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- Terry Francona likely to miss 2-game series in Cincinnati
- Garver, Twins lean on pen for 2-hitter to top Indians 3-1
- Browns place Jarvis Landry on active/PUP; team says not a setback
- Maeda, Sano power Twins past Indians 3-0
- Browns tight end Njoku not seeking trade, commits to team
- Greg Swartz previews NBA playoff matchups, compares MLB vs. NBA coronavirus return plans
- John Fanta: MLB is "paying the price" with coronavirus situation
- Minnesota Twins take early lead, win 4-1 vs. Mike Clevinger, Cleveland Indians
- Rich Herrera: To watch this Indians team get off to such a great start, to have such great pitching, it's a reason to get excited
- Browns waive 4 players Friday
- Steve Helwagen expects most college football players to play - if football is in the fall
- Greg Swartz previews NBA playoff matchups, compares MLB vs. NBA coronavirus return plans
- Ralph Russo: Talent gap between Ohio State and the rest in that conference is so big, they have to be pretty off to get caught
- Bill Bender: I do think the Pac-12, SEC and Big Ten are somewhat on the same wave length, having 10 conference games will be great
- Rich Herrera: To watch this Indians team get off to such a great start, to have such great pitching, it's a reason to get excited
- Dan Wolken: The number of college football opt outs could be up to 50
- Mike Axisa: The safest thing to do right now is postpone the teams on stand-by
- Matt Underwood on Indians pitching, teams depth, and expanded playoffs.
- John Telich on the Indians, Lebron, Browns update and OHSAA
- Dr. Duggal: How will NFL teams handle manage Covid-19 outbreaks?
- Howard Beck: The Lakers and the Clippers will dominate the West; the Eastern Conference will be a more interesting race
- Brian Scalabrine: LeBron is unbelievable at calling out other teams' action; I think, in this environment, he's going to do it at a level we've never seen before
- Ian Eagle: You're going to get the sense these look and feel like NBA games, could take the angst away for some players
- Noah Eagle: NBA players say it feels pretty normal; trying to find that rhythm again, getting back in mid-season form by the time the playoffs start
- Chris Fedor: The Cavs should be farther along in their rebuild
- Carman and Lima discuss why Indians fans don't seem to be happy with their success during the Terry Francona era
- Chris Fedor: Cavs are a couple years away from making a run at the playoffs; eventually, they're going to have to start focusing on fit
- Tim Doyle: This will be the most difficult NBA championship to ever win; I'm more impressed with this NBA championship than any others I've ever seen
- Joe Vardon: I think the NBA is going to pull this off, I think they're going to make it through this re-start
- Jeff Zillgitt: NBA is confident in this task, finishing the season; I don't think a second NBA bubble is going to happen for Cavs, other teams
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A 5th Edition compatible adventure for four to six PCs of Levels 4-5
Naytella, a goddess of revelry and relaxed pleasure, had few shrines. Authorities feared what they couldn't control and her belief in freedom of spirit worried many, causing them to drive her scattered followers underground. So when the bard Villeim Teatteri discovers an ancient site dedicated to Naytella, he knows what he must do; convert an entire town to her calling! But how to do that, and where to start? Everyone likes to see a good show and have a chance to share a drink or three with new friends, so Teatteri and his theatrical troupe set out to ensure both of these happen. But more is going on behind the scenes than meets the eye, and a voice of dissent asks the PCs to help restore order. It's time to step forward and face the music for the party, as they find out that the play's the thing to catch the conscience when adventuring!
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2014 has been a busy year! I moved to a new town, got back in the industry at a local company (Mobility Games) and worked my ars off on getting a good multiplayer version for Mutant Gangland. Now that 2014 came to pass I was left with 365-ish more days to look forward to. Lucky for me 2015 started out in force, as Bucharest held it's first ever Global Game Jam. And I was there to get a piece of it's glory!
GGJ2015 took place between 23 and 25th of January. It was cozy, comfy and there was a lot of coffee to go around. After 30+ hours of work I finished a small game that tried to blend a Roguelike with Minesweeper. It got voted as a runner up by the people attending. Fast forward a bit and here we are today, with me releasing the post-jam version of that game, now titled "Rogue Sweeper". Here's what I said about the game on itch:
RogueSweeper is a mashup between a roguelike and a minesweeper game. Tap to reveal tiles, monsters, traps or items. Tap (or click) your way to the bottom of the infinite dungeon. How far can you go?
The game has a level scaling system that requires you to manage your XP. Will you buy that health potion and lose your current level or will you risk tapping on that monster?
Stats (Str and Evasion) scale with your level. Note that you can lose your current level by spending XP in the shop. Combat happens by tapping on an enemy. Destroying a monster will award you with food and maybe a free item!
- 5 items that can heal, feed, reveal the map and enemies and increase your stats,
- 8 enemies
- In-Game shop that allows you to buy items with your XP
- Generated dungeons with items, monsters and traps
- No end in sight! Delve deeper and deeper
- Available for Windows and Android
You can check it out here. It's available for Linux, Windows and Android for only 1.30€ (equivalent of a beer in Romania).


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Fifth big-screen outing for the crew of the Starship Enterprise.
Kirk (William Shatner), McCoy (DeForest Kelley) and Spock (Leonard Nimoy)'s shore leave is cut short when the latter's half-brother - Vulcan renegade Sybok (Laurence Luckinbill) - takes several important ambassadors hostage on the planet Nimbus. They race to the rescue, unaware that the kidnap is all part of Sybok's ploy to hijack the Enterprise and set out on a quest to discover the Supreme Being.
Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, David Warner, Laurence Luckinbill, Charles Cooper, DeForest Kelley, Cynthia Gouw, Spice Williams, Rex Holman, Todd Bryant, George Murdock
Directed by William Shatner
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As the year draws to a close, critics honor best-seller Ann Patchett, newcomer Téa Obreht, and the late David Foster Wallace Téa Obreht's debut novel, "The Tiger's Wife," is among the year's best, and follows a young doctor as she delivers medicine to orphans, while also dealing with the news of her grandfather's death. Photo: www.barnesandnoble.com SEE ALL 10 PHOTOS 1. The Tiger's Wife (Random House, $15) Téa Obreht's debut novel is "unusual in content, wise beyond its author's years, and completely engrossing," said Maya Muir in the Portland Oregonian. Set in an unspecified Balkan country in the aftermath
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Since our encounter with the median on Coast Highway requiring AAA to flatbed us home, I noticed some strange drops in the pack's state-of-charge, sometimes falling up to 10% in an instant. I called Orion to discuss the issue, and they requested some cell data logs. You generate them by driving around with a laptop running the Orion utility, connected to the BMS via the USB port, and waiting for the suspicious event to happen. A glut of data is captured for each cell on a second-by-second basis, including cell voltages and internal resistance, shown in the columns above. Notice Cell 21 registers over 5.3 milliohms internal resistance, which is at least 5 times that of a healthy CALB lithium cell. The usual is just under 1 milliohm. Orion suggested either Cell 21 was damaged, or the cable connection to that cell was presenting a high resistance.
My gut ruled out bad cabling, so I immediately went on the prowl for a replacement for the ailing Cell 21. The CALB SE180AH is among the first generation workhorse prismatic LiFePO4 cells that many EV conversions are based on. CALB has since produced a second generation grey lithium cell, but I wasn't for mixing them with my first generation pack, so I began my search for an original blue cell. CALB's US warehouse in Pomona did not have any remaining old stock, and the next shipment by sea from China wasn't due for 3 months. It wasn't happening, so I reached out to several EV parts dealers hoping that somebody would have a spare, and finally located a few at EVTV. Because they were so hard to locate, and were in good used condition, I bought all three for good measure. Three birds in hand…
Once a chunk of time became available, I set about extracting Cell 21 for replacement. The first step is to disengage the battery pack before touching any tools to EV components. My emergency disconnect is a Curtis-Albright high current snapper switch, which is mounted on the center console inside the cabin. Its one job is to break the series battery circuit, dropping the pack voltage to zero. I call it "punching the clown nose."
The next step is to disconnect all of the cell taps and other connections to the Orion BMS. This prevents accidental short circuiting of partial pack current through the BMS, which would certainly end its life on this planet.
Following that, we separate the small green Anderson connector, isolating the auxiliary battery from the vehicle's electrical system. Again, this ensures that there isn't an accidental and unanticipated short that could torch any number of sensitive EV components.
Next step is pulling the large connectors from both input and output of the DC-DC converter, which is the gray box shown above. Then all red cell tap wires and high current cables are disconnected from the cell block that's being extracted.
