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Celebrate the best of old and new worlds with the Discover Jerusalem package at the Mamilla Hotel. Savor a complimentary meal for two at the Mamilla Café and Brasserie - as well as a room upgrade upon arrival, if available. Use your 10% bonus savings at the Akasha Wellbeing Center on treatments. Book with us today to receive rates FROM $350 per room, per night (min. three-night stay). Available through February 28, 2014.
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Wow, its hard to believe that 2016 is halfway over and I've barely written any blog posts. Where does the time go?
Over the last year I have been doing a lot of travelling but mostly for client work with Planet Technologies. I'm still trying to make sure I spend time at events and share the ways to do things in SharePoint at the same time.
In 2016 this year I've been able to visit a few SharePoint Saturday events (San Antonio, Nashville, and Atlanta). At each of these events I was able to prevent the following session and have since uploaded these session slides to Slideshare. So simply click on this link below and you can download a pdf of the session.
Real World SharePoint Branding for Office 365
Looking to the future I will be speaking and delivering this session at Unity Connect Online in 2 weeks. I will be delivering this session, complete with a demo of the solutions. So if you want the demo and haven't attended in person, join us online.
The very next week I will be at SPTechCon in Boston so come talk to me about SharePoint Branding there.
I'm not sure where else I will be this year, but feel free to contact me and make requests or suggestions.
I'm looking forward to seeing the new SharePoint Framework and then sharing with you how to use it for SharePoint UX customizations in the near future.

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Celebrate Well
We have been blessed to help celebrate so many significant moments in your lives... weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, graduations, professional milestones, exciting family additions... the list is endless.
Even this year as we collectively mourned the sudden loss of Dean, his life was celebrated through notes, emails, phone calls and personal visits. It seemed that throughout the community everyone had a "Dean story" to share.
We view David Gardner's as the community's jewelry store, so we are involved. We join in your volunteer efforts. We embrace the opportunity to be a part of our customer's lives, personally and as a part of this community, and we join in the celebration of these events and accomplishments.
As Aggies, we celebrate the completion of the Kyle Field renovation with our Aggie community. We celebrate the vision and teamwork to complete a task that only Aggies could accomplish.
Yes, we have had the opportunity to design, create, give, encourage and help... but now we want you to see what the DG team gets to experience through the opportunities you give us to celebrate!
Our prayer is that we "Celebrate Well!"
Julia and David


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Grand Patrons
Grand Patrons are members or friends of the Paleontological Society elected as Patrons by the PS Council and cited as Grand Patrons by the President in recognition of their exceptional generosity to the Paleontological Society.
Richard K. Bambach
Robert and Elvira Gastaldo
Arthur J. Boucot
Rodney M. Feldman and Carrie Schweitzer
The Family of N. Gary Lane
A. R. (Pete) Palmer
J. William Schopf
Raman J. Singh
Steven M. Stanley
Persons or organizations may be elected by the PS Council as Patrons, in recognition of exceptional service rendered to the Paleontological Society or other important favors bestowed upon the Society. Upon receipt of a gift of $1,000 or more, the donor may be elected as a Patron by vote of the Council.
Edward J. Andrew, Jr.
Chris Maples and Sara Marcus


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A Computer Steals Our Hearts in 'A Working Theory of Love'
This is a fascinating satire that wonders what makes us human.
A Working Theory of LovePublisher: Penguin Press
Length: 336 pages
Author: Scott Hutchins
Price: $16.00
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2013-10
The struggles encountered by three men, as they try to create the world's first truly intelligent, completely sentient computer is the premise at the center of A Working Theory of Love, Scott Hutchins' debut novel in which he deftly establishes himself as a refreshing, new literary voice. Making its paperback debut, the novel makes for a charming essay about the lives of people in San Francisco, as we visit the offices of Amiante Systems, a small technology company led by the charismatic Henry Livorno where he works with programmer Laham and a non-scientist by the name of Neill Bassett, Jr. the story's actual protagonist.
Why is Basset employed at Amiante? The answer is actually quite simple, the computer they're working on has been loaded with journals written by Bassett's late father and Livorno has the son "talk" to the computer in order to make its answers more lifelike and realistic. Their purpose is to pass the famous Turing test, which has scientists analyze answers to questions they pose to a screen and then has them trying to figure out if said answers came from a human being or a computer. Basset describes his job as Amiante: "Livorno putts, Laham programs and I talk all day to a computer model of my dead father. It's like Apple but without the pressure to make anything useful."
However, the more Neill talks to the computer -- which they refer to simply as Dr. Bassett -- the more he becomes in touch with a part of his life he tried to block: his father committed suicide when his son was 19 and in college, the reasons behind his death a complete mystery to everyone, especially seeing how content he seemed with his life according to his journals. While the fact that the man kept journals for every year of his life, seems a bit contrived, there's not a single phony moment in this sweet novel. Neill isn't just a 30-year-old with daddy issues, he's also a recent divorcé, trying to get back into the dating game in San Francisco.
After realizing his life had become a series of one night stands, he tries to find the purpose of love again and begins dating a free spirited barista named Rachel, who isn't only a decade younger, but also belongs to a strange sexual cult in which female members have their clitorises stimulated by males they barely know. Neill is flabbergasted by the concept, but allows Rachel to get to know herself and even attempts dating Jenn, a woman closer to his interests, who also happens to work for Amiante's main competitor.
Of his adult encounter with Jenn, Neill says, "In the dusky light of her kitchen I stand naked and eat leftover salami. Her place is as neat and impersonal as an IKEA showroom and I admire it." Throughout the novel we get a sense that by dating these women, Neill is also trying to define who he is. In Rachel he wants to find the sense of careless youth he was denied when his father killed himself and he had to take on the role of "man of the house", even if he confesses not being extremely close to his mother, either. With Jenn, he seems to want to achieve exactly what his father had: an admirable life, with a working plan that would lead him to eventual happiness.
Neill's worldview often seems quirky and strange, but he's a character we enjoy getting to know. His best scenes, unsurprisingly, are those in which he talks to Dr. Bassett, their exchanges presented in bold lettering without any capitalization -- apparently Dr. Bassett isn't programmed to do punctuation -- in these moments Hutchins explores what might be the novel's most fascinating subject: the concept behind what makes us human. Is Dr. Bassett's digital consciousness equal to Neill's? If not why, then, do we yearn to hear more from it when it's gone? Why does Neill have a hard time staying away from the computer?
Without much fuss Hutchins turns the computer into a metaphor for books, as well. Are these characters truly alive because we're enjoying them so much? Is their humanity as important as ours? A Working Theory of Love makes for a delightful satire that asks profound questions without making it look like a great effort. Hutchins' writing is so simple and straightforward that the book often reads like a good conversation. It's not hard to figure out that by the time we get to the actual Turing contest at the end of the novel, we have been so won over by Dr. Bassett that we don't care if scientists think it's human or not.


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In today's world with wonders like Yelp and Foursquare, it's hard to imagine checking out a new restaurant without doing a quick scan of reviews. Did they like the service? What about the wait time? And most importantly: Was the food as delicious as it looks in photos on the restaurant's website?
Now you can look through those same type of reviews for the medications you take—or the ones you're considering taking. It's all thanks to Iodine, a new app available on iOS devices. At first, we were hesitant—we're used to following doctors' orders, not taking advice from random strangers who probably didn't spend years of their life in medical school. But then we realized how many medications exist for every ailment—the common cold is a perfect example—and how helpful it would be to hear how any drug affects people like us.
