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A newly released movie on Blu-ray or DVD is a normal addition to my twins' stockings each Christmas morning. This year LEAP! and DESPICABLE ME 3 will be available just in time for the holiday shopping season.
My daughter has been in ballet for several years now and loves dancing so LEAP! will make the perfect addition to her stocking. LEAP! is a colorful and imaginative story about an orphan girl who is determined to follow her dream of becoming a ballerina. This animated movie full of great original music is a show the whole family will enjoy viewing together.
LEAP! tells the story of eleven-year-old orphan Félicie who has one dream — to go to Paris and become a dancer. Her best friend, Victor, an imaginative, exuberant boy with a passion for creating, has a dream of his own — to become a famous inventor. In a leap of faith, Victor and Félicie leave their orphanage in pursuit of their passions. But there's a catch: Félicie must pretend to be the child of a wealthy family in order to gain admittance to the prestigious and competitive Opera Ballet School in Paris. And with no professional dance training, she quickly learns that talent alone is not enough to overcome the ruthless, conniving attitudes of her fellow classmates, led by the devious Camille Le Haut. Determined to succeed, Félicie finds her mentor in the tough and mysterious school custodian, Odette, who, along with Victor's encouraging friendship, help her reach for the stars.
My son on the other hand is crazy about the zany antics of the Minions from the Despicable Me movies! So Despicable Me 3 arriving in time for Christmas is great timing and will absolutely make its way into his stocking this year. In addition to the movie, the Blu-ray and DVD include almost an entire hour of exclusive bonus features including an all-new mini-movie, a never-before-released deleted scene, and much more!
After he is fired from the Anti-Villain League for failing to take down Balthazar Bratt, the latest evil mastermind to threaten humanity, Gru finds himself in the midst of a major identity crisis in Despicable Me 3. But when a mysterious stranger shows up to inform Gru that he has a long-lost twin brother — a brother who desperately wishes to follow in his twin's despicable footsteps — the former super-villain rediscovers just how good it feels to be bad. Academy Award® nominee Steve Carell (Foxcatcher) reprises his hilarious role as reformed criminal mastermind Gru, as well as his newly discovered twin, Dru. The all-star voice cast also features Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids, Despicable Me 2), Miranda Cosgrove (Despicable Me 1 & 2, School of Rock), Steve Coogan (The Secret Life of Pets, Philomena), Jenny Slate (Zootopia, The Secret Life of Pets), Dana Gaier (Despicable Me 1 & 2) and legendary singer and actress Julie Andrews (The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins).
Video Games
My kids are at an age where they love video games. Here are some suggestion that are fun to play for kids as well as adults. Have some family fun with parents and kids playing these video games together.
Activision is bringing back one of their most popular video game characters from the '90s! Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy will let Playstation 4 owners play a fully-remastered high definition collection of Activision's original collection of Crash Bandicoot™ video games. In the updated version of the games, Crash's sister, Coco, joins in the action coming to her brother's rescue. In Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Coco has decided to hack into the Time Twister to travel back in time to help Crash in his previous adventures.
My kids loved THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE and can't get enough playing time when it comes to this video game. With movie quality graphics and an impressive variety of ninja moves that players can utilize while controlling their favorite LEGO NINJAGO heroes this game really is incredibly fun to play.
Exclusively for the Nintendo Switch, GEAR CLUB UNLIMITED provides an authentic auto racing experience utilizing amazing recreations of some of the world's finest sports cars. Up to four players can play at once in split screen mode so the whole family can get in on the competition. Who is the best driver in your house?
Our family's Nintendo 3DS is great for keeping the kids amused on long car trips or when they're stuck in bed while being sick. In fact they'd be playing it all the time if we didn't restrict their screen time. This portable gaming system provides 3D special effects that you don't need to wear special glasses to see. It is pretty impressive! In fact the Nintendo 3DS is small enough you could probably include it as a stocking stuffer itself if your kids don't have one. If your kids are like my 8 year olds they'd be thrilled to get one!
One of our family's favorite games on the Nintendo 3DS is MIITOPIA. A Nintendo Mii is a cartoonish figure that can be shaped to have the appearance of someone you know or created to have its own unique wacky look. These Miis are the characters that live in the land of Miitopia. In this fantasy style game, players must stop an evil sorcerer from stealing the faces of the Miis and creating monsters out of them. This game is a mixture of Dungeons and Dragons with Super Mario Bros. that fans of Nintendo products will really appreciate.
Robotic Pets
My kids are curious about robots and love animals so robotic pet toys are a great combination of those two interests. Fingerlings from WowWee and Zoomer Zupps from Spin Master have lots of great interactive features, charming appearances and are just the right size to fit inside a Christmas stocking.
These cuddly baby monkeys actually come to life within your hands. Fingerlings can interact with you through more than 40 sounds and animations. Tap on a Fingerling's head to trigger a variety of different reactions. Hang them upside down by their tail and see what happens. They'll show affection when you pet them and fall asleep when rocked in the palm of your hand. Cup your hand in just the right spots and your Fingerling will even burp or fart! Clap your hands to get your robotic pet to sing or whistle to you.
My daughter loves giraffes so I just had to add Spin Master's Zoomer Zupps Safari Pets to A Geek Daddy's list of super stocking stuffers. Safari Pets are available as giraffes, cheetahs and zebras and you'll find them exclusively at Walmart. These pocket-sized interactive creatures fit in the palm of your hand. They have poseable limbs, light-up LED eyes and are responsiveness to touch. Press your Zoomer Zupps nose or pet the top of its head and hear adorable sounds. Play the Rocking Repeat Game by pressing its nose and petting its head at the same time. The eyes will flash in a specific pattern. Press the nose to repeat the pattern. Get three patterns in a row correct to win the game!
Backpack Clips
I've noticed dropping off and picking up my children at elementary school that decorating their backpacks with plush toys and trinkets is a big deal with the students. WHIFFER SNIFFERS are a hot commodity! These collectible food themed scented plush backpack clips don't just look good they smell good too. Kids are always running up to take a sniff of the ones my daughter has on her backpack.
Collectible Mini Figures
Collectible mini figures that come in blind packs so that people don't know which ones they are getting until they open a box or bag are all the rage with my kids and their friends right now. They are this generation's equivalent of baseball cards and stickers. Though in addition to collecting and displaying them these are also fun to play with.
These military themed toys combine blind-boxed soldiers and vehicles with a board game type experience. The mini figures aren't just toys but are game pieces too. Set up a battle field and take turns attacking your opponent with each character having a hit point tally equivalent to their rank. Follow the rules in the player's guide to conquer the other army's prized possession and win the game. Play with them as toy soldiers, as a game, or just collect as they are awesome looking to display.
The Little Sprouts toy collection revolves around Cabbage Patch themed mini-figures that are available in cabbage shaped blind packages that contain either one kid figure or a two figure (baby/pet) combo There are 120 total figures available to collect including a variety of 1.5" boy and girl kids, 1" babies, and .75" sized pets. The 1.5" kids and 1" baby figures include articulation so they can be placed in a sitting pose. These figures combine the nostalgia of one the iconic '80s era Cabbage Patch dolls with today's hot blind pack collectible toys fad.
Toy Cars
Fans of classic cars and hotrods will be thrilled to find a diecast toy from M2 Machines in their Christmas stockings. These are excellent reproductions in 1:64 scale that include a lot of intricate details that make these cars really standout. They include a lot of detail into these cars by making them from numerous individual parts instead of one primary mold. I'm a fan of old pickup trucks and keep a M2 Machines 1958 Chevrolet Apache on my desk at work.
Miscellaneous Games & Toys
My family has found Top Trumps' themed card decks a great family game night activity because they are both entertaining and educational to play. In fact, teachers in the United Kingdom have been recommending students play with these card decks which incorporate a variety of themes ranging from animals to super heroes since the 1970's as a fun way to improve children's literacy and numeracy skills. Over the last ten years, more than 80 million packs of Top Trumps cards have been sold in England making it one of the best-selling games in that country. Top Trumps games are just becoming available in the United States and if you have children between the ages of 6 and 12 you should absolutely check them out.
Egg Babies are super soft plush animals that are packed in colorful eggs. Crack open the egg and pull out one of 6 different plush creatures ranging from a pink bunny to a purple piggy. These critters have some unique appearances to them and my kids find them to be adorable!
A great gift for any baseball fan. Major League Baseball licensed Squeeze Poppers from Hog Wild Toys are shaped like team mascots. Just squeeze the belly and pop a soft foam ball will soar out of its mouth and fly up to 20 feet! Bring home your favorite team's Squeeze Popper mascot and shoot it at the television screen every time they make a bad play while you are watching the game. I'll be getting a lot of use out of this if I pick up the Detroit Tigers Paws version the way the team is trending for next season. Each Squeeze Popper includes five soft foam balls so you can repeatedly load and shoot before having to chase them down.
Swing by ageekdaddy.com throughout the year to check out my frequent movie, toy, and video game reviews from the perspective of a fun loving dad. Also visit thetoyinsider.com for my regular contributions to the website as a member of their Parents Panel. If you head over there now you can also peruse their great 2017 Gift Guide featuring recommendations on the top toys available during this holiday shopping season.
Swing by ageekdaddy.com throughout the year to check out my frequent movie, toy, and video game reviews from the perspective of a fun loving dad. Also visit thetoyinsider.com for my regular contributions to the website as a member of their Parents Panel. If you head over there now you can also peruse their great 2017 Gift Guide featuring recommendations on the top toys available during this holiday shopping season.


