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Double Magnum 3 Liters Sforzato di Valtellina "Fruttaio Ca' Rizzieri" DOCG in Wooden Box Aldo Rainoldi
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This bottle is sold to screen-printed Wooden Box, and Double Magnum 3 Liters.
The red wine Fruttaio di Ca 'Rizzieri of the Rainoldi winery is a great elegant wine produced only in the best years from a selection of Nebbiolo grapes. The bunches wither on trellis at 500 meters above the sea level in the "Ca' Rizzieri" estate in a dry and windy climate. The grapes harvest takes place at the end of October and they wither until December-January to concentrate sugar and aromas in the grape. There is the pre-fermentative cold maceration under temperature control and the several reshuffling of the skins for 60 hours. The malolactic fermentation takes place naturally and ends in spring time. The bottle refinement in fresh and dark cellars lasts 1 year.
Characteristics of the Sfursat di Valtellina "Fruttaio Ca' Rizzieri"
The Fruttaio Ca 'Rizzieri wine is a prestigious wine of the Rainoldi winery. It has a great structure and elegance. It has a deep and compact garnet color. The scent is wide and enveloping with remarked fruits under alcohol aromas, tobacco, vanilla, cinnamon and cinchona hints. The taste is rich with strong tannins well aromatized with the pulp. It is also persistent and satisfying.
Suggested pairings with this great wine Sforzato
The main matches are the ones with the local cooking. The Pizzoccheri and the meats in humid are perfect pairings in addition to the one with game. It needs a settling time of about 5 hours, and it has to be served in Grand Ballon wine glasses at 18-20°C.


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A Pretty Little Wedding Cake
A pretty little wedding cake that I made for one of my sister's friends! The cake is carrot (yum!), and the rose ribbon and flowers match the bride's dress. Best wishes for a lifetime filled with love, laughter and joy to the happy couple!
Posted by Kristen at Saturday, March 05, 2011
Labels: flowers, fondant, tiered cake, wedding
1 comment:
- Lyubov said...
Wonderful! I really like everything here! Hope once I will come to your own bakery!
- June 11, 2011 at 10:46 AM
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Newman to call for tougher sentencing laws
Liberal National Party (LNP) leader Campbell Newman will today outline plans for tougher sentencing for violent criminals at the Queensland Media Club in Brisbane.
After his speech, the Parliamentary media gallery will have 15 minutes to ask Mr Newman questions.
Mr Newman wants the non-parole period for murder increased to 20 years and 30 for multiple killings.
He will tell the media club today that anyone who kills a police officer should be given a life sentence, with a 25-year non-parole period.
Mr Newman also wants the maximum penalty for assaulting a police officer to be doubled to 14 years.
However, Treasurer Andrew Fraser says everyone is waiting to hear Mr Newman's economic plan for Queensland.
Mr Fraser says Mr Newman has made big promises about car registration, water, electricity, and stamp duty.
"Today, Mr Newman has to lay out the policies he is going to take to the people of Queensland," Mr Fraser said.
"We saw last week that he wasn't able to explain the promises that he made - he wasn't able to provide costings for any of those promises and is yet to release a single costed policy.
"What you saw last week was an uncosted promise to rip $400 million out of the Sunshine Coast University Hospital.
"Queenslanders should be concerned that someone who wants to be the premier of Queensland has taken such a cavalier attitude ripping money out of public hospitals in order to pay for his wild promises his uncosted promises."
However, a spokeswoman for Mr Newman says costings will be released just prior to the election, at the same time as the ALP.
But Terry O'Gorman from the Council for Civil Liberties says Mr Newman is fanning fears that crime is out of control in Queensland.
He says Mr Newman should look at the statistics which show crime is down in Queensland, while prisoner numbers are up.
"He's deliberately trying to run a law and order auction simply to get traction to get elected," Mr O'Gorman said.
"The reality is the statistics run in the opposite direction from his rather hotted-up pronouncements today."


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American Airlines is my preferred US-based airline, especially for Asia-Pacific and Oceania travel. I'm fortunate that my day job as an analyst pays for business-class travel for flights over 8 hours. But one area that American's business-class service lags, and this is going to sound petty, is amenities. Namely, the pillows are useless. The stuffing is so loose that your head sinks through the pillow and into the seat/bed.
Month / November 2018
How to Structure Your Task List
I saw a few tweets this week about how people use task lists and I thought I'd share my method. Over the last nine years or so, I've finally refined how I structure my daily task list. When I was a software engineering manager, I developed what I later discoved was simplified bullet journaling. This method also works with the Pomodoro Technique, which is working on a task for 25 minutes, then taking 5 minutes off.
IBM's TradeLens Highlights Blockchain Ecosystem Challenges
In the early 2000s, there was a lot of hype around B2B portals that would replace expensive EDI (electronic data interchange) infrastructure. I worked on three of them: one in aerospace, another for a specific airline and a third that was meant to be general purpose. The idea was the same: a centralized platform, owned either by a consortium of participants or operated by some third party, would replace EDI with a bunch of XML messages. Sprinkle in some Enterprise Java Beans and let the cash roll in.


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Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love inspired me in so many ways, so when I heard about Big Magic, I knew I had to read it. In Big Magic, Elizabeth talks about her life and how she managed to keep her creative magic, even when things weren't always going so well.
When you love doing something it's the best feeling in the world. Whether you are an artist, writer, photographer or dancer, when you do what you love, without any pressure or stress you feel only joy. However, when you turn that passion into your full time work and it becomes the thing that needs to make enough money to pay your bills, that joy can very quickly become a burden. Suddenly you are no longer doing what you love because you want to, you are doing it because you NEED to. In this situation it's very easy to start hating that thing that you originally loved and when this happens your creativity will suffer.
Big Magic will help you to understand how to find the balance in your life that you need. It will allow you to explore your possibilities without feeling pressured and let your creative spirit continue to flourish. It's beautifully written and a real pleasure to read.
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"For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ,
and Him crucified."
~1 Cor. 2:2
It is my joy, honor and humble privilege to "make much of Jesus"
in many different settings!
Whether at Retreats, Conferences, Teas, MOPS groups,
Bible Studies, Leadership Forums, or on the side of a mountain in Kenya...
it is thrilling to my heart to watch countenances change as dear hearts see what a great hope we have as we
"fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith."
~Hebrews 12:2
Sharon Sands
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Debbie Symons commented 2016-03-08 13:26:39 -0700We are looking at October 8 or 15, 2016. This is our annual Women's Conference at Community Worship Center in Perryton, Texas. Our audience is 300-400 young and older women from the Texas/Oklahoma/Kansas panhandle. There is no charge. We furnish brunch as they arrive and a luncheon at noon. Our speaker time is flexible, usually a session in the morning and one in the afternoon. But we are flexible. We have praise and worship, door prizes, some fun, and expect to see women equipped and empowered with God's word and Spirit as they go back out into their worlds. You can find us at: www.cwcperryton.org
Debbie Symons commented 2016-03-08 12:59:24 -0700Annual Women's Conference at Community Worship Center, Perryton, TX. We have 300-400 women from the surrounding area towns (all small) who join us each year for this "Day for You." Our audience is young and old alike expecting fun and laughter with lots of meat included. I really enjoyed the message in the video on this site. Loved it! We meet Saturday only from 9 to 3. Generally will be speaking in a morning and afternoon sessions, about an hour each. Time is flexible. No cost for women, luncheon furnished. It is our gift to the women of the area each fall.
Stephanie Singleton commented 2016-01-31 12:00:32 -0700We are having a women's retreat March 31st to April 2nd. We will be hosting our event at Peaceful Valley Resort in Lyons Colorado. We would love to see what it would cost for us to have Sharon come and speak.
Joli Johnson commented 2016-01-17 22:05:17 -0700Hi Sharon! I am writing you inquiring about your possibly coming to Rise Chapel, Alaska this fall for our ladies retreat. We are one of 7 Calvary Chapel affiliated churches in Alaska and this is our first year hosting this retreat. It's a small retreat, approximately 30-40 ladies for around the state. If you are interested I would love to visit with you more! Joli
Lillian Dehn commented 2016-01-15 15:00:45 -0700Our Christmas Brunch is an outreach event. We encourage women to bring family members and friends to hear an evangelistic, holiday themed message.
