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The Communities of Inquiry Framework … and me
I've just become aware of this model/framework (thanks a lot, Dave) and started wondering where I stood. The interesting thing was that the more I thought about it, the more it made me appreciate the jobs I have done so far. In short, (as I understand it), the Communities of Inquiry Framework stresses that good quality learning can be achieved by supporting students to create a social presence for themselves, as well as engage with the subject they are studying and create a cognitive presence. Finally, it is the responsibility of the teacher to support and foster these two types of presences from their students (this dimension is called the 'teaching presence').
This framework was designed with distance learning in mind, as quite a lot of focus is placed on using online conferencing tools adequately in order to support these presences. After reading a bit more about the framework a few things sprung to mind:
- the sense of community could be fostered by using the 'breakout room' functionality in some of the current online conferencing apps (though not all of them have that). Without such a functionality, it seems to me it will be quite a bit more difficult to get a sense of community going – sound and webcams have a very useful wow factor in an online classroom, but with anything over 10 participants turn-taking and actually communicating becomes a bit of a pain… Breaking the group up repeatedly and varying the groups will do online tutors a world of good.
- students should have access to these online rooms outside of lectures, too (granted, they may prefer Skype or some other environment which will make them feel like they are socialising rather than working) However, some environments (like the Adobe Acrobat Connect one) look funky enough and are flexible enough to represent a viable alternative
- everyone is going on about the teacher being the mediator nowadays, etc. However, in most cases the online facilitation represents using a VLE (or an LMS) and creating lots of separate resources which students can use. In some of them they are passive recipients of information, in others they are a bit more active and in some they create (and possibly share) knowledge. It's a bit like having a traditional house. What about an open-plan design, though? Rather than having these different areas in their own little rooms, how about bringing them together in engaging resources?
Here's an example: you could build an excellent package with Articulate Studio 09 which would allow users to be both passive and active receptors of information (listen to information and then complete formative quizzes with extensive feedback – perhaps like here), as well as active builders of knowledge and communities (by embedding wikis and blogs or anything else which enables the students to create).
How much fun would learning be then? I know, I know… some more software for teachers to learn… if only learning technologists (or whatever you want to call them) were not the first ones whose jobs went when resources were limited…


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Get flu safe
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What causes flu?
Having the flu jab is the best way to protect yourself from getting the flu, but what is it that makes us more likely to catch it in the first place? For a start, when you see someone coughing or sneezing, you might want to stand clear.
The flu virus is caused by tiny droplets that come from a person's nose and mouth when they cough or sneeze. The flu virus is spread when you are exposed to these droplets in the air, although it could just as easily be passed by shaking hands with someone or touching everyday objects that the droplets might have landed on.
A bad bout of flu is much worse than a heavy cold. The most common symptoms of flu are fever, chills, headaches, aches and pains in the joints and muscles and extreame tiredness. In most cases, the symptoms are quite mild but in others they can be very serious.
This is why getting the flu jab is so important. Another way to stop catching flu and limiting the spread of flu germs is by washing your hands with soap and water.
Who should consider having a flu vaccination?
- Aged 65 years or over
- Pregnant women
- Have a long-term medical condition such as diabetes, heart disease, lung disease, kidney or neurological disease
- Have a weakened immune system
- Children under the age of five (if eligible)
What do I need to do now?
If you belong to one of the groups mentioned above (and you are not allergic to the vaccine), it's important that you have your flu vaccination. The vaccines are normally available from the beginning of October, depending on supplies. Speak to your GP or practice nurse, to book a vaccination appointment and get the best possible protection.
If you are a health or social care worker, find out what arrangements have been made at your workplace for providing flu vaccination.
It is best to have the flu vaccination in the autumn before any outbreaks of flu. Remember that you need it every year, so don't assume that you don't need another vaccination because you had one last year.
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Really cost effective LPWAN
It is not a big deal to create a long-range wireless technology or raise a cheap way of M2M communication. But only the combination of both parameters gives a cost-effective long-range connectivity needed for Internet of Things today. And it is a really hard job we performed to enable deployment of really inexpensive and high ROI IoT solutions.
Hardware and components pricing
We believe that Internet of Things can't be expensive and IoT applications must be cost-effective. One of the conditions of IoT affordability is the hardware costs.
We could achieve the best prices for smart devices and NB-Fi components by optimizing production technology and innovative approaches.
You can get all the advantages of saving a budget on a scalable project where the volume of nodes is more than thousand.
WAVIoT plug-and-play devices are easy to install and help to cut installation costs.
Efficient spectrum and network
First of all, NB-Fi effectively utilizes cost-free unlicensed ISM band for radio transmission. The frequencies we use worldwide doesn't cost a thing. You will get this saving with the use of NB-Fi protocol.
Secondly, the wide coverage and capacity of the IoT gateways enabled by WAVIoT shows a clear path for the cost savings both for rolling out and for maintenance. Fewer gateways to install, less cost for installation and for further supporting.
One base station covers 865 square kilometers with 99% reliability and serving 2 million nodes. That means you can get IoT network in the whole city with several WAVIoT base stations instead of hundreds of competitor's gateways.
Long battery life
Many of the devices that communicate over the Internet of Things need to be battery powered and need to be able to last for years.
For example, if you need a sensor buried below a parking spot to transmit whether the spot is taken or empty, you can't afford to change the battery every few days or months.
NB-Fi technology has been designed to satisfy the requirements of high device autonomy and wide-area connectivity. It is a delicate balance of long-range signal transmission and low-power consumption.
With WAVIoT LPWAN technology battery life lasts for years keeping maintenance cost at extremely low level.
Cloud management applications
Benefits of cloud infrastructure allow saving time and human resources for installation and administration of dedicated server for you network.
WAVIoT cloud infrastructure already has everything for successful IoT application roll out.
High scalability of cloud platform with easy integration capabilities gives an additional profit when expanding the solution.
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Growth weakened in August. Industrial output was up 6% y/y, down 0.4 pps from July, and down 0.9 pps from Q2, which represented its lowest level of the year. Fixed asset investment, up 4.9%, was likewise at its lowest level of the year, down 3.4 pps from Q2.
But the ex-factory price index of industrial products rose 6.3% y/y, and was up 0.8 pps from July. PPI rose 7.7% y/y, up 0.7 pps from July. The producer price appreciation is hard to reconcile with weakening growth. We view economic fundamentals as sound, but macroeconomic uncertainty, especially driven by negative media reports, is slowing investment.
Retail sales of social consumption goods were up 8.9% y/y, down 0.7 pps from July, and down 0.8 pps from Q2. The weak retail sales can be partially explained by the crowding-out effect brought by booming housing prices. Exports were up 5.5% y/y, down 1.7 pps from July, and further down 3.7 pps from Q2. The RMB has appreciated against the dollar for four consecutive months since May, and was up more than 6%. Appreciation will negatively affect exports. Imports were up 13.2% y/y, down 0.7 pps from Q2, but will possibly increase further from RMB appreciation.
CPI was up 1.8% y/y, up 0.4 pps from July. Since we expect food price appreciation to increase further, CPI appreciation will continue as well. We expect CPI growth to exceed 2%, but be less than 2.5% y/y.
S&P Global Ratings on September 21st cut China's sovereign credit rating for the first time since 1999, to A+ from AA-, citing the risks from soaring debt, and revised its outlook to stable from negative. We see this rating as overreaction, and misleading. Debt may not be a bad thing, especially when a country uses it to finance some long-term return projects, such as high-speed trains or urban subways, benefiting not only consumers but also firms, through market integration. We also agree with Chinese government officials' response, that economic fundamentals are sound. Moreover, China's external debt is small. All of these factors invalidate the claim of high risk.


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First, the atrocity. Then the architecture.
At the National September 11 Memorial Museum, walls of water plummet into twin black voids. In choosing this design, called "Reflecting Absence," over thousands of competing proposals, a jury weighed how best to serve the living and revere the dead, how to answer trauma in landscape.
