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PUBLISHED: 13:32 11 June 2019 | UPDATED: 13:32 11 June 2019
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A woman has been charged with drink driving and for having no insurance after her car was stopped by police.
Officers on late night patrols around the A146 in Beccles and Lowestoft stopped a number of vehicles on the evening of Monday, June 10.
One vehicle was stopped at 11.10pm on the A146 at Worlingham as the motorist was suspected of having no insurance.
The driver was then arrested at the roadside on suspicion of drink driving.
A police spokesman said: "Rebecca Koehler, 31, from Diss, was charged with two counts - drink driving and for driving without third party insurance.
"She will be appearing in court, and is due to appear at Great Yarmouth Magistrates Court on July 31."
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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As the rich get richer, the world has entered an "age of philanthropy", with education the most popular focus of some 260,000 foundations globally, researchers said on Thursday.
Increasing numbers of rich individuals, families and corporations are setting up foundations for social investment amid persistent inequality, said study author Paula Johnson of Harvard University's Hauser Institute for Civil Society.
"(Due to) the rapid growth of wealth around the world, more individuals and families (have) the ability to create philanthropic capital," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
The richest 1 percent of the world's population owns half of its wealth, up from 43 percent in 2008, propelled in part by gains in financial assets, like stocks and bonds.
Many super rich Americans have set up foundations which run their own programs or give grants, including Bill Gates of Microsoft, Warren Buffett, who heads the Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate, and the industrialist Koch brothers.
There are more than 15 million millionaires and close to 2,000 billionaires in the world, while 10 percent of the population live on less than $1.90 a day, said the report, which was funded by the Swiss bank UBS.
Globally, foundations have combined assets of $1.5 trillion - slightly more than the U.S. federal government's 2018 budget - the report found in an assessment of 39 countries around the world, including in Asia, Latin America and Africa.
The sector is notable for its youth and recent growth. Almost three-quarters of 80,000 foundations that gave their age were started in the last 25 years, the report said.
"We indeed live in a 'global age of philanthropy'," it said.
"If this trajectory continues, philanthropy will be poised to have an increasingly significant social and economic impact."
Many wealthy people were driven by a sense of moral obligation, as well as a fear that "when inequality becomes too acute it may threaten peace, stability, and the free enterprise system that created such wealth", it said.
Education was the main funding focus globally, followed by social welfare, health, arts and culture and reducing poverty.
"Education is seen as both a way to provide for individual opportunity - to bring individuals out of poverty - and at the same time as an engine for national growth," Johnson said.
Researchers were unable to get data from a large number of countries. About 95 percent of foundations surveyed were in Europe and the United States, where governments use tax incentives to encourage philanthropy.
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Map by BDN Maine | Source: CDC / Washington Post
(States with no value had fewer than 10 deaths during that time span)
Only 13 people in Maine were killed by animals from 1999 to 2013, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control crunched by the Washington Post.
Before we get all high and mighty about being one of the top-10 safest states from animal-related deaths, let's bear in mind that this is based on the raw number of occurrences. It does not take population into account. So yeah, it makes sense that Texas had 356 deaths due to animals over 14 years, or that California — with its 38.8 million people — had 212.
The CDC doesn't break down the data for each state by animal; it does it by census regions, so New England is the most specific the data get.
But The Post mapped out how each of the U.S.'s regions compared based on animal-caused fatalities.
New England had the fewest deaths from snakes, venomous animals, dogs and "other mammals." It had the second fewest number of deaths from bees.
"Other mammals" includes animals such as cows, and was one of the biggest categories of animal-caused deaths — especially in livestock-heavy areas like Texas and Oklahoma.
So if it's not poisonous snakes or stampeding cattle, what's actually killing Mainers?
The BDN's Jackie Farwell in 2012 reported that cancer was the top killer in the state.
On the other end of the spectrum, the flu was the most "distinctive" cause of death in Maine from 2001 to 2010, according to a May CDC report.
Note: As a reader corrected noted, snakes with venom are venomous, not poisonous. I've updated the post.
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Michelle Rhee's high profile StudentsFirst, a Sacramento-based education group, has announced it will be merging with education advocacy group 50Can. Jim Blew, the current president of StudentsFirst, confirmed the merger today.
StudentsFirst has had a variety of objectives since Rhee launched it on Oprah Winfrey's talk show in 2010. The most well-known—and contentious—of these goals has been to be a counterweight to teachers' unions. In addition, StudentsFirst has promoted education reforms like evaluating teachers by their students' standardized test scores, charter schools, and mayoral control of schools.
A former Washington, D.C. school chancellor, Rhee's own reputation both helped and hindered the organization. Rhee garnered a lot of attention for her work as chief of schools—including some negative press over the firing of a principal on camera. Rhee's financial goals with the organization have been challenging, too: She originally set a goal of raising $1 billion in the first year—a goal that was later revised to $1 billion over five years (StudentsFirst only raised $7.6 million in its first year).
StudentsFirst also hit some turbulence over its continuing internal struggle with the definition of education reform. Some criticize the organization for being too narrow-minded in its interpretation of reform, and there have been a variety of internal tiffs over whether or not to support unions and right-to-work laws, leading many Democrat staff members to leave the organization.
Still, StudentsFirst has changed more than 100 education laws, including backing candidates at different levels through political action committees.
Now, says Blew, the combined organization offers the best chance for both to make a difference. With the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act, which replaces the No Child Left Behind Act, state legislatures have become even more crucial in determining education practices. The combined organization, which will act under the name 50Can and will be run by 50Can Chief Executive Marc Porter Magee, will combine the strengths of StudentsFirst (lobbying) and 50Can (advocacy).
"We should be thinking every day about how to get better and stronger," Blew said. "We need to always assure our donors that we're using their money as effectively as possible. We're completely dependent on these donors."


