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Last night my Dragon was being naughty, doing things it shouldn't do like using one word when I for sure said another, but when I swore it was able to replicate that perfectly. Regardless, I wrote 1,234 words last night as I put the kids in their first minion class of the year and allowing Annie to remark on the new A Level from Ireland who has been making eyes at Kerry because–well, she's a Ginger, he's a Ginger, wouldn't they like to make some Gingers, too?
It also gives Annie an opportunity to make a snarky remark about Kerry's mom, which is more proof that Annie won't be the perfect daughter-in-law Mama Malibey hopes for.
Last time we found out that the Guardians were not only thinking of sending the kids out on missions with others but that they were considering sending him out after that little change thing happened. Well, Kerry has some thoughts on that…
The following excerpts from The Foundation Chronicles, Book Three: C For Continuing, copyright 2016, 2017 by Cassidy Frazee)
Kerry clamped his right hand over his mouth, something he did when he was thinking quickly. "Can I say something?"
Helena gave a slight shrug. "Go ahead."
"I don't mind going on a field operation with other girls. I mean, by now—" He held up his hands to indicate the other people in the room. "Doing stuff with other girls is pretty much second nature to me. But I gotta do a field operation without Annie, I'd rather not do it as Girl Me. I probably won't have had a lot of time to get use to being that way and I'm probably gonna feel a little self-conscious. Not to mention, doing all new stuff in a new body…" Kerry shook his head. "I'd spend a lot of my time feeling like I'm about to screw up. And that won't be fair to everyone else on the team."
Helena was about to offer a retort when Erywin spoke first. "I agree with Kerry."
"What?" Helena swiveled her chair to the left. "Why would you say that?"
Since Kerry got an earfull about that witch's brew called The Estrogens it's likely he's been giving some thought to how he's gonna feel once the tap is wide open–and figures it might not handle things all too well. After two years of hanging around girls who deal with hormonal issues on a daily basis it's pretty much even money he thinks he might not be able to handle Deconstructors and hormones at the same time.
Yeah, might not be a good idea to have her out in the field.
And Erywin agrees. Why? Well–
"Because it's true." Erywin's right eyebrow shot upward he saw the disbelieving gaze Helena was turning her way. "Do you want to hear, or would you like to disregard my opinion even though you asked me here as a counselor and advisor?"
Helena knew better then to argue with her longtime partner. "Please, let's hear it."
Erywin glanced toward Kerry. "We don't know when his transition is going to occur, only that it's going to occur sometime within the next six months. Even if it would happen tomorrow how many opportunities is he going to have to get used dealing with all the things that girls at his age will need to deal with? Maybe one or two times a month?" She brought a mischievous gaze to bear upon Helena. "Do you recall how moody you used to get when you were thirteen years old?"
"Slightly." The right corner of Helena's face screwed up in a frown. "I don't remember being that bad."
"That's because one, you started going through puberty when you were about nine years old so you had a few years to adjust, and two, you're full of shit." Erywin chuckled. "You know goddamn well what you used to be like when you were a C Level, and it wasn't always pleasant.
"One of the things Kerry's going to have to learn to deal with are the new emotional and mental responses that come with being a teenage girl, and it's not something he's going to pick up in one or two turns through the new body. It could take months for him to get reasonably acclimated—" Erywin gripped both armrest as she settled back into her chair. "Considering it takes some girls years to get acclimated within that timeline is not entirely out of the question.
"I've heard you say on many occasions that you often have to think of your duty to the group before you think of your duty to yourself." Erywin twirled a finger around in her hair and stared at Kerry. "He knows if he goes out as a girl and she is not fully prepared for the internal onslaught she is going to deal with on top of whatever other shit she's dealing with externally, that could put everyone in danger. And we don't want that."
Erywin is about the only person at school who can call Helena on her bullshit and not get death glares in the aftermath of the exchange. And if there is anyone who knows exactly what a hormonal thirteen year old Helena was like, it was an equally hormonal fourteen year old Erywin, and she knows the girl was a tattooed hell-beast at times. You can bet these two were a real party at times.
But Erywin is right: Kerry might not be ready to mix estradiol and death spells right away and it might be best to keep Girl Me, as he says, out of the field for a while. Even Helena begins to see the light:
"Hum." Helena scratched the bridge of her nose as she considered Erywin's statements. "How about this: we put through the recommendation, based upon what you just told me, that Kerry not be allowed to go out to the group mission as a girl for a period of one year after his first transition? That way, if they do want him for a group mission, he goes as a boy."
Erywin gave the matter some consideration. "That would work." She suddenly remembered something else. "If nothing else Kerry could always invoke a Right of Refusal if they try to force him into switching genders for a mission."
Kerry began laughing. "Yeah, what are they going to do? How would they make me change if I didn't want to?"
Helena slowly turned and regarded the boy carefully. "They have ways." She slid back up right in her chair and stretched. "I'm also going to include in the assessment that the
Guardians have to specify which gender they wish Kerry to present when informing him of a mission. That way—" She held out her arms and shrugged. "It makes giving a Right of Refusal easier."
Erywin nodded. "Agreed."
"I like that, too." Only a moment passed before Kerry appeared slightly dejected. "Though it kinda sounds like I'm getting a lot of special treatment."
Annie saw the glances Helena and Erywin exchange and felt it best to say something. "Kerry's medical exam yesterday showed his estrogens count is higher than normal. It could affect his moods." She gripped his hand. "I'm sorry, my love, but they need to know everything."
He looked up rather sheepishly. "I'll try not to let that happen too much; I don't want people to think they can't count on me."
Now things are straight, or at least gonna get there, and Kerry can move one thing off his "I gotta worry about this" plate. As I said before, Kerry's got people looking out for me and he's actually looking out for people he hasn't met yet. It's a good think the Guardians have their eyes on Annie and him, because the other divisions in The Foundation would probably like them as well.
And how does this all end? You find out tomorrow.


