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Patient Finds that Sometimes Laughter is the Best Medicine
"If you are not going to joke about something, you are going to cry about it. I choose to joke."
Patient Brian K. has a great, sometimes dry, sense of humor, and a positive attitude that seemingly has no boundary. A good thing too because he has had more than his share of health issues. Starting at age 14, he was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. For many years, Brian managed his diabetes, attending college, and landing a job as a database manager for the Bank of the West in Berkeley, Calif. "Managing my blood sugar and diet, and giving myself shots was just my life," he said.
Despite his efforts at healthy living, he eventually developed complications including gastroparesis, weight gain, kidney failure, leg muscle atrophy, and one-and-a-half years using a walker. A small cut on his foot led to partial foot amputation, and finally, an infection impacting his blood stream and bones.
Doctors gave Brian some options. He could keep taking antibiotics, and it would help the infection in his foot for a time but with likely continued complications for years to come, or they could amputate below the knee to eliminate any chance of the infection spreading again. "It was the easiest decision I made," Brian said. "By 2014, I had been in hospitals once or twice a week for 10 years, so I said, let's do it.
"To some, this might look like such a downer that I have to overcome, but I can't describe what a freeing and an amazing opportunity it was for me. I have more energy, I'm walking places and doing things I would never consider 10 years ago, or even a year ago."
Brian credits his successes to his determination to be healthy and to his team at APO – Brent Morgan, CPO, LPO, and Ryan Schuetzle, orthotic/prosthetic resident. "Brent and Ryan are not just prosthetists, but friends. I've formed more than just a business relationship with these two guys, they have been so good to me," he said.
Brent fitted Brian with a transtibial prosthesis consisting of a pin locking gel liner and a low-profile Re-Flex Rotate™ foot. The foot is designed for active patients like Brian, who require a high-performance comfortable foot with optimal shock absorption and dynamic energy return.
Once he had the freedom of walking with his prosthesis, Brian was unstoppable. "I was going to a restaurant for lunch, but I kept on walking until I got 26 blocks away from my apartment. Two days shy of one month with my leg, I walked 4.3 miles. I still can't even think about that; it's crazy. I did more distance than a 5K and I wasn't sweating or in pain. Being that I was using a walker for so long – a year and a half in California – it was inconceivable to me that I walked that distance. It was a real victory for me.
"I am enjoying my life for the first time in a long time."


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If you find anything let me know. Your case sounds very similar to mine! I had incredible orgasims my entire life up until 31. I'm 33 now. It seemed to stop all of a sudden. Every erection I have there is a weird sensation of almost uncomfortable pressure in the middle of my penis. My tip doesn't feel nearly as sensitive either. Can you explain the "cork effect" in more detail? Our cases do seem similar. One thing I've noticed is that the whole time my cum has turned kind of yellow and more chunky I find. Weird. I still do find though a lot of times I get a really good bj I do get that after glow effect however the intense moaning, groaning pleasure of an incredible orgasims is gone.Some days I can get down sure but Christ there are so many afflictions one can have in their lives. If this is what I have to deal with I will manage I wish you the best of luck man but our cases do seem similar
He handed me an information leaflet on the Viberect, which is a medical stimulator for ED treatment. In addition, he had my testosterone levels checked again – the results were normal.
Quote from: Superfly on September 16, 2017, 01:15:31 PM He handed me an information leaflet on the Viberect, which is a medical stimulator for ED treatment. In addition, he had my testosterone levels checked again – the results were normal.If they've only checked your testosterone, they're pretty unserious. There are plenty of hormones to check for sexual dysfunction. Did you try the Viberect? I bought one years ago, but it didn't do much for me. I wouldn't get ejaculations. Wouldn't even get erections from it. But I see that since them they've come out with a suped up version intended for guys with severed spinal cords trying to collect sperm for artificial insemination. Would be interesting to see if even that didn't do anything for me.

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Take a Tour of SGHS
Academic excellence since 1879.
Southland Girls' High School is a school with a long and proud history of academic excellence since 1879.
The roll is 1200 students and usually between 25-28 international girls are enrolled each year.This small number of international students gives them the chance to fully integrate into the school and community.
All international students are offered special English classes as well as studying in other subjects. Learning is tailored to each student and a high standard of achievement and personal conduct is expected.
The School arranges either School Hostel or Homestay accommodation. Our caring international staff look after the students throughout their time studying here.
Mission Statement
"A Quality Learning Community where Relationships Count and excellence is expected."
Reasons to study at Southland Girls' High
Southland Girls' High girls are successful young women who enjoy and value all the advantages that our unique environment provides.
We have high expectations of our students and have contact with our international girls each day at school as they use our international office facilities including equipment to heat their lunches. We keep in close contact with their parents / agents and find that many visit their girls here in Invercargill during the year.
Our school is located centrally in the City of Invercargill with convenient access to public transport.
Excellent facilities and shops are within walking distance and girls can take full advantage of city resources.
Invercargill is a city of just over 53,000 people, it is recognized as a friendly and safe environment for our international girls.
Find out about our City at www.invercargill.org.nz and our beautiful province of Southland at www.southlandnz.com
Excellent Academic Programme
Our well-established programme provides specialist tuition in English (ESOL, IELTS). Cambridge Exams are also offered at Year 10. For the rest of the school day our girls are integrated into school classes where they are prepared for National Certificate of Educational Achievement at all levels.
Our international students achieve impressive results in national examinations and top rankings in the school. Over the last few years, three international students have been Dux of our school.
Girls are encouraged to participate fully in all aspects of school life and develop their talents in all areas.
Facilities at Southland Girls' High School
The school is extremely well equipped with modern classrooms, including a cyber café. Girls have free access to the Internet and computers. The school also boasts an international sized Gymnasium, dance suite, science rooms and labs, home economics rooms and a Piazza. All the rooms in our East Wing Block have been freshly redecorated in bright modern colours. The school is set in landscaped grounds and is only five minutes from the airport.
Contributing to the School Community
Girls are encouraged to look beyond the school, to the rest of New Zealand, and to the Global Community. Our Global Citizenship Committee is a newly formed group of Senior Girls who are very active in promoting cultural awareness in our School. They have held a lunch with our international girls, promoted various cultures during Languages Week, spoken at Assemblies and organised cultural activities within our school.
What ERO (Education Review Office) says about the SGHS International Programme
Southland Girls' High School is a well-established Year 7 to 13 school. Approximately 9% of the students board. Since the 2009 ERO review there have been significant and positive developments in school culture. This has created a school-wide approach of increasing attention to, and support for, the achievement of individual students.
The school's vision of 'a quality learning community where relationships count, and excellence is expected', is highly evident throughout the school. The board, senior leaders and teachers have high expectations for the achievement of all students. Students are actively encouraged and supported to aspire to and achieve their own level of personal excellence.
There is a strong focus on developing effective relationships with and between staff and students. Staff are collegial and work together for the benefit of all students. Teachers are purposefully involved in the plans and targets for school-wide improvement. Students' ideas and opinions are making an increasingly important contribution to decisions about their learning.
There are effective school-wide systems to promote and strengthen teaching and guide school operations.
Provision for international students
The school is a signatory to the Code of Practice for the Pastoral Care of International Students (the Code) established under section 238F of the Education Act 1989. At the time of this review there were 20 international students attending the school.
The school has attested that it complies with all aspects of the Code. ERO's investigations confirmed that the school's self-review process for international students is very thorough.
International students' pastoral support, accommodation requirements and learning needs are overseen by a very experienced team of well-qualified staff.
Students' learning needs are identified in detail. Programmes are designed for each student and learning support is put in place to meet all language and learning needs.
International students participate in a range of school activities beyond the classroom. They are integrated into the wider life of the school.
Provision for students in the school hostel
The school hostel, Enwood House, accommodates 105 students, 9% of the school roll. It is owned by the Southland Girls' High School Board of Trustees.
Students told ERO that they feel safe and valued. They appreciate the care they receive and enjoy the many opportunities to participate in a wide of range of activities. They spoke very highly of the help and support they receive from the hostel staff and other boarders.
The hostel manager has reviewed and improved management practices. She works with hostel staff to ensure that boarders benefit from their time in the hostel. There are strong links between the school and the hostel to support the boarders' wellbeing and learning.
The school's vision for the girls to become independent is highly evident in the hostel. Boarders are well supported in taking increasing responsibility for managing themselves, particularly in Year 13 where the girls live independently in the two houses on the hostel grounds. Year 13 students told ERO they welcome the manager's level of trust and feel they are well supported for life after school.
How effectively does this school's curriculum promote and support student learning?
The school's curriculum promotes and supports students' learning. The curriculum effectively reflects the school's strategic aim to be learner focused and relevant to the students.
A strong focus is placed on providing individual learning pathways for students to meet their level of challenge, need and interests. This is supported by flexible timetabling and multi-level teaching. Students' learning benefits from curriculum breadth, a wide range of opportunities in and beyond the school, and cooperation between departments.
The school has effective processes for ongoing curriculum review and development. Developments are based on best-evidence research, and shared at teacher meetings to ensure they are understood and maintained by teachers. The school leaders and teachers are currently undertaking a process to map key understandings for learning across subjects and to direct future developments.
Teachers continually seek ways to involve students in their learning. They use students' views to help improve their teaching. School leaders have a very good understanding of the quality of teaching across the school.
The school makes comprehensive use of student achievement information to keep an ongoing focus on improvement and accountability. The school has very good systems and expectations for gathering and using learning information at school-wide, departmental and classroom levels. There are strong and sustainable systems for managing national assessments in Years 11 to 13.
Achievement information shows that National Certificates of Educational Achievement (NCEA) pass rates are above national comparisons for similar schools. In Years 9 and 10, school achievement information for 2012 shows that most students are achieving at or above curriculum expectations for reading and writing. In Years 7 and 8, most students are achieving at or above the National Standards in reading, writing and mathematics.
Students use achievement information to set learning goals, reflect on how well they have achieved them and identify their next learning steps.
NZQA Flyer on the Pastoral Care of International Students
Student Support
Our full time Director of International Students, Mrs Megan McKenzie, is responsible for the students' progress, their pastoral care and their safety. She helps and supports all our international girls in their day to day life and is able to help students settle quickly into their new school and new country. She is genuinely interested in their welfare and academic progress.
Megan has travelled extensively and enjoys working with our International girls as well as developing strong working relationships with agents, International and host families and the wider international community
Southland Girls' High School is a signatory and has agreed to observe and be bound by the Code of Practice for the Pastoral Care of International Students published by the Minister of Education. Copies of the Code are available from us or from the NZ Ministry of Education website at www.minedu.govt.nz.
Megan's contacts are:
Cell phone: 021 767 089
WeChat meganmckenzie
Line meganmckenzie
WhatsApp Megan McKenzie
Resolution of Complaints/Disputes
Resolution of Complaints/Disputes
- NZQA - Concern about the quality of education given by the Educational provider are directed to the NZQA. Copies of how to make such a complaint are in a hardcopy in the International Students Room. Find further information here: http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/assets/Providers-and-partners/Code-of-Practice/int-students-make-a-complaint-updated.pdf
2. Dispute Resolution Scheme – Concerns about any financial matters pertaining to the provision of education between the educational provider and the student/parent are made to Fairway Resolution Ltd through the www.isudent.org.nz / 0800 006675. This DRS process is the next step after all efforts negotiating with the educational provider have been unsuccessful. Download the form here: http://www.istudent.org.nz/making-a-complaint/complaint-form


