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Here are several books to inspire creativity for your preschoolers!
Tinkerlab: a Hands-on Guide for Little Inventors by Rachelle Doorley
The book has 55 activities for children to explore their world with creative experiments with easy to find materials. There are ideas for everything from making marks with crayons and markers to simple machines, robotics, electronics and unique hands on art experiences.
Loose Parts: Inspiring Play in Young Children by
Loose parts can be acorns, hardware, stones, aluminum foil, or fabric scraps. Loose parts can be natural or synthetic, found, bought, or upcycled. Free reign to play and manipulate with these materials inspire creativity in children.
With more than 550 color photographs of many kinds of loose parts in real early childhood settings, this book provides information about the variety of ways everyday materials can support open-ended learning, enhance play, and empower children.
50 Fantastic Things to Do With Preschoolers by Sally Featherstone
This book offers a wide range of suggestions for purposeful play activities including:
Sort it Out; sorting natural objects
Five Little Peas; popping and placing
Jelly on the Plate; playing with familiar substances
Playful Learning: Develop Your Child's Sense of Joy and Wonder by Mariah Bruehl
This book is full of hands-on reading, science, and social activities for children.
The author includes stages of development and activities for writing, reading, math, science, art, and more that include supply lists, instructions, and ways to expand the activity.
More resources available at https://home.playfullearning.net/free-resources/
150+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids by Asia Citro
Each chapter begins with an introduction and the author's experience and tips. The chapters are: slimes, doughs, paints, small worlds, simple sensory activities, and do it yourself toys. Each activity lists prep time, ages, ingredients and supplies, detailed instructions as well as variations, troubleshooting and budget tips. The last part of the book has information on the science behind the activities, where to find supplies, and additional resources.


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Dr. Kristen Andrews
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Welcome! I am Dr. Kristen Andrews, the primary veterinarian and owner of Stockton Hill Animal Hospital. I am originally from Iowa but moved to Kingman after graduating from the College of Veterinarian Medicine at Iowa State University in 1995. Some may know me as Dr. Nelson- I married March of 2010 and so am now Dr. Andrews!
I share my home with my husband Art, my pug 'Chubbs', and my cockatiel 'JB'. In my free time I enjoy working out, snowboarding, hiking and just enjoying the beautiful Arizona outdoors! My husband and I are huge fans of Star Wars and have quite a collection of props and costumes from the movie as well as other movies. Like many others, I wanted to be a veterinarian when I was little. Unfortunately, I had a weak stomach and had decided that I simply could not do it. However, I had such a strong desire to spend my life helping animals that I forced myself to overcome my fears and pursue a career in veterinary medicine. It was one of the best decisions I ever made and I have greatly enjoyed this profession for the past 16 years. I look forward to another 16 years taking care of pets and their owners at Stockton Hill Animal Hospital.
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Kourtney Hrdlicka-Lettau
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Greetings! I am Kourtney Lettau and I am the Veterinary Assistant here at Stockton Hill Animal Hospital.I am married to a wonderful man who shares my love for animals because we have many!
I began my veterinary journey in 1997 on the sunny central coast of California. I relocated to Arizona in 2001 where I continue to help people enrich their pet's lives.
My goal is to see your pet live a long and healthy life so come on in, I would love to meet you and your furry family members!
Sally Bradley
Hi, I'm Sally Bradley, I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and have lived in South Carolina, Seattle, and now the Southwest, so you can say I've lived in the four corners of the US. After my career in the communications industry, I decided to further my education, and completed my studies in Mohave Community College's Medical Assisting Program.
The opportunity to transition into the veterinary industry was a good fit as a lot of the same conditions exist with both humans and animals. Working around your pets puts a smile on my face, they are all so unique and special. I live with my husband, Gar, and our kitten Eva. She provides us so much entertainment. I enjoy travel, movies, but my passion is quilting. It is an outlet for my creativity.
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Renee Timm
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Hello everyone! My name is Renee Timm and I have been with Stockton Hill Animal Hospital since June of 2004. I started my career as a kennel assistant and have worked my way up to becoming a veterinary technician.At home I am surrounded by my wonderful pets. I have my 3 dogs who are Charlotte, Annie, and Tator Tot, my 1 cat Oscar, and my corn snake Tom. I also have my horse named Cash which I love competing with in local barrel races.
I enjoy going to the lake in the summer and sometimes I attempt to snowboard in the winter.
I love my job and would not trade it for anything in the world. Next time you are in the neighborhood come on in and say hi!


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It's that time of year again! The Tumbleweed Tiny House Workshop will be happening in Boston in a few short weeks and I'm excited to say that I'll be guest speaking at this SOLD OUT (!) workshop, talking about my experiences building a Tumbleweed house this fall and sharing my expertise in small-scale (tiny) off-grid systems for your tiny house. The workshop is Feb. 9-10, and you can still put your name on the wait list! Deek Diedricksen is hosting this one, and he's a wonderful teacher and makes the workshop really fun.
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The documented read out displays the Particle Count, Size Distribution, PM 2.5, PM 10, Air Humidity and Air Temperature – directly to your connected device. To aid workers on the ground the KEMPER AirWatch Air Monitoring System also includes an easy to read, LED illumination area (green, yellow, red) to quickly display if the air becomes potentially harmful to breath.
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Happy hump day! It's almost Friday! This week just flew by dontcha think?!
I haven't done this in a while but today is WIAW, and I am taking part in the delicious food-fest over at Jenn's adorable blog, Pea's and Crayons! Thanks for hosting Jenn :)!

