This is a nice music project led by a fairly new touch guitarist named Alexander Dowerk, who played as guest on the recent Adrian Benavides "Same Time Next Life" I reviewed here in ProgNaut this week. Adrian and omnipresent Markus Reuter produce this and help out on Dowerk's recording as well. Dowerk handles touch guitar ,electronics, and programming and is typically more jazz fusion and delicate with visits into spacey funk and progressive rock, occasionally getting into the eastern realms. Not that he doesn't have some hard hitting stuff as even the first track 'Sand' has some nice punch after the first minute. The first couple of songs sound like the French space (even zeuhl) jazz school combining a Steve Hillage, Jean Pascal Boffo with a Holdsworth/UK/Bruford style. Any fans of these will be right at home and smiling. Albeit the music on Zweiton is accessible , clean, tight and absolutely high end music, you do get plenty of complex interchange and attention keeping music. . You hear some of Fripp's arpeggio pattern influence also, which is an added flavor. Check out track 2 ('Triebwerk') for a taste.
By the time you get to the 3rd song '9 Days of Tripping', which is an extended cut at 10:26, you have a slow building mid period (Discipline, The Beat, Three of a Perfect Pair) Crimson styled composition with that angular funk jazz rock and some ambient laced structure. This breaks into a hot jazz fusion bridge just after 4 minutes, then back to the more funk jazz ambient coolness. The backing musicians are Alexis Paulus on drums (does a great job), and guests, Udo Dzierzanowski - acoustic guitar on track 6, Roland Vanecek - tuba on track 6, and Andrea Sanz Vela - viola on tracks 1 and 4. The music was written by Alexander Dowerk and Alexis Paulus 2005-2009, and then re-composed and re-arranged by Dowerk 2010. I have no idea how it sounded initially, but the new result is tasty and very well worth the time to listen. If you like what is descried so far, track 4 ('Eis') is majestic and exotic with a subtle dance to it. I can even hear a Richard Pinhas influence happening as it gets more up tempo and assertive (once again referring to that French force). The same applies to the next song 'Fehlfunktion' with it's very energetic and bold Crimson/David Torn serving. This one is top dog for the more heady progressive rock instrumentals. And lastly, another extended cut of 9 1/2 minutes ('Licht') that combines all the styles in one song, beginning with a nice eastern guitar dominated intro, then goes to heavy bass ( Levin style) infused semi funky space jazz rock.
Everyone gets in on this with the addition of tuba and acoustic guitar. Exceptional drumming, a merry-go-round of sound and rhythm makes a fully enjoyable composition. This has great textures happening and a great stop and re-group in the middle, to create a new intertwine of polyrhythms very much in the vein of Richard Pinhas again. Beautifully done!! The song fades out with ambience but remains in your mind for hours. I'll be adding this to my collection without a doubt. Recommended !


text:
Audubon Park (Kentucky)
Audubon Park (Nova Jérsei)

Desambiguações de topônimos

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Car strikes Monmouth University dorm, prompting evacuation
The driver of the sedan was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center for unknown injuries.
Car strikes Monmouth University dorm, prompting evacuation The driver of the sedan was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center for unknown injuries. Check out this story on app.com: https://www.app.com/story/news/local/emergencies/2019/09/09/car-strikes-monmouth-university-dorm-prompting-evacuation/2267957001/
Ken Serrano, Asbury Park Press Published 5:07 p.m. ET Sept. 9, 2019 | Updated 6:02 p.m. ET Sept. 9, 2019
If you get into a crash, do you know what to do? Here are 10 tips.
WEST LONG BRANCH - A car struck a parked vehicle then a Monmouth University residence hall Monday afternoon, sending the driver to a local hospital, officials said.
The 2:15 p.m. accident prompted the evacuation of the freshman dormitory, Hesse Hall.
A white Mercedes-Benz SL550 collided with an unoccupied Jeep SUV before striking the building, said Morganne Dudzinski, spokeswoman for the university. Both the Mercedes and the Jeep had rear-end damage.
The man driving the Mercedes was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, Dudzinski said.
Asbury Park Firefighters prepare to add braces to Hesse Hall at Monmouth University in West Long Branch Monday afternoon, September 9, 2019, after it was struck by a car. (Photo: Thomas P. Costello)
There was no word on the injuries or the condition of the driver.
He was not a student and no one else was involved in the mishap, Dudzinski said.
Asbury Park Firefighters prepare to add braces to Hesse Hall at Monmouth University in West Long Branch Monday afternoon, September 9, 2019, after it was struck by a car that had also rear-ended another vehicle there. (Photo: Thomas P. Costello)
Keep up with local crime news on our Jersey Mayhem page and make sure you don't miss a thing by buying a digital subscription to APP.com.
The Mercedes rammed into the outside corner of Hesse Hall, the university's newest residence hall, built in 2014, leaving a crack in the facade.
For tips on steps to take after an accident scroll to the video above.
Firefighters stand by with a vehicle that crashed into the side of Hesse Hall at Monmouth University in West Long Branch Monday afternoon, September 9, 2019. This vehicle had also backed into another parked car. (Photo: Thomas P. Costello)
Two vehicles including a heavy rescue truck from the Asbury Park Fire Department used in building collapses were on the scene along with fire trucks from West Long Branch.
A vehicle that was backed into another car, and then that car crashed into the side of Hesse Hall at Monmouth University in West Long Branch Monday afternoon, September 9, 2019, is shown at the scene. (Photo: Thomas P. Costello)
Ken Serrano has been covering breaking news and crime for more than 20 years in New Jersey. Reach him at 732-643-4029 or at kserrano@gannettnj.com
Monmouth University 2019 graduation
Monmouth University undergraduate commencement for the class of 2019 at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, on May 15, 2019. JAMES J. CONNOLLY/CORRESPONDENT
Graduate Diana Pralgo of New York City gets ready for the Monmouth University undergraduate commencement for the class of 2019 at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, on May 15, 2019. JAMES J. CONNOLLY/CORRESPONDENT
Monmouth University Undergraduate Commencement class of 2019 at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel. 5/15/19 Photo/James J. Connolly/Correspondent. JAMES J. CONNOLLY/CORRESPONDENT
Mary Ellen Mircovich of Howell looks for her graduating son, Thomas, at the Monmouth University undergraduate commencement for the class of 2019 at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, on May 15, 2019. JAMES J. CONNOLLY/CORRESPONDENT
Mary Ellen Mircovich of Howell waves to her graduating son, Thomas, at the Monmouth University undergraduate commencement for the class of 2019 at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, on May 15, 2019. JAMES J. CONNOLLY/CORRESPONDENT
Outgoing Monmouth University president Grey J. Dimenna speaks at the Monmouth University undergraduate commencement for the class of 2019 at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, on May 15, 2019. JAMES J. CONNOLLY/CORRESPONDENT
Outgoing Monmouth University president Grey J. Dimenna introduces Nicholas A. Plodwick, class president, at the Monmouth University undergraduate commencement for the class of 2019 at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, on May 15, 2019. JAMES J. CONNOLLY/CORRESPONDENT
Nicholas A. Plodwick, class president, at the Monmouth University undergraduate commencement for the class of 2019 at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, on May 15, 2019. JAMES J. CONNOLLY/CORRESPONDENT
Carolyn Porco, the commencement speaker, received an honorary degree at the Monmouth University undergraduate commencement for the class of 2019 at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, on May 15, 2019. JAMES J. CONNOLLY/CORRESPONDENT
Support our Signature Journalism
Become an Asbury Park Press subscriber today and get unlimited digital access and support stories like this one.
Read or Share this story: https://www.app.com/story/news/local/emergencies/2019/09/09/car-strikes-monmouth-university-dorm-prompting-evacuation/2267957001/
Ground beef recalled for possible plastic contamination

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


China Communications Services Corporation Ltd (552)-Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review provides you an in-depth strategic SWOT analysis of the company's businesses and operations. The profile has been compiled by GlobalData to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company's key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats. The profile helps you formulate strategies that augment your business by enabling you to understand your partners, customers and competitors better.
China Communications Services Corporation Ltd (CCSCL), a subsidiary of China Telecom Corporation Ltd, provides integrated comprehensive solutions in the informatization sector. The company offers telecommunication infrastructure services, business process outsourcing services, and applications, content and other services. It also offers submarine cable installation and other services. CCSCL's prime shareholders include China Telecommunications Corporation, China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. and China United Network Communications Group Company Limited. CCSCL serves government agencies, industrial customers, small and medium enterprises, and overseas customers. The company along with its subsidiaries operates across Africa, the Middle East, and South East Asia. CCSCL is headquartered in Beijing, China.


In Chapter 3 of The Business of Creativity, Keith Granet describes the best practices of marketing for a design business. He considers why keeping yourself "front and center for all kinds of stakeholders" is vital so that projects will naturally come your way. Marketing is incredibly important to the well-being of your business and exclusivity is overrated as he declares, "You never want to be anyone's best-kept secret." He prefers "soft marketing," which is building and maintaining relationships that build a solid foundation of networks that will generate work.
In this blog post, we share Keith's advice about making everyone on your staff a marketer. He learned an incredibly valuable lesson early on in his career working in the mailroom at Gensler, now the leading architectural firm in the world, when he was able to bring in a significant design commission on a chance bus ride. Even while working in the mail room, he had a business card that he was able to share with a prospective client and he benefitted from this early success throughout his career. Engaging the entire staff in marketing efforts can be remarkably beneficial to your business.
It is important to cultivate a fair, open, and vibrant culture among your staff where everyone's opinions and creative ideas are valued and heard. In such an environment, your staff feel empowered, motivated, and will naturally take great pride in your company's successes and high-profile commissions.
Make sure all of your staff is armed with business cards so they can share the company in possible chance encounters that may bring in significant work. On this note, it is important to make sure your staff is aware of all past, current, and future projects so they can speak with authority about the work of their colleagues and the company as a whole.
Give your team the blessing to network outside of the company by maintaining contact with former colleagues and classmates and support them in pursuing new networks and professional organizations. Allow them to attend events, meetings, and conferences that will benefit the work but also create new business connections.
Always publicly thank the individuals on your staff for bringing in new projects so that they understand that everyone has a stake in the success, growth, and financial security of your business. It is also important to give credit to all individuals working on current commissions.
Create great morale amongst your staff by making it clear that staff members will be compensated for helping the business to expand. Consider such rewards as bonuses, profit-sharing, raises, promotions so that your staff feels encouraged.
You will certainly see a marked improvement in your business once you engage everyone on your team to be a marketer. Read more about marketing and promoting your practice in Chapter 3 of The Business of Creativity.
This is the sixth in an occasional series of blog posts drawing from ideas explored in Keith Granet's books The Business of Design and The Business of Creativity. To get more detailed insight on best practices for your design business, you are encouraged to read both books and they can be found at your local bookstore or click on each book image to purchase online.