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How to Lock and Backup a Smartphone
There are steps you can take to keep your smartphone data safe. Learn how to lock and backup (sync) your device.
The smartphone is quickly eclipsing the PC for many common tasks such as email, social networking, Web browsing, editing or creating documents. Its growing popularity also increases their vulnerability; not only because smartphones are small and easily to lose, but also because they present a big target for same kinds of security threats that plague PCs -- viruses and other malware.
Smartphone Security Tips
These smartphone tips, courtesy of SmallBusinessComputing explain how to lock the device when it is unattended and also backup your data frequently to avoid malfunction.
1. Screen Lock Your Phone
If you leave your smartphone unattended for a while or if it's lost or stolen, you don't want to make it easy for a passerby to rifle through its contents. Setting your smartphone to require a PIN code or password for access after an inactive period is a relatively easy way to thwart this kind of opportunistic unauthorized access.
How to to Screen Lock a Smartphone
Android: Go to Settings > Location & security > Set up screen lock. The timeout delay is configured separately, under Settings > Display. Android also offers a connect-the-dots swipe pattern you can use in lieu of a PIN or password, but it might leave telltale smudges on your screen.
BlackBerry: Go to Options > Security Options > General Settings >Password.
iPhone: Go to Settings > General > Passcode lock.
Windows Phone 7: Go to Settings > Lock & Wallpaper.
2. Backup or Sync Your Data Frequently
Depending on the smartphone, you may have the option to make a comprehensive backup of your device to a computer, or at least maintain a redundant copy of the most critical data and settings by syncing with online storage via a vendor-provided service or a third-party app. You can't generally backup the complete contents of your smartphone online due to bandwidth and storage limitations.
If your phone does not offer adequate back up features, note that backup apps are available for some of the platforms and often provide additional features, such as the capability to back up text messages or call histories.
How to backup or sync your smartphone data:
Android: There's currently no option for a soup-to-nuts backup, but Android smartphones running version 2.2 and above have the capability to back up device settings and application data to Google servers. (Third-party app data may or may not be included in the backup, depending on whether or not the developer takes advantage of the feature. Android's backup option should be on by default, but you can check by going to Settings > Privacy > Back up my data. In addition, the nature of Google's services means that most of the ones you use on an Android device, e.g. Gmail, Contacts, Calendar, etc., are automatically kept in sync for you.
BlackBerry: You can backup a BlackBerry device from the BlackBerry Desktop software. The BlackBerry Protect app/service provides online backup of device settings along with bookmarks, calendar, contacts and text messages.
iPhone: iTunes creates a backup each time you plug in your iPhone to sync content. If you're willing to ante up MobileMe's $99 annual price tag (no free ride for iPhone 4 owners here, though there is a 60-day trial), the service will syncs key data both with online storage and with any Mac and/or PC you choose.
Windows Phone 7: Windows Phone 7 doesn't offer a way to do a phone backup via the companion Zune desktop software (though this is reportedly coming soon), but it does let you sync certain data and file types with a Windows Live account.
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relay for life
"There is no cure for cancer. This is why we walk…."
-Carolynn Johnson
Carolynn Johnson had just turned 37 years old when she found out she was pregnant. Within a two week period, she was also diagnosed with breast cancer. A radical mastectomy was recommended. She agreed. To protect her unborn child and in spite of risks to herself she ignored the request by her physician to have an abortion and waited until her second trimester to begin therapy. It would take eight rounds of chemo before Carolynn was able to begin her new life as a mother…and a survivor. She has walked for seven years.
My sister called me this morning and asked me to read her friend's story. "She's got a blog. Please look at it." Now I'm asking you to do the same. If you don't think you have the time, make it. Without a cure, over 10 million women will die from breast cancer in the next 25 years. If you don't think it concerns you, you're wrong: If you are a woman you're at risk. If you have a wife, mother, daughter or sister. They're at risk. It concerns us all.
This year Carolynn and her Crew will participate in the American Cancer Society's RELAY FOR LIFE. A veteran of both the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer and the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Carolynn has helped raise over $150,000 for breast cancer research. She walks again on June 30.
The RELAY FOR LIFE is an overnight event led by the American Cancer Society to help raise money for the fight against breast cancer. Please help by sponsoring Carolynn and her Crew.
Carolynn Johnson
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Emma Roberts & Hayden Christensen - 'Little Italy' First Look!
Check out this first look still released from Emma Roberts and Hayden Christensen's upcoming movie Little Italy, which recently wrapped production in Toronto.
Also starring Andrea Martin, Alyssa Milano, Danny Aiello, Adam Ferrara, Gary Basarba, Andrew Phung, and Jane Seymour, the movie is a story about a little place with a big heart – a community with deep roots that lives life loud and proud.
"Little Italy is a romantic comedy with a really big heart. Its a story about a community that loves, laughs, fights and forgives. It reminds us that love knows no boundaries," Hayden said.
Emma said, "I've always been a huge fan of Donald [Petrie, the director]'s movies and when I heard he was directing this film, a throwback to movies I've always loved watching, I jumped at the chance to play this character."
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I wanted to take this opportunity to recognise a few bloggers (in no particular order):
*A friend in need is a friend indeed. Today my spirit moved me to do a guest post for my dear sisterfriend, vchelle over at Operation You, to let her know i love you friend. Won't you please join me there?
*Christina of Soul Aperture, I've got nothin' but love for ya, my true soul sistah. You have shown me an added dimension to the simple things in life.
*A special "Thank You" to Gayle over at Planet M Files for the Sisterhood Award you recently awarded me. Please know that I truly appreciate it, from the bottom of my heart.
*And to my wild thing, Cam, over at Journey Wildly, you make my heart skip a beat. I'm honoured to serve as the Official Spiritual Advisor of Journey Wildly. Life is good.
*Thanks to Wanda over at What Would Wanda Do? You are simply awesome. Thanks for all you do.
*And to ELK over at red or gray, you make me smile, each and every visit. Thanks for always brightening my day.


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Ellesmere has always been an important settlement ever since those clever ancient Britons found that the magnificent glacial Mere was an ideal place for some genuine rest and relaxation. You know the sort of thing – a spot of fishing, gentle boating and gazing at the views and wildlife.
Ellesmere still draws people in today for exactly the same reasons, although there's much more to do today than simply standing and staring at the Mere, spectacular though it is; For a start there are formal gardens and woodland walks with art and sculpture trails to take in and there's the motte and bailey of the castle grounds – good place for a picnic and what's more you can buy all you need to eat from any one of the delicatessens or cafes in the town.
The wildlife and Heron Watch has always been synonymous with Ellesmere so you can get back to nature from the comfort of the indoor viewing area.
However it's hard to imagine that this pretty little market town in the heart of the Shropshire countryside was actually the catalyst for one of the greatest canal networks in the country and subsequent feats of breathtaking engineering that challenged the great Thomas Telford but it's true. The town even gave its name (very generously) to Ellesmere Port to confirm the fact – more of this later on.
Over the centuries Ellesmere has developed into vibrant market town with numerous Georgian and half-timbered buildings surrounding the medieval streets. Ellesmere's shops are many and varied, with the type of shops that other towns let go of years ago and not a 'mall' in sight.
Ellesmere prides itself on its individual and independent shops – some have been in the same family for generations and you only last that long if you know how to value your customers.
There are antiques, crafts and gifts, and many other shops striving to tempt you and fresh local produce from the delicatessen. The weekly market still runs since it was granted its charter in 1221 by Henry the third and occasional antique fairs and craft sales complement the retail scene.
All shopped out? Then there are plenty of cafes, pubs, inns and restaurants when you can sit down and recharge yourself before venturing out again.
Whether it's a new or older business Ellesmere is full of helpful retailers and staff who actually want to serve you – now how refreshing is that?


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hello again. in case you're not in NZ, you should still be aware that a new copyright law is close to being passed that may disconnect your isp. how does it work? if another server accuses you of downloading their material without permission, your isp will disconnect your service. yep, that's right. no due process, no real cause, you're screwed (no, i don't know how easy it will be to simply sign with another isp, or whether you'll be forced to pay out your contract).
in protest, many nz people are participating in a blackout. see here: http://creativefreedom.org.nz/
sure, this may not affect you directly, but beware. politics seems to be a game of "monkey see, monkey do". if it happens here, you could very well be next.
what do you think of this proposed law? vent here, please!


