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I am a doctoral candidate (ABD) working with Victor Thompson here at UGA. I specialize in the areas of Island and Coastal Archaeology, Historical Ecology, and the Cultures of the South Pacific. I have studied Oceanic Societies for over seven years, including as an undergraduate working with Dr. Carmen White at Central Michigan University. Since 2011, I have worked on archaeological field projects in Florida, Georgia, Michigan, and South Carolina as well as in Fiji, French Polynesia, and the Cook Islands. This includes pre-dissertation (2015) and dissertation (2017) research on the remote atolls of Manihiki and Rakahanga in the northern Cook Islands where I conducted archaeological survey and excavation as well as ethnographic interviews. My laboratory experience includes two years as a research assistant at the UGA Laboratory of Archaeology and training in zooarchaeological methods from dissertation committee member Dr. Elizabeth Reitz. I have also worked/volunteered in museums and with museum collections in Michigan, Georgia, French Polynesia, and the Cook Islands. Additionally, I have assisted in teaching numerous in-class courses at UGA and I have assisted with three archaeological field schools both domestic and in Fiji. I have also been involved in public outreach projects aimed at educating children and communities (both domestic and abroad) about archaeology and its purpose (e.g., Speakman et al. 2016).
I recently returned from a seven-month field project in the northern Cook Islands and I am now working to complete the analysis of the materials and data recovered on the Atolls of Manihiki and Rakahanga. This includes artifact analysis of shell tools, zooarchaeological analysis, analysis of ethnogaphic data, and AMS dating coupled with Bayesian statistical analysis.
Research Projects:
Manihiki and Rakahanga: Persistence on the Margins of Oceania (PhD Dissertation Project)
This research aims to answer the question: How have humans transformed and managed marginal and emerging environments to create resilient cultural landscapes? To address this question I incorporate methods from archaeology, zooarchaeology, cultural anthropology, and oral history as well as the theoretical perspectives of historical ecology and resilience theory.
I worked closely with the communities of two small atolls, Manihiki and Rakahanga, in the Northern Cook Islands of East Polynesia to conduct this dissertation project. I am now working to complete the analysis of artifacts, animal remains, ethnographic data, and datable materials from the atolls. Completion of this project will create a multifaceted deep-time understanding of the ways that humans have, and can continue to, create sustainability through landscape transformation and innovative subsistence practices.
Lambda Alpha Honors Society, Member
Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program, Alumni (2011 CMU Cohort)
The Society for American Archaeology, Member
The Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Member
The University of Georgia
Doctorate of Philosophy, Environmental Anthropology: Anticipated Graduation Dec., 2018
Central Michigan University
Bachelors of Science, Anthropology: Graduated Summa cum Laude May, 2013
Island and Coastal Archaeology; The Cultures of Oceania; Collaborative Indigenous Archaeology; Zooarchaeology; Collections Analysis; Ethnoarcheology; Oral Tradition; Historical Ecology; Resilience Theory; Marginal and Emerging Environments; Landscape Construction; Resource Conservation; Subsistence; Human/Environmental Interaction
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Jones, Sharyn and Justin Cramb
In Review. Dating a Small-Island Settlement in Fiji: Bayesian Modeling of the Nukubalalvu Site on Vanua Levu. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, in review.
Thompson Victor, Chester DePratter, Jacob Lulewicz, Isabelle Lulewicz, Amanda Thompson, Justin Cramb, Brandon Ritchison, Matt Colvin
In Review. The Archaeology and Remote Sensing of Santa Elena's Four Millennia of Occupation. Remote Sensing, in review.
Robert J. Speakman, Carla S. Hadden, Matthew H. Colvin, Justin Cramb, K.C. Jones, Travis W. Jones, Corbin L. Kling, Isabelle Lulewicz, Katharine G. Napora, Katherine L. Reinberger, Brandon T. Ritchison, Maria Jose Rivera-Araya, April K. Smith, Victor D. Thompson.
2018 Choosing a Path to the Ancient World in a Modern Market: The Reality of Faculty Jobs In Archaeology. American Antiquity 83(1):1-12.
Lulewicz Isabelle, Victor Thompson, Justin Cramb, and Bryan Tucker
2017 Oyster Paleoecology and Native America Subsistence Practices on Ossabaw Island, Georgia, U.S.A. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 15:282-289.
Thompson, Victor D., Thomas J. Pluckhahn, Matt Colvin, Justin Cramb, Katherine Napora, J. Jacob Lulewicz, and Brandon Ritchison.
2017 Plummets, Public Ceremonies, and Interaction Networks during the Woodland Period in Florida. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 48:193-206.
Cramb, Justin E.
2011 The Darrah Creek Site (20MC78): An Archaeological Investigation and Collection Analysis. The Michigan Archaeologist 57:33-58.
Cramb, Justin
2016 Manihiki and Rakahanga: Persistence on the Margins of Oceania (Progress Report to the Government of the Cook Islands). Manuscript on File, Office of the Prime Minister, Avarua.
Speakman, R. Jeff, Matthew Colvin, Justin Cramb, Alice Hunt, K.C. Jones, Travis Jones, Isabelle Lulewicz, Katharine Napora, Katie Reinberger, Brandon Ritchison, and Victor Thompson
2016 UGA Junior Archaeologist: An Explorer's Guide to Georgia's Past. University of Georgia, Athens.
National Science Foundation: Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Award, Recipient
Norman Herz Small Grants for Student Research, Recipient
University of Georgia, Department of Anthropology, Steingruber Award, Recipient
The National Science Foundation: Graduate Research Fellowship Program, Honorable Mention
The University of Georgia Department of Anthropology Janis Faith Steingruber Award, Recipient
The University of Georgia Graduate School Dean's Award, Recipient
The Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research Award, Recipient
The National Science Foundation: Graduate Research Fellowship Program, Honorable Mention
The University of Georgia Graduate Recruitment Opportunities Assistantship, Recipient


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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Daiso cute Kids and Uncle with shades
Our little mafia !
Despicable me?
$2 spec makes Xin so cute. (disclaimer, wearing specs is not cool ok, fight myopia)
Tony Tan's big black rim ?
Mummy and her big sunflower shades
You know about those auto-cleaner-robots? Daddy believe our kids can mop our house, and get fitter at the same time keke :)
Click to have a laugh, our funny antics @ Daiso Part 1.
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Lucia Press Handbound individually
designed artist's books
Lucia Press Handbound individually
designed artist's books
About Us
Lucia Press is founded by MaryAnn L. Miller.
As a publisher, designer and binder, and a poet herself, MaryAnn calls upon the services of other professionals in the field of printmaking and book arts to assist on projects: Jase Clark and Coty West.
Miller was the Resident Book Artist at the Experimental Printmaking Institute, Lafayette College from 2001 to 2017. Miller has held residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Universidad Metropolitana Autonomia, Mexico City, University of Costa Rica, and the Ragdale Foundation. Her work has been exhibited internationally. Her artist books are in the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and Special Collections at Bryn Mawr College, William Paterson University, University of Iowa, Herron Art Library, Wesleyan University, Skillman Library, Lafayette College, Smith College, and Stanford University. Among many others, Miller has designed and bound a book with the poet Nikky Finney now in the collection of President and Mrs. Obama. She has currently set letterpress for a broadside project at EPI for the poet Sharon Olds and artist Sam Messer. Miller is the Poetry Coordinator for the NJ Book Arts Symposium.