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Green Shirt Day
The Government of Saskatchewan is encouraging people across the province to honour Logan Boulet's legacy (#LoganBouletEffect) by wearing a green shirt on Sunday, April 7.
Green Shirt Day was created by the Boulet family and will be recognized across Canada, with the hopes of inspiring people to fully consider organ and tissue donation and to discuss the issue with their family members. Sunday will be the first anniversary of Boulet's passing, following the tragic Humboldt Broncos bus crash. He had shared his wishes with family prior to the accident, and his life-giving donation saved six lives.
Schools and workplaces are being encouraged to have staff and students also wear green on Monday, April 8 in recognition. To improve Saskatchewan's organ and tissue donation rates and save lives, the government announced additional dollars in this year's budget for organ donation and transplant efforts by the Saskatchewan Health Authority and the development of the registry.
"We are grateful the Boulet family has shared Logan's inspiring story, sparking a national conversation about the importance of organ donation," Health Minister Jim Reiter said. "In the 2019-20 budget, our government announced funding to launch an organ and tissue donation registry, which we hope will encourage Saskatchewan residents to register their intent to donate."
"We encourage Saskatchewan residents to discuss their organ donation wishes with their loved ones," Saskatchewan Health Authority Executive Director of Tertiary Programs Lori Garchinski said. "Having to consider organ donation for the first time in a hospital room can be overwhelming and stressful. Logan's conversation ahead of time allowed an amazing gift to be provided at an extremely difficult time because his parents understood his wishes."
"It's inspiring to see momentum building in Saskatchewan for organ and tissue donations and transplants," kidney donor Chris Willenborg said. "I would encourage everyone to think of the profound effect you can have on other families and make the decision to be a donor. You can give someone their life back."
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02 June 2016
An employee was injured and injured her shoulder after falling in the workplace.
Slater and Gordon Lawyer: Joanne Markham is a personal injury lawyer at the Slater and Gordon offices in Sheffield.
Settlement: £2,750
What Happened: Our client was walking towards her workstation when she slipped on a discarded tag which had been left on the floor by another employee.
Impact: Our client sustained injuries to her shoulder.
How Slater and Gordon Helped: Our client's employers denied blame, arguing that they operated a "clean as you go" policy and so the responsibility should lie with the other employee who had left the tag on the floor. Despite this denial, a medical report was obtained in support of our client's claim and court proceedings were issued.
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Last two weeks I worked very hard on my project ISHBoostrap to improve its flow.
What is ISHBootstrap
ISHBoostrap in short is a PowerShell automation repository, that helps bootstrap a server for SDL's Knowledge Center Content Manager. When I started ISHBoostrap, I had the following user stories in mind:
- As a developer I want to quickly spin up a Virtual Machine with a Content Manager deployment
- I already use this for VM joined in our company active directory and not. I use our ESX Server and/or my Hyper-V on Windows 10 to power my Virtual Machines. I also use PowerShell remoting to power the remote execution.
- A colleague of mine Pascal Beutels uses ISHBoostrap to spin his developer VM using Vagrant. He doesn't use PowerShell remoting but instead he invokes everything locally.
- As a QA automation engineer, I want to spin up a Virtual Machine with a Content Manager deployment. Then I can run very heavy smoke tests e.g. during every weekend.
- As a cloud DevOps engineer, I want to create a virtual machine for a new customer or for a new release. Execute the code with any tool such as Chef or puppet or e.g. Azure scripts.
- As customer, I want a streamlined method to bootstrap a Content Manager deployment.
- As SDL, I want to have the ability to dynamically scale up and down the number of nodes in Content Manager deployment in the cloud.
- As anyone, I want to automate and not perform error-prone repetitive tasks.
Please read my previous post [Announcing ISHBootStrap Content Manager Automation](«{ relref "ish\20160725.introduce-ishbootstrap.md" }») for more details about ISHBootstrap.
Improvements on the general purpose assets (Source)
The Source folder in ISHBoostrap is a general purpose repository of scripts, modules and cmdlets.
The assets are split in how I perceive the granularity of the entire flow. The main concern is that you can use all or most of the steps of the flow. Each step is triggered by a specific PowerShell script and therefore the complete flow is a PowerShell script. This is the main reason that this process is in code, because it allows you to replace certain steps with you own to match your very own conditions. For example, there is not one way to push a certificate on a server. Depending on your vendor or if you are using an active directory certificate authority the process can change both in terms of execution but also authorization. But many steps should be identical and therefore can be used directly from ISHBoostrap
With the effort of the last two weeks that led to the pre-release of v0.1, I made improvements on many areas that are mentioned in detail in the changelog file.
In high level summary the improvements are:
- PowerShell remoting works against remote servers joined or not to an active directory.
- xISHServer PowerShell module that drives the pre-requisites is much smarter now. It also supports Windows Server 2016.
- Removed dependency to PowerShell module Carbon. Moved the functionality to xISHServer.
- Bug fixes.
Improvements on the example assets (Examples)
The Examples folder in ISHBoostrap is an example repository of scripts that show how you can sequence the scripts/steps provided in the Source folder.
I created this as a showcase but there are some good tricks you should consider when implementing your own.
I use this also to power my very own automation, so it has a proven track record.
As my efforts continue, I enrich with more functionality and try to solve different problems.
You can of coarse use this structure but as a software engineer and a member of the open source community, the final decision is yours to make. I only ask that you share with me any remarks or improvements or even a different structure you have considered.
I'm very curious to hear about alternatives and improve the repository even further.
As the general purpose functionality changes so does the example repository. The changes are mentioned in the CHANGELOG.Examples.md.
As the product owner of ISHDeploy PowerShell module, I've created many scripts that help me do my job but also showcase its potential. These scripts are a showcase of the following configuration stories:
- Active Directory Federated Services aka ADFS integration.
- Add relying parties to internal security token service aka ISHSTS.
- Enable light weight windows authentication on ISHSTS.
- Toggle features on the web client aka ISHCM such as:
- External Preview.
- Content editor aka XOPUS.
- Quality assistant.
- Add menu and button bar items.
- Undo the deployment's configuration and roll back to its original Vanilla state.
Please read more about ISHDeploy on the documentation portal and on my various blog posts tagged with ISHDeploy
I find the comparison of code vs documentation similar to the one of a picture vs words. With that in mind and since we are doing code as configuration, I thought it would benefit all to share those scripts.
Therefore the most important improvement in this section for ISHBootstrap is the addition of these scripts.
Please share any feedback or ideas, it will help my product owner role but also provide to you the necessary functionality.
I also have a collection of Pester based integration tests, that I use as confidence test before releasing ISHDeploy to the gallery. Among many things, the pester scripts showcase how to execute a future certificate rollover but unfortunately I cannot share yet those scripts. If you are curious and that's great, please get in touch and we see what is possible.


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Utterly amazing 2,580 sq.ft. totally renovated and upgraded residence boasting a magnificent River valley view. Located in unquestionably one of Edmonton's most prestigious condominiums 'The Carlisle'. This condominium is absolutely stunning. The unit has been virtually redesigned and features the highest quality of materials, finest in workmanship and finishes with exceptional workmanship. The exterior design was done by Sugarman Architects with all the construction completed by RESCOM. The attention to detail and exceptional standards are evident throughout the special residence besides an unprecedented interior. The Carlisle has undergone a recent upgrade and offers security entrance, sophisticated lobby, 2 elevators, onsite manager, 2 underground parking stalls, visitor parking and more. The location is literally steps to the Rivervalley Trail System, walking distance to restaurants and shopping plus only minutes Downtown or to U of A. Please visit Realtor's website for additional information.
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Julie Barber, Alexander Technique in North London
The Alexander Technique can help you feel a lot more comfortable with yourself. Anyone can learn it, with the help of a qualified teacher. It can ease many common muscular aches and pains, such as neck and shoulder pain, headaches, stiff joints and back ache. In my practice I have witnessed it help people deal with stress, improve their performance (at work, in sport, on stage and in music), and greatly improve their ability to relax and enjoy life. Even everyday activities - like sitting comfortably upright, or working in the garden or at the computer, or riding a bike - can become a lot easier and much more enjoyable.
Recently I have been working more with people with hypermobility problems, including Hypermobility Syndrome. If this is of interest I suggest you look at Dr Philip Bull's very informative and easy to read article on the Alexander Technique for the HMSA Journal, Volume 3, Spring 2015. CLICK HERE for the link.
Too good to be true? Why not come along and try it out? I think you'll get a good idea from just one AT lesson if you think it will help you, or not.
I teach one-to-one lessons in my room in Muswell Hill, N10, a 5 minute walk from Muswell Hill Broadway. There is ample free parking for cars on the street. If you live in Alexandra Palace or East Finchley you're a short bus journey away from sampling what the Alexander Technique can offer you. Buses (43, 102, 134, 144, 234, 299, 603, W7 and W3) link to North London tube stations at Highgate, Bounds Green, East Finchley, Wood Green and Finsbury Park, and to overground trains at Alexandra Palace.
So if you're ready to let go of tension, stiffness and pain and open the door to sitting more comfortably and moving with much greater ease then Alexander lessons can offer you the release that you are looking for.
Alexander Technique in Muswell Hill, Highgate and East Finchley, North London


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Happy Draw a Bird Day! I'm so happy I made it! This month I chose to kill two birds with one stone (pardon the expression) & drew an owl – specifically a saw-whet owl – at the suggestion of a friend who likes owls, so I managed to also cross another animal request off my list.
Draw a Bird Day
Hummingbird in ink
Hoo boy… Well, it's a new year, & time for new goals. One of mine is to get back to regularly posting on here again. A minimum of three posts a week – I can do that, right? Yes I can! I've been quite a bit more active with music lately, hence the lack of posting here. However, I really really miss posting here on a regular basis & seeing everyone else's artwork!
For Christmas, I was given a lovely set of Winsor & Newton Drawing Inks. They are really fun, and the black ink is so incredibly satisfying, so black & glossy, I still can't get over it. This is the first thing I tried with the set – a hummingbird.
Cardinal – and my 100th post!
Just in time for Draw a Bird Day, here is my own contribution – a cardinal in ink. Also, my 100th post! Another milestone after just having reached my 1 year blog anniversary.
American Kestrel!
Here's my drawing for Draw-a-Bird-Day, the first one I've done! (For those not in the know, it falls on the 8th of each month – more info at Create Art Everyday). I ended up settling on the American Kestrel as my subject. Apologies for the quality of the image – I will try to scan this in a couple days when I have access to a scanner.


