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This research report presents mobile phone shipment volume forecast and recent quarter review of major Taiwanese branded vendors. The report includes shipment volume and value, ASP, vendor volume ranking, shipment by brands, and price trend. Also provided are shipment breakdowns by system technology, operating system, display technology, panel size, shipment destination, and production location. The content of this report is based on primary data obtained through interviews with Taiwanese mobile phone branded vendors. The report finds that Taiwanese branded mobile phone shipmen volume declined slightly in the fourth quarter of 2013, mainly due to HTC's lack of new follow-ups to compete vis-à-vis with rivals like Apple and Samsung. While competition in China becomes fiercer, developing other emerging markets in an effort to satisfy local market demand for mobile phones may be the key to gain traction in those markets. Looking ahead to the 2014, helped by the launch of HTC's M8 and subsequent offerings as well as broad product portfolios of ASUS and Acer particularly in mid-to-low-ends, it is forecast that shipment volume of Taiwanese branded mobile phones will top around 20.8 million units, slipping merely 1% year-on-year.
The Taiwanese Mobile Phone Industry, 1Q 2014: Branded Vendors
Published : Apr-2014No. of Pages : 26
Filed in: Market Research Database, TelecommunicationsPublisher : Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute, MIC


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During the development of Classic Traveller, a lot of work was done developing unique phonologies for the languages of the various Major Races, and some of the Minor Races as well. Originally, the results were published in phonology tables where, by working out the vowel/consonant ratio of a syllable, a series of dice rolls would generate completed syllables. These could then be strung together to form words and sentences. If you could remember the pronunciation guide, you could even get a feel for how the language might sound.
This was fun as far as it went, but was also rather time consuming.
Then one day while pootling around on the internet, I stumbled across Space Corsair's Word Generator.
|Control Panel of Space Corsair's Word Generator
|Language selection - 12 on offer
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Unless I am working with existing root words or grammar, (and I have only really explored this in work I have done on Arrghoun – an ancient Vargr language that appears in Alien Module 3: Vargr and which I have adopted for the Vargr of the Hunt of Rronurl in Cabria Subsector) then I usually don't concern myself with relationships between generated words and possessives or tenses or all those other bits of the structure of language that I really wished I had paid more attention to at school.
Being able to slip some authentic sounding words from another language into the course of your game, especially when your characters are in a multi-species situation, always adds to gaming experience, and it's even more fun if your Galanglic-speaking Player Characters start picking up and using loan words from their non-human companions.


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Dr. Robin Evans-Agnew, Assistant Professor, Nursing & Healthcare Leadership
Dr. Evans-Agnew has built diverse and innovative partnerships to address the harmful effects of woodsmoke and indoor-air pollution. He has engaged community members, grassroots organizations, public health professionals and UW Tacoma and local high school students in meaningful and impactful ways.
His work has included partnering with Tacoma Pierce County Health Department to engage diverse adolescents in an innovative citizen-science project to collect air samples in their homes. He also has established a new partnership with Mexican-American mothers who have children with asthma, leading both to a new working relationship between these mothers and the Asia-Pacific Cultural Center and to a new tool for childcare centers to assess environmental risks for asthma. The impacts of his work range from this tool being adopted by the King County Health Department Childcare Initiative Pilot, funding to support these projects, student participatory research opportunities, community capacity building, as well as scholarly journal articles.
The 2016 Community Engagement Award Committee commends Dr. Evans-Agnew for his deep commitment to environmental and social justice, and in particular for the way his role as a faculty member at UW Tacoma has brought diverse populations together for public good.
Dr. Charles Emlet, Professor, Social Work & Criminal Justice
Dr. Emlet has spent over 15 years working with the Puyallup Area Aging-in-Community Committee to help make the city of Puyallup more age-friendly.
What began with Dr. Emlet as a founding member of a task force assessing Puyallup's age-friendliness—one of 10 cities in the U.S. selected for this project—developed into community-engagement and participatory research with multiple outcomes, including the transformation of that early task force into a sustained educational and advocacy group. Dr. Emlet remains a key member of these efforts with impacts including the production of qualitative data about aging in place, policy reports to Puyallup City Government, peer-reviewed scholarly publications, the development of a successful annual volunteer fair, multi-organization educational forums, and notably, with student research, initiation of an elder-friendly business certification program.
The 2016 Community Engagement Award Committee commends Dr. Emlet for this sustained work, the multiple outcomes in our region, and his efforts to expand the impact of community-engagement here through recommendations that were forwarded to the White House and the recent successful application for Washington's first WHO/AARP age-friendly community designation.
Dr. Jim Gawel, Associate Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Dr. Gawel has devoted himself and his faculty position to creating connections and building pathways for students in local communities to move into careers in the sciences. He has done this by building a pipeline for student access to the sciences through public engagement and education, and through creating higher education/K-14 partnerships.
Highlights include sustained workshops and partnerships with community college faculty; launching the South Sound Sustainability Expo, which is now a showpiece for the City of Tacoma's Office of Sustainability; working with Tacoma high school students on scientific research projects; and long-standing work with middle school students to interest them in science and scientific inquiry. This work has resulted not only in foundation funding, a film festival, and numerous student presentations, but also in the generation of interest in scientific work by students of all ages. This is most evident in current UW Tacoma students who first worked with Dr. Gawel in middle school!
The 2016 Community Engagement Award Committee commends Dr. Gawel for his sustained commitment to social change through teaching and research.
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Dr. Charles Emlet, Professor, Social Work & Criminal Justice
Dr. Robin Evans-Agnew, Assistant Professor, Nursing & Healthcare Leadership
Dr. Jim Gawel, Associate Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
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Very few retired numbers hang in the rafters of Staples Center - home of the L.A. Lakers, but Gail Goodrich is amongst the chosen few. On October 15, 2011 Goodrich will be signing autographs at the historic local show put on by Frank & Sons in the City of Industry, CA.
Small flat items and trading cards are $39. Large items including jerseys and basketballs will run you $59. Inscription options for an extra $20 are: 71-72 Champs, 5x All Star, NICAA POY 65, or HOF '96.
Date: Saturday October 15th, 2011
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: Frank & Son Card Show
19649 E San Jose, City of Industry, CA 91748
Contact: 909-592-1357
Website: Frank & Sons
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Gail Goodrich Autograph Signing City of Industry, CA
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This article originally appeared in Delta Air Lines' 2012 Caribbean, Mexico and Latin America Travel Guide. It has been extracted from its original format. To read the full travel guide, visit the digital edition.
