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Melanie Jonas
Melanie Jonas is a fictional character from Days of Our Lives, an American soap opera on the NBC network. Created by former head writers Rick Draughon and Dena Higley, the role is portrayed by Molly Burnett. She originally arrived as the daughter of Trent Robbins and the sister of Max Brady; however, it was later revealed that she was the daughter of Carly Manning and Daniel Jonas.
|Melanie Jonas
|Days of Our Lives character
|Portrayed by
|Molly Burnett
|First appearance
|July 31, 2008
|Last appearance
|January 28, 2016
|Created by
|Dena Higley and Rick Draughon
|Introduced by
|Past; recurring
|Other names
|London, England
For her work on Days of Our Lives as Melanie, Burnett was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series in both 2010 and 2012.
— Burnett, on her 2012 exit[1]
Melanie was created by head-writer Dena Higley and Rick Draughon. She is portrayed by actress Molly Burnett.[2] Burnett first aired on July 31, 2008.[3] Apart from Days of Our Lives, Burnett had previously appeared for one episode each on the NBC television series Life and Grey's Anatomy.[4] On May 29, 2012, it was announced that Burnett was to depart Days of our Lives following her decision to quit the series due to her contract which expired that June.[5] Burnett's exit aired on September 28, 2012.[6]
Rumors of Burnett's return circulated in late 2014; the return was conformed by TV Guide Magazine.[7] Burnett's return aired on November 21, 2014.[7] In April 2015, rumors circulated that Burnett had wrapped up filming in and would exit the series, following her six-month stint.[8] Burnett's exit was confirmed by the Soap Opera Network. Burnett's last air date was on June 2, 2015.[9]
In December 2015, it was revealed that Burnett was returning to the show to facilitate the exit of Shawn Christian, she returned from January 13 to 28, 2016.[10][11][12]
Introduction and characterizationEdit
On July 31, 2008, Melanie is introduced as a sharp-tongued, quick-witted party girl who was well known for seducing men.[13] Upon her debut, she is revealed as the daughter of Jane Layton and Trent Robbins, who is also the father of her half-brother Max Brady.[13] After finding a picture of a young girl that belongs to Trent, it is revealed that Melanie is Max Brady's sister. Max travels to Paris, France (where Melanie lives) and pays Melanie's debt to a man named Les. Quickly upon her introduction, Melanie reveals she has criminal tendencies; using a wealthy French man to drain his bank account, stealing a teacher's wallet during grade school and a diamond bracelet from her friend, Tiffany. She quickly makes an enemies with Max's girlfriend Stephanie Johnson, who doesn't find Melanie's party girl attitude endearing.
After being released on bail and leaving Max behind, Melanie meets Nick Fallon, Max's friend and business partner, where the two instantly hit it off. Melanie convinces Tiffany to drop the charges against Max and Stephanie, with Max taking her on a date. Melanie soon moves to Salem after her brother returns to the United States. After moving to Salem, Trent uses Melanie to have a drink with a man who wants more out of Melanie. Nick rushes to her aid where he is shot and hospitalized. Trent is murdered and Nick is revealed as the killer.
Biological family revealEdit
After turning in Nick Fallon for the murder of her father, Nick signs over his share of the alternative fuel project to Melanie, allowing her to get a job at Titan, and meeting Philip Kiriakis, whom she develops a crush on. However, because he was her boss, she causally begins dating Nathan Horton. Melanie, unaware of Nathan's deep feelings for her, engages Phillip, who is dating Stephanie Johnson, causing a rivalry with Stephanie. When Melanie sells the project Nick developed to Tony DiMera, Stephanie is kidnapped causing Melanie to help Phillip save Stephanie. However, the two break up despite Melanie's attempts to keep them together. Stephanie flirts with Nathan during their date, causing Melanie to leave. She finds Philip and the two sleep together and soon after begin a relationship. Eventually Philip proposes to Melanie.
It was revealed on-screen that Melanie is in fact the long-lost daughter of Dr. Daniel Jonas and Carly Manning in which she was conceived in an affair causing Carly's husband Lawrence Alamain to give her up for adoption. The reveal surfaced when Vivian Alamain returns to Salem to wreak revenge on Carly for murdering Lawrence; learning that Carly has a biological daughter.[14] Vivian plots to kill Melanie in order to hurt Carly as revenge for Lawrence's death. After failed attempts by Vivian, Melanie is accidentally shot by Carly when she attempts to stop Vivian from hurting Melanie. Melanie eventually wakes up from her coma when Vivian attempts to suffocate her with a pillow. Upon learning about her biological parents, Melanie is initially furious with Carly and bonds with Daniel.
In 2011, Melanie was involved in a storyline in which she would fall in love with her best friend Abigail Deveraux's (Kate Mansi) boyfriend Chad DiMera (Casey Jon Deidrick). Speaking of this during an interview with Michael Fairman, Burnett talked about her admiration of the normality of the storyline, stating: "How many girls have fallen in love with their best friend's significant other? It totally happens".[15]
In an interview with Daytime Confidential, Burnett talked about Melanie and Brady Black's friendship, which Jamey Giddens said could have been a romance, stating: "I love what Melanie and Brady had. I think they were a really authentic team. There was such a genuine admiration and friendship there. It would have been a kind of story that maybe way down the line, any romantic relationship that could have blossomed would have been a real one."[16]
Melanie was first found by her half-brother Max Brady, and she was baffled when she found out that she had a brother living in Salem. Melanie followed Max back to Salem, and eventually moved to town. Trent, who is generally hated by all in town, was murdered; Melanie was the main suspect. She confessed to having a serious fight with him the night of the murder, but had maintained her cool and wouldn't have even attempted to kill him. It was later revealed that Nick Fallon, a friend of hers (he was in love with Melanie, but she wasn't interested in him) had killed Trent, due to problems with an alternative fuel project at the university. Melanie inherited her father's goods.
Initially Melanie had encouraged Nick to continue his work with the fuel project so they could sell it in order to attain money and not turn himself in for the murder; however, when Nick became too obsessed with Melanie and even proposed to her at one stage, she turned him in herself to avoid him. Nick was sent to jail. He signed over his share of the fuel project to Melanie, allowing her to get a job at Titan, and she developed a crush on Philip Kiriakis, her boss at the time; however she casually was dating Nathan Horton. She had a rivalry with Stephanie Johnson, Phillip's then girlfriend (who had previously dated Max, and Melanie hated her then too). Nathan and Melanie both worked at the Salem Hospital together, and he developed deep feelings for her. Melanie chose to engage Phillip, unaware of Nathan's true feelings.
Melanie was both elated and confused to learn that Daniel Jonas (a doctor at the hospital) was her father, and later it was revealed that Carly Manning was her mother (she was conceived during an affair they had many years ago) and that Trent wasn't even blood-related to her. Melanie developed a deep friendship with Maggie Horton, whom she viewed as a mother. She became instantly well acquainted to her new parents. Nathan and Melanie kissed and fell in love during her engagement, however they were never physical. They planned to run away before her marriage to Phillip, but she stayed true to her commitments. On the day of her wedding, her mother's stalker (who was seeking revenge on Carly for killing her husband, who was Vivian's son, in self-defense) Vivian Alamain (Louise Sorel) (who had befriended and manipulated Melanie to kill her to get revenge on Carly) poisoned her comb. She was fine, and Vivian's plans to allow Carly to watch her daughter die failed. However, Carly, shot Vivian but Melanie jumped in the way (protecting Vivian who she assumed was on her side). Melanie slipped into a brief coma. Vivian tries to kill Melanie in the hospital, and Melanie tells Vivian her life story, which touches Vivian who relents. Melanie and Phillip are married and Vivian shifts her attention from Melanie to Carly.
When Phillip sees Melanie and Nathan together (they were not physical, just passionately holding each other) he goes to his former flame and Daniel, Melanie's father's fiancée, Chloe Lane and they have sex. It was later revealed that Chloe was pregnant. She went through her pregnancy with knowledge that the baby had two possible fathers. After the child is born, Phillip is revealed as the father. Melanie left him and ended their marriage, despite briefly tricking him into thinking she loved him to take away his and Chloe's baby, Parker, with encouragement from his own mother, Kate DiMera who despised Chloe. She is pregnant with Phillip's child, but loses the baby during an altercation with Stephanie. She briefly dates Nathan, however he leaves, thinking they can never be together due to the hassle already caused. Melanie dates Dario, Rafe Hernandez's brother, who leaves town, devastating Melanie. Melanie kisses her best friend Abigail Deveraux's boyfriend, Chad DiMera. The two have a fling which upsets Abigail. Later after Abigail has moved on, Gabi Hernandez develops feelings for Chad as well. In order to get Chad all to herself Gabi hires a man to kidnap Melanie, who takes her down into the DiMera tunnels causing an explosion that almost killed Jack Deveraux, because of the experience Melanie leaves town in 2012, to join her mother Carly in Europe.
In 2014, Melanie returns to Salem after getting into some trouble in Europe. She develops a relationship with Brady Black and the two get engaged, but when Theresa Donavan threatens Melanie to not allow Brady to see his son Tate unless she leaves town, she breaks off the engagement and exits the show once again in 2015. She comes back for a quick visit in January 2016, for her father Daniel Jonas' funeral.
Initially the character was negatively received by fans; Burnett cited that in her first public appearance she was heavily booed by the audience.[7] However, when she departed four years later, it was negatively received by fans.[7] For her work on Days of our Lives as Melanie, Burnett was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series in both 2010 and 2012.[17]
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE! DAYS's Burnett Confirms Exit". Soap Opera Digest. (American Media, Inc.). May 29, 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ "Molly Burnett - Days Of Our Lives - DAYS - Melanie - Actor Bio". Soapoperadigest.com. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
- ^ http://soaps.sheknows.com/daysofourlives/news/id/2105/Molly_Burnett_Joins_Days_of_our_Lives/
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-23. Retrieved 2015-04-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Di Lauro, Janet (May 29, 2012). "Molly Burnett Leaving Days of Our Lives". About. (The New York Times Company). Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ Gary Tomlin and Christopher Whitesell (Head writers); Albert Alarr (Director); Janet Iacobuzio (Script writer) (September 28, 2012). Days of Our Lives. Season 47. Episode 11928. NBC.
- ^ a b c d Logan, Michael. "Exclusive: Molly Burnett Dishes Her Return to Days of Our Lives". TV Guide. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ Fairman, Michael (April 5, 2015). "REPORT: Molly Burnett OUT At Days of our Lives!". On-Air On-Soaps. United States: Michael Fairman Soaps, Inc. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ^ Lewis, Errol (April 5, 2015). "Days of our Lives Cast Exodus Begins". Soap Opera Network. United States: Manti, Inc. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ^ Fairman, Michael (December 20, 2015). "Molly Burnett To Reprise Role Of Melanie On DAYS & Returns Tonight On CSI:CYBER!". On-Air On-Soaps. United States: Michael Fairman Soaps, Inc. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- ^ Mulcahy Jr., Kevin (January 9, 2016). "Days of Our Lives Spoilers (January 11-15, 2016)". We Love Soaps. United States: Blogger (Google). Retrieved January 10, 2016.
- ^ "Comings and Goings: Molly Burnett (Melanie Jonas)". Soap Opera Digest. (Vol. 41, No. 5). February 1, 2016. p. 11.
- ^ a b "Days of our Lives - Bios - Molly Burnett as Melanie Layton". nbc.com. NBC. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
- ^ Logan, Michael (20 October 2009). "Louise Sorel: October Surprise". TV Guide. Archived from the original on October 24, 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ^ Michael Fairman Chats to Molly Burnett and Shawn Christian
- ^ Giddens, Jamey (September 12, 2012). "EXCLUSIVE: Exiting DAYS Starlet Molly Burnett Talks Booking Gigs For MTV, Hallmark and Starring in Improvised Soap 'Scandal Crest'". Daytime Confidential. Zap2It. Archived from the original on September 30, 2012. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
- ^ Di Lauro, Janet (May 10, 2012). "Days' Molly Burnett "Honored" by Emmy Nomination". About. (The New York Times Company). Retrieved 29 August 2012.
External linksEdit
- Molly Burnett and Shawn Christian Interview