The three women in the stirring and mournful "Villa," a drama by the Chilean playwright and director Guillermo Calderón, face a similarly daunting task. For reasons that remain opaque through most of the play, these women, all called Alejandra, have to choose what to do with a plot of land behind a red brick wall near Santiago, Chile. It once housed the Villa Grimaldi, a site of imprisonment and murder during Augusto Pinochet's regime.
Should they use plastic and paint to recreate scenes of torture, theme-park style? Should they build an airy, educational museum? Should they preserve the garden survivors have made? Should they try to solve an easier problem, like world hunger, maybe, or grand unified theory?
Around a table cluttered with water glasses and a scale model of the Villa Grimaldi, the women sit in mismatched chairs and try to sort it all out. Through speeches and strategy and sabotaged secret ballots, they hack away at the problem until attempted murder or a psychotic break seems likelier than consensus. (And they don't even have to decide whether to include a cafe and a gift shop.)
"Villa," produced by the Play Company, could be fantastically depressing. Sometimes it is. (Rape by German shepherds is mentioned.) But the three actresses — Crystal Finn, Vivia Font and Harmony Stempel — give energetic, unfussy performances and get good comedic mileage out of the awfulness of committee work.
When one of the Alejandras delivers an impassioned sermon, she then seems surprised: "It's weird because I don't believe hardly anything of what I just said." She even gets in a mordant joke about those dogs.
A repeat presence at the Public Theater's Under the Radar festival, Mr. Calderón owes a debt to absurdism, which can sometimes make his material seem abstract rather than urgent. But he can't forget that real people were tortured in the villa. Neither can the women. Neither can we. Their problem of what to do with this site becomes our problem, too.
Though he worked on the audio guide for the real Villa Grimaldi, he doesn't give too many specifics — he isn't interested in titillation via terror. Instead he offers just enough detail to understand why the women call the place "a stab wound," "a black hole," "an earthquake of the soul" and to help us feel those tremors.
We might also feel demoralized. Urged to contemplate some of the worst of what people can do to one another — for expediency, for ideology, for fun — it doesn't seem to matter much what the women decide for the site. What design could address or explain such horror?
Maybe no design can. Same goes for a play or a poem or a painting. Still "Villa" argues that we have to try to make meaning anyway and that memorials should matter. It's not sufficient to shove abomination under some attractive monument and call it a day.
Perhaps the women will find some ideal solution. Perhaps they won't. But in talking through the problem of what to do with the Villa Grimaldi, they must acknowledge what the place means to them and what they mean to one another.
These Alejandras aren't made of bricks and mortar or glass and steel. Yet in their pain and perplexity and resilience, they are a kind of memorial, too.


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Erlotinib Hydrochloride and Irinotecan Hydrochloride in Treating Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00045201
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : January 27, 2003
Last Update Posted : May 19, 2020
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|Condition or disease
|Adult Solid Neoplasm
|Drug: Erlotinib Hydrochloride Drug: Irinotecan Hydrochloride
|Phase 1
I. Determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of erlotinib (erlotinib hydrochloride) and irinotecan (irinotecan hydrochloride), in relation to presence or absence of UGT1A1*28 polymorphism, in patients with advanced solid tumors that overexpress epidermal growth factor receptor.
II. Determine the dose-limiting toxicity of these regimens in these patients. III. Determine whether erlotinib alters the disposition of irinotecan using a previously described limited sampling model.
IV. Determine factors that influence the disposition of these drugs, including genetic variation in UGT1A1 and BCRP, in patients treated with these regimens.
V. Determine factors that influence the disposition of these drugs, in terms of tumor BCRP-expression, in tumor samples from patients treated with these drugs at the MTD.
VI. Evaluate the effect of this regimen on epidermal growth factor receptor phosphorylation in these patients.
VII. Assess, preliminarily, any antitumor activity in patients treated with these regimens.
VIII. Correlate, preliminarily, EGFR phosphorylation and/or BCRP -expression with response in tumor samples from these patients.
OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study. Patients are stratified according to UGTA1A genotype (all patients regardless of genotype [closed to accrual as of 9/15/04] vs UGT1A1 6/6 genotype vs UGTA1A 6/7 or 7/7 genotype).
Patients receive oral erlotinib hydrochloride daily on days -6 to -1. Patients then receive irinotecan hydrochloride intravenously (IV) over 90 minutes on day 1 and oral erlotinib once daily on days 1-21. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Cohorts of 3-6 patients per stratum receive escalating doses of erlotinib hydrochloride and irinotecan hydrochloride until the MTD is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which at least 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. Additional patients are treated at the MTD.
Patients are followed for 3 months.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|60 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Phase I Trial of OSI-774 and CPT-11 in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors
|Actual Study Start Date :
|June 13, 2002
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|September 13, 2013
Experimental: Treatment (enzyme inhibitor, chemotherapy)
Patients receive oral erlotinib hydrochloride daily on days -6 to -1. Patients then receive irinotecan hydrochloride IV over 90 minutes on day 1 and oral erlotinib hydrochloride once daily on days 1-21. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Drug: Erlotinib Hydrochloride
Given orally
Other Names:
Drug: Irinotecan Hydrochloride
Given IV
Other Names:
- MTD of erlotinib hydrochloride and irinotecan hydrochloride in patients with advanced solid tumors that overexpress epidermal growth factor receptor [ Time Frame: At least 4 weeks ]Defined as the highest safely tolerated dose where at most one patient experiences DLT with the next higher dose having at least 2 patients who experience DLT. Three patients will be entered at a given dose level and observed for at least 4 weeks to assess toxicity. MTD will be determined independently for each cohort.
- Dose limiting toxicity of the combination in all cohorts [ Time Frame: At least 4 weeks ]Defined as an adverse event attributed (definitely, probably, or possibly) to the study treatment. Graded using the National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria (CTC) version 2.0. Defined by the NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) versioun 4.0.
- Effect of erlotinib hydrochloride on the disposition of irinotecan hydrochloride [ Time Frame: Weekly during course 1 ]Analysis performed using high performance liquid chromatography assays. Serial blood samples will be obtained during Cycle 1 only to determine the pharmacokinetics of irinotecan hydrochloride and erlotinib hydrochloride.
- Effect of erlotinib on EGFR phosphorylation at MTD [ Time Frame: Weekly during course 1 ]
- Genetic variation in UGT1A1 and BCRP [ Time Frame: Weekly during course 1 ]Detected using allele-specific restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) assays and GeneScan assays. The overall incidence of UTG1A1 polymorphism will be estimated and summarized.
- Tumor BCRP expression in patients treated at the MTD [ Time Frame: Weekly during course 1 ]
- Evidence of anti tumor activity [ Time Frame: Every 3 weeks ]Evaluated using modified Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria.
