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NailZ & Co. in Cotati, Calif., is staffed by six techs and offers art, pedicures, and gel-polish.
Imagine your boss coming to you and asking, "How many nail salons do you think you can visit in a week?"
Another great question we get asked a lot is, "How can I get [myself, my salon, my nail art, my story, my services, my demos] to be featured in NAILS Magazine?" We are always (ALWAYS!) looking
We're living vicariously through these heavenly salons in desirable destinations.
As NAILS editor Hannah Lee's last day with the magazine approaches, she shares some photos from the past of her salon visits around the world.
A hit nail products brand in Germany since its founding in 1989, Alessandro International expands to the U.S. for the first time. Setting itself apart from other brands, Alessandro offers prescriptive nail care, meaning instead of
As I visited Chi Nail Bar in Beverly Hills, Calif., I wanted to take a picture of my stunning "Joker Nails," created by Lexi Kumasaka. I wanted to take the photo with a backdrop of something
Remember when we told you about Breanne Trammell, an aspiring (and now licensed) nail artist who wanted to travel across the United States doing nails (in a canned ham trailer, no less)! Well, readers, Trammell is
Is a machine the future of nail art?Last night, I attended a West Coast launch event for Tat'z Nail'z, a nail art printer that literally prints a completed design onto your nail (that's my machine-printed design
As a long-time member and former committee chairwoman of an ethnic-based networking group (The Network of Indian Professionals (NetIP)), I understand how valuable these groups can be. While NetIP is open to everyone regardless of ethnic
It had been 15 years since I visited the offices of DeEnterprises, a Chicago-based manufacturer of professional nail products and originator of Aqua Nails, an acrylic system that cures in water (click here for the story
As more and more established chains in related industries (fitness, beauty retail) want in on the growing popularity of nail care, I'm noticing a positive trend for nail techs: jobs, nay, make that career paths even,
At NAILS Magazine, we recognize nail art as a legitimate art form — if you need evidence of that, just check out our annual Mini Masterpiece contest — so we were thrilled to hear that Chicago-based
Vending machines have gone beyond trail mix and candy for a while -- you may have noticed Apple iPod vending machines at your local airport, something I always thought was a bit odd but figured that
The Barristar Beauty School Forum is such a useful show for beauty school students and instructors. It's one of the most affordable shows to attend — for the Anaheim show this past weekend, students got in
While backstage at the CND Shellac Couture event at America's Beauty Show, I was thrilled to meet Ashley Crowe, better known as Astrowifey (who runs a nail art blog by the same name), a phenomenal nail
I understand the hesitancy among nail techs (and myself, to be honest, at least until I saw the salon in person) about the in-store experience at the nail salon that just opened inside a Chicago Walgreens.
Here are more snapshots from the Beauty Forum Swiss show that was held last weekend (March 3-4, 2012) in Zurich. Many thanks to nail tech and friend Elsbeth Schuetz and Marlise Kolliker of Nail International by
I recognized Akyado from the Orlando show last year. The Swiss company has been around for 12 years and was founded by nail tech Josiane Trachsel. According to Trachsel, the company is one of only a
German nail tech Niko Ulrich was a guest artist in the Nail International by Marlise K booth. The owner of Fine Nails was showcasing his handpainted gel art. And yes, this mural was painted using gels!
Look who I found located front and center in the nail section at the Swiss Beauty Forum in Zurich...the Swiss Hand & Nail Harmony team from Hodel Nail Beauty. The exclusive distributor of all Hand &
One of the larger Swiss-based nail companies, You Nails is probably recognizable to international nail techs. The company produces just about any product you would need to run your nail business (acrylics, gels, fiberglass wraps, resin
I came to the Beauty Forum Swiss show in Zurich as a guest of Swiss-born, California-based celebrity nail tech Elsbeth Schutz. She has done many covers for NAILS and contributes her amazing nail art skills to
I attended CND's Shellac Couture nail fashion show at The Runway at America's Beauty Show today. I love how the CND team makes its nail art designs so accessible. The showcased designs included some of the
"Nail lengths are getting longer," observed CND co-founder Jan Arnold during the company's Shellac Couture event today on The Runway at America's Beauty Show. I caught up with Jan backstage after the show to find out more
Evolving from a line of kitchen tools (yes, you guessed it, literally from a microplane citrus zester), Microplane Personal Care offers a huge assortment callus removers. The company has large professional size callus microplanes, small at-home
Will "lip art" be the next big thing? Trendy Nail Wraps, makers of full-coverage nail art coatings, seem to think so. If you stop by their show booth, you'll see women with lips adorned in leopard
Founded by reflexologists, Lodaat (an acronym for "Living one day at a time") offers several useful massage tools at its booth. This is a Sujok Ring, which, when rolled along a finger, activates pressure points that can
There's a new entry into the gel-polish market: Lac It! by EnVogue. So far, there are 18 colors, plus top and base, available. Starter kits at the show run from $90 to $385. Booth #3828. --Sree
High-end just got even nicer at Lexor where Ultra Leather is now standard on its high-end pedicure spas (including the Infinity, shown). According to the company, this leather is acetone- and stain-resistant, so if you spill
Drop your business card into the jar at The Nail Superstore's booth for the chance to win a free salon website. The Nail Superstore just launched a salon website template business as a new offering, and
America's Beauty Show has impressed me in recent years with its tech-savvy. Last year, there was a QR code in the printed program that, when scanned, took attendees to the "ABS Mobile Program (the program and
Last Thursday I got to spend the day down at CND's Vista, Calif. headquarters. The main purpose of the trip was to tour their research and development lab and see what their chemists do on a
I've interviewed Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, executive VP and artistic director of OPI Products Inc., several different times during the course of my career at NAILS. This time, I had the inspiring help of our NAILS Facebook fans,
There's a special part in our hearts for nail tech-made products, so we were excited to see a launch from nail tech Rhonda Tooker and her daughter Natalie deWitte that expands the glitter focus of Sparkleyez
There's a new professional-only nail polish option on the floor called Venique. I'm intrigued by this entry into the field because this polish features Siltek, an ingredient that expands when wet and contracts when dry, meaning
If you're at ISSE, I urge you to stop by Jessica Cosmetics booth. In addition to having cool new gel-polish colors and packages of gel-polish/traditional polish combos, I was asked an odd question by national sales
The International Salon & Spa Expo (ISSE) Long Beach will host CND's dynamic nail program, Shellac at the Shore, this January. Taking the styles and colors directly from the runways of New York Fashion Week and
About a week ago, I stopped at Elégance Boutique Spa in Manhattan Beach, Calif., to attend an open house and meet the spa's new manicurist. It was a bustling event, especially since the salon was savvy
Yesterday, I was lucky enough to be invited to an event hosted by CND at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel (formerly the Regent Beverly Wilshire where they filmed "Pretty Woman"). Co-founder and style director Jan Arnold was
L to R: manager Esther Ton, owner Fawn Ton, and nail tech Mia YangKi Nail Bar in downtown Los Angeles is the girly Japanese sister of Chi Nail Bar in Beverly Hills. Earlier this week, I
Here are a few more finds from the show floor!Alite Nail Systems placed a model at the show floor entrance to show off the company's nail and make-up products.ENP Nail Design's Gella soak-off gel polish comes
Aspiring beauty professionals, have I got the show for you. For the first time since I've been with NAILS Magazine, I attended the Barristar Beauty School Forum and found that it's a terrific show to get
I just got back from a great trip up north to Redmond, Oregon, where associate publisher Michelle Mullen and I visited Light Elegance Nail Products. It just so happened to be the company's one-year anniversary in
Thanks to Nubar, my nails are now polished a lovely Fire Sparkle red. I got the mini-manicure at the Urban Sanctuary "Jetsetter Luxe Lounge" retail suite at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., yesterday. (Fancy!)Nubar,
I first spoke to The Painted Nail salon owner Katie Cazorla in fall of 2009 when I contacted her to see if she'd like her salon's Ice Cream Sundae Pedicure featured in our Signature Services column.
Wednesday was PBA Lobby Day, the main event I flew to D.C. to attend. We split into groups as determined by geography (With NAILS Magazine being based in Southern California, I was in the California-Nevada group),
It's been over a decade since I lasted visited our nation's capital on a family vacation. That trip was purely touristy. I remember going to the Smithsonian museums and waiting in line at the U.S. Mint.