So, ever wonder what the difference is between taking NyQuil or Tylenol Cold Multi-Sympton Nighttime before you head to bed? Simply open Iodine and you can compare the two drugs. The user-submitted reviews include an overall effectiveness rating plus scores for three important questions: Is it worth it? Does it work? And is it a hassle? The tips from individual users, though, are the best part of the app. You can see if a 35-year-old man found Tylenol to be only moderately effective or if a 26-year-old woman liked NyQuil, except for weird dreams it caused her to have.
The app includes ratings and reviews for both prescription and over-the-counter drugs. And we love how intuitive the app is to use: You can search by condition or medication. Plus, Iodine has added cool new wizards for allergies and the cold and flu. Just check off the symptoms you're experiencing, and the app can tell you the best medication to take. And even though the reviews can come from anyone, we were never worried about dealing with bad information. Iodine works with an impressive medical team of pharmacists, doctors, nurses, and medical students that moderates reviews to make sure you don't come across any factually incorrect or harmful suggestions.
And best of all: Iodine is great at saving you money. When we looked at the medication we take for our moderate heartburn, the app suggested a much cheaper generic brand that would work just as well. And wouldn't you know, Iodine was right.


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Bryan Heany: firstname.lastname@example.com
The thread here is that I played in the band at some point, for any reason.
These three are presently functioning:
37.ENT – Compositions, tunes, and jingles by Bryan Heany. Performed and sometimes written with the help of Tyler Bassett, performed with Jacob Wilkins, Chris Coash, Sam Pilnick, and Paul Schaedig. Alternating between the expandable and the minimal. Live instrumentation of loops, with piano and synths, guitar, extra bass, sax, improvisation, and sometimes with featured guests or ensembles added in. RIYL: Boards of Canada, Video Game music, Odd time signatures.
Guitar Up! – Classic surf rock tunes, surf-style arrangements of jazz standards and movie themes, and some original tunes. RIYL: The Ventures, Dick Dale, Link Wray, Henry Mancini. Here's a link to our first EP, and our web site.
Fred Zeppelin – A bunch of ringers supporting a young guitar prodigy who just wanted to do some Led Zeppelin covers.
I was also a member of these groups:
The Relations – We performed the music of Bill Caskey's "Dymaxion Mothership" album during its release period. If you like progressive pop music, get this record!
Nwe Spryghts – Progressive rock. This is all a secret now.
Hondo – Rock with some country, emo, and math tendencies. Four distinct voices bringing fragments to rehearsal sessions and jamming out ideas together. Jay Pemberton: Guitar and Vocal / Dana Owens: Bass and Vocal / Mike Merva, Guitar / I played the drums and recorded. Listen online via bandcamp … But FYI someday I will finish remixing it now that I know something about it.
Helles-Dostoevsky Septet – Actually we were a duo of guitar and drums, being Mike Merva and myself, and we were RIYL Nels Cline Trio or any form of progressive rock. We recorded four tunes and two improvisations with Ian Gorman in the early 'oughts… We ought to make that widely available sometime. We went on tour once, highlighted by a sparsely-attended gig at The Knitting Factory in NYC, and a wonderful college campus gig in upstate NY or eastern PA with the Arco Flute Foundation and a guy who played a Light Organ. Also, we played a restaurant sharing a bill with folks who used to be in The Range. Oh, that Cutlass Wagon sure took on a lot of miles!
RU486 – This was a punk rock group I joined, playing bass, 'cause I figured I had at least as much skill as that took, or I could work myself up to it. All credits for this group go to Matt Cole (Guitar/Vox) and Nate Higley (Drums/Vox). I just wanted to play bass and rock out. Matt put this together, if you want to check out the record we did with Ian Gorman at the legendary Big Green Lamp studio when it was on Dutton St., -or- if you want to check out my sweet look back in '00/'01! I am pretty sure this era is one of two high water marks for my dumbassery, and I'd like to apologize to most of the people I've ever offended at this time.
World War Four – The music of John DeBoer, backed with a full band. We mostly played around Kalamazoo, but did go out traveling a bit. One memorable gig was in Minneapolis, where we played kind of a crust/punk venue with some groups certainly more edgy than ours in musical style (probably not so much lyrically.. John's words can sure cut like a rusty shiv). To end the night, a food fight broke out and while it was quite a sight, unfortunately John's amp wound up with a few cups of mashed potato in the open-back. More often, we'd just be playing at Kraftbrau and maybe try to make it over to the Green Top afterwards for last call. John posted some of our recordings from a session with Ian Gorman that took place side stage to the Dalton Recital Hall, utilizing Western Sound Studio. There were other sessions as well, and a compilation track. So, probably more music will be posted in time.
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Spent the weekend pulling things together for the Capstone project -- and since my usual process is to begin with journaling some reflection, I did that and then decided to organize my thoughts and feelings into a mind map. This mind map is a synthesis of what concepts resonated with my learning and how I view health from a social work & artist lens….
And here are the parts/elements that are being completed -- almost ready to put the parts together….
I love creating these gel skins, 8 layers of medium gel dried in-between and then paper soaked and rolled off, leaves this skin of translucency. Still work in process, trying to decide on the layers and how they are to come together and the details.
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It looks like it may cost you a bit extra to see the conclusion to Rampage Jackson and King Mo Lawal's bitter rivalry.
"(Jackson-Lawal on pay-per-view is) sure in the back of my mind," Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney told MMAJunkie. "It's been a fight that as an MMA fan, I've wanted to see for a long time."
Bellator is scheduled to make its pay-per-view debut on May 17 with a card headlined by the trilogy fight between current Bellator Lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez and former champion Michael Chandler. No other fights have been book for the card, but the showdown between Jackson and Lawal would be a fitting co-main event.
Jackson and Lawal picked up wins this past Saturday at Bellator 110 to advance to the Bellator Light-Heavyweight tournament finals. After Jackson's fight, Lawal came into the cage and nearly came to blows with the former UFC Light-Heavyweight champion. "You next! You next!" Jackson yelled which elicited a strong reaction from Lawal, causing the two men to have to be separated from each other.
This is far from the first time Jackson and Lawal have been involved in a verbal scuffle. The two were famously video taped having a verbal altercation while they were headed to an autograph signing at the UFC Expo in 2009. Jackson and Lawal had put an end to their feud nearly two years ago, but it seems that the truce is all but over at this point.
The rebirth of the men's rivalry has Rebney grinning ear to ear. "They had a long period where they talked a lot of crap among themselves, and then they went on a little bit of a hiatus," Rebney said. "It just reignited – which I knew would happen because they actually really don't like each other at all and they just kind of went on this calm hiatus. But it's great – we'll see where it goes. I always like to take a breath and see how things unfold and then react."
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I have a notebook and digital voice recorder full of Mary Suhm quotes in which the Dallas city manager offers encouraging words about the FY2009-2010 budget, a teensy-weensy bit of which we saw at City Hall this afternoon. (Turns out, she's especially excited about once-a-week trash and recycling pick-up.) But none of it really matters for now. Because until we see the actual budget some time this evening, well, it's all spin and grin for the evening TV news till the truth has a chance to sink in later. As for those of you below wondering why the city council doesn't raise taxes rather than cut to the bone, council member Angela Hunt, who attended the confab, says, look, she's just worried about digging into folks' wallets, nothing more than that.
