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On Saturday, during one of our last rehearsals for River/Body, Cole, a young student from the Marvelwood School asked us two wonderful questions. Cole is part of a team of young videographers working with their teacher, Ben Willis to create a documentary about the making of the dance.
First, he wanted to know if we had ever considered bringing something unexpected – an object, a surprising prop – into our performance. He observed that the scarves we manipulate are wave and water-like, but wanted to know about something "outside the box"." Dillon, one of the dancers, loved the idea and said, "Like what? A refrigerator?" We all tried to think what those unexpected things might be and how that would change the performance. Actually, I think Cole just gave us an inspiration for the next iteration of River/Body.
Secondly, he wanted to know if we had ever done any kind of 'nature-art situation" before. So we shared with him our exprience of dancing with horses. To me, dancing the river is similar in many ways to the equine dances. We are entering and communicating with a different physicality. Riding the currents of that different body. Enngaging with the body-mind of that other being. And yes, we see and feel the river is a being.
On Sunday we had to make a firm decision about whether to perform in a river that had become so high and fast running that we could not safely dance with her. I have known horses like that. It is important to know the limits. It is disappointing not to dance in the Shepaug, but we were also happy to return to the beautiful Housatonic and know that all of our performances would be held kindly by her watery body.
UPDATE: all performances will take place at North Kent Road, Kent, CT
August 18 & 19 and August 25 & 26 will be performed at the river access at North Kent Road, Kent, CT. We are limiting attendance to protect the site and work within the concerns of the town, so you will neeed to reserve your FREE ticket HERE.
Please join us. We have made something beautiful, something surprising, something moving.
Thank you to Housatonic Heritage, Housatonic Valley Association, Berkshire Taconic Foundation and our loving individual donors
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December 9th, 2008
December 9, 2008:
And what exactly does "Changes to the ballclub's logo" mean???
Apparently, on Thursday, the Sox will be showing off the "changes to the ballclub's logos" and "select uniforms." hmmm… The general consensus is that part of the change is probably just another alternate, like the red jersey's the Sox wear during Spring Training, and for day games…but the changes to the logo concerns me–its been in place practically forever, and its iconic–but I guess as long as no pretty stars are anywhere on the jersey, I'm OK with it…
For some bizarre reason, the Rangers, or "Dark Bright Blue Team" (so named by my youngest stepdaughter) has most, if not all of the up and coming catchers–not sure why, but that is how it worked out. Gerald Laird, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Taylor Teagarden, and Max Ramirez are all part of the Rangers system, and at last the 1st 3 the Sox have been looking at, if not for an out and out replacement for Jason Varitek, (if it comes to that) but perhaps as a mentoring deal–where they do the back up thing for a year or two, working with 'Tek. (Which Theo considers the best way to go–and of course Varitek and Satan do not).
But with the trade of one of those catchers to Detroit, who were reported to be looking at Varitek, and who are prone to overpaying for the wrong players (read: Dontrelle Willis and Ivan "There is only one Pudge–and it ain't him" Rodriguez…) But now they trade 2 pitching prospects to Texas for Gerald Laird.
So, now that Detroit is probably not looking for a catcher, which will probably impact Jason Varitek…Despite the fact that Satan is saying it actually improves his options–uh, how do you figure???
And will the fact that the Rangers have 1 less catcher to play with; will that impact their willingness to deal one of the remaining to the Red Sox? The buzz is that Clay Buchholz is the player that will get the deal done. To which I reply: And this is a problem why? The kid has some flashes of brilliance (I have not forgotten the no-hitter) but, for the most part, it appears he cannot handle the pressure of the bigs…and do we need to talk about his 2-9, with a 6.75 ERA for the 2008 campaign???
Get rid of him, while he still has some value….
One would think that the Hall of Fame Veteran's Committee would be a bit easier way to get into the Hall, as they would be better judges of fellow players, and would be sympathetic to the cause.
Think again.
The 64 voters (every living member of the Hall) decided that no one after 1942 past muster this time. As with the writer's ballot, 75% (or 48 votes) are needed for induction. Ron Santo, former 3rd baseman for the Cubs, came the closest with 60.9&, or 39 votes…) Luis Tiant garnered 20.3%, or 13 votes…
As usual, Tito Francona had made his appearance at the winter meetings, and checked in as far as his health goes. He had the knee surgery ("It's like an oil change") but decided to endure the numbness and tingling in his arms, as a result of his back problems: "…and I held off on my back just because I got a little scared. We'll get it figured out. I've had enough opinions that I'm just not real comfortable going through it right now."
Only in Boston would Theo Epstein hold a press conference at the Winter Meetings to announce that there is really nothing going on, and chances are, nothing will be going on: "We're not really optimistic about our chances of getting anything done while we're here. We're not really close to anything. We're talking to some teams, we're talking to some agents. But I wouldn't expect anything to come out of these meetings, to be honest."
Injury update: Josh Beckett, who was on 6 weeks of rest from his (torn?) oblique injury, has started full body workouts with no restrictions–and appears to be pain free…
Mike Lowell, who underwent hip surgery the day after the Sox were eliminated from the postseason, is completely on schedule, with the expectations that he can begin hitting drills in January, and will be ready to play when the season begins. From Theo: "…The report today from (trainer) Mike Reinhold is that he has better range of motion today than he has since he joined our ballclub…He's ahead of schedule, he's really impressed the doctors and rehab guys with where he is. He'll start throwing pretty soon."
Apparently, if the Sox had made it to the World Series, Julio Lugo would have been fit to play. He will be playing in the Dominican League over the off-season, which will hopefully make he desirable to SOME team, so he and his crappy deference, and sucking, gaping hole offense will go away…
Hardware for the GM: So Dustin Pedroia doesn't get all the awards (it just seems that way…) Theo Epstein will be awarded the Major League Executive of the Year, the annual award by Baseball America. He will be honored in a ceremony this afternoon…
Coming up: The Winter Meetings Continue….


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Double standards-typical example
There has been media coverage of Modi to such an extent that I think he has been the most published and damned political figure –but with a difference it has been aimed to demonize him. There seem to be no end to Modi bashing. Reflecting a bit I was intrigued on this prejudice of the media. It is not mere prejudice but sheer hate building. The media would stoop to any level be it to spread canards-allegations and even had put Modi to trial and sent him to the gallows. On the other hand the netas do not hesitate from shaking hands with Pakistanis-be they officers, or envoys. The hand shake must be captured in the media and hence the duration accordingly. And these are the people who abet cross country terrorism. But the media scrutinizes those who shake hands with Modi-sit near him-embrace him etc –much is interpreted and read into these gestures of even normal courtesies. Why this double standard?
We must live with Islamic terror and fatwas. The media is rather reluctant to call a spade a spade. But then P.Chidambaram when he was the Home Minister was quick to point out at 'saffron terror. I beg to ask PC how many instances of 'saffron' terror had been detected .On the other hand look at the numerous Islamic terror attacks Why a studied silence? Why not give it a color and condemn these?