The vertical poly straps that secured the module to the battery rack were clipped, and voila! Fifty pounds of plastic, copper, and lithium lifted straight out of its resting spot in the former fuel bay. Lastly, the horizontal poly strapping was snipped, and the cells separated.
Along the way, I decided that Cells 23 and 24 were also exhibiting internal resistances slightly higher than the rest of the pack. It was an obvious advantage to also replace them while they were accessible. Above are the "new" cells configured, numbered, strapped together, and ready to drop into the battery rack. The strapping tool above takes a few attempts to master, but ends up being the simplest, thriftiest, and dependable solution to mount these heavy cells firmly in their racks.
While things were apart, I also noticed the rubber standoffs for the DC-DC converter were a bit too soft for the job, and caused it to sag more than I liked. So I bought a few larger standoffs from McMaster-Carr, and replaced them while access was easy. In the shot above, I'm holding one of the older, skinny rubber mounts, with the new, thicker mounts already in place.
Here is the DC-DC converter reinstalled, and the new lithium cells strapped into the battery rack. Operating the strapping tool in such a confined space was a challenge, but the poly staps became intensely tight just one ratchet click at a time.
Before reconnecting the cells, the battery terminals and strap ends are brightened with a bit of sandpaper, and then schmeared lightly with Noalox to prevent corrosion and promote maximum conductivity at the joint.
Here are the cells reconnected, complete with braided bus straps, cables, and cell taps. All remaining connections are made in reverse order – the DC-DC converter is plugged back in, the auxiliary battery is put back online, all connectors are restored to the BMS, and the clown nose is given a good yank. Several seconds pass without a trace of magic blue smoke, which is very good.
Driving about and capturing more cell data shows Cell 21's resistance falling within acceptable range. It's still slightly high, probably due to the 3 foot of 2/0 cable that connects to Cell 20, rather than the usual short braided straps. According to the gents at Ewert Energy, this is not unusual, and they discouraged me from losing sleep over a slightly elevated reading.
I didn't lose sleep, but I did have dreams about eliminating that last milliohm from Cell 21's resistance. I didn't think the cable was bad, but the culprit could easily be a bad connection at the terminal lug on the cable. What you see above is a gift to myself – a 16 ton hydraulic crimping tool, purchased online for about 50 bills. It really is the best solution, compared to the barbaric swedge tool that I had used for all the original cable crimps. It also includes 10 sets of different size crimp bits to accommodate various cable and terminal dimensions.
Luckily, there was enough extra length on the front pack cables to allow for new terminal lugs without needing to re-cable everything. After disconnecting all traction pack cables, plugs, and leads, I cut the terminal lugs from all four of the cell connections on the front pack modules.
This is a perfect hexagonal crimp on a 2/0 AWG cable terminal. The idea is to put so much pressure on the cable inside the lug, that the copper strands are caught in a "cold weld," fusing them together into a single lump of copper. I apologize for not including a picture of the process, as it required both hands.
Finally, we see most of the cells in the pack (in red), being discharged to bring their voltage down to the same level as Cell 23 and 24 (row 3 – column 3 and 4, in white). This is called top-balancing, where the goal is to match the voltage of all cells at their maximum state-of-charge. The EV field is divisive on this issue of top vs. bottom balancing. The arguments for bottom-balancing are very compelling, but this system was built to top-balance, and that is how it will continue to operate. Perhaps I will give the alternative a shot in the near future. In the meantime, I have already recovered about 5 miles in range, and continue to gain as the pack gradually comes into balance over repeated charge/discharge cycles.


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Sarah Palin wants to produce a TV show about her husband's life as a snowmobiler, but so far, networks have been cold to the idea.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Palin and producer Mark Burnett are pitching a show that would turn the camera on Todd Palin's winning career on the circuit, but the price tag has driven bidders away. Discovery Networks, the company that ran her last show on TLC, paid over $1 million an episode for "Sarah Palin's Alaska," which ran in 2010.
Now, Discovery is unwilling to pay that price, as is A&E Networks. "Sarah Palin's Alaska" debuted to massive ratings, with network record audience of five million, but fell precipitously, including a 40% drop from its first to second episode.
The show certainly drew headlines, with her hunting escapades drawing criticism and her hosting of Kate Gosselin and her children. It was cancelled after its only season.
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So here's the skinny on this jean! The Axiom jean is one of the best looking, most fashionable pants we tested. But is it a hiking pant? No, not really. But it has does some substance beneath its sleek exterior; the stretch properties, inseam gusset, and athletic cut of the jean combine to make it a solid performer for hiking, biking and climbing.
Yes you can get jeans from Costco or Target for WAY less. These are a great choice for those who really put a real hurt on their gear. But the Axiom jean is plenty tough for day to day abuse, and is going to have such an improved fit and range of motion over the Costco/Target type pant that we think that it's worth ponying up the extra money.
If you are looking for a hiking specific pant for longer climbs, then we recommend you consider one of the lighter weight synthetic pants in the review, particularly the Prana Stretch Zion.The most applicable comparison to this category of crossover jean/climbing pant is the Patagonia), which is also a blend of cotton and spandex.


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The SEBRAE System - Brazilian Service to Support Micro and Small Enterprises - is a private entity with public-interest that intends to stimulate the entrepreneurial spirit and promote competitiveness and self-sustainable development of small businesses.
The history of SEBRAE in Rio Grande do Sul started in 1972. 40 years ago, the Brazilian Service to Support Micro and Small Enterprise in Rio Grande do Sul (Sebrae / RS) was instituted as an private associative entity, non-profit, in the form of autonomous social service. [1]
Read more about the projects developed in a partnership of GMAP | UNISINOS an SEBRAE/RS:
Method of the Project Business to Business Stage 3 and Modeling of Pre-Disposition to Collectivism of Sebrae/RS
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Development of Content Structure and Management Processes of Sebrae's Collective Projects
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In a Scientific First, Cloned Monkeys Are Born. Will They Accelerate Biomedical Research?
January 24, 2018
(STAT News) – There have been mice and cows and pigs and camels, bunnies and bantengs and ferrets and dogs, but ever since Dolly the sheep became the first cloned mammal in 1996, the list has had a conspicuous hole: primates. Now that hole has been filled. Scientists in China reported on Wednesday in Cell that they had cloned two healthy long-tailed macaque monkeys from the cells of another macaque, using the Dolly technique. The two clones, born 51 and 49 days ago, were created from a fetus's cells; so far, the scientists have not been able to make the tricky procedure work when they used cells from adult macaques.


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According to producer Nick Channon, "the feeling when you play the game is entirely new".
Posted By Ravi Sinha | On 01st, Nov. 2013 Under News
Despite the fact that there will most assuredly be another FIFA next year, FIFA 14 producer Nick Channon has asserted that the next-gen version of this year's iteration is the best game the development studio could have ever made.
Speaking to MCV, Channon revealed that, "The philosophy for us over the last five or six years has been how do we make significant innovation each year in gameplay?
"How do we make the game more authentic and more fun at the same time? We need to get the balance right between authenticity and fun – we are making a video game at the end of the day. What we have right now with FIFA 14 is a great base, a fantastic game and moving forward it is a huge opportunity.
"When you are working with new technology you learn more about it as you go – you have more power, more memory and these are the things you can play with. It's about maintaining that philosophy of deep innovation in gameplay. For me the opportunities are huge. It's really exciting."
FIFA 14 on the Xbox One and PS4 will be utilizing the new Ignite Engine, which will reportedly incorporate more human-like intelligence, more realistic collisions and visuals, individual crowd behaviours and much more.
"This is the best FIFA we have ever made. We wanted to make a next-gen game that is fully featured, which has not always been the case, and that has significant innovation in gameplay and presentation. The feeling when you play the game is entirely new. We've been very fortunate in our success with FIFA and we are translating that to a new platform."
FIFA 14 launches for PlayStation 4 November 15th in North America and November 29th in Europe, while the Xbox One version launches on November 22nd.
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For a relatively new industry, the cannabis world has gotten pretty technologically advanced. As concentrates make up a bigger and bigger part of the market, more and more of the industry comes down to fine science. Not just botany and agriculture, but the detailed chemistry of boiling points and chemical reactions.
In the science of producing marijuana concentrates, the weed biz has actually pulled ahead of some other, more established industries. But now they're starting to catch up.
That's what Block 15 Brewing Co. has done. They've looked to the technology of weed extract to try to improve their beers, and they're having success so far. Since cannabis and hops are cousin plants, the company out of Corvallis, Oregon is experimenting with isolating certain qualities from specific hops varieties to get new kinds of beer that have never existed before.