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Marquesan Vacation is the twelfth episode of Survivor: Marquesas.
Day 31
Kathy works on fire and makes a confessional, describing the tribe as depleted and homesick. The Tribe work on repairing the shelter. Sean almost falls off but catches himself and Robert helps him down. Paschal makes a confessional about spending more time with the castaways then your loved ones at home. When the tribe ate the taro roots, Paschal describes it as the tribe's mouth being cut up. Robert said he has to focus on the game and avoid missing loved ones. Kathy and Paschal went to go get Tree Mail. It was a turtle with a note inside.
The Castaways arrive for the challenge. Jeff reveals that the challenge is the Loved Ones Challenge. Everyone was happy and tearful to see their loved ones. Jeff explains how the challenge works and reveals that the loved ones would be playing instead. Soon, Paschal's Wife, Beverly, was the first person out, being blocked out by Sean's best friend Darryl. Darryl uncovered the tile that lets him vote someone out. He tosses his hat and it fell closest to Vecepia's husband, Leander and he was out. Darryl was eliminated in the next round as he had no where to go. Neleh's mother, Rebecca was the next to run out of options. In the end, Both Kathy's Son, Patrick and Robert's Sister, Diana ran out of moves at the same time. However, As it was Diana's turn, she was out and Patrick won the challenge. Diana apologized to Robert for losing the challenge with Kathy excitedly runs to her son. Jeff reveals that Patrick is a temporary member of Soliantu.
Kathy talks to her son about the conditions and how good it is to see him on the way to camp. The tribe made Patrick gather and prepare the food. He quickly gets the hang of things. Patrick describe himself as a preppy kid on the east coast and is out of his element. He describes the food as nasty and gives the castaways credit for eating it. Paschal and Vecepia make confessionals about their loved ones and how the camp changes your life. Kathy talks to Patrick about her predicament about if she chooses to commit to Neleh and Paschal or Sean and Vee, she gets 3rd place regardless which direction she decides to go.
Later that night, everyone is around the fire. Kathy tells Patrick how proud she is of him. Paschal asked Patrick about his favorite foods. Patrick said his favorite food was Cheeseburger and his favorite dessert was tumbleweed. When asked, He explains that is it a bed of strawberries, topped with vanilla ice cream.
Day 32
Patrick slept next to his mother. He describes it as terrible and is glad to be sleeping in a bed. Kathy asks why he has to go. Soon the boat came and everyone said Patrick goodbye, leaving Kathy in tears. Vecepia and Paschal agree that Patrick reminds them of what they left behind and what is waiting. Kathy makes a confessional about the Patrick's visit and finishing the game. Kathy talks to Robert about the game, specifically Sean and Vee, and Neleh and Paschal. Robert states he feeling vulnerable as the last Rotu Four member standing, but the game is everchanging. Neleh talks to Paschal about how nice it was to see her mom. At the same time, Sean mocks Neleh, pointing out he didn't see his mother. Sean makes a confessional about Neleh riding Paschal's coattails and pretends to be the girl next door. Kathy and Robert states that he states Paschal is the biggest threat but would vote him out over Neleh. Neleh states she is not giving up now. Sean and Vee agree that Neleh needs to go in order for them to have a shot. Kathy made a confessional, stating that she and Robert has to become a unit to have a chance at the finals.
The Castaways arrive for the Immunity Challenge and Jeff takes away the necklace from Robert. Jeff explains the challenge. Robert one-shots Paschal in the second round. Kathy does the same to Sean in the next round. Vecepia knocks out the General from the challenge in the next round. A few rounds later, Kathy was eliminated with both Vee and Neleh hit her. In the a close finish, Vecepia won immunity.
Day 33
Robert washes himself. He states he feel vulnerable because of his former alliance but is not going to beg if the others are dead-set on voting him out. He states his pride, honor and integrity is intact and has the friends he made. In a confessional, Kathy declares it Robert's time to go but Neleh and Paschal need to be separated. Neleh is worried that the others can join up and vote her out because anything can happen.
At Tribal Council, Robert was unanimously voted out with Sean getting a lone vote from Robert.
Challenge: Turtle Roll
The loved ones (not the Survivors) would stand around the far edge of a large puzzle, comprised of six-sided individual pieces. One at a time, the competitors would step from one piece to the next. As they stepped off a piece, they had to flip it over, revealing the color green. Taking turns, they would continue moving on to new pieces without the option of stepping back on a green piece. Once a person was trapped, unable to step on an "open" piece, they were out. The last person left on the board would win
Reward: An overnight stay with their friend/family at Soliantu beach.
Winner: Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien
Challenge: Sands of Time
Each Survivor recognized their name emblazoned on an hourglass-shaped structure dotted with different shaped tiles. Behind those tiles were piles of sand. At the base of each structure was a small tiki. Using the slingshots, the Survivors had to fire rocks at the tile panels of another tribe member's structure, releasing sand, which would cover the tiki. Once a Survivor's tiki was completely covered with sand, that person would be eliminated from the game. The Survivor whose tiki remained uncovered would win.
Winner: Vecepia Towery
Tribal Council
| Tribal Council 11:
| Voted
Robert (5 votes)
Kathy, Neleh, Paschal, Sean, Vecepia
Sean (1 vote)
Robert DeCanio
Voting Confessionals
Final Words
|I always say knowledge is power and all the knowledge that I accumulated in every conversation I had, every event I took part in, is knowledge that I will take from Tribal Council over to the jury and judge the people who have judged me tonight. So remember, the day of reckoning comes for all. Give me about six weeks and I'm ready to do this all over again. And that's about it, that's all I've got to say.
Still in the Running
- After this episode, Paschal English is the last male left from Rotu.
|Survivor: Marquesas Episodes
"Back to the Beach" · "Nacho Momma" · "No Pain, No Gain" · "The Winds Twist" · "The End of Innocence" · "The Underdogs" · "True Lies" · "Jury's Out" · "Look Closer: The First 24 Days" · "Two Peas in a Pod" · "The Princess" · "Marquesan Vacation" · "A Tale of Two Cities" · "The Sole Survivor" · "Reunion"


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A friend over at CalorieKing posted this on forum last week. I just made/ate it and it was delish! I prepared it in it's most simplest form so things can be added to it each time consumed. I also left out the sugar/salt/ sarachi. It yields a ton of food so good for making lunches for the week or quick dinners if out of time or ideas.
This is meant as a cold dish but I'm sure would be just as tasty hot.
The Goods
- 1 pack whole wheat spaghetti
The Sauce:
- 1/3 cup natural peanut butter
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
- 1 1/2 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tsp sarachi (thai hot sauce) or how much you can tolerate (this is optional as well if you don't like spicy)
- 1/4 tsp sugar (optional)
- 1/4 tsp salt (optional)
Cook the noodles (The easy part of the recipe!)
Run noodles under cold water and then toss with sauce!
Nutritional Info (without sugar/salt)
Serving size – 5oz (you will get about 8 servings out of this recipe)
173 calories; 4g fat; .4g sat fat, 172mg sodium; 35g carbs; 5g fiber; .4g sugar; 7g protein
Want to add to the dish? Try shrimp, broccoli, carrots, bean sprouts, peppers, scallions…or whatever else you can think of!


