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The neighborhood: Minami-Aoyama. This posh, pretty residential area south of Meiji Shrine, of the city's most important, makes for a tranquil day of walking and shopping.
Kawakamian Aoyama. Top-quality soba in a quaint wooden house tucked away on a residential side street. There's an English menu as well (3 Chome-14-1 Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku; 81 3-5411-7171).
Yoku Moku. The famous Japanese cookie brand is known for its sinfully buttery chocolate-dipped cigar-shaped pastries; have some (along with galettes and a selection of cakes) with the ladies who lunch at this iconic café—and make sure to buy a box or three to go (5-3-3 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku; 03 5485 3321; yokumoku.co.jp)
Undercover. The ceiling of designer Jun Takahashi's flagship store is covered with a field of lightbulbs; the clothes and accessories are just as clever and cheerfully avant-garde (5–3–18 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku; 81-3-3407–1232; undercoverism.com).
Original Fake. Highly collectible limited-edition t-shirts, figurines, and menswear by designer KAWS' cult favorite streetwear brand (5-3-25 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku; original-fake.com).
1) Nezu Museum. An excellent small museum of pre-modern Japanese and Asian art in all mediums, with interesting rotating exhibitions. Leave time to explore the small, beautifully maintained traditional Japanese garden (complete with teahouse) out back (6-5-1 Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku; 81 3-3400-2536; nezu-muse.or.jp).
The Park Hyatt Tokyo (3-7-1-2 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku; 81 3 5322 1234; Tokyo.park.hyatt.com)
The neighborhood: Ginza. Tokyo's answer to the Upper East Side has all the luxury brands you'd expect—Chanel, Hermes, etc.—but also some of the city's most storied department stores and traditional shops.
Ippoh. Tempura so delicate, flavorful, and light that it'll upend everything you thought fried food tasted like (6-8-7 Ginza, Kojun Bldg. 5F, Chuo-Ku; 81-3-3289-5011; ippoh.com).
Itoya. We may associate Japan with technology, but there's perhaps no other country that loves paper—and the written word—as much as this one. This century-old paper goods store has floors and floors of greeting cards, stationery, pens, brushes, and, best of all, traditional Japanese paper, or washi: buy a cottony sheet or two as a souvenir (3-7-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku; 81 3-3561-8311).
BALS Tokyo. Every home good you never knew you needed, much of it locally made. There's a nice selection of everyday traditional cookingware, including iron pots, incense holders, and lacquer dishes (Ginza Velvia 4F, 2-4-6 Ginza, Chuo-ku; balstokyo.com).
Kyukyodo. Founded in 1663, this incense and paper goods store is older than the capital itself (Tokyo didn't become the seat of the emperor until 1868). This always-bustling multi-level shop is the place to buy traditional stationery and, of course, incense, which can run from a few dollars into the thousands (5−7-4 Ginza, Chuo-ku; 81 3-3571-4429).
The Peninsula Tokyo(1-8-1 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku; 81 3-6270-2888; Tokyo.peninsula.com)
The Neighborhood: Roppongi. The city's bar and nightlife district can also get overrun with tourists and expats. But come during the daylight and you'll find a surprisingly laidback neighborhood with lots of old-fashioned shops.
Tofuya Ukai. A shrine to all things tofu, often rendered in ways you never imagined. A lunch here is delicious but lengthy—be prepared to spend at least three hours. The location—a traditional house with private tatami-floored rooms overlooking a carp pond—is as beautiful as the food (4-4-13 Shiba-Koen, Minato-ku; 81-3-3436-1028; ukai.co.jp). Shop
Mamegen. The Japanese love to snack, and at this renowned shop you can find traditional snacks to munch on for days, including puffed rice crackers, crispy peas, and shrimp-flavored peanuts (1-8-12 Azabu-Juban, Minato-ku; 81-3-3583-0962; mamegen.com).
Wako Works of Art. Intellectually rigorous conceptualism from artists both foreign (Gerhard Richter) and local (Shizuka Yokomizo) (Piramide Building 3F, 6-6-9 Roppongi Minato-ku, +81 3 6447 1820, wako-art.jp).
Take Ninagawa. A terrific small gallery specializing in works by emerging (and mostly Japanese) artists working across all mediums (2-12-4 1F, Higashi-Azabu, Minato-ku, +81 3 5571 5844, takeninagawa.com).
Mori Musem of Art. A contemporary art museum in the sky with an eclectic range of shows; their triennial exhibit of Japanese art is particularly strong and always worth a visit (6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku; 03-5777-8600; mori.art.museum).


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Finally it is coming to Singapore! Although the price are not released yet, and our Telecoms, Starhub, M1 and Singtel have not yet announce any new mobile data plans for iPad.
All iPad models will be available in Singapore at once, so it is a good news, as you don't have to get iPad Wifi and wait for the 3G version! Haha. Check out Apple's PR website for more details [UsingApple]

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The SKS rifle is a popular semi-automatic carbine rifle, chambered for a 7.62×39mm round, that was designed in the former Soviet Union in 1943.
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Most people have some sound, natural or man-made, that they know can grab their minds and en-trance it. Gentle rainfall, a fan, crickets chirping, a train passing, a rocking chair.
The common features of these en-trancing found sounds is a fairly steady rhythm that is seduces our mind and emotions into following it. Just following. No need to be critical of anything. How can you be critical of ocean waves, hmm of a hair dryer, or a car moving down the highway on a long trip? First we follow the sound and then we allow ourselves to let the sound lead us as we turn off our evaluative minds. Our larger world drops away as the sound covers over other competing sounds that might distract us or at least keep us vigilant, listening for trouble.
Making the transition between being very active and being very internalized and deep can be hard but here is a method to make that journey. Use a favorite found sound is an easy, direct, usually highly effective way to ease into deeper imaginal states and work.
Sounds to Try – Entrancing Found Sounds:
Nature Sounds:
Water – rainfall (on many different types of surfaces)
Water – waterfall
Water – stream
Water – waves
Night sounds
Jungle sounds
Swamp sounds
Fire – bonfire, fireplace
Heart beat
Electric fan
Wooden sailboat
Water sprinkler
Grandfather clock
Hair dryer
White noise
Brown noise
Pink noise
Vacuum cleaner
Jumbled human voices (i.e. cafe sounds)
Ticking clock
Bathroom shower
Motorboat on waves
Clothes dryer
Passing traffic on a city street
How to Find Them
Some of these are easy to find or setup such as floor fan, wind chimes, or ticking clock. If we can set them all we need to do then is position ourselves to hear them. Another way is use recordings via phone apps, desk computers, or mp3 files
See these sources for computer based found sounds:
soundsleeping.com – Compose your own mix of sounds or listen to single sound from an extensive recordings library
Search your phone's app store for: white sound; relaxation; and stress apps
Look through audio recordings at any large bookstore (online and bricks and mortar) or speciality seller of relaxation tunes.