Carol Kimbrel commented 2015-07-18 11:17:05 -0600Hey Sharon-Just wondering if you are be any chance available on Tuesday, September 15 from 9:30-11:00, to speak at the Aurora Christian Women's Vital Network. We haven't had you in a long time and I know the ladies would love to hear from you. I know you are super busy, but I'm hoping this day is open :-)


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My colleague here in Puebla—a wonderful pianist named Misa Ito for a piece to fit into an upcoming piano recital featuring works for four and six hands.
Six hands? "Like an insect!," Misa said. Which immediately got me thinking about Kafka's Metamorphosis. Which got me thinking about Kafka's protagonist Gregor, the giant bug. And I just kind of went with it.
Sure, for humans, the idea of having six legs seems very difficult. But having six hands (and a foot for the pedal) playing a single keyboard is just as difficult. Too many limbs! Anyway, the pianists seem to be having fun.
Postlude for Gregor Samsa
For One Piano, Three Players (Six Hands)
One movement (approx. 3 minutes) More Postludes to follow!
Score: available on request (email email@example.com)
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Why does this day seem SO much better during the summer?!
Fashion houses are gearing up to release their earnings & sales numbers, and the results are expected to reflect a down turn in the economy. Ralph Lauren Corporation was one of the first to release, with a 5.1% increase in profit, unfortunately accompanied with an expectation of double digit decrease in the fall, which then caused the stock price to drop.
Retail gets the bad news first in economic downturns. Hope this is short lived.
Macy's NYC flagship store is unveiling "the world's largest" shoe department today – the 39,000 sq ft of shoe heaven was created for a mere $400 MILLION. World's Biggest Shoe Shop? Worth every penny in my humble opinion!
Vilebrequin has been bought for $ 87.6 MILLION, and the plan is to now expand the retail operation. Now there are 185 stores, plans are to expand not only the number of stores but also what is inside them. Apparently even women's wear is to become part of the new Vilebrequin.
reversecommuter has a Father's Day tradition to buy Vilebrequin for all three of my men, and the exclusiveness of the brand definitely adds to the cache. Hope G-III Apparel Group Ltd (the new owners) keeps that in mind with all these growth plans!
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Doctor of Philosophy in Biological and Environmental Sciences
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Animals that engage in aggressive behavior necessarily incur some costs (e.g., energy expenditure) and risk much greater costs (e.g., injury), both of which are presumably weighed against the potential benefits (e.g., refuge, food, or mates). Such costs and benefits directly impact their distribution, life history, and fitness, so an understanding of the role aggression plays is crucial to a complete understanding of a species' ecological niche. The research presented here evaluates the degree to which aggression has ecological and life history consequences, using several species of co-occurring crabs as models in a combination of laboratory and field experiments. Specifically, we investigated: 1) how conspecific aggressive interactions compare across several ecologically overlapping crab species, 2) the impact exposure to aggression during the juvenile life phase has on the growth, maturity, injury, and survival rates of decapod crustaceans, 3) whether both intra- and interspecific aggression and competition among co-occurring crab species alter habitat selection and play a role in the success of invasive species, and 4) if injury patterns, spatial distribution, and habitat selection across the intertidal zone can be correlated to aggression.
In Chapter One, we present a comparative analysis of the degree to which different species of crabs engage in aggressive behavior. We focused on six species of co-occurring New England crabs, including the invasive Hemigrapsus sanguineus and Carcinus maenas, and the native Cancer irroratus, Dyspanopeus sayi, Libinia emarginata, and Ovalipes ocellatus. We found significant differences in the occurrence of agonistic behavior among species: O. ocellatus engaged in prolonged fights, and L. emarginata showed very little aggressive behavior, while the other four species were intermediate in the instances of, and the amount of time engaged in, aggressive behavior. Our findings shed light on the ecological implications of agonistic behavior in the context of varying life history and ecological strategies, and set a useful benchmark for understanding the role of aggression in the following chapters.
We then studied the costs of aggressive behavior in Chapter Two, focusing particularly on the impact agonism has on growth, maturity, injury, and survival. We selected juvenile Hemigrapsus sanguineus, Carcinus maenas, and Cancer irroratus crabs, three species that directly co-occur and display comparable levels of aggression. Treatments were comprised of conspecific individuals paired together for different lengths of time each day, to simulate encounter rates from post-settlement to the onset of maturity. All three species experienced substantial decreases in survival, significant limb loss, and a decrease in final carapace size. Only time to maturity was not substantially affected, though this may have been partly due to the dramatic mortality rates leading to relatively few crabs surviving to adulthood.
Hemigrapsus sanguineus, one of the species used in all four experiments presented in this dissertation, is a highly successful invasive species whose success stems partly from its ability to exclude established crab species from preferred rocky and cobble intertidal habitat. In Chapter Three, we assessed preference and competition for habitat types (cobble vs. sand) for H. sanguineus and two competitor species; the previously established invasive green crab, Carcinus maenas, and the native rock crab, Cancer irroratus, in New England. We established different groupings of similarly sized heterospecifics and conspecifics from each species in order to test intra- and inter-specific competition at different densities. While all three species preferred the shelter of cobble substrate in individual trials, H. sanguineus invariably displaced the other species, and retained the cobble substrate even when exposed to superior heterospecific numbers. Additionally, multiple H. sanguineus would cohabitate in cobble, whereas C. maenas and C. irroratus individuals each excluded conspecifics from cobble. These patterns illustrate a clear mechanism for overcoming invasion resistance and the exclusion of other intertidal crab species. In addition, despite the aggression seen in Chapter One, this study demonstrates that much of this species' invasion success may stem from its relative lack of intraspecific aggression, when costs and benefits are both present.
One outcome of aggression is often injury, and these intertidal crab species exhibit high occurrences of both claw and leg loss. However, while it is difficult to ascertain the cause of such injuries, the impact on the distribution and demography of injured individuals across habitat types is relatively easy to assess. We found little evidence for differences in the distribution of injured H. sanguineus (the sole common species found in surveys) across intertidal zones, with half of all crabs exhibiting loss of at least one limb. Injury also correlated with age and reproductive status which, in turn, did effect distribution.
The results of this series of studies underscore the impact of aggression (and related competition) on shaping many aspects of a species' ecology. Though the outcome of aggressive behavior is not always easy to ascertain, the overall results of our research serve to further illuminate our understanding of community ecology, invasion biology, life history and fitness, and ethology in general.
Recommended Citation
Hobbs, Niels-Viggo Schou, "Agonistic Behavior and Costs of Aggression in Decapod Crustaceans" (2016). Open Access Dissertations. Paper 487.


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The Red Cross Leadership Development Center is a 4-day summer camp August 8-11 at Santa Clara University. It's for high school students, and teaches leadership and Red Cross initiatives, while promoting community service and diversity. Program cost is $215. Applications are due May 27. For more information and to apply, go to: http://www.LDCbayarea.org/
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Red Cross Bay Area Summer Internship Program – Open to High School & College Students
Applications for 2011 Summer Internships with the Bay Area Red Cross are now being accepted. Applications can be found on our Leadership Development webpage (see link below) and should be submitted by the April 1st deadline. Any high school or college students may apply. Opportunities are available in many Red Cross departments. The program runs June 20-August 12 and requires a 15 hour/week commitment. All internships are unpaid, but can be applied toward academic credit where available. Applications and questions should be sent email@example.com. or Jan Peterson: 925-915-0276
College Access Summer Leadership Institute at NYU – July 10-14th, 2011
Rising juniors and seniors, do you have plans for the summer? Join us at NYU's first College Access Leadership Summer Institute, July 10th – July 14th. This 4 day program is designed to demystify the often daunting college admissions process. The curriculum will include workshops and small group sessions on college admissions, college-entrance test preparation, essay and resume writing, interviewing and presentation skills, and financial aid literacy. Program graduates will be certified College Access Ambassadors and will be required to act as mentors and advisors in their respective high schools by conducting a college application workshop.
Successful applicants for the NYU-CALI program are underrepresented, strong high school students from the New York Metro area and exhibit strong leadership potential. If selected, students are awarded a full scholarship to the institute and are only expected to cover travel expenses to and from campus. Space is limited.