To show the bias of the media I would like to cite the example of Muhul Roy's visit to Chennai after the Tamilnadu train accident near Nellore-in which 32 died and a few others injured. Muhul Roy visits Chennai in grand style. The same platform on which the dead bodies were brought the previous day our Hon'ble minister after a good sleep in a luxurious coach alighted .The platform had been washed-fresheners were set up-and two electricians were ready (least there be a close circuit) and Muhul Roy alights-steps on the platform-wait a minute- a red woolen rug was placed for him to step on. All this when the tears of those who lost their dear ones were not dried. And Muhul Roy did not even apologize but when asked if he would resign-he shot back "Why should I". Yes these are our netas who forget that they live on our money and they are supposed to serve the aam admi.
The callousness and arrogance of the political class and in this case Muhul Roy was nauseating remember a train accident that happened I think in the year 1960 at Ariyalur-Tamilnadu, Then Lal Bahadhur Shastri was the railway minister. Without a delay and without a fuss he immediately put in his papers owning responsibility-that is dharma. But these days when the train accidents are so many-call it Centre terrorism because it is the lives of people that are lost and people are crippled and injured. Be it State terrorism, riots it is all lives that matter and that have to be accounted for. What happens in State and Centre terrorism quickly the government announces compensation. Again it is taxing the people. Why not dip into the kitties of the political parties which are in power for distributing compensations. This I mention for two reasons. What would have been the media's reaction had Modi acted as Muhul Roy. The red rug was displayed only in a couple of papers. The electronic media was silent. Had Modi did the same the media would have flashed his stepping on the red rug and also would have analyzed his indifference and callousness to the loss of lives and suffering of the people?So Modi is treated entirely on a different level while others are given a velvet glove treatment. It is Modi hatred that the media is spreading. May be the media is paid to do so-otherwise what reason could there be for such blatant discrimination and bias?
The second reason why I am mentioning this is to highlight the callousness of the political class. Today they move around as monarchs .The amount of money spent on their visits, the style of functioning even when tragedy strikes people is something one cannot take. There seem to be a total lack of concern, a distance between the people and the elected representatives and a lack of probity in public life. Insensitivity is not the word sufficient to describe the way the political class behaves. The railways are a telling example. How much of money is being spent on security for the ministers but when it comes to the common people it is negligible. The so called people's 'comforts' are atrocious. I traveled in the Kanyakumari Express two weeks ago. There was no water-the wash basins are today small finger bowls-the state of the toilets are intolerable. The people suffer all this in silence. The ministers and the MPs travel in high style at the cost of the people. Why should our Indian culture be associated with dirt and uncleanliness when it comes to public services? The ministers and the bureaucrats visits foreign countries don't they see the clean public services? Why these foreign jaunts on our money when they cannot try and bring in some kind of discipline in our country? Taking the people for a ride and compensating for their lives with our money. How come that no top persons are involved in accidents-especially in trains-that's because everything is meticulously scrutinized and put in place. Why not extend the same care and security for the people on whose money the whole governance (non governance) revolves? Shame on the political class! Accountability is totally absent when it comes to services for the people.
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I chose Recursive after a hiatus from CrossFit after moving to Madison last year. I had let the stress of starting grad school and moving across the country get to me a little bit and I was ready to find a new box where I could really enjoy myself and get back into CrossFit. I walked into Recursive and Coach Viv met me with a smiling face and I knew I was at the right place. It's been (mostly) rainbows and butterflies ever since!
I think my favorite thing about Recursive is the sense of community I was able to find outside of a school/work setting. It's a bunch of really AWESOME people that all have similar goals and mind-frames trying to become better athletes. We can push each other and encourage each other and it's really a community of support. Not to mention, we get to hang out with Edrick sometimes and he's the best!
I feel like every day there are new accomplishments. I'd say that the most fun I've had so far was conquering my fear of the rope climb. I never had tried to do it before and during our skill month I was able to get a few full rope climbs in (thanks to Coach Cam's encouragement, of course). It made the rope burns completely worth it!


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Eagle Grove (Iowa, USA)
Eagle Grove, Iowa, was the post-office address of an Amish Mennonite community (1893-1910), now extinct, in Wright County. Correspondence in the church papers from this congregation came generally from Eagle Grove or Clarion.
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Gingerich, Melvin. "Eagle Grove (Iowa, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 31 May 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Eagle_Grove_(Iowa,_USA)&oldid=87133.
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Gingerich, Melvin. (1953). Eagle Grove (Iowa, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 31 May 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Eagle_Grove_(Iowa,_USA)&oldid=87133.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 118. All rights reserved.
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RoK anticipates concrete, substantial progress in 2nd DPRK-US summit
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The Republic of Korea (RoK) Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon said Friday (February 8) that the planned second summit between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States was anticipated to make a concrete, substantial progress for denuclearization and peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Cho made the remark at a function in Seoul, saying a concrete, substantial progress was anticipated to be made in the second summit between top DPRK leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump as the leaders reached a comprehensive, principled agreement on the peninsula's denuclearization and peace during their first meeting.
Kim and Trump were scheduled to meet in Vietnam on February 27-28. The leaders held their first summit in Singapore in June last year.
The unification minister said the RoK will make utmost efforts for the success of the DPRK-US summit and the establishment of permanent peace on the peninsula by closely communicating and cooperating with the DPRK and the United States.
Meanwhile, Baik Tae-hyun, spokesman of the unification ministry, told a press briefing that RoK anticipated a more concrete, substantial progress to be made in the second Kim-Trump summit.
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State Department spokesman Robert Palladino told a news briefing that US Special Representative for North Korea (DPRK) Stephen Biegun was in Pyongyang to prepare the February 27-28 summit and seeking progress on commitments made at the first meeting between President Donald Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore in June.
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Filed under: Track of the Week | Tags: Art in Manila, Hey Ocean!, Small Sins, The Feminists, The Wet Secrets
I just wanted to post this because I won't around a computer until tomorrow, so I'll elaborate and update the list then =)
1. Small Sins – On the Line
Much better than the movie it shares its name with. It flows nicely and has a nice tune
2. The Feminists – The Beginning of the World
On the last R3-30 Podcast that I listened to, I heard that The Feminists broke up, which is a shame, because I so enjoy this track. Beware, it's rather long!
3. Art in Manila – I Thought I Was Free
This was from a Saddle Creek sampler I downloaded a while back. Art in Manila is Orenda Fink (of Azure Ray) and Adrianne Verhoeven (of the Anniversary), which is an exciting combination!
4. Hey Ocean! – Beatboxer (Who Broke My Heart)
Another fun song I found on the R3-30 podcast, they're coming to my town in June!
