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We’re all animal lovers here, but sometimes we have to go without pets for a period of time due to life circumstances. It could be that you’ve just moved out of your childhood home and have started on your own life’s journey but don’t have the stability or living space to allow a pet. Or perhaps a beloved pet has passed, but you haven’t had the time or mental readiness to bring a new pet into your life. It could even be that you’ve never had a pet before, and you feel like it’s finally time to take the plunge into pet parenthood.
Whatever the circumstance may be if you’re considering adding a new animal companion to your life, here are some things you should be thinking about before adopting a pet.
Before adopting a pet, you need to assess what your daily schedule is. Different pets require different amounts of attention and supervision, so how much time you have available to you every day is an important factor.
If you stay home most of the day, whether you are the primary caretaker of your children or you work from home, your options will be broader, though you should still take into account the free time you have each day and any other regular obligations you have. If you have a fairly flexible schedule and lots of free time, a dog could be right for you. If you tend to have a pretty busy schedule and don’t get much downtime, a more self-sufficient pet, like a cat, may be your best bet. If you work full time, but still have your heart set on a dog, assess if you can afford to hire a dog walker or enroll in a dog boarding facility to help you out during work hours.
Living situations tend to be one of the major hindrances to adopting a pet. Whether you rent or own your place, there can be many factors that keep you from getting a pet, such as rental restrictions or lack of space or amenities in your own home.
If you live in an apartment or small house with no access to a yard or fenced enclosure, it’s likely that having a dog will be at best difficult and at worst impossible. Dogs, especially large breeds, need lots of space to run around and get exercise, and unless you can commit to multiple walks a day, having a dog in an apartment or condo might prove stressful for both you and the dog. Small pets like cats do well in apartments and small spaces, as do rodents like gerbils and guinea pigs with cage enclosures. When you do get a pet, make sure that any plants you have indoor and outdoor are safe for pets, as many popular plants are poisonous to cats and other furry friends.
Whichever pet you decide to get, you need to make sure you have the budget for it. A pet is a serious commitment, and you need to make sure you can afford whatever comes at you for the entirety of your pet’s life. Things to consider in your budget for a pet is food, treats, toys, bedding, and vet care.
If you want the extra peace of mind, or if you get a pet or breed that tends to be susceptible to chronic illness or other genetic issues such as hip dysplasia, pet insurance will need to be considered into the monthly budget as well. Pet insurance can save you tens of thousands over the lifetime of your pet if they ever need emergency or long-term care, and it tends to cover the little things like regular vaccinations, dental cleanings, and yearly checkups as well.
Even after you take into consideration all of the above, sometimes you just have a pet preference. You may only have the space for a cat, but you may be allergic, making owning one out of the question. You may have all the time in the world for a dog, but perhaps you like to keep an open schedule for last-minute day adventures. Whatever it is driving your pet preference, you still need to take certain things into consideration.
If all you’ve ever wanted is a dog, but you only have a small space, breed and size will be the main thing you consider. Large breeds do not do well in small spaces, and unless you can get them the energy-draining exercise they need, you will need to consider smaller breeds. Even some smaller breeds may have a high work drive, and lazing around the house in small quarters will not work for them. Adopting a pet from a shelter will typically give you a chance to read about their temperament and what kind of lifestyle they can live — be that couch dwelling or adventure seeking — and is a great way to give a homeless pet a loving family.
If you have your mind set on a pet of a specific breed, it’s important you seek out reputable breeders. A lot of the chronic health issues you see associated with certain breeds of cats and dogs are a result of years of unregulated backyard breeding. A reputable breeder will have screened their animals for these health issues to try and weed out the likelihood of these issues occurring in their line.
Great post! When I’m on Facebook, I hate to read where some well-meaning parent has given their child a dog, cat, or whatever as a GIFT (birthday, Christmas, etc) 98% of the time these animals will end up in a shelter, or worse!
I agree, Courtney. It’s never a good idea to give a pet as a gift unless it’s well-thought-out beforehand. There’s too much trauma involved otherwise. Thank you for visiting Animal Bliss!

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Level 3. Edited by Carole Flatau. This edition: Level 3. Piano Collection; Piano Supplemental. Blue Ribbon Series. Book. 72 pages. Alfred Music #00-EL9794. Published by Alfred Music (AP.EL9794).
Modern Christian: Sacred. Songbook. Published by Word Music (WD.080689488283).

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Home dates events hollyhoque Party Hollyhoque goes to Zouk!
The crowd starting pouring in at 12pm on the dot. Soon before i realized, the whole event floor was packed like sardines. There were fitting rooms available so imagine that super packed area! Hollyhoque had a great team supporting this event, helping to hang out more clothes, cashiering, fitting rooms and getting new pieces for customers who have decided on what they want! The whole place was frantic! If you were there, you would know exactly what I mean.
There was barely enough space for anyone to get into that area!
Lunch at Asia Grand Restaurant again. Teehee! Loveee the dim sum there.
Peking duck at only $38. I love Peking Duck!!
Tea at High Society. Second time there and i really love this place. I would always look in every time I'm in the building for my hair appointment with Von.
Some shots of the place and what they serve.
High society record label was founded by That CD Shop since 2006 and is deemed as the jewel of the recording industry as it is the only record company in the world that is being endorsed by all the four major recording labels!
instagram shots of the prints of the dress!
With its distinctive design of chequer Italian marble flooring, golden chandeliers, and white walls adorned with golden frames of red velvet, the Cafe exudes an old world charm of the good life with a twist of contemporary lifestyle living. As befits its cosmopolitan heritage, the food menu at the Cafe is an eclectic mix of East and West, ranging from local delights to modern European fusion.
An ideal restaurant for high tea, lunch or dinner, the High Society Cafe is also the perfect venue for corporate events and private parties. Finally, to complete the whole offering of services, High Society carefully selects and curates a music playlist culled from their archives which is played non-stop at the Cafe.
Hollyhoque is also holding their clearance sale, this time online! Don't miss it!
Hi Zoe. I have been reading your blog for quite awhile. I have been pondering if I should let you know or not.
Your current hair really don't suit you. It make you look old and haggard. I hope you take this comment positively. Thanks.
hi! i love how you give reviews of restaurants that you visit! especially asian grand! now its my favourite dimsum place.

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text: Collects Wolverine (1988) #88, 154-155; Deadpool (1997) #27; Cable & Deadpool #43-44; Wolverine: Origins #21-25; Wolverine/Deadpool: The Decoy #1; material from Wolverine Annual '95, '99. The Merc with a Mouth takes on the Mutant with the Mutton chops in their greatest battles — and occasional team-ups! Katanas and claws clash in their brutal first meeting — but when someone targets Weapon X survivors, Wolverine must ride to Deadpool's rescue! Doctor Bong tolls for our heroes, then things get hairy over a werewolf! And when a bounty is placed on Logan's head, guess who tries to collect! An assault on a Hydra base will have them at each other's throats, while Wolvie plays straight man to Wade's wisecracker in a showdown with a Shi'ar robot. But things really go off the deep end in the main event — one ultimate, over-the-top, slicing-and-dicing slobberknocker!

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Our vote to submit ebXML RegRep 4 as Candidate OASIS Standard will end today and I will be submitting a Candidate OASIS Standard Submission Request <http://www.oasis-open.org/resources/tc-admin-requests/candidate-oasis-standard-submission-request>. As part of that request, we will need to submit a statement on relationship with similar work. Here is what I propose.
ISO/IEC 11179, Information Technology -- Metadata registries (MDR) defines an abstract metadata registry standard. ISO/IEC 19763, Information Technology -- Metamodel Framework for Interoperability (MFI) defines additional abstract models for registration of services, processes, roles, goals etc. OASIS ebXML RegRep 4 provides a concrete registry and repository standard capable of registering all types of artifacts. ebXML RegRep TC has collaborated with the respective working groups for ISO/IEC 11179 and ISO/IEC 19763 during the development of our respective specifications. Extension profiles of OASIS ebXML RegRep 4 may be defined in future to provide a concrete binding for ISO/IEC 11179 and ISO/IEC 19763.

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St. Mary’s University School of Law on Jan. 31 dedicated its new $1.6 million high-tech courtroom, designed to give students the opportunity to learn advocacy in one of the most advanced university courtrooms in the country.
The courtroom was made possible through the generous support of many donors, including a $300,000 challenge grant from the AT&T Foundation, as well as law firms, alumni, the Law Alumni Association, St. Mary’s University, and faculty and staff of the law school.
The original courtroom was constructed in the 1960s when the law school moved from downtown San Antonio to the main university campus, and had received only minor cosmetic enhancements over the past 40 years.
Key components of the new courtroom include the latest computer and audiovisual technologies with computer monitors at each counsel table and at the judges’ bench, sophisticated sound and video systems, and document cameras and plasma screens for viewing exhibits offered into evidence. These features allow for hands-on learning experiences as well as the ability to videotape students for evaluation and feedback.
Additionally, the new technology provides access to live webcasting of remote transmissions of trials and hearings from federal and state courts as well as video on demand for archival of state and federal court proceedings.
The courtroom opens to a theater-style configuration in which the courtroom serves as a “center stage” when all the partitions are open. Those partitions can be closed to make three classrooms or opened to accommodate one large area with seating for approximately 300 people.
The St. Mary’s University School of Law opened as the San Antonio School of Law in 1927. It became part of St. Mary’s University in 1934.