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In Hickory Doc's Tales, Doc shares a host of humorous stories from his important role as a hunting dog, and he narrates what life is like at the kennel. He tells tales about his adventures and mishaps with porcupines and cactus and of relationships with humans, other animals, and his tight-knit family of dogs.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Review: Pride Revisited by Tess Quinn
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Welcome Heather!! And Great Review!!ReplyDelete
Wonderful interview. I tweeted.ReplyDelete
Fantastic review! I don't usually read short stories, but this sounds like it is basically one story -told in a series of short stories. Very interesting!ReplyDeleteReplies
It does sound really interesting, doesn't it, Candy! I hope you get to read and enjoy this one! :)Delete
Hi, Candy -- Just to clarify, it isn't basically one story, except in the fact that they are all short stories that could fit within the plot of P&P (or follow it.) Though I suppose there is something of a flow, as I arranged them in chronological order to the events of the book. I hope you will enjoy it if you decide to check it out.Delete
Great review! I'd heard of this one but didn't really know much of what it's about. It sounds good. Wouldn't mind a good rainy day game of Sardines with Mr Darcy myself! ;)ReplyDeleteReplies
So glad that I'll (hopefully) have time to read again soon! I've been wanting to read Tess' book for a while. Great review!ReplyDeleteReplies
Enjoyed the review Heather! I didn't know about this book, but I have it on my wish list now.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you for our review Heather. I have this on my mahoosive wish list, but wasn't really sure what it was about!ReplyDeleteReplies
This book sounds fun and interesting! And since I just met Tess this past week, I think I'll have to check it out!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Heather! :)ReplyDelete
What a great review! I love short-stories, as they are so quick to read between longer books. And short story + P&P = double-win! :)
Thanks for reviewing it for us!
Heather, thank you very much for the nice review!!! And Jakki, thanks to you too for hosting it. I must apologize for not responding to the posting and the comments before now. I was indeed out of town for a week (as Kara mentioned, when we met in Denver) and have been playing catch up ever since. I didn't even know that this has been posted on your blog until someone brought it to my attention yesterday.ReplyDelete
Again, my apologies. I do so appreciate the exposure, as well as the time and care that went into your review, Heather. (As an aside, I wasn't that crazy myself about those story intros... did it on the advice of an editor, but they felt a little uncomfortable to me all along. Maybe I should have gone with my gut on it.) Please don't take my silence to date as anything but a lack of awareness on my part! Thanks again -- happy reviewing --


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- Scott and Janet Williams on our renovation of their Omaha home.
From the start, Mike was very professional and dealt with our queries, and adjusted the plans to a more cost effective foundation. The invoicing for materials was very transparent and we were sent quotes from external suppliers. We were kept informed of progress and forward planning throughout the whole process. His team on site were always very courteous and friendly,arrived on time every day and left the site tidy each day. We would have no hesitation in using the DuraBuild team again.
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There's nothing like relaxing after a big game, a hard day's work in the garden or a tough session at the gym... but then the soreness sinks in.
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Yes, in case you were wondering, I am being facetious. I'll be honest, this morning, I had to wonder if I was in Yorkshire, or Alaska! I must admit, I dont think I've ever been caught in a snow storm, at the end of April before! I've seen snow in April before, many times, but we're nearly into May, and seriously…! To be fair, it didnt actually settle on the ground here, though it did in other places around here, a little more rural, or at a higher altitude. But to be fair, that wasnt much consolation this morning.
Thats right, the day I had to go into town, to sign on, it decided to blow up a snow storm. Yes, seriously, I thought I was signing on in Anchorage, or somewhere, judging by the weather conditions in town! Thankfully it wasnt too long a walk from the bus stop, to the job centre, but even so, I was covered in snow on arrival. By the time I came back out, it was easing off, though still snowing, but getting very fine, verging on rain. By the time I got back home, about 15 minutes later, it was just beginning to leave off, even raining. But yes, just for the time I was out, I felt like Elsa the Eskimo!
The rest of the day, not been too bad, though I have no idea how cold it was out there, I havent ventured out since. But fine, on Sunday, we enter May, and yet we are still having snow storms, crazy!
Yes, and to think, this time last year (I had in fact, strictly, been back a couple of days), I was enjoying the heat, and sun, in Hollywood!
Right, the video. Well, this morning, I was walking in the snow, but this is as close as I could get!


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When my children were young, Valentine's Day became a family celebration. We would decorate with pink and red paper decorations, make dinner and dessert and eat on a big blanket in the middle of the living room floor while we watched movies.
Those memories are some of my favorite Valentine memories.
The desserts we made were the things that they loved most and ones that they could help me make. Puffed rice and marshmallow treats and sprinkle and chocolate covered pretzels are simple and delicious. We used cookie cutters to cut the marshmallow treats and lots and lots of chocolate and sprinkles for the pretzels.
Being gluten free hasn't changed anything. We still chocolate dip pretzels and we still make puffed rice marshmallow treats, we just make them with gluten free ingredients. And we still put a blanket in the middle of the living room floor and watch movies.
Puffed Rice Marshmallow Treats:
Melt 3- 4 tablespoons of butter in a large microwaveable bowl. Add 4 1/2+ cups of gluten free mini marshmallows to the bowl and stir until the marshmallows melt. I say 4 1/2+ cups because the kids did the measuring and pouring, it was never just 4 1/2 cups. They always turned out fine, sometimes they were just a little chewier. We add a few drops of red food coloring to turn the treats pink. Once the marshmallows are melted, add 6 cups of gluten free puffed rice cereal. Mix until everything is well blended. In a parchment covered 9×13, press the marshmallow treats firmly into the pan. Chill until firm. Cut into desired shapes and serve.
Chocolate Covered Pretzels:
In a microwaveable safe bowl, melt a small amount of either white or semi-sweet chocolate, 30 seconds at a time. Remove from microwave and stir. Repeat until chocolate is melted. Add 1/4 teaspoon of olive oil or any neutral flavored oil. Stir. If letting children dip pretzels, allow the chocolate to cool a bit. Dip 1/2 of the pretzels into chocolate, shake off excess chocolate and dip into sprinkles or sugar. Place on wax paper to dry.
Happy Valentine's Day.