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Spring begins in a couple weeks but the ants are already on the march. Pest control for ants in the Portland area is in full swing now and with warmer temperatures on the horizon…we can expect the ants to be a big problem again this year.
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Statc: a magnetic support for iPhone and not only
The exit of new gadgets of Apple gives a powerful spur of creative thought to producers of accessories. Every year covers and docking stations everything become more freakish, and their functional – everything is more various. The imperceptible piece of metal with dredging under iPhone called badly said imenovaniye of Statc has one and only, but very useful function.
The accessory is made of an integral piece of aluminum. In it as it is easy to guess, iPhone is inserted. And later all this fastens on any metal surface thanks to a massive magnet in the lower part of this support. The turned-out design turns on all 360 degrees on though what axis. Moreover, it is not obligatory to use with it directly Apple phone. In fastenings it is possible to "plant" and a small camera – "soap tray".
Existence of a magnet imposes restrictions on scenarios of use of this accessory. Far not not very well what steel surface reacts to a magnet, and not always on this surface there is a sufficient place for Statc placement. The support support has rather small size and the minimum for 60 dollars is on sale. Though "is on sale" – it is loudly told. The project hangs on Kickstarter and waits for your investments.


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This guide is intended for players who are new to the Civilization franchise, who enjoy strategy sparingly, and/or who just want to understand fundamental concepts of gameplay. I hope to translate game concepts into easy-speak and provide new players with a quick, yet thorough and readable guide. Intermediate, advanced, or hardcore players might find this guide handy, but the content isn't targeted at you.
This guide was originally published for the Steam community, where it's become quite popular so I've decided to republish all of my guides here so that I can enhance them.
Table of Contents
- Understanding Your Screen
- The State Part 1: City Management
- The State Part 2: Citizen Management
- The State Part 3: Workers
- The Goals of Your Empire (Production, Science, Culture, and Faith)
- Happiness and Golden Ages
- Combat Basics
- Quick Answers F.A.Q.
- Appendix
Welcome, Your Highness!
Foremost, my intention is to make sure this guide really serves new players well. Please give me any feedback on things which you think need clarity or just questions about things not discussed at all! So far the community has been great, helping me make corrections and providing some clarity of advice for this guide. Please, keep it coming!
Civilization is a veeeeeery old game spanning the ages of our times itself!!! It is a grand turn-based strategy game about the achievements of earthly civilizations past. Without commenting on actual accuracy, it does generally try to adhere to the historical record.
You'll see characters such as Pharoah Ramses, Catherine the Great, Bismark, Ghandi, and many more. The idea is that you chose any of the great civilizations represented in the game and you chart their nations path to victory. You can do this by all the good old fashioned methods taught in the history books:
- Conquest
- Cultural Achievement
- Scientific Achievement
- Diplomacy
These don't represent any game modes specifically, but gives a good idea of how the game is played. Pick your civilization of choice and go out into the world and see how far you can get!
During the game you take turns against your opponents, building things, founding cities, making discoveries, and defending your lands. This is the heart of gameplay. You can even choose what style of government; will you rule as a dictator or will your civilization be a democtratic republic?
This guide will ONLY discuss single player mode. Some of the rules of gameplay change for multiplayer games and for that reason multiplayer is a different kind of game. For the sake of keeping this guide newbie friendly, we'll only cover the very basics of how to play. By the time you're done with this you should be able to jump into the game and understand how to play.
If you've truly never played this game, do yourself a favor and start at the very lowest difficulty: Chieftan. This has nothing to do with your ability to learn or anything else, but difficulty in this game works a tad different than in others. Game balance determines difficulty. For newbies, Chieftan will give you the best balanced environment to learn the game. Every increase in difficulty will bring more and more challenge until the game is balanced against you.
The Dawn of Your Empire
Don't worry too much about the game length and the dozens of map choices. For learning, just start a simple game without tweaking advanced options.
All civilizations begin the game with different but equal features. Each one has unique characteristics and advantages. They are generally balanced such that at the start everyone is on the same level playing field.
I'll assume you know what a turn-based strategy game is. If you don't, they are all mostly played like chess. One player makes a move and then their opponent does the same. The board itself has rules (how many tiles are on it) and the pieces on the board have rules (how far they can move, their power, etc). You win the game by manuevering your pieces strategically around the board until you out maneuver your opponent. This is exactly how Civ is played except it's far more interesting than Chess (imho)!
In this guide, I'll explain the board, the pieces, and the rules in as few words as possible. The table of contents is made so you can easily skip to the relevant sections you want information about. Also, at the end of the guide is an Appendix of Terms. For the most part I'll be defining everything as I go. Where necessary, I'll link to guides around the community for additional information.


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I-4 reopens after fatal crash, pileup
Woman killed trying to cross interstate near Kirkman Road in Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla. – A woman in her 20s was struck by a vehicle and killed while trying to cross Interstate 4, leading to a multi-vehicle pileup and forcing Orlando police to close the interstate for hours.
[PHOTOS: Fatal crash closes I-4 in Orlando]
Westbound lanes of I-4 were closed at Conroy Road for about six hours before reopening around 8:40 a.m. Thursday.
According to Orlando police, the woman collided her 1995 Toyota Camry with a guardrail at around 2:45 a.m., which caused her car to bounce back in middle of I-4 near Kirkman Road. Her car was struck by two different vehicles, troopers said.
The woman then attempted to cross the interstate, but she was struck and killed, Orlando police said. Six other vehicles were then involved in a pileup, but no one was seriously injured, according to police.
Her identity hasn't been released pending next-of-kin notification, troopers said.
Traffic was backed up for miles in the area, including on the nearby Florida Turnpike.
As police were re-routing traffic, a 20-year-old woman plowed through two barricades and nearly hit an officer, coming to a stop about 10 feet from the victim's body, police said. The woman was arrested on a charge of DUI and taken to jail.
An investigation into the crashes is ongoing.
Watch Local 6 News and stay with ClickOrlando.com for more on this story.
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"To Make the Best Better"
Welcome to the El Dorado County 4-H Program of South Lake Tahoe. Our mission is to engage youth in reaching their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development.
There are no clubs in South Lake Tahoe at this time, but there will be in the future!
If you are interested in finding out more about starting a 4-H Club in South Lake Tahoe, submit an information request form.
General 4-H Information
Local Clubs and Contact Information - COMING SOON
South Lake Tahoe 4-H Office
1100 Lyons Ave.,
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Lupe Ramirez
4-H Program Representative
Community Outreach
By appointment
Phone: 530-543-2319 ext. 1112
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
El Dorado 4-H Office
311 Fair Lane,
Placerville, CA 95667
Vera M. Bullard
4-H Program Representative
Enrollment, Club Management & Countywide Projects
By appointment
Phone: 530-621-5507
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Denise Veffredo
4-H Program Representative
Livestock, Countywide/Special Events, Newsletter & Record Books
By appointment
Phone: 530-621-5568
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Further fruit fly finding a major concern
The discovery of a second fruit fly in Auckland is a major threat to New Zealand's horticulture industry, Labour's Biosecurity spokesperson Damien O'Connor says.
"Every step possible must be taken to eradicate this pest.
"The finding in the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn today, along with 39 larvae and one pupa in lemons and plums, means this is the first time New Zealand has had a population of the Queensland fruit fly.
"Labour urges local residents to work with Ministry of Primary Industry officials, and recheck their gardens and fruit bowls, to ensure no stone is left unturned.
"We have proven in the past we can eradicated such pests but the Government has to ensure officials are properly resourced to so again," Damien O'Connor says.