MaryAnn L. Miller is a Pushcart Prize nominee for 2017, 2018 and 2019. Her book Cures for Hysteria has been published by Finishing Line Press March 2018. Her first book of poems, Locus Mentis, was published by PS Books (2012.) Miller holds a BS in Art Education/English, M.Ed. in School Counseling, MFA in Creative Writing (2011) and a Postgraduate semester with the poet David Wojahn at Vermont College of Fine Arts (2012). Her poems have been published in Wildriver Review, Stillwater Review, Philadelphia Poets, Musehouse Journal, Wordgathering, Kaleidoscope, Certain Circuits, Ovanque Siamo, Mom Egg Review and others. Miller's work is part of the anthologies "Dark as a Hazel Eye" from Ragged Sky Press and "Another Breath" Rathella Press. Her documentary essay on the printmaking of artist Willie Cole was published in The International Review of African American Art. Her video, Haiku Summer 2016, was screened through Scribe Video of Philadelphia. Miller is the designer of the Live Your Dream Award Broadsides sponsored by Rittenhouse Square Soroptimists. Her poem " Onset Age Three/Periodic Paralysis is forthcoming in the chapbook Body Politic: Illustrated poems about the body and disability and the anthology Writers Resist.
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for Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations
Hardcover, paperback, ebook, app. Today we have more ways to enjoy our books than ever. And I've explored them all with my picture book Lula's Brew.
The book began its life as a picture dummy that, despite winning the Grand Prize in the SmartWriters competition way back in 2007, didn't sell to a major publishing house. I tucked it away in a drawer until the invention of the iPhone app in 2009. Something told me they were going to be big and Lula was the perfect fit - short, funny, the sketches were finished.
I pulled her out, dusted her off, and turned her into an app - just in time for Halloween.
Back then, Lula's Brew was one of the very first picture book apps, so she got fantastic exposure. She was featured in the iTunes store for months, as well as on the popular blog "Moms With Apps." When the iPad came out, I adapted her for that device too and she ended up being downloaded over 10,000 times - pretty good!
I had created something new and people wanted to know about it. I sold articles to trade magazines, did some very high tech school visits, and spoke at various conferences about creating apps.
But as the app world became overrun, and iTunes' search engine failed to improve, I began to have my doubts about apps as a viable money-making option for picture books. I turned her into an ebook for the Nook and Kindle just to be sure. But again, the chance of a reader stumbling across her online was nil.
And all the while, Lula fans were emailing me asking, "Where can I buy the book?"
|Copyright Elizabeth O. Dulemba; used with permission.
I considered self publishing. But I am well aware of the work involved in becoming a publisher and distributor - it is no small task. And besides the upfront cost of creating a quality print picture book, when would I ever have time to write and illustrate again?
Xist Publishing, was taking picture ebooks and turning them into apps, I got in touch immediately. They flipped over Lula's Brew and now, finally, she is a book. '
She'll be physically available in early October with pre-order sales for dedicated/signed copies open now through my local independent children's bookstore, Little Shop of Stories (404.373.6300).
So, what's your flavor? ebook or app - I say Lula's Brew - the book!
Cynsational Notes
Elizabeth O. Dulemba on Promoting a Book App from Cynsations. See more information on Lula's Brew, including a word find puzzle, coloring pages, and computer wallpaper.
|Copyright Elizabeth O. Dulemba; used with permission.


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Now i get it...
With a desperate desire,
And a resolute endeavor,
Now -now to sit or never,
By the side of the pale-faced moon.
Oh, the bells, bells, bells!
What a tale their terror tells,
Of despair!
-Edgar Allan Poe
Anyone remember this poem from school? I remember reciting it and trying to remember it- and then writing a poem of our own. But the teacher never told us what it meant. 23 years old and i now know what it means. Damn.
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I sort of do remember that. It's been a long time.
This is what wikipedia says:
This poem can be interpreted in many different ways, the most basic of which is simply a reflection of the sounds that bells can make, and the emotions evoked from that sound. For example, "From the bells bells bells bells/Bells bells bells!" brings to mind the clamoring of myriad church bells. Several deeper interpretations exist as well. One is that the poem is a representation of life from the nimbleness of youth to the pain of age. Growing despair is emphasized alongside the growing frenzy in the tone of the poem.[1] Another is the passing of the seasons, from spring to winter. The passing of the seasons is often used as a metaphor for life itself. The poem also suggests a Poe theme of mourning over a lost wife, courted in sledge, married and then killed in a fire as the husband looks on. The tolling of the iron bells reflects the final madness of the grief-stricken husband.
Do you remember the story of the heart beating underneath the floor boards? I think it's called Tell Tale Heart? Or the wife sleeping with her mummified husband, that may not be by him.


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Room No. 9
The hotel's bar, playfully named Room No. 9 as a nod to the hotel's eight guest rooms, features regionally curated spirits, carefully composed cocktails and a specialty menu of creative bar fare. Room No. 9 is designed as an inviting, yet exclusive, gathering place. Rich mahogany, leather and velvet furnishings, 150 year old granite foundation and the soft melodies of the vintage upright piano illuminate the subterranean space and create an intimate stop for an aperitif or nightcap.
Available in the Room No. 9, on the outdoor porches, or in the Rose and Blue Salon, the Spicer Menu features creative and seasonally inspired bar fare, assorted light bites and carefully composed cocktails utilizing regionally curated spirits. Menu items include seasonally inspired dishes that showcase our regions' bounties and natural luxuries. The Spicer Menu is available from 11:30 until 9pm weekdays, Friday and Saturday 11:30 to 10pm.


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TROY — Jason McCabe has a way with words.
Mainly because of the positive effect he has on those who hear him.
When the Miami County Magic basketball team played at halftime of Troy Christian's girls and boys varsity basketball games on Monday and Tuesday, McCabe served as the PA announcer — and the action on the court, combined with McCabe's enthusiasm on the mic, drew a continuous standing ovation from the crowd.
McCabe, a production worker at RT Industries and resident of Piqua, is served by Riverside Developmental Disabilities, and the Miami County Magic plays its games through Riverside's Special Olympics program.
"It feels kind of great to be out here doing this. It's been my dream," McCabe said. "I'm pretty good at it."
In addition to announcing for the Magic games, McCabe has also been a DJ for various events.
"The first time I DJed, I went to the Troy Fish and Game on my 40th birthday," McCabe said. "And when I went to Riverside, they gave me a nickname — DJ Jazzy Jason McCabe. I DJ dances like the spring formal, play everything from the past to new stuff, but country music is my favorite. I'm a big country music buff."
But sports just came naturally to him.
"I'd always watched a lot of sports like basketball, watching the broadcasters talk during the games," McCabe said. "And I knew that was what I wanted to do.
"Besides," he added with a smile, "I used to be an athlete myself. But I'm not getting any younger, and I wanted to stay close to sports."
"He is a natural on the microphone," Riverside Community Relations Director Melissa Nichols said. "And as Riverside staff work to find integrated opportunities for the people we serve, we are exploring new and exciting options for Jason to use his gift with the community.
"This opportunity is a perfect example of our Community First Initiative at Riverside. We have a team of dedicated staff members who work to identify and create community-based opportunities for the people we serve. When businesses, organizations and schools — like Troy Christian — partner with us for events like this, it helps us work toward achieving our vision of building a community that supports and values people of all abilities."
Recently, though, McCabe not only got a new kind of opportunity to put his talents to work, but he also got a chance to give something back to Riverside, too.
During the most recent election cycle, Riverside had a renewal levy on the ballot, a five-year, 2.5-mill one that generates more than two-thirds — 39.08 percent — of its operating budget. And with Riverside serving more than 900 residents in Miami County, that renewal was important to a lot of local families.
Riverside needed a spokesperson, so McCabe was tasked with recording radio commercials that aired on Troy Community Radio.
"This was something that no staff member was able to convey with such sincerity. With his voice, he's able to speak for a lot of the people we serve who don't have his gifts," Nichols said. "He just has that natural ability, and coming from someone who has been on the receiving end of those services, it struck a chord with voters."
The renewal levy passed with extreme amounts of support, with 22,263 voters — or nearly 70 percent — voting in favor of it, according to Riverside's most recent issue of ABLE Magazine.
Meanwhile, the Magic still has 22 dates remaining in this basketball season, beginning with a game at Clark County on Jan. 5. Twelve of those dates are home games at Riverside Gym, with the finale on March 8 with Spirit Night. They will also play at two more Miami County high schools — at Miami East on Feb. 12 and Tippecanoe on Feb. 13.