For breakfast I felt like trying something new so I made (never home) maker's hearty pecan chip micro muffin! But instead of pecans I used dried cranberries and instead of whole wheat flour I made it gluten free and used brown rice flour and gluten free oats (I'm not gluten free but my roommate/bff is and I wanted her to be able to try it out too!).
It was delicious, but I made the mistake of adding too much stevia to the peanut sauce so it was like sweetness overload and for some reason I just can't handle overly sweet things in the morning. I think next time I'll make the muffin with pecans and dried cranberries or add less chocolate chips!
In between classes, I snacked on a pink lady apple but forgot to take a picture. You guys are really missing out..what an interesting picture that would have been 😉 but it was crunchy and delish!
After a cardio chisel and spin class today I was starvinnn! Don't get in between me and the refrigerator…you'll get hurt hehe.
I sauteed some mushrooms in coconut oil, added 3 scrambled egg whites and some herbs de provence! I laid that mixture on a bed of spinach on top of a La Tortilla Factory Smart and Delicious tortilla and chopped up red bell pepper, a low sodium slice of turkey from TJ's and feta. Loooooved it.
Snack time. These are literally too good to be true. I am obsessed. I want to try out every flavor! Or find out a way to make my own because there's no way I can afford having one a day haha! #poorcollegehealthnutproblems
My roommate, Elana's mom signed us up to get a box of all organic veggies from local farms delivered to our doorstep. The goods showed up this week! But unfortunately I was too excited I forgot to snap a picture! A big thank you to Nina for getting this for us!!!! 🙂 The lettuce, onion and red bell pepper in the lettuce wraps were from the box. If you're interested in participating in this and supporting your local farmers visit the website itsorganicdelivery.com for more info!! A couple strange looking radish/parsnip looking things were in the box as well as a vegetable called Kohlrabi. We're not sure what to do with that yet!
To make the lettuce wraps we sauteed half a white onion with two cloves of garlic in about one tablespoon sesame oil. Then we added in chopped bell pepper (about a half of one), one grated carrot, celery, and one package & a half of TJ's baked tofu. Bragg's liquid aminos was used to give it some more flava! I whipped up some dipping sauce with one heaping tablespoon of raw almond butter, about 2 tablespoons liquid aminos, the juice of half a lime, one tablespoon agave, and a little bit of ground chia seeds to thicken it out.
This dinner was sooo easy and delicious. Plus it's pretty low calorie, gluten free and is filling! Elana and I were proud of ourselves and we even made enough for leftovers :).
I needed a little something sweet to end the day off right so I made some hot chocolate!
Although, I accidentally dumped too much cocoa powder into my mug so it was more like clumps of cocoa powder floating in almond milk. Yuck. I had to doctor it up a bit, add some water to thin it out and stir it a ton for it to finally be drinkable! I didn't take a picture of the final product though…ugh! I added a few drops of liquid stevia and cinnamon and it was delicious end to my night of studying!
Hope you guys had a fabulous day! I hope it's sunny tomorrow here so I can go for a nice run outside!!
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Global biopharmaceutical leader, AbbVie will be on campus recruiting junior & senior CHE, IE, ME, BIO, and BIOCHEM majors for fulltime, semester co-op, and summer internship opportunities at their Worcester, MA location.
They have 5+ full-time openings for May graduates, and approximately 5 summer internship, and 2 fall semester co-op openings!
They will also be interviewing during this event…DON'T MISS IT!
Hiring managers will be here for this event looking to fill their openings. AbbVie is one of our top hirers and a Corporate Sponsor of the UMass Engineering Career Center.
Here's how the evening will go:
- AbbVie engineers will give a quick overview of the positions that are available and then meet one-on-one with all students.
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KBRPC Transit Plan Completed
The KBRPC Transit Coordination Plan encompasses all of the KBRPC region and includes participation from all public, private, and non-profit transportation providers as well as local area providers. The strategies and actions discussed in the plan will be used to determine funding priorities through three separate programs: Transportation or Elderly Persons and Persons with Disabilities, Job Access and Reverse Commute, and New Freedom. Current grant applications will immediately benefit from the identification of strategies for improved transportation coordination, and future applications will rely upon guidance from this plan to promote projects at the state and national levels.
Key elements included in the plan are:
- An assessment of transportation needs for individuals with disabilities, older adults and persons with limited incomes.
- An inventory of available services that identifies areas of redundant service and gaps in services
- Strategies to address the identified gaps in services.
- Identifications of coordination actions to eliminate or reduce duplication in services and strategies for more efficient utilization of resources.
- Prioritization of implementation strategies.
A copy of the plan is available for viewing at the KBRPC office or click the link below to review. Please contact KBRPC office at 660-885-3393 Monday through Friday 8 am – 5 pm, to schedule an appointment.
Transportation Prioritization
KBRPC continues to serve as the leading voice for regional transportation planning in west-central Missouri, and remains a dedicated supporter and facilitator of communication between MoDOT and the cities and counties in our region. In support of regional transportation planning, KBRPC and MoDOT work in partnership each year to develop and execute a transportation work plan designed to allow local input into statewide transportation planning. Below is a list of the top 10 Road and Bridge projects on the regional transportation priorities list. Click Here to see the complete list of all transportation project priorities in the KBRPC region.
|Warsaw to Buffalo
|Hwy 52
|Kansas State Line to US 65
|Various Outer Roads
|Hwy 7, 13, 52
|El Dorado Springs
|Hwy 82
|Hainline St. to Hwy H
|Hwy 13
|Clinton to Warrensburg
|Hwy 13
|V&T Intersection
|Hwy 54
|Bridge #A 1064
|MO TT & I-49 at Butler Industrial Park
|MO H to MO J
|MO H to MO J
KBRPC Transportation Advisory Committee
KBRPC serves as a planning partner with MoDOT and engages in a prioritization process to identify transportation needs to be included in Missouri's consideration for the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). The Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) is the key to this prioritization process is comprised of representatives from cities and counties within the KBRPC seven-county region. The KBRPC TAC Board meets every 3rd Thursday of the odd months prior to the KBRPC Board of Directors meeting.
|Bates County
|Hickory County
|Larry Hacker
|Jim Fitts
|Rick Pearson
|Benton County
|St. Clair County
|Randy Pogue, Chairman
|John Neuenschwander
|Steve Daleske
|Lila Foster
|Cedar County
|Vernon County
|Brad True
|Randy Marti
|Don Boultinghouse
|Cindy Thompson
|Henry County
|Jim Stone, Co-Chairman
|Chris Walker
KBRPC TAC Received Excellence Award
The National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) presented the KBRPC Transportation Advisory Council (TAC) Board with an "Excellence in Regional Transportation" award for the board's planning efforts on the Amendment 7 Project Prioritization Process. The award was accepted by State Highways and Transportation Commissioner Gregg Smith, TAC Board President Randy Pogue, and the 2015 TAC Board.
Gregg Smith, Missouri Highways and Transportation Commissioner, and the TAC Board showing off their award.
Check MoDOT's Traveler Info Map for weather-related road conditions, flood closures & work zone locations.
For information about Free Safety Initiatives thru MoDOT's Blueprint for Safety Program, please visit www.savemolives.com.
Any MoDOT grant awardees must use their LPA manual which is located at www.modot.mo.gov/business/manuals/localpublicagency.htm.
For more information, visit www.modot.gov. To report road conditions in your area, call 1-888-ASK-MODOT or contact a member of your local TAC Committee
Check out MoDOT's Traveler Information System for incidents, closed roads, winter road conditions, work zones and future work zones.
Have you ever wondered how transportation funding works in Missouri? Check out this guide from the Missouri Department of Transportation! https://www.modot.org/sites/default/files/documents/2019%20MoDOT%20Citizens%20Guide%20to%20Transportation%20Funding_Final.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2i0GY0fiwnFjlSJoQStLpZGAKzH2QE0DIjDn4SeEJojHC7m193_a5U6mw