So, yes, we'll revisit the subject some time this evening and over the weekend, when the actual budget hits and specifies which libraries will close when and which 14 pools will close for an entire year and which executive positions are being eliminated (22 in all) and which departments will be consolidated out of existence. And there's always Monday's council budget briefing, at which point Hunt will ask why Suhm's sending out 850 pink slips on Friday when the budget won't even be approved till September 23 and why Suhm isn't RIF'ing Trinity River Corridor Project staffers since, well, there ain't gonna be no Trinity River Corridor Project for at least the next fiscal year. Till then, after the jump you'll find a photo of Hunt and Carolyn Davis -- not to mention the seven-page executive summary, which is a wee bit shiner and happier than the actual budget's sure to be once it rears its ugly little head 'round dinner time. That is, if you consider the elimination of 1,400 positions -- and 850 employees -- the good news.
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'Ladrones' (2015) PG-13, 98 min. The action-comedy is about two robbers who are like contemporary Robin Hoods and form a band of people to steal back their land grants from a businesswoman and her clan. The film is distributed by Pantelion Films (a joint venture between Lionsgate and Mexican media giant Televisa.) 'Ladrones' opens in theaters on October 9th at almost 400 screens nationwide. The movie is directed by Joe Menendez and written by Jon Molerio and is a sequel to Menendez's earlier work "Ladrón Que Roba a Ladrón" that came out in 2007 via Lionsgate. 'Ladrones' (2015) has a sensational cast that features the Televisa star Fernando Colunga as the Latino Robin Hood character "Alejandro Toledo," and the mega Mexican soap-opera star Eduardo Yanez.
Pantelion films has been targeting the radical grow of the U.S Hispanic market who are devoted moviegoers fans.
"In the first film legendary thieves Alejandro Toledo (Fernando Colunga) and Emilio Sánchez (Miguel Varoni) took down an infomercial guru who was taking advantage of Latino immigrants. Following that successful heist, the modern day Robin Hoods left their lives of crime for a more civilian life where Sanchez joined the FBI and Toledo became a businessman. 'Ladrones" sees Toledo return to his do-gooder robbing roots, and although Sanchez can't quite commit to helping out, he introduces Toledo to the hilariously skilled Santiago Guzmán (Eduardo Yáñez) to help him with the mission of a lifetime. Their goal? The two must work to reclaim land stolen from a hard working community by a ruthless family of crooks led by a beautiful but lethal diva. Action and comedy ensues as Toledo and Guzman recruit their new team of "Robin Hoods" to perform the biggest heist of their careers and save the future of an entire town."
Joe Menendez has spent time in Texas directing episodes from Robert Rodriguez's "From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series" and he has became familiar with Texas's stories where people are still trying to claim their land. 'Ladrones' has American style humor and the movie is mostly in Spanish and has a very diverse Hispanic cast from Mexico, Cuba, and Dominican Republic that includes Jessica Lindsey, Cristina Rodlo, Óscar Torre, Vadhir Derbéz, Miguel Varoni, Evelyna Rodriguez, Frank Perozo, Carmen Beato, and Nashla Bogaert. The theme of reclaiming "stolen" land has remained strong. Land claims in South Texas have sparked lawsuits for decades, mainly among Anglo families, and many of them have resulted in financial settlements.One popular banner reads: "If you think I'm illegal because I'm a Mexican, learn the true history because I'm in my homeland."
Yenis Monterrey Exclusive Interview with the Director of 'Ladrones' (2015) Joe Menendez.
Yenis Monterrey.-Pantelion Films sets a date for 'Ladrones,' a comedy sequel to the film 'Ladrón Que Roba a Ladrón" produced in 2007 that features the pairing of leading Televisa stars Fernando Colunga and Eduardo Yanez who are big stars in the Latino Market. What can you tell me about this film set to be released on October 9th and about the cast?
Joe Menendez.- "All Spanish language films are typically imported from Mexico or Spain or Latin America, but my idea along with the writer Jon Molerio, was: why not make an American movie, but in Spanish. The idea being: we structure the script like an American movie (in the case of 'Ladrones,' an action comedy), we write American-style jokes, and then my job during shooting would be to keep the rhythm of each scene and the performances all American. But do all of this in Spanish. I was born in New York City, I'm an American, so I wouldn't know how to make a foreign film if I tried. I only know how to make an American movies. So even though 'Ladrones' is mostly in Spanish, it's very much a classic Hollywood popcorn movie, made American style. It's what I know."
Yenis Monterrey.-The Hispanic moviegoers are excited to watch two of their favorites TV stars on the big screen. This new Hollywood blockbuster will bring a lot of action and comedy to U.S. moviegoers and especially to the hispanic community who grew up with Telenovelas (Soap Operas). What motivated Pantelion, a joint venture between Lionsgate and Mexican media giant Televisa to bring the sequel to the big screen?
Joe Menendez.- "We'd been talking about a sequel for a long time, but schedules never permitted it happening. But finally, the stars aligned and Paul Presburger and Jim McNamara (CEO and Chairman of Pantelion respectively) wanted to make it, so Jon and I came up with the story and built it around these two wonderful actors—who are the closest things we have today to classic movie stars in the traditional sense. Colunga and Yanez are men's men — they have great presence whenever they're on screen."
Yenis Monterrey.- Hispanics have became one of Hollywood's most important audiences that are indisputably on the rise and we know Hispanics are the fastest-growing ethnic group in the United States. Their passion for movies is unsurpassed. As a result, movie studios, publicity firms, talent agencies, and theater chains are all catering to the growing Hispanic audience like never before. What do you think about all the changes happening in Hollywood and what are you bringing to the table to make a difference with 'Ladrones'?
Joe Menendez.- "I've been around "Latino" Hollywood, if you will, since 1993. I've seen what's worked and what hasn't — and I've seen why it hasn't worked. I can write an entire book on the subject, and maybe I will one day. The desire to make movies and TV shows for Latinos has existed ever since I arrived in LA over 20 years ago, but the biggest difference I've seen in just the last 10 years (where real strides have been made) is that studios are entrusting a specific generation of filmmakers with opportunities to show what they can do. Amongst them is Robert Rodriguez, and everything he's done with his films of course and now recently with his El Rey Network, thanks to TV shows like "From Dusk Till Dawn", which I've had the privilege of directing four episodes on the first two season. I took a page from what Robert is doing, and applied it to 'Ladrones'—making entertainment that appeals to all audiences, but just happens to have Latinos in it and perhaps a Latino perspective or two. But the movie or series has to be accessible, universally themed and most important: entertaining. That's what I set out to do with 'Ladrones'—make a movie that an audience can sit back with some popcorn, and escape and laugh and have a great time, whether you speak Spanish or not."
Yenis Monterrey Review.- If you want to explore the theme of the Texas land disputes between the Mexican rancheros and the Anglo settlers. 'Ladrones' is the most amusing film to watch with the whole family. It's PG-13 and the old and young will have a blast learning about old days. This film sends a positive message to Hispanics, the nation's largest minority group who are a quickly expanding demographic that faces a growing window of opportunity today.
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A thought occurred to me. The evolution of the telephone is fascinating. It was established in 1876. By this point a hard waging battle over the type of current transmitted to homes would be, Direct Current favored by Thomas Edison, and Alternating Current favored by Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse.
The telephone system of course uses a 48V DC circuit.
But the phone started as an instrument first in a common area of the home, one where you had to stand in front of the device to speak to the distant party.