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Are We Not New Wave?: Modern Pop at the Turn of the 1980s
In the early '80s, new wave's most successful acts -- groups like the Cars, the Police, the Talking Heads, and newcomers the Go-Go's -- had established themselves among the upper echelon of critically acclaimed and top-selling rock artists.
That Damned Skinny Tie
As with disco before it, perhaps the strongest indicator of new wave's passage into the mainstream was the large number of high profile non-new wave artists who began releasing new wave-inspired albums. Just as the disco craze of 1978 had precipitated such 1979 disco-fied rock crossover novelty singles as Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" and Kiss's "I Was Made For Lovin' You," so the 1979 emergence of new wave would attract in 1980 such wandering pastiche stylists as Billy Joel (Glass Houses), Linda Ronstadt (Mad Love), and Robert Palmer (Clues). Unsurprisingly, Joel and Ronstadt, both of whom were in their early thirties, claimed to be less intrigued by the new wave's modernness or sense of difference than by its reenactment of an energetic rock and roll spirit that was deeply embedded in their own personal and artistic histories. In particular, Joel's hit single "It's Still Rock'n'Roll to Me" amounted to an adamant defense of his intentions. As he explained to Rolling Stone magazine, there was nothing new about the new wave:
New wave songs, it seems, can only be about two and a half minutes long... The sound has to be limited to what you can hear in a garage. A return to that sound is all that's going on now, so don't give me any of this New Wave—using a Farfisa organ because it's so hip... I grew up on jukebox music, and everybody in the band has played this music all their lives.
By the close of 1980, the emergent new wave formation had become seamlessly integrated with the dominant rock formation. Creem magazine acknowledged as much when it dispensed with the separate new wave categories in their year's end reader's poll with the justification that the music had finally assimilated itself into the mainstream. As had happened with punk, however, new wave's newfound popularity brought to the fore familiar concerns over the music's incorporation. These debates surfaced in the critical reception surrounding the August 1980 Heatwave festival held in Toronto, a one-day event that brought together such notables as the B-52's, Pretenders, Talking Heads, and Elvis Costello & the Attractions for an estimated 50,000 fans. Reporting for NME, Richard Grabel questioned the logic of moving what was a club-based music out into the fields. A new wave rock festival was "a contradiction in terms," and a sign that the rock industry was "a big-bellied whale, capable of swallowing anything." James Henke of Rolling Stone likewise structured his entire review around the haunting question of whether or not the new wave had sold out and compromised its original ideals. Could the very event that seemingly legitimized the new wave also be the one that symbolized its death? In the end, these questions of co-optation proved to be moot. While both critics agreed that compelling sets, especially from the Talking Heads and Elvis Costello, had made the Heatwave festival a creative and artistic success, from a financial standpoint it was a disaster. With ticket prices ranging from twenty to thirty dollars, the organizers had hoped to draw double the number of fans that ultimately paid their way for the event. The Heatwave festival ended with substantial losses that guaranteed it would be the first and last such mass new wave gathering.
Heatwave's failure to match its advance billing as the new wave "Woodstock of the Eighties" was not lost on the industry. While rock critics were wringing their hands over the genre's dance with the big-business devil, the major labels were noticing that the majority of bands that they had signed in their post-Knack moment of infatuation were managing only modest returns on their investments and in many cases were complete stiffs. Worst of all, the Knack itself, like the bands that were intended to follow in its footsteps, was faltering badly. The band's second release, ... But the Little Girls Understand, had run drastically over budget (reportedly reaching in excess of $500,000), negating the expectations of a cheap overhead that their first release had promised. To make matters worse, the album peaked at only number fifteen on the charts, while its lead single, "Baby Talks Dirty," barely scraped into the Top 40. By the time of its third album for Capitol in 1981, the Knack was essentially a nonentity reduced to playing half-filled clubs rather than the coliseums it had packed on their first tour.
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Two years after proclaiming the genre's breakthrough into radio, Billboard's September 1981 headline, "AOR Cuts New Wave Shows," signaled the industry's waning interest in the music. AOR directors were starting to curtail their new wave programming because they were fearful of how the new genre would blend with their established formats and audiences. The perception of new wave was that it was music favored by an audience primarily in their teens and early twenties. For AOR stations such audiences were suspect because they failed to match the purchasing power of the "plum over-25" demographic. Reliant upon advertising sponsorship, AOR stations could ill afford to disturb the cash flow that they believed a more established "classic rock" style promised. Billboard summarized the programmers' decision to cut back on new wave in brutally honest terms, naming "apathy on the part of the listeners, the desire not to be associated with the music because of the risk of listener tuneout and the willingness to let non-commercial college stations program [new wave.]" College radio would indeed pick up much of the new wave programming that AOR dropped and in a few short years would prove to be a major influence on the recording industry, but in 1981 it was still largely viewed as a noncommercial ghetto. By banishing new wave to the college radio ranks, most in the industry concurred that the music had run its course as a marketable genre.
R. Serge Denisoff has characterized new wave's "invasion" of the American music industry as an unfortunate "Bay of Pigs," and based on Billboard reports and chart action, it is easy to see why. The labels had lunged for new wave in 1979 in the midst of an economic collapse, but the passage of two years had failed to alleviate the industry's financial ailments. Label executives laid the blame on numerous sources, from home taping to the intrusion of new formats such as video games and movie rentals that were stealing away the audience's leisure time and money. Whether the effect of these demons on the industry was real or imagined, they nonetheless reflected a discouraging situation. Within this paranoid industry climate, new wave bands with shaky sales histories were viewed as expendable.
At the same time, there is a danger in charting the course of a genre such as new wave through its depiction in the weekly music industry papers. To be sure, this reception reflects a certain reality, but it is a narrow one. Looking beyond the dim assessments of AOR programmers and jaded industry insiders, one could easily find evidence to the contrary in 1981 and 1982 that new wave was a sustainable, growing movement. New wave's most successful acts—groups like the Cars, the Police, the Talking Heads, and newcomers the Go-Go's—had established themselves among the upper echelon of critically acclaimed and top-selling rock artists. Additionally, the occasional new wave novelty, such as Toni Basil's "Mickey" or Trio's "Da Da Da," still found its way into the Top 40 rotation. A number of important independent new wave labels had emerged, such as I.R.S., Slash, and 415—all of which by 1982 had signed distribution deals with major labels—and Ian Copeland's Frontier Booking International had formed a national circuit of new wave–friendly clubs in which these artists could perform. Even if the music had not transformed AOR and conquered the charts, there was still a tremendous amount of energy emanating from the new wave.
The continuing interest in the new wave was especially evident with the launching of the New Music Seminar in 1980, an event that explored through a series of panels the means and measures of evaluating, producing, marketing, and selling progressive, modern music to an indifferent industry. By its second year, the Seminar had expanded nearly threefold, and it would soon become a requisite professional meeting ground for industry representatives as well as a coveted showcase opportunity for up-and-coming artists. The New Music Seminar would stand as one of the new wave's strongest legacies until its folding in the mid-1990s, but ironically one of its most significant contributions was the shift in nomenclature that it encouraged away from new wave to that of new music. As a genre label, new music differed only slightly from new wave, and any fan of the bands gathered underneath their respective wings would have readily noticed that they were referring to essentially the same thing. But for an industry still smarting from a post-Knack fallout, it was prudent to create some distance from new wave's troubled past.
As we will see in the next chapter, in the early 1980s many "new" variants would come to compete with the new wave as descriptors for the modern pop music of the time. More than just simple name changes, these shifts in labeling would reflect a new expanded range of styles. Most significantly, these newest of the new waves would finally come to dominate the Top 40 realm that had generally proven so elusive to the first new wave. As a result, new wave would be transformed from an emergent cultural formation into a dominant one.
He is the editor of the anthology The Rock History Reader (Routledge, 2007) and his articles on topics ranging from riot grrrl and math rock to teen movie soundtracks have appeared in the journals American Music, The Journal of Popular Music Studies, Current Musicology and in the collections Musics of Multicultural America (Schirmer, 1997) and Progressive Rock Reconsidered (Routledge, 2002).
In addition to his scholarly work, Cateforis played drums and keyboards with the New York City indie rock bands Bunsen Honeydew and Four Volts from 1997 to 2004. He has also been a regular "record reviews" contributor to the highly regarded rock music magazine The Big Takeover since 1994.