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This page aims to help you remove "Corner Sunshine". These "Corner Sunshine" removal instructions work for Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer, as well as every version of Windows.
Many users have recently contacted us with a request to help them remove the intrusive ads, pop-ups and banners generated by "Corner Sunshine". This is a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program), which gets installed on their PC unnoticed and quickly integrates with any browser – Chrome, Firefox, IE, Opera, etc. As a result, the user's screen gets flooded with different advertisements, which may at some point interfere with the normal browsing activity and cause disturbances and irritation to some people. If you are reading this, then you are probably experiencing these effects. That's why, on this page, we are going to show you how to remove "Corner Sunshine" and all its traces from your system. Just read the information below so you can effectively clean your system from the current ads invasion and avoid any such potentially unwanted programs in the future.
Let's begin with what a PUP is and how it operates?
Many online users are exposed to different ads, pop-ups, banners, blinking boxes and promotional messages that can be found on the web. With the increased role and activity of the online advertising industry, the methods these ads use to get displayed directly on users' screens are also evolving. You are more likely to see ads, which are directly displayed on some ad sponsored websites, social platforms or different sales pages. However, there is another way that pop-ups could get on your screen and this usually happens through special software that gets installed on your computer. This software is called PUP and "Corner Sunshine" is a typical representative of it, primarily developed to install an ad-generating component deep inside your system and bombard you with a huge number of ads every time you open your browser.
What is all this ad-generating for?
Usually, you will quickly notice that you have been invaded by PUP mainly because of the abnormal amount of unstoppable and very aggressive advertisements you are seeing on your screen. But why are they so many? The main reason for the excessive amount of ads that this type of software generates is money. The banners, popping boxes and blinking links are usually sponsored or paid advertisements and every time you click on some of them, the people, who own the PUP, generate some profits through a method called Pay-Per-Click. This means that they are motivated to display as many ads as possible and try to get as many clicks as possible. However, in their attempts to gain more paid clicks, the PUP owners may really overdo it with the amount of sponsored messages they flood the users with. As a result, the users may experience some constant browsing interruptions, which may make them decide to uninstall the PUP.
Is Corner Sunshine "Virus" really a threat to your PC?
Now, this is something that probably concerns you the most. But we have some good news for you – "Corner Sunshine" is not a virus. Despite its rather aggressive ad-generating behavior, "Corner Sunshine" and PUP programs in general are not considered malicious and don't represent any security threat to your machine. In fact, they are legitimate pieces of software, which are only used as ad-displaying tools involved in the popular Pay-Per-Click remuneration scheme. They cannot harm your system the way a virus or malware like the infamous Ransomware would. An actual harmful threat would corrupt your system, steal credentials, spy on you, infect other machines and whatnot. Ransomware could even lock your entire data and blackmail you. PUP cannot do anything this harmful, that's why you don't need to get panicked if you detect such an application on your machine. At its worst, it could only cause you some browsing interruption and irritation. Sometimes, it may try to match its ads with your latest searches and track your browsing history or online activity with the idea to show you more relevant ads. However, this activity has not proven to be very useful, moreover, some users may not really like it when their online activity is monitored and analyzed by third parties. This could be another reason to consider uninstalling "Corner Sunshine", but let's first tell you how exactly you got it on your system in the first place.
How can PUP get installed on your PC?
It is very unlikely that you would install PUP like "Corner Sunshine" voluntarily on your computer just because you like being bombarded with advertisements. However, knowingly or not, you give your permission to such software to be installed on your system and this happens usually when you run the standard/quick setup of another program, which may be bundled with PUP. Now, software bundling is a method used by many software developers, who pack some attractive programs with PUP and distribute the whole bundle for free. Freeware platforms, file sharing sites, installation managers, direct downloads and installers or even spam emails may contain such bundles. So, if you usually download and install software from such places, you are advised to always click on the advanced/custom/manual option during the setup, because this is where you will find the PUP and prevent it from getting installed along the program you want. This is an option that many people overlook, and this is how they end up with a bunch of undesired programs, or sometimes even malware or a virus. That's why it is essential that you always opt for the most detailed installation option. Now, since you have probably skipped this important step the last time, you may need the instructions in the removal guide below if you wish to save yourself from the ads. Simply follow the guidelines and you will be PUP-free in just a few clicks.
|"Corner Sunshine"
|Danger Level
|Dozens of ads, pop-ups and banners cover your screen.
|Distribution Method
|This program could be found bundled in software installers, download managers, spam emails, torrents, freeware platforms or direct downloads.
|Detection Tool
parasite may reinstall itself multiple times if you don't delete its core files. We recommend downloading SpyHunter to scan for malicious programs. This may save you hours and cut down your time to about 15 minutes.
Download SpyHunter Anti-Malware
More information on SpyHunter, steps to uninstall, EULA, Threat Assessment Criteria, and Privacy Policy.
Corner Sunshine "Virus" Removal
Some of the steps will likely require you to exit the page. Bookmark it for later reference.
Reboot in Safe Mode (use this guide if you don't know how to do it).
Reveal All Hidden Files and Folders.
- Do not skip this – "Corner Sunshine" may have hidden some of its files.
Hold together the Start Key and R. Type appwiz.cpl –> OK.
You are now in the Control Panel. Look for suspicious entries. Uninstall it/them.
Type msconfig in the search field and hit enter. A window will pop-up:
Startup —> Uncheck entries that have "Unknown" as Manufacturer or otherwise look suspicious.
Hold the Start Key and R – copy + paste the following and click OK:
notepad %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/hosts
A new file will open. If you are hacked, there will be a bunch of other IPs connected to you at the bottom. Look at the image below:
If there are suspicious IPs below "Localhost" – write to us in the comments.
Open the start menu and search for Network Connections (On Windows 10 you just write it after clicking the Windows button), press enter.
- Right-click on the Network Adapter you are using —> Properties —> Internet Protocol Version 4 (ICP/IP), click Properties.
- The DNS line should be set to Obtain DNS server automatically. If it is not, set it yourself.
- Click on Advanced —> the DNS tab. Remove everything here (if there is something) —> OK.
Right click on the browser's shortcut —> Properties.
NOTE: We are showing Google Chrome, but you can do this for Firefox and IE (or Edge).
Properties —–> Shortcut. In Target, remove everything after .exe.
Remove "Corner Sunshine" from Internet Explorer:
Open IE, click —–> Manage Add-ons.
Find the threat —> Disable. Go to —–> Internet Options —> change the URL to whatever you use (if hijacked) —> Apply.
Remove "Corner Sunshine" from Firefox:
Open Firefox, click ——-> Add-ons —-> Extensions.
Find the PUP/malware —> Remove.
Remove "Corner Sunshine" from Chrome:
Close Chrome. Navigate to:
C:/Users/!!!!USER NAME!!!!/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data. There is a Folder called "Default" inside:
Rename it to Backup Default. Restart Chrome.
- At this point the threat is gone from Chrome, but complete the entire guide or it may reappear on a system reboot.
Press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC simultaneously. Go to the Processes Tab. Try to determine which ones are dangerous. Google them or ask us in the comments.
Right click on each of the problematic processes separately and select Open File Location. End the process after you open the folder, then delete the directories you were sent to.
Type Regedit in the windows search field and press Enter.
Inside, press CTRL and F together and type the threat's Name. Right click and delete any entries you find with a similar name. If they don't show this way, go manually to these directories and delete/uninstall them:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—–Random Directory. It could be any one of them – ask us if you can't discern which ones are malicious.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—-Windows—CurrentVersion—Run– Random
HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—Internet Explorer—-Main—- Random
Remember to leave us a comment if you run into any trouble!