Download the application here.
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Summer Workshop in Writing & Thinking at Lewis & Clark College
Fir Acres Workshop is June 26 – July 8. Two week summer residency program for students completing grades 8 through 12. You will collaboratively explore the relationship between writing, thinking and learning. For info and application: go.lclark.edu/fir_acres_workshop
United States Naval Academy Summer Seminar & Summer STEM Program
Interested in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics? Check out the great summer programs offered at the Naval Academy in Annapolis for High School Students at USNA Admissions under the "Programs & Events" section. These summer STEM programs are designed to encourage rising 8th -11th graders to pursue a course of study in engineering and technology throughout high school and college.
And, if you're interested in pursuing an appointment to the Naval Academy, consider their Summer Seminar, a fast-paced, six-day experience for rising Juniors. US News ranks their Aerospace and Electrical Engineering programs as 5th in the Nation!
John Muir Health Summer Intern Program for high school students
Sophomores and Juniors (who will be age 16 by June 20)…..
Would you like a summer job where you work within a health care system and gain knowledge about health care careers? John Muir Health will be accepting applications for intern clerical positions beginning Feb. 14. Interns are paid and must be truly interested in a health care career, have excellent writing and verbal abilities and be entering their junior or senior year. NOTE: Students must commit to working 8 hours per day, M-F for 8 weeks, June 20 to Aug. 12, 2011.
The application window will be Feb. 14 to March 4, 2011. Go to www.johnmuirhealth.com/careers. Stop by the Career Center to pick up a flyer or download it from below as it contains important application procedure information. BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS and APPLY EARLY!!
UC Davis Young Scholars Program
Do you want to do research this summer on a university campus? Join other high achieving high school junior and seniors doing original research in biology and natural sciences at UC Davis. Only 40 high achieving students currently enrolled as sophomores and juniors will be selected. You work one-on-one with research faculty and research groups in a laboratory for 6 weeks (June 19-July 30, 2011). Each student works on an individual project, prepare a journal quality paper and present at a symposium while living at the university.
For more information and application go to http://ysp.ucdavis.edu
Deadline March 31, 2011
UC Berkeley's Academic Talent Development Program
Academic Talent Development Program at UC Berkeley from June 20 to July 29, 2011. This six week program offers challenging and stimulating classes designed for acceleration and enrichment, aimed toward students from grades 7 to 11, is now online at http://atdp.berkeley.edu. Also, 5 week summer programs including a Documentary Filmmaking Workshop, the John F. Kennedy '35 Institute in Government, a Theatre Arts Institute and a Writing Workshops will be added to this year's Choate Summer Program. Students from middle school through high school may also select academic enrichment courses to intellectually reinvigorate them and prepare them to tackle another academic year. Stop by the Career Center or visit www.choate.edu/summerprograms for details!
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Exergen Thermometer Featured on Billy Bush Show
Exergen's TemporalScanner Thermometer has been featured on the Billy Bush Show. The Exergen Temporal Thermometer is designed to provide accurate temperatures by measuring the temperature of the skin's surface over the temporal artery, located beneath the forehead. Football Fans remember to visit the official Exergen Facebook page for your chance to win a Free Exergen Thermometer this football season.
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Welcome to our 2008 Garden Page
We have included about 100 pictures in our Garden 2008 page. For quicker loading of photos we have placed 12 pictures on each page below.Page 1 Page 3 Page 5 Page 7 Page 9 Page 2 Page 4 Page 6 Page 8 Page 10We bought this part of our yard from the water company. It was a road base gravel filled 1/4 acre parking lot for the water well pump house for the neighborhood. They abandoned the well house and vacated the lot when United Water (Boise City Area Water Utility) bought the system, replaced it with city water lines from downtown, and placed meters in front of every home. We work the soil a little deeper and attempt to soften it some every year.We grew celery for the first time this year. We bought starter plants and placed them about 10 June and they still did ok. They should have been planted much earlier. They were not as tender and mild flavored as that grown in the cool and more humid growing areas of the country but they are still real good for soups and spices.23 August 2008We picked almost all of the remaining Santa Rosa plums today and made fruit leather. The peaches are just now ready to pick - perfect timing. We try to hand some produce to everyone that comes for a visit. We are going to start making pumkin pie filling for snacks this week. We'll never use all of the pumkins or squash anyway but we will sure try.
25 October 2008
The harvest is about over. We picked all of the pumpkins and squash 10 October because we got our first major frost the night before and there would be heavy frost every night until today. The weather may now warm up to near 70 during the day and 45+ at night for a while.
The soil even in the best part of the garden where we grew the potatoes is pretty heavy. The "DUMBO" potato was 9" long and weighed 3 pounds. The wings are up front so it looks like somethings flying (hard to see by picture). I think the best smooth potatoes grow in sandy soil.
2 January 2009
The weather was in the 50s for a few days and the soil softened up. So we dug 10 pounds of carrots. They are crisp and delicious. We also finished raking leaves under the fruit trees. We will toss the leaves onto the row of carrots to help protect the carrots from freezing. We should then be able to dig carrots through the rest of the winter months. We cooked the last of the pumpkins and put the cooked "meat" in the freezer for future use in pies, cakes, cookies, etc. We have over 20 large banana squash left in storage, 5 or 6 spaghetti squash and about a dozen butternut squash. We cook a squash and then piece off of it like leftovers from the fridge. When that is gone, we'll cook another one.


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What We're Using for High School GeographyPosts contain affiliate links. See our full disclosure for more information.
Geography seems to have developed a bad reputation.
It's dry . . . it's boring . . . it's too hard to remember.
But really, geography doesn't have to be dry or boring at all! In fact, the right resources can make geography fun, interesting, and memorable for high school students.
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What We're Using for High School Geography
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As I began planning high school geography for my tenth-grade daughter, I knew I had to find something different than what the older boys had used.
We settled on North Star Geography, the brand new high school geography curriculum from Bright Ideas Press. This has quickly become my favorite geography resource ever!
The clean layout and conversational writing style make the textbook appealing . . . and yes, truly interesting.
I love that everything needed for the course is included in the Companion Guide:
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Online map puzzles
Map puzzles may sound like an overly simplistic learning tool for high school, but I have found that these online map puzzles from Owl and Mouse are excellent for all ages.
A wide variety of map puzzles are available, including maps of the world continents, Europe, Asia, the provinces of China, U.S. states and capitals, and many more.
Related reading
Because my daughter is an avid reader, I always try to include extra reading materials for her wherever possible. I would really like to find a good selection of books that bring the details of other cultures to life . . . but I'm drawing a blank.
What books would you recommend to complement high school geography studies? Any suggestions would be much appreciated!


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Your Twitter Profile is Starting to Look More Like Your Facebook Profile
Last week, Facebook tried to get us to take it more seriously as a source of social news with the launch of its Paper app and now this week, Twitter started rolling out a new look that has everyone doing an FB double take. Are our favorite social networks having an identity crisis?!
You'll know if you have #NewTwitter when you log in on a web browser and visit your profile. Your profile and header photos appear much larger, your name more prominent with all of your personal info placed to the left under your avatar. We dig the new stats under your header — now instead of just numbers for Tweets, Following and Followers, it shouts out your Photos/Videos, Favorites and Lists.
Your tweets appear less like a feed and more like Pins in bigger, different-sized boxes depending on text and photos. This creation of Franken-Social proportions might have the soul of Twitter, but more like the head, neck and shoulders of Facebook, the body of Google+ and the organs of Pinterest. We're a little scared, but also intrigued. The pic below shows a comparison between old (left) and new (right) with our Twitter profiles.
So why the new look? The social network is struggling with a slump in new user growth, plus back in October, Twitter reported that 75% of Tweeters access the social network from a mobile device. They're likely hoping that with an updated, Facebook-friendlier profile design, more new users will be encouraged and feel comfortable taking that first trip to Twitter Town.
It hasn't rolled out to everyone just yet and there's been no official announcement on Twitter's blog.
Sound off below: what do you think of the latest #NewTwitter? If you could only use ONE social network, which would you choose?