- Correlation of EGFR phosphorylation and/or BCRP expression with response to this combination [ Time Frame: Every 3 weeks ]Evaluated using modified RECIST criteria.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically confirmed malignancy that overexpresses epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)
- Unresectable disease for which there is no known standard therapy that ispotentially curative or definitely capable of extending life expectancy
- UGT1A1 genotype 6/6, 6/7, or 7/7
- Willing to provide biologic specimens
- Lesions amenable for 2 biopsies from the same tumor site (only patients receiving MTD in groups 2 and 3)
- No known brain metastases
- Performance status - ECOG 0-2
- At least 12 weeks
- Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm^3
- Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3
- Hemoglobin at least 9.0 g/dL
- Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- AST ≤ 2.5 times ULN (5 times ULN if liver metastases present)
- Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times ULN
- No symptomatic congestive heart failure
- No unstable angina pectoris
- No cardiac arrhythmia
- No New York Heart Association class III or IV heart disease
- No gastrointestinal tract disease resulting in an inability to take oral or nasogastric medication
- No requirement for IV alimentation
- No active peptic ulcer disease
- No abnormalities of the cornea (e.g., dry eye syndrome or Sjögren's syndrome)
- No congenital abnormality (e.g., Fuch's dystrophy)
- No abnormal slit-lamp examination using a vital dye (e.g., fluorescein or Bengal-Rose)
- No abnormal corneal sensitivity test (e.g., Schirmer test or similar tear production test)
- No other uncontrolled concurrent illness
- No ongoing or active infection
- No significant traumatic injury within the past 21 days
- No seizure disorder
- No psychiatric illness or social situation that would preclude study compliance
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- No concurrent grapefruit or grapefruit juice
- No smoking during study
- More than 4 weeks since prior immunotherapy or biologic therapy
- No concurrent immunotherapy
- More than 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin) and recovered
- No other concurrent chemotherapy
- Not specified
- More than 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy
- No prior radiotherapy to more than 25% of bone marrow
- No concurrent radiotherapy
- More than 3 weeks since prior major surgery
- No prior surgical procedures affecting absorption
- No prior EGFR-targeting therapy (e.g., gefitinib or EKB-569)
- No other concurrent investigational therapy
- No concurrent enzyme-inducing anticonvulsants (e.g., phenytoin, phenobarbital, carbamazepine, or valproic acid)
- No concurrent combination antiretroviral therapy for HIV-positive patients
- No concurrent enrollment on another study involving pharmacological agents for symptom control or therapeutic intent
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00045201
|United States, Minnesota
|Mayo Clinic
|Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
|Principal Investigator:
|Henry C Pitot
|Mayo Clinic
|Responsible Party:
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Obsolete Identifiers:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2009-00015 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
594-02 01
MC0112 ( Other Identifier: Mayo Clinic )
5351 ( Other Identifier: CTEP )
P30CA015083 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
U01CA069912 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|January 27, 2003 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|May 19, 2020
|Last Verified:
|May 2020
Erlotinib Hydrochloride
Topoisomerase I Inhibitors
Topoisomerase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic


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More Info:Freddie Mercury was a man of many talents and many different sides. The songs he wrote for and with Queen filled stadiums around the globe and have rightly gone down in history, but he also embarked on a solo career that took him from the clubs of Munich and New York to the great opera houses of the world. He was the ultimate showman, but he kept his private life away from the prying eyes of the media; a larger than life rock star who loved disco, classical music and ballet. He was a restless spirit, a true chameleon who reveled in his own contradictions.
All the different sides of this iconic musician can be found on Freddie Mercury: Messenger Of The Gods The Singles. Fittingly released on Mercury Records for the world outside North America, and on Hollywood Records in North America, this box set brings together all 13 of Freddie s solo singles.
From his debut solo single I Can Hear Music, released under the name Larry Lurex, through the dance floor-influenced solo anthems of the 80s and up to his collaborations with legendary Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballé including the timeless Barcelona, this is a journey through the career of a unique talent.
Messenger Of The Gods is completed by two posthumous singles, In My Defence and Living On My Own (No More Brothers Radio Mix), the latter of which became Freddie s first solo number 1 and was the biggest selling European single of the year in 1993.
Had he lived, it is anyone s guess where this most restless and protean of singer s muses would have taken him. But Messenger Of The Gods The Singles is a towering legacy, a collection of songs which will never lose their stature of classics and will live on forever.


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Emle - Electronic Mathematics Laboratory Equipment has the mathematics equivalent of physical science lab equipment. Unlike the physical science classes where a student can have hands on experience with physical entities to directly reinforce the concepts taught, the mathematics classes after simple counting do not have this advantage. This site introduces the use of electronic laboratory equipment for the mathematics classroom. Key words: virtual manipulatives.
Project information
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- Emle Developers
- Driver:
- C.W.Holeman II
- Licence:
- Artistic Licence 2.0
View full history Series and milestones
2.0 series is the current focus of development.
All code Code
- Version control system:
- Bazaar
- Programming languages:
- XML XSLT JavaScript SVG
All bugs Latest bugs reported
Bug #529089: An empty stylesheet link tag provokes an error message.
Reported on 2010-02-27
Bug #529087: Emle index page text is English but the lang attribute is "es".
Reported on 2010-02-27
Bug #528096: Right to left text not working
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Under the Lights by Abbi Glines
The Field Party, #2
Simon Pulse
Release Date: August 23, 2016
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In the follow-up to Abbi Glines's #1 New York Times bestseller Until Friday Night—which bestselling author Kami Garcia called "tender, honest, and achingly real"—three teens from a small southern town are stuck in a dramatic love triangle.
Willa can't erase the bad decisions of her past that led her down the path she's on now. But she can fight for forgiveness from her family. And she can protect herself by refusing to let anyone else get close to her.
High school quarterback and town golden boy Brady used to be the best of friends with Willa—she even had a crush on him when they were kids. But that's all changed now: her life choices have made her a different person from the girl he used to know.
Gunner used to be friends with Willa and Brady, too. He too is larger than life and a high school football star—not to mention that his family basically owns the town of Lawton. He loves his life, and doesn't care about anyone except himself. But Willa is the exception—and he understands the girl she's become in a way no one else can.
As secrets come to light and hearts are broken, these former childhood friends must face the truth about growing up and falling in love…even if it means losing each other forever.
About the author:
Abbi Glines is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Rosemary Beach, Sea Breeze, Vincent Boys, and Existence series. She has a new YA series coming out in the fall of 2015 titled The Field Party Series . She never cooks unless baking during the Christmas holiday counts. She believes in ghosts and has a habit of asking people if their house is haunted before she goes in it. She drinks afternoon tea because she wants to be British but alas she was born in Alabama. When asked how many books she has written she has to stop and count on her fingers. When she's not locked away writing, she is reading, shopping (major shoe and purse addiction), sneaking off to the movies alone, and listening to the drama in her teenagers lives while making mental notes on the good stuff to use later. Don't judge.
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I strongly applaud anyone who feels that they need to stand up for something they believe in; when they feel oppressed, when they see oppression; even when they fear oppression.
However, I am a woman in America and I do not feel oppressed. I have daughters in America and they are not oppressed. They have the same opportunities that my son does. They were not born into a country that does not allow them to choose a spouse, drive a car, vote, choose a job, go to school, have children when/ how they please, get birth control, wear what they want; basically any right that belongs to any human born in this country, my daughters have.
Further, I am a teacher. My pay is equal… I don't know what it's like to have to climb a corporate ladder being a woman or any of the jobs that women inherently have to work harder to get equal pay. But I'm okay knowing that if my daughters choose such a career that they will have to work hard… maybe even harder than a man… because we, as women, typically do. And I have faith that by the time my 9 year old is of job bearing age, this bar will be equal. I mean, in the history of our country, out of the 500 or so years we've been here, women have only worked for about 60 years… truly. So, we are relatively new.
(If there was a march about ensuring women and men to have maternity leave rights, I would be there. But I would pick up my mess after and I would be sure to include everyone who had an opinion on the matter.)
I was brought up by a mother who was a feminist. But my mother worked her ass off in a dog eat dog world- from a dishwasher, to a cook, to managing the kitchen. She dropped out of school, got married at 17 against her father's wishes, she had children, got her GED, she had a career, and she quit her career when it was too much and needed to take care of her husband. She is a feminist that chose to stand by her husband and drop out of school to marry. My mother is proof that we are not oppressed. Work harder? Maybe. Deal with sexual harassment? Yeah. She was the butt of a few sexist jokes, she may have been offended, but she also wasn't afraid to tell the person off. She didn't get beat, whipped, or fired for calling a chauvinist to the carpet.
Feminism has taken a wrong turn. If you haven't watched Emma Watson's speech to the UN, you must, but she said this:
"I have realized that fighting for women's rights has too often become synonymous with man-hating. If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that this has to stop."
And further:
"It is time that we all see gender as a spectrum instead of two sets of opposing ideals."