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This guide to the flora and fauna of Cape May County, in southern New Jersey is intended as a photo gallery to showcase the wonderful wildlife that can be found in the region, as well as to act as a resource for identification - especially for such large groups as insects and plants. All sections will be added to as new photos become available, but such well-known groups as birds and mammals are not intended to be comprehensive here as there are plenty of readily available books covering these groups.
You will also find various sections covering the landscapes and wildlife communities that Cape May is justly famous for, as well as a glossary to help you understand some of the technical terms that it is necessary to use to identify some of the trickier groups, such as dragonflies and grasses. Finally, there is a reference section which gives due credit to the various sources that were used when compiling this site.
Click here to go to the Plant Identification Guide, or use the navigation bar above to access other parts of the site.
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Each year Rice honors members of the Rice community who have served the students through outstanding teaching, dedication and service. Below are recipients of some of this year's awards:
Presidential Award for Mentoring
The 2015 Presidential Award for Mentoring went to Illya Hicks, professor of computational and applied mathematics. The award is given to a Rice faculty member who demonstrate a strong commitment to mentoring graduate or undergraduate students.
Charles Duncan Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement
Jun Lou, associate professor of materials science and nanoengineering, and Caleb McDaniel, assistant professor of history, shared the 2015 Duncan Award, which is presented by Rice deans upon the recommendation of senior faculty. It honors a tenure-track or tenured faculty member who has less than 10 years of experience.
Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award
Fabiola Lopez Duran, assistant professor of art history, received the 2015 Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award. This award goes to a nontenured assistant professor who demonstrates outstanding commitment to education in the liberal arts or sciences, as determined by student evaluations.
Sarofim Teaching Award, School of Humanities
Maryam Emami, lecturer of French, received the 2015 Sarofim Teaching Award. This award is given to a lecturer in the School of Humanities who has shown exceptionally high qualities of professionalism and dedication to students.
(T + R)2 Award, School of Engineering
Rich Baraniuk, the Victor E. Cameron Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Luay Nakhleh, associate professor of computer science and assistant professor of biochemistry and cell biology, are the inaugural recipients of the (T + R)2 Award. T + R stands for teaching and research, and the award honors outstanding work in both areas based upon research-based teaching methods, student evaluation and comments, peer input, research funding, impact of journal publications and contributions to the field.


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We are having crab cakes this 4th of July, and I am going to serve corn on the cob and a big green salad. As a change for our standard balsamic-dijon, I thought the flavors of this citrus vinaigrette looked great, and will work nicely with the the seafood. http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/citrus-vinaigrette
I love planning big family meals like this, and having time to put some attention into the details!


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There will be blood. And spoilers. Everyone's favorite serial killer says goodbye; here are my observations.
First off, let me state that I have been a pretty decent fan of Dexter throughout the vast majority of it's run. To me, Dexter was one of those shows that really went after big names to to make appearances in the series, and they did a fantastic job of doing so. (Hey Lithgow, I'm looking at you.) While the people on-screen with this series have usually been just out-of-sight good, a lot of times the overall story, and how it was written, have left a lot of people feeling disappointed.
Hopefully if you're reading this you've had an opportunity to see the series finale, and if not, well, stop reading and come back after you've had the chance to view it. Or let me save you the trouble? Yeah, that one.
Everyone loves Dexter, and almost feels badly for connecting with him on some level; Dexter is at one of the most human times during this episode. Don't rage out; I'm not suggesting Dex was anything but human, but I felt like he was most relatable during this episode. At the end of the penultimate episode we see Dexter back away from killing Saxon, and it resulted in Deborah getting shot and Saxon escaping.
In the finale we find out just how badly Deb has been wounded. After Dexter, Hannah, and Harrison avoid the bounty hunter and still miss their flight to Argentina, Dexter is summoned to the hospital to find Deb, post-surgery, and talking a bit strange.
This episode was entitled "Remember the Monsters?", and a lot of the conversation Dexter and Deborah have in this moment centers around their childhood, and how Dexter would "protect" Deb from the monsters at night as a child. That leads to several flashbacks of Dexter and Deborah holding a newborn Harrison (and no Rita…yeah, no Rita?), and talking about how great of a father Dexter will be, because he had been such a good big brother. Back to the present and Dexter sends Harrison off with Hannah to go ahead with her to their new life in South America.
We flip back to a wounded Saxon, stitched up by a local vet from Deb's gunshot, using the same vet as bait to gain access to the hospital to finish what he had started. Luckily, for the first time in history, our fine friends at Miami Metro actually do their job and apprehend Saxon only moments away from a final confrontation with Dexter.
Saxon is taken away, and Dexter finds out Deb has taken a turn for the worst; breathing tubes, assisted breathing, and the knowledge that Deborah will never recover.
Up until this point, the episode was playing out very much like a normal episode; Dexter needs to get out of tight spot, almost gets caught, and things seem to go okay.
Dexter decides to take matters into his own hands, and even though Saxon is in the custody of Miami Metro, he aims to finish the job. Through the guise of a samples test, even though he doesn't even really work for Miami Metro anymore, Dexter enters the holding cell with Saxon. Saxon takes the bait, and although Dexter knows he's being watched and recorded, allows Saxon to attack him with a ballpoint pen, which he rips out of his own shoulder and stabs right into the side of Saxon's neck.
Now, this is caught on video. He isn't REALLY an employee. He shouldn't have been in the situation because of Deb, and yet Quinn (who not too long ago locked onto Dexter's extra curricular activities..) and Bautista just let him go on "self-defense". Yeah right. No way this would fly, and Dexter wouldn't do something so risky even if he was expecting to be caught. It's almost as if the writers of this episode said, "Hey who needs the fundamentals of this character for the finale? Let's throw them out the window!"
And it gets worse.
Dexter, in his "Kill Garb" enters the hospital via the Slice of Life in the onset of the Category 3 hurricane at Miami's doorstep. As Dexter says he's sorry, and apologizes for leading her astray, unplugs all of the monitors, hoses, and alarms connected to the lifeless Deborah. I mean, look, they make a huge deal out of the fact that the hurricane is literally right there, but wouldn't someone come rushing in?
Here's what lost me…..
After loading Deb's body onto a gurney, Dexter wheels her, covered in a white bed sheet, down to the dock and loads her onto the Slice of Life. There are PLENTY of people outside. You can see them clearly! How do they NOT NOTICE THIS?! "Hey! Where are you going with that obvious corpse, sir? No wait, please don't load it onto your boat during a hurricane!"
To this crazinesses' credit, I understand exactly what happens next. It doesn't make sense, and I'm not sure at all how the writers thought they could get away with this, but it's almost a touching moment. Feeling as though Deborah had been his victim all along, Dexter takes the boat out to the spot of all of his late night boat rides, says goodbye, and gives Deborah's body to the ocean. Even though it is a little ridiculous, this is a very beautiful scene, given the characters and story.
With that, Dexter calls Harrison to say goodbye. As he throws his phone into the water, he drives the Slice of Life right into the heart of the hurricane.
Flash-forward to Hannah and Harrison in some cafe in South America where she's reading the Miami paper online and learns of Dexter's demise. No, "Oh crap, Harrison! What will we do? Your dad is gone!". Not even a "Oh Dexter, I loved you all along." blah blah blah…….
"Harrison, let's go get some ice cream." That's it. That's how we leave Harrison; some South American country with a blonde Dexter. As much as I want to believe that Dexter was "saving the people he loved", there have been too many moments of this show revolving around Harrison and saving his life.
Finally, the screen goes black, and then we see a huge log truck. The driver gets out, does some trucker stuff, and, wait for it…..yep, Dexter Morgan. With a beard. Living his life away from all of those he's known and loved. Alone. As a log truck driver.
Do I actually accept this? Yeah, I guess. I mean, I actually said before that Dexter would survive, but so many things were cast aside to give this show this ending.
In my opinion, the bar was set years ago with the ending to The Sopranos, and if you choose to end a TV series on your own doing, you owe it to the fans who have invested so much time into your work to give them something of that quality.
Honestly, I kind of saw this coming, because it leaves the door open to more Dexter Morgan at some point.
But I will miss this show, Dexter himself, and some of the more interesting characters who never really got the opportunity up until the very end to be major players in this series.
Godspeed, Dexter Morgan.


