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Mental health programs face uncertain future
The long-term outlook for 150 mental health programs remains uncertain after the Federal Government injected just enough extra funds to keep them afloat for the next 15 months.
Health Minister Peter Dutton has provided $170 million to allow the programs to continue operating while the National Mental Health Commission undertakes a review of all existing services, but the funding will not support them beyond mid-2015.
Mr Dutton said the funding injection reflected the Government's commitment to mental health.
"It is essential to ensure the continuity for mental health services, suicide prevention and postvention programs while the …Commission undertakes its review of all existing services," the Minister said. "People who experience mental ill health need to know that services are available to support them."
Mr Dutton said that providing notification of the continuation of funding now would help providers effectively plan their work for the forthcoming financial year.
But prospects beyond June next year are unclear, with all future funding decisions suspended while the Commission undertakes its work.
The Minister indicated the review was likely to result in changes.
He said the review was important to ensure that services were being properly targeted, and that funds went to those programs that were proven to be most effective.
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Food for Thought: Works from the Permanent Collection (May 3, 2019 - July 21, 2019)
Canton Museum of Art is proud to present Food for Thought as part of Project Eat!
Project Eat! came from the creative mind of McKinley Museum's curator, Kim Kenney, who thought of the idea and partnered with many local organizations. As a result, Project Eat! is a year-long celebration of all things food in Stark County, Ohio. Project Eat! highlights the many great existing programs doing work in our community, while showcasing exciting new food-related events created throughout the Stark County area in 2019.
As one part of a robust list of events for Project Eat!, Canton Museum of Art's Food for Thought uses pieces from our museum's permanent collection to explore food through objects, people, and places. These artworks examine what we eat, how we eat it, and who we eat with, creating an intimate look at the role food plays in American art and culture. From still lifes and ceramics to fishermen and families, the representation of food in American art is a reflection of our unique values and histories. The pieces in this exhibit reflect a rich history of artistic, agricultural, and culinary traditions that have shaped how we engage with food today.
So come feast your eyes on these works, with pieces by artists such as Salvador Dali, Romare Bearden, Thomas Hart Benton, Lowell Tolstedt, Gary T. Erbe (pictured above), Clyde Singer, Toshiko Takaezu, and more. On view May 3, 2019 - July 21, 2019. Opening Reception, free to the public, May 3, 2019 from 5PM - 8PM.
Partners for Project Eat! include: William McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, Massillon Museum, National First Ladies' Library, Canton Symphony Orchestra, Bender's Tavern, Walsh University, Kent State University at Stark, StarkFresh, Canton Food Tours, Carpe Diem Coffee Shop, SHY Cellars, Palace Theater and more.
Check out our classes below inspired by Food for Thought and Project EAT!
Click here for our Miniature Felt Fruit class.
Click here for our Edible Art Creations class.
Pictured above: Gary Erbe, 76 Special, 1975. Oil on canvas.

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There are literally thousands of theme park websites, ranging from dedicated fansites for individual parks to sprawling news sites covering parks all over the world. We've listed some of the very best below, along with pointers to their Twitter and Facebook pages where applicable.
We're always on the lookout for great new websites, blogs, podcasts and other resources that our readers will find useful or entertaining. If you'd like to see your site listed below, then get in touch! Please note that we'll only add sites that we believe stand out above the crowd.
Theme Park Publications
- Orlando Attractions Magazine (Twitter) (Facebook) - an excellent quarterly magazine covering Walt Disney World, the Universal Orlando Resort and all of the nearby attractions in Florida.
Theme Park News Websites
- Theme Park Insider (Twitter) (Facebook) - Experienced former LA Times journalist Robert Niles has firmly established Theme Park Insider as one of the longest-running and most informative theme park websites around. This is the site that broke the news of Universal Orlando's Diagon Alley expansion, along with a host of other exclusives. It also runs a set of annual awards that have become a badge of honor for the industry.
- Coaster101 (Twitter) (Facebook) - as the name suggests, a leading source of coaster news from all over the world. The site is also packed with updates on every other type of attraction imaginable.
- LA Times Funland Blog Twitter - Brady MacDonald's outstanding blog frequently features in-depth photo posts, and is accompanied by a must-follow Twitter feed.
- Screamscape (Twitter) - Lance Hart's legendary news and rumors website, which often reveals the secrets of new attractions long before they are officially revealed.
- Thrill Network (Twitter) (Facebook) - as well as featuring excellent news coverage and a friendly forum, Thrill Network also offers a very impressive database of ride information and statistics.
Roller coaster / theme park communities
- CoasterForce (Twitter) (Facebook) - a long-standing, hugely popular community of roller coaster and theme park fans. Drop by the forums for friendly discussions, and don't forget to check out the site's amazing YouTube videos.
Theme Park Resources
- Coaster Gallery (Twitter) (Facebook) - an amazing resource featuring more than 3,000 photographs of rollercoasters at theme and amusement parks all over the world.
- Park Scout (Twitter) (Facebook) - an extensive guide to more than 4,000 attractions worldwide, including zoos, holiday parks, water parks and, of course, theme parks.
- The Theme Park Guy (Twitter) (Facebook) - one of the most unique and wonderful theme park sites on the web, documenting Stefan Zwangzger's mission to visit every theme park in the world.
Theme Park Podcasts
- Season Pass Podcast (Twitter) (Facebook) - Doug Barnes and Brent Young host in-depth interviews with the legendary designers behind some of the world's most famous theme park attractions, plus in-park shows and chats with industry insiders. Unmissable.
Disney Websites
- Touring Plans (Twitter) (Facebook) - TouringPlans.com offers Len Testa's latest time-saving plans for Walt Disney World and Disneyland, as well as accurate wait times for rides and a crowd calendar. If you're in the parks, keep an eye on its Twitter feed - it's an invaluable source of tips.
- Magical Kingdoms (Twitter) (Facebook) - a very comprehensive resource, covering all of Disney's theme park resorts in a stunning level of detail. If you're planning a visit, this is an essential site.
- The Disney Blog (Twitter) (Facebook) - one of the earliest Disney Blogs around, and still one of the very best. As well as frequently uncovering previously unknown news and rumors about Disney parks, John Frost also offers excellent coverage of Disney's entertainment businesses.
- WDW Daily News (Twitter) (Facebook) - a daily source of updates, covering all aspects of the Walt Disney World resort.
- WDWLIVE (Twitter) (Facebook) - missing Walt Disney World? WDWLIVE is the web's leading source of photos and videos that will let you relive the magic of your last visit!
- WDW News Today (Twitter) (Facebook) - as the name suggests, offers daily news updates from the Walt Disney World Resort. The stories are often detailed and packed full of photos, and the site also offers a great magazine which can be downloaded online.
Universal Websites
- Orlando Informer (Twitter) (Facebook) - Former Universal Orlando employee Dan Hatfield built a successful business by selling his knowledge of the resort to guests over at Orlando Informer. Even better, it's now completely free!
US Theme Park Websites
- BGWFans (Twitter) (Facebook) - dedicated to Busch Gardens Williamsburg, BGWFans features a lively forum, a comprehensive park guide, frequently updated news and an excellent iPhone application. News of upcoming attractions at the park is frequently broken here for the first time.
- Theme Park Coupons - features regularly updated listings of discounts coupons for US theme park chains, including Disney, Six Flags, SeaWorld and Universal.
- ThemeParks-US (Twitter) (Facebook) - a companion site to ThemeParks-UK, offering guides to Disney, Universal, SeaWorld and Busch Gardens parks, plus more.
UK Theme Park Websites
- Completely LEGOLAND Windsor (Twitter) (Facebook) - an excellent fan site devoted to the UK's leading park for families with younger children. In addition to featuring a great guide to the park, can also be relied upon for timely updates on new attractions.
- Island Quest (Facebook) - an excellent site dedicated to the past, present and future of Fantasy Island, including a comprehensive trip planner.