Puerto Rico's capital city ranks among the Caribbean's most modern and cosmopolitan metropolises. In the Condado neighborhood, for example, high-end resorts rub elbows with designer boutiques and upscale restaurants. The Hilton Caribe has been a presence here for decades, anchoring the tourist scene that also includes uniquely designed resorts like La Concha Resort and Condado Plaza Hotel and Casino. Isla Verde, a district near the airport, has a similarly luxe ambiance, with iconic properties like The Ritz-Carlton, San Juan and the El San Juan Resort & Casino adding a stately, storied vibe to the shore. But there's plenty of history here too, particularly in Old San Juan, the seaside city center that was walled off in colonial times to protect it from attack. Those barricades still stand today, along with several historic and restored forts where visitors can get a sense of life as a solider and take in the picturesque views from their lookout points. The San Juan Gate, dating to the 1630s, served as the original entrance to the city for anyone arriving by boat in centuries past. Today, you step through it and onto the broad, seaside walking path for an enjoyable stroll along the walled city. San Juan is a complex, exciting combination of history and modern culture, but it also serves as a gateway to the rest of Puerto Rico's treasures.
Less than an hour from the city, the El Yunque Rainforest is an eco-adventurer's dream, with hiking trails leading to waterfalls and a wealth of exotic animals, all packed into a dense, lush tropical forest. The western end of the island is known as Porto del Sol, where a collection of breezy beach towns and boutique resorts attracting surfers, offers a laid-back vacation experience. The offshore islands of Culebra and Vieques also entice visitors with their spectacular snorkeling and diving.
- Best time to go:
November to May
- Fun fact:
The chirping you hear here isn't crickets— it's the coqui, a tiny frog that thrives in Puerto Rico's tropical climate
- Getting there:
Delta flies from Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis, and New York (JFK) to San Juan
- Entry documents:
Government ID for U.S. visitors; valid passport for Canadians
- Currency:
U.S. dollar
- Must-try local food:
Mofongo, made of mashed plantains and spices and served in a savory sauce
- Best buys:
Designer goods at outlet malls; local crafts; Don Q rum
- Information please:
Puerto Rico Tourism Company—seepuertorico.com


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This red fox was hunting on the church property as we were leaving this afternoon. He looked at me for a second or two, then went back to his (or her) hunting. Pretty scruffy looking but still cool.
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Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
I was up before sunrise this morning and wasn't really looking outside until after Cathy got up. When she came down and went into the kitchen, she called me (quietly) and said there was a fox on our back patio. She had put some old sunflower seeds out on the ground, thinking they would be eaten by squirrels and birds, but the fox was happily eating them. After a while it moved away to the back of the yard and then curled up in the grass for a while. Unfortunately it did that in a spot mostly hidden by a tree. I didn't want to go outside, as that would surely have scared it off. Eventually it got up and walked around a little before taking off for parts unknown. I suppose if we had a small dog I'd be more worried about seeing the fox, but as it is, it made us glad.
Red Fox
I worked from home this morning and a little before 1:00 PM Dorothy called me and said there were two red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in our back yard. At first they were a little hard to get a straight view of, because they were off to the side, but then they moved across to the middle of the yard. This one stopped and sat, while the other walked right along beside the fence. Eventually, this one joined the other and they sat in a sunny spot in the bushes at the bottom of the garden. It was a cool day, just above freezing, and fairly windy, but out of the wind and in the sun, I imagine it was fairly pleasant for anyone or anything wearing a fox coat.


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Bruce (Brad Jones), villainous ninja from the first season of "Ninja: The Mission Force", is not as dead as he ought to be. Rising from the grave with a desire for vengeance, he once again sets out in his quest for take over the world. This time, his master scheme involves "emo-dub-country," a vile mixture of everyone's least favorite musical genres, guaranteed to drive people mad. Luckily for the world, beautiful secret agent Cheetah Lee (Allison Pregler) is on hand to stop him, and she's not alone. Comrades include long-distance ninja mentor and Bruce's former nemesis Gordon (Ed Glaser), who provides her with tips via TV set, and Henry, a talking hamster.
The thing about bad filmmaking is that the humor derived from it is so specific, rising up out of a very particular brand of sincerity and ineptitude. I'm sure Rachelle's cast are funny people, but the performances they give here all have a fatal air of winking at the audience with every pause, bizarre line, and physical stumble. Ninja the Protector is presumably funny because it tries to be serious despite its limitations and eccentricities, and so it's a shame to find that missing from "Ninja: The Mission Force", both in the writing and in the performances. I also could've done without the "dubbing" of the show's new footage, the one B-movie joke I would say is simply played out. It's probably done to help "match" with the vintage material, but I doubt the audience would mind much if that aspect of the show wasn't consistent.
The use of the public domain material sounds like it should be the best part of the show, but it ends up being a crutch. Sadly, the main gags in these sections are goofy voices and over-stating the obvious, humor that becomes pretty one-note after awhile. Not to make Kung Pow! out to be some sort of benchmark of comedy, but "Ninja: The Mission Force" could use more of Oedekerk's eye and / or ear for non-sequiturs and total silliness. Adding insult to injury, some of these sections are written with such an awkward bent toward the gags that the story these pieces are supposed to be telling becomes hard to follow. It's one thing to rewind a complicated conversation in a dense thriller for more information; it's a little weird to have to do that for a goofy comedy.
Humor is pretty subjective, so I won't insist that this show is terrible. It's possible that the first season was funnier, and I'm conscious of the fact that pushing myself through episodes I would not have normally watched in order to try and review the show will unfairly affect my opinion. I'm also all about the idea that this genre riff was created by a woman, which is cool. For those with a different comic sensibility than mine, this will be a light, kitschy romp through B-films. For me, though, it's a miss, ultimately mocking the B-movies Rachelle uses instead of honoring their heartfelt brand of cheesiness.
The DVD
"Ninja: The Mission Force": The Complete Second Season arrives as a DVD-R release. Exaggerated painted artwork and a "distressed" design fit in with the "lost film" concept. The disc comes in a cheap plastic Amaray case, and there is an insert advertising some other DVD releases by Dark Maze.
The Video and Audio
Not much to say about the video or audio presentation: Both the 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer and Dolby Digital 2.0 audio are both intentionally softened and fuzzed up a bit in order to "match" the vintage film footage cut into it. It doesn't look or sound all that great, but it also looks and sounds exactly the way it's intended to, so, no complaints.
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Two commentary tracks are included: a "Creators' Commentary" with Ed Glaser and Meagan Rachelle, and a "Cast Commentary" with Glaser, Allison Pregler, and Brad Jones. A sampling of both tracks reveals the expected: the former is more about the overall challenges of making the show, while the latter focuses more on memories of specific moments during production and other minutia, although since this show seems to have a complete crew of ten people, there's more crossover than there might normally be between crew / cast commentaries.