The team at Kupa Inc. have been extremely busy these past few weeks. They attended back-to-back tradeshows, first IBS New York, then ABS in Chicago (where I ran into them), and now several of the team members are
OPI's Suzi Weiss-Fischmann gets polished by a Marinello student in the new color OPI Marinello On the G.L.O.W. There's a brand new shimmery red OPI polish out, but to get it you'll have to visit a Marinello
Nails by Marilyn Garcia, Element Beauty Salon, Caguas, Puerto RicoAs the editor at NAILS in charge of most of our nail art articles, I get a lot of distinctive nail art submissions from Puerto Rico. Nail
About 700 people (including OPI employees and their children) were present yesterday as George Schaeffer, surrounded by new Dell desktops, announced the company's computer and scholarship winners. OPI created a festive atmosphere for the occasion, with popcorn,
The NAILS Team (Sree, Cyndy, Hannah, Michelle and Kim) in our cute Green Apple Aprons.Partygoers enjoy their fun-filled goodie bags.New friends and old...everyone was busy mingling at the BeautyTech Networking BBQ.BeautyTech Webmaster and founder Debbie Doerrlamm
Earlier this month, Bio Sculpture Gel debuted several new products for its educators, and the company let me, a few other members of the beauty press, and several local salons who use the company's product line, get
To celebrate the launch of our new Nail Art Gallery site, we've partnered with BeautyTech.com to have a grand old party. On June 6, at the Premiere show in Orlando, from 7-10 p.m., come have dinner with us
Congratulations to celebrity manicurist and new salon owner Elizabeth Ashton for opening Elizabeth Ashton Ayurvedic Nail Spa earlier this month! I attended the grand opening party for the Long Beach, Calif., salon, and I wanted to
The beauty industry is known for contributing to worthy causes, whether its donating flip flops (and many other items) to earthquake relief efforts in Haiti or developing and purchasing pink products whose proceeds help fight breast
I love salons in houses…there's just something quaint and comfortable about them. Owners and estheticians Juliana Rodrigues (left) and Tara Manna (right) opened Be Beauty a year ago in San Diego's Little Italy neighborhood. Nail tech
The Glamour Spot co-owner Debra "DJ" Jessie (right) and esthetician Michelle Rhem-Collins pose by a "Celebrate Black History Month" contest board set up for the salon's Black History Marketplace & Spa Day. The board asked clients
Both levels of West Hollywood, Calif.'s Café La Bohème were filled with celebrities, the media, and giveaways of beauty, fashion, and other items. In anticipation of the Oscars, celebrities attended The Second Annual Valentine Romance "Sneak Peak"
The anniversary cake, a blend of vanilla and mousse-like chocolate, was stunningly pretty.As a Long Beach resident, I've been to Cohiba Nightclub & Cigar Lounge before, but I've never been there when it's private nail party
A few weeks ago, I went to the first day of the two-day Nail Expo Long Beach, formerly Expo Latino. I especially enjoyed watching the winners of Day 1's student competition. The competition was a team
Last month at Cosmoprof North America in Las Vegas I saw some great new products that were either newly launched or are in the pipeline and will be available shortly. I thought I'd share some of them. Feel free to leave me a comment in Feedback about which ones interest you the most.
I've met representatives of the California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology several times, and I'm pleased that the board members seem genuinely interested in keeping California nail salons from getting fined during inspections. To that end,
Earlier this month, I went to the Premiere Orlando International Beauty Event; this is the first time I've attended this show, and I felt an energy and excitement there that I haven't felt at any of the other beauty shows I've been to. I'm sharing some of my pictures here.
At a recent press event held by Tweezerman Professional the company told me about its Free Sharpening Policy & Guarantee for its salon tweezers. "We sharpen our implements that have become dull through normal use free
For my first real foray into NAILStv, I did a video interview with Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, executive VP and artistic director of OPI. You and your clients may better know her as the force behind all of
There was a cool assortment of happenings — from new products to live demonstrations to plenty of friendly nail techs — at the ISSE (International Salon & Spa Expo) in Long Beach over Jan. 31 to Feb. 2. Here are some of the interesting things I saw.NailTek master educators Jan White, Saverne Smith, and Marianne Hunter chatted with me about the industry.
I had a great time at the grand opening extravaganza for Krème de la Krème Nail Lounge last Friday evening. (I first discovered the salon a month after it opened — it was so cute that
I'm really on a roll with finding cute, clean, shining examples of the perfect neighborhood nail salon. Last week, I visited The Nail Bar in Hermosa Beach, Calif., a natural nails-focused salon that I learned about
I'm sure most of you have heard the buzz by now about the first ever OPI Concept Salon. The soon-to-open Studio City, Calif.-salon is co-owned by Robbie Schaeffer (son of OPI founder George Schaeffer) and his
Roberta Hector is the voice of experience. An Aruban-native and owner of R & E Cosmetology School in Baytown, Texas, the 10-year beauty industry veteran has dabbled in a little bit of everything, from opening her
Cosmoprof North America, held at the Mandalay Bay convention center in Las Vegas, effectively ended tradeshow season for the NAILS team. It was a whirlwind season; two of the Vegas shows (IBS Las Vegas and Cosmoprof) were almost back-to-back in Sin City. Check out my pictures from Cosmoprof, and don't forget to check your October issue of NAILS for even more great memories from show season. Luraco Technologies
As a relatively new resident of the fabulous Belmont Shore neighborhood in bustling Long Beach, Calif., I've been asked quite a few times in the past few months for a nail salon I'd recommend in the city.
Back in March, I commented on an article that ran in The New York Times about girls getting pedicures at an ever-younger age. A few months later, features editor Judy Lessin posted about a new mobile
I took snapshots of some great fantasy nail art during an IBS Las Vegas competition. The theme was "Las Vegas shows." Which one is your favorite? Let me know in Feedback.Tech: Lorraine Nelson, Model: Brittany Davis
Here's a quick photo round-up of my experience at IBS Las Vegas (formerly the Las Vegas Hair & Nails show). How was your experience at the show? Leave me a note in Feedback. Check the September issue of NAILS Magazine for more coverage of this show and of Premiere Orlando.NSI's North American account manager Staci Noble and company president Rick Slack pose by their booth.
While we were in Orlando last weekend for the Premiere show, NAILS publisher Cyndy Drummey and I went to visit a salon in Winter Park, Fla. It was called Bonjour Day Spa & Nail Salon. It's
As the editor in charge of NAILS two monthly nail art departments (Nail Art Studio and Reader Nail Art), I'm frequently searching for talented nail artists. I was thrilled when I found Wendy Causey on BeautyTech.com about
I recently visited my hometown of Atlanta and, during a visit to a local nail salon, I noticed one crucial way that nail salons can help set themselves apart from the unfair "dime a dozen" stereotype
As a nod to Earth Day, I decided to check out a cool new eco-chic nail salon in Los Angeles: Recess. Only five weeks old, the environmentally-friendly salon boasts that it's in the process of LEED
My layover at Washington's Dulles International Airport was a success! When I got off my plane, I saw that I actually had two and a half hours before my next flight left. So I made my
Sitting on a flight across the country, reading the airline's complimentary magazine, I ran across a short piece about Butter London, one of a handful of airport salons that have cropped up in recent years. We've
My favorite part of being an editor at NAILS Magazine is that I'm expected to visit a salon every month and get a nail service. By my count, I've been to 25 salons in the year
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EXCLUSIVEJay Z and Beyonce secretly attended a private event last week ... and it's significant because it's the most authentic evidence so far that they're still very much a couple.
Jay's mom, Gloria Carter, threw a shindig to celebrate the opening of her new restaurant, Diamondz N Da Ruff in Newark.
Jay Z and Beyonce showed up at 7 PM last Saturday for the ribbon cutting and champagne toast and stayed 15 minutes. Our spies say Beyonce and Gloria hugged and laughed.
Here's the thing. There were no photogs at the event. We got this pic just by chance. So it seems there was no grandstanding on Bey's or Jay's part to look like a happy couple.
The plot thickens.