Which gives McCabe plenty more chances to enjoy the roar of the crowd as he calls the action.
"It's been my dream. It makes me feel good to know they're behind me all the way," McCabe said. "I'm representing Riverside, and my friends and family are behind me, and I have a lot of support. This way, I know Miami County is behind me all the way."
With his way with words, it's easy to see why.
Contact Josh Brown at (937) 552-2132, or follow @TroyDailySports on Twitter.


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It may seem impossible, but it is absolutely doable. Now, while you don't need to create your own products or services, there is work involved. Remember, there are no get-rich schemes that work – you don't get something for nothing. This is a 'real' strategy and it's called affiliate marketing.
So, let's get into it.
Step 1: Create a ClickBank account.
1. Go to http://clickbank.com and open an account. Look for the sign-up clickable link on the top of the site.
2. Search their database and find a product you're interested in.
3. Check the 'grav' of that product. It'll be in the Stats section. Usually, the higher the number the better. The number based on the number of affiliates who have made sales.
4. Check out the seller's sales page (having an audio or video on it helps conversion).
5. Choose a product and become an affiliate of it.
Step 2: Create a website specifically for the affiliate product.
1. Get a domain name from services like Bluehost or GoDaddy. Try to create one with a product related keyword. The keyword in the title is an effective online marketing element.
2. Get a website. You can use a free one, but it may be worth it to get a hosted site. It affords more security and you can get the domain for free.
3. Gather all the promotional material the seller offers. This will be through the seller's link on Clickbank.
4. Create the landing page for the product using the seller's promotional content (that's all you'll need – you don't need to create pages or optimize the site).
5. Keep it simple, but make it effective. If you want, you can get a website header made through fiverr.com.
Step 3: Write product related articles.
1. Write articles related to the product. As an example, say you're affiliate product is a vacuum cleaner, you can write about house cleaning, vacuuming a car, allergies, and so on. Write about anything that's related to vacuuming.
This isn't that difficult. As a ghostwriter, I wrote hundreds of allergy articles for a client.
2. Become a member of EzineArticles.com. As you complete an article, publish it on EzineArticles – it's one of the top article directories, which means it gets tons of traffic.
Tip: You will have a resource box (where your tag/bio goes) to fill out, be sure to include a call-to-action and link leading back to your affiliate website.
Remember, you don't have to be a professional writer to do this. You will though need to edit your articles before publishing them, to check for grammatical errors and clarity. And, whatever the topic is, be sure to include keywords in the title and a couple in the content.
There you have it - three simple steps to making money through online marketing, even if you don't have a product or service to sell.
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Tropical Snowflake
Sunday, 25 March 2007
Mei's Hen's Night
On Friday the 23rd of March, Irene and I took the soon to be married Mei out for a small hen's night. We went out for a delish dinner at
(Nicole Kidman's fave restaurant but thank god the skank wasn't there), then more cocktails at
Lo Stuido
and then on to karaoke at
Karaoke World
There were many drinks and many revelations... the main one being that the three of us are only divas in attitude and not in tone.
Mei + Irene @ Karaoke World waiting for our room
Mei was hesitant to sing at first
Irene selected most of the songs
Irene and Mei belted out Britney (see bad quality video below)
The picture isn't good but you can hear the sound
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An apparent arson attack on a mosque in the Belgian capital killed the institution's imam and left another person injured, a police spokeswoman said Monday.
A suspect was in custody in the deadly fire, which occurred about 6:45 p.m. (1:45 p.m. ET) in the Anderlecht neighborhood of Brussels, police spokeswoman Marie Verbeke said. No further details about the suspect were immediately available.
The 46-year-old imam is believed to have died of smoke inhalation, while the surviving victim was treated for the same thing, Verbeke said. source


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Christmas is in your heart, divine inspiration, going back to Phoenix, health and happiness, Leaving Washington D.C., My Book, My mother, tomorrow is not promised to anyone
Today I must be feeling a little melancholy. I've spent 7 weeks here in the D.C. area with mom and family, who I love dearly and don't get to spend much time with. In just a few days Lee and I will be headed back to Phoenix. Thank God for memories, because they will fill my heart and mind as I now prepare for, and enjoy, the Christmas Season with my children, grandchildren and dear friends! Christmas lies in our hearts, and mine is filled with Chirstmas!
My wish to you is that you are happy and healthy. If your life is not GREAT, then make it GREAT, if you are not HEALTHY, then take the steps to get HEALTHY, if your relationships need mending, then mend them! Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, so we must make today great, and enjoy each and every minute while we can.
You..me, all of us, must enjoy where we are in our journey of life, the people we share our lives with and the place we call home. Life is about living, loving, and being happy & healthy. We need to focus on that, and continue being positive. These things will allow us to climb mountains and stare adversity in the eye! It's our life, we only get one, and therefore must take control and not let anyone or anything steal that away from us.
Happiness to you and yours, and may you truly enjoy this blessed Christmas and Holiday Season! May my book fill you with divine inspiration – I know it will!


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She responded with a fierceness of her own, returning the kiss, hungrily. All of a sudden, she was desperate for him to take her; her need so intense she could think of nothing else. It was more than a physical need, though. Much more, and she thought she would die if it didn't happen right then and there. He was a tonic to her. A tonic to erase all her betrayals and the lies. The loss of his son. The seed of stinking Murtaugh on her soul! She found herself fumbling at his belt trying to undo the buckle. It came free with a twist and fell like a rock, all metal and clanging bits, startling them both into nervous laughter as they looked at each other, eyes moist with desire.
"Gel, A StÓr." He pulled away. She could see his shoulders stiffen beneath his shirt and he was trembling with something suppressed.
"Arguis? Arguis, what is it?" she asked, reaching for him but he had stepped out of her reach.
His eyes were serious. "I ...I may hurt you," he stammered, hands clenched at his sides. "I'm sorry, Gel."
"You won't hurt me," she soothed. Taking his hand, she placed it upon her chest and he slid it inside her shirt, cupping one breast. His breath came strong and fast as he unpinned the tiny silver brooch that held her tunic closed. She bit her lip hard, tasting blood, recalling her brief tryst with Murtaugh. Arguis was right. It had hurt.
He stared down at her. "It will, A Stór," he insisted still focused on his task. "It will hurt, but it will get better. That's what I'm told anyway."
"I don't care, Arguis." Though her desire was unmistakable, it was more than that. If she were to get pregnant, there would be some doubt as to the paternity of the child, but only to her. She craved that doubt deeply.
The brush of his fingers on her neck sent shivers across her skin. The dress, thus unfastened came loose with a flourish; the folds dropping over one breast. Then he dropped his gaze almost shyly and turned around. Taking his cloak, he shook it up and out, spreading out the folds. It floated over the heather and settled on top, as if covering a fluffy cloud. Then he turned back to his wife and waved gallantly in invitation.
Slowly and without breaking her gaze from him, she slipped the sodden dress over one shoulder and it slid down her arms then quickly over her hips where she caught it, then stepped out of it completely and threw it aside.
Arguis eyes widened. His eyes traveled down the length of her.
She watched him, breathing deep. He pulled his own woolen long-shirt over his head, revealing dark curly hairs on arms and chest and a tiny birthmark on one shoulder. He was ready and hard as iron.
They were both shivering though neither one was cold.
He pulled her to him, warming her with his body and kissed her. She felt boneless, a mass of tingling flesh and heightened sensations melting in his arms and happy. So incredibly happy.
Arguis was tall, appearing more so in the heather. When they broke from the kiss she could see his blue eyes were full of pain, and loss, and hope, yet they seemed fathomless, like they were ancient as the stars or part of the sky. She wanted to crawl into them and escape, be lost in them forever.
"I need you, Geil," he told her. "I need you like I need the sun and the air. I need you so much it hurts. Will you have me back now?"
She answered by pulling him down to her, lowering him over her onto the cloak. And they consummated their marriage.