The complete feature film Ninja the Protector (1:07:56) is also included. Presented with a 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer and Dolby Digital 2.0 audio, this slice of '80s cheese should really sweeten the pot for those considering picking this release up. "The Outlaw Script" rounds out the extras, via DVD-ROM.
Although I wasn't a fan of Season 2 of "Ninja: The Mission Force", it's possible that the first season was better, or just that what doesn't appeal to me will appeal to others. If you're interested, I suggest renting it first, or at least checking out an episode or two on the show's official website.


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I got a call from a client the other day asking for my opinion on a booth promotion he wanted to execute at an upcoming tradeshow. His goal was to attract attendees to his booth and tie into the theme of the show. Good goals, right? His plan included a preshow mailing to the attendee list with an incentive to come to the booth, then there would be a contest they would particpate in when they got there and a drawing for a prize. He also wanted to have another drawing after the show was over to keep their attention. I didn't want to curb his enthusiasm about show promotions, but like many exhibitors, he was losing sight of why he was exhibiting in the first place. He wanted my advice so I explained that if he is already inviting them to the show with the invitation and incentive and there is an interactive game at the booth, then there is no need for another attraction. I encouranged him to stay focused on why he was there. The objective is to get leads and make sales not necessarily to play games and entertain. When attendees stop I recommended his team be prepared with a consistent presentation to explain the company benefits and features,qualify potenial prospects and get their contact information to expand the data base, stay in touch in the future, continue to solicit sales and provide information. He did not need another game to reconnect because he already had their info. The reconnecting comes when you make the personal phone call to follow up. That is when you set an appointment, ask for a sale, get a referral or ask some survey questions. I did suggest that if he wanted to give another prize, he could select a winner from the leads and use that to open the conversation during the follow up. It is important to have fun at the show and interact with attendees, but remember why you spent the money to exhibit. Make a connection, educate, inform, play games, have fun, but if you don't collect that valuable name, phone number and email address you are missing out on the opportunity for a long term relationship that could result in many sales and referrals for years to come.
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I am behind on blogging. I will try to catch up.
Last Saturday I went hiking at a local college. They have a cross-country trail. It was amazing. So many options, so many hills. Crazy but I was told this was harder than "my road." I think it was a challenge but not as hard as my road. I am going back this Saturday and I will re-evaluate. It has been years since I have been on the Braille trail and would like to incorporate that into our hike. A slight detour would be great. I have to take my tiny camera and try to get a few shots. We ended up hiking/walking about two miles. Not much. I still had some energy but my partner was ready to stop. I have discovered the key to hills. If you take them slow, you can make it WITHOUT stopping which is a better option. Stopping makes the legs cry. My heart rate never got high on this high. I struggled a bit, but not really. I never felt like I could not breathe and was going to die like my road. HA. Let us see what happens this Saturday.
My garden is winding down and I think I am almost ready to dump the whole thing and add more soil and nutrients and start fresh with winter crops. I have pumpkin planted on the netting but the first fruit is green and almost looks like a melon. Maybe the plant was mistaken marked wrong. Time will tell. Right now, it is only about five inches around.
This weekend I have to re-evaluate my workout program. I want to incorporate my step. I need to keep my Bowflex for my upper extremity injuries and to keep my strength up. I want to delve in the Big Book of Exercises and change it up a bit. I am ready for a change of routine. Any fun things to do?
I added a few new pictures of Brooklyn's friends and the new hiking trail I am experimenting with. Be sure to check it out.


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These St Patricks Day party ideas are the perfect companion to the Irish festival that comes round every March 17th.
As well as knocking back traditional Irish beers, you'll be able to experience Irish culture first hand. Use this party to give everyone a taste of Ireland.
Start your St Patricks Day party ideas today.
Talking of beers (and food)…
…Offer as many Irish beers as possible. The list of brands is extensive, so here's a selection to get you started:
- Beamish Stout
- Guinness
- Murphy's Irish Stout
- Harp Lager
- Kilkenny Irish Cream Ale
- Murphy's Irish Red
Add a green-colored fruit punch for the non-alcoholic drinks.
Serve up a traditional menu of Irish food.
Kickstart with potato soup. Follow with Irish soda bread, Hunters pie, Irish stew.
Serve Irish Gur Cake for dessert (this is a type of fruit cake).
While eating and drinking, test your love of Ireland with this Irish trivia quiz.
Hold a limerick writing contest
For those unfamiliar with the format of a limerick, give people an example to begin with.
Then let everyone write away, with Ireland, St Patrick's Day, Ireland or the color green as topics to choose from.
Here's an example from Edward Lear –
"There was an Old Man of Kilkenny,
Who never had more than a penny;
He spent all that money,
In onions and honey,
That wayward Old Man of Kilkenny."
Limerick contests go great with a few beers. To increase the fun, throw a speed limerick writing competition, where players get only 60 seconds to write.
Have an Irish song singalong
You'll need a guitar and guitar player for these St Patricks Day party ideas. Choose from traditional Irish songs like 'Cockles and Mussels'. Example lyric: "Crying cockles and mussels, alive, alive-O!"
Or choose Irish drinking songs, like 'Finnegans Wake' "A bottle of whiskey at his feet and a barrel of porter at his head".
Hold a real snake
Treat everyone to a go, by finding your nearest reptile house and asking them if they do visitor activities like this. You'll need to organize this in advance, so you can be snake charming on St Patricks Day itself.
As the St Patricks Day story goes, it was told that Saint Patrick banished all snakes from Ireland. Here you'll be embracing snakes instead.
Throw an Irish disco
Combine your food and drinks, with a dancefloor playlist you'll make, comprised of modern and classic Irish music. Making your own dance list means you can add more quirky touches.
Include such Irish musicians as Sinead O'Connor, Westlife, The Dubliners and U2.
Have a pub crawl – with a twist
That twist being, everyone needing to incorporate a symbol of St Patricks Day into their clothing to join the crawl. This can require creative thinking. For example:
- Wearing a snake badge or dressing in an all-green outfit. Carry a bag full of cornbeef and cabbage to hand out to passers by; foods are enjoyed on St Patrick's Day.
Start your pub crawl off at your nearest Irish pub. No St Patricks Day party ideas are complete without it. Or without:
Real Irish dancing
Treat your friends to an introductory experience. If your budget can stretch, hire in an instructor or treat everyone to a class. Check out this video:
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I first select my picture and the size of the picture that I want. The one shown is 4" wide x 6" long. For this layout I selected my background 12 x 12 paper then cut
and centered another pattern (9 3/4" square) onto it.