Com, use tools to count odds and get strategies to win more. The Blackjack basic strategy chart is one of the most essential things for any blackjack player. As the strategy recommends only the best decisions from a mathematical point of view, the blackjack strategy chart is the table that contains all the solutions recommended by blackjack basic strategy. This, or any chart for other set of rules, is … As you can see, the higher your hand's value is the more likely it is that you will bust. Therefore, it is advisable never to hit on a hand of 17 or higher, unless you hold a soft 17 (an Ace and a 6) in which case you should hit. Basics. The most common boulder city casino of card counting in blackjack are based on statistical boulder city casino that high cards blackjack brewery shuffled deck aces boulder city casino 10s) boulfer the player more than obulder dealer, while the low cards, (3s, 4s, 6s, and especially 5s) help the dealer while hurting the player. Always hit a soft 17 (i. ace-6), split aces and 8s, double down on voulder, and stand on a hard 17 (or greater). Lucky Lucky. Information on this side bet has been moved to my boulder city casino on the Lucky Lucky. Match the Dealer. Please see my page on Match boulder city casino Dealer … Play Table Gambling legal definition World Tour free online game. Enjoy our They nailed some boards over the broken window. Bouldeer covered the board in fabric and pinned some photographs to it. the board that is … baseball sounds, basketball sounds, car race sounds, golf, hockey sounds, ice skate, ski, swimming sounds Kingston is a city in eastern Ontario, Canada. It is on the eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). Ice Hockey Down, How many goals will you make in this retro sports game. Join this ice hockey player while he avoids his opponents and blasts down an endless rink. Not all online casinos and poker rooms market to the USA. However, there are still many that are happy to accept USA residents for poker, casino, bingo and sports. Desert Nights Casino Bonuses.
Real Quality Comes With Age. Hotel deals in Las Vegas, NV acsino Discover the best hotels in Las Vegas. Compare Ours. Tables The Pros and Cons!!. Why An Outdoor Pool Table Cwsino All Mejor casino online argentina Billiards For A Complete Guide To The world of outdoor pool tables. Pool table In The Swimming Pool Below the new quot;Saharaquot; HOTTTTT!Alys … Las Vegas Boulder city casino Hotels, Official Site, las vegas, best deals, casino, reservation, casinos and bolder, hotel reservations, accommodations, Michael Scott: So what we do, is we drive all day, and we stay in a hotel together at night.
Pam Beesly: Separate rooms. Michael Scott: Well that goes without saying. Book the Aliante Casino amp; Casibo - Set in North Las Vegas, this family-friendly resort is within 9 mi (15 km) of Craig Ranch Regional Park, Southern Nevada Zoo, … Lifeline-Rent amp; Utility Assistance is Share amp; Care Houses Housing amp; Essential Needs (HEN) program developed and funded by Department of Commerce casono Pierce County Community Connections.
Nice Peppa Pig Fairy Free Printable Invitations. You can use them as well for making cards, photo frames, signs, backgrounds and whatever you want. May 01, 2018nbsp;0183;32;The Mirage Hotel amp; Casino: Skip this difference between speculation gambling and investment - See 19,339 traveler casino infantil bambi, 7,640 candid photos, and great deals for The Mirage Hotel amp; Casino … The King of Prussia Mall is the largest clty mall in the United States boulder city casino terms of gross leasable area, with a gross leasable area of 2,900,000 square feet (270,000 m 2).
You're familar with price comparison sites right. We bring together all the stag do packages from the country's leading providers so … Florida nights get hotter and boulder city casino with the non-stop nightlife fun and bboulder at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
Whether you boulder city casino a pamper Hen weekend or an activity Boulder city casino weekend, these hen party packages below are just the basis poker bank bca your perfect. Plan a weekend getaway to Corpus Christi in South Texas to enjoy the area's beautiful sandy beaches, visit unique attractions and museums.
Dover Boulder city casino Speedways Park-and-Ride Express at the Blue Hen Mall will not run during the tracks two 2018 NASCAR tripleheader weekends due to lot boulder city casino. Budbreakfast Features Bojlder Are you boulder city casino a romantic get away. Planning a sports-filled weekend. Want to go on a cannabis tour.
All Intel NUC systems have hardware support for virtualization and a 64-bit capable CPU. Therefore it … Get ready for truly responsive performance. A new member of the Intel NUC family is built with a dual-core 7th generation Intel Core i5 processor. Its been a while since we had a lower end Intel NUC model under review. The Braswell NUC came in two variants and was released during summer 2015. Apollo Lake is Intels latest system on a chip architecture with 14 nm manufacturing process. It is positioned under the Core architecture chips. Find Intel174; NUC Kit NUC8i7HNK features, configurations, specifications, reviews, pricing, and where to buy. Intel NUC NUC6i5SYK Your Gaming Solution. The size of the PC market has been flat to decreasing in recent years, but Intel has always found ways to maintain solid profitability in their PC division. Component manufacturers typically dont build retail products-they dont want to compete with their customers. But when it comes to constructing itty-bitty desktop PCs, Intel apparently still sees the need to show the way forward. If youre wondering why Intel markets the NUC as a kit, that. Last week at the Consumer Electronics Show we were handed the Intel NUC KIT D54250WYKH, so after waiting patiently boulder city casino five months we finally have a … Intel NUC Device Boulder city casino Mini Computer Hardware Configuration: Intel i5 processor, cuty RAM, 120GB M. 2 SSD OS: Windows 10 InputOutput: 1x mini HDMI 1. 4a with audio support, 1x mini Casino jimmy eat world 1. 2 with boulddr support, casino victoria argentina PCIe boulder city casino slots (one boulder city casino amp; one full-length), 2x internal USB 2. 0 via 2x5 header, 2x USB 3. 0 boulcer on … While it was already boulder city casino citu use 32GB Memory on 5th Gen NUCs, it is now boulder city casino supported. 6th Gen NUCs support up to 32GB of DDR4 SODIMM Casuno. The NUC requires: 2x 260-pin 1. 2 V DDR4 2133 MHz SO-DIMM. Please note that DDR3 is not compatible with DDR4. They have completely different slots so DDR3 tecno camon c5 slot price can … CES 2018: Intel unveils rueda de casino basico 1 Canyon' NUC VR mini-PC. Intel houlder taken the wraps off its new mini-PC Boulder city casino, which pack its 8th-gen Core i7 processors with Radeon RX Boulder city casino Graphics and are aimed at VR applications. It seems that Intel is pumping out three different casino luxembourg mondorf of the Intel NUC during the year 2018. A report by CNX Software included the casino dallas nightclub boulder city casino includes the following three NUC families: June Canyon, Celeron and Pentium NUCs based on Gemini Lake around New Year Hades Canyon, Skull Canyon. Fully-configured intel 174; Hades Canyon. The Hades Canyon includes a minimum of 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, amp; OS installation. Buy Quantum Access Windows 10 Mini PC Stick, Intel Baytrail-T (Quad-core) Z3735F 1. 33GHz, 2GB32GB: Electronics - Amazon. com … Simply NUC was created to take the hassle and confusion out of the Intel174; NUC (Next Unit of Computing) ecosystem. We provide expert advice, testing, service, warranty and support of Intel174; NUC kits, systems and accessories and can also build and support customized solutions. The Intel SSD 600p is a genuinely affordable half-terabyte drive that's built using the twin performance pillars of the PCIe interface and the NVMe protocol. It's Intel at their smartest, swallowing their technological pride and taking aim at the mainstream SSD market. Want to know what the very best SSD is right now. Check out our guide to … Intel's Hades Canyon NUC may be the size of a VHS tape, but it has some serious gaming chops. Commissaire Moulin est une s233;rie t233;l233;vis233;e fran231;aise en 70 233;pisodes de 90 minutes cr233;233;e par Paul Andr233;ota et Claude Boissol, diffus233;e … Fun and Real Money Gaming at Play Logic Games.
SHRIMP SCAMPI: Garlic, Shrimp, Mozzarella Malaysias casinos have boulder city casino many players in the world for a long time, especially rich players who have endless passion for gambling. So if you are not a rich player, have boulder city casino that can help you if you also want to participate in casino games. search titles only has image posted today bundle duplicates include nearby areas albany, NY (alb); altoona-johnstown (aoo); annapolis, MD (anp) Terrace Links - The Number One Terrace Boulder city casino casino hamilton island on the net.
Contains links boulder city casino all football hooligan websites Hat Tricks, Lewisville's Premier Live Music and Sports Watching Venue, has quickly become North Texas' place to be for all things Red Dirt and beyond. List of hat-trick takers in the history of the Casino place des jacobins lyon Taking a look at the hat-trick heroes in IPL cricket so far. Welcome to Mad Hatter Magic Shop. We carry thousands of Magic products for sale at the lowest prices - wholesale and retail.
Euro Games Technology, oder besser casino 79912 als EGT in der Mike sica poker, wurde 2002 in Bulgarien gegr252;ndet und hat auch noch heute seinen Hauptsitz dort. Advertising is an audio or visual form of marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored, non-personal message to promote or sell a product, service or idea.
You will find a list of numbers; one or more of which should operate your device. Find Promotional Codes, Discount Codes, Coupon Codes, and more for your favorite online stores. The New global mafia poses the huge casino wins boulder city casino criminal threat in history. A team of NEWSWEEK correspondents spent a month on the trail. The report: ON THE VIA NOTARBARTOLO in Palermo, Sicily, stands a small rubber tree.
Find homes for sale and real estate in New Boulder city casino, IN at realtor. com174.


Actress Meghan Markle, who is marrying Prince Harry, stopped by TODAY back in July 2016 to show off her cooking skills.
You may know Meghan Markle as the American woman who is engaged to Prince Harry — or the actress who plays Rachel Zane in the legal drama "Suits." But you should know that she's also a royally good cook.
Back in July 2016, Markle stopped by TODAY to flex her cooking muscles and shared one of her favorite recipes: grilled Caesar salad with shrimp.
For this dish, Markle grills romaine lettuce and zesty marinated shrimp for an updated, slightly smokier take on the classic salad.
"You can grill lettuce and it has the most amazing flavor," Markle said.
Her big tip? Halve the lettuce lengthwise, but make sure to keep the romaine heart intact so it stays together when you cook it, getting those nice char marks, and then you can eat it like a "hand-held salad."
Which naturally makes us wonder: If Markle served this up to the Queen, would she eat it with her hands?
Of course, a simple salad (however delicious) isn't the only thing Markle can cook.
In an interview with Good Housekeeping that ran earlier this year, the 36-year-old actress said that her go-to crowd-pleasing dish is roast chicken.
And she just so happened to be making it with Harry when he proposed. Could it have been the world famous Engagement Chicken?! We'd love to know her special recipe for that dish.