- Ride Rater (Twitter) (Facebook) - once a source of ratings for rides in the UK, Ride Rater has evolved into an excellent source of news on UK theme parks. It often picks up news tidbits that other sites miss.
- ThemeParks-UK (Twitter) (Facebook) - a long-running guide to parks including Alton Towers, Thorpe Park, Chessington, LEGOLAND Windsor and Drayton Manor.
- Total Thorpe Park (Twitter) - an excellent, detailed guide to Thorpe Park, featuring up-to-date information and plenty of photos.
- Towers Nerd (Twitter) - A comprehensive guide to Alton Towers, featuring a friendly forum and live coverage of events at the park. The site's YouTube videos of new attractions are frequently the first to appear online.
- Unofficial Pleasurewood (Twitter) (Facebook) - an excellent guide to Pleasurewood Hills, a family theme park located in East Anglia. The selection of maps and leaflets from past years is well worth a look.


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Price: $ 7,025,000
Date Of Acquisition: July 2017
CIty: Commerce, CA
Type Of Property: Office
- Purchase Price $7,025,000 ($130/SF)
- Value-Add Investment
- Rare Single-Story 54,219 SF Multi-Office Property in Commerce, California
Commerce Office Plaza is a Class B garden style office building located at 5900 S. Eastern Avenue. Property is the only single-story office building over 50,000 square feet in Commerce sprawling over 3 acres. Quest Realty Group plans to hold the property for approximately 3-5 years from this date of acquisition.


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Macrosoft's Resources on-Demand Muni is the first software tool specifically designed to improve emergency resource management at municipal electric utilities.
Resources on-Demand Muni manages resource requests and tracks personnel movements during restoration events of all types and sizes.
Resources on-Demand Muni provides storm center leaders with access to real-time information pertaining to an emergency situation, delivering better situational awareness than traditional spreadsheets and whiteboards. Having an networked based, multiuser system to quickly ascertain how many resources are available, the skills the crews possess, and the distribution of the resources across the service territory greatly improves the overall storm restoration process.


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At Cascina Stella all Piedmontese livestock are reared following the strict rules of traditional breeding and the natural cycles of nature.
The healthy and natural feed given to the animals is the principle that guides each stage of the breeding and that imposes a Closed Loop agricultural system: both in the barn and out in the pasture.
The calves, born from brood cows at Cascina Stella, are weaned after the first five months of life and go from being milk-fed to a diet based on hay and feed made of corn, wheat, alfalfa, hay, straw, soybean and bran.
In order to obtain quality meat, Cascina Stella uses only traditional foods that are grown, produced and processed on their own farm, with the exception of soy beans which are of controlled origin bought from a selected supplier.
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June 28, 1986 -- The Buffalo Bisons were very, very average for the 1986 season. But they were really good when it comes to drawing fans.
The Bisons had a 71-71 record that season under manager Jim Marshall in the American Association. They even scored only 15 more runs than they allowed.
But the area continues its love affair with the game under the ownership of Rich Products. They drew an astounding 35,778 to a game at War Memorial Stadium. The contest with Nashville was followed by a concert by the Beach Boys.
The biggest name of that team was Mike Yastrzemski, who hit .385 in a brief stay with the Bisons. Some of the other hitters on that team were names like Darryl Boston, Nick Capra, Brian Giles, Steve Henderson and Brian Little.
On the mound, Pete Filson went 14-3 to lead the team in wins. Bill Long went 9-9, and Bruce Tanner, the son of Chuck, won eight games.
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You're a zombie. The trouble with zombies is you don't know you're a zombie. How can you tell you're a zombie? Take out your mobile and try any one of the local discovery applications. Say you're hungry, thirsty or bored. What's the first thing you have to do with any one of these applications? Pick a category. Hungry? Select restaurants? Thirsty? Pick a bar! Bored? Um, I don't know. Find a museum? Picking a category first is such an ingrained behavior that you – and the companies offering these applications – don't even think about. You just do it. Zombie.
If you're hungry in the morning, an Egg McMuffin at the nearby McDonald's might do the trick. Or a donut at the 7 Eleven across the way. Or some fresh fruit at the Safeway around the corner. Of course, with all of the local mobile applications, you'd have to pick a restaurants category (or is it fast food) first? Then convenience stores (except in Finland). Then, well, you'll never get to supermarkets.
This is a problem of knowledge and discovery, not data and search. It's not about searching for something specific and get all of the sites that match a keyword. It's about discovering things you don't know ahead of time that will meet your needs after they are presented to you for selection.
We'll introduce an application called ThingsThere that let's you find the things that meet your needs right then and there regardless without you going through this mindless step of picking a category first. ThingsThere is powered in turn by Trajectory, the Brilliant Arc Local Knowledge Management platform.
We'll talk about the overall problem of category self-selection in local discovery, look at how ThingsThere solves this problem and explore how Trajectory and other knowledge-based (semantic) solutions can be used. We'll contrast this approach with all of the other data and search (syntactic) approaches (which are only partial solutions). And we'll show how to effectively use something like Mechanical Turk to populate content along the way.
And at the end, we will free all zombies in a massive evangelical experience complete with a stunning other-worldly light show right there on the stage. Without the light show part.
Michael Bauer started working as an Internet professional in 1993 for Tim O'Reilly on the Global Network Navigator, selling one of the very first Internet advertisements to NordicTrack. He went on to build his first company which in turn put the first version of Mapquest on the Internet, deployed some of the first e-commerce sites (BlackBox and Fisher Scientific), and developed an early domain name Internet directory on Internet.ORG. After selling his first company, Michael worked on the integration of local search and directory systems for a company called iAtlas (later sold to Alta Vista), created a localized version of the DMOZ Open Directory for Webb Interactive, worked as the Vice President of Open Source relations for Jabber, Inc., and consulted with Joltid (which later became Skype). Michael became Vice President of Product Strategy for Local Matters, initially working for such clients as Dex, Sensis, and Pages Jaunes on local ontology systems. At LMI he led the "Lab", conducting research and prototyping consumer-centric local search applications. Before leaving LMI, Michael spearheaded the development of localguides.com and briefly managed the AreaGuides business. Michael is currently CEO of Brilliant Arc, a Local Internet company, specializing in local ontology and listing management. Michael works at the intersection of business, design, and technology in the conceptualization and implementation of new Internet-based applications. Michael holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Science in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University.
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Friday, 1 January 2010
Out with the old and in with the......
Reflections! Resolutions! Revolutions?
That was the year/decade that was. This is the year that will be….We have the questions. We have the answers. After 40 years are we still part of the problem? Or are we the solution. All the best for 2010 and the future. Stay strong, stay free and keep on keeping on!
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St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa had interest in signing Barry Bonds the last two offseasons, but each time the team's front office decided against it.
La Russa, who was looking for a power bat to protect No. 3 hitter Albert Pujols each year, said he was told the asking price for the home run king was too high. This winter, La Russa said he dropped the issue after a discussion with new General Manager John Mozeliak.
?It became moot as soon as I raised it and they said no,? La Russa said Sunday. ?Once it became apparent what the price tag was, I said we just can't, it doesn't make sense for our club.?
Blues deal Salvador to Devils
The New Jersey Devils acquired defenseman Bryce Salvador from the St. Louis Blues before today's NHL trade deadline for hard-hitting forward Cam Janssen, who has been out all season.
Salvador, who can become an unrestricted free agent after the season, gives a blue line boost to the Devils.
Janssen, 23, is under contract for this season and next at $550,000 per year. In 95 career games with the Devils, the St. Louis native has one goal and 205 penalty minutes.


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- Hire a company that SPECIALIZES in windows & doors, and ONLY windows & doors! Companies that only sell and install windows & doors, tend to provide a higher quality experience since they don't have to focus on other products and services. This allows 100% of the focus and expertise to be on your window & door project.