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Success is also attributed to the Quality by Design approach that Cohn enlisted — focusing not only on the raw data, but also ensuring that the public can understand it. Every data set on OpenNY comes with information to give it context: data dictionaries, an overview document that provides a narrative about the data and its source, and the metadata.
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Adam Steffens and Zikomo De Grand "Gobsmacked" Carl Hester
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"My horse handled the atmosphere better than I thought," said Adam Steffens who rode the handsome gray Zikomo De Grand (Democrat x Gribaldi), a 13-year- old Dutch gelding owned by Jean Vinios at the New Englad Dressage Association 2017 Symposium with Carl Hester.
"I was first after the lunch break so we warmed up as the crowd (of over 1200) shuffled back in and the energy in the arena was electric. He was a complete angel and really relied on me to give him the confidence."
Adam felt Carl's insights meshed well into his daily routine and complemented the work he did with Debbie McDonald last season. "For me, I've ridden this particular horse mostly with Debbie, so it was a similar sympathetic approach to the training we strive for every day."
Carl wanted to tackle difficult exercises early while the horse felt fresh, not tired and bored, starting with three quarter pirouettes off the corner to centerline travers and medium canter.
Carl had Adam use working pirouettes, ridden at a working pace on 10 meter circles to freshen the canter. "You want it freewheeling, when the horse takes you around, you can make it smaller," instructed Carl.
Guiding the front end front on 10 meters and the hind on 8 meters meters using flexion inside as control so the horse is not whipping around.
"Carl's approach to the canter pirouette with my horse on both days was absolutely fantastic. My horse tends to over collect and gets a bit behind me in the turn. I absolutely loved the exercises he had me do and look forward to using them on the other horses I ride," Adam said.
Carl pointed out Adam's too strong inside leg, he needed to loosen the leg and use the heel with the outside leg for support. "You can see the horse relax when his inside leg softens," said Carl. He also had Adam lighten his aids with on and off again exercises making three transitions every long side to elasticize the horse.
Asked how many many steps his horse took on the 20 meter circle and short sides, Carl admitted he was "gobsmacked" that Adam had the answers and demonstrated after a few passes how eight strides made the canter more expressive on short side.
Trot-halts into the corners always with a forward hand was an obedience exercise to get the horse more rideable and stop leaning across the corners.
Adam said another thing that really resonated was the way Carl changed his upper body position in the trot work. "The swing and self-carriage I felt from that was another notch up the ladder."
The second day, Adam felt his horse was more in front of his leg with a new level of flexibility and adjustability in all the work.
"This clinic was a great confidence booster for me and 'Z'. This is a relatively new mount for me and I feel this really helped us grow as a team."
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Topic: Checking Network, Authorizing, Checking Date loop
I have 3 Dash's. One is just a clock. The other two use IMGURL to cycle through snapshots from my surveillance cameras.
On all three, frequently, it will break out of what it is doing, go to a grayish-white screen that says "Checking Network" followed by "Authorizing" and then "Checking Date."
I've done this (and rebooted):
echo x > /psp/securityAnswer
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Sometimes after reboots it comes back to the network settings screen (which is pretty annoying).
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NOVA — "Every so often a giant emerges on the stage of science, someone who transcends the narrow boundaries of a particular line of research and alters our perspective on the world. E.O. Wilson is such a man."
He's been called the Lord of the Ants, the Ant Whisperer, and the greatest biologist of the last 50 years. Edward Osborne Wilson's work laid the groundwork for animal sociology* and island biogeography, and if you haven't heard of him, you haven't been paying attention to modern ecology.
* = Yes, I mean sociobiology. I understand the criticisms of it – it is often associated with adaptationism and pre-determinism. I don't think that the lessons of sociobiology need incorporate these long-debunked concepts, i.e., as much as I respect Gould and Lewontin as giants of science, I think they made up a bit of a sociobiology strawman in their criticisms of Wilson. Disagree or want to correct me? That's what the comments are for.
** Sorry, just realized that I egregiously forgot to send a tip-o-the-hat to Southern Fried Science for this.