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Healthy eating is an important part of healthy living and of taking control of your life. There are no studies to prove that certain foods cure ankylosing spondylitis, but eating healthy can improve your overall health.
Appropriate diet and nutrition can reduce your risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes, increase your energy, and build muscle and bone strength. A healthy diet can also help you maintain a healthy weight, which is important because excess weight can put stress on joints.
Here are some tips on healthy eating:
- Drink 8 to 10 glasses of water every day.
- Limit the amount of salt, fats, and sugars in your diet.
- Learn portion control. Fill half the plate with vegetables and fruit, fill one quarter of the plate with meat or alternatives, and fill the last quarter of the plate with grain products.
- Choose dark green or orange vegetables, lean meats, and whole grains.
- Limit alcohol intake to:
- no more than 2 drinks per day (or no more than 3 drinks on special occasions), to a maximum of 10 drinks per week for women
- no more than 3 drinks per day (or no more than 4 drinks on special occasions), to a maximum of 15 drinks per week for men


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The Great Quake: 1906-2006 / Out of chaos came new Chinese America
Destroyed records meant more immigration.
The earth dragon has awakened, Chinatown residents are said to have screamed as the 1906 earthquake and fire flattened their neighborhood and killed untold numbers.
But San Francisco's Chinatown was already under siege. White leaders considered the Chinese an economic threat, filthy and dangerous, and were trying to push them out. The Chinese Exclusion Act, barring most Chinese from entering the United States since 1882, had slowed the flow of newcomers to a trickle of teachers, students and merchants.
Yet when government buildings were destroyed a century ago, so were the birth and immigration records inside. Scores of Chinese recognized the serendipity, claiming citizenship and bringing in their children.
In many cases, for a fee, they also brought in people who weren't their children. Hundreds of those friends and strangers, who came to be known as "paper sons," arrived in the Bay Area in the following decades, changing Chinese America forever.
"In a strange way, we as Chinese Americans are indebted to that disaster," said Felicia Lowe, 60, a Bay Area documentary filmmaker whose father and grandfather were paper sons. "It was a gateway, an opening, a possibility to allow Chinese people to come here."
And it all started with a neighborhood.
At the turn of the century, Chinatown was a neighborhood of narrow streets and dilapidated Victorians -- the oldest part of San Francisco. Immigrants, most of them bachelors, had added balconies, displaying silk-and-bamboo lanterns and other touches of their homeland: potted flowers and plants, signs in Chinese, triangular yellow flags with a dragon to signify the merchant's rank. After the quake, the city's Reconstruction Committee wanted to move Chinatown 6 miles away to Hunters Point.
"You have to understand, from the time the Chinese arrived (until) the earthquake, San Francisco City Hall was trying to get rid of them. Not to move them somewhere -- but to move them back to China," said historian Phil Choy, 79, an American-born son of a paper son.
"People ask, 'Why didn't they count the Chinese?' " he said, referring to the fact that few, if any, deaths from the earthquake and fire were recorded in Chinatown, the city's densest area. " 'Why didn't they care?' "
"This is why," he said, gesturing to a stack of musty leather-bound books in his study: reports to the Board of Supervisors and the California State Senate about the filthy conditions of the Chinese quarter. The alleged horrors included Chinese prostitution, white women living with Chinese men and white prostitution in Chinatown.
But the effort to move Chinatown stalled when the Chinese government and white merchants warned that U.S.-China relations would suffer if Chinatown were pushed aside.
Chinese merchants quickly staked their claim by rebuilding. They devised a plan to make Chinatown a valued asset of San Francisco -- a tourist spot.
The architecture they chose was not authentic but a fanciful interpretation designed by white architects. Pagodas in the Far East are religious buildings, erected as memorials or shrines, for example, while in Chinatown they house shops.
Today, tourists on Grant Avenue photograph the curved eaves and colorful tiled roofs and wander through atmospheric alleys and into temples heavy with incense and resounding with the cacophony of fake crickets, classical Chinese zither and Muzak. "It was a ingenious move, selling a fake China to those white folks who didn't know any better; and the Chinese community since survived with a degree of prosperity on its own despite intense racial prejudice and discrimination," said Marlon Hom, chairman of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University.
To this day, the neighborhood remains chronically overcrowded and houses poor immigrants who lack the English fluency to venture beyond. About 60 percent of all housing units in Chinatown are still single rooms without a bathroom or kitchen, and most of the other 40 percent are rental apartments.
Although the neighborhood's distinctive look protected it from redevelopment in the 1960s and 1970s -- a wave that transformed Filipino neighborhoods and Japantown -- Chinatown has missed out on the Bay Area's prosperity over the last half-century.
Down narrow, dank Cooper Alley off Jackson Street, which was set aside a century ago for sick Chinese prostitutes, a small building built in 1908 is home to people like Qiang-guo Wang, 69, who rents a small room with his wife for $240 a month.
"There isn't space to move around, but there isn't sufficient affordable housing," said Wang, a retired restaurant busboy. In 1992, the couple left behind a three-bedroom apartment in Guangzhou, China, to join their five children in California. Because they cannot drive or speak English, they moved to Chinatown.
"Life is hard," Wang said. "I have to struggle for this."
Suitcases and boxes teetered on the top bunk of his bed, and the moist, sweet smell of steamed rice hung in the air. Potted plants and flowers on the windowsill brightened the dilapidated room, much as they might have in 1906.
Even after the quake, the Chinese population in San Francisco continued shrinking, partly because many Chinese residents moved to San Mateo, San Jose and the East Bay.
But eventually, the effects of the earthquake and fire -- and the ingenuity of immigrants in Chinatown -- would begin to take hold. By 1930, the city's Chinese population climbed to 10,668, from 7,774 in 1920, as paper sons and daughters grew old enough to immigrate and be put to work.
At Angel Island Immigration Station, where 175,000 Chinese immigrants were detained between 1910 and 1940, authorities interrogated immigrants and their purported American relatives separately, trying to catch them in a lie. How many windows are in the house? What direction did they face? How many houses are in your village? Has your alleged uncle ever been in the United States? What is the name of the burial place?
Some real families were torn apart when immigrants could not answer all the questions, despite memorizing minute details about their false family and villages during their crossing. Those who survived the interrogation sank roots that today nourish tangled family trees.
Mothers came in as grandmothers, sisters as aunts, brothers as uncles of their siblings. And real brothers would take separate fake names. For decades, many Chinese American families had two surnames: their real one, used in the Chinese community, and the name used in the official, white world.
Filmmaker Lowe, who grew up in Oakland's Chinatown, realized after the birth of her first child that she knew little family history to pass on.
"I tried to fill in the puzzle, the missing pieces. For so many years, I only got hints," Lowe said. "Sometimes I'd get a story that made sense, and sometimes, it was, 'Oh, never mind.' "
Inside the chilly barracks at Angel Island Immigration Station, Ying-Ying Guan stood still and silent, pondering poems that immigrants carved into the walls decades ago.
"I can feel how lonely they are. They want to go, but they can't get out," said Guan, 19. A sliver of the bay glimmered through the window, with Richmond and Marin beyond on either side.
A great-great grandfather on her mother's side worked on U.S. railroads in the late 1800s and sent money back to his village in southern China until he died here. His son, Guan's great-grandfather, attempted to immigrate in the 1930s but he was rejected.
Guan immigrated from southern China with her parents in 1997. Now a freshman at UC Davis, she is learning about the laws targeting Chinese and their way of life, and how Chinese Americans appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court for their rights, easing the way for other immigrants.
The paper-son practice ended, for the most part, after Congress repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1943, when China was allied with the United States in World War II.
In 1956, however, following a report that Communist spies could use fraudulent papers to enter the United States, Chinese who were here illegally were encouraged to confess in return for legal status. One man spilling his secret could implicate his whole family.
Him Mark Lai, a San Francisco historian and retired mechanical engineer, had to sponsor his wife, Laura, after her uncle confessed. But gaining citizenship took a decade, during which time she could not leave the country.
"We visited all the national parks," Lai said with a laugh. Born in 1925 in Chinatown, the eldest son of a paper son, he is the gregarious, unofficial dean of Chinese American history.
Roughly 30,000 people participated in the confession program before it ended in 1965 with the passage of the Immigration Act, which allowed the large-scale migration of Chinese families for the first time, historians say. The legacy off these immigrants is in new satellite Chinatowns in the Richmond, Sunset and Visitacion Valley neighborhoods of San Francisco. One in five city residents is Chinese American.
Among the Chinese Americans who moved to San Francisco and to suburbs across the East Bay and South Bay are political leaders and tech entrepreneurs, garment workers and home health aides, tenants and landlords. They are poor, middle-income and wealthy. They are the Bay Area.
The Chinese Historical Society of America's "Earthquake: the Chinatown Story," which is being held at the Philip P. Choy Gallery at 965 Clay St., runs through Sept. 18.