When you book top stand-up comedians, you want people who make you and your audience burst into laughter. Entertaining moments like this turn up the atmosphere and make networking more accessible for everyone.
What Makes Top Stand-Up Comedians?
As opposed to other types of comedy, in stand-up, our laugh is driven not just by the story, but by the likeliness of it happening and our ability to relate to it.
You might wonder why vulnerability is on the list. Well, to relate to the audience, you sometimes need to get personal, and that puts the actor in a vulnerable position.
Without these core elements, regardless of how hilarious the plot might be, it will not make you wholeheartedly laugh. Because you just can't believe it.
Today, we will present to you 3 different artists who have all of these special ingredients. So once they see you smiling, they will not give up until they hear you laughing. We are all amused by different types of humor, so these top stand-up comedians have a little bit for everyone.
So, let's get the list started and the good times coming.
It is not hard to place this Georgian comedian once she starts telling her funny stories. As a speaker and stand-up comedian, Lisa believes that connections between individual are the most important aspect of working with people.
She is a top stand-up comedian which you can book for your event. Her comedy is Christian and familiar.
Most people know him as "Joey" from "Full House" or from hosting America's Funniest People on ABC and Out of Control on Nickelodeon.
He is one of Hollywood's most sought-after character actors. That is because he is the full deal. Not just a comedic actor, but also a great producer, vocalist, comedian, entrepreneur and literary scholar.
If that convinced you, you can find more about him here.
What makes his show hilarious are the short puns which can go on for hours. The topics of his jokes include all the small day to day problems we all face. He also turns his own experiences into funny storytelling.
If you enjoyed any of these top stand-up comedians, make sure you have them at you future event. We have got many more excellent actors you can choose from.
All you have to do is let us know what kind of humor you are looking for and we will suggest the best entertainment for your event.
However, keep in mind: if it is hysterically funny, you need to book it fast.


Home » Books, Movies, Music » Library Blogs » Good Reads @ JCPL » 'Tis the Season for New Adult Fiction @ JCPL!
'Tis the Season for New Adult Fiction @ JCPL!
'Tis the season, if you know what I mean; coughing, sneezing, wheezing and freezing, even with unseasonable 60 degree temps outside; you have an old-fashioned, miserable cold.
That calls for some TLC, and if you watch television, there are a number of things that you can buy at your local pharmacy that will ease your sniffling, sneezing, achy, can't-get-any-rest symptoms. Cold remedies can ease the misery, but the real secret of battling a "cold war" and winning is rest, and lots of it, which, in my opinion, calls for a nice, hot cup of tea, a blankie, some chicken soup and lots of reading material.
What, you ask, does reading material do for a cold? Author, J.K. Rowling hits the nail on the head when she says, "I do believe something magical happens when you read a book." Just in case you need some magic to ease your cold symptoms, I have just the thing for you… brand, new, adult fiction titles from JCPL. Read on!
Jimmy is a happy go lucky spirit who has yet to transition to the other side. Bailey Ruth Raeburn is on a mission to help him cross and guide Jimmy into the next world, but the young spirit refuses to go until he knows that his earthly girlfriend, Megan, is taken care of. Working at a law firm where the senior partner is less than kind, Megan finds herself in a bind when her secretary's job is threatened if Megan decides to move on to another law firm. Things heat up when Megan's partner is discovered dead, and because she was found at the crime scene, Megan becomes the prime suspect. Bailey Ruth and Jimmy must work fast if they are going to uncover the real killer to get Megan off the hook in "Ghost Times Two," book number seven in the Bailey Ruth Mystery Series by Carolyn Hart.
It is New Year's Day and lonely linguistics professor, Samuel, is waking up to the same old, same old. When an unexpected visitor in the form of Mishima, a stray, brindle-furred cat, appears at his apartment, however, Samuel's life takes off in ways that he does not expect. Mishima introduces him to neighbors he never knew, leads him to places he's never been and, most importantly, back to the mysterious Gabriela, his long lost love in "Love in Lower Case" by Francesc Miralles.
Meeting when they were young at a high school football game, Alison and Kyle are immediately star-struck with one another, but must move forward with the lives that they have planned. Alison has dreams of becoming an actress, while Kyle sees medicine as the cure-all for the ills of the world and goes on to medical school, finally settling down, getting married and working as a pediatrician. As their lives move forward, converge, and once again intersect with one another, the pair of them comes face to face, making them each realize that the decisions they made took them from the life they were meant to live in "I'm Glad About You" by Theresa Rebeck.
Ripped away from her home and family, a young Jewish girl is taken captive by a Persian King who is in search of a bride; someone to become his queen. Trapped within his palace among many other women vying for the king's attention, young Esther goes above and beyond to become the next Persian queen. Wearing the crown means more than just sitting quietly beside her husband, however, and soon, Esther realizes that with that crown comes danger, and when she overhears a ruthless man whispering to the King about genocide, she knows that she must find the strength and wisdom to save her people in "Esther" by Rebecca Kanner.
After writing about all of these great, new fiction titles, I do believe that I feel a little cold coming on…so heat the tea, bring me a bowl of hot soup, a blankie, and a stack of fiction from the Jasper County Public Library for that sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever reducing magic!


text:
/* global describe, it, expect */

import * as actions from '@boundlessgeo/sdk/actions/wfs';
import {WFS} from '@boundlessgeo/sdk/action-types';

describe('test that wfs actions are properly created', () => {
  const DUMMY_FEATURE = {
    type: 'Feature',
    geometry: {
      type: 'Point',
      coordinates: [1, 1],
    },
    properties: {
      label: 'silly',
    },
  };

  const DUMMY_SOURCE = 'Onion';

  function testWfsOperation(actionFn, type) {
    const action = actionFn(DUMMY_SOURCE, DUMMY_FEATURE);
    expect(action).toEqual({
      type,
      sourceName: DUMMY_SOURCE,
      feature: DUMMY_FEATURE,
    });
  }

  it('should create an insert action', () => {
    testWfsOperation(actions.insertFeature, WFS.INSERT);
  });

  it('should create an update action', () => {
    testWfsOperation(actions.updateFeature, WFS.UPDATE);
  });

  it('should create an delete action', () => {
    testWfsOperation(actions.deleteFeature, WFS.DELETE);
  });

  it('should issue a finish operation', () => {
    const id = 'abcdef';
    expect(actions.finishedAction(id)).toEqual({
      type: WFS.FINISHED,
      id,
    });
  });

  it('should issue an action to configure a source', () => {
    const source_meta = {
      featureNS: 'http://example.com/',
      featurePrefix: 'exmpl',
      typeName: 'examples',
      onlineResource: 'http://example.com/wfs',
      geometryName: 'wkb_geometry',
    };

    expect(actions.addSource(DUMMY_SOURCE, source_meta)).toEqual({
      type: WFS.ADD_SOURCE,
      sourceName: DUMMY_SOURCE,
      sourceDef: source_meta,
    });
  });

  it('should issue an aciton to remove a configured source', () => {
    expect(actions.removeSource(DUMMY_SOURCE)).toEqual({
      type: WFS.REMOVE_SOURCE,
      sourceName: DUMMY_SOURCE,
    });
  });

});

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Featured attraction: MISS LESLIE'S DOLLS at The Horse Hospital (29 AUG 19:30): "A rare specimen from the more deranged end of the Grindhouse spectrum, MISS LESLIE'S DOLLS is a memorably demented tale of possession and transvestitism from director Joseph G. Prieto." – Network.
Films in London today: MY FAIR LADY at St Barnabas Millennium Halls (29 AUG).
A MOMENT IN THE REEDS presented by Out At Central at Picturehouse Central (29 AUG 19:00).
BLACK PANTHER at Backyard Cinema (29 AUG 20:30).
COLD WAR at ICA (29 AUG 20:55).
Double Bill: THE TERMINATOR + TERMINATOR II: JUDGEMENT DAY 2 films, 1 ticket at Prince Charles (29 AUG 18:15).
INSTANT DREAMS at Picturehouse Central (29 AUG 19:00).
LEANING INTO THE WIND at DocHouse (29 AUG 16:00).
MY FAIR LADY presented by Pitshanger Pictures at St Barnabas Millennium Halls (29 AUG 14:00).
SICILIAN GHOST STORY at ICA (29 AUG 13:00).
THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN at Regent Street Cinema (29 AUG 12:00 & 15:30).
Films in London today: MAEVE at regent Street Cinema (29 AUG).
PAULINE AT THE BEACH (29 AUG 19:30).
MILDRED PIERCE (29 AUG 20:30).
THE WOMEN (29 AUG 14:30 & 20:25).
THE HANDMAID'S TALE 35mm (29 AUG 18:15).
MAEVE + CARRY GREENHAM HOME (29 AUG 18:30 & 20:50).
We don't think there are any festivals projecting in London today… which probably means we've missed something!
Films in London today: THE CLEANERS at DocHouse.
More films in London this week (A – Z): A NORTHERN SOUL at DocHouse (24 to 30 AUG). BLACKkKLANSMAN ArtHouse Crouch End (24 to 30 AUG). BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY presented by UKJF at JW3 (26 to 30 AUG). THE BREADWINNER at The Castle Cinema 924 to 30 AUG). THE CHILDREN ACT at Lexi Cinema (24 to 26 AUG). ICEMAN at Watermans (24 to 30 AUG). MCQUEEN at ICA (25 to 30 AUG). POPE FRANCIS: A MAN OF HIS WORDat Watermans (24 to 30 AUG).


Spray 3- to 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Mix onion, chicken and red pepper in cooker. In large bowl, mix cottage cheese, sour cream, Parmesan cheese and flour; pour over chicken.
Cover; cook on Low heat setting 5 to 6 hours.
Stir mixture; stir in noodles and peas. Increase heat setting to High. Cover; cook 20 to 30 minutes or until noodles are tender. Garnish with chives.
Be sure to layer the cottage cheese mixture over the chicken. This protects it from direct heat on the bottom of the slow cooker and prevents curdling.