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Hump: I'm going to be totally honest with you: I've had this paragraph pre-written in my head for years. If you know me, you know that my love for John Gallagher Jr. knows no bounds. I'm obsessed with rock musicals, and this guy's been in some of the best portrayals of teen angst set to well-orchestrated rock music to ever hit the Broadway stage. We're talking about Spring Awakening, for which he won a Tony award at the age of 22 (!) and American Idiot.** He also played the original Ryan Gosling (well, Ryan Gosling's character) in the stage version of The Ides of March, which was called Farragut North.
What I'm trying to say is, I've been waiting for the chance to share the magic that is JGJ with the world for years. He's hilarious (you can read his musings about life and follow his undying commitment to The Avett Brothers on Twitter), is friends with both Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and Lea Michele (yet probably wouldn't name-drop either of them in a conversation), and has sported the same black Dravens he wore as troubled teen Moritz to every red-carpet event since his Spring Awakening days. That's right, the guy wears black Chucks to A-list events. Swoon.
Naturally, this category was kind of a lock for dear John. I can't say I enjoyed The Newsroom, what with having to watch the characters "break" two-year-old news stories like the BP oil spill, this time with a Sorkinian sway. I did, however, like John's character, Jim Harper. Although I'm not entirely sure why they named him something that sounds so much like Jim Halpert when, much like The Office's likeable everyman, he's going to be the underdog in a major love triangle this season. Nevertheless, I love a good professionally successful yet socially awkward guy. Jim/John, stop pining for the girl with the boyfriend and say hello to the girl not taken (read: me).
**This is also a great opportunity to share that I used to take to a gym class with the actress who played his love interest in American Idiot, and it took every fiber of my being not to walk up to her and tell her how lucky she is that she got to hump JGJ onstage every night. Because that's not creepy at all!
Marry: If you didn't watch season one of Awkward on MTV, please do yourself a favor and catch up now on MTV.com so you can dive right into season two, which premiered on Thursday. Awkward is the most well-written, refreshing, honest, and clever high-school sitcom in ages. The show centers on Jenna Hamilton (Ashley Rickards), who's not a member of the popular crowd, but she's also not one of the proverbial freaks and geeks or outsiders, either.
Jenna feels invisible, and season one details her struggle to craft a public identity for herself that matches up with the pretty kick-ass one she's already developed in private. Unfortunately, this takes the form of an accidental suicide following the loss of her virginity to the hottest guy in her grade, so it's clearly never going to be smooth sailing for Jenna Hamilton.
She may feel awkward, but she's still secure enough in her own skin to go after what she wants, which just so happens to be two of the most desirable guys in her class. It's obvious that she'll grow up to be totally awesome, and she's already self-aware enough to realize that high school is temporary. That's no easy feat for a 16-year-old when the school's resident Regina George texts everyone topless photos of her and does everything else within her power to "ruin" Jenna (ah, high school...what does that threat even mean?).
Jenna Hamilton is, on many levels, wish fulfillment for twentysomethings like me who didn't feel like high school was the best time of our lives. Whereas I didn't do much about it, Jenna has two dudes fighting for her affection, and she doesn't let a little thing like an accident that's mistaken for a suicide attempt get her labeled for life. Forget stigma, Jenna Hamilton is scripted television's best 16-year-old success story in years.
Kill: Remember when Charlie Sheen went batshit crazy (well, more so than usual) in like, February/March 2011? And it was funny for like a hot second, but then we all realized we were watching an overpaid buffoon in the throes of addiction that caused him to get fired from his cushy job and most of his teeth to decay? More like #losing, amiright?
Anyway, FX doesn't seem to recall how that whole sad turn of events went down because they decided to debut a new sitcom starring none other than Charlie Sheen on Thursday night. On Anger Management, Sheen plays yet another thinly veiled version of himself (read: a character whose first name is Charlie, and — though he has a different last name and career — he still has the same mental issues and personality). This time around, he's a former baseball catcher who was thrown out of the league due to...wait for it...rage issues. Now, he's a therapist who holds anger-management therapy group sessions, where he says things like, "Anger took away that something I really love, and I'm here to try to keep that from happening to you."
It's all well and good to make statements like that, but Sheen is still hiding behind the veil of a character — no matter how thin or transparent. If Charlie Sheen really wanted to change for the better, he'd step out of the public eye completely to focus on whatever issues are brewing in the character called "Charlie Sheen" he's been playing for all these years. Besides, does he really want to be remembered as a decrepit, aging, crass man instead of the silly, sexy soldier in Hot Shots?
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Traditionally, clients split their digital budget between their Marketing team and their IT team. The marketing team running their external digital world through the Internet, and the IT team having control over internal systems, such as Intranets, Document Management and others.
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A Lehighton man was flown to the hosptial Wednesday after he was hit by a car in Carbon County.
State Police at Lehighton said that John H. Kleintop, 51, was trimming weeds on his property off the westbound lane of Strohl's Valley Road in Towamensing Township when he stepped into the traffic lane.
Kleintop was hit by a car driven by John W. Solt, 86, of Palmerton, who was driving a Mercury Sable westbound. He was flown to Lehigh Valley - Cedar Crest Hospital for treatment of unknown injuries.
Solt and his passengers, 83-year-old Clara Solt and 74-year-old Marguerite J. Price, both of Palmerton, were wearing seat belts and were not injured.
Troopers were assisted by Palmerton EMS and Towamensing Fire Police.
Anyone with information is asked to call State Police at Lehighton at (610) 377-4270.
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A Lehighton man was flown to the hosptial Wednesday after he was hit by a car in Carbon County.