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I check my global dashboard, and use the 'latest posts' section down the bottom to find recent and interesting things to comment on.
But I clicked one post (about lethal injections as execution) and it was from 2006!!!
And I was frustrated, because it was a topic I was interested in, but I didn't want to comment on a post so old.
It also made me concerned I had commented on other old posts without realising it.
And it often seems to show a lot of blog posts from the same people – at first I think they're fake copy-paste posts from spammers, but they seem to be fairly legitimate, but how could they have all been posted so recently? maybe they're all old posts!
Does 'latest' actually mean LATE-est to WordPress? as in they were made ages ago?
Anyway, on a very different topic that popped into my head for little reason.
On my phones 'notes' I have some thoughts for my blog that I haven't posted, or have posted later but forgotten to use my notes as a reference O.o; lol
I wrote this after my Christian friend said something about the 'unimportant' or 'less important' parts of The Bible.
And one of them is 'I could never be religious' (thinking of Christianity in particular)
It says;
"I just could not be Christian.
I think a Christian should believe every word in The Bible – not what they chose to be important or unimportant, hello, it's the fucking WORD OF GOD, I would think it's all important!
But a lot of things it says in The Bible, I could not believe, because I think they're wrong.
Truly, I believe, that The Bible is written by men (albeit, Saints or whatever, but MEN) and whether or not they had guidance from God or not, they would've put their own bias or opinion into what they wrote, or interpreted God's word incorrectly, due to their own bias.
So, I cannot believe everything in The Bible, I would have to pick and choose, like all of the others do, to be happy with it.
But I could not be happy because I could not pick and choose! Who am I to pick and choose!?
If I was Christian, it would be fake, it would be a lie.
And it wouldn't make me happy at all."
I think I still believe all that now.
Keep in mind that was really written for me, not for other people.
A main point I dislike about religion, is that people of OTHER religions are going to Hell – they believe just as much and as hard as any one else, and they love their God, and live just and respectful lives… they believe that they have put their faith in the right thing… but they're going to Hell? for having faith?
And also, that if I became a Christian, it would mean thinking that my mother and most of my family would be going to Hell, even though they are good, beautiful, amazing people… mostly :p
And, I watch a show called The Tudors, about Henry The 8th, and there was a lot of religious persecution going on around then.
People got burnt because, even though they believed in the same God as the people punishing them, they didn't believe that consecrated bread became the flesh of God.
I'm with them, really – it's symbolism.
And, as one 'heretic' woman (Anne Askew?) said, "I have read that God made man, but no where have I read that man can make God."
If it was real, Jesus would be sitting in Heaven, pale, with chunks taken out of his arm, going "yeah, thanks a lot".
And, if you are what you eat, then does that mean that Catholics are Jesus!? O.O;
Also, I like to imagine a women going to communion, being offered the wafer, and going "I'm on a diet".


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Boss Chris Wilder is demanding a 'positive' performance from his players at the weekend.
Speaking ahead of Saturday's clash with Rochdale, Wilder acknowledged it is down to the Blades to be positive and get the Bramall Lane faithful in full voice.
He remarked: "The pressure is on us, it will be all season, particularly at Bramall Lane but have to understand that and cope with it.
"Like the majority of teams that come here, Keith (Hill) will be saying the pressure is on us and he will be giving his players the license to go out there and express themselves.
"It is something of a free game to most, but he'll expect a performance from his players and I'm sure they won't want to let him down.
"Keith is someone I have a lot of respect for, myself and Alan (Knill) have come across his team's a lot in recent seasons and he has done a fantastic job at Spotland.
"But we need to be positive again from the first minute and dominate as we have done against Bolton and Crewe, but the most important thing is we are ruthless in both boxes."
The Gaffer says he has been encouraged by aspects of the two performances to date, but is adamant there is much to come.
Wilder added: "We aren't the finished article yet, far from it and people appreciate that, but in the meantime we need to work hard, stick to our plans and play as a team not individuals.
"If we can do that then we will only improve and hopefully win football matches along the way."


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Gucci Cracks Down on Netherworld Knock-Offs
Gucci is serious about stamping out fakes. Even in the afterlife.
In a letter this week, the luxury company urged six Hong Kong shops to stop selling knock-off Gucci-branded paper products meant as offerings to the deceased.
"Gucci is committed to fighting for intellectual rights around the world. We trust that the store owners did not intend to infringe upon intellectual property," a Kering spokeswoman told China Real Time by phone. The letter was meant to inform shopowners they had infringed on Gucci trademark, not to threaten legal action, she added.
As part of cultural tradition, people in China often burn paper goods in the image of necessities such as houses, cash and smartphones for the deceased to use in the afterlife.
In one shop in Hong Kong's Sheung Wan district, gold watches, Audi car keys, Chanel handbags, and credit cards are available for that particularly well-heeled ancestor.
On Qingming, or Tomb-Sweeping Festival, which falls in early April, families visit the graves of ancestors to clean their tombs and burn these offerings.
"If they want a new car, it's the only way to get one to them," explained one shopkeeper surnamed Zhou, 42, who sells such paper products.
Counterfeits of luxury products are a huge problem in Asia, where a rapidly growing middle class has meant skyrocketing demand for showy goods. Global trade of fake products totaled up to US$461 billion in 2013, or 2.5% of world trade, according to a recent OECD report. China is at the center of this, with the vast majority of fakes produced there.
Brands such as Gucci have tried hard to weed out the fakes in China by enlisting the help of local investigators and challenging Chinese businesses in court.
But cracking down on counterfeits beyond the grave may be a first, and it has left some scratching their heads.
"I am wondering how to serve a writ on the recipients of these gifts," said Douglas Clark, barrister at Hong Kong' Gilt Chambers and intellectual property expert. "I guess you would have to burn it as an offering too."
Others point to the cultural importance of the practice.
Paper goods meant for ancestors are offerings of respect, and those who burn them are not seeking commercial gains, defenders of the practice say. "It's not like they're selling them out on the street," said Ms. Zhou, the shopkeeper. "Why squabble with people trying to honor their loved ones?"
--Anjie Zheng. Follow her on Twitter @anjiezheng.