I begin by cutting the main paper first (which is the flowered 7 1/2" square one behind the picture). I place my picture onto the page without adhering. Then I begin cutting the other papers and start tucking them in and around the picture. There is a lot of layering of papers and I like the look of a piece of paper peeking out from under another. When placing your paper pieces, I find it better to place a small amount of adhesive in the centre of each piece as other pieces will be tucked under the edges. You can adhere the rest of the pieces after when you have all your pieces in place.
Until next time,
And of course, here is another "Quote of the Day" for you. I chose this one as I have finally completed my gardens at my house from the front to the back. Everyone knows how I love my flowers.
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By Dennis
When I was Florida recently I had opportunity to have breakfast with my brother-in-law. He suggested a few places but one caught my fancy – IHOP. I have not been to an IHOP in many years so I quickly agreed.
He drove there and soon we were met by the hostess. She led us to a table and said our waitress would soon be with us.
Soon a waitress approached. She regarded us and suggested their oatmeal breakfast. I lost all control, I wanted to leap upon the table, spring across the room, grab her by the neck, and throttle her. However I cannot do any of those things so I just buried my head a said, "No, two eggs scrambled, two slices of bacon, and wheat toast."
Tom looked at me and said, "Why so upset?" And I relayed the following.
When I was a young boy, very young, my mother used to feed me oatmeal every morning. I used to spit it out sometimes onto her face. Later, as I was mastering the English language I perfected the word NO. It went unheeded. I can still remember her looking like Margaret Hamilton standing over a cauldron of a bubbling primordial morass saying, "But it's so good for you."
I wonder if the CIA uses oatmeal boarding in Gitmo.
Years passed. Finally one day she announced she would start me on cold cereal. Visions of Frosted Flakes, Trix and Lucky Charms danced in my head. What did I get? Cheerios. "They're made from oats. It's so good for you." That evil cereal floating around in a bowl sometimes forming a mocking face and always keeping their nasty round shape. Cheerios for breakfast and Cheerios for afternoon snack. Cheerios to keep me quiet when I got fussy. Cheerios to help me sleep. So many oats. I felt like I was being groomed for the Kentucky Derby.
I loathe oats so much it extends to oatmeal cookies. Even if I'm in a building served by an Otis elevator I take the stairs. God do I hate oatmeal! Lord how I hate oatmeal!
Sinned (My newly adopted nom de plume. It's just Dennis spelled backwards. Guess I let the book go to my head).
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A critical step in cellular signaling through transmembrane receptors is the down-regulation of activated receptors through the multivesicular body (MVB) pathway to the lysosome. MVB generation is mediated by the highly conserved ESCRT (0, I, II, and III) protein complexes. Though the ESCRT-III complex provides the core function of the ESCRT machinery, it is the least characterized of the ESCRT complexes. The Chmp1 protein is an ESCRT-III component and a putative tumor suppressor that has been linked to pancreatic and renal cancers in humans. However, published data on Chmp1 activity are conflicting and its role during tissue development is not well defined.
Drosophila melanogaster (the common fruit fly) provides a powerful model system for investigating the function of genes involved in human development and disease. In this study, knockdown and over-expression techniques were used to investigate the function of Chmp1 in Drosophila. RNAi was used to reduce Chmp1 expression, and transgenic fly lines that allow for expression of either wild-type or epitope tagged Chmp1 were used to investigate over-expression, as well as the subcellular localization of Chmp1.
Knockdown of Chmp1 expression using RNAi was lethal in the fly, suggesting that Chmp1 is an essential gene for Drosophila development. In the wing, loss of Chmp1 activity caused a cell fate change from intervein to vein, which was likely a result of de-regulation of the Drosophila Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (DER) pathway. Genetic interactions between Chmp1 and regulators of DER signaling suggest that Chmp1 negatively regulates DER signaling. Furthermore, Chmp1 knockdown also decreased Blistered expression, which is repressed by DER signaling.
Over-expression of Chmp1 had mild phenotypic effects, suggesting that dosage of Chmp1 is not critical for cellular function. Some of the epitope tagged Chmp1 protein was detected at the late endosome in Drosophila embryonic epithelial cells. This is consistent with Chmp1 functioning as an ESCRT-III component during MVB formation. Therefore, Drosophila Chmp1 may negatively regulate DER signaling through its role in MVB formation as an ESCRT-III component.
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Brendan Paul of Agrii reports averages calculated taken from a large number of fresh maize samples indicate above-average yields, but predicts dry matter and starch content may prove to be disappointing on some farms.
"In general, it has been a fantastic year for maize," says Mr Paul. "However in some cases, plants were much larger than usual in the later stages of the season. High temperature and moisture levels combined meant the crop kept on growing. Therefore, die-back was restricted and dry matters have been lower than some growers would have liked. Starch levels may also have been compromised.
"In addition, grass silage analyses have also been variable. This scenario on a dairy farm, for example, will pose a challenge when it comes to ration formulation. This is a year when it will be well worth getting all forages analysed, even on farms which do not normally take advantage of this service. But I would advise waiting at least six weeks after the maize harvest, to allow the fermentation process to settle down."
Mr Paul notes this season has proved to be low risk for eyespot, although some infection has been noted at minimal levels, especially where harvesting has been delayed. However he warns growers to remain vigilant next season, as eyespot is one of the most damaging diseases, if no preventative measures are taken.
"Eyespot has taken hold in South West England and has been spreading into the South East, South Wales and the Midlands. This year has seen the introduction of a rating for eyespot on the NIAB forage maize list. Varieties with good resistance include Asgaard and Emblem from Limagrain, Sergio KWS and Exxtens, from RAGT. These should be favoured for farms in high risk areas."
With estimated yield figures for the season's maize crop at 15-20 per cent above average, the main problem facing a number of maize growers at this point in the season is storage. Most varieties have performed exceptionally well and clamp capacity on many farms has been exceeded. The general advice is to roll the material in thin layers, using heavy machinery and narrow tyres. This will improve consolidation and reduce dry matter losses by up to 10 per cent.
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The high yields this year have largely been attributed to the weather, but farmers themselves should take some of the credit, says Mr Paul.
"Growers are increasingly managing their maize with the same attention to detail that would be paid to an arable crop. They are recognising the importance of creating a seedbed which will allow the maize crop to thrive and there has to be a fine tilth, to maximise seed to soil contact. We can't control the weather, but we can control the way we prepare the land for the next crop."
2015 seed rate recommendations
John Burgess of KWS has revised his seed rate recommendations for the 2015 season.