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Cryptocurrency mining is a transaction verification process on a cryptocurrency network. This requires the Monitors for SIMRACING . That verification is necessary since the network basically works like a ledger in which transactions must be verified periodically.
After days of research, enactment consulting various tech experts, and over 10 years of experience using inch, I found that the inch product is the best choice for Monitors for SIMRACING.
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Don't ask Bob Costas about slopestyle skiing and snowboarding. The veteran Olympic sportscaster isn't a fan of the sport that's making its Olympic debut in Sochi.
"I think the president of the International Olympic Committee should be Johnny Knoxville. Basically, this is just Jackass stuff they invented and called Olympic sports," he joked with Matt Lauer on The Today Show. His recent remarks have generated buzz about a sport most of us know so little about. Educate yourself before you tune in.
What is slopestyle:
Snowboarders were the first to develop slopestyle—a discipline that grew out of freestyle, which includes halfpipe and big air. The sport is a combination of tricks in a terrain park—like rails and quarterpipes—and big jumps, explains Melissa Larsen, general editor in snowboarding at Xgames.com. Skiers soon followed suit, performing similar snowboarder tricks while bombing downhill, says Mike Douglas, an ESPN ski analyst and former skier, referred to as the godfather of freeskiing.
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Slopestyle became an elite-level competitive sport in 1997 when it was included in the X Games. It was never, however, meant to be about medaling: "We wanted to get away from all that," says Douglas, who has come to terms with how the sport designed to break the rules now plays by them. "The athleticism of these athletes is worthy of the Olympics," he says.
How it's played:
The 635-meter course in Sochi features two back-to-back terrain parks containing different obstacles and three jumps ranging from 80- to 120-feet wide, says Larsen. The athletes will do two runs in each round. They're judged on technical difficulty, amplitude, style, fluidity, and sticking every landing. Four athletes from each country have a chance to win one of four golds.
How to watch:
"The instant replay helps to work out the complexity of what's going on," Douglas says. His advice for new spectators: "It's not like in figure skating where you can fall and still win. The athlete needs to do everything perfectly. If a run really wows you, chances are, that's the one," he says.
Who to watch:
Shaun White will no longer compete after dropping out, calling the course "intimidating." (How Dangerous is Olympic Slopestyle?) Canada's Mark McMorris is a favorite in snowboarding. "Nobody else can land the triple cork consistently like McMorris," Douglas says. Team USA has two other shots at gold as well: Nick Goepper and—on the ladies side—Jamie Anderson. "Goepper skis flawlessly while trying tricks like the switch double cork 900, where he basically ties himself in a knot and crosses his skis in the middle," Douglas says. As for Anderson, "she wins almost every contest she enters," Larsen says.
When to watch: Feb 6, 8, 9, 11, 13
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Robert Phillips, Harrell's attorney, confirmed Thursday that he is filing a lawsuit on behalf of Harrell against the reporter, Deon Guillory, and the station.
The station declined comment.
People were quick to comment on the station's Facebook page, asking questions like, "Is it okay for u guys or anyone to make her ss# public?"
The now-edited tape, which is down to 10 minutes, 21 seconds from the "13 minutes" cited by the news anchor, resembles a lecture more than an interrogation. Granted, what I know about police procedure comes from hours of watching "Blue Bloods" and "Law & Order," but it bothers me that the police officer interrupts her explanation that she didn't think she had to watch her daughter every minute she's at the park to ask, "You're her mother, right?"
"Yes, sir," Harrell answers.
"You understand that you're in charge of that child's well-being?"
Again, Harrell replies, "Yes, sir."
And he tells her, "That's not other people's job to do so."
Harrell said, "Yes, sir."
She's warned not to lie as the officer says, "I've made phone calls … this isn't the first time. … I know a lot more about this than you think I do." He claims workers at the "feed-a-kid program" at the park have reported seeing Harrell's daughter unattended several times.
Harrell explains she has not left her daughter "every day" as she doesn't work every day, to which the officer responds, "Don't give me that one-day-only crap." She tells him it's occurred "two or three times."
Then the officer talks about the risk of sexual offenders. "You should have that concern," he says. She explains that she leaves her cellphone with her daughter, but he counters with, "Cellphones don't save people."
That tone is in keeping with the television station that seems ready to convict Harrell without a trial. In its first coverage of her arrest, the anchor emphasized how Harrell had "confessed" to leaving her child in a busy park.
Harrell is not speaking to the media because of the ongoing case, but Clair Ryan, a thousand miles away in New Hampshire, has taken up her cause. Ryan, a 31-year-old program director for a nonprofit in the Boston area, started an online fundraiser for Harrell after reading the first report of what had happened. (The fundraiser closes Saturday.)
"Her story really touched me," Ryan told me. "I tried to put myself in her shoes even though my shoes are very different." Ryan, who is married, does not have children and admits she's never had to struggle.
"I felt like I had to do something," she said. And she has. More than 1,500 people have contributed around $45,000, which will help with Harrell's living expenses and her daughter's college fund.
Ryan explained the circumstances that led to Harrell's arrest: Harrell had been working nights and was switched to days. Her home was broken into and electronic items, like the television and the laptop her daughter would take to McDonald's for entertainment, were stolen.
Her daughter wanted to go to the park where she would meet friends. On June 30, someone reported to police that Harrell's daughter was alone, leading to Harrell's arrest and a felony charge of willful abandonment of a child, with a possible sentence of 10 years upon conviction.
She was released on a $5,000 bond, but her daughter remained in the foster care system until July 18. That's almost three weeks the two of them were apart, although Harrell was allowed to visit.
Meanwhile, McDonald's gave Harrell a promotion from shift manager to department manager, along with a raise. Since then, Harrell's daughter has gone to either day care or to subsidized church camps while her mother works, Ryan told me.
Phillips, who took the case pro bono, said Harrell's next court appearance is Sept. 5.
North Augusta seems to be full of the parenting police: A young mother was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct Sunday for using the f-word in front of her children at a Kroger's grocery when she allegedly told them to "stop squishing the f-ing bread."
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The 2013 Georgia Tech Cyber Security Summit (GT CSS) is the 11th offering of the Atlanta IT community's foremost event on cyber security. Focused on strengthening connections between the academic, policy and industry sectors of the community, the Summit brings together top thought leaders to explore cyber threats and ways of countering them. Attendees from Atlanta and around the country gather to develop strategies for securing information networks and explore potential countermeasures for cyber threats. The Summit also marks the publication of the annual Georgia Tech Emerging Cyber Threats Report—an expert-driven outlook of the IT security issues and opportunities for the year ahead. The Summit is hosted by the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) and the Cyber Technology and Information Security Lab (CTISL) of the Georgia Tech Research Institute.
The 2013 GT CSS keynote will be given by Martin Hellman, who along with Whitfield Diffie and Ralph Merkle, invented public key cryptography. This technology secures trillions of dollars a day in financial transactions, ranging from Internet credit card purchases to electronic banking and foreign exchange.


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Prepaid cards used by Paris attackers to rent hotel rooms
Prepaid payment cards were seen as a positive development, helping those excluded from the banking system and providing a convenient financial tool, but their use in the Paris terror attacks has revealed a troubling dark side.
Prepaid payment cards were seen as a positive development, helping those excluded from the banking system and providing a convenient financial tool, but their use in the Paris terror attacks has revealed a troubling dark side.
The attackers used an anonymous prepaid card to rent hotel rooms outside Paris the night before the November 13 strikes that killed 130 people, according to Tracfin, the French body tasked with combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
It was a way to avoid being detected by intelligence agencies.
Prepaid cards have been one of the fastest growing segments of non-cash payments in recent years, and now authorities are concerned they may have become a tool that criminals use to keep their activities hidden and launder their funds.
Stamped with the Visa or MasterCard logo and protected with a PIN code, the cards allow users to withdraw funds at ATMs, as well as make purchases in stores and online.
However, unlike traditional debit cards, they must be charged in advance with funds.
They also don't bear a person's name, and if the amounts are not too large, no name is ever linked with the card.
In Europe it is currently possible to use without showing identification non-rechargeable cards for payments of up to 250 euros ($265) or up to 2,500 euros per year for rechargeable cards.