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Coolidge Public Library160 W. CentralCoolidge, AZ 85128(520) 723-6030
HoursMonday - Friday 8:00 AM - 6:00 PMSaturday 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
A wealth of information awaits you at the Coolidge Public Library. Patrons with Library cards can check out books, audio books, large print and DVDs. Anyone visiting the library can browse through our collection of magazines, newspapers and reference items. To borrow library materials, all you need is a Coolidge Public Library card. Free Library cards are available to all residents of Pinal County.
ServicesPrinting and copy service are available for 10¢ per page. Prints of web pages, forms from flash drives or CD/DVDs
Fax service is available for numbers within the U.S. only. Per page fees for outgoing faxes for long distance numbers are $1.50 and $1 for local numbers. Incoming faxes are 50¢ per page.
There are 15 computer stations available for patrons. Computers are signed out using your library card and use is limited to two 90-minute sessions per weekday and one 60-minute session on Saturdays. Websites are filtered for adult content. Program downloads are not permitted, therefore, some websites are not accessible due to the download requirements. Not all computers have CD/DVD ROMs, RW drives or floppy disk drives. If you require the use of one these types of hardware, please inform library staff before signing out a computer.
We have a preschool Story Time every Wednesday morning at 10:15. Kids are welcome to sit and listen to stories and sing-along songs. Occasional crafts and dancing will also be part of this event. The stories and crafts are designed for kids aged 1-4. Our youth librarian leads the fun-filled activities. No need to register, just meet in the children's area. Remember kids must be accompanied by an adult.
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April 23-27,
Hyatt Regency
Crown Center
Kansas City,
This Restoration Coffee
House (RCH) session follows from the two earlier sessions by closing
the loop in managing ecosystem restoration by assessing results and
using outcomes to guide and improve restoration efforts. Rigorous
measurement of outcomes is essential to adaptive management and to
testing and refining the models that underpin defining success and
setting priorities. Yet, monitoring and other measuring programs are
often not appropriately designed for assessing success or comparing
priority actions, are inadequately supported or sustained, or do not
produce results useful to managers on a timely basis. Consequently,
after years of implementation some large-scale ecosystem restoration
programs have been criticized as unaccountable. This may cause
public and political support to wane. This RCH session will explore
the state of practice in measuring outcomes in several major
ecosystem restoration programs, bringing out "the good, the bad and
the ugly" and identifying steps that can substantially improve the
measurement of outcomes. The panel and audience will be initially
challenged to address the following questions.
How effective have
the monitoring and assessment activities been in assessing
progress and informing decision-makers and the public regarding
the choices to be made in major ecosystem restoration programs?
For new restoration programs, have lessons been applied from
other regions in the design of monitoring and assessment?
What are the major
constraints (e.g., financial support, technical limitations,
lack of agreement on metrics, analysis and reporting, etc.) in
designing and implementing an effective outcome measurement
Does the ecosystem
restoration program yet have effective outcome metrics in the
form of a manageable set of scientifically sound indicators that
can be consistently applied and serve the needs of
decision-makers? How might they be improved?
To what degree are
measured outcomes being used in adaptive management of the
ecosystem restoration, i.e. by providing interpretable and
timely information to decision-makers that allows them to track
progress towards measures of success, refine those measures, and
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JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Arena Tour Announces Rescheduling; Dates Moved To Autumn
Due to circumstances beyond their control RUG and AEG are rescheduling the "Jesus Christ Superstar" arena tour, dates originally planned for March.
This is largely due to the enormous demand across the Globe with tours in Australia, Europe and USA to be announced soon.
In order to avoid disappointing the thousands of fans who have already purchased tickets for the tour in March, the UK dates will be rescheduled for October and the good news is that in addition to the previously announced cities the new time period enables us to add two brand new buildings that were not available in March, the Leeds Arena and The Hydro, Glasgow.
All tickets remain valid for the rescheduled shows with refunds available at point of purchase.
New shows go on sale Friday 15th February.Jesus Christ Superstar 2013 Autumn Tour Dates:
1 October - The Hydro, Glasgow
3 October - Birmingham NIA Arena
4 October - Leeds Arena
6 October - Newcastle Metro Arena
8 October - Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
10 October - Nottingham Arena
11 October - Manchester Arena
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Governor Extends Over-width Hay Hauling Order
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has extended an executive order allowing trucks to haul over-width loads of baled hay to help drought-stricken farmers and ranchers.
A previous order allowing over-width loads of hay was due to expire Friday. The governor extended it to Feb. 21.
A trucker with a permit can move a load of baled livestock feed up to 12 feet wide or 15 feet high for two hours after sunset and two hours before sunrise. The normal size restriction for loads on South Dakota highways is 14 feet 3 inches high and 8 feet 6 inches wide.
Over-width vehicles must have flashing or rotating white or amber warning lights on each side. Warning lights must be clearly visible to motorists approaching from the front or rear.
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It's lucky day 7 in the Sew it All 13 Days of Giveaways! Yesterday we asked you to share your first sewing project, and we randomly selected two winners from all of the great responses to win a FREE class from our guest and friend Vanessa Wilson of Crafty Gemini. The lucky winners are Jaydeen C. and Alisha S.! Congratulations, and please check your email to find out how to claim your fabulous prize!
Today we're highlighting Episode 712 "Blanket Pillow," featuring guest Stacy Schlyer of the great blog Stacy Sews. What's a blanket pillow, you might ask? Well, it's a very cozy throw that folds up into a cute pillow when you're not using it (you can see fleece and faux fur examples folded up in the picture below). Clever, right? On the episode, Stacy shows how to make the blanket pillow, and also demonstrates how to embellish it with adorable machine embroidery accents.
So today, we have a wonderful prize package from Sulky to get you started with machine embroidery and embellishing. The prize includes a variety of stabilizers for different projects and fabric types, as well as spools of Blendables 12-wt. cotton thread, Holoshimmer thread and Metallic thread. What fun!
To enter, answer the following question in the comments section below: What is your favorite way to embellish your sewing projects?
We'll randomly draw from all the entries and announce the winner on Monday. In the meantime, get inspired to embellish by checking out episode 611, featuring Sue Hausmann's FREE instructions for making a customized tablet case.
Go to sewitalltv.com on March 1st for a sneak peek at all 13 episodes of Sew it All 7, including full instructions and free patterns! And come back tomorrow to find out the winner of today's prize, and what's in store for the next amazing giveaway!
Don't forget to check pbs.org to find when your local station airs Sew it All. If your local PBS doesn't carry Sew it All TV, email or call them to request it! Sew it All TV brings you host Ellen March and a guest from the sewing world to demonstrate a fun project. ANd, you can always check out sew.tv anytime of the week to watch past shows or purchase DVD's from shopesewitall.com.


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Zac Brown Band Reveals Limited-Edition Necklace to Benefit Camp Southern Ground
Zac Brown of the Grammy award-winning Zac Brown Band is passionate about music. But he's also deeply devoted to helping children, with the dream of opening Camp Southern Ground. To turn that dream into reality, the singer has partnered with Los Angeles-based jewelry designer Tim Foster of Pennroyal Studio to create a hand-crafted pendant, with the proceeds benefiting the camp.
Camp Southern Ground -- which Brown is hoping to open in 2014 -- will be a 500-acre Georgia camp catering to children of all abilities and socio-economic backgrounds.
"There is nothing more worthwhile than helping kids," the 'Chicken Fried' singer says. "I want everyone who wears this necklace to know that they are helping to make a difference in the lives of these kids that will last them a lifetime."
This isn't the first time Pennyroyal has created a charitable design, but Foster says that Brown shines among artists who want to make a difference in the lives of the less fortunate.
"Zac and I met a few years ago and talked about collaborating on a design to help kids and I am beyond proud to support his vision for Camp Southern Ground," he explains. "I love working with passionate artists and passionate fan bases to make a difference in the world and you'd be hard pressed to find anyone more passionate than Zac and the Zamily."
The limited release Zac Brown Band necklace, which is a handcrafted guitar pick-shaped pendant, will be available to order from Aug. 8 through Sept. 9, with 30 percent of the proceeds benefiting the camp. Prices start at $55 and can be purchased here.
The country star's passion for notable causes is 'uncaged,' and he is an inspiration to country music fans everywhere!


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32 wrote:Stairway Man wrote:32 wrote:Kawakami... With good news???... the seventh sign of the apololypse!
