. I had never heard my voice like that before. Hard, biting, controlled. The old man, who had started the filthy talk, apologized and later tried to get palsi-walsi with me. The bus heard it, I guess, and he was mightily embarrassed. Not that it changed him, but if everyone would speak out and pass to the attack at moments like this there would be less of it.


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Posted by : Bloggerwits Friday, December 19, 2014
To "Migrate WordPress.com to WordPress.org" is not a difficult job, all you need to understand the whole processor before you start. Today I am going to make a tutorial on "How to properly move your data from WorPress.com to WordPress.org. I am assuming that, you are familiar about the difference between the WordPress.com vsWordPress.org. If you had started your journey from free hosted WordPress.com, and now you become serious about blogging and want to make a self hosted blog, then you are at the right place. This tutorial will definitely help your to migrate from free hosted wordpress.com to self-hosted WordPress.org.
(Note) I am assuming that you have purchased a self hosted domain name. If you haven't purchased a domain yet, but want to transfer your blog to self-hosted website, we highly recommend you to purchase a domain from Bluehost, they will give you a free domain + 50% discounted hosting. WordPress is also officially recommending Bluehost for your blog.
Step 1: Log-in to Exporting Data
Just log-in to your WordPress.com site, on the Dashboard you will find the Tools Icon, click on Tools and then on export. It will lead to export portion.
Step 2: Choose the free export option.
Once you choose the free option, the next screen will be appearing, here you will be asked to "Choose what to export". I think you want to all of your posts, images, pages, comments, custom fields, tags, categories, navigation menu and all content information, then all you need to choose "All Content" and press the "Download Export File".
(Note) The downloaded files are in XML format as below, don't worry about it.
Step 3: Importing Content to Self Hosted Site
Just log-in to your new self-hosted site and here again go to Imports button blew the Tools. Click on WordPress, here you will be asked to install a WordPress Importer Plugin. Just install and activate it. Once it will install, you will find the below screen.
Upload that XML file, which you have downloaded before from free hosted WordPress.com site.
(Note) If your XML file size is larger than 2MB, normally it is not larger than 2MB, because the data is normally in KBs. If you got this problem then you got 2 options. First you should Split your file with the help of WXR File Splitter, or you can ask your web-hosting company to increase the limit temporarily.
While importing the data to new self-hosted site, you will have the option of assigning a user, or importing your old attachments, which include images, files etc.
Redirect Old Users to New Site
If you had royal followers in wordpress.com, all you need to redirect those followers to your new self-hosted site. Go to the WordPress.com the free hosted site not the self-hosted one, go to Settings then click on Reading and choose the option of "I would like my blog to be private, visibility only to users I choose". Finally you should keep all "Search Engine Juice" through which you can redirect your old users to your new self-hosted blog.
How to Redirect Old Visitors and Preserving SEO?
You have moved your data to self-hosted site, but worried about your Royal Audience and SEO reputation. Don't worry about it, because WordPress.com gives you a "Redirect Option" on his site. You will face a little problem here, because it's not free, you have to pay US $13 per year. If you got a huge audience on WordPress.com, $13 is not a big deal to redirect those to self-hosted site. The upgrade will provide redirects and allows search engine to be automatically redirected to your new self-hosted site.
How long should I keep paying for this Redirect Feature?
It depends on your audience, because if you had 1000+ followers, better to pay for 1 year, secondly as long as your old users to memorize your new self-hosted domain name.
What happen to my old Subscribers?
WordPress allows you to move your royal subscribers to self-hosted site, all you need to install "Jetpack Plugin". This plugin will add your subscribers to your new site. Once it will install, you need to "Contact the WordPress.com team" and leave a request to migrate your subscribers to your new site, like example.com.
How much cost will occur while switching to wordpress.org?
There are no charges for moving content from WordPress.com to WordPress.org. However, there are only web hosting costs.
What If my images are break?
Normally all attached images are downloaded in XML files, but in-case these have been not downloaded or break during the import/export process. Don't worry about it, because "ImportExternal Images Plugin" will take care of that.
Why I have to migrate from WordPress.com to Wordpress.Org?