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It's been seven years since The Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I. burned to the ground, and this month a federal judge awarded survivors and relatives of the 100 people killed the full $176 million settlement. The blaze started after the rock band Great White used pyrotechnics that set fire to surrounding soundproofing foam. More than 200 people were injured and 100 were killed.
Blush Boutique Nightclub in Las Vegas is moving its much-loved "We Love House Music" event from Wednesday nights to Sunday evenings. Popular Las Vegas American electronic musical duo The Crystal Method will kick things off May 30 at 9 p.m. Managing Partner Sean Christie says this move to Sundays appeals to the house music lovers who are also checking out DJ Kaskade on Sunday at Encore Beach Club.
In yet another update from the ongoing battle for power in San Francisco, Supervisor and Board President David Chiu introduced legislation to give the Entertainment Commission power to revoke entertainment permits from venues based on public safety violations and public nuisances. The issue came to light when the EC, which grants permits, couldn't revoke the permit from the violence-ridden Suede nightclub.
PETA honored the Dolce Group, owned by Lonnie Moore, Mike Malin and Sylvain Bitton, with the Compassionate Business Award for its zero tolerance policy on cruelty to animals. PETA wrote to the company after receiving complaints about a caged tiger exhibit at Les Deux nightclub in Hollywood, Calif. The Dolce Group immediately removed the exhibit, banning them from all Dolce Group locations. PETA Director Debbie Leahy said, "We commend Dolce Group for setting a wonderful example for other businesses."
Wet Republic at MGM Grand is pulling out all the stops for its Memorial Day weekend pool party. The ultra pool will host DJs including DJ Boris, DJ Roger Sanchez, Victor Calderone and Cedric Gervais on Friday and Saturday. DJ Sharam, Fedde Le Grand, Dirty South and Chuckie will be at the luxe pool lounge on Sunday, and the party continues Memorial Day with Afrojack and Deadmau5 mixing it up. Also look for Tony Arzadon and Nathan Scott, house DJs from Chicago, to be at the tables throughout the holiday weekend.
Last weekend, the hottest clubs celebrated the release of "Sex and the City 2" with some major parties. At 32 Degrees Luxe Lounge in Philadelphia, lucky participants won tickets for a screening and a pre-party at The Ritz-Carlton that featured a Vino Noir wine tasting and half price "Sex and the City" Martinis from 5-7 p.m. Last Saturday, at the MGM Grand Detroit, Cosmos were all the rage while the best-dressed ladies won movie swag, and Shadow Room in D.C. offered free pre-screening passes to lucky winners.
The summer club scene in Vegas is heating up. This year, however, the growth of the 24-hour party scene is a major concern for the Nevada Gaming Control Board, which last year fined Planet Hollywood $750,000 for allowing illegal acts in its now-defunct Prive nightclub. The Control Board recognizes it won't be able to control every problem; regulators are more likely to fine widespread illegal acts or those that involve the club's employees rather than a single patron's solicitation of drugs or prostitutes, according to the Las Vegas Sun.
"Nightclubs don't kill people. People kill people," Andrew Williams, an owner of Club Ritz in Roselawn, Ohio, told Cincinnati.com after a gun was smuggled into the club and used to kill someone outside the establishment this month. City council officials are now trying to figure out how to shut down Club Ritz. Williams said at a press conference that the gun was very small and concealed in a "unique manner." Since the shooting, Williams has ordered a walk-through metal detector even as city officials look to close the club.
Covet nightclub in New York City has sold six $160-per-glass cocktails since opening last month. Covet's head mixologist, Orson Salicetti, calls this expensive cocktail The Icarus, and he makes it with a $1,600 bottle of Louis XIII Cognac and two drops of Iranian saffron oil, retailing at $300 a gram. He claims the cocktail is more of a VIP experience than a regular beverage. Salicetti is also the only one allowed to mix the drink because, he says, he doesn't trust anyone else.


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Sofia Coppola designs window displays to welcome the Louis Vuitton SC Bag Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche. The small and mini versions of the original SC, along with BB bags, now beam through the window displays of the prestigious Parisian store. And much like the original design the hand behind Le Bon Marché's effervescent décor belongs to, besides the brand, the fashionable filmmaker.
This window whimsy will be visible until October 26, 2013 and shine brighter than the last LV display did, decked out in prehistoric ethos.
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Asheeeeee is the literal Bee to my Eff. She's un-BEE-lievably hilarious && I'm EFF-ing crazy. Together we are EFF-ing un-BEE-lievable.
Our term we use for each other is "Bestest" instead of the typical "best friends". If there's one friendship that matters most to me, it's hers. She's been my go-to girl for the past 6 years when things are good, bad, funny or sucky.
There was this guy I was really into. I introduced him to my family and her family (since we're so close, our families have become each others families). It got that serious. In the end, he ended up being an *holds tongue* apple. I called her to tell her it was over and she starts laughing at me. I couldn't help but laugh back and it helped. A LOT. She laughed me through the entire situation and in less than a week I was over it.
If anything, this picture above sums up the story of our friendship. Dancing, smiling and laughing through life together. That's what bestests are for. They exist to help you make the "bestest" out of every situation life throws at you. Well, that's what mine does for me and that's why she's my bestest.
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Been a while since the last post, but really enjoying the beautiful Keweenaw summer. Been out berry picking (the wild blueberries are incredible this year), fishing, playing some league softball, and just generally getting out and having a great time. Festivals are abundant and everything from the pasty to the strawberry is celebrated this time of year, as fellow residents of the Keweenaw try to pack as much activity into the warm summer before the snow begins to fly.
Also, there is a FinnGrandFest occurring in the Canadian Soo this year. The event is a coming together of Finns from the United States and Canada, and promises to be a great time.
As part of all this great summer activity, a really unique experience is coming up quickly. On Monday, August 2 from 6-9, (the Monday after FinnGrandFest ends) Finn Hall Band and the Finnish American comedy troupe Nyt Naura are going to be performing a live, outdoor concert at Hanka Homestead in Michigan's beautiful Copper Country. Hanka is calling it, "Music in the Meadow," and the event promises to be a great event.
Finn Hall Band is one of the last actual Finnish folk music groups left in the U.S. Reflecting the incredible history of music in the Finnish American working class, Finn Hall Band echoes the cultural history of the important place hall culture occupied in Finnish American lives.
Hope to see some of you there. For directions to, and information on Hanka Homestead, please visit: http://hunts-upguide.com/keweenaw_bay_hanka_homestead.html.


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WORCESTER residents are being asked to back a campaign which aims to get tough on dog owners who don't clean up after their pets.
City councillors are urging people to use the free PooWatch web app at www.poowatch.co.uk to report city streets and parks where they see dog mess that hasn't been cleared up.
Information from the PooWatch reports will be used as evidence in an application to the Government to declare Public Space Protection Orders (PSPO) in the city's dog mess hotspots.
A PSPO would give the council powers to issues on-the-spot fines of up to £100 to irresponsible dog owners. Any that refuse to pay could face court action and a fine of up to £1,000.
Councillor Joy Squires, chair of the council's Environment Committee, said: "None of us want to see dog mess on our pavements, so I want to urge city residents to help us build up a picture of where Worcester's poo black spots are.
"Once we have the evidence, we can make a strong case to the Government to get these extra powers and deal with irresponsible dog owners."
Worcester residents can play their part by using the PooWatch web app at www.poowatch.co.uk. The app is designed to work on smart phones, tablets and desktop computers.
The web app was jointly developed by the Safer Worcester Partnership, the Duckworth Worcestershire Trust (DWT) and Worcester City Council with funding from West Mercia's Police and Crime Commissioner.
It puts an interactive map at your fingertips, allowing you to find your nearest dog waste bin or report mess on a city pavement – and you'll then get live information on the action taken to deal with it.
You can save the PooWatch web app to your home screen so you can use it whenever and wherever you need to.
Volunteers support the PooWatch campaign with the use of chalk spray marking, counting, and distinctive stencilled messages in areas where dog mess problems have been reported.
When a dog poo hot spot is identified, poo bag dispensers are put out to make it easier for people to clear up after their dogs.
Coun Alan Feeney, vice chair of the Environment Committee, said: "The PooWatch app has been popular with Worcester residents for the last two years, but now we want people to use it more because the data on those hot spots can help us get more powers to keep our streets poo-free."


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Peaches are in high season here in Colorado and we are making the most of it. This week I made a gluten free (of course), fruit sweetened, dairy free, vegan Peach Almond Ice Cream.
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text: Today Orion's 4th grade class held an event called "The Van Gogh Cafe" where they each memorized a Shel Silverstein poem, created an art poster to display on an easel, and recited their poems. Orion was very nervous about remember his "lines" but he did an awesome job. Here's a video of it.