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Local Researchers To Create Brain Implants That Could Control Emotions in Mentally Ill
A team of researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have embarked on a new project to create an implantable device in the brain that would read and alter the emotions of someone with a mental illness.
The team is working in collaboration with researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, on a new program funded by the Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
The researchers are working to create an implantable device that can sense abnormal activity in the brain using algorithms, and then deliver electrical impulses to certain parts of the brain that would suppress the abnormal signals.
"Imagine if I have an addiction to alcohol and I have a craving,'' Jose Carmena, a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, who is involved in the project, told MIT Technology Review. "We could detect that feeling and then stimulate inside the brain to stop it from happening.''
Mental illness and suicide rates among the US military have spiked over the past decade, the National Institute of Mental Healthreports.
The current research is part of DARPA's emerging neurotechnology therapy program which investigates new approaches to treat neuropsychological illnesses among military servicemembers and veterans.
Their goal is to treat at least seven psychiatric conditions, including depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, addiction, and fibromyalgia.
"The goal is something that can not only help our returning warriors, but have a broader implications for the civilian population as well,'' Dr. Emad Eskander a neurosurgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and the principal research investigator, told Boston.com.
"We're excited about the potential to help a very needing group of people,'' he said.
The premise of the research is similar to deep brain stimulation, which also uses electrical stimulation to alter brain signals. However, deep brain stimulation is mostly used to treat movement disorders like Parkinson's disease, where the pathways of the disorder are better understood than neuropsychiatric disorders, Eskander said.
In deep brain stimulation, the stimulators use what's known as an "open loop system,'' where the clinician adjusts the electrodes, which are manually adjusted over time. For the current research, experts will use closed-loop stimulators which immediately respond to feedback in the brain, Eskander said.
However, the researchers face many challenges.
Among them, they will need to find out how the stimulators will be able to interpret the abnormal brain activity for mental disorders.
"There's not a lot of data on the patterns of activity in the brain with these disorders and where and what to stimulate to treat,'' said Eskander.
Eskander said the team hopes to begin studying the device in humans by 2019.
"We have to be cautious,'' he said. "There are a lot of challenges that we face both in the scientific and engineering realm.''
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John E. Bradley is a Shareholder at Vedder Price and a member of the Global Transportation Finance team, concentrating his practice in the areas of commercial and maritime law. He has particular experience handling marine terminal and port projects, including the leasing, financing, structuring, development and regulation of marine terminal properties and concessions. He represents lenders, borrowers, ship owners, container lessors, marine terminal operators and stevedores and industrial companies in the acquisition, disposition, leasing, financing and documentation of vessels, containers, terminal facilities, and other marine assets and properties.
Mr. Bradley also represents financial institutions, leasing companies and maritime lienors in mortgage foreclosure, vessel arrest and collateral recovery proceedings throughout the United States and has extensive international experience in the enforcement of security interests in vessels and other forms of marine collateral. He has been advising and representing the interests of secured creditors and lessors in numerous international shipping bankruptcies for nearly 30 years.


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A Short History of the Kansas Libertarian Party
By Steven A. Rosile
The Kansas Libertarian Party's roots, as best as I can discern, lie in an Objectivist Group at Friends University in Wichita in the late 1960's and early 1970's. As you may infer from their name, they were fans of Ayn Rand (author of Atlas Shrugged and Anthem, among other works) and the objectivist philosophy she advocated.
This group had two factions. One faction wanted to get involved in the political process and one faction did not. After the Libertarian Party was founded in December, 1971 in Colorado Springs (by members of Young Americans For Freedom and Young Republicans that were outraged by then President Nixon's closing the "gold window" at the US Treasury for redemption by foreigners of US currency for gold at a fixed price and thus ending the dollar's backing in gold and his calling for domestic wage and price controls) the faction of the Friends University objectivist group that wanted to get politically active did so by founding the Kansas Libertarian Party.
They were unable to get the 1972 Libertarian Presidential Candidate, Dr. John Hospers and Ms Toni Nathan on the ballot in Kansas in 1972 but they did appear on the ballot in a handful of states and in one of those, New Hampshire, Republican Presidential Elector Roger McBride, disgusted by the actions of President Nixon mentioned above, cast his Electoral College vote for the Libertarians. This made Libertarian Vice Presidential Candidate Toni Nathan the first woman in history to win an electoral Vote!
In 1976 that same Roger McBride was the Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate with David Bergland as his running mate. The Kansas Libertarian Party was able to successfully petition to get these two candidates on the ballot in Kansas as Independent Presidential Candidates. The Kansas Libertarian Party was not a ballot qualified party yet as the requirements for gaining that status were very difficult to achieve.
The Koch family of Kansas (Koch Engineering) became involved with the national and Kansas Libertarian Party around this time. In 1980 David Koch was the Libertarian Party Candidate for Vice President and Ed Clark was the LP's Presidential Candidate. With David Koch putting over $1 million into funding the campaign they were able to garner just over 1% of the popular vote total, slightly less than 1 million votes.
In 1988 Dr Ron Paul was the Libertarian Party candidate for President. While campaigning for the Libertarian Nomination he visited Kansas and spoke at the Kansas Libertarian Party Convention Banquet in Wichita.
The Kansas (and national) Libertarian Party struggled with ballot access and recognition as a political party. In the late 1980's a lawsuit was filed in Kansas over the stringent requirements for recognition as a political party, allowing voters to register as Libertarians and having our candidates listed on the ballot as being affiliated with the Libertarian Party.
This lawsuit resulted in new procedures and lower numbers for petitioning to get our Party and our candidates on the ballot in Kansas. In 1990 a petition drive was spearheaded and funded by John Foster of Wichita to get the Kansas Libertarian Party and Libertarian candidates on the ballot in Kansas for the 1992 elections. This effort was successful and under the new laws the Kansas Libertarian Party received enough votes to be recognized as a minor political party. This allowed (for the first time) Kansans to register as voters affiliated with the Libertarian Party and our candidates to be listed on the ballot as Libertarians.
The Kansas Libertarian Party has earned enough votes in elections to remain ballot qualified continuously since 1992. This has saved us from the expense and hassle of petitioning to get on the ballot as many state Libertarian Parties have had to do in states that have difficult ballot access requirements. This allows us more time and resources to campaign with and we work hard to maintain our ballot qualified status.
The Kansas Libertarian Party has been an all volunteer operation since it was founded. This is something we are very proud of as it means that all financial contributions are used to maintain and grow the party, not to pay someone's salary.
We welcome new members and appreciate all efforts to advance the cause of liberty.