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Dwight Howard's year started off and for awhile, it looked like it would be a memorable one. Superman had the Magic at the third spot in the East despite carrying a lackluster supporting cast night in and night out. But Howard's potential MVP season went downhill pretty quick and will forever be scarred in history by a season-long drama that culminated with yesterday's announcement that he will miss the remainder of the regular season and the entire playoffs for the Magic. The herniated disk in Howard's back will require surgery and sideline him from contact drills for four months, meaning he'll be back next season in full health. But after a tumultuous season full of flip-flopping, behind-the-scenes moves, rumors and apparent backstabbing, should Orlando even want him back?
Dwight Howard put his city through hell this season, but Orlando's been in an uncomfortable position ever since Howard announced he was unhappy there with Stan Van Gundy. Then management started catering to his every whim in order to appease their spoiled but lovable superstar. They brought in Glen Davis and Gilbert Arenas last year to make him happy, shipping off the now-valuable Brandon Bass to Boston. They most likely bent over backwards before the trade deadline this year to try and bring someone else in to appease Superman. They allegedly told him he'd have managerial powers beyond that of a player, effectively being able to decide the fate of both Van Gundy and GM Otis Smith at the end of the season. Ever since Howard made his discontent and desire to be traded known to the public, Magic management has has done everything but appoint him as head coach and GM in order to get him to stay. Which is still not guaranteed. Enough is enough.
Now I'm not one of those who immediately jumped on the "Blame Howard!" bandwagon when the Magic's season first started to take a turn for the worse. I didn't think he was faking his injury or using it as a form of protest after Van Gundy publicly threw him under the bus. Yesterday's report describing the severity of his injury should prove those rumors to be false. I still don't know for sure whether or not Howard has to power to decide the fate of Orlando's head coach and GM. And I understand Howard's frustration with his team and his coach. If you were a once-in-a-lifetime superstar, would you want to play for the sarcastic Van Gundy surrounded by a bunch of role players who most likely wouldn't even start for some of the better teams in the league? J.J. Reddick, Jameer Nelson, Hedo Turkoglu, Jason Richardson and even Ryan Anderson are all quality role players and outside shooters at times, but those aren't the players you build a championship team around. So everyone should ease up off of Dwight Howard a little bit. But it's just a bit, and that bit ends there.
What we've seen from Howard this season has been downright despicable at times. This isn't the kind of behavior you want to see out of any player on your team, let alone your franchise star. Howard has vehemently denied his involvement in management, he's denied that he wants Van Gundy gone, he's denied that he quit on his team and he's denied that his injury was just an excuse to spite his coach and his teams with all the rumors swirling around him. But Howard is guilty of leaving an entire organization and fan base hanging. He is guilty of flaking back and forth between staying and leaving on the day of the trade deadline. He may be guilty of trying to usurp his head coach who helped develop him into the defensive juggernaut he has become. And while his performance on the court says otherwise, his off-the-court actions, "roll the dice" comments and overall lack of commitment to the city that's given him so much is just as good as quitting on his team, his fans, his coach and his city. Howard doesn't understand that he can put up 30 points and 20 rebounds every night for his team, but it won't make him a team player or a franchise star worth remembering if he's doing it while looking into where he can play next season.
I think there are a lot of people to blame in this season of melodrama between Dwight Howard and Van Gundy. Howard shouldn't be orchestrating these managerial moves behind closed doors if he is, just like Van Gundy shouldn't have said what he said to throw his star player under the bus. You can say all you want about how "that's just how Van Gundy is" and how he just wants everything to be out in the open, but there are some things you should keep within the family. Telling reporters that Superman wanted him gone was a huge mistake that broke this story open again.
When reports surfaced Thursday morning that Howard wouldn't play anymore for Stan Van Gundy, I didn't know what to think. I hesitated on writing about it or passing out judgement until the full story was revealed, and thankfully, Howard furiously denied the latest rumors again and the real report that he required season-ending surgery on his back came out. Never mind the fact that his back got a lot worse because he played through the injury, which happened after people questioned his dedication to his team and the game with that mailed-in performance (the day Van Gundy called him out). Never mind that before all the trade deadline drama and Van Gundy's foolish mistake, the Magic were playing pretty well behind a terrific season from Howard that deserved MVP consideration. I think that Howard tarnished his legacy in both Orlando and the NBA this season. Some of what ruined his reputation is fair and he should bare the blame for the things he did wrong, but there are some things that Van Gundy and Orlando's management should have handled better that are unfairly placed on Superman. It will be interesting to see where Van Gundy and Howard end up next season, but for now, blame Dwight for what Dwight did and don't buy into the rumors until the full story is unveiled. Because things are way too political and deceptive down in Orlando right now to know fact from fiction. Orlando fans should want Dwight Howard back, even if he's on thin ice. Given the choice between Howard and Van Gundy, they'd be foolish not to pick Howard. But one thing is for sure: lf Dwight Howard is in an Orlando Magic uniform next year, he's going to have to bust his ass to move up from Clark Kent to Superman again.


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Of the Blue Color of the Sky provides a look at a band in transition. It's not always pretty, it's often ill-advised, but at the same time it's often promising and enjoyable for what it is. OK Go take a break from the traditional pop/rock setup and lean more heavily on '80s-inspired synths, sometimes successfully, but more so to the point that it becomes a crutch, dampening what should be a primarily high-voltage affair. The occasional dose of The Killers or Menomena gives it a kick that helps album highlights such as opener "WTF?" and "White Knuckles" deliver an unforgettable punch, but too often OK Go settles back into a too-easy-to-swallow systematic approach that will inevitably cause listeners to wonder why they're listening to a washed out version of Prince. This is particularly true of a three-song stretch (with the exception of "White Knuckles") in the middle of the album that is capped off by "Last Leaf," an acoustic ballad of cringe-inducing predictability that brings the album to a slow halt. "Back From Kathmandu" brings a sigh of relief in the form of a more energetic composition, while the last two tracks bring the album to a fairly uneventful but satisfying end.
With these negatives pointed out, it cannot be overlooked that when OK Go hits the balance between the various and obvious influences they've taken in since Oh No, they do so with poise. Lead single "WTF?" features a savory, slippery-as-soap Prince inspired melody with bursts of instrumental flourishes that capture the attention and will put smiles on plenty of faces. Anthems are not lacking, and songs such as "This too Shall Pass" and "Needing/Getting" are sure to provide the soundtrack for many-a-teen's drive to school. "Skyscrapers" is a highly successful low-tempo track, demonstrating perfectly how to slow things down on an album where things are not supposed to slow down. Despite the fact that there's plenty on the album to question, there's also undoubtedly plenty here to embrace for the pop perfection it aspires to be.
Of the Blue Color of the Sky is an admirable attempt to bridge the gap between mainstream anthems and indie-approved textures. Does it work? Yes, in the sense that it gets the job done. It more or less limps it way through the 13 tracks, occasionally looking up to grin at those who are gathered around to cheer it on, and even dares to flex its melodic muscle from time to time. However, for the remainder of its hobbled walk it focuses on the well-trodden ground directly before it, afraid to take any true risk or abandon its methodical step-by-step approach. It's a bit like watching a young child begin to grow more confident in taking steps; it's certainly nothing to aspire towards, but it's pleasing and exciting to see. Sure, Blue Color of the Sky might not be particularly special – it might be unable to poke its head out from the shadows of its big brothers – but with an attempt this honest and promising it almost feels wrong to criticize.


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Taking Shots: The Photography of William S. Burroughs, The Photographers' Gallery,
William Burroughs is one of my all time favourite authors. Greatly enjoy Burroughs' fantastic/surreal imagery & satire in his novels. His old pal Jack Kerouac called Burroughs the "greatest satirical writer since Jonathan Swift". However, others see Burroughs as a bit of a one trick pony, who only really wrote one credible book and survived by rehashing it & dinning out on it's controversy & his celebrity.
Famously Burroughs' described is writing technique & the role photography played in it in great detail. So unfortunately, for a Burroughs fanatic, this exhibition had relivetly little new to add. Elewhere in the building was an exhibition of David Lynch's "The Factory Photographs" which, unsurprisingly, showed Lynch


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Michael Douglas is set to swap LIBERACE's flamboyant lifestyle for another presidential role - as Ronald Reagan.
The Wall Street star is in talks to play the late Republican in indie movie Reykjavik, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Mike Newell is in negotiations to direct the film about Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's 1986 peace summit meeting in Iceland, and Ridley Scott is onboard to produce the project.
If the actor signs up for the film, it won't be Douglas' first presidential role - he played fictitious U.S. leader Andrew Shepherd in 1995's The American President.
It also isn't the first time Reagan has been portrayed onscreen by a Hollywood star - James Brolin played the actor-turned-politician in TV movie The Reagans, Richard Crenna took on the role in 2001's The Day Reagan Was Shot and Alan Rickman will play the late president in Lee Daniels' new film The Butler.
Douglas is currently portraying late pianist Liberace in Steven Soderbergh's biopic.
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At ~860 Mb the urchin genome is a bit larger than the Fugu (pufferfish) genomes which have been sequenced but substantially smaller than mammalian genomes (generally around 4000 Mb). With fast, cheap sequencing power on the horizon, soon all our favorite developmental models will have their genomes revealed.