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November 19
The Brethren in Christ and American Evangelicalism: Optimism or pessimism?By Devin Manzullo-Thomas
Earlier this month I had the distinct privilege of joining with some fellow historians to discuss "Shifting Identities Among American Anabaptists" in a session of the 2012 Conference on Faith and History. (See part of my talk here.)
In addition to my presentation, which focused on American evangelicalism's influence on the Brethren in Christ Church in the post-World War II era, panelists discussed institutional and theological changes within Anabaptist communities like the Mennonite Church USA and the Missionary Church.
In the papers themselves and then in the ensuing Q-and-A, most discussion centered on the historical intersections of Anabaptism and evangelicalism — and, more specifically, on whether or not Anabaptists should be optimistic or pessimistic about the perseverance of their tradition in the midst of evangelicalism.
Interestingly, I was tapped as the optimist on the panel — the one who saw the most hope for the continuing relevance of Anabaptism (in the Brethren in Christ context). One of my fellow panelists, representing the Missionary Church, also pointed to the Brethren in Christ as an exemplar of a historically Anabaptist community maintaining its Anabaptist distinctives in an "age of evangelicalism."
In the Q-and-A, I joked that perhaps I had oversold my "optimism." I recognize that the Brethren in Christ — especially right now — stand to lose their historic Anabaptist amidst evangelical over-saturation. In the past we've had folks like Ronald J. Sider who sought to blend the best of evangelicalism with the best of Anabaptism. Do we have such voices today?
Certainly our denominational historians and theologians have noted the precarious position of the church. Owen Alderfer called Anabaptism the "burden" of the Brethren in Christ tradition. Luke Keefer warned that we would need to "domesticate" evangelicalism or risk its eclipse of our Anabaptist and Wesleyan distinctives. More recently, some leaders have directly implicated evangelicalism as one major threat to our peace witness. These are relevant arguments, much-needed words of caution.
I walked away from my CFH panel wondering, "How optimistic should the Brethren in Christ be? Can we sustain our Anabaptist roots in the midst of so much evangelical influence?" I've continued to wrestle with these questions in the time since I got back from the conference.
Ultimately, I feel compelled to say, "Yes, we have reasons for optimism." Here are three of those reasons, briefly:
- We are still talking about Anabaptist themes. Sometimes the tenor of the Anabaptist/Evangelical debate within Brethren in Christ circles makes it sound as if no Anabaptist influence still exists within the church. Alderfer's "burden" thesis is a great example of this. Do the Brethren in Christ really think of their Anabaptist heritage only as a "burden"?
With all due respect to the late Dr. Alderfer, I want to say, "no." Sure, some Brethren in Christ likely think of some Anabaptist-related aspects of their heritage — like plain dress — as "burdens." Certainly these aspects of our former denominational identity, born from our very Anabaptist desire to be separate from "the world," were thought of as burdensome — one of several reasons why they were jettisoned in the mid-1950s.
Of course, Anabaptism isn't just about plain dress. Plenty of Brethren in Christ are proclaiming an Anabaptist spirituality. This is especially true among a younger generation of church leaders. Plus we have congregations that are reviving some of the best Anabaptist-inspired traditions from the Brethren in Christ past. My congregation, Circle of Hope in Philadelphia, holds a quarterly love feast — a historic practice among Brethren in Christ, inspired by their very Anabaptist (and very biblical) sense of community.
Of course, the Brethren in Christ are also still talking about Anabaptism and its themes of service, community, and peace. Our core values emphasize these values. Our denominational magazine tackles the issues all the time. The fact that we're still talking about Anabaptism — and modeling our practice on its themes — suggests that the tradition's influence isn't really waning.
- We still possess (at least on paper) a very Anabaptist polity. The Brethren in Christ maintain a polity structure that emphasizes that timeless Anabaptist (and biblical!) theme: the gathered community. At the center of our polity are local congregations — those regional communities of believers who meet weekly for worship and fellowship. Encircling the whole community is the General Conference — the representative body, composed of laypeople and leaders, that gathers together every two years to discern corporately what direction our community should take. Ultimate decision-making power still rests with this body.
According to our polity, power flows from the center out. Questions, concerns and critical issues arise from the group; decisions on how to address such issues are made by the group, too. This is a very Anabaptist way to do church.
In recent years, concerns have been raised about the centralization of power. Beginning in the 1950s, the polity of the church was revised and consolidated; authority was moved from a broad group of bishops serving clusters (districts) of three or less churches, to five bishops serving six Regional Conferences made up of many churches. In this schema, power was still somewhat decentralized; each bishop held equal sway, and an election pattern ensured that each bishop would only hold the greatest positions of authority — either Moderator or General Secretary of the General Conference — once every year.
Over time, the church continued to grow and General Conference switched to a biennium schedule. Concerns were raised about the effectiveness of a denomination without a more centralized authority structure. Thus, in the early 1990s came the installation of full-time, paid General Church leaders — initially, a Moderator, a General Secretary, a Bishop of Bishops, and a Chief Financial Officer. Articles from the Evangelical Visitor during that era suggest that, although the new polity structure passed a General Conference vote, not every member of the church backed the new idea. Many were concerned that this new structure placed authority in the hands of a select few — a very un-Anabaptist way of doing things.
I think there's still hope to recover more of the Anabaptist essence of our present polity. Let's keep talking, keep dialoguing — the key to functioning as a community of discernment. Let's find ways to make this conversation happen on the "off years" — the time when General Conference doesn't meet. In fact, let's find ways to make this conversation happen as though there was no General Conference at all. Let's relate to one another as brothers and sisters in Christ — a key insight of the Anabaptist movement. If we can maintain our Anabaptist polity, we can maintain our Anabaptist influence.
- The Brethren in Christ have clearly influenced the larger evangelical culture. Since the 1950s, Brethren in Christ people have born public testimony to the church's historic "full Bible" witness — a witness that takes seriously the entirety of the biblical mandate, not just the easy parts.
I've written about this historic "witnessing" before. Our past is full of models, like Bishop and Messiah College President C. N. Hostetter, Jr., and activist and theologian Ronald J. Sider, who boldly decried the lowering of gospel standards, especially among evangelicals. Christian peace and justice are not just ethical concerns for a few groups of believers; they are biblical mandates for the whole Church. Evangelicals have been among those Christians to ignore such mandates. As Hostetter opined in the 1950s, "The evangelical fellowship should be better informed." Today's Brethren in Christ would do well to continue this model of witness — and would, in so doing, demonstrate the ongoing relevance of the Anabaptist tradition to contemporary evangelicals.
Devin Manzullo-Thomas is part of the Broad and Washington congregation of Circle of Hope. He blogs here, where this blog originally appeared.
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It's as though the creative team considers the play some sort of mystery grab-bag gift and is inviting the audience to unwrap it and discover the surprise. Fans of Lucas' other works (Reckless, Blue Window, Prelude to a Kiss) will be disappointed that the playwright's familiar standard -- fractured reality leading to an epiphany -- never quite materializes in Missing Persons.
It begins promisingly enough with a woman asleep in a chair by a desk. This is Addie Pencke (Joy Carlin), mother of Hat (James Newcomb) and ex-wife of Tucker (James Carpenter). A naked man -- identity unknown for the moment, but he turns out to be Steve (Dylan Kussman), a dimwitted grocery clerk -- scurries out onto the landing directly above her and empties a sheaf of papers that fall on her like leaves. She revels in them for a brief, playful moment, and then awakens, disoriented. Hat appears, wishes her a happy Thanksgiving, and mournfully reports that his soon-to-be-ex-wife, Joan (Zachary Barton), has brought the naked man home. Addie curses, dashes into the kitchen, and takes the turkey, which she's forgotten to thaw, from the freezer. It will sit like a rock on the butcher block table for most of the first act, a glaring reminder of the state of relationships in this chilly home.
Addie is a critic and professor of English. Hat is an unpublished poet who hauls slag for a living, and the papers that rained down on Addie as she slept were his verses. When he finds them scattered all over the floor, he assumes she's taken them from his desk and is outraged at this violation of his privacy. With his next breath he's dying to know what she thinks. She tries to demur, but he insists, and she delivers a dry appraisal that includes the advice, "Before you go shattering forms, you should prove that you're capable of honoring them."
Almost at once the lights change, the walls become transparent, the world is skewed, and we have arrived in Craig Lucas-Land. Past and future occur simultaneously as the young Hat (Eli Marienthal) appears to Addie bearing a report card with a shocking C in English. Long-gone husband Tucker pops out of a closet with a draft of a poem for Addie's assessment. The adult Hat replays the scene in which Joan asks him for a divorce, and on the sidelines Gemma (Marceline Hugot), a young widow with three children, makes a poignant pitch for Hat's romantic attention.
The Missing Persons parallel universe is a control freak's extended nightmare. A whimsical, lopsided place in which the perfectionists (Hat as well as Addie) must come to terms with their own crippling standards and where everything is off-kilter: People burst out of closets, refrigerators, and sofas; life-shifting moments are continually replayed; strangers appear in the bosom of the family.
Then there's Thanksgiving, which provides metaphors aplenty: Along with the turkey that refuses to thaw is a sense that these people are literally (and unsuccessfully) trying to stuff their feelings. Symbolism is rampant, along with philosophical interpretation, but straight lines are resolutely followed by punch lines and no coherent dramatic strategy emerges. Even the final scene -- a sweet reconciliation of sorts -- functions as mere icing on a half-baked cake.
The performances are energetic, warm, and appealing, but none leaps out as particularly inspired. Everyone seems underused somehow. Joy Carlin delivers Addie's acerbic and witty rejoinders in proper, low-key fashion, but (as becomes clear in the program's interview with the playwright) this is supposed to be Addie's play. Her struggle with (as Lucas puts it) "the warring forces in her own psyche" should determine the action and lead to an epiphany of some sort. Carlin's Addie comes across as impatient and irritated at how easily the egos around her can be bruised. And while there's a grudging acknowledgment that she will come to learn "poetry is not made of masterpieces but of failures," this insight is Tucker's, not hers.
As the doubly cursed Hat (hypersensitive and hypercritical), James Newcomb is plaintive and adolescent, and it's difficult to understand Gemma's worshipful attention. He seems stunned to find that his inner critical voice sounds -- shock, horror! -- just like Mom's.
Zachary Barton and Marceline Hugot are almost equally underutilized, each having made powerful impressions in the past with brilliantly comic and sexually charged performances -- Barton, most recently, in ACT's Dark Rapture (Eric Overmyer), and Hugot in the Berkeley Rep's unforgettable Changes of Heart (Marivaux).
Dylan Kussman makes the most of slow-witted Steve, the good-looking vision from Addie's dream, who has found himself without a home for the holidays. Oblivious to the drama unfolding around him and unencumbered by ideas of any kind, Kussman's Steve is the only one of this crowd who can make himself at home.
James Carpenter gives Tucker an exuberant sexual presence which lets us in on what made him so appealing to Addie and what, too, led him to disappear from her life with such shocking finality. (Every time he dashes out, replaying his final exit yet again, the slamming door sounds like a gunshot.)
Young Eli Marienthal does a fine job with the 11-year-old version of Hat, but the laughs he gets are unforgivably cheap, the result of his spouting banal profanity and parroting the adult Hat's perceptions.
There are plenty of cheap laughs in Missing Persons, which never develops beyond the level of sitcom in spite of its promising beginning. Nice touches of staging by director Penny Metropulos -- such as the way the young Hat and the adult Hat mirror each other's actions -- can't overcome the scattershot structure. The plain-wrapped set becomes an ironic comment on a play that struggles to extricate itself but never manages to break out of its alluring package.
Missing Persons runs through May 26 at Berkeley Repertory Theater; call (510) 845-4700.