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"So what?" she had scoffed. "You're my little human pay pig. You do not need luxuries like food and heating. You only exist to keep ME in luxury"
She was right. I lived for any kind of contact from her. It was all I had in my life. But the wages I earned were never enough. She took everything and still demanded more.
And here I stood, staring at an ATM and praying I had at least $150 to wire to her account tonight. I entered my pin with shaking hands and checked my balance.
I had $113 dollars. My heart sank and my blood drained from my face. I didn't get paid for another 5 days and she wanted it NOW. I withdrew the $110 and entered the bank and wired the money directly to her account. I went home and had my dinner of a tin of beans and a slice of toast. It was almost all the food I had in the house. After I had eaten, I logged on to the live femdom cam site where my Mistress always was and I paused with my mouse cursor over the "enter private chat" button.
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"Oh, it's you" I heard her say, clearly disappointed. "And what do you want? You've got some nerve showing your face in here when you were $40 short"
"I'm sorry Mistress," I said "It's all I had in my bank to send"
"And that's my problem how? I don't care about your financial problems. I wanted a pair of Diamonte shoes and a bracelet. You were supposed to pay for them and now I'm going to have to go without."
I'm really sorry Mistress" I stammered "I'll send the rest as soon as I get paid"
But of course, this was not good enough. She had wanted the money TONIGHT, and I had failed. I was her human ATM and I hadn't come up with the goods. For guys like me, financial domination is the only way we can be of any service to a superior female.
"Well I'm keeping the $110 and you can spend another $150 when you get paid on Thursday"
I spluttered that I only got paid $165 from the job paying me and that I wanted to put some money in my heating as it was getting chilly at nights' now
"Too fucking bad" she yelled "You are my little pay pig and you'll give me the cash I tell you to give me. In fact, just for your moaning, you can give me $160 instead. I'm going out with my real man boyfriend to an expensive restaurant and you'll be picking up the check"
My heart sank as I realised it was my own fault. She is my findom Princess and what she wants, she gets.
She deserves the best in life while I live on the basics. As her paypig, I have failed and she has every right to be annoyed. She will now sit at her female domination webcam room and ignore me while she runs up my credit card bill.
After about 15 minutes, my Goddess, spoiled Brat left her cams room and I turned off my screen and went to bed. I tried to work out if I could get any overtime at one of my jobs to put my heat on.
But like any good financial slave, my first thought was that any extra cash could immediately go to my Owner to buy things for herself, such as a manicure.
I didn't deserve luxury. She does
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Enhancing its clients' competitiveness, becoming a point of reference in a network of excellence with the scientific and industrial world, transferring know-how and technologies from the automotive sector to other sectors, such as the domotics, energy and medical sectors. These are the areas of application of the innovation to which the Plast-Optic Research Centre (CRP) has dedicated its research and development activities ever since it was founded in 2002. Ten years of activity that were celebrated today in the presence of the President of the Friuli – Venezia Giulia Region, Renzo Tondo, of the Managing Director of the Plast-Optic Research Centre, Paola Carrea, and of the President of Agemont, Roberto Venturini.
The Centre was founded in 2002 in Amaro, in the province of Udine, as a result of the collaboration between Magneti Marelli Automotive Lighting, Agemont (Agency for the economic development of the mountain region) and CRF (Fiat Research Centre, which in 2011 transferred its shareholding to Magneti Marelli Automotive Lighting). It is located at the Agemont's Technological Innovation Centre, a technological hub that features the presence of innovative production companies and research laboratories, capable of encouraging a constant interaction between the system of small and medium-sized companies and the world of Research and of the University.
The CRP is therefore strictly connected with the activities of Automotive Lighting – Magneti Marelli's strategic business line for automotive lighting systems which posted a turnover of approximately € 1.8 billion in 2011 - and specifically with the plant in Tolmezzo (UD, Italy), which represents Automotive Lighting's global excellence centre with regard to rear lights technology. The Tolmezzo plant alone generates a turnover of about € 160 million, and it employs about 800 people. It supplies a wide range of rear lights to leading global carmakers, exporting about 95% of its production.
During this ten-year period, the CRP has operated with the goal of expanding the research activity in order to develop skills to be made available to customers and partners with regards to lighting and LED signalling devices, plastic artefacts and prototypes, technological processes on plastic, optics and electronics and, lastly, new composite materials. This has led to projects in various sectors, such as the search for innovative lighting systems based on solid-state sources (OLED and chip-LED), the design of new nano-composite thermoplastic materials, the definition of concentration photovoltaic systems and the implementation of innovative injection moulding technologies for the production of micro-structured optical systems.
While carrying out its research and development activities, the CRP actively collaborates with Magneti Marelli's laboratories, offering the possibility to access technological areas which are complementary to those in which Magneti Marelli possesses specific skills. The Centre is equipped with laboratories dedicated to simulation and design, in addition to a LED and Chip-LED assembly line and several presses for injection moulding. Thanks to its network of international partners, the CRP can follow the preparation and presentation of European and national research projects, in collaboration with companies or research institutions interested in the sectors of photonics, nano-technologies and alternative energies, with special focus on issues relating to solar energy.
The Plast-Optic Research Centre is a member of the Italian Technological Alliance for solid-state lighting, which brings together industrial and scientific operators in the sector in order to help them become more competitive at the international level.
A confirmation of the high level of technological development achieved by the CRP is the Phylla prototype, developed by the Fiat Research Centre together with its partners, on display in Amaro during the 10-year anniversary celebrations of the CRP.
Phylla is a multi-ecological city car, sustainable and totally recyclable, with headlamps and rear lights based on LED systems, designed and developed at the CRP, with chip-on-board electronics for high energy efficiency control and long useful life of the luminous sources.


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Back Again!on February 6, 2010 at 12:00 am
Start as you mean to continue, right? Uploaded only four days late! I think that may be a record!
- Keen
… THANKS KEEN Cough. I mean. Welcome back everyone Thanks so much for coming back! I apologize for the lateness! After drawing the first draft the pen ran out of ink, the computer didn't work, etc etc ;_;
Although I didn't do all the stuff that Keen mentioned in the comic above, I have come up with quite a few stories I'll be writing soon Hope you enjoy and like I said,
- Vol


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Are you compartmentalizing you your vocation from your vacation?
Do you live to work or work to live? Or is there a third option?
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Not to come out of the blocks as the contrarian — but you know me, so … 😉 — but I think Godin's question and the assumptions here are rich people's concerns. Some people really do need to escape from their work which, it seems to me, means that there is some segment of each of our lives that we really do need to retreat from. Why have a Sabbath otherwise (defined as you will)?
Totally agree in a certain sense.
BUT to push back a little bit my contrarian friend — First, is it wrong to have this discussion for those that have the margin and ability to craft their vocational activities?
Second, I think this challenge could also be taken by anyone in any socio-economic class/circumstance regarding their work. The Bible shows us that we don't have to take the popular view of work as a trap (work to live) and all that this victim's mentality brings with it. I like how the Theology of Work site puts it: "How you work is at least as important to God as what job or profession you have. In every job, you have at least some opportunity to meet people's needs, to employ your gifts and skills, and to express — or discover — your deepest desires. Your decision every day to serve God today is more important than positioning yourself for the right job tomorrow. [planning an escape from it] " ( http://www.theologyofwork.org/key-topics/vocation-overview-article/discerning-gods-guidance-to-a-particular-kind-of-work/discerning-gods-guidance-for-how-you-work/) In general, don't you think an attitude of gratitude will bring what Psalm 15:13 says: A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, But when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken?
Lastly, as for Sabbath, I believe there's probably a difference between escape and retreat. Sabbath, yes. Regularly, yes.


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As a fairly new member of Chindi Authors, I'd like to introduce myself to those whom I've not yet had the pleasure of meeting.
Having made the acquaintance of a handful of Chindi Authors – and enjoyed their encouragement and support over the last year or so – I am delighted to now consider myself a fellow author, following the self-publishing of my first novel, Under the Yew Tree.
Having grown up in Sussex and with a horticultural background, I find myself referring to my local knowledge and personal experiences of farming and agriculture in the region and the communities that keep the nation fed. A "what-if" story set in 1940, during World War Two, Under the Yew Tree imagines the German occupation of the South East of England and the actions of the local Resistance – naturally mostly made up of local farmers and farm workers.
Under the Yew Tree is now available to buy on Amazon, which is a thrilling feeling and I'm currently reeling from the positive feedback I'm receiving from readers so far! I'm pleased to say that my second novel, a sequel, is already 30,000 words in but any further encouragement from Chindi Authors to achieve the endgame is welcome!


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Mini dress by Seven 'til Midnight
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Not flawless, but incredibly sexy nonetheless. You won't be itching, adjusting, or shoving this dress in your bottom drawer. It's going to feel good, and it's going to look good. So, curvy girls, take notice!
This seductive little piece is sure to leave an impression in anyone's mind. Getting sexy for your lover or be bold and wear this out to make sure you never miss a moment of attention. This tube dress is perfect for either option.
All around, I think this dress is worth it; the price and the comfort. I think feeling like a complete bombshell for $16.99 is rare! I love the fact that it is stretchy, so if I lose weight or gain it, it will fit!
The Seductress Tube Dress by DreamGirl is a simple, inexpensive, comfortable piece that looks extremely sexy when worn. I love finding bedroom outfits that are sexy with an extremely low price-- this is one them. The outfit is stretchy and very comfortable. Regardless of the width you need, this dress will be able to stretch to fit you. I'm very happy with it.
If you're looking for an inexpensive way to put some "va-va-voom" back in the bedroom then this dress is definitely a hit! It provides enough coverage that shy ladies will still feel covered, while more adventurous ones will feel sexy! Give it a try and I'm sure you won't be disappointed!
If you want something comfortable and insanely sexy, honey, this is it! I really can't find anything to complain about with this dress. Really, the only slight problem I have is that my waist is a little too skinny, so the straps are just a smidge loose around it. The quality is very nice, and it keeps just the bare essentials covered, which makes it very alluring. This is one dress that I highly recommend.
If you want something that is smoking hot for either yourself or someone that you know this would be the piece to get.


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It helps sometimes to face your addiction head on. At least it does for Simms Pro Desk Manager Pete Vandergrift.
Who doesn't like sight fishing? I can't get enough of it. So what are the options in the midst of one of the warmest summers in history and living in the middle of the country?
Well, carp of course. For some time now I've met up a few of my longtime fishing buddies for a weekend away from families, clients and home waters to test our skills on, what many believe, are freshwater's best challenge. This is not only my favorite summertime activity—this has become quite an obsession with many Simms staffers. Simms parking lot is filled with boats jerry-rigged with carpeted platforms.
So when I am asked by carp newbies for a few tips, the long-time guide in me loves to share the wealth. Continue reading


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Another weekend in the books. We spent this past weekend soaking up as much family and friend time as possible. Between a Pho dinner date on Friday night with a sweet new friend, a Chipotle and Corona girls night on Saturday, and homemade pizza and craft beer on Sunday with our mom and Lou it was definitely a marvelous weekend.
Here are some shots to sum up our weekend, enjoy!
Leftover jars.
Roasted Vegetable Salad.
Homemade Soup.
Beer Flights.
Sleeping Beauty.
Crumbled Banana Bread.
Cheers to Girls Night.
Shrimp Pho.
Cottage Cheese Oats.
Egg and Hummus Wraps.
Homemade Pizza and Craft Beer.