And even greater:
"How can we effect change in the world when only half of it is invited or feel welcome to participate in the conversation?"
Seriously. I'm afraid to say I'm a feminist, and in her speech she does talk about the unpopularity of the word. It's a dirty word, synonymous with misogynist, and racist, which are all words that have been thrown around lately; with no real understanding of their meaning. People have been labeled these things based on their support of something. This is faulty reasoning. I have seen so much fallacious reasoning and some very dangerous rhetoric in the past few months, I'm appalled. Frightened, actually.
And in all honesty, after watching some of the speeches that occurred during the women's march, I realize that I don't stand behind those ideologies. I don't support violence, name calling, insult throwing, etc. The same types of rhetoric that was used during a campaign that many stand against (which was not one sided, FYI) are being used by the very people who opposed it. So it's dulling the cause, muting the point. Much like the people who turn protesting into riots: You're being counterproductive and furthering the initial thought that caused you to want to protest to begin with.
Here's the truth: Women do get raped in our country*. But other than this circumstance, women also choose to have sex- that is their right- and maybe this is where we should learn to make choices about our own body. That's what I would march for. That maybe, just maybe, we can desexualize our country so that my daughters do not feel like they need to have sex with a man in order to feel love. That they do not feel like they have to have perfect bodies or that they do not have to give in when feel pressured. That my girls can stand on their own two feet, stand their ground, and say, "No." We are worried about losing our rights, I get it. But to me, the two rights about abortion and women's rights are not connected. I will not argue with anyone about abortion because I feel strongly about it and I've learned that arguing takes too much effort when I want to use all my extra energy for good; but I already have the right to do what I want with my body. I commend the women who argue for the rights of the females (and males) that are developing in the womb. It is such a heated topic that I know I will not make headway with it here, but I will say this: excluding pro-life feminists from a movement because you don't think they fit the bill of feminism according to your terms is like saying a woman who has had an abortion can't be Catholic. They can.
You can't make this catch all rule/ label. I am pro-life. There I said it. But I'm not here to push my beliefs on you or make you feel any less because you are pro-choice or even had an abortion. I love someone dearly who has had one; that doesn't make me think any less of them. It doesn't make me love them any less. I wasn't in their brain when they made the choice. But I do know how the decision still bothers them to this day. My choice for being 'pro-life' is because I value all life, including the unborn. It doesn't mean that I oppose anyone who makes this choice. Are you seeing my reasoning? Probably not because I'm rambling… but I just want people to understand that they can think differently from someone and not hate them. They can stand in solidarity even though they have differences.
No one has said, "Women, get ready because you're about to lose your rights to vote!" or "Women, guess what? Your pay is going to decrease!" or even "Soon, raping a woman will be legal!" If they would, give me a sign and I'll be right there with you. I applaud all these historical women who fought for what for gender equality… without them we'd be in a much different place.
But we are not equal. We never will be. Women have different body roles and men have different roles. We were born with the ability to bear children and without a man, it can't be done. We must learn to value the opposite sex because we are working symbiotically to further the human race. I do not think Clinton did not win because she's female; it was not a sexist choice. Maybe some didn't vote for her because she was female, but I know an alarming number of people who DID vote for her because she was female. This in itself is reverse feminism and I want no part in it. I don't want a person to get a job just because she is female, I want her to get a job because she is the best person. I don't want my girls to grow up feeling entitled to things just because they have a vagina… that's not fair to them.
And right now, we are protesting out of fear. We are afraid because the media has swung things in certain ways. We are afraid because we believe in predictions. We are jumping to some pretty scary conclusions. Don't trust the media with a blind eye. Don't give it the power.
Human rights are inalienable in our country and there are women across this world that deserve to be fought for. Fight for them; for all women. Actually fight for all humans. They deserve us to give them just a fraction of freedom that we enjoy.
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Prof. Dr. med. Reinhard Klingel
Head of Apheresis Research Institute,
Stadtwaldguertel 77, 50935 Cologne, Germany,
Associate Professor of First Department of Internal Medicine,
University of Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Reinhard Klingel received his MD degree in 1985 after studies of chemistry and medicine at the
University of Mainz, Germany. The following two years he had a postdoctoral fellowship at the German
Center for Cancer Research in Heidelberg, Germany at the Institute for Virology with Prof. Dr. Harald zur Hausen.
In 1987 medical fellowship started at Departments of Internal Medicine (Gastroenterology,
Clinical Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Cardiology) all at the University of Mainz. 1993
he received his board certification for General Internal Medicine, and 1994 for Nephrology, both at the
University of Mainz. In 1995 he received his PhD (Habilitation and Venia Legendi) in the field of
General Internal Medicine and Nephrology at the University of Mainz, and became Assistant Professor
of Medicine (General Internal Medicine and Nephrology) at the University of Mainz, Germany. This time
also included seven years of scientific cooperation with the European Concerted Action on Polycystic
Kidney Disease coordinated by the Institute for Human Genetics in Leiden, Netherlands. His clinical
activities were complemented from 1996 until 2004 with freelance practice at the Center for
Nephrology, Dialysis, and Apheresis Ingelheim, Germany.
Since 1999 he is Head of the newly founded Apheresis Research Institute in Cologne, Germany. In
2005 he became Associate Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine and Nephrology) at the
University of Mainz and he joined the Editorial Board of the Journal of Clinical Apheresis, the official
journal of the American Society for Apheresis. In 2010 he received his board certification for Lipidology,
by Lipid-Liga (DGFF [German Society for the treatment of lipid disorders and associated
complications]), Germany.
In 2017 he joined the scientific advisory board of Lipid-Liga/DGFF.
He is current member of the American Society of Nephrology, the International Society for Nephrology,
the European Renal Association/European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA/EDTA), the
American Society for Apheresis, the International Society for Apheresis, the European Society for
Hemapheresis, the German Society for Nephrology, the German Society for Neurology, the German,
Austrian and Swiss Society for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases (D-A-C-H Foundation for the
Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases), Lipid-Liga (DGFF [German Society for the treatment of lipid
disorders and associated complications]), CholCo – the German patient organization for patients with
familial hypercholesterolemia and other severe genetic lipid disorders.
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After the birthday lunch it was time for my rowing friends to come around for equal traditional birthday coffee. A classic Danish birthday coffee contains three key ingredients: freshly baked bun served with plenty of butter, cream cake and hot chocolate. Hot chocolate or chocolate has no space inside my kitchen, as I DISLIKE the taste of hot chocolate and cocoa milk !!! I still recall my dislike, when I as a child was served hot chocolate at the other children´s birthday :-(
This year I had not selected rhubarb as a specific theme as last year, but two of the four things served did contain rhubarb, as the rhubarbs in my garden is almost a jungle.
We started with the usual glass of sparkling wine to the talk running, before we sat down and enjoyed the saffron buns. These buns more or less equal birthday celebration for me, as the use of saffron in huge amount is a great way to celebrate life/birthdays.
Afterwards it was time for the first rhubarb cake in the form of rhubarb cake from the cake book "Helt i kage" by Camilla Plum. For one cake 800 g of rhubarb pieces was required ! This is a quiet big amount of rhubarb, however a great way of controlling my rhubarb "jungle" :-)
The first rhubarb cake was followed by the second cake in form of a rhubarb cream cake, where ½ l dairy whipping cream was mixed with 500 g rhubarb compote, this gives a fantastic taste.
For those of my guests still having room in their stomach they could enjoy a sweet treat in form of strawberry-champagne marzipan in white chocolate. I will be sharing the various recipe from this birthday lunch in the very near future.


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Sunday School "Rally Day"
Proverbs 22:6
"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it."
Along with the beginning of another new school year also comes the time for Junior and Senior Confirmation, and new Sunday School curriculum and various Bible classes to begin again. Over 200 years ago a woman was concerned for children in the streets of England's slums and began teaching Bible lessons to a group of them. The idea became popular, and the concept of the "Sunday School" was born, catching on quickly throughout the country. From there it spread everywhere.