In all seriousness, that helps ease a lot of the stress I had about Bogut coming back mid-season. Great update, 8th.
I can never tell what Kawakami is thinking. Whether he is playing devil's advocate or if he's just always against us.
He's always against us.
As a selfish sports fan, you want everything to go right for your team. As a selfish sports journalist, things are much easier to write - and, thus, easier to sell and market - when there's a surplus of chaos. Kawakami is in the business of stirring up sh*t. Even when the entire Bay Area was simultaneously celebrating the return of Don Nelson as head coach - a move that immediately payed playoff-dividends - Kawakami was writing an article about how Nelson detroyed the team the first time around and rehiring him screamed of desperation. He was the only guy that made a huge stink about the Warriors signing Chris Webber on his last leg. He was a total Baron Davis hater when we had him; loved to talk about how he'd quit on his teams, how injury-prone he was, how selfish of a ball player he was... and then, as soon, as Davis left, Kawakami ROASTED Mullin and company for letting him leave. He's a complete and total glutton for punishment because it makes his job easier to perform. FoxNews brings in over a billion dollars per year selling the same stuff. Chaos, disarray, panic, hoping for the worst... it all pays off in the news industry these days.
I stopped reading anything Kawakami or Ray Ratto writes a long time ago...


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Aurora in the News
Aurora and Homesteaders Announce iPad Winners from 2013 NFDA Convention
Aurora Casket partnered with Homesteaders Life Company, a national leader in pre-need funeral funding, to sponsor an iPad giveaway at the 2013 NFDA International Convention & Expo in Austin, Texas. The giveaway promoted the Price Protection Program (P3), a casket price protection program offered through Aurora and Homesteaders.
NFDA expo attendees who visited both the Aurora and the Homesteaders booths had their entry slips stamped by representatives at each booth, and entered into the drawing. Two winners were drawn from a large pool of entrants:
The Price Protection Program (P3), a joint program offered by Homesteaders and Aurora, allows participants to lock in the current wholesale price of an Aurora casket when specified on a qualifying Homesteaders-funded policy. It also rolls back the original wholesale cost an additional 2% at the time of death. This program offers significant savings for funeral home customers, guaranteeing future business for their firms at prices that will allow them to be more profitable.
About Aurora: Aurora Casket is the largest privately-owned funeral service supplier in America. Founded in 1890, the company operates five manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Canada, and provides a full range of burial, cremation, memorial and technology products to funeral home clients.
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February 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - Another innovative project involving collaborative mapping and cyberscience will see the light this year thanks to support from the Open Society Foundations. The Foundations, established by George Soros, have the mission "to increase public access to knowledge, facilitate civil society communication, and protect civil liberties and the freedom to communicate in the digital environment."
The new project, dubbed ForestWatchers, is one of the Cybermappr applications and a spin off of the renowned Citizen Cyberscience Centre (CCC), created by UNITAR, CERN, and the University of Geneva to serve as incubator of innovative ideas in cyberscience and collaborative distributed thinking. ForestWatchers was born from an idea floated by UNOSAT experts, that of mapping actual deforestation in Brazil. The project partners include the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE), the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), and the Federal University of Western Pará (UFOPA).
The aim of the initiative is to use citizen-based collaborative computing to sustain a deforestation monitoring system based on satellite imagery analysis and crowd-sourcing. ForestWatchers will also integrate the latest UNOSAT methodologies in crowdsourcing and geo-tagging. The project is designed to generate both research results and operational output: in the first year the plan is to evaluate the benefits and limitations of public participation via the Web in this sort of exercise; during the second year, the project will switch to production mode, providing volunteer-assisted deforestation assessments. These may be used for example to supplement local research in countries and regions with limited infrastructure and manpower.
"Citizen Cyberscience" is relatively new but already in use in a variety of online projects where individual volunteers or networks of volunteers, many of whom may have little or no scientific training, perform research-related tasks such as observation, measurement or computation. This approach offers a "low-cost solution for strengthening the scientific infrastructure and engage members of the public in science", says Francois Grey who coordinates the scientific area of CCC and is involved in some key projects like the successful Cybermappr "Geo-Tag Libya" experiment.
The long-term, bold vision of this project is for ordinary citizens around the globe to play an active role in monitoring a large share of the world's remaining forests. Francesco Pisano, Manager of UNOSAT, says: "these projects are a way to research our idea of expert crowd-sourcing. We want to create applications that involve citizens in much more than one-way basic crowd sourcing; this is direct participation in global issues that can be solved only through a participatory model at large scale".
The project will be launched publicly to coincide with the Rio+20 events planned in Brazil in 2012, to emphasize the importance of public participation in climate science.
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ROCK HILL, S.C. — At Second Baptist Church, the name does not quite fit. Nobody is second at Second. People of all colors come first.
ROCK HILL, S.C. — At Second Baptist Church, the name does not quite fit. Nobody is second at Second. People of all colors come first.
Its sanctuary on S.C. 901 just south of Rock Hill houses two congregations — the predominantly white Second Baptist and the predominantly black Bethel Baptist Church.
When Bethel learned a few years ago that its old sanctuary on Porter Road was too deteriorated and simply unsafe, one of its deacons stopped by to see the Rev. Bob Porterfield at Second Baptist.
Porterfield is a trailblazer.
He ran Winthrop University's Baptist Student Union for decades. He started the Children's Attention Home for abused kids of all races and drug treatment programs for still more kids.
Porterfield went to his members and asked whether the church would agree to share space with the Bethel group that desperately needed a roof and home.
The people of Second Baptist Church took a leap of faith that was just that — based on faith.
"It was unanimous to bring Bethel here," Porterfield said. "All were for it. And it has turned out to be an experience that has enriched us all."
Bethel was welcomed with open arms and has continued to operate its own ministries in Second Baptist building. The congregation from Bethel was used to its own place, said the Rev. Robert Crawford, but quickly found a home at Second Baptist.
Color, so long an obstacle and dividing line in South Carolina — even among churches — was never a barrier.
"Our experience here has been amazing and wonderful," Crawford said.
When Porterfield, at age 81, stepped back from so much responsibility last year at Second Baptist, the church interviewed the Rev. Mark Bradley about taking over as senior pastor. Bradley was asked by church members whether he had any concerns with keeping the arrangement with Bethel.
"I was proud to come to a church that shows that Jesus Christ is the savior of us all," Bradley said. "Jesus looks at the heart of a man, not at his color. This church shows that to be the only way."
The two churches have continued to operate distinctly, with separate service times, and Bethel continues to make plans to raise money to have its own sanctuary again in the coming years.
But they often share worship experiences and there is crossover between the congregations. There is no "us" and "them" — only "we."
The only differences have been cultural, both pastors agreed. For example, the music at Second Baptist is of a more traditional Southern Baptist variety, while Bethel has a more rollicking musical tradition that has been a staple at black churches forever.
"The music that Bethel uses, the way to describe it is, it's got soul," Bradley said with a laugh.
But the message in services for both churches is almost exactly the same.
"This experience has shown all how much alike we truly are," Crawford said.
On a recent Sunday, musical differences and style differences would actually be another reason for unity.
Second Baptist hosted a homecoming, but the day was for all. Bethel's service started at 8 a.m.; then the two congregations ate breakfast together. At the 10:30 a.m. service, Crawford delivered the sermon to a room that had all colors in it.
Then the music kicked in.
The Hinson Girls, a Gospel bluegrass group of four sisters from Lancaster, was scheduled to perform. Then Bethel's award-winning Gospel choir planned to get up and sing.
"At Second Baptist, we can truly say we will have music for everybody," Bradley said. "We want this day, Sunday, to be for anyone, regardless of what they look like, to come here and see that we can be home for them.
"The people of both congregations want to share what we have with everybody."
And for Porterfield and Crawford, the pastors who forged this deal and made it work, everybody really means everybody.
Someday, Bethel will have its own building and will physically leave Second Baptist.
But the spirit will always remain.
"The relationships we have created here will last forever," Crawford said.
Porterfield, that champion of kids and causes, a cancer survivor himself, tough at 5 feet, 3 inches tall, said it best in response to Crawford.
"Amen, my brother."