Benefits, gifts, wages
With online bill payments becoming more the norm, as well as the surge in online shopping, access to a payment card of some sort has become crucial in many countries.
In the United States, they have become ubiquitous as many government benefits are now disbursed to prepaid cards. Some $148 billion was paid out that way last year according to the US Federal Reserve, although cards have to be registered to receive benefit payments.
And more and more US companies have begun issuing their employees prepaid cards to pay wages, thus cutting expenses related to using cheques and avoiding problems with workers who don't have a bank account.
Non-rechargeable cards have gained popularity as gift certificates, with companies also using them to entice or reward clients.
Volkswagen, for example, is offering US owners of its cars caught up in its emission cheating scandal a $500 prepaid Visa card.
In France, prepaid cards have found a niche with parents, as even minors can use them for payments.
"This allows parents to control the finances of their children," says France's Banque Postale, which has offered the cards since 2008.
A survey by the Pew Charitable Trusts found that a majority of low-income US users of prepaid cards also saw them as a means to control their spending, and avoid stiff overdraft fees that banks charge on traditional cards.
It is hard to say just how popular the cards have become in Europe as authorities don't break out payments by debit or prepaid cards.
However, a 2014 survey by the Bank of Italy found that nearly 17 percent of households had used prepaid cards, or about one in four that used payment cards.
Consulting firm CapGemini, in its latest publicly available report on the sector, estimated that prepaid cards accounted for 11.4 billion transactions worldwide in 2012, or nearly 4 percent of the total.
When issued by banks in Europe, the prepaid cards are usually linked to a bank account, thus making recharging convenient and ensuring transactions are traceable.
But EU directives aiming to boost competition opened up the sector to firms outside the banking sector, and 48 were registered, for instance, at the end of 2014 in France.
These companies have been behind the mushrooming of prepaid cards for sale in supermarkets and newsagents.
Available to anyone at least 18 years of age, some of these cards can be recharged with cash at newsagents and used to make transfers abroad.
And all that without having to show an ID.
That is why Bruno Dalles, the head of Tracfin, the French body tasked with combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism, said this past week he would seek to have prepaid card transactions "appear on our radar".
Anonymous prepaid cards "are used in the underground economy, in organised crime," said Dalles. "It is a tool which replaces cash, which is very discrete, untraceable. That is something we need to change."
French authorities have said they plan to reduce the amounts that cards may be charged with before identification becomes mandatory by decree early in 2016.
But if authorities want to fully eliminate the risk of their use by extremist groups, "...identification should be needed from the first euro", said Frederic Jeannin, chief executive of Ticket Surf, a firm which provides online payment services.
He believes that part of the problem is that firms operating throughout Europe are only monitored in their home base.
Another is that prepaid card issuers also have no idea what the card is used for. When a charge comes through, the issuer sees only the merchant's bank.
Ticket Surf works directly with websites, which means they can monitor payments and shut off sites they suspect to be laundering money.
"It is important to have financial regulations but it is also important that financial institutions pay attention," said Jeannin.
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get (one's) feet under the table
To gain confidence in a new job. You've only been there a week—I'm sure you'll feel better once you've gotten your feet under the table.
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If you get your feet under the table, you become confident and comfortable in a new job or situation. It took a year or so in the job to really get my feet under the table. I think I'll be able to do something about that next year. But let me get my feet under the table.
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get your feet under the tableestablish yourself securely in a new situation. chiefly British
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What the f*** is agile?
The neuroscience of agile
Aliens in the boardroom
Let's do a little thought experiment: Imagine you were an alien. Your people let's call them the Scrummies (because you are an agile bunch) recently visited planet earth for the first time and captured a few humans, a species which seems to play quite a role on their home planet. Now, because they seem so alien, you decide to study them. After all, you are a senior alien researcher on planet Xtreme and because you are so intelligent (we are talking like 1 million times more intelligent than the humans you are studying) you have been able to decipher human language in a heartbeat. So, you have a conversation with them. Whilst you are chatting away, they recommend you go and visit a boardroom in a large corporate. "To really understand our species, they claim, you have to do this".
So, off you go. You hop on a spaceship (a completely autonomously flying vehicle) leaving planet Xtreme behind. Because you are so intelligent, you have capabilities which to humans might appear as Superpowers. You are able to be as invisible as a fly on the wall. Plus, very conveniently, you can sniff out the stuff which to most humans would fall under the realm of the unconscious such as hidden agendas, reading between lines and cognitive biases.
Just like humans can see a chair or a table in a room, you (because you have superpowers as depicted in the image above) are able to see the invisible patterns in the boardroom before your eyes: emotions, group dynamics, and unspoken thoughts are all explicitly present for you. They are like physical objects radiating before your eyes. like when pressing and holding an app on an iPhone where suddenly all the apps start to wiggle like there is no tomorrow. All this clutter seems a little confusing sometimes. However, you know how to distinguish the essential from the noise in the data and so you gain a fairly clear picture.
Now let's further imagine, you have just arrived at a boardroom on planet earth. Nobody can see you (doh you are invisible) and you have just come into a heated meeting debate between senior executives. The first thing you notice is: they all look the same. They are covered in what seems to you like ugly black and grey space suits. They seem like uniforms as if they had to protect themselves. You also sense a mysterious smell in the air. It smells like a mixture of fear and aggression. The boardroom appears cold and sterile. The room represents an image of command and control, you sense the presence of clear boundaries which are not to be overstepped.
If you were just to look at the surface (in other words with the limited sensory perception available to humans), the meeting would be about planning out the future of the company in the next five years. However, if you looked closer (using your Superpowers), beneath the surface you'd notice a world of secrets, a volcano of simmering particles. You'd see the hidden agendas which even the agents themselves would not be aware of. You'd notice the smell of rising panic in a shivery atmosphere, the overwhelming need for belonging in some individuals and the loneliness in others.
You'd also realize that they seem to take forever to discuss seemingly simple problems, which to you encapsulate obvious solutions. However, it is not their analytical intelligence which prevents them from going straight to these solutions. Rather, it is their almost stubborn inability to be vulnerable, transparent and empathetic to themselves and others. Debates in this atmosphere it seems, are mostly driven by what some have classified as cognitive bias and the struggle for group acceptance and belonging. So, political aspirations and unconscious scripts are secretly running the meeting, which is detrimental to real outcomes. This, my dear alien, is the stuff we humans are made of. Instead of bringing the elephants on the table and openly discussing what we are really feeling and thinking, we stick to our political agenda well knowing that this might be poisonous and counterproductive.
Why you may ask yourself, are they doing this to themselves? This seems so counter-intuitive, stalling any productivity and preventing teams from responding effectively to new challenges in the outside world. You feel a little overwhelmed, and it seems unbearable, so you decide to leave. Back on planet Xtreme you chat to your research subjects and report about your experience. They shrug their shoulders and claim it is just the normal stuff of company policy.
Whilst it is easy to distinguish yourself from a situation when you are an objective bystander (like our cute Scrummy), it is a whole different story when you are an implicit part of the system. In other words: we can laboriously contemplate what it would be like to be an alien when in reality we are stuck in a cultural setup which follows certain and often unwritten rules. Company politics is one of these things.
Transitioning from steam engines to an exponential economy
But let's take a little history class first to understand what's going on here: In the industrial age, we built large hierarchical organizations, obedient citizens and students, who would sit in rank and file for six hours straight. This seemed to make sense in a society where our economy was geared towards productivity and scalability. After all, we set up large factories, where people had to function like machines. Not surprisingly, it was in this era that a guy called Frederick Taylor (1856–1915) came up with his philosophy which became the foundation of the division of labor. It was a carefully crafted manifesto which celebrated a mechanistic view of our world and humanity. In the tradition of this manifesto, we created departments which were focused on very specialized responsibilities aka human resources, finance, product departments. Whilst the departmentalization supported the goal of mass production and fostered the unprecedented commercialization of our world, it secretly got away with another subtler and perhaps unwanted implication: company politics. Departments inherited clear responsibilities and goals. And by executing on their departmental strategy, they became companies within companies, establishing their own subculture and DNA. This inevitably created conflicts and confusion over what was mine and what was yours. We can observe the manifestation of this up to today in corporate meetings, which often become outlets for endless conflicts over jurisdictions.