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After two years of debate, China has raised proposed limits on energy consumption, but experts say that even the higher targets appear impossible to meet.
On May 3, a top energy official of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said a plan to cap China's total energy use is awaiting State Council approval.
Han Wenke, director general of the NDRC's Energy Research Institute, said the plan calls for keeping consumption at no more than 4.2 billion tons of coal equivalent in 2015, the official English-language China Daily reported.
That would be 20.6 percent more than China's total energy use of 3.48 billion tons last year, according to official data.
While the increase seems large, it breaks down to an average annual growth rate of 4.8 percent, RFA has calculated. That compares with a 7-percent rise last year from 2010, the National Bureau of Statistics said.
Energy analysts and environmental advocates have been watching the debate closely as China climbs to the top spot in world emissions and energy use.
Energy caps
But the effort to impose energy caps on economic growth may have turned into a conflict that cannot be resolved.
Environmental groups were encouraged in March 2011, when former head of the National Energy Administration (NEA) Zhang Guobao first said that a cap of 4 billion tons was included in the draft of the 12th Five-Year Plan to 2015.
A month later, an NEA planning official said the limit would be slightly higher at 4.1 billion tons, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Kevin Jianjun Tu, a senior associate in the energy and climate program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said Han's statement appears to mark another increase in the target after lengthy negotiations with provincial officials.
"They had to increase the numbers slightly in order to satisfy the energy consumption demands of the provincial governments," Tu told RFA.
While the difference seems small, it may mean that China plans to burn an additional several hundred million tons of high-polluting coal between now and 2015.
China's statisticians convert actual coal into coal equivalent units by using a multiplication factor of 0.825, according to the U.N. Energy Statistics Yearbook. The country actually burned 3.7 billion tons of real coal last year to meet over 70 percent of its primary energy demand.
But in the back-and-forth negotiations with the provinces, the central government may have set a higher target for the energy cap that is still too low for expected economic growth.
"I personally feel it's extremely difficult for provincial governments to meet," Tu said. "I have no idea how the provincial governments are going to meet such a stringent target."
Tu said the NDRC has set its target limit for production and consumption of actual coal at 3.9 billion tons in 2015, but China has already neared that level in 2011. Even with a slowdown, the country may break the 2015 barrier this year.
In an effort to cool inflation, excess development, and runaway housing prices, Premier Wen Jiabao set a lower GDP growth goal of 7.5 percent per year in March.
Provincial pressure
But development pressures continue in the provinces, which are still promoting investment in projects that demand more energy.
This month, the NDRC issued "red-light warnings" to six provinces and autonomous regions of "very serious" failures to meet the government's conservation goals, China Daily reported.
But analysts say there would still not be enough energy under the cap if provinces follow slower-growth policies because of consumption that has already taken place since the start of the five-year period.
"The idea that for the next four years it's going to run at less than 5 percent a year is really a non-starter unless the economy collapses, and I'm sure the government isn't planning on that," said Philip Andrews-Speed, a China energy expert at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
The conflict over the cap appears to be an attempt to salvage China's controversial energy efficiency policy, which has been a cornerstone of its international pledges on climate change.
In 2010, The government missed its last five-year target to cut energy waste by 20 percent, comparing total energy use to GDP growth. In March, it conceded that the 2011 goal was also missed under the new plan for a 16-percent reduction by 2015.
Provincial attempts to meet the 2010 targets led to serious disruptions with blackouts of homes, businesses, and even hospitals. The NDRC later apologized and vowed the arbitrary cuts would never happen again.
Central planning
Andrews-Speed said the new cap plan is a throwback to central planning measures for dealing with modern problems of market economics and the environment.
"If one is going to use a blunt instrument, then one has to get it at least at an appropriate level. The level of 4.2 billion tons set today is clearly unrealistic," he said.
In the end, the government may get the numbers to come out right, but they are unlikely to reflect the real volumes of energy production, consumption or the environmental effects.
"You've got a blunt instrument that's pressing down too hard, which means that almost unavoidably people are going to cheat by lying about how much energy they're producing and using," Andrews-Speed said.
Official coal statistics have already become "more and more problematic," Kevin Tu said in an interview with ClimateWire of E&E Publishing Service.
The entire central planning exercise with target-setting for provinces may be a poor substitute for market pricing of energy, which could promote conservation through forces of supply and demand.
Andrews-Speed argued that the 2015 caps make little sense because economic growth forecasts beyond a year or two prove inaccurate.
"By all means, look a year ahead or go year-by-year, but looking three or four years ahead is doomed to fail," he said.


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Chennai, India. According to an annual tradition, the Grand Lodge of India organizes its Annual Communication during the Grand Festival. This year, the Grand Festival was preceded by the World Conference attended by many delegates from Africa, Europe, North America and South America.
According to last year's elections, Brother Vasudev J. Masurekar was elected Grand Master, and on November 24, 2012 he was installed in office in the presence of members of the Grand Lodge of India and Grand Masters present at the installation ceremony.


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I AM SUPER HAPPY TO ANNOUCE I HAVE OFFICIALLY DONE MY FIRST OUTFIT POST WITH LEGIT PHOTOS (meaning not taken on my iPhone…lol)!!! But seriously, I am really excited about this post and I know I still need to work on my posing and perfecting the details but I am just getting started and there will be so much more to come! I have really big dreams for my blog and my career in the fashion industry and this is just the beginning. Let me know what you think in the comments and do not forget to follow me on Twitter and Instagram (links on social media page).
Graphic Tee- My sister's closet (Topshop), Shorts- Express, Shoes- Aldo, Hat- Express, Belt- Express, Sunglasses- Aldo
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Steve Pavlina wrote about a self-help technique called the thirty-day trial. To perform the technique, you commit 30 days of some new habit, such as quitting smoking or writing in a journal. The idea is that it's psychologically easier to commit to something for 30 days than to make a permanent change, but after the 30 days you break addiction to old habits and have the perspective of whether to continue on with the new habit, go back, or go a completely different direction.
For activities like journaling or quitting smoking, this technique might work. After all, psychologist Jeremy Dean announced that it takes 21 days to form a new habit. (This has been treated with some due skepticism, which it should.) However, if you try a 30 day quit-smoking trial and it doesn't work, try again. And if that doesn't work, try it again. Until you succeed.
However, for activities such as a new diet, treatments, or any sort of healthcare advice, the 30 day trial should not be used.
For cases where one might try a 30 day trial just to see if it feels better, such as an elimination diet, confirmation bias is likely to be at play. This is especially true in the case of an elimination diet, where one eliminates some aspect of a diet, like dairy or gluten, and see if some kinds of symptoms, such as bloating or fatigue, go away. In such trials, the results may be due to the eliminated item in question, placebo/nocebo effect, or some third confounded eliminated item. For instance, bloating from gluten-containing foods probably comes from medium-length carbohydrates called FODMAPs. Just because you feel better for 30 days after discontinuing gluten-containing foods doesn't mean that gluten is the culprit. In fact, it probably isn't, as determined by a well-designed clinical trial. Likewise, eliminating milk from a diet isn't likely to do too much unless lactose intolerance is the culprit, and there are tests for that.
Returning to Pavlina's advice, he recommends a 30 day trial over the results of a clinical trial. This is sloppy and irresponsible advice. First, it is very unlikely that an individual will have access to screening assays, animal models, or the millions of dollars needed to discover and develop a drug. That is, unless said individual is up for trying millions of compounds, many potentially toxic and will probably tragically shorten the trial. Instead, a pharmaceutical should be used under the supervision of a doctor, who should be aware of the totality of literature (ideally consisting of randomized controlled trials if possible and a systematic review) and can navigate the benefits and possible adverse effects. A 30-day trial of a pharmaceutical or medical device may be completely inappropriate to realize benefits or assess risks. Here is the primary case where the plural of anecdote is not data.
The bottom line is that the 30 day trial is one of several ways (and perhaps not the best one) to change habits that you know from independent confirmation need to be done, like quitting smoking. It's a terrible way to adjust a diet or determine if a course of treatment is the right one. Treatments should be based on science and under the supervision of a physician who can objectively determine whether a treatment is working correctly.