Several centuries before that, Martin Luther took many children into his home and used his Small Catechism as the basis for instruction. He considered the teachings in it to be the mere basics for Christian learning, and included in the title of each section of the Catechism is the phrase: "As the head of the family should teach it in a simple way to the household."
Primary responsibility for the spiritual and moral guidance of children rests with parents; not teachers, principals, coaches or government. The classes and programs offered by our churches are intended to supplement what should already be going on in the home, and not to usurp or relieve daily parental responsibility.
The Teaching Staff of your congregation does want to support Christian training and upbringing, however.
One reason for Sunday School and classes is for assisting with moral guidance, pointing up our desperately sinful natures, those things that are sinful and wrong in thought, word and deed, and working to instill lifelong attitudes of humble repentance in all who come. How many times does it take for a child to finally get the message not to touch something, stop fighting, take out the garbage, quit whining, take a bath, go to bed or clean his or her room? When children exhibit their relatively normal selfish human behavior, it usually takes repeated remarks (and sometimes carried out threats) to get them moving! Doesn't it? In Sunday School, VBS and Catechism classes the lesson to willingly honor and obey father and mother is reinforced, for example; the 4th Commandment!
Youngsters also often complain that rules are made to apply only to them and that "Nobody else has to do such and such," or "Everybody else gets to do such and such." Teachers can help them see that those complaints usually aren't valid, that other adults besides just one's own parents teach the same values, and the lessons are taught to the whole class and not just the individual.
Parents can do themselves a favor and receive support in giving proper moral guidance by ensuring their children's regular attendance, also setting a proper example by their own Bible group and personal study involvement. The moral instruction given is of course straight from God's Word and Law, yet assuredly in our churches it's always meant to be coupled with the Gospel as well!
Teachers are an invaluable help in that way, too, and I'd like to illustrate it for you with a personal story: From the time I was a 5 year old child to about 9, for 4 years, I was terribly afraid in the dark. With the covers pulled up tightly around me up to my eyes, it would take hours for me to go to sleep. Every shadow became a fierce bear or lion or gangster coming to get me. Sometimes I'd get so scared I couldn't even cry out, but even when I could, I'd often suffer first in silence for hours because of feeling guilty about always disturbing my parents.
My father left home to go to school for a couple years when I had been younger, and then for several months off and on in following years he was gone, too. I suspect that had a lot to do with my fear and not being pacified even by a nightlight. At any rate, I desperately wanted my Dad's reassurance that he still loved me and would take care of me. As he was able through the years of my fear, he GAVE me that kind of reassurance! Sometimes night after night, and sometimes two or three times a night, he would respond to my terrified screams by sprinting to my bedside. Then he would often lead me by the hand, turn on all the lights and show me that no people or animals were in any closets or drawers or lurking under the bed. Many were the times he told me he'd surely hear anyone trying to get in and that he'd be ready and waiting to prevent such a person from getting to me. Although it was quite rare, sometimes he would even talk soothingly about God and Angels looking out for me, and just a few times my parents even let me snuggle between them in their bed for the rest of the night. From one night to the next, on and on, I wanted reassurance of my father's love, and he gave it to me. He even said he was willing to die to protect me!
Some psychologists might criticize such "mollycoddling" while others would applaud such parental commitment. The point here, though, is that what my dad DID do in the case of my fear is very much like the prime purpose for Sunday School or other Bible class opportunities. It's to teach how our HEAVENLY Father still loves us each and every one! That message should lie somewhere in every lesson in some way, shape or form, and Christian children AND adults easily lose sight of it with lives so heavily influenced by the devil, the world and our own sinful flesh. Just one or a few tellings of God's tremendous sacrificial love in Christ doesn't tend to last us very long. (My night fears finally went away, by the way, when I discovered that the terrifying growling I often heard wasn't the bear I imagined, but my brother's snoring.)
Let me illustrate yet a third reason for the importance of taking advantage of the spiritual opportunities offered through congregational teaching programs: The story is told of a man who worked for a railroad being thrown into a terrible dilemma. A speeding train full of people was heading for certain doom as it approached a parked train on the same track. The man could throw a switch to change the path of the moving train, but his young son was just crossing that second track bringing the man's lunch. If he threw the switch, he wouldn't be able to get to his son in time to save him. If he didn't throw it, hundreds of people would die. So, with only seconds to make the choice, the man threw the switch and saw his own son die. Now, if that story is true, only the most hard-hearted could say that the man's sacrifice was meaningless, irrelevant or worthless, as some say of Christianity.
Yet we know that the story IS true of God and His Son! The sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross holds redeeming value for all mankind and is vastly superior to anything we might ever offer back to God. As Heaven's Hosts proclaim, to the Lamb who was slain and rose again truly belongs all power, and wealth, and wisdom, and might, and honor, and glory, and blessing, and at the very least (to say nothing of what we owe in money or specific acts of service) we each rightly owe Him our time and study of His Word and Truth.
The "old, old Story" heard again and again is for our reassurance beyond just learning God's Laws, and His own patient desire is that we keep a firm grip on the comfort of knowing He IS always still there and loves us – by continually hearing the message of His Son's atoning death for our sin. He shed His lifeblood and tasted hell for us all, rising from death in victory, and faith that is nurtured in THAT Truth is the ONLY thing that can really give us the power to lead truly Godly lives and surmount the difficulties we ever face.
The amount of time we devote and the level of our hearts' desire to truly abide in Jesus and the security of His Word has EVERYTHING to do with how much merit we allot to Him. Consider the account of Martha's rushing around to serve Jesus while Mary just sat at His feet learning from Him. Martha's devotion to serving Jesus was, of course, commendable, except as measured against her first taking time to BE served BY His teaching.
The same benefits and reasons for regular attendance can be explained just as simply for the benefit of grandchildren, friends and neighbors as you invite them, too! Studying the Bible together teaches God's values for our good, it communicates His immense love for us in Christ, and He genuinely deserves our coming to hear about Him.
"Let the little children come to Me," Jesus once said. Don't let them be deprived of any opportunities to have the Gospel's assurance repeated, whether it be at church OR at home. Let's also be supportive of the teachers in the valuable service they so willingly render. And let those who are beyond childhood not neglect themselves, either: Let's not depart from the way WE should go!
Then all that remains is for God to make good on His gracious promise: "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will NOT depart from it."
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Talk Teams Not Resources
I was reading a nice little eBook on Opportunities and Challenges with Agile Portfolio Management.
Here's the part that caught my attention:
"Johanna Rothman, an Arlington, Mass., consultant and author of Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects, said understanding the value stream of an existing product or ongoing project is key. 'If we stop talking about people as resources and start talking teams, we have a better way of managing the portfolio,' she said. 'If we flow work through teams, we're much more likely to be successful; teams get things done in software.'"
Well put, and that it matches my experience.
Here's what I've seen in my travels to different organizations …
I see a common mistake the team level when it comes to effective execution and productivity:
Teams of capabilities vs. teams of one.
Individuals work problems instead of the team works shared problems.
It's the resource vs. team mentality.
In other words, the team gets split into individuals working individual problems instead of the team working on shared problems together.
In that case, it's not really a team effort. It's individuals doing mini-projects as a one-man band. Instead of a team of capabilities, you get teams of one, and capability varies. Worse, because it's individuals driving projects as an individual, they wear many more hats, and spend less time in their strengths. So you end up with individuals performing sub-optimal, and you never experience the benefits of an actual high performance team.
When you work problems as teams, and have people spend more time in their strengths, you can better optimize for the strengths on the team. You can also balance better for the weaknesses. You can also put simple systems and processes in place that lift everyone's performance to new levels. Ultimately, individuals on the team can spend more time on their unique value, and less time reinventing wheels and re-solving basic execution challenges.