But the tides are turning…
In the 21st century, the speed of change is growing exponentially. Ray Kurzweil suggests that the progress of the entire 20th century would have been achieved in only 20 years at the rate of advancement in the year 2000, which is a five-fold increase. This suggests, that our internal change capability will need to match the pace of the external world.
Table 1: The transition from the industrial age to the 21st century by Yearofthex.com
In light of our discussion this means three things:
- We frankly don't have time for company politics anymore and need to build open communication as an inherent process into the system. Agile methodologies and self-organization models are already doing this to some degree.
- We need to find new ways of structuring our organizations and optimize them for speed and agility more than for scalability and efficiency
- In the 21st century, we need to learn new competencies, which may have never entered our school curriculums (such as dealing with social media addictions, discerning the wildly important, practicing mindfulness and digital skills). And yes this means learning how to code should be a fundamental skill in any curriculum.
Unconscious bias ruling the world
This is all easier said than done. Even though we already have pockets of agility in smaller and larger organizations, the majority still operates under old paradigms. The industrial era, its operating principles, and cultural scripts have become an implicit part of our being. However, when the implicit scripts embedded in the DNA of an organization or even a culture are becoming outdated, then suddenly the tribe may be under threat. Old legalities do not apply anymore. Miraculously, the external world has shifted dramatically and kind of forces us to go along with it.
So, the scripts and underlying principles which guided social cohesion and survival in industrial organizations, now become the reason for their potential decline. And because these scripts have become such an implicit part of the human (and organizational) brain structure, it seems virtually impossible to even imagine a different operating manual.
Implicit memory systems
In neuroscientific terms, this is where we are talking about the implicit part of the memory. The ancient area in the human brain serves an important purpose. Because certain habitual things such as driving a car, riding a bike and even moving our body have become ingrained into our system, we don't need much energy anymore to consciously think about them. We do it automatically. This frees up the energy to focus on other perhaps even more creative tasks. The area in the brain which is responsible for the implicit memory is the Cerebellum. It is here where we refer to our intuitive brain. This area stores implicit memories which ultimately allow us to move, eat and ride a bicycle without consciously thinking about it. This is all well and good as long as the habits we have acquired serve us well. But what happens when mostly due to external circumstances we require new scripts? When many of the intrinsic behaviors we have acquired over the last decades are starting to fail us?
Then we need to start fresh by learning new skills, such as doing agile. In Agile, we plan for uncertainty by prioritizing and planning together, working in short iterations, demonstrating results and getting feedback. This settles the limbic part of our brain down as it senses this is the only way to operate in a complex and uncertain environment. And unlike in the industrial age, we provide people with maximum autonomy and trust, which in turn activates the prefrontal cortex (the executive part of the brain) and provides encouragement to co-create and have faith in the team.
Initially, all of this may feel frustrating. It costs energy and seems pointless. Perhaps it feels a little like going through a major personal crisis, where we initially resist and feel overwhelmed by the amount of change which lies ahead of us. Over time, however, it becomes easier to acquire new techniques and values. We start small by experimenting with alternative strategies. We set up small and deliberate experiments and like a small child is learning to walk, we learn to walk the way of being in the 21st century. Gradually, things we needed to exercise consciously will become an implicit part of our identity. We move from doing agile to being agile, which gets encoded in the Cerebellum and has changed us forever.


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What is Root Canal Therapy?
Root canal therapy (also known as endodontic treatment) is a common dental procedure that saves teeth when a filling isn't enough to get the job done. This procedure has gained an undeserved reputation for being painful and has suffered through a lot of misinformation in recent years. In actuality, root canal therapy has become a painless way to save teeth and keep you smiling for years to come.
Patients may encounter the option to either extract a tooth or save the tooth with a root canal. Often, extractions are chosen by patients who are afraid of having a root canal or who don't think they can afford a root canal and, potentially, a crown. However, it is best to choose a root canal over an extraction whenever possible.
While prosthetics such as dental implants, partials, or bridges can restore the function and look of your tooth, saving your existing tooth is more cost-beneficial in the end and is the only option for something that feels like your tooth.
What is the root canal of the tooth?
In order to understand how root canal therapy works, it's important to first understand the anatomy of your teeth.
Teeth have four basic parts, three of which work to protect the innermost section called the pulp chamber. The enamel is the hardest substance in the human body. Enamel a thin, protective covering for the dentin within and is what you think of as your tooth. Below the gums, another protective layer called cementum works to cover the roots of the teeth.
The pulp chamber is where the nerves and blood vessels of your tooth are contained, and help to support the tooth within the jawbone. Depending on which tooth needs treatment, there can be between one and four roots. If trauma or infection gets past these protective barriers and into the pulp chamber, a root canal may be needed to restore your oral health.
When do I need a root canal procedure?
If the pulp of the tooth experiences inflammation, infection or trauma – usually caused by severe decay, repeated procedures on that tooth – a root canal may be needed to save the tooth. If left untreated, the pulp may cause pain and cause an abscess to form.
Some common symptoms patients experience before a root canal diagnosis often include:
- Intense pain when biting down or chewing
- Pimples on the gums
- Chips or cracks in the enamel
- Lasting sensitivity to cold, heat, or even sweet, long after the sensation has been removed
- Swollen or painful gums
- Deep decay or tooth darkening around the gum line
If you are experiencing any of these symptoms, it's best to contact your dentist for an exam to determine the cause of your pain and discomfort.
How can a root canal save your tooth?
Once your permanent teeth are in, you no longer need the pulp for the tooth to thrive and so it is possible to clean out the pulp chamber and save your tooth. Sometimes root canal therapy is combined with a crown if too much of the tooth's outer surface is decayed or damaged. Most root canal treatments take between two to three visits to complete.
Here's how it works:
- An exam and x-rays will help the dentist determine the depth of your tooth's roots.
- We'll get you numb to help you from feeling any pain during your visit.
- A protective barrier is fitted around the tooth that needs treatment and will protect it from both saliva and bacteria during the procedure.
- Any existing decay is removed and an opening is created in the crown of the tooth.
- During the procedure, the tooth is flushed out, cleaned and dried as many times as necessary to prevent infection-causing bacteria.
- Using a special file, your dentist carefully removes the pulp from the root canal channels and gets it into shape.
- A body-friendly material is used to fill in the canals to maintain their shape. If the tooth lacks sufficient structure, sometimes a small post is placed in with the filling material to better support the future crown.
- A filling will be placed to seal the interior of the tooth – if your root canal needs a crown, this filling is temporary and will be replaced when the final crown arrives.
- Once the final crown is in place, you'll be able to eat, speak and smile comfortably for years to come.
Because every patient is unique, sometimes teeth with especially difficult-shaped roots will need to be referred to an endodontist, or a dentist who specializes exclusively in root canals.
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I have a special connection to central Pennsylvania, especially the northern, agricultural area around Numidia, Catawissa, Sunbury, and Bloomsburg. My parents were born and raised in the area, in fact, my entire family originated there--even me. I was born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, a small college town where most of the houses are old Victorian beauties with well tended yards filled with flowers in the spring and summer and surrounded by soft, round-topped mountains.
We visited this area so often when I was young to reunite with my grandparents, family members, and old friends of my parents. Sometimes my sister and I would spend summer vacation time there. It's such a beautiful place with the Susquehanna River running through those lush green mountains, valleys where the farmers create fields that look like patchwork quilts.
I remember the quiet, the fun running outside in our bathing suites to enjoy the rain, picking sweet, wild strawberries, and Sunday visits to my grandmother's friends most of whom lived on Mt. Carmel and Bear Mountain. They would exchange gifts of their handy work, like homemade baked goods, crocheted items, and quilts. I loved playing with all the kids. My grandmother loved to fish and she often packed a picnic and took us with her. We would spend our time playing in the water while she fished. Such great fun. We went to church bazaars, ice cream socials, and church picnics and ate delicious food and played games with other kids--and once, I actually won a peanut pushing race.
I only remember the 8 months of actually living in Pennsylvania when I was 4 years old. We lived in Luthersburg, a small town not too far from Pittsburg. I have so many warm memories of living there and the people who were so friendly and kind to us.