5. The Wet Secrets – Hot Roller
It's an angry song, and well, I like angry music
Filed under: Track of the Week | Tags: Arkells, Cursive, Islands, Moneen, the Weakerthans
1. Arkells – Oh The Boss Is Coming
The opening is very reminiscent of the Constantines, or even Alexisonfire, but they make this song their own, and it's awesome.
2. Moneen – If Tragedy's Appealing Disaster's an Addiction
I picked up It All Started With a Red Stripe and even as a casual Moneen listener, I fully appreciated it. The documentary is very insightful and funny (these guys have a lot of antics), and the DVD comes with a ton of other stuff.
3. The Weakerthans – Reconstruction Site
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4. Islands – The Arm
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5. Cursive – Shallow Means Deep Ends
I've recently rediscovered my original obsession with Cursive and specifically Domestica. This song is an awesome representation of said album.
Filed under: Music | Tags: Albums, Attack in Black, black mountain, constantines, holy fuck, polaris, polaris music prize, the faint, tokyo police club, two hours traffic, weakerthans, wintersleep
Today on Grant Lawrence Live, Grant has sparked conversation about this year's Polaris Prize Nominees, since the cut off date for nominations is quickly approaching.
After reading the list of suggested nominations, I realized how much Canadian music I've bought in the past 6 months, and how much of my music collection qualifies for the prize.
Reunion Tour (the Weakerthans)
Kensington Heights (Constantines)
LP (Holy Fuck)
Welcome to the Night Sky (Wintersleep)
Little Jabs (Two Hours Traffic)
In the Future (Black Mountain)
Elephant Shell (Tokyo Police Club)
Marriage (Attack in Black)
Compared to the amount of my collection that qualified for 2007's and 2006's prizes
Ashtray Rock (Joel Plaskett Emergency)
The Reminder (Feist) which is really part of my mom's collection
Twin Cinema (The New Pornographers)
Tournament of Hearts (Constantines)
(The first three made it on to the shortlist for their respective years)
Of that first list, I'm thinking LP and Reunion Tour will make it on to the shortlist, I'm really hoping to see Little Jabs and Welcome to the Night Sky make it and while it would be nice to see Kensington Heights up there, I don't think it fairs well against the other stuff out there. Same goes for Elephant Shell and In the Future. But others see it differently, a lot of people think that Kensington Heights and In the Future will make it to the shortlist. We'll see in a few months I suppose.
On a completely unrelated note, the Faint are back?
Filed under: Music, Track of the Week | Tags: plants and animals, the coast, the memories attack, two hours traffic, woodhands
1. Two Hours Traffic – Sure Can Start
There's something about this track that just hits me. Maybe it's the riff or maybe it's the lyrics. But it's most likely the combination of both.
2. The Coast – No Secret Why
This song is very reminiscent of Matt Good, and I really like it. PS it's the song on the 2nd YouTube vid on their MySpace
3. Plants and Animals – Bye Bye Bye
Apparently this week's theme is "artists reminiscent of other musicians" because this song reminds me of Queen.
4. The Memories Attack – Love in the Time of Hate
I heard this on the radio the other day, and it has a catchy riff. It reminds me of something, but I can't figure out what!
Woodhands – Dancer
Sometimes, I can't decide whether I hate or love this song.
Filed under: Music Videos | Tags: constantines, hard feelings
This music video came out a few weeks ago, but let's review it anyway!
A clean music video, very simple and fresh, however it's borderline boring. Not quite boring, just long enough to keep my attention. Nothing happens, but it works for the song and the band. Oh, don't forget about the bad ass fist-nudge after Wil's guitar solo. Did anyone else think the video was a little Wil/Bry centric? Or was that just a result of me spending too much time within youtube-fandom-land?
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I'll admit, I didn't jump on the TPC wagon until recently. I hadn't heard of them until Saddle Creek started raving about this hip new band from Canada in their August 07 newsletter, but the very fact that Saddle Creek had signed a quartet of Canadians was intriguing enough.
So here we are. Full of catchy riffs, upbeat melodies and uplifting lyrics, Elephant Shell isn't an album I would expect from Saddle Creek, but it's one I welcome with open arms (perhaps I've been blinded by the abundance of Cursive in my less than impressive collection).
Opener "Centennial" is like a nice walk in the park and a smooth way to ease into the record. However the album proceeds to quickly build up to the rhythm induced "Juno" and melody infused "Tessellate". With the record peaking at track 5, one can't help but be slightly disappointed with such a fast giveaway. As expected, the album recesses, but we are briefly revived with the upbeat and infectious "Your English is Good". Unfortunately we are forced to "Listen to the Math" which is as boring as it sounds (says the Math major). Perhaps had it not followed "Your English is Good" it would have been a much more enjoyable track. Kind of reminds you of high school no? Finally, I can't decide whether "The Baskervilles" is a good enough ending. There's something about it that just doesn't yell conclusion to me. But if you account for the remixes, "The Baskervilles" isn't exactly the conclusion I was looking for anyway.
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1. Wintersleep – Miasmal Smoke & The Yellow Bellied Freaks
These guys are really growing on me. This is what I would call an epic track. It has a great slow build, a gorgeous climax and is the perfect way to end an album.
2. The Good Life – I Am An Island
My favourite lyrical genius had this song featured on Cold Case last night. Go Saddle Creek!
3. Destroyer – The State
Dan Bejar is slowly taking over Radio 3, and I'm ok with that.
4. The New Pornographers – Mutiny, I Promise You
Ok and he's taking over this list too. This is a great infectious song, I particularly enjoy the rhythms in this one.
5. Creature – Pop Culture
This song is just fun. Every time I hear it, I just wanna get up and dance!


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Foundation Degree (FdA) Health and Social Care // Undergraduate
This highly practical two-year course allows you to develop your career in health and social care.
You'll develop a detailed understanding of health and social care policy and practice, which you can use straight away in any workplace that involves caring for individuals and communities.
Course structure
This is a highly practical course, which combines academic study and work-based learning. The elements of the course which are taught in the college include lectures, discussions, case studies and workshops.
Your progress will be assessed with evaluations of work experience, reports, presentations and time-constrained tests. Throughout the course you'll have one-to-one support from academic staff.
Year 1 (national level 4):
- Assessment, Care Planning and Identification of Risk (20 credits)
- Working in Health Social Care Settings I (20 credits)
- Understanding Health and Social Care (20 credits)
- Dimensions of Health (20 credits)
- Applied Qualitative Research in the Social Sciences (20 credits)
- Exploring Psycho-Social Theory (20 credits)
Final year (national level 5):
- Advocacy and Empowerment (20 credits)
- Working in Health Social Care Settings II (20 credits)
- Quantitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences (20 credits)
- Health Improvement and Healthy Lifestyles (20 credits)
- Life Course Approaches to the Health of Children, Young People and Families (20 credits)
- Working with Adults (20 credits)
Entry requirements
- 56 UCAS points from a minimum of two GCSEs/A Levels/AVCE or equivalent. We will also accept PPP at BTEC Extended Diploma level.