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First caught Beautiful Confusion's remix of Blue Foundation's "Eyes on Fire" on Dirty Mexican Lemonade and thought I should see if there were any other good remixes out there. There were quite a few to choose from, including one by Zeds Dead, but these two were by far my favorite.
Beautiful Confusion's gets the gold star for this one. He blends those dreamy pop vocals from Blue Foundation's original nicely into a dubstep tune out.
Beautiful Confusion – Eyes on Fire (Blue Foundation Remix)
Ariel's rework, however, is still something to be noted. With a harder hitting bass and a glitch theme we're all trying to wrap our heads around, it's still a nice electro taste of Blue Foundation's original.
Ariel The Mercurial – Eyes on Fire (Blue Foundation Remix)
But what do I know, which do you like better? Or is there another that tops these two?
Beautiful Confusion
Name: Bryan Tyson
Location: Tampa, Florida
Beautiful Confusion on: SoundCloud
Ariel The Mercurial
Location: Hong Kong
Ariel on: SoundCloud


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These are perfect little stickers to mark reading in your planner. The cute little bookshelf doodles are just adorable!
Useful for tracking all those pages you've flipped when you're filling out your Erin Condren, Hobonichi Weeks, bullet journal, Peanuts Planner Co inserts, or notebook!
Each sheet, in your choice of paper, is approximately 3.6" x 2.5" and contains 15 kiss-cut stickers.
All stickers are approximately .6".
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Special Collections Department
Edwin S. Cramp Papers
Manuscript Collection Number: 202
Accessioned: Purchase 1990.
Extent: 180 items (.2 linear ft.).
Content: Correspondence, financial reports, and clippings.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processed: 1991 by Lori Bridgers.
Special Collections, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267
(302) 831-2229
Table of Contents
Biographical Note
Although Cramp resigned as President of the Standard Arms Company in March, 1909, he continued to be involved with the company and its business. He was also involved with establishing the American Control & Equipment Company, which sought to secure commissions and contracts for war material, ships, railroads, and the development of natural resources in foreign countries.
Scope and Contents Note
Also included in the collection are financial reports of Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. and Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Ltd. and contemporary newspaper clippings concerning Russia, China, Great Britain, and France.
Contents List
F1 1905: October - November. C. M. Dally. Sale of arms to various companies, testing and inspection of rifles and automatics. (5 items) F2 1907: April - July. C. M. Dally, W. D. Condit, E. S. Cramp. Design of automatic machine-gun for presentation to British government. (10 items) F3 1907: August. Wm. K. DuPont (V.P. of Standard Arms), C. M. Dally, E. S. Cramp. (8 items) F4 1907: September - December. E. S. Cramp, C. M. Dally, Wm. K. DuPont. DuPont dies in December. (12 items) F5 1908: March - December. E. S. Cramp, A. L. Dawson (of Vickers, Sons & Maxim), I. DuPont, C. M. Dally, H. C. Wilson. Patent of noiseless guns. (11 items) F6 1909: January. E. S. Cramp, H. C. Wilson, C. M. Dally, F. L. Emery. Co-operation with Hotchkiss, development of gun for Chinese military. (11 items) F7 1909: February. I. DuPont, E. S. Cramp, F. L. Emery, H. C. Wilson. Development of military rifle, proposed negotiations with China, Britain, Russia. (10 items) F8 1909: March. E. S. Cramp, C. M. Dally, W. D. Condit, H. C. Wilson, F. E. Muzzy, G. A. Lee. Contract between Cramp and Standard Arms, business between Standard Arms and Sub-Target Co., resignation of Cramp. (13 items) F9 1909: April - July. E. S. Cramp, I. DuPont, C. M. Dally, B. A. Robinson. Arms supplies for Russia and China. (11 items) F10 1909: August - December. E. S. Cramp, H. C. Wilson, B. A. Robinson, C. M. Dally, I. DuPont. Design of silencer for machine guns. (11 items) F11 1910: January. E. S. Cramp, B. A. Robinson, C. M. Dally, H. C. Wilson. Sale of arms to China, establishment of American Control & Equipment Company. (11 items) F12 1910: February - March. E. S. Cramp, B. A. Robinson, C. M. Dally, H. C. Wilson, R. E. Budlong. Same as F11. (11 items) F13 1910: April. R. E. Budlong, E. S. Cramp, H. C. Wilson, B. A. Robinson. Same as F11. (13 items) F14 1910: May. E. S. Cramp, H. C. Wilson, I. DuPont, R. E. Budlong. Same as F11. (14 items) F15 1910: June - September. E. S. Cramp, C. M. Dally, H. C. Wilson, B. A. Robinson. Same as F11. (12 items) F16 1910: October - December; n.d. E. S. Cramp, B. A. Robinson, C. M. Dally. Sale of arms to China, Britain, folding of Standard Arms. (9 items) F17 Miscellaneous. 1899-1903, 1909-1910, n.d. Brief financial reports of Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. and Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Ltd. Also newspaper clippings about Russia, China, Great Britain, France. (12 items)
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This 19th-century Acadian-style country inn is located on a hill overlooking picturesque Arichat Harbour on beautiful Ilse Madame in Cape Breton. The Inn is now wheelchair accessible via a ramp in the lobby. We offer nine spacious Inn rooms and eight motel units, all with 4-piece baths, cable television, phone and coffee makers. Free Internet access is available. All of the rooms are non-smoking and one room is pet friendly. A licensed dining room and cozy lounge with fireplace are open from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. An à la carte breakfast is available from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
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This early fresh Pisces spring MOON is rising in its smallest place of opening, growing toward the fruition of light at Full Moon on March 20th, in early Aries Opposite Libra. This is an important time of early growth in the year-long solar seasonal cycle.
MOON CONJUNCT MERCURY [11:08 am pst/ 12:08 pm mst/ 1:08 pm cst/ 2:08 pm est] is a communications connection from the early innocent place of growing and newness. May we allow ourselves to communicate openly and innocently. This aspect sends MOON into the VOID for about an hour.
MOON enters Aries (departing the hour-long VOID, and the sign of Pisces)–[12:27 pm pst/ 1:27 pm mst/ 2:27 pm cst/ 3:27 pm est] MOON is echoing the URANUS trail of shifting from Aries to Taurus, as the MOON passes through Aries now, then Taurs on Saturday and this weekend. This weekend is a powerful spring manifestation weekend of putting our feet on the ground of what we love and are creating this solar cycle and year.
NEPTUNE and the SUN are hangin out. The "divine flow," is happening, perhaps outside of our small mind self's understanding, its ok we can trust this wild river of divine flow, within and in our world.
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It doesn't matter whether the universe is determinate OR indeterminate.Still missing the point and therefor not understanding the argument. And still with this miracle BS. This is pointless.
He thinks it's completely random, without a cause, miracle. Even after explaining that indeterminate isn't random or acausal.
No you are choosing an interpretation fitting your view. It still does not explain the path taken in a predictable manner as opposed to the indeterministic manner we witness.
Weasel words. Most seem to use indeterminate.


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Welcome To Ezydance
Are you here because you like to dance - and by that I mean "real" dancing with a partner? Would you like to learn to dance ballroom, latin or maybe a waltz or another wedding dance? Perhaps you have done some dancing, but a long time ago,or you want to improve your skills. Great! Then you are in the right place! We certainly can help you achieve your goals.
We are Ron and Chana Bampton and we have set up this website because latin and ballroom dancing is, and always has been, our lives' passion. To us, and many people out there, there is no better way to enjoy music than to immerse oneself in the dance, moving to the beat and in the mood of the rhythm, arm in arm with a partner.
In our long careers in dancing, which started many years ago as teenagers, we have been taught by and have taught many a great dancer. As professional dancers we have also competed in and won Australia wide competitions.