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The only thing that I really dislike is that the Star Power phrases have been made much longer. In previous games, you could always count on Star Power as a way to get through really tough passages or to complete songs that would otherwise be impossible. Here, the Star Power phrases tend to be so long, if you have enough skill to get them you can beat the song anyways. It's like some strategy has been taken away.
Sterling: For me, the sequences are a little too much of a trial-by-fire compared to past Guitar Hero games. From the first tier, Medium simply feels like Hard-minus-the-orange-button. That makes for better rocking-out skills, but it's not great for introducing people to the series. Neversoft's approach to the series isn't nearly as newb-friendly on Easy as Harmonix's. The casuals in my household struggled with some of the songs on Easy, which wasn't a problem in past games. It's not going to keep me from playing, but it's worth noting.
Sluggo: I can't speak for Easy or Medium difficulty, but the opening songs are certainly less of a pushover than before. Even songs like "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" have tricky solos on the harder difficulties; it'll be interesting to see how people react to that.
Meet the New Boss
Sluggo: Maybe the only downside to the main campaign for me was the finale against Lou, set against a metal version of "The Devil Went Down To Georgia." The boss battles, where you trade power-ups back and forth trying to knock your opponent into the red, probably seemed like a good idea on paper, and I thought the first two (against Tom Morello and Slash) were entertaining and did a nice job of breaking up the normal routine of clearing songs. But there's no way to look at the last fight on Expert as anything other than terribly designed.
The problems stack on top of each other: Lou always gets the first power-up, and the "randomness" of the pickups has clearly been skewed so he starts with more devastating attacks like Lefty Flip and Double Notes, instead of more desirable ones like Whammy or Broken String. As a result, you're usually so far in the red from the start that you can't recover -- and every time you fail, you have to sit through two minutes of pointless shredding before the battle section starts again. It would have been nice to have first crack at a power-up, even if it was in some crazy section, so you would feel like you had some control over the fight. As it turns out, it feels more about luck than anything -- it all boils down to hoping you get the right power-up; if you can get Whammy on the first pickup, you can defeat Lou pretty much instantly at the start of the fight (which, in hindsight, might explain why the fight's been tweaked as it has).
When you finally defeat Lou, the credits roll and you get access to Dragonforce's "Through the Fire and Flames," yet "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" never becomes available to play on its own, which is just a big ball of weirdness. Hopefully this will be remedied via downloadable content in the near future. (PS2 owners, it seems you're out of luck).
Sterling: The addition of boss battles is something that feels very Neversoft. The team has been releasing Tony Hawk games for eight years, and upping the ante in sequels has always been its forte, whether it's adding a new crazy skate mode to chain combos together, or in this case, adding traditional linear game elements to a music game. It can be hair-pullingly frustrating once you factor in the spicy difficulty, though.
For me, I dropped more f-bombs than Zack De La Rocha on the first two Rage albums during my face-off with Tom Morello. I like the twist, but it seems to inadvertently point out how cranked up the difficulty is on this game, and subsequently, how frustrating non-expert players might find it.
Looks That Kill
Sluggo: Presentation-wise, no one's going to confuse Legends of Rock with Guitar Hero II. I've predominantly played the 360 version, and the graphics have a slick new look, from the on-stage models to the humorous animated cutscenes that play between each tier, and there's a new HUD, with little touches like a new note counter in the multiplier window. Each of the characters has more customization options, so now there are about eight versions of each character to play with; people may mourn the loss of Pandora or the makeover of Judy Nails, but the new Casey Lynch more than makes up for that, and there are some new characters as well, such as J-pop lover Midori or the God of Rock. The animations are not great, but the venues look fantastic in HD; it's a massive step up if you've only played the PS2 versions to date.
Oddly, I feel strangely detached from the game at times. There are certain things missing, like the way the fretboard would give a small bump and explode when you'd activate Star Power. I also feel like the overall audio mix is a little mushy -- there are times I can barely hear the drums in some songs, which is kind of a problem when you're trying to strum 16th notes in time with the music.


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As I've commented before, 'you never know when you're going to encounter some science'. I was vegetating in front of the television set a week or so ago when Jill Amery of the Urban Mommies website mentioned to Fanny Kiefer on the Studio 4 show, a project for kids on their spring break, the Periodic Table of Cupcakes. Here's what they have on the Urban Mommy website,
3. Periodic Table of Cupcakes. Ditto. What an amazing way to teach chemistry to kids going in to high school – especially if they have a sweet tooth. Kudos: Buzzfeed. Wow.
There were five other projects listed (with more detail for those ones) on the site.
As I wanted more information, I started searching. It seems there's a whole subculture of cupcake-baking lovers of the periodic table of elements. There's this 2011 video celebrating chemist's Martyn Poliakoff's birthday, from the University of Nottingham's Periodic Table of Videos,
Woman's Day magazine has a periodic table of cupcakes complete with recipes but this periodic table does not have the standard elements. The editors have tailored the table so the elements relate to the cupcake recipes, e. g., the nonelement, Rv stands for Red Velvet.
The earliest versions of the more correct cupcake tables seem to date from 2009. Here's this picture and text from a Nov. 27, 2009 posting by Katherine on the Foodie Friday blog,
I helped my little sister bake these periodic table cupcakes for her birthday party tomorrow.
She's a chemistry nerd, so everything had to be exactly correct. Astute chem majors will notice the color-coded icing for solids, liquids, and gases, as well as the empty cupcake liner for as-yet-undiscovered element ununseptium.


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The new (pre) season just started.
My Fav´s are the Packers if the OL stays healthy. They underachieved the last regular season thanks to timid play calling by McCarthy. But he eraned all my respect back with his great SB-Plan: Go out all passing since he knew Pitt had the best Run-Defense. Chapeau.
The Bears if the OL Problems are solved. I look forward to the mad prof Mike Martz. Will the Jekyll and Hide brothers (Martz/Cutler) have another rollercoaster season? Anyway, it´s fun to watch them, since you never know what you get. Go Bears.
The Saints with it´s efficient passing. Payton preaches balance, but we all know he´s gonna let´em throw. And that´s good news. 70´s Football is over, only the pundits still have not understood it.
AFC: As always; the Patriots. Gutsy Beli-Cheat at work... The Q is, will he (be allowed to) ever win another Playoff-Game?
The Chargers... ah no, they have Norv the Smurf. The worst (play calling) coach in the history of all pro sports. All the talent is wasted in San Diego since 2006. What a sad story.
And BTW, Defense does not win Championships:
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Seems quite simple/inexpensive. I hadn't seen anything similar before today.
Both Tekma3D and New Matter both came out with printers that use crossed splines to drive the x and y of their printers. (link below if you are interested) They both are in the process of trying to acquire a patent on the technology. Being the open source hippie that I am, here is a system that is functionally the same but should give a wide berth to the patents.
To be clear, I don't think this kind of system (screw or spline) is very good. I do think it is fun to watch.
If the system has opposing racks as shown, one screw should be left handed and the other should be right handed. (I messed up modelling it and they are both left handed. It will still work but the math isn't as nice and the resolution isn't the same in all directions.) If all the racks face the same way, like the MOD-T, then you can use two left handed screws. The system is driven just like a CoreXY system.
The screw should also have a fairly large travel. The screws in the video are 1/2x8-8start ACME screws so there is 1 inch of travel per rotation.
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Nowruz Pirouz: Extending a Wish for Peace and Prosperity to All
By DipNote Bloggers on March 23, 2017
This week, millions of people around the world celebrated Nowruz, an ancient tradition that marks the beginning of spring and a new year. Communities of Iranian, Iraqi, Turkish, South Asian, and Central Asian heritage celebrate this time of the year with their families and friends. Many Americans also celebrate this occasion, sharing with a new generation the cherished traditions of their ancestors.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shared his wishes for a happy Nowruz to those celebrating. "Nowruz is a time to look toward the coming year with hope and optimism. We look forward to celebrating this new spring together, and hope that this Nowruz brings peace and prosperity to all," he said.
President Donald J. Trump also extended best wishes to all those around the world celebrating Nowruz. In a statement, he reflected on the meaning of Nowruz, which means "new day" in Persian. "It is an occasion to celebrate new beginnings, a sentiment that is particularly meaningful for so many Iranians who have come to our country in recent decades to make a new start in a free land," he noted.