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Christine Thompson (STO community handle "Kestral" or "CrypticKestral") was a member of Cryptic Studios and the lead writer for Star Trek Online. She has also written a number of short stories set in the Star Trek Online continuity, published in Star Trek Magazine. Thompson announced in July 2015 that she would be leaving Cryptic. [1]
Thompson also provided the voice for Kyona in "Facility 4028".
- ST video game: Star Trek Online (as part of Cryptic Studios, 2010)
- STO short story: "Unexpected Honor" (2012)
- STO short story: "Shakedown" (2012)
- STO short story: "Mirror Image, Part I" (2013)
- STO video game: Legacy of Romulus (STO expansion pack, 2013)
- STO short story: "Dove" (2014)
- STO video game: Delta Rising (STO expansion pack, 2014)
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- Developers article at The Star Trek Online Wiki.


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Despite a highly-touted resodding, the Gillette Stadium field became a treacherous quagmire early in the game. Slips were plentiful and Jets kicker Mike Nugent fell squarely on the seat of his pants on a successful extra point.
"It was a mess," Jets running back Kevan Barlow said. "I feel sorry for the next guys who come here."
Jerricho Cotchery continued to thrive against New England. The wideout had his second TD catch in as many games against the Pats, a nifty 22-yard grab deep in the end zone for the score that provided the Jets' margin of victory.
"We don't throw that kind of pass too often," Cotchery said of the deep fade. "I saw the ball and I knew it was up to me and the DB to go for the ball."
Cotchery outmaneuvered Pats' corner Ellis Hobbs for the touchdown.
"I gave number 89 a chance to make a play, and he did," quarterback Chad Pennington said.
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I find myself writing this from my very favorite green chair, a chair I've had since I was 17, that is stationed firmly up against a wall in Dan's room. It's weird seeing my things here, because this place is so familiar, and my things are so familiar… but together they are different. Together my chair, my paintings, my tea box, and Dan's room all make up something new. I've been here so many times, but tonight I'm not just visiting… and I can feel it. As he set his desk up in a different corner of the room to accommodate my life inside of his he asked me, "how am I going to set up this microphone?", and I answered with "we'll figure it out." Earlier today he told me he doesn't like "We'll figure it out", because it may sound nice and reassuring, but it really just means something hasn't been figured out yet. I like it, though.
I'm comfortable not having plans. I'm comfortable having plans to eventually have plans. Most people want to map everything out, be in control of all the variables. Me? I more or less operate my life with a vague outline of what I want and how I want to get it, rather than taking that extra step and fleshing out a draft. I don't believe in 5 year plans, nor do I believe that you can plan for everything. This keeps me optimistic, I think, since it allows me to believe that everything is still possible… even if it isn't. Maybe I still want to be a princess when I grow up. I haven't thought about all the reasons why it could never happen, or everything that could go wrong along the way, I've only thought of all the reasons why it would be awesome.
I guess… you could say I'm a dreamer.
In fact, I would say I have more dreams than goals. The difference between those two being that dreams are the things people usually give up to achieve their goals. The sad thing is that the world that we live in is designed to let people do that. My freshman history professor once said to my class that the world is full of dream killers, and it's resonated with me through out the years. To me, this doesn't necessarily mean that there are a bunch of people out there who are actively trying to keep others from being what they want to be, but there will always be people around to tell you why you can't do something. Sometimes it's someone as close to you as your best friend, sometimes it's someone you barely know, and sometimes it's yourself.
You see, we were told that we could be or do anything, but life isn't actually set up that way. They send us to school for 16 years, and somewhere between learning to drive and throwing your tasseled hat in to the air, you have to decide what you're going to do with the rest of your life. There's never any real time to sit down and actually think about the decisions we're making; we're just rushed in to making them. I didn't know what shoes I wanted to wear when I was 18, let alone what productive role in society I wanted to fill. We spend our whole childhood preparing for our life to start… but when is that exactly? Does it start after high school, after college, after you get married and buy a house, after you have a baby? I've come to realize that the answer is relatively simple. Life isn't some big grand thing that we have to be on a list to get in to. Life is apparently what happens when you're busy making other plans. This is it. Lion King had it right. Life starts "the day we arrive on this planet."
I don't want to be too busy making plans to realize that I'm living.
So yeah, we'll figure it out. Assurance may be safe, but it's boring, too. I don't know where I'm going to be in my life next year, but I know that I'm out here taking real risks for the first time in ever. I'm young, I'm in love, and I'm not going to bother with noticing the dream killers anymore – not even the one in myself. Looking back, that's probably what my history professor was hoping we'd get out of that lecture. The truth is that the world is actually full of possibilities, but it's only as full of them as you let it be.
It occurs to me that I'm writing an unintentional homage to John Lennon, and though I'm not the biggest fan, it's okay. I suppose the guy said some cool things from time to time.