For many years now we have been running Ezydance Studios, where (literally) thousands of people have learned how to dance! In that time we have developed and perfected our own teaching method we like to call the Ezyway, aimed at getting you dancing all the popular styles in the shortest time possible. In fact, most students find they can confidently and competently tackle social dancing after only 12 lessons!
At our Ezydance latin and ballroom dance lessons you can learn to dance the steps and techniques of all the popular dances:
- Rumba
- ChaCha
- Mambo
- Salsa
- Samba
- Rock'n'Roll
- Waltz
- Viennese Waltz
- Foxtrot
- Quickstep
- Tango
- Argentine Tango
- Merengue
The Ezyway method works based on repetition. We have found in our dance teaching careers that people learn quickest by repeating the steps often, so our beginner dance lessons ensure that the steps are reinforced every two weeks, by splitting the dance styles we teach into two groups (we call them Group A and Group B) and then alternating these every week! Sounds simple? It is - but it works! The problem with other teaching techniques which focus on a particular style in a dance lesson is that it becomes weeks or months before that dance style is taught again and by then the student is back to square one. Using the Ezyway method the steps are reinforced over and over until they are "danced without thinking"! We use the same approach of repetition to build upon the steps learnt in our Intermediate dance lessons, where we work on general partnering, leading and following, developing technique and adding steps to your repertoire - for dances in the particular group being taught that week.
We continue to receive great feedback on our approach, and the fact that in the Introduction (Beginner's) dance lessons you learn to dance the steps by yourself without requiring a partner. This works very well because it lets you learn at your own pace. There are two main reasons we prefer this to other teaching techniques which throw couples together from day one. First is that as a couple, students are more worried and inhibited by issues of how to dance together, which distracts from learning the basic steps. But even worse: one of the students in every couple ends up learning the steps quicker, which has the unfortunate side effect that the other person is 'led along' rather than learning and becoming confident of the steps on their own.
So, in summary, what you learn in our dance lessons at the Ezydance Studios is how to dance your own steps or routine, (as opposed to sequences) which means you learn the technique, footwork and how to lead and follow - with the end result that you become a graceful and confident dancer in any social setting, whether it be a wedding, a ball, a casual dance or, if you desire and put in the time and effort, even social or professional ballroom competitions! We can also provide you with private dance lessons customized for your specific needs (e.g. wedding first dance).
Before you peruse the rest of the website, we'll leave you with one final thought... If the idea of the fun and social interaction of social dancing is not enough to have you itching to get out on the dance floor, then maybe you should consider the many health benefits. Through ballroom dancing you get all the typical benefits of a low impact workout (resistance and cardio training), plus you also get many mental / psychological / de-stress benefits through the creative and musical/rhythmic nature of dance routines (see this page for more information).
And now, please take your time to browse and enjoy our website and we hope to see you soon on the dance floor!
Ron and Chana Bampton.
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We originally took some classes on a cruise and thought we would like to take regular classes to learn to dance properly.
We have now been coming to Ezydance for about 9 months. The classes are easy to follow, and the instructors are always keen to help you improve.
It is also a great fun environment to learn in.
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Brenda Barrett, Adjunct Faculty
Brenda Barrett is the founding editor of the Living Landscape Observer an online web site and blog that provides information and commentary on the emerging field of landscape scale conservation, historic preservation, and sustainable communities. For the past five years, the Living Landscape Observer has published a monthly newsletter with over 2000 subscribers from around the globe. She writes and lectures nationally and internationally on collaborative conservation, heritage development, and cultural landscapes.
She has over thirty years of experience leading governmental conservation and historic preservation programs. Her career began in the U.S. National Park Service in the National Register of Historic Places. For the next twenty years, she directed the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Bureau of Historic Preservation. Returning to the National Park Service in 2000, she was named the National Coordinator for Heritage Areas based in Washington DC. From 2007 to 2011 she served as the Bureau Director for Recreation and Conservation at the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Currently, she is a board member of US/ICOMOS and an expert member of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes. She leads initiatives such as the Cultural Landscape Knowledge Exchange and provides assistance world heritage listings and inscriptions. Her other volunteer service is on the Executive Council of the Coalition to Protect America's National Parks with a focus on policy issues related to partnership and landscape scale conservation.
A graduate of the University of Colorado in Anthropology, she received her Master's Degree in Archaeology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and her law degree from the Dickinson School of Law.


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Shorts are an essential part of any outdoor kit for summer adventures. This summer I will be testing the Mountain Khakis Granite Creek Shorts as I pursue outdoor adventures in the southeastern United States. Read on for my initial thoughts on the shorts.
I recently made the move from Juneau, Alaska to New Orleans, Louisiana and I have to rethink my wardrobe. I am hoping that the Mountain Khakis Granite Creek shorts can become my go to shorts. The shorts are 100% nylon and feature six pockets – two standard hand pockets with mesh lining, a rear pocket and a cargo pocket on the left leg. The right pocket, rear pocket and cargo pocket also feature zippered security pockets. Mountain Khakis states that the shorts have a UPF 50 rating, a DWR finish and are treated Scotchgard to help resist stains.
I chose my shorts based on the sizing on the company's website – 35 waist, with a 9 inch inseam. The shorts that arrived are true to size, though my wife tells me that she thinks that they are snug in the seat, I think they fit well! The shorts look sharp and only feature a small embroidered "MK" logo above the right hip pocket for advertising. The numerous pockets are nice and allow me to place my iPhone and other essentials close at hand without feeling like they are constricting my movement. I appreciate that the zippered pockets also have a bit of line as a zipper pull to help with opening and closing. There are numerous belt loops and the waistline is flat so don't anticipate any bunching under a backpack, but this is an area I will monitor.
I generally evaluate shorts on two main criteria – comfort and durability. Under comfort, I will specifically monitor how well they perform in hot conditions. Here in New Orleans the temperatures are in 90's for most of the summer with 100% humidity. Do the shorts wick sweat well? Do they dry quickly? Under durability, I will monitor how well they stand up to abuse on the trail and from wearing them under a backpack. I am generally pretty hard on gear and I am excited to see how the Granite Creek shorts perform.
Update Mountain Khakis Granite Creek Shorts September 9, 2016
I have used the Mountain Khakis Granite Creek Shorts over the past several weeks on dayhikes and on an overnight camping trip, putting over 37 miles on them over this time period. They have performed admirably wicking away sweat and showing no signs of wear. Read on for the rest of my report.
Most of my hiking over the past month has included daily walks on the Mississippi River Levy overlooking the river and on an overnight camping trip to Fountainbleau State Park in Louisiana. Conditions have been in the 90s with almost 100% humidity and the occasional thunderstorm. Winds have varied between 5 to 10 mph while walking on the Levy. I have worn the shorts for 37 miles of hiking over this time period.
I mentioned in my initial thoughts that I evaluate shorts on comfort and durability. Comfort has been superb. I have experienced no bunching or chaffing, which is extremely important with the almost unbearable heat that we have had here in Louisiana. I am sweating from the moment I step out the door, and I have been impressed with how well the shorts wick sweat away from my legs and their ability to dry quickly. On one evening hike, I was caught unexpectedly in a rain storm and had to run back to the house while getting soaked in the process. Even fully soaked the shorts did great with no chaffing, and I had freedom of movement to run. I generally wear the shorts with a belt to keep them in place and I haven't had any issues with the waist seam or rubbing in the waist. The pockets are useful. I find that I can easily carry my essentials in the side pockets including an iPhone without any noticeable change in the fit of the shorts. I appreciated the zippered side pocket while wearing them walking in downtown New Orleans. I felt comfortable knowing that my essentials where in a zippered pocket safely away from potential pickpockets.
The durability of the shorts have been superb as well. They still look brand new with no signs of wear on any of the seams or in the crotch which is where I find that shorts in general tend to wear out more quickly. I haven't done anything special with regards to washing the shorts, I throw them in the wash with the rest of my family's clothes and they continue to come out of the laundry looking brand new. I also appreciate the fact they don't wrinkle even if it takes me a day or two to get around to folding laundry.