"The historical advice on maize seed rates was to sow 110,000-115,000 seeds per hectare. This was calculated bearing in mind that if 100 seeds were planted, only around 95 would grow into viable plants. But having walked numerous crops this season, I have seen many crops with establishment levels well above 95 per cent.
"This is good news, but I am not quite clear about the reason behind this; it may have something to do with progress on breeding, as the varieties coming to the market in recent years have scored very highly for vigour. It may also be down to the refinement of the latest drilling machines, which are sensitive to every kernel of seed and can place them in the soil with great accuracy."
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"Clamps will be very full on most farms and it may be tempting to cut back on the land put down to maize next year," he says. "This is not a policy I would agree with, as weather patterns have become increasingly volatile and 2015 may paint a very different picture.
"Producers who rely heavily on maize should plan for the same acreage next year. It is much better to have forage held in reserve, rather than taking the risk of supplies running out."
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AVON, March 3 – The editor and founder of the Collinsville Press.com was honored Saturday by being inducted into the New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Gerry deSimas, Jr., who has been covering sports in Connecticut for more than 35 years, became the first sports journalist from Connecticut to be inducted in the Hall of Fame in ceremonies before the start of the championship finals at the New England wrestling tournament in Providence.
DeSimas, a Canton High graduate, has been covering high school wrestling since 1982. He was previously sports editor of the weekly Farmington Valley Herald, the Register Citizen in Torrington, the New Britain Herald and the Sunday-only Herald Press. He founded Connecticut Wrestling Online in 2001 and the Collinsville Press in 2009.
"I am honored and humbled to be inducted into the New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame with a distinguished group of coaches, officials and administrators who have done so much for the sport and the athletes across Connecticut and New England," deSimas said. "The induction into this Hall of Fame is a wonderful honor and I want to thank the committee for thinking of me."
He has been honored four times as the sportswriter of the year by the Connecticut High School Coaches Association's wrestling committee. Since 2001, he has researched and produced the state high school wrestling record book, 30 pages of individual records, team achievements, and historical wrestling information. In January, he took over Connecticut's top 10 wrestling poll after longtime sponsor Norwich Bulletin declined to continue it after 34 years.
In his career, deSimas has won more than a dozen writing awards from the Connecticut chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the New England Press Association, and United Press International.
"When I began writing about wrestling I was just hoping to share the excitement of the sport with the readers," he said. "When I began Connecticut Wrestling Online in 2001, I was hoping it would be one place for wrestling fans to go to get the latest scores, box scores and information about wrestling instead of searching through dozens of newspapers. I established the state record book to give sportswriters – like myself – a resource so they could put the accomplishments of the athletes into perspective and make their stories more interesting to read."
DeSimas serves as corresponding secretary for the National Wrestling Hall of Fame's Connecticut chapter, which has hosted three induction banquets and will do so again in 2019. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Connecticut Wrestling, Inc., which established the Connecticut Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2016.
He has been an award-winning Communications Specialist at Eversource Energy in Connecticut for 20 years. He is a member of the Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance and has been the co-editor of the Connecticut High School Football Record Book since 2004. He has covered the WNBA's Connecticut Sun and New York Liberty for several national publications.


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I was sorry to miss Verve's 5th Anniversary celebration and challenges, but I had hoped to at least create a card for this month's SFYTT (sponsored by Verve Stamps) and I barely made it. My new Verve stamps arrived yesterday, so I used a sentiment from the brand-new Brighter Days set, stamped on kraft card stock, […]
Entries from August 2012
August Sketch for You to Try
August 31st, 2012 · 2 Comments
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Happy Joyful Birthday!
August 24th, 2012 · 3 Comments
I've been wanting to use the Postage Stamps Nestabilities die with the large collage image from the Postage Due stamp set for a long time, and this week's SCS sketch (SC399) was just perfect. It couldn't have been more timely, because my husband's birthday was coming up and I hadn't made his (bicycle) birthday card […]
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Waltzingmouse Stamps Blog Party
August 18th, 2012 · 9 Comments
I couldn't resist the Birthday theme of this month's WMS Blog Party. Birthday cards are my favorite to make and send out. This week's SCS sketch, SC398, gave me the (desperately needed) inspiration and here is the result. Thanks for stopping by! Stamps: Fancy Phrases, Flourishes – Scallops and Dots (Waltzingmouse Stamps) Paper: Early Espresso, […]
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The Girls finished the 2 day District Tournament as District Runner-Up to 7 Lakes. The next closest team was 29 strokes away from them. The team consisted of Katie Shepherd, Kathleen Escobar, Karen Alvarez, Sarah Zimmerle and Christabella Siboro. Katie Shepherd and Kathleen Escobar finished as a top ten district golfer. With wind gusts at 25 mph, it was a tough, grinding day. As usual, these ladies handled it in stride. Coach Hildebrand and I are so proud of these ladies. Michelle Khajeh and Morgan Dixon competed and ended their year as medalists.
The Boys team was down by 10 strokes to 7 Lakes after day 1 and Katy was only 4 behind. The boys team of Jamie Rogers, Sean Ngo, Lorenzo Siboro, Cade Kiser and Jared Bray fought back to be the back-to-back District Champion by one stroke. Jared Bray sunk a 5 foot breaking putt on the last hole of the tournament to cap it off. It was as exciting as a finish as you can have in golf. Jared Bray won the 1st place individual medal by 5 strokes for the 2nd year in a row. Cade Kiser had to go to a sudden death play-off for 3rd place. He sunk a 15 foot down hill breaking putt for birdie on the first hole to win it. Lorenzo Siboro was a top ten golfer. Ricky Dittemore, Alek Zaeff, Nick Barzilla, Jon Kurihara and Michael Sporkin ended their season as our second team.
All golfers represented CRHS with class.