Roar...Spice Up Those Winter Sweaters.
I often get so bored with winter clothes. There's only so much you can do with sweaters and jeans. There aren't any fun prints like in Spring and the colors are usually SO DRAB. In the winter, it's pretty easy to stick to your basic sweaters, but you should invest in the things that people will see most of the time--outerwear and shoes! If you have your coat on all the time, no one is going to be able to see what's underneath anyway, so you should have a killer coat. Same with your boots.
In this blog, we are focusing on one of my favorite footwear options for winter, the patterned bootie! For me, I chose leopard because I really do think you can treat it like a neutral, but snake is a good option too. I bought a Zara leopard bootie that is now sold out, but I chose an amazing Rag & Bone one for this blog, and there are a couple other more affordable options here and here. I love these snake print Vans and these snake booties from Free People as well. If the booties aren't enough for you to spice things up, add a colored beanie or what Rosie does below with the forest green bag. Forest green or burgundy would both be perfect choices to complement the bootie. Your booties. And your actual bootie.
Hey you guys. Happy New Year! Yeah, I know it's been the new year for, oh, almost two months, but it's just that having a baby that just turned one and trying to work full time has meant blogging hasn't been a priority. BUT--this brief hiatus has reminded me how much I love it, so my dear friends, 2015 is going to be the year of the Amber Lehman Styling blog. I don't care if I don't have the photoshop skillz to make this the most gorge blog ever, or if the template isn't the most up to date, the motto for 2015 is "TRY"...just do it. So, I'm over feeling bad about all that, and I'm moving on.
Between me, and Carrie, and Beth, we shop all the time, and we have the knowledge. And hopefully that's what you come to this blog for--tips and trends from people who ACTUALLY DO THIS FOR A LIVING. There. So, the first blog of the year is dedicated to spring pins I've found while I'm cooped up in the house because wrestling a one-year-old into a jacket like a wild hyena to go outside is just too much for me.
On this chilly Nashville day, I am dreaming about lighter layers and gingham. Yes, you heard me. Gingham. If you don't follow me on Pinterest, you should. Just my opinion. But I do think I'm a good pinner :). These and more can be found there!
A classic trench has been on my list for a while.
1) My buns never look that good. Not my hair buns anyway...hey-oooooooo. 2) I once got in a catfight in high school with a girl and I was wearing gingham shorts. Annnnd, now gingham is back, and I am not as young as I once was.
3) This is how you wear gingham.
More denim on denim with a cozy wrap.
This linen blend military green jacket is so on trend for spring.
This is from the Citizens of Humanity Lookbook, all of which has been spot on.
Loving the sporty trend happening right now. This outfit has so much fun texture and gets a shot of "not so serious" with those sneaks.


Remember those old trunks and hope chests you saw while playing around in your grandmother's attic? You never knew what treasures you would find or what things you would discover about bygone eras when you lifted the dusty lid. Here is how you can recreate that experience and perhaps bring back some memories that may also be dusty.


Birthday Express Coupons: Flash Sale! Take 20% Off!
Flash Sale! Take 20% Off!
20% Off Flash Sale! Join Daniel Tiger and his friends for a Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood birthday bash! Get Party Supplies at Birthday Express!
20% Off Flash Sale! Save on your Carnival-Themed Party Supplies at Birthday Express!
20% Off Flash Sale! It's time to party, mermaid style! Get Party Supplies at Birthday Express!
20% Off Flash Sale! Deck out your child's birthday party with Dr. Seuss party decorations! Get Party Supplies at Birthday Express!
20% Off Flash Sale! Rev up your engines with a Monster Jam party! Get Party Supplies at Birthday Express!
20% Off Flash Sale! Say "oui" to an elegant Paris Damask themed party! Get Party Supplies at Birthday Express!
Mermaid-Themed Birthday Party on the Horizon? Get 10% Off Your Supplies at Birthday Express!
Dr. Seuss Birthday Party Supplies at Birthday Express - Shop Now for 10% Off!
Hosting an Octonauts Party? Get Your Supplies at Birthday Express - 10% Off!
Shop Birthday Express for Your Superhero Party Needs - 10% Off!
Paris Damask Party Supplies - 10% Off at Birthday Express!
Pokemon Birthday Party Supplies 10% Off at Birthday Express!
Get Your Daniel Tigers Neighborhood Party Supplies at Birthday Express - 10% Off!
Get Exclusive Candy Shoppe-Themed Party Supplies and Decorations from Birthday Express - 10% off!
Deck out your childs birthday party with Dr. Seuss party decorations! Get Party Supplies at Birthday Express - 10% off!
The PAW Patrol is ready to help you transform your birthday party! Get Party Supplies at Birthday Express - 10% off!
It's time to party, mermaid style! Get Party Supplies at Birthday Express - 10% off!
Say "oui" to an elegant Paris Damask themed party! Get Party Supplies at Birthday Express - 10% off!
Rev up your engines with a Monster Jam party! Get Party Supplies at Birthday Express - 10% off!
Join Daniel Tiger and his friends for a Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood birthday bash! Get Party Supplies at Birthday Express - 10% off!
Carnival-Themed Party on the Horizon? Get Party Supplies at Birthday Express - 10% off!
Planning a Pool Party? Get Your Splashin' Pool Party Supplies from Birthday Express at 10% off!
Find Adorable Shopkins- Themed Party Supplies at Birthday Express!