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Sam's work directing theatre and film spans 25 years.
At 24 years old, Sam became the first Artistic Director of the Minerva Theatre, Chichester. He founded the Donmar Warehouse aged 27 and, in 10 years of running the venue, established the theatre as one of the world's leading playhouses. Sam's many productions at the Donmar Warehouse included seminal productions of Assassins (1992), Cabaret (1993), Translations (1993), Company (1995), The Glass Menagerie (1995), Habeas Corpus (1996), The Blue Room (1998), Uncle Vanya (2002) and Twelfth Night (2002).
Alongside his work as Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse, Sam directed a number of critically acclaimed productions at the RSC including Troilus and Cressida (1990), The Tempest (1993) and The Alchemist (1991). Work for the National Theatre included The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (1993), The Birthday Party (1994) and Othello (1997) with West End credits including London Assurance (1989), The Cherry Orchard (1990) and Oliver! (1994). On Broadway, Sam has directed Cabaret (1998), The Blue Room (1998), Gypsy (2003) and The Vertical Hour (2006).
Sam founded The Bridge Project in 2009, a one of a kind transatlantic classical theatre partnership, for which he directed The Winter's Tale (2009), The Cherry Orchard (2009), The Tempest (2010), As You Like It (2010) and Richard III (2011), all of which toured the world.
Sam started directing films in 1998. His first film, American Beauty (1999), won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Director and Best Picture as well as the Director's Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement. Sam has since directed the Academy Award winning Road to Perdition (2002), Jarhead (2005), Revolutionary Road (2008), Away We Go (2009), the Academy Award and BAFTA winning Skyfall (2012) and Spectre (2015). Skyfall and Spectre are two of the most successful films of all time in the UK.
Over the course of his career, Sam has won an Academy Award, several Olivier Awards, Tony Awards, Evening Standard Awards, Critics Choice Awards and the Hamburg Shakespeare Prize. Sam's contribution to cinema and theatre saw him awarded a CBE in 2000 and a Director's Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005.


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Hey, it has been a while
Yes, I know it has been a while. I have returned from my trip to Israel and Jordan on Monday this week. I had a GREAT time! The 18 days I spent was filled with fun, sights to see and activities to fulfilled. I had so much fun during the 3 weeks that I decided to extend for another 10 days. Well I stayed on at the request of my ever crazy Brazilian friend, Dede. She was scheduled to visit Israel for work. The timing couldn't be more perfect. With the extra days, I could spend a little more time exploring and fulfill my appetite with more of the local culinary.
I don't know where to start with sharing the fun I had. But what I can tell you is that I met new friends from around the globe. Each has a story to tell why they were visiting Israel – some was business related, some were students on international exchange program and others were holiday makers such as myself who wanted to see the Holy Land. By the end of this trip, I have lost count on the number of times I had to answer "Why did you come to Israel?". At times, I deviated from the typical answer and just stop at "Why not, Israel?"
Each vacation I have taken in the last several years, I have come back with fresh perspective on life in general but also gentle reminders of how lucky we are and to continue to live regardless. Israel is one destination many of my family or friends wouldn't necessarily consider visiting anytime soon. The immediate reaction when I mentioned that I was going to Israel "Is it safe to go there?". Thanks to media broadcasters, Israel is painted as a dangerous place where bomb attacks is a daily activity. I have felt safe throughout my one month stay there. Tel Aviv is a city that never sleeps. Hence, I could walk the streets at midnight or early hours of the morning without any worries at all. The only time that I felt a little scared when I was in Jerusalem. I happened to be in the Arab quarters within the Old CIty of Jerusalem and saw the chaos on the TV screen. The shopkeeper translated on what happened – a bomb exploded at the Jerusalem central bus station where it was reported approximately 30 people were injured and one tourist died. As you can imagine I was in shock for a few minutes. Although the Old City and the bus station was some distance apart, it just send hit home the fragility of life. All I know is that it wasn't my time just yet. I didn't want this unfortunate event to deter me from continuing to enjoy the rest of my vacation.
On this note, I will wrap up my thoughts. I would love to share more but I have felt a little under the weather over the last few days and I should be getting some rest.
Layla tov from me! לַיְלָה טוֹב.


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Following the departure of the original film's helmer, Seth Gordon, last month, Warner Bros. Pictures has, according to The Hollywood Reporter, signed Sean Anders to direct Horrible Bosses 2. He'll be joined on the project by his writing partner, John Morris, who will serve as an executive producer.
John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, who wrote the 2011 original, are drafting the sequel. The original film starred Bateman, Sudeikis and Day as a group of friends that decide to kill off each other's bosses (played by Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrel and Kevin Spacey).
It was confirmed earlier this year that the core cast of Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis will be back, with Jamie Foxx expected to return as well.
Anders, whose directing credits include Sex Drive and That's My Boy, worked alongside Morris on the screenplays to We're the Millers, Hot Tub Time Machine and Mr. Popper's Penguins. They also contributed to the upcoming Dumb and Dumber To.
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Wii anticipate a patent fight! A small tech company is planning to take on game giant Nintendo in federal court, alleging that they had the idea for the Wii multi-directional controller first. Can't this be settled over a game of virtual bowling?
Surprisingly enough, it's not that uncommon for energy conglomerates to fly under the regulatory radar. Read how one Swiss company managed to hold a massive portfolio -- 11 percent of oil contracts in the NY Mercantile Exchange -- on the down low.
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Saturday 24th May
The morning was spent getting to know our housemates and preping ourselves for our rafting trip.
The lodge was even prettier in the daylight… We got to know each other pretty well by the end of the weekend:) All together, 3 lodges had been booked for the friends and family of the couple. Jane and I were housed with the bride's family. I can tell you she has some crazy funny aunties! I want to be like them when I am their ages!
The rest of my friends were housed in a different lodge, 15 mins drive from where we stayed. Thankfully there were plenty of volunteer drivers.
One of the boys (boyfriend of the bride's sister) cooked breakfast and we all had bacon and eggs…then around 11am, a love pie was brought out. Yes, you read right…a love pie! I felt like a Hobbit having a second breakfast and it was darn good too 🙂
By 12, we were in the tiny town centre : there one store and a couple of coffee shop/rafting equipment and souvenir shop.
Our group had 22 people and there were a couple of other groups so it made for quite a big party to take on the river. The weather was gorgeous and we were all in high spirits.
I have been rafting before, when I went to New Zealand for my other friend from that company's wedding a few years before, so I thought I had that down. I forgot that in NZ, each boat had a trained guide in to take care of all the stirring. This time, we were on our own in the boats! The guides were in kayaks around and I think the river was a little faster than the one in NZ due to recent rains.
First rapid, I stayed in but Jane went over board. She was at the back stirring and wasn't particularly enjoying that. Of course as a good control freak that I am, I was quick to offer her to swap places…big mistake. Next rapid, I literally bounced off the boat. I was caught in a churn – I can't remember the technical term for it. It's not a whirlpool which goes round flat, it the one that makes you think you are in a tumble-dryer and basically you are dragged down to the bottom of the river…freaking scary stuff! All I could think off was "keep your eyes shut, or you'll lose your contacts"…that came seconds before "shit! I am going to drown". It felt like I was in there for minutes but it was probably only a few seconds before one of my team mates pulled me back in the boat, shivering and spluttering! I coughed up water and blinked a few time to get the contacts back in place. Had to put one in my mouth as it had popped out and that's the best way to sanitise it. And away we went again. I felt surprisingly relaxed after and not the least worried it would happen again. I had done my part…yeah, right. We stopped for lunch for about 45 mins and off we went again.
Our boat did well until the second to last rapid…We all had to get in to keep in the boat (instead of sitting on the side), I was in before my co-pilot and he was heavier than me…you guessed what happened next? Oh yeah, I bounced! It was like in the cartoons. In he went, out I went! This one was far less scary than the other time, I just popped my feet up and let the current take me to one of the boats before us who dragged me out and kept me on board until we got reunited with my boat. To be fair, half the boats lost people on that one as it was a particularly churny rapid…
There was major drama too as one of the support guide got hit in the face with a paddle (accidentally of course) when Cousin Jeff went overboard. There was a lot of blood. It was so close to the end too. Luckily, those River Guides are pretty tough. He just shrugged it off when they managed to stop the bleeding. We invited him to the Pizza party that was planned for the wedding guests after the rafting trip…He bloody deserved it (yes, pun intended).
Mel, the bride, was well organised and had a waterproof camera with her, so here are some shots of the day…
The trip took longer than expected so we were all quite late to the Pizza party (some of the other guests had passed up on the chance of getting wet – can't imagine why?- and went for a more leisurely activities: Fallingwater House visit). Pizza was cold when we got there (and we were pretty much starving) but so was the beer so it was all good! Overall, a very good day! Although it could have been dramatic to have this the day before the wedding!!