Since my parents are gone, I seldom go back to Pennsylvania. Sometimes I miss it. I have gone to Catawissa and Numidia a couple times to see to the placing of a monument on my paternal grandparents' and Uncle John's graves.


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Wednesday, 21 January 2009
Another shock for brain imaging research - the signal isn't always linked to neuronal activity
Now Yevgeniy Sirotin and Aniruddha Das have reported that blood flow changes in the brain - the signal measured by brain scanners - are not always linked to changes in neuronal activity. Experts have known for some time that the relationship between blood flow and neuronal activity might be rather complicated but this is the first time that such an extreme mismatch has been demonstrated.
Sirotin and Das used electrodes to directly record neuronal activity in the vision part of the brains of two awake monkeys, and at the same time they used a camera system and injected dyes to monitor blood flow to that region. This kind of thing couldn't be done with humans because it is too intrusive and physically harmful.
The monkeys were trained to look at a tiny dot when it was one colour and to relax when it was another colour. The dot alternated colours following a predictable rhythm, so the monkeys could predict when they'd need to concentrate and when they could relax. Sometimes, when the monkeys were required to fixate the dot, it was accompanied by intense visual stimuli, whereas on other trials there was nothing, leaving the monkeys in near darkness.
As you'd expect, when there was intense visual stimulation, the researchers observed increased neuronal activity in the visual area of the monkeys' brains and lots of blood flow to that region. But here's the important bit: they also observed increased blood flow to the visual brain even when there was nothing for the monkeys to look at, except for the minuscule dot, and even though neuronal activity was virtually silent. It's as though extra blood was being channelled to the visual cortex, in anticipation that there might be lots of visual material to look at.
There's a chance that this anticipatory blood flow could just reflect an increase in arousal, since the researchers also noted anticipatory changes to heart rate and pupil size just before an active phase of each trial was due to begin. However, Sirotin and Das were able to rule this out using an auditory task. Heart rate and pupil size changed in anticipation of the active phase of the auditory task, but there was no anticipatory blood flow to the visual parts of the brain.
The interpretation of human brain imaging experiments is founded on the idea that changes in blood flow reflect parallel changes in neuronal activity. This important new study shows that blood flow changes can be anticipatory and completely unconnected to any localised neuronal activity. It's up to future research to find out which brain areas and cognitive mechanisms are controlling this anticipatory blood flow. As the researchers said, their finding points to a "novel anticipatory brain mechanism".
Writing a commentary on this paper in the same journal issue, David Leopold at the National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, said the findings were "sure to raise eyebrows among the human fMRI research community."
Yevgeniy B. Sirotin, Aniruddha Das (2009). Anticipatory haemodynamic signals in sensory cortex not predicted by local neuronal activity. Nature, 457, 475-479.
Image shows blood vessel activation in the brain evoked by visual stimulus. White lightning bolt patterns outline arteries in the contraction phase of the anticipatory response; dark centre is the specific response to the visual stimulus. Credit Sirotin & Das.
Post written by Christian Jarrett (@psych_writer) for the BPS Research Digest.
4 comments:
- Mike T Nelson said...
Wow, very very interesting! I've wondered about that for awhile.
Thanks for sharing! Much appreciated.
Rock on
Mike T Nelson, MS,PhD(c)
- 3:34 pm
- AutomationBoy said...
Was the blood flow accompanied by hemoglobin activity and its byproducts? In other words, were the cell using the oxygen that the blood could supply or was it there just in case it was needed?
- 9:53 am
Thuis does not seem like a major problem for neuroimaging. However, it is important to know this in the design and interpretation of studies. It is of course, also extremely interesting.
- 2:21 pm
- Carol G said...
Putting aside the heart-breakingly cruel animal experimentation side of this experiment, this is no surprise to anyone who like myself is interested in the action of (neuro) peptides which operate outside of neuronal activity (Read Molecules of emotion by Candice Pert)
- 12:21 pm


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These are too cool for words! I bet it would be great fun to create a giant LEGO sculpture!
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Fun with LEGOs!
Posted by Becca at Sunday, May 18, 2008
13 comments:
- Bradda said...
Man that dragon is sick! Unreal. I used to LOVE legos as a kid.
- Monday, May 19, 2008
Ooh look! Sea monster! Sea monster!
- Monday, May 19, 2008
- Ben Varkentine said...
Did you see the neat Lego Iron Man I found and posted with my review of the movie?
- Monday, May 19, 2008
- Arkonbey said...
Is that a Lego Bruce Campbell with the bird's nest on his head?
- Monday, May 19, 2008
- Captain Incredible said...
Bats looks like Batzarro, don't you think?
- Monday, May 19, 2008
- Steve said...
they show a bunch of these at SDCC each year.
They are way cool up close (and way cool on your blog as well)
- Monday, May 19, 2008
- Arkonbey said...
Is there a Batzarro?
- Monday, May 19, 2008
- Dr. Zaius said...
Is that dragon real? It's huge!
- Monday, May 19, 2008
- Randal Graves said...
Greatest. Toy. Ever. These are incredible!
- Tuesday, May 20, 2008
- Unknown said...
that dragon is in legoland in Disney World. I've never seen the Batman though...awesome!
- Tuesday, May 20, 2008
- Becca said...
I know it's so cool! I want one!
I know! I know! I thought of you when I found it!
I didn't actually but I will go over and check it out! I am behind in my blog reading because I've been working on illustrating a comic book! More to follow...
It does look like him doesn't it! How funny!
It's all the blockiness!
I've only seen a few LEGO sculptures up close but damn they are cool! So much detail, so many pieces!
Hmmm don't think so but there should be!
Dr. Z-
As Jay adds later it's in the LEGOland part of Disney World. So cool!
Perfect toy! Damn I used to love my LEGOs!
Yeah that Batman is really cool!
- Tuesday, May 20, 2008
- GFS3 said...
Some people apparently have lots of time -- and lots of Legos.
Have you met the good Rev. Crosslick? He's got an interesting take on Legos that you might find... well, right up your alley!
- Tuesday, May 20, 2008
- Unknown said...
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The Old Testament prophet Moses (ca. 1392-ca. 1272 B.C.) was the emancipator of Israel. He created Israel's nationhood and founded its religion.
Moses was the son of Amram and Yochebed of the tribe of Levi. He was born in Egypt during the period in which the Pharaoh had ordered that all newborn male Hebrew children be cast into the Nile. Rescued by the daughter of the Pharaoh, he was brought up in the splendor of the Egyptian court as her adopted son. Grown to manhood, aware of his Hebraic origin, and with deep compassion for his enslaved brethren, he became enraged while witnessing an Egyptian taskmaster brutally beating a Hebrew slave. Impulsively he killed the Egyptian. Fearing the Pharaoh's wrath and punishment, he fled into the desert of Midian, becoming a shepherd for Jethro, a Midianite priest whose daughter Zipporah he later married. While tending the flocks on Mt. Horeb far in the wilderness, he beheld a bush burning that was not consumed. In the revelation that followed, he was informed that he had been chosen to serve as the liberator of the children of Israel. He was also told to proclaim the unity of God to his entire people, which doctrine heretofore had been known only to certain individuals.
The tremendous responsibility of his task, his innate humility, and his own feeling of unworthiness evoked a hesitancy and lack of confidence in Moses. He was assured, however, that Aaron, his more fluent brother, would serve as his spokesman both to the children of Israel and to the Pharaoh.
Moses returned to Egypt and persuaded the Hebrews to organize for a hasty departure from the land of bondage. Together with Aaron, he informed the Pharaoh that the God of the Hebrews demanded that he free His people. The Pharaoh refused to obey, bringing upon himself and his people nine terrible plagues that Moses wrought upon Egypt by using the miraculous staff he had received as a sign of his authority. The tenth plague, the killing of the firstborn sons of the Egyptians, broke the Pharaoh's resistance and compelled him to grant the Hebrews permission to depart immediately. Moses thus found himself the leader of an undisciplined collection of slaves, Hebrew as well as non-Hebrew, escaping from Egyptian territory to freedom.
Moses' immediate goal was Mt. Horeb, called Mt. Sinai, where God had first revealed Himself to him. The Hebrews came to the sacred mountain fired by the inspiration of their prophetic leader. Summoned by God, Moses ascended the mountain and received the tablets of stone while the children of Israel heard the thundering forth of the Ten Commandments. Inspired, the people agreed to the conditions of the Covenant.