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Mike Paparo sings in Inter Arma, a band from Richmond, VA whose new album for Relapse, Sky Burial, has been getting strong notices from the critics and has appeared on best of the year lists. Inter Arma's sound in part mixes doom and black metal, and part of their signature sound comes in no small part from Mike's vocal style.
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November 2011 marked the 50th anniversary for the Green Berets; the only truly "Special Forces" organization according to many of the approximately 8,000 strong group. It seems all of the Special Operations Forces get called "Special Forces;" however, the Green Berets are the only ones who have the official title. It may be semantics, but with a dwindling defense budget, the Green Berets want folks to get it right.
History of the Green Berets
Like other Special Operations Units, the Green Berets were officially formed in the early 1950s. They were unofficially operational long before that. Special operation units were used in World War II to carry out missions under monikers such as the Devil's Brigade, Darby's Rangers, Merrill's Marauders and the Alamo Scouts. These units were considered the Army's elite.
The philosophy of these units was to shock the enemy with quick strikes and deep thrusts. This became the basis of the modern-day Army Rangers. While these units were conducting their operations during WW II, another force of small units were parachuting behind enemy lines, developing a network of contacts, training local fighters and waging guerilla warfare on the enemy. These units were developed by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
In 1952, the Special Forces were formed and based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Originally 2,300 personnel were allocated to the unit. Colonel Aaron Bank and Colonel Russell Volckmann, two OSS operatives who remained in the military after the war, were instrumental in convincing the Army to form a unit who could go behind the enemy lines and disrupt its operation using unconventional tactics.
Bank recruited the best men in the Army: former OSS officers, ex-Ranger troops, combat veterans of WWII and Korea and airborne troops. The men spoke at least two languages, held at least the rank of Sergeant and were trained in infantry and parachute skills. All of them were volunteers and willing to work behind enemy lines, in civilian clothes if necessary, even though this put them at risk because being out of uniform provided no protection under the Geneva Convention.
Bank's unit was activated June 19, 1952 and was designated as the 10th Special Forces Group with Bank as its commander. The unit consisted of Bank, one warrant officer and eight enlisted men. Within months, hundreds of volunteers reported to the group after completion of the initial phase of their Special Forces training. Once the 10th Group was large enough, Bank began training the troops in advanced techniques of unconventional warfare.
The Army defined the main mission as "to infiltrate by land, sea or air, deep into enemy-occupied territory and organize the resistance/guerrilla potential to conduct Special Forces operations, with emphasis on guerrilla warfare." Secondary missions included deep-penetration raids, intelligence gathering and counterinsurgency operations. The Special Forces were designed to spend months or sometimes years, deep within hostile territory. ThCredit: photo courtesy of the U.S. Army - photographer: unknown (credited as Special Forces Association in Douglas Waller's book The Commandos)ey needed to speak the language and be self-sustaining in the target area without extensive resupply from the outside.
The 10th Group eventually split and formed other Special Force units. By 1958 the basic operational unit of the Special Forces emerged as a 12-man team known as the A-detachment or A-team. The A-team consisted of two officers, two operations and intelligence sergeants, two weapons sergeants, two communications sergeants, two medics and two engineers. Each member was cross-trained and spoke at least one foreign language. This 12-man A-team could be split into two 6-man teams when necessary.
The Green Beret Becomes Official Headgear
The headgear for the Special Forces is traced back to the 77th Group (the first group when the 10th split in 1954). The 77th wanted something to distinguish their group, but administration was resistant to making the beret an official part of the uniform. President Kennedy had a hand in making that happen.
In 1961 President Kennedy took interest in the Special Forces and believed they shoCredit: photo courtesy of the U.S. Armyuld have something to distinguish them apart from other troops since they had a special mission. He called the green beret "a symbol of excellence, a badge of courage, a mark of distinction in the fight for freedom;" "symbolic of one of the highest levels of courage and achievement of the United States military." September 21, 1961 marked the official adoption of the hat as the official headgear of all Special Forces troops. The Green Berets honor Kennedy by placing a wreath in the shape of the beret on his grave on the anniversary of his death. This tradition began when a sergeant in charge of detail of Special Forces guarding the grave the day of Kennedy's funeral, placed his beret on the president's coffin.
The Special Forces Insignia
Special Forces Logo is a distinctive black and silver crest with the Latin phrase "De Opresso Liber" which means To Free the Oppressed which is the Special Forces moto. Two crossed arrowsCredit: photo courtesy of the U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry symbolize the role in unconventional warfare and a fighting knife attached over the arrows reflects the "straight and true" qualities of the Green Beret soldier.
The patch worn by members is gold and teal in the shape Credit: photo courtesy of the U.S. Armyof an arrowhead. The gold represents constancy and inspiration; the teal background represents the Forces' encompassing of all branch assignments. The arrowhead shape represents the craft and stealth of Native Americans, the first warriors of the country. The upturned dagger represents the unconventional warfare missions of Special Forces. Three lightning bolts across the dagger represent blinding speed and strength, and the three methods of infiltration - land, sea and air.
Currently there are five Army and two National Guard active groups. The Groups are the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 10th Army Special Forces and 19th and 20th National Guard groups. Each group wears a specific insignia patch for their group.
Requirements for Entry into the Green Berets
As with other special operation teams, the Green Berets have several general criteria as well as a rigorous assessment process. Applicants for Special Forces must:
- Be a male, age 20-30 (Special Forces positions are not open to women)
- Be a U.S. citizen
- Be a high school diploma graduate
- Achieve a General Technical score of 107 or higher and a combat operation score of 98 on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery.
- Qualify for a secret security clearance.
- Qualify and volunteer for Airborne training
- Achieve a minimum of 60 points on each event and overall minimum score of 229 on the Army Physical Fitness Test
- Must successfully complete the Pre-Basic Task list
- Must have 20/20 or corrected to 20/20 in both near and distant vision in both eyes
- One year of college is preferred, but it is not a mandatory for enlistment
Training for Special Forces
Training begins with a 30-day Special Operations Preparation Course (SOPC). The SOPC is designed to prepare candidates for the Special Forces Assessment and Selection Course (SFAS). The course focuses on physical training and land navigation. Candidates taking and passing this course does not guarantee they will pass the SFAS.