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New catalog
Sun 21 Feb 2010 - Filed under: Not a Journal., 2010, catalog | 5 Comments | Posted by: Gavin
Ok, enough of those posts about new books: Here's everything we've got coming (not counting LCRW and maybe a surprise or two) between two covers. There's an astounding new collection of stories from Karen Joy Fowler, a huge sexy historical novel from Kathe Koja, Karen Lord's debut novel, and even a few authors whose names don't begin with K. The catalog (below) can be downloaded from Scribd (as a pdf or a text file, but the pdf is prettier), and at some point we'll print some and send them out. Peruse, pre-order, and pass it on? Sure, why not.
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Thrilled to be in such excellent company. I think this entire catalog should go out for drinks, and dancing to follow.
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I've been going through a lot of catalogs lately, and that is one snazzy catalog!
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Lindsey Blaskowski
Age: 11
School: Park Springs Elementary School in Coral Springs
Grade: Fifth
Hometown: Coral Springs
Trait: Responsibility
Lindsey Blaskowski is a multitasking media machine, performing a variety of daily duties to deliver the school's morning announcements. She's making news in other ways too, as a role model who readily steps forward to assist teachers and classmates.
She credits gymnastics as a big influence. "I've learned to be responsible and listen to my instructors," Lindsey says.
Bart Sheib, fifth-grade teacher: Any time a student needs assistance, Lindsey is there. Lindsey does this on a daily basis. She is always assisting other students, teachers and staff members.
As director for the school's morning announcements, she does everything that's needed. She writes the scripts, makes sure the camera and audio are working, hands out rewards and assists with guests.
Linda and Marvis Blaskowski, parents: She actually picks up these traits from her older siblings. She's always been that way, since she was walking. She does gymnastics outside of school, which also helps build her character and helps her be resilient. I know at school she always reaches out to kids with disabilities. We're very proud of her, the way she is growing and turning into such as great person.
Lindsey Blaskowski: My parents and my brothers inspire me. Because they succeed, it makes me want to succeed.
I like it when I am succeeding. But I feel bad when people are confused and don't know what to do, so I help as many people as I can, like helping students with their science lessons. I think it's important because I want everyone to succeed, so everyone is equal. I'll also walk students with disabilities back to class. Sometimes we'll talk together while we're walking in the hallways. I want everyone to be happy.
For the morning announcements, it's really fun and interesting. I stay organized by getting help from other students, or asking teachers to help me. I also put stuff in planners.
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I participated in a Blog Blast Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Grapes from Mexico. I received a promotional item to thank me for my participation.
I am a grape lover! And I have a kid who is, too! It all started back the day I was born. My mom says I was so purple, I looked like a grape!
Well, now we have even more reason to be grape lovers (and in Spanish) because we are getting grapes at the peak of the season from Mexico. They make a wonderful snack for W, our household grape gobbler, because she can eat as many as she likes at under 100 calories per serving size – not to mention the great health benefits: Hello, antioxidants! We love to have them out of the fridge because they are best cold and fresh. The grapes from Mexico are packaged and shipped within 24 hours of being picked, so we get them at the perfect ripeness!
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Richard Lovelace
Biography of Richard Lovelace
English poet, born at Woolwich (southeast London) in 1618. He was a scion of a Kentish family, and inherited a tradition of military distinction, maintained by successive generations from the time of King Edward III. His father, Sir William Lovelace, had served in the Low Countries, received the honor of knighthood from King James I, and was killed at Grolle in 1628. His brother, Francis Lovelace, the "Colonel Francis" of Lucasta, served on the side of King Charles I, and defended Caermarthen in 1644. His mother's family was legal; her grandfather had been chief baron of the exchequer. Richard was educated at the Charterhouse and at Gloucester Hall, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1634. Through the request of one of the queen's ladies on the royal visit to Oxford he was made M.A., though only in his second year at the university.
Lovelace's fame has been kept alive by a few songs and the romance of his career, and his poems are commonly spoken of as careless improvisations, and merely the amusements of an active soldier. But the unhappy course of his life gave him more leisure for verse-making than opportunity of soldiering. Before the outbreak of the civil war in 1642 his only active service was in the bloodless expedition which ended in the Pacification of Berwick in 1640. On the conclusion of peace he entered into possession of the family estates at Bethersden, Canterbury, Chart and Halden in Kent. By that time he was one of the most distinguished of the company of courtly poets gathered around Queen Henrietta, who were influenced as a school by contemporary French writers of vers de société. He wrote a comedy, The Scholar, when he was sixteen, and a tragedy, The Soldier, when he was twenty-one. From what he says of Fletcher, it would seem that this dramatist was his model, but only the prologue and epilogue to his comedy have been preserved. When the rupture between king and parliament took place, Lovelace was committed to the Gatehouse at Westminster for presenting to the Commons in 1642 a petition from Kentish royalists in the king's favor. It was then that he wrote his most famous song, "To Althea from Prison." He was liberated, says Wood, on bail of £40,000 (more probably £4000), and throughout the civil war was a prisoner on parole, with this security in the hands of his enemies. He contrived, however, to render considerable service to the king's cause. He provided his two brothers with money to raise men for the Royalist army, and befriended many of the king's adherents.
He was especially generous to scholars and musicians, and among his associates in London were Henry Lawes and John Gamble, the Cottons, Sir Peter Lely, Andrew Marvell and probably Sir John Suckling. He joined the king at Oxford in 1645, and after the surrender of the city in 1646 he raised a regiment for the service of the French king. He was wounded at the siege of Dunkirk, and with his brother Dudley, who had acted as captain in his brother's command, returned to England in 1648. It is not known whether the brothers took any part in the disturbances in Kent of that year, but both were imprisoned at Petre House in Aldersgate. During this second imprisonment he collected and revised for the press a volume of occasional poems, many if not most of which had previously appeared in various publications. The volume was published in 1649 under the title of Lucasta, his poetical name -- contracted from Lux Casta -- for a lady rashly identified by Wood as Lucy Sacheverell, who, it is said, married another during his absence in France, on a report that he had died of his wounds at Dunkirk. The last ten years of Lovelace's life were passed in obscurity. His fortune had been exhausted in the king's interest, and he is said to have been supported by the generosity of friends. He died in 1658 "in a cellar in Longacre", according to Aubrey, who, however, possibly exaggerates his poverty. A volume of Lovelace's Posthume Poems was published in 1659 by his brother Dudley. They are of inferior merit to his own collection.
The world has done no injustice to Lovelace in neglecting all but a few of his modest offerings to literature. But critics often do him injustice in dismissing him as a gay cavalier, who dashed off his verses hastily and cared little what became of them. It is a mistake to class him with Suckling; he has neither Suckling's easy grace nor his reckless spontaneity. We have only to compare the version of any of his poems in Lucasta with the form in which it originally appeared to see how fastidious was his revision. In many places it takes time to decipher his meaning. The expression is often elliptical, the syntax inverted and tortuous, the train of thought intricate and discontinuous. These faults -- they are not of course to be found in his two or three popular lyrics, "Going to the Wars", "To Althea from Prison", "The Scrutiny" -- are, however, as in the case of his poetical master, John Donne, the faults not of haste but of over-elaboration. His thoughts are not the first thoughts of an improvisatore, but thoughts ten or twenty stages removed from the first, and they are generally as closely packed as they are far-fetched.
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Richard Lovelace Poems
" To His Fairest Valentine Mrs. A. L.
"Come, pretty birds, present your lays, And learn to chaunt a goddess praise; Ye wood-nymphs, let your voices be Employ'd to serve her deity:
To Lucasta, Going To The Wars
Tell me not (Sweet) I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly.
o aAarantha; Tat sSe wWuld dDshevell h...
TO AMARANTHA; THAT SHE WOULD DISHEVELL HER HAIRE. I. Amarantha sweet and faire,
A Fly Caught In A Cobweb
Small type of great ones, that do hum Within this whole world's narrow room, That with a busie hollow noise Catch at the people's vainer voice,
To Althea From Prison.
I. When love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates; And my divine ALTHEA brings
A Mock Song
I. Now Whitehall's in the grave, And our head is our slave, The bright pearl in his close shell of oyster;
To His Fairest Valentine, Mrs. A.L.
"Come, pretty birds, present your lays, And learn to chaunt a goddess praise; Ye wood-nymphs, let your voices be Employ'd to serve her deity:
Ad M. T. Ciceronem. Catul Ep. 50.
AD M. T. CICERONEM. CATUL EP. 50. Disertissime Romuli nepotum,
Ad Lesbiam, Cat. Ep. 73
AD LESBIAM, CAT. EP. 73. Dicebas quondam, solum to nosse Catullum, Lesbia, nec prae me velle tenere Jovem;
Ad Sylonem. Ep. 104.
AD SYLONEM. EP. 104. Aut sodes mihi redde decem sestertia, Sylo, Deindo esto quam vis saevus et indomitus;
Ad Quintium. Cat. Ep. 83
AD QUINTIUM. CAT. EP. 83. Quinti, si tibi vis oculos debere Catullum, Aut aliud si quid carius est oculis,
AUSONIUS. Vane, quid affectas faciem mihi ponere, pictor, Ignotamque oculis solicitare manu?
Ad Juvencium. Cat. Ep. 49.
AD JUVENCIUM. CAT. EP. 49. Mellitos oculos tuos, Juvenci, Si quis me sinat usque basiare,
Mart. Lib. I. Epi. 14.
MART. LIB. I. EPI. 14. Casta suo gladium cum traderet Arria Paeto, Quem de visceribus traxerat ipsa suis;
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Robert Irwin | the artist
The artist Robert Irwin
Born Sept 12 1928, Long Beach California, USA.
Style and technique of the artist: Painting,
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Original artworks, prints, exhibition posters, monographs, books, collectibles.
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To be an artist is not a matter of making paintings or objects at all. What we are really dealing with is our state of consciousness and the shape of our perception.
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Working drawing for Walker Art Center
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American painter and sculptor. He studied at the Otis Art Institute (194850) and at the new and progressive Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles (19524), where he adopted an Abstract Expressionist painting style. Through his association with the Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles (195966), he came into contact with such artists as Ed Moses (b 1926) and Billy Al Bengston (b 1934). Irwin disdained his early paintings for their lack of potency. In the early 1960s he began a continuous series of experiments. He broke with figuration, searching like Minimalist artists for a way to make the work of art autonomous in content, that is representing nothing but itself, as in the Disc series that he began in 1966 (exh. 1968, Pasadena, CA, Norton Simon Mus. A.). Designed to exacting dimensions, colour tones and lighting criteria, the Discs appeared suspended, free from the wall and comprising an uncertain mass that dematerialized into its environment…
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Collection SFMOMA
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The enameled panels of Whos Afraid of Red, Yellow & Blue³ (2006-2007) and Primaries and Secondaries (2007) function as colored mirrors whose complex reflections enable us to see the world in a new light. At the same time, they spark interlaced art-historical connotations, from color theory to mid-20th-century Modernist abstraction.
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Gear write up
And as promised, here is my gear recap. Following is a rundown of the gear I brought, what I really had to use and any changes I made after the hunt for a future hunt. I'll start with my hunting clothing, then move to sleep system, then pack, electronics and finish up with my bow. This hunt can be brutal on your feet, so bottom up review I guess.
Meindl Alaskan Hunter
I actually bought them marked way down while strolling thru Cabela's last year before my elk hunt and wore them a couple days then to break them in. That combined with wearing them during my training hikes, I had them broke in well. I think the boots held up well and severed their purpose with no blisters on the entire trip. Under the boots, I wore a liner sock and the KUIU socks for the first time and had no complaints. I also didn't tape my feet at all, but I likely will in the future if I have to make any several hour climbs as my left heal has a bump on it that rubs the back on long tough vertical climbs. I was going to bring my Meindl Perfekt 10's as a second boot, but cut it because of weight just before I flew out. I've had good luck with Meindl's and I believe the 10's would've served well on this hunt just the same. If I would've got lots of rain, a second boot back at camp may have proved useful.
KUIU Gaitors
I wore these probably 50-75% of the time, but I can't say they really did much for me since the weather was so good. They trapped a bit of heat late in the afternoon, but served their function well.
KUIU Alpine pants
I've worn these on my elk hunts and now this hunt and absolutely love them. They are light enough to wear in 75* weather and warm enough that I never wore a base layer under them the entire trip. The integrated knee pads were nice for the rocky terrain. I also love the leg pockets on these as I can carry my camera in my right leg pocket, phone with scope adapter in my left leg pocket and my beanie in the other left leg pocket. That left the second right leg pocket open to carry my guide gloves if I got warm.
KUIU Merino Long Sleeve
No complaints, performed well and have worn these on several other hunts in the past. I carried an extra clean one in my pack, but never needed it as we weren't really on the mountain for any long enough stretch to worry about changing into a second shirt.
KUIU Guide Vest I'm a vest guy and this vest cuts the wind well and helps maintain my core temperature.
KUIU Bino Harness
I usually would wear my bino harness next, but sometimes I would have to put it over my next layer depending on the temps and how much hiking we would do. I would carry wind checker in one of the side pockets and then I've added another pocket to the right side to carry my rangefinder in. In the past, I've tied a 12" piece of parachord to ensure that it stays attached. However, I recently just ordered an elastic tether chord that I think will take the place of the parachord.
KUIU Peloton 240 Full Zip Fleece