- BTEC Level 3; NVQ Level 3; Modern Apprenticeship (NVQ Level 3 plus Key Skills)
- GCSE grade C or above (or equivalent qualifications) in Mathematics and English. If you have studied for a GCSE which has a numerical grade then you will need to achieve a grade C (4) or above
- Work based route only - a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check that has an issue date within 3 years at the start date of the programme.
In addition, you should have experience in health and social care. The experience can be from paid work or voluntary work.
You will need a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before you can start this course.
You may also be eligible to apply if you don't have formal qualifications but you do have at least two years' relevant work experience.
If English is not your first language, please refer to the University of Sunderland English Language requirements:
This programme is offered by Tyne Coast College working in partnership with the University of Sunderland. The award that you will receive will be from the University of Sunderland.
Health and social care is a diverse field, with opportunities to specialise in areas such as young people, mental health, or drug and alcohol abuse support.
Academic qualifications in Health and Social Care allow you to work in the NHS, charities such as Age UK and MIND, social care organisations such as Turning Point, and other public, private and voluntary sector health agencies.
Some careers, such as social work, nursing or occupational therapy, require additional academic and professional qualifications. When you have completed this Foundation Degree, you will have the opportunity to 'top up' to a BA (Hons) undergraduate degree.
* The University of Sunderland has a wide range of scholarships on offer. Find out more.
Higher Education Loans
Further information about funding your Higher Education can be found here.
FutureMe in the North East
The North East Collaborative Outreach Programme (NECOP) has launched its FutureMe programme of activity and support to increase the number of young people from the North East progressing to higher education.
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Predicting whitefly population outbreaks in changing environments
• LBBE, University Lyon 1, France
• Dept. of Evolutionary Genetics, Cavanilles Institute for Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, Spain
• Dept. of Environmental and Natural Resources, University of Western Greece, Greece
• Dept. of Entomology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
• Portici Unit of IPP, CNR-Istituto per la Protezione delle Piante, Italy
• Laboratory of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, National Agricultural Research Foundation, Plant Protection Institute of Heraklion, Greece
• Dept. of Plant Protection, Ankara University, Turkey
• Dept. Of Entomology, University of Arizona, United States
• Laboratory Molecular Entomology, University of Crete, Greece
• Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (Valencian Agricultural Research Institute), Spain
• Plant health Research Dept., Ankara Plant Protection Central Research Institute, Turkey
• Dept. of Plant Protection, Cukurova University, Turkey
• Dept. of Geography, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Keywords: Bacterial symbiont, Bemisia, biological control, climate change, pest invasion
Presentation: Predicting whitefly population outbreaks in changing environments


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As an attorney, I feel compelled to speak up concerning the proposed Voter Identification Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution. Putting aside the partisan political aspects of the issue for a moment, this is a bad idea. Simple ideas sometimes have complex consequences, and in the case of voter id, the simple idea is both expensive and potentially harmful to our most sacred right as Americans.
The Minnesota Constitution was enacted in 1857. Generally speaking, amendments to constitutions are made to accomplish things that cannot be done through the legislative process. Unfortunately, this is not always the case in MN and the Voter Id Amendment is a prime example. In the case of the Voter Id Amendment, some Legislators decided they had a law they wanted to pass, and rather than working the law through normal legislative channels which require the checks and balances of Executive Branch approval and judicial oversight, they are seeking to circumvent and embed the administrative practice of verifying a voter's identity, not in the state statute or regulation, but into the state's highest legal authority. This is akin to the legislature deciding to put a 30 MPH speed limit into the Constitution and it is simply inappropriate. Constitutions are documents meant to provide a framework for our governing system and to place restraints on government intrusions. However, in the case of voter id, proponents are asking Minnesota citizens to shackle themselves to what is essentially an untested administrative procedure by including it in a document that requires a state wide vote in amend or modify.
A report from the University of Minnesota estimates that this unproven procedure for tackling a problem that is questionable at best, will cost local governments (the ones that raise property taxes) approximately sixty-three million dollars. This is money that comes out of our pockets when local government funds are already short. In order to implement the Amendment, entire new computer systems have to be built to handle provisional balloting, new id cards issued for thousands of people at no cost, new employees hired and training revised. These things cost money, and in the event that the structure of this Constitutional regulation doesn't work, instead of modifying it through legislative or regulatory process, our only means of change will be to wait for the legislature to once again place an amendment on the ballot at the next general election – this is simply not the way to do things.
When I think about the amendment, I also have to look at what it means for people's right to vote. While some say that voting is a privilege and it is not too much to ask for a photo, I say perhaps, but I do know that using a photo id isn't necessarily fool-proof and without significant safeguards, requiring it may result in citizens losing out on one of their most fundamental privileges as citizens. As of January 2012, 24,738 registered voters in Ramsey County do not have valid MN driver's licenses or state issued ids — that's roughly 9% of voters. Presumably many of these folks with driver's licenses may not have license that will comply with the Amendment or which will be difficult to use as verification of the holders identity. Ask yourself these questions:
- Do you have a photo id?
- Is your id issued by the state (not a private school, nursing home, employer, etc)?
- Did you recently move and does your id have your current address?
- If you recently married, does it have the right address and your current legal name?
- Do you still look like that DMV photo (weight gain/ loss, hair color, etc)?
Now ask yourself if your friends, family members and neighbors have the same. Problems are sure to arise with the proposed procedure. By entombing this legislation in the Constitution, Minnesotans would be handcuffing themselves to a single method of accomplishing a goal and, ironically, restricting their own future ability to free themselves from problematic outcomes.
While we can debate whether requiring a photo id is needed and whether there is a real problem being solved, I have heard no real arguments as to why a constitutional amendment is the best way to address the issue. While I don't believe voter id laws are needed, I appreciate that concern for the integrity of the voting process; I just don't think that the administrative procedures of verifying identity belong in our constitution.


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We all like to keep our surroundings clean. When such places are clean, it they could have a positive impact on our physical and mental well-being. This is why you should put in your fullest effort towards ensuring that areas that belong to you are as clean as they can be. Depending on who you are, these areas could be office premises, houses or various other types of buildings.
When it comes to cleaning, you will be able to attend to the cleaning matters to a certain extent. However, if you want to achieve the fullest potential of a clean-up, it is necessary for you to obtain the service of the professionals in the field.
Due to the high demand that exists for the matter, it will not be difficult for one to find cleaning services. However, you need to make sure that the service provider that you pick happens to be capable of fulfilling the cleaning needs of the related premises. In doing so, given below are some qualities and services that you could expect from a good cleaning service provider.
1. Prompt service
If you leave an area without cleaning for a long time, the pleasant nature of the area will go away. You do not want this to happen to areas that you care about. Therefore, when you are picking a cleaning service provider, you have to go for a one that is known to offer prompt service.