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- Enfield, NH
- My Website
i believe in the importance of objects and their power to relay narratives which is why sculpture and jewelry resonates with me so strongly. from early on, storytelling and making have been an integral part of my life and i see my family's lineage built into my work.
i am interested in exploring the tension and harmony between man-made objects and those occurring in nature. materials heavily inspire my work--i'm drawn to elements that have a combination of textures or can be used to make a combination of textures and surfaces. for this reason, i primarily use metal in my work--steel in my sculpture and powdercoated brass in my jewelry. i find metal is an incredibly versatile material that lends strength and visual weight to the work, but can also be worked so that it is organic and delicate.
in both my sculpture and jewelry, i frequently intermingle contradicting materials and colors. i believe that the materials and objects chosen for the artmaking process have their own narrative. it is important for me to use a material in a manner that remains true to this narrative and to see how and what it can lend to the work and add to my story.
as a member of the st. regis mohawk tribe, my culture inspires me to create pieces charged with power, strength, and beauty and in turn, i believe my work celebrates indigenous culture with a bold, powerful aesthetic.
color plays a large role in my work. one of the main ways i apply color is through the powdercoating process which i personally execute in my own studio. powdercoating is a process where pigment is applied as a dry powder electrostatically to an object then cured under heat. highly resistant to chips and scratches, it's an industrial finish most often associated with bicycle frames and automobile parts. this process gives me the ability to add incredibly unique color choices to my work.
born and raised in northern new york, margaret jacobs is an enrolled member of the st. regis mohawk tribe. she attended dartmouth college in hanover, nh where she graduated with high honors for her thesis work and received the prestigious perspectives on design (pod) award.
jacobs has participated in several artist residencies including at the vermont studio center in johnson, vt where she received a native american fellowship through the harpo foundation. she has shown at numerous galleries and juried art markets throughout the united states including at flynndog in burlington, vt; 516 arts in albuquerque, nm; eiteljorg museum in indianapolis, in and the abbe museum in bar harbor, me. her work has been featured in various print and online press including at mic.com in the article 11 native american artists whose work redefines what it means to be american.
jacobs maintains a studio practice in new hampshire where she is very active in her local community. she currently acts as the secretary board of directors for the native american alumni association at dartmouth (naaad) and the treasurer on the board of directors for catv (community access television) in white river jct., vt. she has served as a grant panelist for the piscataqua artist advancement grant in portsmouth, nh and acted as a vpr (vermont public radio) commentator.
jacobs is known for her sculpture, jewelry and drawings. she uses all three approaches to explore the tension and harmony between natural and man-made, often intermingling unexpected and contradicting materials to explore those relationships.
Where to Buy
Work is not available for sale through the SNAG website. Please contact the artist directly to inquire about making a purchase.


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Could this be the onset of the Fourth AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION? One thing is for sure, it would have made ESTER BOSERUP smile.
-Human Imprint
Reblog via NPR
The Katydid Dilemma: Will You Eat Insects?
by BARBARA J. KING
It's right there on the dinner menu at Oyamel (a Washington, D.C., restaurant), listed under the "authentic Mexican tacos" section:
The legendary Oaxacan specialty of sauteed grasshoppers, shallots, tequila and guacamole.
Whether it's sauteed grasshoppers at Oyamel or katydid grilled cheese sandwiches prepared for the annual Bug Fair at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, insects are the new darlings of the avant-garde food world. At least that's the message in the chapter called "Grub" from Dana Goodyear's book Anything that Moves: Renegade Chefs, Fearless Eaters, and the Making of a New American Food Culture.
Which animals we eat, and which we revile and reject, fascinates me. It's in this context that I'm beginning to explore entomophagy.
Goodyear notes that 80 percent of the species alive on Earth today are insects, but only select species are consumed. Marc Dennis, writing on the Insects Are Food website, is more specific:
"There are an estimated 1,462 recorded species of edible insects and in all likelihood hundreds if not thousands more that simply haven't been sampled or perhaps not even discovered yet."
If, as Goodyear describes, insect-eating is seen as a cutting-edge culinary adventure in the U.S., it's an everyday thing in other parts of the world. Brittany Fallon, my former student at the College of William and Mary, now conducting doctoral research in Uganda on the behavior of wild chimpanzees, stressed for me in an email message how selective villagers are about what insects they eat, and how detailed their knowledge is of insect behavior:
"There are 'white ants' which come in March after a big rain between 4/5 AM. Then there are 'big ants' which come in May, and emerge from the mounds at 1 AM. Finally, there are 'bimumu' the August ants, which come between 5-6 PM. Ants can be prepared in several ways: pan-fried with a bit of oil and spices, boiled into a kind of soup, and third, made into a sort of 'bread' of ground ant patties which are first boiled while wrapped in banana leaves, and then pan-fried. I've eaten the fried ants – yummy, no particular taste I can remember other than crunchy and oily, like popcorn – and also the ant bread, which tasted exactly like a McDonald's sausage patty (not so yummy, to a longtime vegetarian)."
Here at home, will insect-eating really catch on? I wonder about the squeamish-palate factor, and about the ethics of eating insects versus other animals. Clearly, as Marc Dennis notes, insects pack a nutritional punch:
"According to the Entomological Society of America they generally contain more protein and are lower in fat than traditional meats. In addition they have about 20 times higher food conversion efficiency than traditional meats. In other words they have a better feed-to-meat ratio than beef, pork, lamb or chicken, not to mention other less traditional meats such as goat, horse, buffalo, ostrich and alligator."
So, because I'm curious, questions for my readers:
If you're vegetarian, would you consider supplementing your intake of protein by way of entomophagy?
If you eat meat, would you consider sometimes substituting insects for other animals?


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Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997)
New Orleans
US City located close to the Mississippi Delta and thus a natural Threshold venue. It stands between the continent and the Gulf of Mexico; it is an outpost of the American way in an environment which is almost tropic; and it has been "notorious" for centuries as a venue for transgressive behaviour: smuggling, vice, jazz and miscegenation – over the years, French, Spanish, English, Indians and Afro-Caribbeans bred to create the Creole culture and tongue. It is an ideal setting for Supernatural Fiction and Horror.
The first writer of any renown to make use of the venue was George Washington Cable (1844-1925), most of whose work is NO-based, including "Jean-ah Poquelin" (1875 Scribner's), a rationalized Ghost Story in which various cultures and races come together. Some of Lafcadio Hearn's NO stories, as assembled in Fantastics (coll 1914), are also of interest; and some of the Gothic anecdotes assembled in New Orleans Sketches (coll 1954 Japan) by William Faulkner (1897-1962) have supernatural elements.
The most telling use of NO may be the film-noir vision of the city that dominates Cat People (1942) and its various sequels; this may have influenced the choice of venue for Angel Heart (1987), a movie in which the original New York setting of William Hjortsberg's Falling Angel (1978) is shifted south. But the most famous exploitation of NO is in the Vampire Chronicles and Mayfair Witches sequences by Anne Rice, herself born and resident in NO. The sequences have understandably fixed for a wide public the paradigm use of NO for Dark Fantasy; Valerie Martin's A Recent Martyr (1987), based on the Cat People movies, also makes effective use of the venue. Lucius Shepard's Green Eyes (1984), though not literally set there, could be described as occupying an NO hinterland. Terry Pratchett uses a thinly disguised version of the city as a Fairytale backdrop in Witches Abroad (1991).
Many horror novels, especially those dealing with Voodoo, are either set in NO, or – like James Herbert's Portent (1992) – feature characters whose transgressive ominousness is signalled by the fact they come from the city. [JC]
This entry is taken from the Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997) edited by John Clute and John Grant. It is provided as a reference and resource for users of the SF Encyclopedia, but apart from possible small corrections has not been updated.