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What's Driving Change in the Aerospace Industry!
PNAA's 2014 Aerospace Conference
PNAA's Annual Conference continues to grow and improve each year. 2014 brought 455 attendees representing 270 businesses from across North America and Europe. 33 speakers and panelists came from the highest level of the aerospace industry and presented the latest industry forecasts, trends and important supplier information. Governor Jay Inslee returned to the Annual Awards Dinner to share his optimism about Washington's aerospace industry.
International and other travelers received a warm welcome prior to the conference, with a tour of Boeing's Everett Factory or the Dreamliner Gallery, lunch with local dignitaries and a champagne reception at the home of a PNAA Board Member. Exhibit space once again sold out making for a particularly vibrant exhibit hall, and more than 236 connections were made at our popular Suppliers Fair. Click here to see who attended in 2014.
2014's Conference Agenda Included:
• The State of the Global Aerospace Industry
• Is There an Order Bubble?
• How to Survive in the Era of the Global Mega Carriers
• The Role of the Aircraft Lessors and their Impact on the Supply Chain
• Airline Panel: What goes into fleet planning and aircraft purchases?
• Manufacturing Innovations: Technologies on the horizon
• Commercial Aerospace Forecast: Where's the growth?
• Military Aerospace Forecast: Residual impacts of sequestration
• Passenger Experience: How it's driving cabin configurations and aircraft design
• Current Market Outlook
• What's Driving Change in the Supply Chain
• Navigating through "Change"
• Embraer's E-Jets Update
• Scholarship Awards
• Address from Washington State Governor
• Bombardier's CSeries Update
• Big Engines
• Airbus Global Market Forecast
• Airbus A350 XWB Program Update
• Analysts Panel: Conference review and 777X site selection impacts
• Beyond Sequencing: Project Prioritization & Resource Management
Five Industry Excellence Awards Presented:
• Aerospace Executive of the Year: Jon Buccola, Greenpoint Technologies
• Aerospace Company of the Year: Electroimpact
• Inspire Award: Silicon Forest Electronics
• Chairman's Awards: Linda Lanham and Larry Sowa
$33,450 in Scholarships Awarded:
PNAA and 17 industry businesses contributed to the PNAA Scholarship Program this year. Thanks to the generosity of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM 751), AJAC, Aviation Partners Boeing, Center of Excellence for Aerospace and Advanced Materials Manufacturing, Esterline, GM Nameplate, Inceptra, Jet Parts Engineering, LMI Aerospace, Moss Adams, Orion Aerospace, SPEEA, Ted Croft, ThyssenKrupp, Umbra Group, and The Asko Group, 22 northwest students pursuing aerospace educations from seven community colleges and two state universities received awards ranging from $1,000 to $2,500. PNAA hopes to raise $50,000 for scholarships next year.
The Suppliers Fair – PNAA's Annual B2B Event
The Suppliers Fair matched Suppliers with representatives of OEMs and select Tier I/II Suppliers in 15-minute one-on-one sessions. These sessions were an opportunity for the supplier to discuss their products and services and get an understanding of the requirements for entering the representative's supply chain. This year, 260 connections were made during the Suppliers Fair. See who participated this year in the Suppliers Fair Directory.
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PNAA's 2014 Aerospace Conference & Suppliers Fair
What's Driving Change in the Aerospace Industry!
Each year, PNAA assembles an internationally recognized team of analysts and experts from industry to provide one of the most comprehensive programs in the United States. PNAA now hosts the largest conference in its sector on the US West Coast. More than 425 people from nearly 300 companies from the Americas, Europe and Asia attended the 2013 Conference and Suppliers Fair.
This year's conference will focus on what's driving change in the aerospace industry. Learn how Boeing's decision about where to build the 777X will affect local, regional and international aerospace suppliers and much more.
The Latest Aerospace Topics:
• The current status of the global aerospace industry
• Meeting the growing demands of the OEMs
• Latest updates from OEMs: Airframe, Engines and Interiors
• Identifying manufacturers' strategies
• How factors in the global airline industry flow down to impact manufacturers
• Keynote Address by Governor Jay Inslee
Leading Industry Speakers:
• 4 Major OEM Airframers: Boeing, Airbus, Embraer, Bombardier;
• 3 Engine OEMs: Pratt & Whitney, GE Aviation, Rolls-Royce; Airlines, Interior
• Airlines, Interiors, Tooling Companies, Lessors Analysts and More:
Alaska Airlines, Lufthansa Airlines, American Airlines, Electroimpact, LMI, Teague, Zodiac, TTF Aerospace, Aviation Capital Group, BOC Aviation, Guggenheim Aviation Partners, G2 Solutions, Leeham Co, Teal Group, and more ...
The Suppliers Fair – PNAA's Annual B2B Event
The Suppliers Fair matches Suppliers with representatives of OEMs and select Tier I/II Suppliers in 15-minute one-on-one sessions. These sessions are an opportunity for the supplier to discuss their products and services and get an understanding of the requirements for entering the representative's supply chain. Each year, suppliers and representatives alike save untold time and money by securing numerous business leads in a single afternoon.
The Suppliers Fair is held on the final day of the conference (Feb 6), and is included with full conference registration. Registration may be shared between up to 3 people within a company (i.e. CEO attends main conference & Sales Manager attends Suppliers Fair).
Planning for the Future
As an aerospace cluster, our success is achieved by making the right investments in people and capital for the long term. We have always lived in a cyclic industry, but the current OEM forecasts do not forecast a downturn – nor has OEM forecasting successfully predicted the past downturns. To maximize the efficacy of our investments, we must understand the underlying economics and conditions driving the ultimate customer of the OEMs – the Airlines. This allows us to make sane investments for our long term success.
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Laughter Yoga at Kentucky Community Crisis Response Board Meeting- Psychological First Aid By: Melanie R. Rudolph
This Weekend I presented Laughter Yoga at the Kentucky Community Crisis Response Board. I was given the opportunity to do Laughter Yoga at this event with the referral of a local Laughter Yoga Contact & friend, CJ Wright.
I know CJ because I have hosted the Louisville Laughter Yoga Wellness Club at the Rainbow Spiritual Education Center for almost 3 years. As a side passion, CJ is the Executive Director of the Center.
Here is More about the Kentucky Community Crisis Response Board:
According to their Website, this Volunteer Board does the following:
To Read More- Go to their Website-
I was profoundly touched that this Board is run by Volunteers across the state.
I found that Laughter Yoga was a great stress reduction for this group especially due to the crisis's that they respond to daily. Laughter Yoga allowed participants to laugh freely and to tap into their inner joy and inner spirit of laughter. Laughter often times creates a sense of hope.
Before presenting to this group, I was introduced to the word - "Psychological First Aid" . It is a concept that the Board addresses when responding to Crisis's. You can read more about the definition on the Board's website.
To Me, Laughter & Laughter Yoga is a kind of "Psychological First Aid." Laughter is a Form of Aid that can be applied to the Day to Day life Crisis's that show up in our lives when we least expect.
At the end of the Presentation, a woman came up to me and asked me if someone could do Laughter Yoga if they don't laugh much. She went on to share with me that she recently became a Widow and that her husband had passed away.
My Answer was "Yes."
In Fact, Laughter Yoga is "Psychological First Aid". It is for those times when we don't think we can laugh or deal with the crisis's that show up in our lives. It is for those moments and all the moments in between.
Today, May you add Laughter & Laughter Yoga to Your "Psychological First Aid" Kit,
Love to Laugh ~ Laugh to Love,


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News Release from Kerns Campaign October 8, 2018
Honolulu, Hawaii -- Today, Republican lieutenant governor candidate Marissa Kerns harshly attacked incumbent Democratic governor David Ige for "selling judgeships to the highest bidder with political connections to his campaign."