Cache Valley virus (CVV) is a mosquito-borne orthobunyavirus endemic in North America. The virus is an important agricultural pathogen leading to abortion and embryonic lethality in ruminant species, especially sheep. The importance of CVV in human public health has recently increased because of the report of severe neurotropic diseases. However, mosquito species responsible for transmission of the virus to humans remain to be determined. In this study, vector competence of three Culex species mosquitoes of public health importance, Culex pipiens, Cx. tarsalis and Cx. quinquefasciatus, was determined in order to identify potential bridge vector species responsible for the transmission of CVV from viremic vertebrate hosts to humans.
Variation of susceptibility to CVV was observed among selected Culex species mosquitoes tested in this study. Per os infection resulted in the establishment of infection and dissemination in Culex tarsalis, whereas Cx. pipiens and Cx. quinquefasciatus were highly refractory to CVV. Detection of viral RNA in saliva collected from infected Cx. tarsalis provided evidence supporting its role as a competent vector.
Our study provided further understanding of the transmission cycles of CVV and identifies Cx. tarsalis as a competent vector.
Cache Valley virus (CVV) is an orthobunyavirus endemic in North America [1–9]. Enzootic transmission of CVV occurs among ungulates through bites of competent arthropod vectors. Data from serological surveys and experimental infections indicate that white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are likely to be the amplification hosts of the virus in nature [4–6, 8]. Historically, CVV has been regarded as an important agricultural pathogen in the USA but not a threat to people. Infection in adult sheep is common and results in recovery and seroconversion; however, infection during pregnancy often leads to embryonic and fetal death, stillbirths and multiple congenital malformations [10, 11]. The public health significance of CVV has been increasingly recognized because of recent reports of human diseases caused by infection of CVV and its variants. Four human cases of CVV infection have been diagnosed in the USA since 1995. In addition to the fatal case reported in North Carolina, neuroinvasion of CVV has been observed during the acute phase of the disease [12–15]. Seroprevalence rates among individuals with exposure to farm and wild animals in the USA were reported to exceed 3% . A serological survey found that 5–7% of human serum samples, collected from two cities in Argentina, were positive for neutralizing antibodies . It is possible that human infections in the Americas may be higher than indicated by the low number of symptomatic cases.
Whilst entomological surveys have been performed in the past, the objective of previously published studies was mainly to identify the species of enzootic vectors and their roles in the transmission and maintenance of CVV. It is well-accepted that multiple mosquito species in North America are competent for the transmission of CVV . Six mosquito species have been demonstrated to be competent for CVV under laboratory conditions: Culiseta inornata, Anopheles quadrimaculatus, Coquillettidia perturbans, Aedes sollicitans, Ae. taeniorhynchus and Ae. japonicus [18–20]. In nature, virus isolations have been made in at least 16 mosquito species [2, 21]. However, very few studies have been performed to identify the species responsible for the transmission of CVV from amplification hosts to humans: so-called bridge vectors. Endemic vector species of CVV do not show host preference for humans. For example, Cs. inornata, one of the principle vector species in nature, does not normally feed on humans . Similarly, populations of An. quadrimaculatus and Cq. perturbans have been shown to predominantly feed on non-human mammalian animals as observed with blood meal analyses conducted in several geographic regions [23–30]. Therefore, the zoonotic transmission of CVV in specific ecological conditions may involve other mosquito species that show host preference for both animals and humans as observed with multiple zoonotic arboviruses.
Although the percentage of CVV isolates obtained from Culex species mosquitoes is low in relation to the total number of available isolates, infection of CVV has been reported in at least three medically important species, Cx. tarsalis, Cx. pipiens and Cx. restuans, collected in the field. These observations warrant further investigation of whether or not Culex species mosquitoes can act as bridge vectors for the zoonotic transmission of CVV [2, 21, 31, 32]. The potential importance of North American Culex species mosquitoes for the transmission of zoonotic arboviruses to humans has been well-established for several viruses including St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV), Western equine encephalitis virus (WEEV), and West Nile virus (WNV) [33–35]. Therefore, determining the vector competence of medically important Culex species mosquitoes for CVV is likely to provide information on the vector species responsible for its transmission from viremic animals to humans. Vector competence based on orally challenged mosquitoes identifies species that are able to transmit CVV in nature and exclude the candidate vector species that became a source of viral isolation due to recent engorgement. In this study, three species of mosquitoes, Cx. pipiens, Cx. quinquefasciatus and Cx. tarsalis, were evaluated for their vector competence for CVV.
African green monkey kidney epithelial Vero 76 cells were maintained in Leibovitz's L-15 media (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum, 10% tryptose phosphate broth, penicillin/streptomycin, and L-glutamine, and used in this study for propagation of virus stocks and titration of homogenized tissues as previously described . The prototype 6V633 strain of CVV was used in all oral challenge experiments for the determination of vector competence. It was originally isolated from infected Cs. inornata in Cache Valley, Utah, in 1956 . Sequences of all three genomic segments have been determined in a previously published study (GenBank accession numbers: KX100133.1, KX100134.1 and KX100135.1) . The strain was obtained from the collection in the laboratory of Dr Richard M. Elliot . Stocks of CVV used in the oral infection study were generated by two passages in Vero 76 cells.
Three medically important mosquitoes, Cx. pipiens, Cx. tarsalis and Cx. quinquefasciatus, were used in the experiments. Colonies of Cx. pipiens and Cx. quinquefasciatus were established from larvae collected in Ewing Township, New Jersey and Vero Beach, Florida, as previously described . Per os infections of the two species were performed with F8 of Cx. pipiens and F12 of Cx. quinquefasciatus. Cx. tarsalis used in this study originated from a collection in Kern County, California . The colonies were maintained by 10% sucrose solution under a 16:8 h light:dark photoregimen at 28 °C. Female mosquitoes aged 7–10 days-old were deprived of water and sucrose 24 and 48 h before per os infection, respectively. Viremic blood meals were prepared by mixing equal volumes of L-15 media that contained CVV at 7.95 log of 50% tissue culture infectious dose (TCID50)/ml with defibrinated sheep blood. Control mosquitoes received blood meals containing a 1:1 volume mixture of L-15 media and defibrinated sheep blood. Mosquitoes were allowed to orally ingest artificial infectious blood meals using previously published techniques [40, 42].
Engorged mosquitoes were collected under cold anesthesia and returned to designated cartons for characterization of the infection process. At 7 and 14 days post-infection (dpi), mosquitoes were collected and divided into two groups to characterize susceptibility to viral infection and dissemination in dissected mosquitoes and replication in whole carcasses. Infection status of each mosquito was determined by the isolation of infectious viruses using the TCID50-based titration method as previously described [36, 43]. Infection of individual mosquitoes was demonstrated by the detection of infectious viruses in dissected tissues or whole carcasses. Infection rates were calculated using the percentage of infected mosquitoes among all mosquitoes tested at each time-point. Disseminated form of infections were identified by the detection of infectious viruses in the secondary tissues of infected mosquitoes including the head, wings and legs. Dissemination rates were calculated by dividing the numbers of positive secondary tissues with the number of dissected mosquitoes that were infected with CVV. Growth kinetics of CVV in infected mosquitoes was determined based on the titers of CVV in whole mosquitoes. At 14 dpi, saliva from mosquitoes was collected to determine the incidence of transmission. Saliva was collected by inserting each mosquito's proboscis into capillary tubes with type B immersion oil (Cargille Laboratories Inc., Cedar Grove, NJ, USA) for 1 h as previously described .
Detection of CVV was performed by either the isolation of infectious viruses or the detection of viral genome. Quantities of infectious viruses in blood meals and homogenized mosquito tissues were determined with TCID50-based titration with Vero 76 cells as previously described . Comparison of percentages of infection and dissemination was performed using Fisher's exact test. The presence of viral genome in saliva of orally challenged mosquitoes was demonstrated by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Extraction of viral RNA was performed with a QIAamp Viral RNA Mini Kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA). Viral RNA was reverse-transcribed with Superscript III Reverse Transcriptase (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA). cDNA was amplified with a nested PCR approach based on previously published primer sets . The outer primer set was designed to target nucleotide positions between 2220 and 2520 of the G1 gene encoded within the medium (M) genome segment. Amplicons derived from the outer primer set were amplified by the inner primer set targeting the nucleotide positions between 2246 and 2348 of the G1 gene.
Three species of medically important Culex species mosquitoes showed variations in susceptibility to CVV infection through oral exposure. As summarized in Table 1, the establishment of infection was only observed in Cx. tarsalis, whereas two species under the Cx. pipiens complex, Cx. pipiens and Cx. quinquefasciatus, were refractory to CVV. Infectious viruses of CVV were not detected among 28 and 27 Cx. pipiens collected at 7 and 14 dpi, respectively. Similarly, Cx. quinquefasciatus mosquitoes collected at 7 (n = 14) and 14 (n = 18) dpi did not show a detectable level of infectious viruses.
As demonstrated by the isolation of infectious viruses in homogenized mosquito tissues, there was no distinguishable difference in the infection rates of CVV in Cx. tarsalis at 7 (81.8%, 18/22) and 14 (82.6%, 19/23) dpi (P = 1.00). The dissemination rate of CVV in infected Cx. tarsalis showed a significant increase from 72.7% (8/11) at 7 dpi to 100.0% (9/9) at 14 dpi (Fisher's exact test: P < 0.05), presumably due to the continuous viral replication in permissive tissue. However, there was no demonstrable difference in the average titer of infected whole mosquitoes at 7 (5.41 ± 2.06 logTCID50/ml, n = 7) and 14 (5.47 ± 1.07 logTCID50/ml, n = 10) dpi as shown in Fig. 1. Similarly, there were no significant differences in the infectious titers of CVV present in the dissected abdomen section (7 dpi: 4.23 ± 1.49 logTCID50/ml, n = 11; 14 dpi: 4.91 ± 0.51 logTCID50/ml, n = 8) and secondary tissues (7 dpi: 5.03±1.48 logTCID50/ml, n = 8; 14 dpi: 5.09 ± 1.48 logTCID50/ml, n = 9).
Detection of infectious viruses in mosquitoes collected at 7 and 14 dpi indicated that Cx. tarsalis is highly susceptible to CVV through oral challenge and subsequently supports viral replication. Cx. pipiens and Cx. quinquefasciatus are highly refractory to CVV.
With the high infection and dissemination rates observed in Cx. tarsalis orally challenged with CVV, saliva obtained through forced salivation of individual mosquitoes at 14 dpi was assayed for the presence of the M segment of viral genome through nested RT-PCR. As anticipated, none of the saliva samples collected from Cx. pipiens (n = 27) and Cx. quinquefasciatus (n = 18) showed a detectable level of viral genome. Viral RNA of CVV was detected from 31.6% (6/19) of infected Cx. tarsalis. These results demonstrate that CVV is able to develop disseminated infection in Cx. tarsalis, which can subsequently be competent for its transmission.
The confirmation of Cx. tarsalis as a competent vector is of high public and veterinary health importance. Previous analyses of the blood-feeding behavior of Cx. tarsalis further supports its potential role in maintaining enzootic transmission of CVV, especially in the Midwestern states of the USA. In two independent studies, Cx. tarsalis from North Dakota and Minnesota, where CVV is endemic, showed relatively high frequencies of feeding on white-tailed deer, a known amplification host of CVV in nature [4, 45, 46]. In addition to its role as an enzootic vector, the established role of Cx. tarsalis as a vector species for SLEV, WNV and WEEV in western USA and its documented feeding on humans further supports the hypothesis that it may be involved in transmission of CVV from viremic animals to humans [34, 35]. Although there is variation in the frequency of feeding on humans, engorgement from human blood has been repeatedly observed in multiple populations of Cx. tarsalis in nature [29, 45–47]. Host preference is, in part, determined by changes in host availability, suggesting that the contact rate with humans may depend on the diversity of other potential hosts [48, 49].
As a species that has evolved to hibernate and has been shown to support the overwintering of arboviruses such as SLEV, WNV and WEEV [50, 51], our findings also highlight the need to further investigate the ecology of Cx. tarsalis and its involvement in the overwintering maintenance of CVV in nature. Similar to other orthobunyaviruses, vertical transmission has been demonstrated to be a likely overwintering mechanism for CVV . For instance, 2.9 to 3.3% of experimentally infected Cs. inornata transovarially transmitted CVV to both male and female progeny. Further investigations in the detection of CVV in overwintering populations of Cx. tarsalis in nature will provide much needed understanding of the maintenance of CVV.
Whilst the number of reported neurotropic cases of CVV remains low, the advancement of virological and molecular biological techniques has led to the identification of variants or subtypes of CVV that are responsible for human diseases throughout the New World . In 1985, the isolation of Fort Sherman virus was made from an American soldier in Panama who developed fever and an erythematous pharynx at the acute phase of infection . Similarly, Maguari virus, another orthobunyavirus closely related to CVV, has been continuously found in multiple Latin American countries causing febrile illness in humans . It remains unclear if other pathogenic orthobunyaviruses closely related to CVV can also utilize Cx. tarsalis or other medically important Culex species mosquitoes for transmission or maintenance. As observed with many other pathogenic arboviruses, identification of competent vector species can be an important step in formulating control strategies in the event of emergence.
Since the original isolation of CVV in 1956, there have been isolates and detections of CVV made in Culex species mosquitoes [2, 21]. It has been unclear if the isolation or detection of CVV in Culex species mosquitoes was caused by recent engorgement of blood from viremic vertebrate hosts, which can cause a transient presence of infectious viruses and viral genomes in mosquitoes or actual viral replication, which is likely to result in a disseminated form of infection and transmission. To the best of our knowledge, this study provides the first direct evidence that Cx. tarsalis is susceptible to oral infection of CVV and competent for its transmission. Although we cannot exclude the possibility that other members in the Cx. pipiens complex can be competent for the transmission of CVV, the results of this study demonstrate that Cx. pipiens in New Jersey and Cx. quinquefasciatus in Florida, are highly refractory to CVV and are less likely to serve as competent vectors to support its transmission in nature.
Research was conducted in the ACL-3 Insectary of Kansas State University's Biosecurity Research Institute at Pat Roberts Hall. The authors would like to thank the assistance of Ms Susan M. Hettenbach.
This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2015-67015-22961 and by the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council grant number BB/M027112/1 as part of the joint NIFA-BBSRC Animal Health and Disease program. This project is the result of funding provided by United States Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate's Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency Chemical and Biological Defense Division under contract number D15PC00276. This research was supported by USDA Agricultural Research Service Cooperative Agreement 58-5430-4-021. Work was also supported by the UK Medical Research Council (MC_UU_12014) (AK).
VBA, YSH, SLP, ACL and JID performed the experiments and data analysis. BWA and IU provided the study materials. YSH, SH, AK and DLV conceptualized the study. VBA, YSH, SH, BJB and DLV wrote and edited the manuscript. SH, AK and DLV acquired the funding for the research. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.