The President continued to highlight the rich history of Iranian-Americans, noting the group has been one of the most successful and diverse immigrant groups in our country's contemporary history. "They come from diverse religious backgrounds -- including Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Zoroastrian, and Baha'i -- but all share an affection for their ancestral heritage."
President Trump concluded with a wish on behalf of the American people, "To the Iranian people and all those around the world celebrating Nowruz: On behalf of the American people, I wish you freedom, dignity, and wealth. Nowruz Pirouz (Happy Nowruz)."
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Miriam Haffner, 74, of Kunkletown, passed away surrounded by her loving family on Dec. 27 at home.
Miriam was born in Philadelphia on March 8, 1938, the daughter of the late John and Mary (Fitzgerald) Bednar. She graduated from St. Hubert High School in Philadelphia. She was a member of Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Gilbert.
We have been blessed with the presence of Miriam in our lives. She will be deeply missed by her children, Karen Anthony and her husband, Ray, of Kunkletown, Max J. Haffner of Coral Gables, Fla., Deanna Lyles of Cape Coral, Fla., David Haffner of Cape Coral, and Jeannie Jennings and her husband, Paul, of Ooltewah, Tenn.; her husband, Max F. Haffner of Kunkletown.
She was a loving and gentle grandmother to her 10 grandchildren, Marc, Zachary, Samuel, Joshua, Joseph, Jessica, Angelica, Brittany, Ashley and Kristina; and her four great-grandchildren, David, Isabella, Alyssa and Tristen. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews.
Miriam was preceded in death by her brothers, John, James, Bernard and Joseph Bednar; and a sister, Joan Fox.
Funeral services will begin 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 31, at the Donald N. Gower Funeral Home, Inc., Route 209, Gilbert. An 11 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Gilbert will follow. Family and friends are welcome to offer their condolences from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 30. and 10 to 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 31, at the funeral home. Miriam will be buried at the Buena Vista Cemetery in Brodheadsville.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made In Loving Memory of Miriam Haffner: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude's Place, Memphis, TN 38101.
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Miriam Haffner, 74, of Kunkletown, passed away surrounded by her loving family on Dec. 27 at home.


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Optometrist Job, Putney
- Recruiter
- Prospect Health
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- London (Greater)
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- 01 Apr 2019
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- Sector
- Multiple Practice
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Prospect Health is delighted to be promoting this highly attractive Optometrist position with an extremely successful and prospering client. They are offering a highly attractive package for a full time contract in order to attract a talented and ambitious Optometrist to their vibrant practice surroundings. Our client has been delivering specialist eye care through their unique independent outlets for over 80 years, spanning 3 generations.
From the moment you meet this unique optical team you will be impressed not just by their level of professionalism but also their friendliness, team working and the fact that they are very much still a family run practice!
Putney, West London
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- All their branches are managed by dispensing opticians, registered with the General Optical Council.
- Our client is very different from any of their competitors and they have created a truly superb patient experience with patient care at the very centre of our client's daily concerns.
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- Personal development, practical education and patient focus are the key elements in a successful career with these Opticians
- They are one of the sector's most honest and generous when it comes to putting together an excellent package of salary
- They offer superb benefits including: contribution to gym membership, childcare vouchers, private healthcare scheme, pension contributions, staff discount and performance related bonus scheme
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Below are the interim results of my de-ostrichization program, which was specifically begun to remove the plumpy cummerbund of adipose straddling my waist.
The first picture is from the time that Jack from Illinois (not his real name) was here, about the first week of August. The second one was taken today.
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I'm waiting for the ad from "whatever brand of fat burner".
Good work, suffering through the same brand of hell myself. Fucking cookies are actually taunting me as I run away from the kitchen…
The before and after pictures lack the same comparative believability as the RIPPED FUEL EXTREME CUT® commercials. Different camera angles, change in arm position, different clothes, no glasses/glasses. Shit, is that even Seth in the second picture???
sounds like something out of Alice in Wonderland; visions of food items chasing you……"drink me…. eat me!"
So, so many comments to be made.
Wow! Congrats
Dude!!! Your ripped! Congrats on your incredible, unflinching determination to lose that 'stubborn belly fat'! I wouldn't want to be a starving lipid on that body!
Damn Wanky…….you are going to have to lay down in the shower to get wet!
I remember reading an article,cycling,the sport for..here,you read it.
Looking good wanky,have a look at sovdal's book on cycling anatomy.
and I've just got biju's feedzone cookbook (the first time velonews is useful?).anyway.well done.
I'm 181.5cm and 63kg.eurothin in eurospeak.lost 5kg in 6months.
I think I enjoy feeling hungry.Makes me think of those films,where they have to escape,across 200km,with 8 sugar cubes each..makes me think riding 6hs with a banana is a bit of a luxury.(the film was..la grande illusion,Renoir.1937-looked it up)
climbing def improves,as does recovery I think,but you have to be more careful of colds,bugs and that stuff.
might as well lose a few more!
take care.
Oh, my – such great posts – Wanker, you look ripped! That is not just starving on your coffee diet – look at your abs and arms – you really have a personal trainer at the gym, right? = I have been working at this starving thing because your loyal readers (like myself) are as sick as you are! I could cheat and have these stupid post-mastectomy implants removed – but I am not willing to take time off the bike to heal from surgery – and that's the only reason 😉
Okay, so share how many crunches are you doing for those abs? – So I suppose I am having strong coffee for dinner –
Looking good WM!
Oh my dog! Your diet made all your hair fall out! (And apparently ruined your eyesight!)
WM, is this some diabolical scheme to divert suspicion from EPO usage? Have you done a grand fondo recently?
Dude! What a difference! Your arm tan is definitely darker…
You look like Iggy Pop !!
WOW! That's a really nice door frame WM 😉


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It has been going around the math blogosphere that in honor of John Baez's 20 year anniversary of doing This Week's Finds we all do one in our area. So here's a brief This Week's Finds in Arithmetic Geometry. Hopefully this will raise awareness of the blog that essentially pioneered math/physics blogging (and if you're into arithmetic geometry some papers you might not have caught yet).
Since the content and style of Baez's This Week's Finds vary so much, I'll just copy what Jordan Ellenberg did here and give some papers posted the last week that caught my attention.
The fields of definition of branched Galois covers of the projective line by Hilaf Hasson caught my attention because I just met him and saw him speak on this exact topic a few weeks ago at the Joint Meetings. Although the results are certainly interesting in themselves, the part that a blog audience might appreciate is the set of corollaries to the results.
Recall that a major open problem in number theory is the "Inverse Galois Problem" which asks which groups arise as Galois groups. I even posted an elementary proof that if you don't care what your fields are, then any finite group arises as . In general (for example if you force ), then the problem is extremely hard and wide open.
If you haven't seen this type of thing before, then it might be surprising, but you can actually use geometry to study this question. This is exactly the type of result that Hilaf gets.
Next is New derived autoequivalences of Hilbert schemes and generalised Kummer varieties by Andreas Krug. This topic is near and dear to me because I study derived categories in the arithmetic setting. I haven't taken a look at this paper in any depth, but I'll just point out why these types of things are important.
In the classification of varieties one often tries to study the problem up to some type of birational equivalence otherwise it would be too difficult. Often times birational varieties are derived equivalent, but not the other way around. So one could think of studying varieties up to derived equivalence as a slightly looser classification.
When trying to figure out what two varieties that are derived equivalent have in common, a typical sticking point is that you need to know certain automorphisms of the derived category (i.e. autoequivalence) exist to get nice cohomological properties or something. When papers constructing new autoequivalences come out it always catches my attention because I want to know if the method used transfers to situations I work in.
Lastly, we'll do La conjecture de Tate entière pour les cubiques de dimension quatre sur un corps fini by François Charles and Alena Pirutka. If you don't know what the Tate conjecture is, then lots of people refer to it as the Hodge conjecture in positive characteristic.
If you've ever seen any cohomology theory, then you should be at least passingly familiar with the idea that certain sub-objects (subvarieties or submanifolds etc) can be realized as classes in the cohomology. Sometimes this is due to construction and sometimes it is a major theorem.