Just over one year ago, Democrat politician David Ige gave his 2014-2017 campaign chairman and megadonor -- $6,000 to Ige, $6,000 to Tsutsui -- a job as a state judge on the circuit court. Now, Ige has given this same former campaign manager and megadonor Mr. Hiraoka's massive promotion to Hawaii's intermediate court of appeals with another cushy state judgeship after almost no time for Hiraoka to even prove himself in the first job. Two judgeships in two years is a ridiculously speedy promotion for Governor Ige's handpicked political insider.
The State Legislature must reject this pay-to-play insider deal. Ige's fast-track career rewarding of Hiraoka with two judgeships in two years is classic Aloha State Democrat cronyism on steroids and stinky politics of the worst kind. As if to fool voters and reporters, Ige's press release conveniently leaves out any mention of his political and campaign relationships with Mr. Hiraoka. Who does he think he's kidding?
While not at all surprising, it's disgraceful and offensive to all taxpayers and island citizens that Ige's taxpayer-funded public relations team -- Jodi Leong, a former TV news reporter, and Cindy McMillan, PRP's former rail advocacy propagandist -- are letting David Ige say such rubbish. Not only should David Ige be fired, but so should these corrupt state employees who try to pull a fast one with taxpayers.
This episode reeks of why Hawaii's courts are so screwed up. I, Marissa Kerns, will always fight the corrupt political elite which have undermined our public institutions, our cost of living, and our quality of life. How Ige can possibly call Hiraoka 'the most qualified applicant' with a straight face makes a mockery of our judicial system when everyone knows this town is full of judges and lawyers who can probably run circles around Ige's political crony.
Selling judgeships to the highest bidder with political connections to his campaign is apparently a criteria that Hawaii's politically-motivated Judicial Selection Commission looks for. For the second time in two years, this Democrat-controlled commission comprised of political appointees has magically come up with Hiraoka's name on a short list for the governor. What an amazing coincidence for the guy who magically resigned as Ige's campaign manager the day before his name was picked by that very Judicial Selection Commission.
Once again, the State Legislature must reject this nomination and Ige must put a little effort into picking non-cronies to serve taxpayers in our state government before he calls anybody the "most qualified". Both Ige and Tsutsui should refund the $12,000 in donations to Hiraoka. And Hirokoa's name should be pulled from consideration immediately. Let's drain the swamp.
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Jan, 2017: Ige's manager quits, aims for judgeship
Star Adv: Former Ige campaign manager gets plum posting
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News Release from Office of the Governor, Oct 5, 2018
HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige has nominated Judge Keith K. Hiraoka, 59, to serve on the Intermediate Court Appeals. The position has been vacant since Associate Judge Lisa M. Ginoza was elevated to the position of Chief Judge on the Intermediate Court of Appeals in April 2018.
Hiraoka is currently a Judge on the First Circuit Court, State of Hawai'i. He has practiced law in Hawai'i since 1983. In recent years, his primary areas of practice have been insurance coverage and representing attorneys, accountants, realtors, and other professionals in legal matters. Hiraoka has tried cases before juries, judges and arbitrators, participated in mediations and briefed and argued appeals before the Hawai'i Supreme Court, the Intermediate Court of Appeals and the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Hiraoka is a 1980 graduate of the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. He earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law in 1983.
"Keith was the most qualified applicant and the right fit for this position. He has years of experience, legal and analytical skills, and will complement the other judges on the Intermediate Court of Appeals. I'm proud to submit his name to the Senate," said Gov. Ige.
"I am honored and deeply humbled that Gov. Ige has given me the opportunity to be considered by the Senate to serve on the Intermediate Court of Appeals. My goal is to continue to serve the public to the best of my ability as a member of the Judiciary," said Hiraoka.
Hiraoka was selected from a list of six nominees provided by the Judicial Selection Commission. Gov. Ige personally interviewed the nominees and sought input and guidance from former Supreme Court Justice James Duffy and the legal community before making his selection.
SA: Longtime attorney, judge nominated to appeals court
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News Release from Office of the Governor, Sep 5, 2018
HONOLULU – The Judicial Selection Commission has submitted the names of six nominees for the judicial vacancy in the Intermediate Court of Appeals, State of Hawai'i. The position has been vacant since Associate Judge Lisa M. Ginoza was elevated to the position of Chief Judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals in April 2018.
The commission has investigated the backgrounds and qualifications of the applicants and has submitted the list of nominees to Gov. David Ige.
David M. Forman, 52, is currently the director of the Environmental Law Program at the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Forman attended UH Mānoa and Harvard College before receiving his Juris Doctor at the William S. Richardson School of Law at UH Mānoa. While at Harvard College, Forman was a National Merit Scholar and a member of the Ivy League varsity football championship team of 1987.
Keith K. Hiraoka, 59, is a Judge with the First Circuit Court, State of Hawai'i. He is a graduate of the University of Hawai'i, Mānoa, and the Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California. Judge Hiraoka has also been an attorney in practice for 33 years, a USSF soccer referee and a musician. He is a member of the Hawai'i Supreme Court Permanent Committee on the Rules of Civil Procedure and Circuit Court Civil Rules. He is also a member of the Hawai'i Supreme Court Civil Justice Improvements Task Force.
Geoffrey K. S. Komeya, 52, is an attorney/shareholder at Cronin, Fried, Sekiya, Kekina & Fairbanks, Attorneys at Law. He is a graduate of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, where he earned a B.A. and M.A in English. Komeya earned his Juris Doctor at the William S. Richardson School of Law, where he also was an adjunct professor from 2004-2005.
Karen T. Nakasone, 48, is currently a Judge in the First Circuit Court. She attended the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, the University of Ryukyus in Okinawa, Japan and Bryn Mawr College where she earned a B.A. in Political Science. Judge Nakasone earned her J.D. at the Boston University School of Law. She was a congressional intern for U.S. Rep. Patsy Pink, and the recipient of the 1989 Okinawan Prefectural Government Scholarship.
John M. Tonaki, 58, is a public defender with the State of Hawai'i. He earned a B.A. at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa before attending Hastings College of Law at the University of California where he earned his Juris Doctor. Tonaki was the director of the Mānoa Youth Baseball League from 2004-2009.
Clyde J. Wadsworth, 60, is the solicitor general of the State of Hawai'i, Department of the Attorney General. He earned a B.A. in politics at Princeton University and his Juris Doctor at the UCLA School of Law. Wadsworth served as president of the Hawai'i LGBT Legal Association, and was pro bono counsel for the ACLU of Hawai'i.
Gov. Ige has until Friday, Oct. 5, 2018 to make his selection.
Associate Judge, Intermediate Court of Appeals Nominees
From Judicial Selection Commission, Sep 5, 2018
Under the Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi, Article VI, Appointment of Justices and Judges, Section 3: "The governor, with the consent of the senate, shall fill a vacancy in the office of the chief justice, supreme court, intermediate appellate court and circuit courts, by appointing a person from a list of not less than four, and not more than six, nominees for the vacancy, presented to the governor by the judicial selection commission."
The Judicial Selection Commission is pleased to announce a list of nominees for the judicial vacancy of Associate Judge, Intermediate Court of Appeals, State of Hawaiʻi. The judicial office has been vacant since the elevation of former Associate Judge Lisa M. Ginoza to the position of Chief Judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals in April 2018.
The list of nominees selected by the Commission to fill the vacancy for the judicial office in the Intermediate Court of Appeals are listed as follows in alphabetical order:
David M. Forman
Keith K. Hiraoka
Geoffrey K. S. Komeya
Karen T. Nakasone
John M. Tonaki
Clyde J. Wadsworth
The Governor has 30 days from his receipt of the list today to make his appointment.
Total Applicants: 12; 4 Females; 8 Males
Government Attorneys: 4
Private Attorneys: 5
Judges: 2
Per Diem Judge: 1
Other: 1
Age Range: 2 (31-40); 3 (41-50); 7 (51-60); 0 (61-70)
Years Licensed Range: 10 years to 34 years
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Experience Segway's New E-skates!