Overall, I am very pleased with the Mountain Khakis Granite Creek Shorts. I will continue to test them over the next month and have a multiday backpacking trip in the Pinhoti Mountains of Alabama that should put them to the ultimate test.
Final update October 16, 2016
I have found my new favorite pair of hiking and backpacking shorts. I have used the shorts for over 100 miles of hiking and backpacking since receiving them in July including two multi-day backpacking trips. They have proven to be comfortable, durable and an all around great pair of shorts. Read on for my final impressions.
I have used these shorts on two backpacking trips since my last update; a 3 day trip on the Pinhoti trail in Northern Alabama and a 3 day backpacking trip on the Tuxachanie trail in the De Soto National Forest of Mississippi. In addition, I have used the shorts while walking on the Mississippi River levy which sits right outside my house, and for hikes at the Woodlands Conservancy trails, one of the last remaining stands of hardwood swamp in Louisiana. Temperatures have ranged from the upper 90's to the low 60's and the weather has been clear with no precipitation since my update in September. Overall, I have used the shorts for 110 miles of hiking and backpacking.
As I stated in my initial review, I was searching for a new pair of shorts since shorts were non-existent in my Alaska gear kit. The Mountain Khakis Granite Creek shorts are my new favorite shorts. They work well for backpacking and hiking. They are very comfortable and I never had any issues with chaffing even on 8 hour days of backpacking in 90 degree weather on the Pinhoti trail. They wicked sweat away while hiking and dried quickly while lounging around camp in the evenings. I was also pleased with the flat waist seam. I carried a 50 pound pack and had no issues with pinching or bunching around my hips. My only con with respect to comfort is smell. After three days of backpacking in 90 degree weather they stunk to high heaven. I am happy to report though that the smell doesn't stay in the shorts and washed out with no lasting effects.
The second factor I evaluated the shorts on was durability. I am pleased to say that the shorts continue to look brand new. There are no pulled seams or blown out stitching and dirt and stains have washed out. I also appreciate how stylish the shorts are. They are equally at home walking around the French Quarter as they are on the trail. I mentioned the usefulness of the pockets in my September update and I still think the pockets are just as useful. I can carry all my essentials without feeling like I will lose anything and the zippered pockets provide that extra level of security when I need it.
Overall, I am very pleased with the Mountain Khakis Granite Creek short. They are comfortable, durable, and stylish. I plan on continuing to wear these shorts until the fall apart… if they ever do.
Thank you to 4alloutdoors.org and Mountain Khakis for allowing me to review the shorts.


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Watering can: Haws indoor 0.7L
Price: €13.50
A handy indoor watering can for all your indoor plants. This watering can is made from plastic and is very sturdy. It comes with a removable brass rose that can be clipped to the can. It is popular with our younger customers, who like to help their parents with watering. It comes in a variety of colours. Not all colours are available at all times. Please let us know if you want a specific colour. 0.7L. Please note, items displayed on this website may not be available in each of our shops.


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Dogtooth (Canine). Yorgos Lantimos
french trailer
DOGTOOTH* (or Canine in French) is the story of a family (the father, the mother and their three kids) who live at the outskirts of a city. There is a tall fence surrounding the house.
The "kids" (the daughters seem to be about 17 and 25, and the son is the middle child. But they're treated like seven-year-olds, and they behave in kind) have clearly never stepped foot off of the family's property. Their entire universe consists of a living room, a bedroom, a spacious back yard, and a grungy swimming pool. The parents are intent on teaching their offspring "convoluted vocabulary; they believe that the airplanes flying over are toys and that zombies are small yellow flowers.
The only person allowed to enter the house is Christina. She works as a security guard at the father's business. The father arranges her visits to the house in order to appease the sexual urges of the son – and this is where the trouble seems to begin…
It's unlike anything you've seen before, and it's amazingly twisted and weird!
*DOGTOOTH is a film by Greek director YORGOS LANTIMOS and won the Un Certain Regard Award at Cannes in 2009
Greece: October 22nd, 2009
France: December 3rd, 2009
Netherlands: February 18th, 2010
Norway: March 5th, 2010
Belgium: March 11th, 2010
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I love writing YA. Especially YA fantasy. So, when I was sitting at my parents house the other day, watching my kids run around and laughing and talking with my family, I had a new idea sprout in my mind.
I want to write a nonfiction book.
Now, if you guys know me, which most of you don't, LOL, I do NOT write nonfiction. I don't read it either. But, this idea has sort of been burning near the back of my mind for a while now and I kept telling it to take a hike. Until now.
So, while I edit away on my YA fantasy, I'm starting a Nonfiction book. It's about families, and I'm really excited to start. I've never been an outliner either, and I've been outlining like crazy! We'll see where it goes. It will be geared towards the LDS market, while my YA books are mostly for the National. I'm excited to start writing and I've already had some great experiences, even with outlining! :)
What about you guys? Do you stick to one genre? Or do you try several?
Monday, November 8, 2010
Changing Genres
Posted by Chantele Sedgwick at 10:26 AM
3 comments:
- Melanie Jacobson said...
I have a fairy tale floating around in the back of my head that maybe I'll tackle some day. Sometimes it's fun to think about a different genre just because it can give you a different perspective on your usual genre, I think. At least, that's how it works for me. :)
- November 14, 2010 at 10:17 PM
- LisaAnn said...
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- November 19, 2010 at 7:51 AM
- Jolene Perry said...
Sticking to one genre would make me feel like I was stuck in a horrible, little black box, never to return again. Best of luck on your new project. I think people with the imagination for a fiction book, will probably write a more interesting non-fiction. Good luck with it!
- November 28, 2010 at 2:36 PM
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2019 REUs presented at the CERF Conference in Mobile, AL
Time-resolved photochemistry of marine fluorescent dissolved organic matter
ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Granada, Spain
Marine dissolved organic matter (DOM) is one of the largest carbon reservoirs on Earth, yet much remains unknown about its composition, sources, and degradation. The fraction of DOM that absorbs and emits light in the ultraviolet (UV) and visible light spectrum is referred to as fluorescent DOM (FDOM). In this study, excitation emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectroscopy was used to characterize FDOM during photochemical degradation experiments. Prior to photochemical experiments, solid-phase extraction was used to concentrate DOM from six Sargasso Sea water samples collected at the Bermuda Atlantic Time Series Station (BATS) from various depths down to 4537m. Each sample was irradiated for 24 hours using a solar simulator, and EEM spectra were recorded every 20 minutes using a flow cell within a Horiba Aqualog fluorometer and a custom-built flow through irradiation cell. Decrease of four fluorescent peaks and increase of one peak were observed in all samples. A parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC) model was used to determine PARAFAC components that reflect variability of the fluorescence pattern during irradiation experiments and between samples with observed distinct differences between depths.


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Fancy this. The Arkansas Hospital Association has issued a news release and an accompanying report on the significant impact of hospitals on the Arkansas economy.
Direct employment of 42,300 and payroll of $2.7 billion. And that's just for starters. They support thousands more jobs in everything from retail to services. And hospitals buy almost $3 billion in supplies. The report puts the total impact at $10 billion.
I'm just guessing that this is part of the campaign to move legislators to support a decision for Arkansas to participate in the Medicaid expansion provided by federal law. That would diminish hospital losses for unreimbursed care. It would assure a flow of new money that might spell survival for some hospitals. I'm just guessing. The report does conclude:
The data and information contained in this report provide strong evidence that the economic benefit of our hospitals on the local and state economies is significant. To continue to attract jobs and maintain families
in Arkansas, it is critical that the state have high quality healthcare providers and services.
We urge our legislators, members of Congress, and community leaders to recognize that our hospital is instrumental to supporting the state and local economy and steps need to be taken to continue to invest in our state's healthcare system.
Wink, wink. (We're in agreement, by the way.)