But by the start of the 20th century – phones were rapidly evolving. It became readily apparent early on that you couldn't hire enough switchboard operators to handle the rising call volumes seen by the early Bell System.
The dial telephone was invented by Almon Brown Strowger in 1891. But the Bell system didn't fully adopt it until the late teens of the 20th century.
But adopt they did – using Strowgers Step by Step (SxS) system. You literally manipulated the switch train as you dialed. It was sort of a horribly inefficient system though.
SxS maintenance
Anyhow back to the 1920's we started to see the phones with handsets and dials on them. But those phones required their network and ringing components to be located separately from the instrument itself.
Another development of the teens were the development of Panel switching. This was the very first of the common control types of switching equipment. In essence, everyone shared the same major elements in the switch train.
But Panel couldn't keep up. In the mid 1920's the started developing the #1 Crossbar. It was an ungainly beast of a switch but had capacities that far exceeded what Panel and Step by Step switches could handle. In addition, the #1 Crossbar introduced the element that you could use a specific switch element multiple times to complete calls.
By this point newer telephone with all components internal including network and ringer and handsets versus a separate ear piece and transmitter.
This is when you started seeing phones move from the common areas to the bedrooms, offices, etc.
And it carried on like this for another 50 years with moderate improvements in the telephone instrument. The 500 series represented the last great breakthrough in modern telephone service. And the Touch Tone derivative, the 2500 is still seen today.
And switching technology improved dramatically. The toll routing network was vastly improved in that time, to the point where it got so inexpensive that Bell couldn't keep charging the exorbitant rates for long distance. This is what ultimately destroyed the Bell System. The MCI law suit challenged them on interconnection and they won.
Some of the notable switching improvements was the invention of the #5 Crossbar for local service, and the number 4A Crossbar for the toll network. Those increase the amount of common control and automation in the phone network.
But then, in the late 1950's the Bell System started working with Electronic Switch Systems (ESS). The first ESS was a test in Morris, IL. They had to rework the whole system – the phones were different, the method of connection was different. But the key thing was, it proved advanced features like call waiting, Caller ID, three way calling, call forwarding, Centrex, etc.
But here's where it gets interesting. The Bell System came up with the idea for cellular telephony back in the late 1930's. They just lacked a critical element that we take for granted, widespread computing hardware in order to implement a cell system. It would take 40 years before they'd try again and this time with wild success.
Telephones then started moving from every room of the house to your cars and trucks.
But then micro-miniaturization gave us something luggable, then a brick, then a tiny brick, etc. so you could put the phone in your pocket.
But then the microprocessor revolution happened and now what we carry in our pockets has more computing power then some of the big main frame computers of the 1950's and 1960's. You most definitely have more computing power in your current phone than they did for the Apollo moon missions. In fact more than the computing power on the Space Shuttles.
Now we use our phones EVERYWHERE. We use them to talk to others and not just over the phone. I have an app called Echolink that lets me talk over amateur radio repeaters all over the world. And the phones have gained a measure of utility, like texting, web surfing, facebook, kindle and they've also become our music libraries.
So there has been progress made on the phone front. I suspect if A.G. Bell himself could see it he'd be astounded at what his simple invention has become.


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What you see above is my perfect idea for work, a crisp white shirt, a belt to highlight my waist while it lasts, and a loose, flow-y, colorful skirt. I just feel so neat and crisp in an outfit like this. I know it's not coming down the runways right now but color is and so are those gladiator sandals so I'm good with that. Accessories are a great way to keep your maturing style updated. I actually love to wear classics and have trendy accessories. That has served me well. Plus it is something that flatters me at this age. Most runway business doesn't. I am not a fan of tee shirts or knits and I guess I go against the tide with those opinions but at this stage I am pretty sure of what is flattering and still comfortable for me and that's what I make.
THEY WILL NOT STAY IN! That is unless you have the double pins from Clover. I found these to work wonderfully at holding this nasty fabric.
This garment is all French seams. Because the fabric is a stripe I needed to cut the pattern out on the cross grain. That can be a gold plated invitation to pucker seams and I was very worried the French seams would not work on the cross grain. I have had that experience in the past. So it was time to make a sample. I made a fairly long sample with a French seam on the crossgrain and it worked beautifully. I hung it up to make sure it hung ok. You just have to sample these things when sewing, one of those lessons you learn the hard way.


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Located in the house of Latvian center Munster, you can find a student dorm. There are mostly international students living in the dormitory. The rooms are relatively small – 13 sq. meters, but partially furnished (bed, table, closet, chair, lamp) and include a small WC (shower, sink, toilet). There is also a shared kitchen in the corridor. Internet (Wi-Fi) is available somewhere in our building, but we do not guarantee internet access in each individual room. You are free to set up your own internet with the companies in Munster.
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Now that Thanksgiving's behind us, it's time to get those holiday snaps printed up at Shutterfly (make sure you're all wearing matching J-Crew cableknit sweaters) and those holiday newsletters proofread for the mass-mailing. I just finished the first draft of my annual Crabfamily report and it goes something like this:
Whew! Can you believe how time flies? For the Crabfamily, it's truly astonishing to say "there goes another year of joy, achievement, growth (personal and financial)." But sure enough December is almost upon us, Santa is prepping his sleigh, and there's a touch of holiday magic in the air.
As you all know, having a toddler has been something of a challenge for Crabmommy, but by working positively and with self-control through the tough times, I'm proud to say that I now have a rather uniquely marvelous preschooler. Truly it is amazing what they teach us when we let them! Especially when they are as special and unusually kind as Crabtot, who voluntarily gave up her Radio Flyer toddler trike and a gently used sticker book so that the children of Iraq could have a special Christmas too.
If you want to read more, I'm afraid you'll have to hit the bloglet for the rest. But you can also stop right here, safe in the knowledge that my Christmas newsletter will contain the sort of heartfelt cheer that makes millions of people regurgitate annually across our fair nation.
I'm hardly the first to parody the Christmas newsletter. David Sedaris does it much better and many years sooner than I in his famous "Holiday Newsletter" (which, together with other essays such as the great "Santaland Diaries" makes "Holidays on Ice" the perfect stocking stuffer). There's also quite a fun website here, (thanks, A), containing the following choice excerpts of true and real egregious holiday newsletter transgressions:
Our daughter no longer colors, she designs . . .
[The daughter was three and a half, and not quite potty trained.]
Our daughter has mastered French. She isn't interested in Spanish and the school doesn't offer Russian, so she's taking Mandarin Chinese . . .
[Daughter who had mastered French was in the 9th grade.]
Got to love that one abut the little linguist. Crabmommy loves me a budding linguist. "She isn't interested in Spanish." Priceless!
The site also contains actual handy tips if you want to write something as silly as a holiday newsletter but haven't a clue as to how. And the author also offers a dizzyingly precise accounting of all of his past holidays newsletters and what makes them, in fact, top-notch. Not for the faint of heart, then. Enjoy!
Sunday, November 25, 2007
A Crabmommy Xmas Newsletter
Now that Thanksgiving's behind us, it's time to get those holiday snaps printed up at Shutterfly (make sure you're all wearing matching J-Crew cableknit sweaters) and those holiday newsletters proofread for the mass-mailing. I just finished the first draft of my annual Crabfamily report and it goes something like this:
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9 comments:
- firstname.lastname@example.com said...
Thanks CM, I need some writing help!
- November 26, 2007 at 8:22 PM
- Jen said...