In particular, they're using daboratory techniques to heighten the dank, bitter taste of India pale ales that so many beer geeks love. They do this by extracting flower cones out of the raw hops.
Nick Azner of Block 15 says that while their beers have been popular, "some people are a little weird about it and say they want beers with whole cone hops and all that." He told the Willamette Week Potlander that he decided to respond to that desire with new brewery techniques. "I said, 'You know what? I'm going to launch a series that really celebrates that we're using all these different hop products to make really good beer and push our techniques a bit."'
This was nine months ago. Since then, Block 15 has created several beers in it's DAB Lab series (DAB stands for Dank-Ass Beers). They've worked with Oregon area hop cultivators on the concentrates. "The hop growers showed me the [extracts] during hop harvest, and I really liked it," Azner told The Potlander. "They're a little secretive about how they make some of it, but if you've seen CO2 resin for cannabis, it's that."
Azner says that while this sort of thing is exciting to beer and weed geeks, many others just like the taste. "They don't care," he says. "They're just happy to have a great beer."
Other brewers are experimenting with the same technology across the country, according to Potlander, so we may soon witness a renaissance of weed-influenced dank-ass beers.
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I blew Sunday afternoon knitting a helmet liner. My son Steven told me at lunch (gosh, we had an awesome Father's Day!) about how the helmet liners sounded like the very best idea. I had been thinking we'd all knit slippers, scarves, and afghans, but with Steven's encouragement, I decided to try one.
Reading the patterns I could find, I found a number of things I wanted to change, especially if I were going to blog-beg people to knit vast quantities of these. There were some things I altered before I knitted the item. I moved the seam to the back of the head. I had a few issues with the pattern's math, and I didn't want any hand-knitting to be required, so I had already eliminated the hand-knitting.
After it was knitted, we all tried it on (I have a big head, hubby has a small, and Steven is a medium) and found it a little to long in the cap part. We all wanted it a half inch shorter, including big-headed me. Then we all thought it ought to be longer in the ribbed part that covers the lower face and neck. If it's cold, I'd want mine to tuck right inside my collar. Stevie wanted it higher over the nose for warmth, and of course, if you pull it up over your nose, it's shorter on the neck.
Most of all, I disliked the way the face ribbing is picked up and knitted. I found another pattern on the web with mitred corners, but I have something else in mind, and I worked several samples Monday to solve that problem.
In addition, if we're going to make lots of these, I didn't want folks to do garter bar transfers for an hour or more to shape the crown of the head. Not that I don't love the garter bar and haven't done my bit to popularize it, but it takes a long time to do ten decrease rows with the garter bar, especially if you leave the ribber on, which I did, because half the project is ribbed. With the ribber in place, you're fighting gravity unless you have a tilt stand, plus you're having to reach back under the ribber to get your hands on the knit fabric. I thought I'd come up with a short-row solution like my short-rowed baby cap.
I put the helmet liner pattern on hold now, though - I read on the internet that Operation Helmetliner stopped making and sending them because the army didn't want the troops wearing these anymore, so I have to check with the Colonel Barbara is working with to see whether we should make this item at all!
I'm going to get some other patterns up for the soldiers, starting with a slipper for nice, warm feet at night. This slipper is a bulky one, fits smooth and close (ideal for bedtime) and goes very fast. Email me for a .pdf of the pattern at diana_knits "at" sbcglobal "dot" net if you want to knit these for the soldiers.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Knitting for Troops - Update & Pattern #1
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Najdi si jedinečné ubytování na Airbnb
Hosté souhlasí: tyto pobyty jsou vysoce hodnoceny podle lokality, čistoty a dalších faktorů.
OCNJ is open for the summer! Treat yourself to a much-needed beach vacation after spending the spring stuck indoors. Our renovated, beautifully-decorated, sparkling clean studio condo may not be huge, but it has everything you'll need for a wonderful stay in the heart of Ocean City -- less than a block to the beach and boardwalk and walking distance to all local attractions and restaurants. Enjoy peekaboo views of the Atlantic Ocean out your window with all OC has to offer at your doorstep!
Cute little 2nd floor apartment. This property was originally build in 1930 and has since been completely renovated, it certainly has alot more charm then some of these newer properties down here! We have owned the property for the last 12 months and just listed it on AirBNB. We are really excited to welcome guests here! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!
"Několik přátel a zůstal jsem na víkend a měli jsme tolik zábavy. Domov byl čistý a čistý a neměli jsme žádné problémy vůbec. Robert je skvělý hostitel!"
Half block to beach and boardwalk. Room is smoke and pet free. Private attached large bathroom, private entrance, off street parking for one car, four beach tags. Large bedroom with queen size brass bed, twin day bed with twin trundle bed. Air Conditioning, WIFI, Cable TV. Meals are not included, there is a coffee maker and refrigerator in your room. Sheets and towels are provided but does not include daily maid service. Two night minimum stay. Three night minimum stay on Holiday Weekends.


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"What he likes today, the whole of London likes tomorrow," says someone, in Stephen Poliakoff's Dancing on the Edge (BBC2), about the Prince of Wales. God, imagine if it were like that today, and suddenly we were all getting in to snake oil, or nonsense neo-classical architecture. I suppose it's more likely with the next generation of Windsors – that a bunch of Made-in-Chelsea types would start hanging out at a certain nightclub because Harry has been spotted there.
This is 1933 though. The Prince of Wales is Edward, who will go on to be Edward VIII, briefly. And what he – and his younger brother George – like is jazz. Specifically the fictional Louis Lester Band, who have a residency at the Imperial Hotel. And actually that Harry parallel still works; he likes to hang out with Kanye and Diddy, doesn't he? The Party Prince seems to have more in common with these more distant relatives than he does with his immediate family.
Odd for Louis and his band. On the one hand they've got these royals, socialites and toffs wanting to party with them, at the ballroom of the Imperial, later at the basement after-party, in their mansions and on the private trains. But outside, it's still the 30s – with prejudice and narrow-mindedness as deeply ingrained as the soot and the poverty, and Europe about to kick off big-time. Immigration's on their backs too, because not all of the band are British. And creepy freemasons are lurking in the basement, the same basement where Edward and George were getting all groovy, baby. Strange times. Interesting times.
There's a theatricality about Dancing on the Edge. Of course there is, it's Poliakoff. I think I'll ring a little bell five minutes before tonight's second episode is due to begin. Time to take to the sofa please, ladies and gentlemen. Then, halfway through, we'll hit pause for 20 minutes, for pre-ordered sauvignon blanc, cashew nuts and some intelligent first-half analysis. Marvellous performances, especially from Chiwetel Ejiofor, whose name we've known how to pronounce ever since we saw him as Othello at the Donmar. Perhaps we'll also recognise some Poliakoff themes, to do with family secrets, history, memory and the significance of grand houses.
Yes, it's ever so slightly self-indulgent – and grandiose. Why don't they speak normally, with fewer meaningful pauses? Then it wouldn't be so bloody long. I'm not cross though, like some people on Twitter (who had it in for Dancing on the Edge even before it began), because there is a feeling – a dreamy almost-trippiness – to it that gives it a personality TV drama rarely has. Why should it all be rat-a-tat rapid-fire served-up-on-a-plate samey? It's OK to be a little bit puzzled, as long as you're intrigued as well. And I am.
There's actually a good – rollicking even – story in here too. It's set in a fascinating time, with loads of resonance today – not just hip-hop/jazz princes, but mistrust of immigrants, racism, hunger, poverty and the rise of the right.
And, yes, there are marvellous performances, plus fascinating characters whose motives aren't yet clear (what's the sinister millionaire Masterson all about then, and Donaldson?) It's beautiful to look at and artfully crafted. I like the darkroom scene – Louis and the hot photographer lady squeezed in together under the illicit red glow of a safelight while ghosts in trays of chemical liquids slowly come to life. Plus, it sounds brilliant too, and I don't even care much for 30s jazz.
Possibly a bit pompous, then, but also intelligent, original drama with personality. And about a billion times more interesting than Call the Frigging Midwife.
In The Year of Making Love (BBC3) 600 lonely people are paired up, via science. What, is it a molecular thing, or something to do with chemicals? I'm thinking back to Brian Cox's show, wondering how that could fit in. Proton gradients – do they have something to do with it?
Well, sadly they don't really explain how it's done at all, and I'm beginning to wonder how much "science" is actually involved. One for Ben Goldacre to look into, perhaps.
It does work though, as Dannie, 24, from north London, finds when she sees who she has been paired up with. "That science is bang-on," she says, happily. "I'm loving him, he's up to scratch, big time."


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MEAM is one of the most exciting contemporary art galleries in Barcelona. Every Friday night you can experience excellent performances of blues and related styles in a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere with a unique ambiance.