The SFAS pushes the candidates' limits of physical and mental endurance. The 24-day course consists of the following elements:
- Marches of various lengths or durations, day, night, and weather conditions. Candidates carry 50lb backpacks and are not told at the beginning of a march how long it will last.
- Runs, with or without packs
- Obstacle courses designed to test fitness and stamina and to weed out candidates with a fear of heights or enclosed spaces
- Orientation and Field-craft Exercises test candidates' abilities to navigate with map and compass.
- Situation and Reaction Exercises tests designed to evaluate candidates' abilities to solve problems while mentally and physically exhausted.
- Team Cooperation Exercises test the candidates' abilities to work together and accomplish a common goal. Being able to work as a part of a team while under pressure is an important attribute of a Special Forces soldier.
Throughout the eCredit: photo courtesy of the U.S. Armyntire course, candidates are deprived of sleep and kept under intense pressure. By the second week of SFAS, over half of the original 300 candidates have quit or been disqualified by their instructors. Those who graduate SFAS move on to Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC), or Q course.
The Q course consists of five phases (phases II-VI). Phase II is the individual skill phase and consists of land navigation, small unit tactics and live-fire training. Phase III focuses on the candidates' specialty skills, and thus is aptly called MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) training. Specialty skills are based on a candidate's background, aptitude and desires.
Phase IV is Collective Training and consists of Special Forces doctrine and organization along with Unconventional Warfare operations, Direct Action operations, methods of instruction and both Airborne and airmobile operations. Candidates are deployed to Uwharrie National Forest in North Carolina for an unconventional warfare exercise where they perform as a member of an Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) (also known as the A-Team) and their specialty and common skills are evaluated.
Phase V is Language Training. Candidates are required to be proficient in at least one foreign language in order to be a Green Beret. During this phase candidates not only learn the language, but also the culture associated with it. Phase VI is the Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) course. This course ends the SFQC training.
Special Forces soldiers might receive further training called Live Environment Training (LET) which completely immerses the soldier in another culture. He learns to be fluent in the country's language, customs and traditions.
Current Green Berets
Typical structure for a team continues to be a 12-man team consisting of two Weapons Sergeants, two Communication Sergeants, two Medical Sergeants and two Engineering Sergeants in addition to a Commander, an Assistant Commander (Warrant Officer), an Operations/Intelligence Sergeant and a Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge (NCOIC). However, team configuration changes according to the type of mission. The members continue to be cross-trained and specialty trained in different disciplines.
Special Forces were some of the first boots on the ground in AfghaniCredit: photo courtesy of JSOTF-TS Public Affairsstan and Iraq in the early 2000s to combat the war on terror. According to the NY Times, "Special Forces equals Green Berets. Got it?" the Green Beret small-footprint counterinsurgency is being discussed as a possible exit strategy of Afghanistan. The program, Village Stability, designed by the Special Forces is promoted as the way to keep the Taliban out with few U.S. troops needed. Don't tell a Green Beret this task should be farmed out to "regular troops." Retired Special Forces Col. David Maxwell says not everyone has the skills or aptitude to work in small teams in remote areas with indigenous forces.
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1 Adverts want to sell you a life style.
2 Adverts affect mainly women.
3 You can find ads everywhere.
4 The girl loves learning songs and jingles from adverts.
5 Adverts make you desire things that you don't need.
6 The sports shoes the boy used to wear as a child were good quality.
7 Generic brands take advantage of the famous brands.
8 In New York, vans run around the neighbourhood announcing products.
OK, so when we were talking about adverts, none of us had any difficulty whatsoever, coming up with an advert that we can remember, and actually, I could probably...think of about seven or eight adverts that really stick in my mind. But do you think there's too much, advertising nowadays? I mean you can't move for adverts can you?
Yeah, it certainly affects the way that you look at the world and the way you see yourself even I think. There's a common theme running through all sorts of different adverts, which is that they sell you a lifestyle and they sell you an image... I think, and they say that you need to have this product or this service in order to be, the person you should be. And I think its... it can be quite a... unpleasant experience sometimes.
Yeah, and I think that also happens a lot with body image and people always talk about body image for women, but I think it happens for women and men and...
Yeah. More so now with men than in the past I think.
Yeah, I think that's growing too, and I think that it's... it's really everywhere because it's not just like billboards, it's... it's on the back of the bus stations, those glass things that cover the bus stations, and... and, the most sort of upsetting thing for me about the pervasiveness.
Yeah. And then you can't get it out of your head... of advertising is when I start to like sing a jingle or a song from an advertisement, that I didn't know that I knew.
...and it's on loop. Yeah.
Comes in under your subconscious...
Yeah, exactly.
...somehow and just pervades, inside your head.
Yeah. And I feel sorry for parents now with kids, because, I... I, just, I... I mean it's peer pressure and all that kind of stuff, but I think all of that originates in... in this creation... things that, you know, creating the desire for things that you don't necessarily need, like you said. I mean, you know, the trainers, the phone, the... everywhere. You just can't move for it.
I can remember though, when I was in high school, in the nineteen nineties, and... it was very, very important which, trainers you wore. You had to have Nike Air, it had to be Nike Air Jordan, or Reebok Pump, or Adidas Samba. Those were the only acceptable ones if you wanted to be... cool, if you wanted to, you know, play a role in the social dynamic of the, of your classmates. The shoes that you wore were incredibly important, and they were rubbish. They were really low quality shoes; they were stitched together, probably in North Africa or Bangladesh, by, people our own age I suppose.
Little kids, yeah.
Yeah, made out of really cheap materials, and they didn't last very long.
And there were the generic brands that were, Adidas had like the three stripes that were made to look exactly like Adidas but weren't Adidas and that just shows how important that actual brand is.
Absolutely yeah. Badidas, I remember saying Badidas.
Yeah. Something I think is interesting too, is the different ways of advertisement, like we think about magazines and, like on the television and stuff, but something that was funny for me that they don't do or they don't anymore do in New York, is when I got to Madrid, in my neighbourhood there were those vans, would drive around the...the neighbourhood announcing...announcing different types of like a mattress store or like a different type of product over a loudspeaker. And to me it seemed so ridiculous, like so, it seemed so obvious, and I then I thought, Well why is this any more ridiculous than any other type of advertising?