Oh, those holiday newsletters always crack me up! You have to be a politician to write one correctly. Like the years that you have no boyfriend, lost your job, and everything else is in the crapper..."I am taking some time for myself, to reflect, and discover which direction I will be lead in next, blabbity, blah".
- November 27, 2007 at 10:51 AM
- Matter Of Fact Mommy said...
love you, crabmommy! keep it comin' and merry ho-ho-ho!
- November 27, 2007 at 5:24 PM
- Lisa said...
Clicked on the link you provided for newletter hints. Did you see the false letters? Highly entertaining. The tips were great too.
Hope your holidays are happy.
- November 29, 2007 at 11:14 AM
- Nicole Pelton said...
Hints from Holoise? Egads - those are worse than the brags ("you might find keeping your keys on the mail in the front room useful", ooh, how exciting!) I decided to send one, but husband decided he would write it, and it's mostly made up silly stuff :) But we do include movie and book recs.
- November 29, 2007 at 2:13 PM
to be honest I didn't really go thru the site...just the bits I quoted... (that's called a lazy Crabmommy for you). On closer inspection he also starts mentioning churches, and we all know Crabmommy does not like me too much churchiness. Anyhoo, hope your Xmas newsletter works out well. Cheers!
- November 29, 2007 at 4:03 PM
- Unknown said...
I'm so glad I found your blog...hilarious. We received a Christmas letter from the 8-month-old's point of view...pure torture. Last year we also received one from a woman who had recently divorced her husband of 30years. It was all about how much she loved him but couldn't live with him anymore...again, pure torture. But I had fun quoting exerpts for the next few weeks.
- December 3, 2007 at 11:26 AM
Thanks a lot for a bunch of good tips. I look forward to reading more on the topic in the future. Keep up the good work! This blog is going to be great resource. Love reading it.
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- January 4, 2010 at 5:51 AM
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Thanks a lot for a bunch of good tips. I look forward to reading more on the topic in the future. Keep up the good work! This blog is going to be great resource. Love reading it.
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Profile: Kofi Annan By BBC News October 2, 2006No Knight in Shining Armor By Nile Gardiner October 29, 2007 The Elders' Protocols By Joseph Klein July 23, 2007 The Other Brown By Nile Gardiner July 2, 2007 A New Course for the UN? By Joseph Klein January 9, 2007 Good Riddance! Kofi Annan's U.N. Has Produced More Scandal than Peace By Jack Kelly December 18, 2006 Kofi and U.N. 'Ideals' By Wall Street Journal December 14, 2006 Mr. Baker, Remember Iraq in '91? By Jonathan Gurwitz December 13, 2006 Annan's Legacy By NRO Symposium December 12, 2006 Opportunity Lost By Claudia Rosett December 12, 2006 Fake Out By Anne Bayefsky December 12, 2006 Kofi Annan's Legacy of Failure By Nile Gardiner December 11, 2006 Annan's Financial Form to Be Secret By Betsy Pisik October 4, 2006 The UN's Kofi By Joseph Klein September 19, 2006 U.N.'s Kofi Annan Cashes In With Two Pensions By Stewart Stogel September 14, 2006 About that Mercedes? By Claudia Rosett September 13, 2006 The Coronation of Kofi By Caroline B. Glick September 8, 2006 Kofi Annan's "Coward Diplomacy" By Thomas Kilgannon September 5, 2006 The UN Shield for Terror By Joseph Klein August 11, 2006 Annan, UN Under Fire for Stance on Israel By Patrick Goodenough August 11, 2006 Dealing with the Devil By Anne Bayefsky August 7, 2006 The U.N.'s Complicity in Hezbollah Kidnappings By Julia Weller August 2, 2006 Kofi Annan's Latest Big Lie By Joseph Klein July 31, 2006 How the UN Legitimizes Terrorists By Alan M. Dershowitz July 26, 2006 Kofi Annan Could Have Ordered Peacekeepers to Leave By Julie Stahl July 26, 2006 Who's Dissin' Whom By Claudia Rosett July 26, 2006 Kofi 'Inane' and the United Nazis Latest Blood Libel : Falsely Accuses Israel of Targetting UN Militant Islam Monitor July 26, 2006 We Take it Back By James Taranto July 26, 2006 Then and Now By Thomas Sowell July 25, 2006 Malignant Neglect By Joseph Klein July 24, 2006 A Slip of the Tongue Can Tell You a Lot By Wesley Pruden July 18, 2006 No Territory for Terrorists By Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. July 18, 2006 There Is Good News By Jeff Emanuel July 5, 2006 United in Greed, Divided it Falls By Mark Steyn August 16, 2005 Oil for Food as Usual By WSJ Opinion Journal September 9, 2005 Israel Takes Charge By Mike Gallagher July 14, 2006 Kofi Annan's Conflicts of Interest Must Be Investigated By Nile Gardiner May 12, 2006 Report Criticizes Annan, U.N. Security Council in Oil-for-Food Scandal By Eric Shawn and Lisa Porteus September 7, 2005 Oil-for-Food Report Says U.N. Needs Total Overhaul By Warren Hoge September 7, 2005 Why Kofi Can't Fix the UN By Peter Brookes September 22, 2005 UN: Corruption Personified By Lt. Col. Gordon Cucullu September 14, 2005 What a Bunch of Winners By Claudia Rosett May 3, 2006 Leftist MisUNderstanding of Iraq By Joseph Klein June 19, 2006 The Unreality of U.N. Reform By Claudia Rosett June 12, 2006 The United Nations in Your Wallet By Sally McNamara May 26, 2006 U.N.fit for Leadership By Anne Bayefsky May 22, 2006 Please Understand: They Aren't Civilized, and Dialogue Won't Cut It By James Lileks April 26, 2006 Kofi Annan's Test By Joseph Klein May 8, 2006 Kofi Annan's Palestinian Seminar By Joseph Klein May 1, 2006 Partners in Evil By Joseph Klein April 17, 2006 Kofi Annan: Hamas? Terrorist? By Joseph Klein February 6, 2006 Kofi Annan's Tortured Logic By Joseph Klein February 20, 2006 Alliance of Civilizations? By Joseph Klein March 29, 2006 U.N.'s Kofi Annan Staggers Into Final Year By Stewart Stogel with Jim Meyers December 29, 2005 Cash-for-Kofi By Claudia Rosett February 27, 2006 Stale Kofi By Claudia Rosett April 20, 2005 Come Clean, Kofi By Claudia Rosett November 17, 2004 The Blow-Up By Claudia Rosett December 22, 2005 Is Kofi Krumbling? By Jed Babbin March 30, 2005 Kofi's U.N. Charm Offensive By Jonathan Tobin October 24, 2005 The Mercedes Monologues Claudia Rosett November 18, 2005 Mercedes Mystery By Claudia Rosett November 14, 2005 Doing Business with Iran By Anne Bayefsky January 16, 2006 Don't Let Kofi Annan Destroy Oil-for-Food Documents By Marshall Manson December 5, 2005 In Deep Trouble By Claudia Rosett March 23, 2005 "Impartial" to Genocide By Joel Mowbray February 28, 2005 Kofi Annan's "Illegal" War on Democratic Iraq By Ben Johnson September 20, 2004 Politely Eliminating Israel By Daniel Pipes December 13, 2005 Kofi's Other Blind Spot By Rachel Ehrenfeld April 22, 2005 Oil-for-Food Probe Has Not Cleared Annan, Volcker Says By David Sands April 27, 2005 The U.N.'s Spreading Bribery Scandal: Russian Ties and Global Reach By George Russell and Claudia Rosett September 7, 2005 Kofi's Internet By Neal Boortz April 2, 2004 Bill Clinton Defends Bush on Iraq By Larry Elder August 1, 2003 Human Wrongs By Anne Bayefsky April 28, 2003
See also: United Nations Nobel Peace Prize Ford Foundation Oil-for-Food program MacArthur Foundation Kofi Annan was the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, serving two five-year terms, from January 1, 1997 to January 1, 2007. Annan replaced departing Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt, becoming the first person from a black African nation to serve as Secretary-General of the UN. On December 10, 2001, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Committee said that Annan "had been pre-eminent in bringing new life to the Organization." Annan was born in Kumasi, Ghana on April 8, 1938, to Henry Reginald Annan and his wife Victoria. He was born into an elite family in the Akan ethnic group, the largest of Ghana's indigenous tribes. Annan had two grandfathers and an uncle who were chiefs of tribes deeply involved in Ghana's gold trading. When his father retired as an export manager for Lever Brothers, he (the father) was elected governor of Ghana's Asante province. Annan in 1954 entered the elite Mfantsipim School, a Methodist boarding school, which to this day he credits with teaching him "that suffering anywhere concerns people everywhere." His first political activity was organizing a successful hunger strike by students seeking better cafeteria food there. Annan began his higher education in 1958, studying for a degree in economics at the Kumasi College of Science and Technology (which was later renamed the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology of Ghana, after the Communist-allied founder of the All-African People's Revolutionary Party). With the help of a grant from the Ford Foundation, Annan later completed his undergraduate degree in economics from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1961. In 1961 and 1962 he studied economics at the Institut Universitaire des Hautes Etudes in Geneva, Switzerland. As a 1971-1972 Sloan Fellow, Annan earned a Master of Science degree in Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He speaks fluent English, French and several African languages. Annan joined the United Nations system in 1962 as an administrative and budget officer with the World Health Organization (WHO). Promoted rapidly through many different UN offices, he was appointed Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations in March 1992 and Under-Secretary-General in March 1993. Later that year, Annan was promoted by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to the top post for Peacekeeping.