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- One 3- to 4-pound whole chicken
- 1 quart chicken stock or low-sodium chicken broth
- 2 quarts water
- 2 medium onions, quartered, plus 1/2 cup onions, diced
- 2 carrots, roughly chopped, plus 1/2 cup sliced carrots
- 2 celery stalks, roughly chopped, plus 1/2 cup small-diced celery
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme
- 5 or 6 parsley stems, plus 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 1/4 teaspoons salt, plus more for seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more for seasoning
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 4 ounces whole button mushrooms, quartered
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/4 pound dried vermicelli noodles, broken into pieces
Place chicken in a large stockpot or Dutch oven and cover with stock and water. Add quartered onion, chopped carrots, chopped celery, thyme, parsley, and bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper. Bring mixture to a boil, partially cover, and reduce heat to a simmer. Cook for 1 hour; chicken should easily pull away from the bones.
Using tongs, remove chicken from broth and set aside until cool enough to handle. Strain cooking liquid through a fine-meshed sieve lined with cheesecloth, discarding vegetables and reserving cooking liquid. Pull chicken meat off bones, discarding bones, skin, and any fat. Shred and reserve meat.
Add oil to a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and cook until browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Add diced onions, sliced carrots, and diced celery and cook until vegetables are softened, 2 to 4 minutes. Stir in butter and reserved cooked chicken. Add reserved cooking liquid and bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to a simmer and cook for 30 minutes. Add 2 1/4 teaspoons salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and vermicelli to the pot and simmer until noodles are cooked through, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in parsley leaves. Serve hot.
Recipe Details
- Source: Emeril's Table: Diner Favorites
- Dish Type: Soups
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Hubby called yesterday to see if I was behaving myself. Well, as we all know…I am never one to behave myself…especially when I don't get my afternoon nap in on my furlough day.
Hubby: So, what have you been up to?
Me: Scaring small children in the neighborhood.
Hubby: How?
Me: Well, this little boy came to our door and wanted me to go look for his ball that he threw into our yard. I went out and looked for it, but couldn't find it. It was annoying, it was like he wanted me to fetch his ball and I wasn't all about that. So, I told him he could come in and go into the backyard and look for it if he wanted it that bad. I mean, he shouldn't have thrown it into our yard in the first place. Only he got really scared and said "I don't think my Mom would let me go into a stranger's house." So, I said sorry—I can't find it….and shut the door and locked it.
(Note: Now before you all get mad at me, you need to realize our backyard is filled with weeds that come up to my knees AND giant landmines….not people friendly….so while I did take a quick glance around….I wasn't about hacking through our weed jungle to find the missing ball. AND the kids are constantly throwing stuff into our backyard….so forgive me for my lack of patience.)
Hubby: Awww poor little boy! You are so mean. He probably now associates you as the MEAN OLD LADY in the neighborhood. Way to start a reputation.


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Decorate your desk or hallway with a tray out of the ordinary!
The MATRIX tray is not only a strikingly beautiful object – it is also the perfect place to put all the small everyday things you don't know where else to keep.
In terms of product design and functionality the MATRIX tray is the ultimate fusion of presence and future, as it merges Swedish designer Monica Förster's belief in practicality and technical modernity with classic design references from early Art Deco pieces from the Georg Jensen archive.
The MATRIX tray is made out of mirror polished stainless steel – and smooth grey leather which serves as a natural and soft contrast to the metal, and adds a nice tactile dimension.
- Item number: 10013734
- Materials: Mirror polished stainless steel, Leather
- Measurements: H: 1.02 inches. W: 15.51 inches. D: 5.83 inches.
- Design year: 2018
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18 Oct Forest weddings most popular
More than half (54 percent) of the wedding couples in 2012 chose Twenty Mile House's forest venue to stage their wedding ceremony.
The 200-acre eco-estate gives brides and grooms plenty of choice when it comes to where they wish to say their "I do's."
Some 32 percent of couples chose a location in the two acres of picturesque gardens that encircle the 1854 Main House, a former stagecoach stop.
There were gorgeous lawn ceremonies that faced three different directions on the property, using the charming wooden arch that matches the fretwork of the historic house.
However, the most popular ceremony site, the forest, had wedding guests crossing a footbridge across a creek, down a short forest path and into a clearing surrounded by pine trees. Most chose to have their guests face towards the creek, staging the processional generally from Trackside Cabin.
But others had their processional follow the forest path, with guests facing towards the river and train tracks. Either direction, it's a magical spot!
Four bridal couples this year (14 percent) held their ceremonies at the private access riverside venue, on the banks of the Middle Fork Feather River a short stroll away. Although a bit sunnier, and sandy, the river venue with its breathtaking views and flowing water is really hard to beat!


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This morning Greek media reported the arrival of 1,800 migrants, mainly from Middle East, in central Athens square. They were added to 100,000 people (refugees and migrants) who have crossed Mediterranean since start of 2015 according to UNHCR, "with record numbers now arriving every day in the Greek islands. Official figures show that as of 8 June a total of 103,000 refugees and migrants had arrived in Europe: 54,000 in Italy, 48,000 in Greece, 91 on Malta and 920 in Spain."
EU obviously faces a humanitarian problem and evidently turns a blind eye to it, as its latest political (non) decisions show. (TWTP article Sea of War and Death)
The problem contains several contradictions:
– Human beings lose their lives while trying to escape their countries just to save their own and their children lives.
– Civil and offensive wars, hunger, turmoil or evictions force people to abandon their residencies, fortunes, homes, jobs, families and homeland in order to survive. The oxymoron here is that a series of events beyond their power, force educated and working, respected and "normal", until yesterday, people to be uprooted, then to become victims of traffickers and in the end to be treated as "interlopers" in European countries.
– The majority of the problems that their countries face are western-made and EU plays a major role in these. Libya's (not so) civil war Lethal attempt of USA for a regime change in Syria.
– "Breeding and nurturing" by the West of islamic extremists in order to destabilize so-called enemies during the last decades.
– The consequent empowerment of armed sectarians who turned into a threat even for their funders.
– The newfound (?) "exploitation" of ISIS as a threat requiring restrictions and intercepts and which attempts to generate fear and to boost xenophobia, racism and far right parties in Europe,
and last but not least:
– The perpetual and never stopped crimes of evictions, settlements, imprisonments and inhuman treatment, to the limits of genocide, in Palestine.
A western person could and should imagine itself and its family threatened by all these dangers. And then, to put itself in the same conditions that all these younger or elder people, women, men and children face when they arrive into european countries.
Dignity is a human right and it is not limited into one's home or country's borders and of course not in religion, race or ethnicity.
The self-proclaimed advocates and the self-appointed "defenders" of human rights use double standards, depending on their political and dominating purposes. They invade lands to defend freedoms and they violate major rights inside these lands.
In the present situation, in which Europe does not heed labor force anymore, the victims of western wars address to the instigators of their problems for relief. And the West condemns them for a second time in misery, threats, loss of dignity, inhuman conditions or in the ever existing and present, marginalization – if they survive.
The next thing to wait is an augmenting demonization of migrants – beloved practice of western propaganda. They will all be considered as islamist terrorists and they will be placed in new Guantanamos.
In the name of "safety" of course.