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Via PowerShell, I would like to edit the page layout of all the publishing pages that live within a specific folder (or any subfolders of that folder) in the Pages library. I found this script that gets me most of the way there but I have no clue how filter based on folder.
$SPAssignment = Start-SPAssignment
$spWeb = Get-SPWeb("http://currentsitename/webname")
$spFile = $spWeb.GetFile("http://currentsitename/webname/Pages/Test-Page.aspx")
$spFile.Properties["PublishingPageLayout"] = "/_catalogs/masterpage/Block.aspx, Block"
$spFile.CheckIn("Update page layout via PowerShell", [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPCheckinType]::MajorCheckIn)
Stop-SPAssignment $SPAssignment
This only has to be run one time, I'm not opposed to using a console application instead.


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2019 Work Disability Prevention and Integration Conference
4 - 7 June, 2019
Odense, Denmark
Conference Agenda
Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).
Session Overview
|Date: Thursday, 06/Jun/2019
|Keynote III: Keynote III Lars Andersen
Location: Auditorium 100
|Poster Teaser II: Poster Teaser Presentation II
|Poster viewing III: Poster viewing III
Communication Characteristics Between Clients And Stakeholders Within The Swedish Sickness Insurance System – A Document Analysis Of Granted And Withdrawn Sickness Benefit Claims
Comorbidity Between Burnout And Chronic Low-Back Pain : Beliefs And Cognitive Dysregulations As Significant Risk Factors
What Are The Main Risk Factors For Sick Leave In Individuals With Self-Reported, Symptomatic Knee Pain?
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Suffer. Risk Perception Of A Lifetime Working With Dangerous Substances
Acute Reduction Of Absenteeism Due To Musculoskeletal Diseases In Dockworkers With a New Model of Ergonomics And Health Program
Presenteeism and Sickness Absence among Healthcare Workers with Musculoskeletal Pain in Outpatient Clinics
Bad To The Bone: Mental Health Policies (Not) Adopted By Brazilian Slaughterhouses' Occupational Health Programs
Motivation and Barriers for Physical Activity in Male Blue-Collar Workers
Humanitarian Workers' Mental Health; State of Art and Work Disability Prevention
Vocational Rehabilitation Among Workers Receiving Disability Benefits In Brazil
"Using an Intervention Mapping Approach to Develop Prevention and Rehabilitation Strategies for Musculoskeletal Pain Among Surgeons
What Are The Return To Work Indicators For Bus Drivers With Work-related Injuries In China?
Recovery Blueprint – Introducing Risk Identification to Workers Compensation Claim Management
Risk Factor Identification for Delayed RTW: Best Practice Statement
Municipal Return To Work Management In Cancer Survivors Undergoing Cancer Treatment: A Controlled Intervention Study
Workplace Meetings In Occupational Rehabilitation – A Multiple Case Study Exploring Stakeholders´ Experiences
Meaning of work for women with breast cancer: Social Representations Theory perspective
Physicians' Experiences Of Problems In Sickness Certification
Cross-sectorial Collaboration In Return To Work Interventions: Perspectives From Patients, Mental Health Care Professionals And Case Managers In The Social Insurance Sector.
Relationship Between Work Ability Index Score And Occupational Becoming Tt 2-years In Chronic Low Back Pain Workers
The Impact Of Musculoskeletal Injuries Sustained In Road Traffic Crashes On Work-related Outcomes: A Systematic Review
Factors Associated with Supervisor Support of Job Accommodations for Common Mental Disorders in the Workplace
Recovery Blueprint - Impact of Claim Triage
|Assessments and work rehabilitation
Location: Room 99
Chair: J.R. Anema
Chair: Arif Jetha
Independent Medical Examination For Sick-listed Workers - Experiences Of Participating Stakeholders
What IsTthe Effect Of Independent Medical Evaluation On Return To Work For Long-term Sick Listed Workers In Norway? A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial, The NIME-trial
Work Capacity Assessments: Beyond Eligibility for Disability Denefits, and Towards Fair Assessments?
Is Integrated Care Effective For Work Participation And Performance Of Activities Among Orthopaedic Surgery Patients?
Improving Work Participation By Work-related Medical Rehabilitation In Patients With Chronic Musculoskeletal Diseases
Implementing The German Model Of Work-related Medical Rehabilitation: Did The Dose Delivered Of Work-related Treatment Components Increase?
|Implementation at worksite level
Location: Auditorium 100
Chair: Åsa Tjulin
Chair: Cécile R. Boot
Task Rotation: Implementation in an Industrial Setting.
Barriers and Facilitators Affecting Implementation of Physical Activity at Workplaces: A Mixed-methods Scoping Review
Worker-centered Approaches For Developing An Integrated Organizational Intervention to improve low wage worker health, safety and wellbeing
What Data Should Be Used for the Evaluation of the Implementation Process of an Ergonomic Intervention?
Workplace Practices And Policies To Support Workers With Depression: Development Of A Resource Guide For OHS Stakeholders
Mates in Mining: An Industry Mental Health Program
|Mental health and return to work
Location: Room 95
Chair: Angelique De Rijk
Chair: Christine Guptill
Returning to Work after Sickness Absence due to Common Mental Disorders: Results from an 18-Month Follow-Up Study in Germany
Factor Associated To Time To Return To Work Among Workers With Mental Disorders In São Paulo, Brazil
What are the Recommended Characteristics of an Effective Return-to-Work Intervention for Workers with both a Common Mental Disorder and a Personality Disorder?
Gradual Return to Work Trajectories among Employees with Mental Health Problems: The i-STEP Project
The Impact of Self-Efficacy in the Return-To-Work Process of Employees With Common Mental Disorders. A Latent Class Growth Analysis
Knowledge Transfer and Exchange in Work and Health to Reach Workplace Audiences
|Musculoskeletal disorders
Location: Room 97
Chair: Andreas Holtermann
Chair: Marion Lamort-Bouché
Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Gradually Returning to Work after a Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorder
The independent Association Between Number Of Pain Sites And Return To Work. An Explanatory, Prospective Cohort Study
What Have We Learnt From Qualitative Studies Regarding Patient Recovery In Musculoskeletal Research?
GLA:D® Back: Perceived Work Ability in Primary Care Patients with Back Pain Relates to Intensity, Perceptions of Pain and Self-efficacy, but not to Age or Symptom Duration
Sleep-Work-Activity Profiles (SWAP) and Low Back Pain: A Compositional Latent Profile Analysis
Beyond Symptom Resolution: Insurance Case Manager's Thoughts on What can be Used to Predict Recovery
|Return to work 2
Location: Room 96
Chair: Merete Labriola
Chair: Emma Irvin
Self-directing Return-to-Work: An Employees' Perspective
Managing Stigma: Employees Returning to Work Following a Common Mental Disorder
Effects Of Adding a Workplace Intervention To an Inpatient Occupational Rehabilitation program: a randomized clinical trial
Workplace And System-Based Interventions On Return-To-Work And Recovery For Musculoskeletal And Mental Health Conditions. Findings From Two Systematic Reviews
|Poster Viewing IV: Poster Viewing IV
Development of a Work Disability Prevention Management System Standard for Employers
A Descriptive Portrait of Mental Disorders Among Workers on Prolonged Work Disability for Musculoskeletal Disorders
Return to Work from a System-based and Workplace-based Perspective: A Resource Guide
Developing a Culturally Relevant Workplace Mental Health E-health Application with the Canadian Indigenous Population
Psychological Distress And The Effect On Health And Occupational Outcomes Of Intensive Group Based Cognitive Therapy In Patients With Newly Diagnosed Ischemic Heart Disease