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It is with a heavy heart that I must report the passing of one of the true legends of knifemaking. Early this morning, Bill Moran died after a bravely fought battle with cancer.
Bill was virtually single-handedly responsible for the survival of the art of blade forging. To that end, Bill founded the American Bladesmith Society. The society started with Bill's vision which was shared with three other men in an airport, at which time they decided to start the American Bladesmith Society (ABS). It grew over the years to over 1,200 members and even started a bladesmithing school in Old Washington, Arkansas. The school proudly teaches classes in forging (bladesmithing), handles, guards, engraving, grinding, and all the necessary skills which Bill perfected in about 60 years of bladesmithing. Bill reinvented the art of forging damascus steel in the early 1970s, which signaled the rebirth of the forged blade.
Despite all the fame, Bill remained a wonderfully humble, accessable man who shunned personal fame, except when it would benefit the proliferation of bladesmithing as an art. Bill had no children, but the art of bladesmithing was his sole heir and love, after his beloved wife Margaret who preceeded him in death by only a few years. I am proud to say that I was inducted into the Bladesmithing Hall of Fame the same year that Margaret was inducted into the Bladesmithing Hall of Fame, and am proud to stand with such great folks as Bill and Margaret Moran in that honor.
Bill was a dear friend of mine for over 30 years and will be missed by so very many. Rest in peace, Bill.
I'm sorry to hear of Mr. Moran's passing. He sounds like a neat guy. I hope time heals for you and others who were close.
Thank you. Bill has no remaining (biological) family. Only his "family" of close friends and all those who have looked up to him for decades.
Sorry to hear of this. Jeff, hope to see you soon.
Thank you. It will probably be a month or so till I get out there, but I WILL BE THERE!!
The knifemaking community lost a true icon, but the world lost a true original. If not for Mr Bill we would all be using stamped, laser cut, stainless steel blades and wondering why all the early stories of cutting prowess were so full of lies. Mr Bill (re)educated us on what a properly made knife can do, while demonstrating how beautiful a using art piece can be. His efforts made all the knives we can buy today, custom AND production, better. The loss of a true legend.
You are absolutely correct on all counts. AND he was a true gentleman to boot.
Bill was a gentleman. He will be missed. May he rest in peace.

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Two people in Muskogee were arrested after a video shown to police allegedly depicted the man hitting an eight-year-old girl, according to Muskogee Police.
Micheal W. Miller, 39, and Courtney Susan Perkins, 23, were each arrested after police responded to a disturbance. When officers arrived, according to Officer Lincoln Anderson, they were showed videos of Miller holding his hand over the eight-year-old girl’s mouth and hitting her. He was arrested on two complaints of abuse of a child.
Perkins was arrested on a complaint of not protecting the child and notifying authorities of the alleged abuse immediately.
CORRECTION: According to documents filed with the felony cases filed against the pair, the child was eight months old, not eight years.


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We wanted to guarantee our customers that the products they receive are heirloom quality. So to show you we're serious, we support all Albatross Brand Leather Goods against production defects for 3 generations...until your grandkids own them!
Due to the nature of Albatross Brand products, all sales are final. Products may be exchanged in unused, unopened condition within 7 days of receipt for store credit. Shipping charges are non-refundable. Additional shipping charges may apply on exchanges.

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If you are a top-tier Verizon customer in the United States then it looks as though you are going to benefit from Apple Music. The carrier has announced that it will be further solidifying its relationship with Apple Inc. by bundling the company’s streaming service as part of two of its “Unlimited” service plans.
Apple and Verizon already have a strong working relationship but it seems that things are about to get stronger.
Tim Cook’s company is attempting to reduce financial reliance on the iPhone for consistent revenues and is attempting to grow other areas of the business. Its services section is a big part of those plans and will rely on strategic partnerships with companies like Verizon to push growth.
Effective from January 17th, the wireless carrier will offer free-of-charge access to Apple Music via Apple and Android devices as part of its “Beyond Unlimited” and “Above Unlimited” service plans. This new offering from Verizon is in addition to the six months free Apple Music it has been offering with its “Go Unlimited” plan. This was a sales and marketing initiative which started in 2018 and which will continue to be offered to any customer subscribing to that particular service plan.
This type of partnership could potentially see a new breed of working relationships being ushered in from Apple’s perspective. The company has historically relied on the might of its brand to push products out of the door and has increasingly relied on astronomical iPhone revenues to bring in the money.
Now, with the smartphone market extremely saturated and with more device owners hanging onto the smartphones longer before going through an upgrade, Apple is looking to develop relationships with other companies to push its services to consumers.
This is not only evident with this latest Verizon announcement but also with the fact that access to iTunes is now available on some Samsung Smart TVs and Apple Music already being offered as one of the default music streaming services on Amazon’s Alexa-enabled Echo speakers. Many consumers will welcome this shift from Apple as it allows the company’s valuable services to be accessed via hardware and gadgets that don’t carry Apple’s huge purchases prices.
Great move by apple and great for consumers.


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1. Visit the school and familiarize your child with its environment.
Talk to your child about the new things that are at his/her new school (lunch at the canteen, new playground, taking the bus, etc). If the building is open, try to take a tour and see some classrooms, the library, meet the people in the office and look around.
2- Facilitate your child’s bonding with the teacher.
If they have not met their new teacher yet, try to see if a short visit can be organized, especially if your child is new to the school. Connecting with the teacher and feeling comfortable will help your child be ready to learn. All kids need to feel connected to their teacher to feel comfortable in the classroom. Make sure that your child knows his/her new teacher’s name. If you can find a photo of the teacher, that can also help. After starting school, if you notice that your child does not seem to have connected with his/her teacher, make sure that you ask to talk to the teacher to let him/her know.
3- Facilitate bonding with the other children.
If your child is new in town, make efforts to meet other children in the neighborhood. Some schools will have an activity for new families. Try to join if this is possible. Even if your child is not new, you can arrange for your him/her to go to school the first morning with a friend, or organise a playdate before school starts to reconnect after the summer holiday.
5- Talk to your child about what to expect during the next grade at school.
Get your children excited by talking about what they can expect, including snack, playground, reading, computers, singing and art. If you know other children who will be in his/her class or in the school, be sure to mention that he/she will see or play with them. Encourage questions by asking what he/she thinks school will be like.
6- Get your children back on an early bed schedule well before school starts.
Most children begin staying up late in the summer months. But children need 9 ½ to 11 hours of sleep a night, depending on their age. Imposing an early bedtime cold turkey the night before school starts could result in a child who gets up tired and gets upsets for no reason but tiredness. In that situation, you can expect everyone’s anxiety to escalate. So keep an eye on the calendar and start moving bedtime a bit earlier every night.
7- Let your child choose his own school supplies.
They will get excited about school and like getting ready for it.
8- The day before school starts, talk about what will happen the next day.
Be alert for signs that your child is worried, and reflect that most kids are a little nervous before the first day of school, but that he/she will feel right at home in his/her new classroom soon.
9- Get yourself to bed early the night before school so you can get up early enough to deal calmly with any last minute crises.
Be sure children – including teens! – lay out clothes the night before, that lunches are made, and that everyone gets enough sleep and a healthy breakfast. Plan to arrive at school early so you have time for meaningful goodbyes.
10- Make sure you are a few minutes early to pick your child up that first week of school.


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About 200 people from nearly 40 higher education institutions and community organizations gathered for the annual Kansas-Missouri Summit on Access, Persistence and Completion.
The daylong conference, sponsored by Metropolitan Community College, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the University of Kansas, is designed to bring together faculty and staff to explore and discuss critical issues affecting the success of underrepresented students.
One of the featured speakers at the Sept. 27 event at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center was Dr. Tyrone Bledsoe, chief executive officer of the Student African American Brotherhood (SAAB). SAAB has chapters on more than 200 secondary school and college campuses across the country.
Dr. Kimberly Beatty talks about persistence:- the number of students who return from either fall to spring or fall to the next fall.
Bledsoe was formerly vice president for student life and special assistant to the president at the University of Toledo.
MCC Chancellor Kimberly Beatty welcomed attendees and discussed where MCC is in terms of underreppresented students.
“We know nationally that we still have underrepresented students of color that are coming to college in lower numbers and males that are coming to college in lower numbers,” Dr. Beatty said.
In Spring 2017, 63 percent of African-American students returned to MCC from the previous fall semester. That increased to 65 percent in 2018. Hispanics returned at the greatest percentage year over year: 67 percent in 2017 and 69 percent in 2018. White students returned at a flat rate of 67 percent year to year.
To learn more about the Summit on Access, Persistence and Completion, visit aacsummit.mcckc.edu. The Summit is already accepting presentation proposals for the 2019 event. Proposals can be submitted to Robert Page at robert.page@mcckc.edu.