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Using Elsevier's Reference Module in Food Science to provide first-rate consulting
As an independent scientific and regulatory affairs consultant I found myself at the mercy of internet searches, having to wade through numerous articles - many of which were ultimately of little value. It was often difficult to refine an internet search for information on a specific subject without receiving articles that were out of date, barely relevant because they were a small part of a larger presentation, or written by people who were not authoritative sources on the subject. I do not have access to a library of hardcopy books on the job and many of my clients want an immediate answer "now". Being able to react and respond quickly with meaningful, accurate and up-to-date information is a necessity to enable my clients to potentially reduce the time necessary to realize their objectives.
Reference Module solving multiple issues
As a solution I turned to Elsevier's Reference Module in Food Science. This Reference Module contains trusted, peer-reviewed, comprehensive content from Elsevier's reference works curated by a world-class editorial board. It is designed for faster, more relevant browsing within the subject and beyond, with "Feature Articles" for quick, clear overviews, intuitive subject hierarchies to put everything in context, and guidance to lead researchers to related knowledge. This dynamic work will change as science changes.
I found the Reference Module to be a major advantage to my work, allowing me to search for articles on multiple subjects, all in the one location. I now have a dedicated library relating to all aspects of food science at my fingertips. And when I have had to search outside the Reference Module for advanced information, it is usually done using an author or reference cited in a specific article from the reference module - thus providing a more targeted search
As a Consultant I am expected to provide a balanced view of all aspects of a client's needs. Gone are the days when consultants could restrict their advice to a single subject. While clients do not necessarily expect consultants to be an authority on everything, they do want a more holistic response to an issue. The Reference Module solves this challenge by providing additional reading and "See also" sections at the bottom of articles, allowing the consultant to look further for information. I could provide an answer simply from a purist regulatory affairs perspective based on my knowledge but being able to also offer direction or information on food safety, environmental, analytical and/or processing issues adds credibility and more complete responses, and reduces the clients' reaction time to an issue.
The Reference Module in Food Science also allows the consultant to search quickly and easily for relevant and up-to-date information on issues. Because the articles will be reviewed for currency every one to three years (depending on how fast that area of the field develops), the Reference Module will maintain its relevance. I know that science is evolving all the time and that even within three years, I can expect to see some changes on issues but the articles in the Reference Module provide authoritative sources I can use to refine any search for additional or more recent information, often from the same author.
Built-in hierarchy allows rapid access to related information
The hierarchy within each subject of the Reference Modules enables consultants to easily understand the scope and range of topics covered, unlike the internet where searches are generally unable to provide authoritative information on the context relating to the topic or additional topics that may also be relevant.
I was recently asked by a colleague if I could provide information relating to the manufacture of a specific food product using alternative ingredients. While I did have some information at hand, a quick search in the Reference Module in Food Science offered a number of articles relating not only to the technology involved but safety issues and, as an added bonus, to textural aspects that affected consumer acceptance. Additional searches using authors cited in these articles revealed more information on food chemistry and production aspects, which also proved to be helpful. And again, the best part for me is that it is all available in one location.
With more than 40 years of experience in a number of disciplines including scientific and regulatory affairs, quality assurance, production, and product development applications, as a consultant I can now bring an added dimension to the services I provides to my clients, thanks to Elsevier's Reference Module in Food Science.
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- Reference Module in Food Science
- Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences
- Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences
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Neil W. Smith is a food industry professional with over 40 years of experience in a number of disciplines including Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, Production, and Product Development Applications. He has worked for major international companies such as Nestlé, Kraft, and Cadbury in local and regional roles, across a number of product types including dairy, confectionery, beverages, and savoury foods industries. Neil has formal qualifications in packaging technology and dairy technology having graduated from the Gilbert Chandler Institute of Dairy Technology in Melbourne. He has also been a qualified lead food safety auditor. He is the subject editor for the Food Management, Policy, and Regulations section of the Reference Module in Food Science.


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With a love for The Beatles and spark of interest to visit such a historical city, I was finally able to cross Liverpool (or "Liverpewl") off my Places To Go list.
It was a beautiful Saturday morning when my friend Caroline and I arrived in Liverpool. We didn't go with a tour company and had all the free time to do whatever and go wherever we wanted.
Because it was so sunny and beautiful that morning and didn't know what the weather would be like later on, we decided to journey to Albert Dock, which is one of the most touristy places in Liverpool; mainly because of the shear beauty of the docks, but also due to the fact that the Beatles museum as well as other museums that are located in the vicinity.
Albert Dock was the first place I visited and the last place I visited; it was my most favourite place about Liverpool. It was so incredibly beautiful and full of history. They had the Beatles Story Exhibition, the Tate Liverpool, International Slavery museum, and so many restaurants, shops and cafes. They even had a Yellow Submarine at the docks; if only I had gotten a chance to ride on it.
After a beautiful morning at Albert Dock, Caroline and I decided to venture into the heart of the city and see the three main cathedrals and churches that were of immense significance and beauty. We travelled through Chinatown to get to our first cathedral on our list: The Liverpool Cathedral.
Words can not express how beautiful this cathedral was, and most important, how huge it was. This Anglican Cathedral Liverpool of is the largest in the United Kingdom and the fifth largest in the world.
The exterior was just as beautiful as the interior; except this cathedral was free to see the inside, which makes things much more epic! The inside was awe-inspiring and even just the staircases reminded me how beautiful architecture is (and this was all because of a staircase). The photo to the left just reminded me of a scene from Harry Potter within Hogwarts. I wonder if these staircases move? Probably not. They were still magical to see none-the-less.
I rarely go to church, but I would most definitely go to a service if it was held in this magnificent cathedral.
Our next stop consisted of this run-down Church called St. Luke's. It was located on the top of Bold Street and was significantly destroyed from bombing during the 1940's. It is commonly now known as "the bombed-out church" and is quite interesting to see.
As we ventured through Bold street, which is known for there vintage shops and cafes, and finally came to the third and final church on our list: the Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral.
This cathedral looks like a bloody spaceship. It was actually really interesting to see and to take a look inside. I felt like I was in space or at least in a futuristic setting.
What I liked most about all three of these churches was the fact that they were all free to see and go inside; those are my favourite types of churches.
Caroline and I began to walk towards Mathew Street where The Cavern was located. The Cavern was where the Beatles first performed at a club during the 1960's, and is now a huge tourist attraction.
After we hung out with The Beatles, we journeyed through the more industrial and busy area of Liverpool until we came to the World Museum. This was the start to journey of seeing all the museums in Liverpool.
Seeing as how time was limited, we decided to only go into two of the three museums on our list. The World Museum was not one of the two we really wanted to see.
Instead, we made our way back to Albert Dock to see the Merseyside Maritime Museum. Inside this museum, the had free entry to see the Titanic exhibition, as well as entry to the International Slavery Museum.
Both the Titanic exhibition and Slavery museum were extremely interesting and knowledgeful. Both the history of the Titanic, as well as the history of Slavery interest me in a mixture of ways, and I learned a lot from both exhibitions.
After viewing the two exhibitions, we decided to head to Liverpool One, to see what it was all about. Basically, Liverpool One is like a giant shopping mall, except that its outside. You can climb this giant hill to reach the top floor of the shopping centre, and when you look below, you feel like your in an indoor shopping mall, but you're not. It was really interesting to see, and there were lots of interesting and fashionable shops.
We realized that we had a few more hours left and decided to go to the Tate Liverpool. They had a Monet exhibition going on, but it costed a large amount of money to see it, and since I've already seen a lot of Monet paintings, I decided not to go. Instead, we were able to view some works of art on 2 floors of the Tate museum (because it was free). The works of art on these two floors were very contemporary and fairly odd pieces of art work; interesting, but questionable. I wasn't as pleased by the art works offered at this museum compared to most of the free museums I visit, however, when I came to the last piece of artwork available, I was completely satisfied. They had one of the most recognizable, controversial and questionable pieces of art that really questioned "What Is Art? Who defines what is it?": Fountain 1917 by Marcel Duchamp. I flipped when I saw this in the Museaum… but under close inspection, I realized that it couldn't have been the real thing. Then I looked at the description block available on the wall, it backed up my hypothesis; a replica. Dang.
We spent the rest of our evening getting some Subway for dinner (YOLO!) and walking around the city and docks some more before we head to catch our ride back home to Leeds.
The sights and sounds of Liverpool were very beautiful and interesting. Even though Albert Dock was probably my most favourite thing about the city, I'm unsure whether I would have another reason to go back; it seems that Liverpool is just one of those cities that you only see once in your life and probably never go back. For me, it was missing that wow! factor…
I loved the churches, and found the museums very interesting, and would recommend the places I visited to those who have a desire to visit Liverpool. The air rings with Beatles music wherever you go, and if you get to visit Liverpool on a beautiful, sunny day; then you're in luck.