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Posted on Friday, Jun 14, 2013
Dig into Reading, this year's Summer Reading Program theme, is a flexible game designed for preschoolers through 6th graders. It combines reading and activity suggestions, along with three prize levels to provide extra motivation. Children who finish Dig into Reading win a t-shirt and get entered into a grand prize drawing for a Kindle Fire!
Participating in the Summer Reading Program is an excellent way to help your elementary school child practice reading skills over the summer and prevent the "summer slide," or the loss of skills over summer break. Kids can also exercise their minds by participating in the Library's extensive summer programming. This year's highlights include a mini museum of dinosaur fossils, balloon art, a real, live giant Burmese python, and a whole block of activities exclusively for tweens!
To register or download the Gameboard and Activities List visit http://www.icpl.org/srp/childrens/
For School-Aged Kids
Digging Dinosaurs
The Dinosaur Lady (aka Carolyn Richard, paleontologist) is back with her full-scale T-Rex head, dino models, fossils, mini-museum, and the scoop on the latest fossil finds.
When: Thursday, June 20 from 2-3:00 p.m.
Where: Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Reptile Wrangling with Torben Platt
Join the critter wizard from Witty Kitties as he grapples with alligator Lex Luther, who is even bigger than last year, and a giant Burmese python.
When: Thursday, June 27 from 2-3:00 p.m.
Where: Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Mad Science with the Hawk-Eyes on Science
The zany scientists from the University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy return with knock-your-socks-off experiments featuring lasers, electricity, and 3D wonders. There will be explosions!
When: Thursday, July 11 from 2-3:00 p.m.
Where: Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Night at the Museum Party
It's spine-tingling fun with Sarah Horgen of the Museum of Natural History clues us in on the science of archaeology.
When: Thursday, July 18 from 2-3:00 p.m.
Where: Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Creations with a Twist
Balloon master Daniel Poe delights with his awesome balloon art. Audience members dress up in balloon costumes and act out funny stories as part of the "Dig Up a Good Book" show.
When: Thursday, July 25 from 2-3:00 p.m.
Where: Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Wii Gaming for School-age Children
Elementary kids can join us for some Wii gaming.
When: Wednesdays from 2-4:00 p.m. through July 31
Where: Storytime Room
Children's R.E.A.D. Times with Therapy Dogs of Johnson County
School-age readers are welcome to come read aloud to trained therapy dogs for fifteen minutes on a first come, first serve basis. Sign up, read, and win a prize book. Sponsored by the Therapy Dogs of Johnson County.
When: Sunday, July 7 from 2-4:00 p.m. & Sunday, August 4 from 2-4:00 p.m.
Where: Storytime Room
For Tweens (Ages 10, 11, & 12)
Tweens on TV: Be a Star
Tweens come prepared to talk about their favorite book to be taped and later air on The Library Channel 10. Parental approval is needed.
When: Monday, June 17 from 2-3:00 p.m.
Where: Meeting Room A
Sign Language for Tweens
An expert in teaching American Sign Language (ASL) will be conducting an introductory session for tweens. Books on signing will be available.
When: Monday, June 24 from 2-3:00 p.m.
Where: Meeting Room A
Cool Crafts with Casey
Join library employee Casey in creating some environmentally-friendly cool crafts from recycled materials. All materials provided.
When: Monday, July 1 from 2-3:00 p.m.
Where: Meeting Room A
Scott's Gardening Basics
Learn about organic gardening, composting, and growing your own food from Scott Koepke, Soilmates Education Outreach Coordinator at New Pioneer Food Co-Op.
When: Monday, July 8 from 2-3:00 p.m.
Where: Meeting Room A
The Art of Illustration
Local picture book illustrators Claudia McGehee and Jennifer Black Reinhardt will discuss their artwork and give tweens the chance to practice their own drawing skills. Materials provided.
When: Monday, July 15 from 2-3:00 p.m.
Where: Meeting Room A
Yoga for Tweens
Dana Robinson from Sweet Feet Yoga will lead a yoga class designed specifically for tweens. Kids should come in comfortable clothing suitable for movement and exercise.
When: Monday, July 22 from 2-3:00 p.m.
Where: Meeting Room A
For the Whole Family
Family Special: MusicIC
From stories to music, hear Goodnight Moon, Pecos Bill, and Ferdinand the Bull in a whole new way with musical renditions by MusicIC.
When: Sunday, June 16 from 2-3:00 p.m.
Where: Meeting Room A, Meeting Room, B, Meeting Room C
Family Movie Screening: Despicable Me
Gru and the gang are back in theaters on July third with the premiere of Despicable Me 2. Come watch where it all began! The film is rated PG.
When: Saturday, June 29 from 1-3: p.m.
Where: Meeting Room A
Family Special: MADCAP Puppets present "The Cinderella Files"
MADCAP Puppets of Cincinnati present the hilarious fractured fairy tale of what would happen if Cinderella's fairy godmother went on vacation. The giant puppets encourage plenty of audience participation when it falls to the Godmother's husband Ralph to get Cinderella to the ball.
When: Saturday, July 13 from 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Where: Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Book Babies
Rhymes, fingerplays, songs, and short stories designed to stimulate your infant's language development. For babies 6 months to 18 months old. We ask that there be a lap for every baby.
When: Fridays from 10:30-11:00 a.m. through August 30 & Fridays from 1:30-2:00 p.m. through August 30.
Where: Storytime Room
Preschool Storytime
Summer events for Preschoolers include: Critter Capers, the Music of Adam Hartig, Reading Road Trip, and more!
When: Thursdays from 10-10:30 a.m. through July 25 (excluding July 4)
Where: Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Stories in the Park at Willow Creek
A preschool-age program where longer stories and picture books are combined with fingerplays, songs, and action rhymes. Recommended for children who are three-years-old and up.
When: Wednesdays from 10:30-11:00 a.m. through July 24
Where: Willow Creek Park (West Benton Street and Teg Drive)
Stories in the Park at Mercer
A preschool-age program where longer stories and picture books are combined with fingerplays, songs, and action rhymes. Recommended for children who are three-years-old and up.
When: Fridays from 10:30-11:00 a.m. through July 26
Where: Mercer Park (Near the Mercer Park Aquatic Center)
Sensory Storytime
Designed for children with autism spectrum disorders, sensory integration issues, or other developmental disabilities, along with their friends or siblings. These storyimes include tactile books, songs, stories, and activities that will provide opportunity for hands-on participation. A caretaker must accompany each child with special needs.
When: First Saturday of every month from 1:30-2:00 p.m.
Where: Storytime Room
Family Storytime
Designed for the whole family, Storytime includes both shorter and longer stories combined with action games and activities. Recommended for all ages. Parents are asked to sit with younger children.
When: Saturdays from 10:30-11:00 a.m. through August 31 (excluding July 13) & Sundays from 2-2:00 p.m. (excluding July 7)
Where: Storytime Room
Toddler Storytime
Designed for toddlers or young preschoolers. The same program is performed Mondays and Tuesdays each week. Ideal for young children with short attention spans who need short stories, fingerplays, and action rhymes.
When: Mondays and Tuesdays from 10:30-11:00 a.m
Where: Storytime Room
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Corel's Painter X; Photo Transformation Page 2
What's New In Version X?
· The new RealBristle Painting System faithfully replicates the interaction between paint, canvas, and brush, reproducing the natural movement of bristles.
· For those who want to design around classical composition techniques, you can call on the new Divine Proportion composition tool, as well as preset and customizable Layout Grids. Session memory retains settings between sessions, including those for grid, tracker (history), and eraser.
· Corel claims significantly increased speed for start up, file opening and saving, as well as rendering.
· The enhanced Auto-Painting palette enables you to transform your photo into a painting automatically. Enlist the new Smart Stroke painting option to apply random paint strokes that vary in type, direction, and pressure while following the forms and shapes in your original photo.
· An improved Underpainting palette offers new predefined Color Schemes as well as new Photo Enhancement controls to modify hue, saturation, brightness, and contrast when preparing a photo for Auto-Painting.
· Dodge and Burn tools have been added to the toolbox.
· A new Match palette effect allows you to match color between two images and includes controls for color, brightness, and intensity.
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Introduction to six big questions representing frontiers of 21st century physics, such as what are the ultimate laws of nature, how does complex structure arise, and how can physics benefit society. Classes will involve presentations by researchers and by students, discussions of journal articles, and tours of physics labs involved with related research. Prerequisites: Precalculus and at least one quantitative science course at the high school level, such as chemistry or physics. Offered in Duke Kunshan University in Kunshan, China.