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The organisation, integration, presentation and application of the vast amounts of (public) omics data and biomedical knowledge is crucial to advance life sciences. The heterogeneity and the size of the data offers a range of information management challenges that we address in our projects. For example, we have been working on a database for the storage of SAGE data (Van Kampen, 2000, Bioinformatics), the integration of SAGE data with the human genome to construct transcriptome maps as a cancer research tool (Caron, 2001, Science), the visualization of microarray data in the context of metabolic pathways (Luyf, 2002, Bioinformatics), the development of a peroxisome knowledge base based on semantic web technologies (Willemsen, Bioinformatics, 2008) and the comparison of metabolic pathway databases to facilitate the use and improvement of these resources (Stobbe, 2011, BMC Systems Biology).
BioExpert is an example of a project that applies cutting edge Semantic Web standards (e.g., RDF, OWL, SKOS, SPARQL) in a framework that allows the construction of high quality domain-specific knowledge bases. In a first implementation of the framework, we have created the Peroxisome Knowledge Base. This integrates a set of 'concept maps' - visual representations of a limited set of connected facts in a specific context - that have been specified by leading experts in the field of peroxisomal biochemistry and related diseases.
Figure 1. Example concept map from the peroxisome knowledge base. The underlying representation is RDF/OWL.
The Semantic Biosystems research is led by Prof. Dr. Antoine van Kampen . Andrew Gibson is working on the use and development of Semantic Web technologies. Dr. Gerbert Jansen is responsible for the biomedical content of the peroxisome knowledge base. Eelke van der Horst , is developing and implementing major parts of the software infrastructure. Jack Vink is responsible for the implementation of a yeast glycolysis knowledge base. Miranda Stobbe is a PhD student working on the comparison and integration of metabolic pathway databases.
Former researchers working on this topic: Serge Barth, Aviral Vatsa, Jasper Komen, Marcel Willemsen.


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Goal 1: Increase American families' median net worth by $25,000 in 10 years.
Today in America, families' median net worth has fallen to levels not seen since the late 1980s. The wealthiest 10 percent of households have captured 76 percent of all wealth in America—a far-higher share than most other developed nations, and a far cry from decades past. African-American and Hispanic families own just a fraction of the wealth of white families.
- Reach wage growth of 4 percent annually by 2018. Today in America, wages for most workers have been flat or falling for decades. In real terms, the average wage peaked in 1973. In addition, recent gains in wage growth have accrued to top earners: wages have risen almost 10 percent since 2000 for earners at the 90th percentile, while wages have fallen by nearly 4 percent for earners at the 10th percentile.
- Increase the number of families with adequate retirement savings by 50 percent within 8 years. Today in America, a third of all Americans have no retirement savings or pension—meaning that millions of future retirees are unlikely to have sufficient resources to maintain their current standard of living in retirement. Roughly two-thirds of those close to retirement are projected to have inadequate resources when they retire.
- Cut the pay gap between full-time men and women workers in half by 2025. Women represent half the workforce, but earn less than men in almost every occupation. Overall, women make just 78 cents for every dollar men make—a gender pay gap of 22 percent, and one that, at current rates of progress, will take almost 45 years to close. If we could close that gap today—through paycheck fairness laws, strong family leave policies, and expanded access to quality, affordable childcare, among other measures—half of working single moms would be lifted out of poverty.


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Since leaving Binary Capital in the wake of sexual harassment allegations by a number of women, Justin Caldbeck has updated his LinkedIn profile with a little self-flagellation: he's now, we are to believe, an independent "Head of Self-Reflection, Accountability & Change."
That self-awarded title fits with his statements after six women accused him of unwanted, inappropriate advances. Caldbeck described the power dynamic in venture capital as "despicably unfair," and he hated that his "behavior played a role in perpetrating a gender-hostile environment," he said.
"It is outrageous and unethical for any person to leverage a position of power in exchange for sexual gain, it is clear to me now that that is exactly what I've done," he said in a statement.
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He also said he was "deeply ashamed" of his "lack of self-awareness."
All that self-reflection has seemingly produced a surprising result: the disgraced VC is threatening legal action against one of his accusers, Bay Area startup founder and CEO Niniane Wang, a new report suggested.
"Caldbeck's lawyer sent a cease-and-desist letter to Niniane Wang, one of three women who went on the record with sexual harassment accusations, demanding that she stop saying that he intimidated a reporter and threatened professional retribution against other potential accusers," Buzzfeed reported Sept. 6.
The letter also demanded that Wang, who has reportedly continued to speak publicly about Caldbeck, issue "a public retraction of some statements she made about Caldbeck at a July business conference," according to Buzzfeed.
Wang and Caldbeck declined to discuss the letter with the news outlet.
In the July 27 letter from Caldbeck, sent by a lawyer, Caldbeck disputed Wang's contention that he'd threatened people who spoke against him, and said he'd never threatened a reporter, according to Buzzfeed.
"While Justin disputes a number of the specific allegations that have been made against him and has a different recollection of the events with you, he continues to have deep regret over making you feel uncomfortable and recognizes that it is not ok," the letter reportedly said.
"That being said, repeating other stories as facts when they are not is not something he can allow."
Jessica Lessin, editor of The Information website that first reported the allegations against Caldbeck, said he hadn't personally threatened the reporter. But the reporter had "heard that Binary Capital had sent a note to its limited partners 'a few weeks' prior to publication suggesting that it would defend itself and Caldbeck against any allegations.
"We were certainly under the impression that he'd fight the story vigorously," Lessin told Buzzfeed.
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Avoid shopping when you are bored
When you are bored, tired or stressed, your emotional shopping causes you to purchase things you do not need and results in clutter accumulation.
Resist being a purchasing puppet of the mass media multi-marketing ploys
Ask yourself:
- Do I really need that?
- Will that make me happier…healthier…look better…be better?
- Is it worth the time spent to earn the money to pay for it?
- Will I really use it?
Go shopping in your own closets
Challenge yourself to go shopping in your own closets and cupboards and put to new use something which has been going unused.
Avoid purchasing things which can be obtained free or low cost
This is especially true of printed and recorded media. How often will you watch that DVD? Rent instead of buying and avoid having to store it, dust it and find it if you eventually want to watch it again. How often will you refer to that fashion magazine? Cancel the subscription and get it at the library. How long will that medical book or travel guide be current? Get your updated information online and save yourself the purchase price of the book.
Turn to non-material ways to soothe yourself
Take a bath; get a massage; make a cup of tea and read your book; watch a movie; talk with someone you care about.
Clutter occurs when we hang on to excess, usually for reasons that we think are rational, but upon honest appraisal, can be found to be irrational.
Ask yourself:
- Is my house feeling like a burden, keeping me hostage with its stuff? Or, does it feel like a home - a place of comfort for my mind, body and soul? What would need to change for me to enjoy my home more?
- Does this house reflect our family values? Do we enjoy the space by spending time in activities together? How can I make it more of a haven for my family?
- Is this space a place of welcome for others? Do I wish for it to be or might I be avoiding others by creating barriers of mess?
Rather than looking at cleaning as tossing things away, consider it a process like carving out a piece of art. As the sculptor chips away at the mass of stone, he unearths the beauty of the statue. You, too, reveal the beauty of your space as you chip away at the clutter. Do you value the clutter or the serenity of simplicity?
Ask yourself:
- What might I get rid of which would actually make me feel better about myself?
- If you are holding on to clothing which doesn't fit, might you feel better about your current size without the reminders?
- If exercise equipment collecting dust makes you feel bad about not using it, might you feel better by selling or donating it?
- If the stacks of unread material cause you stress because you don't have time to read, might you feel better cancelling the subscriptions and saving the money?
Clutter To Comfort will help you release the clutter and make a home!
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I got my first look at this new catelog in April and our launch event. I fell in love with the new papers --- it's been so hard to wait until now to show it to you!
This new Idea Book contains 4 new paper collection plus embellishments, stamp sets, thin cuts, Cut Above scrapbook layouts and a fun watercolor pages for your planners! Whether you spend your summer outdoors, on the beach or dreaming of the 80's we have something for you!
I'll post more over the next few days, but for now, you can see it all on my Close To My Heart website.
We are also celebrating National Scrapbooking Month in May by releasing a complete new line of products called Live Beautifully. This set includes a lovely floral paper pack, stamp set and a 10 page Cut Above layout kit.
In addition, the May Stamp of the Month is one of my favorites! This set features the words "Live", "Love" and "Laugh" in large letters scaled for scrapbook or home decor projects. The floral designs have lots of fun detail for coloring. Remember this stamp set is $17.95 but can be yours for just $5 with a $50 order.