- Make certain that the company you choose has all the proper licenses, proper insurance & a stable place of business that you can verify. You can save a lot of money by doing business with someone out of the back of their truck, until you pay your deposit and that truck vanishes forever…
- Look for factory trained installers that are actual employees of the company you choose. A factory trained installer is one who has been trained properly to install a certain manufacturer's window and doesn't work for a bunch of random companies doing piece work and installing many different manufacturer's products. Each manufacturer's windows & doors require different installation requirements. Improper installation will almost ALWAYS void your manufacturer's warranty and leave you with unnecessary headaches…
- Get a copy of the products warranty and read it thoroughly BEFORE making a purchase. A "Lifetime" warranty in the state of Florida in only valid for (4) years, and unless you plan on only living (4) years, this is unacceptable. ALWAYS CAREFULLY read the "Exclusions" in the warranty, if there are more than a few, avoid this type of product! If the sales rep doesn't provide you with a copy of the warranty steer clear as well, a good warranty will have nothing to hide.
- NEVER EVER EVER sign with a company without seeing the product!!! That's like buying a car without knowing what kind it is, or purchasing a house without ever seeing it. A company with a high quality product will ALWAYS bring a sample window with them to show you. If they don't, ask yourself, "what are they hiding?"
- NEVER have windows & doors installed without a proper building permit! Make sure that the company you choose is a licensed Certified General Contractor, with a CGC# verifiable with the State of Florida, and that they are pulling a permit for your job. This ensures that the work will be done properly meeting all local and state building codes, and inspected by a state certified building inspector.
- BEWARE of hidden costs!! Many companies will provide you with a very attractive estimate on replacing your windows & doors to get you to sign with them, but you may soon find out that you will pay EXTRA for permits, installation, taxes, hauling away the old windows & doors, and job clean up fees. Don't allow a company to "misrepresent" the cost of your project. Get it in writing on the estimate or agreement that "EVERYTHING" is included in this price. If the estimate or agreement doesn't CLEARLY state what is included, then it's NOT included and you can expect expensive hidden costs!
Storm Shield LLC. Would like you to make an informed decision when replacing your old windows & doors! Following these guidelines will help to protect you, and your investment!


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Dr. David Peterson, DC, DCCN, FAAIM
Dr. Dave started on the journey of Functional Medicine as a student Doctor at Chiropractic college. He attended the first Functional Endocrinology course and has continued his education ever since. The only Chiropractor to be listed in St. Louis Magazine Best Doctors 2008. He was one of five Doctors in the United States given unlimited lab testing by Pharmasean Labs.
Dr. Dave is in both the "Why Do I Still have Thyroid Symptoms? When My Lab Tests Are Normal." and "Why Isn't My Brain Working?"
The unlimited lab testing gave him a unique perspective into Thyroid, Autoimmune, Hormone and Neurotransmitters.


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Mandy, a resident of Colorado since 2008, is an undergraduate at CU Boulder majoring in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Her research this year involves creating a checklist for Marchantiophyta in the Comanche National Grasslands of Southeast Colorado. Marchantiophyta, or liverworts, are of interest because they are silly and ridiculous in name and form, which are two qualities that Mandy appreciates in a plant. In addition to this, liverworts are a fascinating group that descends from the common ancestor of all land plants. This has interesting evolutionary implications given how static the liverwort's morphological form has remained. The region of study was selected because previous undergraduate researcher, Joseph Kleinkopf, found molecularly distinctly populations of Amorpha nana in the grasslands, indicating that this might be a region of neoendemism. In her free time Mandy enjoys climbing things and meandering around Boulder.
Month: November 2015
Reaching the summit of Kamakasa Tepui:
Collecting on the Karoweing River:
Climbing trees: not as easy as it seems!:
Building subsummit camp in the rain and Giant Earthworm:
Rock House lichenizing (Kamakasa Tepui):
Kamp Life (Episode 1):
I Love This Little Area (Kamakasa Tepui):
Building Camp 6 and Lichenology 101 (Kamakasa Tepui):
Lichenizing around Full Moon Camp (Kamakasa Tepui):
Aleks finds nodules (Kamakasa Tepui expedition):
Arriving at Swamp Camp (Kamakasa Tepui):
Ken and Erin's day off (Kamakasa Tepui):
Stuck at camp (river too high for crossing) and smoked pois:
High Tech Science (Kamakasa Tepui):
Ken collecting (Kamakasa Tepui):
Botanists Do It In Trees: climbing and collecting in Camp 2 (Kamakasa Tepui):
The Tree Will Survive, and Hymenophyllaceae:
Searching Desperately for Sunlight, Camp 5
Building a Bush Spoon:
People complain about tepui specimens being so ugly:
Between May-June 2012, the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic funded an expedition to the never before summited Kamakusa Tepui (western Guyana, Mazaruni River Watershed). This expedition was co-led by Ken Wurdack and Erin Tripp and, prior to her emergency evacuation in week 2, Karen Redden. We were joined by PhD student Alex Radosavljevic and 8 amazingly dedicated and hard-working Arawak Amerinidans.
Also in the Guyana folder to the left you'll find a few photos from the Kamakusa Expedition (for full set, see: www.flickr.com/photos/20420156@N06/sets/72157630272882948). Below these is a selection of videos from the expedition. Our intention here was to capture and provide some of the only video footage of life on a tepui – camp life, botanical life, expedition life…. some of these videos are educational whereas others clearly are not (do forgive some of those moments)!
With time, photos will be added from our previous tepui expeditions, including those to Mt. Ayanganna, Mt. Wokomung, and Maringma Tepui, in collaboration with David Clarke. For now, see full sets of photos as follows:
Wokomung Expedition (2003): www.flickr.com/photos/20420156@N06/sets/72157629096745490
Ayanganna Expedition (2001): www.flickr.com/photos/20420156@N06/sets/72157629461019981
Maringma Expedition (2004): www.flickr.com/photos/20420156@N06/sets/72157629461207419
2. Tripp, E.A. In Press. Field Guide to the Lichens of White Rocks Open Space. University Press of
Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
1. Lendemer, J.C., R.C. Harris, and E.A. Tripp. 2013. Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi of Great Smoky
Mountains National Park. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden, New York
Botanical Garden Press: Bronx, New York, 260 p.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
38. Tripp, E.A. and J.C. Lendemer. In Press. Candelariella clarkiae and Lecidea hoganii: two lichen
species new to science from White Rocks Open Space, City of Boulder, Colorado. The
37. Tripp, E.A. In Press. Lichen inventory of White Rocks Open Space (Boulder, Colorado).
Western North American Naturalist.
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36. Rabinowitz, O.* and E.A. Tripp. In Press. Observations on the phelloderm of aspens (Populus
tremuloides). Western North American Naturalist.
35. Tripp, E.A. and D.M. Koenemann**. In Press. Nomenclatural synopsis of the genus Sanchezia
(Acanthaceae). Novon.
34. Lendemer, J.C. and E.A. Tripp. 2015. Lecanora anakeestiicola (Lecanorales): an unusual new
fruticose species from Great Smoky Mountains National Park in eastern North
America. The Bryologist 118 1-10.
33. Tripp, E.A. and J.C. Lendemer. 2014. Sleepless nights: when you cannot find anything to use in
describing new taxa but molecules. TAXON 63: 969-971.
32. Tripp, E.A. and M. Fekadu**. 2014. Comparative leaf and stem anatomy in selected species of
Ruellieae (Acanthaceae) representative of all major lineages. Kew Bulletin 69: 9543 (8
31. Lendemer, J.C., E.A. Tripp, and J. Sheard. 2014. Review of Rinodina Ach. in the Great Smoky
Mountains highlights the significance of this "island of biodiversity" in North America.
The Bryologist 117: 259-281.