2. Specialized cleaning methods
There could be various premises with various cleaning needs. If the cleaning service that you are using happens to be good, they will offer you a wide range of specialised cleaning services in getting on with your cleaning necessities. As an example, if you have mattresses that need to be thoroughly cleaned, a good cleaning service provider will be able to give you good mattress cleaners from Adelaide for the matter.
3. Adapting the latest technology
The world today is highly technologically advanced. Adapting such technologies will make the cleaning process much more effective. In the choice you make regarding the cleaning service provider, you need to pick a service provider that always utilizes the modern methods in efficient ways. As an example, when it comes to steam carpet cleaning it will be ideal to go for a service provider that offers new solutions instead of sticking to the time-consuming conventional carpet cleaning methods.
There is so much more that you could expect from a cleaning service. These would often depend on the premises and your own preferences. A capable and a well-reputed cleaning service provider will be able to fulfil all these requirements in an ideal manner.


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After listening to a talk recently by Eric Horvitz, Microsoft Research managing director, I can appreciate that the number of applications being conceived around the technology is only matched by the ethical dilemmas surrounding it. But in both cases, they are much more varied than what typically dominates the conversation about AI.
For fans of the ethical roads less traveled in AI, Horvitz offered a fair few items for his audience to consider at the SXSW conference last week that alternated between hope for the human condition and fear for it. Although I previously highlighted some of the healthcare applications he discussed, there are plenty of issues he raised that one day could be just as relevant to healthcare. I have included a few of them here...
Adversarial machine learning
One fascinating topic addressed in the talk was how machine learning could be used with negative intent —referred to as adversarial machine learning. It involves feeding a computer information that changes how it interprets images, words, and how it processes information. In one study, a computer that was fed images of a stop sign could be retained to interpret those images as a yield sign. That has important implications for self-driving cars and automated tasks in other sectors.
Another facet of adversarial machine learning is the use of information tracking individuals' Web searches, likes and dislikes shared in social networks and the kinds of content they tend to click on and using that information to manipulate these people. That could cover a wide swathe of misdeeds from manipulation through fake Tweets designed by neural networks in the personality of the account holder to particularly nasty phishing attacks. Horvitz noted that these AI attacks on human minds will be an important issue in our lifetime.
"We're talking about technologies that will touch us in much more intimate ways because they are the technologies of intellect," Horvitz said.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 21, 2015
Crystal City (Arlington, VA) – Don't forget to bring your recyclables and celebrate Earth Day's 45th Anniversary at the Crystal City Business Improvement District's (BID) annual Power Purge & Shred tomorrow, April 22nd from 7 AM to 7 PM. The collaboration among CEA, Vornado/Charles E. Smith, and the eCyclers division of the Kane Company provides an opportunity for Crystal City residents and workers to drop off everything from batteries, desktop computers and laptops, to TVs, monitor and microwaves. This year, help people in need by donating an old bike to Bikes For The World and receive a new LED light bulb from Arlington Initiative to Rethink Energy (AIRE) when recycling an old incandescent bulb at the event. (Limit one per person, and while supplies last). Snap a photo of your purged goods and post on Twitter or Instagram with #PowerPurge and a clever goodbye quote and our favorite will win a gift certificate to a free class at TechShop.


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MCLEAN, Va.—Hilton Garden Inn (HGI) is partnering with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) with its innovative Keurig brewing technology, to upgrade its in-room coffee and beverage offering. Beginning today, guests in Hilton Garden Inn's more than 73,000 guest rooms in the U.S. and Canada (69,811 in the U.S.; 3,255 in Canada) have the option to brew their favorite coffee using a Keurig K130 single cup brewing system.
"Hilton Garden Inn believes that travel, whether for business or pleasure, should be an enjoyable experience – that's why we're constantly looking for ways to enhance our guestrooms, making them comfortable, convenient, and welcoming," said Adrian Kurre, global head, Hilton Garden Inn. "We heard from our guests that being able to easily make the perfect cup of coffee in their room was an important part of their morning routine to start a productive day, so partnering with GMCR to bring its Keurig single cup brewers to our guestrooms was the perfect solution."
According to a survey of 500 high-frequency travelers conducted by Carbonview Research, among the amenities surveyed, in-room coffee is second in importance, behind only WiFi. Additionally, 78 percent of guests said in-room coffee was important, and single serve coffee is guests' number one in-room coffee preference. Hilton Worldwide's Hilton Garden Inn brand is partnering with GMCR for its Keurig single cup brewers to extend this comfort to guests on the road.
In the U.S., guestrooms will include two Diedrichs Regular Coffee, one Diedrichs Decaffeinated Coffee and one Bigelow Black Tea K-Cup packs. In Quebec, guestrooms will include two Van Houtte Colombian Dark Coffee, one Van Houtte Decaffeinated Coffee and one Bigelow Black Tea K-Cup packs. In the greater Canada area, guestrooms will include two Timothy's Rainforest Alliance Extra Bold Coffee, one Timothy's Rainforest Alliance Extra Bold Decaffeinated Coffee and one Bigelow Black Tea K-Cup packs.
Additionally, guests may choose to purchase specialty beverages at HGI's 24-hour Pavilion Pantry convenience mart, located in the lobby area, which will feature eight Keurig Brewed K-Cup pack varieties, including Starbucks, Green Mountain Coffee, Bigelow Black Tea and Café Escapes hot cocoa.


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Stuffed parmesan chicken
Ingredients for 2 people
2 chicken breasts
Half cup Grated Parmesan cheese
One cup of breadcrumbs
1 tablespoon of Rosemary if desired
4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
Cooking string
A pinch of salt and pepper
Tin foil
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1. Preheat oven at 325
Filet chicken breast
Mix parmesan and breadcrumbs together
Add parmesan and breadcrumbs to the center of the chicken breast and wrap with cooking string
Season with salt and pepper
Place in the oven at 325
Cook for an hour and 30 minutes
Remove tin foil for the last 15 minutes sprinkle Rosemary if desired
Place back in the oven for the last remaining 15 minutes and serve.
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Hack the Hood is a Google Bay Area Impact Challenge Top 10 Finalist:
Project empowers 5,000 youth and 25,000 small businesses through tech
Hack the Hood is a Top 10 finalist in the 2014 Google Bay Area Impact Challenge and will receive $250,000 in Google funding to expand the program to all five counties in the Bay Area. In addition, the public has the opportunity to vote for Hack the Hood to receive another $250,000 in support via an online campaign running from May 22 - June 2.
Hack the Hood is a unique program that trains and mentors low-income youth of color in tech and web development and then deploys them to construct mobile-friendly websites for local businesses.
"When youth in our program build a website for a small business, they are not only gaining valuable tech skills that can immediately increase their earning potential," said co-director Susan Mernit, "they are also helping struggling business owners reach more customers, and helping people in low income neighborhoods find the goods and services they need locally, so their money supports jobs close to home. This is the kind of virtuous circle that can be a real game changer for communities that have previously been shut out of the digital economy."