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Medical experts have been trying for years to unravel why children develop autism. Is it genes? Could it be their environment? While other studies have focused on one or the other, the four-year investigation announced yesterday will examine both questions about the puzzling neurobiological disorder that affects about 1 in 150 children nationwide.
The Baltimore investigators will join experts at four research centers in Philadelphia and Northern California to recruit 1,200 pregnant women who already have a child with autism and study them throughout pregnancy and their baby's first three years.
"This is a great opportunity to put gene and environmental hypotheses together," said Daniele Fallin, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and one of the study's principal investigators. "The great thing about this new study is we are able to do things in real time."
Fallin expects to spend the next four years recruiting about 250 women from the Baltimore area and the Washington suburbs for the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation. The study is spearheaded by the National Institutes of Health with funding from the institute and Autism Speaks, a national advocacy group.
Scientists will closely monitor the women, taking blood and urine samples during their pregnancy and breast milk samples after they deliver. The women will be asked to keep a diary of their eating habits and lifestyle, fill out questionnaires and participate in interviews about their health, their jobs and their lives before their babies' conception. Fathers will be asked questions about chemicals they might have been exposed to and to give blood samples.
Researchers will collect dust samples from the couples' homes and examine common household chemicals, including cleaning solutions, pesticides and flame retardants used in mattresses and sofas.
Researchers will gather similar biological samples from the babies and follow them closely for any early signs of autism, such as regressions in development.
Children found at risk for developing autism will be referred for treatment, even if doing so means skewing the study's results, said Dr. Rebecca Landa, director of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders at Kennedy Krieger.
"This is a risk to the interpretation of the data that one takes for ethical reasons," she said.
The wide range of disabilities known as autism spectrum disorders is marked by impaired communication and social interaction. There is no cure for the disorder, and the factors that cause it remain a mystery.
Still, researchers have unlocked clues to possible genetic causes of the disorder. For instance, the likelihood of a child being born with autism is less than 1 percent. But for couples with one autistic child, Fallin said, the risk of having a second child with the disorder rises to between 5 percent and 20 percent.
In addition, researchers at UCLA recently found an autism-risk gene that is more common in boys than girls, which they think helps explain why the disorder is four times more common in boys. Dr. Stanley Nelson, a professor of human genetics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, believes that research ultimately will link many genes to the disorder.
For now, he said, the genetics remain murky. Several people with autism have been found to share the same genetic mutations, but the disorder differs in each: Some develop severe autism, some develop mild cases and others do not develop the disorder at all.
Nelson, who is not connected with the study announced yesterday, said that beginning the research during pregnancy is worthwhile but he wonders if the scope is too broad.
"My concern would be, we don't know that much about the genetics yet," he said. "Trying to study genetics, with a complex process such as pregnancy and ... combining them, they may not have enough compelling data one way or the other."
Possible environmental causes of autism are even trickier to understand. There is little hard evidence that chemicals or lifestyle cause autism, said Dr. Irva Hertz-Picciotto, of the University of California, Davis School of Medicine, who is also involved in the study. But researchers think there may be a link between environment and genetic susceptibility.
While the researchers acknowledge that their study is broad, they say it will provide a critical opportunity to study autism's causes in real time - as a baby develops from fetus to toddler.
"Many studies rely on identifying children with autism spectrum disorders and a group without, and making families recall what exposures they had early in pregnancy," said Lisa A. Croen, an epidemiologist with Kaiser Permanente and a partner in the study. "You can't get that from a study that collects data after the fact."
A small but vocal minority of parents believes that childhood vaccinations can cause autism, leading some to refuse to inoculate their children against common diseases. Studies have shown no credible link between vaccinations and autism, and research shows that individuals who miss inoculations put larger populations at risk of contracting preventable diseases.
For other families coping with autistic children, the research announced yesterday offers hope, said Peter Waldron of Lutherville, whose son Frankie, 5, has received speech and occupational therapy at Kennedy Krieger since being diagnosed with autism at 16 months. Frankie was talking when he turned 1, but several months later Waldron and his wife, Julie, noticed that Frankie had stopped saying mommy and daddy.
"Studies like this are incredibly important and in dire need," said Waldron, whose daughters, Lila, 2, and Millie, 3, took part in a study at Kennedy Krieger for siblings of children with autism. They have not been diagnosed with the disorder.
"It's very important for families to participate in these studies to help unlock some of the questions and provide some answers to what is happening," he said. "And, hopefully, answer why."
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I've been digging up some old recipes I enjoyed during childhood. This one was a family favourite and by happy coincidence is high in fibre, low in fat, and has no added sugar. It makes a great breakfast on the run or afternoon snack. You can adapt the recipe to include nuts, fruits, spices, sugar, anything you like really. This is my favourite version, recipe below. Be warned, these are not light fluffy cakes, because of all the fruit and bran they are quite dense.
Recipe Instructions:
Pick a mug of any size you like, I used a medium sized one and it would make about 12 muffins or one decent sized loaf.
Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius
Lightly grease a loaf tin or line a muffin tin with pretty liners.
1 mug all bran
1 mug self raising flour
1 mug dried fruit
1 mug milk
1 egg
1 tsp ground ginger.
1- Mix all ingredients thoroughly in a large bowl. Allow to sit for 30 minutes until the bran soften.
2- Place mix into loaf tin or muffin cases and bake for 1-1.5 hours for a loaf and 30mins-1 hour for the muffins, depending on the size. You can tell the cakes are cooked when a skewer comes away clean.
3- Allow to cool and then munch!


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Habib Bourguiba
Arabic: habīb būrqība
As president of Tunisia, Bourguiba was a type of North African Atatürk; he reduced the influence of religion on society and he guaranteed the rights of women, economically, in marriage and in social life. The politics of Tunisia became one of moderate, European-like solutions.
The country had in the 1960s good economic growth, but clientilism (the system where the knowledge and allegiance to people in important positions is more important than juridical rights), at the core of Tunisian society, became increasingly destructive to the social and economic development of the country. People with the right friends or relatives came to receive concessions, without having the necessary competence. Monopolies were built around such systems, and in the 1980s it became evident that this choked the Tunisian society.
With a Bourguiba weakened by age, the 1980s saw a leader incompetent to rule, and when he was deposed in 1987, Tunisia was on the verge of civil war, since the Islamists were treated in a random and cruel fashion. Ordinary Tunisians were also becoming increasingly dissatisfied.


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Rose Gold "Faith Over Fear" CZ Script Necklace 15.5-18.5"
Faith above all else! This beautiful Rose Gold Faith Necklace has the words "over" and "fear" inscribed around the word "faith". As part of our Empowerment Collection, this dainty necklace is great daily reminder to have faith over fear.
Steps to empower yourself and others:
1. Choose what reminder/Empowerment Necklace you need for the day.
2. Share it by wearing it!
3. Believe it! {Remember, you aren't alone on this journey!}
4. Gift it! {Pass on the love to someone who needs it.}
- Adjustable Necklace 15.5-18.5"
- Material: Brass
- Metal Finish: Polished Rose Gold
- Cubic Zirconia
- The "Faith" Motif Measure Approximately 22mm x 13mm
- Designed as a Necklace for layering; it is not recommended to wear a Locket on this Chain