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Where does precious marketing budget ooze away to? "I know, half of the money I spent on advertisement goes to waste. I just don't know which half", stated by Henry Ford almost a hundred Years ago. What was his problem? He had little possibilities to systematically analyze the reaction to his advertising. Today we have […]
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"Lead Management Is Too Often Mixed Up With Lead Generation"
Successful closing in the lead management process often fails with sales partners. It is by all means important to closely build them into the process and to motivate them to become part of your lead management. Philipp von der Brüggen knows why joint lead management with sales partners is essential and how it works. The B2B communication expert offers comprehensive knowledge of complex sales structures. We spoke with him to discover why that 'Lead Management with Partners' discipline is so important to master.
Good Lead Management Is No Speed Dating
If you are looking to do good lead management, you cannot make it without a marketing automation solution today, says Norbert Schuster. The veteran lead management expert knows oats in the sales and marketing digitization stuff. His specialities are the branded strike2 Waterhole Strategy (Wasserloch- Strategie®), inbound marketing and marketing automation. We have asked him what companies with multi-tier sales structures can do to generate more and better leads.
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Lead Scoring:
Only a Marketing Task?
Marketing automation vendors sprout like mushrooms from the ground. The digitization of the communication process offers utterly new possibilities. Those are based on the assessment of customer behaviour – the so-called scoring. But scoring often ends at the lead generation phase. Wrong!
Marketing Automation Isn't Lead Management Yet
I was asked last week: "Why should we purchase the leadtributor solution if we have a marketing automation system? We are doing lead management already!" The question was a big surprise for me. But somehow the other way not really. The whole topic with marketing and sales digitization has produced incredibly many buzzwords. They are flying through marketing departments one after another: inbound marketing, behavioral marketing, omnichannel marketing, growth hacking, content marketing, marketing automation and lead management – to name just a few.
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The Customer Journey Is Too Often a One Way Street
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Lead Management:
The Lead Is There! What's Next?
"Marketing is the New Sales", was the headline of a recent Forbes article. Marketing is expected more than ever to deliver a clear contribution to the company's success. However, party-colored pictures are becoming a thing of the past. Marketing should be measurable stuff! But what is measurable? – and what is the primary task of marketing when it no longer works with a 'normal' sales department but with sales partners, in case products and services are promoted over a distribution channel?
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The 9 Principles of successful Opportunity Management
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Why trash your opportunities?
Come on now, be honest. Are you still sending leads to your resellers by fax or email? Then you know how difficult it is to get feedback on how the lead is progressing. Which reseller's doing what? How do things stand at the moment? How much revenue have your channel initiatives generated? People who download something from your website, said they were interested in a special offer, visited one of your events or participated in a competition. All the contacts need to be qualified, processed and forwarded to the right salesperson. "Managed", in other words. But how?
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Women in Alexandria Bay and the surrounding river communities now have access to the most advanced mammograms available, close to home at River Hospital. Equipment upgrades made possible by last summer's capital grant from New York State have allowed River Hospital to upgrade to 3D mammography, also known as digital breast tomosynthesis, which provides several critical improvements for patients.
"3D technology provides a much clearer image of the breast, even if the patient has dense or overlapping tissue", says Dr. Ali Gharagozloo, radiologist at River Hospital. "This can decrease the potential of patients being called back for additional testing, as well as increasing the ability to diagnose breast cancer."
A 3D mammogram is very similar to any other mammogram experience for the patient, adding only seconds onto the examination length. But this new screening technology provides a three-dimensional image of the breast using several low-dose X-ray images from different angles. Providers are able to see a clearer image of the breast tissue allowing for earlier detection of breast cancer, and earlier detection of breast cancer has been proven to help save lives.
Benefits of 3D mammography include:
1) More accurate detection: By minimizing the impact of overlapping breast tissue, 3D mammography can make a tumor easier to see. Reviewing multiple images has helped doctors find more cancers than with 2D images alone.
2) Earlier diagnosis: Overlapping tissue can hide small cancers in a 2D scan. However, with 3D mammography, the image "slices" can be analyzed one by one. This means 3D mammography may help detect cancers earlier than conventional mammography.
3) Better detection in dense breast tissue: Dense breast tissue, often found in younger women, can cause shadows due to overlapping tissue, which hides tumors from traditional 2D mammography. 3D mammography takes images of the breast from multiple angles, thereby offering a cutting-edge look through and around breast tissue.
4) Less Anxiety: 3D mammography can help reduce false alarms. The improved accuracy in diagnosing abnormal structures offered by a 3D view of the breast decreases the number of unnecessary callbacks to women for additional scans and biopsies.
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women, exceeded only by lung cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. Detecting cancer at an earlier stage will influence a woman's chance of survival.
In most cases River Hospital's radiology department offers prompt appointment scheduling, short wait times, and results are usually available in 1-2 business days. Please talk with your primary care provider about your risk for breast cancer. 3D mammography screenings are covered by Medicare and most insurance plans. You can also schedule an appointment for a mammogram at River Hospital by calling 315-482-1156.


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OUTLANDER stars Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe have given their thanks to fans following the show's stunning win at the People's Choice Awards.
The Starz time travel series was named Favourite Cable TV SciFi/Fantasy Show at the awards this week .
Outlander's cast and crew took to social media to celebrate the news , tweeting their thanks and congratulations to co-stars.
But now the beloved Jamie and Claire have recorded a special message to the show's fans alongside their prestigious award.
.@caitrionambalfe & @SamHeughan have a special message to thank YOU #Outlander fans for voting. #PCAs #BestFansEver
https://t.co/f0bYBkc9io— Outlander (@Outlander_Starz) January 8, 2016
Caitriona said: "We just want to say thank you so much to the fans. This is amazing."
Scots actor Sam added: "Yes, the People's Choice Award. Thank you so much from everyone involved in Outlander. It's a great achievement and, obviously, one of the best awards as it's been voted for by you."
It was double delight for Irish beauty Caitriona as she also picked up the award for Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress.
And Sam joked that the achievement meant she can now "go to space".
Caitriona also told fans: "Now you can put your fingers, from all that voting, into a nice bowl of ice and chill them down."
See what else the stars had to say in the video above.
Then look back on the amazing first season of Outlander with our gallery below.


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Archive for August 28, 2013
About the Sale of Inherited Real Estate
When someone dies, they generally have a will which stipulates that their personal belongings are going to go to whomever is listed in the will. Different items and belongings are bequeathed to different people. One example of this is inherited real estate. The sale of inherited real estate goes on all the time, but not before the receipt of probate.
The receipt of probate is the first step in the legal process of administering the estate of a deceased person. During the process of probate, creditors must be notified of the death of the person in question, and all legal notices must be published.
Probate or inheritance lenders usually require an original copy of the last will and testament, a death certificate, and contact information for the probate estate executor. Continue Reading 5 Comments
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Many people undergo cosmetic dental surgery every year, going through procedures like getting front teeth crowns, invisible clear braces or porcelain veneers. When you get porcelain veneers teeth become less of a problem to the people around you. Sometimes when you have particularly damaged


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