30. Lendemer, J.C. and E.A. Tripp. 2014. Discovery of Gyalideopsis mexicana in the United States.
North American Fungi 7: 1-4.
29. Tripp, E.A. and L.A. McDade. 2014. A rich fossil record yields calibrated phylogeny for
Acanthaceae (Lamiales) and evidence for marked biases in timing and directionality of
intercontinental disjunctions. Systematic Biology 63: 660-684.
28. Freyre, R. and E.A. Tripp 2014. Artificial hybridization between the U.S.A. native Ruellia
caroliniensis and the invasive Ruellia simplex (syn. R. brittoniana). HortScience 49: 991-
27. Tripp, E.A. and L.A. McDade. 2014. Time-calibrated phylogenies of hummingbirds and
hummingbird-pollinated plants reject hypothesis of diffuse co-evolution. Aliso 31: 89-
26. Callmander, M.W., E.A. Tripp, and P.B. Phillipson. 2014. A new name in Ruellia L. (Acanthaceae)
for Madagascar. Candollea 69: 81-83.
25. Harris, R.C., E.A. Tripp, and J.C. Lendemer. 2014. Arthopyrenia betulicola (Arthopyreniaceae,
Dothidiomycetes), an unusual new lichenized fungus from high elevations of the
southern Appalachian mountains. Aliso 31: 77-81.
24. Tripp, E.A. and K.E. Hoagland. 2013. Typifying an era in biology through synthesis of
biodiversity information. Taxon 62: 899-911.
23. Tripp, E.A. S. Fatimah*, I. Darbyshire, and L.A. McDade. 2013. Origin of African Physacanthus
(Acanthaceae) Via Wide Hybridization. PLoS ONE 8: e55677.
22. Tripp, E.A., T.F. Daniel, S. Fatimah*, and L.A. McDade. 2013. Phylogenetic relationships within
Ruellieae (Acanthaceae), and a revised classification. International Journal of Plant Sciences
174: 97-137.
21. Darbyshire, I., Tripp, E.A. and K.G. Dexter. 2012. A new species and a revised record in the
Namibian Barleria (Acanthaceae). Kew Bulletin 67: 759-766. (including an erratum,
published in early 2013).
20. Tripp, E.A. and K.G. Dexter. 2012. Taxonomic novelties in Namibian Ruellia (Acanthaceae).
Systematic Botany 37: 1023-1030.
19. Tripp, E.A. and L.A. McDade. 2012. New synonymies for Ruellia (Acanthaceae) of Costa Rica
and notes on other neotropical species. Brittonia 64: 305-317.
18. Tripp, E.A. and J.C. Lendemer. 2012. (3-4) Request for binding decisions on the descriptive
statements associated with Mortierella sigyensis (fungi: Mortierellaceae) and Piromyces
cryptodigmaticus (fungi: Neocallimastigaceae). Taxon 61:886-888.
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17. Tripp, E.A. and S. Fatimah*. 2012. Comparative anatomy, morphology, and molecular
phylogenetics of the African genus Satanocrater (Acanthaceae). American Journal of
Botany 99: 967-982.
16. Tripp, E.A. and J.C. Lendemer. 2012. Not too late for American biodiversity? New discoveries
give hope for mitigation of an extinction epidemic and call for increased inventory and
protection of biodiversity in our backyards. BioScience 62: 218-219.
15. Tripp, E.A. 2010. Taxonomic revision of Ruellia sect. Chiropterophila (Acanthaceae): a lineage of
rare and endemic species from Mexico. Systematic Botany 35: 629-661.
14. Tripp, E.A. and J.C. Lendemer. 2010. The genus Platygramme in North America. Castanea
13. Tripp, E.A., J.C. Lendemer, and R.C. Harris. 2010. Resolving the genus Graphina Müll. Arg. in
North America: new species, new combinations, and treatments for Acanthothecis,
Carbacanthographis, and Diorgyma. The Lichenologist 42: 55-71.
12. Tripp, E.A., T.F. Daniel, J.C. Lendemer, and L.A. McDade. 2009. New molecular and
morphological insights prompt transfer of Blechum to Ruellia (Acanthaceae). Taxon 58:
11. Schmidt-Lebuhn, A. and E.A. Tripp. 2009. Ruellia saccata (Acanthaceae), a new species from
Bolivia. Novon 19:515-519.
10. Stone, D.E., S.H. Oh, E.A. Tripp, L.E. Ríos, and P.S. Manos. 2009. Natural history, distribution,
phylogenetic relationships, and conservation of Central American black walnuts
(Juglans sect. Rhysocaryon). Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 136: 1-25.
9. Tripp, E.A. and P.S. Manos. 2008. Is floral specialization an evolutionary dead-end? Pollination
system evolution in Ruellia (Acanthaceae). Evolution 62: 1712-1737.
8. Tripp, E.A. 2007. Evolutionary relationships within the species-rich genus Ruellia (Acanthaceae).
Systematic Botany 32: 628-649.
7. McDade, L.A. and E.A. Tripp. 2007. Synopsis of Costa Rican Ruellia L. (Acanthaceae), with
descriptions of four new species. Brittonia 59: 199-216.
6. Lendemer, J.C., R.C. Harris, and E.A. Tripp. 2007. Heterodermia neglecta, a new lichen species
from eastern North America. Bryologist 110: 490-493.
5. McDade, L.A. and E.A. Tripp, with assistance from T.F. Daniel. 2007. Acanthaceae of La Selva
Biological Station, Costa Rica. In: La Flora Digital de La Selva. pdf available at
4. Tripp, E.A. and K.G. Dexter. 2006. Sabal minor (Arecaceae): A new northern record of palms in
eastern North America. Castanea 71: 170-175.
3. Tripp, E.A. 2006. Ruellieae (Acanthaceae). Version 10 Apr 2007. http://tolweb.org/Ruellieae/ in
The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org (Web Publication).
2. Tripp, E.A. 2004. The current status of Ruellia (Acanthaceae) in Pennsylvania: two
endangered/threatened species. Bartonia 62: 55-62.
1. Tripp, E.A. 2002. Plant diversity and biogeography of the Upper Potaro Watershed in Guyana,
South America. Proc. of the National Conference for Undergraduate Research 2002.
Lichen biodiversity studies are in general at least 100 years, if not 200 years, behind that of plant and animal inventories. This is true even within 500 miles of the nation's capital, in our country's most visited national park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Prior to inventory efforts of GSMNP by Erin Tripp and colleague James Lendemer (New York Botanical Garden), the lichen biota was believed to be 90-99% known, consisting of ~460 species. Over the course of a half-decade of fieldwork there, we have doubled the number of known species, thus calling into question just how well known are our 'best known' biotas in the United States (Tripp & Lendemer 2012; Lendemer et al. 2013).
Tripp and Lendemer are continuing inventory efforts in GSMNP in order to fully document species ranges and ecologies as well as to produce a fully illustrated color field guide to the most lichenologically diverse national park in the United States (Tripp & Lendemer, forthcoming).
More recently, Tripp and colleagues have begun a lichen inventory of the Southern Rocky Mountains – a historically neglected but incredibly rich biota, and one with most intriguing biogeographical connections to numerous corners of the Earth.
A few selected publications resulting from recent lichen efforts:
Tripp, E.A. and J.C. Lendemer. 2012. Not too late for American biodiversity? New discoveries give hope for mitigation of an extinction epidemic and call for increased inventory and protection of biodiversity in our backyards. BioScience 62: 218-219.
Lendemer, J.C., R.C. Harris, and E.A. Tripp. 2013. Lichens and lichenicolous fungi of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden, 260 p.
Lendemer, J.C., E.A. Tripp, and J. Sheard. 2014. Review of Rinodina Ach. in the Great Smoky Mountains highlights the significance of this "island of biodiversity" in North America. The Bryologist 117: 259-281.