In addition to offering training and real-world work experience, Hack the Hood teaches youth about the tech careers. The program integrates professionals working in technology fields as mentors, guest speakers, and field-trip hosts so that youth get introduced to the variety of jobs open to them if they stick to their education and career goals. Program participants get to visit companies like Google, Facebook, Weebly, Pandora,Ask.com and others to see where the tech they use every day is made.
"This is an amazing opportunity for Hack the Hood to take this model and bring it to other cities in the Bay Area. It is a huge vote of confidence in our model," said co-director Zakiya Harris, "but we need everyone to vote!"
To vote for Hack the Hood, go to: https://impactchallenge.withgoogle.com/bayarea2014/charity/hack-the-hood
Get more information on Hack the Hood and the voting campaign at votehackthehood.com
Other ways the public can support Hack the Hood during the campaign:
2) Join our Mailing list at www.votehackthehood.comand forward our communications to friends
3) Promote us on social media: Like, Comment and Share us on Facebook, Twitter, G+, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumbler:
Sample messages:
● @hackthehood #top10 #GoogleImpactChallenge. Vote now to train 5,000 youth to build websites for 25K small businesses www.votehackthehood.com
● Is your kid forever online? We channel that pet peeve into a career path. #votehackthehood for #googleimpactchallenge
● Support tech careers for low income youth AND better visibility for local small business www.votehackthehood.com #GoogleImpactChallenge
● www.votehackthehood.com to bring together #SiliconValley #lowincomeyouth & #smallbusinesses to prepare next generation #tech #leaders
4) Post your selfie as part of our viral campaign: Take a picture with our "I Voted Hack the Hood" sign (found at: http://www.votehackthehood.com/add-your-voice.html) then take a selfie that shares why you voted Hack the Hood. Post your selfie on social media, using the hashtags #googleimpactchallenge and #votehackthehood!
5) Attend an event with your friends: we'll be hosting and attending meetups and events throughout the campaign. Find a list at: http://www.votehackthehood.com/events.html
Google Bay Area Impact Challenge voting site: g.co/bayareachallenge
Campaign site for Hack the Hood: votehackthehood.com
Hack the Hood: hackthehood.org
Follow Hack the Hood on Social Media
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Founded in 2012, Hack the Hood is changing the way low income youth learn tech skills by giving them the training and confidence to go into their neighborhoods and create mobile-friendly websites for small local businesses. This hands-on learning approach is supported by mentoring, career planning, and visits to technology companies where students talk and interact with engineers, product developers, UI/UX designers, and community managers so they can make connections between the work they are doing, further education, and real-world jobs.
About the Center for Media Change
Hack the Hood is a project of the Center for Media Change, a 501c3 founded in 2007 that focuses on using media and technology to educate in ways that affect positive social change. Other CMC projects include OaklandLocal, a local news site that reaches more than 90,000 local readers every month, mostly based in Oakland and San Francisco, and Live Work Oakland, a site tracking tech startups and business innovators in Oakland, CA through an interactive map and business directory.
Susan Mernit, Hack the Hood Co-Director
Susan Mernit is a nationally-recognized journalist, blogger, social entrepreneur, trainer, educator. A former VP at AOL & Netscape, & former! Yahoo Senior Director, Mernit left Silicon Valley to pursue journalism and mission-driven enterprises. She is the co-founder, editor & publisher of Oakland Local (oaklandlocal.com) a news & community hub for Oakland, CA. Mernit was consulting program manager for The Knight News Challenge, 2008-09; was a 2012 Stanford Carlos McClatchy Fellow; and is a board adviser to The Center for Health Reporting at USC, Annenberg School of Journalism. She has consulted with many non-profit organizations on strategy, product development and social media/engagement, including Salon.com, TechSoup Global, Public Radio International and the Institute for Policy Studies/Economic Hardship Reporting Project, led by Barbara Ehrenreich.
Mernit is a nationally recognized trainer and curriculum developer in the areas of web metrics, social media marketing and civic engagement, and making free web services accessible to residents in underserved communities. She is a circuit rider for The KnightCommunity Information Challenge and a facilitator for The Knight Digital Media Center at The Annenberg School of Journalism, USC. Mernit has been developing curriculum since 1998, and created a program in New York in 2000 at Erasmus High School in Brooklyn, NYC and West High School in New York that taught skills to high school students that was replicated across the city for 3 years. In 2011, she launched Code for Oakland (codeforoakland.org), a one-day tech event focused on building apps to serve Oakland community that repeats yearly.
Zakiya Harris, Hack the Hood Co-Director
Zakiya Harris is a social change strategist, educator, artist. She works at the intersection of entrepreneurship, environmental education & creative transformation. Zakiya is a co-founder of the nationally recognized projects Impact Hub Oakland, Grind for the Green, Earthseed Consulting, and a Fellow of Green For All and BoldFood. As a programming strategist for Impact Hub Oakland, she facilitates support and scholarships to mission driven entrepreneurs dedicated to accelerating possibilities for a better world. Zakiya was recently appointed Director of the Bay Area Hive Learning Network, a regional laboratory that brings together educators, technologists and mentors to design innovative, connected educational experiences for youth. In addition, she is retained as a consultant by a diverse set of leaders managing programs where culturally relevant education and cross sector collaboration are seen as assets. Zakiya's twelve years of experience in arts and equal access movements includes a combination of management, teaching and presenting at Green Festivals, TEDx Denver Education, Global Exchange and the Youth Leadership Institute, Toyota Motors, Inc., the US Department of Agriculture, the US Department of State Bureau of Cultural & Educational Affairs and the NAACP National Convention. She served as the first African-American Regional Director of the San Francisco Green Festival, received the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights Future Leaders award. She also recently accepted the Tutorpedia Foundation Award for Personalizing Education. Zakiya holds a B.A. in Political Science and History from Rutgers University, and attended New College of Law before leaving to pursue her lifelong passion of teaching. Applying her performance arts talents as a dancer, vocalist and actor, Zakiya has taught culturally and creatively-driven classes to elementary, high school and college students. Currently, Zakiya is preparing for the release of her first solo music project "Adventures of Shapeshifter." A proud California native, her highest honor in life is being a mother.
For more information, contact
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I believe every human being deserves the best health care possible. Sadly, in the U.S. with all the lobbyists for the drug and insurance companies, Trump and his group are trying to get rid of much health care as possible. Of course, he and his billionaire pals can pay for the best health care. The members of Congress also get excellent, free health care.