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Below are our primary family support programs offered by skilled staff, all in the comfort of your own home and at our family-friendly center. To enroll in any of our programs, please complete the registration form below to start the process of creating a customized family plan. Transportation and childcare are available upon request.
Parents as Teachers (PAT) is a strong evidence-based, home-visiting model that provides parent education and support to families, especially those in challenging situations. PAT certified professional parent educators bring the program to families with an emphasis on parent-child interaction, development-centered parenting, and family well-being.
Our PAT program is available at no cost to any family in Erie County and serves families through pregnancy until the child enters kindergarten, usually at age 5. By focusing on the early years, PAT helps parents understand what to expect during each stage of the child's development.
PAT is one of multiple home visitation programs offered at the Erie Family Center for Child Development.
The Motherhood Support Initiative is a 12-week safe and supportive group for women to more fully understand their importance as a mother in the lives of their children. With the help of a qualified group facilitator, women receive assistance to improve family management and parenting skills.
Group Schedule
Wednesday Mornings: 10am until 11:30 am
Thursday Evenings: 6:30pm until 8pm
The Fatherhood Support Initiative is a 12-week safe and supportive group for men to more fully understand their importance as a father in the lives of their children. With the help of a qualified group facilitator, men receive assistance to improve family management and parenting skills.
Group Schedule
Wednesday Mornings: 10am until 11:30 am
Thursday Evenings: 6:30pm until 8pm
The Incredible Years is a program designed to promote emotional and social competence and to prevent, reduce, and treat aggression and emotional problems in young children ages 0-12 years old. By treating these behaviors, it reduces the chance of developing later delinquent behaviors. It consists of a two-hour session once a week for twenty weeks. In these sessions, trained facilitators use videos to encourage group discussion, sharing of ideas and problem solving
The Strengthening Families Program for parents and youth, is a universal, evidenced-based intervention which can improve parents' child management skills, parent-child relationships, and family communication. By improving the parent-child relationship, our hope is that we increase the family's protection over possible risks that can alter a child's future, so that problem behaviors can be reduced or avoided entirely. The program focuses on setting limits, using consequences, protecting against substance abuse, handling peer pressure, family values, communication, and asking for help.
The Erie Family Center offers two separate programs. One SFP is for ages 6-11 and runs for 14-weeks. The second SFP is for ages 10-14, and runs for 7-weeks. Both programs start with a meal provided to the families. After the meal, the parents and youth meet separately, but work on similar skills. During the second half of the program, the youth and the parents participate together as a family to practice the skills that they just learned, while doing family projects and playing games.
The Erie family Center offers co-parenting counseling for families experiencing separations or divorce to allow parents the opportunity to share in the needs and interests of their children. The cost for this service is $80/hr. and spaces are available.
The Erie Family Center offers court ordered supervised visits to non-custodial parents to grow a positive, loving relationship with their child. The cost for this service is $25/hr
A Parent education program dedicated to help parents build strong, positive relationships with their children and overcome the stress that can take the fun out of parenting. The program offers easy-tolearn parenting solutions that are research based and proven effective for age groups from toddlers through Adolescents.
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Lev Strider
Composer, Singer Songwriter
Lev found his passion for music in the eclectic town of Boulder Colorado. From street performers to symphony conductors he was exposed to it all. Over the years he dabbled in it all as well. Rock singer, jazz keyboardist, and folk guitar he's written music in every genre, but throughout all this experimentation the one core skill he has always cultivated is music for visual media. His love of Film and Video Games has inspired him to create music that is provocative, compelling and deeply, emotionally rich. A graduate from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA, Lev received high esteem from his teachers and earned a place on the president's honor roll. He has released one album and is currently working on at least a couple more. Meanwhile he is working on short films, game projects and producing albums for his friends.
When not composing Lev practices Seven Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu, watches classic cinema and of course plays video games.


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Course Director Martin Kinnear on what you should look for in a good painting course.
I'm often asked by prospective students ' Will I learn anything?' Setting aside the observation that we don't know what they know or what they could yet know, I'm afraid that the answer is ' yes, and if you've already been taught, absolutely.'
You might infer from this that I've got a downer on art teaching, or that I subscribe to that old lazy tutor's standby that creativity and art cannot be taught. Nothing could be further from the truth, the trouble is that showing somebody how you paint, and teaching them to paint are quite different things, so before you book a course with us – or anybody else – be clear about the difference.
The easiest way to 'teach' painting is to paint in front of people. It's an old stand by at art clubs, and if you know what you're looking for when watching an artist any work, not without educational value.
However, as much as I enjoy painting for myself, and as much as you might enjoy the theatre of watching paintings being made, observation of myself or anyone else painting in their style isn't a great learning experience.
All you're seeing, when you watch me – or anyone else paint – is the end result of a series of nuanced and ongoing decisions. Questions about colour, about composition, about physicality and handling. Decisions about grounds, and imprimaturas, gessoes and mediums are all there – but are there unspoken, unexplained and under the surface. Watching a painting being made,as a means of learning to paint for yourself, is as useful as driving over a bridge in the hope that will show you how to build one.
The key to this is understanding the difference between an instance and a principal. Any given painting is by definition an instance of how painting can be done. Just as a particular painting by Monet is an instance of his style and Monet himself is an instance of to paint in an Impressionist way, and Impressionism in its broadest sense is merely an instance of how to paint from ebauche to direct. No, what you want on a course are building blocks not pre selected painting methods. Learn the principles, the building blocks of painting, and you'll be able to paint in your way, not merely like your tutor or the thousand other students who've learned the instance of their style.
That's why the Norfolk Painting School is built around teaching students the principles of painting, and despite being the leading specialist oil school in the UK has no 'house style'.
Our 2019 Courses are built around a structured way of teaching principles, from foundational courses on core skills to the rich, challenging and full foundation of our Diploma Course and the 'deep dives' of our specialist short courses, everything is designed to give you the principles you need to answer that burning question. Yes you will learn something – and specifically you will learn to paint like you.