Policy, Practice and Programmatic Approaches to Healthcare in Five Work Disability Management Systems
The "Rite of Passage" of Breast Cancer Survivors Returning to Work: a Qualitative Longitudinal Study
What Facilitates or Prevents Successful Return-to-Work in the Construction Sector?
Absenteeism of outsourced workers: Analysis from the perspective of Occupational Health Nursing
Welcome back program - Santander Bank Brazil
"Meta-Synthesis Of Qualitative Research On The Association Between Leadership And Return-to-Work"
Which Factors Influence The Participation Of Blue Collar Workers In Worksite Health Promotion Programs Within The Construction and Transport & Logistics Sector.
Psychological Distress In Australian Workers' Compensation Claimants
The impact of depression on ill-health retirement and its moderating factors: Analysis form the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (2006-2014)
Workplace Practices for Preventing Prolonged Disability in Workers with Musculoskeletal Disorders
How Satisfied Are Knee And Hip Osteoarthritis Patients With Exercise-Based Therapy As Treatment For Pain And Performance Of Activities Of Daily Life, Sports & Leisure Time And Work?
Healthcare Utilization for Workers with Musculoskeletal Disorders in British Columbia, Canada
Work Environment Obstacles Influencing the Return to Work of Aging Workers on sick-leave due to Common Mental Disorders
Validation Of A Triage Instrument To Assess Risk Of Long-Term Sickness Absence
Associations Between Alcohol Use and Sick leave: A Systematic Review
Tracing The Change. What Are The Effective Components Of Workplace E-health Interventions? – A Systematic Review
Implementing Best Practices With Employers and a Union: Setting a New Milestone for Research
Location: Room 97
Chair: Martin Lindhardt Nielsen
Chair: Mette Jensen Stochkendahl
Making Sense of Conflicting Data on Work Exposures and Their Relationship to the Development of Knee Osteoarthritis: Findings from a Systematic Review.
Promoting Resilience for Workers on Prolonged Work Disability: Developing a transdiagnostic intervention
Two Systematic Reviews on Economic Evaluations of Interventions Aimed at Preventing Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders and Common Mental Disorders
Indicated Prevention Interventions in the Workplace for Depressive Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Cross-Country Comparison Model For Work Disability Prevention
Process And Content Of The French Guidelines For Work Disability Prevention
|Return to work 1
Location: Auditorium 100
Chair: Ulrik Gensby
Chair: Emile Tompa
The Five-year Labour Market Participation Prospects In Incident Cancer Patients: A Danish Population-based Cohort-study
The Identification Of Patients' Risk Of Not Returning To Work: A Comparison Of Three Different Risk Scores
Improving Risk Identification in the First Two Weeks of Workers Compensation Claims
Meta-Synthesis Of Qualitative Research On Facilitators And Barriers Of Return To Work After Stroke
Return to Work From a System-Based and Workplace-Based Perspective: A Qualitative Review
Supervisors´ View of Work Disability Collaboration with Occupational Health Services
|Stakeholder involvement - income
Location: Room 96
Chair: Marie-France Coutu
Chair: Thomas Johansen
Income Changes In Occupationally Injured Workers After Workers' Compenation
Earnings Recovery Following Permanent Impairment from a Work Injury
The Impact Of Income Support Systems On Healthcare Quality And Functional Capacity In Workers With Low Back Pain: A Realist Review
Benefits Of A Charter Of Partnership To Structure The Collaboration Between Researchers And Stakeholders In Work Disability Prevention: Findings From The FASTRACS Study
Influencing Collective Decision-Making in the Work Rehabilitation Context: An Exploration of Return-to-Work Stakeholders' Strategies
The Role of Unions in Influencing the Social Organization of Return to Work
|Workers' compensation systems
Location: Room 99
Chair: Katherine Lippel
Chair: Jean-Baptiste Fassier
Evaluating The Impact Of Workers' Compensation Policy In Australia Using A Population Based Administrative Dataset.
International Work Disability Policy Challenges and Directions
Disability Assessments in Two Australian Injury Compensation Systems: Key Informant Perspectives
Increased Benefit Generosity And The Impact On Claiming Behaviour: An Interrupted Time Series Study In Victoria, Australia
Does Region of Residence Matter for Return-to-Work After Work-Related Injury? A Multilevel Analysis of Six Canadian Workers' Compensation Jurisdictions
Identifying Industry Intelligence Related to Providing Targeted Care
|Workplaces and managers
Location: Room 95
Chair: Chris Jensen
Chair: Janne Skakon
The Role Of The Employer In Supporting Labour Participation Of Workers With Disabilities: A Systematic Literature Review
Factors for a Successful Leadership for a Sustainable, Healthy Working Life
Adaptation of a Guide to Equip Employers to Manage the Gradual Return to Work of Individuals with a Musculoskeletal Disorder
Workplace Practices and Policies to Support Workers with Physical and Mental Health Conditions: Bridging Research-to-practice Knowledge Gaps
Workplace Practices and Policies to Prevent MSD Disability: Synthesizing Evidence from Workplace Parties.
|Keynote IV: Keynote IV Allard J. van der Beek
Location: Auditorium 100
|Early carrier researchers' presentations AWARD session
Location: Auditorium 100
Subgroups Of At-Risk Workers With Chronic Physical Health Conditions: From The MANAGE AT WORK Randomized Controlled Trial
"Do Self-perceived Impairments Correlate With Physician Assessed Functional Limitations In Workers With Subjective Health Complaints And Other Disorders?"
Supporting Employers during Return-to-work of Employees with Cancer; Development of an Online Intervention using the Intervention Mapping Approach
Is Patient Activation Related To Self-efficacy And Workplace Self-management Of Employees Affected By Long-term Health Conditions?
Changes In Fear-Avoidance Beliefs And Work Participation After Occupational Rehabilitation: A Randomized Clinical Trial
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Ready to add a new flavor to your traditional Snickerdoodle Cookie recipe? Try The Novice Chef Blog's Chai Snickerdoodle Cookie Recipe. I am a huge fan of both, Chai Tea Lattes and Snickerdoodle Cookies. Jessica says "They are soft, chewy, and full of flavor. They have the wonderful, slight sour flavor of traditional snickerdoodles…but they also have that amazing warm, spicy flavor you expect from chai tea. The combination of the two makes one hell of a cookie!" I am definitely convinced to try these.
Chai Snickerdoodle Cookies
Yield: 16-18 large cookies
for the snickerdoodles:
- 2 1/3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks), room temperature
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
for the chai sugar:
- 5 tablespoons sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon cardamom
- 1/4 teaspoon ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare cookies sheets with silpat or parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, combine dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt). Set aside.
- In a small bowl, mix together chai sugar mix. Set aside.
- In stand mixer, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time.
- Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, and mix until combined.
- Form dough into large balls (I used about 2 tablespoons of dough for each dough ball), roll in chai sugar mix, and place baking sheet. Leave space for cookies to spread. Bake for 14 minutes and allow cookies to rest for 5 minutes on cookie sheet before transferring to a cooling rack.
- Store up to 5 days in an airtight container. Try to not eat them all in one sitting. :-)