Many of the Democratic candidates are pushing for Medicare for all. Medicare is a great program, but I don't understand how these candidates plan to fight the insurance and drug companies to get Medicare for all and pay for it. Instead, I think they need too look to other countries to see how they pay for the excellent health care that their citizens get. A single-payer plan, such as Canada has, would be a fight to put in place in the U.S. Another country's health system might be the one to check. This was well put by the journalist, Jamie Daw, in an editorial in the New York Times. The author of the article stated that all German citizens are required to have health insurance. However, they are given a choice of "More than 100 private, nonprofit insurers. Workers and employers share the cost of insurance through payroll taxes. The government finances coverage for children and the unemployed." The cost of health care in Germany and other European countries is far less than in the U.S. We could make a big start in the U.S. if Congress had the courage to fight and place controls on drug and health insurance companies, as well as medical device companies. I read a statistic some place that said there are more health insurance and drug company lobbyists than there are members of Congress. I hope when we have a Congress, not controlled by billionaires, that some real changes will be made.


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LOUISIANA OFFICIALS are conducting a test they hope will fail. Wildlife and fisheries agents are sampling the state's deer population for the fatal chronic wasting disease — a disease of deer and elk about which little is known although it apparently is spreading across the continent.
Like mad cow disease in cattle or scrapie in sheep, chronic wasting is a neurodegenerative disease in which mutant proteins attack the brain. It always is fatal for the deer or elk.
"It was really a western problem for years and years," said LSU AgCenter wildlife specialist Don Reed, adding, "What really brought it to light here in Louisiana is this past spring when they discovered it in Wisconsin."
That was the first time the disease was discovered east of the Mississippi River. Then in late October it was discovered in Illinois. Now chronic wasting disease has been diagnosed in deer and elk populations in 11 states and two Canadian provinces.
The disease has alarmed hunters around the country, but officials say that while it is best to take precautions when handling the brains or other potentially infected glands, people do not need to stop hunting.
"At this time all evidence shows that chronic wasting disease is not a threat to humans," Reed said.
In addition, there also is no evidence the disease exists in Louisiana, but the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is testing dead deer to be sure. Agents are removing brain stems, lymph glands and tonsils, mainly from hunter-harvested deer, and sending the tissues to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Services Vet Lab in Ames, Iowa.
"We are going to sample about 500 to 1,000 deer this year," said Larry Savage, a wildlife manager with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. "Our surveillance plan includes random testing statewide. It also includes targeted animals from specific areas."
Targeted animals include sick animals and wild deer near pen facilities, according to officials, who say the testing near pen facilities is important because there is strong evidence the disease was spread by the movement of captive deer and elk.
Wildlife and fisheries officials also are working to pass legislation that would help reduce the risk of chronic wasting disease entering the state.
"Our primary regulation is to prevent importation of deer and elk into the state," Savage explained. Other regulations include a moratorium on new game breeder pens in the state and requiring pen managers to report any mortality within a pen.


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This is one of those nights.
October is filled with many.
Life is filled with too many.
It is past 2 AM.
Here I lay on the couch in the playroom, still in my clothes from the day, teeth not brushed, no blanket or pillow, tears pouring from my eyes, my lungs gasping for breath.
Is this really my life?
Is this still really my life?
Did I really hold my daughter as her heart stopped beating?
Did I really kiss her casket?
The answer is always yes.
Why is this MY LIFE?
Why can't I hold her?
Smell her?
KNOW her?
Do other parents even know? Know what a blessing it is just to KNOW their children?
This is one of those nights.
One of those nights I sit in anguish and torment.
Wishing for the days I thought were my hardest.
Desperate for the medications, the therapies, the appointments, the dairy allergy, the visiting nurse, the calorie counts, the SAT readings, the worry, the fear.
How messed up is that?
Imiss the fear.
People say it gets easier.
They should stop saying that.
No one in the history of this universe has ever been the mom to my Sylvia except for me.
This is one of those nights.
I think I will always have these nights.
My only comfort is while I know I'll always have these nights, I know I will always have the promise that I will see her again.
For every tear I shed, for every shallow breath I take, for every flashback that drowns me and question that angers me, my Savior has bled and redeemed.
He has redeemed me from my sin and He will reunite me with my daughter.
Does it still hurt?
It is going to hurt forever.
But it will stop hurting once eternity starts.
I am doing all I can to hold on.
Until then…
"I need you, Lord I need you…Every hour I need you. My one defense, my righteousness. Oh God, how I need you."


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The Supper Models
A sexy romantic story of true friendship between four "Rubénesque" women.They defy all the modern myths that "no man wants a big girl". Each character brings a unique quality into the four-way relationship: compassion, determination, wisdom, and courage. Each woman has her own conflict to contend with, but they manage to find the time to support each other in the truth spirit of sisterhood.
P. Nettie Nelson, a proud native Texan, has been writing most of her life. Discarding conventional romantic fiction character stereotypes, she brings a fresh new look and body image to the romantic heroine. Her work is simplistically sexy and very indulgent. She suggests a bubble bath, red wine, dark chocolate and John Coltrane to compliment her novel.
How did you start out your writing career?
I feel like I have been writing all of my life although I wrote my first story around 8 years old. I love all facets of writing: fiction, poetry, stage, screen even journalism.
What did you learn while writing this book?
I learned that there was actually a novel inside of me all of this time. Supper Models actually started out as a short story, just a little something I had to get out of my system. Before I knew it, I had developed characters and they just kept on growing into a full novel.
What did you hope to accomplish with this book?
I wanted to continue the tradition of true friendship and sisterhood in fiction, demonstrated best by Alice Walker and Toni Morrison. I also want to dispell the fiction myth that all lead female characters are fragile, virginal waifs waiting to be rescued. That theme is great for a historical romance, but contemporary romantic fiction no longer needs a damsel in distress situation. And if she is, her girls can help her work it out! LOL!
Which character did you have the most fun writing about?
BillieJean! She is confident, sexy and smart and she wears a 14/16. What? She has big brand new breast implants to add to her vulptuousness and she's got that little bit of freak in her; we all need that fantasy sometimes.
What has surprised you most about becoming a published author?
I am surprised by the dedication it takes to promote yourself, to get out there and get the word out. Its as if afte work, I go back to work, blogging, facebooking, looking for ways to draw readers to my work.
What aspect of writing do you love the best, and which do you hate the most?
I love when the feeling just flows and the pages are filling up and I getting all into the action and feeling it...and then the phone rings or my man needs taking care of and I have to stop!
What are three things you wish you'd known before you reached where you are now?
First I wish I had just epublished this novel at first and not faced the numerous rejections. Secondly, I wish I had more time to dedicate to promoting my writing. Finally, in the midst of my second novel, I realized now that I under-estimated the depth of the story and I am working extra hard at completing it. (hope that makes sense?)
Can you give us one do and one don't for those aspiring to be a writer?
First time writers, its ok if you start out writing the greatest novel of all time, and it ends after five pages; call it a good short story and move on. Writing is a learning and growing process. It's about quality not quanity. Big cliche right?
What one thing about writing do you wish other non-writers would understand?
That writing is a gift, not a money maker. If you're trying to break into writing to be rich, good luck and let me know how that works out.
If you could be a character from any book you've read, who would you be?