The admission to the museum is included.
Services included
- Admission to the Blues, Swing and related Styles Concert
- Admission to the museum; we recommend planning about 1.5 hours for this
Times and fees
- Each concert starts at 18.00. We recommen to be there 1.5 hours earlier to visit the museum.
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text: Oct 5, 2016 See Which Actresses Are the Highest Paid Netflix Stars by Erin Fitzpatrick Pinterest Photo: Everett Collection If you're anything like us, you're fascinated with the staggering paychecks floating around Hollywood. From the highest paid musician (Taylor Swift) to the top-grossing movie actress (Scarlett Johansson), it's inspiring to see women who are truly killing it in their fields. Now, we have new insight into the television actresses who are raking in the most dough—hint: you probably already love them. Variety compiled an in-depth report that revealed the salaries of every major TV star out there. When it comes to the drama category, Gilmore Girls' Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham are earning the most money per episode than any other Netflix stars and any other actors in the drama category. Their paychecks: a whopping $750,000 per episode. (There is a slight caveat, however: the reboot only has four 90-minute episodes in the works so far.) The reincarnation of the cult 2000s show is set to premiere on November 25, so mark your calendars. Head over to Variety to see the full list of salaries. Are you excited about the Gilmore Girls reboot? Tell us in the comments below, and buy the DVD set to catch up on past seasons! Opening Image: Getty Images Explore More: Gilmore Girls


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Since General Motors filed for bankruptcy on Monday, auto aficionados and green geeks alike have been speculating about the fate of the company's long-heralded electric car, the Chevy Volt.
"We don't know whether GM will be able to introduce the Volt or not," said William Holstein, author of Why GM Matters, in a Washington Post Q&A. "It would have been, and could still be, a real breakthrough vehicle." The car, previously scheduled for release in fall of 2010, would run on an electric battery and have a small gas engine to generate backup juice if needed.
The government, which now owns 70 percent of the company, has been calling for more fuel-efficient cars, but will it want to take on the financial risk of a car that might not turn the quick profits GM so desperately needs? As Keith Johnson notes in his Wall Street Journal blog, "As the majority of shareholders, [the government] will want GM return to solvency… But not even the restructuring will make the pricey Volt a mass-market success."
Spokespeople for the company say that the Volt, with a projected sticker price of about $40,000, is "absolutely on target," reports The New York Times. "It is as high a priority as we have in this company," said Terry Rhadigan, a Chevrolet spokesperson. Chevy says that there will be 80 test vehicles on the road by this October.
What else does GM have up its sleeve to weather the stormy months ahead? According to recent statements, the American icon, which is rumored to be selling Hummer to a Chinese company, "plans to build a future small car in the United States." It was hard to tell from their "small" press release precisely what that means, but we'll keep you posted if we hear anything.
See a ScientificAmerican.com slide show of the Volt.
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Food allergy is becoming increasingly common in infants and young children. Managing this disease can be a great challenge due to the patients' young age. Researchers have been looking at how to develop a patient-specific approach to guide the diet of children with food allergies.
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Molecular Epigenetics and Development: Histone Conformations, DNA Methylation and Genomic Imprinting
Introduced by Conrad Hal Waddington in 1942, the concept of epigenetics gave scientists a new paradigm of thought concerning embryonic development, and since then has been widely applied, for instance to inheritable diseases, molecular technologies, and indeed the human genome as a whole. A genome contains an embedded intricate coding template that provides a means of genetic expression from the initial steps of embryonic development until the death of the organism. Within the genome there are two prominent components: coding (exons) and non-coding (introns) sequences.
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The Effects of Diethylstilbestrol on Embryonic Development
Estrogen plays a key role in the regulation of gene transcription. This is accomplished by its ability to act as a ligand and to bind to specific estrogen receptor (ER) molecules, such as ERα and ERβ, which act as nuclear transcription factors. There are three major nuclear estrogen receptor protein domains: the estrogen binding domain, the protein interaction domain, and the DNA binding domain.
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Stanley Cohen (1922- )
Stanley Cohen is a biochemist who participated in the discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF) and epidermal growth factor (EGF). He shared the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Rita Levi-Montalcini for their work on the discovery of growth factors. His work led to the discovery of many other growth factors and their roles in development.
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Impact of Air Pollution on Reproductive Health" (1999), by Radim Srám
In 1999, researcher Radim Srám, sometimes spelled Radim Šrám, published his article "Impact of Air Pollution on Reproductive Health" in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. In the article, Srám analyzes the effects of exposure to air pollution, which can include harmful chemicals, on fetal growth and development. Srám discusses how industrialized countries such as the US and China have led to an increase in the global amount of respirable air pollutants.
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Hormone Releasing Intrauterine Devices
Hormone releasing intrauterine devices or hormonal IUDs are contraceptive devices placed in a woman's uterus to prevent pregnancy by continuously releasing a low dose of certain hormones. Jouri Valter Tapani Luukkainen, a medical researcher at the University of Helsinki, introduced the first hormonal IUD in 1976. Luukkainen's IUD was a plastic device shaped like a capital T.
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The Process of Implantation of Embryos in Primates
Implantation is a process in which a developing embryo, moving as a blastocyst through a uterus, makes contact with the uterine wall and remains attached to it until birth. The lining of the uterus (endometrium) prepares for the developing blastocyst to attach to it via many internal changes. Without these changes implantation will not occur, and the embryo sloughs off during menstruation. Such implantation is unique to mammals, but not all mammals exhibit it.
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Barbara Seaman (1935–2008)
Barbara Seaman was a writer, investigator, and advocate for female healthcare rights during the twentieth century in the United States. Seaman's work addressed the gendered prejudice she observed in the US healthcare system and argued that women of the 1960s lacked the proper tools to make informed decisions about pregnancy care, breastfeeding, childbirth, and contraception. Seaman wrote the book The Doctor's Case Against the Pill in 1969 to expose the dangers in prescribing and consuming high doses of estrogen in the form of birth control.
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Arthur Earl Walker (1907-1995)
Arthur Earl Walker was a medical researcher and physician who studied the brain and neurosurgery in the United States during the twentieth century. Walker examined the connections of the thalamus to the rest of the brain and how the thalamus coordinates sensory signals. The thalamus is a cluster of nerve cells located between the two hemispheres of the brain and it is responsible for consciousness and sensory interpretation.
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Leo Kanner (1894-1981)
Leo Kanner studied and described early infantile autism in humans in the US during the twentieth century. Though Eugen Bleuler first coined the term autism in 1910 as a symptom of schizophrenia, Kanner helped define autism as a disease concept separate from schizophrenia. He helped found an early child psychiatry department in 1930 at the Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
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The Interpretation of Development and Heredity (1930), by Edward Stuart Russell
First published in 1930 and reprinted in 1972, Edward Stuart Russell's The Interpretation of Development and Heredity is a work of philosophical and theoretical biology. In this book Russell outlines a methodological and philosophical program aimed at reorienting the biological understanding of development and heredity.
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Francis Maitland Balfour (1851-1882)
During the 1870s and early 1880s, the British morphologist Francis Maitland Balfour contributed in important ways to the budding field of evolutionary embryology, especially through his comparative embryological approach to uncovering ancestral relationships between groups. As developmental biologist and historian Brian Hall has observed, the field of evolutionary embryology in the nineteenth century was the historical ancestor of modern-day evolutionary developmental biology.
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Effect of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Radial Glial Cells
Prenatal alcohol (ethanol) exposure can have dramatic effects on the development of the central nervous system (CNS), including morphological abnormalities and an overall reduction in white matter of the brain. The impact of ethanol on neural stem cells such as radial glia (RG) has proven to be a significant cause of these defects, interfering with the creation and migration of neurons and glial cells during development.
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Pope Pius IX (1792-1878)
Pope Pius IX, born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, marked his contribution to the abortion debate by removing the distinction between an "animated" and "unanimated" fetus from Catholic doctrine, and established the edict that a human should be protected starting from the moment of conception onward. This proclamation made abortion at any time of gestation punishable by excommunication. Pope Pius IX's decision became Canon Law of the Catholic Church.
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Corpus Callosum Defects Associated with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Prenatal exposure to alcohol (ethanol) can result in a continuum of developmental abnormalities that are highly variable depending on the severity, duration, frequency, and timing of exposure during gestation. Defects of the corpus callosum (CC) have proven to be a reliable indicator of prenatal alcohol exposure as it affects the brain. Structural abnormalities of the CC occur along a continuum, like most alcohol-induced anomalies, whereby more severe prenatal exposure results in a greater expression of the abnormal trait.