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Design is one of two Art and Design majors available from Kansas Wesleyan University. This degree offers two concentrations from which to choose, Graphic Design and Web Design. With new and innovative courses and collaborations, and your own boundless imagination, you are free to spread your wings and soar. The faculty are passionate to see you become more than you can imagine, and are dedicated to the holistic education that only a liberal arts university can provide. With internships, publication opportunities, and other professional skills built into the curriculum, you will be well-prepared for the best possible start on a fulfilling career. Opportunities in art and design are growing rapidly. Give your dreams wings at KWU.
It is the mission of the KWU Department of Art and Design to develop the student’s understanding of, and ability in, the visual arts while helping him or her grow as a responsible member of society.
Why Study Art and Design at KWU? Strong ties to the vibrant local arts community!
Kansas Wesleyan University plays an integral part of robust arts community in Salina. Students are hired as interns or to design special projects for local businesses and organizations. For example, Salina Arts & Humanities utilizes the talents of graphic design students to create the marketing colateral for its annual Smoky Hill River Festival, and KWU Photography students and alumni are hired as festival photographers.
Kansas Wesleyan houses its own art gallery in Sams Hall of Fine Arts. The Gallery hosts exhibits featuring the work of local and regional artists, as well as artwork produced by KWU students. The Gallery hosts Salina's First Thursday Art Rush receptions for exhibiting artists, giving the campus and Salina community an opportunity to meet the artists. Peggy Medina, director of The Gallery and a 2005 KWU Art graduate, is a ceramic artist and a former gallery owner with many connections to area artisans and galleries. She schedules special in-class workshops for artists to interact with KWU Art students.
What can I do with a degree in Art?
An art degree opens the door to a wide variety of career opportunities and provides a solid foundation for post-graduate study. Whether you choose to create art or teach art history, art majors work for museums and galleries, art foundations, auction houses, in conservation and preservation, film and television, government agencies, industry, publishing, retailing, visual resources and writing. Jobs such as grant administrator, corporate curator, art appraiser, and architectural conservationist blend and showcase the interests and expertise of today's art majors. Art graduates have gone on to further study and careers not only in art and architecture, but also in medicine, law and business.
For more information please contact Lori Wright, associate professor and chair of the Art & Design Department or call (785) 833-4383.


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It’s spring across the Hill Country! Spring means it’s time for camping, hiking, canoeing, flying kites and bike rides. Maybe planting a vegetable garden is on your list of things to do.
This region of Texas is great to produce many types of vegetables. The list provided is from Texas A&M Aggie Horticulture and has the ideal planting times for your favorite veggies.
Tilling your garden well will help soften your soil and make it easier for oxygen to flow through to the plants’ roots.
Popular Texas vegetables to plant are tomatoes, squash, okra, peppers, peas, and corn because they do better in the Texas heat.
Try not to over water, some plants don’t do well if they have too much water.
Planting at the right time can help your plants produce an ideal amount of vegetables but planting them late can lessen your yield.
Space your plants out to be sure the roots can grow where they need to.
Organic pest and weed killers are recommended to keep your plants tasting their best.


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Once construction begins, there is a whole ecosystem of people who need to keep abreast of how a project is progressing. At Projects Chicago, we’ll dive into the systems, techniques, and technologies that can help you more effectively monitor and oversee projects once they are underway. Learn how deliver projects more efficient, ensure project goals are consistently met with the key to collaboration.
More exhibitors to be announced!
Bring an owner, project manager, architect, subcontractor; talk about the challenges and the opportunities of a project management system that works for all of the players.
What is Business Intelligence and how can Contractors Leverage It?
The firms have agreed to share digital project data from a period of more than 10 years to build predictive models for safety and risk. The council is not financially backed by any vendors, although some of the participating firms will provide some funding.
BIM to SIM: What is the right approach?
Autodesk’s approach to project management is more visually-based and collaborative in the modeling sense.
Pitfalls & Opportunities Systems Integration: How to do it Right"
Protecting owners & developers, bringing transparency and accountability to the project.
All parts of our Projects Chicago Conference will take place at the Westin Chicago River North. If you want to be near all the action, you can find a room there in our discounted room block!
The Westin River North is offering a limited rate for $339 for the night of Wednesday, July 24. Cutoff date for special rates is Wednesday, July 3, 2019. Online booking forms will be available shortly.
O’Hare (ORD) and Midway (MDW) are both nearby. Rideshares, taxis, car rentals, and public transit (CTA) are easily accessible from both locations.
Westin River North offers valet parking for $69 daily; on-site parking $49 daily; off-site parking $13 daily.

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Each quote will be in an individual frame. Each frame has a unique picture as a background. The quote and author are displayed over the background in opaque sections having rounded corners and a colored background. The quote and author sections will have different background colors. I will use a Google font to ensure I have the font I want, regardless of the display system.
The top quote is displayed in the signage window for nine seconds and then slid up and hidden so the next quote can be viewed for nine seconds. After all quotes have been displayed there is a three second period of no quotes visible and then the page reloads at thirty seconds to start over.
Following is the style sheet, commented so you can understand what I am doing. Then the HTML of the page, again commented to help you to understand what is going on.
<p>You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can’t, you do the next best thing. You back up but you don’t give up.
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I'm borrowing this recipe from my wife. She made a Seven Layer Dip for a Super Bowl Party we went to over the weekend, and I had to share the recipe!
Mash the avocados in a bowl. Combine with salt and pepper, lime juice, and the diced onion to make a guacamole. This is the bottom layer of the dip. Combine the 2 cans of refried beans and mix in the cumin, garlic power, onion powder, and some salt and pepper. Spread over the top of the guacamole. Combine the sour cream and cream cheese. Spread this over the refried beans. Combine the salsa and pico de gallo and spread over the sour cream. Top the salsa with the 2 cups of a Mexican blend cheese. Top the cheese with sliced black olives. Dice the green onions and spread over the olives. Serve with tortilla chips.


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Location, Location, Location!! Situated right across from U-M Medical Centers and Central Campus, this 1 bedroom high-rise condo is ideal for anyone looking to be close to the city of Ann Arbor all while enjoying views of the Huron River and local Parks. Condo offers hardwood floors, large windows for ample daylight, large eat-in kitchen, separate dining space, and stainless steel appliances.
For immediate assistance, call us at 734-845-9700 or email Andy Piper at andy@piperpartners.com.


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Since it was founded last August, Wilson’s group has sought to make as many components of a gun as possible into printable blueprints and to host those controversial files online, thwarting gun laws and blurring the lines between the regulation of firearms and information censorship. So far those pieces have included high capacity ammunition magazines for AR-15s and AK-47s, as well as an AR lower receiver, the body of that semi-automatic rifle to which off-the-shelf components like a stock and barrel can be attached.
Those early experiments have made Cody Wilson into one of the most controversial figures in the 3D printing community.
So to heck with the Second Amendment. The First Amendment would seem to guarantee any American (of any age!) the ability to read how to make a gun out of ABS plastic that will pass through metal detectors. Kiddies, if your parents don’t own a 3D printer yet, perhaps someone in your neighborhood does have one.
The way it works, by the way, isn’t rocket science. A relatively small computer file contains the directions to make the intended item. That file is sent to the 3D printer in the same way you might print a document from your word processor. The printer, loaded with ABS plastic, begins to operate. Since it is laying down a 3D object, it takes some time, but there’s no need to stand around watching. Come back later and your project is complete, in all its 3D glory. Want another? Just print the same data file again. Piece of cake. Does your friend want one? Easily done.
The gun control stalemate in Washington is certainly contemptible, but what if a law wouldn’t matter anyway … ? The Forbes article describes a first attempt at making a printable, plastic gun, and although we have nothing yet to indicate that the device will be long-lasting or effective, or that it won’t blow up in a user’s hands, it’s at least a proof-of-concept.
Printing guns locally could also be a game changer for gun manufacturers. It may affect their product lines, pushing them toward the larger, more deadly items. Meanwhile, plastic guns would evolve. I can even imagine custom decorated guns. A Hello Kitty design as a present for mom? Easily done. A special Davy Crockett model for the kid brother? Why not. It could get ugly very quickly.
In this country or elsewhere, should home-printed guns become feasible, we are going to see many, many more people killed by gun violence.
These two photos are several years old. Current models, whether commercial or make-it-yourself, are much more professionally designed. I included these two photos to give an idea of the accessibility of the process. We’re talking hundreds of dollars for a home-use printer (that probably can’t make a gun today, but might be able to do it tomorrow…). That’s hundreds, not tens of thousands of dollars.
I would love to have a 3D printer—just to replace some of the cheaply-made items that have broken around here. I could make replacements by myself. There are even 3D scanners that can help make an exact copy. A 3D printer can even make objects that have moving parts. Try googling for more information.
I could try my hand at making some 3D art. And I promise, no guns. But others may be intrigued with the power to make their own firearms, or to start a home gun-printing business, legal or not legal.