Ruby Montana from James Baldwin's Just above my head. Her character is strong, understanding and she loves her man and has his back throughout the story. Not once does she doubt him or think him weak, even in the midst of his breaking down after loosing his brother, she just lays real good loving on him and makes him get up out of bed and face the world. Now that is one hell of a woman!
When you're not writing, what do you like to do in your spare time?
Spare time is me time. I love going to bookstores, especially used books, records and stuff. I can browse for hours.
What do you do to interact with your readers?
Being a new e-author, I started a facebook account and I am looking at other options for reaching out. Ideas are welcome!
Our theme for this month is Ebooks. Do you own an ereader and if so, what the last book you downloaded? If you don't own an ereader, do you see yourself purchasing one in the future?
I do own an e-reader and the last download was Eric Jerome Dickey's "Tempted by Trouble"
Oprah always asks, What do you know for sure?
In the words of N'dambi, "I think for sure that what it is will be whatever it will be. Wait and you will see what will be will be." It's just that simple ladies.
Can you give us a sneak peek of your next book?
The next book, a spin-off of The Supper Models, is a ultra-erotic look into one of the very minor characters life, who will become major in your hearts!
How can readers get in contact with you? (mail, email, website)
I am on Facebook. Just drop me a line, be my friends.LOL! I would love feedback from readers! Plus I will be posting a sneak peak of the upcoming spin-off novel soon.
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While working on this blogpost, I asked my daughter this question (and posted it to my SnapChat story). Her answer; $60,000. WOW! Her answer and the SnapChat responses really got me thinking, there are a lot of misconceptions out there.
The real answer is that there isn't just one answer. It varies depending on your particular situation and your financial goals. So pull up a chair and let's sit and talk about money. I know this isn't always the most comfortable of topics to discuss so, just for a moment, let's pretend that you and I are sitting on the back porch overlooking the kids playing in the yard and having this conversation over a glass of wine.
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Pointcut fragility is a well-documented problem in Aspect-Oriented Programming; changes to the base-code can lead to join points incorrectly falling in or out of the scope of pointcuts. Deciding which pointcuts have broken due to base-code changes is a daunting venture, especially in large and complex systems. We present an automated approach that recommends pointcuts that are likely to require modification due to a particular base-code change, as well as ones that do not. Our hypothesis is that join points selected by a pointcut exhibit common structural characteristics. Patterns describing such commonality are used to recommend pointcuts that have potentially broken with a degree of confidence as the developer is typing. The approach is implemented as an extension to the popular Mylyn Eclipse IDE plug-in, which maintains focused contexts of entities relevant to the task at hand using a Degree of Interest (DOI) model. We show that it is accurate in revealing broken pointcuts by applying it to multiple versions of several open source projects and evaluating the quality of the recommendations produced against actual modifications. We found that our tool made broken pointcuts 2.14 times more interesting in the DOI model than unbroken ones, with a p-value under 0.1, indicating a significant difference in final DOI value between the two kinds of pointcuts (i.e., broken and unbroken).
This pre-print was submitted to Science of Computer Programming.
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Raffi Khatchadourian, Awais Rashid, Hidehiko Masuhara, and Takuya Watanabe. Detecting broken pointcuts using structural commonality and degree of interest. Submitted to Science of Computer Programming, 2017.


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One Day at a Time!
We've all heard that familiar comment, "One Day at a Time". What I find is, this applies to most things in life and one does not need to have an addiction to apply these seasoned words of wisdom. What I believe to be true is, most people have some type of addiction, or are close to someone who has an addiction. It may be as visual and common as cigarette smoking, or it may be hidden, shameful and controlling, such as alcoholism The type of addition may vary, but it is there, never-the-less. After initially submitting my opening comments, I found myself in a position of major support for my daughter, who has been battling her own demons as the result of the traumatic loss her young child. After several years, she took that elusive step called, acknowledgement and ownership of her problem. As result of witnessing the traumatic death of her 4 year old son, alcohol became the main vehicle of escape. Through the course of 9 years, she has finally taken the steps to cope with her loss and grief.
I believe that we all will experience a traumatic event in our lives, some of us sooner than others. It is how we choose and respond in these times that is important.
Here are a few comments to ponder: why do some people, who would experience a similar event, respond in different ways. Some in a healthy way and other people would stray to an addictive escape? What plays into 'mental heartiness'? Is a person's 'mental heartiness' something they are born with? Why do some people face their demons/addictions and come out stronger and other continue in an unstoppable spiral downward. And lastly, at what point is the line crossed from alcohol abuse or overuse to alcholism?
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - The Westchester man accused of allegedly attempting to shoot his former boss outside of a Chappaqua deli last year was back in court on Monday.
Opening statements reportedly began in the case of Tuckahoe resident Hengjun Chao, who allegedly shot his victim, Dr. Dennis Charney, outside of Lange's Little Store and Delicatessen in a premeditated attack.
On the morning of Aug. 26, Charney, the dean of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and at least one other person were struck by buckshot outside of the deli, allegedly from a shotgun wielded by Chao, who was arrested at the scene by New Castle Police.
Chao, 49, was charged with one count of second-degree attempted murder, first-degree criminal use of a firearm and first-degree assault, all felonies. He pleaded not guilty to the charges in Westchester County Court last October.
"When the victim left the deli, the defendant retrieved a loaded shotgun from the trunk of his car," the district attorney's office alleged in a statement released following Chao's arrest. "He walked towards the victim, took aim and fired one shot, hitting him in the shoulder and chest area. The defendant remained there and was subsequently arrested by New Castle Police officers."
Charney was reportedly on a committee that played a part in Chao losing his research job at the school in 2009 following an investigation into potential data fraud. Chao went on to unsuccessfully sue Mount Sinai and Charney in federal court before his alleged involvement in the shooting.
Following the shooting, Charney was hospitalized for five days, where he was treated for his injuries. A second person in the vicinity of the incident, who was not a target, was also suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Keep following Daily Voice for updates on Chao's case as the trial begins. Previous coverage of the shooting can be found here.
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Abstract: This accessible presentation centers around a seemingly absurd question: 'Do languages really exist?' Though the answer seems perfectly apparent, recall that until very recently it seemed obvious that genders and races "really existed". What's more, many influential linguists and philosophers have recently provided plausible grounds for answering 'No'. The aim of the talk is not to answer the question, but rather to consider i) what exactly is at issue (in particular, what is meant by 'languages' and 'really exist') and ii) why it matters, academically and socially, whether the skeptics are right.
Speaker Bio: Robert Stainton was introduced to Philosophy and Linguistics at York University's Glendon College. Graduating from there in 1988, he pursued doctoral studies in both areas at MIT, where he worked under Sylvain Bromberger, Noam Chomsky and James Higginbotham. In 1993, fresh out of graduate school, he took up his first academic position at Ottawa's Carleton University, where he eventually became Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Science. He has been at The University of Western Ontario since 2004, where he is presently Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy. In 2012 he was elected to the Royal Society of Canada.