I added this piece to my gear this year and I think it was one of the best pieces I had. I would put this on and off all day long depending on our hiking activities. It worked great as an outer layer for warmth when glassing early and late. I luckily had great weather, but I envisioned using this as a midlayer under my rain gear if it would've rained and been cooler. Great piece and I either had it on or strapped to the top of my pack at all times. If I dropped my pack, I grabbed this everytime!
KUIU merino Gloves
I wore these 95% of the time. Nothing special really, I just like wearing a light weight glove to keep my bright hands toned down while hunting.
KUIU Guide Gloves
I wore these when we were climbing thru the steep rocks and they worked pretty good keeping my hands from getting cut and scraped. Also added some nice grip when climbing up the steep rock.
KUIU P&Y Ball Cap
Just a light weight ball cap and I like representing conservation groups in the trophy photos, so it's a good fit.
Sitka Beanie
Kept in my leg pocket 95% of the time, but when the wind was blowing, cold and we were stationary, it was nice to grab and put on.
UA or Sam's Club Underwear
I'm a synthetic underwear guy. I think it takes too long for the merino underwear to dry out and I've always worn a certain UA material on hunts, but the wife found some others at Sam's club that were drastically cheaper and worked just as well for me on this trip.
I wore the above items 95% of my time on the mountain, mostly because I had great weather with little rain. I'll go into the next layers that were in my pack at all times.
KUIU Super Down Jacket and Pants
I wore the jacket once while hunting and two nights while back at camp setting up or cooking dinner as it cooled way down the first couple nights. I never wore the pants the entire trip. The first day where I left the jacket behind when I went on a stalk, I was very glad I had it when I got back to my pack. At the time, Jack even asked me if that jacket was worth the money and I laughed with "Worth every penny right now!!"
KUIU Yukon Jacket
This was my rain jacket, but I think I only wore it for 15 minutes the entire trip. I planned the weather well!
KUIU Ultra NX Rain Pant
Never pulled these out of the pack.
KUIU Merino Side Zip Bottoms
I had other bottom base layers, but I bought these in the outlet store marked down because I was intrigued by the side leg zippers. I only wore these on the first night to sleep in, for about 20 minutes the second day and then in camp for a few minutes the third morning. If I started hiking any, I was way to warm, so I would say these would be good in sub-40* weather for hiking, any warmer and the alpine pants do just fine. I will say that the side zippers are the greatest thing ever! All you have to do to take them off or put them on is, drop your pants and pull the zippers down and they are off. Don't have to mess with your boots!
I took a pair of Crocs with me and took them up the mountain the first time. I've used camp shoes in the past, but this trip I really never put them on and left them at the lodge for the second trip up. Lots of guys talked about how nice it is to take your boots of once back at camp, so I figured I'd give it a try. Not really a fan of these.
Sleep System
Since there were three of us, we had two tents. One was a Kelty three season that Jack slept in which was a little breazy because of the mesh sides, but it served the purpose for him. Dave and I slept in a big 4 season tent that was a bomb shelter, but heavy! Something like 12 pounds, but they were carrying camp…
Marmot Helium
I've had this bag for a few years (bought used for $175 online and it's like brand new), but really haven't spent many nights in it because I've mostly truck camped. But with it weighing less than 2 lbs and 15* rated, it was my bag for this trip. The first night I slept in my merino bottoms and the merino top, but I was way too hot in the bag. It probably got down to 35* or so that night as everything was frosted when we woke up at day break. After that, I just slept in my underwear and top and was warm as I ever wanted. I am a warm sleeper, but I could see me taking this bag to much colder temps with no problems.
NeoAir Xlite Sleeping Pad
I originally was going to bring my thermarest pad, but when I loaded up my gear before leaving, I didn't like my weight, so I looked at some options to lighten the load and this pad was a good spot to start. Worked well in combination with my bag and packs down very small. My only complaint would be that it's a bit noisy and can sound like you are sleeping on foil.
Pack, Optics and Electronics
Kifaru Bikini Frame and Timberline 2 Pack I've used this pack for the last three years and it performed very well again. No complaints and every time I use it, I find a new way to stash things depending on the type of hunt. In the past, I only used the standard lid because I day hunted and wasn't carrying camp on my back, but this trip I added the Guide lid so I had some additional storage. I also have the Grab-it on this, so when we were climbing up or down the mountain, I could strap my bow to the pack for the journey. I also carried my scope and tripod for the entire hunt and the side pockets were very nice to slide them in and felt they were safe on the ride. It was a bit of a pain sometimes having to take my pack off to grab the scope, but I'm not sure there is another way to fix that. So if we thought we were going to use the scope often, Jack would just carry that in his hand since I had my bow.
In the past I've been a fan of using a water bladder for my drinking water, but that changed this trip. Before, I was able to use a pump to fill up the bladder and had a drink available at any time. This trip, since I didn't have a pump, it was a pain to fill the bladder as I had to take it out of the bag to refill. So I either needed a pump or a wide mouth bottle that I could just dip in the flowing water and refill. I opted for the water bottle after we dropped off the mountain on the third day and when I got home, I ordered two water bottle holsters for my pack. Now I have one more option depending on where my next hunt takes me.
Swarovski 20-60 x 65mm Scope and Outdoorsmans Medium Tripod
This is the most I've actually used a scope on a hunt. We would find the goats with our binos, but then we would use the scope to see if they were nannies or billes, which was very hard to do with the binos at any distance. It was hard at times to tell in the scope. The tripod was light and is built like a rock. The build quality is top notch. Jack even commented on how smooth it was to operate.
Zeiss Victory 10x40
Have had these for several years and use them for every hunt I go on. They are very good glass and have held up well on mountain hunts as well at home chasing whitetails. I was a bit surprised that Jack's Swarovski 10x32's were actually a bit brighter when compared side by side to mine. It is tough to get a real life comparison of the high end glass outside of a store.
Vortex 15x56 Kaibab
Never used on the entire trip. Next time I'd leave them at home.
Olympus TG-4
I bought this camera specifically to take on trips like this. It is a step up from the phone and has a bunch of real camera options that help take better photos. It's also water proof and drop resistant. You can't recharge it via USB, so I brought an extra battery along and never used it. I think it would've made the full 10 days, I know it would with the backup battery. I thought about bringing my DSLR along, because I enjoy taking the pics and as you know I like to use them to tell the story, but it weighs too much and is cumbersome to carry on a hunt. I also know if the camera isn't immediately accessible, I'm not going to be taking many photos, so pocket size was a requirement. Overall, I'm pleased with this camera and think it will be along with me on any future hunts.
Samsung S7
I used this mostly as my phone scope camera this trip, but did take a few other pics with it as I had Dave carry the Olympus at times for different perspective pics. I also normally use this as my GPS, but I never really used it for that purpose this trip. In airplane mode, I never had to charge the battery for the first three days and likely could've made 5 or 6 days without a charge this tirp. I also used it to connect to my InReach to send texts back home and to check on work.
InReach Satellite Device
This worked as advertised and was fun after I put the bear and goat down. I was able to text the wife, a few buddies and work as needed. You can't send pics, but I think my kids liked the fact that they could see where I was on a map when I sent a text. Would be great in an emergency scenario, but my outfitter also had a satellite phone.
Goal Zero Solar Panel & Mophie Battery
Never took either one of them out of the pack. The InReach would've lasted the entire 10 days on a charge based on how I was using it, other than the one time I forgot to shut it off. My phone was able to be recharged when we dropped off the mountain with my bear on day three. The only other USB device I had was my headlamp and that didn't require charging the entire trip, but we didn't do a whole lot in the dark.
Leuopold TBR 1000i Rangefinder
Have had this for a few years now and don't have any complaints. The battery did flash empty on me the last day, but I always carry a spare in my pack, so had the hunt lasted longer, I had one at hand.
Now on to the Bow…
Bowtech Prodigy 70#, Option 8 Sight, Hamskea Rest, Piledriver PTX Arrows, Slick Trick Mag Broadheads, TightSpot Quiver
Other than the operator, I don't have any complaints with my setup. The Option sight is pretty cool and works great. The more I use it, the more I like it. I used the slider on the bear where I had time to dial in the yardage and used the multipin when it happened fast with the goat. Very pleased with the arrow and rest setup as both were also new for this hunt.
The one thing we did with arrows, is before we headed up, I gave Jack three arrows taped together as one to put in his pack and I put three spare broadheads in my pack, in case I were to lose any hiking up thru the brush. I did actually lose one out of the quiver on the way down with the bear. Good thing it didn't cut my bow or Dave as we have no idea when it really fell out. I also used the Primos bow sling to cover my string when I loaded it in the pack. Once on top of the mountain, I never put it back on as the brush is almost non-existent. I also took along my old bow as a backup, but didn't need it as I was able to fix my bent sight in camp.
After losing the one arrow, we did tape my arrows into the quiver for the climb up. The narrow shafts don't hold quite as well as the thicker shafts and when going thru the brush they came loose a few times. I also didn't need it, but I carry a spare release in my pack at all times. I had a buddy fall and break the trigger off his index release on a hunt once. My spare release allowed him to keep hunting and not lose any time.
Other Misc. Gear
Black Diamond Hiking Poles
These are a must when climbing up and while carrying a heavy pack down the mountain. I didn't use them when we were on top of the mountain, but they saved my knees and butt a few times coming down thru some steep heavy timber after we got my bear. The guides used a single walking stick with hockey tape on it for the same purpose.
Cook pot, Stove, Water Filter
Jack carried the only stove we needed and he's never filtered the water coming out of the side of the mountains, so I followed suit.
Kill Kit
Jack and Dave did a great job on the hides using a plastic carpet knife with breakable blades. I butchered the hide with my havalon… We did use the KUIU medium game bags and they worked quite well. Two game bags held all of the meat from my bear and two worked for the goat as well. Both bags had some additional room left over and both animals were big bodied, so I suspect two bags would cover any bear or goat for the most part. I also had a Kifaru meat bag in my pack, but it doesn't breath that well, so we opted for the KUIU first.
Other than a compass, parachord, a first aid kit, blistex, headphones and my journal, that pretty well sums up everything I had with me on the trip.
Make sure you have plenty of Deet, a mosquito net and possibly wash your clothes with that sawyer permethrin bug repellant. The bugs are thick, Plan accordingly !!!
When I take off my shirt I look like I have the measles from all of the black fly bites. I gave up on the mosquitos and just let them feed.
Good Luck !
Broadheads: Montec CS, Slick trick standard and Mag and Rage Trypans are all shooting dead on with field points. I'll likely run Montecs and Rages and which ever arrow I grab at the moment of truth I have full confidence in. I think the rages are little more forgiving and fly a little better in the wind but all are shooting unreal.
Pack: Mystery Ranch Metcalf (plus lid if I need it, game time decision)
Sleeping bag and pad: Marmot Helium and Zlite foam pad. Usually go with my thermorest but after last elk hunt where my thermorest kept loosing air I said forget it, I'm going with foam. The foam also sort of doubles as a kneel pad or sitting pad if glassing a lot.
Boots: Lowa Tibet - bought them last spring so they've been through a full year of hunting plus I've been wearing them around the farm and hiking in them all this summer as well.
Pants: Kuiu Alpine, I'm also bringing Attack pants as a back up or to swap out if we go back to main camp. I really liked the attack pants and I like the alpines better though I have not hunted in the alpines yet, they are a new pick up.
Rain Gear: First Lite - again, bought it last year so I could try it out for a year, I like. Not the lightest but does seam to breath ok and definitely keeps me dry. Also, not that noisey compared to some.
Jacket: Sitka 90% - like the name says, I use this jacket for prob 90% of my hunting, love this jacket. Debated leaving it home and going with just the rain shell and a puffy but I can't seem to part with it.
Puffy Coat: Kuiu super down- one of my favorite pieces of gear, I never leave home with out this jacket, its literally in my truck console or in my pack all fall and winter. Light, packs tiny, weighs nothing and is WARM.
Shirts: First lite merino quarter zip or Smart wool mid weight merino shirt I like both, smart wool is a bit heavier I'll take one and leave on at base camp again as a swap out or back up if we come out.
Base tshirt; First lite short sleeve merino
Socks: Smart wool wear a pair, and have a pair in my pack. Prob leave two pair at camp as well again for swap out.
Binos: Leica HD-B 10by42 Rangefinder binos
Range finder: Leupold RXII - I may or may not take a long this range finder in addition to my rangefinding liecas. Sometimes I like to throw the binos in my pack and go really light and quiet when stalking in for a shot. Also, I don't think the Leica's compensate angles at close range range. Shitty thing about the RXII though is it only ranges in archery mode to like 60 which I wouldn't likely shoot farther than that on my first shot but follow up shots I'm comfortable to 80-85.
Treking poles; Alpine carbon cork Gloves- UA and first light - Underarmor are thin and light, First light are a little heavier for scrambling in rock Gaiters : Sitka Hats: Sitka beanie and Sitka ball cap Neck Gaitor- Kuiu - again, I love this little thing, always with me.
That is most of my main gear, obviously knives, paracord, first aid, game bags, fire, water bladder, collapsible cup, spork, etc.
(Stop reading if guns offend you) I am taking a rifle along which will stay in camp until day 5, the rough plan is to give it 4 or 5 days with the bow and if I can't get it done to return to camp, re-fuel, freshen up, grab the rifle and head back out for 4 more days. Rifle is built on a Remington 700 short action, chambered in .338 RCM with a Hart barrel, gun was built by R.W. Hart and sons topped off with a Swarovski 4-12 by 50 with a custom elevation turret, it shoots lights out. Load is 200gr Nosler Accubond at 2,850 fps.
Thanks again for the responses and really all the great feedback you've all provided about Babine, I basically booked them based off of what I had read on this site over the years, can't believe I'm finally the guy going on the trip!!
Demo bowhunter, good lord, what is that $25,000 worth of gear you listed. I'd say you were well prepared!