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Rex, Monday is the better of the two choices for me. Regards, Tom Merkle CapWIN: www.capwin.org Phone: (301) 614-3720 Cell Phone: (240) 375-1966 Fax: (301) 614-0581 e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com CapWIN 6305 Ivy Lane Suite 300 Capital Office Park Greenbelt, MD 20770 -----Original Message----- From: Rex Brooks [mailto:email@example.com] Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 9:31 AM To: Tom Merkle; Aymond, Patti; Rex Brooks; Renato Iannella; email@example.com Cc: email@example.com Subject: RE: [emergency-msg] Re: teleconf How about Monday or Tuesday at 5:p.m. EDT? Also, I am copying Elysa with this, but if someone could give her a call, I would appreciate it. I suspect she is either traveling or meeting-bound and may not be seeing her email, or may have missed my reminder. Regardless, I need her to approve my membership in the TC before I can join the SC and post to the lists. Cheers, Rex At 7:45 AM -0400 7/28/06, Tom Merkle wrote: >Just say the date & time, I'll make every effort possible to be there. > > >Regards, > >Tom Merkle > >CapWIN: www.capwin.org >Phone: (301) 614-3720 >Cell Phone: (240) 375-1966 >Fax: (301) 614-0581 >e-mail: email@example.com > >CapWIN >6305 Ivy Lane Suite 300 >Capital Office Park >Greenbelt, MD 20770 > >-----Original Message----- >From: Aymond, Patti [mailto:email@example.com] >Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 6:10 PM >To: Rex Brooks; Renato Iannella >Cc: email@example.com >Subject: RE: [emergency-msg] Re: teleconf > >I am available at this same time tomorrow & every day next week. Others? > >Patti > >Patti Iles Aymond, PhD >Senior Scientist, Research & Development Innovative Emergency >Management, Inc. >Managing Risk in a Complex World > >8555 United Plaza Blvd. Suite 100 >Baton Rouge, LA 70809 >(225) 952-8228 (phone) >(225) 952-8122 (fax) > >-----Original Message----- >From: Rex Brooks [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] >Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 5:04 PM >To: Aymond, Patti; Rex Brooks; Renato Iannella >Cc: email@example.com >Subject: RE: [emergency-msg] Re: teleconf > >Renato? I'm willing to reschedule immediately. > >Patti, if you could find out from the SC when/if folks want to >reschedule, I'm willing to make this up. > >Cheers, >Rex > >At 4:40 PM -0500 7/27/06, Aymond, Patti wrote: >>Rex, >> >>We all have those days!! Just let us know when you want to try to get >>together again. >> >>Patti >> >>Patti Iles Aymond, PhD >>Senior Scientist, Research & Development Innovative Emergency >>Management, Inc. >>Managing Risk in a Complex World >> >>8555 United Plaza Blvd. Suite 100 >>Baton Rouge, LA 70809 >>(225) 952-8228 (phone) >>(225) 952-8122 (fax) >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Rex Brooks [mailto:email@example.com] >>Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 4:39 PM >>To: Aymond, Patti; Renato Iannella; Rex Brooks >>Cc: firstname.lastname@example.com >>Subject: RE: [emergency-msg] Re: teleconf >> >>Sorry, Patti, Renato! (and Everyone Else!) >> >>For the record, it is 1-641-696-6699 code 345450. However, now it is >too >>late. >> >>Apparently something screwy happened when I cut and pasted the info. >>I ended up giving the info by personal email to Renato because he >>wrote > >>and asked. In fact we just hung up. But dumb bleep that I am, it >>didn't > >>occur to me that it also wasn't there for everyone else! >> >>I can be incredibly dense at times, especially really busy weeks like >>this one has been. My head has been totally wrapped up in coordinating >>several other events, as well as attending and doing my share of the >>planning, organizing and emcee-ing. So, of course, I took this little >>routine thing for granted. >> >>Could you pass the word along to the list that I messed up, since I >>can't send a message to the list, yet. >> >>I won't be able to rejoin the SC until Elysa re-approves my membership >>in the TC. This is what happens when you have to renew as an >>individual > >>instead of being included as a member of a member company. Darn it! I >>was really ready to work. I feel so stupid, not mention embarrassed! >> >>Egg-faced, >>Rex >> >>At 3:59 PM -0500 7/27/06, Aymond, Patti wrote: >>>Does anyone know the phone number for the conference call? >>> >>>Patti >>> >>>Patti Iles Aymond, PhD >>>Senior Scientist, Research & Development Innovative Emergency >>>Management, Inc. >>>Managing Risk in a Complex World >>> >>>8555 United Plaza Blvd. Suite 100 > >>Baton Rouge, LA 70809 >>>(225) 952-8228 (phone) >>>(225) 952-8122 (fax) >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Renato Iannella [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] >>>Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 10:27 PM >>>To: Rex Brooks >>>Cc: firstname.lastname@example.com >>>Subject: [emergency-msg] Re: teleconf >>> >>> >>> >>>On 26 Jul 2006, at 23:35, Rex Brooks wrote: >>> >>>> EM Messages and Notification SC Meeting (Conference Call) >>>> Date: Thursday, July 27, 2006 >>>> Start Time: 5:00 PM EDT >>>> End Time: 6:00 PM EDT >>>> Participant Code: 345450 >>> >>>Rex, the actual phone number is missing? >>> >>>Cheers... 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Innovative Training Across the Network
The Cohen Veterans Network has launched a progressive two-day training workshop on Emotionally Focused Therapy across the country, originating out of our Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York.
Master Trainer Dr. Zoya Simakhodskaya, Ph.D. will lead the effort from New York today and tomorrow. Dr. Simakhodskaya is a Certified EFT Therapist, Supervisor and Trainer.
Various Cohen Clinics around the country will gather to join the online interactive video sessions. Several of our clinics have invited local community providers to join the two-day workshop, helping CVN further our mission to advance the field of mental health.
A clinical staff member from our soon-to-open Washington D.C. clinic has traveled to New York to take part in person, while other groups join virtually including our just-opened El Paso location as well as the established San Antonio and Dallas clinics. Each one of these locations has an EFT facilitator on site, to help facilitate and enhance the training sessions.
"We are excited to be providing this high-quality training across the country using the latest technology. Testing novel methods is an important part of our mission to train broadly, but efficiently and effectively. This is a unique way to disseminate effective treatment methods in a core evidence-based practice. We look forward to making these types of opportunities available for our growing network," said Crystal Shelton, CVN Vice President of Clinical Programs.
For CVN, this represents another innovative approach to growth and dissemination, utilizing local facilitators at each clinic site.


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Bird Kingdom, Niagara Falls, Ontario
Welcome Back!
This week I have more of the critters found at the beginning of Bird Kingdom displays...some of these you can even touch as you can see from the 2nd and 3rd photos. Kevin was petting the bearded dragon and he seemed to like it! :-)
Other photos include a white cockatoo and a eclectus parrot, who is so very colourful!
Well, another fast week at work, which is good I guess! I love the variety of the job as well as working with all that crafty goodness! :-) The only downside of working there is that I don't get very many days off this holiday season as in past jobs..but I like the job, so I don't mind it all that much! :-)
We are heading to get Brooke in Waterloo tomorrow, so I'm posting a day early. She will be home for a couple of weeks and Kevin is off too for a couple of weeks. Keturah and I will be the ones working through the holidays!
Anyway, I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, as I won't likely post until after the holidays. We are hoping to get to Ottawa for a visit at some point too!
Have a great holiday season!