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A new U.S. and Europe marketing campaign, featuring Muhammad Ali, as well as tennis great Maria Sharapova and chess master Magnus Carlsen, makes the point that the only car a 911 can beat is the next 911. A TV and digital spot, launching soon, opens with the line: “greatness comes from within, from pitting you against you,” as two Muhammad Alis face off in the ring, two Sharapovas face off across the net and a pair of Carlsens face off.
While Sharapova and Carlsen were 100% real, the two Alis are a hybrid of real actors who did a five-week training camp with Darrell Foster, trainer of Will Smith who played Ali in “Ali,” And a CGI version of Ali's face, created by The Mill.
A forthcoming spot plays on the fact that the 911 belongs in the pantheon of universally recognized product designs; like a Coke bottle, one only needs to see its profile to know it's a 911 Carrera. The spot simply follows the shadow of the car, per Ross. The message of the campaign, he says, is that the only car that a Porsche competes with is the preceding model. "It is that there is an obligation among engineers that every 911 be better than the one preceding it. The car needs to be fast, and efficient, very technologically advanced, agile and durable to beat previous generation on all measures."
Ross says the campaign -- for which a big digital, multichannel program will be rolling out in coming weeks -- is “very diverse, with a broad media plan online, on lots of places, and TV and cinema.” Also on deck is a digital program that Ross says includes a campaign hub, “As well as fascinating uses of print, and lots of innovative digital thinking.” Media is handled by OMD, globally.

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St. Sebastian’s Knights of Columbus Council 14255 has named Third Degree member R. Tony Burgoyne its Knight of the Month for November. Tony is one of the architects of the Knight’s successful 5K Race Around the Park and has chaired its organizing committee since the race began in 2011.
An active member of the council since its founding in 2007, Tony has also served as council recorder and publicity chair. He was recognized as the council’s Knight of the Year in 2011.
October’s 5K race and Family Fun Run attracted nearly 400 participants. Race proceeds benefit the Knights’ Deacon Terry Peacock Scholarship program, which provides financial assistance to two parish eighth graders planning to attend an area Catholic high school.


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Lights, camera, action! The Nationwide Series charges into “Thunder Valley” this weekend for Friday night’s Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway. TriStar Motorsports will be busier than ever as they will enter five cars in the 32nd Annual event.
Cole Whitt will step into the No. 10 Gold Bond Toyota, Jeff Green will be behind the wheel of the No. 14 Hefty®/Reynolds® Toyota, Mike Bliss will pilot the No. 19 Tweaker Energy Shot Toyota, Chad Hackenbracht will drive the No. 44 Tastee Apple, Inc. Toyota and Chase Miller will enter the No. 91 TriStar Motorsports Camry.
Friday night’s Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway will mark Mike Bliss’ 19th NASCAR Nationwide Series start at the .533-mile concrete “stadium” oval. Tweaker Energy Shot will be back on board Bliss’ No. 19 Toyota Camry for 250 laps, under the lights, at one of NASCAR’s most exciting venues.
Bliss earned his season best start of 10th at the spring event in “Thunder Valley”. Going into Bristol Bliss still clings to 13th in the NASCAR Nationwide Series Driver Point Standings.
Jeff Green will pilot the No. 14 Hefty®/Reynolds® Toyota during Friday night’s Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The team’s regular driver, Eric McClure, was admitted to a local hospital on August 12 and was diagnosed with acute renal failure after a series of tests. The Virginia driver’s creatinine levels were elevated, signaling improper kidney function. McClure is still receiving treatment, but is hopeful to be released from the hospital this week. His status remains week to week.
The former NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion, who drove the No. 14 Hefty®/Reynolds® Camry last weekend at Mid-Ohio for friend and teammate Eric McClure, won the spring Bristol event in 2002 and has started from the pole twice. Also, Green has earned nine top-five finishes and 10 top-10 finishes in his 28 starts at the .533-mile track.
Chad Hackenbracht, driver of the No. 44 Tastee Apple, Inc. Toyota will continue behind the wheel as he makes his Bristol Motor Speedway debut Friday night. The New Philadelphia, Ohio native will continue his streak of “firsts” in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, as he’s eager to hit the famed short track in Bristol, Tennessee.
Friday night’s race at Bristol will be Hackenbracht’s fourth race with TriStar Motorsports and his fourth NASCAR Nationwide Series start of his rookie season.
For the first time this season, the No. 91 will make an appearance with Chase Miller at the helm. Making his second start for TriStar Motorsports, Miller will attempt his sixth NASCAR Nationwide Series start at Bristol Motor Speedway. His best Nationwide start at Bristol came in the spring race when he started 23rd.
Cole Whitt, who typically shares seat time in the No. 44 for TriStar Motorsports, will take over the No. 10 this weekend with Gold Bond as the primary sponsor. Whitt will make his fourth NASCAR Nationwide Series attempt at Bristol. The No. 10 is not within the top-30 in Nationwide Series Owners points; therefore Whitt will have to qualify in on time against 49 entries.
Friday night’s Food City 250 will be Whitt’s 10th race with TriStar Motorsports.

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HP's BladeSystem c-Class server has been named as the world's largest supercomputer. This is the second year in a row that HP has topped the list of the 500 most powerful computers in the world.
HP computers make up 41,8% of the list, with IBM computers making up 37,6%.
The Top500 list is complied twice a year by researchers at the Universities of Tennessee and Mannheim, Germany, and at NERSC Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
HP BladeSystem powers 40.2 percent of the systems on the most recently announced list; this represents more blade installations than all other vendors combined. Versatile, energy-efficient and affordable, HP blade servers provide customers with the maximum density required for high-performance and scale-out computing.
With 201 placements, the number of HP BladeSystem servers on the TOP500 list has increased by 5 percentage points compared to the June 2008 ranking and by 10 percentage points compared to June 2007. The number of high-performance computing (HPC) installations using blade servers on the TOP500 list has increased more than any other single computing architecture. In fact, blade-powered systems are increasingly replacing proprietary systems in the HPC area and legacy mainframe architectures in commercial environments.
"Customers can maximise their high-performance computing investments while increasing energy efficiency with blades, clearly improving their bottom line," says Andrew McNiven, Industry Standard Servers Business Unit manager at HP SA. "The continued dominance of HP BladeSystem customers on the TOP500 list demonstrates the growing market demand for industry-standard architectures that address a broader set of computing challenges at a far lower cost than proprietary systems and mainframes."


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The last early warning issued on 24 January by the Ombudsman’s Office cautioned that, in the municipalities of Bojayá, Medio Atrato (Chocó) and Vigía del Fuerte (Antioquia), the risk of human rights violations and breaches of international humanitarian law persists and has gotten worse due to the “strong likelihood of armed clashes taking place in Afro-Colombian communities belonging to the Greater Community Council of the Comprehensive Farmers’ Association of Atrato (Consejo Comunitario Mayor de la Asociación Campesina Integral del Atrato, COCOMACIA) and on Indigenous reservations in these municipalities.
Clashes between the ELN, paramilitary groups and state security forces continue to directly threaten Indigenous and Afro-descendent communities in the country. The organization makes an urgent appeal for immediate protection measures to be taken. The people living in the midst of the armed conflict demand a comprehensive state response.


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Bryan Vaughn special guest and more conspiracy theories!
Bryan Vaughn, host of WSE Lounge, is our guest. Join Dr. John, Papa Stro Maestro and Dave Atwell as we talk about great wrestling, and of course, Conspiracy Theories 101. Dr. John brings up a new idea "keep the war going" - which might explain many conspiracy theories, but in a very negative way. As usual, the show wil be full of great entertainment and commentary. Don't miss this one!


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Prélèvements is a set of 7 rulers with a selection of shapes sampled from famous modern art paintings. It also has a cover with the title and a back cover with the name of every artists featured in the project.
Pompier is a typeface inspired by the Caserne Massena in Paris. Pompier is an expanded display font with two versions of some letters to create, when wanted, a sense of dynamism and speed.
East Coast Thrillers is a touristic guide. In addition to the classic information of a guide, you can find a selection of crime novels which stories are set in the different cities, and their synopsis.
Website of the berlin-based magazine 032c. Mobile version available soon! Designed with Adrien Godin.
Serie of three posters for the launch of the fragrance 7SEVEN by Aki Toshiro designed with Adrien Godin.
An animated version is available here.
True Figure of the Earth is a magazine about the Flat Earth but not only for the Flat Earth Community.
Petit traité de psychologie à l'usage des névrosés is a publication about the different types of neurosis and their treatments.