In 1994 Annan was criticized by Canadian ex-General Roméo Dallaire, who was force commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda. In his book Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, Dallaire alleged that Annan had been largely unreceptive to calls for UN troops to be sent to quell the genocide of Rwanda's Tutsi minority by members of the Hutu majority. Dallaire maintained that Annan particularly had failed to respond to calls asking for admittance to a weapons depository, which could have aided in the defense of the threatened Tutsis. Annan's reputation for being too passive in the face of military conflict would haunt him throughout his career. By 1995, Annan oversaw 70,000 military and civilian personnel from 77 countries working in 17 peacekeeping operations worldwide, and was credited with successes in Bosnia-Herzegovina and failures in Somalia. On December 13, 1996, the United Nations Security Council recommended Annan for the position of Secretary-General, to which he was confirmed four days later by a vote of the General Assembly. Annan began his first term as Secretary-General on January 1, 1997. In his personal life, Annan is married to lawyer-artist-author Nane Annan, the half-niece of anti-Nazi human rights activist and defender of Jews Raoul Wallenberg, who died in Soviet captivity. They are the parents of three children. One of those children, son Kojo, was employed by the Swiss company Cotecna until approximately 1998, when he left and became a contract consultant. Soon thereafter (in 1998), this company was appointed by the United Nations to administer the flow of $100 billion in the UN-overseen Oil-for-Food program in Iraq. This program was supposed to provide food and other necessities for impoverished people in Saddam Hussein's Iraq, which was then under international embargo for refusing to disarm and to allow unfettered UN weapons inspections in the wake of the first Gulf War. The program was to allow the sale of a certain amount of Iraqi oil, and to ensure that revenues from those sales not be used by Hussein to acquire weapons or enrich himself. This Oil-for-Food program was ultimately under the direct control of Kofi Annan, who signed off on every aspect of it, including the selection of a company with links to his son to administer it. The program's Executive Director, Benon Sevan, was a veteran diplomat and close friend hand-picked for the job by Annan. And Annan, according to his official UN biography, "led the first United Nations team negotiating with Iraq on the sale of oil to fund purchases of humanitarian aid" long before he became Secretary-General. He fully understood the issues involved and the potential for corruption. In 1998 Annan met with Saddam Hussein to discuss the Iraqi leader's failure to comply with U.N. Security Council resolutions set forth after the Gulf War. During the meeting, Saddam protested the economic sanctions imposed by the UN on Iraq. In turn, Annan criticized Saddam for having refused to permit UN arms inspectors to properly carry out their investigations. In the end, Annan failed in his diplomatic efforts, and on December 16, 1998, the UN ordered all weapons inspectors out of Iraq. Despite the setback, Hussein and Annan developed a mutual admiration, and Annan managed to gain the respect of the Iraqi leader, who even invited him back to Iraq for a vacation. Of Hussein, Annan said, "Saddam is very calm and polite … But if you mistake his calmness, soft-spokenness for weakness, you're in trouble." Despite Iraq's continued failure to comply with UN resolutions calling for the return of weapon inspectors, Annan stipulated that the U.S. and its allies should not invade Iraq without the support of the UN. The UN, however, was becoming increasingly irrelevant with each resolution Hussein ignored. On October 11, 2002, the U.S. Congress granted President Bush the authority to attack Iraq if Hussein did not openly give up his weapons programs. On November 9, 2002, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 1441, offering Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" that had been laid out in ten previous resolutions -- specifically, to provide "an accurate full, final, and complete disclosure ... of all aspects of its programmes to develop weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles." Iraq once again failed to comply, and on March 19, 2003, the U.S.-led coalition launched its invasion. By 2004 a major scandal began to emerge involving the Oil-for-Food program. Evidence suggests that perhaps $10 billion was diverted or skimmed from the program in various ways. Contracts were signed with companies that did not even exist, or that apparently charged inflated prices and kicked back part of the gain to Saddam Hussein (and perhaps to UN officials also). Many of these companies were based in Russia and France, both of which have veto power on the UN Security Council, and both of which opposed U.S. efforts to remove Hussein from power. Among the biggest oil beneficiaries of the UN program reportedly was a close political and financial advisor to [French] President Jacques Chirac, Patrick Maugein, CEO of the oil firm SOCO International. Other contracts were with companies that had close links to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Investigator Claudia Rosett of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and the Hudson Institute described the Oil-for-Food program as a "tidal wave of graft." It was Kofi Annan's man Sevan, noted Rosett, who "began treating as confidential such vital information as the names of specific contractors, quantities of goods, and prices paid," thereby deliberately making outside scrutiny of the program difficult. Annan, who famously said "I think I can do business" with Saddam Hussein, said he wanted an investigation of the Oil-for-Food program, but the United Nations subsequently refused to turn over its documents to independent investigators and auditors. The Swiss company Cotecna and the key French bank BNP Paribas likewise refused to turn over their records. All insisted upon doing their own internal audits with no outside scrutiny. Whatever money was stolen or misused in the UN Oil-for-Food program was stolen from the poor and needy people of Iraq. Evidence suggests it was Kofi Annan's lack of proper oversight of the program that -- whether through corruption or incompetence or both -- may have prevented those people from getting the supplies they needed. "It is highly possible there has been quite a lot of wrongdoing," Annan said of the Oil-for-Food scandal. In April of 2004, he finally appointed an independent, high-level inquiry committee into the alleged abuses of the program. In its final report the committee did find fault with the program's Executive Director, Benon Sevan, but cited insufficient evidence to indict Annan on any illegality. On September 19, 2006, Annan delivered his farewell address at the UN headquarters in New York, prior to his official retirement on December 31. In that address, Annan pointed to the three major troubles he believes are still affecting humanity: "an unjust world economy, world disorder, and widespread contempt for human rights and the rule of law." Annan's successor as UN Secretary General was Ban Ki-moon of the Republic of Korea, who took over the position on January 1, 2007. At the time of his election to this post, Mr. Ban was the Republic of Korea's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Once retired, Annan returned to his native Ghana. In 2007 he was selected for the MacArthur Foundation Award for International Justice, in honor of his "life work" which "embodies the values of justice and human rights and the eternal hope for a humane, peaceful world that justice makes possible." Also in 2007, Annan founded the Global Humanitarian Forum, an international project dedicated to dealing with "the mega-disasters from [the Indian Ocean] tsunami to Katrina to the Asian earthquake." In January 2014, Annan traveled to Iran with several members of the so-called "Elders" -- an independent group, founded by Nelson Mandela, of global leaders "who work together for peace and human rights." One of the Elders who accompanied Annan on the trip was Desmond Tutu. According to Iranian media, the trip began "with a visit to the mausoleum of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini" where the former UN Secretary General "praised the role of the Islamic Republic, especially in the area of peace." Fars News described Annan as "paying tribute" to the Ayatollah. In Ghana, the Asante King has given Kofi Annan a title usually reserved for kings -- Busumuru, which means "wise advisor."