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this and that, for the uninformed.
on the sale of the house:
the inspection went alright - all we had to do was scrape all of the peeling paint off of the outside surfaces (luckily our house was brick, so there wasn't THAT much paint) and then repaint.
we scooted out to omaha on saturday the 19th. spent all day sunday doing the repairs, spent all day monday packing, spent all day tuesday loading the moving truck, just the two of us (and miette, but she wasn't much help!). on wednesday we dropped off our check at the title company and took off for illinois - our last trip for a long time on i-80 through iowa, and no, i won't miss that drive. we took half of our stuff (the stuff that mice wouldn't destroy) to the shed of the house we will be staying in, in tremont. the rest of it fit nicely in cam and erin's house - thanks guys!! also thanks to the lot of family members who took care of finn for us, during this insane-mad-rush house sale!
so the house is sold, it's gone, done... more on this later.
on moving into our new place:
the people who own the house are moving to france for a couple of years for work. they are waiting for their visas, and for their belongings to be moved, and then the place is ours. we are calling it more of a house-sitting situation, rather than rent, as we will pretty much only be covering the expenses of the house. we even get to look after their dog, an outdoor lab named kati. she's kind of old though. anyway, it's out in the country, in a nice little foresty area. we are really excited to not only have a place of our own, but to have a place of our own that is as beautiful and perfect for our family as this one will be. come and visit us! there is plenty of room!
on potty training:
i was planning to wait on potty training until we were settled into a place of our own... but it was taking too long. so finn went potty for the first time ever for grandma joyce while we were in omaha. and after that it was at least a week before he went again. yesterday we had a small breakthrough... finn went p.p. on the potty three times, and #2 once. it was great. he wore the same underwear almost all day. today has been a little less successful, but he did go once. he must have the bladder of a giant, because he didn't p. from 6:30 this morning until after 11! anyway, we are excited that he is starting to understand the whole process.
on finn's hair:
finn got a haircut. i couldn't handle the messy curls anymore. and i think he had had enough also. so on saturday morning when i got home from a sleepover with my sister-in-law's, i started the chop. it's not great, but it's not bad. i think it's way cute, and he looks so much older!
on miette:
she is doing great. she is almost 12 pounds now. she had her two month shots and cried and cried - i mean, screamed and screamed. she has been doing pretty well with her schedule and sleeping much better at night - although still not sleeping ALL of the way through the nite. she giggled for the first time on monday, for aunt caitlyn. (who i tease, because she get's all of the firsts!! first to see miette, first to hold her, first to be giggled at!)
on our laptop:
our laptop is fixed! well, kind of. it's not the same as it was before, and i can't get on the internet on it for some reason... but soon. which means, i hope to be posting LOTS of pictures and videos soon. there are pictures from my cousin's wedding, finn's haircut, some pics of baby girl... so stay tuned.
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moving along: an update.
well, we have almost sold our house in omaha. we are waiting to hear back on the inspection, and so long as there aren't any major fixes, it's a go. we accepted an offer for a good deal less than what we paid for it, so we are broke! but it will be good to get out from under the burden. if it goes thru, we will be in omaha sometime in the next week (for a few days) packing up and tying up loose ends. pray that all of this goes smoothly.
we have found a place to stay in tremont, just south of peoria. the house is home to a couple who are moving to france for a few years for work. they have made it very affordable for us, so we are feeling very blessed to have the opportunity to stay there.
our laptop is broken. it says that it cannot find the operating system. so there aren't going to be any pictures up here for awhile. sorry (mom). the IT guy at justin's work says that we should be able to get the important things off of the hard drive, and try to reformat it, or something like that. blah.
please pray for justin's grandma borland, and the family. she is having some health issues, and the whole health care system isn't helping much.
hopefully this season of change will be over soon! thanks for keeping us in your prayers.
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Radiohead Video "House of Cards"
This is perfect. You can drag the image to change perspective. Click on the Title of this post to view the video.
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two months, yesterday.
miette's crankiness has subsided a little bit, but will usually only flash smiles after she has just waken or just eaten. once in awhile, she will make little coo sounds.
she is almost sleeping through the night, from around 10:30 until around 4:30.
other than that, she pretty much just eats, lays around and sleeps (like most babies).
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mo-mo, as we like to call her.
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weekend in buckley
here are some pictures.
finn scowling at me because i made him take his shoes off in the grass - oh no! the world is ending...
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busy busy busy.
since my birthday, the 19th of june, things have been busy.
there was, of course, my birthday, which was great. dinner with justin (free! since we had a gift card). and i got my haircut, which was way overdue.
then the 20th, miette and i tok the train up and over to chicago. we went mainly for my cousin lauren's bridal shower, but we also hung out with my mom and brother. my brother, zack, lives in the city in a great little condo. so we stayed at his place and he toted us around and was a great host. thanks zack!
well, when we got back from chicago, we noticed there was a bike shop just across the street from the train station. i have been searching for a bike for sometime now. i had saved some of my christmas money, and some other monies along the way just for this purpose. and we found one! bike shopping had been so frustrating since i am so short... not many bikes for me. anyway, we found one.
apart from a few dr. appointments, i don't remember a lot about the weekdays that week.
this last weekend was just as busy - we had to run a few errands on saturday, we hit some garage sales, and met with some people whose home we may rent. we are really hoping it works out with this house, it would be really good for our family - and visitors. then there was church and church activities on sunday...
this weekend we are heading to buckley IL to celebrate the fourth with chari and darin, justin's sister and brother in law. (and their three kiddos). we are quite excited; can't remember the last time we stayed at their house, might have been even before finn was born!
then next weekend we are driving to chicago (the suburbs at least) for my cousin's wedding - also very excited for this... we get to see all of my extended family, which is always a hoot.
after that, i am hoping things quiet down a bit!
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girl in purple
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the kiddies
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father's day
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quick update
things are well.
house still not sold. sheesh. oh well. may need to work on alternate plan soon.
miette is healthy, and at three weeks (can't believe she's almost four weeks old!) was weighing in at 8 pounds 5 ounces... which means she is above her birth weight, which is what they like. she is "petite," as the dr. put it, landing in the twenty-fifth percentile for weight and height. we are trying to get a good night time routine going on... but so far, our nights are pretty unpredictable with this girl.
finn is great. he tries his best to help with miette, but doesn't realize yet how gentle he needs to be -- or that she doesn't play with cars or read books. he has also tried to pick her up once! bless his little toddler heart.
justin is headed to a Geekway this weekend, a board gaming convention, in St. Louis. I believe this is something he has been looking forward to for some time. Other than that, he is enjoying work still, and keeping the 'nano-reef' up and running.
i am glad summer is here. glad that the windows can be open and ceiling fans on. i also have realized how bad my bug-a-phobia is, living here in the country. number one disliked insect at the moment: the june bug. totally huge and totally gross.
and that is that.
Posted by corrie at 1:02 PM 1 comments
weekend sleep
while finn was busy playing with his cousins, miette took in a good dose of the zzzz's. here are various sleeping photos :)
Posted by corrie at 10:59 AM 2 comments
weekend play
we had a great weekend, with a visit from the kennelly family and cam/erin family. finn absolutely loves playing around with his cousins. we really enjoyed seeing everyone! here are some pictures from the weekend.
Posted by corrie at 10:47 AM 0 comments
sick of dr. offices/health care places.
was in hospital for 3.5 days having a kid.
went to the pediatrician for miette the two days after i got out of the hospital.
went to prompt care on sunday for finn - he had pink eye.
and i feel another visit for miette tomorrow - looking like she may have picked up pink eye too.
i think this is a medical visit record for me.