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Welcome to Golden Valley High School!
Enrollment for the 2017-2018 school year is taking place now. Please stop by the GVHS Registrar's Office to get an enrollment packet. The completed packet can be submitted to the Registrar's Office. Proof of residence in the GVHS attendance area is required. Proof of residence can be a current PG&E or SCE bill. Other form of proof may include a water bill, cable bill, Internet bill, or bank statement. Services contained on these bill must be current (within 30 days). More that one document may be required to enroll.
The 2017-2018 school year begins on Wednesday, August 16th. Preliminary schedules will be available on August 9th and 10th in the Attendance Office. Official schedules will be distributed the first day of school in first period. Students will identify their first period via the posted lists around campus.


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Recent developments have given researchers real optimism that advances in treatment could be on the horizon—at last.
For Michael Tsun, the first sign of trouble came late in 2012, when the Fairfax County, Virginia, resident began feeling pain in his shoulders and around his buttocks. Soon thereafter, Tsun and his physician took aim at polymyalgia rheumatica (pmr), a pain syndrome that often hits men over 50.
Tsun, then 62, started taking prednisone and methotrexate, two drugs that usually deliver PMR relief after a bit of dosage juggling and side-effect managing. But Tsun decided after six months to stop taking them. He feared that they were causing a new problem with slurred speech. Soon thereafter, his body began making too much saliva, leading to coughing fits and drooling.
Over time, his slurring problems grew worse, and he started breaking out now and again into boisterous laughter at inappropriate moments.
Tsun felt like he had seen this symptom mix before. A pulmonologist with a practice specializing in internal medicine, he had cared for perhaps half a dozen patients over the years with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the degenerative and deadly neurological disorder that many people know better as Lou Gehrig’s disease, after the famous baseball star who died from it in 1941.
Tsun’s ALS patients had also exhibited muscle stiffness, twitching and slurring. He now started wondering if his problems would turn out to be early steps in a frightening journey of physical decline, with leg and arm muscles growing weaker and weaker to the point of total failure, and the muscles he needed to speak, swallow and breathe following suit in short order.
“It was a very sad illness to see,” Tsun says. As a physician, all he could do was be supportive and offer palliative care.
After making this tentative self-diagnosis, Tsun retreated into a shell of denial. He did not share his worries with his primary care doctor, nor did he seek out a specialist who might confirm his suspicions once and for all.
It was Tsun’s wife, Betty, and the couple’s grown son, Matthew, an attorney, who coaxed him out of that shell. They argued that no physician could be objective when it came to a self-diagnosis like this one, and Tsun had to concede they had a point.
But when he did go see a neurologist in the spring of 2014, it turned out that his diagnosis was on the mark. Soon after that, the pulmonologist-turned-patient arrived in Baltimore to see Nicholas Maragakis, co-medical director of the ALS Clinic at Johns Hopkins.
“I was devastated,” Tsun says.
At the moment, there is little that ALS clinicians can offer a new patient in the way of prognostic details. ALS tends to strike people in their late 50s and early 60s. Six in 10 victims are men. Nine in 10 are white. Most patients will succumb to the disease in three to four years. Others die much more quickly. A lucky few manage to hang in there—one in 10 survives for 10 years, and one in 20 makes it to 20.
Clinicians like Maragakis are unable to predict early on which new patients will land on which survival curve. Nor can they give patients reliable warnings about which mix of symptoms is likely for which cases, or how speedy and severe any individual’s decline will most likely turn out to be.
It has been like this for nearly two centuries now. Back in 1824, the Scottish surgeon and philosopher Sir Charles Bell was the first to describe a condition whose characteristics match those of ALS. It was 1874 when the French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot gave the disease a name and pinpointed its cause in neurological problems of a mysterious nature.
It would be wildly inaccurate, however, to say that nothing has been learned about ALS over that long stretch. In fact, the important discoveries from the last few years alone are way too voluminous to catalog here.
Here is the big frustration in ALS circles: that knowledge has not yet turned into clinical breakthroughs that make a big difference for patients. Just one drug, riluzole, is approved for ALS care, and it is of modest value, helping patients live for five or six extra months.
Is there any hope on the horizon that this state of affairs might change at last?
The short answer is yes. There is a palpable sense of hope in ALS science circles these days. And that optimism very much includes a fingers-crossed suspicion that treatment advances are just up ahead on the research horizon.
The excitement is fueled in part by important new discoveries. In recent years, scientists have pinpointed a key genetic cause of the disease and begun sorting through, to an unprecedented degree, the way that mutation plays out inside the brain’s motor neuron cells.
Another source of real optimism is Answer ALS, a new undertaking headquartered at the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins. Over the next three years, that venture will build a gigantic new information repository with highly detailed data and images from 1,000 patients at five top clinics around the country.
One indication of its prospects: More than $20 million in private financing to support the project has been raised in impressively short order.
Neurologist Jeffrey Rothstein, founder and director of both the ALS Clinic and the Packard Center at Johns Hopkins, is also the architect of this initiative. To hear him describe it, Answer ALS is aiming to spark a revolution in the way scientists look at this and other neurodegenerative diseases—by bringing every scrap of new, 21st-century medical technology and scientific knowledge to bear on solving the remaining mysteries of the disease and developing treatments that really work for patients.
Like many other ALS patients, Curtis Brand, 71, did not hear any alarm bells three years ago in the early days of his encounter with the disease. At first, the weakness in his knees and lower back seemed a minor annoyance. He tried a round of physical therapy. Then came surgery to straighten out a hammertoe.
Brand and his wife, Judy, started to feel genuine alarm when Curtis’ recovery from that foot surgery progressed at a snail’s pace. Soon thereafter, Brand exhibited a kind of twitching under the skin known as fasciculations.
They went to see a neurologist and then traveled to Baltimore in June 2014 to see Maragakis at the ALS Clinic. He is the one who confirmed that Brand has ALS.
At any given time, 30,000 people in the United States are living with ALS. About 6,000 new cases are diagnosed every year, roughly one every 90 minutes. Epidemiologically speaking, the prevalence of ALS is measured at two in 1,000, or 0.2 percent of the population. That number makes it tempting to toss around the word “rare—but that’s not a word Rothstein likes to hear.
Answer ALS (answerals.org) aims to take the science of the disease and move it, quite quickly, into the vanguard of 21st-century medicine. There, familiar and futuristic-sounding buzzwords will come into play—personalized brain medicine, for one, along with big data and machine learning. Rothstein, the co-director of Answer ALS, ticks off a string of –omics that will be in the picture too—genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and more.
“I call it the multi-omics approach,” he says.
But the big idea behind Answer ALS isn’t all that complicated. The best clinics and labs in the land are going to gather up every single image and scrap of information those 1,000 patients have to offer. The result will be a database so chock full of detail that there are multiple hard drives of data on every individual patient.
With help from big-data experts in the private sector, Answer ALS scientists will sort through all that information in search of patterns that reveal newly discernable disease phenotypes, suggest productive lines of scientific inquiry and lead the way, at long last, to breakthroughs at the bedside.
This mix of “big data, comprehensive biological analytics, technology and science would not have been possible a decade ago,” says Clive Svendsen, director of the Regenerative Medicine Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and co-director with Rothstein of Answer ALS.
At this point, a few words of caution seem advisable. Many senior scientists in ALS circles might well experience a touch of déjà vu when it comes to all the excitement surrounding recent discoveries. Back in the heady days of the 1990s, too, it seemed like important breakthroughs were just up ahead on the research horizon.
The first time ALS was linked to a genetic mutation was in 1993. The guilty party was a gene called SOD1, which, when normal, produces an enzyme that helps the brain stay healthy over time. That enzyme is missing when the mutation is present.
This discovery sparked a flurry of research activity, including the development at Johns Hopkins of a mouse model for the SOD1 mutation. That model soon became the testing ground for lots of promising new medications, including the aforementioned riluzole, which was derived from research done in Rothstein’s lab and became, in 1995, the first ALS drug to win FDA approval.
No one would have predicted two decades would go by without a major treatment advance.
Thomas Lloyd was earning his M.D. and Ph.D. at Baylor College of Medicine in those years. He is now a Johns Hopkins neurologist who studies ALS in Drosophila melanogaster, the fruit fly.
“I can remember being in seminars where people at the front of the room were saying things like, ‘Now that we have this gene, it’s just a matter of time before we have a treatment,’” Lloyd recalls.
In the years that followed, however, scientists learned that the SOD1 mutation comes into play in just a tiny number of inherited, or familial, ALS cases. (The bulk of ALS cases are actually “sporadic,” not inherited.) In the two decades that followed the approval of riluzole in 1995, more than 100 other drugs have been tested in the SOD1 mouse model.
Only time will tell if Answer ALS gets the results Rothstein and his colleagues are hoping for, but thanks to a trio of recent advances, the excitement around the project certainly seems built on more than wishful thinking.
The first of these developments came in 2007, when Japanese researcher Shinya Yamanaka showed that skin cells taken from adults could be converted back into stem cells, which can in turn be repropagated and reprogrammed into various other cell types. Yamanaka shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine for that discovery. Much of the attention paid to his advance involves hopes for regenerative medicine strategies that involve delivering healthy new cells to damaged organs.
In ALS, Yamanaka’s discovery plays out differently. Here, researchers are using induced pluripotent stem (IPS) cells as a limitless supply of motor neurons that can be studied in the laboratory as a perfect genetic match for the brain cells in any given patient.
“This is such a big change for us,” Rothstein says. In other illnesses, he notes, taking a close look at what’s happening in the cells of patients is no big deal. “But it doesn’t work that way in neurological disease. I can’t do a biopsy. I’m not going to drill a hole in the skull and draw out tissue; you can cause epilepsy that way. Patients can lose memories or become paralyzed.” IPS cell lines have given neurologists a way around that problem.
A second reason for optimism came in 2011, when two groups of researchers, one at the National Institute on Aging and the other at Mayo Clinic, simultaneously announced the discovery of a mutation in a gene called C9ORF72—C9, for short—that is involved in nearly one-half of inherited cases of ALS, along with 10 percent of sporadic cases.
That adds up to perhaps one-third of ALS cases, an unprecedented development in the field. By comparison, the SOD1 mutation discovered with such fanfare in the 1990s is involved in only about 2 percent of cases. As an added bonus: The C9 mutation is also present in one-third of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) cases. FTD is the second most common form of dementia, after Alzheimer’s.
A third piece in this fast-developing ALS puzzle surfaced in the latter part of 2015, when a team of Johns Hopkins neurologists led by Rothstein and Lloyd reported in Nature that the C9 mutation is no garden-variety affair. For one thing, the mutation lies not in the coding message, where such things usually occur, but rather in a noncoding region, called an intron, which is spliced out of the C9 gene.
“Think about a string of pearls,” Rothstein suggests. “You might assume looking at it that the shiny pearls are where all the action is, right? But the string is important too. It’s holding everything together,” and that string in this case is the intron.
To make matters more interesting, the C9 mutation does not consist, as so many mutations do, of a single isolated coding error. Where a healthy gene might have a sequence of six DNA nucleotides repeating six times in a row, that sequence is repeated “500 times, or even more” in the unhealthy gene, Lloyd says.
Picture what that does to Rothstein’s string of pearls: It’s as if the space between two pearls stretches out over a length of feet or even yards, rather than the few millimeters of gap between pearls in a healthy string.
A long-standing mystery about ALS centers on the decadeslong time lag that allows a mutation present at birth to show up as disease only after 50 or 60 years. The Nature paper includes new twists on that piece of the puzzle.
Those tests pointed to RanGAP, a protein that normally acts as a sort of traffic cop, helping molecules move through “nuclear pores” and out into the cytoplasm of a cell. One reason the problems that arise in the C9 mutation don’t become an issue early in life is that pores become, in Lloyd’s words, “a little leaky over time.” Once that happens, RanGAP starts clumping up outside the nucleus, causing traffic tie-ups that prevent key bits of communication that it was able to facilitate back in its pre-leaky youth.
In Rothstein’s lab, researchers next looked for confirmation of Lloyd’s RanGAP clumping in brain tissue from an autopsy bank of brain tissue taken from ALS patients. They found it, fueling hope that the next research steps will lead to drugs or other therapies that can ease or bypass the clumping phenomenon and allow RanGAP to once again resume its role as the good traffic cop.
The Nature paper served up one more tantalizing, if preliminary, tidbit. In both fly cells and human stem cells, RanGAP clumping started to disappear when bits of RNA called oligonucleotides were added into cells with the C9 mutation. The oligonucleotides seemed to attach themselves to introns in ways that deactivated the problems on those elongated introns in the string of pearls.
“Between the genetic discoveries and using these cellular-based approaches to understanding the disease and developing therapies, it couldn’t be a more exciting time,” Rothstein says. The Lloyd and Rothstein labs have already set up a partnership with a pharmaceutical company interested in pursuing potential therapies, though any such development is still years away from human trials.
ALS clinicians often recommend that patients “lean into” the disease, preparing for its eventualities by taking proactive steps early on. It is much easier, for example, to get fitted for a wheelchair or motorized scooter before you actually need it or get used to technological options for communicating before the power of speech is altogether gone.
The Brands took this sort of approach. Late in 2014, they moved out of a stairway-filled house in Washington, D.C., and into a condo in nearby Arlington, Virginia, which they retrofitted with a number of special design features that are now coming in handy. Curtis has now lost the use of his hands, arms and legs. The Brands participated in the interview for this story over speakerphone because, while Curtis is still able to talk, it can be hard for a newcomer to make out all of his words without assistance from Judy.
Michael Tsun, too, is learning to seek out new ways to make the most of each day. He was devastated to give up his medical practice. It was nearly as difficult to give up golf. The interviews that Tsun did for this story were conducted by email, as he can no longer speak. Unlike Brand, Tsun still has pretty good functioning in his arms and legs.
He has found his way to new hobbies—photography, travel and cooking among them. Since his diagnosis, he and his wife have been to Hong Kong and China, visiting the home villages of family members. They have also been to Vietnam, Singapore and several countries in Europe.
“I really enjoy trying to capture local people in their environs” with the camera, he says. Both the Tsuns and the Brands follow the news on the latest ALS findings coming out of neurology laboratories, but neither is obsessive about it. Like most other patients, the two have also found their ways to strategies that, while still unproven, feel right for their individual journeys. Tsun gets regular acupuncture treatments. Brand followed a ketogenic diet when he was still eating on his own; he is now on a feeding tube.
As modern-day scientific endeavors go, Answer ALS has several unique qualities. It has more of a corporate aura than the standard academic endeavor, with ambitious milestones clearly laid out on a strict timetable for all to see. In addition, the humongous database that Rothstein and Svendsen are coordinating of those 1,000 patients will be an open-source affair, accessible without restriction to researchers around the world.