Easy To Learn
The Segway Drift W1 is very easy to learn even without a coach and no need wear it.
Continue Segway's stable self-balancing technology enables to move effortlessly and stylishly. You can get the new skill in minutes.
The Possibilities Are Endless
Gliding, spinning, dancing or doing tricks – the possibilities of how the Segway Drift W1 can be used are endless.
Move Effortlessly
[1] Fully charged, 75kg payload, 8km/h average speed. Segway Drift W1 can provide you a 45 minute ride.
Spindle-shaped Tread Design
The high-power hub motor is very powerful and adopts the spindle-shaped tread design to achieve small resistance and more flexible steering.
Easy To Carry
Elastic bands at the bottom allows you to easily carry on pair in one hand.
Ambient Head And Tail Lights
Get noticed wherever you go with ambient lights that has three light modes to match with your style. Its normal state is the blue light and it can be switched to the colorful ambient light mode when you press the on/off button for three seconds.
More Safer Than The Roller Skates
Low chassis, no binding, even if the loss of balance is not easy to fall down, you can get off in time, reduce the occurrence of accidental injury.
Strong Body But Lightweight
With the aluminum alloy, each Segway Drift W1weights just under 3.5kg making them easy to carry and transport, wherever you may want to ride.
10mm Rubber Bumpers Damage Protection
The rubber bumpers at the front and rear protect your product.
High-security Lithium Battery Design
The Drift W1 is fully packed in the magnesium alloy. Equipped with an smart battery management system with dual protection that meets the UL standards. Makes sure that no battery power is wasted and prevent it from overheating.
It Has Passed A Number Of Reliability Tests And International Safety Certifications
Founded in 1999, Segway invented self-balancing vehicles and the founder
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March 2015, Segway and Ninebot merged into the Segway-Ninebot Group.
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Happy Pie and Pi DayBy Louisa Chu
Happy Pie and Pi DayBy Louisa Chu
I've been planning for months to celebrate National Pie Day today—which happens to fall on Pi Day—by making floral pies. But with unseasonably warm temperatures near 80 degrees, I didn't want to bake. Plus it was a good excuse to visit a slice of Hoosier heaven in the city.
Or more like a sliver actually. Hoosier Mama Pie Company is pastry chef Paula Haney's tiny storefront on Chicago Avenue near Ashland—which opened three years ago today, coincidentally.
The Illinois Science Council lists bakeries and restaurants offering Pie and Pi Day specials today.
Hoosier Mama's jewelbox of a pastry case can only hold so many of the daily-changing seasonal pies so a tall rack behind the counter displays more, including the apple pie. "Apple pie is the only pie we do out of season," Paula once told me, "Otherwise I think we'd have a riot."
And they're not just sweet pies. We are a town that loves our legendary chicken pot pie. At Hoosier Mama today there was a colcannon pie, filled with kale and potatoes, the traditional Irish dish, for St. Patrick's Day on Saturday.
A collection of vintage pie tins decorate the walls up high. You can listen to the history of American pies "The Pie Must Go On: An American Pie Story" as told by my friend, the blue-ribbon award-winning pie queen Catherine Lambrecht, recorded by WBEZ's very own Chicago Amplified. It was in this talk that I learned that rose and orange waters were once common flavorings, until vanilla took over. My floral pies will have to wait for a cooler night, or perhaps Pi Approximation Day.


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The EpiMark 5-hmC and 5-mC Analysis Kit can be used to analyze and quantitate 5-methylcytosine and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine within a spe cific locus. The kit distinguishes 5-mC from 5-hmC by the addition of glucose to the hydroxyl group of 5-hmC via an enzymatic reaction utilizing β-glucosyltransferase (T4-BGT). When 5-hmC occurs In the context of CCGG, this modification converts a cleavable MspI site to a non-cleavable site.
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Davis, T., Vaisvila, R. High Sensitivity 5-hydroxymethylcytosine Detection in Balb/C Brain Tissue. J. Vis. Exp. (48), e2661, doi:10.3791/2661 (2011).
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DNA hydroxymethylation is a long known modification of DNA, but has recently become a focus in epigenetic research. Mammalian DNA is enzymatically modified at the 5th carbon position of cytosine (C) residues to 5-mC, predominately in the context of CpG dinucleotides. 5-mC is amenable to enzymatic oxidation to 5-hmC by the Tet family of enzymes, which are believed to be involved in development and disease. Currently, the biological role of 5-hmC is not fully understood, but is generating a lot of interest due to its potential as a biomarker. This is due to several groundbreaking studies identifying 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in mouse embryonic stem (ES) and neuronal cells.
Research techniques, including bisulfite sequencing methods, are unable to easily distinguish between 5-mC and 5-hmC . A few protocols exist that can measure global amounts of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in the genome, including liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry analysis or thin layer chromatography of single nucleosides digested from genomic DNA. Antibodies that target 5-hydroxymethylcytosine also exist, which can be used for dot blot analysis, immunofluorescence, or precipitation of hydroxymethylated DNA, but these antibodies do not have single base resolution.In addition, resolution depends on the size of the immunoprecipitated DNA and for microarray experiments, depends on probe design. Since it is unknown exactly where 5-hydroxymethylcytosine exists in the genome or its role in epigenetic regulation, new techniques are required that can identify locus specific hydroxymethylation. The EpiMark 5-hmC and 5-mC Analysis Kit provides a solution for distinguishing between these two modifications at specific loci.
The EpiMark 5-hmC and 5-mC Analysis Kit is a simple and robust method for the identification and quantitation of 5-methylcytosine and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine within a specific DNA locus. This enzymatic approach utilizes the differential methylation sensitivity of the isoschizomers MspI and HpaII in a simple 3-step protocol.
Genomic DNA of interest is treated with T4-BGT, adding a glucose moeity to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine. This reaction is sequence-independent, therefore all 5-hmC will be glucosylated; unmodified or 5-mC containing DNA will not be affected.
This glucosylation is then followed by restriction endonuclease digestion. MspI and HpaII recognize the same sequence (CCGG) but are sensitive to different methylation states. HpaII cleaves only a completely unmodified site: any modification (5-mC, 5-hmC or 5-ghmC) at either cytosine blocks cleavage. MspI recognizes and cleaves 5-mC and 5-hmC, but not 5-ghmC.
The third part of the protocol is interrogation of the locus by PCR. As little as 20 ng of input DNA can be used. Amplification of the experimental (glucosylated and digested) and control (mock glucosylated and digested) target DNA with primers flanking a CCGG site of interest (100-200 bp) is performed. If the CpG site contains 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, a band is detected after glucosylation and digestion, but not in the non-glucosylated control reaction. Real time PCR will give an approximation of how much hydroxymethylcytosine is in this particular site.
In this experiment, we will analyze the 5-hydroxymethylcytosine amount in a mouse Babl/C brain sample by end point PCR.
1. DNA Glucosylation and Control Reactions
- In a 1.5 milliliter reaction tube on ice, mix 5-10 micrograms of genomic DNA (for a final concentration of 30 micrograms /milliliter), 12.4 microliters of UDP-Glucose (for a final concentration of 80 micromolar), 31 microliters of NEBuffer 4 and up to 310 microliters nuclease-free water to bring the total volume to 310 microliters.
- Split this reaction mixture into two tubes of 155 microliters each.
- Then add 30 units, or 3 microliters, of T4-β-glucosyltransferase to one tube. Mix well by gently pipetting up and down. The second tube is the control reaction, so add 3 microliters of water, instead of T4-BGT.
- Incubate both tubes at 37 degrees Celsius for 12 to 18 hours, during which time the T4-BGT will add glucose to the hydroxyl group of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine groups in the sample.
2. Restriction Enzyme Digestion
- Label three 0.2 milliliter PCR-strip tubes numbers 1 through 3. Aliquot 50 ul of the reaction mixture into each.
- Label three 0.2 milliliter PCR-strip tubes numbers 4 through 6. Aliquot 50 ul of the control mixture into each.