Through 40 years in the wilderness of Sinai, overcoming tremendous obstacles, Moses led the horde of former slaves, shaping them into a nation. He selected and set them apart for a divine purpose and consecrated them to the highest ethical and moral laws. Only a man with tremendous will, patience, compassion, humility, and great faith could have forged the bickering and scheming factions who constantly challenged his wisdom and authority into an entity.
Moses supplemented the Ten Commandments by a code of law regulating the social and religious life of the people. This collection of instructions, read to and ratified by the people, was called the Book of the Covenant.
Under his leadership, most of the land east of the Jordan was conquered and given to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and to half of the tribe of Menashe. Moses, however, was not permitted to lead the children of Israel into Canaan, the Promised Land, because he had been disobedient to God during the period of wandering in the desert. When the people were in need of water, God told Moses to speak to a rock and water would spring from it. Instead he had struck the rock with his staff. From the heights of Nebo he surveyed the land promised to his forefathers, which would be given to their children. Moses, 120 years old, died in the land of Moab and was buried opposite Bet Peor.
Further Reading on Moses
No single work on Moses is satisfactory. One full study is Martin Buber, Moses (1946; new ed. 1958). Mordecai Roshwald and Miriam Roshwald, Moses: Leader, Prophet, Man (1969), draws from legend, fiction, drama, and poetry as well as from the Bible. The best short essays on Moses are in Rudolph Kittel, Great Men and Movements in Israel (1929), and Fleming James, Personalities of the Old Testament (1939). For archeological and historical background consult Max L. Margolis and Alexander Marx, A History of the Jewish People (1927); Robert H. Pfeiffer, Introduction to the Old Testament (1941; rev. ed. 1948); William F. Albright, The Archaeology of Palestine (1949; rev. ed. 1956); Harry M. Orlinsky, Ancient Israel (1954); and Martin Noth, The History of Israel (1958; rev. ed. 1960).


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The tragic truth is that every day, dogs in good health with wonderful personalities are euthanized. Why? They're older. And because they're older, they're not considered adoptable.
Shelter workers see it everyday: a dog is brought in because he can't jog with his guardian anymore. Or he needs a little time to get up the stairs. Or he's simply not a puppy.
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If we had our way, no dog would spend its last days in a cold, dark shelter. There is so much love and joy in these dogs! Bringing these special dogs into a home is not only good for the dogs, but such loving, mellow dogs transform the quality of life for the people who adopt or foster them.


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Credit Instruments and Derivatives
Module description
This module aims to equip the students with the essential quantitative tools to evaluate and risk-analyse financial derivatives and fixed income securities. Topics include no-arbitrage valuation, overview of prevalent fixed income and derivatives products, binomial option pricing model, Black-Scholes model, valuation and risk analysis of bonds, term structure of interest rates, credit instruments and other advanced products.
Prerequisite: The students are expected to have a good command of the University of Exeter Business School Approved Financial Calculator, MS Excel, and basic financial concepts such as NPV, Bond, and Stock Pricing.
Additional Information:
This module helps students build an online professional profile, allowing them to connect with former students and potential employers internationally in about 100 countries and hundreds of banks across the globe. In addition, many of the examples discussed throughout the module are based on American, European, and Asian markets.
External Engagement
The Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA) accredits this module, and all of the content is based on the CFA level examination.
Mastery of this module's content will enable the students to develop intellectual sophistication in the areas of derivatives/fixed income pricing, financial engineering, and risk management. Derivatives and Fixed income mastery potentially open up an exciting range of career opportunities across multiple industries such as investment banks, hedge funds, consultancies, and insurance firms. As well as creating an online profile aimed at employers in about 100 countries and hundreds of banks across the globe, students also develop their understanding and evaluation of derivatives, financial engineering skills, and risk assessment skills.
All of the resources for this module are available on the ELE (Exeter Learning Environment).
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|Credit Instruments and Derivatives
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Module aims
The main goal of this module is to prepare the students for a quantitative finance career which includes (but is not limited to) trading, risk management, and structures in the areas of fixed income and derivatives. This module will be useful to prepare the student for the Derivatives Trader's profession and the hedging responsibility of the Financial Director.
Towards the end of the module, the students will understand the mechanisms, risks, and pricing techniques of various products such as forward and futures contracts, European and American options, bonds, swaps, interest rate derivatives, etc. While the treatments of topics are somewhat quantitatively oriented, the practical relevance of the module's content will be highlighted by real-world examples and case studies. The module examines a variety of distinct models from both theoretical and technical perspectives.
ILO: Module-specific skills
- 1. price various derivatives and credit instruments and critically evaluate their usefulness in risk reduction applications using MS Excel and Financial Calculators;
- 2. price Forwards, Futures, and SWAPs;
- 3. identify the forms of basic derivative contracts and essential hedging strategies;
- 4. outline the theoretical background and implementation of the Binomial Option Pricing Modell;
- 5. apply the Black-Scholes model for option pricing and compare its relationship to the Binomial Option Pricing Model;
- 6. price financial options using both analytical and numerical techniques;
- 7. explain some popular interest rate option products and how they can be priced, including all kinds of fixed and variable SWAPs and other fixed-income instruments.
ILO: Discipline-specific skills
- 8. improve their mathematical finance knowledge and apply computational methods in pricing options, derivatives, and fixed income products;
- 9. evaluate rigorous theoretical arguments based on mathematical and analytical reasoning;
- 10. rigorously analyse problems in finance, especially derivatives and fixed income pricing;
- 11. interpret financial data and problems in the light of established theories.
ILO: Personal and key skills
- 12. analyse critically problems arising in both academic and practical contexts;
- 13. develop computing skills;
- 14. plan and manage his/her own study;
- 15. make appropriate use of learning resources, including sophisticated computer datasets;
- 16. develop their interpersonal skills and group working through the LinkedIn assignment (formative);
- 17. show competence in debate and discussion through active class participation (formative);
- 18. access empirical research literature and critically appraise it (formative).
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|Individual Project
|2 weeks
|Verbal & written
|Weekly Excel Spreadsheets
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|Weekly tests
|Verbal during Q&A sessions & automatic pre-programmed feedback from VLE
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|Final exam
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|Final exam (100%) (2 hours)
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Syllabus plan
This module covers two broad areas – derivatives and fixed income:
- Forward Markets and Contracts
- Futures Markets and Contracts
- Option Markets and Contracts
- Swap Markets and Contracts
- Interest Rate Derivative Instruments
- Using credit derivatives to enhance return and manage risk via CDS (Credit Default Swaps)
- Valuing Bonds with Embedded Options
- Mortgage-Backed Sector of the Bond Market
- Europe's whole loan sales market burgeoning as the mortgage credit market comes of age
If time permits:
- Solving the Liquidity Conundrum
- Ethical Use of Derivatives and Fixed Income Instruments: Nassim Taleb and Daniel Kahneman: Reflection on a Crisis
Indicative learning resources - Basic reading
Core Texts:
- CFA Program Curriculum 2020 Level I Volumes 1-6 Box Set. CFA Institute.
- CFA Program Curriculum 2020 Level II Volumes 1-6 Box Set. CFA Institute.
Module has an active ELE page?
Indicative learning resources - Web based and electronic resources
The following websites are worth exploring, particularly if you are new to the subject. Please understand that material from these must not be cut and pasted into assignments.
www.cbot.com -- Chicago Board of Trade
www.cme.com -- Chicago Mercantile Exchange
www.theocc.com -- Options Clearing Corporation
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Kevin Richardson On The Sharon Osbourne Show
Kevin Richardson has been making many appearances on TV lately and his latest stop was at the Sharon Osbourne Show which aired earlier today. He was there to talk about colon cancer which is what lead to his father's death when he was younger.
Kevin's recent TV appearances have been in an effort to raise awareness for colon cancer. He is urging children to tell their parents to get tested, targeting mainly those over the age of 40. Kevin's next stop will be on 'On Air with Ryan Seacrest' on March 31st, 2004. A full recap of the Sharon Osbourne appearance is available at WarnerBros.com.