The particular case of the Tate conjecture says the following. Consider the relatively easy to prove fact. If you take a cycle on your variety , then the cohomology class it maps to (in -adic cohomology) will be invariant under the natural Galois action (because it is defined over !). The Tate conjecture is that any Galois invariant cohomology class actually comes from one of these cycles.
The fact that mathematicians can have honest arguments over whether or not the Tate conjecture or the Hodge conjecture (a million dollar problem!) is harder just gives credence to the fact that it is darned hard. If you weren't convinced, then just consider that this paper is proving the Tate conjecture in the particular case of smooth hypersurfaces of degree in just for the cohomology classes of degree . People consider this progress, and they should.


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- Occupations
- What is the Number of Employees?
- What is the Population Count?
- What is the Population Density?
- What is the Land Area?
- What is the Percent who did not finish the 9th grade?
- What is the Student Teacher Ratio?
- What is the Median Earnings?
- What is the Mean Job Proximity Index?
- What is the Percent Without Health Insurance?
- What is the Mean Environmental Health Hazard Index?
The percent employed of Maricopa County, AZ was 5.62% for business and finance in 2014.
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The OED Assisted Job Creation Dataset shows the total number of jobs, the average wage of jobs, and the number of "high wage" jobs that the City of Mesa Office of Economic Development (OED) has assisted in attracting and retaining to/in Mesa. This data is from FY 2007-2008 going forward. Source: City of Mesa - Office of Economic Development. These numbers are aggregated from the companies and projects that Mesa OED has interacted with directly, and assisted in attracting to Mesa, or retaining in Mesa. It is important to recognize that these numbers do not represent all of the jobs created or retained in the city for that year, but rather illustrate jobs that the City of Mesa OED has assisted in creating and attracting to Mesa. A "High-Wage Job" is considered to be a job paying above $44,096/year and is determined by taking 125% of the 2015 Maricopa County Median Wage, which is a standard used by the Arizona Commerce Authority, a statewide economic development agency. Mesa OED uses this same standard to help qualify a "high-wage" job, as it is directly tied to the Maricopa County Median Wage levels.
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Published at 16: An Interview with Author Rachel Coker
February 17–21, 2014 | Vol. 118, Week 11
Homeschooled novelist Rachel Coker was picked up by a major publisher when she was just 16! Hear her story of early success as well as tips for other young novelists on this week's Home School Heartbeat.
"For young writers who want to become published authors, keep reading! . . . Write all the time . . . Get feedback . . . and just remember to always keep enjoying yourself."—Rachel Coker
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If you've enjoyed this interview with Rachel and would like to read her new novel, Chasing Jupiter, be sure to click on the link.
Do you have a student who dreams maybe of one day publishing a novel? Well, this week on Home School Heartbeat, be sure to listen in as your host Mike Smith talks with his guest—a homeschooler who published her first novel when she was just 16!
Mike Smith: Our guest this week is Rachel Coker, a recent homeschool graduate and a writer. Her first novel was published by Zondervan—when she was only 16 years old! Rachel, welcome to the program!
Rachel Coker: Thank you so much for having me; I'm so pleased to be here today.
Mike: Well, Rachel, can you tell us a little bit about your family and your homeschool experience? In other words, why did your parents decide to homeschool you?
Rachel: Oh yeah, sure; it's actually a really funny story. When my mom first started homeschooling me, I guess it was like 13 thirteen years ago, she had never met any homeschoolers before, and it was my dad's idea. He thought it would be great for academic purposes, but they homeschooled me, and I have two younger sisters, and we went all the way through, K through graduate, and it was just a really amazing experience. My mom and dad both learned so much, and we have a really tight family because of it. So it's been great for us!
Mike: Rachel, what did you like best about homeschooling?
Rachel: I don't know; there are so many great things about homeschooling. Like, you get to go on field trips, and, you know, you get to just go in your pajamas, but I guess my favorite thing about homeschooling was the flexibility that it allowed, especially my high school years when I was trying to travel and do different things. I could always take my school with me, and my mom was always there to help me out, and it just really opened up a lot of doors for me.
Mike: Well, Rachel, that's wonderful. It's encouraging to hear a good homeschooling experience. We're going to look forward to hearing more about you and your book next time. And until then, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: Rachel Coker, homeschool grad and author of the book Chasing Jupiter, is with us again today. Rachel, when were you first interested in writing, and how did you pursue that interest?
Rachel Coker: Well, it's kind of funny, my first-ever story that I wrote was for a school assignment. When I was in 6th grade, my mom made me write a fiction story, and I just—she just sort of realized that I had a gift, and she didn't really know how to help me, so she actually hired a creative fiction writing coach, who I worked with for about a year and just learned the basics of writing. And I actually do that now for other students, which is great, but it's a really good opportunity for talented kids who want to be able to pursue their gifts in creative writing.
Mike: Rachel, what did you find the most challenging to be able to write?
Rachel: Oh, there are so many hard things that come with writing. I guess as a teenager I realized that I haven't experienced, you know, everything in life, and there are so many things that I haven't learned about, so it's hard to strike a balance between writing about things that I know and that I can relate to, and sort of trying to tap into emotions and feelings that I haven't necessarily felt yet. But it's still, you know, a really cool experience to be able to write about life as I know it, in a way that other teens can really relate to and to see themselves in.
Mike: Well, thank you, Rachel, that's very encouraging. And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: Rachel, what is your second novel, Chasing Jupiter, about, and what inspired you to write it?
Rachel Coker: Oh, thanks for asking. Chasing Jupiter is actually set in the 1960s. It's about a girl named Scarlett, whose younger brother has autism. Nobody really understood what that was back then, so their whole family is kind of thought of as being crazy and weird and kind of out there, and she really has to learn to how to sort of look out for her younger brother and hold her family together, and this is just a story that I think will reach to a lot of people. You know, I always think about my family, my relationship to my sisters when I was writing it, and I think it's encouraging for anybody who wants to get to know their siblings better, or just understand themselves and their place in this world.
Mike: Well, why did you have an interest in this autism?
Rachel: There was actually an autistic boy who went to our church who I helped teach in Sunday school one day, and he was just the sweetest thing, and as I went home I was thinking about it, the idea for the story just coming together in my head as, you know, this family who's trying to stick together, and everyone thinks that they're different but they're really just incredibly intelligent and, you know, they see the world in a really beautiful and unique way that we can learn a lot from.
Mike: Well, Rachel, this sounds like a great book, and I would encourage all of our listeners to check it out. And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: Rachel, your first book was published by Zondervan when you were only 16 years old. How did you get a publisher to do that so early?
Rachel Coker: Oh, it's definitely a God story because there is no way that I ever should have gotten, you know, that big of a publisher. But I started writing out letters to different agents (because I realized you had to get an agent if you wanted to get a publisher); and every single agent wrote me back and said they were not interested, that I was too young, that I didn't have enough experience; and really all it took was one man, my agent, Bill Jensen, who wanted to take a chance on me. And he loved the story, and he sent it to some of his contacts at Zondervan, and, for some reason, they liked it too! And I had an offer on it within just a couple weeks; it was really amazing and surreal.
Mike: Rachel, other than getting an agent, do you have any advice for other young writers out there?
Rachel: I would definitely say, for young writers who want to become published authors, keep reading! Definitely, just keep expanding your horizons and trying out new things. Write all the time. Give your writing to others to get feedback on it, and just remember to always keep enjoying yourself. And don't ever let it feel like work, or something that you have to do, you know. Have fun with it! It should be something that's enjoyable.
Mike: Well, thank you, Rachel, for this encouraging insight. And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: Homeschooling can help prepare students for any vocation they might feel led to pursue. Rachel, how do you feel that homeschooling actually prepared you to be an author?
Rachel Coker: Homeschooling definitely encouraged me to be thinking on my own and to be trying new things. I know that all my years, my parents just pushed me to, you know, "try this and try that and see how far you can go," and I think that a lot of that just really made me open to doing something crazy like trying to get a book published. And I definitely had the academic background that I needed in order to be a great writer, and my parents' support! That was just a really amazing and encouraging thing for me.
Mike: Well, Rachel, do you think you're going to be a writer for your whole life?
Rachel: You know what, I really just want to do whatever God calls me to do. I always tell people, "You should be doing whatever makes you happy." So for right now, writing is what makes me happy; it's what brings me joy. But, you know, who knows what'll happen 5, 10, 15 years from now; I'm open to different possibilities!