Are you looking for an app to both assess students AND communicate with parents? Check out SeeSaw!
I heard about SeeSaw a couple years ago and had it installed on my ipads, but it wasn't until this past spring that I was finally able to check it out. SeeSaw is known for being a great advocacy tool, in that parents can see what's going on in the music room! Whether you post a snapshot of a student's completed worksheet, a video of him/her singing, or a video of the entire class performing, it can be a fabulous way to communicate with parents.
Last year, at a technology workshop with my friend Andrea Halverson (whose technology blog can be found here), I had the realization that I assess students through the app too! I tried this out last year and will detail below how I did it. Please note that I have not yet connected parents to the app, but instead used it for my own assessment purposes. Here goes!
I decided to try out composition with my second graders last year. Although they had learned tika-tika at this point, I wanted to assess how well they could compose only with ta, ti-ti, and rest, and how well they could read their composition to a steady beat.
First, I inputted all the students' names into the SeeSaw app. I realized after I did this that SeeSaw has a limit to how many classes you have before you pay, so keep that in mind. (You might input all of the students from one grade level into one class.) If you can copy their names from an Excel spreadsheet or csv file, that will make things go much quicker!
After you do this, each class will have their own unique QR code. I printed these out so students could easily scan.
Then, to compose, students opened up SeeSaw, then scanned their class QR code.
Students clicked on new project, then clicked "camera roll." Then, they opened up the composition worksheet I had put on the iPads.
Then, students chose the pencil tool and wrote a 16-beat rhythm with their finger! I asked that they had variety in their composition…so not all rests!
Once they are satisfied with their composition, they then clicked "record," and read their composition. You could also have them play on a non-pitched percussion instrument! Then, they clicked the green checkmark.
Students were working independently, so there is noise in the background when you do it like this, but I heard all of my students just fine!
After they submitted it, I was able to sit and watch each video. As I watched, I assessed whether they had variety in their composition, whether they wrote the rhythms correctly, and if they could read the rhythm correctly to a steady beat. It was fun to hear what they had composed and how well they could read! And they loved it!
There is one composition worksheet in the tika-tika set, and lots in the composition bundle!
This is just one idea for SeeSaw…the possibilities really are endless! What have you done with the app? Feel free to comment below, and happy planning!
This is such an awesome idea, thanks for sharing! My school has Chromebooks, not iPads. Do you know if this idea would work on Chromebooks? Thanks!
I have used SeeSaw on Chromebooks. Writing, I haven't yet - but I think they can use a paint brush form? I'm still playing with this. But I do use chromebooks for recorder, and singing and playing!
Specdrums: A fun techie tool for your music room!