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The Patient Will See You Now: The Future of Medicine Is in Your Hands by Eric Topol
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23andMe, 3D printing, Affordable Care Act / Obamacare, Anne Wojcicki, Atul Gawande, augmented reality, bioinformatics, call centre, Clayton Christensen, clean water, cloud computing, commoditize, computer vision, conceptual framework, connected car, correlation does not imply causation, creative destruction, crowdsourcing, dark matter, data acquisition, disintermediation, don't be evil, Edward Snowden, Elon Musk, en.wikipedia.org, Erik Brynjolfsson, Firefox, global village, Google Glasses, Google X / Alphabet X, Ignaz Semmelweis: hand washing, information asymmetry, interchangeable parts, Internet of things, Isaac Newton, job automation, Joseph Schumpeter, Julian Assange, Kevin Kelly, license plate recognition, lifelogging, Lyft, Mark Zuckerberg, Marshall McLuhan, meta analysis, meta-analysis, microbiome, Nate Silver, natural language processing, Network effects, Nicholas Carr, obamacare, pattern recognition, personalized medicine, phenotype, placebo effect, RAND corporation, randomized controlled trial, Second Machine Age, self-driving car, Silicon Valley, Skype, smart cities, Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia, Snapchat, social graph, speech recognition, stealth mode startup, Steve Jobs, the scientific method, The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver, The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, Turing test, Uber for X, Watson beat the top human players on Jeopardy!, X Prize
Rabin, "In Israel, a Push to Screen for Cancer Gene Leaves Many Conflicted," New York Times, November 27, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/27/health/in-israel-a-push-to-screen-for-cancer-gene-leaves-many-conflicted.html. 33. E. Murphy, "Inside 23andMe Founder Anne Wojcicki's $99 DNA Revolution," Fast Company, October 14, 2013: http://www.fastcompany.com/3018598/for-99-this-ceo-can-tell-you-what-might-kill-you-inside-23andme-founder-anne-wojcickis-dna-r. 34. FDA, "Inspections, Compliance, Enforcement, and Criminal Investigations: Warning Letter to Ann Wojcicki," November 22, 2013, http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/2013/ucm376296.htm. 35. A. Pollack, "FDA Orders Genetic Testing Firm to Stop Selling DNA Analysis Service," New York Times, November 26, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/26/business/fda-demands-a-halt-to-a-dna-test-kits-marketing.html. 36.
Epstein, "The FDA Strikes Again: Its Ban on Home Testing Kits Is, as Usual, Likely to Do More Harm Than Good," Point of Law, November 27, 2013: http://www.pointoflaw.com/archives/2013/11/t.php. 82. A. Wolfe, "Anne Wojcicki's Quest for Better Health Care," Wall Street Journal, June 27, 2014, http://online.wsj.com/articles/anne-wojcickis-quest-for-better-health-care-1403892088. 83. C. Bloss, N. Schork, and E. Topol, "Effect of Direct-to-Consumer Genomewide Profiling to Assess Disease Risk," New England Journal of Medicine 364, no. 6 (2011): 524–534. 84. R. C. Green and N. A. Farahany, "The FDA Is Overcautious on Consumer Genomics," Nature 505 (2014): 2. 85. R. Leuty, "23andMe's Andy Page Gets Disruptive with the Masses," San Francisco Business Times, October 22, 2013, http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/biotech/2013/10/23andme-andy-page-anne-wojcicki.html?page=all. 86. N. Fliesler, "Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: A Case of Potential Harm," Boston Children's Hospital science and clinical innovation blog, May 5, 2014, http://vectorblog.org/2014/05/direct-to-consumer-genetic-testing-a-case-of-potential-harm/. 87.
And the public's heightened awareness of genomics, in particular, represents a key step in the democratization of DNA, just one vital component of our digital identity. There are other complementary forces that are, in parallel, pushing DNA democratization forward—consumer genomics and a landmark decision at the United States Supreme Court. We'll now zoom in on each of these. The Angelina Effect and Consumer Genomics On the same morning as Jolie's op-ed, the CEO and cofounder of the consumer genomics company, Anne Wojcicki, had e-mails, texts, and calls pouring into her office. She said, "Angelina Jolie talking about a technical subject and saying, 'I did this, you can do this' is a great thing for us. She did something to prevent disease, and that's exactly what we want people thinking about."33 We're going to drill down on 23andMe, whose mission is to democratize genetic information. This was the first direct-to-consumer genomics company; it was founded in 2006 and launched in November 2007 with a $999 saliva test that gave information on gene variants for risk of fourteen medical conditions.
Googled: The End of the World as We Know It by Ken Auletta
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23andMe, AltaVista, Anne Wojcicki, Apple's 1984 Super Bowl advert, bioinformatics, Burning Man, carbon footprint, citizen journalism, Clayton Christensen, cloud computing, Colonization of Mars, commoditize, corporate social responsibility, creative destruction, death of newspapers, disintermediation, don't be evil, facts on the ground, Firefox, Frank Gehry, Google Earth, hypertext link, Innovator's Dilemma, Internet Archive, invention of the telephone, Jeff Bezos, jimmy wales, John Markoff, Kevin Kelly, knowledge worker, Long Term Capital Management, Marc Andreessen, Mark Zuckerberg, Marshall McLuhan, Menlo Park, Network effects, new economy, Nicholas Carr, PageRank, Paul Buchheit, Peter Thiel, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Richard Feynman, Richard Feynman, Sand Hill Road, Saturday Night Live, semantic web, sharing economy, Silicon Valley, Skype, slashdot, social graph, spectrum auction, stealth mode startup, Stephen Hawking, Steve Ballmer, Steve Jobs, strikebreaker, telemarketer, the scientific method, The Wisdom of Crowds, Upton Sinclair, X Prize, yield management, zero-sum game
Sergey is still very emotional about autocratic governments and anti-Semitism. But even though he was raised as a Jew and attended Hebrew school for a few years, he was nonpracticing, did not have a bar mitzvah, and was put off by traditional Jewish celebrations, which he once told an Israeli reporter he "associated with getting lots of gifts and money, and I was never comfortable with that." When he was married on an island in the Bahamas in May of 2007 to Anne Wojcicki, cofounder of 23andMe, a genetics research company, the couple stood in bathing suits under a chuppah, the traditional Jewish wedding canopy, but no rabbi officiated. Then, as now, he was uncomfortable with introspection. Asked by the same Israeli reporter if it was a coincidence that his wife was Jewish, he said, "I believe there are lots of nice non-Jewish girls out there. My wife is, I guess, half Jewish."
He ruthlessly guards his time, and can treat those who ask him to make a speech or meet reporters as if they were thieves trying to steal his time. A longtime Google employee describes Page this way: "Larry is like a wall. He analyzes everything. He asks, 'Is this the most efficient way to do this?' You're always on trial with Larry. He always pushes you." While Brin is more approachable than Page, he, too, can be awkward around strangers. His wife Anne Wojcicki's company, 23andMe, was feted at a fashionable cocktail party in September 2008 that was cohosted by Diane von Furstenberg and her husband, Barry Diller, Wendi and Rupert Murdoch, and Georgina Chapman and her husband, Harvey Weinstein. The event was held at Diller's Frank Gehry-designed IAC headquarters in Manhattan. Brin appeared wearing a dark crewneck sweater and gray Crocs. He and Google are investors in her company and he is openly proud of her work.
Measured by growth, it was Google's best year, with revenues soaring 60 percent to $16.6 billion, with international revenues contributing nearly half the total, and with profits climbing to $4.2 billion. Google ended the year with 16,805 full-time employees, offices in twenty countries, and the search engine available in 117 languages. And the year had been a personally happy one for Page and Brin. Page married Lucy Southworth, a former model who earned her Ph.D. in bioinformatics in January 2009 from Stanford; they married seven months after Brin wed Anne Wojcicki. But Sheryl Sandberg was worried. She had held a ranking job in the Clinton administration before, joining Google in 2001, where she supervised all online sales for AdWords and AdSense, and was regularly hailed by Fortune magazine as one of the fifty most powerful female executives in America. Sandberg came to believe Google's vice was the flip side of its virtue. "We're an engineering company in that products come first," she said.
The Industries of the Future by Alec Ross
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23andMe, 3D printing, Airbnb, algorithmic trading, AltaVista, Anne Wojcicki, autonomous vehicles, banking crisis, barriers to entry, Bernie Madoff, bioinformatics, bitcoin, blockchain, Brian Krebs, British Empire, business intelligence, call centre, carbon footprint, cloud computing, collaborative consumption, connected car, corporate governance, Credit Default Swap, cryptocurrency, David Brooks, disintermediation, Dissolution of the Soviet Union, distributed ledger, Edward Glaeser, Edward Snowden, en.wikipedia.org, Erik Brynjolfsson, fiat currency, future of work, global supply chain, Google X / Alphabet X, industrial robot, Internet of things, invention of the printing press, Jaron Lanier, Jeff Bezos, job automation, John Markoff, knowledge economy, knowledge worker, lifelogging, litecoin, M-Pesa, Marc Andreessen, Mark Zuckerberg, Mikhail Gorbachev, mobile money, money: store of value / unit of account / medium of exchange, new economy, offshore financial centre, open economy, Parag Khanna, peer-to-peer, peer-to-peer lending, personalized medicine, Peter Thiel, precision agriculture, pre–internet, RAND corporation, Ray Kurzweil, recommendation engine, ride hailing / ride sharing, Rubik's Cube, Satoshi Nakamoto, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), self-driving car, sharing economy, Silicon Valley, Silicon Valley startup, Skype, smart cities, social graph, software as a service, special economic zone, supply-chain management, supply-chain management software, technoutopianism, The Future of Employment, underbanked, Vernor Vinge, Watson beat the top human players on Jeopardy!, women in the workforce, Y Combinator, young professional
Bert Vogelstein and Luis Diaz are concerned: Bert Vogelstein, interview with Teal Pennebaker, December 9, 2013. Founded by Anne Wojcicki: Katie Hafner, "Silicon Valley Wide-Eyed over a Bride," New York Times, May 29, 2007, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/technology/29google.html. the company provides ancestry-related: "How It Works," 23andMe, https://www.23andme.com/howitworks/. It's not a full sequencing: "About the 23andMe Personal Genome Service," 23andMe, https://customercare.23andme.com/entries/22591668. Since then, he drinks green tea: Elizabeth Murphy, "Do You Want to Know What Will Kill You?" Salon, October 25, 2013, http://www.salon.com/2013/10/25/inside_23andme_founder_anne_wojcickis_99_dna_revolution_newscred/. all of them have faced: Kira Peikoff, "I Had My DNA Picture Taken, with Varying Results," New York Times, December 30, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/31/science/i-had-my-dna-picture-taken-with-varying-results.html?
As these tests become more common, one of the most crucial issues for us to grapple with, he says, "will be to educate people as well as physicians about the meaningfulness or meaninglessness of particular challenges they might find, and to do it in a fashion that doesn't cause great anxiety or anxiety out of proportion to the risk." Vogelstein and Diaz's concerns were brought to the surface recently by the genomic testing company 23andMe. Founded by Anne Wojcicki at age 32 in 2006, the company provides ancestry-related genetic reports and uninterpreted raw genetic data for its clients. You spit in a tube, send it to 23andMe's lab, and for $99 they send you back your genetic information. It's not a full sequencing of your genome, but a snapshot of the areas of your DNA that researchers know the most about, like genes that indicate a risk for Parkinson's or how a person might react to certain blood thinners.
Free Ride by Robert Levine
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No organization is more beholden to Google than Creative Commons, a nonprofit Lessig helped found that makes it easy for creators to share their work freely online by renouncing some of their rights. In 2008 Google gave the organization $1.5 million. (Lessig, who no longer works with Creative Commons, says this amount exaggerates the group's dependence on Google, since the gift is a pledge to be fulfilled over the course of several years.) In 2009 the company's cofounder Sergey Brin and his wife, Anne Wojcicki, donated $500,000—more than a fifth of the money contributed that year. It was something of a family gift, since Wojcicki's mother, Esther Wojcicki, then served as chair of the organization's board of directors. All of these organizations do legitimate work, and some present compelling ideas for copyright reform alongside ideas that would amount to handouts to Google. (The Electronic Frontier Foundation also pushes for weaker copyright laws, but it has a broader purview and has not been afraid to challenge technology companies, especially on the privacy issues that these other groups ignore.)
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Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World by Bruce Schneier
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Watson (10 Oct 2013), "The latest smartphones could turn us all into activity trackers," Wired, http://www.wired.com/2013/10/the-trojan-horse-of-the-latest-iphone-with-the-m7-coprocessor-we-all-become-qs-activity-trackers. Companies like 23andMe: Thomas Goetz (17 Nov 2007), "23AndMe will decode your DNA for $1,000. Welcome to the age of genomics," Wired, http://www.wired.com/medtech/genetics/magazine/15-12/ff_genomics. Elizabeth Murphy (14 Oct 2013), "Inside 23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki's $99 DNA revolution," Fast Company, http://www.fastcompany.com/3018598/for-99-this-ceo-can-tell-you-what-might-kill-you-inside-23andme-founder-anne-wojcickis-dna-r. personalized marketing: Charles Seife (27 Nov 2013), "23andMe is terrifying, but not for the reasons the FDA thinks," Scientific American, http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/23andme-is-terrifying-but-not-for-reasons-fda. insurance companies may someday buy: Rebecca Greenfield (25 Nov 2013), "Why 23andMe terrifies health insurance companies," Fast Company, http://www.fastcompany.com/3022224/innovation-agents/why-23andme-terrifies-health-insurance-companies.
Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, Braden Kowitz
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We've used sprints for prioritization, for marketing strategy, even for naming companies. Time and time again, the process brings teams together and brings ideas to life. Over the past few years, our team has had an unparalleled opportunity to experiment and validate our ideas about work process. We've run more than one hundred sprints with the startups in the GV portfolio. We've worked alongside, and learned from, brilliant entrepreneurs like Anne Wojcicki (founder of 23andMe), Ev Williams (founder of Twitter, Blogger, and Medium), and Chad Hurley and Steve Chen (founders of YouTube). In the beginning, I wanted to make my workdays efficient and meaningful. I wanted to focus on what was truly important and make my time count—for me, for my team, and for our customers. Now, more than a decade later, the sprint process has consistently helped me reach that goal.
100 Plus: How the Coming Age of Longevity Will Change Everything, From Careers and Relationships to Family And by Sonia Arrison
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Through Google, Larry Page has given over $250,000 to Singularity University and has said that if he were a student, SU is where he'd want to be.67 Interestingly, his wife, Lucy Southworth, is a biologist who has written papers on aging issues, including one titled "Effects of Aging on Mouse Transcriptional Networks," coauthored with Stanford's Dr. Stuart K. Kim, who is a well-known aging expert and one of Larry Ellison's award recipients.68 Sergey Brin is spreading the meme in a more personal way. 23andMe is a genomics company that was cofounded by Brin's biologist wife, Anne Wojcicki, and has gone a long way toward popularizing the idea of personalized medicine. "Spit parties" are one of the cute marketing techniques the company uses to get the public interested in thinking about their DNA and how it might be fixed to cure disease. One high-profile party took place during New York City's Fashion Week. Company staffers recounted the event on their blog, saying, "23andMe managed to lure a few hundred people away from the catwalks Tuesday night to consider the beauty that lies within—DNA.
Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives by Michael Specter
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I am also indebted to Nicole Hughes, Tracy Locke, Caroline Garner, and Leigh Butler, who doubles as a longtime friend. Many friends have heard me drone on about this subject for years—encouraging me all the while. (And also arguing—which I tend to see as the same thing.) For their support and good cheer I would like to thank Gary Kalkut, Esther Fein, Gerry Krovatin, Sarah Lyall, Robert McCrum, Anne McNally, Richard Cohen, John Kalish, Jacob Weisberg, Deborah Needleman, Jacob Lewis, Sergey Brin, Anne Wojcicki and Alessandra Stanley. When I was a child it often annoyed me that my parents, Howard and Eileen Specter, acted as if I could do anything. As I age, however, I have come to realize there is a role for blind devotion in this world—and I thank them for it profusely. My brother, Jeffrey, and his wife Yaelle, shouldered much family responsibility while I hid behind my laptop, and without that help there would have been no book.
In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives by Steven Levy
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"I would say, 'The electrician's going to come, show him the light that needs to be fixed.'" Her husband traveled a lot, and when she got lonely, she would go to the other side of the house and talk to the Googlers. After a number of late-night sessions when she'd heard Larry and Sergey's dreams time and again, she quit Intel to join Google herself. Eventually Sergey began dating her sister. (Anne Wojcicki and Sergey would marry in 2007.) In early 1999, Google moved to its new office space on University Place in Palo Alto, over the bicycle shop. The conference room had a Ping-Pong table, and, maintaining the tradition, the desks were doors on sawhorses. The kitchen was tiny, and food was yet to be catered. Larry and Sergey's fondness for physio balls was apparent, as the red and blue plastic spheres were scattered about.
You could even spot an occasional Dilbert cartoon on a cubicle. Many cheeky activities that had once seemed so refreshing began to assume an aura of calculation when they became routine. How many scavenger hunts can you attend before it becomes a chore? Page and Brin themselves had grown in the decade since they founded Google. Both were now married and within a year of each other fathered sons. Brin's wife, Anne Wojcicki, was a cofounder of 23andMe, a company involved in personal DNA analysis. Brin defied corporate propriety when he shifted his personal investment in the firm to a company one. Google's lawyers made sure the transaction passed formal muster. The normally gregarious Brin could turn icy when an unfamiliar person referred to his private life—for example, when a reporter offered congratulations at a Q and A at the Googleplex soon after his wedding, he changed the subject without acknowledging the remark.
What Would Google Do? by Jeff Jarvis
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In the comments, Chris Cranley took off on Godin's idea and suggested that just as smarter products may need less insurance, the same may be said of smarter people: "If I knew how to avoid problem X, I would not insure against it." Education and information become insurance against insurance. Godin took this line of thinking to its extreme when he speculated about opportunities not just for smarter people but—genetically speaking—healthier people as determined by 23andMe, a service that analyzes users' DNA. (Founded by Brin's wife, Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe discovered his Parkinson's gene. Google invested in the company.) Godin said: And while some may not like it, what happens when 23andMe gets a lot smarter and the healthiest gene pool starts their own life insurance coop? U.K. business journalist James Ball agreed with me that insurance is "a glorified betting market" where insurance providers "offer odds against certain outcomes—adverse outcomes—and we pay up the stake.
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
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These products will be incorporated into wearables such as clothes, bracelets, shoes and glasses, and will collect a never-ending stream of biometrical data. The idea is for Google Fit to feed the Baseline Study with the data it needs.30 Yet companies such as Google want to go much deeper than wearables. The market for DNA testing is currently growing in leaps and bounds. One of its leaders is 23andMe, a private company founded by Anne Wojcicki, former wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. The name '23andMe' refers to the twenty-three pairs of chromosomes that contain our genome, the message being that my chromosomes have a very special relationship with me. Anyone who can understand what the chromosomes are saying can tell you things about yourself that you never even suspected. If you want to know what, pay 23andMe a mere $99, and they will send you a small package with a tube.