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Hamburger-Hamilton Staging Series (1951)
In 1951 Viktor Hamburger and Howard Hamilton created an embryonic staging series from a combination of photographs and drawings from other researchers. The Hamburger-Hamilton stages are a sequence of images depicting 46 chronological stages in chick development. The images begin with a fertilized egg and end with a fully developed chick. The Hamburger-Hamilton staging series was produced in order to replace a previous chick staging series created in 1900. The earlier attempt lacked specific details and staged the chick embryo by using only morphological characteristics.
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George Richard Tiller (1941-2009)
George Richard Tiller, a doctor who performed abortions in Wichita, Kansas, was shot to death on 31 May 2009 by Scott Roeder. As the director of one of only a small number of clinics in the US that performed legal late-term abortions, Tiller was a target for anti-abortion activists. Though Tiller lived and worked in Kansas, his work agitated anti-abortion groups and fueled the controversy surrounding abortion at a national level. Tiller's life and death fueled the abortion debate in the US.
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Visualize Fetal Abnormalities
Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a technique to create a three-dimensional image of a fetus. Doctors often use MRIs to image a fetuses after an ultrasound has detected an, or has been inconclusive about an, abnormality. In 1983 researchers in Scotland first used MRI to visualize a fetus. MRIs showed a greater level of fetal detail than ultrasound images, and researchers recognized the relevance of this technique as a means to gather information about fetal development and growth.
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Shinya Yamanaka (1962- )
Shinya Yamanaka gained international prominence after publishing articles detailing the successful generation of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, first in mice, then in humans. Yamanaka induced somatic cells to act like human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), allowing researchers to experiment with non-embryonic stem cells with a similar capacity as hESCs. The research involving iPS cells therefore offered new potential for research and application in medical treatment, without many of the ethical objections that hESC research entailed.
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The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC)
Audrey Heimler and colleagues founded the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) in 1979 in New Hyde Park in New York, New York. Her stated goals were to establish the field of genetic counseling within biomedicine and to coordinate counselors' voices, so that physicians and others in the medical industry would not dictate the future of the field. Genetic counselors inform patients about the potential for inherited diseases passed on through family lineages and help to navigate the options available.
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Neural Crest
Early in the process of development, vertebrate embryos develop a fold on the neural plate where the neural and epidermal ectoderms meet, called the neural crest. The neural crest produces neural crest cells (NCCs), which become multiple different cell types and contribute to tissues and organs as an embryo develops. A few of the organs and tissues include peripheral and enteric (gastrointestinal) neurons and glia, pigment cells, cartilage and bone of the cranium and face, and smooth muscle.
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Endoscopy is a medical procedure that enables the viewing and biopsy of, and surgery on, internal tissues and organs. Endoscopic examinations are characterized by the introduction of a tube containing a series of lenses into the body through either an incision in the skin or a natural opening or cavity. During the mid-twentieth century, photographer Lennart Nilsson used endoscopes to capture the now-familiar images of embryos and fetuses.
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Neural Tube Defects (NTD): Folic Acid and Pregnancy
In the US, one in 1000 births is affected by neural tube defects (NTD). A neural tube defect is a birth defect involving the malformation of body features associated with the brain and spinal cord. An NTD originates from and is characterized by incomplete closure of the neural tube, which is an organizer and precursor of the central nervous system.
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Dennis Lo (1963- )
Dennis Lo, also called Yuk Ming Dennis Lo, is a
professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong,
China. In 1997, Lo discovered fetal DNA in maternal
plasma, which is the liquid component of a pregnant woman's
blood. By 2002, Lo distinguished the DNA differences between pregnant women
and their fetuses, enabling scientists to identify fetal DNA in pregnant
women's blood. Lo used his discoveries to develop several
non-invasive and prenatal genetic tests, including tests for blood
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Roberto Caldeyro-Barcia (1921–1996)
Roberto Caldeyro-Barcia studied fetal health in Uruguay during the second half of the twentieth century. Caldeyro-Barcia developed Montevideo units, which are used to quantify intrauterine pressure, or the force of contractions during labor. Intrauterine pressure is a useful measure of the progression of labor and the health of a fetus.
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
The concept Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) refers to a set of birth defects that occur in children born to mothers who abused alcohol during pregnancy. The alcohol-induced defects include pre- and post-natal growth deficiencies, minor facial abnormalities, and damage to the developing central nervous system (CNS).
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Not much time lately with the boys at home to make lavish cards or time to spent time to color but i was able to make a scrapbook page for my friend Angie to take to her Little Darlings booth in Las Vegas for CHA in Summer.
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You know how sometimes modern adaptations of our favorite classic novels turn out great, and quickly go up on the shelf alongside the original? Bridget Jones. Clueless. For Darkness Shows the Stars.
And then there are some that aren't great, but are ok, and that's good enough, because it makes us think about how great the original was. Death Comes to Pemberley. Emma: A Modern Retelling.
Of course, there are lots that are just lousy. But for some reason, that doesn't stop me from reading them. Jane is one of these books.
It wasn't good.
But I couldn't stop reading it, mostly because I needed to know how ridiculously the second half of the book would pan out.
Jane Moore is a mousy college student, forced to drop out after her parents die, leaving her pretty much nothing. Her brother and sister were very well taken care of, but Jane was always an afterthought, and treated as such. And acted as such.
Jane was such a wet noodle.
I wanted to shake her sometimes. Yes, her mother was horrible and her brother was a monster, but that doesn't excuse her non-existent personality. Just being socially aloof isn't enough to show me that there's anything else going on inside.
Jane gets a job as a nanny for a huge, famous, crazy rock star (who's cool rock star name I can't even remember, so let's just call him rock star) who has custody of his French daughter, courtesy of his messed up ex wife, a French model and pop star. Of course this guy has tons of baggage: a failed first marriage due to drugs and general excess, thousands of groupies, a horrid second marriage, and now general snottiness and attitude. Oh, and a terrible temper. He's such a good time! And he has no clue how to raise his own kid, other than to spoil her with gifts.
And somehow, beyond all things sensible, this rock star falls in love with the wet noodle. And I can't.
Jane is so blasé. So boring, so milquetoast. Everything she says annoyed me.
Of course there are shenanigans concerning the loud noises coming from the forbidden third floor of the mansion, and of course the rock star never tells the truth about what's going on up there. And yes, their hasty city hall marriage is interrupted for very REASONS, forcing rock star to tell precious Jane THE TRUTH about what exactly is going on up on the third floor.
Jane takes off for New Haven and is taken in immediately by the two St. John sisters, who never show me a clear motive for their kindness. I guess they are just really nice? Or something? And yes, they have a super hot brother, studying at the divinity school, who pretty much is a walking poster for aspergers. This whole section drove me batty.
One weird day, after a huge fight with aspergers brother about moving with him to Haiti, Jane goes to the movies and randomly finds herself watching a documentary about her rock star. She gets all verklempt when she finds out that he has never stopped searching for her (seriously, she never even left Connecticut. His people assigned to searching must not be very good.). The end of the movie has a weird epilogue tacked on explaining that rock star was recently critically injured when there was a fire at his house, killing his mysterious third floor resident, and burning his estate to the ground.
The fact that this information is passed on to Jane while watching a documentary in a movie theater nearly drove me to throw the book in the trash.
And yet I kept reading.
Jane and rock star meet again. She leaves the kind, supportive St. John sisters without even a word of thanks and heads back to her jerk. And everyone lives happily ever after.
This was just the worst.
The end of the book included an excerpt of the authors new book, Catherine, a modern Retelling of Wuthering Heights. I'll pass, thanks. Although admittedly, if I started to read it, I would probably finish it. My bad.


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By Kristen Rodick
Allied Health Science Department
Delaware Technical Community College
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Think back to the last test review you gave in class.
How interested were your students?
Did all students participate or just a few?
If this sounds familiar, then you are among the rest of the instructors that are trying to find new innovative ways to increase student engagement.
I am an instructor for the Histotechnician courses, which are primarily hands on with little to no access to modern day technology. Trying to find new fun ways to keep students interested when instructing can be difficult.
Over the few years I have taught, I have found my students to be less engaged during test reviews. Typically, test reviews consist of discussing the test format and the subject matter being covered on the exam.
In the past, I have utilized the Jeopardy game to break students up in small groups and play for a prize such as candy or Delaware Tech gifts. Over time, the students seemed bored or unwilling to participate. I sent out an online survey asking about the game and to comment on what they liked or disliked. The results showed thirty-three percent disliked the game where as sixty-seven percent found the game helpful.