text:
I've been collecting puppet-themed short films from around the world for the upcoming Drunk Puppet Film Festival. In doing so, I've met some remarkable people and been exposed to many beautiful, bizarre and outrageous films. Puppeteers are a notoriously hard bunch to pin down, so the date of the festival remains nebulous, but I will start screening some of my glorious finds here on the web.
This absurd and gorgeous animated puppet film, Anthropo-Cynical Farce, was made in 1970 by the Japanese master Kihachiro Kawamoto. Kawamoto is currently touring the United Kingdom with a program of his films.
And for those whose hunger for puppet and animation films is more than I can satisfy, The Motion Brigades has a powerhouse of a Youtube channel "Dedicated to showcasing stop motion animation from the masters of the genre, with focus on rare and hard to find titles." Enjoy.
Posted by Gurldoggie at 4/30/2008 No comments:
Labels: Film, puppets
It's not all doom-and-gloom around Gurldoggie headquarters. Critical Mass this month was a glorious affair. For the first time in months the weather cooperated with our plans, and around 300 of us turned out to take over the streets on our bicycles.
The ride circled through the city, passed down 1st Ave. amongst Mariners' traffic, and hooked back for a velodrome-like ride around the Seattle Center fountain. After a brief break, we headed straight up Dexter and over the Aurora Bridge to catch the last rays of the warm spring sun. When we finally stopped for beers and smiles in Gasworks, there were still some 200 of us, including lots of new faces. This bodes very well for summer.
Had a nice chat with Daniel who has been riding and documenting Seattle Critical Mass rides since 1996. Check out his extensive photo archive here.
Labels: bikes, urban
American Pictures
I saw the remarkable film Chop Shop at the Northwest Film Forum last night. The movie follows main character Alejandro, a pre-adolescent street orphan in Queens, New York, as he hustles for work and finally scores a job and a room with a bed at an auto body repair shop in an industrial neighborhood. With a great deal of effort, Alejandro locates his sister Isamar, and the two of them obsessively save money in a doomed effort to buy a taco truck.
The story isn't as important as the accomplishment of creating a beautiful and positive portrait of some of America's poorest people. The film doesn't romanticize the personal qualities of its characters. Often they are petty, suspicious, hateful, callous and vicious. However, the film is so well made and so subtle that we never interpret these traits as suggesting that any of the characters are bad or inferior people. Rather, these are people who are simply acting, thinking, and feeling in ways consistent with trying to survive or being successful in an inhumane system which distorts and mangles so much of what is otherwise truly warm and good in people.
Interestingly, the entire film takes place within spitting distance of New York's Shea Stadium, a playground for some of the wealthiest, most famous, and most powerful people in America. We only hear the echoes of the crowds, but it's enough to provide a stark contrast between the extremes of oppression and privilege which the film says are inextricably intertwined.
The film put me in mind of several other documents that I've been reintroduced to recently. Charles Burnett's film Killer of Sheep and Jacob Holdt's book and slideshow "American Pictures." All of these works skirt the line between fiction and documentary, and all serve to document the immoral and ever-present squalor of the communities that live in the shadows of American wealth. Each of these works, created over a 30-year span, retains its power to shock and surprise. However aware we may be about poverty, few of us ever expect to see the level of pain, fear, and violence that these films, and Holdt's pictures, reveal as an everyday reality for a sizable number of Americans.
Meet the New Boss
This week brought the resignation of disgraced HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson, and his replacement with disgraceful Small Business Administration head Steven Preston. If you haven't been keeping track of this particular criminally corrupt Federal agency, Jackson was the cabinet member who said at a Dallas meeting of real estate executives that he had revoked the contract of a businessman who disparaged President Bush. It later turned out that Jackson received a $392,000 kickback from a friend who was hired by Jackson's department as a construction manager in New Orleans. Another friend, an Atlanta developer, received a $127 million HUD contract last year and then paid Mr. Jackson more than $250,000 in fees. Unsurprisingly, there are dozens of such stories.
Jackson, who resigned with the statement that "there are times when one must attend more diligently to personal and family matters," is now the target of investigations by a federal grand jury, the FBI and the Justice Department. In addition to the deep corruption, Jackson leaves a legacy of a collapsing Post-Katrina public-housing system and a vast mortgage crisis that has shaken the global economy.
And just when it seemed like things couldn't get any worse, the new head of HUD has exactly ZERO experience in housing. Before his term at the SBA, Preston was the executive vice president of the ServiceMaster Company, a multibillion-dollar corporation whose businesses include ChemLawn, a famously toxic lawn care company, and Terminix, a pest control company. Preston had his own corruption hearings in 2007 when it surfaced that his agency had given a $1.2 million contract to a former Bush administration official with no experience in helping small businesses.
Sheila Crowley, the always outspoken president of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, was interviewed in the most recent issue of Newsweek about the shameful record of the ousted secretary and how little she expects from the new one.
It's a short and good article, worth reading when you have a spare moment for outrage.
Dia de Sant Jordi
Today is perhaps the most civilized day on the Christian calendar, the feast day of Saint George, or as it is known is Catalunya, "El Dia de Sant Jordi" aka "El dia del llibre" or "The Day of the Book." It is traditional on this day to give gifts of roses to women and books to men, although it has become ever more common to give books to everybody. This tradition inspired UNESCO to declare this the International Day of the Book, since April 23 1616 was also the date of death of both William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes. All throughout Barcelona today, and all across Catalunya, thousands of stands of roses and makeshift bookstalls are lining the streets for the occasion. By the end of the day, some four million roses and 400,000 books will have been purchased. Fully one half of the total yearly book sales in Catalunya take place on this occasion.
I don't fool myself about the value of literature over candy in America, but I would gladly surrender any Valentine's Day obligations for the sanity of a national Book Day.
Labels: Barcelona, books
by Brigit Pegeen Kelly
Listen: there was a goat's head hanging by ropes in a tree.
All night it hung there and sang. And those who heard it
Felt a hurt in their hearts and thought they were hearing
The song of a night bird.
Cause and Effect (aka. "Whitey's on the Moon")
Out of nowhere, this great song/poem by Gil Scott Heron arrived in my mail today:
A rat done bit my sister Nell with Whitey on the moon.
Her face and arms began to swell and Whitey's on the moon.
I can't pay no doctor bills but Whitey's on the moon.
Ten years from now I'll be payin' still while Whitey's on the moon.
The man just upped my rent last night cuz Whitey's on the moon.
No hot water, no toilets, no lights but Whitey's on the moon.
I wonder why he's uppin me. Cuz Whitey's on the moon?
I was already givin' him fifty a week but now Whitey's on the moon.
Taxes takin' my whole damn check,
The junkies makin' me a nervous wreck,
The price of food is goin' up,
And as if all that shit wasn't enough:
Her face and arms began to swell but Whitey's on the moon.
Was all that money I made last year for Whitey on the moon?
How come there ain't no money here? Hmm! Whitey's on the moon.
Ya know, I just about had my fill of Whitey on the moon.
I think I'll send these doctor bills
airmail special....
to Whitey on the moon.
Which got me thinking about the glory of Gil Scott Heron, tomorrow's Pennsylvania primary which may finally reward our patience with the nomination of Barack Obama, ever rising Seattle rents, and April being the cruelest month.
All of which led me to this site, Silent Springs, which features an absolutely outstanding selection of Funk, Soul, Jazz, Afrobeat and Hiphop links.
Labels: music, Poetry
Seen a Ghost
BLVD Gallery on 2nd Ave. is showing canvases by old school graffiti artist Ghost. The paintings are colorful and energetic, sure, but to my mind, the "graffiti" that gets shown in gallery walls bears little resemble to the real deal - the do-or-die paintings that show up in the middle of the night on a public wall. The writing that companies use to sell "urban wear" like sneakers and hooded sweatshirts has even less in common with the confrontational power of an unexpected, and necessarily temporary, graffiti bomb.
Almost all the works on display at BLVD, which carry price tags of $2000 to $10,000, have been sold. I have to wonder how many of the people who fetishize "street culture" and can afford to drop a few grand on a painting, would blow a gasket if an artist like Ghost tagged the gates outside their subdivision or place of business.
Graffiti is distinct from most art that is displayed in museums or sold in galleries, in that the entirety of the message is portrayed through the action of creation. It challenges its viewers by pissing them off and refusing public acceptance. True graffiti art is by nature of its own connotations, illegal. This in-your-face attitude is what allows graffiti to move from the personal to the political, granting it a voice never conceived of by traditional gallery artists.
Graffiti artist Shmoo tells Art Crimes, an online graffiti database, that "graffiti is meant to be a public display. When it is illegal it is a political statement, whether the kid knows it or not...When you become a writer, you know that your stuff won't last forever. It is just accepted that either society won't allow it, or other writers won't. Battling and competition have been a part of graf since its inception. The biggest part of graf is in the doing of it. The action of putting your expression on a wall for other people to see is what writing is all about. Graffiti is a temporary art form, like improvisational theatre. You know that your piece will soon be gone."
Posted by Gurldoggie at 4/19/2008 4 comments:
Dead Baby Bikes Presents
The hard working lunatics at Dead Baby Bike Club have released the full details for their upcoming bike film festival, now called "Dead Baby Bikes Presents." Word from the main organizer, Dead Baby Terry, is that the movies are showing on at least 2 big screens and maybe three if the Tech Gods smile on them. The festival is on May 1 at the Underground Events Center, 2407 1st Ave. in Belltown. Doors open at 7 and the films start at 9.
Much much more information on their website.
...and now for something completely appropriate.
Posted 5/2: A very nice event summary and shout out from Dashap over at 327 Words.
Sounds Exquisite
Local musical heroes Bill Frisell and Eyvind Kang, along with their quartet, are currently in New York. Today they received a major shout out from the paper of record.
"In about 80 minutes they'd taken a long side road off an essentially European high-art concept, jumping between continents, regions and styles. Not being even slightly formalist about it, they showed how undivided music can be."
Labels: music, people of note
Review of Books (Fiction)
One relatively positive aspect of our endlessly rainy winter is that I've had lots of time to read over the past few months. I recommend all of the titles below, and will try to list a few more recent finds before the sun comes out. I should have a few months.
Geoffrey Household describes his book "Rogue Male" as "a bastard offspring of Stevenson and Conrad." The tale, written in 1932, is a surprisingly contemporary exploration of the lure of violence and the psychology of survivalism. At the beginning of the story, our narrator, an enthusiastic amateur hunter, finds himself wondering whether he might be able to infiltrate a political leader's compound and take him down. He has his target in his sites when he is seized by security, imprisoned, tortured, and condemned to death. He manages to escape, and the book becomes a thrill ride of near-captures and ingenious escapes. Rogue Male is both endlessly suspenseful and relentlessly paranoid, predating by 40 years the genre of political thrillers like "Day of the Jackal" or John LeCarre's novels which seized the public's imagination in the 1970's.
Albanian writer Ismail Kidare won the inaugural International Booker Prize in 2005. I've read several books by Kidare, which can vary wildly in style, but recently read and enjoyed the political parable The Three-Arched Bridge.
The story is set in 1377, and our narrator is an Albanian monk, who watches as the Turkish armies gather over the Balkan Peninsula. With a few deft strokes Kidare conveys the great extent of political and economic shifts occurring in Europe in the late Middle Ages: the collapse of Byzantium, the spread of an international currency and the formation of large financial conglomerates, some of them complicit with the emerging Turkish imperial expansion.
A picture is created of a community in the grip of forces it cannot control and can barely comprehend. A medieval community tries to make sense of rapid historical change, against a bleak landscape of fogs, freezing rains, a great river and a stone bridge. This is a profoundly atmospheric book.
Shortly after winning the International Booker in '05, Kidare wrote a very interesting and personal history of the Albanian Writer's Union for The New Yorker magazine.
After hearing the raves at Wondercon about the recent repackaging of Jack Kirby's Fourth World comics, I managed to score a copy of the first volume from the Seattle Public Library. According to many breathless comics fans, Kirby's saga is one of the most prominent and influential comic book series ever.
The short story is that Kirby, one of the pioneers of superhero comics, and the creator of such landmark Marvel Comics characters as Fantastic Four, the Hulk and X-Men, left Marvel in 1969 over a bitter contract dispute, and went to work for main rival DC comics. Given free reign at DC, Kirby created a sprawling universe populated by hundreds of characters and colored by massive explosions of cosmic energy. Over the course of some 80 issues, we meet Darkseid the God of Apokolips, the tortured savior Orion, the apostate escape artist Mr. Miracle and all manner of false gods, preachers, crooks and heroes with names like Granny Goodness, Kalibek, Kanto, Virmin Vundabar and Desaad. To be honest, the story is so grand as to be basically incomprehensible. Having read the 20 or so individual comics that make up Volume 1, I am completely baffled by Fourth World cosmology. However, Kirby's drawings are so exciting, his collage effects so unexpected and his shifting perspective so utterly unpredictable, that the comics take on a propulsive force. Not for everyone, but a real treat for comics fans who retain a taste for spandex-clad grandeur.
There's a comprehensive study of the religious elements of the Fourth World over at Al and Andrew's Super Review.
No particular rhyme or reason for this one. The days are still cold, the rain won't stop, my plants are stunted, the news is full of terrible people, and I'm broke. In a time of little warmth or virtue, at least I can take pleasure in these small comforts: Talking Heads and the Muppets.
Posted by Gurldoggie at 4/15/2008 1 comment:
Labels: music, puppets
The Form/Space Atelier has a new show opening tomorrow, April 11. The show is titled "An Exhibit Of Robert Storr's Autograph And Other Work," and marks the 100th show curated by Paul Pauper in his nomadic gallery. I've written before about Paul's passion and his well developed aesthetic, and this group show really demonstrates his formidable strength in assembling artists from every discipline making work in every corner of the country.
Robert Storr, of the title, was Curator of Painting and Sculpture at New York's Museum of Modern Art from 1990 to 2002, and is currently the Dean of the Yale School of Art. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential people working in the field of art. The show does indeed feature a rare and precious autograph from Storr, as well as sculpture by John Hawkley, photographs by Dan Hawkins, and paintings by Stacey Chappell.
Ingrid Betancourt - Colombian Hostage
This is a guest post, from Liza.
Ingrid Betancourt, founder of the "Oxygen Green Party" in Colombia and a creative, bold and dedicated anti-corruption activist, has been held hostage in the jungle for six years by the FARC leftist guerillas. Reports are she is dying, chained by her neck, no longer taking food or medication.
I am reading her autobiography from 2002 outlining her courageous and outstanding anti-corruption work in government and politics. She believes corruption is the root of the problem there, the core that desperately needs to be addressed, and the armed resistance movements, the narco-trafficking, the paramilitaries and right wing government are all inflamed infections that have spread from unchecked corruption.
She was a surprise winner during her first election to congress. An unknown 32 year old woman, she won notoriety, name recognition, and, ultimately, a seat in government, by handing out condoms while saying "A shield to corruption" which was at first considered a shock and a disgrace. For her second campaign, where she won more votes than anyone ever had in a congressional campaign in Colombia, her theme was something like "Let's arouse government - Viagra for Colombia".
On April 4 her teenage son Lorenzo drew worldwide attention by issuing very personal yet public pleas for her to hang on, and for her release. These videos are in Spanish and French - the second has been translated into English (go to right side box and click "more").
Right now there is a groundswell of people insisting on her release. Last weekend there were protests all over France where she has dual citizenship because of a former marriage.
I have been touched by her story, and amazed to discover the unfolding situation, so thought you might be interested, too.
Labels: people of note, world politics
Frank O'Hara
Poet Frank O'Hara has been everywhere this season, which is very unusual for spring. Perhaps it's all the rain?
The Museum of the City of New York has been showing "Manhattan Noon," photographs by Gus Powell inspired by O'Hara's 1964 collection Lunch Poems, capturing the city's inhabitants in "the noisy splintered glare of a Manhattan noon."
Borzoi Books just published a beautiful new hardcover edition of "Selected Poems," edited by Mark Ford, which greatly expands on the previous edition published way back in 1974.
Knopf's Poem-a-Day e-mail newsletter for April 2nd featured O'Hara's 'Avenue A,' and also included a link to a downloadable broadside of 'Having a Coke With You.'
And now the New Yorker has a three-page review of his personality, of all things.
The New Yorker says "...where most poets deposited words with an eyedropper, O'Hara sprayed them through a fire hose." In honor of this endlessly verbose and ever contemporary poet, a poem for Bloggers:
As Planned
After the first glass of vodka
you can accept just about anything
of life even your own mysteriousness
you think it is nice that a box
of matches is purple and brown and is called
La Petite and comes from Sweden
for they are words that you know and that
is all you know words not their feelings
or what they mean and you write because
you know them not because you understand them
because you don't you are stupid and lazy
and will never be great but you do
what you know because what else is there?
Labels: people of note, Poetry
Downhill Done Gone
Well, that was fun. The 2008 Office Chair Downhill took place on April 4 despite the rain. Dozens of intrepid chair riders flew down Boren and Terry Streets in rigs ranging from your standard office model, to leather bound executive power seats, to modified contraptions strapped to skateboards or baring pointy teeth. 4 race heats, a few bruises, no major injuries, and lotsa laffs.
Thanks to the ever inventive Dead Baby crew for pulling it all together. A few more rain soaked pics on the new Gurldogg flickr page. Incidentally, I haven't the foggiest idea who won.
From the Sacred...
I had the great pleasure of watching the final installment of the Queen Shmooquan "Say My Name" show at the Rendezvous Jewel Box theater. Queen Shmooquan is a character created by Jeppa Hall, who is part sex goddess, part retarded child. Queen Shmooquan is a kind of priestess of strange rituals in which the stuff of religion gets tangled up with the trappings of politics, as performed by a sexually precocious wild child. Even with a history of extreme weirdness, "Say My Name" raises the bar on entertaining perversion. Jeppa was featured earlier this year in the Seattle Weekly. Playing through this weekend ONLY at the Rendezvous.
Labels: Theater
...to the Profane
Emerald Downs' 2008 racing season opens on Friday, April 18, with the first live race at 6pm. This is gonna be my lucky year, I can feel it.
Big events this year include the 73rd running of the $300,000 Longacres Mile on Sunday, August 17, and the running of the Washington Cup on Sunday, September 14, which features seven $300,000 stakes races, all of which are restricted to Washington-bred horses. Of course, Friday is always special at Emerald Downs, with $1.50 beers all evening long.
And in a very nice example of gambling synergy, any $5 "Mega Millions" lottery ticket purchased between now and April 17th gets you a voucher for free admission to the Downs on opening night. You can't lose!
News from South of the Border, pt. 3
Bike culture is alive and exceptionally well down in Portland.
No matter the neighborhood, I was surrounded by bike riders of all shapes and sizes. From old ladies on cruisers to the ubiquitous hipsters on fixies, Portland is leaps and bounds ahead of any American city in the sheer number of folks using bikes to get around.
This is a mural on the walls of the Community Cycling Center, one of a number of non-profit organizations in Portland with a bicycle-centered mission. The exact principles vary from project to project, but generally all of these orgs broaden access to bicycling by recycling bikes, offering hands-on programs, organizing volunteer projects, and selling affordable bikes at neighborhood bike shops. As the CCC's mission statement holds: "We believe bicycles are a tool for empowerment and a vehicle for change."
Couple of cool events I came across: Zoobomb is a gang of bike folks who meet every Sunday night at the Portland zoo metro station. They ride from the station to the top of the hill, get prepared, and then "bomb" down the steep, winding road through the park to the bottom. A subset of zoobombers rides children's bikes exclusively.
And finally, Portland City Hall is curating the "Carfree Cities Art Show" in June 2008 which will feature an installation of Mail Art from around the world, and which will become a travelling exhibit for other cities. They are inviting artists everywhere to send original art "celebrating freedom from car culture." More about the show, including details for submissions, at the Car Free Portland website.
Quick tip for Seattle cyclists: The word on the street is there are many more police than usual writing tickets to bicyclists for running lights and stop signs. Local blogs and websites have repeated reports of police all over the city this week (April 1-5) wasting their time and your money this way. Be aware.
Speaking of development, I was blown away by the ever-increasing size and scope of the ReBuilding Center.
The ReBuilding Center began life in 1998 as a non-profit with a mission to recycle and re-use construction materials. A small team of "deconstructors" would take apart donated or abandoned buildings, and sell the resulting pieces to homeowners, do-it-yourselfers, contractors and artists. The organization began accepting donations from far-and-wide, the staff grew to dozens of licensed and bonded tradespeople and administrators, and the center now occupies a 40,000 square foot building in North Portland. From humble beginnings, the ReBuilding Center is now the largest facility of its kind in the world, diverting nearly ten tons of construction and demolition waste each day.
The selection of materials available is beyond belief- everything from lumber to plumbing to appliances to finish materials - all priced at around one-half to one-tenth of normal retail prices.
The building itself is a masterpiece of creative re-use. Every visible surface is made from the recycled remains of another building. That includes not only walls and windows, but beams, floors, lighting, telephones and tables. Assistant Director Chris Bekemeier, who gave me a tour of the facility, explained that even the infrastructure is recycled, although a small portion of the project used new plumbing and electrical wiring.
The entire organization is both grandly idealistic and practical down to the smallest detail. A most impressive operation.
News from South of the Border
Spent an eventful weekend in Portland, Seattle's smaller and cooler sister city.
Stopped by the Black Rose Anarchist Bookstore which is still standing, despite all odds. The North Portland neighborhood which has been home to the Black Rose (and the excellent non-profit North Portland Bikeworks) for many years is rapidly gentrifying, and the big-hearted ramshackle bookstore may not be long for this world. The two tenants who used to share the store space (including Portland Books for Prisoners) have moved out, leaving the collective bookstore to shoulder the entire burden of rent. The volunteers who run the place are talking about staging a series of benefit concerts to keep their project alive.
For my part, I picked up a copy of Guiomar Rovira's first hand journalistic account of the revolution in Chiapas, and a pretty new notebook created by local independent publishers Eberhardt Press.
The Form/Space Atelier has a new show opening tomo...