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Episode 14, full moon, Grimm, lock, Lycanthropia, mother, Season 5, sedate, werewolves, wood
Grimm Season 5 Episode 14
At night Nick go to hide his magic stick at his basement, next few days while a man is driving back home. He lost control and crash his car, he wants to get home before sunset. After that truck driver found him lie down on the road next day.
Nick goes though the door in his basement, it leads down to deep hole. While Adalind get call from Sean about Diana, he wants to see her in person.
Nick and Hank go to check this man, Doyle. He tells them that he is attacked by man with dog. They takes him back to his car, and they drive him to his mother.
Sean tells Adalind that Meisner has Diana, she upset and accidentally shows him that she has power back. She tells him not to tell Nick.
Nick and Hank take Monrole and Rosalee to track down the Doyle's step, they found that he is off the road. and they found bodies in the wood. Monrole found out that it's a werewolves.
They think Doyle is going to attack again in next full moon, they are going to bring him in for question. If they are sure about him, they will sedate him.
But when they try to get him in, he running out but they knock him down and lock him in station.
After Eve discovered about Rachel and Sean, she goes to see Nick and Hank about it. They are wondered that he knew.
Then they found that Doyle is bailed out, they found him and locked him up. They figure out that he is not werewolves, but his mother is.
They all rush back to his mother, but they are too late. His mother get out the locked, they found she is in the wood.
They are following her to stop her from killing, Doyle escapes to warn his mother. She try to attack Wu, but Doyle shows up and help him. But when he try to clam her down, she starts to attack again. They have no choice but kill her, at night Wu found that he is attacked by her.