A couple of news articles:
PIs: Erin Tripp, Lucinda McDade
NSF Collaborative Research: Understanding Constraints on Floral Evolution: A Phylogenetic Approach to Comparative Anthocyanin Evolution in Ruellia (Acanthaceae)
Dates: March 2014 – March 2018
Small changes in a few genes involved in plant pigment synthesis, such as in blue, purple, or red anthocyanin pigments, can have dramatic effect on the evolution of lineages – both plants and their pollinators. New floral colors may attract different suites of pollinators, thus influencing lineage diversification and altering the evolutionary trajectories of life on Earth. This project combines new genomic technologies and traditional methods to investigate evolutionary trends in flower color evolution in a large lineage of tropical plants–Ruellia (Acanthaceae)–which has > 300 species in the Neotropics alone. Cutting edge genomic approaches will place the plant anthocyanin biochemical pathway in a comparative evolutionary context and facilitate understanding of how unorthodox floral color transitions, e.g., red-flowered ancestors giving rise to purple-flowered descendants, evolved. A near-complete phylogeny of New World Ruellia will be reconstructed using novel molecular markers (Ultra-Conserved Elements), which are being developed as part of this project. These markers will have substantial utility to related downstream research.
Flowers are among the most common means by which humanity connects to nature. Thus, floral biology has great potential to engage broad audiences in science. This research will shed light on the anthocyanin biochemical pathway, which contributes to numerous important plant functions (e.g., pollinator and fruit disperser attraction, UV sunscreen, herbivore defense), and have also been linked to human health benefits (e.g., anti-cancer, -viral, -inflammatory, -arteriosclerosis activity; treatments for hypertension, vision disorders). Anthocyanins are common constituents of human diets, being found in frequently consumed fruits and vegetables. This research project will add substantially to knowledge of the genetic basis of anthocyanin production and will thus have implications for human health research.
Prospective Postdocs: In 2014, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden will be hiring a postdoc to coordinate and lead 5 extended fieldtrips througout the Neotropics. Contact Lucinda McDade (email@example.com) with questions. In 2015, The University of Colorado will be hiring one postdoc to spearhead the floral transcriptomics aspects of this research. This postdoc should have extensive, prior training in managing and mining transcriptome data, in this case from a non-model organism and for genes (structural and regulatory) involved in the Anthocyanin Biosynthetic Pathway. Please feel free to contact firstname.lastname@example.com with further inquiries.
Oren Rabinowitz
I was born in Israel, raised in New Jersey, and graduated with a B.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at The University of Colorado-Boulder in 2014. In the late fall of 2013, I joined the Tripp Lab to pursue a research question that Erin Tripp and I had discussed when I was a student in her Plant Systematics class. I wanted to find out what the powder found on aspen tree bark was made of. I asked Erin, who suggested the question was to her knowledge an unanswered one. I immediately signed up for independent study, and together we designed a study aimed at elucidating why aspen tree bark was powdery, and what the possible functions of this powder are.
We began our investigation with a literature review in November of 2013 followed immediately by fieldwork. Most people who have put their palms to an aspen tree are familiar with this curious powder in question. It tends to stick to your fingers and feels like a dusty chalk. Observations made by scientists who studied the aspen tree in the 1900's recorded many helpful observations about the presence and color of the powder. Some non-scholarly sources claim that the powder is actually a wild yeast that can be used for homestyle fermentation, or as a natural sunblock. The most recently recorded observation was made by Univ. of Colorado Emeritus Professor and Botany Curator Dr. William Weber in his Colorado Flora: Eastern Slope, published in 2012. In that work, Dr. Weber speculated that the powder might be the developing thallus of a lichen.
Erin and I devised a working hypothesis that the white powder that characterizes aspen bark was actually aspen bark cells and that beta-carotene was the pigment responsible for the orange coloration of the powder. Beta-carotene is a carotenoid important to plant photosynthesis: not as an active contributor to the process but rather a molecule that helps transmit energy to chlorophyll while also playing a protective role for chlorophyll via its antioxidant properties. Starting in December of 2014, we collected samples from 11 aspen populations in Boulder County. Small squares of bark were cut, tagged, returned to the lab, then refrigerated. Once dry, thin cross-sections of samples were prepared via hand and then photographed under magnification for further study. Subsamples were then pulverized and extracts of bark pigment were made with acetone. These extracts were spotted onto Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) plates to determine presence or absence of photosynthetic pigments and accessory pigments present in the bark powder.
Microscopy and cross-section analyses revealed that the bark layer of the aspen tree is divided into three layers (from inner to outer): the cork cambium, a layer of orange cells, and finally a layer of white cells. The cork cambium is immediately subtended by green, photosynthetic chlorenchyma, and our TLC trials confirmed that this tissue layer contains all photosynthetic pigments you would normally find in the leaves (e.g., beta-carotene, pheophytin, chlorophyll-a, chlorophyll-b, and xanthophyll). In contrast, the outer two layers (orange cambium and white bark) contained no photosynthetic compounds. As such, the orange pigmentation present in powdery aspen bark is not beta-carotene and remains unidentified. The orange layer is composed of heavily conglutinated cells that, as they age, become white and lose cohesion.
Our study demonstrated that aspen trees exhibit a unique method of bark cell shedding. The accumulated layer of bark cells on the surface of aspen trees do not stick together and do not form a solid mass of protective tissue. Rather, the aspen sheds mature bark cells in a powder so that sunlight can continue to penetrate the cork and cambium to reach the chlorenchyma. When powder is removed from aspen trees, the orange cambium is visible above the verdant chlorenchyma directly beneath. Younger cork cells tend to be orange in color whereas older cork cells are white and give aspens their ghostly appearance.
Many questions remain regarding the physiology of aspens and aspen bark. What is the orange pigment responsible for the orange hue? Is sunlight the primary factor that bleaches the orange bark cells? Does weathering and physical removal of white cork cells make aspen bark more prone to sun-scald? How do aspens prevent secondary infection without a thick bark layer? We think these questions can be answered by the next undergraduate to join the Tripp Lab!


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Field Trips
In addition to frequent visits to the museums in Exposition Park, our students visit a variety of sites throughout the year.
Photo Gallery
Our 5th grade students received a special opportunity to take their 5th grade Panoramic Photo in front of the Endeavour Space Shuttle! This will be an exciting moment that families will treasure for years to come!
Wednesday Science Labs
We are very fortunate to have staff from the California Science Center provide instructional support to teachers and students. At least once a week, our CSC liaisons facilitate science lessons with our teachers in their labs.
Our students are participating in our annual Jump Rope For Heart to encourage students to keep their hearts healthy and to raise lifesaving donations to help people with "special hearts".
Please help us reach our goal! You can return donation envelopes to the Main Office or click here to join Team Ted Alexander Science Center School and donate through the American Heart Association.
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- For years, it was just the two of us; Nora and Dora, Dora and Nora, sisters, inseparable ... until he came along, Victor Fries. I tried to be happy for them, but when Nora got sick, Victor wouldn't let her die in peace. He should have been destroyed, as ... as every costumed menace should be destroyed!
- — Dora Smithy src
Dora Smithy is the sister of Nora Fries and therefore, sister-in-law of Victor Fries, most commonly known as Mister Freeze. Nora landed a job at the Gotham City Police Department as Commissioner Gordon's secretary.[1] During that time, she managed to steal a device that belonged to Mr. Freeze and that was storaged in the Evidence Vault. With the device, Dora vanished all men in Gotham with the purpose of getting rid of all the costumed criminals. However, her plan was accidentally thwarted by Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, who managed to steal the device from the evidence vault, along with many other items.[2]
After failing in her first attempt, Dora decided to change tactics and this time she replaced Commissioner Gordon with a robot clone, in order to run the police department from behind the scenes. While the robot clone was in command, the police acquired a tough attitude against all costumed people, vigilantes and criminals alike.[3]
Batgirl made an alliance with Catwoman, Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy in order to unravel the mystery behind the latest events in Gotham.[4] She found the truth about Gordon being a robot clone and then she also discovered that it was Dora who was responsible for all that happened. Batgirl, with assistance from Renee Montoya confronted Nora in her hideout and saved the real Commissioner Gordon. Dora explained them that her only goal was to elminate all costumed criminals, just like her sister's husband. When Gordon told her that she was no better than the criminals she hated, she panicked and fell to a vat of cryo-solution, that changed her body permanently. She was locked inside Arkham Asylum, in a special cell, much like the one used for Mr. Freeze. Dora was transformed after the accident; her eyes turned red and she needed to be in a cold temperature.[5]
Powers and Abilities
- Deception: The Gotham Police Department and Batgirl were deceived by Dora, who was the responsible for many crimes while working as a member of the GCPD.