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I feel like I have been pregnant forever and still have forever to go!!
We did our pics this weekend! I should be getting them back sometime this week and I am super excited! Cody wanted to stay at the park after we were done to take a few with our camera (that we're still trying to figure out). I think he did a pretty good job! It was HOT out there but my face didn't seem to turn red until towards the end of Cody's pictures he was taking, so hopefully it wasn't at all red in the "real" ones.
The shower is this weekend so I'm looking forward to that too! It's all becoming so real! In 8 weeks we'll be parents. We'll have little McKenna here to take care of. It's just so crazy. My crazy husband is already talking about when he wants to start trying for #2 but I think (and hope) that he's just joking. I definitely want more children, don't get me wrong. I just want to get the first one born and a little older before we have another one! We're thinking we want them to be 18-24 months apart. That seems good, but we'll see!!
We decided not to do a 3D ultrasound. I have no idea what we're going to have to get for her on our own so we need to save as much as possible! I do want one, but I can't really justify spending the money on it.
She should be about 3.75 pounds (the weight of a jicama, whatever that is) and 16.7 inches long.
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Exhibit Recap: Frank Gehry at LACMA
Earlier in January, J and I went to check out the Frank Gehry exhibit at LACMA. It's a massive retrospective of his architectural career. While I'm no architecture buff, I do very much enjoy observing and being inspired by architecture design. (I think most people are familiar with his name, but Frank Gehry is the [st]architect… Read More Exhibit Recap: Frank Gehry at LACMA