Because WordPress.com is a free hosted website, where you cannot generate money easily, as we can generate money in WordPress.Org, which is self-hosted and you can create your blog according to your choice and can be able to install Plugins and Ads.
I hope it helped you out; still you got any problem or any question, please leave a comment below.


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660 suspected paedophiles arrested in UK-wide police investigation
A major sex crime crackdown has led to the arrest of 660 suspected paedophiles across Britain, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said.
The six-month operation targeted internet users who access child abuse images but has already led to charges for serious sexual assault.
Among the several hundred people arrested across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are workers who had access to children through their jobs and had no previous contact with police.
The massive investigation, involving 45 police forces, led to hundreds of children being "safeguarded", the NCA said.
It stressed that none of those arrested is a serving or former MP or member of the Government.
The NCA said suspects include doctors, teachers, Scout leaders, care workers and former police officers. In total, only 39 registered sex offenders are among those arrested.
Officers have searched 833 properties and examined 9,172 computers, phones and hard drives.
The NCA said it built up "intelligence packages" on suspects and sent them to police forces across Britain.
NCA deputy director general Phil Gormley said the crackdown, the biggest ever operation of its kind, involved alleged paedophiles who used the so-called "dark web" as well as traditional internet access.
The "dark web" is internet content that is not listed by normal search engines. Users will often use payment methods such as virtual currencies to help avoid detection.
The 431 children who were safeguarded were in the "care, custody or control" of the suspects, and included 127 who were deemed to be at immediate risk of harm.
Mr Gormley said he was "profoundly disappointed" that so many suspects had been arrested over this type of crime, and said a harder look needs to be taken at the high numbers of people accessing child abuse images.
He said: "The alternative is not to look under the stone, and we cannot afford not to look under this stone."
Claire Lilley, head of online safety at the NSPCC, said: "This is an important two-pronged operation which has rescued children from abuse and also identified many previously unknown sex offenders. Direct action like this sends a strong message to those who subject children to harrowing sexual assaults that they can and will be traced and prosecuted.
"But law enforcement agencies alone cannot deal with the vast problem of illegal images which continue to flood the market. Industry has to find inventive ways of blocking the flow of such horrendous pictures which are only produced through the suffering of defenceless children - many of who are not even old enough to go to school.
"So while this operation must be rightly applauded we should view it as yet another warning sign that far more needs to be done if we are to stem the sordid trade in these images, which are often used by those who go on to abuse children."
Mr Gormley said sex offenders should realise that they cannot avoid detection while using the internet, even the dark web.
"This operation has been about protecting children who are victims of, or might become victims of, sexual exploitation. Children are victimised not only when they are abused and the images first taken, but at every subsequent time that image is viewed by further offenders or distributed," he said.
In previous cases, officers have used undercover tactics, including posing as potential victims to lull sex offenders into showing their true colours.
The NCA deputy boss said: "As our understanding increases of the scale and the nature of this type of offending enabled by the internet, there is a challenge. There is a challenge for law enforcement, there is a challenge for policy makers.
"Realistically, are we going to be able to arrest our way out of this problem? I doubt it. We are going to need to think about all sorts of measures around prevention, disruption, protection and pursuit.
"There are very significant volumes of people viewing this material in this country and abroad.
"We are going to need to understand as a society how we are going to confront this issue. We are not going to be able to arrest our way our of it. The numbers are significant, the volumes are huge."
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AT&T Plans to Take on Netflix
AT&T executives on Thursday provided a roadmap for how the company plans to make money off its $85.4 billion acquisition: a three-tiered Netflix-style streaming service and the sale of some "non-core" assets — possibly including its minority stake in Hulu.
John Stankey, chief executive of WarnerMedia, the re-named content arm under AT&T that now includes HBO, CNN, TNT, TBS and Warner Bros. movie and television operations, said AT&T's current products hit a narrow demographic and that the company planned to reach a much wider customer base.
WarnerMedia, which owns a library of still-popular shows including "Friends" and "The West Wing," will offer multiple levels to its forthcoming streaming service: a movie-focused package, a premium service with original programming and blockbuster movies, and a third tier adding on its existing library and other licensed content.