- Tactical Analysis: She is able to elaborate complex plans to achieve her ultimate goals.
- Mental Illness: Her hatred towards costumed criminals turned her into one of them.[5]
- Cryo-Suit: A variation of Mr. Freeze's suit that enhanced her strength and fighting skills.
- Mister Freeze's Cold Gun: Dora retrieved the gun from the evidence vault and used it for her own purposes.
- Dora was voiced by Jennifer Hale.
- 6 Appearances of Dora Smithy (DCAU)
- 1 Images featuring Dora Smithy (DCAU)
- 2 Quotations by or about Dora Smithy (DCAU)
- Character Gallery: Dora Smithy (DCAU)


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We reported last year on the police operation to close the UK Teknival at Dale Aerodrome in Pemrokeshire (Wales).
The court case arising from this ended in November 2010, with ten people pleading guilty to charges of holding an event without a suitable licence. They were given Community Service Orders, with nine sentenced to carry out 100 unpaid work and the other 160 hours. Charges were dropped against six other people who pleaded not guilty.
The charges were brought under Section 136 of the Licensing Act 2003, which deals with 'Unauthorised licensable activities'. The full text of the law is:
(1)A person commits an offence if—
(a)he carries on or attempts to carry on a licensable activity on or from any premises otherwise than under and in accordance with an authorisation, or
(b)he knowingly allows a licensable activity to be so carried on.
(2)Where the licensable activity in question is the provision of regulated entertainment, a person does not commit an offence under this section if his only involvement in the provision of the entertainment is that he—
(a)performs in a play,
(b)participates as a sportsman in an indoor sporting event,
(c)boxes or wrestles in a boxing or wrestling entertainment,
(d)performs live music,
(e)plays recorded music,
(f)performs dance, or
(g)does something coming within paragraph 2(1)(h) of Schedule 1 (entertainment similar to music, dance, etc.).
(3)Subsection (2) is to be construed in accordance with Part 3 of Schedule 1.
(4)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding £20,000, or to both.
(5)In this Part "authorisation" means—
(a)a premises licence,
(b)a club premises certificate, or
(c)a temporary event notice in respect of which the conditions of section 98(2) to (4) are satisfied.
What this effectively means is that if you put on an event for which a licence is required, but you don't have a licence, you can be prosecuted. But note that people can't be prosecuted just for taking part (e.g. playing music or DJing). This would normally be used against a place like a pub or a private home that was putting on events. I think it would be difficult to apply to an event in a field or even a squat that didn't belong to the party organisers, as it's not their premises so they can't be held to have 'allowed' it to continue. The police/prosecution would also have to prove who was organising it rather than just taking part in 'the provision of the entertainment'.
Have there been any other successful prosecutions under this Act in relation to raves/free parties?


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190 Skilled Nominated visa
This visa allows skilled workers who are nominated by an Australian state or territory government live and work in Australia as a permanent resident.
Lists To apply:
- have a occupation from relevant list
- have a suitable skills assessment for the occupation
- meet the points test pass mark of 60 points
- be nominated by a state or territory government agency
- be under 45 years of age at time of invitation
- have Competent English
- be invited to apply.
Occupation must be on state list. Each state has own list which can be changed at any moment. To make it more complicated state can and have different lists for applicants in different situation.This is why we do not publish all lists but contact us and we can advice you the best option for you.Stages
- Skills assessment
- Expression if Interest (EOI)
- Nomination from state government
- Invitation to apply fro visa
SkillsTo start the process your non-Australian qualifications have to be recognized by one of Australian organisation. Each occupation has its own recognizing body. Recognizing organisation have theirs own, very specific requirements.At this stage English test may be required. It deepens on recognizing body.EOI Expression of Interest (EOI) it is second step in Skilled visa process. Once your qualifications are recognized, we can lodge your interest to SkillSelect database.What is SkillSelectSkillSelcet its a database where all EOI are kept for period of 2 years. Employers, Government organisation and States has access to it and they can choose candidates based on number of points you collected, occupation or any other factor like unique skills or qualifications. ApplicationOnce your EOI is accepted and you have been selected, you will receive invitation to apply for a visa. This is a moment when your all documents have to be prepared, your family can be attached to application and you will receive bridging visa is applying in Australia. At this stage police clearance and medical examination will be required.


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So Much For That Japanese Recovery: Large Manufacturer Confidence Plummets
Courtesy of Tyler Durden
So much for the Japanese renaissance which somehow is supposed to lead to a surge in Q3 US GDP growth. Following yesterday's surprisingly strong factory production growth rate of +5.7% (the second highest in history), every economist (and Joe LaVorgna), was already shifting their strawman from declining energy costs (which are now back to early June levels courtesy of the IEA idiocy), to Japan as the last bastion of growth. Alas, the just released Tankan quarterly index of large manufacturer confidence has confirmed that the rumors of Japan's economic reincarnation have been greatly exaggerated after it dropped by the most since the Lehman collapse, plunging from +6 in March to -9, well below the economist (and Joe LaVorgna) consensus of -7. From Bloomberg: "Forecasts by Panasonic Corp. (6752) and Hitachi Ltd. for weaker earnings have added to signs of depressed demand. Monetary tightening by Asian economies grappling with inflation means that Japanese companies also can't count on customers within the region for boosting sales. "The global economy is starting to slow, heightening uncertainties about its future direction," Ryutaro Kono, chief economist at BNP Paribas in Tokyo, said before the report. "The downside risks to China and other emerging economies seem to be on the rise." In other words, the global economic growth is impacting Japan, and it is not the Japanese slowdown that is impairing some mythical global growth story. Of course, by the time the economist (and Joe LaVorgna) pool figures this out, QE 3 will be well on its way.
Household demand has also been weak, with consumer outlays sliding 1.9 percent in May, a report today showed, a larger drop that predicted by analysts. The unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 4.5 percent as more people gave up on looking for work and disaster areas were excluded from the survey. Consumer prices excluding fresh food increased 0.6 percent in May, the government said.
Panasonic last week forecast full-year profit will tumble 59 percent in the fiscal year started April after the earthquake disrupted factories and suppliers. Sales of car-related components and mobile phones will probably drop because of supply-chain bottlenecks, Panasonic's Chief Financial Officer Makoto Uenoyama said.
Hitachi Ltd. last month forecast net income will drop 16 percent this fiscal year after the temblor crippled its factories.
Recent data indicates that the recovery in the corporate sector may be stalled. Machinery orders, an indicator of future capital spending, dropped for the first time in four months in April. Exports fell more than economists projected in May from a year earlier. On a seasonally adjusted basis the shipments increased 2.5 percent in May from April.
On the other hand, when you don't get what you want, you can always hope. Just ask the American population circa November 2008:
There are also signs that Japan is recovering from the temblor. Industrial output rising at the fastest pace in more than 50 years in May as carmakers such as Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. restore their plant operations ahead of schedule.
Today's report showed manufacturers see the sentiment index improving to 2 in September and large companies said they plan to boost capital spending 4.2 percent this year, exceeding economists' predictions of a 2.4 percent increase.