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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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- Mobile Crowd Sensing in Edge Computing Environment
- The Effect of Disability on Subjective Well-Being across the Adult Lifespan: The Moderating Roles of Age at Disability Onset and Disability Type
- Mechanically Active Heterogeneous Polymer Matrix Composites
- Attribute-Based Encryption for Fine-Grained Access Control over Sensitive Data
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Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plant technology can produce reliable and dispatchable electric power from an intermittent solar resource. Recent advances in thermochemical energy storage (TCES) can offer further improvements to increase off-sun operating hours, improve system efficiency, and the reduce cost of delivered electricity. This work describes a 111.7 MWe CSP plant with TCES using a mixed ionic-electronic conducting metal oxide, CAM28, as both the heat transfer and thermal energy storage media. Turbine inlet temperatures reach 1200 °C in the combined cycle power block. A techno-economic model of the CSP system is developed to evaluate design considerations to meet targets …
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Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Service
April 9, 2012
In reply please refer to Warning Letter SEA 12-21
Mr. Fray Adib, President
Myotronics-Noromed, Inc.
5870 S 194th St.
Kent, Washington 98032
Dear Mr. Adib:
The Office of Compliance, in the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health, has reviewed your firm's print advertisements, brochures, and Internet web sites promoting the K7 Evaluation System, the J5 Myo-monitor, and the BNS-40 Bilateral Neuro Stimulator (BNS-40). FDA determined that your firm manufactures these biofeedback and goniometer products during an inspection of your Kent, Washington, facility from April 25 through May 12, 2011. These products are devices within the meaning of section 201 (h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act), 21 U.S.C. § 321(h), because they are intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or to affect the structure or function of the body.
As a result of our review and the inspection, FDA has determined that your firm is promoting and marketing the K7 Evaluation System, the J5 Myo-monitor, and the BNS-40 with new intended uses in the United States without required marketing clearance or approval, in violation of the Act.
Specifically, FDA cleared the K7 Evaluation System under K003287 for explicitly-identified uses in jaw tracking and electromyographic functions. However, your firm has been disseminating marketing material that includes medical claims that have not been evaluated or cleared by FDA. For example:
- "NOT ALL HEADACHES ARE STRESS RELATED. Do you get headaches often or for no apparent reason? Many headaches are the result of dental problems that can be corrected. If you experience migraines, pain behind your eyes, jaw pain, jaw muscle pain or common headaches, it may be a dental problem."
- "While NMO [Neuromuscular Occlusion] is not proven to treat conditions, other than craniocervical pain of muscular origin, many patients report coincidental improvement in such conditions as migraine, congested ears, tinnitus, numbness in hands and forearms, and even Trigeminal Neuralgia. While such coincidental relief is neither predictable nor documented, there is certainly sound rationale as to why this would be."
Similarly, FDA cleared the J5 Myo-monitor (K031998) and BNS-40 (K842224) devices for specific enumerated intended uses. Your firm, however, has been disseminating marketing material for the J5 Myo-monitor and BNS-40 that includes medical claims that have not been evaluated or cleared by FDA. For example:
Your firm sells a patient education pamphlet entitled, "The Benefit of TENS in Dentistry" and specifically references the J-5 Myo-monitor and the BNS-40. This pamphlet includes the following new intended use:
"To provide drug-free pain relief for your patients. Headaches. " This text is above an image of different type of headaches: sinus, cluster, tension, and migraine.
These devices have not been cleared by FDA for treatment of sinus, cluster, or migraine headaches.
These changes to the intended use of the K7 Evaluation System, the J5 Myo-monitor, and the BNS-40 cause these devices to be adulterated under section 501(f)(1)(B) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 351 (f)(1)(B), because you do not have an approved application for premarket approval (PMA) in effect pursuant to section 515(a) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360e(a), or an approved application for an investigational device exemption under section 520(g) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360j(g). The devices are also misbranded under section 502(o) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 352(o), because your firm did not notify the agency of its intent to introduce the devices into commercial distribution, as required by section 510(k) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360(k). For a device requiring premarket approval, the notification required by section 510(k) is deemed satisfied when a PMA is pending before the agency. [21 CFR 807.81(b)] The kind of information that your firm needs to submit in order to obtain approval or clearance for the device is described on the Internet at http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/devadvice/3122.html. FDA will evaluate the information that your firm submits and decide whether the product may be legally marketed.
You should take prompt action to correct the violations addressed in this letter. Failure to promptly correct these violations may result in regulatory action being initiated by the Food and Drug Administration without further notice. These actions include, but are not limited to, seizure, injunction, and/or civil money penalties. Also, federal agencies are advised of the issuance of all Warning Letters about devices so that they may take this information into account when considering the award of contracts.
Please notify this office in writing within fifteen working days from the date you receive this letter of the specific steps you have taken to correct the noted violations, including an explanation of how you plan to prevent these violations, or similar violations, from occurring again. Include documentation of the corrective action you have taken. If your planned corrections will occur over time, please include a timetable for implementation of those corrections. If corrective action cannot be completed within fifteen working days, state the reason for the delay and the time within which the corrections will be completed.
Your response should be sent to the Food and Drug Administration, Attention: Brenda L. Reihing, Compliance Officer, Seattle District, 22201 23rd Drive SE, Bothell, Washington 98021-4421. If you have any questions about the content of this letter please contact Brenda L. Reihing at (425) 483-4899.
Finally, you should know that this letter is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the violations at your facility. It is your responsibility to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations administered by FDA. The specific violations noted in this letter and in the Inspectional Observations, Form FDA 483 (FDA 483), issued at the closeout of the inspection may be symptomatic of serious problems in your firm's manufacturing and quality assurance systems. You should investigate and determine the causes of the violations, and take prompt actions to correct the violations and to bring your products into compliance.
Charles M. Breen
District Director
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Google Glass is now freely-available in the UK, but the Information Commissioner's Office, the independent regulator of data protection and privacy rights, has made it clear that just because it's mounted on your face doesn't mean Glass will be getting any special treatment.
What exactly does this mean? Basically it means that pictures taken, or videos recorded, with Glass must comply with existing data protection rules, the same ones that apply to other recording devices -- be they handheld video cameras or smartphones.
It's good to know that Glass won't be getting any special privileges in this respect, but there are situations where special rules will inevitably have to apply -- like the legalities of driving while wearing one. [Information Commissioner's Office via Engadget]


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L-Carnitine is a non-essential amino acid the body synthesizes in the liver and kidneys from lysine and methionine (two amino acids). The main job for L-Carnitine, and the reason that it is such a popular weight loss product, is to transfer long chain fats from storage and into the bodies energy producing structures called mitochondria.
This movement of fat from storage into muscle tissue accelerates a person's fat loss by taking energy directly from the source and placing it where it can be burned immediately. L-Carnitine is great for use before a cardiovascular training session, especially if the session is right in the morning before you have eaten any food. That is the time the body uses fat more readily as an energy source – L-Carnitine shoots that into overdrive! This increased availability of fat energy will slow the use of muscle for energy during a calorie restricted diet.
L-Carnitine is also excellent for the endurance activity enthusiast. Endurance athletes rely heavily on carbohydrates to keep their body working hard during a race, or game. But once the stored carbohydrates (glycogen) diminish the body turns to fat for energy. Taking L-Carnitine before the activity will provide the body with fat energy much quicker than relying solely on the natural process.
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Oh my! A week has already past since I last wrote on this blog. The ber months are just whizzing past like crazy. My weekend calendar for November and December are now full thanks to the bazaar we're organizing and the bazaars that we're also joining. Plus, I've accepted a few other projects that I'm excited for as well. Will tell you about them more once they materialize.
Last week was highlighted by a Mooncake dice game and night out with our company employees.
Lady Luck must be in the room as 5 of 11 players hit chongwan (the grand prize in the dice game).
It was also a week's rest from my SBD. Surprisingly, I didn't gain weight but lost another 1 pound. I'm starting my 2 week SBD again today. Here's hoping that I lose another 5-6lbs and hurdle the weight barrier. Here's a few pictures of the food I had last week.
I ended the week with joining the St Jude procession for the first time. It was a rather leisure walk that took almost an hour to and from St Jude church.
Warren is also growing up fast. It seems he has inherited our late night sleeping ways also. We had one night where he refused to sleep and played around with my various books. Based on last week's checkup, he also hasn't gained weight and increased in height (booooo!).
Hoping this week is as productive and as memorable as the last.
How was your weekend? What made it memorable?


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With the addition of new content, the FiDO Whole Home DVR Entertainment System Apps menu and the Opera TV Store now give Fidelity TV customers more choices than ever, including channels like YouTube, Pandora, Vimeo and Newsmax TV in an easy-to-find format.
Several streaming channels have been added at the top of the lineup, starting with The Sports Feed at Channel 1001 and Streaming News Network at 1002. Popular choices like YouTube at Channel 2002, Pandora at 2003 and Vimeo at Channel 2006 are now more accessible.
The Opera TV Store and FiDO! Market offer plenty of TV apps not available on other TV systems. Fidelity is one of the first TV providers to launch the Opera TV Store on a set top box, said Loren King, Video Product Manager.
The Opera store has nearly 200 apps to choose from. "The best way to get a feel for the expansion of this product is to explore the apps available, find the ones you like and add them to My Apps for easy access," King said.
He added, "We appreciate when customers call in with programming suggestions. One genre that comes up often is Hispanic/Latino programming. Through the Opera TV applications, we now have several Hispanic music and movie apps included. We are also looking into adding Spanish language streaming channels."
Customers can now access free programming on FiDO by entering the channel number or through the Opera TV Store. Opera TV is a digital storefront showing a collection of web applications optimized for television screens, which are displayed in a layout optimized for wide screen television with standard remote control.