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Monday, January 19, 2009
Works in Progress
Here's what I have been working on this last week... everything pictured below is in one stage or another of its creation, and all are awaiting completion.
I have been playing around decontructing and reconstructing a rather thread bare and worn, but visually intriguing vintage, (crazily pieced) scrap quilt that a friend gave to me. Here, in the picture above, I am using the most salvageable parts, adding ticking fabric for the sashing.
I've done the same thing with this piece above, but have used muslin from a vintage feedsack for the sashing instead of the ticking. Notice in this picture the vintage quilts very worn areas, (click on the pic for a better view.) I have decided to keep them in as a way of honoring the fabrics journey.
The photo above is of a string quilt which I am making from strips of vintage feedsacks. I am basically constructing it the same way that I constructed this other quilt. It's an unorthodox way of quilting, and I am sure some quilting purists would frown upon my method, but it works for me.
I start with a roughly cut piece of batting, in this case apx. 6.5", and sew my strips directly on to the batting, placing one on top of the other. Then I trim the sewn piece of batting to a nice straight square. When I have all of my small squares sewn, I then take two of them, butting there flat edges up against each other, side by side, and join them with a zig-zag stitch.
After the whole top has been put together in this fashion, I then place the backing fabric behind it, pin baste it and machine quilt it, (something I have yet to do on this particular one).
This method might look a bit rough around the edges for some folks, but visually I think it works well with the vintage feedsacks. I applied the same method here to completely different style quilt, but on that quilt I covered up the zig-zag stitching with strips of folded fabric, creating a sashing effect.
Above and below are two more "String Studies" all quilted and waiting to be bound.
Oh and one more thing... My quilt, Study in Blues and Red made Etsy's Front Page the other night as part of this lovely treaury put together by One Canoe Two (One Canoe Two... such a cute name!)
Enjoy your day!!
16 comments:
- Cheryl Arkison said...
I really like that technique of quilting each string individually. I might have to steal it ;)
- January 19, 2009 at 1:24 AM
- Shayne said...
Your quilts are bit by bit (or should I say "square by square"?) making me want to actually take up quilting... they are all gorgeous!
- January 19, 2009 at 1:47 AM
- T.Allen said...
Since I've started visiting this blog, I have a whole new appreciation for the quilts we have here at home and wish for the life of me I could've appreciated my great-grandmother's scrap quilts. They were just "thrown together blankets" when I was a child-now I know better. Le sigh....
- January 19, 2009 at 2:54 AM
- Hey Harriet said...
That cold weather that you so hate certainly hasn't dampened your creativity at all. Quite the opposite! You're on some kind of crazy cold weathered quilting rampage! I love it! Maybe it helps keep warm :) The brown & orange fabric in the top left corner of the second pic is so cute and retro. I really like what you've done with that one. I like them all but that's my fave. Congrats on being featured in that lovely treasury.
Oh & on a totally unrelated topic, I scored a second Argus. Found one on Etsy yesterday. Hope she's nice & dirty! I was going to ask the seller, but that may have weirded her out a little :D
- January 19, 2009 at 5:28 AM
I really like the effect of butting the fabrics up against each other. It's unusual, at least to my naive eyes, and really stands out.
- January 19, 2009 at 7:42 AM
What a visual feast, Victoria! I love the textures of vintage fabrics and you have shown us some mighty tasty treats today! Thank you! I'm hating the cold (and the repugnant amount of snow we have) also, but we are off to an orthodontist appt on this cold morning.
- January 19, 2009 at 7:58 AM
- Janis said...
Congrats on the Etsy billing!!! I wish I could have caught that, how exciting!
Another beautiful, inspiring post. I love the vintage feedsacks. It makes me daydream about those days and the thrill of acquiring a gorgeous piece of fabric in that way. Utilitarianism at its best! (Is that a word?)
- January 19, 2009 at 8:39 AM
- littlebyrd said...
How wonderful to be restoring the old quilt! What a project but I ahve a feeling you will do just fine :)
- January 19, 2009 at 9:40 AM
- High Desert Diva said...
Your work just takes my breath away.
- January 19, 2009 at 9:43 AM
I love your red and blue quilt. Improv is my favorite approach to quilting.
- January 19, 2009 at 10:03 AM
- MichelleB said...
I love the technique that you are using to put that string quilt together. It looks great.
- January 19, 2009 at 10:52 AM
- Chris Stone said...
beautiful work!
- January 19, 2009 at 11:41 AM
- Unknown said...
Thank you for sharing these fabulous pictures of your gorgeous work! very inspiring!
- January 19, 2009 at 1:51 PM
- please sir said...
I DO NOT like cold weather either. But I do love what you are working on - congrats on the etsy front page!
- January 19, 2009 at 2:26 PM
- LeelaBijou said...
Congrats on the Front Page! You have a lovely shop! ^_^
- January 19, 2009 at 4:28 PM
- Mrs.French said...
the quilts you have pictured here with the vintage fabrics make me giddy! I can't believe your talent...can I be you when I grow up? xo t
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Governor Lee has closed school buildings for students physically to return for the remainder of this semester. However, the school system will continue online learning throughout the last instructional day of the school year. ECS will receive guidance as the COVID task force meets in the days to come. The feeding programs will continue as scheduled. We will be sending out information about other events important to parents and students early next week. Please continue social distancing and good hygiene to decrease the spread of the virus in our area. We will provide updates about the 2020-2021 School Year
Several students across the district have recently qualified for auditioned choral and instrumental groups at the state level. On behalf of the Elizabethton Board of Education, Board Chair Rita Booher congratulates each of these students and their instructors.
"Music is both an art and a science, so it's extremely rewarding to see students from each of our schools performing among the best in the state," said Booher. "Qualifying for these groups represents more than a successful audition – it represents hours and often years of practice at home and at school. More importantly, it reflects on our students' passion and musical talent, which are evident at any of our local performances. We're really proud of each of these students and want to congratulate them, their parents, and their teachers."
From Elizabethton High School, Christian Price (bass 1) and Caleb Johnson (bass 2) qualified for Tennessee Music Education Association's (TMEA) All-East and All-State Choirs. Audrey Holland (clarinet), Isaac Hurley (French horn), and Ethan Horton (trombone) qualified for TMEA All-State Concert Band. They will perform Saturday, April 13 at Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn.
From T. A. Dugger Jr. High School, 22 advanced band students qualified for East Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association's Upper Area Junior Clinic Band – the 4th largest group of 50 schools to participate. Eighth grade qualifiers are Paige Bowers (flute), Lilly Vance (clarinet), Allison Brewer (clarinet), Hannah Orren (clarinet), Liam Taylor (alto sax), Dawson May (tenor sax), Isabela McQueen (French horn), Hannah McDonnell (French horn), Hayden Culbert (baritone), Austin Wright (baritone), Caleb Napier (percussion), and Emma Markland (bass clarinet). Seventh grade qualifiers include Kyleigh Elliott (flute), Zada Hardin (flute), Ashlynn Guy (clarinet, Makaylah Crowe (bass clarinet), Nathaniel Hurley (trumpet), Jon Shepard (trumpet), Max Garner (French horn), Nick Perry (trombone), and Brandon Taluskie (baritone). These students will perform Saturday, Feb. 16 at Robinson Middle School in Kingsport, Tenn.
Four elementary students qualified for TMEA Treble Honor choir. These include Eriannah Earnest and Mason Byrd from East Side, Callie Dickison from West Side, and Bailey Cannon from Harold McCormick. These students will perform Saturday, April 13 at Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn.