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Web design plays a crucial role in determining your website exit rate. If you have an attractive and intuitive design, your visitors will stay longer. This will lead to high conversion rates and more sales.
What happens when your visitors don’t find what they’re looking for? They leave instantly. Want to make them stay longer and buy your products? Simply use an intuitive design and easy-to-use layout. Here are our 11 tips to improve your web design.
Hire a graphic designer and get a professional logo for your website. Your logo helps build your brand. Make sure that it looks prominent on the page. Place your logo in the upper right corner of your webpage. Don’t forget to use a high resolution image. Your logo should link back to the home page so when visitors click on it, they will be taken to your home page.
You can put your most important navigation options in a horizontal line at the top of your website. Secondary navigation options should be placed in the sidebar. Most web designs have the sidebar on the left. Alternatively, you can put it on the right.
If your navigation options confuse the visitors, they will quit your site as soon as they arrive. You can’t expect them to have the time or patience to figure them out. Also, make sure that links to the most important pages on your site appear above the fold. Less important links and information should go at the bottom.
Don’t overload your web pages with images. Visual clutter (images and animations) will draw your visitor’s attention away from your call to action. Limit the number of links in the header to narrow their focus further.
If you are trying to project a clean, modern, and elegant appearance, you should use neutral colors. Judicious use of colors will guide your visitors to the most important content on your website. Make sure that the colors you use on your pages complement your logo.
Don’t assume that your home page is the only landing page on your site. A majority of your visitors enter your site through inner pages. So make sure that the most important information on your website is visible on all pages. This includes your subscription form and call to action.
All important information on your website, including your call to action should go above the fold. The visitor should be able to find it as soon as they arrive on your site. If you want the visitor to call you, don’t forget to put your phone number in a prominent part of the page. You should also consider putting a contact form above the fold.
If you decide to use photographs, make sure that they are of high quality. Generic photos will do your business no good. So hire a professional photographer or purchase good quality stock photos. Good photographs will captivate the visitor and encourage them to explore other areas of your website. Don’t use photographs that are in no way related to the content. Having irrelevant images on the site is worse than having absolutely no images.
Your fonts should be easy to read on all browsers and devices. Thanks to the popularity of mobile devices, people access your webpage on their smartphones and tablets as well. Large scaled fonts that look good on a laptop may not render well on a small screen device. You can get around this problem by using universal fonts. Choose a font that is easy to read. The size of the font shouldn’t be less than 11pt. Also, keep your paragraphs short. A paragraph shouldn’t run longer than five or six lines. Don’t forget to leave some space between the paragraphs and images. This will help the visitor to absorb more information.
Responsive web design will automatically adjust the content on the page to fit the size of the screen on which it is being viewed. These days, users open websites on a large number of devices – desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. Using a responsive web design is better than building a mobile version of your site. This will enhance the user experience. Mobile friendly websites also do well in search results. Improved user experience will encourage your visitors to spend more time on the site. This will reduce your bounce rate and increase your conversions.
Search engines can’t understand the Flash content so there is no point in putting too many Flash elements on your website. Of course, Flash helps to add animations, but that is not the only option. HTML5, for example, is fast gaining popularity as a better alternative to Flash. It uses search-engine friendly text and also works well on most mobile browsers without the help of a plug-in.
Make your form submission buttons as attractive as possible. This will encourage visitors to click on them. Submit buttons that change their color, opacity, or gradient when visitors hover over them work even better.
And that’s not all. Once you’ve created the perfect website design, make sure you test it before execution. Website optimization is all about testing. Try placing your call to action in different parts of the page and see what impact it has on the conversion rate. Also experiment with different colors.