Posted by corrie at 3:52 PM 1 comments
for those wondering...
the results from miette's bloody stool came back inconclusive... there wasn't enough 'specimen' to test properly. so the doc told me to wait for a diaper that had lots of blood in it, and to scrape it off of the diaper as soon as possible, so that the blood didn't soak into the diaper. well, i waited and waited, and she didn't have a diaper with lots of blood in it... and now her diapers have zero blood in them! yea! so this means that my new diet (no dairy) is working and she does have an allergy to cow's milk or that it was just a newborn baby thingy. we will wait a while and then i will add some dairy back into the diet and see what happens... and that is the update on miette.
finn, however, has some crazy eye crustiness. hoping that it is NOT pink eye. cause that's just gross.
Posted by corrie at 4:27 PM 2 comments
going home
we left the hospital on monday evening around dinnertime. it seems a lot has happened since then! miette's bilirubin level has been tested twice, both turning out with similar results, which made the dr. comfortable with the outcome and told us not to worry about it at all. we found some blood in miette's diapers. we are waiting to hear back if it is her blood or my blood (amniotic fluid still in the tummy...). if it's my blood, then it's not a big deal and it will pass (this is what we are hoping for!!) if it turns out that it is her blood, the doctor explained that it could be one of two things. first, and she suspects that it is this, is that miette could have an allergy to cow's milk, she could be lactose intolerant. which would mean i have to stop eating all dairy while breastfeeding. or secondly, it could be something worse, but she didn't want to tell me or explain it to me to keep my mind at ease. which i appreciate. so anyway, because of miette's bilirubin levels, she has been very sleepy and not very hungry. this can be frustrating as a parent, because you only want to see your child behaving normally! but the doctor said that she looks very healthy otherwise. and that she felt this would all pass in the next few days.
justin and i have not been sleeping very much! the dr. had wanted miette to be fed every 2 hours, so when you add the 30-40 minutes it takes to feed and diaper her, you are left with a little over an hour in which to sleep in - four or five times a night. we were both able to take naps today which has helped quite a bit. don't know how things would be going if we weren't staying with justin's parents... justin's mom has been enormously understanding and helpful in taking care of finn for us.
so there's your update and here are some pictures of miette's homecoming! will let you know when we find something out.
Posted by corrie at 5:27 PM 5 comments
miette, miette, in the little blue isolette...
this little incubator cube is also called an 'isolette,' which rhymes with our new daughter's name! fun fun.
miette's in the blue because her bilirubin levels were a bit high. she has been in there since around 10AM yesterday, only coming out to eat! she didn't like it at first, but she has decided to change her attitude.
as of around midnight last night, miette's weight was down to 7 pounds 1 ounce. so the doctor felt that with the higher bilirubin levels, that she needed a supplement to breast milk. so she has had about 3 ounces of formula since then.
this morning, her bilirubin levels were down to 9 (from 12), so the nurse thought she would be able to come out today. the doctor is in the nursery now, so we will soon here about her weight and when we get to go home (my doctor said i was fine to go home today, but can stay until miette is ready to go.) i will keep everyone posted :)
**in a few of the pictures you may see that miette's feet look like they are in casts! the bilirubin test involved taking blood from the heel, which is easier to do if the foot is nice and warm... so they put warmers on the feet and wrap them up in diapers! it was pretty funny looking....
Posted by corrie at 7:40 AM 4 comments
miette eloise
born on may 9, 2008 at 1:13 pm.
8 pounds 2 ounces, 19 inches long.
"miette," pronounced 'mee - et' is french for small and sweet.
"eloise" pronounced 'el-o-ees' is french for intelligent and smart.
the c-section went alright. i had some pain in my left side, and near the middleof the surgery i noticed that i was able to move my leg around (this is not supposed to happen!) the pain in my left side was bad enough to make me cry, and receive more meds on top of the spinal block. i was told that they suspected it was an air bubble. it DID go away. and i DID make it through. i am surprised that caitlyn still has her hand; i was squeezing it so hard!
miette was born with a knot in her umbilical cord. the nurse i spoke with afterwards said that we were extremely lucky, as many babies with this problem do not make it. she was crying like crazy! i didn't get to see her much in the operating room, since i was slightly bleary eyed and in lots of pain, but they brought her to my room not too long after the whole thing went down. she was so small and cute! and in my opinion, she looks just like finn did, only smaller. and more hair. this morning, miette was looking a little yellow-y orange, so they did the jaundice test, and stuck her in this litle cubicle with a blue light. she is not able to come out except to eat! poor gal. they will test her again this evening, and probably keep her in the cubicle until tomorrow morning. she is naked except for her diaper and has to wear these little eye goggle things. boo.
i am recovering much quicker than last time. this hospital has given me a lot less drugs, and i am thankful for it. last time i remember being so out of it. but this time i have been quite coherent! i have had some difficulty sleeping, but most everything else is just fine. a little abdominal soreness, which i am sure will get worse someday down the road, when i am not able to sit on my rear all day long.
finn came in to meet miette yesterday. he did really well. (for him!) he didn't want to hold her, but he did kiss her cheek a few times. i think he was so distracted by everything else, and excited to see mom and dad, that he didn't really care much about the new baby.
now we are just excited to get back home! and dress our little girl up in her own clothes, sleep in our own bed, and move on with life!!
Posted by corrie at 4:13 PM 2 comments
wait almost over.
went to the doc today, and because of this and that, he decided to take baby out tomorrow. so around 12:30 the incision will be made, and we will be a family of four.
Posted by corrie at 10:29 PM 3 comments
andy's wisdom.
waiting is exciting.
but also frustrating.
especially when you are a 'planner.'
like me.
c'mon little baby.
i've got nothing going on.
just waiting on you.
Posted by corrie at 9:00 AM 0 comments
being that delivery day is just around the corner, and justin and i have managed to keep this baby's gender a secret, i am wondering what everyone else thinks we are having! so tell me what you think... what are we having? how big will it be? WHEN will it arrive?!
Posted by corrie at 8:16 AM 7 comments
the last spoiling.
i am 37 weeks along today. finn came just past 38 weeks. i am trying not to get anxious, but i feel like this baby might not be too far away. so, because of that, we wanted to make sure we got in one last time of spoiling finn as an only child. we have talked about the new baby with him, but being that he is only two, and hasn't been around a whole ton of babies, i don't know that he really understands --- this could be a shocker for him!
so we took him out to get his very own baseball cap. he LOVES hats. really. he loves them. and when we found the hat, we also spotted the baseball gloves... i thought for sure that he would be too little for one of those, but we tried one out, and he was actually able to catch a ball with one... and he even picked out the one he wanted... justin wanted him to get a different one, but he insisted on this blue rawlings one. we went to borders to try to find him a book about becoming a big brother, but there wasn't much... so we went to eat at culvers. which was probably more for me than anyone else! anyway, we had great fun, and finn is totally crazy about his new things. we are keeping the glove and soft baseball put away until baby actually comes.
and for those of you who don't know... baby is scheduled to arrive may 16th around noon, if it doesn't make it's appearance before then... as of this past thursday i was measuring 39 weeks... so i am hoping for sooner than the 16th, but i guess we will all just have to wait and see.