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The NBA Should Have Suspended Joakim Noah For Anti-Gay Slur
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~ Joakim Noah of the Chicago Bulls has been fined $50,000 for directing an anti-gay slur towards a fan during Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Miami Heat. Noah did admit to the use of the slur and apologized for it as well. Clearly, he knew an expensive fine from the league was on the way. What Noah should've gotten along with that fine was a 1 game suspension.
Throughout the playoffs, the NBA has produced PSAs about the use of slurs regarding race, religion, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. Kobe Bryant of the Lakers in a game towards the end of the regular season was caught on national television using a gay slur in the direction of an NBA referee.
NBA players all saw what happened, and agree or disagree with it, they know what the punishment is going to be if they get caught.
Bryant was fined $100,000 for his actions, so Noah didn't even get punished to that extent. The fact that Noah's incident occured so soon after Bryant's though clearly shows a lack of discipline just as much as it showed a lack of professionalism on his part.
I understand this is basketball and trash talk on and off the court is apart of the game. It's a very emotional game. Professional athletes have to endure the bad from the fans just as much as they love the good from them. Those bad times can be a test of ones composure. The reality of the situation though is these are also professionals that we are talking about. They are being compensated a lot of money to play this game and should be held accountable for their actions.
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) wasted no time to reach out to the NBA about the Noah incident. It did the same with Kobe Bryant.
Everyone knows going up against GLAAD is not a battle any image-conscious multi-million or multi-billion dollar business would want to take on. It's a pubilc relations nightmare.The league wasted no time and handed out fines to Bryant and Noah the next day after their incidents.
Giving players a fine for rule violations is one thing, however when it becomes a repeat offense is when it gains the potential to become a pattern. Thats an expensive risk to take for the player, that player's team, and the league that the team and the player represent. If the message did not get across the first time, what do you do next? Fine the player again? These are multi-million dollar athletes we are talking about!
Eventually a message has to be sent from employer to employee that clearly gets across that certain things just can't be tolerated. Most fans who have regular 9 to 5 jobs would have been terminated by their employers for that type of conduct. The punishment has to be one where other employees know that such behavior will never be accepted.
I'm not saying Joakim Noah should lose his job. Professional Sports operates a little differently than Corporate America. The tolerance lever is higher. However in this case, the punishment did not fit the crime and a strong enough message was not sent out to the rest of the league.
Fighting had become such a major issue in the league to the point where the Commissioner implemented a stronger punishment for players who were seen leaving the bench to involve themselves. Leave the bench … it's now an automatic 1 game suspension … not up for debate. It's now time for the league to make another major statement. If a player is seen on camera making anti – gay slurs or gestures, don't just fine them for it anymore … suspend them from their next game.
In the case of Joakim Noah, the punishment would have cost him not only $50,000 it would have also cost him the next playoff game. Noah would have realized that because of his unprofessionalism the team would be punished right along with him.
Here is the reality of the situation as it stands now …
The cameras are always watching the players. They are watching as soon the players step onto the court. Noah is young, however that's no excuse. The use of Anti-Gay Slurs has been a hot topic across the country for years now. The NBA is realizing just how hot a topic it really is.