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We all know a few of them. Those naturally skinny people who seem to be able to eat whatever they want, and never gain an ounce. Those people who can truly just "take a taste", and stop, without scarfing down the entire piece of chocolate cake. What is up with these people? Are they really different from the rest of us?
The answer is yes, they really ARE different. They are a genetic variant, and they make up less than 30% of the population. And they make the rest of us feel guilty for struggling with our food intake, because they just don't understand that we are biologically wired differently. They say things like "Just listen to your body," and they don't realize that we ARE listening. It's just that our bodies, and their bodies, are not saying the same thing.
We make literally hundreds of conscious and unconscious decisions every day on eating. Naturally skinny people don't have to think consciously very much about this, because their bodies are giving them good, reliable signals on when to eat, how much, and when to stop. There are many chemical signals involved in feeling full and satisfied, including leptin, insulin, ghrelin, CCK, GLP-1, dopamine, and Peptide YY. Naturally skinny people have appetites that are like fine-tuned machines - it is relatively effortless for them to control their food intake, because their appetites are on "auto-pilot" - it simply isn't that hard for them. For the rest of the population,it is not so easy. Even minor "malfunctions" in our fullness signals mean that we can unconsciously eat a few more calories; small calorie increases over time can lead to big weight gain. Weight gain itself can "snowball", since excess weight itself can lead to further "malfunctions" in our ability to regulate intake.
Human eating behavior is very complicated. Hunger and fullness (or "satiety") is controlled by numerous chemical signals in our brain, gastrointestinal tract, and fat cells. These signals can be affected by genetics, environment, types of food eaten (some foods make you HUNGRIER, ironically), exercise, stress, sleep, psychological factors, medications, illness, and other factors. This is a lot to look at, a lot to control. It is tough to do on your own; that is why people come to our program for help.
The next time someone tells you to "just push away from the table", tell them to just hold their breath for sixty seconds. It won't kill them, of course, but the physiologic drive to take a breath will be almost overwhelming. They probably won't understand that you face a similar physiologic drive to eat, but hey, it will be fun for a minute to watch them struggle with something for a change! But don't despair -there are MANY tactics to help you control your appetite and drive to eat. There are specific ways of eating, exercising,and lifestyle measures, and sometimes medication changes, and different ways of addressing medical issues, that can make the battle much easier!
Well, it's Mother's Day, and what am I doing? Taking a few minutes for myself, to catch up on things, including my blog! A little peace and quiet, and time to oneself, can be a great gift to moms - and everyone else, really!
And don't forget to splurge on yourself, a little. You read that correctly. Studies have shown that if people feel overly restricted in spending money, they will tend to over-indulge in food. And vice-versa (over-restricted in food, then they'll spend more money.) Hmmm, interesting conundrum, isn't it? Obviously, we don't want to FEEL overly restricted in food, or money, so what do we do? Try to feel indulgent in both areas! How do we do that on a limited financial budget, and limited calorie budget? Tricky, I know, but this is where creativity comes in.
If you are severely financially restricted, try to figure out how much, if any, "play" money you can sneak away for yourself. If you have $5, maybe a magazine (gossip, fashion, sports, hobby - your choice!) Or maybe a flavored lip gloss - you get the idea. Something you don't really "need", but something that is fun. Depending on your budget, maybe a CD or DVD, or a new scarf or belt - something that won't break the bank, but will make you feel like you "splurged", or "got away with something." If you really don't even have a spare $5, then try to "steal" some time away for yourself. Sneak off to the bookstore, or go for a walk in a new place, or watch some "junk" on tv, or read online. The point is to do something you don't HAVE to do, so you feel like you "splurged" on yourself! For all you moms who feel locked up at home with the kids, try to find someone to swap kid-watching duties, so you can get away for a bit!
So Happy Mother's Day! Enjoy and indulge!
Vitamin D deficiency has become the "hot topic" in the news lately - and for good reason. There is mounting evidence that low levels of vitamin D may be associated with increased risk of obesity, weight gain around the waist, cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance, type I and type II diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis, muscle and joint pain, autoimmune diseases, fatigue and depression, and other diseases, along with the more well known problems with bone density.
According to this article from the April 15th issue of Family Practice News, "(a)recent analysis of data collected by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) during 1988-1994 and 2001-2004 even suggests that an epidemic of vitamin D deficiency may have hit the United States."
The article further notes that the "Institute of Medicine is reviewing its 1997 guidelines for vitamin D intake, and will likely recommend increased supplementation when new guidelines are published in 2010..."
According to the article, Dr. Jared P. Reis, a researcher in the School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, analyzed data from adolescents aged 12-19 during 2001-2004 in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), run by the National Center for Health Statistics, and found that teens with the lowest vitamin D levels were more than fivefold more likely to have a BMI at the 95th percentile. They also " had a significantly higher rate of low levels of HDL cholesterol, high triglycerides, and metabolic syndrome, compared with the teens in the highest vitamin D quartile." Dr. Reis explained that "Vitamin D reduces activation of the renin-angiotensin system, thereby lowering blood pressure. It also reduces insulin release from pancreatic beta cells and raises insulin sensitivity. Low vitamin D levels produce opposite effects, activating renin-angiotensin to raise blood pressure, boosting insulin release, and lowering insulin sensitivity."
How did this "epidemic" come about? What has changed in our lifestyle in this country, that would lead to a widespread lack of vitamin D? The answer may be more simple than one might expect.
Vitamin D comes from three main sources: diet, sunlight, and supplements. Many experts believe that we need 1000-2000 I.U.'s of vitamin D per day, just to keep up a normal D level in our bodies. A glass of milk only has about 100 I.U.'s of vitamin D (and even that amount is destroyed if it is exposed to light). Most people do not drink 10-20 glasses of milk per day, so we can't get all of our D from milk! Very few other foods have a large amount of vitamin D. According to the first article above, “you cannot eat enough vitamin D-containing foods to get anywhere near 1,000 IU of vitamin D per day,” according to Dr. Weaver, who served on the IOM committee for the current guidelines.
So our next option is sunlight. Our skin IS capable of producing vitamin D from the sun, but this ability is blocked if we wear sunscreen. Our skin is also less capable of producing vitamin D as we age, gain weight, or have darker skin tone. Add this to the fact that very few of us spend much time outdoors hunting or gathering anymore, and we have the scene set for vitamin D deficiency.
So the final, and ultimately best option, is going to be supplementation. Many multi vitamins have between 400 and 800 I.U.'s of vitamin D. Calcium and D combination supplements may have anywhere from 100 to 500 I.U. of vitamin D. And there are plain old vitamin D supplements, all by themselves. I do NOT advise trying to guess, all on your own, how much vitamin D you need. It IS possible to take in too much vitamin D; it is fat-soluble, and can build up over time, with high doses. The best route is to check with your primary care physician, and ask about his or her approach to vitamin D. Ask if he or she is aware that the Institute of Medicine is reviewing its 1997 guidelines, and will likely be changing them with the new 2010 guidelines (oh boy, your doc will love me for this one!) Ask if you need to have a blood test to determine your current blood level of vitamin D, and if you need treatment. Be aware that there is no widespread consensus on ideal levels and treatment courses - there is wide variation among physicians. Also be aware that certain people can be at risk of overtreatment with vitamin D - people with hyperparathyroidism, or sarcoidosis, for example.
If your blood vessels aren't happy, the rest of your body isn't happy. After all, it is the blood vessels which bring our bodies nutrition and oxygen - and keep us alive!
Luckily, a new study show a simple "trick" we can use to keep our blood vessels flexible, resilient, and happy - simply eat at least five servings of fruit and vegetables, ideally spread throughout the day.
The good news is that it can be pretty easy, with just a little planning, to get in at least five servings of fruit and vegetables. Fresh, organic veggies are great, of course, but for people who have trouble getting to the Farmer's Market, it is good to know that frozen vegetables, and even dried fruit, are an inexpensive, convenient, and healthful way to get your servings!
Frozen berries (with no sugar added) can be added to breakfast smoothies, cereal, yogurt, or served as dessert with a little low cal whipped topping.
Frozen vegetables can be added to egg white omelets, or for dinner, into stir-fry, tomato sauce for pasta, hidden as an extra "health boost" into many dishes.
1 Bag of frozen vegetables.
Put the chicken broth and mayo into a saucepan over medium to medium high heat and stir. Once smooth and blended, add the minced onion. Continue to cook until onion is soft; finally add frozen vegetables. Cook and stir over medium heat until vegetables are coated, and most of liquid is absorbed - then enjoy!
This is so easy, I could almost cook it myself (but thanks Ron!) We had this with some easy frozen salmon filets from a "big box store", cooked on the "George Foreman" style grill. Inexpensive, easy, healthy, and delicious.
Exercise: How Much, What Kind, and What if you have a Medical Condition?
This is a very extensive paper on exercise, including links to guidelines ("2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans" (www.health.gov/PAGuidelines)), a fitness test(http://www.adultfitnesstest.org/.), the American College of Sports Medicine's fitness planner (www.myexerciseplan.com/assessment), a NIDDK guide to overcoming exercise barriers (http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/tips.htm), the ACSM's tip sheets on exercise issues related to physical activity, including Alzheimer's disease, blood clots during exercise, anxiety and depression, heart conditions, cancer, low-back pain, and visual impairment www.exerciseismedicine.org/public.htm, and more!
60 minutes or more of moderate or vigorous physical activity every day.
They also should do muscle-strengthening and bone-strengthening activity on at least 3 days per week.
Vigorous aerobic activity 1 hour and 15 minutes (75 minutes) a week (that comes out to 15 intense minutes per day, 5 days a week).
Aerobic activity should be performed in episodes of at least 10 minutes, preferably spread throughout the week.
For all individuals, some activity is better than none.
People with diagnosed chronic conditions (such as diabetes, heart disease, or osteoarthritis) or symptoms (e.g., chest pain or pressure, dizziness, or joint pain) need to consult with a health care provider about physical activity.
I will soon post a reprint of my WebMD University interview on starting an exercise program...don't be discouraged!!! Even 10 minutes a day of exercise will begin to improve your health!
Is It Really Important to Keep Blood Glucose Normal In Adult Onset Type II Diabetes?
How important is it to keep "tight control" of blood glucose numbers if you have Type II Diabetes (Adult Onset Diabetes Mellitus)?
The simple answer: VERY IMPORTANT.
There was confusion last spring when one study (the ACCORD trial), seemed to suggest that people were better off if they did NOT keep their blood sugars at the "normal" range. This made no sense to physicians, and indeed, after looking more closely at the data, it appears that early, tight control of blood sugars gives substantial health benefits. Experts now agree that the best approach is to INDIVIDUALIZE the treatment of patients with Type II diabetes (imagine that!). There are many health benefits from "tight", careful control of blood sugars, as long as dangerously low blood sugars are avoided, and intolerable medication side effects are avoided.
To summarize, this study began with 4,209 patients with newly diagnosed diabetes, and then broke them into groups, with different treatments. One group received only dietary restrictions, another group received insulin or an older type of oral medication known as sulfonylureas, and a third group (who were overweight) received an oral medication known as metformin (or Glucophage.) To make a long story short, both medicine groups were much healthier in the long term than the diet-only group, and the metformin (Glucophage) group was healthier than the sulfonylurea/insulin group.
"In the metformin group, significant risk reductions persisted for any diabetes-related end point (21%, P=0.01), myocardial infarction (33%, P=0.005), and death from any cause (27%, P=0.002). "
Highlights from this article: "In the past, doctors usually have told newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes to try diet and exercise first to bring down their blood sugar. Now that should change. They should immediately begin taking medicine. This doesn't mean that diet and exercise are not just as important as before. As blood sugar gets under control, medicine can be tapered. In some cases, it can be discontinued.
For most, metformin should be the first medicine. This is especially true if the person is obese...There are exceptions. People with impaired kidney function probably should avoid metformin. Caution is advised with heart failure and some types of severe liver disease...Whether you were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes yesterday or 20 years ago, you want your blood pressure less than 130/80. Your LDL cholesterol should be less than 100 (preferably closer to 70). Achieving these goals clearly decreases the risks of heart attack and stroke and helps protect the kidneys.
Some doctors already advise their patients to start metformin if they are at high risk for developing diabetes. This would include obese patients with high normal blood sugar who have a strong family history of type 2 diabetes. Research is under way to help answer whether starting medicine even before the onset of diabetes improves results."
As always, discuss all treatment options with your own physician.