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Sydney Olympic Park. GPT Green Star
The GPT Group has received a 6 Star Green Star - Office Design v2 certified rating for its 12,000-square-metre development, at 5 Murray Rose at Sydney Olympic Park. Developed to world's leading practice, the $60 million development, which is the first stage of GPT's $200 million Murray Rose Business Park, features a solar installation that will contribute 25 per cent of the base-building's peak load, making it the largest solar installation in an Australian commercial building of this scale.
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|Image Courtesy: Offshore and Home Trade Seamen's Welfare Trust
Although the global supply of officers is forecast to increase steadily, this is predicted to be outpaced by increasing demand.
In the past five years the industry has made good progress with increasing recruitment and training levels and reducing officer wastage, as the report estimates that there is a current surplus of 15.8%, about 119,000 ratings, with demand only having increased by about 1% since 2010.
However, unless training levels rise, a shortage in total supply of officers could emerge.
"Without continuing efforts to promote careers at sea and improve levels of recruitment and retention, the report suggests it cannot be guaranteed that there will be an abundant supply of seafarers in the future," ICS Secretary General, Peter Hinchliffe, said.
China is thought to have overtaken the Philippines as the largest single source of seafarers qualified for international trade. While data from international shipping companies suggests that the extent to which Chinese seafarers are available for international service may be more limited, the Philippines and Russia are seen as equally important sources of officers, followed closely by Ukraine and India.
The Manpower Report should act as a wake-up call for the industry to address the issue of the accelerating shortage of seafarers, according to InterManager.
"Our people are our assets and we need to develop a strategy whereby shipping is once again seen as a career of choice for tomorrow's young talented people," InterManager Secretary-General, Kuba Szymanski, said.
"There is no avoiding the fact that the global fleet is increasing and more manpower is needed. However, we are demanding more from current seafarers rather than recruiting even more cadets into the market. And these cadets need training berths on our ships if they are to fulfil their true potential. Attracting new seafarers and retaining them will test the industry, but we are taking action now with initiatives such as the single window, paperless shipping and project MARTHA to address this issue," Szymanski added.Credit: World Maritime News


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I woke up this morning with one thing on my mind: Breakfast.
You've heard it before. "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." And yes, kids, it sure as hell is. It gets your body going, gets your mind working, influences your mood.
Ah, breakfast, the world's mood stabiliser!
There are three noteworthy things about breakfast and me. You may think it has something to do with getting coffee and my bloodstream. You might think I'd be one of those "Not before Coffee" people, but you'd be wrong. Well, you'd be sort of wrong.
First, I don't know about you, but if I don't eat breakfast, Oh WOE TO YOU. I ain't pretty pre-breakfast. I am not referring to my bedhead or morning breath, or the way drool has dried on my chin. I mean, look at me wrong, speak too loudly, or speak at all, and I'm gonna bite your fucking head off, eat it, and your eyes will see what it looks like inside my gullet on the way to my tummy. The key is for me to eat within 15 minutes of rolling out of bed at 5 am. And by GOD there better be coffee to go with my egg on toast.
Next, the only reason why I eat cookies and don't weigh 400 pounds is because I eat breakfast. It revvs up my metabolism so that I can burn off the cookies I eat three hours after my egg on toast.
Finally, Christmas. This year my family and I are going to a swanky hotel for brunch. Yes, BRUNCH. Indeed, there is a danger involved in this brunching. It's the rolling out of bed at 5 am thing. You know what I do so
that I'm not a killer at Christmas brunch? I eat breakfast at 5 am. I have coffee at 5 am.
When I was looking for a cookie for today's post, I remembered these. These babies combine the best of breakfast and beverage. These cookies just might save YOUR life if you bake them and have them on hand when, over the holidays, I stay the night at your house and wake up in the morning as a ravenous beast, and you have no toast or eggs or cereal on hand.
Brazilian Coffee Cookies pg. 26 Betty Crocker Cooky Book 1960
- 1/3 cup shortening 2 Cups flour
- ½ cup brown sugar (packed) ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup sugar ¼ tsp baking soda
- 1 egg ¼ tsp baking powder
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla 2 Tbsp Instant coffee*
- 1 Tbsp milk.
Oven 400F/200C
Mix shortening, sugars, egg, vanilla, and milk until fluffy.
Measure flour and stir all dry ingredients together.
Add to sugar. Mix thoroughly.
Shape dough into 1 inch balls and place 2 inches apart on UNGREASED baking sheet.
Flatten with a greased fork dipped in sugar, or with bottom of glass dipped in sugar.
Bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.
Serve with a dark roast of coffee because nothing goes better with coffer than coffee!
* Instant "coffee "is not real coffee and I would never EVER serve you instant "coffee" as a beverage, but it is acceptable to use instant as a baking product.


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Trigger Points 1: Anterior Body, Head, Neck and Arms
– A legend defines what a trigger point is, as well as how to distinguish between principal and spillover pain areas.
– A spine diagram labels the different parts of the spine to make the location of trigger points easier for clients to understand.
– A full Anterior diagram gives a better visual reference when locating muscle groups.
Trigger Points 2: Posterior, Arms, Legs, Hands and Feet
– Different levels of intensity are explained in relation to pain and what to expect.
– Both back and front of hands and feet are shown to complete the body reference points.
– A full Posterior diagram gives a better visual reference when locating muscle groups.
These big, beautifully colored posters are organized to make finding trigger points and pain areas quick and easy.
Foam Roller Poster
The Foam Roller Poster provides detailed exercises to assist in soft tissue therapy for the treatment of skeletal muscle pain. Myofasical release exercise help to work muscles, improve blood and lymphatic circulation, and improve stretching. Moreover this chart offers the tips you need to improve your health and your exercise performance. This brilliant full-color 24"x36" laminated poster by Productive Fitness Publishing will look great on your wall.


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Empowerment Examples
Everyone's heard of the worn and tired "employee empowerment" exhortation, but does anyone really walk the talk? Here are two specific and quantifiable empowerment examples from the same company. You be the judge.
Example 1 (via Gary Hamel: HCL's Vineet Nayar on its 'Management Makeover' – Gary Hamel's Management 2.0 – WSJ):
For example, our annual planning process for FY 2010 included a review of business plans for HCL customer accounts not only by top management but by 8,000 people throughout the organization. Under the program, dubbed My Blueprint, the plans were available on a portal where customer-facing employees, who would be charged with implementing those plans, could comment on them. This produced a flood of feedback and prompted the re-engineering of several plans.
Example 2 (via The world's most modern management – In India):
Every employee rates their boss, their boss' boss, and any three other company managers they choose, on 18 questions using a 1-5 scale. Such 360-degree evaluations are not uncommon, but at HCL all results are posted online for every employee to see.


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Is it normal for my breast to leak milk months after giving birth?
Q: I had a baby daughter 6 months ago. I never breastfed her and I have been dry for a while, but now there's a little bit of milky stuff coming out my breast. Is this normal?
A: It may be normal to have occasional nipple leakage after a pregnancy -- nipple stimulation of any kind can cause milk let down or you may have a small, clogged milk duct still in your breast. Avoid touching your nipples for at least 24 hours. If the discharge continues, call your doctor for some hormone-level testing, specifically checking for prolactin levels.
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Barney & Worth developed a communications plan and materials to inform Salem area water customers about the Franzen Reservoir Rehabilitation Project. The project would shut down the City of Salem's 100 million gallon reservoir for two summers, requiring customers to curb their water usage.
With the City's water reserves drastically reduced, it was crucial to increase public understanding and develop widespread participation in conserving water. The communications strategy covered every water customer – from the "top ten" industrial users to individual homeowners. Barney & Worth devised the innovative and highly successful "One Inch Per Week" lawn watering campaign, which distributed thousands of watering gauges and resulted in vital water conservation during construction at Franzen.


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The Rising Stars at Leeds have been having lots of fun learning all about how things grow, planting and observing the growth of their cress!
As a related activity, they went on a Mini Beasts Bug Hunt!!
We hid lots of creepy crawly bugs out in the playground for the boys and girls to find!
They had lots of fun!!


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Is A Digital Smear Underway? — Liz Crokin
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Is A Digital Smear Underway? — Liz Crokin
The book "The Smear" describes the tactics, but are we seeing this malicious campaign unfold right before our eyes? Author and journalist Liz Crokin joins us to discuss her firsthand experience on the scary side of online "digital assassination" attempts.