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The 6th Mediterranean Neuroscience Conference was held from the 12th to the 15th June 2017 in St Julian's, Malta. This event was a great success, being the largest MNS conference since the beginning of the series.
67 selected contributed symposia, keynote speakers, an attendance of xxx participants from xxx different countries.
Keynote lectures were given by Giacomo Rizzolatti (University of Parma and University of Malta), Michaela Matteoli (University of Milan), Raphael Mechoulam (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Pierre Magistretti (EPFL, Lausanne and KAUST, Saudi Arabia – IBRO president), Rosa Cossart (Aix-Marseille University – INSERM), Ilana Gozes (Tel Aviv University), Carmen Cavada (Autonomous University of Madrid) and Vincenzo Crunelli (University of Cardiff and University of Malta). An additional special lecture featured Juan Lerma (Neuroscience Inst. of Alicante, secretary general of the FENS).
The lead organizer of the event was Giuseppe di Giovanni (University of Malta), vice-president of the MNS from 2017 to 2019.
A special round table on initiatives for euro-mediterranean cooperation was also held, featuring David Hansel (University Paris-Descartes) and Ahmed El Hady (Princeton University), as representatives of the training initiative Neurobridges, as well as a video-message by Mohammed Herzallah, leader of the Palestinian Neuroscience Initiative.
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Peter Stephen Paul Brook, CH, CBE (born 21 March 1925) is an English theatre and film director who has been based in France since the early 1970s. He has won multiple Tony and Emmy Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, the Praemium Imperiale, and the Prix Italia. He has been called "our greatest living theatre director".
With the Royal Shakespeare Company, Brook directed the first English language production of Marat/Sade in 1964. It transferred to Broadway in 1965 and won the Tony Award for Best Play, and Brook was named Best Director.


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How Should You Go About Wave Runner Rentals?
So you are clear that you are going to take a jet ski as soon as you go out on your summer holidays? But then again, do you know anything about private watercrafts? Chartering a jet ski is relatively different from hiring a car, depending on your knowledge of operations; you might have to undergo a training session to study the fundamentals of riding a personal watercraft and the basic rules relating to the safe operating procedures. At that time, like a car, you would have to pay more for the upmarket models. If some of these observations and questions have perplexed you, here are a few significant pieces of facts that are vigorous to rentals.
Why Should You Rent A Jet Ski?
Renting a private water craft is an inexpensive way to make your holiday an unforgettable one for your family and friends. If you wish to do something fun, Jet Ski rentals are effortlessly available and are usually reasonable enough for a family expedition or even spring break with friends. Apart from being an economical way of making your holiday spectacular, riding it would also prove to be one of the most frightening experiences of your life. For the reason that there are very few things in this world that could give you the high that you can get when riding over the waves on an ocean front as you sense a water spray on your face. You can circumnavigate to the middle of a water body with these private watercrafts to enjoy the tranquility and the serenity around you.
What Is The Difference Between A Wave Runner And A Sea Doo?
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Can You Hire A Personal Water Craft From A Jet Ski Rental Business?
If you have a credit card and a valid driver's license, you can hire it from just about any place that you necessitate. There is an age limit of 16 years for the setup of personal watercrafts in most of the states; on the other hand, the Jet Ski rental formation may impose a greater minimum age limit of 21 years to charter it from their institution. Most business would also want you to take the lesson on implementing Jet Skis, the safety measures, and local guidelines; while many provide training sessions at lower prices with the possibility of one free lesson. Except, you have substantial experience in functioning a ski in the metropolitan or state, it is suggested that you join at least a few of these programs.
For How Long Can I Hire A Jet Ski?
Jet skis can be hired for an hour to some days, if this is your initial time renting a private watercraft, you might want to hire it for a day and see if you relish the ride; although probabilities are that after one day, you might want to ride your jet skis each day.
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Once you have had the taste of a private watercraft ride, you will be tempted to purchase a watercraft; however, this may not be a viable solution. Considering the fact that, very few of us have the time to ride a personal watercraft every single day of the week and these devices are expensive so unless you intend to function them very often, purchasing one might not be worth the money.


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Health care costs in the US are out of control. General Motors spends almost $3,000 per car they sell paying...
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Dr. McDougall cuts corporate health care expenses in half using starch-based diet (VIDEO)
Jeff Nelson, VegSource Founder | April 2, 12 at 03:54 PM
Firefighters Fight Off Pounds with Engine 2 Diet (VIDEO)
February 22, 11 at 09:04 AM
So who cheated? It's a fair question to ask a group who's just undergone a challenge, especially in the case...
What are America's top 10 healthiest grocery stores?
health.com | Pamela Paul | December 17, 10 at 08:36 AM
Let's face it: Your weekly (or daily!) run to the grocery store is the foundation for your good health. So...
Whole Foods Rewards Workers Who Lose Weight (VIDEO)
cnn.com | February 2, 10 at 07:08 PM
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Whole Foods to reward workers who lose weight
mercurynews.com | November 24, 09 at 01:46 PM
Whole Foods Market, the largest U.S. natural-goods grocer, plans to sweeten store discounts to employees who lose weight and...