- Add 100 units, or 1 microliter, of MspI into tubes 1 and 4. Mix well by gently pipetting up and down.
- Add 50 units, or 1 microliter, of HpaII into tubes 2 and 5. Mix well by gently pipetting up and down.
- Do not add anything to tubes 3 and 6, as they are controls.
- Incubate all 6 tubes at 37 degrees Celsius for at least 4 hours.
- Add 1 microliter of Proteinase K into each tube and incubate at 40 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes.
- Inactivate the Proteinase K by incubating at 95 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes.
3. Analyze DNA by PCR/qPCR
This protocol uses NEB's LongAmp Taq for end-point PCR which has been shown to perform well. Other PCR protocols can be substituted.
- Add the following components to a 0.2 milliliter PCR reaction tube on ice: 10 microliters of 5X LongAmp Taq Reaction Buffer, 1.5 microliters of 10 millimolar dNTPs, 1 microliter of 10 micromolar Forward Primer, 1 microliter of 10 micromolar Reverse Primer, 3 microliters of template DNA from the previous steps, 1 microliter of LongAmp Taq DNA Polymerase, and nuclease-free water up to 50 microliters. These volumes may change according to the PCR protocol used.
- Gently mix the reaction. If necessary, collect all liquid to the bottom of the tube by a quick spin.
- Overlay the sample with mineral oil if using a thermocycler without a heated lid.
- Transfer the PCR tubes from ice to a thermocycler with the block preheated to 94 degrees Celsius and start the cycling program. For a routine 3-step PCR, there should be one initial denaturation step at 94 degrees Celsius for 30 seconds followed by 30 cycles of 94 degree Celsius denaturation for 15 seconds, 55 to 65 degree Celsius annealing for 30 seconds, and 65 degree Celsius extension for 20 seconds, or 50 seconds per kb. This should be followed by one final extension at 65 degrees Celsius for 5 minutes. Real-time PCR can also be performed to quantitate amounts of 5-methylcytosine and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine. Please refer to the product manual, found on neb.com for specific information.
4. Representative Results:
Figure 1.Comparison of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine amounts at locus 12 in different mouse Balb/C tissue samples. (A), End-point PCR. (B), Real time PCR.
DNA from four mouse tissues was analyzed. For comparative purposes, real time PCR data were normalized to uncut DNA. A standard curve was used to determine copy number. The samples could be normalized by dividing the copy number of samples No 1-6 by the copy number of the control that is undigested (No 5). Boxed gel lane shows variation in 5-hmC present.
There are several critical things to consider when setting up this experiment. First, it is important that the glucosylation of genomic DNA proceeds to completion. The sequence specificity of T4-BGT is not known, and it appears to have no choice for the substrate sequence. Therefore, in some cases, longer incubation times may be necessary. Second, MspI and HpaII digestion must be complete in order to avoid background signal. For these restriction enzymes, we recommend an incubation time of 4 hours, but longer incubations can be performed when incomplete cleavage is observed. Third, input DNA amount can be adjusted depending on availability, since 20 ngs of DNA can be used for end-point PCR. Finally, we recommend the use of supplied control DNA which may be run in parallel with genomic DNA for 5-mC and 5-hmC quantification.
Both Ted and Romas, authors of this article, are employees of NEB; Romas is the main developer of the kit, with Ted being the Director of the Applications & Development Department that oversaw the development of this kit.
Sriharsa Pradhan, Shannon Morey Kinney, Hang Gyeong Chin, Jurate Bitinaite, Yu Zheng, Pierre Olivier Esteve, Romualdas Vaisvila, Steven E. Jacobsen s laboratory, UCLA. This work was partially supported by NIH 1R44GM095209-01.
|Catalog Number
|EpiMark™ 5-hmC and 5-mC Analysis Kit
|New England Biolabs
|Locus specific primers, flanking a CCGG site of interest
|Custom per experiment; provided by user
|LongAmp® Taq DNA Polymerase
|New England Biolabs
|New England Biolabs
|molecular biology grade water
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- Mathur, E. J. Gene. 108, 1-6 (1991).
- Butkus, V., Petrauskiene, L., Maneliene, Z., Klimasaukas, S., Laucys, V., Janulaitis, A. Nucleic Acids Res. 15, 7091-7102 (1987).
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Will you please send me this article of "High Sensitivity 5-hydroxymethylcytosine Detection in Balb/C Brain Tissue". I just cannot download it.
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Can glucosylation of C happen in vivo and is it possible that MspI digestion could be partially blocked by such a modification (without prior treatment with T4 BGT)? Thanks.
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India says Pak denying access to Sikh pilgrims
The fact that pro-Khalistani posters, banners and slogans were raised near the holy shrines – Gurdawara Nanakana Sahib and Gurdawara Sacha Sauda – only added to India's anger.
INDIA Updated: Nov 24, 2018 00:01 IST
India on Friday lodged a strong protest with Pakistan after Indian diplomats were harassed and denied access to Indian Sikh pilgrims visiting the neighbouring country to mark the start of celebrations of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, which falls next year.
The fact that pro-Khalistani posters, banners and slogans were raised near the holy shrines – Gurdawara Nanakana Sahib and Gurdawara Sacha Sauda – only added to India's anger.
The efforts to "promote secessionist tendencies" to undermine India's sovereignty and territorial integrity is of "grave concern," the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said in New Delhi.
Refused access and prevented from entering the shrines, Indian diplomats returned to Islamabad without performing their diplomatic and consular duties vis-a-vis Indian pilgrims, the MEA said. This is the third time in a row that Indian diplomats in Pakistan have been harassed and not allowed to meet Sikh pilgrims citing security reasons, it said.
The spat came just a day after New Delhi and Pakistan decided to develop a corridor on their respective sides of the border to let Sikh pilgrims visit the historic Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur on the banks of river Ravi in Pakistan. The incident is an indication of the fragile relationship between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
"It is not surprising that this happened. Pakistan is using Khalistan issue like before. Now, of course, with elements from Canada and the UK, Pakistan is trying to rekindle the issue. Pakistan provides support to these people in the gurdwaras, then prevents our diplomats from getting access to the gurdwaras and pilgrims," said Kanwal Sibal, former foreign secretary.
Recently, in Amritsar – another holy site for the Sikh faith – grenades were launched at a religious congregation, killing three people and injuring several others.
Later, investigations by the Punjab police showed the grenades were Pakistani-made. The attack, Punjab police said, had been instigated by Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and leftover pro-Khalistan elements sheltered by Pakistan.
Interestingly, among those who prevented Indian diplomats was the controversial figure Gopal Singh Chawla, who has earlier been seen with Hafiz Sayeed of the Jammat-Ud-Dawa who is wanted in India for several terror strikes, including the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror strikes in which 166 people were killed and over 300 were injured.
"India has today lodged a strong protest with the government of Pakistan that despite having been granted prior travel permission by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, the Consular officials of the High Commission of India in Islamabad were harassed and denied access on November 21 and 22 at Gurudwara Nankana Sahib and Gurudwara Sacha Sauda," the MEA said in a statement.
New Delhi also said that "Pakistan has been called upon to take all measures to not allow its territory to be used for any hostile propaganda and support for secessionist tendencies against India in keeping with the commitments made under the Simla Agreement, 1972 and endorsed in the Lahore Declaration, 1999.".
The Indian pilgrims are visiting Pakistan under a bilateral protocol.
"Pakistan has been reminded that such actions are not in consonance with the stated intentions of Pakistan to facilitate the visits of Indian Sikh pilgrims, especially as we commemorate the 550th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak Devji," the MEA said.
The MEA called the denial of access an attempt to deflect attention from Pakistan's violation of international legal instruments and conventions like the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.
Pakistan has been reminded that this is in contrast to the treatment meted out to their high commissioner and the consular officials in New Delhi who have been provided full access to meet the Pakistani pilgrims who are currently in India on a pilgrimage to Kalyar Sharif, the MEA said.
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