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Fear December 4, 2009Posted by Natasha in IVF.
Tags: 2WW, 9dp2dt, BFN, Crinone, IVF, TWW
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Is the strongest feeling I have right now.
I POAS (FRER for those who might be curious) yesterday, and for a second I thought I saw a line.
I looked again, and no, there wasn't anything.
I kept looking, and almost convinced myself that there was the smallest imaginable suggestion of a colour change where the line should be. But no.
It was 9dp2dt, and it was a BFN. However much I tried willing it to be otherwise.
I haven't tested since.
I flit between thinking 'maybe', and then 'it's just the crinone'.
I don't know what I feel. I don't think I feel pregnant. But then, what does pregnant feel like?
I might test tomorrow.
I might wait for my Beta / Period.
I might be pregnant.
I might not be.
Today is Friday, tomorrow is Saturday, the next day is Sunday, and the day after that I will know for sure.
Baby, please stay.
What should be happening… November 28, 2009Posted by Natasha in Infertility, IVF.
Tags: 2dt, 3dp2dt, 5dpo, IVF, TWW
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This is what happens after a 2dt, aka, what I really hope is happening right now!
Thu 26/11~ 1dpt ..Embryo is growing and developing
Fri 27/11~ 2dpt ..Embryo is growing and developing
Sat 28/11~ 3dpt… Embryo is now a blastocyst
Sun 29/11~ 4dpt….Blastocyst hatches out of shell on this day
Mon 30/11~ 5dpt.. Blastocyst attaches to a site on the uterine lining
Tue 1/12 ~6dpt.. Implantation begins, as the blastocyst begins to bury in the lining
Wed 2/12~ 7dpt.. Implantation process continues and morula buries deeper in the lining
Thu 3/12~ 8dpt.. Morula is completely inmplanted in the lining and has placenta cells & fetal cells
Fri 4/12~ 9dpt…Placenta cells begin to secret HCG in the blood
Sat 5/12~ 10dpt…More HCG is produced as fetus develops
Sun 6/12~ 11dpt…More HCG is produced as fetus develops
Mon 7/12~ 12dpt…HCG levels are now high enough to be immediately detected on HPT
Tue 8/12~ Beta Day
13dpiui… Move along, nothing to see here August 20, 2009Posted by Natasha in Infertility.
Tags: 2WW, BFN, IUI, TWW, waiting
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Haven't tested this morning, but tested last night, and still nothing.
Had a big cry yesterday. Its just such a horrible feeling.
Will hold out now until AF is definitely late, (not that that is likely to happen – should arrive tomorrow or Saturday).
10dpiui – aka… sigh… August 17, 2009Posted by Natasha in Infertility.
Tags: 10dpiui, 2WW, BFN, IUI, TWW
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Enough said.
Bought a super-sensitive cheapie test (10 whatevers). Still negative.
Hope is fading. I'm sure if I was in line for a BFP I would have seen one by now.
I felt like crying this afternoon, I just feel so bloody miserable.
9dpiui – aka, nothing to see here. August 16, 2009Posted by Natasha in Infertility.
Tags: "normal", 2WW, 9dpiui, doubt, TWW, waiting
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Except another single line, and the feeling that AF is on her way.
Becoming doubtful.
Bought a highly recommended pregnancy book, got frustrated because of the 'diary' of someone who went off the pill, and 'oooh, woo' got pregnant first month trying.
Can't decide whether to test tomorrow & Tuesday, as Mr G will be away for work.
There's a baby at the end of this, right?
8dpIUI – aka, I caved. August 15, 2009Posted by Natasha in Infertility.
Tags: 2WW, 8dpiui, BFN, IUI waiting, TWW
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Having four HPT's sitting right there proved to be too much temptation, so I caved. Unsurprisingly, negative.
I know that it doesn't really mean anything, but I figured that a negative may not really mean a negative, but that if by some one-in-a-million chance it was positive, then I wanted to know 🙂
I'm feeling less 'symptomatic' now than last week. Although again, I know that not even that means anything.
Patience. Is very, very difficult.
6dpiui – aka – Owww August 13, 2009Posted by Natasha in Infertility, News and Drivel.
Tags: 2WW, 6dpiui, IUI, symptoms, TWW
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Mah boobs! They hurt!
Also, cramping.
Also, can't. stop. eating.
Also, can't. remember. anything.
Also, must. sleep.
One more week until testing. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can…
5dpiui – aka, the biggest whinge I've had in ages. August 12, 2009Posted by Natasha in Infertility, Rants.
Tags: 5dpiui, complaining, Fertility Treatment, Infertility, IUI, stress, symptoms, TWW, work
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One week tomorrow until I test.
Argh, sooo tired (after 9 hours of sleep). Sooo hungry (after 2 lunches and 4 bottles of water). Sooo Irritable. My memory is ridiculous. I walk into rooms and forget why I'm there. A little crampy still, but really I think I'm just thinking these things into existence. I have really sore sinuses, but its probably just dehydration from the heaters. Freezing here today.
This feels an awful lot like PMS.
I'm sitting at my desk, waiting for the bell to go in ten minutes, and I'm really wondering how I'm going to make it home without a nap.
Work was completely awful today.
When I was having all these issues at the end of last term (when my teaching partner up and left), I was told that I would have lots more support. Well that hasn't happened. One of the people I teach with now, who is the coordinator, likes to bring her laptop and her marking into the room with her, meaning that I have to teach and control 40 kids. You can imagine how well that works. I am doing 98% of the load that should be shared by 4 people.
I can never get over how incredibly selfish the kids are. I know that sounds crazy, because of course I am talking about year sevens – teenagers – of course they're bloody selfish, it's their job! But they are terrible. They can't even watch a movie that has been put on for them.Soo self righteous, demanding, and obnoxious.
Whinge Whinge Whinge…
I'm going home to see my husband for the first time since Sunday, and to have a sleep.
3dpIUI – aka WTF are these "Symptoms"?!? August 10, 2009Posted by Natasha in Infertility, Latest Obesssions, News and Drivel.
Tags: 3dpiui, dIUI, Donor Insemination, IUI, symptoms, TWW, whinging
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First a TMI alert.
- Woke this morning, feeling quite nauseous. Sprayed myself with perfume, felt sick again
- Digestively Eugh.
- Still have very sore **s.
- Came to work, walked into the classroom, I have super-smell! Someone was drawing with a permanent marker, and it again, made me feel ill.
- I am incredibly tired.
- The achiness has mostly gone.
If these are real, then I welcome them with open arms. If not, I wish they would bugger off and stop messing with my head.
11 days until AF is due.
2dpIUI August 9, 2009Posted by Natasha in Infertility, Life, News and Drivel.
Tags: dIUI, Donor Insemination, IUI, Mornington Peninsula, symptoms, Technical problems, TWW
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Bullet-pointy tonight.
2 days into the TWW, I'm coping ok.
Oddly symptomatic though. Of course my symptoms are related to being hormonal, and post ovulation, rather than anything else at this stage, but I have very sore bb's, nips especially. I have cramps throughout my lower half. I had shocking heart burn yesterday morning. Keeping in mind I didn't end up having the trigger, I find these strange.
I'm still hopeful. I have decided that I am going to test some time after the 17th. Beta is on the 24th.
My laptop crapped itself on Thursday. I will find out tomorrow what the verdict is, but at this stage it is looking like a busted hard drive. I hope I don't remember anything irreplaceable when I get it back.
We went for a drive down the peninsula today. Being back there, for the first time since our wedding day, was very, very difficult. I have realised how much I hate the situation we are in at the moment. It's not working, and I miss being that close to the beach.
We will wait and see.


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David Thorne is an Australian humorist/satirist and "internet personality" who uses his website to post hilarious written exchanges he has with a vast spectrum of people; his unsuspecting "victims" usually seem to fall into at least one of the following categories: Uptight Government Employees; Dumb, Ignorant Rednecks; Whiny, Lazy Co-workers; and any other assortment of people with "odd" hobbies, fascinations or somewhat "creepy" tendencies; you know, those who secretly want to find "like-minded weirdos" to connect with. Eh-hem; If these guys cross David's path, like a (seven legged) spider he'll set the trap, and slowly draw in his prey until he's got them just where he wants them, and they try desperately to justify all the nonsense they've (foolishly) put in print for the world to see. I think you can see where this is going; It's internet voyeurism at it's best, and David Thorne is the master ring leader.
Anyone who's been trolling Facebook for any amount of time has probably already encountered David, or at least some of his wickedly off-beat and often cringe-inducing humour. He is the author of comedic masterpieces all which have made the rounds and been shared over and over again. If you appreciate his style, you'll love how he uses manners and "perceived ignorance" to draw people deep into conversations where they ultimately reveal their true selves, which – as you can imagine – are often not the way they want to be seen by the world.
David has two ways of creating these hilarious exchanges – He'll either respond to an "official" request with the wide-eyed and wondrous approach of a child, asking "Why? Why? Why?" and then going off on tangents in entirely different directions that frustrate those he's corresponding with, who then go at great lengths to reel him in; or he'll just respond to vulgar comments or direction with complete kindness, politeness and "perceived ignorance" – which you can probably tell is his secret weapon – which usually whips his prey into a frothed-mouth frenzy, in which they respond to, keeping the thread going, and going, and going… much to our delight! A perfect example of this is when he tried to pay an outstanding bill of $233.95 with a drawing of a seven legged spider; read the exchange here.
If you enjoyed that, below are a few of my favourites that I bet you'll also like. Also, find David on Facebook here, or at his website. On the flip side, if you don't appreciate his style, quit now… he'll just piss you off no end!
- Missing Missy
- Obvious Foggot (Warning: Very vulgar, homophobic & much profanity)
- Simon's Pie Charts (Warning: More profanity – but well worth it!)
Want more? David's books "The Internet is a Playground" and "I'll Go Home Then; It's Warm, and Has Chairs" are available where else? Amazon.ca of course! Or, check out his "interview" with Oprah here… Hilarious!
Readers: What do you think of David's humour? Like? or HATE WITH A VENGENCE?! Let us know in the comments below~!


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