Mike: Well, thanks again for being with us this week, and until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Rachel Coker
Rachel Coker resides near Williamsburg, Virginia, with her parents, who've homeschooled her since she was a child, and two sisters. She is the author of 2012's Interrupted: A Life Beyond Words. Coker has a passion for great books and has been surrounded by them all her life. Her gift for writing became apparent at the age of 11, at which time her parents, who owned a Christian bookstore, signed her up for a year of lessons with a professional writing coach. Visit her website at rachelcoker.com.
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My husband and I have been married for over eight years and we have two small children – a spirited, princess-loving 7-year old girl and an energetic, Mickey-loving 5-year old boy. Both my husband and I grew up experiencing annual family vacations and continuing that tradition with our own family is important to us. We've found that Walt Disney World makes traveling with small children so easy. Our children have enjoyed meeting characters, watching performances and riding attractions.
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South African Journal of Surgery
On-line version ISSN 2078-5151
Print version ISSN 0038-2361
S. Afr. j. surg. vol.49 n.1 Cape Town Feb. 2011
A comparison of laparoscopic-assisted (LAARP) and posterior sagittal (PSARP) anorectoplasty in the outcome of intermediate and high anorectal malformations
C. de VosI; M. ArnoldII; D. SidlerIII; S. W. MooreIV
IM.B. CH.B., D.M.O.; Division of Paediatric Surgery, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, W Cape
IIM.B. CH.B., D.CH.; Division of Paediatric Surgery, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, W Cape
IIIM.D. (berne), M.Phil. (applied Ethics), F.C.S. (SA)Division of Paediatric Surgery, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, W Cape
IVM.B. Ch.B., F.R.C.S. (ed.), M.D.Division of Paediatric Surgery, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, W Cape
INTRODUCTION: Laparoscopic-assisted anorectoplasty (LAARP) has gained popularity since its introduction in 2000. Further evidence is needed to compare its outcome with the gold standard of posterior sagittal anorectoplasty (PSARP).
METHOD: A retrospective review of patients presenting with anorectal malformation (ARM) in the period 2000 - 2009. Demographics, associated abnormalities, and operative and post-operative complications were assessed. The functional outcome in children older than 3 years was assessed, applying the Krickenbeck scoring system and, where possible, by interviewing parents. Patients with cloacal abnormalities were excluded. Patients with a LAARP were compared with those managed by PSARP.
RESULTS: Seventy-three patients with ARM were identified during the study period. Male to female ratio was 1.6:1. All 32 low ARMs (perineal and vestibular fistulae) were excluded. Thirty-nine had levator or supra-levator lesions. Twenty males presented with recto-bulbar, 3 with recto-prostatic, and 1 with a recto-vesical fistula; 2 had no fistula; and in 2 the data were insufficient to determine the level. Among the females, 6 had recto-vaginal fistulae, 4 had cloacas and 1 had an ARM without fistula. There were 3 syndromic ARMs (2 trisomy 21 and 1 Baller-Gerold syndrome). One neonate with a long-gap oesophageal atresia had a successful primary LAARP. Seventy-five per cent of all patients had VACTERL associations. Two early deaths after colostomy formation were related to a cardiac anomaly and an oesophageal atresia.
In both groups, mean age at anoplasty was 8 months. Twenty of the intermediate/high lesions were treated with LAARP, and 19 by PSARP.
There were slightly more complications in the LAARP group; intra-operative injury to the vas deferens and urethra occurred once each. Post-operatively, 2 port-site hernias and 1 case of pelvic sepsis occurred. A poorly sited colostomy caused difficulty in 2 patients. Two patients were converted to laparotomy: severe adhesions in one and a poorly sited stoma in another. Five patients required redo-anoplasty for mucosal prolapse, anal stenosis, incorrect placement of the anus, retraction of the rectum and an ischaemic rectal stricture. Complications in the PSARP group included 2 wound dehiscences, 1 anal stenosis, 3 mucosal prolapses, 1 recurrent fistula and 2 incorrect anal placements requiring redo surgery.
The Krickenbeck questionnaire was used in 70% of PSARPs (mean age 5.9 years) and LAARPs (mean age 5.5 years) for a functional assessment. Both groups showed voluntary bowel movements in 14%. Soiling and overflow incontinence was a significant problem. Grade III constipation was less common in the LAARP (14%) than PSARP (21%) group. Four patients in the LAARP group were reliant on regular rectal washouts compared with 6 in the PSARP group.
CONCLUSION: Both LAARP and PSARP can successfully treat ARM but have specific associated problems.
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KUKES, Albania.
RON HAVIV has been shooting on the Balkan front lines for nearly 10 years – with a camera.
When the fighting breaks out again, this prize-winning photojournalist from New York doesn't run for cover. He runs to uncover the truth, documenting today's events for tomorrow's schoolbooks.
"You see great acts of heroism and great acts of cowardice," the 33-year-old freelancer said. "This is history that is happening."
Haviv was one of several photojournalists recently robbed at gunpoint by masked men while traveling to and from a Kosovo Liberation Army training base and burial ground.
It was just his latest brush with death.
His group hired armed guards – off-duty Albanian special police – to escort them to the KLA camp three hours outside Kukes.
After shooting the KLA for three days, the group headed back in a Land Rover and Nissan Patrol from Bajram Curri at 5:30 a.m. Friday.
Two kilometers into the trip, they spotted a Mercedes-Benz parked across the road. Haviv immediately thought it was an ambush.
He was right. One masked man stepped from the car and two from the bushes. They fired their AK-47s in the air and methodically robbed the group.
They got away with Haviv's three cameras and four lenses, worth $8,000 to $10,000, as well as both vehicles, his custom-made flak jacket, first-aid kit and even his good-luck charm, a cotton brown scarf he got covering the Kurdish refugee crisis.
Haviv suspects the guards set him up.
"Only three people knew we were leaving at that time," he said.
In this land of lawlessness, if someone robs you one day, he can walk into a cafe the next day and say, "Hi."
You can't do anything about it.
But Haviv brought home the goods – his film.
"I hid it in a bag of cookies and put the cookies in my pocket," he said.
Haviv, a 1987 graduate of NYU, is on assignment for Newsweek. He's covered the world of war – the Persian Gulf in 1991, Haiti in 1994, Panama in 1989, Croatia in 1991.
His most harrowing experience came in 1994, when he and a French photojournalist were invited into Serb-held Croatia.
"It turns out we drove past some secret missile base that we didn't even know existed," he recalled.
They were taken by Serbian special forces to their hotel and told to pack. He left a note for colleagues saying he was being deported, and left with the officers.
But suddenly, a soldier started screaming, separated the two photographers and demanded he admit he was spying.
"They said, 'You have four hours to confess or we'll kill you and your friend,'" Haviv said.
But he remained confident, if only because "most journalists are killed by snipers," he said.
They told him they'd killed the French photographer, but he didn't believe them. Then they put a hood over his head, peppered him with questions and punched him in the head each time he denied being a spy.
When he didn't show up after 10 hours, his friends realized something had gone wrong. They contacted Newsweek, which got Washington involved. After three days of negotiations, Haviv was released.
Haviv was also captured at the end of the Gulf War when he tried to cover the uprising of the Shiites in southern Iraq, but ran into Saddam Hussein's elite Republican Guard instead.
"I don't know who was more surprised, us or them," he recalled.
This time, he was held for six days in an Iraqi jail until being packed off with three GIs and 30 journalists and sent to the Red Cross in Baghdad.
As they left Basra, their helicopters came under Shiite fire.
Was he scared?
"There's nothing I could do," Haviv shrugged. "I was just hoping we don't get killed by the people we went to photograph. It would be kind of ironic."
Haviv knows he could earn much more taking pictures of Madonna – but hopes to put together a book documenting the horror of the dissolution of Yugoslavia.
"I've taken these same pictures for 10 years," he said. "I've seen Serbs killing people in Croatia. I've seen Serbs killing people in Bosnia. They're doing the same thing with the same tactics – and what has been done? Nothing."
Yesterday he was trying to get into Kosovo to document the fighting.
"I'm not saying I'm not going to be afraid. Of course, it's terrifying and I don't want to die," he said.
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