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Multiple memory systems and extinction: the neurobiological basis of latent extinction
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Understanding the neural mechanisms underlying the extinction of maladaptive behaviors has become increasingly relevant. Extinction, or the reduction of a response due to lack of reinforcement, is believed to be "new learning." Most extinction paradigms involve the performance of the previously reinforced response in the absence of reinforcement in order for extinction to occur. Conversely, latent extinction is a cognitive form of learning in which the previously rewarded response is not made during extinction training. However, until now the neurobiological basis of latent extinction has remained unknown. This dissertation has three aims to examine the neurobiological basis of latent extinction. Previous research has shown latent extinction to be impaired following hippocampal inactivation and the goal of Aim 1 was to examine other neural systems potentially involved in latent extinction through examination of brain structures such as the dorsal striatum, medial prefrontal cortex, and basolateral amygdala. Additionally, the neurochemical basis of latent extinction is unidentified; therefore Aim 2 addressed this question, specifically investigating the glutamatergic system through both NMDA receptor agonism and antagonism. Finally, understanding latent extinction may be useful for the extinction of drug addiction. Aim 3 was to examine some clinical implications for the extinction of drug addiction utilizing latent extinction following maze running for an oral cocaine reward. Reversible neural inactivation studies using the sodium channel blocker bupivacaine demonstrated a selective impairment of response extinction following dorsal striatum inactivation, but no effect on either latent or response extinction following medial prefrontal cortex or basolateral amygdala inactivation. These results, coupled with previous data from our lab demonstrate a double dissociation for extinction behavior. Further, peripheral NMDA receptor agonism with D-cyloserine enhances latent extinction and intra-hippocampal NMDA receptor antagonism with AP5 impairs latent extinction, identifying a role for the glutamatergic system in latent extinction. Finally, oral cocaine administration during acquisition selectively impairs latent extinction indicating that drug use affects the relive use of multiple memory systems during extinction. Overall, the multiple memory systems theory and latent extinction provide a framework with which to further understand the neural mechanisms of extinction behavior.
Gabriele, Amanda (2008). Multiple memory systems and extinction: the neurobiological basis of latent extinction. Doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University. Available electronically from http : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /ETD -TAMU -2823.


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People who've received a kidney, liver, lung or heart transplant may have double the risk of developing cancer compared with the general population, but the risk is still low overall, a new U.S. study suggests.
Organ transplant recipients are thought to have a higher risk because their immune systems are suppressed by medications to prevent the organs from being rejected and they are more prone to cancers related to viruses such as hepatitis B or C viruses that cause some liver cancers.
"In this large, population-based study of US transplant recipients, we observed a two-fold overall increased risk of cancer," the study's authors wrote in Tuesday's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The researchers estimated the risk of developing cancer after a transplant is 0.7 per cent.
"A better understanding of cancer risk in transplant recipients would help clarify the role of the immune system, infections, and other factors in the development of malignancy, and could identify opportunities to improve transplant safety," concluded Dr. Eric Engels of the National Cancer Institute in Rockville, Md., and his colleagues.
Other contributing factors for some cancers may include other effects of chronic immune disturbance or inflammation, underlying medical conditions, or medication toxicity.
The researchers analyzed data on organ transplant recipients and 13 state and regional cancer registries to determine cancer risk in transplant recipients compared with the general population.
- Kidney.
- Liver.
- Heart.
- Lung.
The most common transplanted organs in the study were:
Transplant recipients were linked to 10,656 cancer diagnoses during follow-up. The risk was higher for 32 different types of the disease.
The potential reasons for increased cancer risk varied by transplant type. For example, non-Hodgkin lymphoma risk was especially high among lung recipients, possibly as a result of the intensity of immunosuppression or the large amount of tissue they received, the researchers said.
Two cancers showed decreases, breast and prostate. The study's authors acknowledged those decreases could arise from screening before transplant that led to the removal of those cancers. Higher medical surveillance could also be contributing.
This research was funded in part by the U.S. National Cancer Institute.
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Hello! It's been a week since my last upload. How are you? I am pretty busy these days.
Today I will show you sone nail polishes that I have received from Bornpretty store. Here I will pos three of them and the other three will be in the next post. So let's start.
The first one is the 222 a very nice blue-purple nail polish. I have applied two thick coats and that's the result. The coverage is very good. The brush was also ok and also the drying time is good. The color transition is very nice.
The second one is the 221 a purple-green nail polish. I have also applied two thick coats but maybe it will look better with a dark base. I should try it too. However is very nice. Here also the color transition is very nice.
The last one is 224 the blue-green, and this is my favorite of these three. Even if the color transition here is more subtle I like it very much. I have applied two thick coat and the coverage is very good. It lasted well.
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Describing a person or event for which no insurance company will provide coverage. Someone or something may be uninsurable because the cost of protection is too high or because there is too great a risk of an insured event occurring. An example of the former is a nuclear blast while an example of the latter is the impending death of a person who is 110 years old. Thus, a life insurance policy is unlikely to cover death from a nuclear event and probably will not be sold to a super-centenarian in the first place.


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Alison Larkin LIVE!
A night of comedy from
The English American
Saturday, May 2nd 2015
$35 / $55 / *$110
*Premium tickets include a post show reception on stage with the artist
**Mahaiwe Member discount available on all price levels
A Benefit for the Montessori School
of the Berkshires
"Alison Larkin offers hugely entertaining, marvelously light-footed reflections on how we become the kind of people we think we are . . . nature versus nurture, the eternal search for roots and the ups and downs of the great Anglo American love affair — a lesson in the human condition." — Clive Davis, The Times
"I loved The English American. I didn't want it to end." Alan Chartock, WAMC
"Hysterically funny Anglo-American comedienne" NBC TV
Internationally acclaimed comedienne, award-winning audiobook narrator and bestselling author of The English American Alison Larkin will perform a sneak preview of her brand new show, Alison Larkin LIVE!