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Photo from AVICEDA on the wikipedia Torres Imperial-pigeon page.
As I approached they were wheeling in and out amongst the trees so you have to excuse the quality of my photographs! I snapped off a few quick insurance shots before I even recognised what sort of birds they were.
When I saw their distinctive black and white tails identification was easy.
As I said they were very active and had no doubt been disturbed by my approach. They were zooming all over the place.
I decided to squat down by the side of the road and let things settle.
Hey while things are settling in the story I will tell you a little about these pigeons and we can return to the Ella Bay Road in a minute or two!
The Torres Imperial-pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa is largely a migratory bird which can be found in Northern Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia. In Australia it has a few common names including Nutmeg pigeon, Torres pigeon and Torres Straight pigeon.
The Australian birds are most abundant in the central and northern areas of the Great Barrier Reef zone. Tens of thousands of these pigeons arrive in Australia from New Guinea during July/August and leave in February/March. This migration coincides with the ripening of the Australian rainforest fruits on which these birds feed.
In Queensland the Torres-Imperial pigeon generally roosts on coastal nesting islands. Each day they travel to the coastal rainforests on the mainland to forage, returning to the islands before nightfall.
The Torres-Imperial pigeon is a plump sort of bird measuring about 38 to 44 cm long with a wingspan of 45 cm. They feed almost exclusively on arboreal fruit and can eat very large fruit, either regurgitating or excreting the seed after its nutritious pulp has been digested. They are important aerial seed distributors for coastal rainforest trees at places like Ella Bay.
It is interesting to note that the largest colonies of Torres-Imperial pigeons occur north of Cooktown where reduced coastal clearing for agriculture and human settlement has had a lesser impact on the food trees these birds rely on. I recently read that Night Island has a recorded population of 60000 birds, the largest colony I know of.
The Torres-Imperial pigeon used to be an extremely common species. In the early 1900s, E.J. Banfield the famous beachcomber of Dunk Island described flocks of 100 000 birds traveling daily between Dunk Island and the mainland. 'No doubt, fully 100000 come and go evening and morning' Banfield states in his popular book 'Confessions of a Beachcomber'.
Unfortunately during the same era their numbers were decimated by shooter who believed the Torres-Imperial pigeon was a pest species (and good sport)! Fortunately this bird is now protected and reasonably common, although its numbers may never return to their previous levels due to the loss of essential coastal rainforest for agriculture and human settlement.
Hey lets get back to the Ella Bay Road where I was waiting for the pigeon flock to settle down a little! Of course after a few minutes the birds settled and I managed to get a photo of one bird sitting quietly by itself in the forest canopy.
Some other birds were flapping about in the trees eating fruit and jostling for the best positions.
There certainly was plenty of fruit on this tree and there's that black and white pigeon tail again!
It had been a big day so I said my goodbyes to Ella Bay's Torres-Imperial pigeons. No big messages today although I must say whenever I see large flocks of these birds I am reminded of the extinct American Passenger pigeon who's massive populations (billions) led people into a false sense of security regarding the species long term safety. Gone forever never to return.
I hope you enjoyed meeting these welcome seed distributing guests on the Ella Bay Road as much as I did!
Cheers Russ


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Have The Best Fishing Suppliers With You Once You Have Decided To Go For Fishing
Fishing is an activity that has been passed down in history for a thousand years. The activity has been taken as an occupation also and at the same time as a hobby for many individuals. At the outset, fishers everywhere throughout the world invest their time wading in streams, waterways and lakes hunting down delicious fish as a wellspring of various cuisines. Today it has developed into a standout amongst the most water game on the planet. Through the years fishers have realized what procedure works best for each one sort of fish.
The best type of fishing line
With the assistance of cutting edge innovation and materials, numerous fishing items were produced and have reformed fishing strategies. One of those items is braided fishing line. For one, this kind of line is smoother than mono line. It feels elusive which slices through the water smoother. It is less visible to the target and it doesn't slice through them as different lines do. It additionally stacks better onto the reel.
Is it smoother as well as it is stronger than monofilament line. It has been turned out to be very nearly five times stronger. It permits the fisher to utilize lighter baits and snare while fishing. Its weight additionally makes taking care of the post and the reel a bit simpler. Meshed line sinks less demanding into the water whether it is a lake, stream, stream or littler rivulet. The quality is great on the grounds that it has little if any stretch to it. It is built by interlacing polyethylene around micro headed center wire. Fishing line of this type is truly strong and can withstand the brutal states of saltwater fishing. One thing to remember when picking your fishing tackle for interlace line is to utilize silicon carbide advisers for counteract scraped area brought about by the line.
Fishing tools and its purchase
Other fishing supplies such as plaited fishing line is said to be 10 times stronger than steel. It could be found in a large number of colors, for example, green, multi-shaded that changes shades each ten yards and others. Contingent upon the organization it is acquired from it comes in 110,300, 125, 1100 yard spools. A few styles are teflon weight treated. Giving is a role as smooth as silk and it is incredible with bunches. For the fisher who preferences to maximize each item they stock in their fishing supply container, this is an incredible item with such a variety of profits that it has developed in ubiquity.
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Three Ways Pro Sports are Going Digital
Although she's never caught a winning touchdown or stood in the defensive line, Casie St. Gelais '13, '18 MBA – Hospitality has been with the Miami Dolphins and Hard Rock Stadium since 2013, shortly after graduating from Johnson & Wales University with a bachelor's degree in Sports, Entertainment, and Event — Management. She is now a senior membership services representative and manages upwards of 1,600 accounts of season ticket holders. "I am their go-to contact with the team for anything regarding their accounts, ticketing, events, and more," she said.
We recently asked Casie what she was seeing in the field of ticket sales in terms of new trends and what's next. She said, "Many aspects of the sports industry are becoming more reliant on the world of digital. As tickets become 100-percent digital for season ticket members, the dynamic of my every day role and the overall mission of the organization will change. Teams are becoming more involved with their social media marketing and digital footprint. This is the new trend to keep fans engaged and generate new business."
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Patrick Leary, EdD, who teaches at the Johnson & Wales University Providence campus and the College of Online Education, echoes Casie's predictions. Here are three ways that he says the digital experience is coming to sports:
- Sports organizations and venues alike are strategically integrating digital experience enhancers such as AI (artificial intelligence), AR (augmented reality) and VR (virtual reality) into the fan experience. For example, 50 hours of live virtual reality from the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang was available to view on various VR devices.
- Sports organizations are gathering more accurate information about each fan who attends a game through their mobile devices. As a result, digital marketers are creating richer, better targeted content to ping directly to their fans mobile devices. Many Major League Baseball (MLB) stadiums across the country use beacon technology to deliver push messages like in-stadium deals on game day—and even the shortest wait times for nearby restrooms.
- The rapid growth of the Esports movement has led to a wave of professional sports team owners and sport networks to ask, "How can we benefit from the growth and opportunity within Esports?" According to industry research group Newzoo, 1.3 billion people worldwide are aware of Esports and the coming year will see the Esports Economy grow to $696 million, a year-on-year growth of 41.3 percent. As a result, sports owners like Robert Kraft are buying in.
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