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Spring Break for SWCeS students is the week of March 27 – 31
Semester two is always a whirlwind! Into our 7th week of this semester means that classes are in full stride while the light of spring break is beginning to flicker out in the distance! To remind you, SWCeS students have full access to classes, can work on missing assignments and generally catch up if behind. If up-to-date in classes, there is no need to log on or work on any classes during spring break. No new work is assigned and "attendance" log-on is not required. Teachers and SWCeS staff are also on spring break and cannot be expected to be available, as many are away enjoying the break. Spring break is, however, an excellent opportunity to catch up on any missing assignments and we strongly encourage using this time for that purpose if needed!
As Always, we are very pleased to be serving students in Southwest Colorado with high quality, high-rigor courses. We are here to assist you with all matters eSchool, so please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have.
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Happy Valentines! + Food Adventures in Japan
Happy Valentines day fellow bloggers! Soooo it is Valentines…a day of romance, love, roses, maybe even poetry. But it is also an excuse to go all out on food! CHOCOLATES, DESSERTS, FILET MIGNON! Now this is the perfect segway for me to talk about my FOODSY experience in Japan. This New Years, I was able to go to Japan to visit Mallory. Seeing her after the longest time took me back to the college days were we can be with each other, but at the same time be partners in crime when it came to being the biggest FOODSY (FOODYS: a term given to someone who likes to eat everything in site). So when we saw each other, we knew that it was time to celebrate with FOOD!
Before I came to Japan, I made a personal check list of what I was going to eat. One I wanted to eat ramen (probably the thing to have), next I have to have curry, then SUSHI, and lastly, something new, probably what Mallory liked there. So in my pictures, here are some of the most exciting things I have had, I will give a detailed explanation of how it tasted in my mouth.
Let us begin.
My very first ramen experience in Japan was amazing. The broth tasted sooo clean, light, and tasty. The noodles were delicious and warm, while the pork was a good size for me to get full but not bloated. AMAZING
Holy Garbanzo Beans. I haven't really heard of this till Mallory one day craved it. It was definitely an experience, sitting around a charcoal bbq pit roasting very fresh bbq was amazing. Each bite of the beef was nice, soft, tender, and tasty. Could have had some rice though (I have rice with everything).
Green Tea Ice Cream! This was a nice way to cleanse the pallet. I had this after our Yakiniku experiment, and it was indescribable. Digging into the green tea and seeing how textured it was made it an amazing experience.
And the most surprising experience was the CHEESE NAN Mallory showed me. I only hear about it in her stories and how she keeps giving me weird looks every time she talks to me. We went, and of course I made the same weird face she did. It was that good. Imagine, having NAN with CHEESE. MIND BLOWN
Adventure is out there!
Our International Reunion
Mark and I have been in a long distance relationship since the end of July, when I left for Japan. On January 1st, I got to bring in the New Year by reuniting with him! It was seriously the best way to start the new year. I've been waiting for a dramatic airport reunion for a long time now. You know the one where we run across the airport into each others' arms, crying tears of joy? Okay, that didn't happen, but it was good enough. I was standing at the domestic arrivals exit at Central International Airport, teary-eyed, my heart pounding. Mark ended up being one of the last people from his flight to leave the baggage terminal. Slow poke. He finally walked through the doors and I finally got to see him. Mark was actually here, in Japan. HERE IN JAPAN. RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. We were actually hugging each other and talking to each other rather than separated by a computer screen and the Pacific Ocean.
This is Mark's first trip abroad (well if we want to get technical, it's not, but I'll leave that to Mark to explain during his Japan posts). He was beyond excited to be able to leave California and venture out into foreign lands, literally. Before he left, he was so excited and nervous about coming here. Between talking about how his plane was going to crash and how he wanted to eat everything, we were just super excited to see each other again.
Being able to guide Mark around my area in Japan has made me so happy, especially seeing how much fun he is having. It's so funny and cute to see Mark trying to speak Japanese to everyone. It's weird that I've become the one who has to do the talking and I'm not even that much better at speaking Japanese. Since he got here, we've pretty much eaten everything in my city in the past week. I'm still feeling the bloaty affects of his food spree. It's not over yet. We're going to Kyoto this weekend, where in between the walking and the sightseeing, we'll be trying every delicious thing we can stuff ourselves with (so excited for okonomiyaki and this hipster tofu restaurant!).
The first thing Mark ate was ramen. Can we just mention how much we love ramen? WE LOVE RAMEN! If we could eat it everyday, we would. We came pretty close as we ate ramen for lunch for the next three days. Am I complaining? Never! It was so delicious! Okay, I'm complaining a little now that I'm basically a blob of bloaty. I think Mark had an even better time, finally having the chance to eat ramen from Japan. Look at this happy boy:
Besides eating, we had a failed adventure to see Atsuta Shrine in Nagoya. Even though it was January 3rd, there were sooooooo many people there to pray for the New Year. I knew that everyone goes to pray at a shrine, but it didn't occur to me that the whole world would still be there two days after. We didn't want to fight the crowds so we ate some street food and went to visit the Nagoya Port Aquarium instead. This was Mark's first time seeing animals other than fish, and boy, he was excited.
After five months of not physically being with each other, I feel like our relationship has grown stronger through the trials we've had to face while being apart. With our goals as individuals and as a couple in mind, we cheered each other on as we made it through the distance. I think we're more refreshed as a couple and our spark has been ignited again. I love that I can have fun with him even when we're just lounging around at home. I'm so excited for when Mark moves here in April, because of all the fun and wonderful adventures we'll have together. This is only the beginning of our travel adventures.
Goodies from the US
This post has no real purpose but to show off how awesome Mark is and to spazz about food. He surprised me (okay, he didn't really, I asked for most of these things. He did throw in some granola and the letters which were a surprise!) with a package and some special letters. On a side note, those letters were extremely sweet and made me teary eyed. I love how thoughtful and caring Mark is and I was totally surprised by what he sent me. I won't share the letters, because those are special things for only me to see.
Back to the package: these are some items here that I either can't find here (cinnamon) or they are waaaayyy too expensive (the honey here is 1/4 of that bottle and costs about $6, same with the peanut butter). I'm so excited to be able to eat toast with peanut butter! And oatmeal with cinnamon, or cinnamon pancakes, or yogurt and granola! There are many possibilities with these ingredients. I'm actually about to make glazed sweet potatoes with the honey, that's how excited I am. I really want to go to the store, so I can buy bread and have the peanut butter. I could also just stick a spoon into the peanut butter and eat it that way (please tell me other people have done this and I'm not just gross and weird…).
Even though this may not seem like a lot, it feels like a little bit of home has been shipped to my apartment here in Japan. If I could, I would ask for Mexican food or In-n-Out, but unfortunately, you can't send those through the mail… Either way, I'm so happy that I have an awesome boyfriend like Mark who went out and got me these things! Happy breakfast for a while! (My excitement is through the roof if you couldn't tell).
If you're an expat, what are some goodies that you're missing? If you're not, what are things you can see yourself missing?
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For some reason, I always had a negative neuronal connection linked to that expression. And when I heard a person saying it, but referring to a positive event, my mind entered in shock.
My inner logic could not understand that it could be used to describe a positive situation.
I have a dim child memory of people using it constantly to describe tragic events in their life. I cannot remember someone in particular or the situations, but I believe it was then, when I made that neuronal link with a negative connotation.
When I heard those words used in an opposite context, my mind had to rethink the meaning of the phrase and then made an adjustment in my brain to place it in a new "storage position" so I could accept the real meaning. Continue reading


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DENVER, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Andre Iguodala scored 23 points Sunday and the Denver Nuggets stayed hot with a 102-84 win over reeling New Orleans.
Ty Lawson popped in 17 points and had six assists as the Nuggets registered a fourth straight win.
Kenneth Faried contributed 14 points and 12 rebounds in Denver's victory.
The Hornets, with first overall pick Anthony Davis missing a fourth consecutive contest due to an injured left ankle, dropped their seventh straight.
Brian Roberts came off the bench to supply 17 points and Ryan Anderson added 16 for New Orleans.