Adopted into a proper English family when she found her birth mother in Bald Mountain, Tennessee Alison became a stand-up comic, because what else do you do? Her first one-woman show, from which her novel sprang, played to packed houses and high critical acclaim on both sides of the pond.
In her hilarious new show, Alison will talk about her adoption, England, America and how fellow Berkshire residents can brew the perfect cup of tea.
This special performance will benefit The Montessori School of the Berkshires, with proceeds supporting the Financial Aid Fund. The Montessori School of the Berkshires is an independent, private school located in Lenox Dale and serving children aged 15 months through eighth grade. The school offers an individualized, child centered educational approach based on Dr. Maria Montessori's observations of child development, emphasizing self-directed activity and independence on the part of the child, and observation and guidance on the part of the teacher.


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Robin Olds
United States Air Force general
Robin Olds (born July 14, 1922, died June 14, 2007) was a member of the United States Air Force. He was one of the first jet fighter pilots. In World War II, he flew a P-38 Lightning and a P-51 Mustang. In the Vietnam War, he was a commander and was angry about lack of dogfight training. He flew an F-4 Phantom II. In 1973, he retired from the Air Force at the rank of brigadier general. He had made 16 kills (12 in World War II, 4 in Vietnam). He had prostate cancer and died of heart failure.


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Before the War of Enlightenemnt the Duchy of Diemed, located in the Traen valley east of Wezell, was one of the most prosperous in the Empire. When a powerful plague demon was deployed by the Alliance of the Deep this was changed forever. The plague that struck the area turned people into walking dead whose soul focus was to consume living flesh. Today the region is simply known as the Redlands, a wild and terrifying place where the material and the ethereal meet - it is considered to be a Verge. Spirits and lost souls dwell in the ruins and the living does wisely to be cautious.
The only law that is recognised in the land now is that of the Raven King. This spirit is somewhat of a war hero, aiding the Pius Cabal in defeating the plague demon. It has grown to its current power by consuming lesser entities and through cunning deals with mages and anyone wishing to venture through its realm. Today the Raven King's influences reach far beyond the borders of the Redlands and as the saying goes, "speak no secrets before an open window; there are ravens on the roof."
All across Eria, those wishing to purchase favours from the king, more often than not someone else's secret, steal up to court trees in the twilight hours. The payment is often a golden heirloom, but there are whispers of darker favours being granted for more sinister payments. Despite of, or perhaps more likely because of this, the Raven King is visited by ambassadors from almost all the realms of the Enlightened Allance; there are few courts in the North without a few ravens in the rafters.
The chief export of the Redlands is Umbral silk. This mysterious substance has never before been seen in such quantities until it started appearing here. It is a very light and solid silk is produced by Weaver-spirits, with the leading theory being that the weavers, spirits of Pattern, is reacting to the state of flux and that this is their attempt at binding creation into place.
The silk is highly sought after by balloon makers across Eria and it is worth seven times its weight in gold. Collecting it is far from easy or harmless though, as silk miners have to brave the many dangers of the Verge. Still, there is no shortage of people who will risk getting lost or eaten by roaming spirits or the walking dead, or getting tangled up in the webs, just for a shot at returning with a load of the precious silk.
There have been one notable attempt at industrialising the process when a group of young mages set up a factory across the river from Fork. They had however not secured permission from the Raven King, and after their entire structure vanished overnight with everyone inside, no further attempts have been made. The king now grants licence only to small mining crews.
To the west of the Redlands the Barony of Geistwald is ruled by a powerful mage lord. Geistwald is one of four of Primordial Forests in Eria, ancient woodlands that are material shadows of great princes of the spiritworld. On the outskirts of Geistwald, refugees from the surrounding regions have settled in a handful of villages. There is a single road running through the forest, connecting Wezell and Corillia to Marburg and the lands of the Flood. Both villagers and travellers must abide by strict terms laid out by the Lord of the Woods or face the knights of the realm, a cadre of feral umbrians, shapeshifters, and spirits.
Geistwald and the Redlands have a long-standing alliance, and the Lord of the Woods holds a seat in the Enlightened Council.
On the northern borders of the Redlands lies a series of towns that were not destroyed by the plague. Nevertheless, they lie so close to the Verge that the Gauntlet is often times negligible. It was here that the first recorded umbrians were born. These towns now lie on the frontier between the lands of men and the lands of the others. Here spirit creatures, umbrians, and humans rub shoulders, coexisting in relative peace and harmony. No formal law exists, so it is perhaps no surprise that more than a few criminals seek refuge in the labyrinthine streets of these towns.
Given the nature of these two realms, those living near them have gotten used to strange phenomena. It is not uncommon for villagers to witness vast and unusual shapes moving slowly towards some unknown destination. Luckily, and no doubt largely thanks to the two lords, it is only rarely that these entities wreak any havoc on their way.


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9Gauge Helps Online Marketplace Focus on a Better Lending Platform
AUSTIN, Texas, February 2018 – If you are looking for a better platform for business loans and financing, CrowdOut Capital is the solution for you. CrowdOut 'offers profitable, middle market and lower middle market companies a better way to raise capital.' Since 2015, this online marketplace has brought accredited investors and investment-seeking companies together to generate millions of dollars in support. Through its success, CrowdOut has maintained driving improvements to its platform by completely offloading its accounting function to 9Gauge.
Accounting Relief
Since inception, the company utilized both the Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) and Financial Advisory Services (FAS) practices to help with their financials while keeping costs low.
"When I started CrowdOut, I needed to find an accounting solution since we did not want to hire anyone in-house," comments CrowdOut CEO, Alexander Schoenbaum. "We needed a good, quality team that would grow with us."
The 9Gauge Advantage
Grow alongside them, 9Gauge has. Schoenbaum attributes the support of his consulting team when building CrowdOut's platform. "9Gauge has enabled us to go from 0 to $70 million of funded value in under two years," notes the CEO. "Working with 9Gauge has let us focus on our core business, as well as enable us to be an audited firm from inception."
CrowdOut Capital Provides Senior Secured Term Loan to Personiv https://t.co/p5OPZLHTzG— CrowdOut Capital (@crowdout) October 25, 2017
With little accounting distractions and a strong financial foundation, CrowdOut's team remains capable of running its core operations. 9Gauge has also helped the organization with:
- Company Audit Support: CrowdOut's leadership received ample assistance with 9Gauge taking on all of the audit preparation work
- Cost & Operational efficiency: As a start-up, the company could focus on hiring talent that pushed their core business forward without sacrificing quality in accounting or finance
- Ease of mind: 9Gauge consultants have combined decades of experience, allowing CrowdOut to trust that this department is in capable hands
"9Gauge has been a fantastic partner, both in terms of the flexibility of services (basic accounting to full audit support to high level review of some investment opportunities) and finding lending opportunities," remarks Schoenbaum. "Our team has been extremely happy with 9Gauge. We plan to continue the relationship for a long time!"
CrowdOut: A Better Way to Raise Capital
Whether you are an investor or business executive in the market for financing, CrowdOut helps connect you with the right fit. Companies nationwide have added tens of millions of dollars to their companies on this platform. Therefore, if you are looking to raise debt or refinance it, request access to CrowdOut's online marketplace. See what a difference it can make for you.