The students who disliked Jeopardy expressed they would not answer due to being embarrassed of answering incorrectly or needing more time to study prior to review. Even though the majority of the class liked Jeopardy, I still did not have the entire class's attention and participation. This sent me to research what other useful technologies are around for instructors and students to use. Upon my research, I stumbled across Socrative and figured I would try this free application for test reviews.
Socrative, by MasteryConnect, is a free application that both students and teachers can use on any device or operating system. The system is designed for teachers to generate quizzes for students to answer during class time or at home. Teachers can also set-up a fun space race for students to have a friendly competition individually or in groups.
Socrative tracks student responses for the teacher to evaluate. The results can either be accessed in real time or viewed on an assessment report at a later time. All grading is done automatically for the teacher, which allows more time for material to be covered and gives a formative assessment that can be shared with other instructors.
Histology classes at DTCC are small, with only six students in each class, making group work a challenge. Socrative has provided more engaging individual activities, and also allows me the option to pair the students up in three groups of two.
Since discovering Socrative, I have transformed lecture exam reviews into an anonymous, fun, competitive activity that the students appreciate. My students are no longer cautious to answer questions, and unlike with Jeopardy, a team can't rely on just one student to answer. All are involved.
One downfall to Socrative is that not every student has a smart phone or tablet to use in class. This can be challenging when we do a space race in class. All in all, though, the system is very easy to use and allows more time for open discussion in class on difficult material.
Socrative is a great tool in my courses and I hope that other instructors can benefit from this free application.
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Archive for May, 2007
Community & My Son
So, I'm reading Sex God and he starts talking about community and how it comes from our commonalities. And these commonalities aren't created so much as discovered. They have always been there and as we discover them, we find community.
He then talks about how we respect gifts not so much for their intrinsic value but for reasons that have more to do with how we feel about the giver. Specifically, he mentions a homemade gift from a five-year-old boy to his father. The gift is made out of a few things found in an alley but the father still has the gift on his shelf in his office thirty years later.
It makes me think about how my son is always so giving. He really enjoys sharing and because he enjoys sharing, he expects others to share with him. For him, everything is available for the asking. And, he's always asking! But, he's always giving too.
I'm thinking that my boy has it right. In our commonality, we should share more freely. This is a trait that I want to encourage in him. It goes well with his outgoing nature. As we give to one another, we show love to one another. And this expression of love is not only because of our feelings for that particular person but it is also because of our feelings for that person's Maker – God.
Just as the father kept the gift from the alley and considered it special because of how he felt for the maker of that gift, so should we consider others special not only for who they are but also because of who made them and how we feel towards him. It is one more way to show gratitude for the mercy and grace and love that he has shown towards us.
So, I will be trying to formulate a new habit of discovering community with other people and expressing love to them. Even if they are one of the types of people that irritate me severely, I will do it not for them (or not only for them) but for Him.Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )
Yeah, like miscellanea but different.
I've had a sinus infection for almost a week now so I've begun using my neti pot again. With that and the yoga I've been doing, you might as well paint a red dot on my forehead.
I just finished Velvet Elvis this morning. That book really spoke to me. The author is reiterating a lot of the exact thoughts I've had since graduating with my degree in Religious Studies in 1996. I hope to start his second book soon: Sex God.
I'm coming down to the wire on the weight challenge. This past week, I've went backwards but I hope to regain that. Lots of water, caffeine and no sugar and little fat. I'm also eating throughout the day – grazing as it were. I'm trying to avoid big meals and I'm trying to avoid eating late in the evening.
Yesterday, without meaning to, I sold two server installations in five minutes. WTF? I really wasn't trying to do that. I just wanted to call a guy and let him know about a problem he was having. So, before the end of the week, the hardware will probably be ordered. That means that in the next two months, I have four server installations – and two weeks of vacation! I remember the good old days in the early '00s when the work slowed down during the summer months. So, this means we're going to have a good year. But, it also means we're going to have to get help from our vendors to roll out our nationwide service. We'll pay them to do the integration of all the pieces rather than doing it ourselves because we just don't have time.
My mom just called me today and said her beach trip with her sisters was cut short. They do this every year but this year they received a call that the home of one of my aunts had burned down. So, they all returned home. She has apparently lost everything and didn't have insurance on the home. That's a sad situation.
So, those are things on my mind right now. Time to get back to work…Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )
Tonight I read in Velvet Elvis the following:
Shalom is the presence of the goodness of God. It's the presence of wholeness, completeness.
The author, Rob Bell, goes on to say (as he remembers something said to him):
And then he said, in what has become a pivotal moment in my journey, "Your job is the relentless pursuit of who God has made you to be. And anything else you do is sin and you need to repent of it."
The relentless pursuit of who God made me to be.
I started identifying how much of my life was about making sure the right people were pleased with me. And as this became more and more clear, I realized how less and less pleased I was with myself. What happens is our lives become so heavily oriented around the expectations of others that we become more and more like them and less and less like ourselves. We become split.
When I read this, it reminded me of what a friend told me this past week:
I pray you will have hope and be encouraged beyond what you can see. Don't try and shoulder the burden for who other people are or your fears about what they might become.
I'm realizing that I need to be true to the calling God has placed on my life. I can't be concerned about what others may think or what may happen to them because my God is their God too and he can take care of us all. If I follow His calling, everything else should work out. That doesn't mean it will be easy or enjoyable or painfree but it will work out. This brings new meaning to me for the 28th verse in the 8th chapter of Romans:
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Follow God and everything else will work out. Also, in Matthew 6:33-34:
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
So, I shall pursue shalom. I will pursue wholeness – to be all of the person God has called me to be. He has made me unique and He had a reason to do so. I will not try to be who others expect me to be. I will be me – the real me – and as I follow God that "me-ness" will fall more and more into God's will and fulfill his glory. Twice in the past week (from two very different sources), I heard this saying (paraphrased):
Jesus loves me exactly as I am and yet loves me too much to let me stay this way.
Both of the thoughts wrapped up in that sentence give me comfort and encourage me to move forward towards shalom.
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OK, after posting this last night, I woke up and read one of the blogs I've been reading for over a year and this is what she has to say:
Don't get hooked by someone else's issues. Taking the high road will help you avoid additional complications. … Other people need to deal with their own issues and it is not your problem to solve. If we take responsibility for problems not our own then
1) They don't usually get "solved" with good long term solutions.
2) They create a lot of tension between the parties involved
3) The person who should be solving the issue doesn't or is left without the chance to move to a higher level.
OK, OK, OK. I'm getting this message from enough places. Thank you Father for making sure I don't miss the message. Right now, I need that; I'm feeling a little obtuse.Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )


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'Borne Business Woman: Liz Claiborne!
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Isaac Mizrahi, A Man Of Many Talents!
July 7, 2009
I have to admit, I had never heard of Isaac before his run with Target, but I do not feel as bad because most of his success became before I was even born or able to talk properly. In Isaac's lifetime, success can not simply be measured by mastering one craft but by doing everything you ever dreamed of doing. Isaac is one of the few people who I know that has been thoroughly involved in every aspect of pop culture from movies, to books, to fashion, and television. He has done it all! Let's take a stroll down the path of his tireless journey.
Isaac was born October 14, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Ocean Parkway New Jersey. He must have been born with a fashion gene because at the age of 4 his mother began to notice his attraction to the details of her shoes. His mother often took him shopping with her at Saks and Bergdorf's and ,honestly, who can resist falling in love when introduced to these fashion paradises at such a young age. His father was a merchandiser of children's clothing, so design was nothing new to this semi-traditional Jewish family.
By the time Isaac was 10 years old he had moved back to Brooklyn and had been given his first sewing machine from his father. He made clothing for puppets to wear during birthday party appearances. By 13, he was making clothing for his mom, dad, and his mother's friend Sarah Haddad.
While in Brooklyn his parents wanted him to attend a Jewish school, however his rebellious personality got him kicked out on numerous occasions. His mother had to come to the school and bail him out of trouble constantly. Finally, Isaac had enough. He enrolled in New York High School for the Performing Arts to persue his passions in drama, music, and dance. Isaac lost 75 pounds his first semester and gained it all back in confidence.
While in high school Isaac took some evening classes at Parson's. Upon his high school graduation he studied full time at Parson's developing his skills that would one day land him the title of one of the Best American Fashion Designers of his time.
After his third year at Parson's, he got a part time internship working with Perry Ellis. Mr. Ellis became his mentor and after graduating from undergraduate, he went to work for him full time. Isaac worked very hard for Ellis and in return her received experience and training that would be priceless in this industry.