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Although known primarily as the state capitol and home of Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan, provides a surprisingly romantic vibe. Snuggle with your sweetie as you explore natural settings with a leisurely walk through the city's more than 100 parks and upon the 13 miles of trails along the banks of the Grand River. End the night with a cozy ride upon a creaky old-fashioned trolley, making stops along Michigan Avenue to enjoy a slow dance in one of the region's 70 nightspots.
Treat yourself to a romantic retreat at Best Western Plus Lansing Hotel. Enjoy a relaxing night in your suite with a soak in your private whirlpool tub, followed by room service. Book a romance package and you'll also receive dinner and continental breakfast at one of the two on-site restaurants.
Enjoy a cozy stay at Lexington Lansing Hotel with a loved one. Create a romantic setting by booking the "Dinner for Two" package, complete with candlelight and a bottle of wine. You can enjoy dinner in the comfort of your own room or at a tucked-away table in the hotel bistro.
Share a romantic evening with your honey at the Knight Cap, a high-end steakhouse dating to 1969. Canoodle with your lover in high-back u-shaped leather booths as you dine by candlelight. End the evening by sharing a bottle of wine and a torte for dessert.
Housed inside a 1903 train station, Clara's Lansing Station provides an ornate interior, including cathedral ceilings adorned with bronze chandeliers. Candelabras and a fireplace create a cozy feel. The extensive menu includes a host of shareable treats, like pizza, cheesecake and wine.
Outdoor Adventures
Take a romantic cruise down the Grand River aboard the Michigan Princess, an old-fashioned triple-deck stern-wheel riverboat. Embark on a dinner cruise, watching from one of the three decks as the sun sets over the city. Head inside to enjoy some live music where you can dance the night away.
While being surrounded by animals doesn't sound particularly romantic, Potter Park Zoo hosts a series of special events throughout the year appropriate for couples. Warm yourself by the campfire and sleep under the stars during the Sundown Safari sleepover, or sample local wines and brews at the Wine and Stein summer party.
Parks and Gardens
Journey hand-in-hand as you walk through Cooley Gardens, a small 1-acre English cottage garden. The rambling landscape is teeming with an array of flowers, including gardens with colorful peonies, roses and hydrangeas. Shade from overhanging Japanese maples and crabapples provides a respite from the sun.
Spend a leisurely day with your sweetie at Hawk Island County Park. Bask in the sunshine as you lie on the sandy shores or the sprawling green lawns that border the park's lake. You can also enjoy a lazy ride upon the lake via a rented paddle boat or rowboat. Take a scenic stroll through the 1.5-mile trail sandwiched between the lake and Sycamore Creek.


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Superhero Bits: Logan's MPAA Rating, Inhumans Movie, Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Test Screenings & More
Posted on Friday, January 20th, 2017 by Ethan Anderton
Does Vin Diesel still want to make an Inhumans movie even though the property is now becoming a TV series? Will Batman ever pop up on Powerless? Can you guess which Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 character is blowing the minds of test screening audiences? Has Logan been officially rated by the MPAA yet? Want to see what the Baby Groot LEGO minifigure looks like? All that and more in this edition of Superhero Bits. Read More »


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Hey Oddballs! It's EK here sharing two different cards to celebrate the new shop.
Have you seen the new Oddball Art Shop. It is such a fun place to be, with all kinds of interactive pages and a great new place to buy your Oddball digital stamps.
To celebrate, I am using two different images!
First up I am using IMG311 I'll Cry if I Want to Birthday Party Jaz and my colored pencils. I created a sign post and a small platform for Jaz to stand on to let everyone know that she just isn't feeling this birthday.
My second project features IMG407 Bats and Zombies along with my copic markers to create a card celebrating your differences. I think this digi is suppose to be a Halloween image, but I really think it is a prefect anytime card.
For more on these projects and more, hope over to my world.
Looking to get these images or some new ones of your own, hope over to the new Oddball Art Shop and use the code DTEK10 to get 10% off your purchase!


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Those that may not have driven Route 66, the 2451 mile road trip from Chicago Illinois to Los Angeles California, possibly don't realise just how clever and well researched the Disney Pixar 'Cars' movies are. When the idea for the Cars movie first came up, John Lasseter, a filmmaker and animator, drove the Route and spoke to as many people as he could to learn about the history of Route 66 and took inspiration from the real life locations that they passed!
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♠ Posted by Emmanuel in Bretton Woods Twins,Currencies at 11/10/2010 09:07:00 AMAs a follow-up to my previous post, it is gratifying that my doubts about what many thought World Bank President Robert Zoellick said were valid. He certainly isn't advocating a return to the gold standard. The important clue, of course, is that he didn't mention gold right off the bat but as his fifth and final point in a list of five actions to get the world economy going again in a more harmonious manner. Again, he mentions gold in the context of forming a basket of references including many reserve currencies. In effect, the soaring price of gold is a wake-up call to those who should know better:
The soaring price of gold reflects international unease about the strength of large developed economies that must be taken seriously by the Group of 20 leading nations, according to Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank. Mr Zoellick on Wednesday said the increasing use of gold as a monetary asset was an "elephant in the room" that was being ignored by policymakers in the debate over how to correct global trade and fiscal imbalances. The World Bank head added that the search for an alternative to the weak currencies of much of the developed world underlined the need for a co-ordinated package of growth measures based on free trade and structural reforms.Again, my conviction is the same: as a Republican, Zoellick is using this opportunity in light of the upcoming G-20 summit to warn the US of its various fiscal and monetary shenanigans further diminishing international stature. Would the price of gold be going through the roof if the US were running conventional policies? Think about it for a moment. Zoellick is merely expressing sentiments others like China have expressed about a messed up system which is dominated by a messed up country run by pansies.
Mr Zoellick dismissed criticism of his proposal in Monday's Financial Times for a new international monetary system involving multiple reserve currencies and including a role for gold as a reference point for market expectations of inflation and future currency values. He said critics had misunderstood his proposal as a call for a return to the gold standard – the framework of fixed exchange rates backed by gold which was replaced after the second world war by the Bretton Woods system of fixed but adjustable exchange rates.
Speaking at a Financial Times conference on infrastructure spending, Mr Zoellick said the price of gold, which this week surged past $1,400 a troy ounce, indicated that the world was heading towards a new monetary system in which the US dollar would be only one of a number of reserve currencies with flexible exchange rates. Others would include the euro, the yen, the pound and the renminbi, as China moved towards removing controls on the convertibility of the currency.
"Gold is now being viewed as an alternative monetary asset. This is not the same as a gold standard," said Mr Zoellick. "Gold has become a reference point because holders of money see weak or uncertain growth prospects in all currencies other than the renminbi, and the renminbi is not free for exchange. "So, in relative terms, gold is appealing to people who ask where should I put my money. It is a hedge against uncertainty."
Mr Zoellick said the use of gold indicated that the largest economies "need pro-growth policies, structural reforms, open trade and an anti-protectionist agenda". He said that would build confidence in private sector development.
That said, I sure would like to hear Zoellick elaborate at greater length on how to reform the international currency system since the outline he provided basically just points out that people are using gold as another price reference. It's one thing to suggest that gold's price is being used as a reference, but another to incorporate it into a basket of reserve currencies alike the SDR.


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