As for the previously noted surge in production, well, that has now plateaued as well:
Production is expected to rise 5.3% m/m in June — revised down from the 7.7% rise previously estimated — and will increase further by 0.5% in July (first estimate), according to the government's latest survey of firms' forecasts.
[H]eightened concern over the outlook for business conditions on the back of the ongoing nuclear crisis and concern over a electricity supply shortage this summer are causing firms to put some capital investments on hold.
And to end things on a humorous note, heeeeeere's Joey:
Commentary for Friday: The Chicago purchasing managers' index (PMI) was much better than expected, rising to 61.1 in June from 56.6 previously. Given its geographical proximity to the motor vehicle industry and its later monthly release date relative to the earlier month PMI releases—in particular the NY (-7.8) and Philadelphia (-7.7) Fed surveys, which were both sharply negative in June—the recovery in the Chicago PMI strongly suggests that manufacturing activity got a noticeable boost from improving auto sector conditions in the back half of the month. We expect this improvement to continue through the second half of the year, consistent with what are noticeable gains in motor vehicle production schedules. This should add at least one full percentage point to real GDP growth if not more in both Q3 and Q4 2011. In light of the Chicago news, we are raising our ISM forecast significantly from where we were previously. As we wrote in the US Daily Economic Notes earlier this week, the Chicago PMI has nearly twice the weight in a regression-based estimate of the ISM relative to the combined weight of the NY and Philadelphia Fed surveys. Our new ISM forecast is 53.0 versus a pre-Chicago forecast of 49.5. Remember that based on what we had seen in the NY and Philadelphia Fed surveys, we had assumed Chicago would come in at 53.0. More importantly, regardless of this morning's ISM results, recent economic data from Japan point to a sharp increase in the ISM next month.
As shown in the chart below, a weighted average of the Japanese manufacturing and services PMIs has been a good leading indicator of the ISM. When the Japanese PMIs rolled over in March (-15.0 points) and softened further in April (- 1.0), this foreshadowed a sharp decline in the May ISM (-6.9), and what we think will be a slight drop in June. Since then, the Japanese PMI data have recovered strongly in May (+11.2 points) which hints at a sharp bounce in the July ISM, given the formers' two-month lead.
We are confident the markets will ignore today's construction data but it is important for estimates of Q2 real GDP since construction was down so much in Q1 (-8.5%). Through April, we have seen modest gains in residential and commercial construction (+3.0% and +9.3% respectively). We are optimistic this recovery will continue. —JL
Well of course you are. Although we sure would love to see a matrix somewhere that indicates what your bonus will be based on (i) the (in)accuracy of your predictions, which so far are among the worst on Wall Street, and (ii) based on what the actual final "growth" of the economy is at the end of the year.
Update: as we type this, the Chinese manufacturing PMI has just come out at 50.9, down from 52.0 and below expectations of 51.5.


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So please don't think these "hobbies" are a complete waste of time and energy.
An online game called Foldit has actually helped to deliver a medical breakthrough that could change the future of biotech research.
How are these two connected?...
It starts with proteins, which are essential to every aspect of our daily lives.
As it turns out, medical research has revealed that serious ailments like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are linked to proteins - specifically to improperly folded proteins.
Here's why: Think of proteins as tiny biochemical machines that assemble themselves to do certain jobs. The process by which proteins take the shape that governs their activity is called "folding."
Now just imagine how much healthier the human race would be - and how much longer we could all live - if we could make improperly folded proteins fold properly.
It would change the face of medicine.
How Foldit Could Help Change the WorldNo, the Foldit players didn't go that far. But they did push biotech in an exciting new direction.
Foldit allowed the gamers to "play" at arranging proteins on their home computers. The goal was to win the game by finding the best-scoring combinations, those that used the least amount of energy.
An article in the Jan. 22 online edition of the scientific journal Nature noted that researchers kept the game interesting by posting new multicolored puzzles for the gamers to solve.
In video interviews the players reported a near-obsession with the game.
Not to mention pride in the outcome - they helped the researchers redesign a protein with a nearly 1,700% increase in activity.
This is a classic example of the type of technology that will transform our lives in the Era of Radical Change.
It means that in homes and apartments around the world, gamers could go online to help create The Next Big Biodrug.
For investors that means a new field with lots of opportunities in the near future when scientists begin to work directly with proteins to repair or eliminate damaged cells that can cause disease.
Who knew curing cancer could be so much fun?
They may be able to design personalized and more-precise drugs. They could even stop a deadly flu epidemic in its tracks.
But don't take my word for it...


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The East Australian Current is where Marlin and Dory meet Crush, Squirt, and other sea turtles on their way to find Nemo. Some of the animals that travel within the current include sea turtles, tunas, groupers (whose voices sound like Mickey Mouse), swordfish, lobsters, dolphins, and albatrosses (above the water).
The EAC returns in Finding Dory, where Dory, Marlin, and Nemo take it again with Crush and Squirt's help in order to go to the Marine Life Institute, located all the way in California. However, Marlin is "totally sick" from their travels.
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Abdu'l-Baha speaks – in bilingual format
Posted by Sen on June 1, 2018
My latest book is out, from Leiden University Press (click to order (please)).
The title is Principles for Progress. Essays on Religion and Modernity by `Abdu'l-Baha. It is 400 pages, most of them in bilingual Persian/English format. This is the third bilingual book in modern Iranian Studies that I have done, and the second for the Iranian Studies Series. The works in this volume are three of Abdu'l-Baha's socio-political essays: The Secret of Divine Civilization, Selections from A Traveller´s Narrative and The Art of Governance. There is about 80 pages of introduction outlining the historical setting and the authors and actors that Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha knew. There are also translator's notes on various textual issues, where a short footnote would not suffice, and an index.
This book presents three of the works of Abdu´l-Baha dealing with social and political issues that deserve to be taken more seriously as contributions to reformist literature in the Islamic world during the period leading up to Iran´s Constitutional Revolution (1905-1911). It is intended for general readers, scholars in the field of Persian intellectual history and students of Persian political and religious history.
The failure to reach a modus vivendi between religion and politics has been the major cause of Iran´s aborted modernity, which has continued for more than a century past its first tragic failure at the end of the Constitutional Revolution. Those Iranian intellectuals who are coming to regard the relationship between church and state as the central question to be resolved in Iran may well be willing to examine again what Baha´u´llah and Abdu´l-Baha were saying on this topic in the period leading to the Revolution.
At the same time, in Iran and around the world, doctrinaire secularism has given way to an awareness that religions are part of our cultures, and neither religion nor culture is destined to wither away in a march towards progress enlightened by scientific consciousness. Public intellectuals must therefore consider how to preserve the gains of modernity and secularism in societies that are becoming post-modern and post-secular, in which the death of religion anticipated by the pioneers of modernism no longer looks likely. They may want to study Abdu´l-Baha´s proposals for a pious, progressive and pluralist society, and the example he gives us of how a religious leader can contribute to fruitful movement in that direction.
In addition to presenting the first parallel text translations of these works, the Persian texts have notes on variants in the manuscript sources. The findings confirm the general reliability of the published versions of the texts, and reveal an author who carefully checks and corrects his own works at publication, so far as possible. But there are also variants, as Abdu'l-Baha amended his own texts at each publication.
In the case of A Traveller´s Narrative, this is the first translation to be based on Abdu´l-Baha´s corrected text, published in Bombay, rather than the earlier version given to E.G. Browne. Differences between these, and some other parallel texts, have been footnoted. The work has also been redated, Browne having been mislead by an internal reference which did not mean what he thought it meant.