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SmugMug's always been known for support, but your votes have shown us what "support" really means. Thank you for all that you've given us over the years: your comments, your shares, your likes, your stories, your ideas, and above all the glaring hard truth when we needed it most. We'd never have made it this far without you. 🙂


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– Vincent J. Lynch has unfortunately cancelled in the last minute. However, we are very pleased to announce Eivind Valen as his replacement. Eivind is a young an promising scientist, is currently group leader at the University of Bergen (Department of Informatics) and works on combining computational and experimental biology to understand the regulation of translation. The title of his talk is: "Searching for function in the dark matter of the genome".
There are some changes to the minisymposium program:
– The talk entitled "Center for Digital Life Norway –Trans-Disciplinary Biotechnology" to be presented 18:45 Friday 19/1 in session 3 "Biotechnology" will be given by Gunnar Dick (not Trygve Brautaset as originally indicated).
– The talk entitled "Regulation of horizontal gene transfer by the conserved response regulator CtrA" by A.B. Westbye in session 8 "Microbiology" 17:15 on Friday 20/1 has been cancelled. The talks following this presentation will thus start 15 minutes earlier:
17:15 Secretion and precision surface display of heterologous proteins in Lactobacillus
Geir Mathiesen
17:30 The seasonal change of the gut mycobiota in honey bee Apis mellifera
Åsmund Andersen
The 19-22 January 2017, the 53rd contact meeting will be organized at Storefjell Mountain Resort in Gol, Buskerud. The destination is located approximately 3 hours from Oslo and is easily reached by train or bus from Oslo and Bergen. Travelers from Trondheim and Tromsø will have the opportunity to get transport directly from Gardermoen to Storefjell by bus.
We have invited excellent plenary speakers that will inspire you and the minisymposium will as usual give great opportunities for all from master students to established professors to convey their research to the community. Furthermore, the exhibitors will be present with the latest updates on services, consumables and instruments for all fields in life sciences. And last, but not least, the contact meeting will give great opportunities to catch up with old and new colleagues at dinner, in the bar, in the pool, at the disco or in the skiing tracks and slopes.
The contact meeting is an important arena for young scientists to present their work for the first time to the community and to possibly meet their future employers. To make the meeting even more attractive for this group, we have decided to charge only 3000 NOK for MSc and PhD students (everything included, except travel to and from Storefjell)!
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Seven Advantages Of Probiotics With Antibiotics And How You Can Make Full Use Of It
Taking probiotics while using antibiotics can give the user some major benefits. however it is necessary for the user to make full use of the same in order to have the best benefits by such combined use of the probiotics and antibiotics with one complementing the other. But the most pertinent question is what are the best advantages when probiotics is taken with antibiotics and how the user can make full use of the same. Physicians' advice taking probiotics with antibiotics because they feel it has beneficial effects on patient's anatomy. But to get the best result one has to make best use of the process.
Is it Advisable Taking Probiotics with Antibiotics?
One of the questions that the patients would have is about taking probiotics with antibiotics is whether it is advisable. The answer is in the positive. According to medical scientists when a patient is having antibiotics for any treatment he or she may take probiotics for neutralizing the adverse effects of antibiotics. But there are also other benefits for the user. Here are seven benefits of taking probiotics and antibiotics together.
7 Benefits of Taking Probiotics with Antibiotics
There are multiple beneficial effects on the user when he or she takes probiotics and antibiotics simultaneously. However, the best seven advantages and their best uses are as follows: –
- Probiotics with antibiotics reduced Candida growth
When probiotics with antibiotics can help reduce the growth of Candida, the harmful bacteria inside human anatomy and enhance the growth of healthy bacteria in anatomy. When antibiotics treatment is administered on a patient treating physicians often suggest taking probiotics everyday with antibiotics. In result the friendly bacteria in the body are replenished on daily basis. It prevents the digestive system from being damaged by long standing imbalance in microbial system.
- Restore the Quantum of Good Bacteria
When antibiotics is taken it results in destruction of some of the good bacteria in the anatomy. This can result in various side effects that are unwarranted. When probiotics with antibiotics is taken the probiotics help restore the number of good bacteria in the body thus eliminating the chances of encountering various
- Preventing Antibiotic associated diarrhea
one of the common side effects of administering antibiotic is diarrhea. However taking probiotics alongside the antibiotics can prevent this from happening. AAD or the antibiotic associated diarrhea occurs in case of around 35% of consumers and probiotics is one of the best preventive for this. An additional benefit is that prevention of diarrhea also dispenses with the requirements of extra treatment that is necessitated for such people.
- Preventing adverse effects on gut microorganisms
Taking probiotics with antibiotics helps prevent adverse effects that results from the use of antibiotics on the gut microorganism. One of the side effects of antibiotics is that it can expedite growth of infection causing bacteria. It also changes the intestinal environment creating more fluid flow to the gut and once again the result could be diarrhea or other infections. Probiotics help restore the balance of fluid movements to guts and prevents such eventualities.
- Lowering risks of infection by over 50%
One more great advantage of taking probiotics with antibiotics is that it can easily lower the risks of diarrhea and other infections by over 50%. This is no conjecture as the fact was established through prolonged research and experimentation on humans and animals.
- Reduction in formation of yeast
Users of antibiotics and mostly women have been reporting about yeast infections as result of administering antibiotics. At times they can grow out of control because the antibiotics kill some of the beneficial bacteria and the immune system in the anatomy suffers in result. Probiotics can help neutralizing the effects by regenerating growth of beneficial bacteria in the body. In result the chances of yeast formation in the body is considerably reduced.
- Good protection against possible infections
Taking probiotics with antibiotics works as a balancing factor in the human anatomy and thus reduces the possibilities of various infections due to lowering down of immune system in the body that occurs after taking antibiotics consistently. It also prevents Candida or bad bacteria development in the body and thus the vulnerability to infection is reduced considerably.


text: Technology How can Biometric Keep Your POS System Safe? Payment frauds have increased a lot since the last decade, and one of the major reasons for these frauds is the use of unsafe systems by various businesses to process payments of their customers. The card numbers, CVV, passwords, and otp numbers are not enough nowadays as hackers have grown smarter over time as well. […] Aakrit Vaishya August 13, 2019 416 Reads share


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The first Friday of June has come to be celebrated as National Doughnut Day, and New Yorkers looking to celebrate won't have to venture more than a few subway stops for some of the best doughnuts in the country.
City guide app Foursquare put out a list of the top 20 doughnut spots in America, and four New York City shops grace the list, with three dynamo local doughnut shops squeezing into the top five.
Dough, a delectable spot on Franklin Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn known for its oversized doughnuts and unique flavor combinations, such as blood orange, takes top honors on Foursquare's list.
Doughnut Plant's location on the Lower East Side ame in No. 3, Reviews on the city guide app laud the spot's tres leches and chocolate doughnuts, and warn naysayers they "donut" tolerate any disagreement.
Rounding out the top five is Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, which offers a coconut crusted doughnut that patrons swear gives them a whole new perspective on life.
Dun-Well Doughnuts in East Williamsburg also made the list at No. 12.
The rankings listed the top-rated locations for donuts across the country using Foursquare data.
The full list below:
- Dough, 305 Franklin Ave at Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY
- DISTRICT. Donuts. Sliders. Brew., 2209 Magazine St Jackson, New Orleans, LA
- Doughnut Plant, 379 Grand St at Norfolk St, New York, NY
- Sublime Doughnuts, 535 10th St NW Hemphill Ave NW, Atlanta, GA
- Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop, 727 Manhattan Ave btwn Norman & Meserole Ave., Brooklyn, NY
- Hypnotic Donuts, 9007 Garland Rd at Emerald Isle Dr & Gaston Pky, Dallas, TX
- Sugar Shack Donuts, 1001 N Lombardy St W Leigh St., Richmond, VA
- Gourdough's,1503 S 1st St at Monroe, Austin, TX
- Bill's Donut Shop, 268 N Main St, Centerville, OH
- Top Pot Doughnuts, 2124 5th Ave at Blanchard St, Seattle, WA
- Round Rock Donuts,106 W Liberty St, Round Rock, TX
- Dun-Well Doughnuts, 222 Montrose Ave btwn Bushwick Ave. & Humboldt St., Brooklyn, NY
- Bob's Donut & Pastry Shop, 1621 Polk St btwn Clay & Sacramento, San Francisco, CA
- Dynamo Donut & Coffee, 2760 24th St at Hampshire St, San Francisco, CA
- The Donut Man, 915 E Route 66, Glendora, CA
- Weber's Bakery, 7055 W Archer Ave, Chicago, IL
- Do-Rite Donuts & Coffee, 50 W Randolph St at N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL
- Britt's Donut Shop, 11 Carolina Beach Ave. North, Carolina Beach, NC
- Federal Donuts, 1219 S 2nd St at Manton St., Philadelphia, PA
- Long's Bakery, 1453 N Tremont St at W 16th St, Indianapolis, IN


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Epigenetics is a regulatory system that controls gene expression without affecting the makeup of the genes themselves. Regulation of gene transcription has emerged as a key biological determinant of protein production and cellular differentiation and plays a significant pathogenic role in a number of human diseases.
This regulation is mediated by selective and reversible modifications of DNA and of proteins, especially histones, that control the conformational transition between transcriptionally active and inactive states of chromatin. These covalent modifications are made by enzymes, many of which have specific genetic alterations that cause human disease. Reversible inhibition of the activity of disease-associated chromatin-modifying enzymes offers a clear mechanism for small molecule drugs as personalized therapeutics in diseases such as cancer, inflammatory diseases, metabolic diseases and neurodegenerative diseases.
In 2001, Jenuwein and Allis proposed in their paper "Translating the histone code" (Science 10;293(5532):1074-80.) that the genome output is in part regulated by chemical modifications to histone proteins, primarily on their unstructured ends. Histones associate with DNA to form chromatin fibers, which in turn make up the more familiar chromosome.
The critical concept of the histone code hypothesis is that the histone modifications serve to recruit other proteins by specific recognition of the modified histone via protein domains specialized for such purposes, rather than through simply stabilizing or destabilizing the interaction between histone and the underlying DNA. These recruited proteins then act to alter chromatin structure by silencing or activating entire regions of the chromosome and the genes located there.