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The rugged spirit and spectacular scenery of Eastern Oregon is further demonstrated each January, when mushers and their sled dogs compete in the Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog Race, Oregon's only Iditarod And Yukon Quest qualifier. The region is known for providing true tests of will, evidenced by annual events like the Echo Red 2 Red XC mountain bike race, held annually each spring. In 2013 the Wilson Ranches Retreat in the town of Fossil served as a most-hospitable host to the world-renowned Tough Mudder obstacle course series, designed by British Special Forces to test strength, stamina and mental grit.
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SICB Annual Meeting 2009
January 3-7, 2009
Boston, MA
Events and OrientationOpening Plenary Session
Saturday, January 3, 7:00-8:00 pm The Plenary Address Talking Science In A World Gone "Show Biz" will be given by veteran science correspondent and award-winning TV journalist Ira Flatow who is the host of NPR's Talk of the Nation: Science Friday. For more than 35 years he has been reporting and hosting lively, informative discussion on science, technology, health, space and the environment.
Sessions-Symposia-Social Events
The 2009 Annual Meeting for the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) is an educational and research forum for investigations of biology on a broad comparative scale. The meeting will include many symposia and special programs in addition to hundreds of contributed papers in divisional and topical sessions. Watch the SICB Web site for Schedule of Events updates and the posting of abstracts in November, 2008.
Social Events
The Welcome Reception will be held at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel immediately following the Plenary lecture, 8:00-9:30 pm.
Gilbert & Epel: Ecological Developmental Biology
Publication Reception, Sinauer Associates' Booth (#14)
Sun., 1/4, 3:15-5:00 pm
Special Events
- George A. Bartholomew Award Lecture: Lynn (Marty) Martin, University of South Florida, Ecological immunology: an adaptationist perspective on the vertebrate immune system. Sunday, January 4, 6:30-7:30 pm
Presentation Slides (.pdf)
- Howard Bern Lecture: Peter Sharp, Edinburgh University, Vertebrate Photoperiodic Signalling. Monday, January 5, 6:30-7:30 pm
- John A. Moore Lecture: Sean Carroll, Univ. Wisconsin-Madison, Into The Jungle: Great Adventures in the Search for Evolution and What Students Can Learn From Them. Tuesday, January 6, 6:30-7:30 pm
- AMS Keynote Lecture: Judith Winston --- CANCELLED
- NSF will participate in the 2009 meeting. Their exact program is TBD at this time.
Launching Understanding Science, Monday, Jan. 5, 12:00 Noon
Ken Miller, Brown University
Natalie Kuldell, MIT Department of Biological Engineering
Join Brown University professor Ken Miller and MIT professor Natalie Kuldell in launching a new educational resource to the scientific community - Understanding Science. This web resource, developed under the leadership of the University of California, Museum of Paleontology in collaboration with colleagues from across the scientific community, presents a dynamic new representation of how science really works. Presentations will highlight current antievolution strategies to influence science teaching in our public schools and how an improved understanding of the process and nature of science will help provide the tools for educators to address concerns in their classrooms and communities.
We invite you to join us in exploring the site throughout the conference by stopping at Booth 34 of the Exhibit Hall. Throughout exhibiting days and times, COPUS participants will be on site to help you explore your own personal scientific journey through the Process of Science flowchart developed by the Understanding Science project. Select journeys from the meeting will be included in the Gallery of Journeys of the Understanding Science site, and on the Year of Science 2009 Web site in early 2009.
Graduate Student Workshop
"How to Find a Postdoc Position; How to Apply for an Academic Job"
Sunday, January 4, 5-6:30 pm
Workshop Handout Online (Members Only)
Okay, you have just spent last 5 or so years earning your doctorate degree or you are finishing up a post-doc, now what. This year's SPDAC workshop "How to Find a Postdoc Position; How to Apply for an Academic Job," will consist of a panel of experts that have served on several faculty search committees and young faculty that have recently completed successful post- doc. This will be a very helpful and informative workshop since we all need to further our training and eventually find a job.
WKS1 "Workshop on Evolution and Ontologies"
Monday, Jan. 5, 8:00 AM-Noon
WKS2 "COPUS Communicating Science Workshop"
Monday, Jan. 5, 1:00-3:00 PM
Phylogenetics for Dummies Workshop: "Intro to Phylogenetic Comparative Methods in R" Sunday, January 4, 7.30-9.30 pm and Monday, January 5, 5-7 pm.
If you are interested in attending please click this link so that we can better gauge the interests and experience levels of the attendees.
Grad Student/Post Docs Welcome and Meeting Orientation
Saturday, January 3, 2009, 5:30 pm. "How to get the most out of your SICB meeting."
- How to find relevant talks/posters during the meetings
- How to find everyone at the meetings
- How to approach a "big guy or gal"
- How to enter or leave a room/move between rooms
- How to plan your meeting
- How to get involved in SICB or attend business meetings and the importance of attending the meetings (exposure, recognition).
Welcome to Boston Reception
The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology welcomes you to Boston with a reception on Saturday, January 3. The Welcome Reception will follow the Plenary lecture and will be held at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel. Light snacks will be provided.
Undergraduate Student Lunch
Sunday, January 4, 12 Noon.
Companion Orientation/Continental Breakfast
All registered guests are welcome to join an informal gathering on Sunday, January 4, from 9:00-10:00 am. A knowledgeable local person will be on hand to let you know about some of the many fascinating facts and sightseeing opportunities in Boston.
SICB Society-Wide Evening Dessert Social in Honor of Students and Postdocs
Join your fellow SICB members for a Society-Wide Social on Tuesday, January 6, from 8:00-9:30 pm. Coffee, desserts and fruit will be served and a cash bar will be available.
SICB Business Meeting
The SICB Business Meeting will take place Tuesday, Jan. 6, from 5:15 - 6:15 pm.
American Microscopical Society
AMS members are invited to meet for their yearly luncheon on Tuesday, Jan. 6.
Call for Microscopical Photos - Annual Buchsbaum Photo Contest
The 2009 Buchsbaum Photo Contest, sponsored by the American Microscopical Society, will be held during the SICB meeting in Boston, January 3-7. The contest is a memorial to Ralph Buchsbaum, pioneer in cell and tissue culture of animals and champion of photomicrography, and its aim is to encourage microscopical-biological photography.
Enter your favorite micrographs! This could be your year to win!
First-place prizes are given in two categories, color and black-and-white, and include:
- Publication in Invertebrate Biology
- Featured in www.amicros.org
- Cash award
- Book - SEA LIFE IN FOCUS, A Memoir (2002) by D.P. Wilson, describing pioneering struggles and methods in photographing marine animals
- Guest at the AMS Luncheon in Boston, Tuesday, January 6, 2009
All entries must be received at the meeting (at the AMS booth) by noon on the first full day and will be displayed for the duration of the exhibits. Voting will commence the afternoon of the first full day and proceed until the end of the second full day. Details are given below.
Contest Rules
There are separate categories for color and black-and-white photomicrographs.
Photomicrographs taken using transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and any kind of light microscopy, including confocal scanning laser microscopy, are eligible.
The contest is open to SICB meeting participants; up to 3 entries each. AMS membership is welcomed but not required.
Submissions must be unmounted prints, with maximum dimensions of 8 X 10 inches, unlabeled and unsigned. A single line of information identifying the subject (e.g., "Mouthparts of a mite") and stating the microscopical technique (e.g., "SEM") should be below the photograph.
Entries will be accepted on the morning of the first full day of the meetings (Sunday, January 4, 2009) at the AMS booth in the exhibit hall, where they will be displayed as a group. The deadline for submitting entries is before the exhibits close for lunch that day.
Voting begins on the afternoon of the first meeting day and ends before exhibits close at the end of the second full day (Monday, January 5, 2009). All meeting participants who visit the AMS exhibit are allowed one ballot for each contest category.
The winning entries in the color and black-and-white categories and entries awarded "Honorable Mention" will be determined by a tally of the ballots and will be announced at the AMS booth on the morning of the third day of the meetings (Tuesday, January 6, 2009). The prizes will be awarded at the AMS Luncheon on Tuesday, January 6, 2009. Contest winners are invited to the luncheon as the guests of AMS.
All entries must be reclaimed on the afternoon of Tuesday, January 6, 2009, before the exhibit hall closes.
The author retains all rights to the entry. The author grants permission to AMS to publish the image in Invertebrate Biology and on the AMS web site. If the image has been published previously, the author should obtain appropriate permission from the holder of the copyright.