A Traveller´s Narrative has suffered from being evaluated as a source on Babi-Bahai history. In that respect, it is far from the best source available. I have treated it rather as an introductory book on the Bahai Faith, written by an authoritative and early author. Its structure, dealing first with history and then with teachings, is similar to Esslemont's Baha'u'llah and the New Era. My theory is that it was probably written in the weeks just before Browne visited Akka, with the intention of giving it to him and asking him to publish it. Thus the immediate audience is Browne, which required a simple Persian style and dealing with some Babi questions he was interested in, while the ultimate audience was readers, mainly in Iran, of Browne's Persian edition.
As for The Art of Governance, this is the first hard copy translation, although an earlier version of my translation was published online in the H-Bahai series Translations of Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Texts, vol. 7, no. 1 (March, 2003), and translations by Dreyfus and Cole have been circulated.
The Secret of Divine Civilization is available in a translation by Marzieh Gail, which is good but suffers somewhat from her lack of familiarity with the actual and proposed reforms in Iran that Abdu'l-Baha writes about, from the relatively limited research tools available to a translator of her time, and from her not knowing about most of the sections that Shoghi Effendi had translated. The title, incidentally, was given to the work by Shoghi Effendi, whose partial translation is masterly.
I don't know of any plans to make parts of the book accessible in Amazon's 'Look Inside' feature, so I have made images of a few pages to give an impression. The first is from the general introduction, much of which is devoted to the intellectuals and political actors that Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha read, met, and corresponded with.
Then I have included a page of Persian text with notes on textual variants, a page from the translator's notes, and a page from the translation.
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June 11, 2018 at 01:57
Congratulations Sen. You have made another groundbreaking contribution to Baha'i scholarship. May your life continue to be blessed with such wonderful productivity and service. Clearly, a person does not need to be a member of the Baha'i community to have a stake in the future of the Cause.
June 12, 2018 at 00:05
Actually, I was commenting here on your book, which is just out, not on your work on the Behar.
June 13, 2018 at 00:16
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- Transfers infrastructure costs to cloud service providers
- Facilitates DR testing and validation
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November 12, 2008Economic Crises
CFR Senior Fellow Adam Segal writes that India may be better positioned for a quick recovery from the global financial crisis than many other developing countries.
November 24, 2008Development
Russia's toughest economic challenge since the collapse of 1998 could lead it to a less confrontational foreign policy and a loss of international standing, writes CFR's Stephen Sestanovich.
March 27, 2009Afghanistan
President Obama's first major overseas summits are shadowed by disputes with European allies over stimulus plans and commitment to the Afghan war. He should seize the opportunity to appeal for a stro…
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The fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago marked a triumph of the U.S. strategy of containment. But U.S. policymakers have been struggling to establish new guidelines for confronting the world's compl…
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January 19, 2010Ukraine
The results of Ukraine's presidential election, which will go to a runoff on February 7, show unhappiness with Viktor Yushchenko's government, but are also a mark of Ukraine's independence.
January 21, 2010United States
Congress' call for a new federal agency to oversee insurers still relies too heavily on ill-equipped state regulators to stem risks posed by bond insurers, traders, and reinsurers, writes CFR's Marc …
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The $9.9 billion pledged toward Haitian reconstruction at last week's donors' conference will be ineffective without insisting that funding for housing and jobs be wedded to overall goals for Haitian…
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Hui Malama has made news by refusing to reveal where it stashed 83 items it borrowed from the Bishop Museum in February 2000. The leader of the group, Edward Halealoha Ayau, even served three weeks in jail for contempt of court. On the other side, stands La'akea Suganuma. Suganuma represents the Royal Hawaiian Academy of Traditional Arts, a group that filed a federal lawsuit against the Bishop Museum and Hui Malama. Here, he talks about why he filed suit.
|Lua teacher La'akea Suganuma collects and creates traditional Hawaiian weapons.
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Q: You have an interesting family connection to the Bishop Museum; your grandmother was the author and lecturer Mary Kawena Pukui, who worked for many years with the Bishop Museum to preserve Hawaiian culture.
A: She raised me. She did so much in one lifetime. Thanks to her, we've got things we can rely on.
Q: Hui Malama claims that moving the 83 items from the Bishop Museum to a reburial site is "old, simple, morally correct and natural."
A: It's been unanimous all the way through that the iwi [bones] need to go back [be reburied], the other items, though, are not funerary. The iwi are not in contention, never have been, but if you read Hui Malama's literature, we're trying to steal the bones. They have petitions, "Save the bones." I'd sign a petition like that.
Q: You teach lua, a Hawaiian martial art, and you've worked with the Honolulu Academy of Arts on cultural protocol issues. To you, what is the importance of the iwi and moepu (artifacts placed with the dead)?
A: Moepu is a word Hui Malama has been using and spouting. It's [really] the act of placing something with the dead [not the item itself]. If you're a fisherman and I put your favorite fishhook with you when you die, it's still a fishhook.
Q: The Bishop Museum had to catalog its collection in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or NAGPRA, a federal law passed in 1990. It mandates that human remains and funerary items, as well as some sacred objects, must be returned to the tribes with which they were associated.
A: This law works fine for Native Americans and Native Alaskans, but it has been tragic in Hawai'i. Native American and Alaskan tribes have tribal governments that decide what happens to the items once repatriated. Hawaiians don't have a government, so the legal title, the ownership, of the items is given to organizations. They could legally turn around and sell them, do whatever they want with them. I am sure that wasn't the idea behind NAGPRA.
Q: So what is your position?
A: These artifacts were revealed, the kapu was lifted, and the reason was for the descendants to see how the ancestors lived. That was the ancestors' wishes, and that should be respected. These things were, for almost 100 years, kept in the museum, and all of a sudden this group comes in and says they have to be buried. And the museum hired them. It's like letting the foxes into the henhouse. What I'm saying is very simple: Uphold the law. I filed the suit on the basis that NAGPRA was violated. Two NAGPRA review committees agreed that the law had been violated. The judge agreed. The 9th Circuit Court kicked it back. Now what? Mediation? The district court, as far as I know, next to God, has the authority to uphold the law.
Q: Do we know who the bones belonged to? Can anyone claim, "Hey, those are my great-grandmother's"?
A: No. Impossible. [The graves were secret] so they wouldn't be defiled. People can sing and dance and make believe all they want to. The Bishop Museum, especially [then director and president Donald] Duckworth, his attitude was, This is a real pain in the ass. Give it to them. Let the natives fight over it and we'll just sit back and watch. And that's what they did. My charges were against the Bishop Museum, they're the ones who gave the items away. This lawsuit, we had to pull in Hui Malama, but it's always been about the Bishop Museum.


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Hamstrings are the bread and butter to a great bootie 🙂 Today we're focusing on hamstrings! Runners, bikers, skiers, and swimmers can all benefit from doing exercises that target muscles on the backs of the thighs, since strong hamstrings increase speed and endurance.
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Lying Hamstring Curl
IMPORTANT: Don't rely on momentum for this exercise
Make sure the machine level adjusts to your height. Lie face down on the lying curls machine.
Keep your torso flat on the bench. Your legs are to be fully stretched. Take the side handles of the machine into your hands.
When you exhale, curl your legs up as far as you can, but don't lift the upper legs from the pad. Make sure your hamstrings and glutes are tightened at the top of the movement.
When you inhale, bring the legs into the first position. Repeat.
Advanced Lying Hamstring Curl
Using a dumbbell between your feet lie on your stomach on the weight bench
Keep legs tight together to ensure the dumbbell stays in place
Squeezing your hamstrings and glutes use slow, controlled movements to lower and lift you legs
Repeat for as many sets of reps as you would like
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Begin with a bar on a rack at shoulder height. Rack the bar across the rear of your shoulders as you would a power squat, not on top of your shoulders. Keep your back tight, shoulder blades pinched together, and your knees slightly bent. Step back from the rack.
Begin by bending at the hips, moving them back as you bend over to near parallel. Keep your back arched and your cervical spine in proper alignment.
Reverse the motion by extending through the hips with your glutes and hamstrings. Continue until you have returned to the starting position.
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