Laura Halley's artwork explores the idea of balance and investigates the challenges of trying to strike balance in ones' life within our society. Halley's paintings resemble components of landscapes, often visually depicting mere moments of clarity and calm within a chaotic terrain allowing the viewer to relate to the idea of balance in both the physical and spiritual senses. The creation of Halley's art is inextricably tied to music and the auditory sense. Her own knowledge of music is dissected and translated into her own visual language in an effort to symbolize the intricacies of striving for and achieving a sense of balance. This approach to creating allows Halley to make connections between music and visual art by interpreting the music from both a technical and intuitive standpoint. While visually inspired by many of the great Abstract Expressionists, Wassily Kandinsky's "quest for the spiritual," and Halley's own practices in yoga and meditation conceptually drive the idea of finding and keeping equilibrium within different environments at the various stages of life. It is Halley's hope that the viewers will be able to relate to this visual language she has developed to replicate various innerscapes (the landscape of the subconscious) and the journeys we embark upon through life's demands.


"This 12-oz. white porcelain coffee mug proclaims I love (Heart) my Goats with a black silhouette of a goat on a red heart. Hand wash only. Made with my triplets plus lots of love. Earnings will go towards our homestead.


The Foot Centering Theory of Structure and Function is the science that studies and provides care for the foot and the postural segments above it in closed chain stance and function in health and disease.
The fact that all feet differ in their presentation has never been mandated to be a part of diagnosing, treating and researching them.
The mission of The Foot Centering Theory of Structure & Function is to improve upon mankind's inherited structural and functional underpinning pathology that is incapable of dealing with the constant crippling forces of gravity, hard ground and shoes in a civilized society. Foot Centering aims to prevent and/or treat injury, deformity and degeneration of the foot and lower extremity while fostering lifelong performance and quality of life using science, medicine and the most valid and applicable evidence for each of the foot types, one pair of feet at a time.
It looks to support, stabilize, strengthen, balance and make symmetrical the weightbearing foundational foot using props that empower muscle engine training and manipulation of the neuro-myofascial systems that can then dampen the force equilibrium reducing malignant rotational and static forces restoring their ability to live and navigate the world holistically, efficiently and injury free.
By creating RestorThotics® and by explaining the narrative and consulting with the talented professionals that created The TayCo Brace®, a new generation of customized and customizable ankle and foot props that support and stabilize the foot now exists based on Foot Centering Theory.
Foot Centering Biomechanics has been called "a revolution in biomechanics and podiatry". J.R., DPM, NY.
At FootHelpers, we are both educational, patient and profit motivated. Our mission is to cater to your professional and practical needs on a case to case basis. Our evidence based mentoring and U.S. Patented, Trademarked and branded products guarantee increased business and excellent patient outcomes.
The FootHelpers Website is the bellwether for The Foot Centering Theory of Structure & Function, the only U.S. Patented paradigm for practicing biomechanics. The learning curve begins with sending us one or more Tayco Brace measurements or foam, plaster or scanned RestorThotics® casts for fabrication. Instantly, we overcome your limitations by adjusting your cast and prescription errors at the lab while Dr. Sha and our consultants mentor you to Functional Foot Type System Certification (hyperlink the functional foot type certification).
Our business partners extend us beyond Tayco Braces® and RestorThotics® and include Internet and social media marketing, nonsurgical flat foot restoration, wearable resistance band training and elective foot & ankle surgery.
FootHelpers arms you with the products, presentation & marketing tools and the support team that will make you a more successful doctor practicing in a more exciting, profitable and enjoyable practice environment.


Cora wants to know the difference between safety and security.
security: The condition of being protected from or not exposed to danger; safety.
Nevertheless, the words differ in connotation and writers will weigh the context when deciding which to use.
Safe and safety, for example, push emotional buttons that secure and security don't. We speak of national security, but personal safety. Threatened townspeople seek the security of castle walls, but a frightened child runs to the safety of her father's arms.
Security surrounds, but safety enfolds. Perhaps the lingering differences between the words can be found in their differing etymologies.
To my mind, security suggests freedom from worries that derive from knowing that certain external safeguards are in place and that I can rely on them to protect me and my property. Safety is a richer word that includes an inner certainty that all is well. In a sense, security is external, while safety is internal.
Does it make you crazy when people tell you to drive safe? You can be a safe driver but you can only drive safely!
"Security" also refers to the idea of securing a load, that is, fastening it down so it won't fall off the conveyance. The crate was secured to the deck of the ship. Also, one might secure the hatches on a ship so they won't blow open.
Seems to me that "safety" refers to protection where as "security" refers to certainty. Perhaps safety is physical and security is mental.
Interesting post. In enhancement, not contradiction, I point out that "security" has an additional use in the language of the law, referring to "Collateral given or pledged to guarantee the fulfillment of an obligation", or "A person who is bound by some type of guaranty" or "An instrument that evidences the holder's ownership rights in a firm [or] the holder's creditor relationship with a firm or government." Clearly related to the concept that one is without care, as also to that Ed Buckner mentions, of fastening something down.
Security is intensely personal for me, as in security blanket, or a secure hold; implies steadfast constancy. One can be secure in the knowledge of something.
Safety, on the other hand, suggests precautions taken or put into place–safety latch, safety button, personal safety.
But they are probably interchangeable in most cases, or according to custom, such as security guard or safety patrol.
I keep the two terms separate and defined by a quote (although I can't remember the author's name right now): "To be safe, never feel secure." This meant, by my definition, that when one feels secure one may let one's guard down and thereby become unsafe (i.e. in one's person and effects).
Safe means that the condition is protected.
Car safety = safety belt, airbar, etc.
Secure means only people allowed by the owner are able to access it.
Car security = lock, alarm, gps tracking, etc.
Secure means it cannot be stolen. Like passwords, or money.
Safe location = you will not be killed here.
Secure location = you will not overheard here. It's OK, to talk.


There were a total of 6,677 new condominium apartments sold across the GTA during the third quarter of this year. That amounts to a 73% increase year-over-year, allowing sales to reach the highest level of third quarter activity on record.
Sales were 58% higher than the 10-year average for Q3 periods, as well as 12% higher than the previous record for the period, which was set in 2007. Total unsold inventory in development dropped 33% year-over-year to 11,485 units, the lowest level it has been since Q1-2007.
The average selling price for a new condominium apartment continued to climb, rising 2% year-over-year to $590 per square foot. GTA-level price growth has slowed due to a shift in new development activity to areas outside of the downtown core. Within the former City of Toronto, average index selling prices increased five per cent year-over-year to $674 per square foot, while asking prices for unsold units increased by 12%, although the number of unsold units fell 48 per cent annually to an all-time low. Price trends for new condos are starting to mirror the resale market, where average index prices climbed 12% year-over-year to $511 per square foot, or $667 per square foot within the former City of Toronto.
The pace of new condo development has fallen well below the level of demand this year. Given the low prevailing amount of available supply and diverse range of buyers, the recent mortgage insurance rule changes are anticipated to have a somewhat limited effect on market conditions for condos in the near term.
Between January and September 2016, there were a total of 19,917 new condominium apartment sales across the GTA. Over that same period, there were only 12,189 new units available for pre-sales, creating the largest discrepancy between sales and new supply on record.
In total, 90% of the 111,207 units in development were pre-sold as of Q3-2016, with 80% of the 30,426 units in pre-construction already pre-sold, up 16% from last year's levels. Among the new units that opened for pre-sales during Q3, 63% were already sold by the end of September, which is one of the highest opening quarter absorption rates on record.
Demand among end-user buyers of new condominium apartments has been increasing, as the quarterly absorption rate of remaining supply within existing projects from previous quarters climbed to a record high of 29%, more than double its 10-year average. Also, sales of more expensive units have also been growing in the resale market, rocketing 62% year-over-year among units for more than $600,000.