After he left Perry Ellis, he worked for Jeffrey Banks and Calvin Klein. Not long after , in 1987, Isaac started his own line with financial support from family friend Sarah Haddad. He began small designing in a small loft and selling from the back of a car. In the spring of 1988 he had his spring show. There were few guests , only there to see if anything interesting would come from this new designer. All the guests were floored with surprise at the fresh feeling he brought to fashion, Isaac became an over night success story. From that moment forward, his life began moving full speed ahead.
He began to win awards and designing costumes for ballets and theater in the early 1990's. In 1994 he was going to introduce his fall line and his preparations for his line would be filmed for his hit documentary called Unzipped. The documentary was directed by Isaac's ex lover Douglass Keeve and it was released in 1995. It contained footage from his childhood and footage of his life as a designer working with models and at shows. This documentary took him from beloved fashion designer to beloved celebrity fashion designer.
In 1997 he wrote a comic book series called Isaac Mizrahi Presents the Adventures of Sandee the Supermodel. The series featured the supermodel facing all the stereotypical problems that a supermodel would face in the industry. Critics and fans alike loved his rendition on the life of a model. This was a cherry on top of his sweet career.
Little did he know that in 1998, Chanel, his financial backer, would pull out and cause him to have to shut down his business. He had other options that would possible keep the company rolling, but he decided to move on. Which today has proved to be a good idea.
In 1999 he started in a one-man off Broadway cabaret act that critics called charming and engaging. From there he was given his own talk show on Oxygen where he had a plethora of celebrity guests and a wide array of activities.
Reverting back to designing, he signed a five year deal with Target to design a line of affordable fashions ranging from $10-$70. I have to say that he made some really cute things for target that were sold out in a heart beat. In 2007 he made wedding gowns for Target as well. He made target more than $300 million per year. He also had his own line which he referred to as Isaac Mizrahi to Order where he designs gowns starting at $4,000 a pop.
In 2008 he split with Target and went over to Liz Claiborne to resuscitate her dying line. He has made a fall 2009 line which has won rave reviews. He is now the host of a show called The Fashion Shows on Bravo, which is a different spin to the once hit Project Runway. Isaac has made many appearances on all the fashion forward shows and movies including Ugly Betty and Sex in the City. Today he is in the works of directing his first movies, The Extra Man.
Though we all know Isaac as an outspoken and almost flamboyant person, you can't help but love him . However, in the 2006 Golden Globes I couldn't help but shutter with horror at some of the things he was doing, such as squeezing Scarlett Johansson's breasts, looking down Terri Hatchers dress, and asking people if they had undies on. I am willing to look past that if you are 😦
Recently, Isaac Mizrahi has been named to a newly created role of Senior Vice President, Managing Director at Alma DDB effective July 13, 2009.
1996 won the Eddie for Best Edited Documentary.
1995 won the audience award for best documentary.
1991 won CFDA Womenswear designer of the year award
If you wanna keep up with Issac, watch him at by clicking HERE.
I chose Isaac for my blog because he embodies what it means to follow your dreams and that anyone could do anything as long as they want it bad enough. He had a few hurdles, some avoidable and others not so much, but he came through them better than ever. It is not always about how someone does while they are already successful and loved, but how someone does when they are going through hard times. He has shown his dedication to the arts and his passion to do any and everything he set his mind to. We should all be so lucky to accomplish the things this man has. Here's to you Isaac, " Fat is the new black."
Donna Karen of New York has truly become a household name. In my house especially because I refuse to buy jeans or denim from anyone else but her. I get so many compliments that my jeans look tailor made for me, and that does nothing but fuel my addiction to those fabulous pants. However, we are not here to discuss my love of her denim, but to talk about DKNY.
Donna Karen, whose birth name is Donna Ivy Faske, was born on October 2, 1948 in Forest Hills, Queens. She grew up in Long Island with her stepfather ( a tailor who died when she was 3) and her mom ( a model), which is a perfect formula for success in the fashion industry. Her stepfather was also in the fashion business.
She began selling clothing at the age of 14( a true hustler) on Cedarhurst a Central Avenue in New York. In high school she interned for Liz Claiborne. Additionally while in high school she designed her first line and put on her first show. In 1966 she graduated from Hewlett High School and went to Parsons School for Design, like many other famous designers that we know and love. Similarly, she left after two years, which is also a trend among great designers, to work for Anne Klein. While at Anne Klein in 1973, she married her first husband Mark Karan and divorced him in 1978. She worked her way up to the head of the design team at A. K. and held that position until 1985.
(side note: Wow, she stayed at A. K. longer than she was married to her first husband.)
When she left A.K. she started her own company and created/ invented "the body" ( one of the most practical items of clothing to come out of the 80's). That was her claim to fame. Her Essentials line offered seven pieces that wrap and sculpt the body, which every woman should have and of course, has expanded to about 200 pieces.
In 1988/89 she introduced a less expensive DKNY line, in order to dress her daughter. She designs all her lines without thinking of the top model, but the actual end consumer of her products. She calls her DKNY line the fast food to her caviar of her signature collection.
During the early 90's her and her husband, Stephan Weiss whom she married in 1983, ran her company. In 1995 Weiss stepped down to concentrate on his real passion, sculpting and in 1997 Donna resigned as the CEO of her company. Soon after in 2001 her husband died of lung cancer in 2001. That same year Donna Karan's line was acquired by LVMH for around $643 million dollars ( 2/3rds of that went to Donna personally), however Donna still remains in creative control of the company's lines.
Donna relinquished her powers within her company because her husband was fighting cancer, which can surely cause enough emotional and physical strain and stress. From that experience, she was able to launch Urban Zen project in 2007. Her interest in Yoga came from the times that she shared yoga with her cancer stricken husband as a way to help ease his treatments. She has given millions to teach patients and care givers these techniques as well.
Donna has experienced her share of hurdles in her life. In February of 2008 she fired her assistant after she allowed animal right activists in her home. Karen, at the time, had been targeted by PETA for her fur designs during fashion week. When she came home to the activists they tried to show her a graphic video. Karen and a female activist got in a verbal debacle. The protests didn't stop there. The activists attended her show soon after wearing masks resembling Donna and carrying bloody, dead rabbits. Eww. Karan never lost her cool throughout that whole charade because of the kind hearted person that she is. Karan, for her 2010 collection will go Fur Free… I guess the trespassing and harassment by PETA really worked. Or maybe it was the website DonnaKarenBunnyButcher.com or a video received from Tim Gunn that urged her to cease her use of fur. Either way, PETA and Tim got what they wanted.
Karan is also a major believer in the support . She recently told 150 customers at Neiman Marcus not to feel bad about buying expensive things because it is actually helping the designers, in addition to all the people involved in the making, advertising, and selling of the garment. She also supports a lot of charities and philanthropic causes.
Karen, known for her innate ability to understand a woman's body, has been humbled by her years in the industry. She is thankful for her family that helped her get through everything. Though times got tough for her she always had the underlying support of her 3 children and 7 grandchildren. A touching quote from her comes from NY MAG:
"My husband, my mother, and my boss all died on a day of a show," Karan says. "Black and white. Birth and death. I have to believe it has something to do with karma. That's how I cope." I know that has to be hard. But she did pull herself to date again which has kept her happy.
As a great entrepreneur, wife, mother, and designer, many women look up to her. She had to balance the good and bad in life with no breaks in between. She knew, however, that in being successful you must take risks and that is exactly what she has done. Her risks have paid off and have been recognized by organizations near and far. In the 80's she won 3 Coty awards. She won Womenswear designer of the year in 1990 and 1996, followed by winning Menswear designer of the year in 1992. In 2003, Karan was the first American designer to receive Fashion Group International's "Superstar Award." A year later, Karan's Alma Mater Parson's gave her an honorary doctorate to commemorate her contribution to the school and fashion industry. That same year she won the CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award as well. Finally, in 2007, Glamour magazine named Karan one of their Women of the Year.
In addition to receiving awards, she has also been know for her generous giving of both her finances and her time. She raises money for AIDS awareness and education with Seventh on Sale, a apparel sale which the procedes go to Karan's cause. She is a co chair the "Kids for Kids" events for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation as well. She also participates in "Super Saturday" which is a flea market that benefits the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. She also co founded the Karen Weiss Foundation in 1999 with her late husband, for which she also runs her Karan's Urban Zen Initiative.
I chose Donna Karen as the focus of my blog today because she has pushed through a lot of hard times and has still turned out successful and grounded. She was able to withstand divorce, deaths, criticisms and much more and still remain a kind hearted , generous ( not to mention fabulous looking) 61 year old designer.
P.S. Donna has also been compared to Oprah because of her weight ups and downs and here is what I have to say to those people, get a life. If you were going through a quarter of the things Donna experienced I am sure you wouldn't handle it any better.