"We really want the customer to want all three tiers," he said. "We want the customer to commit all the way." Both Disney and AT&T are set to launch new streaming video services in 2019 in an effort to catch up to Netflix, which has a sizable lead with more than 137 million subscribers.
John Stephens, chief financial officer of AT&T, said the company plans to sell some assets as part of its plan to pay down debt and refocus the telecom giant for a new, content-driven era. Stephens said the company could sell its 10 percent stake in streaming service Hulu.
Disney hasn't officially announced its plans to bundle its services, but CEO Bob Iger has suggested in previous investor calls that the company is open to exploring those options. Now, with AT&T and WarnerMedia suggesting that's the path they want to go down, it seems more than likely that Disney will announce something similar as the launch date for its own streaming service nears


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From Customer to Customer Service: What I Didn't Know I Didn't Know
Hannah here, I had the unique experience of being a customer for three years prior to joining the Webconnex team. What does that mean? It means I am you. It means I know what it feels like to be wowed, overwhelmed, and impressed by the Webconnex products.
If you had asked me (and they did ask me) prior to being hired if I was familiar with the software, I would have told you yes. I mean, I had used it for various events and online giving for three years. So imagine my surprise when I learned that I was really only using it at maybe 30-40% capacity.
Now, maybe you'll never come to work for us and receive the in depth product training like I did . But the good news is you don't have to! I'm going to share three tips from my experience that I really wish I had implemented when I was in your shoes.
Tip #1 – There is a 'Get Help' button on the right side of the screen that is actually helpful.
The best thing about the Webconnex software is it's endlessly adaptable. One of the trickiest things about the Webconnex software is that it's endlessly adaptable.
If we had scripted my employee on-boarding, it would have read like this…
Me: Wow! Is that new?
Ashley: No. That's been there forever. Like, since the dawn of time.*
*I'm paraphrasing. Of course she said it kindly. Have you met Ashley??
Something I quickly realized was the help button was the best feature that I never, ever used.
If you see a term or feature and you're not sure what it means or what it does, click 'Get Help' and punch it in. It'll take you less than a minute to determine if it's a feature that you need. I'm telling you, you can't beat that timeframe. Even with our amazing support working on the other side of that messenger button.
So this tip is helpful for the features that you notice. But what about the features that didn't quite catch your eye?
Tip #2 – Watching a few tutorials will help you solve problems that you didn't know you had.
I know that using event or fundraising software isn't the only thing you do at work. It wasn't the only thing I did either. It was a small fraction of my big job. So why spend time (or convince your boss to let you spend time) to learn more about it? Especially if using it at 30-40% capacity is working for you?
Great questions. I'll counter with this…
Did you know that you can customize and schedule reports to be e-mailed to anyone who wants to know? This is for that volunteer coordinator who needs everyone's contact information. Or maybe your boss who keeps asking you how registration is going.
Or did you know that you can set up that shareable Facebook link to redirect people back to your website? You know, the one you spent hours and dollars perfecting?
Also, did you know that you can create a global coupon that works across multiple campaigns? Specifically purposed for that co-worker who needs a discount at every event.
If I could go back in time, I would definitely tell past Hannah that the videos are worth the time, because it would solve issues I didn't even know were issues! I would also tell her that cutting bangs was a bad idea. But that's besides the point.
Tip #3 – Realize that you've got a powerful voice.
Something amazing about this company is we aren't just here to create something that works. We are here to CRUSH IT! That means always creating and adapting the features to be better.
My tendency as a client was to find what worked, get it up and running as fast as possible, and then deal with it later. It wasn't until I started working here that I realized the team I had behind me. As you're working on perfecting your form, they are working on perfecting the features. Some of the best features only exist because you suggested them. Lots of companies say they value your feedback, to the point it's become a customer cliche. But, speaking as one of you, I can vouch that in this case, it's the truth.
So learn from my mistakes! Slap that help button, watch some tutorials, speak up about the feature improvements you want to see… and don't cut bangs unless you're ready for a long term commitment. And as always, let us know what you think by commenting below.