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Johnny’s Pizza is offering printable pizza coupons in 2013. Go to the Johnny’s coupon page, and you’ll see coupons for Johnny’s Pizza (top) and their affiliate Johnny Brusco’s Pizza (bottom). Below each coupon set is a link to high-resolution coupons for printing.
You can find your closest Johnny’s Pizza (or Johnny Brusco’s) location here.
Thanks to Johnny’s for pizza coupons in 2013. We also have a list of printable pizza coupons from other pizza stores.


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This is an article written by Anup Shah, taken from the website Global Issues, "The Democratic Republic of Congo". For more information, check out the article and more. More information can also be found on websites of the non-profit organizations.
"There have been a number of complex reasons, including conflicts over basic resources such as water, access and control over rich minerals and other resources as well as various political agendas.
This has been fueled and supported by various national and international corporations and other regimes which have an interest in the outcome of the conflict.
These shocking figures would usually be more than enough to get media attention the world over, especially if it were to threaten influential nations in some way. Yet, perhaps as a cruel irony, influential nations in the world benefit from the vast resources coming from the DRC for which people are dying over."

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Google's meta-business ideas prevent Chrome from improving. They refuse to give you good local URL suggestions when you're typing in the URL bar, because they want you to hit google servers and register the search.
Watch chrome not suggest the tab you *JUST WENT TO*. It just shows some ancient, crappy results.
type github, and it's already got the answer - it shows all urls which start with / contain the string you are typing. Duh! It's been doing this for years now because it's obviously better!
Google's crippled Chrome by constantly making you search for everything, instead of just helping you like it should.
It refuses to do fast, local cache searches, for pages you have *just visited*, instead shunting you into either a totally impersonal site search, or forcing the site to have some kind of tracking on you.
They refuse to remove the download bar, or even to add a keypress to close it. Note: There is now an extenions which allows this, called "Disable Download Bar".


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Trapets AB selected by Supercapital Ltd. to provide Hosted Anti-Money Laundering Solution.
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The rain beat down on 127 N. Dearborn Street on November 15, 1983, as 100 Rotarians and wives crowded the 7th floor hallway of Chicago’s Unity Building. Before them was the office of mining engineer Gus Loehr: Room 711. Here on February 23, 1905, lawyer Paul Harris met with Gustave Loehr, coal dealer Sylvester Schiele, and merchant tailor Hiram Shorey to create the world’s first Rotary club.
In 2014, the "room" was moved to RI's first floor museum.
Rotarians past and present, spouses, and others committed to the concept, ideals, and history of Rotary International who join the Paul Harris 711 Club understand that they are not joining a Rotary Club, but a corporation devoted to preserving and maintaining the place where Rotary and the entire worldwide service club movement was born on February 23, 1905. The Paul Harris 711 Club also supports the Rotary International Archives where historic Rotary artifacts, photographs, and documents are preserved.
The mission of the Paul Harris 711 Club is to assist in preserving the Room which is the birthplace of Rotary International and the cradle of the worldwide movement of service clubs comprised of business and professional leaders.
Advocate and promote the collection and conservation of Rotary’s history, heritage, and artifacts; and encourage similar activity by others devoted to the preservation, growth, and appreciation of the service club movement.
In addition to its efforts to preserve Room 711, the Paul Harris 711 Club helps to support Rotary’s History and Archives, which provides access to Rotary artifacts, photographs and documents. These materials are used in exhibits, stories and research that celebrate and share Rotary’s rich history.
You can help sustain Room 711 by contributing US $100 to become a lifetime member of the Paul Harris 711 Club. As a member, you will receive a certificate, lapel pin, and Room 711 souvenir key. Click on this link to provide your membership information and to pay by credit card. Membership materials will be sent to you via postal mail.


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"Comoros Industry Stats, NationMaster." 1960-2012. <http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/profiles/Comoros/Industry>.
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"Comoros Industry Stats", NationMaster. Avaliable at: nationmaster.com. Assessed 1960-2012.