Donna K. please, keep doing what your doing and do not EVER stop designing clothing that fits my body perfectly , sans tailor. You are the best and I admire your strength and tenacity.


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A few months ago, Interweave Press sent me a review copy of "Crochet So Fine" by Kristin Omdahl. It's a lovely book, but as I don't crochet, I didn't feel qualified to review it, so I asked my friend, Gail Solomon, to read it and write about it. Gail knits and crochets, and I thought she would be able to comment on the crochet patterns more authoritatively than I could. Gail's pretty busy, but she finally sent me the review this week, which I am posting here.
Normally, when I do a review, I ask the publisher for a free design from the book, but with all the delays involved in this review, that didn't happen. So at the bottom of the review, I'm providing a link to a free shawl pattern on Kristin's blog. I hope you like it.
Book Review: "Crochet so Fine" by Kristin Omdahl
by Gail Solomon
Kristin Omdahl's new book, "Crochet So Fine" takes crochet in a new direction by applying it to fine yarns for an entirely different effect. I have crocheted many afghans, scarves and hats out of yarns that ranged in weight from sport through bulky, but I never – until now – thought to try crocheting lacy, lightweight garments and accessories.
The projects in this book are grouped as "Shawls and Wraps," "Accessories," and "Tops and Cardigans." Many of the patterns have a diaphanous look and feel to them. Crafted with finer weight yarns — fingering and lace – and using a medium sized hook (D or G, for example), the shawls and scarves have the look of lace, with a lot of open spaces. They are airy, light and decorative, for both daytime and evening wear. Depending on your choice of yarn, they easily might complement an evening dress or spice up a weekend date night outfit.
I found the patterns easy to follow and the directions clear. The Glossary and the section on "Crochet Stitches and Techniques" make it easy to find out how to do an unfamiliar stitch. The stitch diagrams that accompany every pattern make the overall design of the piece easy to understand as well. Beginners may find some of the patterns too challenging – the shaping is the trickiest part – but many of the scarf and hat patterns are easier.
One of the patterns that really grabbed me is the "Dragonfly Shawl." Worked in No. 10 crochet thread with an E/4 hook, it is constructed of two separate, identical triangles in an easy-to-increase lace stitch pattern that are then joined by a dragonfly gusset. Because the work is so open, it works up quickly and uses only about 1100 yards of thread.
The "Shimmer Beaded Lace Cape" also appeals to me, with its graceful drape and flowing lines. The pattern calls for 2,200 yards of lace weight yarn and is worked with a G/6 hook. The basic pattern is a simple shell stitch. Again – this works up fast.
I also earmarked several thin scarves in DK and fingering weight yarns and a DK-weight neck warmer that will make perfect gifts for my special friends. They take very little yarn, work up fast using an E or G hook, and make a definite fashion statement. With the Holidays just around the corner, I'd better get started.
The tops and cardigans call for more shaping and will therefore present a bit more of a challenge. Tunics are in this season and a standout for me is the "River Tunic." This one looks lacy but is really mostly just single crochet. The sleeves boast a lacy chevron pattern that is echoed in the scalloped border of the hem. It is worked in lace weight yarn using a C/3 hook.
If you're going "green" or want to give your friends an environmentally friendly, multi-use bag, then check out the "Willow Market Bag," made of sport weight yarn using an E/4 hook. It looks more complicated than it is – all of the increases happen in the first round of the work – so you don't have to deal with increases within the lace pattern itself. It'll hold a bundle: groceries, yoga gear, beach supplies, whatever. And it looks great.
This book offers something for beginners and experts alike. Whether you start with a quick scarf or set your sights on a more complicated shawl or cardigan, you'll be expanding your skills as well as your wardrobe. Have fun.


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Kyle On: Egg Painting for Easter
Tue, March 3, 2015
Disclaimer – I love painting Easter eggs. And it was during my trip to Prague that I was totally inspired to create our new Easter egg attachment. Have you seen it yet? If not, you can check it out HERE. Everywhere I went in Prague, I saw the most beautiful, ornately painted eggs. The details, the colors, and just everything about them was truly breathtaking. You might be thinking, "can an egg really be breathtaking?" I'm here to tell ya it can. Check out this picture of some of the gorgeous eggs we saw on our travels.
Getting together with family to paint Easter eggs is such a fun way to welcome spring, spread your artistic wings, and spend some quality time with those you love most. My sister, Sarah, and I decided to do a little practicing to get prepped for our annual egg painting party that's coming up later this month. My plan was to incorporate some of the designs I saw on my trip, and I think we nailed it.
My mom's chickens lay brown eggs, so that's what we had on hand for painting but I really loved the way they looked decked out with white paint. That's the thing I love about decorating Easter eggs - there are so many fun options that don't involve the traditional box of egg dye and plastic wraps. Just get yourself a couple skinny paintbrushes, a paint pen or two, a dab of glue, some glitter and go to town. I'd love to hear how you're planning on decorating your Easter eggs this year. Leave a comment with your ideas. Also, today and tomorrow ONLY, spend $75 or more and you'll get our egg platter (pictured above and below!) FREE! Our egg platter is perfect for serving deviled eggs, offering a pretty way to store your eggs in the refrigerator, a paint palette, or displaying your decorated eggs!
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Egg platter // lilac bowls // daffodil dipping bowls // Happy Everything Easter attachments


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I would like to start by saying hello to all of my new followers - - I'm so glad to have you! I also really appreciate hearing everyone's input on what makes a blog successful and what stocking stuffers they are likely to give this year. Please be assured that I did read the comments pertaining to blog layout, content, etc. and will be working to change mine to reflect my readers' preferences. It may take a while, so bear with me :)
Don't forget that the Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaways are still underway!
Most of you asked for lots of pictures...well here you go:
Saturday was my last craft show of the year. I didn't have a lot of sales, but I made back my booth rent and gas money so I'm happy. The people that hosted the event were wonderful so I will definitely consider going back in the spring. Even though my booth was very cluttered, it was definitely my favorite set up so far and gave me new ideas for future shows.
I got quite a bit accomplished this weekend. I whipped up some OSU booties for my cousin's baby that's due at the end of the month. I was planning on making several pair in different colors. The pattern wasn't hard to follow or complicated but it was difficult to sew due to the size of the boots. I hope she likes these because I'm not doing any more :). My Etsy shop has been busy but I managed to get caught up (for all of about 30 minutes before more orders came in), yay! And I was thrilled when Kristy at Quiet Play asked me to test another of her patterns. Remember those little pinecone guys I want to make? Two days later, at my craft show, I came across a booth selling mini pinecones - - it was meant to be!
My grandmother has a thing for roosters. Her kitchen is covered in them. So when I saw this rooster fabric (background), I knew I needed to make her something with it. I went online and found a lady that teaches a class on paper piecing roosters (who knew?!). She doesn't have her patterns up for sale commercially but she agreed to sell me one. It turned out to be much larger than I anticipated, 18" x 20", but now I can make ... what can I make? A lap quilt, a wall hanging? I'm open to suggestions! I'm not a rooster person and it's not my style of fabric, but this little guy is really growing on me.
Next up was my little Songbird Block. I still haven't managed to make my Chopstick Block into anything yet so I definitely wanted to be able to show off a completed project this time. I settled for another Open Wide Zippered Pouch. My zipper (from zipit) came with this little charm attached and it went with my pouch perfectly!
I finally got started on the Easy Street QAL. I won't lie, mystery qals make me nervous. Without being able to see the design and layout of the finished quilt I always second guess my fabric choices and which color to put where. The fabrics I picked were originally for another qal but a last minute change left them up for grabs. I decided to start the qal by only doing half of the recommended blocks. If I like how its looking and I have enough fabric, I may go back and make the full size quilt. There is quite a gap between the quilting and the linkup so I should have time.
Another WIP is this adorable little cross stitch pattern I found here. They have the cutest patterns and I couldn't resist.
I didn't have one of the colors so these are not completed yet :) I toyed with the idea of somehow making it into a quilt but then I came across the Isosceles Triangle QAL. Now I'm thinking it should be a wall hanging.
Last but not least...
Our first Christmas pictures!
Linking up to Fabric Tuesday.


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A two-month old baby was killed by what many people would think is the most unlikely of causes – his father's kiss. The story from last year is just hitting the news now, and can't be more heartbreaking.
The father, 28 year old Carl Maclaren, was described by his wife Marrie-Claire as "the perfect father." But that doesn't help his heavy heart after a cold sore in his mouth carrying the herpes simplex virus led to his five-week premature son, Kaiden, being hospitalized and dying last May.