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There was a time when green homes were largely aspirational, the province of the lucky few who could afford them. Slowly but surely, though, that's changing.The California-based architecture and planning firm known as the KTGY Group has a bit of niche going these days with green, affordable housing. Over the past year or so alone, we've seen this firm behind the LEED-certified homes designed to attract first-time home buyers at Citrus Walk in Covina, California, an eco-friendly senior housing complex in Portland, Oregon, and a green affordable housing development in Denver. Oh, and there's thataffordable green development underway in South Los Angeles, in conjunction with the L.A. Community Redevelopment Agency, and TerraSol development in Salt Lake City, complete with solar thermal and geothermal heating and cooling, targeting "first time buyers and empty nesters."
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KTGY's latest community design to come to life exemplifies these trends. The homes in the Solaris Collection at Daybreak in South Jordan, Utah, start in the low $200,000′s — a price point intended to prove attractive to first-time homebuyer. They include a solar power system, geothermal heating and cooling, and a super-tight energy-efficient building envelope with HERS ratings under 40 in a Climate Zone 5, saving homeowners around 70 percent in utility bills over a home of similar size simply built to code.
We've seen standard housing developments that just slap on some solar power and call it good. But this development, like Solaris's sister development in Utah, TerraSol (also designed by KTGY and built by Garbett Homes), seems to take green building for Everyman seriously, right down to the issue of proximity. Unlike homes in many new developments, Garbett Homes President Bryson Garbett notes that all the homes here are within walking distance from essential amenities and recreational activities.
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In keeping with their appeal to young, first-time homebuyers, the homes here are available in "eclectic, modern exteriors" with fiber-cement siding in a wide color palette. Over 80 homes in this section of the residential development have already been sold, and 14 new lots have just hit the market. The development recently took the Gold Nugget Grand Award for the Residential Project of the Year in the detached product category from Builder Magazine.
Garbett Homes Marketing Director Rene Oehlerking clearly appreciates the cachet that KGTY's affordable green production homes have offered Garbett: "We have struck gold with fresh, modern, high-density single-family home designs from KTGY – wrapped in a super-green solar and geothermal standard feature package and high tech interiors at an attainable price for first-time buyers, empty nesters and just about everyone in-between. We can't build these homes fast enough," she said . "Our buyers are really looking for something different in a sea of uninspiring brown French Country stucco boxes built without any consideration of energy efficiency or renewable energy generation."
KTGY's Mike Flynn has a commonsense take on the subject: "As architects and planners, we are aware that our actions have significant long-term effects, not only on the environment but also on our client's bottom line. The way we look at it, if it doesn't cost more, it adds value, and it is the right thing to do, why wouldn't you go green?"


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Gov. John Carney issued a statement Jan. 24 on the Delaware Senate's confirmation of Cerron Cade to serve as secretary of the Delaware Department of Labor.
Carney nominated Cade to the position earlier in January.
"Cerron has the knowledge and experience necessary to take on this important role, and I want to thank members of the Delaware Senate for their vote of confidence in confirming his nomination. The Department of Labor's work connecting Delawareans with job training and workforce development programs has never been more important. Cerron understands the needs of Delaware businesses from his time at the Delaware's Small Business Division and, before that, at the Delaware Economic Development Office. Cerron has a proven ability to lead, and I'm confident that his experience will serve Delaware taxpayers and workers well," said Carney.


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One of the most important make up item in a woman's life is the mascara ! But there are so many options on the market that you are maybe a little lost when it is time to pick one up!
To be honest, all the mascaras are basically the same ! Yes you can find waterproof, extra protein or different colors but the product itself is very similar from one brand to another.
If the mascaras formula is almost always the same, the wand at the contrary makes a huge difference ! The size of the brush, its shape, its flexibility, the bristles more or less densely packed, the amount of product it picks up…
Choose the right brush according to the result you want. Let us help you a little.
STRAIGHT WAND – Lenghten and Volumize
Straight is the original and basic shape. Very easy to use. If you have big eyes and a lot of eyelashes this is the perfect shape for you and you can use a thin brush. If you have smaller eyes or less lashes, you should choose a wand with bigger and thicker bristles. An oversize brush always gives more volume.
CURVED WAND – Lift and Curl
Ideal if you have straight lashes. Make sure the curve faces upwards and the lashes sit into the curve when you use this wand.It imitates the natural curve of the eye, it helps to apply the product and to lift and curl the lashes for a wide eyed doll result.
TAPERED / HEART WAND – Add Definition
This cone appearance brush is a combination of different shapes. The thickest part gives more volume to the outer lashes and the thin tip gives more precision and helps to define the little lashes of the inner corner of the eye. Perfect for short or long eyelashes.
SPHERE SHAPE & BOTTOM LASH WAND – Separate and Define
These ball-shaped & bottom lash wands are perfect for a high definition. They give the same result than a regular brush but with more precision because of their very small size. They perfectly separate each lash, the small brush helps to reach easily the lashes directly from the root.
COMB WAND – Extra Lenght and Definition
Good if you have short lashes and/or if you want an exaggerate length and a lot of definition. This wand doesn't add volume. The result is a beautiful lineup with perfectly separated lashes.
PLASTIC BRISTLES WAND – Define, Add Volume and Curl
This usually slim wand is perfect to define and separate the lashes. The plastic or rubber bristles are very good at providing volume as well as length. Good for very short lashes. Be careful this brush picks up an irregular amount of product because the plastic is non absorbent.
Also called oscillating mascara is good if you want a lot of volume. The very fast wiggling movement helps to separate the lashes and gives a evenly coated result. Good for beautiful volumized and dramatic eyes result.
Your Make Up artist Tips :
- Black is perfect for everybody.
- The biggest the wand you use the more volume you get !
- Waterproof only for occasional events or nightlife. The product is hard to remove and a daily use weaken the lashes.
- If you are a bride to be, it is highly recommended to use a waterproof mascara on your wedding day. Especially if you are getting married at the beach like in the Riviera Maya – Mexico where the weather is very humid. But your hair and make up artist will perfectly know what product to use for you.